Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-14

Clarence ID. Wood, instructor Ill NhS-
lish literature at Brown University,
committed suicide.
Bishop William x. Ninde OF the
Methodist Episcopal church was found
dead in bed at Detroit.
Louisville, KY, will expend S4o'ooo
for display at the Knights Templar
conclave next August.
Nouroulah Hassan, another Ter
rible Turk" has been brought to
America by Martin Julian.
Governors were inaugurated III
Michigan, Nebraska, Massachusetts,
Maine and New Hampshire.
Governor Robert M. La Toilette and
the other state officers of Wisconsin
were inaugurated at Madison.
Matthias Gergle was killed by the
cars at Truesdale, Wis, and his
wife was fatally injured
Gen. James e. Slaughter, who COM
manded the confederates in the last
fight of the civil war, is dead.
Congress will be asked to authorize
the construction of larger training
,hip for the naval academy.
Warrants issued for arrest of Potter
Palmer for permitting sale of liquor
at Palmer House on Sunday.
President Mckinley is confined to
the white house by a cold that does
not readily yield to treatment.
The American Baseball association
was formed in Louisville. Indianapolis
broke away from Johnson's league.
r. C. Lehman, former coach OF
Harvard rowing crews, was chosen
EDITOR of the London Daily News.
Mrs. Ellen Kirkpatrick of Elgin, ILL.,.
who lived in abject poverty, was found
lead with $4,000 hidden in her house.
It is said that Capt. R. d. Evans
may succeed Rear-Admiral Schley in
Command of the south Atlantic sta
ton
The naval board of construction has
lecided that it is undesirable at pres
mt to authorize any more submarine
boats.
Additional changes among Pennsyl-
7ania legislators are believed to make
u. S. Quay's election to the senate
ure.
J. j. Grove, who was arrested in
Omaha, charged with being implicated
n the Cudahy abduction case, was re
eased.
Gov. Lon V. Stephens, in his mes
age to the Missouri legislature, adj
located franchise tax for all corpor-
ltions.
New Hampshire's new governor re-
fused the customary military escort
and walked to the capitol to be in
augurated.
Andrew Carnegie has promised Sc
attic donation of 100000 to be ex-
pended in the construction of a new
public library.
At st. Louis William E. Almore,
member of the ST. Louis Board of
police commissioners, died of consump-
ton, aged 48.
In a message to the senate the
president declined to send to that body
the Lawshe Cuban report, in response
to resolution.
William ]. Bryan spoke at annual
dinner of Jefferson club in Omaha and
urged democrats to ignore party re-
organization schemes.
Postmaster General Smith recon-
mended an appropriation of 100000
for pneumatic tube service. The
scheme is to be opposed.
Capt A. J. Holcomb died at his
home at Nokemis, ILL.,, aged rs He
Of c%n 0oY
tains on the Mississippi.
The cost of running New York City
under the present Tammany admins
tration has increased more than $685.,
600, 900, or about 80 per cent. ~
Mrs. Addie L. Richardson of ST.
Joseph, Mo-, was arrested charged
With completely in the murder of her
husband, Frank L. Richardson.
Gov. Odel's plan to consolidate or
,bolish state commissions would save
he state $4,000 year, and is likely
% be opposed by influential legisla-
.ors.
The war department has settled an
.nnoying controversy by deciding that
hip captains and not quartermasters
re in authority on transports while
sea.
Rev. Milton A. Kerr, pastor of West
lille Conn., Congregational church,
las been asked by deacons to resign
because of the socialistic tone to his
1ermons.
A twelve-year-old grandson Of
Thomas Jefferson was lost in the
egion made famous by Rip VAN
Vinkle. He ran away from a Dobbs
Ferry school
Charles Pierre Choteau, the last
member of the third family, which
was represented at the foundation of
St. Louis in 1854, died from pneu-
monia, aged 81 years
The funeral rites of P. D. Armour
were held at the Armour Institute.
Chicago, where the body will lay in
state. Armour left $3O,OOO,O00 Pneu-
monia caused his death.