Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-27

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against them of twice setting fire to
the town.
The Duke D'Arcos, Spanish minister
to Mexico, will probably be sent to
Washington as special envoy to ex-
change the final Publications of the
treaty of peace.
In wreck on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad near Wheeler, KY,
Charles Painter of Jellico, fireman,
was killed and the engineer, Charles
Shively, injured.
Under the new treaties which Japan
has negotiated with the United States
and other nations all Of the mikado's
domains are opened to foreign CAPT
tai and enterprise.
A dispatch from Admiral Kautz at
Apia, states that he had arranged an
early meeting of the British, American
and German consuls for discussion
of Samoan affairs.
The Youngstown, o., Telegram
prints an interview with Lieut.-GOV
A. w. Jones in which he announces
himself a candidate for the next
governorship of Ohio.
Plow manufacturers of the United
States are forming a combination. A
stock company, capitalized at $6O,O0O,-
900 under the laws of New Jersey will
shortly be incorporated.
Prof. Othniel C. Marsh of Yale uni
versity of the chair of palaeontology
and curator of the geological collec-
ton of the university, died Of pneu-
monia. He was 68 years old.
A special from Skagway, Alaska,
says: con Saturday last, Thomas Du-
gan, a barber, shot and fatally wound
ed William M. Wray, machinist,
and blew his own brains out
Mayor Flower of New Orleans has
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest
of the person or persons who have
lately been tying to burn Roman
Catholic institutions in that Guy.
The American Steel and Wire COM
pany announces that it's business cen
ter hereafter will be in New York,
and it's executive business will be
transferred to Chicago and San Fran
cisco.
The president has appointed Hugh
R. Belknap of Chicago, Brandon D.
Slaughter of Nebraska and Captain
Charles Newbold of the District OF
Columbia, to be additional paymasters
in the army.
At the Standard Oil Company inqui-
ry John D. Archbold, one of the trust
magnates, started a row with Lawyer
Flagg in which the terms ''dog, liar,
"whelp," coward" and 'robber'' were
exchanged.
At Amesbury, Mass, a fire which
started in the opera house destroyed
three of the largest business blocks
in the place and one church, and
caused damage to other property. The
loss is S25O,OOO.
The formal dedication Of Isaiah
temple, Chicago, one of the finest
edifices devoted to Jewish worship in
the United States, took place. DR..
Isaac M. Wise, the venerable rabbi OF
Cincinnati, presided.
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie will
take all the naval reserves of the
coast cities to sea for active drill. The
Louisiana militia will be the first The
Prairie will be engaged in this work
from April to October.
Rev. DR.. M. F. Streiby, for thirty
four years secretary of the American
Home Mission, died in a sanitarium at
Clifton Springs, N. Y. DR.. Streiby was
for a long time editor of the Ameri-
can Missionary Magazine.
1t is believed that Americans in
terested in franchises were prepared to
lend money to the Cuban assembly in
return for concessions. American
spectators were said to be interested
in schemes of vast magnitued.
At Detroit, George J. Mink, aged 10,
was stabbed under the left shoulder
blade by Xavier Glombin, 12-year-
old boy, who, it seems, started quar-
rel with him. The blade penetrated
the lung, with probable fatal results.
At South Bend, Ind, Rev. Father
John Clark, for ten years in charge OF
St. Patrick's church and formerly pas
tor at WATERFOWL, Wis, died, aged So
years. The deceased was a member of
the Order of the Holy Cross and a
widely known priest.
The murderer of Mrs. Anthony
Stiegler of Mount Lookout, O., whose
dead body was found in her home, is
Albert Luken, aged 16, living with his
widowed mother at Clifton. Luken
was arrested and made a confession,
saying his motive was robbery. He
got about $40.
The search for bodies in the ruins
of the Windsor hotel, New York, has
begun. The list of missing has grown
and the number of dead may be great
ly increased. Several Of the injured
have died in the hospitals. The total
deaths are 16, injured so. The money
loss was $1,000,000.
Thresher Meade, the notorious ne
gro train robber, safe-blower and
bandit, was sentenced to the federal
penitentiary by the United States
court at Meridian, Miss, for 20 years.
In passing sentence Judge Niles eX-
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