Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-04

telegraph was tested successfully in
Chicago, 10000 words being sent in
an hour.
A number of officers Of the marine
hospital service have been named to
serve in the offices of consuls at
foreign ports.
Four Steinmetz brothers and their
sister in Wisconsin get $6,000,OOO in
heritance in Alsace-Lorraine to divide
among them.
Managers of the Franklin syndicate
at Brooklyn, which promised investors
10 per cent. a week on deposits, have
been arrested.
Tennessee will present the name OF
H. Clay Evans as candidate for the
vice presidential nomination on the
republican ticket.
Fire burned out Seller Brothers,
wholesale dry goods, and Shenkburg
company, wholesale grocers, Sioux
City. Loss $4,000.
Financial legislation by congress is
regarded as certain. Army legislation
is improbable and the Nicaraguan ca
nal is doubtful.
At a meeting of window-glass job
bers held in New York, a committee
was formed to draw up plans for ma
tional organization.
Moritz & Freedman, New York
cloak manufacturers, have filed petit
ton in bankruptcy. Liabilities, $685.
1877; assets, $743,300.
John r. Mclean, brother Of Mrs.
Dewey, said any contributor to the
Dewey home fund who wished his
money back could have it.
Joe Ellis, "The Hermit of Marvin
Hollow" died near Walton, N. Y. He
was at one time associated with Horace
Greeley in literary work
The United States survey steamer
Pathfinder has sailed for Honolulu
She will make a survey of several har-
bors in the Hawaiian islands.
An American company, with 100000
900 capital, has been incorporated st
Trenton, N. j.. to develop the Marconi
system of wireless telegraphy.
Miss Eliza Works. known as the old
est resident of Monroe county, died al
her home in Henrietta, N Y, aged Zoe
years, 10 months and 13 days.
Postmaster Van Colt, of New York
wants a fine postofice building erected
in that city near the Grand Central
station, covering two squares.
Joseph Agostini, shipping and com
mission merchant, of New York, made
an assignment. The mercantile agen-
gies rated Agostini at $300,000
The news of the appointment of Mgr
Donatius Sbarretti as bishop of Hav-
ana was received with much pleasure
and appreciation in Washington.
Representative Peerre of Maryland
says he will vote to unseat Representa-
tive Roberts of Utah, if it is fond that
he is now practicing polygamy.
Robert Freeman, at one time the
owner of Rex Mcdonald, the champion
saddle horse stallion of the world
died at his home near Mexico, Mo.
James A. Newlin, at one time promi-
nently identified with the street rail
way system of Chicago, died at his
home in Steelton, Pa, aged 81 years.
Sylvester Hawkins, young negro
has been arrested, charged with at
tempting to wreck the Georgia South
ern and Florida train at Lake Park, Ga
At Milton, Fla, the hands at Chafin
e Co.'S lumber mills went out on a
strike again because of the refusal OF
the company to discharge a nonunion
boy.
deed was recorded transferring
the Dewey home to the Admiral's son,
George Goodwin Dewey, but the ad-
miral and his wife retain a life interest
in it,
Three new cases of smallpox were
discovered today among the enlisted
men of the Forty-eighth (colored) in
fantry, now in quarantine at Angel ISL
and, Cal.
w. r. Reichers, the school-teacher
on trial at Hammond, Ind, for man
slaughter for the whipping and alleged
killing of Arthur Whitney, pupil, was
acquitted.
The bones of IS Ce1estia1s, who, dy-
ing in Chicago, were Inferred IN I'M
consecrated soil, are to be returned to
the f1owery kingdom by order of the
emperor
The Jefferson county (Ky.) canvass
ers decided against Goebel and the
question of throwing out the vote OF
Louisville goes to the state election
board.
The executive committee Of
the Women's and Young Women S
Christian association decided to hold
the next biennial conference at Cleve-
land in 1901.
Martin V. Bergen, son of Councilman
Peter V. Bergen, of Princeton, N. j.,
died today from receiving a hazing at
Lawrencevi1le. He died of infamma-
ton of the bowels.
Richard J. Hutchinson, superintend-
ent of telegraph of the New York Stock
Exchange and an old-time telegraph
operator, died at his residence in New
York, aged so years.