Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01

assertion in a speech that there are no
trusts.
Ten persons were injured by the fall
of an elevator in the Fisher building,
Chicago.
A. c. Bartlett gave the University
of Chicago $125,OOO for new gym
nasium.
John Sims, one of the Oldest settlers
of Shelby county, Illinois, died, aged
81 years.
Director of the census estimates the
population of the United States to be
76, O00,0 900.
The remains of Belle Archer, the
actress, were consigned to the tomb at
Easton, Pa.
Dowieites ask for protection from
the governor of Ohio for their disciples
at Mansfield.
The signing of the iron and steel
scale means that 10000 men will re-
turn to work.
A dust explosion caused the de-
struction OF the Lakeside oatmeal
mills at Joliet.
L. J. Kahler, an aeronaut, was killed
while making an ascension at St.
Joseph, Mich.
Joe Walcott defeated Mysterious
Billy Smith in a smuggling match at
Hartford, Conn.
Paul Leicester Ford, the author, and
Miss Grace Kidder were married IN
Brooklyn, N. Y.
William B. Kennedy, chief Of police
in Chicago from 1867 to 1863, was
found dead in bed.
Troops parade in the roads in the
anthracite districts and all is peaceful
in the mining region.
Arguments in the case of Howard,
the alleged slayer of William Goebel,
ended at Frankfort.
| The Colorado river threatens Austin
! and other Texas points with the sever
est flood of the century.
The remains of an Ohio farmer, who
was murdered for his money, was
found devoured by hogs.
Grain elevators at Galveston resume
operation and the work of rebuilding
the city is well under way.
James A. White, the last survivor
of the famous charge at Balaklava,
died at Upper Sandusky, Q.
William C. Lyon, we'll known on the
Chicago board of trade and as club
man, died of Bright's disease.
La Toilette, candidate for governor
of Wisconsin, opened the republican
state campaign at Milwaukee.
Bryan surprises Chicago democrats
by peremptorily canceling the Illinois
speeches set for Oct. and 8.
Elaborate preparations are in pre-
gress at Newport for the maneuvers
of the north Atlantic squadron.
Relatives of a departed Californian
come all the way from Russia in
search of $35 100000 fortune.
Frank w. Haines died at Wauwa-
tosa, Wis. He was one of the Oldest
theater managers in the west.
Train service to Galveston via the
Santa Fe is resumed, this being the
first means of transit opened.
Wholesale druggists in convention
reiterate their opposition to the sale
of impure and unlabeled drugs.
Fred E. Clark killed his wife and
himself in Englewood, Ill, by reason
of financial and domestic troubles.
Small towns in Texas report hav-
ing suffered proportionately more than
Galveston and need immediate relief.
Great storm swept over Texas,
causing loss of life and property. Three
towns are reported to be under water
Mrs. Katherine Brice of New York
is sued for 100000 claimed as com
missions on her husbands railroad
deal.
All is quiet at Shenandoah, the scene
of Fridays shooting. The presence OF
the militia is believed to have a good
effect.
Alderman Patterson will Introduce
into the Chicago council an ordinance
fixing the price of gas at rs cents per
1000
A highwayman held up northern
Pacific train in Idaho and secured $500
in cash and a variety of watches and
| jewelry.
Operators declare they will not
yield Deputy sheriffs are being
sworn in by hundreds and bloodshed
is feared.
DR.. S. N. Pierce, surgeon in the
thirteenth Iowa regiment during the
civil war, is dead at Cedar Falls, Iowa
of paralysis.
i Trustees of the Chicago university
Will not allow a whisky manufacturer
to use the seal Of the college as 9
trademark.
The strike of coal miners causes an
unsettled trade feeling, but the fall
demand for goods gives an upward
start to prices.
Strikers in the anthracite coal re
gion continue to make gains and prac-
tically every colliery in the affected
district is idle.
Upon a vote now in progress by the
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