Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-24

Congressman Gamble of South
Dakota is likely to succeed Senator
Pettigrew.
Miles Novotny, formerly of Chicago,
was asphyxiated in New York board
ing-house.
The Singer Sewing Machine com
pany is to pay 200 per cent. dividend
this year.
William Dooley was found guilty of
manslaughter at Peoria, ILL.,, for killing
Charles White.
Farmers in southeastern Kansas be-
lieve they have found a sure thing
crop in fax.
Edward Ryan, a pioneer resident
and merchant prince of Houghton,
Mich, is dead
Eleven persons were injured in
collision on the Fort Wayne road at
Edgewater, Pa.
Ene worlds gold production in 1899
was $500, 584, 900. United States pro-
duced ST. ,O53, 400.
Miss Virginia Jackson, an actress,
died at Newark, N. j. Her home was
in San Francisco.
Governor Pingree's tax measure
passed the Michigan house, but was
! killed in the senate.
Zschistsche & Sonie's tannery at
Sheboygan, Wis, was destroyed by
fire. Loss $180,O00
The National Civil Service Reform
league declares that the civil service
law is being violated.
The Northern Pacific railroad began
the use of long distance telephones in
place of the telegraph,
The will Of Senator G. K. Davis
was filed at st. Paul. all the property
being left to the widow.
Sol Wolfe, Chicago clothier, filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities,
$23O,OOO; assets, $115,OOO
Robert Riley, II years old, rescued
| three children from a burning build
| ing at Keswick. Cal.
Senator Depew has announced the
engagement of his niece, Miss Paul
din, to John Eide, U. S. n.
A counterfeit 81 900 bond made by
William Brockway was presented at
the treasury for redemption.
The smallpox situation in eastern
Utah is becoming alarming. There
are nearly 100 cases at Scofield
Before the senate committee on
military affairs Secretary Root argued
/ in favor of the army canteen.
The Colorado supreme court sus-
tanned the right of the state to tax
rolling stock of outside railroads.
Benjamin B. Croker, the first pur-
chasing agent CT the Central Pacific
railroad, is dead in San Francisco.
Governor Roosevelt may remove
District Attorney Gardiner of New
York for alleged malfeasance in office.
The appointment of Archbishop
Keane to the Dubuque archdiocese
was formally announced from Rome.
The Brown Hosting and Conveying
Machine company's plant at Cleveland
was destroyed by fire., Loss, $500, 900.
The Northwestern railway is to
build a belt line around Milwaukee
and g branch to the Menominee valley.
A ten-year-old boy of Jersey Shore,
Pa, juggles with 3OO-pound dumbells.
His strength is said to lie in his hair.
An order has been given for the
South Carolina dispensary's Christ
mas goods" which will foot up $780,
900.
Senator Proctor of Vermont secured
the Carrara quarries in Italy and now
practically controls the marble of the
world
The Sister of Mercy convent at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, was consumed by
fire and several sisters were slightly
burned
Mr.. Bryan denied being a party to a
reported deal whereby he was to be
elected senator, and said he had other
plans.
Britain suggested cheaper ocean
postage, but the government at Wash
ington was not ready to consider the
subject.
The war department found a gen.
eral disinclination on the part of the
volunteers in the Philippines to re-
enlist
The secretary Of the North Dakota
Enforcement league is indicted on the
charge of accepting money from blind
piggers.
A porch climber took $500 worth
of property from the house of Mrs
Jane Tamblyn on Michigan avenue,
Chicago.
Ten persons were injured in a
wreck on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, near Edge
worth, Pa.
The Chicago city council passed an
ordinance prohibiting boxing ex-
hibitions where charge is made for
admission.
Charles Plantz, a member of the
Batavia Qll) high school, is dead as
a result of injuries received in a foot
ball game.
Smallpox is inceasing in neighbor-
hood of Chadron, Neb. There are
eight new cases and one death at Kan
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