Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-02-14
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William Merce was killed by Il fall
| ling tree al the Ross Lumber company's
| logging crmp No 6 yesterday forenoon.
-Gov Scotield has announced the AZ
pointment of +. \. Ross of Superior as n
normal school regent and O. Ii. rfethers
of GAINESVILLE as university regent.
Bishop AIessmer OF Green Bay will
leave for Rolae on Marce l. Nicar-Gen-
ernl Fox Will be administrator of the
Geeen Bay diocese during Bishop Mess
mer's absence OF four months.
Miss Mary Mears OF Oshkosh has
written short story entitled David
for The National Magaz inc, Boston
1t will be illustrated and will appear in
the March number The Nationa is the
magazine Of which Joe NJ. C}lapplr, Tor
mprly editor Of the Ashland Press, is
! the business manager.
Judge Vinie has issued TN injunction
| restraining DR.. W. NJ. Beck from practic-
ing medicine at Shell Lake. Dr.. i w
Savles. formerly of Linden in 1895
bought the practice Of DR.. Beck with Il
written agreement that Dr. Beck should
not practice within twenty miles Of Shell
Lake for ten years. Dir. Beck returned
and commenced to practice, it ls alleged,
I when Dr. Saylea secured the above in
junction.
The Seventh Day Adventists OF Bara-
boo have withdrawn their children from
the public schools in that city and enter
eel them in an institution of their own.
A like movement has taken place in
many other towns of the state. The
! Adventists assert that their children
need religious instruction, but they do
/ not advocate the use of the Bible in the
public schools. The Adventlsts ask no
+ aid from the state, but engage compel,
teachers of their own 'denominat ton for
i their schools.
A ease OF embezzenent within the
walls OF penitentiary is an unusual
! troll has unparthed an incident OF this
! kind at Waupun. Some time last fall
sos was sent in draft to Henry Money
/ penny, a convict. Through some plan
/ former Banker Probert managed to get
! hold Of the draft and got il indorSed in
! some manner, and through Chaplain
! Bancroft had it caShed at the,local bank
and received til money from the chap
/ lain. The}money, it is alleged. was dis
posed Of by prGbert to his personal use
! The board demanded restitution OF the
money to mon eypennv, and il was re-
| turned. Prohert was a banker at
! Nashbnrn. and was convicted of fraud.
Although not yet-formalEv ms tar
! led, Thomas H. Roddy is thr first white
| chief of the Winnebago Indians. Mr..
Roddy was at the Hotel Nicollpt in
Minneapolis, Wednesday, and visited
iSt Paul to consult with DR.. Frank
(, Powell, who is the chief medicine man OF
| the Winnpbagos regarding the latters
participation in he installation. The
ceremony will take place on the Winnie
bago reservation. eight miles from Black
! River Falls. Wis, where Mr.. Roddy resi-
DIES. He will succeed old Chief Black
Hawk, who is -93 years old. Mr. Roddy
has known the Indians all his life. and
many years ago settled fend between
several different tribes. For this reason
tne council, after lengthy consultation,
decided to choose him chief and reveal to
him all the-seeret knowledge and rites OF
! the, tribe
-Habeus corpus proceeding have been
instituted in the case of Sebastion Feld-
schmint. who was sent to the county
work house at Appleton, for five DAYS.
The case will be made a test one
and which calls into question the
{ legality Of the action OF the county
board in allowing Migrants to be sent
! to the work insted of the county jail.
/ Tie same conditions exist in many other
counties in the state and if the work
house proceedings are shown to be Ille-
! gal the most effective method of dealing
with the tramp question vet devised
will be brought to naught. Sheriff Nc
Murdo claims that all commitments
should be made to the county jail and
even if the work house is Il legal insti-
/ tuition the he should receive all fees and
should have entire supervision over the
establishment.
Go ano see Roderick and get some
bargains in furniture New stock just