Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-06-24
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begun at Jersey City Tor an attempt ~
kill Rev. John Keller of Arlington. N.
J.. because of charges made by Mrs.
Barker.
J. G. Stubs, now third vice presi-
dent of the Southern Pacific. will have
the management Of the Hartman
roads and Darius Miller will look after
the Hill roads.
Inquiry by the war department
shows that hundreds of thousands o.
dollars worth of quartermaster's sup
plies have been Illegally disposed of IN
San Francisco.
Charles P. Lyman, father of George
P. Lyman, general traffic agent of the
Burlington railroad, died suddenly at
the home of his son in ST. Paul Of
heart disease.
The body Of Simeon Quinn was
found hanging from a tree near Ko-
komo, Ind. It is thought he killed
himself on account Of the suicide of
Aggie Song.
The men suspected of being the real
criminals in the effort to steal 10000
in gold from the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are said to have been traced to
the United States.
J. P. Kelly from Missouri was
arrested in Meridian, Miss, charged
with robbing the postoffice at Marion,
Ala, and brought back to that place
and admitted his guilt.
An autopsy on the body Of John e.
ETifcI,oII Of NTilua11lyoa yubo droppo.;
dead IN the depot at Benton Harbor,
Mich, disclosed the fact that the man
had only one kidney.
Miss Martha Desdemona Moon, an
old resident of GAINESVILLE, died as the
result of a stroke Of paralysis received
three years ago. She was a native Of
New York. 81 years old.
Philadelphia is stirred by the action
of Mayor Ashbridge. in signing the
street railway franchises. Injunction
proceedings will be brought. but poll
ticians think the prize is secure.
Congress is likely to extend the
Geary law for the exclusion of Chinese
another ten years The Gresham
treaty, whereby China consented to
the exclusion act. extends to 1914.
Perry Belmont, just back from Eu-
rope, declared that the expulsion Of
Richard Croker and w. J. Bryan from
control of the democratic party is nee
essary for the success of democracy.
L. K. Salisbury, I'll. A. Taylor, t. F.
McGarry, S. V Mcleod, and Gerritt AL
bers were indicted for completely in
the Grand Rapids waterworks scandal
City Councilmen may be added to the
list.
The famous Miles will case at Falls
City, Neb., has been reopened by the
filing of new petition on the part Of
the heirs who we're beaten at the first
trial The estate is valued at $780,
900.
Charles Belknap, commander in the
United States navy, died at Baltimore.
He entered the naval academy in 1864.
three years later. His last
command at sea was the Bancroft, in
1867.
Mrs. Edith Smith. IS years old,
killed herself at Evanston two weeks
loved since childhood. She was dis
appointed with her husbands manner
of life.
Seneca w. Hazard. city passenger
agent of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway at Des Moines, was found
hanging to rafter in the basement of
the city ticket Office. No motive isl
known.
Herbert w. Bowen of New York,
minister to Persia, has been appointed
minister to Venezuela as the successor
of Loomis. who will be sent to Portu-
gal. Lloyd C. Griscom was made Per
sian minister.
The jury in the Houck murder trial
at Mount Vernon, o., returned YER
dict in the second degree. George w.
Houck, the convicted man, kills.
Sarah Jane Hess. a widow, at Bladens-
burg on March 10.
r. E. Hudson of Cleveland died at
Upland, Ind, aged So. He was we'll
known hymn writer and singer, and
had visited Upland to attend the an
nual meeting of the board of trustees
of Taylor college.
A new Ireland is planned in the
southern Pacific by Joseph O'Donag-
hue, who has obtained what he con-
siders an ideal site for a government.
There is room for each county to have
a separate island
Colonel M. Bryant, a retired army
officer, died at his home in Wichita,
Kas. He was colonel of the 18th in
fantry and was in command of Fort
Sill when he retired. He had served
in the army since 1857.
More than 700 degrees were con
ferred at the commencement of Col
umbia university and 142 at Vassar.
Gifts to Vassar of $4,000 by John D.
and of $4,000 by Helen M.
Gould were announced
The Mississippi good roads associa-
ton has been organized at Jackson,
Miss, as result of the good roads
convention. The legislature will be
memOrialized to compel counties to