570800b5Full suspension
Other: Multiple episodes: 1893 suspension with planned resumption; 1895 suspension led to receivership.
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A COMMERCIAL BANK FAILS. STEVENS POINT, Aug. 3.-The Commercial bank has failed. The assets are $200,000 and liabilities, $100,000. STOCK YARDS SUSPEND OPERATIONS. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3. - The Union Stock Yards company at Rod 0 h 8 suspended operations on account I the depressed financ al condition. The plant is new and valuable. W. H. Silverborn, Chicago, is largely interested and also E. A. Hams of Omaha.
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CLOSED ITS DOORS. The National American Bank of St. Paul will not Open. Sr. PAUL. Aug. 8.-The National American bank of this city will not open its doors for business to-morrow morning. This step is rendered necessary by the steady drain upon itn resources for several months, depositors having withdrawn 81,562,000 since January. The Diesent financial stringency has made is impossible to realize ready money on assets in sufficient amount to meet all withdrawals, and the directors to-day decided to close temporarily, in order to get the affairs of the bank in better shape. The bank has a oncital of $2,000,000, with a aurplus of $200,000. Deposits amount to $2,400,000, and the bank holds bills receivable aggregating $4,000,000. The assets are more than simple so meet all liabilities. The officers aumounce that they will pay all depositors with interest so that BO loss will be sustained. MILWAUKEE. Aug. 3.-The grand jury has been called to investigate the South Side Savings bank failure. President T ampff and Cashier Koetting are missing. Affairs of the bank are in bad shape. Depositors will probably lose everything. CHICAGO, Aug. 8.-Lazarus Silverman, a well-known private banker. suspended. Liabilities $500,000. cash on hand $6,000. STEVENS POINT, Wis., Aug. 3.-The Commeroial bank failed. Assets $200,000, liabilities $100,000.
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Business Embarrassments. ANTHONY, KAN., August 3.-The Savings Bank of Anthony failed yesterday. CHICAGO, ILL. August 3.-Lazarus Silverman, a well known private banker, suspended to-day. His liabilities are $500,000, with assets in excess of that amount, and $6,000 cash on hand. A notice declaring that the difficulty was only a temporary one was posted on the doors of the bank. Silverman is in New York, and was informed by telegraph last night of the pending trouble. He is expected to reach Chicago tonight. Until his arrival no plans for a liquidation or continuance of the business can be formulated. Bankers estimate his deposit account at $600,000. It is of a commercial nature, and depositors are for the most part Jewish dealers, engaged in small business. So far as known no large concerns are involved. PITTSBURG, PA., August -The New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, one of the largest concerns in Pittsburg district, whose mines are located on the line of the Pennsylvania railroad, is unable to pay its miners in full. A proposition has been made to 800 employes to pay them one-half of their earnings for six months, and the balance with interest at the end of that time. Officials state that unless this proposition is acceped the mines will close. It is thought that the men will accept. The company is not short of orders for coal, but cannot make prompt collections. MACON, GA., August 3.-The mills of the Bibb Manufacturing Company, of this city, closed down completely to-day. They have been working on two-thirds time for six weeks. Six hundred people are thrown out of employment. The manager gives as the reason that no market can be found for the goods. The closing is for an indefinite time. STEVENS POINT. WIS., August 3.The Commercial Bank failed to open today. Assets, $200,000; liabilities, $100,000.
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Telegraphic Tieks. The Savings Bank of Anthony, Kan., failed Wednesday. The mills of the Bibb Manufacturing Company, Macon, Ga., closed down yesterday. The Commercial Bank of Stevens Point, Wis., failed to open yesterday. Assets, $200,000; liabilities. $100,000. A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says that the Vice-Governor of Santa Fe, Argentina, was killed by the rebels Wednesday. Milton Wall, a nogro, was arrested Wednesday night for robbing registered-letter pouches, at Livingston, Mont., of large sums of money. John 8. Payne, of Tennessee, a retired army officer has been appointed & member of the Board of Pension Appeals in the Interior Department, Washington. The noted Atlanta case of Porter Stocks. convicted of the murder of Alpheus Cassin, came to an end yesterday, when Stocks was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. A fire yesterday morning in Cart's warehouses, Brewton, Ala., destroyed six stores and nearly all their contents Total loss about $11.000; insurance about $4,000. During the past two weeks there has been 8 departure of Austrians and Italians from Pueblo, Col, for their native land which has almost reached the extent of a stampede. The Union Stock-Yards, at Yodo, Cal., suepended operations yesterday, the cause of the suspension being the inability of the packers to continue under existing financial conditions. The private bank owned by Lazarus Silverman, Chicago, suspended yesterday morning, a notice declaring that the difficulty is temporary being posted on the doors of the institution. The plan for the resumption of business by the First National Bank of Birmingbam, Ala., has been approved by the Binalngham clearing-house and cheerfully endorsed by the dopositors. The Georgia railroad has readered free passes to delegates to the Georgia State Agricultural Association, which meets at Stone Mountain Wednesday, August 9th, and all other Georgia roads have already done the same thing. William Coleman. a depositor in the sun pended People's savings Bauk, of Deaver, Col, has began sult against the bank. its officers, shareholders, and directors to recover 88,000 which be had un deposit in that institution. and be asks for an execution against the bodies of
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BUSINESS TROUBLES. More Banks and Business Houses Forced to the Wall. STEVENS' POINT, Wis., Aug. 3.-The Commercial Bank failed to open its doors to-day. Its assets are $200,000 and liabilities $100,000. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Lazarus Silverman, a well known private banker. suspended to-day. His liabilities are $500,000, with assets in excess of that amount, and $6,000 cash on hand. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 3.-The grand jury was called on to-day to investigate the South Side Savings Bank failure. The president, G. C. Trump, and Cashier J. B. Jettling are missing. The affairs of the bank are in a bad shape and depositors will probably lose every. thing. CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-John W. Aver, dealer in mantles, made an assignment. Liabilities, $25,000; assets, $40,000. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 3.-The National Iron Cornice Company made an assignment. The assets and liabilities are estimated at about $20,000. Elyria, Ohio, Aug. 3.-The Lorain Manufacturing Company has assigned to A. St. J. Newberry, of Cleveland. Liabilities, $105,000; assets, $192,500. This company had the largest brass works in the country and employed about 600 men.
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A Run of Over a Month. STEVENS POINT, Wis., Aug. 4. - After standing an almost continuous run since June 25, the Commercial bank closed its doors.
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^ WISCONSIN BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. Stevens Point, Wis., Aug. 3.-After standing an almost continuous run since June 25, during which time over $120,000 was paid out to depositors and certificate holders, the Commercial Bank of Stevens Point closed its doors this morning. The assets are over $200,000, while the liabilities are less than $100,000. No particular excitement results, and the other banks have sufficient funds to meet all demands. Depositors in the First National are guaranteed by the directors and stockholders. The Commercial expects to resume within thirty days. Anthony. Kan., Aug. 3.-The Savings Bank of Anthony failed yesterday. The County Treasurer had $14,875 on deposit.
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NEW BANK TROUBLES, Financial Institutions Unable to Bear the Pressure Longer. HELENA, Mont., Aug. 3.-H. A. Marlow has been named by the Comptroller as receiver for the Montana Ntaional Bank, which closed last week. It is believed the bank will pay all depositors in full. DENVER. Aug. 3.--F. W. Popple was yesterday appointed receiver for the Hamilton Loan and Trust Company of this city on the application of Samuel E. Belcher and others, the defendant consenting to the suit. The company was organized under the laws of Nebraska, and has done a large amount of business in that State. Colorado, and Kansas. MILWAUKE, Aug. 3.-Bank Examiner Lynch has finished his examination of the books of the Milwaukee National Bank of Wisconsin, and has forwarded his report to the Comptroller of the Currency. He says the bank is solvent. Mr. Lynch will remain in charge of the bank until it resumes or until it is put into the hands of a receiver for the winding up of its affairs. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 3.-Comptroller Eckels to-day appointed Edward Hawkins of Indianapolis. ex-United States Marshal for Indiana. receiver of the Indianapolis National Bank. which closed its doors to business on July 25. Comptroller Eckels has directed Bank Examiner Carskadon to take charge of the failed First National Bank of Birmingham. Ala. Examiner Rushing. of the failed El Paso, Tex., National Bank. and Examiner Thom of the failed Wamaca. Wis., County National Bank. DENVER. Aug. 3.-William Coleman. a depositor in the suspended People's Savings Bank. has begun suit against the bank. its officers. shareholders. and directors to recover $2,000. which he had on deposit. He also asks for an execution against the bodies of the defendnnts. and that they be placed in jail until judgment shall be obtained and satisfied. Charges of fraud and conspiracy are made against the bank authorities. President Lawrence of the suspended bank is now in New York endeavoring to raise money with which to reopen the institution. STEVENS POINT. Wis., Aug. 3.-After standing an almost continuous run since June 25, during which more than $120.000 was paid out to depositors and certificate holders, the Commercial Bank of Stevens Point closed its doors this morning. The assets are more than $200,000 and the liabilities are less than $100,000. ANTHONY. Kan., Aug. 3.-The Savings Bank of Anthony failed vesterday. The County Treasurer had $14,875 on deposit. LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 3.-Receiver Hayden of the Capital National Bank has given verbal notice to State Treasurer Bartley that the claims of the State for the amount of its de-
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Expects to Resume. STEVENS POINT, Wis., Aug. 4.-After standing an almost continuous run since June 25, during which time over $120,000 was paid to depositors and certificate holders, the Commercial bank of Stevens Point closed its doors. The assets are over $200,000, while the liabilities are less than $100,000. No particular excitement results and the other banks have sufficient funds to meet all demands. Depositors in the First National are guaranteed by the directors. and stockholders. The Commercial expects to resume within 30 days.
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WILL RESUME SEPT. 1. Setvens Point, Wis., Aug. 21.-The Commercial Bank of Stevens Point expocts to resume business Sept. 1, after a suspension of three weeks. The officials are securing the signatures of depositors for an extension. The First National was never in better condition, and Saturday loaned $2,500 to the city for completing the new high school.
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A When Bank Fals STEVEN'S POINT, WIS., April 1.The Commercial Bank of this city, owing to an extended run, closed its doors this morning. Syron B. Parks was appointed receiver The bank closed its doors last summer during the pante, but opened up again. The assets are put at $100,000 and the liabilities at $60,000.
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Wisconsin State Bank Closes. STEVENS POINT, WIS., April 1.--The Commercial Bank, of this city, owing to an extended run, closed its doors this morning. Byron B. Parks was appointed receiver. The bank closed its doors last summer during the panie, but opened UD again. The assets are put at $100,000, and the liabilities at $60,000.
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CAN PAY DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR. Senseless Run Causes a Stevens Point Bank to Close. STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 1.The Commercial bank closed its doors today. The following unique statement from the president of the bank is posted on the door: "To Our Customers and Depositors: Owing to the fact that those who are unfriendly to me or to the bank have persisted for a month in frightening people who have being doing business with me, and have caused constant withdrawal of funds by our depositors, we find it necessary to suspend payment to all entitled thereto until we can realize upon our securities. We assure all that we are solvent and will pay every dollar we owe in due time. The property is in the hands of a receiver. "EMMONS BURR, President." Byron B. Park was appointed a receiver. The liabilities are about $60,000, the assets $100,000. This bank closed its doors during the panie of 1893, but opened again immediately. The president of the bank is one of the owners of "B B P." the famous trotting horse. The horse was named after Byron B. Park, the receiver of the bank.
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WESTERN BANK CLOSES ITS DOORS. A Steven's Point, Wis., April 1.-The Commercial Bank of this city, owing to an extended run, closed Its doors this morning. Byron B. Parks was appointed receiver. The bank closed its doors in the panic, but opened up again. The assets are put at $100,000, and the liabilities at $60,000.
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CLOSED ITS DOORS. The Commercial Bank of Stevens Point, Wis., in the Receiver's Hands. STEVENS POINT, Wis., April 3.-The Commercial bank has closed its doors. The following unique statement from the president of the bank is posted on the door: "To our customers and depositors: Owing to the fact that those who are unfriendly to me or to the bank have persisted for a month in frightening people who have been doing business with me, and have caused constant withdrawal of funds by our depositors, we find it necessary to suspend payment to all entitled thereto until we can realize upon our securities. We assure all that we are solvent and will pay every dollar we owe in due time. The property is in the hands of a receiver. "EMMONS BURR, President." Byron B. Park was appointed receiver. The liabilities are about $60,000, the assets $100,000. This bank closed its doors during the panic of 1893, but opened again immediately. The president of the bank is one of the owners of "B B P," the famous trotting horse. The horse was named after Byron P. Park, the receiver of the bank.
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CLOSED ITS DOORS. The Commercial Bank at Stevens Point, Wis., Fails. Stevens Point, Wis., April 3.-The Commercial bank closed its doors today. The following unique statement from the president of the bank is posted on the door: "To our customers and depositors: Owing to the fact that those who are unfriendly to me or to the bank have persisted for months in frightening people who have been doing business with me, and have caused constant withdrawal of funds by our depositors, we find it necessary to suspend payment to all entitled thereto until we can realize on our securities. We assure all that we are solvent and will pay every dollar we owe in due time. The property is in the hands of a receiver. Emmons Burr, President." Byron Park was appointed receiver. The liabilities are about $60,000, the assets $100,000.
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TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES What Other Papers in Grant and Adjoining Counties Say. On Monday of last week, when a strong wind was prevailing at Arena. a small out building in which several children were playing was blown over and a six-year old girl of John Harrop was killed.-Mineral Point Tribune. ARE YOU MADE mise rable by in digestion, constipation, dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cnre. The zinc work shut down vesterday for an indefinate time. Rumor says that the woolen mills also will cease operations.-Mineral Point Tribune. The Commercial Bank at Stevens Point, Wis., closed its doors Wednesday. Byron B. Park was appointed receiver. Liabilities about $60.000; assets, $100,000. The bank closed its doors during the panie of 1893, but opened immediately. When so many people are taking and deriving benefit from Hood's Sarsaparilla, why don't you try it yourself. It is highly reco mmended, The Mineral Point Tribune says that the city school board has made Good Friday a holiday for the school. children. This is mixing church and school matters to a degree that is distasteful to American patriots and contrary to the spirit of our institutions. The public schools of no city in Wisconsin or the United States should be closed on account of any church holiday. It was found that the vote authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Melody Lodge I. O. O. F. to purchase the Wilson lot was illegal and notwithstanding Mr. Grindell, as chairman of the Board had entered into contract for the lot, theOdd Fellows at their next meetingvotedagainst thepurchase leavingthe lotonMr. Grindell's hands. Under the circumstances Mr. G.has not yet determined what he shall do.-News. Itch on human, mange on horses, dogs and all stock, cured in thirty minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails. Sold by Stone & Hassell, Druggist, Lancaer, Wis. Advertising Pays. Week before last Frank A. Carr, of theDodgeville Independent, advertised for a girl to learn type-setting, on the 23d an 8 pound daughter arrived at his house.-Montfort Sentinel. Married:-On Thursday, March 28, at the residence of Mr. John Dean Carpenter, of Rewey, by Rev Wm. Shephard, Miss Etta Carpenter daughter of the above, to Mr. Richard Jones of Mifflin. The bride is a young lady of excellent christian character, and is much respected. The groom is a very prosperous farmer. We wish them happiness and prosperity in their new start in life.-Montfort Sentinel. Word comes from all quarters that the neatest and most satisfactory dye for coloring the beard a brown or black is Buckingham's Dye for the Whisker's. The F. M. quarterly conference of the Platteville District decided at their last season to hold a spring camp meeting at Montfort, in June.-Montfort Sentinel. High honors were again won by Richland county at the meeting of the Northwestean Cheesemakers' associatian, held at Fond du Lac last week. H. J. Noyes, of Richland City, won second. No premium was offered on the handsomest man or the Richland county delegation would nodoubt, have again captured that. Thos. Johnson, of Boaz, was elected treasurer of the association.-Richland Republican. As baldness makes one look prematurely old, so a full head of hair gives to mature life the appearance of youth.
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A Bank Closes Its Doors. The Commercial bank of Stevens Point, owing to an extended run, closed its doors. Byron B. Parks was appointed receiver. The bank closed its doors last summer during the panic, but opened up again. The assets were put at $100,000, and the liabilities at $60,000.
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ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS. Chicago Board of Trade directors have suspended J. R. Willard for three years for, as alleged, doing business by bucketshop methods. Obituary: At Providence, R. I., Rev. Dr. William Channing Langdon, 64. At New London, Conn., Elias Morgan, 63. At Louisville, Ky., Frederick Leib. At Pana, IHs., Benjamin H. Hargrove, 85. Fire in the roundhouse of the Monon at Forty-ninth and Wallace streets, Chicago, caused a loss of $15,000. Two locomotives narrowly escaped destruction. The blaze was caused by the dropping of a lighted candle into an oil can by an employe. The liabilities of Bamberger, Bloom & Co., who recently failed at Louisville, are $1,230,000. It is not believed that the assets will realize over 25 per cent. of this amount. George O'Brien, who claims to be a son of Martin O'Brien, a wealthy Chicagoan, is in jail at San Francisco charged with forging a check on the Anglo-California bank. e Emmons Burr, president of the suspended Commercial bank at Stevens Point, Wis., has been arrested charged with fraud. A New York Herald correspondent at a Rio, Brazil, reiterates the report that British troops have passed through the state of Para en route to Venezuela. f Miss Lizzie Gunlach, a prominent society young lady of Belleville, Ills., has astonished herfriends by joining the Salvaf tion Army. V Mrs. Alexander Bremer, wife of the candidate for register on the independent county organization ticket at New York, o has opened campaign headquarters of her own in Delancey street. Colonel John S. Mosby, who has been 4 suffering from an attack of appendicitis at r Marshall, Va., is convalescent, and has been removed to the home of his daughter at Warrenton, Pa. e The A. R. U. on the Great Northern is 11 revising its wage schedule to present to President Hill, who will have to agree or stand a strike, the men say. The name of Sandy Hook, which is now e a great fortification, has been changed to Fort Hancock. O Milwaukee wants a national convention, d too. She is making a campaign for that of the Populists. While Herman Webber, of Chicago, was 7, loading a wagon a box of books fell from y the third story and struck him on the head, killing him instantly. of A new system of sending telegraph messages, which admits of a speed of over n1,700 words a minute, has been successfully tested at New York.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK. Condensed Items of Interest From all Parts of the World. DAYTON, Ohio-Gov. McKinley and ex-Gov. Foraker were given a cordial welcome here this afternoon. After a reception by the Garfield club, the distinguished visitors were driven to the fair grounds, where they addressed a large number of people from this and neighboring counties. Senator Sherman who was billed to speak, could not be present. CHICAGO-The general court martial convened to investigate the charges against Lieut. Samuel S. Pague, of the Fifteenth United States infantry, for shooting at Col. R. E. A. Crofton, of the same regiment, on Oct. 3, com. menoed its proceedings at Fort Sheridan this morning. PARIS, Tex.-The town of Bagwell, in Red River county, 22 miles east of here, was completely destroyed by fire only a few buildings in the outskirts of the place being left standing. The loss will reach $100,000. ST. PETERSBURG is officially announced that the Prussian Minister in Korea has taken no official action whatever in relation to the situation there, although he does not recognize or approve of the illegal state of affairs existing. HAVANA-Advices received here from the interior of this province report the prevailence of heavy floods. The villages of Nueva Paz, San Nicholas and La Catalina are submerged and a large amount of property has been destroyed, but no loss of life is reported. Sr. Louis-Alex Brown, son of a prominent farmer, met W. L. Garrett on a lonely road this morning. and in a quarrel which ensued both men drew revolvers. Brown's gun refused to fire, and Garrett put two bullets into Brown's body and one into his horse. The latter ran home with his dying master on his back. Brown died a few minutes later. ST. LOUIs-Disastrous prairie fires have been raging in various portions of western Missousi and western Kan, sas owing to the continued drouth. ST. Louis-Thebody of Jack Hender son, a farm laborer who yesterday attempted to outrage the wife of his employer, at Vinegar Bend, was found hanging to a tree riddled with bullets. MILWAUKEE-The Wisconsin stockholders of the Standard Telephone company, which was organized with a capital of $210,000,000, and which was to revlutionize the telephone business, have demanded au accounting of the moneys subscribed by them. MaDISON, Wis.-Miss Jean Miner's heroic statue, symbolizing Wisconsin's motto, "Forward," was unveiled in the capitol park. Mrs. John Winans, of Janesville, presented the statue on behalf of the women of Wisconsin, and Gov. Upham made the speech of acceptance. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.-There will be important developments within the next few days in the matter of retaining the La Belle Wagon Works in this city, and if T. G. Fish, who purchased the machinery of the plant from the assignee, insists upon moving it to his new works at Clinton, Iowa, an injunction already prepared will be served. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.-Judge Vinje, of the circuit court, appointed Robert Celly as receiver of the West Superior Iron and Steel company, on application of the Central Trust comany, of New York, which holds a mortgage on the works of $1,300,000. t ASHLAND, Wis.-The state administration is after $40,000 belonging to the state of Wisconsin, and what is t worse, it does not expect to get it. W Attorney General Myrea sse d t through the city on his way to Sud perior, where he will have an intert view with various bondsmen of some S of the Superior banks that went to a the wall, in which there was deposited c some $40,000 belonging to the state of o Wisconsin in these banks. BALTIMORE, Md. - H. Gilbert, of pirit Lake, Iowa, won the Dupont sand championship for trap shooters. M Alester ("Hayward",) of Philadelpla, won second money; Wagner, of V Wshington, took third, and Coe, of Basimore, fourth. P SEVENS POINT, Wis.-In strong contrasto Lis action last Tuesday, when W Emmans Burr, president of the Com mercia bank, placed all his private S properly eyond the reach of the creditor a stockholders by mortgagthe ing it, come the announcement that va he had iledvaims against the instituB tion to the amount of $42,651 as one D of its creditor Mr. Burr gives as his no excuse for nokeeping his promise in regard to turnig over his property to the creditors tat they wouldn't prom. to ise immunity Am criminal prosecutb tion if he did so at tu PLAINFIELD, - Fully 400,000 W bushels of potato have been frozen as in the ground in is section by the , sharp frosts of the ast few nights. at BUFFALO, N. Y. The Lake Shore pi fast train arrived the from Chicago CE at 11:30:34 a. m. Ela time 8:01:07. tr Average including Stps, 63.10 miles per hour; average cluding stops 64.98 miles per hour. This beats the G world's record. at STEVENS POINT VETA
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NEWS OF THE WEEK. Condensed Items of Interest From all Parts of the World. ALMA-The jury in the personal inthe "SA Chester JO 9880 And city of Mondovi, brought in a vertict of 83,000 for the plaintiff. The suit was for injuries sustained on an icy sidewalk. GREEN BAY, Wis.-The county supt of schools of this county has annulled the certificated of the Catholic sisters who were employed as teachers in public schools. The grounds alleged for the act are that they wore the attire of a Catholic order. The case has been laid before Bishop Mess03 pru 09 ABUI feedds us pus 'Jew court. JANESVILLE, Wis.-Mrs. George Vanetta has eloped with a horse jockey by the name of Goldie. She left last night, and no trace of the parties can be found. Vanetta is one of the wealthiest young men in the city, and has been married but a few years. She leaves a small child. Goldie was a confidential friend of the family. TACOMA, Wash.-The sheriff is in pursuit of ex-City Treasurer Boggs, who is short $109,000. MADISON, Wis.-District Attorney Anderson informed the strikers that if that they would furnish him the evidence neccessary for the conviction of the manufacturing tailors he would bring action against them under the blacklistlaw. STEVENS POINT, Wis.-In the circuit court at Waupaca the attorney for Receiver Pfeiffner, of the Commercial bank, had a writ of ne exeat drawn up against President Burr and placed in the hands of the sheriff. This commends the sheriff to place Burr in custody until he gives security to the amount of $15,000 that he will not leave the state. WEST SUPERIOR, Wis.-A warrant has been issued from the municipal court and given to the sheriff for John s1 oqa Superior, South JO Name charged with embezzling $110 from the St. Mary's congregation, of which he is treasurer. The complaint was made by Rev. Father Klop, of St. Mary's Catholic church. EAU CLAIRE, Wis.-Peter Le Claire, of Thorpe, Wis., was sentenced to two years at Waupun by Judge Bailey, at Neilsville, for bigamy. Le Claire, who, a! euo 'searm every peq 'PIO Abers 09 st North Dakota. one at Rib Lake, Wis.; two in Minnesota, and No. 5at Thorpe. The last one, a 17-year-old girl, made the complaint against him. GUTHRIE, Okla.-In the district court, A. W. Foote was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary for -N the jo gradute 8 st eH Referery braska State University, and was sup. JO Jequinu B u! schools JO towns in Nebraska and Missouri. BERLIN-The first anniversary of the death of Alexander III., czar of Russia, was marked by the celebration of a requiem mass in the chapel of the Russian ambassy here. The emperor and empress and their sons, the members of the emporer's civil and military household and the various foreign diplomats and members of the German ministry were present. LONDON-The Prince of Wales attended a requiem mass in the Russian chapel in Welbeck street, the serices -ue tsrate the Jo up pleu being niversary of the death of czar Alex'III Jepus WASHINGTON, D. C.-Corp. L. E. Simons, of the 21st infantry, and Corp. R. H. Allen, of the Eighth cavelry, having passed first among the enlisted men lately ordered to examination for promotion, have been commissioned second lieutenants in thearmy. SEVILLE, Spain-The floods which have prevailed in this region are increasing. The Guadalquiver has risen alarmingly, overflowing its banks and submerging vast tracts of land, The railway tracks are under water and railway trains have been unable to run. Several boats have been capsized by rushing water and some of occupants drowned. BERLIN-The Kreuz Zeitung announces that the next session of the '8 Dee. no uedo IIIM refebred BERNE-The Swiss federal counsul gave a farewell dinner to Mr. J. O. Broadhead, the retiring United States minister. SHELL LAKE, Wis.-Several parties of hunters armed with guns and deer hounds have been here in the past few days and evidently paid no attention to the game laws. NEW YORK-The Oregon Improvement company reports for September: Gross :earnings, $270,517; decrease, $38,147; expenses, $233,328; decrease, STATE deserves, $37,189 "yeu :909'098 BUTTE, Mont.-Firebugs in this city are devoting their attention to the undertaking establishments, and have already inflicted considerable loss. DENVEI the conferance with President Jeffrey, of the Rio Grande railway, the heads of the labor organizations stated that the company was justified in discharging the telegraph operators whose case has been the cause of the meeting, but asked that he be reinstated on account of extenuating circumstances. This President Jeffrey aggreed to. KEEN, N.H.-A heavy snow storm occured here ranging between four and six inches here and at various points in Maine. BUTTE, Mont.-Four Italian wood choppers against whom the governinstituted test suit to deter-
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The News Condensed. In court at Stephens Point George J. Leonard, a groceryman who failed recently, testified that he lost $1,350 in a green goods game at Oshkosh. Leonard's liabilities greatly exceed his asstate George Reed, yardmaster for the St. Paul road at Prairie du Chien, was killed by the cars. Hans England, aged 73, a prominent farmer of Primrose, was found dead in bed. Death resulted from old age. Dr. William A. Scott, assistant professor of political economy in the state university, has received a call to the chair of economies in the Minnesota university. In the county court at Stevens Point the receiver of the Commercial bank filed claims for $87,000 against the estate of the late Benjamin Burr, of whom Emmons Burr, ex-president of the bank, is the sole heir. John Livesy, of Augusta, arrived home, after several weeks' absence, and immediately took a large dose of carbolie acid, which resulted in death. The residence at Madison of H. A. Taylor, editor of the State Journal, was entered by burglars, who secured considerable booty. The sixth annual meeting of the Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Wisconsin was held in Milwaukee. Timothy Follett Strong, Jr., a veteran Wisconsin editor, died at Fond du Lac, aged 56 years. Peter Swanson, an old settler, was accidentally killed by a freight train two miles below Spooner. Mrs. Ruth McDougal, of La Grange, was granted a divorce from Edward McDougal, $5,000 alimony and $200 a year for the support of the children. Winnebago county has paid out $8,500 for the entertainment of 4,300 tramps since November 1 last. The Elkhorn Implement company's building and contents and the adjoining laundry of F. D. Lore were burned. Mrs. Lore and child were researed from the flames badly burned. The total loss was $5,000. D. B. Rudd, a millionaire banker and manufacturer at Reedsburg, died in Florida, where he, with his family, was spending the winter. He was a pioneer Misconsin. jo F. J. Short, of Chicago, has leased the Hotel Myers in Janesville for seven years. The Fond du Lac police arrested Joseph Koch, whom they suspect is the murderer of Fred Messner, the farmer who was so brotally killed at his home near that city a few weeks ago. Business reverses led Leopold Grombach, a Milwaukee cattle dealer, to fire a bullet into his brain. Gust Neethe, who was arrested over a year ago for selling bogus unmutation tickets on the Chicago a Northwestern railroad, pleaded guilty and was fined $350. Caroline Frances Strong, the widow of Moses M. Strong, one of the bestknown Wisconsin pioneers, died at Mineral Point, aged 86 years. Charles P. Shields & Co., a leading dry goods firm at Oshkosh, made an as signment to ex-Mayor William H. Dichmann. The assets were $20,000 and lia$222000.00 bilities Illness made Frederick Schroeder, of Milwaukee, tired of life and he hanged himself. He was 72 years old. James E. Quinn, of Dodgeville, injured while coupling cars, has secured a verdict for $5,000 against the Northwestern road. The state board of fire underwriters has resolved against acetylene gas, and declare it a dangerous explosive. Similar action was taken against a new hydro-incandescent lamp, involving the use of gasoline. William Marks' shingle mill at Amberg was destroyed by fire. Loss, $5, ou THE '000 Chris Schroeder, of Neenah, was accident Ily killed in a lumber campnear Eland Junction. The new Monroe county courthouse wasdedicated at Sparta. Five thousand people were present, including Gov. Upham and Attorney-General Mylrea. Frank Klein, a pugilist, was convicted of manslaughter in Milwaukee. He killed Louis Schmidt May last in a prize fight.