Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-04

children.
The coroner's jury in tie inquest to
determine the cause for the death of
Mrs. Carrie Cabus, of New York city,
on March II, brought in a verdict
that she died from hemorrhage from
a penetrating wound suffering from
an attack of epilepsy.
Powell Clayton, American ambassa-
dor to Mexico, attending a meeting of
the republican state central commit
tee at Little Rock, Ark, announces
that he has promised to serve four
years more as representative of the
United States in Mexico.
The American Telephone and Tele.
graph company (the Bell corporation)
held its twenty annual meeting.
reporting growth in twenty years
from 29,714 miles of wire to 1861, sol
miles. The number of calls has
reached 100000 a year.
AS the result of the first years work
on the New York rapid-transit tunnel
SIS out of 225 blocks on the main line
have been opened, one practically
completed and many well advanced.
The difficult sections of the line, save
one, have not been touched
The Nebraska Legislature elected
two republican United States senators
Governor Charles II. Dietrich for
the short term and Joseph H. Willard
of Omaha for the long term. Thomp-
son and Rosewater withdrew, ending
the deadlock of three months.
Tom J.. Johnson. democratic candi-
date for mayor of Cleveland. filed his
petition praying for an injunction
against Mayor Farley to prevent him
from carrying into effect the council
ordinance compromising the lake
front case with the railroads
Ri Rev. John b. Brondel, bishop
of Helena, announces that the Sisters
of Providence, whose headquarters
are at Montreal, will establish a
novitiate school, the first in Montana.
at Missoula, where the order now
maintaiAs an academy and hospital.
At Martins Ferry, Ohio, work was
commenced on the foundations for a
big steel works for the Laughlin Iron
and Nail company. The mill will be
one Of the largest in the country, will
be independent of the United States
Steel corporation, and will employ
1000 hands.
The Stubs capital punishment
bill. which, as it passed the Colorado
house, provided for electrocution as
ha 70
ed by the substitution of hanging for
the electric chair, and passed 1t is
believed that the house will refuse to
accept the amendment.
The Michigan supreme court has
filed an opinion, unfolding the ruling
of Commissioner Osborn, that the
earnings of the Wabash railroad in
Michigan exceeded $4,000 per mile
last year, and thct the company must
reduce It's passenger fare in Michigan
to two cents per mile.
The fine medicinal springs, set aside
over a century ago for the use of the
public by Lord Fairfax at Berkeley
Springs, w. Va, We're dynamited by
unknown persons. The controversy
over the leasing of the springs to out.
siders has caused i'll feeling, and the
work of the vandals is attributed to
this.
Thornton F. Marshall, one of the
Oldest and most prominent retired
lawyers in northern Kentucky, died
Monday night at his home in Augusta,
KY, aged so years. He was ever
chief promoter of the welfare of
Augusta and left $4,000 or SAC, 900 to
build waterworks and an electric light
plant.
Consul Lyon at Hiogo, Japan, in a
communication to the state depart
ment, says there were altogether 1884
banks of different organization in the
empire on the 31st of December last,
representing $3.50, 249,936 in capital.
The figures show an increase of 33 in
the number of banks, and s2.511 .314 in
their capital during the month.
William Deardruff pleaded guilty
yesterday in Kansas City to stealing
$500 worth of diamonds from his
employers, Edwards & Sloan, whole
sale jewelers.. He was sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary. Deardruff's
father pleaded for his son. The elder
Deardruff is Kansas City jeweler
and the boy had borne good reput-
ton.
The body of Egerton Clairmont,
husband of George Egerton" the Eng
lish woman who wrote the Keynote
series of novels, and himself writer
of some note, who died in Los Angeles
is awaiting burial at the expense of
comparative strangers, because it
has been impossible to communicate
with any friends of his family or rela-
tiyes.
w. f. McLennan, chief of the war
rant division, and w. w. Ludlow. one
of the officials in the auditors office,
| treasury department, will sail for
Honolulu for the purpose of the pay
ment of the bonded debt of the island.
which was authorized by the resolu-
ton of annexation and provided for
by an appropriation made by the last
congress