Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-02

to buildings IN the SLOcKyafQ QlSCT1cI.
There were 1 400 horses in the stables
at the time the fire broke out, but none
of them was injured.
Chicago Bohemians are incensed
over the circulars sent out by the Bo-
hemian Brotherhood of America ar
raigning their societies on the charge
of encouraging suicide.
The Nevada supreme court has rem
dered a decision in the gOvernorshlp
contest, by which Sadler wins the case
by sixty plurality, an increase of forty
votes over the original count.
At Detroit it has been announced by
a member of the commission appointed
to consider the purchase of the street
railways that Pingree's scheme of pur-
chase and Scent fares is dead.
The postoffice department has issued
an order debarring from the mails the
matter issued by the ex-Salve Mutual
Relief Bounty and Pension association,
with headquarters at Nashville.
Ohio republican leaders are urging
President Mckinley to take part in the
campaign in that state. He may make
a few short speeches while on his way
to Chicago from the platform of his
special train.
The war department has issued a
general order, an important provision
of which is that vacancies of second
lieutenant are to be filed oy promotion
from the ranks of the regiments in
which they occur.
At Cambridge, Ohio, Joseph Deemer
Taylor died aged 50. He was for many
years editor and proprietor Of the
Guernsey Times, and served in the
forty-eighth fiftieth, ifty-frst and
fifty-second congresses.
Rev. Charles Fl. Parkhurst, who
reached New York from Europe says
the Philippine war in his opinion
would not be over for fifteen years; al
so that England is wrong in her posi-
ton against the Beers.
In New York fire destroyed the coal
and kindling wood plant of Hencken &
Willenbrock on First avenue, and
damaked the plant of the Striver Lum-
Der company across the street. The
loss will exceed $2500O0.
It is believed that the Southern
Pacific Railroad comany has passed be-
yond the control of the Croker estate,
and it is said that syndicate with Z.
P. Huntington at the head, has OBJ
| tanned control of the road
Peter Jackson the pugilist, who has
been giving number of sparring exhl,
billions throughout the northwest, has
returned to- Victoria from Vancouver,
suffering from severe attack of pneu-
monia. It is feared he cannot recover.
The entire cucumber crop of the dis
trict northeast of Benton Harbor, rep
resenting over 100000 bushels OF
small pickles per season for the last
ten years, has in the last ten days oeen
completely destroyed by a foreign
small red bug
The disclosure of the relations be-
tween ex-Congressman Phillips OF
PENNSYLVANIA and the Standard OIL
trust is likely to seriously lessen the
fruit of the labors of the industrial
commission, of which Mr.. Phillips is
acting chairman.
At San Francisco tho first OF the
many petitions filed by Mrs Nettle 4.
Craven in, her renewed attack upon
the estate of James G.. Fair, was denied
by Superior Judge Trout. It's object
was to set aside the award made IN
open court to the children in 1897.
The commissioner of internal rev.
enue holds that annuities payable
either during life or for term OF
years cannot properly be included
under the provisions of schedule A, re-
lating to life insurance, and are not
otherwise taxable under that schedule.
Boston and Albany stockholders are
! said to control $4,000 out of 25O,OOO
shares and to have decided to run the
road independently, the New York
Central having refused better terms
than 100000 cash and 8 per cent.
New directors will be chosen this week.
News paper has gone up quarter OF
a cent a pound within the last three
weeks. The newspapers of New York
city use 400 tons of paper daily at
cost of 2 cents a pound. The recent
sharp advance means $4,000 day
more to the newspapers or $730,OOO
year.
AT Chicago the estate of the late
Emmons Blaine. was closed in the
probate court The estate amounted
to 10000 ana was in stocks and bonds
principally. One-third of the estate
went to the widow, Mrs. Anita McCor-
mick Blaine, and two-thirds to her
son.
The firm of Barrett, Farnum & Com
parry, wealthy and influential board
of trade concern in Chicago, has failed.
The firm had sold heavily short during
the past few days, plunging in the ex-
pectation that the New York panic
would result in break in wheat. The
| shortage of the firm is variously estl-
mated at from four to five millions OF
the December options.
Aa Pittsfield, Mass, second opera
ton was recently performed on Arson
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