Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-14

post of bonds as securit! for clrcu-
lation of $40, 552,750.
The pillow trust will have fierce op-
position from the time it expects to do
business. A st. Joseph company has
manufacturers to the number OF
twenty have agreed to join them.
The democratic state convention of
Massachusetts nominated Josiah
Quincy for governor, and adopted
platform advocating free trade and
the regulation of trusts and denounc-
ing Imperialism and ship subsidies.
During fog a Mahoning Valley
electric car ran into the rear of car
loaded with girls going to work in the
Warren Electric plant at Niles, 0.
Motorman Cal Shaw was seriously in
jured and four girls were badly hurt.
At the marriage Of Marie Vain
wright's daughterto Frank Sheridanin
New York, one of the guests was Marie
Wainwright's daughter by her first
husband, Louis James, and another
guest was Louis James daughter by
his first wife.
The total value Of minerals of all
kinds produced in this country in
1900 was $1,O7O, 1OS,S89 Total value
of the metallic products was 1852, 41S,-
267:- the non-metallic, $516,690,262;
and estimated value of mineral prod
ucts unspecified, $1,OOO,OOO.
Because Emily Lantz, of Pencoyd,
near Philadelphia, had rejected his
attention, Walter Boot, aged 80 years.
a Waterman in the employ Of the
American bridge works, at Pencoyd,
shot at her, and then shot himself
dead He failed to hit her.
President Roosevelt favors the
Payne plan of southern representation
at republican national conventions.
According to it delegations from the
south will be based On the number of
votes cast at the last preceding cleo
ton for presidential electors.
An appeal, signed by several min
listers and a member of the family OF
Miss Stone, abducted by brigands in
the Balkan mountains and held for d
The American people are asked to
send contributions to Kidder, Peabody
& Co., of Boston.
The Massachusetts democratic state
convention placed the following ticket
in nomination.: Governor, Josiah
Quincy: lieutenant governor, John w.
Coughlin; secretary of state, w. b.
Stone; treasurer, Joseph |. Chalifoux;
auditor; James F. Dean; attorney gen.
eral, A. A. Punam.
Failures in the United States, re-
ported by r. G. Dun & Co., for the
nine months of 1901, number 8,144,
with an aggregate Indebtedness of
$97,S56,416. In the same months of
1900 the number was slightly smaller
,895-but the amount of liabilities
was much heavier, $133, 234,988.
For eleven months the officials at
the Nebraska penitentiary have sup
posed that prisoner known as Burt
Martin was a man. The discovery
that the convict is a woman and that
her real name is Lena Martin was
made known by the prison physician.
She was convicted at Springview a
year ago for horse stealing.
E. M. Shepard, of Brooklyn, has
been nominated for mayor by the reg
ular (Tammany) democratic conven-
ton. and as a result there is virtually
a split in the party. Many of che del
egates wanted Bird S. Coler nomi-
mated, and when the nomination of
Shepard was announced a large num-
Der of delegates left the hall.
At Minneapolis, j. @. Adams & Co.,
belonging to one of the largest grain
receiving exporting houses in north
west under the name of the st. Paul
and Kansas City grain company, has
assigned. No statement of liabilities or
assessets given. This company owns
or controls 70 country elevators. The
Adams company proper was capitaliz-
ed at $25O,000, the st. Paul e Kansas
City grain company at $150,000. The
failure was due to the May corn cor
ner.
Clark A. Place, for 80 years pay
master of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad, for forty years
senior warden and treasurer Of ST.
Johns Episcopal church and resi-
dent of Milwaukee since 1916, died at
his home, aged IS years. In 1865 he
was appointed by Russell Sage pay
master of the Milwaukee railroad. In
1895 he was retired on a pension. He
never took vacation or missed any
time On account of sickness while
with the company.
Before the grand jury in Chicago
charges were made which involve
Robert E. Burke, city oil inspector
and secretary of the democratic cOun-
ty committee. From an agent of the
Standard Oil company came the state
ment that from $4,000 to $4,000 is col
lected in fees annually by Mr.. Burke
as city oil inspector, while the con-
troler's reports show that but from
$4,000 to $11, 900 reaches the treasury.
Burke was indicted. He resigned the
office Of oil inspector, agreeing to pay
the city $4,000 more as security