Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-21

Conceding doubtful districts to the
opposition, latest returns show that
the republicans will have a majority
of IS in the house.
Over 100 American colleges, in re-
Spouse to a request from Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, have agreed to take young
Cubans free of tuition.
Chaplain Mcintyre, recently dismiss
ed from the navy for criticising his
superior officers, is said to have been
given the mitten by his fiancee.
The combine of tin manufacturers
of the country is in a fair way to be
consummated. A preliminary meet
ing at Pittsburg was held.
The president and the cabinet dis
cussed the race troubles in North and
South Carolina and referred the sub
ject to Acknowledgement Griggs.
Frank Mason of Ohio has been
selected as consul-general to Berlin,
and Richard Guenther Of Wisconsin
consul to Frankfort Germany.
Judge and Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, of
New York, commemorated the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage, which
took place in Charlottesville, Va.
Frank A. Mcgowan, president of
the Trenton IN. J) Rubber company,
overdrew his accounts in that concern
to the extent of at least $150,000
Mrs Sylvia Won Beck, foster daugh
ter of the late Baron Christian de
Thomson, is contesting her foster
fathers 100000 will in New York.
Richard Croker submitted to an OPP
Grafton There was polypus growth
on the inner side Of his nose. This
the surgeon removed successfully.
Harvey Lutz, aged Is, OF Reading,
Pa, came home drunk and shot his
father because the latter reprimanded
him The boy then cut his own throat.
Justice Lawrence of the New York
supreme court ordered the arrest of
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire, for
disregaTding a summons to jury duty.
News has come of the hanging of
thirteen Of the murderers Of the
American missionaries in the Sher-
broo district of Sierra Leone last May.
Senator Hanna favors a further in
crease of the tariff, including the i'm
position Of duty on tea and coffee.
But Dingley says there will be no
changes.
All the potent interests in the tin
plate industry are now getting to-
gether in the formation of the COM
bination which is to be capitalized at
$5O,0OO,0OO.
The New York board of estimate
and apportionment has cut down the
school boards estimate, the one item
of teachers salaries being reduced
$1,771, $40.
Tenor Francisco Collenz became so
imbued with his part in l Pagliacci at
a performance in st. Louis that he
stabbed the prima donna, Miss Media
Morrison, in the arm.
Director Sage of the Iowa agricul-
tural department has figures showing
the corn yield in Iowa is 268,672,000
bushels which is the largest state
yield in the nation.
The doubt as to result in Nebraska
has been settled by an announcement
that the republicans won the legisla
ture and the fusionists the governor
ship and state officers.
On the yacht Chispa, at Saucalito,
Cal, Nick Berg was probably fatally
wounded by Ike Elk. 1t appears that
Berg's infatuation for Elk's wife was
the cause of the shooting.
Now Nikola Tesla declares that he
inf do t1o h inc Of hn
Paris exposition with electric power
sent Instantly across the ocean from
Niagara Falls without the use of wires.
In a letter received by the Chicago
board of education from Admiral
Dewey, the hero of Manila acknowl-
edges the compliment paid to him in
having a school building named after
him.
Captain Peyton Randolph, one of
the most prominent officers Of the
9TH volunteer infantry (immunes) died
at Lexington, Ky. He came from the
famous old Randolph family of Vir-
ginia.
At Evansville, Ind, the building oc-
cupied by A. Bromm & Co., wholesale
fancy grocers, was Quilted by fire. Loss
on stock $4,000, insurance $4,000;
loss on building $4,000, insured for
$4,000
Prof Cyrus F. Bracket of Princeton
university declares impracticable
Nicola Tesla's alleged discovery of a
system whereby naval vessels or other
objects may be exploded by electricity
at great distances.
At Canonsburg, Pa, furious fire
wiped out fully third of the bust
ness portion, two of the principal
hotels, many dwellings and did dam
age estimated at S150,OOO. The insur-
ance is $4,000.
The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad,
Union Elevated Railroad and the
Brooklyn Bridge Railroad were bought
at foreclosure sale for $5,5O7,500 by
Frederick L. OlcOtt, chairman of the
committee on reorganization.
Senator Quay has issued statement
in Philadelphia formally announcing
that he was a candidate for reelection