Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-07

sition is that they have been roughly
handled by a mob that forced them
bodily from the house where they were
stopping.
Samuel D. Ketchum, the train rob-
Der recently arrested at Cimarron, in
Mex, is dead at the penitentiary, Of
blood poisoning, resulting from the
wound in the arm he received in the
fight with the sheriff's posse. He re-
fused to make a statement, although
he was dying.
Ivy Crabtree, 16 years old, wife of
separated, and the custody, is in jail
at Carmi, ILL.,, having confessed the
murder of her brother and the at
tempted murder of her father and step
mother and neighbor, an old man,
by poisoning.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of the
Chicago anarchist, testified that her
son, August, was insane. The young
man answered all questions intelli-
gently and claimed his mother was
trying to place him in an asylum to
get possession of his property. He was
finally committed to the asylum.
The people of Florence, S. c., are
indignant over the appointment of
negro postmaster. He is Rev. J. E.
Wilson, first appointed by President
Harrison and was reappointed by Pres
ident Mckinley last year, but the ap-
pOintment was held up until a short
time ago.
The American Glass company sent
out its circulars announcing to the
trade an advance of 5 per cent. in the
price Of glass, to take effect Aug. 1.
The last advance in prices was made
June 20, which, including the present
increase, makes the advance in the
price of glass since the opening about
80 per cent
Mrs. Emiline Ludington of Chicago
has commenced suit at Milwaukee for
100000 against James e. Patton,
claiming that he, as one of the exc
cutors of the estate of the late Gov
ernor Harrison Ludington, concealed
from her the true condition of the es-
tate. Mrs. Emiline Ludington is the
widow of the governor, and was his
second wife.
A close estimate places the amount
of gold brought down by the steamer
ST. Paul, which arrived from ST.
Michael, at something over 100000, Of
which half belongs to the Alaska
Commercial company, the rest being
ixrid 1Ooy. Of INT
men. The largest amount in the pos
session of any one person is $4,000,
which is credited to John Ericsson.
Warrants are out for the arrest of
ex-Deputy United States Marshal
Keim, of Beatrice, Neb., on the charge
of extortion. 1t is charged that he
collected money from liquor dealers
under threat of arrest for violation Of
the revenue law. When the charges
we're first made some months ago
United States Marshal Thumel de-
manded and received his resignation
Sugar planters and government Of
fcials of Hawaii are worried over the
labor system now going on in the
United States. They deny that the
laborers are treated as slaves, and
while admitting that the contract
system will eventually have to be
abolished, insist that under present
conditions they have no other re
course.
Secretary Gage has upheld Customs
Collector Stone of Baltimore against
the civil service commissioners in re-
fusing to allow Special Deputy Collect
or Dryden and Cashier Montell to take
the examination ordered by the civil
board. The collector held that he did
not think an examination at this time
would be necessary, as both men had
been employed in the customs service
nearly fourteen months.
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