Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-01-30

New Jersey omcials have ueclded
that no inquest is necessary into the
Dunellen railroad disaster, in which
seventeen were killed.
The vote for United States senator
at Olympia, Wash, was as follows;
Foster 27, Wilson 27, Humes 81, An
keny 7, Lewis &c, Allen /.
The indications are that important
measures pending in congress wiz not
be passed by March 4, and that an
extra session will be called.
Official announcement was made that
the Whitney syndicate had arranged
to purchase the Edison Electric Hum
mating company of New YORK.
Porter J. McCumber, republican, was
elected United States senator from
North Dakota. Futile balloting con-
tinued in other western states.
At Youngstown, o., the American
Tin Plate company is negotiating for
the purchase, it is reported Of the Ohio
Steel cCcmpany's plant in that city.
The joint high American-Canadian
commission met at Washington, and
after formal discussion of some of
the questions submitted, adjourned to
permit the two commissions TO hold
separate meetings.
The second game of the series be-
tween chess players Janowski and
Marshall at New York was won by
Janowski after 80 moves. Marshall
opened with P-Q4 and could not make
much Roadway against the fine play OF
the Partisan
John n. Barrows, secretary Of the
Colorado Society of Sons of the Revo-
luton, has received information from
General Secretary James Montgomery
of New York, that it has been decided
to hold the next national convention
in Denver The convention will open
April 10.
The directors of the Boston & Mon
tana Mining company declared div
idend of 81 and 81 extra per share,
and made the same payable Feb. 20
to stockholders of record Jan. 20
Last year the company paid SIG all
told, and yesterdays dividend is the
first for 1899.
The fire on the steamer Werneath
Hall at Halifax, N. S., is still raging
iercely Over 200 bales of cotton lave
been removed, but the flames con-
tinued to spread so rapidly that it
was necessary to flood the hold of the
vessel yesterday morning. Some 5000
bushels of grain will be destroyed.
The military authorities are plan
ming a permanent camp to accommo-
date 10000 men on the uplands above
Honolulu. The Chinese affected by
the recent decision of the supreme
court excluding them from residence
there have combined to send A. G. w.
Robertson to Washington to fight
their case.
In Chicago, John Deithloff shot his
wife after a quarrel. He then shot
himself twice. Both died later at the
hospital. Deithloff and his wife mad
not been living together for some time.
Deithloff frequently demanded money
from his wife and her refusal to sup
ply him with funds is supposed to
have caused the crime.
Fifteen carloads of the tenth infan-
try from Fort Leavenworth, Kan, en-
route to Manila were transferred from
the Burlington road to the Union Pa
cific in Denver and continued their
journey westward to Ogden, Utah,
thence to San Francisco via the Souln-
ern Pacific The Rock Island brought
a second detachment of the tenth.
Senator Davis called at the Indian
office regarding the Indian leadership
on the Rice Lake reservation. Trader
Fairbanks has been ordered to dis
continue business there, as he is oper-
ating other stores at White Earth and
Red Lake reservations. The law limits
a trader to one store for each agency.
He will probably have to give up the
Rice Lake store.
Miss Maud L. Fritz of Kansas City,
is to become the bride of James L.
Flood, the famous California bonanza
king, who fell heir to one-third OF
his fathers vast estate Miss Fritz
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Fritz, a contractor, and is sister of
the first Mrs. Flood who died year
ago this month. The wedding will
take place in Kansas City about Feb. 8.
The United States revenue cutter
Alma was driven on Padre island,
Texas, during storm and al Ion
board escaped to land. The party
separated and each party wandered
over the island looking for sail
James McEnery, and Sharp Terry of
San Antonio, sighted craft and
signalled it and were taken off the
island and brought to the shipward at
Corpus Pass. Yesterday another yes
sci was sent to Padre Island to look
for the rest of the Alma's passengers,
who are: Capt. Celestin LarOche and
John Laroche of Point Isabel; Henry
Terrell Of San Antonio, and Walter
Hudell of Sabine Pass, special treas
ury inspectors. They had sufficient
food to last them week
CABLE CULLINGS.
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