Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-11-26
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gun.
President Mckinley asks all the
members of his cabinet to remain dur
ing the coming four years.
The E. P. Allis company, Milwaukee,
reduced the hours of labor from ten
to nine and one-half hours.
The American league now proposes
to father a movement for new base
ball association in the west
Attorney General Griggs announces
that he will be unable to remain in the
cabinet another four years.
One thousand children are i'll with
diptheria or measles at Muncle, md,
and whole families are wiped out.
Frank English, Sc years old, pas
senger on a Monon train. died sudden
ly in the Dearborn station, Chicago
H. l.. Satterlee and Miss Louise
Pierpont Morgan, daughter Of j. P.
Morgan, were married in New Yokr.
George H. Phillips of Chicago is
thought to have November corn cor
nered. The price went up four cents.
A package containing $4,000, shipped
by the American Express from Sioux
City to Sheldon, disappeared in transit
Jerome Hoot was convicted at Water
loo, Iowa, of having attempted to kill
his wife by means Of an internal ma
chine.
Minnesota's population is 1,751, 1894,
and Pennsylvania, 6,302,115. The lat
ter broke all it's former records of
growth.
At Elizabeth, w. Va, Samuel Shep-
herd, tried for killing his wife and step
son, was convicted of murder in the
first degree.
Leonard M. Nash. Bradford, Pa, a
freshman at Princeton, attempted TO
climb water tower. but fell ITO feet
and was killed.
In New York, Henry V. Williamson,
in charge of the foreign mails depart
ment in the general postoffice, dropped
dead, aged go.
Secretary Gage says that the gov
eminent finances are in more salts
factory condition than has existed for
several years.
A county judge at Kankakee, de-
cided that the estate of an Insane man
was liable for his maintenance in a
county poorhouse.
Norman w. Kittson receives a tele-
gram announcing that his half-brother,
J. e. Kittson, formerly of St. Paul, had
committed. suicide.
Justice Brown of United States sup
rene court, in upholding the cigaret
law of Tennessee, praised tobacco as
solace to mankind.
Miss Frances Cunningham of Chica-
go was awarded $4,000 damages for
injuries received by falling from an
Illinois Central train.
State Engineer Bond will report 20
the New York legislature against the
100000 ship canal suggested by the
Roosevelt commission.
A meeting of the organization COM
mittee of the National Association of
Automobile Manufacturers Of America
was held at New York.
Secretary Root and Gen. Miles urge
the establishment of q large standing
army Miles places the minimum at
10000 and Root at 10000.
The general missionary committee
of the Methodist Episcopal church, in
session in New York, was unable to de.
eide the status of Manila.
Secretary Hay has taken steps open
ing the way for a treaty by which this
country will secure the right to build
a canal across Nicaragua.
Senator G. K. Davis condition re-
mains grave. The members Of the
Loyal Legion extended sympathy TO
Senator Davis at their banquet.
The Illinois River Valley associa-
ton named a committee to urge con-
gress to legislate for a deep waterway
from Chicago to the gulf of Mexico.
At Geneva, H., fire destroyed the
plant of the Appleton Manufacturing
company The loss is $250,000 The
company manufactured farm machin-
cry.
The presbytery of Philadelphia
north, which covers Pennsylvania as far
north as Reading, has voted against a
revision Of the confession of faith,
81 to 7.
New York presbytery's vote on re
vision of the Presbyterian confession
of faith stood II to II. and Moderator
Wylie cast the deciding vote against
revision.
Denniston M Bell. son of DR.. Chris
TOPPER NJ. Bell. wealthy retired
physician of Newport and New York,
was arrested in Newport charged with
incendiarism.
Captain McCalla of the Newport,
now before court of inquiry at
Manila for alleged irritation and lack
of discipline, has fine record as a
naval fighter.
Thomas Cornell, who shot and killed
w. A. Stanley, at Esquimalt, fatally
shot himself as an officer was about to
arrest him. He fired three shots at
the officer, but missed.
Miss Clara Barton left for her home
in Washington, accompanied by her
associates in the National Red Cross,
who have been assisting her in the
Galveston relief work
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