Customs Coli.kctok, Huaihiiiaw of
the I’uget Sound district, Wash., is re
moved for opium smuggling and allowing
Chim so to enter the country from Canada.
\ndrev Wasson i* appointed in Brad
shaw's place.
I'hk president has appointed William
M. Morrow, of California to be Tinted
States district judge for the northern dis
trict of California, vice Hoffman, deceas
ed, and Mack A. Montgomery, of Missis
sippi, to !' I’nited States district at
torney for the northern district of Missis
sippi.
Thk bureau of American republics is
id -Bed that in commercial circles through
out the republic of Ecuador great enthus
iasm prevails over the prospect of an in
. creased trade with the Tinted States, and
preparations are being made on a large
scale to exhibit at the world’s Cclumbian
exposition, in a great variety, the pro
ducts for export most appreciated in the
United States.
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Morgan P. Edwards, a pioneer East
Side grocer of Milwaukee died Sunday
aged 62. John Liwler one of the old
residents of Milwaukee county, also died
at his home in South Milwaukee Sunday
at the age of 86 years.
A number of Milwaukee survivors of
the Lady Elgin disaster went to Winelka,
on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and
Chicago, Saturday, where they spent the
day. This is the spot where much of the
wreck drifted asho r and where a number
were rescued. While hunting for relics,
Saturday, the survivors found a piece of
the Elgin’s hull, about thirty feet in length
which has remained in the sand and water
at that point since the accident. Each
survivor present secured a piece of the
hull as a relic.
