Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-26

Milwaukee, June 20.-Goy. Scofeld
Monday issued another proclamation
calling attention to the havoc brought
by the tornado at New Richmond. He
also created a commission of five on
the entire relief work, consisting of
Lewlie Wilson of Chippewa Falls, o.
w. Mosher of New Richmond, A. E.
Jefferson of Hudson, 0. P. Ingram of
Eau Claire, and Col. w. J. Boyle of
Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Telephone
company has subscribed $1,000 to the
relief fund.
Female Pickpockets.
New Richmond, June 20.-The latest
sensation in this tornado-stricken town
is the discovery that female pick
pockets were at work in the crowd of
visitors who took advantage of the
first Sunday to view the destruction
caused by the terrible visitant of
week ago. These audacious operators
were fortunately discovered within
half an hour after their arrival on a
train from st. Paul and were taken in
to custody. There being no evidence
against them except that of their char
acters, they were permitted by the Off
GERS to go on promise that they would
leave town by the first train. The two
women looked as though they had lost
their all in the tornado when they left
relief headquarters and hit the road for
the depot, but their sorrow was rather
for lost opportunities than for lost pos
sessions and relatives.
The following additional persons
in the neighborhood Of Boardman lost
their lives during the recent tornado:
Mrs. Eva Granville Hurd, mother of
Capt. Hurd; Gertrude Wears, years
old, who was visiting at the Hurd
place; John Niger, son of Otto, driv-
ing past at the time and took refuge
in the Hurd house; John Kelly, Jr., 5
years old, killed in his mothers arms
at New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS lived on
farm near Boardman; Charles Bur
rows; Mrs. Kate Hebron, 80 years
old, mother of Michael; Mrs. John
Wells, died at her home at Erin Prai-
RE, of nervous prostration brought on
by grief.
It is reported that several additional
were killed between Boardman and
Burkhardt. The storm cut a wide
swath from the St. Croix valley across
the country to New Richmond, wreck
ing great many farmhouses. The
following are the names of the farmers
in this vicinity that lost their homes:
S. S. Beebe, p. J. Dorgan, Arthur
Spencer, Charles Burrows, Charles
Darling, julius Beers, Edward Daily;
also the Highland farm buildings and
the Union mill and Omaha depot at
Boardman.
Minneapolis, June 20.-Another vic
tim has been added to the New Rich
mond disaster, Jas. Vail, who was one
of the first injured taken to st. Luke's
hospital at st. Paul, dying at that
place. Mr.. Vail was "a years of age
and unmarried. The cyclone sufferers
of New Richmond are just S518.13 rich
er because of the public gift enterprise,
which was the means of thronging
Nicollet avenue. The poorer classes,
those who make a sacrifice when they
give any amount, no matter how small
it may be, were given their opportun-
ity and they did their duty. A thou
sand placed pennies in boxes provided
for the purpose.
Black River Falls. Wis, June 90
The congregation of the Methodist
church of this city raised a collection
for the Rev. Lull, one of the New Rich
mond sufferers. Mr.. Lull was for
many years pastor of the Congrega-
ton.
Barron, Wis, June 2O.-Mrs. w. P.
Howard, the only person injured here
by the cyclone, has died.
SHALL FRANCHISES BE TAXED?