Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-10

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"daughter of the confederacy.''
George Ehret, the New York mil
licnaire brewer, has just discovered
the whereabouts of his son, Frank
Ehret. who secretly married Ada Dan,
an actress, in Chicago On Aug. Il.
| Prof. Harvey w. Wiley, chief
chemist Of the department of agri-
culture at Washington, was at Indian
! apolis, Ind, to investigate the process
of making paper out of corn husks.
T The steamer Rosalie has arrived at
Seattle from Alaska with ITO pas
sengers, most of whom were from
Dawson. There was small amount
of gold dust in the crowd amounting
to $4,000.
Thompson Smiths Sons saw mill,
the largest in northern Michigan, sit
uated at Cheboygan, has burned. The
plant was valued at $150,O00; insur-
ance, $50 600. The mill was located at
Cheboygan.
The New York gold democrats in
dcrsed Van Wyck for governor and
the silver wing Of the party dominates
Henry George who, however, declined
as has also o. n. Snyder, candidate
for attorney general.
Miss Jessie Schley, who six or
seven weeks ago went to see the queen
of Spain as the representative of
peace association she with others had
formed in Paris, returned to her
home in Milwaukee.
Chicago's reform element, under the
leadership of Rev. J. l.. Henry, have
organized a society for the suppress
sion of vice. A meeting of 1000 peo-
pie was held at Central Music hall, to
organize the movement.
Seven boxes of powder exploded in
a tunnel at Wallace, Idaho The crew
was overcome by the gas. Thirty
men have now been gotten out.
Many are unconscious, but it is be-
lieved that all will recover.
Chris Henney, of Aurora, ILL.,, was
killed by an unknown bicyclist. The
murder occurred at lonely spot, six
miles south of Aurora. Henney, who
is farmer says the man suddenly
Jumped from mis- wheel and shot him.
Andrew Carnegie is said to be at the
head of a syndicate which will estab-
lish colossal ship-building plant at
New York. The syndicate will have
a capital of over $1O0000,000 and ex-
poets to control ship-building in this
hemisphere.
The New York democratic State
covention, at Syracuse, nominated
Judge Augustus Van Wyck brother of
Mayor Van Wyck, of New York city
for governor, and Elliott Danforth
for lieutenant governor. The money
question was ignored.
A woman highwayman halted Ad
Horton, who was on horseback, on the
highway near Columbus, Ohio, and at
tempted to stop his horse by catching
the bride. She was arrested later
and said her name was Mrs. Laughlin
and her home is in Mount Sterling,
Ky.
Forecaster Himmon of the weather
bureau is anxious to have a cable laid
to the Aleutian islands and other
Alaskan points for the purpose Of i'm
proving the service on the coast. His
ideas have been favored by the board
of trade and Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson will call the attention Of con-
gress to the matter
Rev. H. M Dubose, general secre-
tary of the EpWOrth League, reports
that the present membership is 252,-
1875 The board of missions received
SLOT, 1893 during the last four years.
the membership of the mission
churches is now 8,928.
The president has appointed David
J. Hill of Rochester first assistant
secretary of state to succeed John
Bessett Moore, resigned. Hill is the
president of Rochester university
and a scholarly gentleman. He is
particularly we'll known through his
knowledge of international law.
In the suburb of Edison Park, Chi
cago. Joseph Pfaff was shot to death
b. Albert Danish. The shooting fol-
lowed violent quarrel about some
trivial matter. Danish disappeared
and after several hours search his
body was found in the woods. He
had committed suicide.
Twenty-four disguised gold hunters,
who have just returned from Kotzebue
Sound on the Catherine Sudden, bear
cut the reports of the other miners
from there that there is no gold to be
found. About 1000 people are left at
the sound, but they are all making
pre- parations to leave.
Henry Athey, an American locomo-
tive engineer who was locked up in
Mexican prison without trial or hear
ing for injuring a Mexican succeeded
in securing release through Cover
nor Culberson Of Texas after being
confined eleven months. He says 200
other Americans are locked up in the
City of Mexico prison under similar
conditions.
1t is reported that the Canadian
commissioners demand the cession of
the territory from Yakutat Bay to
Dixon's entrance, including the cities
of Skaguay and Dyea, thus extending
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