Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-02-13

| Paul, ana ROCK IsidHu iOduS 10 oaiu
to be contemplated by the Vanderbilt
Moore and Rockefeller interests.
A boy at Milwaukee revealed a plot
to swindle big firms out of diamonds
He was kept a prisoner three yeas
by the swindlers in the guise of a
girl
Fire destroyed the university apart
ment house, at Sixtieth street and
Ellis avenue, Chicago. driving the
occupants OF forty-seven fats into the
| street.
Walter Evans. an insane preacher
escaped from the Elgin insane asylum.
/ but was captured badly frozen while
on his way to his old home at Plain
field. H.
/ The federal treasury receipts for
January exceeded the expenditures by
more than $4,000, 900 This is $500 900
more than was the surplus for Janu-
airy. 1901.
| It is estimated that at least 20 per
cent. Of the white population of Ala
ANA is DISTINGUISHED by reason Of a
failure to pay the poll-tax as required
| by the new constitution.
w. G. Brown, vice president and
general manager of the Lake Shore
road, was elected third vice president
of the New York Central The change
is due to the tunnel wreck.
Dr. Dowie compromised the suit of
his brother-in-law, Stevenson, and
further proceedings in court were
dropped. The latter is said to have
been paid $4,000 or 100000.
Ten st. Louis fremen were killed
and several injured by the burning of
the American Tent and Awning com
pany's building in Chestnut street,
between Third an Fourth streets
In New York three and one-half
tons of baking powder were seized by
the board of health ami officially con
demned by the city chemists, The
chemists said it contained 20 per cent
powdered rock.
Governor Odell began hearing in
New York OF the charge that Michael
j. Dady had arrange to get all the
fees of the sheriff's Office in excess of
$4,000 for his assistance in nominal.
ing the president incumbent.
The Chicago health department is
organizing a cooperative crusade to
crush out smallpox in the middle west.
The state of the epidemic is shown by
special reports from Illinois. Iowa,
Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
President Roosevelt has consented
to his daughters going to King Ed
wards coronation, but she is not to
receive any courtesy beyond that to
which she would be entitled as the
guest of special Ambassador Reid
The demand for structural steel is
greater than the supply For this
reason the United States Steel corpo-
ration will refuse hereafter to hn
foreign contracts. 1t may be neces.
sary to import steel from Germany.
c. w. Post of 32ttle Creek. Mich,
has submitted plan to Sir Thomas
Upton to test the merits of Shamrock
II. and Columbia. He suggests an
exchange of crews and race for a
cup 10 be known as the yachtsmen's
cup.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company is making unusual
efforts to sell direct to large Nnsum-
ers and retail dealers, and as the
wholesale dealers are almost wholly
at the mercy of the coal trust they are
much perturbed
Three hundred bins for public build
ings have been introduced in congress
SO far this session, calling for an ap
preparation Of $S5.000,O00. OF this
amount Illinois share is SLATE 900
Iowa st,S1S,O 600, Indiana 81 1926 900. and
Wisconsin $S65,000.
There is some prospect of congress
passing n bin creating another as
sistant postmaster general This
officer would be known as the fifth
assistant postmaster general and his
duties would be to have full control
of the postoflice department
Billy Sharsig. the base ball manager
died. He was the organizer of the
famous Athletic club. which won the
championship of the American as
/ eNN'NNiNh III 1000 TIC htfSiOptu many
of the most noted players in the
country and was business manager OF
the Philadelphia American League
| last season.
At Kansas City. Mo. the trial cf
VIII Prince as one of the principals
in the murder year ago of Philip II
Kennedy. his brother-iu-law. was be.
gun, Kennedy was shot and killed
by Lulu Prince Kennedy. his wife of
a month, His sister. who Is out on
bail awaiting decision on appeal CT
her case will, ii is said. testify in his
| behalf.
John D. Rockefeller has offered a
million dollars to aid in the construc
ton of the new buildings required by
the Harvard Medical School and for
which J. Pierpont Morgan had already
given million. Mr.. Rockefeller's
gift is conditional upon the raising OF
half million dollars toward the same
object by other friends of the univer.
Sity.
| Willis driving his fast tt1otter Gold