Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-09-03

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Clara Barton, special guest of the
Woman's Relief corps, said the Red
Cross society now embraces all but
two nations.
A posse at MarshalltoWn, La, Dur-
sued four hobos, who insulted two girls
and killed a negro who came to the
girls rescue.
Rev. Royal H. Pullman Of Baltimore,
brother OF the late George M. Pullman,
died at his summer home at the Thou
sand islands.
Attila, the White Bear boat, won the
championship of her class at the In
land Lakes regetta. The boat was sold
by Capt. Drake.
The residence at Germantown, Pa,
OF George c. Thomas, prominent
fnancier, was damaged by fire to the
extent of $4,000
Owing to the acuteness in Tie
Chinese situation the president de-
cided not to start today for the G. A.
r. encampment.
The committee on free quarters an
nounced the names Of buildings where
| 40. 900 veterans and visitors could find
accommodations.
Professor A. A. Nicholson Of Chicago
University was awarded the grand priX
in the department of physics at the
Paris exposition
George Cabot Lodge, son Of Henry
! Cabot Lodge, and Miss Mabel Freling-
huysen Davis, Washington, were mar
ried in Boston.
Rev. Norman G.. Whitney, aged So, a
war veteran Of Minnesota, was killed
by being trampled upon by runaway
horse in Chicago.
United States revenue cutters Fes-
sender and Morrill, engaged in battle
off Lincoln Park before immense
crowds of spectators.
Nearly 100000 visitors arrived for
the encampment, the rainy weather
having no appreciable effect on the ex-
pected inflow of strangers.
A cyclone swept over Sedalia, Mo,
badly injuring two persons, wrecking q
score Of houses and doing thousands OF
dollars worth of damage.
| The Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul will hold it's fiftieth anniversary
next spring and the officials are al
ready preparing for the event.
Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, president OF
| the temperance temple trustees, Chi
cago, denied the statement that the
temple indebtedness is $2,40O,0 600.
Captain Porter won the Sheridan cup
for the second time, his new boat
Mahoohoo defeating Algonquin, his
last years yacht at Lake Geneva.
The national committee Of the
peoples party formally named Adlai u.
Stevenson for vice president to fill the
vacancy left by Towne, resigned.
An egg famine is feared and the
price Of these commodities has nearly
doubled There is also a large rise III
| the price of dairy products and flour.
Bathers in Mother Hubbards and
| jumpers caused John Brisben Walker
to restrict his free-beach privilege at
Tarrytown to those in regulation suits.
One hundred persons were poisoned
by eating icecream from cankered tin
cans at Odd Fellows picnic at Glen
dale, Ind, and score or more may die.
Cape Nome shore is strewn with the
wrecks of over 100 launches and barges
as a result of a recent heavy storm.
Over twenty bodies have been washed
Up.
By the will of Edgar e. Duryae,
father of Walter 1. Duryae, who is
living with broken neck, the latter
receives 100000 out Of half-million
estate.
The census bureau has issued bull
letins OF municipal populations, as fol-
lows: Omaha, 102,555 decrease Of
81 1897; Toledo, 311,822; Columbus,
125, $50.
Duke D'Arcos, Spanish minister, and
his duchess arrived in Chicago to at
tend the encampment. He expresses
himself as greatly pleased with his
reception.
BalIyhoo Bey, ridden by Tod Sloan,
who was brought from England for the
purpose, won the rich F'uturity stakes
at the first days meeting of the Coney
Island Jockey club.
NdIlOu Q0 NIlG0, WIZ Wcto 1ppO1LCCe
by President Mckinley a MEMBER Of
the board of United States appraisers
on June last, assumed the duties of his
office at New York.
Daniel Whipple, a member of
Mcpherson post, Traverse City, Mich,
is the oldest Grand Army Of the Re-
public man in existence. He was 100
years old last March
At Asheville, N. c., daughter was
born to Mrs. George Vanderbilt She
will be named Cornelia Stuyvesant
Vanderbilt She is an heiress to q
fortune of $30,000,000.
Mrs A. Swanson, a victim of the
Fourth Of July street car accident at
Tacoma, Wash, died from the result Of
her injuries This makes A deaths as
the result Of the wreck.
General Daniel E. Sickles got a
Woman's trunk through the careless
ness of baggageman and found him
Tho of MANY shirt maicfc