Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-05

The Western Unitarian sunday
School society elected Rev. Allen w.
Gould president
The Ohio Sash & Door company S
factory at Cleveland was destroyed by
fire. Loss, 100000.
The Wisconsin congressional delega-
ton decided to support Henderson Of
Iowa for speaker.
Columbia students, in annual frolic,
burned in ef1gy the professors of math-
ematics and history.
j. E. Moss of Joplin, Mo-, murdered
his wife and three children and then
committed suicide.
Little Marion Clarke, the New York
child kidnapped by her nurse, Carrie
Jones, is still missing.
Delegates from Jamaica and England
will meet Secretary Hay in Washing
ton and discuss reciprocity.
Seven blocks of frame buildings were
destroyed by fire at Coney island, The
loss being about 100000.
The League of American Wheelmen
and the intercollegiate Bicycle Racing
association formed an alliance.
Prof. Arthur Twininf Hadley was
elected president of Yale university TO
succeed Timothy Dwight, resigned.
Emma Willard Alumnae Association
will present a bust Of Emma Willard
to the New York state capitol June &c.
The date of the 1900 biennial of the
Federation of Women's Clubs was fixed
for June 4 to 9, inclusive, at Milwau-
kee.
At Cleveland, Ohio, the Ohio Sash
and Door company's plant and lumber
piles burned; loss 100000, party COW
cred.
Charles j. Bonaparte of Baltimore,
who was recently elected vice presi-
declined.
Queen Victoria sent a dispatch to
President Mckinley, thanking him for
his message of congratulations on ner
birthday.
Two mortgages covering all the
property Of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road company we're placed on record
in Washington.
Blood-stained clothes led the author
tiles to suspect two prisoners of the
killing of the aged postmaster of West
Stanwich, Conn.
The Presbyterian general assembly
adopted resolution calling for the ex-
pulsion of Mormon B. H. Roberts Of
Utah from congress-
The Arkansas supreme court decided
for the insurance companies in the an
tl-trust proceedings, and the compa-
MES resumed business.
President Stewart of the State Board
of Charities has gone to Europe, which
may necessitate postponement Of
Gerry society inquiry.
Three white men, James Humphreys
and his two sons, were lynched near
Alley, Tex, for having aided muir
derer to escape to Mexico.
Secretary of State Hay has sent let
ter to Sir Alfred Austin, the poet 'au-
reate of Great Britain, defending the
American copyright law.
The New York senate passed unani-
mously the bill appropriating $4,000
for the expenses of the celebration Of
the return of Admiral Dewey
Colonel Bryan says the democratic
convention of 1900 will reaf1rm the
Chicago platform, adding planks de-
trusts and militarism.
Twelve concerns, with an aggregate
capitalization o. $1S,580,000, have been
merged into an $8O,000,0OO trust to be
called the National Tube company.
The Presbyterian general assembly
referred the McGiffert heresy case to
the New York presbytery. The next
convention will be held at St. Louis.
General Reyes, leader of the late Mic
araguan revolution, is lying seriously
III at Bocas del Toro, Colombia, from
the effects of an attempted assassina-
ton.
Fire wiped out the Wisconsin Cen
trail freight house at Harrison and
g7ranklin streets, Chicago. Loss $40,-
800, of which $4,000 is on the con-
tents.
1lOyu OC1SCd1I, IO CclA . OAoS ~ W
ing held at the Woodlawn police sta
ton on suspicion Of having stolen let
ters from a private mail box in Chi
cago.
Rev. DR.. S. F. Breckenridge OF Wit
tenberg Theological seminary Ohio,
was elected president of the Lutheran
General synod, which is in session at
York, Pa.
The attorney general will be asked
to decide whether Cuban vessels can
use the Cuban flag under the American
ensign. Delicate questions are said
to be involved.
One-third of the business portion of
Staples, Mimi, was burned. Over Is
buildings were destroyed. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000, with about
$4,000 insurance.
This government may adopt retalia-
tory tariff measures against Canada on
account of the position the Canadian
government has taken in regard to the
boundary