Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-31

After six months spent in negotia-
lions the Pratt & Whitney company
of Hartford, Conn, passed into the
hands of the Niles Bement-Pond com
pany of New York, which has plants
in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey. F. w. Gordon, of Philadelphia,
is one of the directors.
William A. Murphy. a prominent
grocery merchant of Tolono, ILL.,, and
also a prominent democrat politician
of the thirteenth congressional dis
trict, was found dead in his bed when
his room to awaken him. Death re-
suited from heart failure.
Wilton G. Smith of Chicago, re-
ceived telegram announcing the al
rival of the steamer Vaterland in New
York, bearing the remains of William
A. Talcott of Rockford, who died il.
Jerusalem Dec 20. Accompanying
the remains were Mrs. Talcott and
Wait, the only son of the decedent.
Mr.. Talcott died while on trip
through the holy land.
The schooner Kate and Ann, Cap
tain Walker, which arrived at Santa
Barbara, Cal, from Santa Resale, re-
ports that Mike O'Brien, sailor, ran
muck on board the vessel. He made a
with knife and succeeded in cutting
the cook near the heart, the wound
being probably fatal He then cut
his own throat, dying on the deck.
Representative Nohe will introduce
bill at Springfield making five cents
the maximum fare any railroad can
charge inside the limits of any city
Another bill taxes telegraph COM
panies the same as other corpora
lions are assessed" Another bill s
for the abolition of abstract companies
as trusts. Representative Hops will
offer a bill for two-cent railroad fare
in Illinois.
General John P. c. Shanks is dead
at his home in Portland, Ind, after a
short illness. Death was caused by a
complication of stomach and heart
troubles. General Shanks was born
in Berkeley county. Virginia, June II.
1926. President Lincoln made him a
brevet brigadier general at the first
battle of Bull Run and at the request
of Edwin M. Stanton, secretary of
war, he was made a brevet major
general.
Mrs. N N. Jones, mother OF
Buffalo" Jones, the famous hunter.
scout and statesman of Kansas, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Clayton of Chicago. She lived in
Normal, ILL.,, for fifteen years. She
leaves six children. Besides her son,
two of her daughters have gained
some prominence, Mrs. Katie Jones
Reid now singing in opera and Ida
Aurora Jones, known on the stage as
Ida Orine.
Miss Marion Strong, only daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. ]. Edmund Strong of
59S Division street, Chicago, died of
typhoid fever. Miss Strong was one
of the bellies of the city's society ana
the death of few young women could
have cast so deep and genuine a
sorrow over the circles of which she
was member. She was educated IN
an eastern seminary and was an ac-
oCmplished musician. She had but
just passed her twenty-first birthday.
F. M. Simmons was elected senator
from North Carolina to succeed Marion
Butler; Moses f. Clapp and Knute
Nelson were elected senators from
Minnesota; j. w. Bailey, late repre-
sentative, was elected senator from
Texas; j. r. Burton was elected sena
tor from Kansas to succeed L. Baker;
Stephen B. Elkins was elected senator
from West Virginia; w. j. Sewell was
reelected senator from New Jersey
and j. Fl. Berry was reelected senator
from Arkansas.