Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-28

The Bell Telephone company paid
$500, 900 for Professor Pupin's inven-
ton for ocean telephoning.
Andrew Carnegie will give Aurora
H., $4,000 for a public library buii.l-
ing, and Goshen, Ind, $4,000.
Richard Yates was sworn in as gov
ernor of Illinois. Governor Yates
father was inaugurated 40 years ago.
DR.. Charles w. Purdy, former house
physician of the Grand Pacific and
Auditorium hotels, Chicago, is dead.
+: officials of Brazil, Ind, attached a
train on the Chicago and Southeastern
Ry. for $500 taxes and chained it to the
track
Harry N. Pillsbury, champion chess
player of America, and Miss Mary b.
Bush of Philadelphia, were married in
Chicago.
John Seaman, who died at Quincy.
ILL.,. left 100000 to his estranged son,
Joseph, whose whereabouts are I'M
known.
United States Minister LOOMS is
! said to have sent the Venezuelan gov
eminent letter that is practically an
ultimatum.
In the West Point military academy
hazing inquiry an instance was told
in which one "plebe" had whipped 80
would-be hazers.
/ Mrs. Mckinley is threatened with.
the grip, and all social state functions
previous to the inauguration have
| been cancelled.
Francis T. Bowles has been nomi
mated to succeed Chief Naval Con
structor Philip Hichborn upon his re-
| tirement March A.
The Booz investigating committee
learned that liquor and cigarettes are
used by West Point cadets in violation
of the regulations.
The kaiser replied to McKinley's
congratulations that nations of Ger
man blood must hold together IN
world controversies.
Adolph Keitel brought two suits for
5000 against the Burlington Malt
ing company, Burlington, Wis, alleg-
| ing systematic fraud.
The remains of the late Brigadier
General Beekman Du Barry, U. 5. A.,
retired, were inferred at West Point
with military honors.
| A fight with train robbers occurred
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
lockwood, Pa, in which one OF the
bandits was captured.
John Stafford, 26, private in the
United States marine corps, Brooklyn
navy-yard, was killed by John Henry,
New York bartender.
| Mrs. Charles Fairbanks. wife of the
| Indiana senator, is likely to be elected
president general of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
| AS result of the complete tie-up d
the coal mines of Colorado. due to the
strike of the miners, the state is OIL
the verge of a coal famine.
All social functions at the white
] house have been suspended for tho
season because of the Presidents and
Mrs. McKinley's indisposition.
Senator Spooner announced his in
tention to introduce resolution for a
Joint commission of the senate and
house to visit the Philippines.
WI Ting Fang says the race problem
in the United States can be overcome
by benevolent assimilation-the inter
marriage Of whites and blacks.
Two cars of the Muncie, Anderson
and Indianapolis trolley line collided
on a bridge over White River, Ind,
and seven persons we're injured.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland in an
address before the Holland Society at
New York commented upon the ma
tional danger due to imperialism
Charles Southwell persisted in the
burning of the steamer City of Louis
vile at Benton Harbor, Mich. Muir
der, robbery and arson suspected.
John Leisenring, well known as a
mine owner of Luzerne county, Penn
sylvania, and former congressman
from the Luzerne district, is dead.
/ E. E. Wier, Laporte, Ind, was shot
and seriously wounded by ]. w. Brill
for refusing to sign paper involving
the reputation of the latter's wife.
Charles, alias "Froggy," Johnson,
colored, who was to have been hanged
at Annapolis for the murder of Hester
Dennis, his mistress. was granted
respite.
At Buffalo eight indictments agains:
Attorney David G. Fitzgerald, charg-
ing subornatioin of prejury in divorce
cases, have been reported by the
grand jury.
Senator Plat is said to be grooming
Seth Low for mayor of New York,
with the object of bringing him out as
presidential candidate in opposition
to Roosevelt.
| The Ohio board of pardons refused
to interfere in the case of Rosslyn Fl.
Terrell, sentenced to be eloctrocuted
on March 1 for killing Express Mes
senger Lane.
| At Rutland, N. Y, Washington
Tucker, aged SO years, and his wife,
aged rs years, died within II hours Of
each other They had been married
for SIS years.