Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31

die was hanged. He said the cause
of his downfall was gambling ant
illicit matchmaking. When the droI
fell Lanier's head was jerked from
his body.
At Fort Wayne, fire in the business
district caused a total loss estimated
at between $4,000 and 100000
burning James r. Armstrong & Co. s
millinery store, Jacobs musical house
and the Soliday & Hite furniture
store.
Pittsburg mill workers are wrought
up over a report that thousands OF
rollers will be thrown out of employ
ment by a newly patented rolling
mill. The new mill, it is said, will
do the work of twenty of the present
mills
At Philadelphia as a result of the
action of the fire insurance commits
sioners in increasing insurance rates
in that city % and so cents per 500
mass-meeting of citizens was held
and general protest was made
against the increased rates.
The general immigration bill, pre-
pared by Chairman Shattuc, was re
ported by him to the house with the
recommendation that it be passed
The general purpose is to bring to-
gether in one act scattered legislation
enacted from 1875 to 1894.
The republican steering committee
of the senate has decided to give the
first place in the order of business in
the senate, after disposing of the pend
ing business, to the oleomargarine
bill, and to allow that to be followed
by the Chinese exclusion bill
Joseph Allen, ranchman, was
found near Sterling, N. d., so badly
frozen that it is feared he cannot re.
cover A herd of 5000 sheep in the
western section was turned out to
Craze the day before the storm. The
herder persisted with his flock
At Beaumont, Texas, three more ar
rests have been made in connection
with the operations of the Matte Ben
nett gang of robbers and murdererS
1t is suspected that one of the three
to haul the bodies of their victims to
the river
Three Slavish workingmen met
death in the iron mills at Steuben-
vile, Ohio. John Salvatore and
Mike Uboski were caught in a cave-in
and smothered to death at the La Belle
Iron Works John Cibero had his
head crushed at the National Steel
Works.
Frank Conger OF Brooklyn, who
died ten days ago. beQueathed to his
adopted daughter. Oressa Stewart
Conger, whom he took from the arms
OF her dead mother a dozen years
ago in railroad wreck at Hamburg,
N. Y, an estate of $6,000,000. The
girl is now IA years DID,
At Philadelphia Charles L. Graham,
president of the Peoples Publishing
company; William l.. Holloway,
former manager of the company, and
George Y. Clements. former assistant
manager, have been held in $4,000
bail each for trial on the charge of
using the mails to defraud
An important feature of the
national guard bill is that which
provides that officers of the
national guard who have been
nominated by the governor and ap
pointed by the president for that pur
pose may attend and pursue a regular
course of study at military school
or colleges in the United States.
The greatest disaster that has be-
fallen Bangor, Me-, since the flood of
1916 came of a recent evening, when
an immense ice jam that had formed
above the city moved down and form
ing another jam opposite, caused the
river to back up into the streets,
flooding Easements of stores and
carrying away everything movable on
the wharves.
At Albion, Neb., Mrs Amelia Pat
terson and George Thompson had a
street duel in which Thompson was
shot twice and James Forks, a by
stander. received a bullet in the leg.
Thompson also fired five shots at
Mrs. Patterson, none of which took
ClLCCL. llOllpoOu WOu11uS dlS OcSi1-
gerous. The shooting was the result
of divorce and damage suit
DR.. Barclay of Chicago, electrician
of the western division, has been ap-
pointed electrical engineer of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
with headquarters at New York, vice
A. S, Brown, resigned. The appoint
ment takes effect April 1. DR.. Bar
clay began service with the company
in 1868 at Greensburg, Pa Charles
H. Bristol, superintendent of the west
ern division, has been appointed chief
superintendent Of construction.
1t is believed that the investigation
into the Office of Commissioner Evans
by the G. A. r. pension committee has
not disclosed sufficient grounds for a
recommendation that he be retired. 1t
is believed that the committee re-
ported that no specific cases of disre-
gard of the law could be charged
against the commissioner, but the evil