Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-25

has also offered to give $1,000,000
public library to the city Of st Louis.
It is said he will give s25,000,O00 for
the proposed technical school in Pitts
burg.
| G. H. Duell of New York sent his
resignation as commissioner of pat
ents to the president. Senators
Platt and Depew will probably name
his successor.
J. P. Morgan & Co. confirm the
story Of the absorption of the Rookie
teller steel interest by the big steel
trust, necessitating a 100000, 900 in
crease in capital.
Chairman Gallinger, of the senate
enactment of proposed pension legis-
lation would cost the government ST.
900, 100000 per year.
The house of representatives of
Maine refused to resubmit to the
people of Maine the prohibitory
amendment to the constitution. The
senate will concur.
Senior Silva, the Colombian minister
of foreign affairs, had another confer
ence with Secretary Hay regarding
the Panama canal route and the atti
ude of his government.
| Gov. Odell in a message to the legis-
| lature opposes all the proposed canal
schemes except that begun by George
w. Aldridge, which he favors complet-
ing at a cost of $20,0O0,000
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister TO
the United States, arrived in Chicago
as the guest of the University of
Chicago, visited the girl students. and
called on Mrs Potter Palmer.
Frank E. Corbett, Speaker of the
Montana house of representatives.
died in Butte of pneumonia, aged 81
years. He was a graduate of the law
/ school Of the University of Virginia
| Northwestern University bought
the fremont house property, Chicago
| fir $780, 900. The structure is to be
remodeled and used for the law, den
tai and pharmaceutical departments.
President Mckinley told the attor
ney-general that senators would con-
| troll appointments in their states
and that new senators could replace
the ,appointees of their predecessors.
It is believed that Congress will
take up the matter of the disfranchise-
ment of negroes in the southern states
and reduce the representation where
laws against illiterates have been
made.
The war department will investigate
the report that certain attaches of
| foreign legations have access to con-
fdential and secret documents of the
government, especially those relating
| to war affairs.
The California supreme court has
granted a new trial to Mrs. Cordelia
Botkin, who is serving life sentence
for poisoning Mrs. J. D. Cunning and
Mrs. Deane, of Dover. Del, with candy
sent through the mails.
The Venezuelan Boundary Dispute
will be the subject OF ex-President
! Cleveland's lecture to the students OF
Princeton University. March 81 and
%. The lecture is long and it will be
finished on the second evening.
At the regular quarterly meeting of
Princeton university trustees, Presi-
dent Patton said that Henry Stafford
Little of Trenton, N. j., has offered to
give 100000 for the erection of a
dormitory to be joined to Stafford
Little hall.
A Georgian who committed suicide
at Brunswick left request that he be
| buried at sea. A steamer was char
tered and the request was complied
with while storm ragged that nearly.
foundered the vessel, which had 500
| persons aboard.
Prof E. Finley Johnson, secretary
of the law department of the Uni
versity of Michigan. announced his
intention of accepting the appoint
ment to supreme judgeship in the
Philippines, rendered him few weeks
ago by President Mckinley.
Congressman Marriott Brosius,
chairman of the committee on banking
and currency, died at his home in Ian
caster Pa, from a stroke of apoplexy
He was stricken at o'clock Friday
afternoon Mr. Brosius was in goof
health up to Friday, when he assiste
to carry trunk to the attic and
bumped his head against a rafter
The accident is believed to have beer
responsible for the stroke. Mr.
1Brosius is survived by widow and
two daughters, Mrs. HerbeN B. Coho
) Of New York and Mrs. Clement Biddle
of Pittsburg.
! Foreign.