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

ion have obtained a permit to Or
ganize Peoples Trust and Savings
Bank at Galesburg, I'll.
The brig John D. Spreckels has
sailed for Guam, carrying mails and
freight. This is the first vessel which
has ever left Frisco for the Ladrones
with cargo of merchandise.
The national grange asks congress
to increase powers of the interstate
commerce commission, to permit the
states to legislate on oleomargarine
and urges the defeat of subsidy bill
At Columbus, Ohio, Rev. H. H. Bar
bour, pastor of the First Baptist
church, proposes to dispense his SER
mons to those who are unable to at
tend services at the church, by tele-
phone.
Bryan addressed the Nebraska dem
ocratic convention, which adopted res
olutions reaffirming the Chicago plat
form and opposing large standing
army, the Porto Rican tariff bill,
trusts and Imperialism.
! Chicago ministers, preaching on
Sheldon's newspaper experiment, crit
cised it on practical and ethical
grounds, and one declared a lack of
consistency between his methods in
his book and in his paper.
! The president has not abandoned his
purpose to purchase ST. Thomas and
ST Croix islands of Denmark The
present revenues of the islands are
insufficient to pay expenses. Dem
mark supplies the deficit.
The Pacelot Manufacturing company
bought $50 acres of land two miles
from Gainesville, Ga, on which will be
erected $1,000,O0o mill. The mill will
operate $4,000 spindles and will make
standard sheeting for export only
The Chicago drainage commissioners
conferred with Cullom and Lorimer
and will ask $1,000 for survey south
from Utica. Cullom said the people
of Illinois would build deep water
way themselves if congress refused
aid.
/ Officers took to Frankfort from
Louisville Secretary of State Powers,
Captain John w. Davis, W. Houlton,
and Harland Whitaker the four pris-
oners who are held as alleged Access
series to the assassination of Governor
Goebel
The Chinese Six companies have Of
fered to pay for the services of four
Chinese detectives to aid in maintain
ing order in Chinatown, provided the
men are vested with full police powers.
Chief Sullivan will report favorably on
the proposition
At Butte, Mont, Thomas Pooley a
saloonkeeper, Sunday shot and killed
| his son-in-law, Thomas Littlejohn, and
the latter's wife, Lydia. There had been
bad feeling between Littlejohn and
Pooley since the former married the
latter's daughter, without the fathers
consent
/ The Rhode Island democratic state
convention made the following nom
iinations: Governor, Nathan w Little
filed; lieutenant governor, DR.. Joseph
A. Ducher; secretary of state, Clark
| Potter; general treasurer, Fayette
Bartlett; attorney general, Dennis J.
Holland.
Representative Bailey of Texas,
former democratic leader in the house
and the present active lieutenant to
Mr.. Richardson, the minority leader,
has gone to Texas to begin an extended
canvas in support of his candidacy for
the United States senate to succeed
Senator Chiffon, who will be candi-
! date for reelection.
/ At st. Louis decision has been rem
dered by Judge Adams of the United
States district court that the govern
ment cannot require bonds given by a
party making application for a license
as saloonkeeper to be stamped. This
| is directly contrary to the decision of
Judge Seaman of the United States dis
trict court for the northern district of
Illinois