Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-18

commit suicide. He shot tnree Wo-
men and was arrested.
Secretary Root filed a reply to the
writ Of mandamus asked by MISS
Rebecca J. Taylor, a clerk discharged
from the war department.
President Roosevelt spent a night
recently in camp with his boys and
one of their young cousins. The
president acted as cook.
Peoria's supposed incendiary, who
started nineteen fires and caused $40
900 loss, was arrested and identified
as Edward Flanagan.
Prince Chen, imperial Chinese en-
voy to England for coronation, ar
rived in New York and will visit the
president at Oyster Bay.
Mrs. Maud Jeffrey Hunnewell,
Boston society leader, has sued for
divorce from her husband, Fl. H. Hun
newell, the millionaire.
The United States government is
prepared to take action to prevent
Japanese encroachment upon the
island in the Pacific.
The resignation of Ambassador
White at Berlin may cause a general
shifting around of United States am
bassadors in Europe.
Adelbert Preston, Is years old, an
Omaha boy, confessed to wrecking a
freight train at South Omaha July "a,
when one man was killed.
Masked men held up Chicago, Bur
lington & Quincy railroad train near
Savanna, ILL.,, and secured about $4,000.
One of the robbers was killed.
Dolly Emerson, a One-time actress,
now old and in poor circumstances,
has received a 100000 legacy from
the late J. E. Donnelly of Kansas.
Bank clearings for twelve months in
1901 in New York City exceeded those
of London by $2,989, 256,9O1, making
New York the financial center of the
world.
A Rio Grande special passenger
train, with 300 tourists on board, was
wrecked near Florence, Col, by being
struck by a wall of water eight feet
high.
Harlow Casar and John Collins of
ithaca, N. Y, threatened to kill Ben
and Jay Conger unless $4,000 was
given them. A posse trapped and
caught them.
Van Buren, DenslOw former Chi
cago resident who died in New York,
left $4,000 estate to Miss Melissa
Woxham and ignored his wife and
four children.
Benjamin and William Hodson of
South Bend Ind, were arrested at
st. Joseph, Mich, on complaint of
their mother, that they defrauded and
forged her name.
A wind storm at Kansas City did
100000 damage in eight minutes and
injured twelve persons. Liberty, War
renville and other towns also suf-
fered damage.
The number of New York women
with British titles was increased by
the marriage of Elizabeth French of
New York to Gen. Eaton. She is now
Lady Cheylesmore.
The United States gunboat Machias
was ordered to prevent the cutting of
the Hayti cable by insurgents. 1t
belongs to French, but the Monroe
doctrine is involved.
Walter A. Scott, president of the
Illinois Wire company, was stabbed
and killed in his Chicago Office by
Walter L. Stebbins, civil engineer,
in dispute over work.
At Kansas City Mary D. Bassett,
on dare" was hoisted to the top
of a 265-foot chimney, christened it,
sang "the Star Spangled Banner" and
planted the stars and stripes.
The Missouri river will be aband-
oned by the United States government.
The appropriations for improvement
were gradually reduced because the
railroads get all the freight.
The Ferryboat New Brunswick
caught fire in New York harbor and
sixteen passengers and crew were
taken off by lifeboats. 1t was then
beached and allowed to burn.
The government monthly crop re-
port showed the condition of corn
Aug. 1 was 86.5, compared with S7.5
for 1901. The winter wheat crop is
estimated at 38OO0O,O00 bushels.
Fourteen sailors on the Spanish
steamship arriving at Tampa, Fla,
appealed to the consul for protection
against the ships captain and charged
him with starving and beating them.
Eight hundred teamsters in the
Chicago lumber district struck be-
cause Edward Hines, representing the
employers association, left town with
out signing the agreement already in
force
Dun G Co.'s review found trade
prospects still bright on crop condi-
tions; the fuel scarcity is failing to
injure steel market; August railroad
earnings increased SO per cent over
1901.
The negro young peoples conven-
ton, Atlanta, Ca, adopted resolutions
urging that manual labor and indus
trial arts be taught their race and
throwing themselves on American
justice.
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