Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-09-13

president of the Gormully & Jeffery
Company, and Venezuelan Consul at
Chicago. died.
Dr. Selin H. Peabody has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the depart
ment Of liberal arts of the PanAmer-
car exposition.
Cresceus lowered the worlds trot-
ting record for stations at the Charter
Oak track at Hartford. He trotted
against time in 2:04a4.
Posses have been sent out in search
of party of bandits who held UP
Union Pacific passenger train No.
near Upton Station, Wyo.
Tho recent storm at Nome caused
large loss of life. Thirty-eight bodies
havo so far been recovered on the
beach and buried by the officials.
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper
company, which was incorporated two
weeks ago, has increased its capital
stock from s9,OO0,OOO to s3,6000OO.
Ruffians invaded a Chicago home
whilo drunk and interfere with a
coroner's inquest over the remains of
Louis Morsher, who committed suicide.
The British feet was greeted at Bar
Harbor, Me-, by boer flag raised over
house of Edward Van Ness. Police
took down the emblem when owner re-
fused to remove it.
Manufacturers of building material,
owing to the strike of the woodwork
ers, threaten to remove their plants
from Chicago to Michigan, Indiana or
other nearby states.
u. s. Washburn, president of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis
Railroad, died at Rye Beach, Me. He
had been i'll for some time and left
Kansas City in June.
The Sheridan Road Day association
is preparing for a drive banquet and
ball to be held on Oct. 5, to be cele/
brated annually an anniversary OF
General Sheridan's birth.
The National Fraternal congress
decided to meet next year in Detroit.
An appropriation of 5000 was made for
further investigation of the subject OF
cancer and consumption.
The National Afro-American Council
elected Bishop Alexander Walters of
New Jersey president. Nine vice.
presidents were chosen, including
Earnest Lyons of Maryland.
At Cleveland, six hundred longshore-
men, who went on strike at the Erie
railway ore docks. returned to work
this morning pending a settlement of
their grievances by arbitration.
II. 60 -
in fuel this winter and are laying in
heavy stocks. Prices are expected to
be higher than in years and much suf-
fering among the poor is anticipated.
Harry Vance who was a musician in
Company l., thirty-seventh regiment OF
volunteers, and became traitor in the
Philippines, was among the prisoners
brought from Manila by the Thomas.
Rev. DR.. F. e. Clark, president of the
Christian Endeavor, returned from d
tour of the world made to attend the
conventions of the order. He left
PelIin four days before the boxer"
outbreak.
DR.. Andrews, the man who completed
a fast of forty days in the Cook county
Jail last week, has again started in to-
fast for seven days and says he may
continue to refuse food for another
long spell.
At Centre Hill, Fla, Luke Merritt
and S. NJ Dixon. who had been farming
on shares, became involved in quar-
rel over the division of the crops,
ending in each seizing gun and in
stantly killing the other.
At Valdosta, Ca, Mrs. Annie Day
Mayes, an actress of st. Louis, COM
mitted suicide because of the failure of
an amateur "Bibi'' which she had ar
ranged and presented for the benefit OF
the Grady hospital in Atlanta.
"In my opinion there will be a strike
in the anthracite region of Pennsyl-
vania and it will be the biggest that
tho United States has ever known"
said President John Mitchell, of the
United Mine Workers of America.
There was a sham battle in Nara
gansett bay between the submarine
torpedo boat Holland and the tug
Leyden, manned by crew of seamen
and gunners. The submarine boat
was picked up" three times by the
Leyden's searchlight.
The sudden recall of the cruiser
Montgomery from me South American
station with orders to put her out OF
commission caused much comment in
naval circles. 1t is intimated that the
report of Rear Admiral Schley is
responsible for the order issued.
Chicago has gas war, The new
municipal gas company threw down
the gauntlet TO the 0dgen company and
the Ogden company responded by say
ing that it would fight to the last
ditch. Gas is selling at 60 cents a.
thousand feet, and may go lower.
The Chicago Drainage board is inn
pressed with the threats of the ship
ping interests that navigation in the
Chicago river may stop. and appointed
a commission to investigate the needs
of the river, with instructions to report
as quickly as possible and with an
instant remedy
Pottowatomie Indians claim many
miles of Chicago lake front, which is
valued at S15,O0O,0OO The claim is