Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-02-27
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
spANTsH-AMERICAN SITUATION.

John w. Eastman died at Minneapo-
lis, Mimi, of paralysis OF the neart'
aged 78 years.
The transport Sheridan, finest troop
shin in the world, is ready to sail with
1000 regulars for Manila.
The first anniversary Of the battle
shin Names destruction was observed
in Havana and elsewhere.
Foreign merchants at Manila are
agitated because the fighting there
has checked their trade.
Francis Xavier Wochner dieo at
Bloomington, H., aged 70 years.
J. S. Graham, wealthy miner, dleo
at Galena, ILL.,, yesterday after brief
Illness.
Mrs. Eugene Kelly, widow of Eu-
gene Kelly, died at her home in New
York city.
Except for the heat, the health OF
the American troops at Manila has i'm
proved since the fighting began.
Richard Wiggin died at GAINESVILLE
Wis. He was formerly superintend-
ent of the Fort Wayne railroad.
Rev. samuel H. Stevenson died ut
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, aged SO. He was
one of the oldest Presbyterian minis
ters in the west.
A body of Filipinos who had gain
cred in front of the California voluh-
teers at Manila were attacked anu
driven further inland.
For his services in capturing llollo
the rank of brigadier-general IN the
regular army is to be conferred On
Gen. Marcus P. Miller.
Luther Chaplin died at Philadelphia
of general debility, aged 80 years. he
was the founder of the senior Order of
United American Mechanics.
Robert Dryden Jack, an official ana
representative of the English capltal-
lists in the White Pass and Yukon rail-
way, is dead at Skaguay, Alaska.
The committee Of the Cuban assem-
bIv amounted to consider the friction
at the Garcia funeral is understood to
have exonerated General Brooke.
The German ambassador at WASH
;ngton has notified the state depart
'ment that an international veterinary
congress will be held at Baden Aug
9-14, 1899.
Commodore John w. Philip, who
commanded the battleship Texas our
ing the war with Spain, was presented
a sword and Bible by the school chill
dren of Texas.
At Wichita, Kan, Paddy Shea,
yell-known pugiiist IN the west, was
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree He shot a man named Dawson
at his saloon.
IT is reported at Manila that Aguln-
aldo has outlawed Agonclllo Tor al
vising the attack on Manila in order
to influence the vote on the ratlhca
ton of the peace treaty.
Lewis Tracy, San Antonio, Iexas'
representative of R. G. Dun & CO.,
and formerly of Chicago, died OF
Rright's disease. He was born at
Chautauqua, N. Y, in 1842.
Miss Sallfe Porter, whose age nearly
eoualed that of this nation, died At
Bloomington. She was born IN Mary
land in 1897, and was said to be the
Oldest woman in Illinois.
The commission to consider ques-
tiong pertaining to civil affairs IN CUBA
and Porto Rico will sail late this week.
M date the capital represented IN ap-
nlfcations for franchises on file aggre-
gates SS0,000,000.
The mayor and q. majority or the
municipal council of San Juan nave
resigned, owing to disagreements with
Governor General Henry arising from
the question of killing cattle for mu-
nicipal consumption.
At Detroit Mrs. Zachariah Chandler,
widow of the famous Michigan states
man. died. She had been sunerer
for several months from various IN
firmities incident to old age, to which
she finally succunbed.
It has been decided at cabinet
council in Madrid to liberate the Fill
ninos who have been deported to the
Caroline and LadrOne Islands, IN oroeF
to influence the Fiiipinos to release
the Spaniards whom they hold as prls-
Oners.
KimbaIl. Glassco, one of the earliest
settlers of Coles county, ILL.,, died at
Charleston from an attack Of grip,
superinduced by Bright's disease. He
was in his eightieth year, having been
born in Harden county, Kentucky
Nov. 10, 1919.
The steamer Olympia, about to sail
from Tacoma for Manila, has an I'M
usual part cargo in the form OF 95O,OOO
American made cigarettes. The pa
per used in the wrappers came from
China. At Manila there are all kinds
of tobacco and all kinds of cigarettes
except American.
Advices from Dawson say Lieutenant
Cashier. 4th infantry, who started a
year ago to find an all-American route
to the Yukon, has arrived there. lie
found the trail he believed to exist
impossible, but believes there is a
feasible route from the coast to a point
on the Yukon below Circle City.