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Norttiirn Wisconsin AM.
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Entered at the Post. Office in Waben®,
•econd-cl ns mail matter.
Tablished every Thursday at Wtk®
Forest County. Wit.
COROIAL O. MfNLCT,
• Editor mid Proprietor
Sabacription SI M per year in adrwMe. ho
pla copies free
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
WAR NOTES
, (yiKtoni receipts at Manila have risen
to /120.000 a day.
iGen. Brooke beglnß reforming edu
cational methods in Cuba.
/ General Pulavleja and Senor Sllvela,
f conservatives, are expected to form a
new Spanish cabinet.
An efTort will be made to retain the
Immune regiments In the service as a
part of the regular army.
Cubans are angry because the Bank
of Spain has been appointed American
fiscal agent In the Island.
A dispatch was received at, Santiago
rescinding the order concentrating
customs revenue at Havana.
Gen. Miller has been ordered t> land
v at Iloilo. Secretary Alger says >he in
surgents may fight or run.
J The alleged exposure of the men
f who plotted the blowing up of the
I Maine Is doubted in Havana.
Gen. Gomez Is ambitious to unite
Cuba. San Domingo and Haytl in one
republic, to he second only to rhe
United States.
Agulnaldo has gone to Iloilo to put
himself at the head of the Filipinos,
with a view of possible fighting with
the Americans.
President McKinley's proclamation
declaring authority of the United
States over all the Philippines was
published at Manila.
Capt. Slgsbee has been awarded
$976 as prize money for capturing the ,
British eoal ship Restormel. in the ser
vice of Cervera, during the late war.
The cabinet considered the matter
of the Snntlago customs receipts. Gen
eral Wood will receive an allowance
sufficient for the needs of the province.
The Filipino governors of Luzon
provinces went to Malolas, a Manila
paper reports, to offer their lives and
property In the cause of Independence.
An army board Is considering rec
ommendations for the award of bre
vets, medals and certificates to soldiers
who distinguished themselves In bat
tle.
Correspondence between the state
departments and consuls show that no
pledges were made to Agulnaldo of an
independent . government of the Phil
ippines.
The United States guards at San
Severing' fortress. Mantazas. found a
prisoner In an obscure cell who had
been thfde days without food. The
Spaniards had neglected to release
him.
Agulnaldo Issues a manifesto pro
testing against Gen. Otis calling him
self military governor of the Philip
pines. He urges his followers to per
severe in f helr efToTts to achieve Inde
pendence
Col. San Martin who wan In com
mand of the Spanish garrison at Ponce
when Gen. Miles ' Invaded the Island
and who abandoned the place without
resistance, has been sentenced to Im
prisonment for life. We may Interfere.
Colonel Henry Sharp of the commis
sary department, who served at Camp
Thomas and Porto Rico, testified be
fore the investigating commission yes
terday that all beef he had handled
was equal to any he had seen tn the
army.
domestic.
Chicago May wheat, 69vi<5*7l)c.
Duluth flour sold lu Turkey at a
profit.
The Lima. Ohio, paper mills burned;
loss 1125,000.
A stay of proceedings was granted lu
Mrs. Botkin's case.
Reuben Goodrich. aged 79, Is dead at
Charleston, W. Va.
‘The 'Waring memorial fund of SIOO,-
000 has beeu completed.
Roosevelt favors gradual ex
tension of suffrage to women.
Ex-Congressman Richard C. Parsons
of Cleveland died aged 72 years.
Colonel Asa W. Dickinson of Hack
ensack, N. J., died at Easton. Pa.
John E. Searles Is not sick, but has
dropped sugar to operate In cotton.
Senator Quay Is angling for demo
cratic votes to assure his re-election.
Richard Croker pronounces in favor
of expansion and against free silver.
Ex-Governor Richard J. Oglesby is
sick with grip at his home In Elkhart.
111.
i The cost of the Increased army under
the Hull bill Is estimated at $82,063.-
•66.
John Glrum of Plttsbirrg wou the
twenty-four-hour bicycle race In New
York.
The New York chamber of com
merce passed resolutions against skv
•crapers.
Six men held up a store In Chicago
One policeman was killed and another
Injured.
, A petition was presented In the sen
ate from confederate veterans of Ar
kansas protesting against Senator
Butler's bill to pension confederate
soldiers.
The wire and nail trust Is gradually
securing control of all the plants In
the country.
Representative Brown, of Kans
has apologized for reflections cast upon
Gov. Leedy.
Michigan railroads show increased
earnings for 1898 of 15 per cent, over
the year before.
A Chicago man claims that Cyrano
de Bergerac was stolen from a play
Listen by him. He goes to law about
' Nilsson, world’s champion
skater, was defeated by Norval Baptie
of North Dakota.
Five big Pittsburg breweries have
consolidated. The combine has a cap
ital of $19,500,000.
Two men were arrested at Chaska,
Minn., on suspicion of being the mur
derers of John Wellner.
John Wanamaker may buy the Fifth
Avenue hotel, New York, and build
another big store there.
The president, It is said is deter
mined that the army beef scandal shall
be thoroughly investigated.
Anew strawboard maker’s company
w-lth a capital of $3,000,000 is being
formed at Indianapolis.
The Indeterminate sentence act, so
called, was declared to be unconstitu
tional by the supreme court.
Ex-Oommissloner of Indian affairs
Alexander B. Upshaw died at New
York. He was 48 years old.
Frederick Silberg, one of the most
famous Knights of Pythias Li the
country. Is dead at Cleveland.
Consul General Goodnow. at Shang
hai, recommends a permanent Ameri
can-Chlnese exposition In that city.
Carl Schurz delivered an address
against Imperialism before the stu
dents of the University of Chicago.
Federal court of appeals decided
that bequests to colleges of the late
I). 11. Fayerweather may now be paid.
James Boxell w'as arrested at How
ard Lake. Minn., charged with the
murder of his father and stepmothe-.
Mrs. Caroline L. Macy bequeathed
$200,000 and contingent Interests In
her estate to New York teachers’ col
lege.
The New York board of health has
Htarted a crusade against druggists
who substitute cheap drugs for costly
ones.
William Jennings Bryan, In a speech
at a Jackson Day banquet in Cincin
nati, assailed tb'* policy of Imperial
ism.
John Drew, the actor, is required by
a court order to give an account, of
the estate of his mother, the noted
actress.
Archplshop Ohapclle, of New Or
leans, has been commissioned by the
pope to take charge of the mission In
Cuba.
The estate of the late Amos R. Eno,
comprising more than $12,000,000 of
valuable properly. Is to be offered at
auction.
Spreading rails wrecked an Illinois
Central train near Grantsburg, 111.
Only six passengers received serious
Injuries.
Bailer Decker, colored, who mur
dered his wife near Tottenville,
Staten Island, last March, was elec
t"Ocuted.
Tn Boston Charles Rosenfeld and
Ills wife filed separate petitions in
bankruptcy. The combined liabilities
are $397,809.
Cnder a decision of the Illinois su
preme court the town of Pullman will
become a free community nnd a part
of Chicago.
Independent republicans announce
their reasons for opposing the re-elec
tion of United States Senator Quay in
Pennsylvania.
A hill for a constitutional amend
ment to provide for white supremacy
was Introduced In the North Carolina
legislature.
The contest against Gov. Lee of
South Dakota Is dropped and the gov
ernor will he permitted to serve out
his new term.
Rev. J. M. Life has been found
guilty at Hebron, Ohio, of improper
conduct toward female members of
his congregation.
One hundred girls, members of the
unions, are In training for a serpen
tine dance to be given at the New
York labor fair.
New York's legislature was organiz
ed by the machine. Ellsworth was
elected 1 president of the senate ami
Nixon speaker.
The value of the total output of
metals in the United States in 1898
was $752,927,047, an Increase over
1897 of $55,069,728.
The navy will be reduced to a peace
basis ami 5,000 seamen and officers
will be discharged. The marine corps
will also be reduced.
Rev. Lucien Lee Kir.solving was
consecrated bishop of Brazil at St.
Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal
church. New York.
Robbers stopped a Reading eoal
train by greasing the rails between
Edge Hill and Olenside. Pa., and stole
a car of anthracite.
The steamer Catania, of New Yor.
signalled for help in mid-ocean, but
disappeared In the night while the
MeSaba was standing by.
The announcement Is made on high
authority that Joseph ... Choate of
New York will be nominated ambas
sador to Great Britain.
The entire Bell telephoue interests
of the country are to be united Into a
company to be known as the Cleve
land Telephone company.
In New York 500 guests attended
the ball given by Mrs. Cornelius Van
derbilt. In honor of her second son,
Alfred Tynn Vanderbilt
All the steel and wire interests of
the country are to be consolidated, the
organization to be known as the
Ametvan Steel and Wire company.
Remington Vernon, founder of Ar
verne-by-the-Sea, has flld a petition
In bankruptcy, giving his llaoiiiUcn as
$728,040 and his assets as nothing.
Total liabilities of $1,166,536 and
assets of 900 are the figures given oy
Thomas H. Brush, a New York builder,
who filed a petition In bankruptcy.
Every graduate from West Point Is
sure of a commission next spring, as
there are more vacancies In the army
than cadets In the graduating class.
A $12,000,000 gas company was In
corporated at Trenton. N. J.. in con-
1 /
nectlon with companies* to combine
electric and oil lighting,Companies.
Silas Anderson, colored, who shot
and killed his wife on the ..3th of
last March, was hanged at Pittsburg.
Jealousy was the cause of the crime.
The American milk trust has been
organized at Zanesville, O. The nom
inal capital stock Is SIO,OOO. Chicago
capitalists are back of the enterprise.
Henry Sherry, of Neenah, denies
the charges of Irregularity made
against him by those seeking to pre
vent his discharges from bankruptcy.
Purdue Agricultural college has Is
sued a bulletin to the effect that the
loss by hog cholera in Indiana has
been 900,000 animals valued at $5,000,-
000.
The Amundson Printing company,
Chicago, which employs 75 men. has
begun suit, for $25,000 damages against
Franklin Union No. 4, for ordering a
strike.
Minnie French Evans, wife of
“Charley” Evans, the player and man
ager* and herself an actress of some
note, died suddenly of apoplexy in
New York.
Senator Davis’ opposition prevented
ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota
from receiving the appointment of am
bassador to Russia, to succeed Mr.
Hitchcock.
According to a Chinese report, a se
cret treaty exists between Great
Britain and the United States to pre
vent any further allenntlon of Chinese
territory.
The heirs of Mary Ball Blown,
claiming $25,000,000 worth of Phila
delphia property, held a third meeting
at Springfield, O. They claim to be
sanguine of success.
Miss Sophia Dallas of Philadelphia
died, aged 76. She was the daughter
of George M. Dallas, who was vice
president of the United States imuer
President Polk.
An attorney for the Standard Oil
company stated in court at Columbus,
Ohio, that the books of the comnany
were not burned, but they will not be
produced In court.
Young B. Clark died at ClaTksdale,
111., aged 77. He was a resident of
Christian county fifty-four years and
was one of the most widely known
men In that section.
Telephone and telegraph are suc
| cessfully used simultaneously on a sin
i gle wire by Great Northern officials
| and the plan will be adopted for all
the lines of the company.
Mrs. Jennie Kinsman of Deeatur. 111.,
died Jan. 7 In the Bermuda Islands.
She wai the wife of George C. Kins
man. superintendent of telegraph for
the Wabash Railroad Cos.
it Is reported that Joseph Le'lter.
the Chicago ex-wheat speculator, has
purchased and will transform the
Rhode Island locomotive vo-ks into
compressed air motor works.
George A. Armour has given SIO,OOO
to found a classical alcove In the uni
versity library In Princeton and a
yearly endowment for three years of
$2,700 toward its support.
It is reported that the eight Akron
sewer pipe factories have gone to
New York to participate in the or
ganization of a company to control
the manufacture of sewer pipe.
Misunderstanding of orders resulted
in a collision between a mixed train
and a double-header freight at Elk
Valley, Tenn. Four trainmen were
caught In the debris, which took fire.
Otis Kendall, former president of
mathematics and astronomy at the
University of Pennsylvania, and for
many years one of the foremost edu
cators of the country, died at Philadel
phia, aged 82 years.
The Kieckhefer Brothers' manufac
turing plant of Milwaukee passed into
the hands of the granite ware trust.
Checks for a little more than $1,000,000.
transferring a controlling Interest,
were passed.
United States minister Conger, at
Pekin, has again protested against
the extension of French concessions
at Shanghai, but he urged the exten
sion of the existing settlement on In
ternational basis.
At Mlddlesboro. Ky., the Henry M.
Ashby bivouac of the confederate vet
erans adopted resolutions In praise
of Ftrsideut McKinley's Atlanta
speech and expressive of Its approval
throughout the country.
The Electr'c company of America
has been Incorporated In New Jersey,
with a capital stock of $25,000,000.
George W. Elkins will be Its presi
dent. and It is proposed to control the
street lighting business east of the
Mississippi river.
William Endieott, aged 100 years,
died at Beverly. Mass. He was an
eyewitness of the engagement between
the frigates Chesapeake and Shannon
June 1, 1813. and was of the sixth gen
eration from Governor Endieott of ,ae
Massachusetts bay colony.
Ninety men have been discharged
from the steam engineering depart
ment at Mare island. Reductions In
the forces employed in other depart
ments will be made during the week.
It Is stated that about 400 hands will
be discharged altogether.
Baron Edgar de Bara and his wife,
the alleged Chicago postal swindlers,
who were arrested at St. Augustine.
Fla., have been released on bonds In
the sums of $5,000 and $2,500 respec
tively for their appearance In the
I'nlted States court at Chicago.
Secretary Alger has issued strtngenc
regulations for the sanitary Inspec
tion each Saturday of all military
camps. Including regimental, brigade
and division hospitals. A special
medical inspection also is ordered on
the last Saturday of each month.
Several months ago Judge Tarvln
of Covington, Ky., seut several coun
cllmen to Jail for contempt of court
In disobeying an order of court to fur
nish supplies. Now the five councll
nien Imprisoned sue Judge Tarvln
collectively for SIO,OOO for false im
prisonment.
Although the value of the late Cal
vin S. Brice’s personal property in
New York is fixed at only $600,000 in
the petition for letters of administra
tion on file at the surrogate's office,
it is probable that his whole estate
when formally taken Into account will
amount to $7,000,000
At Newport News, Va., it is said
that arrangements are being made to
locate in that city near the ship yard
a steel manufacturing plant to cover
50 acres of ground, embracing 50
shops to cost $5,000,000, employing
6,000 men, and have an annual output
valued at $54,000,000.
Mrs. Bloomfield Moore of Philadel
phia, who was largely interested in
the Keely motor company, died at
London. Although the doctors gave
heart disease as the cause of her death,
her friends agree that Mrs. Moore
really died of a broken heart, due to
grief over Keely's death.
The message of Governor Russell
was read in both houses of the North
Carolina legislature. A bill was In
troduced requiring separate car3 for
whites and blacks. Another bill pro
vides that the poll-tax school fund
shall be divided In the proportion paid
by the whites and blacks.
The grand duke Cyril Vladimiro
vitch, the cousin of the czar of Rus
sia, sailed from New York.
There were many Russians on
the pier to see him off. He
was accompanied by two military
aides. As the grand duke walked up
the gang plank, flowers were strewn
in his path.
At Troy, N. Y., fire broke out in the
furniture house of J. R. and F. A.
Myers and spread to the building on
the north occupied by Cluett, Peabody
& Cos., as a storehouse for collars,
cuffs and shirts and the one on the
south occupied by Gorman Bros, as a
meat market, an.l Henry Schuldt as
i a decorator and sign painter. Loss
j SIOO,OOO.
Mrs. Grant G. Gillett, wife of the
j Kansas cattle plunger, arrived in n,i
Paso accompanied by her daughter,
supposed to be Mrs. Glllett’s brother.
He registered the party at the Pierson
hotel as C. H. Bronson, wife, child
and maid. Gillett did not meet his
wife here or in Juarez, where the
party took the Mexican Central for
Chihuahua.
At Philadelphia an inventory of the
personal euects of the late John W.
Kecley of motor fame, has been died
in which the valuation of the property
is placed at $1,500. One of the items
which relates to the motor reads:
“Fifteen pieces of experimental ap
paratus, a certain right of unknown
valuation in certain uncompleted and
unpatented inventions.”
Rev. A. A. Abbott, rector of Christ
church of Warren, 0., has tendered
his resignation to take effect April 3,
and accepted the position of general
missionary and archdeacon of the
Episcopal diocese of Ohio, offered by
Bishop Leonard. Rev. Abbott will
have headquarters in Cleveland. He
succeeds Archdeacon Brown, who re
cently became bishop of Arkansas.
New York police have three men
under surveillance In connection with
the Adams-Cornish poisoning and
would have arrested one or all of
them had it not been for the fact that
none of these suspects has a light
beard. Miss Miller, the saleswoman
who sold the match holder in Newark,
is positive that the purchaser had a
light beard. All the suspects ax-e
said to be men who had grudges
against Cornish.
FOREIGN.
Dreyfus is reported to be seriously
ill.
England and France seem nearer a
rupture than ever.
The Newfoundland shore question
is causing increased irritation at
Paris.
Emperor William, who has been
suffering from influenza, has re
covered.
Russia is increasing its armament,
notwithstanding the czar's peaceful
proposition.
Henry Irving will drop the cares of
theatrical management by the advice
of his doctor.
Germany refused a Spanish invita
tion to take charge of the “protec
tion” business at Iloilo.
News comes from Tahlta of the
death of Tetua Marama, hereditary
princess of the islands.
The foundation stone of Gordon
Memorial college at Khartoum was
laid by Viscount Cromer.
The duke of Marlborough, husband
of Consuelo Vanderbilt, has been ap
pointed paymaster general of London.
Colonel Lewis, with an Anglo-
Eg.'Viian force, has defeated the Emir
Ahmed Fedil 1n a battle on the Blue
Nile.
The bundesrath has decided that at
present there are Insufficient grounds
for passing on the Lippe-Detmold suc
cession question.
The philosophical faculty of Mar
burg univrslty has conferred an hon
orary do< t<wate on the American
geologist. John Mason Clarke.
The business partnership existing
between Sir Henry Irving and Ellen
Terry has terminated. Miss Terry
will form and company of her own.
Wm. T. Stead, who Is seeking to
organize a peace pilgrimage to SC
Petersburg, has received many letters
from America indorsing his plan.
The duchess of Marlboro opened me
new council chamber and horary at
Woodstock near Blenheim in the pres
ence of a large assemblage of people.
The German freisinnige party Win
force the Imperial government to de
cide how far the bunderarath -nay In-1
terfere with the sovereign rights of j
German states.
A Calcutta dispatch states that tue |
beauty, grace and geniality of Lady l
Curzon, formerly Miss Mary Leitei i
of Chicago, have createdstriiS-ked'
impression there.
Count de Castel’.ane denies the story
that he fought a duei with Deroulede
because of an actress, and says he in
tends to sue the newspaper that first
published the report.
The Official Gazette announces that
on January 1. Spain’s floating debt
amounted to 554,810,595 pesetas, an in
crease of 11,812,095 pesetas over the
figures at January 1, of last year.
Captain R. R. Shaw and the crew of
ten of the British bark Glenhuntley,
which was abandoned during a gale
last June, have been rescued from a
barren island in the South Pacific.
The chamber of commerce of Bor
deaux has again presented a memorial
to the French government urging the
pressing necessity of opening nego
tiations for a treaty of commerce
with the United States.
Viscount Cromer, British diplomatic
agent in Egypt, in an address to
Sudanese sheiks at Cairo said: “For
the future you will be governed by
the queen and the khedive. The sole
representative in the Sudan of the two
governments will be the sirdar.”
The reply of Lord Salisbury to the
proposal of Emperor Nicholas for a
disarmament conference of the pow
ers, which Is Just published, promises
the cordial co-operation of the British
government and asks for an Indication
of the heads of the discussion at the
conference.
Quesnay de Baurepaire. president of
the section of the French court of
cassation, which Is dealing with the
Dreyfus case, has resigned in conse
quence of a disagreement regarding
the Dreyfus inquiry. Le Soir says It
learns from an indisputable source
that the court of cassation Is con
vinced that Dreyfus was Justly con
demned.
SPRING
What hand yon blossom curtain stirs
More light than errant air?
I know the touch —'tis hers, 'tis hers!
She parts the thicket there —
The flowered branch her coming stirs
Hath perfumed all the air.
The springs of all forgotten years
Are waked to life anew—
Up, up. my eyes, nor fill with tears
As tender as the dew —
I knew her not In all these years:
But life begins anew.
POSTOFFICE FIGHT ENDED.
Appleton, Wls., Jan. 12. —Congress-
man Minor has ended one of the most
hotly contested postofflee fights ever
known here by the appointment of
Morris Barteau, an active young repub
lican. Those who were In the field
were State Senator A. B. Whitman,
Capt. Fred Heinemann, M. F. Barteau
and M. K. Gochnauer.
An unconfirmed report is circulated
In Havana that a torture chamber has
been found at the residence of the
Spanish military governor.
M. J. DICKINSON
Wabeno, Forest County, Wis.,
DEALER IN
I Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Clothing,
Footwear,
Hardware,
SUPPLIES.
HAY, FLOUR AND FEED.
RUSCH BROS.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Lumber
Lath
Shingles
Etc.
WAHEXO, WISCOXSIX.
* *
tHEUMAMON PORTQsjgJQO. v
Priest Reports to Brooke Regar£jfu,'’‘ l
His Tour of the Maud.
Washington,: Jan. l?®FS6uer
Thomas E. Sherman, in a very JSbt
estiug and instructive report tdffkn.
Brooke of his recent tours throu3feie
island of Porto Rico, says therßmre
many schools both in town
coiUviy. Those in the coucXT
poor* and irregularly
children are bright and quiek,
earlier than ours, and many are
able of learning to read and write 1
much sooner than the American cfcil-j|
dren. The prompt sending of teacherijS
of the lower grades acquainted w.itwy
both English and Spanish would, hag
thinks, be the best step to facilitate S
change in the system of education andl
to enable the rising generation ,o be-
come Americanized. J
In conclusion he says: “A million
of people differing from us in lan
guage, literature, tradition, customs
and manners, welcome us by reason of
political sympathy and a sentiment of
confidence in our desire to govern for
their good, enlarge their liberties and
to increase the substantial blessings
they enjoy without imposing on them
any burdens.”
ELKES DEFEATS McDUFFIE.
New York, Jan. 13. —Harry Elites of
Glens Falls, N. Y., who holds the
world’s bicycle hour record of 34 miles
and 1,220 yards beat Eddie M. McDuf
fie of Boston, the recognized middie
distance champion, in a 25-mile paced
contest in Madison Square garden last
night by nearly a mile and a quarter.
Time: Elkes, 52:34 3-5; McDuffie,
56:151-5.
ENGLISHMEN DISAPPOINTED.
London, Jan. 12. —Most of the morn
ing papers comment upon the situation
in the Philippines, drawing the In
ference that Foraker’s remarks in the
senate chamber were made by him as
spokesman of the president and ex
pressing disappointment and their dls- g
approval of the possible relinquish
ment of the Philippines by the United
States.
DINGLEY A LITTLE BETTER
Washington. Jan. 12. —Greater en
couragement for the recovery of Ding
ley was felt by his physicians last
night than for some days. The pa
tient was' fairly comfortable yester
day. took nourishment freely and was
resting well at night.
Let me see, • how tall is your
building?”
“Seventeen stories.” ■ • t
“Well, we can only insure it up to
the limit.” \
“What’s the limit?”
“The eighth story.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
DEALERS II
Dry Goods,
Groceries,
Shoes,
Hardware,
AND
Lumbermen’s
Supplies.