Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-02-26

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BILLY" Clark, the once brilliant
Tammany leader, owner of Banastar
and proprietor of the Empire City
trotting track, has been overtaken by
financial misfortune and is going in
sane.
1t is said to be the intention of
minority stockholders to attack the
Carnegie Steel company's contract
with the Frick Coke company, by
which the steel company saves $4,000
a day.
Countess Castellane said Americans
are deficient in etiquette. Women
wear too much jewelry Viscount de
Castellane, cousin of the court, ar
rived in New York and denounced De
Rodays.
The Ohio republican state central
committee has decided that the state
convention should be held at Columbus
April "a and 25. 1t was decided that all
delegates should be chosen by popu-
lar vote.
The U. S. S. Nero, during its recent
survey for a trans-Paciic cable, broke
the record for deep-sea soundings. One
sounding near Guam island marked
$500 fathoms, only trifie short Of
six statute miles.
The New Mexico & Arizona passen-
ger train was held up by masked rob-
bers at Fairbanks, twenty miles below
Benson. Express Messenger Milton
was shot several times. The robbers
secured no booty.
Mrs. Julia B. French of Boston ran
the gantlet of sheriffs from Pueblo to
Chicago, being arrested only once at
Mendoza, H., and released later by
Aurora police. She is charged with
perjury in Colorado.
DR.. d. K. Pearsons of Chicago has
made an offer to the Congregational
Educational Society to give $4,000 to
the general treasury provided the So
ciety will secure $4,000 additional
from friends of it's work.
Governor Merriam, director of the
census, has appointed Charles F. Mar
tin Of Denver, secretary of the Nation
al Live Stock association, as special
agent in charge Of the taking of a
classified census of live stock.
The relatives of Congressman
Charles A. Chickering, who was found
dead on the sidewalk near the Grand
Union hotel in New York city, have
issued a statement in which they say
that they suspect foul play.
Two Terre Haute saloonkeepers,
arrested for Sunday opening, were
acquitted in police court, it being
shown that the saloons proper were
closed and that only restaurants and
billiard halls run in connection were
open.
At San Francisco A. P. Hotaling, a
well-knoWn capitalist, is dead of heart
failure. Mr. HOtaling was a native Of
New York, was 70 years of age, and
leaves an estate worth between seven
and ten millions. His wife and two
sons survive.
In a new Spanish tariff considerable
increase has been made in The duties
on a number of articles now exported
from the United States into Spain. On
type-writers, which formerly paid a
duty of about half a dollar, the duty
is now from $13 to 500.
H. c. F'rick brought suit against
Andrew Carnegie, charging fraud and
asking that the transfer of his
(Frick's) stock to the Carnegie Steel
company be nullifed. The net profits
of the company in 1899 were said to
have been $21 100000.
A strong denial comes from France
that she is in any manner hostile to
the terms Of the Hay-Pauncefote con-
vention Secretaries Long and Will
son and General Miles have written
for publication their approval Of the
proposed building of the Nicaragua
canal.
Two boys, named Thomas Parsons
and Jacob Dull, aged about Is years
each, were found dead in a closet of
the Metropolitan Hotel, Millvale, Pa,
death having been caused by asphyx-
iation. The door was locked and
it is supposed they were unable to
open it.
The Cook county democracy has de-
clQGQ 10 make d NEW orleans Zip "
see the Mardi Gras and help the Louis
lana democrats in their state election.
Over seventy-fve members have sig
nified their intention of going, and it
is expected that 125 marchers will
make the trip.
In Chicago Mrs. Mary Arndt, aged
SO years, had her right leg ampu-
tated near the hip without giving
pain. The new process consists in
deadening the nerves by the injec-
ton of cocaine in the vertebral cavity
above the point where the nerves con-
trolling the lower limbs branch from
the spinal cord.
The session of the senate committee
investigating the bribery charges
against Senator Clark was productive
of some highly sensational testimony.
Witnesses testified that 100000 was
offered to bribe the Montana court in
the Welcome disbarment proceedings.
One of the witnesses for Clark testified
~ bo1yipor rocnivnd X5 000 for his SER