Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-01-25
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Gen. Medarto Alfaro has been elect
cd constitutional president of the republic
Of Ecuador.
As the result of a family feud two
farmers living near Dover, Mo, are dy-
I. ing They are Jonas Hachensmith and
Punch Evans.
Isr--Benjamin L. Davis of the Tabard
inn, near Rugby, Tenn, cut his wife S
throat and then killed himself The
cause is Il mystery.
The farmers in the Cherokee strip
held an enthusiastic celebration on re
! ceipt of the news of the passage of the
Homestead bill by the Senate.
Fire completely destroyed the large
plant of the Fox Paper company at
Crescentville, @. The loss is estimated
! at $3.50. 900, on which there is only Sl2o,-
600 insurance.
Nearly whole block of brick build
inss in the city square at Milan, Mo-.
were destroyed by fire, making an ag--
gregate loss Of ST. 400, distributed
among fifteen firms.
Col Charles III. Banes of the First
National bank Of Philadelphia is dead.
Col. Banes was stricken with apopleXy
| last summer, and has been very i'll ever
since. He was 65 years old.
-Rudd Smith, one of the best known
newspaper writer's and editors in New
York. was accidentally killed by gas es-
| Gaping from defective jet in a room i'll
the Putnam house in that city.
Secret Service Agent Walker at De
troit believes he has captured two Of the
most skllful and dangerous counter
feiters that have ever operated in that
section of the West for many years.
The London Daily News announces
| that Lord Salisbury has consented to a
~. aI- En T. Y1oCr n
| in the Niger coast protectorate on ac-
| count Ct the recent massacre of 4 British
| expedition
Charles Stevens, charged with muir
| dering William Ellis in October, 1895,
was found not guilty. Ellis had been
| shot in the head and his body placed On
burning haystack, where the charred
remains were found.
William M Roe was hanged at
| NaDa. Cal, for the murder of Mrs.
| Greenwood Roe smilingly mounted the
scaffold, smoking a cigar, and did not
| falter when his legs were strapped and
| the black cap adjusted.
The Standard Shoe company, one of
the largest companies employing convict
labor in the penitentiary, made an as
signment at ST. Louis. The liabilities
will reach $4,000. 1t is thought the
creditors will be paid in full
The Cleveland (O) grand jury has
returned a true bill against Charles T.
Cunningham. president of the Warwick
Electric Manufacturing company, charged
with forging the name of Judge e. e
Hamilton to check for $4,000.
Judge Wright at Logan, O., declared
the Columbus, Sandusky & Hooking rail
way company insolvent and appointed e.
| M. Pastor of Nelsonyille receiver. The
| liabilities of the road are said to amount
in the aggregate to $13,0O0,000.
! Millionaire Mine Owner George S
Hammond of the San Juan Mining dis
trict of New Mexico is missing, and
| it is feared he has been foully dealt
with Hammond left Albuquerque, n
| NJ. on Christmas. bound for Chicago, tc
dispose Of some mining property.
| In the Missouri House Representa-
| tive Spofford of Kansas City introduced
a resolution demanding an investigation
| of the Kansas City police department
and commissioners. A spirited debate
| followed and the resolution was finally
| adopted by vote of So to 40.