Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-23

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At a Crosse John Whitney, alias
William c. Whitney of st. Paul, was
sentenced to one year and a half in
states prison for burglarizing the
Allen and American hotels and
several boarding houses.
At Cherokee, Iowa, Harry Hortman
was indicted for murder in the first de.
gree. Hortman, after a quarrel with
Miss Florence Porter, shot her twice.
She died. HOFFMAN, it is believed,
will not live to be tried.
Whitelaw Reid was appointed
special ambassador to represent the
United States at King Edwards cor
onation. General james H. Wilson
is to represent the army and Captain
Charles e. Clark the navy
Senator Allison and Dolliyer were
renominated to succeed themselves by
the republican caucus of the Iowa leg
islature. This will make Senator
Ailison's sixth term as a member of
the upper house of congress.
John and Henry Kander, aged re-
spectively 4 and years, of East st.
Louis, Ill, persisted as the result of a
fire that destroyed their home while
their parents were away. The elder
boy was i'll with scarlet fever.
Burglars tried to rob the safe in the
First National bank at Pitcairn, Pa.
The outer doors of the vault were
blown off, but the inside doors of the
safe held firm and the $4,000 behind
the steel doors was undisturbed.
At Miller, S. D., ]. w. Alloway. an
aged widower, Is advising with an at
torney as to how he will get back
$500 he recently gave to young wife
eql qSnoIql oSgoIqO VI peIIIgm on
medium Of matrimonial paper.
At Princeton, H., John Howard Bry
ant, the only remaining brother of
the well known poet, William Cullen
Bryant, and himself a poet. politician
and business man of more than state
reputation, is dead, aged "a years.
A sheriff's posse has captured Joe
Hall, alias Guy Lnde, Of Chicago.
after a chase of twenty-five miles
through the woods. Hall and an ac-
complete held up the proprietor of
the st. Regis Inn, at Defereits, N. Y.
Mrs. Pike Diekey, wealthy recluse
living at Lansing, Mich, was found
dead at her home. She had been
dead some time and the body was
partly eaten by rats. Near her was
found a box containing large sum of
money.
At Wichita. Kan, Nellie CorueiIson,
the 11-year-old daughter Of George
Corneilison, cut the throat Of her g.
year-old sister Laura. The child is
dead. Her fathers razor was the
weapon used. No Eotive was ap-
parent
At St Louis Claud Cross, aged 25,
fatally shot his wife three times and
then sent bullet through his heart.
The couple had been married four
years, but separated five months ago.
owing to Cross indisposition to sup
port his wife.
j. V. S. Oddie, secretary of the New
York Yacht club, died at his residence
In that city. Mr.. Oddie had been i'll
for about two weeks with kidney
trouble and had also ben a sufferer
from nervous troubles since the yacht
races of 1898.
One of the last official acts of Gov
ernor Shaw was the paroling of A. L.
Wood of Winterset, Iowa, who has
been confined for perjury. Wood
served in the legislature, was a promi-
nent editor and was postmaster at the
time of his conviction.
At Kansas City, two young men
entered Henry B. Chicks poolroom
and with drawn revolvers commanded
the proprietor, cashier and three
other employees to lie down on the
floor. They secured between 81 500
and $4,000, and escaped.
Tom Horn, a Cheyenne scout and
stock detective was arrested on war
rant charging him with the murder of
Willie Nickel. the 13-year-old son of
Ranchman Kels p. Nickel Of Iron
Mountain, who was assassinated near
his fathers house in July.
Judge ]. E. Cochran returned to
Ashland from a trip through Canada
and announced that during his jour-
ney he had married his stenographer
Miss Mamie Mitchell. The ceremony
was performed at st. Stephens, Cana
da, the home of the bride.
George f. Graham, a war CORES
pendent who was on the Brooklyn,
has written book in which he tells
how Sampson ignored Schley's singal
Of victory and Schley's megaphoned
request to have the honor of receiving
the surrender of the Colon.
The four story building at zoos ST.
Charles street, st. Louis. occupied by
the Premium Shirt Manufacturing
company, was burned and the con-
etnts destroyed, causing an estimated
loss of $250.000. This loss was par
tally covered by Insurance.
George Kline, accused of the murder
Of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Caroline
Klein, was acquitted in Baltimore. on
the ground OF insanity. Klein knocked
the woman down and kicked her IN