Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-01

destroyed that institution at SYRIA
cuse, was recovered.
Gov. Benton McMillin of Tennessee
positively stated that he would not be
candidate for third term as gov
ernor. 1t is understood he will be
candidate to succeed United States
Senator w. B. Bate in 1906.
An insane man at Leavenworth,
recently released from an asylum,
killed one man. fatally wounded two,
and shot three others whose testi-
mony helped send him to the asylum.
He was slain by g policeman.
William H. Reyonlds, controller of
the state of Florida. died, aged IS
years. He had been president OF the
state senate and was secretary of the
constitutional convention in 1885.
He was elected controller in 1896.
Securely dashed on the forward
deck of the German steamer Hohen-
fels from Calcutta, was an Egyptian
boat, 1000 years old, recently, dug up
out of the bed of the Nile. The boat
is for the Carnegie meseum at Pitts
burg.
The joint commission of the Prot
estant Episcopal church has COM
pleted revision of marginal readings
of the Bible and will present the re-
port to the triennial convention of
the church at San Francisco in
October
The strike of the salmon fishermen
against the Fraser river Gamers has
been adjusted. 1t has been agreed
that the fishermen shall receive 1917
cents per fish for one quarter of the
pack and 10 cents for the remainder
of the pack
Irene Canning, the supposed Texas
heiress to 100000, is no longer a
mystery. She has been Unidentified
at Goshen. Ind. as Kate Kanning,
young book agent of East Barre,
VT, where her parents reside. She
left East Barre last winter
The stockholders of the American
Sugar Refining company will receive
in day or two a communication
from the board of directors, in which
it is proposed that the stockholders
authorize the issue of $15,OO0.OO0 of
new stock of the company.
1t is expected that the United
States troops will encounter some
opposition from Arthur Howard,
supposed deserter from a California
regiment, who has some 200 rifiemen
under his command Howard has
bppp acting 1f NI;UIouo
Sixteen-year-old Ida Depuy was
found shot to death beside eighteen
year-old Herman Treetz, who was
badly wounded, aboard a drifting
sloop at New York. Treetz says the
girl shot herself because their parents
opposed their friendship. The police
are inclined to suspect murder.
At Houston, Texas, William Mon
tague Muir Mckenzie died from
the effects of poison and now it is
stated that the drug was taken with
suicidal intent. He was the only son
of Sir Kenneth Mckenzie, secretary
to the Lord high chancellor of Eng
land. Mr.. Mckenzie an his wife had
lived in Texas quietly.
A serious accident occurred on the
line of the Mexican Central near
Montezuma. Several passengers on
the train were severely injured, some
of whom are expected to die. A Pull
man palace car. which had been side
tracked to allow another car to be
coupled to the train got beyond con-
trol OF the brakemen and started
down a steep grade. The train
backed up to catch the flying car and,
on reaching it. collision occurred.
In an effort to benefit her own
health by seeking the alleged healing
powers of John Alexander Dowie,
Mrs. Mamie King of Winemac. Wis,
lost her S-year-old daughter, Jennie,
by diphtheria. Another child is sick
with the disease and other members
of the household at 1411 Michigan
avenue. Chicago, are threatened AS
medical attention is barred neighbors
in the vicinity fear an epidemic of
the disease.
The conferences between Adiutant
General Corbin and General Chaffee
probably will result in radical
economical and administrative re-
forms in the army of occupation. It
is estimated that the cost of main
tanning the American army in the
Philippines can be reduced by 60 per
cent. The principal change will be
the reduction of the present force TO
between 10000 and 10000 men. The
adjustment of the present army dis
tricts is contemplated and three
brigades, with permanent head
quarters at Manila, Dagupan and
Iloilo or Casu. will be substituted in
their stead
Brick de Graft of La Crosse. whose
wife fell from the sixth story of a
Chicago hotel and died at the county
hospital. appeared at central police
station and said that the woman was
his wife and that he left to go on a
trip to Milwaukee. Reading of her
accident he returned to Chicago Il
am afraid she committed suicide"
said he. She had been drinking
heavily and was respondent" The
police are convinced the fall from the
window was accidental A dispatch
from La Crosse says that the woman
had been divorced from De Graf for