Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-21


The negotiations between the United
States and Colombia for a treaty to
facilitate the construction of the
Panama canal are entering on the final
stages.
Attorney General Knox will go to
Paris to examine the title which the
Panama Canal company proposes to
sell to the United States for $4U,>
100000.
In response to Secretary Hays rep
reservations the European powers
have agreed to make concessions
which will expedite the evacuation of
Tientsin.
Virginias new constitution went
into effect, and Governor Montague
commissioned the first woman ever
allowed to become notary public in
that state.
Miss Theodore Van Wyck, said TO
be a niece of the former New York
mayor, abruptly stopped her wedding
in Washington when the ceremony
was proceeding.
Rescuers at the Johnstown (Pa.)
mine disaster saved twenty-five en-
tombed men and removed nearly 100
bodies. The total death list is estl-
mated at $50.
Harold w Dupuy of Yale, owner of
an automobile which caused the death
Of d. Thorpe Munro, was required to
given $4,000 security for his future
appearance if needed
A negro pastor at Eldorado, S. D.,
was attacked in his home by whites
and in the fight that followed one of
the attackers was wounded. The
militia was ordered out
Dr. John H. Reinoehl, a prominent
physician of Lebanon, Pa, was killed,
and DR.. E. P. Marshall of Annville was
seriously injured in runaway acct
dent near Annville, Pa.
The fast newspaper mail train on
the Pennsylvania railroad decapitated
Jack Kahn, II years old, at Delphos,
and when it reached Lima the same
train killed Andrew Stueber.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Skobitz of Caledonia, Wis,
was given potato bug poison by her
sister from q bottle supposed to con-
tain medicine and will die.
There is much speculation as to the
! terms Of Archbishop Feehan's will,
as his private fortune is known to be
large. Church property in his name
is valued at $45,00000O.
Five Italian counterfeiters, who
were arrested in the eastern section of
Baltimore, were found guilty and
sentenced to terms in prison varying
from five to ten years apiece.
Wilkesbarre citizens alliance asked
President Mitchell of United Mine
workers to stop boycotts and threats
by, strikers. Mob violence is de-
clared to be killing sympathy
Dun & Co.'s trade review reported
factories buster than usual for mio-
summer; food prices are strong on
small supplies. Railroad earnings for
| June were go per cent. over 1901.
Robert J. Latta, cotton broker of
Raleigh, N. c.. was struck by Broad
way car in New York and suffered a
fractured skull. He was taken to the
New York hospital and is expected to
die
The shortest Chicago Cincinnati rail
road line will open within year, by
the consolidation of the Cincinnati,
! Indiana and Western and Cincinnati,
Richmond and Muncie roads now
building.
Herbert w. Brown, minister to
Venezuela, asked that warship be
sent to Caracas in view of threatening
trouble. The gunboat Marietta will
be. sent. The situation is believed
critical
William Hughes shot and killed
Mort Green, colored, at New Colum-
bus, Ky. Hughes was acting as peace
maker between Green and another
negro when he was turned upon by
Green.
One hundred and eight boer pris-
oners, en- route to Africa from Bur
muda, reached New York They de-
clared they would rebuild their homes,
but refused to criticise their treat
ment.
The new home of Charles M
Schwab on Riverside drive, New York
! is to be one of the architecture
models Of New York, and when
finished will represent an expenditure
of 100000.
The canal treaty with Colombia, pro
viding for the purchase of land by
the United States, met hitch because
the details must be submitted to Co
lombia. This will mean three
months delay.
Four masked robbers held up d
Denver and Rio Grande narrow gauge
train crowded with tourists near
Chester, Cal, blew open the express
safes, and stole the passengers yalu
ables and money.
The state department will bring tc
the attention of the British govern
ment serious charges made by Marion
| Erwin assistant to the attorney gen
eral, rejecting ON the administration