Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-04
DOM ESTIC.

The Vermont legislature probably
will renounce state prohibition of the
liquor traffic.
The president intimated at a confer
once on antitrust legislation that If
need be an extra session will be called
to take up the matter.
Gerald Birney Smith. professor Of
systematic theology in the University
of Chicago, was ordained at the Hyde
Park Baptist church, Chicago.
The ministerial alliance of Salt Lake
had adopted resolutions strongly OPP
posing the proposed election to the
United States senate of Reed Smoot.
A sixteen inch coast defense gun
shipped from Watervliet arsenal to
Sandy Hook is forty-nine feet long and
shoots a 1870 pound projectile twenty
one miles.
At Hesperia. Mich. Mrs. Walter
Knickerbocker, aged 6S, living at Men
acreek, Mich, was burned to death and
her husband, aged So was fatally
burned.
DR. Loarenz visited little Lolita Ar
mour, of Chicago upon whom he had
operated. She was able to walk, and
he will remove the plaster cast next
April in Vienna.
British merchants in India alarmed
at threatened invasion of steel in
dustries by American capital; Bengal
Iron and Steel company will import
plant to forestall 1t.
officials of the Santa Fe railroad
company are said to have closed a con
tract with French mills for 10000 tons
of steel rails of of so pounds weight.
The price is given at s22 ton.
At Centralia. ILL.,, Dora Ment, who,
after quarrel with her lover, fifty.
six days ago. Immediately lapsed into
a somnolent trance has not during
that time evinced consciousness.
Walter Morshead, an Englishman,
sued the estate of G. p. Huntington
for sl03. 100000. alleged to have been
unlawfully converted in the construc-
ton of the Central Pacific railroad.
Booker T. Washington. in a letter to
a Birmingham, Ala, newspaper. de.
clared his interest in politics confined
to the issues affecting his race and
ohNtoth htbibNS hol w Stth olltt
]. G. Phelps Stokes, New York
millionaire, brother of the Rev. Arson
Phelps Stokes, took up his residence
in the university settlement and will
work for the betterment of the poor.
William S. Vanderbilt Allen. a great
grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt,
is still confined at New York SAM
farfitr, NnffArar from, In 10
noia. Attempts to poison him is one
of his illusions.
Postmaster General Paynes annual
report recommends free mail delivery
in all cities of 5000 population or
$4,000 gross receipts. The postal de-
felt for the year ending June 80, is
S2,9S7.6
The frances" is the name of new
canation which Fred Dorner, La
fayette, Ind. florist, has just disposed
of to Chicago company for SIS 900
1t is the result of nearly twelve years
of care.
John Mitchell and miners attorneys
accused the anthracite operators with
repudiating Wayne MacVeagh, their
attorney. and violating their owr
agreement in refusing to accept 3
strike settlement.
Clint r. Osborne. Warren (Mich.'
merchant was killed by bank robbers
whom he discovered Five Thousand
dollars was stolen by safe robber.
from Morgan (Tex.) bank, and $50,
from Clark's Hin undl postofice.
Western Nebraska land frauds. In
volving S.952.s44 acres are under in
vestigation by Col. John S. Mosby a
President Roosevelts instigation. Cat
tie barons are accused of fencing pub
lie land and paying widows SIS for Sc
curing it under the homestead act.
Mary Baker G. Eddy explained he
advice Tor the nontreatment OF con
tagious disease by Christian Schemes
heaters, and declared the latter shoulC
use Judgment and remember that th'
law does not specially protect them.
At conference between the indie
pendent coal operators and the presi
dents of the anthracite railroads IL wa'
decided to discontinue negotiations
with the miners for private settle
ment and to leave the whole matter Il
the coal strike commission.
The vanderbilts are said to be seek
ing control of the Chicago Great
Western railroad to provide an III
dependent Kansas City line for the