Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-12-27

OF Labor, aad H. II. Luck, ex.membcr
of the New Zealand parliament, as to
the right Of workmen to strike.
DR.. G. A. Miller, instructor in mathe-
mates at Cornell university. has re-
ceived a prize of 260 from the scien-
tific academy of Cracow, Austria, for
his work in the theory of groups. This
theory is one of the most modern
branches of pure mathematics.
The National Civil Service Reform
League elected President Daniel Gil
manof Johns Hopkins university presi-
dent, and adopted resolutions express
ing regret that Carl Schurz had felt
compelled to decline reelection after
eight years of Jealous and efficient
service"
In New York new charges have been
preferred against District Attorney
Asa Bird Gardiner 1t is alleged in
general that the district attorney has
interfered with and hindered the at
torney generals Office in the prosecu-
tion of cases wherein violations of the
election laws are charged.
Professor Frederick Starr of the
University of Chicago. leaves for a
six months trip among the unknown
tribes of Mexico. The trip will in
clude 800 miles of horseback riding.
This is Professor STAIRS twelfth trip
to Mexico and he expects to complete
his studies on the Mexican Indian.
Eight carloads of partly spoiled
bananas, lying in storage at the Illi-
nois Central freighthouse, have been
condemned by the Chicago health
authorities aGd ordered destroyed.
The condition is the outcome of the
war between the banana dealers and
the alleged trust, the local dealers re-
fusing to buy fruit.
At Cleveland. fire almost destroyed
the big plant of the Brown Hosting
land Conveying Machine company.
Property estimated to be worth over
100000 was consumed, and LOO
workmen thrown out of employment
The Elwell-Parker company, also in
the building had a loss of 100000,
covered by insurance.
At Akron, Ohio, the natural gas sup
ply failed on recent day and for a
considerable time there was great
suffering. The day was the coolest
of the winter. Later the supply
again failed and then came back. In
a number of houses the valves had
been left open and several families
were partially asnhvxiated
A special from Bonneville, Ind.
says: John Rollo, the third of the col
ored men implicated in the murder of
Hollie Simons, was hanged to a tree
in the courthouse yard by mob of
about 1000 men from Rockport. Not
a shot was fired, and everything was
conducted as quietly as If the execu.
ton had been one under the sanction
of the law.
At Philadelphia. Judge Mcpherson
filed an opinion in the United States
circuit court in favor of the Isaiah V.
Williamson estate. for large sum
representing legacy tax under the
War Revenue act. He ordered judg-
ment against the government for
1898, 92740, the amount of war tax
paid, with interest Mr.. Williamson
left an estate worth $25,O00.000.
The citizens of Sing Sing turned out
in the largest number ever assembled
at public meeting in the village and
with but one dissenting voice directed
the officers of the meeting to petition
the legislature to change the name of
the village from Sing Sing to Ossin-
ing Water Commissioner John e.
Johnson declared the name Sing Sing
was synony with prison"
The National Live Stock association
will make an effort to defeat the Grout
oleomargarine bill. which has recently
passed the house and is now pending
in the senate. 1t is claimed that if
it should become a law the stockmen
of the west will lose from SO to 81 on
every steer they market. They also
claim that the only people interested
directly in this law is the butter trust