Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-05-14
DR. Edward Everett Vincent. who

DR.. Edward Everett Vincent, who
was surgeon of Lieutenant Peary's '93
Arctic expedition, was run over by A
Detroit street car, and killed
Ex-President Dole will be the first
governor of the Hawaiian islands. nj.
NJ. Estee of California will be the
Judge of the United district court
Fire at Rat Portage, did $4,000
damage Delbridge's livery, Duncan's
grocery, Kings harness shop and
Virden's butcher shop were burned.
Grandma" Petrie, widow of Judge
Frederick J. Petrie and for half a
century a prominent figure in the
Methodist church, died in Chicago.
B. f. Shively denies that he is a can
didate for the democratic nomination
for vice president, and William j.
Bryan in Chicago affirmed this state
ment.
At Detroit Herschel Whitaker, pres
ident of the state fish commission,
died. He was for many years stem
ographer of the United States circuit
court.
A fire that starteu at the river end of
the Mallory line steamship pier, New
York., completely destroyed the pier
and it's valuable contents. The loss is
81 100000.
At New Iberia, La, John Green and
Charles H. Brown were hanged for
| the murder of young SorrelI, at Oliver
Station, La, last August. All were
| negroes.
Senator Foraker in replying to
charges Of Rev. Mr.. Baker. head of
the Ohio Anti-Saloon league called
him a lobbyist, falsifier and alleged
| blackmailer.
Governor Tanner, probably, will
not have to be operated upon for the
removal of gal stones. DR.. Nicholas
Sem, said that the gall stones could
| be dissolved.
Democratic leaders in Washington
receive with coldness the suggestion
! that Charles A. Towne of Duluth be
nominated by the party as a vice pres
idential candidate.
Delegate Lowrie of Elgin, in the
eighth Illinois district convention, de-
clared his son was killed by Tanners
thugs for criticising the governor in
newspaper dispatches.
The Episcopal address before the
Methodist general conference, in SEES
sion at Chicago showed that the
church membership had grown o.
fold in the last century.
| Dun says the duration of reaction
from the rise of prices last year will
depend upon promptness with which
| production and prices adjust
themselves to actual demands
At Lockport, Ill, while firing a
salute in honor of Admiral Dewey,
VIM. Popp lost his right hand and
several fingers Of his left hand by the
premature discharge of cannon.
Judge Lochren of the United States
district court, in a decision in the Or
litz case at St. Paul has held that
Porto Rico is part of the United
States and the constitution extends to
it.
An offer is made by a Paris exhibit
ton company for a match between the
winner of the Jeffries-Corbett fight
and some other heavy weight, prob
ably Tom Sharkey, during the exposi-
tor.
The chronological collection of the
late A. Bolton of Chicago, said to be
the Largest and most complete private
collection of insects in the world, was
presented to the University of Illi-
nois.
Colonel Patten of the quartermaster
generals Office has been informed that
the remains of twenty-eight soldiers
have arrived at San Francisco on the
transport Sherman from the Philip
pines.
Governor Johnston ordered an cleo
ton August 6 in the eighth Alabama
district to choose a successor to- Gen
Joseph Wheeler in congress. Genera.
Wheeler will likely offer to succeed
himself.
At St. Louis James Nettles. colored
who had twice been respited. was
hanged. Nettles was convicted of the
murder of Samuel W. Mann, conduc-
tor of the suburban street car line
July 4, 1893
The amount of bonds SO far ex-
changed at the treasury for the new
2 per cents. is $260,O2O,75O OF which
$45, 304,150 were received from indi-
viduals and institutions other than
national banks.
Harry Perry, a Harvard student won
$4,000 on wager that he could run
from the Hotel Touraine to the corner
of Commonwealth and Massachusetts
avenues, about three-fourths of mile,
inside of nine miutes.
A remarkable romance as revealed
in New Brunswick, N. j., in testimony
showing Mrs. Mary MILFORD, who left
her estate to Harry Chiffon, hao
eloped with him Immediately after
her husbands death.
The Baldwin locomotive works re-
/ ceiVed an order from the F,oyntiar