Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16
lsin, Mrs. Charles Rivers.

cousin, Mrs Charles Rivers
| A special train bearing delegates
to the supreme lodge, A. o. U. w,
which will be called to order in Port
land, Oregon, was met at the state
line today by Gov. Geer, who well
coined the visitors to Oregon.
Gov. Yates issued orders for a
special election in the Fifteenth Judi
cial circuit for judge to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Judge
John d. Crabtree of Dixon. The
election was called for July z.
The anti-anarchy bill, furnishing con-
spirators against the president and
possible successors was passed by the
house. The death penalty provided
for melting murder. 1t will exclude
anarchists from the country.
The secretary of war directed the
sale at public auction Of the steamers
Grant and Sedgwick, they being need
ed no longer for the transport SER
vice. The Grant is at San Francisco
and the Sedgwick at New York
Mrs. J. Feeley of Hoboken saw d
child drop through the air from a
window above. Believing it was her
son, she screamed his name and fell
! in a faint. She died few moments
later. The boy was hurt but little.
| N. M. Kaufman, of Marquette, Mich,
presented the library board with a
check for $4,000 for the building fund; ;
| Peter White and Andrew Arfe each
gave $4,000 some time ago, and J. M i.
Longyear has donated a valuable
site.
A number of local commercial
travellers at Sioux Falls, S. D., are
arranging to attend the annual meet
ing of the grand council of the United
Commercial Travellers Association, to
be held at Lake Minnetonka, June 10
and IA.
The committee on library in the
house, of which Representative Nc
| Cleary is chairman, ordered the chair
man to report favorably the bill pro-
viding for an equestrian statue of
Baron Steuben, to be erected in Wash
| ington.
The house program for this week
contemplates consideration of the
Pacific and the senate irrigation bills,
| which the rules committee is anxious
/ to have disposed of before the time
set for taking up the Philippine gov
eminent bill
Baptist GrOebner of New Ulm,
Mimi, wanted to punish his 10-year-
/ old son and his wife objected, the
two quarreled and a terrific fight en-
sued. When hostilities ceased the
fathers ear was hanging by mere
shred of skin.
The liberty bell arrived at Wash
ington en- route to Philadelphia from
| the Charleston exposition, where Il:
has been on exhibition. Patriotic ex-
ercises were held and thousands of
people passed before the car and
viewed the bell.
A cablegram received at the state
department from Minister Conger to-
day reports that a fatal case OF
| cholera had appeared in the Japanese
barracks at Picking, the victim having
recently arrived from Tientsin There
were no other cases.
At Trenton, N. j., Judge Kirk
patrick, in the United States circuit
denied the petition of William c..
| Bullitt for the removal of John M i.
Mack as one of the receivers for the
Asphalt Company of America and
| Asphalt company.
Richard J. Sands, an old soldier,
aged 60 years, killed Mrs. Anna Nc
Clintock at a clearinghouse III
columbus, O., by cutting her throat,
and attempted to kill the proprietress,
Mrs Victoria Richardson, who VII
messed the murder.
John F. LibDey, a farmer of Vim
land, Wis, was fatally injured while
building a fence. He was holding a
! stake while his son was driving it into
/ the ground The heavy maui slipped
! from TIE handle and struck Mr. Libbey
on the forehead
Washington and Lee university has
received from the committee which
raised the William l.. Wilson endow-
ment for the chair of economics at
the university a check for 1914 ,553
which, with $4,000 already received
makes the fund $100,553.
! An agreement has been reached be
tween the manufacturers and the pulp
workers union whereby threatened
strike has been averted in the paper
mills of the east. The workers will
receive an advance of 10 per. cent
About $4,000 men are affected.
Benjamin Franklin Birch, of Tiffin
Mo-, one of the wealthiest residents OF
southwestern Missouri, and Miss
Emma Jennings were married by Rev
Mr.. Shirley. The groom is II years
;, old and his bride is y. Birch is g
millionaire His bride was a waitress
in a restaurant.
Albert Weisenborn of Grand Rapids
Micn, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the heart. Mr.
Weisenborn shot himself while his
wife was seated upon his lap, the eX
plosion of the pistol burning Mrs
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