Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-11-21
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At Larned, Kan, there were three to
four inches of snow.
The United States leads the world
in the Samoan trade.
Four men were killed by an eXplQ-
sion at Hanover, Mass.
Typhoid fever causes many deaths
among the troops at Honolulu.
Five trainmen were killed in a col
lision on the Lehigh Valley road.
Henry B. Plant, president Of the
Plant sailvoy system, is very i'll.
Colonel James ellis, assistant quar-
ter-master general, U. S. A, is dead.
Colonel James Giliss is dead at Gov
errors island. He was So years old.
The schooner S. Thai was wrecked
on Lake Michigan and five lives were
lost.
The woman suffrage amenument was
carried at the election in South Da-
kota.
Both democrats and republicans are
claiming the West Virginia legisla-
ture.
A 300-barrel oil gusher was found
about three miles east of Peru, Ind,
Friday.
Steps were taken to form a sash
and-blind trust, to be capitalized at
$12,0OO,OOO
An aggrieved Galveston man killed
a reporter who was about to write a
retraction.
The official count may be necessary
to decide the contest for governor in
South Dakota.
Two children are reported to have
been killed by falling meteors near
Perry, O. T.
Andrew M. Haines, one of the most
widely known residents of Galena, ILL.,,
died last night
A Russian diplomat told a Wash
ington correspondent that Russia is
our firm friend.
DR.. A. S. Amber, of New York, tried
chlorine gas in Is cases of diphtheria
and cured "a of them.
In Plymouth church, Brooklyn, a
movement was inaugurated to provide
employment for Cubans.
A brilliant banquet in honor of Gen.
Nelson A. Miles was given at the
Waldorf Astoria, New York.
Wanamaker's supporters claim a
large majority in the Pennsylvania
| legislature against Senator Quay.
1t is announced that Charles A.
Tcwne of Duluth will run for con-
gress again two years hence.
A dispatch from Dallas, Tex, says
that six men were killed in election
ARRAYS, three Of them at one poll.
Prairie fires have been raging in
Indian territory The loss in cattle
and other property exceeds $4,000.
The imports and exports for the past
nine months show a great reduction IN
the former and increase in the latter.
It is believed there will be vigorous
republican opposition to the election
of Mr. Reed as speaker of the next
house.
Lieutenant G. S. Nirdlinger and a
companion propose to sail from New
York to Washington in an airship next
Wednesday.
Zachariah Lawrence, prominently
identified with the history Of Bloom
ington and Mclean county for half a
century, died.
During the last fiscal year 229,299
immigrants arrived in the United
States, a decrease of 1858 from the
previous year.
Lieutenant Commander Harris, who
was in charge of the Teresa when she
was abandoned at sea, may be court
martialed.
A train load of alcohol billed to
Japan left Peoria, Ill 1t will be
used in the manufacture of smOkeless
gunpowder.
Senator Mcmillan of Michigan, it is
stated, will be ambassador to England
his place in the senate being taken by
Secretary Alger.
Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer, well
known as an educator, was injured by
being struck by a bicycle at Cam
bridge, Mass.
William Hagen, ex-auditor of Wa
bash county, formerly member OF
the republican state committee, died
at Wabash, Ind.
Rev Enoch Parks shot and killed
Jasper White, a former Pana deputy
at Taylorville, III. Jealousy is said to
have been the cause.
The Window Glass Cutters league
of America has secured an advance OF
wages for all it's members OF more
than per cent.
Charles Mulcahy, who shot and
killed Samuel Blum in the latter's
saloon, 4,567 Wentworth avenue, Chi
cago, is locked up.
An inquest is being held over the
Detroit theater victims. The evidence
shows that the building was not being
properly constructed.