Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-15

| VantageS are urged.
Andrew Carnegie offered s1,50O, 900
to the Philadelphia city government to
establish thirty district branches of
the public library; $4,000 ODE ex-
pended on each building, plan similar
to his New York gift.
The Illinois convict labor bin.
drafted by Representative Drew of
Joliet, prohibits the use of machin-
cry in prison shops and provides for
the purchase of stone crushing ma
chinery for road building.
Charles Meighan, former postmaster
at Ogden, Utah, convicted of embez.
element of government funds, has
withdrawn his petition for an appeal
and begun to serve his sentence of a
year and a day in the state peniten-
tiary.
Stuyvesant Fish, president of ILL
nois Central railroad, declared freight
rates in force were made during hard
times from 1893 to 1897, and increases
must be made to provide transporta-
ton demande by public without adj
vance notice.
| Beet sugar senators formally with
| drew their opposition to the Cuban
reciprocity treaty; Wisconsin and
California interests oppose action and
| threaten the withdrawal from Ameri-
can association; ratification of the
| treaty is likely.
The Illinois Manufacturers associa-
ton will submit pro f CT illegal COM
bination among Chicago cal dealers
to States Attorney Deneen. Grand
jury will at once investigate, and ill.,
dictments against large dealers are
believed likely.
1t is reported that the American
Commercial Telegraphers' Union,
which was turned down by the Amer
lean Federation of Labor at New
Orleans, will apply for a charter to
the American Labor Union, the Debs
organization.
The public library for which Andrew
Carnegie gave s35O,0OO was dedicated
with addresses by the donor and Presi-
dent Roosevelt; the former said he
had given $50 library buildings and
that most of 500 other applications
would be granted.
The Pennsylvania legislature organ
lied and adjourned till Jan. 10, when
Senator Boies Penrose will be elected:
a compulsory arbitration law was
urged by Gov. Stone, who declared
that the anthracite strike cost the
state S1,000,00O.
At Oneonta, Ala, Miss Eta ALL
dredge, daughter of the county sheriff,
liberated two prisoners, Louis Gurley,
charged with murder, and Mayburn
Murphrea, sentenced for a minor of
Tense. Miss Alldredge, it is said, &C
companied one of the men.
John W. Morrison was inaugurated
as governor of Idaho and the other
state officials were sworn in. The
house organized with ]. Frank Hunt.
of Bannock, as speaker. The senate
organized with Senator j. w. Brigham,
of Latah, as president pro tenn.
Attorney General Knox, on request
of Senator Hoar and Congressman
Littlefield, submitted remedy for the
trust evils, including a law against
rate discrimination and interstate COM
merce in products of illegal COM
bines; action by congress is unlikely.
Gov Yates message submitted to
the Illinois legislature, declares the
United States senator already has
been chosen, and urges law for uni
form state primaries, constitutional
charter amendment for Chicago, a
consumptives' hospital, and reason
able merit law"
Boston is sending a strong delega-
ton to Washington to fight for the rat
ification of the HayBond reciprocity
treaty with Newfoundland. The dele
cation is backed by the powerful fish
ing interests of New England, those of
Gloucester alone expected, and pro-
poses to make valiant stand.
At Albany, N. Y, The Hebrew Vet
Grams of the War With Spain" have
been Incorporated to promote social in
tercourse and fraternity between vet
eran soldiers and sailors of Hebrew
faith who served in the United States
army and navy during the Spanish
American and Philippines wars
At Devils Lake, N. D., Dan Maloney
was arrested on a warrant charging
him with murder in the first degree.
The killing of which he is accused of
is the alleged murder of Nicholaus
Nachtsheim, last August. Maloney
is suffering from self-infiicted
wound, He attempted suicide and is
very weak.
Some time next month the president
will probably send to the senate the
nomination of Governor Taft to be an
associate justice of the United States
supreme court. to succeed Justice
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