Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-01

a pledge made by the republican state
convention.
The secretary of the interiors an
nual report shows 19,488.535 acres of
public land sold in the year ending
June 30. The forest reserve is now
60,175, 765 acres; Indian population
269,306; and pensioners, LOAF, 687, a
gain of I'LL.
Judge Adams, in the United States
district court at New York, directed
the jury to find for the government in
the case of Mrs. Ida Harrison Dulles,
from whom a $4,000 pearl necklace
was taken on her arrival from Europe
some months ago.
District Judge Johnson has refused
a jury trial to julius Aichele, clerk of
ArapahOe county, Colorado. on the
charge of contempt in certifying
names of the registration list before
the late election after he had been en-
Joined from doing so.
w E. Fitch Of Marquette, Mich, sec
Ond Vice-president and general mana
ger of the Duluth, South Shore & AT
lantic railroad, has been elected presf-
dent, succeeding Gen. Thomas of New
York. Mr.. Fitch will continue to act
as general manager
Coils P. Huntington estate has been
sued for $10O,OOO,0O0 by the Central
Pacific stockholders. Huntington, Lee
land Stanford, Charles Crocker. and
Mark Hopkins, as directors, are ac-
cused of profting $1O3, 100000 on con-
struction contracts.
John P. Mcbride of Billings, Mont,
who was shot by Policeman Hayden,
died Mcbride in going through an
alley met the officer and taking him
for footpad, started to run. His
flight aroused the policeman's sus-
picions, who opened fire.
While pursuing William Scully,
wanted for insulting a young woman,
Norman l.. Baker, superintendent of
the KenOsha; Wis, schools engaged in
pistol duel with William Bergland,
each mistaking the other for Scully in
the darkness. Neither was wounded
At San Francisco Charles H. Roger,
a druggist, has been arrested by de-
tectives of the postal department. In
connection with his drug business
Roger had charge of a sub-postofice
and he is said to be short in his &C
counts with the government 81, 400.
Ellen Gore, the American killed in
M Rydzenski's apartments in Paris,
was divorced wife of Thomas Sin
clair Gore and former resident of
San Francisco, Mexico, Columbus,
Chicago and New York. Her maiden
name was Nellie S. Stodgill and her
father was a Methodist minister.
Prof. J. Scott Clark of the North
western university said that single
man can live on 5000 a year by spend
ing 81 weekly for board and room.
S35 for clothing, and SCI for car fare
and "undTieS lie declared also that a
farm laborer can save money on $3.50
a year and board and can be independ-
ent at As
Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton Sargent, accompanied by Con-
gressman-e Daniels, has made an
examination Of the Universal Brother
hood school, conducted by Mrs. Kathe-
rine Tingley. at Point Eoma Cal. An
investigation has also been made by a
committee of state officials but nothing
has been made public
At Chicago Mrs. Jennie Alice
Stephens, whose first husband, Cap
tain Alfred Hedberg, was shot and
killed by Lieut.. Nancy at Fort Sher-
idan after a quarrel in which it is
said her name was mentioned, has
been granted a divorce from Ray
mond Sibley Stephens, the tenor
singer
Mrs. Hank Narling, believed to be
demented and held in the prison hos
pital at Phillipsburg, Mont, on sus-
picion of being the murderer of Mrs.
Patience Conn and James Conn, has
made a confession, declaring she
killed Mrs. Conn with a hammer and
then shot the man. TWENTY-FIVE
years ago she killed her husband. but
was cleared on the ground of insanity.
w. Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of
United States minister at Guatemala
City, killed William Fitzgerald of
Grand Rapids, Mich, private secre-
tary of the Guatemala president.
Hunter is hiding in the legation and
the officials are uncertain whether to
him. The killing is said to
have been the outcome of an old Ken
lucky feud transferred to Central
SOIL
FOREIGN.
Two hundred persons persisted in a