Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-21

Bay, Wis, were killed in a logging
train collision at Carneys Spur, Mich.
The attorney general of Missouri
to have the Lords prayer recited and
the Bible read in the public schools.
The steamer Veead IN was wrecked
at sea, and all on board-over 200
in number-were rescued by the stea-
mer st. Louis.
The negroes got a favorable decision
from the Illinois supreme court re-
garding the admission OF cOIored chill
dren to the Alton schools.
At Lansing, Mich, Roderique c.
Lauzun, a somewhat dissolute French
man about % years Of age, was found
murdered for money.
Judge Burlington decided against
Won der Abe in the alleged abduction
case, throwing upon him 5000 costs of
his arrest.
E. Hazard Wells, the government
messenger in Alaska. reported there
are as rich deposits of gold in Alaska
as in British territory.
The South Carolina house of rep
resentatives passed a bill exempting
York, Pickens and Oconee counties
from the operations of the dispensary
law
A quarantine convention of the
south Atlantic and gulf states as
sembled at Mobile, Ala, to consider
general regulations for keeping out
infectious diseases.
Ensign Joseph c. Breckenridge, ex-
ecutive officer of the torpedo boat
Gushing, was washed overheard and
drowned during the stormy passage
from Key West to Havana.
James SteI enson, a millionaire real
estate dealer of Boston, died at Old
Point Comfort, Va. Since the mysteri
GUS disappearance of his Oldest daugh-
ter, last April, his health had been
bad.
John Wilson, city marshal of No
Wata, Kan, was killed by Thomas
Dryer, a WHISKY peddler, and the lat
ter died soon after from wounds re-
ceived during the encounter.
Police Magistrate Ellis of Denver
has declared the ordinance fixing the
license fee for cigarette dealers at
$1,000 per year to be excessive and IN
reasonable and therefore void.
Henry Kline, chief of police of Nc
keesport, Pa, committed suicide by
shooting himself because the council
refused to confirm his appointment and
rejected his back pay claim for $500.
The sale of the Kansas Pacific rail
way will not be postponed. The gov
eminent accepted an offer of the re-
organization committee to pay the full
amount of it's claim.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith began a cru
SADIE in New Jersey in favor of the
bill to tax bachelors. She wants
old maids who will not marry, taxed
also.
Worden, the California train-wrec-
ker, for whose life ex-President CleVe-
land asked Gov. Budd, confessed being
present, but blamed others for the
wreck.
The Wisconsin dairymen's conven-
ton at Manitowoc elected the follow
ing officers: President, H. G. Taylor,
OrtordsviIle; seer eta1y, George w.
Burchard, Fort Atkinson; treasurer,
II. K. LOOMS, Sheboygan Falls.
Rev. w. d. Rockwell has brought
suit for $4,000 damages for libel
against Chancellor James r. Day OF
Syracuse univel sity and DR.. James M.
Buckley, editor OF the Christian Ad-
vocatn of New York
The agricultural department states
that the domestic merchandise ex-
ported in 1897 amounted in value to
81, 082, OO7 sos, of which $3.50. 753, 1913
were agricultural products.
The president of the Beet Sugar
Growers association says the annexa-
ton of Hawaii will be in the interest
of the sugar trust, but will prove hurt
full to the beet sugar producers OF the
west.
The standing committee OF the
diocese of Nebraska, by unanimous
vote. has refused 10 give consent TO
the consecratio of Rev. William M
Brown as Coadjutor of the diocese OF
Arkansas.
Francis E. Willard and the other
general officers Of the w. G. L. U.
have sent petition to President Tim
othy Dwight asking him to forbid the
use of alcoholic liquors at Yale uni
versity.
Carl Conway, Chicago youth OF 10
well known for his musical talent,
and Miss Ollie Wilson, aged 70, dauga-
ter of a wealthy Neb- aska stockman,
have disappeared in Chicago, and 1t is
believed have eloped.
The senate committee on approprla-
lions recommends an expenditure OF
S9,C52,494 for Notifications, nearly
double the amount appropriated in the
bill passed by the house.
The silver democrats of Delaware
announce their intention of controll-
ing the party organization in their
state and electing a silver senator TO
succeed Mr.. Gray.
Secretary of State Sherman says