Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-11-04


secretary of war, shows that 1898
cases were received and disposed of
during the fiscal year
Members of the Boston firm Of ]. H.
Fisher & Co., brokers were arrested
on the charge of using mails to de
fraud by fictitious stock deals. The
victims are said to have lost $1,000,
600 since Jan. /. 1900.
1t will require the sum of $50, 720.63
TO conduct the schools of the city of
Oshkosh next year. and that amount
is what the common council will be
requested to put into the annual
budget at it's next meeting.
The western slope of the Allegheny
mountains, through Fayette county,
Pa, is ablaze from the Yough river
through into West Virginia, and
mountaineers are fleeing from their
doomed homes with their families.
At Hartford, Conn, Charles H.
Faulkner of New Britain, who had
been in the county Jail for some
time waiting trial on the charge of
embezzling $4,000 was found dead in
his cell Death was caused by heart
disease.
The coinage of gold for the world
during the last calendar year was
1854 ,936,497 a decrease from 1885,,
1864 for the preceding year. The
coinage of silver was $177,011, 902, an
increase over the preceding year of
$10,S84,95S.
1t is said that the strike at the Sin
ger Sewing Machine works at Elizabeth
will end. A conference between the
strikers and the company officials
has Just been held, at which it is said
a satisfactory arrangement was
reached
Steps have been taken by the tobac-
co dealers of GAINESVILLE to form a
state association of dealers. Sixty
two were entertained by the local as
ISOLATION, and a committee was ap-
pointed to formulate plans for the
state association.
The United States revenue cutter
Bear arrived last night from the Arc
tic and ports Of Alaska. She spoke
| the sealing schooner Umbrina of Vic
| tic and ports of Alaska. The Bear
reports there was no seizures of seal
ers this year.
Cross-examination of Admiral
Schley failed to weaken his story Of
the Santiago campaign or develop any
thing to his discredit. The court
ruled that in his examination the
| fr,
specifications in the precept.
| A man believed have held up the
| Great Northern Express in Montana
escaped from officers at Nashville,
Tenn, after stealing several horses
and driving them furiously and shoot
! ing bloodhounds on his trail. In his
flight he lost a wallet containing
| $1,040.
Mother Jones, the Pennsylvania
labor organizer, has arrived in Pater
son. N. J. Mother Jones object in
visiting Paterson is to have a confer
ence witll the leaders of the United
Board silk Weavers and to make ar
arrangements for pubic meetings in the
interest of the silk weavers.
The Tennessee conference, in SEES
sion at Pulaski, expelled the Rev. B. A
| Cherry from the ministry and mem
bership of the Methodist Episcopal
! church, south. Mr. Cherry was
charged with fraudulently collecting
insurance on personal property in the
| destruction Of which he is alleged TO
have been coincendidary.
At South Bend, Ind, Mrs. Rebecha
f, Webb and her son, Charles, were
found, evidently suffering from slow
poison The young man died, the
mother cannot live, and his brother,
| U. G.. Webb, who, it is alleged, was or
dered from home several days ago, is
under arrest. His sister, Cora, aged
20, is under police surveillance.
Wausau is now a depository for
man-American bank has received word
from Secretary of the Treasury L. j.
Gage that it has been designated
depository of public moneys and
that a government deposit of 100000
will be placed with the banks in
few days.
At Sioux City, Leo Rex, the son Of
an English earl. who is in the, British
revenue service at Benares, East
Indies, said that while travelling up
and down the west coast of Africa
recently he met Christian missionary
who represented the church in the
United States. The missionary main
tanned a harem and had eight or ten
native black women
Steps will be taken at once by the
city of New Richmond to sue for the
payment of $21, 500 voted by the legis-
lature to cancel the city's debt after
the terrible cyclone Legislation
TO this effect was declared unconstitu-
tional by the attorney general, and it
is not known on what grounds the
city will sue.
At Meridian, Miss, A. A. GrenshaW
a Newton county farmer, and his IS
year-old daughter, were shot by
LAWYER named FOy. who had called to