Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-03-26

committee died.
At Manhattan, Kan, Congressman
William A. Calderhead was nominated
by reclamation.
At Plattsburg, n. Y, Congressman
Louis W. Emerson was renominated
by reclamation.
The new 2 per cent. $1,000 bonds
will bear the picture of Thomas Fl.
Benton of Missouri
1t is stated on good authority that
w. j. Bryan will not attend the nation
al convention in July.
The Iowa senate passed the, Che
shire bill taxing express companies
according to mileage.
Mckinley will attend the launch
ing Of the battleship Ohio at San
Francisco in May.
Nearly 1000 additional officers will
be needed to man ships in commission
and under construction.
J. A. Bingham ex minister to Japan,
ex-congressman and prosecutor of
Lincoln's slayers, died.
Another case Of smallpox has de-
veloped at Yale, the victim being w
D. Brennan of ST. Paul.
General Joseph Wheeler may be ap-
pointed to the command of the de-
partment of the lakes.
Commander Richard Wainwright
assumed his new duties as superin-
tendent of the naval academy
A Michigan court decided the De-
| troit ordinance establishing three
cent street car fare illegal.
Hetty Green would prefer her
| daughter to marry a reporter rather
than the Duke de la Tore.
K. Arnold, supposed to be western
stockraiser, was killed in the Bnrling-
| ton yards at Galesburg, Ill.
Police officials Of Terre Haute will
attend the opening performance OF
Sapho to judge of it's morality.
The furniture, art objects and books
of the late Kate Chase Sprague will be
sold at auction in New York
| SnoWstorms and frost have been gem
eral throughout the south and it is
feared fruit has been damaged.
! The Port Gibson (Miss) compress,
| in which was stored 1000 bales of cot
ton, was burned Loss, 100000
Topeka Capitals success under Shell
don will lead to the incorporation OF
some of his ideas into the paper
The New York supreme court de-
clared combinations to control prices
of the necessaries of life unlawful
Captain Joseph Nicholson, for
twenty-one years warden of the De-
troit house of correction, is dead
Columbia's faculty committee on
athletics makes the discovery that its
| last football team was professional
/ An attempt was made to wreck a
Lake Shore fast mail by placing a rail
across the track near Olmstead Ohio
The Standard Oil company paid
lquarterly dividends of $4,000, 000--20
per cent. on a capital stock of 100000
900.
in the democratic suit to GUST him. He
may make another appeal to McKin-
ley.
The New Hampshire prohibition
state convention here nominated
JOSHUA NJ Fletcher of Nashua for gov
ernor
| ]. w. Pinchot of New York, his
wife and two sons, have given $3.50 900
to establish chair of forestry at
Yale
There is a report that Senator w. A
Clark of Montana is to marry Miss La
Chappelle, his protege, 17-year-old
beauty
Alexander Davidson, 50 years old
died at Lebanon, ILL., His wife Martha
spoiled the first spool of thread in
America
Gov. Lounsbury's nephew has been
sued for divorce and Connecticut s
chief executive has been cited to ap-
pear in court
Charles Gleason, 20 years old, a
soldier in the Spanish war, was
Washington. Md.
| At Cincinnati Charles Adams, a
passenger agent for the Union Pacific
was shot and killed by his wife, Jessie
/ furman Adams.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, 30 years old
of Knoxville Township, near Gales
burg, Ill., respondent from illness,
| drowned herself.
Lieutenant Totten expects the bat
| tie of Armageddon will be won by
America England, and Germany fight
| ing against Russia.
From Lincoln, Mr.. Bryan will go for
a months tour through South Dakota,
Utah, Washington, Oregon, California,
Arizona and New Mexico
At Augusta, Me-, $10,000,000 ice
deal is announced in the purchase of
the Knjckerbocker Ice company by the
| American Ice company
The Chicago Federation of Labor ex-
PEELED the Typographical union be-
cause of its fight against labor lead
ers holding municipal offices.
Louis Billow was found guilty of
! nn1Jvdor in tbp al IVro