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

since 1884.
The body of Wesley Lawrence, the
negro who criminally assaulted Mrs.
w. M. Bowman, near McDavid, Fla,
was found swinging from a tree near
the scene of his crime. 1t was riddled
with bullets.
William Magill, the inventor of the
student lamp, dropped dead at his
home in Amherst, Conn. He was a
cousin of President Hadley of Yale
and was born in Byron county, Geor-
gia, JAN 2, 1886.
The Georgia house of representa-
tives passed resolutions calling for the
election of United States senators by
at 16 to / and the early construction OF
| the Nicaragua canal.
Thomas Giffe of Chattanooga, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages
against United States Commissioner of
Pensions Evans. Giffe was one of the
pension attorneys whom Evans disbar-
red for crookedness.
The Central State Bank OF Lebanon,
Ind, was placed in the hands of Re
ceiver Charles w. McAdams of Will
| Transport This is the last of the
Dwiggins chain of banks, several of
which failed several years ago.
The feature of the reunion of the
Georgia division of the United Con-
lfederate Veterans was the parade.
Two thousand soldiers were in line, es-
corted by Governor Gambler and staff
and the whole of the local military.
AS the result of a mistake on the
part of a servant, Frederick G. Hills of
Sioux City, general manager of the
Sioux City and Western Railway COM
pany, is dead from eating poisoned
food, and his wife is dangerously i'll.
EX-Postmaster William Fl. Callahan
of South Alabama, N Y, was arraigned
at Rochester for having failed to turn
over his receipts to the government as
postmaster from July /, 1897 to Dec.
81, 1898. His bail was fixed at $4,000.
At Montreal Justice Wurtelle allowed
the appointment of a commission to
take evidence in the United States in
case of Mrs O'Neil, accused of attempt
ing to defraud her creditors. Mr..
Sciotte, clerk of the crown, will take
the evidence.
Superior Judge Trout at San Fran
cisco made an order in accordance with
the petition of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven
that all persons interested in the es-
tate of the late Senator J. M. Fair ap-
pear in court March 5, 1900, and set
forth their claims.
Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate Veter-
ans, has issued an order appointing
James A. Reeves Of Camden, Ark,
brigadier- general of the fourth brigade,
Arkansas division, vice Brigadier-Gen-
eral Scott resigned.
A log jam at the mouth of the
Nooksack river, Washington, sent a
new channel sweeping through Lummi
village, which was almost wiped out.
The town contained 200 people. Church,
schOOl-house and stores were swept
away but no lives, were lost.
The trial of Montyaloo A. Cole of
Canada, a student of the University of
Pennsylvania, for the murder of Will
lam A. Montague, Of Camden, Del, his
rival for the affections of Miss Edna
Wilson,. began at Wilmington, Del
Cole killed Montague with a baseball
/ bat.
Members of the Chicago Church
club have decided to undertake to raise
fund of $250,000 for an endowment of
the Protestant Episcopal diocese Of
Illinois. This endowment is TO be for
the maintenance Of Coadjutor Bishop
to be elected in January to aid Bishop
McLaren
Petitions we're fled IN the bank
ruptcy court at Buffalo by John O.
Manning and William H. Manning,
members Of the firm of John B. Man
ming 6 Sons, which became insolyent
in 1895. The schedule Of unsecured
claims is given as 81, 496, ATT, and there
are no assets.
At Fountain Park, Ohio, the house of
Scott McAfee was wrecked, McAfee was
killed and Miss Clara Popp fatally in
jured by an explosion of dynamite.
McAfee had placed stick of dynamite
under the stove to dry. His body was
blown to pieces. The wreckage of the
house was burned.
The second section of Baltimore &
| Ohio passenger train crashed into the
| first section in South Cumberland, Md.
Engineer l.. R. Kindle, of Baltimore,
stuck to his post on the second section.
was seriously injured and may die.
His fireman, Lewis Massey, of Balti-
more. was scalded to death.
Ambassador Clayton telegraphs from
the City of Mexico that the Mexican
government refuses extradition of
Leonardo Gonzales, a Mexican CITIZEN
accused of the rape and murder of an
American woman at Sanders, on the
Texas side, some months ago, on the
ground of insufficient evidence.
At Muncie, Ind, Mrs. Mary Munkle
was declared insane, her mental con-
dition having resulted from religious
excitement She has been fasting for
| five days, and announced that today at
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