Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-04-10

state court of appeals. They are
held to be class legislation. based o"
the recent Illinois case decision
The law of primogeniture which
exists among the Chippewas IS TO be
tested in the Minnesota supreme
court as regards inheritance of Land
/ heiu in absolute fee by Indians.
| Owing to the increased receipts from
customs and to expected reductions in
government expenditures, the treasury
officials believe the surplus will reach
100. 900 900 by the end of the pres
ent fiscal year.
New York policemen are in revolt
against blackmail and refuse to per
jure themselves on the orders of their
superiors. The revolt is considered
by the mayor as step in the direc-
tion of reform.
Sanford b. Dole. governor OF
Hawaii. has arrived to explain con
ditions in the islands to- President
Roosevelt and to defend his adj
ministration from attacks of the anti
missionary marty
The state department appointed a
commission to investigate the re-
ported destruction by a Canadian sur
veyOr of Russian boundary monu-
ment The removal may decide the
Canadian boundary dispute.
Near Gillette, Wyo.. the body of b
F. Hawkins. of Guide Rock, Neb,, who
disappeared suddenly two years ago,
was found by hunters beneath rude
shelter of bark and logs. He died of
starvation and cold.
Twelve hotels and a score of other
buildings were destroyed by Ire at
Atlantic City. Philadelphia and
Camden firemen extinguished the
blaze after five hours fight. The
loss is nearly 81 100000.
Chicago republicans and democrats
each made a net gain of one alder
man in the city election. The new
council will consist of 80 republicans,
SO democrats, | independent. Bath
house John. democrat. won.
Reports from the flooded districts of
Tennessee emphasize the gravity of
X,
it is believed. will reach $4,000,0O0.
while twenty-five lives are known to
be lost. The water is receding.
Representative jenkins of Chip
pewa Falls, has introduced bill
relative as q result of the blowing
up of the Maine in Havana harbor.
1t authorizes payments to the
heirs of those who lost their lives on
the Maine.
The senate committee has author
lied favorable report on the bal
creating the general education board.
the object of which is to be the
promotion of education within the
United States, without distinction or
race sex or creed"
Ernest Rambech, aged "a years a
veteran of the Franco-P russian war.
died of lung fever at Wichita, Kan
He was decorated by the king of
Sweden for having saved the kings
horses from the royal stables during
a conflagration twenty-one years ago
Powell Clayton, ambassador to Next
co, has obtained leave of absence to
come to Washington to appear before
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hay and defend himself against the
charges flied by Senator Nelson of
Minnesota in behalf of William II.
Mealy.
Tacoma customs officers, aided by
the revenue cutter Grant, have Just
unearthed an extensive smuggling
system, whereby great quantities of
wool grown on British Columbia is
lands, adjacent to Vancouver. are be-
ing smuggled across the line in sloops
and marketed in this country.
Advices from Skagway state that
last fall Dick Fraiser an official civil
engineer of the Canadian government,
and one of the most prominent civil
engineers in Canada, discovered a
Russian boundary monument. The
attidavits of witnesses have been
taken and sent to Washington.
Covered with snow and with a re-
volver clutched in his right hand. the
| body of Howard Il, Miller, a student at
the Keokuk College of Physicians and
Surgeons. was found in Lincoln park,
Chicago, 1t is believed he ended his
life while respondent on account of
over study. He was nephew of Rear
Admiral Miller
The civil service commission will
shortly institute a test system of an
nual examinations of its employees,
which is designed to be extended to
all branches of the government serv.
ice. These examinations will be re-
quired of all, and employees will be re-
duced in grade and pay If they fail to
score 30 per cent.
An interesting report has been
made from the committee on military
affairs by Representative Esch of La
Crosse. in favor of the bin for the
Improvement OF the old military
cemetery on the Fort Crawford res.
ervation. near Prairie Gu CHEN. wis.
Much historic interest attaches to
} this old cemetery and the reservation
/ lands
Pay Director of the Navy Henry T
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