Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03


at his home in Dover, Ohio
The report Of the geological survey
shows the coal product OF limos Is
second to that of Pennsylvania with an
increased value of AZ per cent.
General White. implicated in the
Michigan military frauds, is said TO
have threatened wide exposure unless
hardened by Governor Pingree.
Chief of Police HARDWOOD of Newport
News. Va, has sued Mayor Moss OF
that city for $4,000 damages for al
legged defamation of character.
Bradford Peck, a business man OF
Lewiston, Maine. has started move
ment to form all the people of the
United States into a great trust.
News reached Tyler, Tex, of a tor
nado, which demolished Wood Grit
fms saw mill, and j. c. Murray's res
idence. nine miles south of Tyler
F. w. Melick cattle king of Poca-
tello. Idaho, is in New York asylum
hopelessly insane. 1t is supposed that
he was sandbagged in Chicago.
A new 100000 cotton mill, with
10000 spindles and 800 looms, was an
nounced for Charlotte, S. G.. E. A.
Smith is president of the company.
important secret tests are being
made with Professor Langleys flying
machine under the auspicies OF the
board of ordnance and Notifications.
Trinity college, Washington, the
newly founded Catholic institution for
the higher education of women, was
dedicated with imposing ceremonies.
At Lancaster, Pa, Laura Hoffman,
aged Is years, died from an overdose
of belladonna She had been taking
the drug for several days for a cold
At Pensacola, Fla, Mayor billiards
began a crusade against vice. War
rants were issued for the arrest of 40
or so prominent sporting and club
men
The next convention of the National
Association of State Dairy and Food
Departments of the United States will
be held in Buffalo instead of New
York city.
1t is authoritaively announced that
Archbishop Keane has received a pa
pal encyclical, ordering a division of
the Dubuque diocese, with a new see
at Sioux City.
Lieut. Frederick w. Alstaetter of
the United States engineers, who was
captured by the insurgents early in
September north of the San Isidro
has been released.
Hanna threatens Congressman Bur
ton, who opposes the ship subsidy bill,
with the defeat of the river and harbor
bill, carrying a large appropriation for
Cleveland harbor.
President Mckinley granted par
don to w. F. Carter, who is serving
two-year sentence from Georgia at
Columbus, O., for the embezzlement
of postoffice funds.
Chairman James K. Jones of the
democratic national committee said
in an interview at Little Rock, Ark,
that talk of reorganizing the party at
present is nonsense"
Labor troubles that have been
smoldering for some time at the Piano
Harvester Manufacturing company's
plant at West Pullman eliminated in
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The Louisville Evansville and st.
Louis railroad, commonly known as
! the Air Line, was bought at public
sale by the Southern railway at
Huntsburg, Ind, for $4,030,000
The high license local option bill
with referendum order was defeated
in the Vermont legislature. The vote
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was IL to 70; in the house 140 to 90.
The registration statistics at Har-
ward show a total of 4,273 students in
the university. Of the 40 men from
foreign countries there are represen-
tatives from India, Bulgaria and Tur-
key.
The tobacco trust has notified the
retail dealers in Iowa to stop selling
cigarettes, as it will not fight the
prohibitive-tax law in view of the re-
| cent decision by the federal supreme
court.
District Attorney McAllister of Col
orado Springs has ordered Sheriff
Freeman of Lincoln to proceed
against the members of the mob who
burned Preston Porter, Jr., at the
stake
Fire at the Illuminating gas plant of
the Richmond, Ind, Light, Heat and
| Power company caused $4,000 damage
to machinery and rendered the plant
useless in consequence. An explosion
caused the fire.
At Eldorado, Kan, motions for
attainment were overruled in the trial
| of Jesse Morrison on the charge of
Killing Mrs. Olin Castle, the bride of
the prisoners former sweetheart. The
trial is in progress.
Maurice Brennan, one of the three
men arrested for dynamiting property
of the st Louis Transit company dur
ing the recent street railroad strike,
was found guilty and sentenced to
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