Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-04-24

effected by the late Senator Justin s.
Morrill, of Vermont, celebrated its ben
efactor's birthday with becoming exer'
cises.
Baron Speck Won Sternberg notltec
the state department of his appoint
ment as the German member OF the
Samoan commission. The commits
sioners will sail from San Francisco
April Is for Apia.
Vice President Hobart is holding the
slight gain shown last week. He Is
able to partake of more substantial
food, sits up half an hour daily now
in his room, and is constant reader
of newspapers.
Gov. Lee of South Dakota, in let
ter to President Mckinley, demands
the recall of the South Dakota troops
from the Philippines and denounced
the pending work of putting down
Aguinaldo's rebellion.
William E Cotter, who was convict
ed of completely in the embezzlement
of funds from the First National Bank
of Dover, Del, was sentenced to eight
cen months in the penitentiary and
to pay fine Of $4,000.
A private cablegram from London to
Denver says w. S. StrattOn has sold
his famous Cripple Creek gold mine,
the independence, to the Venture COM
pany of London. The price is not
stated, but it is believed to be not less
than 100000.
At Kansas City Charlotte Wilhemma
Gertrude Bishop, otherwise known as
Madame Piancka, the lion tanner, was
legally separated from her husband,
H. H. Bishop, a resident of New York.
Madame Piancka alleged cruelty as
ground for divorce.
The grand jury which has been in
vestigating the recent street riot in
Hot Springs, in which Chief of Police
Toler, Sergt. Gosslee, Detective Hart,
Louis Hinkle and q son of Sheriff
Williams lost their lives, refused to
return indictments.
President Mckinley is preparing to
throw open to settlement 100000 acres
of Olympic forestry reservation. This
reserve comprises a large portion Of
the Olympic peninsula, lying between
Puget sound and the Pacific ocean, and
will embrace the Olympic mountains.
The Colorado Midland railroad
blockade west of Leadville was broken
and through traffic, which mad been in
terrupted for " days, was resumed.
Snow banks were in places 25 feet
high, and for many miles the rails were
covered with ice which had to be cut
away by hand.
Referring to the visit Of the cruiser
Detroit at Port Limon, Costa Rico, for
coal, the Costa Rican minister, Mr..
Calvo, states that there is absolutely
no foundation for the report that
American or other business interests
or residents from this country or else
where are in trouble there.
The two additional British warships
ordered to Samoa will increase the
British fleet in those waters to five.
The Waterloo is twin screw third
class cruiser of 2,575 tons, Captain
George N. A. Pollard commanding,
and the Goldfnch first class gunboat
of sos tons, Lieutenant G.. w. S. Leg
gett commanding.
The twenty-sixth annual conference
of charities and corrections will be
held in Cincinnati May II to %, and
the indications are that the attendance
will be as large as that in New York
year ago. The plan of devOting the
afternoons to visiting institutions will
be pursued here, anu no papers will
be read in the afternoon. =
S. w. Grinstead, cashier of the bank
in Humboldt, Neb., committed suicide
by blowing off the top of his head
with a revolver. Friday Bank Exam
iner Wilson called at the bank to eX-
anime the books, and Cashier Grin
stead admitted to him that he was
short in his accounts $4,000. The
bank Will continue business.
The pOstoffice department has re-
ceived notice that the parcel post con-
vention between the United States and
Chilli has been ratified, and SO arrange
ments have been made for it to go in
to effect Immediately. The postage
will be twenty cents per pound or frac-
tional part on packages mailed in this
country. The postage to all other
countries is twelve cents per pound.
FOREIGN NEWS.