Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-11

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In head-end collision, two freights
on the southern railway at Lenoir
City, Tenn, four trainmen we're
killed and three fatally injured.
The United States circuit court de-
cided Berliner's patent on the micro
phone invalid, thus breaking the b.
company's telephone monopoly.
The contention of the Missouri in
supreme court case to prevent the
operation of the Chicago drainage
canal is to be decided by a jury
Alexander Wood of Pennsylvania,
United States consul at Kiel, Ger
many, died of paralysis at Kiel. He
was appointed in October, 1899
Judge Hanecy was nominated for
mayor of Chicago by the republican
/ convention. Delegates controlled by
Lorimer accomplished this result.
The Nebraska penitentiary near
Lincoln was almost totally destroyed
by fire. The loss will exceed 100000
One convict was burned to death.
j. P. Morgan received securities OF
the new steel trust which at present
| quotations are worth 81 ,453, 125 for his
work in carrying through the deal
The government has contracted
with horse dealer of south Omaha
/ for twenty ponies to be used as polo
ponies at West Point by the cadets.
On evidence which he himself OBJ
tanned, Father Flynn, of Mount Yer
non, it is said, will accuse Frank
Hooking, now under arrest, of bigamy
AT Gas City, Ind, fire destroyed
Cox's pottery works. John Curran
was killed and al Westinghouse, John
Elroth and G. Cox were seriously in
jured.
Richard T. Lyon, known as the
father of the Cleveland chamber CT
commerce" and one of the oldest bust
ness men of Cleveland, died, aged 81
years.
Albert Shenkle was taken to Car
rollton, ILL.,, and an hour later was on
the way to the penitentiary having
been tried and convicted of assault on
a girl,
Friends Of F. A. Plat, secretary of
Citizens Building and Loan associa-
ton, Flint, Mich, came forward to
make good a shortage estimated at
$780, 900.
The Colonge Volks zeitung advo-
Gates putting "Englands new friend
ship to the test, that Germany may
have "a Afreer hand against the United
1 States
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Pennsylvania legislature ousting the
mayors of three cities a sweeping
measure to throw anti-Quay men out
Of Office.
Colonel Joseph Wentworth, brother
Of the famous Long John Went
worth of Chicago, died at Concord, N.
FL. He was born in Sandwich, N. H.,
Jan. 80. lo48.
The bones of General Nathaniel
| Greene were found in an old cemetery
at Savannah, Ca, through the eff
forts of the Rhode Island Society Of
the Cincinnati.
The steamship Teutonic was struck
lats Sunday by a mighty wave, which
rose suddenly from moderate sea,
damaging. the upper works and injur-
| ing three men.
Commander Tilley, at Tutuila,
Samoa, reported that, to save his life,
he had added a Solomon island can
nibal to the crew of the United States
steamship Abarenda.
/ The directors of the Illinois Elec-
trical Vehicle company voted to quit
business, declaring that Chicago
streets made profit impossible There
is deficit over $128,000.
The duke of Manchester and Ills
duchess sailed for England. The
duke had not paid for the two prize
bulldogs he bought and was forced to
give them back to the owner.
Mrs. Rebecca D. Lowe, president of
the General Federation of Womans
clubs, has announced that the next
biennial meeting will be held March
/, 1902, in Los Angeles, Cal.
John D. Voorhees,, for many years
one of the most prominent residents
of central New Jersey, died at his
home in Bound Brook yesterday. He
was SO years of age. He was very
wealthy.
To we'd young physician she loved,
Miss Clayton, of Ocean, Grove, N. j.,
gave up a course of musical study in
Europe, and clipping to New York was
married in ''The Little Church
Around the Corner
| Henry P. H. tBromwell, pioneer
jurist and original advocate of wo-
mans suffrage in Colorado, lies at the
point of death at Ills home in Denver
He was born in Baltimore August 26,
1928. He stumped Illinois with LIN
coln
Mrs. Jennie Berry Bruton, a strik-
ingly handsome and immensely
wealthy widow af Nashville, Tenn,
was married to Don Enrico, son of
Prince Ruspoli of Rome, Italy, a
scion of one of the most prominent
| families.
The consolidation of tin can manu-
| featuring interests in the Tinted