Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-07-28

>. oully, e8-cOltOn KING, the meeting
of his creditors has been adjourned
until Aug. 8.
Sensational arraignment of the retir-
ing exalted treasurer of Elks was made
by retiring exalted ruler at the Gin
cinnati meeting.
Hundreds attended the funeral OF
Victor Benke. the New York evangelist,
who rose from the position of a bum"
to a post of honor.
Missouri democratic convention
nominated Joseph w. Folk for COVER
nor; but put two machine men" on
the ticket with him.
At the federal inquiry into the Slo-
cum disaster the reports of defective
fire apparatus and rotten life-pre-
servers were verified.
Charles Mclaughlin, aged sixty-fve,
sank and died, probably of apoplexy,
while performing swimming tricks be-
fore Coney Island crowd.
Hans Fuchs, a wealthy Chicago
manufacturer, after brooding over
the death of his wife, sent messages
to friends and killed himself.
r. G. McEvoy, former states attor-
ney of Winnebago county and lead
ling republican, vas stricken with apo
plexy at his home in Rockford.
Fire in Rhinelander, Wis, caused a
total loss of $150,OOO. Thirty dwell
ings, a planning mill and six and half
million feet of lumber were destroyed.
At Youngstown, o., Lawrence Liv-
ingston, a railway employee, probably
fatally shot his wife and then commit
ted suicide Jealousy was the cause
Suit has been started in Muske-
gan, Mich, for $4,000 against the
wealthy Stephens family of Moline,
H., by the Harrison Granite company
Of Adrian, Mich.
Investigation of the beef trust now
In progress under express direction
from President Roosevelt, has no
political motive and is in no way re
lated to the strike.
Bryan announced a plan of party re-
form, state ownership of railroads,
government control of telegraph, in
come tax, and popular election Of
federal judges being favored.
The Mexican national pavilion was
struck by lightning during a severe
storm at the worlds fair grounds. A
large number of visitors were in the
building and were drenched by the
heavy rain.
While an employee was filling with
gasoline the tank of launch on Lake
Geneva, Wis, some of the gasoline
caught fire and the boat was entirely
consumed entailing a loss of between
"a, 900 to $4,000.
The White Star line steamer Oceanic,
which arrived from Liverpool and
Queenstown. brought a large list of
passengers, among them being Mr..
and Mrs Clarence II. Mackay and Mrs,
j. Ogden Armour
Jockey George Greene, whose skull
was fractured by fall on the track
at Brighton Beach, died of his in
juries at the Coney Island reception
hospital, He was the regular steeple-
chase jockey for the Hitchcock stable.
His home was at Asheville, N. G.
Mary Rogers, wife of c. II. Rogers,
an electrician, who went to New York
from Hartford, Conn, three weeks ago,
was found dead in their room from gas
asphyxiation. According to Rogers, he
quarreled with his wife and left her,
intending to return. The circumstances
point to suicide.
Two of party of bathers were
drowned in the Merrimack river at
Lowell, Mass. The victims were John
Vlakhas, 80, mill operative, and
Ferdinand Bousquet, Is. The first
fatality. resulting from cramps, was
followed within Is minutes by the Sec
ond drowning from a similar cause.
Governor Charles N. Herreid of
arrived in San Francisco to partici-
pate ii, the ceremony attendant upon
the launching of the cruiser South
Dakota at the Union Iron works. Miss
Grace Pesreid, daughter of the COVER
nor. chrlstened the warship.
The national convention of the
Ancient order of Hibernians and the
ladies auxiliary of that organization
opened with solemn high mass at
st. Patrick's Catholic church in st.
Louis. This is the largest convention
in the history of the organization, it
being estimated that nearly 10000
members are in st. Louis. In addition
to the accredited delegates, Canada,
Ireland, Australia and Mexico are
represented by fraternal delegates,
who, however, will have no voice in
the proceedings.
Hawaii wants the government to
help ii provide for the leper colony
and the scientific study of the disease.
The territory's board of health has
written to the San Francisco board Of
health. asking for that eiy's as
sistance in appeals to Washington for
funds needed in the work of caring
for large settlement. In Hawaiis
leper settlement at Molokai there are
951 native Hawaiians, "a Chinese. 10
Portuguese, 10 English and Germans,
FIVE Americans and four negroes and