Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-12-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Prominent Tammany officials attend
ed the funeral of Col. Fellows in New
York.
-Ex-Judge Patrick Mallon. one of the
older members of the bar of Cincinnati.
died suddenly.
M. Frederic Mistrel of Paris has
completed his translation of the Bible
into the provincial dialect.
The sanitary inspector of the marine
hospital service ut Yokohama under date
of November calls attention to the in
creasing prevalence of smallpox i'll Hiogo
Ken.
Joseph Connell. former treasurer of
the Journeymen Stone Cutters associa-
ton i'll New York, has obtained a verdict
of $500 against the association under the
statute making boycotting illegal.
j r. Luzon, representing the firm of
Finlayson. Bousfield & Co., in Boston,
has received telegram from his firm
denying that the Coates Thread com
pany had bought up the concern.
The National Cash Register conf
pany at Dayton, O.. predicts good times
in .-ie near future and backs its predic
ton by investing 100000 in new fac
tory buildings and other improvements.
Jules Soule, Mississippi editor and
a member of the famous Louisiana fam
lily of that name, died at Charity hospi-
tai i'll New Orleans He was shot at
Biloxi by John H. Miller, editor of the
Biloxi Herald.
Robert Clarke, formerly of Chicago.
fell down an incline in the Gold Cup
mine at st. Elmo, Col, and was killed.
Mr. Clarke was Il son of one Of Chi
cagO'S best known pioneers and was
son-in-law of D. A. Gage of that eity.
j. G. Gould. vice-president' and sec
rotary of the Leland & Smith company,
the leading tobacconists here, has mys-
teriously disappeared, and no trace of his
whereabouts can be found. 1t is be-
lieved his mind was temporarily affected.
Cashier Fleming, formerly of the
Exchange National bank of Eldorado.
Kas., has been arrested on a charge of
forgery on four complaints. He waived
preliminary hearing and was bound over
to the March term, giving $4,000 bond.
The German and Dutch consulates
at Lorenzo Marques, Portuguese South
Africa, have been attacked, and Brit
ish flag was torn to shreds. The Dutch
consul was wounded. Germany has, in
consequence demanded satisfaction Of
Portugal.
"A report comes from Keswick Cal,
that there was an explosion of gasoline
there last evening resulting in the burn
ing of II men. among them Arthur
Dean. Dean had charge of the electric
DlduI anu II Is pE0SullSu lIldI Tie en-
plosion took place in the power house.
The Andrews Packing company,
one of the Oldest and most successful
jobbers of fresh and cured meats i'll
Colorado, has failed at Pueblo. The la
bilities will approximate 100000. The
property assigned will. it is said, with
proper handling, pay all debts and leave
4 SurrIuS.
The court of appeals has decided
that the state law of Kentucky exempt
ing whisky in federal bond from taxa
ton during the bonded period as uncon-
stitutional This will materially increase
the tax list in Kentucky and will also
bring into the state treasury consider
able arrears Of taxes.
John Hoch, the condemned murderer
of Minnie Ingersoll was resentenced at
Louisville, N. Y, to be electrocuted. As
soon as the sentence had been pro-
nounced Hoch seized a heavy tumDler
from the judges bench and hurled il
with great force at Dist.-Atty. Jacob,
striking him over the left eye, making il
bad bruise, but not seriously injuring
him.
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi has been
elected president of the Societe Iiberte
DIES Artistes Francois.
Mr.. Gladstone is disappointed at the
small sale of his edition Of Bishop But
lcr,' only 1000 copies having been sold.