Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31

years DR.. Palmer was one of the
| original stockholders of the Atlantic
Monthly company.
D. K. Pearsons of Chicago has given
McKendree college $4,000 for an en-
dowment fund on condition that the
president of the institution secures an
additional $4,000.
w. j. Bryan thinks that the anti
trust and anti-imperialism issues are
coming to the front. Tammany real
ICES that it has worked in vain to stop
the Bryan boom.
George NJ. Valentine, cashier of the
suspended Middlesex County bank, at
Perth Amboy, N. j., has been sentenced
to six years in the penitentiary for the
misappropriation of $130,000
At Detroit the 5-cent street car fare
was resumed. The Pingree people APP
pear to have no plans for the imme-
diate future for bringing about mu-
nicipal ownership and Scent fares.
William G. Whitney, w. L. Elkins
and P. A. B. Widener are said to be
interested in an eastern syndicate
which is forming a combine to control
the brewery interests of the United
States.
At Knoxville, Tenn, Rev. Thomas G..
Warner, D. D., past chaplain-in- chief
Of the Grand Army of the Republic,
died, aged SIS years. He was born in
Ohio and served two years in the fourth
Ohio volunteers.
Com b1.idoo Moccs> G,o i
the car stables of the Boston elevated
railway, four dwellings, two store
houses, carriage shop and a black
smith shop, and also damaged other
places. The loss is $4,000.
Officers of the steamer Australia,
which arrived at San Francisco from
Hawaii, say it would not surprise them
to hear that there had been a fearful
explosion at the great volcano, and
that Mauna Loa is no more.
Two sharp earthquake shocks were
felt in the southern part of California.
The first lasted several seconds and
was most severe. The vibrations were
from east to west. No damage worth
mentioning was experienced.
The meeting Of the democratic ma
tional committee in Chicago was com
pletely dominated by VIM. J. Bryan
and his friends. VIM. J. Stone of Mis-
souri, was elected vice president. Some
new party rules were adopted.
Three negroes were lynched near
Stafford, Ca, and the mob is hunting
for five more who are believed to have
been members of a gang that robbed
J. E. Ogletree, agent of the Plant sys-
tenn at Stafford, Thursday night.
A scheme to draw trade away from
all the big jobbing centers west of the
Allegheny mountains in favor of Bos-
ton has been discovered by agents of
the railroads running east from Chi
cago. Free railroad tickets figure in
it,
A terrific explosion occurred at the
plant Of the Xenia (Ohio) Fuse Manu-
Miss Rose O'Donnell, fatal; Mrs. Ollie
Davis, fatal; Ennis Wykoff, one eye
blown out and other injuries. Two
will die.
At Springfield, Ill, Mrs. Nellie Sui
livan found the railroad bridge burn
ing. She stopped passenger train by
waving torch, just in time to save
it from rushing through the bridge.
Flour dropped 20 cents barrel in
Chicago.
Secretary of War Alger personally
rendered his resignation to President
Mckinley, to take effect at the presi-
dents leisure. It is understood Mr.
Alger will retire about August 1. Eli
hui Root, a New York lawyer, will sue
coed him.
Governor Roosevelt's committee,
which investigated the alleged canal
frauds, exonerates the state engineer
and superintendent of public works
and reports there are no official
grounds for proceedings at law against
either official.
The twelfth annual convention of the
National Christian and Missionary AL
lance opened at Cleveland, Ohio, and
will last ten days. Fully 1000 people
from all sections of the country will
be quartered at the camp grounds by
u0AI WOSh.
At Wilmot, Ark, Chick Davis, the
negro murderer of William Grin, a re-
spected farmer was lynched He was
overtaken in a cornfield and snapped
both barrels of his gun at the pursuing
party, and was then fired upon by them
and killed instantly.
City Marshal John Gates of Strong
City, Kans., shot and almost instantly
killed Mrs. Johnson on the Santa Fe
platform. He had ordered her off the
platform, whereupon she attacked him
with knife, and to save his life the
officer fired at her.
AS a result of a conference between
Senator Fairbanks, who has just re-
turned from Alaska, and Secretary of
State Hay, it is stated that this gov
eminent will not modify it's position in
regard to the Alaska boundary, and
will make no concessions to Canada.
President Diaz of Mexico and his
cabinet will be formally invited to at
tend the ceremonies Of the laying of
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