Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-08

Saunders the night death watch in the
cell, and escaped.
The Kentucky courts will have to
decide whether the republican gov
ernor, Taylor or the democrat election
commissioner, Poyntz, has the right
to appoint successors to Commission
ers Pryor and Ellis.
Commander Booth-Tucker of the
salvation army and his wife were pas
sengers on the Campania, which sailed
for Queenstown. There is to be grand
conclaye of salvation army people of
the United States in February
An automobile mail collection wagon
was tested in the Hyde Park Illinois
district. 1t went over two routes in
fifty-eight minutes, or twelve minutes
less than the schedule time for an
ordinary horse and wagon to cover one
route
Captain Jacob Jay Yandergrift, one
Of the Wealthiest and most prominent
men of Pittsburg and a pioneer of the
petroleum and natural gas producing
industry, died suddenly. He was 72
years of age and his death resulted
from heart trouble
ALI E. Morrison, a professor of Ian
guages, mistook his wife for a burglar
during the night and shot her, at their
home in Mount Vernon, n Y. She
may die Mrs. Morrison exonerates
her husband from all blame. He is al
most insane with grief.
At Van Buren,, Ark, Murtas opera
house and Hinckels hall, were burned
and the stocks of the Van Buren, Hard
ware company, John Hinckel, general
merchandise; w. H. Ross, drugs, and
several smaller stores were destroyed,
causing a loss of 100000
At Pana, H., Henry Brunot, who is
in Jail for the murder of his aunt, Jana
Brunot, has confessed to a friend to
the murder of Mrs. Mcintyre, who was
mysteriously slain last winter He
says he had one more confession to
make, and then he was ready to die.
At Jackson, Miss, the attorney gen
eral has filed a bill of information de-
claring that all insurance companies
doing business in the state and ac-
knowledging allegiance to the Southern
Tariff association have violated the
state law regarding trusts and COM
bines.
An injunction to restrain the pro-.
posed merging of the Wagner Palace
Car company into the Pullman COM
pany on the ground that it will create
a trust was asked in a bill filed in Chi
cago by Truman A. Taylor Of Alton,
holder of 100 shares in the Pullman
company.
G.. Weckherlin, for many years en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
of the Netherlands in this
country, will act in the same capacity
in Turkey and Baron Covers, until now
holding this position in bucharest, has
been appointed to fill the vacancy in
the United States.
Captain Charles d. Sigsbee left his
vessel the battleship Texas, which is
at anchor with the rest of the feet at
New York, and started for Echoboth
Beach, Del, having received a tele-
gram from that place announcing that
his daughter Ethel had died there sud-
denly of heart disease.
Secretary Gage has made an explain
alton of his choice of the National
City bank of New York as distributing
agent for the governments deposits,
saying that bank had furnished the
largest security, instantly turning in
$4,000,000 of bonds in response to his
proposal, in addition to very large bond
deposits already in the treasury.
Two seven-story buildings, 425 and
435 East Twenty-fourth street, New
York, were destroyed by fire. They were
occupied principally by the wall pa
per factory of Campbell & Co., and the
loss is fully $500,00O The Hygeia Ice
company and the Manhattan Electric
Light company lost heavily Five fire.
men were severely burned and num-
Der were injured by falling walls.