Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-12
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Daniel f. Leahy of Brooklyn.
Superior Judge Rhodes Borden, re
Gently reelected, died suddenly Of
hemorrhage at San Francisco.
The tin plate industries have final
Iy succeeded in forming a trust. The
capital stock is fixed at $4,000.
At indianapolis r. B. f. Pierce, gen
eral manager Of the Indiana, Decatur
& Western railroads died suddenly.
A Terre Haute, Ind, hermit has
been found dead in his hut in the
woods. He leaves a fortune of $4,000
Senator Plat is in Washington to
urge, it is said, the appointment OF
Elihu Root for the st. James mission.
official count on vote for governor in
Colorado gives Charles S. Thomas (fu-
sion) 92,274, Henry R. Wolcott (rep.)
5O,890.
Link Thayer, convicted of participa-
ton in the Great Northern train rob
berry, was sentenced to twenty years
in prison.
A $15O,OOO000 flour trust, which in
cludes a combination of all the Lead
ing mills in this country, has been
formed.
Gerhard Otto, tried at Hastings for
killing Matthias Klein, was convicted
of man-slaughter and sentenced to the
penitentiary.
The war department will not per-
nit the removal until February of the
remains of American soldiers buried
at Santiago.
John Wesley Hooper, poet, author
and sculptor of Chicago, was con-
victed and sent to prison for stealing
tombstoneS.
Commissioner Harden reported that
silver is the currency basis in the Phil
ippines, and that no present change
could be made.
The Academy of Music at Roches-
ter, N. ", WIS totally destroyed by
fire. The -oss is $4,000, partly COW
cred by insurance.
There is a great alarm over the dis
covery that Italian immigrants re-
Gently arrived at Spring Valley, H.,
are infected with smallpox
Claims amounting to several hum
dred thousand dollars against the gov
eminent of Hawaii may have to be
paid by the United States.
Andrew Carnegie has paid 100000
for two lots on Fifth avenue, New
York, and on one of them proposes
to erect a $1,OOO,0OO residence.
Attorney General Remley submitted
an opinion to Gov. Shaw holding that
the Iowa state law prohibits the use
of gasoline for lighting purposes.
At Milton, Pa, the big nail mill of
the F. A. Godeharles company was
almost entirely destroyed by fire. The
loss is 100000; insurance $4,000.
Several more bodies of victims of
the steamer Portland disaster were
washed up along the shores Of Cape
Cod and some were Identified
A committee of the Cleveland
chamber of commerce called on the
president to urge the adoption of civil
service rules in the consular system.
A stranger almost caused a riot
among the crowd of boatmen, labor
ers and idlers in Battery park, New
York, by giving away $40 and $50 bills.
The navy department made public
dispatches which showed considerable
friction between Admiral Sampson and
General Shafter during the Santiago
campaign.
The Aenerican-Chi Development
company is sued by Thurlow Weed
Barnes for $1,00OO0 for services in
obtaining valuable railway concessions
from China.
The managers of the Panama Canal
company were given a hearing by
Secretary of State Hay. They oppose
government aid for the Nicaragua
canal project.
Consul Johnson, at Utilla, Hondu-
ras, reports to the state department at
Washington that American beer is
sold in that country to the exclusion
of all others.
Minister Merry has reported to the
of Costa RIGA received official notice
Of the dissolution of the United States
of Central America.
Judge DAILY of New York ordered
George H. Pullman of Maryland, sec
rotary for Clara Barton, to pay ali
mony and counsel fee to his wife, who
has sued for divorce.
The attorney general Of the United
States has ordered the Indictment Of
the men who are alleged to have
driven United States Commissioner
Bunting from Wilmington, n. G.
1t is said that gold-seekers in the
Atlin district of British Columbia are
enabled to work on dark winter days
10y the light given out by the active
volcano recently discovered there.
In his annual report Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson asks for an
emergency appropriation to investigate
agricultural conditions in the new ter
ritorial possessions of the United
States.
Mrs. Margaret Cody, who is on trial
at Albany on the charge Of attempting
to blackmail George J. and Helen
Gould, broke down on the witness