Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-05-01

/ eadquarters in New York, was in
corporated with the secretary of state
at Albany. Its certificate says it is
organized to establish a political party
ito teach. promulgate and carry out
the principles of democracy and OF
democratic government
Joseph Holden Sutton. Princeton
lgraduate. a lawyer and managing
clerk for the law firm of Hollis.
Wagner & Burghardt. New York. kill
ed himself after writing letters %
twenty-one friends. including the
ushers at wedding at which he was
to he best man.
Three firms practically have com
plete control of the poultry market.
Through the ownership of two-thirds
o. all the poultry in the country they
ere said to be able to fix prices At
Twin. The firms having control are
Armour & Co. Swift & Co. and
Friebe & Semiter of Bushnell. III.
Ida Hennessey, H. who had been
asleep at Oswego. n. Y. since the
18th. died without regaining con-
seriousness. She suffered an acute
Iattack-- of epilepsy before falling
asleep and reIapsed into a comatooe
state, from which the physicians
found it impossible to arouse her
She was in that condition $50 hours.
Special agents OF the interior de-
partment have been at Casper, Wy.
IL, l. Il s,ya,ff linn
the reports of Illegal fencing of gov
crnment lands The result has been
that more than 100 ranchmen have
receives notices TO remove fences
within 60 days, under penalty OF
81 600 fine or Imprisonment
In a fight between cattlemen in the
Cherokee Nation. william Phillips
was killed and William Mayfield,
Jess Skidmore and Iige Johnson were
MORALLY wounded. All were prom
inent cattlemen. The fight was The
result of an old feud between Skid
more and MayfelG, which had It's
origin in a court contest over grazing
land.
Dead in a stuffy Chicago bedroom,
III a crowded tenement quarter, the
bodies of an entire colored family,
seven persons, were found gnawed
| by rats and in an advanced state of
decomposition. The police incline
| to theory of murder and suicide by
poison, The family is that of Jones
Butler, an upholsterer, and consisted
o. Butler, his wife and five children.
ConfeTees on the Chinese exclusion
bill have practically reached an agree
ment. The one point still open is that
of extending the exclusion indefinitely
after May 5 next The main features
of the senate bill have been adopted.
The house bill extends the prohibition
until new treaty is made This is
the only obstacle to be surmounted
! The Vincennes apartment hotel
| Thirty-sixth street and Vincennes
avenue. Chicago. was destroyed by
hre. Famed by a high wind, the
flames threatened to spread to adjoin-
ing structures, and it was with 1if-
fjculty that the fire was restricted to
the hotel. There were 1850 apartments
in the building but all the occupants
escaped in safety. The loss is $780,
600
Robert B. Jones, a merchant of
IGuayaquil, Ecuador. has been appoint
ed United States consulgeneral at
Guayaquil. ad interim, by United
States Minister Sampson. An ex-
Cquatur has been issued to Mr. Jones,
which was refused to the regular aD-
| pointee Mr.. Hancock. on tie ground
that he was an employee of the Guaya-
IQuil-Quito railroad and was 10
closely related with the Ecuadorian
government.
The house committee has completed
the naval appropriation bill The
item as to new ships is: Two battle
ships of about 10000 tons displace-
ment, to cost. exclusive of armor and
armament. s4,212.O00 Each; two
armored cruisers of about 500 tons
displacement each, to cost. exclusive
of armor and armament. $4,659, 900
each; two gunboats of 1000 tons
each, to cost 1882 600 each The amount
carried by the bin is slightly above
| $40 900 900,
Heretofore, the government has in
sisted. through the subtreasuries. that
all government checks and warrants
not only must be fully indorsed in the
regular way. but must be accompanied
by certificate showing the authority
of the indorser to indorse the check.
fhis has infrequently given rise to an
hoyanee TO business men. BY a rul-
ing OF the department, subtreasuries
VIII hereafter pay government war.
rants and checks when Endorsed and
Endorsement guaranteed by the banks
presenting the same for payment.
This reduces the proposition to one OF
simple business caution.
SPANlSH-AMERIcAN ISLANDS.
General Rufino. with 401 Filipino