Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-21

diana, president John D. Carsecallon,
Jersey City, vice president; Peter Keil,
Pittsburg, second vice president; F. E.
Collins, Cincinnati, secretary and
treasurer. The next meeting will be
held in Baltimore in August, 1900.
The national association of local fire
insurance agents elected these officers
at Buffalo (re-election); vice-presi-
dent, George D. Markham of ST. Louis ;
chairman Of the executive committee,
A. H. Robinson of Louisville; secre-
tary and treasurer, Frank V. Holmes
of Chicago.
Nathan Kronman, the commission
merchant, committed to the Tombs at
New York on suspicion of having kill
the woman's funeral under police
guard When brough into the room
where the body lay Kronman wept
and moaned and appeared to be com
pletely broken down.
Rev Walter Manning BarrOWs, who
achieved especial notoriety by marry
ing Perry Belmont and Mrs. Sloan a
few hours after the divorce of the lat
ter died at Mackinac Island, Mich. It
is the common conviction that his
death was due to worry over the adj
verse criticism that followed his Off
ciating at the above marriage.
Gov. Roosevelt has appointed the fol-
1~rx doll tAc +A 10 on
trusts, to be held in Chicago Septem-
Der 49, Chauncey M. Depew, John G..
Carlisle, DR.. Albert Shaw, w. Bourke
Cochran, George Gunton, F. B. Thur
Der and Henry White. It is possible
that this list may be added to at a
later day.
The increasing business relations
between Denmark and the United
States is indicated in report by Con-
sui Blom to the state department that
the exchange rate to the United States
was posted on the Copenhagen bourse
on July Z for the first time, and this
posting will continue twice a week
hereafter.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements of the laying of the cor
ner-s.tone of the new federal building
in Chicago next October, have made
arrangements to invite ex-confederate
generals and officers to attend the
ceremonies. The list includes seven
lieutenant-ge generals, 10 major generals
and LA brigadier-g generals.
The Canadian steamer Ontario,
bound for Nipigon with cargo of
coal, has gone ashore near Rossport
and is a total loss. The steamer went
on the beach in a dense fog. Her crew
were rescued and her consorts escaped
the beach, The Ontario was formerly
a passenger steamer and owned by
Capt. John Cornwall and others of
Sombra, Ont.
William L. Strong, ex-mayor of New
York and president of the Protective
Tariff League, has arrived in San Fran
cisco from the east, accompanied by
Mrs. Strong. They have gone to
meet their son, Major Putnam Brad
ley Strong, who was a volunteer Of
ficer on the staff of General Merritt in
Manila, and who is expected to arrive
from the Philippines on the transport
Warren next week.
In New York a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy was filed by John Harper
Bonnell, publisher, with liabilities of
$740,191. There are three secured
creditors whose claims amount to
SAB, 900, which are secured by securi-
ties representing in value $650,000. The
unsecured creditors amount to Sc, all
but one being banks. Their aggre-
gate claims amount to $296,291. The
petition claims assets of only 5000.
An effort to prejudice public and Of
fetal sentiment in Germany concern
ing American tariff laws has recently
been counteracted by Consul Erdman,
at Breslau. A trade circular was sent
to every representative In the German
reichstag stating that on account Of
the tariff of IL cents per pound on
zinc dusts it is impossible to send the
German product to the United States
Mr.. Erdman found by his consular
book that the German export of this
article last year was the largest on
record, and he has laid this fact be-
fore commercial editors in Germany,
and has secured a published correc-
ton of the erroneous criticisms
CABLEGRAMS.