Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-05

lcoadjutor bishop of Little Rock.
Judge OSullivan nullified District
Attorney Jeromes opinion that polit-
ical contributions by life insurance
companies are no crime, holding that
they may be indicted for larceny.
Mrs. aJne Dowie, wife of John
Alexander Dowie, announced in Zion
City that she would resume active
participation ia the work of the
church as overseer of woman's work.
Flora Watts, alias Jones, aged 1s
years, was found guilty of man
slaughter in Columbus, o. She was
indicted for second-degree murder for
the killing of James Jones on Christ
mas.
A carpet tack, caught between cog
wheels, caused spark that resulted
in the blowing up of the works of the
Phoenix powder company, eight miles
east of East st. Louis, ILL.,, killing two
men.
At Kenosha John Young became
conscience stricken and confessed
that he stole 500 in cash and goods
at Waukegan. He will not be prose
cuted, the goods having been re-
turned.
Commissioner E. X. Slater of the
Minnesota dairy and food department
has declined the position of inspector
of dairy products Of the New York
district, under the United States ag-
riculthral bureau.
The Chicago and Milwaukee Elec-
trio railway company has completed
the work of securing a right of way
through Kenosha county All but
four farmers settled with the com
pany out of court.
Orders have been issued by the
postmaster at New York and Brooklyn
to refuse to admit to tne mails the
advertisements of 50 Illegal medical
officials located in those cities, and
also to refuse to deliver mail.
AT Logansport, Ind, David Myers,
SIS, died from tachycardia, rare
heart affection. The attacks caused
his heart to beat like a piston and
with such force as to lift him from his
feet If he was standing erect, or to
unbalance any one against whom he
might be leaning.
John c. MCGOWAN, supposed to be
the only person who ever escaped
from Libby prison in broad daylight,
died at Washington, d. c., aged 20.
He had been bed-ridden for nine
years as the result of his prison ex-
periences. MCGOWAN was in the first
Maryland regiment.
James McCreary of Appleton was
arrested at Neenah after a long chase
by Officer Sefensh, who as assaulted
by McCreary, but pluckily ran down
his man, McCready is wanted at Men.
asha for completely in the robbery of
the John Schneider store three years
ago: at Oshkosh for participation in
the holdup at the old Mamie Sey-
mour resort last fall, and at New
London for breaking jail
Two households for GAINESVILLE peo
pie are being built for use on the
Rock river at GAINESVILLE. A half
dozen more are contracted for. This
will be the initial houseboat colony on
the river. The Indian Ford Trans
portaton company. of which George
Mickey of GAINESVILLE is president, will
begin work az once to make their
tracks ready around Indian Ford dam
so that launches and households on
the river can be taken through to
Lake Koshkonong.
Undersheriff North of Sheboygan,
who is suing George M. Groh for
1915 for detective work in obtaining
evidence in Madame Young's breach
of promise case, claims that the ex
pense money advanced to him by
Groh was spent for drinks, cigars and
chop suey. North claims SIS per
week for his work as a detective.
Groh's attorney says that this is three
times what he is receiving from the
county, and that he did not procnce
any evidence of any value to the de-
Tense.