Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-03-29

of country. Thousands of acres of fine
range were burned over and several
farm buildings were destroyed. Tie
loss is heavy.
Railroads hesitate to push claims
against the government for the trans
portation of troops during the war
Lawyers say suit might reveal the
fact that the roads violated the laws
by making a pool.
The body OF Rev. Thomas X. Beecher
of ElmiTa, who died last week, was in
cinerared at the Buffalo crematory. In
accordance with the oft-expressed wish
of Mr.. Reecher, no ceremonies what
ever were held
Miss Maude Adams, in gold, will oc-
cupy prominent station in the Palais
de POptique during the Paris exposi-
ton. A gold statue OF her, weighing
712 pounds, was cast in bronze
foundry of New York
War claims filed by church and
kindred societies for damages sus-
tanned during the civil war are in a fair
way to be settled. The house commit
tee on claims has favorably reported
bill for their adjustment.
At Indianapolis, Peter Schwartz. Jr.,
aged years, is under arrest on the
| charge of murder In a quarrel he
threw piece of brick, which struck a
companion of about the same age above
the left ear, resulting in death.
The New York senate passed the as
sembly anti-Ramapo bill, AZ and 4. The
assembly bill forbidding the corpora
ton counsel of New York to confess
Judgment without concurrence of
other officials, was passed, SO to 10.
At Sioux Falls, Elizabeth Tois
Struble editor of the Nautilus Christian
Science newspaper, pleaded guilty to
sending obscene literature through the
mails and was fined 5000. Mrs Struble
refused to pay and was taken to Jail.
During the trip of the French liner
La Gascogne from Havre to New
York, a special lookout was kept
for the French line freighter Pauillac.
but she was not sighted. The PauIliac
has crew of As and cargo valued at
s., zoo, 900.
William II. Croker has offered to
defray the expenses of sending out a
party from the Lick observatory to OBJ
serve the total eclipse OF the sun Nav
2S. The party will be headed by AS
tronomers w. w Carmbell and C. D..
Perine
Miss Mary Trimble Lawrence, the
sculptor, whose best-known work is a
statue of Columbus which stood at the
head of the court of honor at the Chi
cage worlds fair, was married to Fran
co.'s Michael Tonetti, also a sculptor OF
note.
]. F. Allen of New Orleans recently
bought 100000 admission tickets from
the authorities of the Paris EXPOSE
ton. He will scatter men in uniform
about the exposition city and through
them dispose of his tickets, which cost
him $4,000.
A s50,0O0.OOO syndicate OF which
j. N. Huston. ex-treasurer of the
United States, is the head, has taken
up the work of constructing a canal
across the Bayonne peninsula, from
New York bay to Newark bay and
thence to South Newark. ~ ].
| The Astoria tOregon) council passed
an ordinance providing a bounty of )
cents head for all dead rats delivered
to the chief of police This action is
taken as a precautionary measure
against possible appearance of the
plague arising from ships coming from
infected ports.
August Belmont, head of the syndi-
cate that is backing John d. Mcdonald.
contractor for the New York Rapid
Transit tunnel has placed an insur-
ance policy for 100000 on Mr..
McDonalds life to secure Mr.. Melon
AIDS hackers in case he should die
within five years.
When Mrs. Hetty Green, the multi
millionaire, was asked concerning the
report that her daughter is to marry
the Duke de la Tore of Spain, she
enthusiastically replied: I'D rather
any uduShtS4 Wuuiu marry SOOu,
wide-awake newspaper reporter than
any duke in the world"
The Rumford medal of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences has been
awarded to Charles F. Brush of Cleve-
land. 1t is given for exceptionally val
liable researches and developments
along the lines Of heat and light Mr..
Brush won it by the discovery and de-
velopment of the electric arc lamp.
The remains of the late Colonel r B.
Wallace of the 37th infantry arrived
from Fort Huachuca, Ari., where he
died. as result of wounds received in
the Philippines. rhe body will lie in
state at the Auditorium and be buried
with military honors. Indications are
for the largest funeral in the history
of the state
The Chicago city council has passed
the mandatory tunnel ordinance by a.
unanimous vote. II requires the street
railway companies to lower La Sale,
Washington and Van Buren, street tun-
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