Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-09

said to be undergoing unusual pun
ishment
Francis Stoker, a veteran Of the
Mexican and civil wars, is dead at
Munic, Ind
The pan-Presbyterian Alliance de-
cided to hold it's next general council
in London.
The International Council of Cor
gregational churches closed its SEES
sions at Boston.
A Salvation Army girl of New Haven
was arrested on a charge Of Turing
girls from a home.
Nearly every member of the cabinet
is coming to the twin cities with
President Mckinley.
Director Merriam says that imperti-
nent questions will be omitted from
the list of census queries.
Muriel Wilson, the English society
beauty now in New York, is said to de-
sire to go ON the stage.
The Young Peoples Christian Tenn
temperance work in Canada.
E. L. Cowden, a student at Eastman
college, N. Y, died from an injury
received in a footba-l game.
In letter written to a friend, Gen
eral Shafter states he expects to go or
the retired list next month.
Governor and Mrs. Roosevelt enter
tanned at luncheon, at Oyster Bay
Lord and Lady Menlo of Canada.
There was a panic on the cotton ex-
change at New Orleans, caused by false
reports as to the Liverpool market.
Fire destroyed the plant of the
Illinois Cereal company, near Bloom
ington, involving loss of $25O,O0O.
One Of the Topeka papers has nomi-
mated General Funston for congress
Populists propose to run Colonel Little
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union of Delaware, in session at
Wilmington, heard reports and elected
officers.
John R. Mclean, opening the demo
cratic campaign in Ohio, denounced
trusts, imperialism and political
bosses.
At Santa Barbara, Cal, Norman
Wines, a we'll known United States
mail contractor and stage line owner
is dead
S. B. Remsen, county surveyor
claims to have witnessed the outbreak
of a volcano some twenty miles rom
Creole, Colo.
Mrs. G. E. w. Miller, FORMER matron
and professor of English literature in
Lincoln Ill.) university, died at the
age of SO years.
of three wars, is dead at Grafton, w
Va. He fought at Waterloo and knew
Napoleon personally.
Bishop Potter, speaking in the dioce-
san convention on marriage and dl-
vorce made a yelled allusion to the
Belmont-Sloane case.
The Antitrust Baking Powder
company, a Chicago concern, with a
capital of $1,O0O,OO0, has been incor-
poraEed in Delaware.
Albert Hedley, who has been missing
from his home at Marion, Ind, was
found at Montpelier, Ohio. He had
been kidnapped by tramps.
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, the Illinois
Cereal Company's plant caught fire and
five large buildings we're destroyed
Loss, 100000; insurance, $150,O0O.
A movement is on foot to form a
combination of hotels in Pittsburg.
with a capital of $7,000,000. 1t is pro-
posed to take in all the large hotels.
Captain Henry McKinnie, aged II, one
of the most widely known hotel pro-
prietors in the United States, died sud-
denly at Pittsburg of heart disease.
Mrs. Eugenia Kennicott, for many
years resident of Cook county, died
at her home near Corey, Colo. Mrs.
Kennicott was born in Buffalo in 1919
President Mckinley realizes his mis-
take in mitigating the sentence of
Commissary- General Eagan and would
be glad to have him apply for retire
ment.
John Plankinton, Milwaukee, died of
typhoid fever, aged Fl years. He was
a son of William Plankinton and
grandson Of John Plankinton, the
packer.
Clarence S. barrow, before the Chi
cago Single Tax club, denounced the
war in the Philippines and ridiculed
the honors accorded Admiral Dewey
in New York.
A publication issued by the bureau
of statistics of the treasury depart
ment says there are 10000 miles of
railroads in Africa in operation or I'M
der construction.
Five members of the crew of the
wrecked steamship Scotsman, arrested
of Mon trna1 had a o1OOd1v amOunt nf