Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-01-20

an immense gorge of ice has damned
the river at ST. Louis, which threatens
to open a new channel, and renew the
interstate boundary dispute.
Cleveland and Chicago capitalists
have secured concessions to build
trolley car lines from Cairo, Egypt
to Mecca, along the Red sea, with a
branch line to Mount Sinai.
The Lexington (Ky.) chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy, have
petitioned the manager Of the Lexing-
ton Opera house not to permit the
production of Uncle Toms Cabin.
At Tomah G. Sholz has caused the
arrest of eleven of his neighbors, who.
he declares, rendered him a chariva~I
party before he was married and
maliciously destroyed his property.
Governor Durbin, Attorney General
Taylor and Auditor of State Hart of
Indiana will go to Washington in the
interest of Indiana's civil war claim
against the government for 100000
The democratic caucus of the Ken
lucky legislature nominated ex-GoV-
ernor James B. McCreary for United
States senator to succeed Senator
Deboe This is equivalent to election
In response to the action taken by
Gov. Nash and the Mckinley Memorial
Commission, Gov. Vansant, of Min
nesota,, issued a proclamation setting
aside Jan 20 as children's Mckinley
Day.
New York capitalists are consider
ing a scheme to consolidate the soft
coal interests of Illinois and Indiana.
The plan may fail because of the high
prices asked by the owners of the
mines
United States Commissioner Robin
son, at Buffalo, held Andrew Clifford
on the charge of using the United
States mail for fraudulent purposes.
Clifford was engaged in selling lottery
tickets.
Richard Croker formally announced
his retirement from the leadership of
Tammany hall at meeting Of the
executive committee and Lewis Nixon
was chosen chairman of finance COM
mittee.
The medical students of Grant Uni
versity, negro college at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, demand the retire
ment of Prof. R. j. Cooke, for his
attack on the Daughters of the Con
federacy.
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Lever which provides that
all cities of over 5000 population shall
be given the benefits of free delivery.
The law at present requires 10000 in
habitants.
w Elwell Goldsborough, professor
of electrical engineering at Purdue
university, Lafayette, Ind, probably
will be chief of the department OF
electrical exhibit of the st. Louis
worlds fair.
The civil service commission has
called the attention of the secretary
of the interior to charges of removal
of employees for political purposes
against Joseph Perrault, surveyor
general Of Idaho.
Marinette men purchased the ma
jority interest of J. H. Wittbeck, of
Chicago, in the H. Whittbeck COM
pany, one of the, largest lumber COM
panies on the Menominee The con-
sideration was $250,000.
The officers of the steamship Edith.
which has arrived at Seattle from San
Francisco, report having seen, 80
miles north of Cape Mendocino, a life
raft from the ill-fated Walla Walla.
There was no one on the raft.
A story was current that District
Attorney Jerome had threatened
Mayor Low and Police Commissioner
Partridge with possible indictment
for neglect Of duty if they failed to
enforce the New York excise law.
Senator Cullom is making efforts to
secure early action on the reciprocity
treaties which have been referred to a
subcommittee of three constitutional
lawyers to determine the power of
the state concerning such treaties.
In an address before the Tri-State
Association of Grain and Cattle
Growers at Fargo, N. D., President
J. J. Hill, of the Great. Northern rail
way, defended the railroad con-
solidation in which his road figured.
At Dubuque Archbishop Keane has
created a commotion among liquor
dealers because of his determined and
strenuous opposition to the sale of in
toxicating liquors. 1t is said he will
take hand in the coming city cleo
ton
1t is unofficially said that M.
Lampre, agent of the Panama COM
pany, has let the president know that
the French ditch, as it now stands,
with first-class title, can be pur-
chased at a figure between $25,O0O,OO0
and $30,00O,O0O.
The Union League club of New
York last night elected Cornelius n
Bliss president, and reelected George
S. Terry vice-president. President