Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
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Domestic.

Chicago figures up population OF
100000
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. had visitation Of
June bugs.
Minstrel Billy West is seriously
i'll from smoking.
w. E. Cook, aged 104, died at
Portsmouth, R. 7.
Missouri midgets, weighing AZ and
IS pounds, were married.
Three wild bears we're killed within
the city limits of Seattle.
The town of Lincoln. N. j., was
sold at auction for $4,000.
Andrew Carnegie offered Leadville
100000 for a public library.
Six persons were drowned while
bathing near Savannah, Ga.
The county poor house and insane
asylum burned at Burlington, Ia.
Andrew Carnegie has given Ala
media, Cal, $4,000 for library build
ing.
Harry Mann emanuel Hayman), a
New York theatrical manager, is
dead.
Mrs. Bonnie was indicted in Wash
ington for the killing of Census Clerk
Ayres.
Luminous golf balls were success
fully used in night game at New
Haven.
Pat Grove. the alleged kidnapper.
is heard from in johannesburg. south
Africa
Rear-Admiral Crowninshield hopes
to get command of the European
squadron.
Carlisle D. Graham made his
fifth trip through the Niagara Rapids
in a barrel.
Dun & Co.'s trade review says con-
fidence in the future is expressed on
every hand.
Mrs. Albert Bigelow Paine, wife of
the wellknown author, died at Fort
Scott, Kans.
United States Consul at Teneriffe.
Canary islands, filed a petition in
bankruptcy.
The soft coal trust will endeavor
to sell Pittsburg and West Virginia
coal abroad.
The case Of Rev. M Falk Gjertsen,
the Minneapolis divine. will probably
be reopened.
DR.. N. S. Davis. Jr.. was elected
dean of the Northwestern University
Medical college.
Pickpockets robbed 20 Epworth
Leaguers and left them stranded at
Colorado Springs.
Mrs. Martha Patterson. daughter of
President Andrew Johnson, died at
Greenville, Tenn.
Prof. Starr of Chicago university
said ten times too many persons go to
college nowadays.
Senator Bacon of Georgia and a
of members of congress
sailed for Manila.
Ten men were killed by the collaps-
ing of a Nickel Plate railroad bridge
at Springfield, Pa.
Horace Peters, who murderer
committed suicide.
The New York court of appeals sus-
tanned the constitutionality of the
eight-hour labor law.
Sixteen persons were killed in a
collision on the Chicago and Alton
road near Norton. Mo.
Pacific exports were the only part
Of American commerce which showed
a falling off last year.
Ex-Judge j. NJ Cellar of Crawfords-
vile, Ind. committed suicide because
of financial difficulties.
Col. James Kilbourne was nominal
ed for governor by the Ohio demo-
cratic state convention.
DIR. John S. Billings of New York
was elected president of the Ameri-
can Library association.
Raymond Foster, son of Professor
Foster of Chicago University, was
drowned in Lake Marie.
A census bulletin shows that more
than one-third of the population of
the country lives in towns.
Joseph Cramer. aged 70 was arrest
ed in Philadelphia charged with
having seven wives living.
A. E. Gwynn, brother of Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt. is to write a
book describing his travels.
The department of agriculture re-
ports a bad year for corn but an I'M
usually good year for wheat.
A hypnotic spell was given as the
excuse for a sensational murder ON
train near Wamsutter, Wyo.
John Costain was killed near New
Albany, Ind, by Joseph Turner while
trying to kidnap Mrs. Turner.
Lewis Elkins of Philadelphia left
his 100000 fortune in trust for the
benefit of aged women teachers.
Heat and drought. it is estimated.
have ruined 40 per cent of the crop
in the big corn-producing states.
w. J. Bryan criticised the Ohio
democratic convention for failure to
reafirm the Kansas City platform.
A. W. Mills, a prosperous farmer
living near Pinconning, Mich, com
mitted suicide after buying a coffin.
A fire engine trust is completed by
the admission of G. T. Holloway &