Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-05

Of actual running time. an average OF
II 6 miles an hour.
To prove his faith in theosophy,
Howard Kretz, young enthusiast
with a brain somewhat out of focus,
Jumped off the Brooklyn bridge and
was picked out Of the East river unin-
pured and triumphant.
S. Fl. j. Taylor, one of the most
prominent negroes in the United
States, died at Atlanta, Ga. He was
a leading negro democrat and held i'm
portant positions under President
Clevelands administration.
DR.. Emil G.. Hirsch announced IN
Sinai Temple, Chicago, that he would
sail for Carlsbad, Germany, June To-,
in search of health and recreation.
The temple will be closed until Dr..
Hirsch returns, early in September.
Harrison Reed, the first editor of the
Milwaukee Sentinel, member Of the
constitutional convention of Wiscon-
sin, and just after the war governor OF
Florida for Az years, died at his home
in South Jacksonville, Fla, Thursday.
The heavy rains of late are directly
responsible for the loss of eight lives
by train wreck in Iowa. Windstorms,
accompanied by rain and hail, have
been general throughout the west,
while in South Dakota seven persons
were killed by cyclone.
The American Baptist Educational
society opened its eleventh annual SEES
sion in San Francisco. DR.. Kerr Is.
Topper of Philadelphia gave statistics
regarding Baptist institutions of learn
ing, showing that their total endoW-
ment was over $36,000,000
DR.. Richard Cornwall, slayer Of his
brother, once suspected of wife muir
der and twice Of murder Of young
women-one of whom, Maude Belle
Bonesteel, the mystery about whose
disappearance has never been cleared
killed himself at Kansas City
Dr.. Charles Woodruff Shields, for
merly a professor at Princeton univer-
sity, who withdrew from the Presbyte-
rian church because Of criticism fol-
lowing his signing a petition to give
LIQUOR license to the Princeton Inn, has
been ordained a priest in the Episcopal
church. He is IA years old.
Mrs. Gertrude V. Reber of Chicago,
daughter of Dr.. w. B. Farwell. at
one time one of Chicago's leading citi-
zens, has begun proceedings, as con-
servator for her insane mother, to re-
cover a dover interest in an estate of
S2.OOO,00O, which includes real estate
in Chicago, Iowa and Wisconsin.
The Central American league has
made a demand upon T. Estrada Pal
ma, the delegate in this country, Tor
an accounting for the money he han
died during the Spanish war. The
fund amounted to $7,000,000, and 70
one except Mr.. Palma seems to have
any knowledge of the manner of its
distribution.
In New York John Zigouras, a Greek
flower peddler, was convicted OF muir
der in the first degree and was remand
ed for sentence. Zigouras shot and
killed Serrantos Ferrantos February
IS. Zigouras claimed he killed his
man in self-defense and that Ferrantos
was a Greek bandit, who had pursued
him with poker.
Mrs. Jennie Campbell, the last of the
three women whom Levi Moore shot
last Sunday died at the Kansas City
hospital. Mrs Anna Mesh died Tues
day, and Mrs. Lands succumbed
Thursday. Moore sought to kill Mrs.
Campbell because she had Tilted him,
and thinking the other two women
were aiding her to escape, shot them.