Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-21

bellion debt
The plans for work in Alaska of the
geological survey for the coming field
season purport to make a detailed
mapping and geologic investment OF
areas in which mining development
has already begun.
The coroner's jury investigating the
explosion in the building occupied by
the wholesale druggists, Tarrant &
Co. New York, returned verdict
holding the members OF the company
criminally responsible.
The populist members of the Kansas
legislature have dropped Jerry Simp-
son as senatorial candidate and
have decided that the name of David
Overmeyer will be presented as the
fusion candidate for senator.
The Sitka Indians, including the
Eagle, Grow and Frog clans, who have
been quarreling over the use of totems
and other emblems of their respect
i've clans, have decided to make the
American flag their tribal emblem
At Omaha a small blaze occurred in
the basement of the E.. A. Cudahy
mansion. The threats received by
Mr.. Cudahy since the abduction of his
son are the basis of the belief that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
Gov. Tanner, Illinois, signed an or
der releasing on March 1 Theodore H.
Schintz, a former private banker of
Chicago, who was sent to Joliet, in
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conviction for larceny and embezzle-
ment
Advices from Seattle say the over
due Alaskan steamer Tillamoook is
hemmed in by the ice floating in Sal
dova bay, in the Cook Inlet country.
She has SO passengers on board A
steamer will probably be sent to her
relief.
At New Haven, Conn, Charles H.
Boylan, a deputy regent of the Royal
Arcanum, was arrested charged with
forgery in attempting to secure pay
ment of death benefit of $4,000 on
an alleged false application for mem
bership.
At New Haven, Conn, Ann Maria
Rathbun, charged with causing the
death of her husband, William Rath-
bun, by poisoning coffee prepared for
superior court, and the case was put
over for the April term.
Most of the miners in the Weir City,
Kan, zinc mining district are on a
strike The trouble resulted over
wages and the Introduction of non
mines an attempt was made to hang
one of the superintendent.
To promote closer union between
the ritualists in the Church of Eng
land and the high church section OF
the Protestant Episcopal church in
of the present visit to the United
States of his grace the duke Of New
castle.
Jesse r. Davis, Clinton L. Marshall
and Edward o. Dean, nurses of the
insane pavilion at Bellevue hospital.
for the killing of Louis III. Hillard
while he was an inmate, pleaded not
guilty, and were released in $4,000
bail each.
The Texas house introduced a reso-
luton asking for the appointment of
a commission to investigate the
charges against Congressman Bailey
of trying to secure the reinsurance of
permit to the Waters-Pierce Oil COM
pany to do business in this state after
it's charter had been revoked.
The state department has received
dispatch from Charles w. Kindrick,
consul of the United States at Cuidad
Juarez, Mex, reporting the release of
t. w Lewis, an American citizen,
an engineer on the Mexican Central
Railroad, who was arrested because
his train ran over and killed a Mexi-
can
Miss Anna F. Bryan, a 81 400 clerk
in the postoffice department, has
been arrested, charged with the lar
ceny of stationery valued at SIT.
rom the senate stationery-room. She
is said to have represented herself
as the wife of Senator Hanna's secre-
tary, presenting. a forged order for the
goods.
Carey B. Paul, the wealthiest man
of Delaware, o., died of heart fail
ure following an attack of pneumonia.
A widow and five children survive
him. He was heavily interested in To-
cal corporations, was president of the
Irquois Hotel company of Columbus,
O., and the Madison Hotel company Of
Toledo, O. He was sc years of age
In the injunction suit against the
Gould trustees in behalf of Art Dealer
Wertheimer, Lawyer Untermyer call
ed Count Boni de Castellane a
"thorough-going scamp" While re-
fusing to pay for antiques he had
bought, he declared, the count had
sold some of them at a profit. He also
asserted that Countess Anna owed
$4,000,0OO.
Archie w. Benedict, guard Of
Auburn prison, was murdered by