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

hcWanoo, Ill.
Victor Beaurang, the consul OF
Belgium at Mexico City, is dead OF
heart disease.
An entire block Of business build
ings at Cambridge, Mimi, was de-
stroyed by fire.
DR.. w. P. Akin shot his wife dead
and committed suicide at his nome
in Savannah, Ga.
The head waiter of the Holland
house, New York, has made $4,000 on
a Wall street tip.
Homer L. Payne of Beloit, fired two
Intellectual shots at his wife and rival
and killed himself.
Rev. j. M. G. Legris of st. Viateurs
college was made prothonotary
apostolic by the pope.
In the Delaware legislature J. Ed
ward Addicks gained two votes for the
short-term senatorship.
DR.. M. w. Dawson, Chicago, died OF
blood poisoning at the residence OF his
mother in Kenosha.
Llewellyn Powers was nominated at
Bangor, Maine, for congress, to sue
coed Charles A. Boutelle.
Secretary Root and General CorDln
scored Captain Armes' book on army
life as worthless and stupid
Armed men are on guard at the
Leary coal mines, Washington, but SO
far no trouble has occurred.
Militia at Upton, Ind, held back a
1x-,1 oh on r0N
man who attacked little girl.
The public debt Feb. %, less cash in
treasury, was O87,O19,504, de
crease of $7,576,371 for the month.
William Costello and his wife, OF
Bridgeport, Conn, lying i'll in adj
Joining rooms, died an hour apart.
DR.. E. C. Dunn, Rockford, Ill, re-
ceived letter ordering him to pay
$1,000 or have his buildings burned.
Mrs. Mabel L. Todd, her daughter
and Prof Todd, of Amherst sailed for
Borneo to observe the suns eclipse.
Ernest Hecht, on trial at Syracuse
for the murder of Mrs. Foster, told
how he watched her commit suicide.
At Denver tax reform league,
whose platform is mo salaries for
public officials has been organized.
William Tate, a negro, stole a $1,000
diamond from Chicago saloonkeeper
and when captured swallowed the
gem. 'vsSai~r
William A. Rublee of Wisconsin was
named to succeed the late Housewife
yxT;1 5,,oo,, 90 oo,,c,,l ernonroI Of Homo
kong.
Major D. w Whittle, associated for
many years with Dwight L. Moody in
eyangelistic work, died at Mortified,
Mass.
The mayor of Pittsburg will fight
the ripper bill, which has just
passed the legislature, abolishing his
office
The projectors of the Baldwin
Zeigler polar expedition let $4,000
contract to Armour & Co. for proyi-
sions.
Work of demolishing the A. r.
Stewart mansion at Fifth avenue and
| Thirty-fourth street, New York, has
begun.
Rev. Theodore Hanson of Amigo,
Wis, created a sensation in Baptist
church at Barron, by calling the mem
bers liars.
Maud Gonen arrived in Chicago to
take part in the celebration of En-
NETS birthday. The predicted doom
of England.
A witness for the defense in the
Hamilton murder trial in Minneapolis
was indicted and arrested, charged
with perjury.
An attempt will again be made to
keep w. A. Clark of Montana out OF
the United States on account of al,
legged bribery.
An old horse and Jersey COW be-
longing to JOSHUA Marsh, of Provi-
dence, r. l., fought duel to the death
in the night.
George Francis Gilman, president
Of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
company, is dead at Black Rock,
Conn, aged IS.
The reopening of a contest between
the liberal and radical factions Of the
United Brethren church is threatened
at Waynesboro, Pa.
An usher at a Lenten service i'll q
Leadville (Colo) church drank car
bolic acid, asked the pastor to pray
for him, and died.
Elmer A. Roach of Brooklyn bled to
death on having foretold his end on
that day His ailment was the rare
disease hemophilia.
E. A. Leasure, electrician on the
Oregon at the battle of Santiago was
sentenced to Sing Sing for fifteen
years for manslaughter.
Mrs. G.. A. Buchanan Of Atlanta,
Ca, was forced by a negro to cook his
breakfast, after which he tied her to a
bed and set it on fire.
Terre Haute citizens are raising
funds for Mrs. Finkelstein, whose
daughter was murdered by the negro
Ward, who was lynched.
Fire that originated in the saloon
of N. v. Rosensteel destroyed large
portion of the business of Mantua