Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-11-25


may call special session Of the legls-
1ature to prevent the combine OF the
northwestern roads.
The United Daughters of tthe Con
federacy, in session at Wilmington, n.
| c., elected Mrs. J. A Rounsavelle OF
Rome, Ga, president.
John Lynn, president o. the levy
court of Newcastle county, Delaware,
was arrested on charges of larceny and
false representations.
The report of the commissioner OF
immigration shows that the steerage
arrivals during the year ended June
| 60 last number 487,918.
James J. Hill was elected president
of the Northern Securities company,
which is to control the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific.
Two of the escaped LeavenwOrth
convicts held up porter on the bind
baggage Of Santa Fe train and es-
capped after a long ride.
Andrew NJ. Lawrence and Fl. S. Can
field. Chicago reporters, sent to jail
for contempt of court, were released
on a writ of habeas corpus.
The annual report of the New York
city charity organization society shows
that it is caring for $50 families, in
which there are 800 children.
After being out twenty minutes the
jury at Sioux City, Iowa, found Ben
Mcknight guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree for killing his wife.
Teller Zollinhofer of the Williams
burg Savings bank confessed that he
and Teller Corbett, now dead, robbed
the institution of over $4,000
Representative Babcock says he will
introduce another bill repeating the
duties on heavy steel products, and de-
clares he believes it will pass.
Some friends of A. P. German int1-
mate he may decline the senatorshlp
with view to securing the democratic
presidential nomination in 1904.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Fox Of Nevada, o., was
burned to death, her clothing catch
! ing fire from a spark from a stove.
The Methodist committee at Pitts
burg appropriated 43 per cent. of the
missionary money for home missions
and 81 per cent. for foreign miss SONS.
John F. Pidcock Of Moultrie, Ca
president of the Georgia Northern
Railway company, was married to Miss
Jeanette Davis, at White House, N. J.
Fire totally destroyed the plant OF
of the Marshall Oil company 1T Mar
shalltown, Iowa, including 5000 barrels
Of oil. Loss, 100000; insurance, $780,
00O
Miss Florence Mackubin, who painc-
ed portrait of Queen Henrietta Ma
ria in England for the state Of Mary
land, arrived in New York from Liver
pool.
Congressman who are opposed to
any change in the tariff are prosecuC-
| ing a multiplicity of plans, it is said,
with a view to bewildering the presf-
dent.
Richard Mayo Smith, professor of
political economics at Columbia uni
versity, was killed by falling from a
window on the fourth floor Of his resi-
dence.
Pension Commissioner H. Clay Ev-
ans states that it is probable that
camp Of instruction will be Established
at Chickamauga park by the war de-
partment.
At Winsted, Conn, fire caused $780,
600 damage to the Winsted opera
house. The theater was almost de,
stroyed and stores and Offices were
damaged.
Under showing Of the vast revenue
to the city from the enforcement of
the Raines law it was contended that
big deficit will result if the law be
repealed
By a collision on the Oregon Short
Line near Orchard, Idaho, between an
east-bound freight train and west
bound helper engine two trainmen lost
their lives.
President Roosevelt explained to the
cabinet his plans for the appointment
in the public service. Men with good
records will be retained in office wher.
ever possible.
It is reported that the transconti-
mental railway deal Will be further eX-
tended by the absorption of the Chica-
go. Milwaukee and ST. Paul road by the
Union Pacific.
Timothy Ryan, for more than twenty
years a patrolman on the Chicago po-
lice force, died of typhoid fever. Ryan
was so years old and leaves a widow
and eight children.
Mss Helen NJ. Gould has purchased
for S108,000 a house on West Fifty
ninth street facing Central park, New
York. She is said to intend 1T for
charitable purpose.
Mavor-elect Seth Low of New York
has chosen George L. Rives, a demo
crat, for corporation counsel, and Col.
John N. Partridge, a republican, for
police commissioner.
A Chinaman by the name of Gee was
murdered at Fort Reno, Ok The as
sassin and the motive for the crime
are unknown. Gee had several thou
sand dollars in bank.