Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-20

New York requiring a bachelors de-
gree of three years Of college WORK
for admission.
A meeting OF representatives of the
Pittsburg plate-glass company and the
largest independent manufacturers of
the country was held in Pittsburg, Pa.
Arrangements were made for the sum-
mer shutdown and to maintain prices.
| The agreement is similar in detail to
that of last season.
John Rosel. Jr., % years old. and
Kittie. his wife. aged %. killed them
selves by turning on the gas in their
room on East One Hundred and
Eleventh street New York. A note
written by Rosei gave the bad health
of his wife as the cause. He was an
attendant at the bowling alley
AZ West Superior the bond suit
brought by the Uncas National bank
of Norwich. Conn. against the CITY,
was tried. but no decision was reach
ed. The amount is only $4,000, but
the question of the validity of the
entire 100000 worth of special i'm
orovement bonds is involved in the
issue.
DR.. Arthur Lachman, head of the
department of chemistry in the uri-
versity of Oregon, has accepted an
offer from President BENJAMIN Ide
Wheeler of the University of Cali
fornia, to arrange the course and 10
take charge of the instruction Of
afe-f,. IN he Of Caf
fornia summer school.
The laundry of Vassar college at
Poughkeepsie, n. Y. was destroyed
by fire. It was a two-story brick
structure and stood behind the main
building of the college. 1t was 80
endangered. Fourteen maids were
asleep in the second story and all
escaped. The loss is $4,000, insured
for $4,000.
Robbers tunneled under the Mus
kegon Savings bank until they reach
ed the vault They bored a hole
through its thick cement floor large
enough for a small man to pass
through. AS only 1929 in bills and
old silver coin is missing. it is thought
the thieves were frightened away
before they could penetrate the steel
doors of the inner vault.
Judge Tuley at Chicago handed
down a decision favorable to the five
elevated railroads of that city, in
their suit for an injunction to prevent
the city clerk from spreading the as
sessent made by the board of review.
The court holds that the law enter
tains the same view of elevated roads
as of railroads, and that the assess
ment therefore should be made by the
state board of equalization and not by
a local body.
Wisconsin insurance companies do
ing substantial business in the Dis
trict of Columbia are protesting
against law passed by the last con-
gress. Formerly a tax of l per cent
was assessed upon the business of all
companies in the district. but the
figure has been increased to ~ per
cent, and by relieving the local COM
panies from tax upon capital of the
latter it is claimed that they will Sc
cure an advantage.
Tams Bixby made a plea before
the house committee on Indian
affairs. for the maintenance of the
Dawes commission with it's present
membership. The Indian approprIa-
ton bill, as submitted to the tulI
committee. provided for three COM
misssioners instead of four. The
decision of the subcommittee was Ill
opposition to the wishes of Secretary
Hitchcock. who recommended that
the membership be increased to
eight
Superintendent F. ID. Kilburn of the
New York state banking department
completed a tabulation showing the
condition of the savings banks on
January / last The total resources
are shown to be 81. ~ ,564,624. an in
crease during the year of $65. 500, 40S.
Deposits increased s17,SS2, 31S, the ag-
gregate deposits in 1901 being $780,
1886. The surplus of the banks
showed a decrease on par value from
the previous years total of S7.2S5, $50,
and on the market value si,5S4,6S2.
Walter M. Foster. banker and the
head of one of the most prominent
families in Plano, Ill. indicted by a
Kane county grand jury. together
with Dr. Charles NJ. Woodward. the
physician in the case, on the charge
of completely in the murder of
Myrtle Gale, the Northwestern UNI
versity student. who died at Aurora
of criminal operation. Foster con-
fesses having been intimate with
Miss Gale. but says he knew nothing
of the operation until the girl died
| Beers.
General De Wet broke through the
British lines after battle lasting five
hours. He was completely surrounded
by Kitchener's forces.
A report received from Lord Kit.
chener gives the boer casualties OF
total of 50 killed, II wounded. 81 sur
rendered and 574 taken prisoners. The