Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-09-22

formers Newport villa during lie
visit of Grand Duke Boris OF Russia.
Services in memory of President
Mckinley were held in all of the
Washington churches last Sunday
Mrs. Sarah Mcbride of Carlisle,
Pa, was convicted of pretended witch
craft by which she secured money.
Burglars blew the safe of the post
office at Arcadia, Ind, and got away
with all the money and stamps in the
office.
At Meriden, Conn, George Kane
fatally shot another boy, Willie
Bailey, who told him he couldn't hit
a barn door.
Mrs. William NJ Stewart, wife Of
the senior senator from Nevada, was
killed in an automobile accident in
California.
In Richmond, Va, Louis Berkeley
shot Mrs. Annie Anderson twice and
them committed suicide. Mrs. Ander-
son may recover.
President Roosevelt summoned Sen
ators Hanna, SpoOner, Aldrich, Iii
son and Lodge to a conference at
oyster Bay.
Seventeen miners were killed by a
gas and powder explosion i'll the
Algoma big four coal mine at Blue
Field, W. Va.
Illinois Central abandoned it's double
track plan between Memphis and Jack
son, and will construct new connect
ing freight line.
Lieut.. G.. E.. Thorne returned from
Philippine service and married Miss
Mabel Corel, a former teacher there, in
San Francisco.
William Howard and Maude Solt,
prominent young people OF Gidden,
Iowa, were killed by a Northwestern
passenger train at Ralston.
The Texas republican convention
made but two nominations: For 5Cv-
ernor, George P. Burkit of Palestine;
for treasurer, Eugene Nolte.
Washington's police will not permit
the proposed automobile races in
Washington streets during the forth
coming G. A. r. encampment.
Lieut.. John r. Morris, U. s. N :,
committed suicide on the cruiser
| Olympia by, shooting. The vessel s
chaplain killed himself last week.
The San Francisco Call says the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
will, on Jan. 1 next, make formal
demand for an increase of wages.
George Huber of New York shot and
killed his wife near Great Darlington,
Mass, on finding her in company with
James Fearing at public resort.
William Brandt was shot and killed
by his brother Peter near Newfeld. N.
j., during quarrel over the division
of receipts for the sale of poultry.
After an expenditure of 1000, 900
and the sacrifice of "a lives the rapid
transit subway under construction in
New York is three-ffths completed.
The percentage of children between
10 and IA years old able to read ana
write increased between 1890 and
1900 except in Arizona and Nevada.
''Ted" Roosevelt, the presidents
oldest son, reached Oyster Bay from
his western hunting trip and tol6 Cf
catching a twenty-five pound mushe
lunge.
1t is said the important trading anu
transportation companies occupying
much of the water front of st.
Michaels, Alaska, have formed a com
bine
A Pennsylvania railroad freight en-
CINE boiler exploded and was thrown
400 feet at Jersey City, killing En-
gineer George Lutz and injuring two
others.
President Mitchell has received a
draft of $1,000 from the Welsh
miners. = The money was voted at 4
meeting Of the miners held in Wales
recently.
At Sterling. H., Mrs. Charles Cas-.
sci, prominent young society woman
and a wife of only two years, has
mysteriously disappeared. No cause
is known.
A paper mill trust, including all
mills in Michigan, Wisconsin and Min
nesota will be promoted by Dewar &
Yerkes, Chicago brokers. A $30,000,000
capital is proposed.
Miss Virginia Lassiter of Peters
burg, Va, a daughter OF DR.. ID. w.
Lassiter and sister of Congressman
Francis r. Lassiter, was thrown from
a surrey and killed.
President Roosevelt has issued an
executive order closing the depart
ments in Washington on the day OF
the G. A. r. parade during the en-
campment next month.
A Louisiana grand jury found al
Indictment against Mrs. Macmillan
Dauphin on a charge that she failed
to return a complete inventory Of her
late husbands estate.
Members of the Peoples Alliance,
of Hazelton, Pa, argued before Gov
ernor Stone in favor of calling an
extra session of the legislature to end
the anthracite coal strike.
The Wisconsin Methodist con-
ference at Milwaukee asked Pres