Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-03-05

Porto Riean bill agreed to reduce the
tariff to Is per cent. and to limit the
operation to two years.
Lycurgus F. Latin, the wealthy gun
powder manufacturer, died unex-
pectedly at the Chamberlain Hotel,
Old Point Comfort, Va.
The United States Milling company,
the flour trust, passed into the hands
/ of receivers. It could not float its
bonds. A reorganization is planned.
De PAW university charged the
American Plate Glass company with de-
priving the minority stockholders OF
profits, and asked for a receiver and an
accounting.
In Chicago union labor men had sew
eral fights with men at work on Butler
Building, West Randolph street and the
river. Union fireproofers were beaten
| by a mistake.
Minority stockholders say that the FL.
! C. F'rick Coke company is furnishing
coke at loss of $4,OOO,O00 this year for
Carnegie's profit and ask an annulment
of the contract
The conferees agreed on financial
bill, providing for the gold standard,
increased bank circulation, more sub
sidiary coinage and small notes, and
refunding of the national debt at a
lower interest.
i A letter received announces that
Miss Anna Thorne Mclaughlin of
Chicago and DR.. Wilmer Sanford Leh-
man of Africa were married on ship
board at Great Balance.
Daniel F'rohman has decided to post
pone the proposed spring appearance of
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Sothern in Hamlet
until next September. The reason
| given lis Mr.. Sotherns health.
Henry Waterhouse, Jr., merchant
and planter of Honolulu, died of pneu-
monia at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York. He and his wife were en- route
to Europe on their wedding tour.
The New York republican state COM
mittee has selected New York, April
II, for holding the state convention to
can convention at Philadelphia.
In Chicago eight firms were burned
out in fire which destroyed a four
story brick building at 51-55 Jefferson
street. The loss on the building was
$50 900 and on the contents $4,000.
Fire in the plant of the Detroit Steel
land Spring company's works destroyed
both the company's rolling mills and
caused loss of fireman's life. The
property loss is about 100000, fully
insured.
Prosecutor Edward White Of Della
ware county, Indiana has filed two
test suits against the Republic Iron
and Steel company, charging the COM
pany with violating the weekly pay
ment law.
The Pittsburg Post prints story
that H. C. Frick, Henry Phipps, Jr.,
John Walker and F. J. T. Lovejoy
will erect a steel plant on the Monon-
gahela river frontage, just below Mon
ongahela City
A. S. Lascelles & Co., importers
brought suit in the federal court te
enjoin Collector Bidwell from collect
ing tariff duties on imports from Porte
Rico alleging that the island is part Of
the United States.
Cardinal Gibbons is preparing to
vacate the archdiocese temporarily
with the view of visiting Rome and
other points in Europe. This visit
will be the fifth which the cardinal has
: made since October 1869.
At Forest City, Ark, Frank Hogan
and Charles Norris, prisoners at the
: station-house, were burned to death
The fire is supposed to have been
started by the men in an attempt to
keep warm. Hogan is said to be from
ST. Paul
Dr. Charles w. Dobney, president o.
the University of Tennessee, has re-
ceived notice of his appointment as 9
member of the committee of interna
tional awards at the Paris exposition
The appointment came from the French
government.
Rear Admiral O'Neil, chief of the
ordnance bureau, has placed a contract
with E. W. Bliss & Co. of Brooklyn for
80 Whitehead torpedoes for which the
government will pay $4,000. These
torpedoes are needed for the battle
ships of the Maine class, which have
been equipped with underwater dis
charge torpedo tubes.
Nine Nordica fell and badly injured
herself during the matinee perform
ance of L Africaine at the Metropolitan
opera house. She pluckily finished the
performance, though she was much
bruised and one of her limbs was con-
siderably strained.
J. G. Schurman, recently of the Phil
ippine commission, says the plan OF