Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-20
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Telephone workers struck at Butte,
Mont. and the brotherhood threat
ems to spread the strike over several
states.
At Chicago, Sunday, the wearer of a
gaudy mans shirtwaist in the stock
yards was attacked by a steer and
roughly handled.
Two roughs tried to raid Air Line
Junction, a suburb Of Toledo, and six
persons were seriously injured before
they were captured.
Mrs. Nellie Attridge was held for
trial in New York on charge OF
thrusting a needle into the arm Of her
stepchild, aged ten.
A protest by the United States has
been issued against the bombardment
of Panama by the Columbian rebels,
who are fighting hard.
The republican national committee
decided to put pictures of President
Mckinley and ''full dinner pail on
the campaign buttons.
The Catholic Total Abstinence Union
of America adopted strong resolutions
deprecating the increasing use OF in
toxicants by society women
Earnest Buhot, Brooklyn convict
recently taken to Elmira reformatory
committed suicide in his cell, 1t IS
through fear of BrockWay.
Justice Garrison, of the supreme
court of New Jersey, astonished
lawyers and clients by appearing on
the bench in shirt-waist.
An engine and caboose on the Big
Four road went through a bridge near
Mound City, Ill. One man was killed
and four others injured.
The Mutual Life Insurance company
has paid Mrs. Sallie Hillmon $4,000,
and only one company now holds out
in the famous insurance case.
The circusmen charged with riot
were duly arrested at Cloquet, Mimi,
and taken to Cass Lake. The manager
and doc" Baker, however, escaped.
The names of 224 Americans were
submitted to the jury for the tablets
in the Hall Of Fame, donated by Helen
Gould, but only 100 are to be chosen.
President Mckinley works nearly
as hard in Canton as at Washington,
but is said to be enjoying his visit
home, while Mrs. McKinley's health is
improving.
The government reports the average
conditions of spring wheat 1914 being
a gain of liz points in July. Mime
sofa is So, North Dakota 25 and South
Dakota 49,
Kansas populists and democrats are
combining to make the Bryan populist
notification at Topeka, Aug. %, one of
the biggest political events ever held
in the state.
The Manitoba & Lake Superior Rail
way company was incorporated at
Duluth, to operate not only railway
to Winnipeg, but a line of steamers on
the great lakes.
The Hugo, Colo, train robbers were
corralled near Goodland, Kas., by
local officers. One bandit was killed
and three of the posse wounded, two
perhaps fatally.
In the bidding for armor plate for
the new warships the Midvale Steel
company appeared as rival of the
Carnegie and Bethlehem plants. All
bids were rejected.
Davis Flannery, who was chief tele-
graph operator in the service of the
confederate army between New
Orleans and Memphis during the
civil war, died at Memphis.
The Dupont fraction of the repuoli-
can party of Delaware will hold a
State convention in Wilmington Aug
ust 81 and nominate a full ticket in
opposition to the Addicks ticket.
Colonel John Mason Loomis' will
left life interest in an estate of more
than $1,00O,000 to the widow in Chi
cago. On her death nearly all is to go
to found the LOOMS institute, a school
at Windsor, Conn.
Charles R. H. Terrell, former en-
ploye of the Adams Express company,
has confessed that he killed his friend,
Express Messenger Lane. and robbed
his train safe to obtain money for his
coming wedding.
President Harper of the university
of Chicago prophesies that in the time
to come all the colleges, schools,
academies and universities will be
federated into one large combine for
mutual protection and assistance.
In all the planning mills Of San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Haywards,
San Jose and Santa Clara, there was
posted a notice by ~ planning mill
owners that the demand of mill hanus
for a labor day of eight hours will be
denied
Forest fires are sweeping the mag
nificent timber belt between the Upper
Geyser basin and the lake in the Vel
lowstone national park. The line Of
fire is 10 miles long and spreading
rapidly. Many hotel buildings are
threatened.
Col Kimball, U. IS. A., assistant
Cuartermaster-ge is accused of
conspiracy to defraud the government
in a suit of 100000 damages begun by
Edward P Jessup, head of a freight
shipping company. Col. Kimball de-