Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-08


a classmate of Dewey, schley and
Sampson.
At Elroy, Wis, eighteen passengers
were slightly hurt in a collision on the
Northwestern line between local
passenger train and a switch engine.
Those injured we're able to continue
their journey.
Difficulty is being experienced in
recruiting the navy up to its maximum
of strength of $4,000 men. The force
of apprentices is 1000 short, and there
is said to be an equal deficiency in the
class of seamen.
At Lewis, N. Y. George and Andrew
Thaler, brothers, both farmers, got
into dispute about horse. Andrew
drew q knife and George shot him in
the left breast near the heart. The
wound is dangerous.
At Quincy, ILL.,, Frank G. Forrest,
Well-knoWn young man, and his former
sweetheart, Louise Strothoff, were
found dead in a country road. One
had been shot through the head and
the other through the heart
Commander Frederick Robinson
Smith, United States navy (retired),
is dead at his home in Binghamton, N.
Y, aged 81 years. He was graduated
from Annapolis in 1861 and served
with distinction in the civil war.
The navy needs 1000 sailors to com
plete it's authorized strength Eight
training ships are now in service and
two more will be added. Ninety per
cent. of the sailors in the navy are
native or naturalized Americans.
Andrew Allan, the only surviving
founder of the Allan Line Ocean
Steamship company and president of
the line, died at Montreal, at the age
of 80 years. Mr.. Allan was born in
Scotland and went to Canada in 1882
At San Antonio, Mrs. Vroom, wife
of Colonel Vroom, United States army,
inspector-generalo of the department of
the east, stationed at Governors
island, N. Y, died. She was the
daughter of Major P. G.. Wood. of the
21st infantry.
At Cataract, Wis, Charles Starck
stabbed James Church with jack
knife in the groin and the latter lies at
the point of death. The men were at
tending a barn-raising and a quarrel
ensued over a wrestling match be-
tween the two.
General Manager Hubbard of the
Chicago Telephone company says the
farmers of Illinois are getting tele-
phone mad Within radius of thirty
miles from the Chicago city limits
/ 800 farmers are connected with the
telephone system.
The $2,O00,OOO Yale bicentennial
fund has al been provided, the princi-
pal pledges being from Frederick
Vanderbilt of New York; James J.
Hill, of st. Paul and Matthew Borden,
of Fall River Mr. Hill and Mr.. Van
derbilt give 100000 each.
While blowing out the center of a
highway north of Lyons, N. Y, the
skeleton Of man, apparently 80 years
surface. The body has been in the
highway probably 60 years. How the
body came there is mystery.
At Somerville, N. J., a terrific ex-
plosion of gasoline occurred in drug
store, wrecking the building and
seriously injuring four persons. The
injured are Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, r. l..
Day and John Abbott, a boy. The
building was completely shattered.
At Panther, W. Va. Peter Price, a
negro charged with affronting white
woman, was cornered in house at
lager by Infatuated citizens. Price
cut and killed George Hooks and
F. M. McGrann and seriously cut
Charles Davis. Price was captured.
At Preble, Ind, lightning struck
Standard Oil tank which contained
$4,000 barrels of oil. The tank ex-
ploded and burning oil spread, de-
stroying considerable property. In
habitants fed from their homes, but
large number were severely burned.
The Italian government has notified
the state department that Italy does