Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-10-17


fore his return from his western trip.
Clarence Ragsdale, a real estate
dealer from Moberly, Mo-, COM
nlained to the New York police that
he had been swindled by green-goods
men.
A contest has been begun in San
Francisco to set aside portions of. the
will of Adolph Sutro in which large
beouests were made in trust for
charity.
Bridgeport police believe that they
have another murder on their hands.
Little Louis Cigglar died from Paris
green poisoning, and Lizzie Rino, his
nurse, is missing.
The secretary of the navy sent the
American commissioners at Quebec a
plan for the abrogation of the treaty
forbidding the building of armed YES
sells on the great lakes.
Governor Budd of California de-
cided to permit the extradition of Mrs.
Botkin at the request Of the Delaware
authorities in order to allow her at
torneys to test the law in the courts.
The schooner Fortune Hunter, with
a party of gold seekers from Chicago,
has been wrecked in Golovin bay,
Alaska. Sterling Marion of Chi
cago is believed to have been drowned.
The American trans-continental
lines and the Canadian Pacific Rail
way company have agreed to submit
the question of a freight differential
for the latter to a board of arbitra-
ton
Panic-stricken residents of Phillips,
Miss, burned a church in which an
unknown man suffering with yellow
fever had taken refuge. The victim S
bones were found in the ashes Of the
church.
The Bath Iron company of Bath,
Me-, has notified the department that
it will accept the contract for the
three torpedo boats which were
awarded to that concern about a fort
night ago.
Henry A. Castle, the auditor for the
postoffice department, in his annual
report, shows the net postal deficiency
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1898, was $9,020,9O5, the. smallest in
some years.
Special dispatches from Jackson,
Miss, say that yellow fever is gain
ing Roadway in that state and
Louisiana, and that Governor Nc
Laurin and state officials have de-
serted the capital.
George D. Saxon, only brother Of
Mrs. Mckinley, wife of the president,
was murdered in Canton, o. Mrs.
Annie George, who had sued him for
breach of promise, was arrested,
charged with the crime.
General Bacon returned with the re-
naming portion of his company to
Walken from the scene of his fight
with Indians, and reported that he
had ended the revolt. But later it
was stated that there are still many
grounds for believing a general out
break imminent.
Senator Quay, his son and G. M.
Mckee were held for trial in Novem-
Der by a Philadelphia magistrate
after hearing evidence tending to
prove charges that the senator and
the others had used state moneys for
private purposes with the aid of the
late John S. Hopkins, cashier of the
defunct Peoples Bank of Philadel-
phia.
Buffalo JONES'" the we'll known
hunter who has been in the Arctic
circle for some time, arrived from St.
Michaels, having accomplished an
unprecedented Journey. Jones left
Oklahoma territory IL months ago,
going to Great Slave lake and the
mouth of the Mackenzie river over
the Edmonton route, returning by
way of the Yukon.
United States secret service officers,
aided by Chief Lees, have discovered
that large numbers of counterfeit
500 certificates have been produced
in San Francisco. The Call asserts
that 5000 of these spurious bills were
sent to the Klondike district. They
were readily exchanged for gold dust
and their falsity was not discovered
pass them in Portland.
The triennial convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States met in Epiphany
church, Washington. In the absence
of Bishop Williams of Connecticut,
Bishop Doane of Albany was selected
to preside over the house of bishops.
Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix was chosen to
preside over the house of deputies.
The bishops and delegates attended
a reception at the white house given
in their honor by President Mckinley.
Fun, frolic and frivolity were the
order in Denver. The feature of the
festival of mountain and plain on the
last day was grand masked carni-
val parade, introducing many novel
and amusing features. This was fol-
lowed by promiscuous masking and
fun-making on the streets, which will
be permitted until evening. The
festival concluded with an outdoor
free masked ball in an arena suffi-
GENTLY large to accommodate thous-
ands of dancers.