Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-11

member of Buffalo Grand Army post.
1t is reported that an option on the
street railway system and all other
property of the Fox River Electric
Railway & Power company has been
given to representatives Of the New
York capitalists who are back of a
plan to establish an electric railroa
between Green Bay and Manitowoc.
Henry Jordens of Kenosha, who en-
listed for the war in the Philippines,
"a. Jordens had been in the regula-
army eight years He saw service on
the western frontier and during the
Spanish war in Cuba. He is the third
Kenosha man who has been killed in
the Philippines.
John Grape, proprietor of the Twin
City gardens, located at Springdale,
two miles east of Waukesha, received
draft for 500 from William H.
Maule, a seedman at Philadelphia
The money was given as prize for
the best account of the development
and growth of certain variety of
tomato.
E. A. Beaumont, who has been in
the express business for seventeen
years, has been displaced by the
United States Express company for
which he was agent in Green Bay
No reasons have been given for the
change and Mr.. Beaumont was offered
+1n CT inc Of
the agency, but declined. G. J. Levy
of Chicago has been sent to relieve
Beaumont.
There is a chance of a reasonable
settlement of the troubles that have
arisen between the people of Kenosha
and the Wisconsin Telephone com
pany. Representative OF the company
will place in cables the wireS on Main
street and Park avenue, thus renewing
the complaints that have been made
along the residence avenue on account
of the humming noise from the wires
overhead. Free telephones will also be
put into all the city offices.
r. H. Poole. a laboring man of
Pittsville, while working on a tread
power wood saving machine had his
head sawed off. While he was saw
ing wood, the saw got stuck in a large
piece of wood, throwing the frame up,
The saw struck Poole in the neck, COM
pletely severing the jugular vein and
spinal cord Death was instantaneous.
Poole leaves widow and four small
children in destitute circumstances
and small farm unincumbered.
Charles E. Moody, agent of the
Chicago & Northwestern. Railroad
company in Milwaukee for nearly 80
years, died at his home at Asheville,
N. c., of pneumonia. He was IS years
old and leaves a widow and four
children Mr.. Moody was an uncle of
C. W. Moody, vice president of the H,
M. Benjamin Coal company. He came
to Milwaukee from New York in 1856,
and 10 years later became local agent
of the Northwestern company. He
resigned in 1888 and went to Ashe-
vile.
At West Superior Judge Vinje has
ordered the elimination and examina-
ton of the body of John Mueller.
There are three alleged widows and
nineteen other claimants. The man
died supposedly poor, but whyl it was
discovered that he owned valuable
iron property these claimants to his
property appeared The principal
claimant is Katherine Mueller, who al.
1eges that she was the wife of the de-
cedent. Heirs in Austria, however
claim that they will show from an ex
animation of the body that the de-
scription given by the woman does not
answer that of Mueller.
The ice war on the Milwaukee river
has broken out afresh. AS result of
what is charged to have been an at
tempt to sink the battleship Julius
Coll, Jr., warrants were served on 13
Wisconsin Lakes Ice company men,
alleging that iron bound beams had
been thrust into the hull of the
steamer. Nearly as many more war
rants will be issued for the same Of
Tense. Those arrested were: John H
Kopmeier, president of the Wisconsin
Lakes Ice company, Gerhard J. Kop-
meier, vice president of the company,
Frank Bell, B. Germaishaus, Card
Again she devoted her days to her
Schaller, Stephen Wysocki, Joseph
Zellinski, Joseph Melinski, J. Bemann.
Martin Marzinski, John Rick, Louis
Rau and Valentine Schmidt