Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-26

w. Connors of Buffalo his secured
elevator and wharfage franchises in
Montreal and will get s1,5OO.OOO of the
stock free for mis- services as pro-
moter.
At Amherst, Mass. Miss Mary Field
French, aged IS, cousin Of the late
Eugene Field and for number Of
years his guardian died suddenly. She
had the care of Eugene Field from his
seventh to his eighteenth year.
Milton Sheets, under sentence oil
death for the murder of Augustus
Glessner, broke jail at Somerset, Pa.
He sawed the bars of window in the
Jail and climbed down spouting to
the yard, walking out unmolested.
State central committees of tie
democrats, populists and free silver
republicans met in Lincoln, Neb., and
decided to hold their state nominating
conventions at Lincoln, July IL. There
will be fusion between the three
parties.
The postoffice at Lake City, S. c.,
has been re-established, and Mrs.
Della d. Carter, white, appointed post
mistress There has been no postoffic
at Lake City since the colored post
master there was killed by mob two
years ago.
Charles H. Cole, former president of
the Globe National bank, under in
dictment for embezzlement and mis-
application of the banks funds. plead
ed guilty in the United States district
court, Boston. Sentence will be pro-
nounced later.
Judge Stein, Chicago, has rendered
decision of interest to mortgage
holders, ruling that third party who
voluntarily pays an obligation for a
debtor, cannot in equity enforce his
claim to be substituted for the claims
of the creditor.
At Omaha, the prosecuting attorney
asked for an armed escort to attend
the preliminary hearing of Jim Kear-
ney, who is held fog assault on g.
year-old girl in South Omaha. 1t is
the prosecuting attorneys intention to
head off lynchers.
At Cleveland suit against the recent
ly formed soft coal trust for $4,000
damages for alleged reputation of
contract was commenced by Dudley j.
Mahon. The defendants are the j.
II. Somers Fuel company and the
Pittsburg Coal company.
Mrs. Elizabeth Whitfield Bellamy.
authoress, is dead at her home in Mo-
bile, aged 60 years. She was the wild
ow of DR.. Edward C. Bellamy, sur
geon in the confederate army. Her
best-known works are Old Man Gilbert
and Trials of Penny Lancaster.
Rufus Wright, the Chicago million
aire who was shot while struggling
with Mrs. Louise Lottridge for the
possession of a revolver in her room
died of his wounds. Mrs. Lottridge
was held on the charge of murder.
Her companion, Mrs. Koss, was held
as an accessory.
DR.. E. b. Andrews resigned as SUI
perintendent of Chicago schools, and
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that he had accepted the chancellor
ship of the University of Nebraska.
The resignation was accepted, and two
months leave of absence from May 1
was granted, with full pay.
Alfred e. Morrison, a teacher of
languages, was arraigned for trial at
White Plains, ~ Y, for the alleged
murder of woman with whom he had
been living in Mount Vernon as his
wife. The defense is that the woman
was killed BY Morrison while he was
in somnambulistic state.
The Moro Castle. which is expected
to be the fastest steamship ever con-
structed for coastwise trade, was
launched at Cramps shipyard for the
New York and Cuba Mail Steamship
company. She is 400 feet long, her
displacement is $500 tons and her con
tract speed is IS knots an hour.
Margie NJ. Micheler filed suit for
$4,000 damages in Chicago, against
Walter A. Daniels. manager of the
United States Printing company, by
whom she was formerly employed as
stenographer. Daniels, who has a
wife and family, accuses Miss Micheler
of attempting to biackmail him.
Colonel l.. ID. Carter of Oakland. H.,
has withdrawn from the race for con-
gress because he is going to New York
to join with Senator Foraker and
others to secure the release of Cap
tain Oherlin NJ Carter. sentenced to
the penitentiary for .defrauding the
government.
The Louisiana elections insure the
return of Senator McEnery and the
election of Governor Murphy ]. Foster
to succeed Gallery. The state ticket
elected was; Governor, W. w. Heard;
lieutenant governor. Albert Estornal:
secretary Of state, John r. Michael:
attorney general, Walter Guion;
treasurer. w. 5. Frazee.
Salvador Potts, one OF the best
known civil and mechanical engineers
in the United States, was found dead
in his apartments at the Technical
club, Chicago. with a bullet wound
through his heart He was AZ years
old and the SON of a general in one of
the revolutionary armies of Venezuela.