Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-03


arrested 80 Of them.
The republicans in Delaware say
that Senator German will cooperate
actively with Democratic State Chair
man Salisbury of Delaware.
In the case of c.. E. Brown against
the Northwestern railroad for $4,000
damages, a verdict for the defendant
was awarded at Jefferson, Wis.
Mrs. Addie Richardson was acquit-
ted of the charge of numbering her
husband, Frank w Richardson, in Sa-
vannah, Mo, on Christmas eve, 1900.
The pioneer limited of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul road ran into
a Chicago street car. Twelve per-
sons were injured, one of whom may
die.
In it's annual report the interstate
commerce commission states that the
railroads are still pooling, notwith-
standing the decisions Of the supreme
court.
The United States supreme court
heard argument on question Of juris-
diction in suit brought by Minnesota
to prevent the merger of northwestern
roads.
James Cain accidentally shot him
self at Montpelier, o. He was hand
ling a. revolver when the hammer
struck a loaded shell that he thought
was empty.
Bridge Commissioner Lindenthal, Of
or1iC q cd vic
board of engineers, says it's New York
tunnels, costing $40,000,000 will be
begun this summer.
Ex-Secretary of State John w.
Foster made an argument before
the senate committee on commerce
against the re-enactment of the
Chinese exclusion law.
At a caucus of the Democratic mem
bers of the house Of representatives
it was decided that they were without
power to promulgate platform Of
principles for the party.
Edwin V. Morgan, second secretary
of legation at st. Petersburg, has
been selected to fill the vacancy III
the state department caused by the
death of Thomas Keller.
DR. Harry J. Ziegler of Lancaster,
Pa, was found dead and his wife
dying in a room at the Wellington
hotel, Chicago. He left a note declar-
ing their purpose to die.
1t is reported that the beet sugar
men will form an alliance with demo
Gratis to repeal the differential duty
on refined sugar if the duty on
Cuban raw sugar is lowered.
District Attorney Jerome and his
assistants and officials Of the New
York coroner's office engaged in a fist
fight over the disposition of prison
ers in the Park avenue tunnel case.
Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, for seven
years pastor of the First Congrega-
tional church at Springfield, Mass, re-
signed to accept call to the Calvary
Presbyterian church of Cleveland, 0.
In the trial in New York of A. T.
Patrick, charged with the murder of
William Rice, a check alleged to have
been signed by Rice was admitted
against the protest of Patrick's coun-
sell
The La Crosse Steel Rofing and Cor
rugating company, one of the largest
customers of the steel trust, has dis
solved Louis Kuehn, former man
ager, will erect a similar plant in Mil
Waukee.
Secretary Root approved the plans
prepared by the Chicago drainage
board for charging Chicago river to a
width Of 200 feet. He authorized the
cutting away of the banks wherever
necessary.
George Rea, a noted guide and path
finder, is dying in lone cabin on
Snake river, Wyoming. Rea was one
of the first men to explore Yellow
stone park and is often referred to as
the Daniel Boone of Wyoming.
Three ex-members of the ST. Louis
City council and house of delegates
were indicted, charged with bribery
in connection with street railway
legislation. Six other indictments
are expected. The combine was to
have received $135,000.
At Huntington, w. Va, George
Pakes, turfman, fatally assaulted his
wife with an ak, carving her head and
face to an unacceptable mass. He
escaped on a freight train. There is
strong feeling against the murderer
and talk of mob violence.
A blast in the rapid transit tunnel
at Fourth avenue and Forty-first
street, New York, caused an explosion
Of dynamite in a powder-house that
killed six persons and injured 100.
The Grand Central Station, Murray
Hill, Grand Union, and Manhattan
hotels were badly injured. Buildings
were damaged for blocks around.
The Beers.
General ViIjoen of the boer army
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