Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-22

waiian business interests at the ma
tional capital.
There arrived in New York on the
Atlantic transport steamship Min
nehaha, Mrs. Louis Irving Seymour,
widow of Major Seymour, commander
of the railway pioneer volunteer regi-
ment, who lost his life in south
Africa while leading forlorn hope.
f. w. Vaille, director general of
posts of the Philippine islands, in his
annual report to the postmaster gen.
eral shows a surplus of $19,62S to the
credit of the Philippine postal service.
The revenue to June 80 last was
$117,846, and the expenditures $685.
220.
The Anchor line, which maintains
two steamship services from the port
of New York, one to Glasgow, via
Neville, and the other to Genoa,
Naples and other Mediterranean ports,
has now in course of construction an
addition of five new steamers to its
fleet.
Since the discontinuance of the
military departments in Cuba the
former department of eastern Cuba
has been created a district and called
the district of Santiago, with Colonel
Samuel M. Whiteside, Tenth Cavalry,
in command, with headquarters at
Santiago.
At the department of justice it is
denied that Attorney General Griggs
has instructed United States Dis
trict Attorney Baird to institute suits
in the federal court of Hawaii to set
aside all grants, sales, franchises and
leases in Hawaii granted since Sep
TENDER 28, 1899.
The best wine growing authorities
in California agree in placing the
amount Of wine fermented at from
13,500,000 to 100000 gallons of
dry and 100000 gallons of the sweet
varieties. The grape-growers both in
the dry and in the sweet wine districts
had a profitable year.
The fourteenth annual session of
the southern conference of the Uni
tartan Church came to a close at
Atlanta. Rev. Frank M. Hartwell
was elected to succeed himself as
president; F. G.. Bromberg of Mobile,
vice president, and Rev. w. G..
Mumm, of Louisville, KY, treasurer.
A set of claims which will be refer
red to congress are those arising
from the detention and isolation of
Japanese subjects in connection with
the bubonic plague last summer in
San Francisco, and the claims of
Japanese citizens for damages sus-
tanned through the action of the
Hawaii authorities.
Gov. Roosevelt notified Wheeler H.
Peckham and J. S. Hayes, attorneys
for the New York World in the
charges against Mayor Van Wyck in
the ice trust matter, that they must
present their answer to the attorney
generals findings with their evidence,
or he will decide the case on its
merits as it stands
General Macarthur telegraphs the
war department that the transports
Grant and Port Albert have arrived at
Manila The Grant sailed from San
Francisco on October 16, with six of
ficers and 615 men. recruits, hospital
corps and signal corps men. The
Port Albert sailed from Seattle on
September %, with animals and
forage.
The president will submit to con-
gress at the approaching session the
claims for naturalization and for
! other substantial recompense of the
British cable corporation which suf-
fered as a result of the American
occupation of the Philippines. The
corporation claims damages for the
| interruption of their cable business
| by the American forces
The forest fire has destroyed Brook
ings mill in Fredalbra park, San
Bernardino, Cal, and burned over
100000 feet of lumber. The flames
could be plainly seen 60 miles away.
| Brookings mill is the largest in south
ern California, and gave employment
to $50 men. The DANCE done by the
fire is estimated at $500, 900. The
mill was owned by Michigan men.
Mrs. Zerelda James, widow of
Jesse James, the noted southwestern
bandit. died at her home in Kansas
City. Mrs. James was a Miss Mimms,
and was married to James at Kearney,
Mo-, in 1874. They had one son.
Jesse, Jr., who is now in business in
Kansas City Mrs. James was with
her husband when he was killed by
Bob Ford, one of the bandits former
companions, near st. Joseph, in April,
1881.