Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-11-30

president of the Mississippi chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy, died at
her home in Greenwood, aged 70 years
The Illinois Central railroad practi-
cally secured control of Minneapolis
and st. Louis line, giving it an indie
pendent line from Chicago to st. Paul.
From a diary found among her eff
fects, it is learned that the death in
New York OF Mrs. Evelyn Adams, the
authoress, was mainly due to starva-
ton.
Representative Sulzer of New York
has announced his candidacy for demo-
cratic leadership of the next house of
representatives. He is a supporter of
Bryan.
Mrs. Dewey transferred that home to
the admirals son. A relative of the
family says the only object was to pro-
vide for proper succession to the
property.
e. l.. West, a former assistant super
intendent Of railway mail service IN
the sixth division, has been appointed
to succeed the late l.. l.. Troy as super
inten9ent
Az Missouri City Ernest Clevenger
recently convicted of killing George
Allen and Della Clevenger at a religi-
GUS meeting, has been sentenced to be
hanged Jan. 5.
At Kansas City Leonard B. Imboden,
formerly of Fort Worth, Tex, who was
found guilty of conducting a wildcat"
bank, has been sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment.
President John Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America an
nounces that he may order strike at
fecting about 10000 coal miners in
Pennsylvania.
The movement for the purpose of
purchasing a house for Rear-Admiral
Schley was given a considerable i'm
petus at a meeting of the general COM
mittee in Washington.
In a collision at Wilmington, Del,
between the Colonial Express on the
Pennsylvania railroad and an express
train on the Atlantic Coast Line. four
persons were injured.
| President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor testified before the
Industrial Commission and defended
the boycott as legal and proper wea-
pom for the workingman.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, who has been sick
with quinsy, is improving, but slowly
and her physician now says it is i'm
possible to tell when she will be able
to resume her role in Zaza.
Opposition of republican congress-
men to the house rules and the luke
warmth of some republican senators
make gold standard legislation at the
coming session problematical.
At Kansas City the Catholic church has
disapproved of the charity ball which
it was proposed to hold on Thanksgiv-
ing evening for the benefit of the news
boys fund, and it has been abandoned.
| President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor says working
men have had no cause of complaint as
TO trusts, but it is too early to say
whether they are benefited by them or
not.
Major Henry Clay Mcdowell, one If
the bestknown citizens of Kentucky,
died after long illness, of heart trou-
bic. He served with distinction in the
civil war on the staff of General Rose
cran:
Mrs. Evangeline O'Neill of Chicago
was arrested at the Windsor hotel,
Montreal, on charge of fraud, in
volving the possession of diamonds,
precious stones and jewelry valued at
$50, 900.
There are rumors that in the event
of the death of Senator-elect NJ. L.
Hayward of Nebraska, w. j. Bryan
will be appointed by Governor Poyn-
ter to serve as Sc ator until the legisla-
ture meets.
AS result of meeting of the ma
tional democratic executive committee
in Chicago, it is probable that anti
trusts and anti-imperialism will be
kept at the front as the democratic is
sues in 1900.
William Z. Sawyer of La Crosse, one
of the most prominent and wealthy
young lumbermen of the northwest,
died at Pine Bluff, Ark, of typhoid
malaria. He was born forty-one years
ago in New York.
Six men-Brooks Coleman, an
American, and five Italians, names I'M
known-were killed and four others in
jured in a collision on the St. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha railroad 20
miles from Sioux Falls.
At meeting of the Utah democratic
state committee, the proposition that
petition be gotten up requesting that
Congressman Roberts be unseated was
defeated. But one member was in ia
vor of the proposition.
Emil n. Boaz. American manager of
the Hamburg American line. received
cable dispatch saying that the Pa
tria, which was abandoned on fire, has
arrived at Dover in tow of the COM
pany's steamer Anset.
At Americas, Ga, the city council Oy
majority OF two, has upheld he
mayor in the case of the Christian sci
entists sentenced for refusing to be
vacciIated and the cases have been
taken to the superior court
Robert i Knox alleged IN he one of