Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-09-12

bed the home of Leo Mack, en- Aug.
3, murdered Sophie Heckler, the sery-
ant, and then fired the house.
IS The New York public service com
mission directed the Interborough-
Metropolitan company to open its
books for examination The commits
sion also directed the city railway
lines to show cause why increases in
their service should not be ordered.
When trolley car ran into a car
riage belonging to Olcott C. Colt, son
of the late manufacturer of firearms
in New York, Mrs. Colt was perhaps
fatally injured and her husband badly
bruised
J A mysterious woman In blue gave
testimony of sensational character
affecting the character of Mrs. E. w.
Vanderbilt formerly May Pepper, the
medium, at the Vanderbilt lunacy
hearing at New York
Two Polish boys, 13 years old, were
shocked to death by electricity on a
steel tower at Buffalo and their bodies
hung in midair with flames playing
about them for nearly three hours in
the sight of thousands of persons
Federal District Judge DeHaven of
California has sentenced John A. Ben
son and E. B. Perrin, recently con-
victer of land fraud, to ten years i'm
prisonment in the Alameda county
jail and to pay fine of $1,000 each
Three Reading companies, in their
answer at Philadelphia to the federal
suit brought to break up the alleged
coal combine, declare the agreement
regarding wages and prices was
forced on them by the late Mark
Hanna
Giuseppe Guissifo, an alleged black
mailer, was shot dead at Blairsville.
Pa One companion was arrested
and third escaped following their at
tempt to blackmail Frank Cieppinno,
who was probably fatally stabbed by
one of the Italians.
George Virgin, banker and capital
ist so years old, died at Virginia, H.
He was identified with the Cass
county interests in 40. He was presi-
dent of the Farmers National bank for
thirty years. A widow and seven
children survive him.
When passenger train on the Iowa
Central north bound ran into an open
switch at New Sharon, Iowa, William
Cannon of Marshalltown, fireman,
was killed, and James Clark of Mar
shalltown, engineer seriously injured.
Several passengers were badly bruised.
Oficials of the Central Illinois Trac-
ton company and the motormen of
the two cars are held responsible for
the wreck near Charleston, Ill. Friday,
in which fourteen persons were killed
and many injured, according to the
verdict of the coroners jury.
At Tangier the anxiety expressed
regarding the safety OF Caid Sir Harry
MacLean due to the protracted alb
sence of direct news from the general,
was relieved by the arrival of letters
from MacLean himself. He is in good
health and Is with Raisuli in the Ben
larous territory.
J After living in dire poverty, Douglas
A. Stuart, who claims to be the adept
ed son of Luther Marsh, the late New
York lawyer and partner of Daniel
Webster, will sue John ]. Huyler to
whom Marsh left his $4,000, 900 estate,
owing, it is said, to the influence of
Huylers spirit medium wife.
! 1T Baden-Baden. a thief went
through one of the principal hotels
and stole large amount of money
and iewelry. Baron Goldschmidt
of Frankfort is reported to have lost
from $4,000 to $4,000 Baroness
Ephrussi of Vienna lost jewels which
were reported to the police as being
worth $4,000.
! The Illinois Tax Reform associa-
ton. in letter to the board of re-
view, asks for collection of over 49,
100000 in alleged back taxes from
the Field estate. Estimates are made
that Marshall and Henry Field will
divide 81 900, 100000 when the estate
of their grandfather is settled at the
end of trust period Of thirty-eight,
years.