Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-15

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The Chicago Great Western will ex-
/ tend it's line to Omaha, which will re-
ouire 274 miles of track and cost S.
/ 100000
BY the terms of a bill passed by the
house at Springfield Ills, kidnapping
for ransom is made capital offense in
Illinois
Prof Stimson j. Brown, former di-
rector of the Nautical Almanac, has
been assigned to duty at the naval
Academy.
Count de Castellane chuckled over
the New York court decision refusing
to tie up the greater part Of his
wife's income
A package of 200 letters from Chi
cago and other western points to
New York was found on the beach 1t
Ocean Grove, N. J.
It was ruled by the state supreme
court that the widow of Albert M.
Billings, Chicago, must pay an IN
heritance tax of $62,763
| The Telephone, Telegraph and Gable
company of America has filed papers
reducing it's capital stock from $780,
100000 to 100000.
Frederick v. Burlingame, the gen
tleman burglar" convicted of burglary
in the second degree in New York, was
sentenced to four years.
Samuel N. Ferris killed himself at
Baker City, Ore He was secretary
of prominent mining company
Ferris was worth 100000
DR.. J. " Calver of Washington com
mitted suicide at his winter residence
in Orlando, Fla, yesterday while SUI
fering from a mental malady.
At Philadelphia Dr. Alfred Spear
man, physician Of Milwaukee, died
as result of a surgical operation He
was born in Smyrna, Del, in 1882.
General S. H. M. Young, who is to
ant of the military department of Cal
ifornia, left San Francisco for Wash
ington.
Mains furniture factory in Hagers
town, Md, was destroyed by fire,
entailing a loss of about $4,000 and
depriving fifty workmen of employ
ment
j. A. Kaiser and George Bloom
quist, Chicago, were arrested and
property valued at $4,000 said to have
been stolen from various homes, was
recovered.
Solomon Holema and Sam Frye,
Choctaw Indians, were placed on trial
at Paris, Tex, for the murder of three
/ alleged witches Emotional insanity
! is the defense.
/ During a fight at Odon, Ind, Henry
Lamb, aged II, killed Walter Sorrel,
aged %, cutting his throat. Both are
Of prominent and wealthy parents.
Lamb was arrested.
Charles Sumner Hamlin of Boston,
assistant secretary Of the treasury I'M
der Cleveland, has accepted the posi-
ton Of lecturer on international law in
Stanford university.
At Perth Amboy, N. j., Rev. DR..
D. r. Carnahan died He was born in
Pittsburg in 1920 When the battle of
Gettysburg was fought he was pastor
of church in that town.
Fire destroyed the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern freight house and
fifty cars loaded with grain at East
St. Louis The damage is S150,00O;
loss covered by insurance.
The New York ST. Nicholas society,
composed of descendants of the old
Knickerbocker families, will present
silver cup to Queen Wilhelmina of
Holland. The cup cost $4,000.
Secretary Root ruled, with the
presidents approval, that timber can
be sold from the public lands in the
Philippines despite the prohibition
contained in the Hoar amendment.
A new combine has been launched.
It embraces 10 large manufacturers of
glass lamps, glass lamp shades and
glass electrical fixtures located in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
Professor e. w. Huffurt Of the col
lege of law at Cornell university has
declined the position Of the deanship
Of the law department in Iowa state
university, which was recently offered
him.
Mrs Georgis o. Henegar of Mem
phis, wife Of T. F. Henegar, barber,
was found dead with a bullet hole in
her head Her husband is under ar
rest. He declares his wife committed
suicide
At Memphis T. F. Hennigar, who
was arrested charged with the murder
of his wife, was committed to Jail.
Mrs, Hennigar carried life insurance
policy of $4,000, payable to her hus-
| band.
The famous Gainsborough portrait
Of the duchess of Devonshire, stolen
in London in 1876, was recovered in
| Chicago from a member Of the gang
who stole it. The picture is valued
at $4,000.
John w. Gates will resign the office
of chairman Of the American Steel
and Wire company and take long
trip abroad. 1t is predicted that the
new steel combination will make a
Drof+ IF &1oR mn 000 wear