Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-19

precinct to quell a riot. The com
Diaint was made that the law and or
der women were intimidating the an
u-prohibition vote
Six deaths at sea on the Anchor lin,
steamer Karamania, Marseilles Il
New York are said to resemble
cholera. The vessel was detained al
quarantine in the latter port and the
1873 passengers were transferred tc
Hoffman island.
Newt Watkins, miner of Percy
H., was killed by the collapsing of the
roof OF his house. He leaves wife
ard six children. Several of his com
panions had just left his room and had
been sitting just where Watkins was
buried under the states from the roof
Secretary Shaw is in New York to
consult bankers over threatened
money stringency. The treasury
balance is now 1921 ,903 ,361, including
$150,392,323 deposited in national
banks. Bills of exchange may be
used for the s5O,OO0,O0O canal pay
ment
! The Ohio supreme court handed
down a decision to the effect that
Their eshould be no members of school
boards elcted in Ohio at the spring
election in municipalities where the
wards have been changed under the
Acw code. The decision interests
nearly all cities in Ohio.
In Chicago sensational develop
ments which, it is said, will prove be-
yond a doubt that for some time GER
tain detectives assigned to duty at the
Desplaines street station have been in
league with well-known thieves and
criminals, are expected to come to
light within few days.
Justice Davis at New York adjourn
ed the February term of the criminal
branch of the supreme court, in
which the case of David w Rucklin,
the alleged gambling manager, was
included District Attorney Jerome
said that this meant that the SUBJ
poenas in the case were no longer in
force.
Baron Sternberg, the German mir
lister, called at the state department
to make inquiries as to the truth Of a
printed staement that the government
of Argentina had proposed to the United
States the formation between them of
al alliance to support the Monroc doc
trIne. He was told that there was 10
truth in it.
At Kokomo, Ind, Mrs. Nora Gauze,
Indiana organizer for the National
Humane Society, had all her farm an
imals killed She contemplated an
extended visit east, and rather than
trust her pet stock to other hands,
she ordered them killed with chloro-
form The farmer hired to do the job
used an ak.
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island in
a message to the legislature declared
, tina tbribery was common in many
towns of the state and that many
members of the legislature occupied
seats obtained by purchased votes.
He recommended the appointment of
commissioner to detect and punish
the offenders.
Notwithstanding the protests of the
Indian Rights Association and the In
dams themselves, it Is expected that
j. Carrigan will soon be appointed III
1ian agent at Standing Rock, n. b..
Plans have been completed for the re-
modelling Of the boys dormitory at the
Pipestone Indian school. The sum
of $4,000 is available for the pur-
pose.
/ John B. Ferguson. a travelling sales
man from Pittsburg, was shot and
killed at New Castle Junction, Pa,
supposedly by Robert Mengin, an iron
! molder of New Castle, who is held for
the murder. 1t is thought that Fer-
guson made an insulting remark to
j Mengin's wife. who was waiting for
a train. and Mengin pulled his revolver
and shot him.
! Edward Stewart who was the COM
panion of Nellie Fletcher Of New
Haven, who died under suspicious cir
stances, was remanded to the cor
oner by Magistrate Barlow at New
York. Coroner Schler after securing
4 his written statement regarding the
night in question parolled him in the
custody of his counsel until next Mon
cay. when the inquest will be held,
Officers Of the Cunard liner Umbria
which arrived at New York. said
there was a great deal of extremely
rough weather during the voyage
Great waves boarded the ship and
one of them caught several of the
crew and tossed them about on deck
One of the seamen had his leg broken
and others were battered and bruised
During the trip the Umbria frequent
u was in communication with other
ships by wireless telegraphy.
FOREIGN.
The condition of Baron Nathania
De Rothschild, who is i'll at Naples
is critical.
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