Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-21

Secret Service men are trying to
solve the mystery of the disappear
ance of $500 from government ex-
press package shipped from Buffalo to
New York.
The New Jersey chancery court
decided the directors of the Middle
sex County bank must make good
Cashier Valentines alleged shortage
of $500, 900.
Secretary Gage says the demand
| for good bank officials is greater than
| the supply, and that he could give
| twenty capable men places paying
| $4,000 a year.
| Mrs. Mary WitWer was arraigned at
| Dayton, O., charged with the murder
of Anna C. Pugh. Ii convicted she
will be accused of the deaths of seven
teen other persons.
| Johann Most was sentenced to one
year in New York prison for pub
fishing an incendiary article in his
anarchist paper, a short time before
McKinley's murder.
! Two sons of Richard Croker were
compelled to leave Cornell because of
annoyance caused by people who call
ed at all times of day and night to see
their prize bull dogs.
The trustees of the National Nc
Kinley Monument association elected
officers and issued an address to the
people asking for contributions to a
Mckinley memorial.
| Thomas Louw was given a verdict
at Cape Town for $3.50 against
Princess Radziwill, which sum he ad-
vanced on a note purporting to be
Endorsed by Cecil Rhodes.
Lansing Warren, editor and publish
er of the Milwaukee Sentinel, died of
typhoid fever, aged A. He was an
Onion, educated at Princeton and
leaves a wife and four children.
Patrick Grove, one of the alleged
kidnappers of Edward A. Cudahy, Jr..
has offered to surrender, provided the
$50 900 reward for his arrest be with
drawn. 1t has been withdrawn.
New York Yacht club declined to
grant Sir Thomas Liptons request TO
challenge in 1902 with Shamrock II
| he CluU COuiQ uOI COn0CA1I " Wc1ANO -
prohibitory clause in the deed of gift.
Miss Julia Haylander Dewey, one
| of the most beautiful women in
Virginia, was married at Portsmouth
| to Lieutenant Francis Laird Chadwick.
| u. S. N, whose home is at Owatonna,
| Mimi.
Captain Hiram Chittenden, in charge
of the garrison that policies the Vel
| lowstone park, has recommended that
a large appropriation be made next
year for the improvement of roads in
| the park.
Loomis Blaylock, it is said, will not
| be appointed collector of Internal
Revenue in South Carolina on account
of his having forsaken Senator Nc
Laurin for the regular South Carolina
organization.
The American board of missions at
Hartford, Conn, was pledged
$3,110 in excess of it's debt Of 100000
The National Funeral Directors as
sociation elected Frederick Hulburg Of
New York president.
According to DR.. Restrepo, agent
in New York city for the revolution
| lists, the next move of the insurgents
will be to attack the city of Panama
and capture or kill Governor General
Alban and his forces.
Mark Hanna, as chairman of the re-
! publican national committee, is eX.
| pected to make a declaration against
hn in yuI1i hn ic Or
ignored by the president in the dis
tribution of patronage.
In his annual report to the Secretary
| of the Navy Rear Admiral Crownin-
| shield Of the navigation bureau, says
the navy is not prepared for war be
cause there are not officers and men
enough to man the ships.
| The National Association of
| Thresher Manufacturers and Jobbers
| elected the following officers: Presi
dent, Howard Campbell, of Richmond
Ind; vice-president, Richard T. Robin
| son, Racine, Wis; secretary-treasurer
| S. E. Barlow. Marion. Ohio.
| Interests which were once at war
over the Northern Pacific are now
working out a plan to consolidate the
| Great Northern, Northern Pacific and
Burlington railroads. A controlling
company, with perhaps $500,000,000
| capital, will take over the stock Of the
three roads
In the effort to break the will of
Mrs. Letitia Robinson of Media, Pa,
under which former Congressman
John B. Robinson is given the estate,
valued at $4,000, Persifor Frazer,
handwriting expert, testified in court
| that in his opinion the signature to the
will was not written by Mrs. Robin
| son.
The search for Miss Ellen NJ Stone
in the Balkan mountains has been
| abandoned, as it is feared the brigande
would kill her if it were kept up
Miss Stone is said to be in no further
danger, the brigands having learned
| that large ransom is assured. The
abductors are lowering around the
! TI1rlYO -T0I11 cra ian frontier