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

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tornado near Sacramento, Neb., was
located at neighbours house. Mrs.
Pennington and daughter, who was
injured seriously, will recover. The
wind did immense damage to CROP
and small buildings.
The University of North Dakota is
very anxious to have a regular army
man detailed for military instruction
there, and has filed long petition to
that effect, but nothing can be done.
Every officer who is fit for duty is
in the active service, on account Of
the Philippine struggle.
Twelve persons were killed in the
burning of ST. Luke's society sani-
tarium. Chicago street and Wabash
avenue, yesterday afternoon. They
were crazed by drugs and handcuffed
and could not escape. Aldermen w.
E. Kent was among the victims.
The burned building formerly was the
Hotel Woodruff.
The 4-year-old daughter of Gilbert
Holt of Elbow Lake, Mimi, met with
death in strange manner. While
the family was visiting near Long
Lake, she swallowed a whole peanut
Doctors were summoned, but could uU
nothing to dislodge the nut, which
had lodged in one of her lungs and
she soon died.
The impression has gained currency
that the commissioner of internal
revenue has decided upon a strict
construction of the law. From present
indications, he will hold that any ma
terial used in the manufacture of cleo
which imparts to the product the
color of butter must pay the tax of 10
cents a pound.
Miss Bertha Lewis, former
teacher in the public schools of Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, struggled through
a crowd on the docks and was in the
act of springing into the st. Joseph
river when she was prevented by
Policeman Cole who had been de-
talled to watch her owing to her
peculiar actions.
Bids have been opened by Maj
Devol, superintendent of the trans
port service, for the purchase Of
the transport Rosecrans, which was
discarded some months ago by the
government. Six bids were received
the highest being $4,000 from John
Rosenfeld's sons, and the lowest
amounting to only $3.50
Secretary Hay and Mr.. Brunt, the
Danish minister, signed a protocol ex-
tending for twelve months the time
allowed for the exchange of ratifica-
lions of the Danish West Indian
treaty. This allows for the adjourn
ment of the Danish rigstag over the
summer months without final action
on the treaty of cession.
Jacob Simon, a justice of the peace
in Paterson, N. J., has been arrested
for receiving stolen property. Fred
erick Kreyer, silk manufacturer, was
arrested later as an alleged accom-
plice. numerous silk robbers recently
from Paterson mills have puzzled the
police and the arrests are the first
moves to clear up the affair.
The house committee on nava af-
fairs voted to postpone indefinitely
consideration of the bill of the late
Representative Cummings of New
York for thirty more submarine tor
pedO boats. The vote was regarded
as something of test on the general
proposition of increasing the num-
Der of submarine boats.
Frederick Newman of Milwaukee,
was reunited at La Porte, Ind, with
his sister, Mrs. Peter Franz, of whose
Whereabouts he had known nothing
for upward of fifty years. Newman
left Germany when he was IA years
of age. He was later followed by his
sister, but they became separated aid
each mOurned the other as dead
j. E. Prennot, race follower, who
has been staying at the Palmer house
in Chicago for the last four weeks,
was arrested by the police of the Har-
risOn street station because it was
thought he was insane. Prennot's
home is at Winona, Mimi, but he
registered at the Palmer house from
Chicago. He will be taken to the Ie-
tention hospital
Charles Johnson. alias Harvey
Logan, anas Kid Curry, the alleged
Montana train robber, was fined at
Knoxville, Tenn, and sentenced to six
months Imprisonment on two minor
charges, 80 on three major ones
shooting two policemen and bringing
stolen property into the state, con
tinuances were taken to the Septem-
her term of court
The body of boy was found IN
, the river at Yankton S. D., and is
being held for Identification. Two
boys are missing up the river, supposed
to be drowned, either of whom thu,
body may be. One of the MISSING
| boys was son of John Schorir, OF
Tindall. The other was a son of MIR
, Graham, of Chamberlain, who was
drowned while bathing.
In forming the third panel of the
| sheriff's jury to serve during the en-
suing three months, Sheriff O'Brien o.
Oply ri hoe