Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-12

| York.
At GAINESVILLE O., the most terrific
electric storm for many years ragged.
Mrs. Baum aged So years, died from
| fright.
United States Senator Plat, in an
| interview declares himself in favor of
the denomination of President Nc
Kinley.
Private Lorraine Hays, ninth infan-
try, who lost his nose on San Juan
Hill, got a new one of guttapercha in
New York
At Buffalo, the freight handlers.
housemen and dockmen resumed work
at all the docks and work is proceed
ing as usual
Special crop reports from Mime
sofa and the Dakotas show wheat to be
in much better condition that had
been supposed.
Miners in southwestern Kansas, it
is reported, are importing negroes to
take the places of strikers and trouble
is expected.
At Mansfield, o. the national synod
of the Reformed Presbyterian church,
adopted a resolution denouncing Sc
cret societies.
A national convention of Baptists
was held in San Francisco with a
meeting of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society.
The Wisconsin district of the Ger
man Evangelical synod of North
America adopted resolutions scoring
Christian Science.
A tornado swept the outskirts of
Sweeter, six miles west of Marion,
Ind. The Brickner window glass fac
tory was destroyed.
Congressman Hopkins of Illinois
withdrew from the Speakership fight
and announces his support of D. B.
Henderson of Iowa.
w. j. Bryan said the republicans
must come into the open and defend
the single gold standard against free
silver at 16 to 1.
The New York board of aldermen
appropriated $15OO0O to be expended
by a citizens committee in an official
welcome to Admiral Dewey.
The steamer Dirgo, from Alaska, re-
ports that the Alaska rate war is end
ed. The rate of 500 from the lakes
to Dawson has been restored.
The Chicago Union Traction Com
pany, which purchased Chicago's
street railways, has been incorporated
with capital stock of $32000,000.
The war department will have
competitive test of foreign carriages
for field guns and carriages made in
the United States from American de-
signs.
In his will, Sam T. Jack expresses
the wish that his wife shall marry his
brother. Mrs. Jack was Emma Ward
of the old Lily Clay burlesque COM
pany.
Three of the Union Pacific train rob-
bers are reported captured near Cas-
per, Wyo The rest of the gang is
being pursued in the direction of Glen
Rock.
At Republic, Wash, fire destroyed
six blocks, entailing a loss of $4,000
Further spread of the flames was pre-
vented by blowing up buildings with
dynamite.
At Kansas City, Mayor Jones issued
a proclamation declaring Thursday a
public holiday in honor of the annual
convention of Modern Woodmen of
America.
In Saturday nights storm in Kan
sas ten persons were killed and two
seriously injured. Four inches of rain
e111 81 thrnJ1Oh
out Kansas.
At Baltimore Miss Anna H. st.
Clair Patterson was married to Count
Cezare Da Conturbia of Milan. The
ceremony was performed by Cardinal
Gibbons.
The employees of the Cleveland,
Akron and Columbus railway, now
owned by the Pennsylvania, have had
the 10 per cent. cut in wages made in
1893 restored.
Secretary Of War Alger, with Mrs.
Alger, his son Russell A. Alger, Jr.,
accompanied by Mrs. Frank Russell
and Mr.. and Mrs. G, D. Pike, left Bos-
ton for Detroit.
George Trott, one of the six organ1-
zers of the Union League of Philadel-
phia, is dead, at the age OF 80 years.
He was born in Boston and graduated
from Harvard.
Ellis H. Roberts, United States
treasurer, has issued a call for the
five per cent 20-year funding bonds
of the District of Columbia, issued I'M
der the act of 1879.
Articles of incorporation of the
American Chicle company, the much
misunderstanding gum trust, were
filed at Trenton, N. J. The capital
stock is $9,000,000.
The report of the Nicaragua canal
commission estimates the cost of the
isthmian canal along the route recon-
mended by the commission to be not
more than 100.
At Carlisle, Pa, there has been one
death from smallpox in the Indian
school There are several cases of