Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-12-07


Near Chicago Junction, Ohio, Constable
William Smith was killed and Marshal >.
T. Conklin of Plymouth was fatally
wounded by Ezra Moore, farmer. The
officers went to Moore's house to levy an
execution and Moore became incensed.
Selling a gun, Moore shot Smith IN the
head and Conklin in the head and shout
der. Smith died in a few minutes.
Passes from Harpers' Control.
The difficulties under which the pub
fishing house of Harper Il Brothers, New
York, has, according to rumor, been la
boring for many months, resulted in the
entire business passing from the hands
of the Harpers into the control of the
State Trust Company, acting as trustees
for J. P. Morgan & Co., holders of 3D.
100000 in mortgage bonds.
Shot Wife and Himself.
Louis Bach Of Brooklyn, N. Y, at
tempted to kill his wife, wounding her
twice, with pistol. She fell in faint,
and Bach, thinking her dead, shot him
self through the brain. Bach wished his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Robbins of Denver,
to give him $1,000, but his wife objected.
This led to a quarrel between husband
and wife.
Telephone Combine Falls Through.
The attempt to form company to con-
troll all Of the independent telephone COM
panies of the United States has failed. on
account of the withdrawal from the
scheme OF William G. Whitney, Thomas
f. Ryan, Anthony G. Brady, William l..
Elkins, P. A. B. Widener and Thomas
Dolan.
Plot Against the Su1tan's Life.
A number of arrests of Mussulmans
have been made in Constantinople, in
Guiding a general Of division and several
important officials, charged with being
engaged in a plot to assassinate the Sui
tan with dynamite bombs on the occasion
of the Selamlik. The accused have been
exiled to Yemen.
Advance in Standing Timber.
The purchase of large tracts of tlr for
ests in Washington State by Eastern
lumbermen has caused sharp advance
in the prices of both logs and standing
timber. Stumpage prices have risen with
in the past thirty days from 10 to ~
cents. according to the accessibility of the
timber belts.
Dying by Hundreds.
Yokohama advices say that terrible
condition of affairs prevails at New
Chwang, Manchuria, with respect to the
bubonic plague. Hundreds of deaths are
occurring weekly, the mortality reaching
forty to sixty every day. The disease is
beginning to spread over Manchuria.
Gets French Scientific Medal.
DIR. William r. Brooks, director of
Smith Observatory, has just been award
ed by the Paris Academy of Sciences the
Grand Lalande prize for his numerous
and brilliant astronomical discoveries.
The prize is gold medal worth 500
francs.
Hardwick Bill Is Beaten.
The negroes of Georgia will continue
to exercise unrestricted the right of suf-
frage. The house by a vote of 137 to )
defeated the bill offered by Mr.. Hard
wick of Washington County, calling for
the practical disfranchisement of the
negro.
Torpedo Boat Is Very Fast.
The aew torpedo boat Craven had her
builders trial over the Southport course.
She made one knot at the rate of BLOT
and two knots at the rate Of 1915. She
developed greater speed than the Dahl
gren attained.
Cherokee Treaty Is Revived.
After killing the late Cherokee treaty.
the Cherokee council took it up again the
next day and passed the bill, extending
the time for ratification by Congress and
asking that body to make certain changes
in the document
Garland, Tex, Destroyed.
The town of Garland, Texas, with 1000
inhabitants and an important business
point twelve miles from Dallas, was de-
stroyed by fire. The property loss, oxclu-
sive of cotton and railroad interests. can