Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-17

United States during the past fiscal
wear shows that while there was
falling off in the sales to Europe, the
exports to other parts of the world
increased in quality and value.
LEROY McElroy, formerly clerk in
the Richelieu hotel at San Francisco,
was arrested on a charge Of stealing
$4,000 worth of diamonds from MIS-
Felt and Mrs. Hale, of Boston, VINO
were guests of the hotel. He ac-
knowledged his guilt.
Ex-Congressman Asher G. Carruth
declares his belief that the national
democratic committee has been sum-
moned to accept the resignation OF
Chairman Jones, who, he says, is SICK
and not able to stand the strain OF
another campaign.
Two large brick buildings in the
Missouri river bottoms northeast OF
Kansas City, Kan, occupied by the
American Curled Hair company, OF
Chicago, for storehouses, were de-
stroyed by fire. Loss estimated at
SIS 900, partially insured.
Professor Samuel Ball Platner, the
head of the Latin department IN
Western Reserve university has been
granted a leave of absence for the
coming year, that he may become
professor in the school Of archaeology
in Rome for that period.
The acting comptroller of the
Treasury decided that Rear-Admlral
Sohley and Sampson were not en-
titled to the pay Of their rank from
August 10, 1898, to March 4, 1899, oW-
ing to the failure of the senate to con-
firm their nominations.
The first active steps in the work OF
bringing about convention for the
revision of the national bankruptcy
act were taken at meeting of referees
when preliminary arrangements were
made for the meeting of referees to be
held in Chicago July 25.
At a mass meeting of Polish-Amerl-
cans in Chicago John M. SienkieWlcz
spoke in favor Of an Anglo-Amerlcan
alliance as a first step towards Po-
lands independence. The speech
evoked much dissatisfaction, and final
action on resolutions commencing an
alliance was deferred.
Dick Williams, a negro, charged
with the murder of two white men,
was lynched at Alma, Kan, by mob
of white men. The mob left the
negro hanging to telegraph pole, and
six minutes later he was cut down by
the town marshal and taken back to
the county jail, where he recovered
consciousness. The negro is still
alive but cannot live.
The secretary of agriculture has
been appealed to in behalf of Texas
flood sufferers to send a supply of corn
He is compelled to decline, as the
department has no appropriation for
such a purpose. The department,
however, is sending all quick growing
garden seeds it has in store, in the
hope it may be planted in time to be
productive this season.
Paymaster w. B. Wilcox of the navy
has been tried by court martial at the
League island navy yard and found
guilty of drunkenness and sentenced to
be dismissed from the service. Six
of the seven members Of the court
recommended that executive clemency
be shown the accused. Acting on this
recommendation, the president has
mitigated the sentence to the re-
duction to the foot of the list of pay
masters, and loss of one-half pay for
one year.
Acting Commissioner Williams of
the internal revenue bureau has de-
cided that natural and artificial gas
companies are subject to the gross re-
ceipt tax under the war revenue act,
and that in the case of artificial gas
the returns made by the company
should include sales of tar, ammonia,
coke, etc. It is held however, that
the words 'pipe line" in the act does
not refer to gas mains and pipes
through which gas is distributed di-
rectly to the consumer, but to the sys-
tenn of transporting oil or other pro-
ducts from place to place through
pipes instead of in tanks, barrels, ETC.,
transported by rail or other con-
veyance.