Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-25

abella mine at Cripple Greek that car
ried values in gold of $4,000 ton, or
a total of 100000. A second car gave
returns in excess of 100000.
Rev. Dr. Warren Randolph, pastor
of the Central Baptist church of New
port, R. l., formerly pastor of the First
Baptist church of Indianapolis and a
clergyman of national reputation
among Baptists, is dead, aged "a.
At Pittsburg a general advance Of
10 per cent. to the employees of the
Bessemer steel department has been
granted by the Zones & Laughlin Iron
and Steel company, to take effect on
the LIST of January. This will affect
5000 men.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul road has prepared an ordinance
granting it the right to use the trolley
on all it's lines in Chicago. The COM
pensation would be $500 year for
each mile of road converted, the total
to Evanston being $4,000.
Elizabeth Upham Chase, who became
prominent throughout the country in
the anti-slavery abolition days on &C
count of her work in behalf of the ne
gro and who was a leading advocate of
woman suffrage, died at her home in
Central Falls, r. l., aged SO years.
At Crown Point, Ind, Judge Gillett
has decided that a non-union work.
man, discharged at the behest of the
union, had no redress in law. The
judge hold that the union has legal
right to demand the dismissal Of any
man not member of the union
A committee of Philadelphia Friends
has begun the shipment of $4,000
pounds of food, clothing and supplies
for the Doukobors or Russian Quakers,
in Canada. They will require much as
sistance during the winter as their first
crop last summer was nearly ruined.
President A. w. Rucker of the
United States Monetary League is in
ST. Louis as the representative of
Colorado, to consult with governors of
silver states as to advisability of
bringing suit in the supreme court to
test the legality of the act demonetiz-
ing silver.
Philadelphia gets the republican ma
tional convention, which will be held
June 10. SOutherners are thought to
have voted for Philadelphia in return
for promised opposition to Mr.. Payne's
proposed change in the basis of rep
resentation. Mr.. Payne decided not
to urge his proposition.
The United States supreme court de-
cided that the Spanish steamer Buena
Ventura should not have been seized
by American warships, as the capture
was contrary to the presidents pro-
clamation. The court ordered the
proceeds of the sale of the vessel to
be returned to the owners.
The Marshfield Land and Lumber
company has been organized in this
city, with Ex-Governor w. H. Upham
as president; Senator Philetus Sawyer,
vice president, and w. T. Ellsworth,
secretary. The purpose of the COM
pany is to build railroads and operate
in lands and timber. The headquarters
will be at Marshfeld.
At New Orleans the jury in the
United States circuit court gave YER
dict for the United States government
for $4,000 in the suit against DR.. A.
w. Smith, ex-superintendent of the
mint, and his bondsmen. A fire oc-
Cured in the mint in 1898, during
Smiths incumbency, and about $4,000
in currency was destroyed.
At Philadelphia what is probably
the largest cargo of sugar which has
ever arrived on a single vessel, came
on the British steamship Indra from
Samarang. 1t consists Of 1926 tons OF
cane sugar and is valued at 100000.
The freight due the vessel is over $780,
OOO and the duty due the government
on the cargo will be over $150,O0O.
Commissioner Wilson of the internal
revenue bureau has decided that he
will not redeem at the beginning of the
new year imprinted checks because
they may be printed or engraved in
the date line the figures 1889" or
"'189-.' Holders of these checks will
be expected to exhaust their supply,
write in the figures 1900" or stand the
loss.
Attorney General Griggs has made
ruling holding that the adjustment OF
free delivery through the reduction OF
gross receipts below the minimum re-
quired by law to entitle town to free
delivery is compulsory and not option
al with the postmaster general. Let
ter carriers thrown out by abolishing
free delivery are not, under the civil
service rules, entitled to reinstatement
on restoration of free delivery
In Chicago Walter T. Heber, arrested
charged with using the mails for
fraudulent purposes, confessed that he
had grown wealthy through swindling
operations. He advertised extensively
to send 400 samples of silk and other
articles upon receipt of 25 cents. AS
an extra inducement, he guaranteed to
reproduce in oil photographs sent him
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