Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-10-16

States will be close to 2,5OO,OOO,OOO
bushels.
Burroughs, convicted at Winona Of
bigamy, is sentenced to the 'peniten-
tiary, his motion for new trial being
denied.
Oswald Ottendorfer, Henry Waiter
son and other political leaders united
in expressing preference for Dewey
for president
Max Diamond of New York shot
Celia Kaplan because she refused to
marry him. The girl will recover,
Diamond escaped.
Two residences, a saloon, a grocery
and -four and feed warehouse at La
Sale, ILL.,, were destroyed by fire;
loss, $4,000; insurance, $500
A New York man is arrested, charg-
ed with defrauding the government by
selling war revenue stamps chemi-
cally restored after cancellation.
w. J. Bryan says the result OF the
elections in Nebraska, Iowa and Ohio
will be taken as approval or condem-
nation of McKin1ey's policy.
The widow and son of Henry B.
Plant of New York, owner of the Plant
system of railroads and steamships in
FLORIDA, will contest his will
The twenty-ninth annual convention
of the Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist Church is in
three days session at Appleton, Wis.
Rear-Admira1 Henry L. Howison
was placed on the retired list of the
navy by operation of law on account OF
age. He will make his residence in
New York City.
General Davis, at San Juan, reports
the death of Private James F. Powell,
Company M, Eleventh infantry, dy-
sentery. Major George o. Webster
(retired) died at Fort Sheridan Hos
pital.
Chairman Jones, of the democratic
national committee, said the next cam
paign would be fought on anti-lmper-
ialism, free silver, anti-trusts and re-
duction of tariffs, with Bryan as the
standard-bearer.
A large proportion of the business
houses of Makanda, ILL.,, was destroyed
by fire. Seventeen business places
were burned with a loss of more than
100000. Two persons were injured by
the falling walls The fire is sup
posed to be incendiary.
Harry Hough, former assistant
cashier of the Cocheco National Bank
of Dover, N. H., was indicted by the
grand Jury of the United States Dis
trict Court on the charge of embezzl-
ing S., 800 of the banks funds. Hough
was later sentenced to five years IN
jail
James Cashon was found dead ten
feet from his own doorstep. He had
been stabbed in the back. 1t is believed
to be the work of two Finlanders who
had sworn to get even with Cashon for
assisting policemen in arresting an
other Finn a few weeks ago. Several
suspects are in Jail.
There have been only three new
cases of yellow fever officially reported
this month at Havana and there are
only five patients now under treatment
in the hospital. 1t is believed that
four of these will recover. The SAM
tary authorities believe that hereafter
only occasional cases will arise.
Forest fires are raging in the vlcln-
ity of Oconto to an alarming extent.
The air is filled with smoke and the
sky reflects a deep red hue at night.
Six farmhouses have been burned and
a large amount of hay and miles OF
fences consumed. Unless rain comes
at once a large amount or property will
be destroyed.
The remains of George Smith, the
pioneer banker of Chicago and the
northwest, who died Saturday at the
Reform Club, London, were inferred
Wednesday at Elgin, where he once
resided. James Smith, his nephew and
heir presumptive, now in New YORK
City. has been cabled to come to Lon
don Immediately.
The British ship Benmohr, which
reached San Francisco from Hong
kong will be turned over to the United
States army for transport service as
soon as she discharges her cargo OF
coal. The Russian steamer DalyVos-
tok, which is now on the way from
Yokohama to Honolulu loaded with
japanese laborers for the Hawaiian Is
lands, has been secured by the United
States army for transport.
If there is war in South Africa the
war department will be represented at
the scene of hostilities. The state de-
partment has formally requested the
British forces embassy to obtain
authority for the presence with the
officer. Tt is likely that Capt. Stephen
L. H. Slocum, Eighth cavalry, now
military attache at Vienna, will be de-
tailed for this duty. 1t is understood
that he has expressed desire for the
assignment, and as he is an officer OF
ability, keen observation and expert
ence, he will probably be sent to the
field of operations.
For saving the life of an American
soldier Major General Otis has granted
a full pardon to Domingo Magno, a
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