Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-08-06

Smith Observatory, uloCOFSleu d new
comet in the eastern heavens. The
comet is in the constellation of Aries,
has a bright stellar nucleus and a
broad tail.
News has been received of the death
by accident in Germany of Nancy Ho-
man Won Ranken, formerly New
York waitress, who was married to a
clerk who soon afterward Inherited
great fortune.
A Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
passenger train was wrecked near
Wabasha, Mimi, by running into a
landslide at that place. Engineer
Hathaway and Fireman Thomas were
instantly killed.
John D. Rockefeller's gift of $780,,
600 to Wellesley college caused trouble
between the trustees and certain
faculty members, who objected to
Standard Oil money. The trustees
carried the day.
Warrents charging intent to defraud
were issued for Edward L. Swazey, a
Kansas City cattle broker His ir-
Irregularities are said to approximate
$4,000. Swazey is said to be en- route
to Buenos Ayres.
Caleb Powers, on trial at George
town, KY, as an accessory before the
fact to the murder of Governor Goebel,
took the stand in his own behalf. In
his testimony he swore that Taylor adj
vised the bringing of armed mountain
men to Kentucky and offered to pay all
the expenses incurred.
Two artillerymen were fatally in
jured and nine others badly burned By
the Premature explosion of powder
used to fire the sunset gun at Camp
Lincoln, ILL., AS the charge was being
rammed home the powder case burst
and cavalryman threw a lighted
cigar butt toward the gun.
Georgias first bale of cotton of the
1900 crop was marketed. The cotton
was grown by Deal Jackson, a negro
farmer. The bale weighed 397 pounds.
It was sold at II cents and was ship
ped to Savannah.
Bartho Ruello, alias Baccario, the
Italian who was arrested by Secret
Service Operatives Burns and Griffin,
charged with making and passing
counterfeit silver dollars, was held in
$4,000 bail for trial.
In New York fire in the dyeing and
cleaning establishment of Rees & Rees,
on East Fortieth street, did $4,000
damage. Battalion Chief Binns, Lieu
tenant Flaherty and three other fire.
men were badly burned
Juneau has a full-fedged placer
mine excitement, according to advices
brought by the steamer Resale. When
the vessel sailed from Juneau July Is
a stampede was on to the placer dig
gings on Glacier Bay.
Judge CLARK, of the United States
district court, for the eastern district
of Tennessee, has disposed of the cases
against six large pipe companies, in
dicted for alleged violation of the anti
trust law. They were fined $1,000 and
costs.
At Wilmington, Del, DR.. J B.
Welch, aged about Y years, native
of Cecil county, Md, died of Bright's
disease. He had preparation alleged
to be beneficial in treatment of can
GERS and followed that business for
years.
Judge Fields, has handed down an
opinion in the case of John Henry
Wilson against Judge William L.
Brown, in which he held that there
!, 4, I,oo,, 80 o1oo+;ons1oc+ Nouop, hor in
the twenty-seventh judicial district Of
Kentucky for circuit judge.
In Chicago the central union of Ger
man Military Societies held it's annual
celebration of the call to arms in the
war The anniver
sary was also the occasion of the I'M
fur1ing of the flag presented to the
union by Emperor William.
Two more policemen were killed in
New Orleans by Robert Charles, the
negro whose killing of two others
started riotous demonstrations The
whites in frenzy fired the house where
Charles was hidden and killed him.
Troops were called out All is now
quiet
At Springfield, Mass, Charles Mo-
manned, who says he. is a son of the
Sultan of Morocco, thirty-third degree
Mason and a member of class Of 1901
at Princeton, pleaded guilty to 4
charge of intoxication and was let go
on continued sentence, promising to
leave town.
News comes from the eastern part
Of Ventura county, Cal, of the drown
ing of five persons in Wiley's lake.
The dead are: Mrs. Byron H. Wiley,
aged 40 years; A. Wiley, daughter of
Mrs. B. H. Wiley, aged 10 years; Miss
Postum, aged 10 years; Broderick,
Young man, and an unknown boy.
The Madoc passenger train on the
Grand Trunk, bound north, and the
Peterboro train, bound south, collided
on a curve south Of Madoc Junction.
Archie Edmunds, engineer of the
Peterboro train, was scaIded to death.
Samuel Burd, of Belleville, brakeman
on the Madoc train, was cut in two.