Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-13

tecting the Nicaraguan canal, no mat
ter what kind of an international
agreement is made.
J. Pierpont Morgan's purchase of
the Leyland steamship line has arous-
ed considerable apprehension in Eng
lish shipping circles.
The representatives Of the Ameri-
can Cigar Company located a tobacco
plant in Sparta, Wis. Over 600 men
are to be employed.
A fire at Jacksonville, Fla, caused a
loss of Sic, 100000 of property and rem
dered 10000 people homeless. Six
/ lives are reported lost.
The sale of a seat was recorded on
the New York Stock Exchange for
SIC, 600, compared with the previous
/ highest record of $4,000.
The mother Of Richard H. Grogan,
Jr.. testified at Cambridge that she
had heard Charles R. Eastman declare
Grogans days numbered.
The British government has re-
newed negotiations through the State
department for a parcels post conven-
ton with the United States.
The appointment of Archbishop
Keane is believed to indicate that the
pope is in favor Of "Americanism" as
advocated by the archbishop.
/ According to a census bureau bull
i 1etin the center Of population of the
United States June 1 last was six
miles southeast Of Columbus, Ind.
Business of every kind was sus-
pended Sunday in Omaha by order Of
the mayor The sale of cigars, drinks.
and newspapers was prevented.
| Mrs. Bertha Schilling. the Min
neapolis variety actress who killed
Nellie Murphy, was convicted Of
manslaughter in the second degree.
The plants not in the United States
Steel company are soon to be con-
solidated with capital of $50,O00,000
for the purpose of building warships.
While hurrying to attend the funeral
of his son-in-law Jacob Loistad, aged
80 years, was caught under the wheels
of passenger train at st. Paul, Mimi,
and killed.
An attempt will be made at Omaha
to prove that James Callahan, an al
legged kidnapped of Edward Cudahy,
lied on the witness stand during his
recent trial
Extra precautions are being taken
to prevent the spread of typhus fever
from Mexico into this country, accord
ing to the statement made by Surgeon
Wyman.
w. R. Davis of Ripon college, Wis
consin, won first place in the inter-
state oratorical contest. The next
contest occurs at Hamline university,
ST. Paul.
, Admiral Dewey and twenty-five of
the officers who took part in the
battle of Manila bay celebrated its
third anniversary with dinner in
f Washington.
Evidence as to bitter quarrel be-
tween Charles r. Eastman and Rich
ard Fl. Grogan, Jr., was given in the
murder trial of Eastman at Cam
bridge, Mass.
All coffee needed in the United
States can be raised in the new Amer
: lean colonies. A million dollars a
week is now sent out of the country
for the berry.
The delegates of Typographical
Union No. 16 of Chicago were ex-
PEELED from the Federation of Labor
because they refused to assist a
pressmen's strike.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Emily Katz of Salt Lake, Utah,
to Governor Heber M Wells Miss
katz is well-known newspaper wo-
man of Salt Lake.
The Hartford Theological seminary
made public the fact that the donor of
$25 900 to the Charles M. Lamson fund
for missions, which was completed on
March 1, was D. Willis James of New
York
George B. Burch, president of the
Second National bank and one of the
best-known men in the Mississippi; Val
ley, died at Dubuque, Iowa, aged 65.
He had large interests at Necedah,
Wis.
+ General Greedy, chief signal officer,
will sail on the transport Sheridan
about the middle of this month for the
) Philippines, where he will make a
complete inspection of the signal
corps operations.
, A small boat containing two per-
sons, presumably boys or young men,
was swept over the rapids of the st.
Mary's river at Sault Ste Marie,
Mich. Neither boat nor passengers
have been seen since.
Two masked men entered the resi-
dence OF Mrs. Ruth Ayers at Spring
vile, Mich, where she lived alone,
: bound and gagged her. and ransacked
the house. They obtained about 5000
in gold and currency.
Transactions on the New York
stock exchange reached the unparal-
leled total of 3,314,100 shares. Many
big fortunes have been made, Keene
being credited with winning $20,000,-
900 and John w. Gates $5,00O,OOO.
At it's last meeting the faculty of
, Notre Dame university has deter