Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-04-02

s127, 500, leaving $4,000 to be raised
by April 1 to meet the conditions of
Rockefeller's offer.
DR.. Figg and family religious fana-
ties, who were tarred and feathered at
Gretna, Neb., and driven away, have
returned to that city.
Admiral Dewey and wife were en-
Enthusiastically received at Macon, Ga.
Their trip includes brief visit to
jacksonville and Palm Beach.
Reuben Sampson, of the University
of Nebraska, who was threatened by
fellow students with hazing has dis
appeared and cannot be found.
Olga Netherso1e and others con-
nected with the presentation of Sapho
were indicted in New York on the
charge of offending public decency.
In New York Mayor Van Wyck
has vetoed the bill empowering the
governor to appoint commission to
revise the greater New York charter.
The republicans of the seventh con-
gressional district, South Carolina,
elected delegates to the national con-
yention and instructed them for Nc
Kinley.
In New York $4,000 was realized at
concert yesterday, at the Metropoli-
tan opera-house, for the benefit Of the
Red Cross and Maine hospital ship re-
lief funds.
Carnegie and Frick have settled diff
ferences Their interests are to be
combined with a $16O,O0O,OOO capital.
Frick gets $16,OO0,00O stock in the
company
The York cotton mills of York
vile, S. c., have announced that they
will take per cent. from the annual
dividend and add it to the wages of
the operatives
Fire destroyed the Clinton Liberal
Institute building at Fort PLANE, N.
Y, entailing a loss of $4,000 The
building was not occupied, the Easter
vacation having begun.
The leading lime manufacturers Of
the south have completed combina-
ton with a capital stock of $3,000,000.
It will control every lime-kiln south
of Virginia and east of Texas.
Every state and territory west of
the Mississippi river will be repre-
sented at the trans Mississippi river
commercial congress to be held at
Houston April IL and 81 inclusive.
Al student in Columbia university,
who was taken sick a week ago, with
what was supposed to be measles, is
suffering from smallpox. AS a conse-
quence 800 students were Saccinated.
Contractor John B. McDonald's life
has been insured for 100000 by
August Belmont, the head of the syn
dictate which will finance the construc-
ton of the rapid-transit tunnel in
New York.
Near Rushville, H., Mrs. Mark Sell
lers, aged 20, descended into well
into which her babe fell The water
was only Is inches deep, but the
mother could not climb out and both
died before found.
A statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund.- exclusive of the
$3.50 200 900 gold reserve in the diyi-
sion of redemption, shows: Available
cash balance, $160, 460,843; gold re-
serve, $99,294,315.
! Gen Torres force of Mexican troops
has large body of Yaqui Indians sur
rounded a short distance north of Tir-
in and the early surrender or complete
humiliation of the rebels is con-
sidered certain to take place.
The amount of bonds so far present
ed at the treasury department for ex-
change for the new 2 per cents is
$122, 1856, 400, of which $1O,520,450 have
been received from individuals and in
situations other than national banks.
| Chief Wilkie of the secret service
has received a new counterfeit $40
note, which was discovered in Scran-
ton, Pa. 1t is almost identical with
the counterfeit $40 note which was
found in November in large quantities.
The preliminary trial of the men
suspected of completely in the assassi-
nation Of Senator Goebel began at
Frankfort. During the trial one at
torney thought another intimated that
he had lied and fight was narrowly
averted.
Zeigler and other bondholders won
fight on Lake Street Il company in
federal Supreme Court, which decided
for Farmers Loan and Trust COM
pany's right to act as trustee, reversed
Illinois courts rulings, and remained
case for retrial
At Kankakee, H., burglars entered
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Adams dur
ing the night, and, failing to find any
thing of value, beat the aged couple
almost to death. Mr.. Adams right
eye was torn out. 1t is believed both
Of the victims will die.
At Indianapolis assessment Of the
cost Of street improvements directly
against the abutting property under
the Barrel law without regard to
whether the property has been benefit
| ted, has been declard by Judge Baker,