Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-31


Jose Andrade, once president OF
Venezuela, and for six years Vene-
zuelan minister at Washington, is
dead at his home in New York.
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Va, will receive 100000
under the will of Mrs. Susan P. Lees
of New York, who, died recently.
A Minneapolis judge dissolved the
Tontine Savings association and
named a receiver for the concern.
The directors took all the profits.
George Johnson of Newcastle, Pa,
found in Boston his two long lost
children, who were taken away from
home by their demented mother.
A special train on the Pennsylvania
road carried President Cassatt from
Philadelphia to Jersey City in 80 min
utes. The distance is 80 miles
Henry Watterson, in speech be-
fore the Virginia democratic club at
Washington, declared President
Roosevelt seeks to become dictator.
The Tif1n, Ohio, wooden mills is in
the hands of a receiver 1t owes
100000 and Mrs. w. H. Laird of
Winona Mimi, is $4,000 creditor
Fitzsimmons accepted the offer OF
the Los Angeles club for his fight
with Jeffries, but imposed new con-
ditions which the club will not grant,
Thousands of Porto Ricans have
contributed to the Mckinley National
Memorial Gov. William H. Hunt
says that $1,492.42 has been raised
in the island.
The New York assembly rules com
mittee favorably reported bill appro-
priating 100000 for New York state
representation at the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition.
L. H. Severance, of Cleveland, has
given $4,000 additional to Wooster
university, adding this amount to $780,
600 given few weeks ago for a chem
zeal laboratory.
The Chinese exclusion law will ex-
pire by limitation May Is. 1t is
feared that congress will not be able
to enact a new measure in time to
keep Mongols out.
Four negroes were killed and one
probably fatally beaten by white men
at Madrid Bend, KY. The victims
were accused of stealing chickens. A
race war is threatened
Henry Nye shot and killed his
wife at their home at Stephentown
Rensselaer, county, N. Y, probably on
account of jealousy They had been
married but six months.
John Woodward, the negro murderer
of Leonard Calvitt, a white planter,
at Union Point, Concordia parish, La,
was lynched within 300 yards of the
parish prison in Vidalia, La
An elevator man in the Aston house,
New York, confessed to starting nine
fires in the hotel SO he could put
them out. He is believed to be re
sponsible for other fires.
Another investigation of alleged
violations of the interstate commerce
act at Chicago roads is to be held in
Chicago April /. Judge KOhlsaat en-
joined six roads from cutting rates
At Quincy, H., General Elisha B.
Hamilton, a prominent attorney and
politician and a leader in Grand
Army circles. died while presenting
an argument before the circuit court
James R. Armstrong & Co.'S whole
sale millinery store, the Jacobs Musi-
cal Instrument house and the Soliday
e Hite furniture store, at Fort Wayne,
Ind, were destroyed Loss. 100000.
The United Mine-Workers' conven-
ton at Shamokin, Pa, adjourned after
issuing an ultimatum to the operators
The Anthracite miners will strike if
the civic federatioJ attempt at media
ton fails.
At New Orleans George Van Sittart,
British consul, declares his life and
property in danger from the beers and
boer sympathizers and appeals to the
mayor and chief of police for police
protection.
At Grand Rapids, Mich. William
Klump was arrested and held in
custody on suspicion of completely in
the murder of his wife and was re-
leased, no case having been made
against him.
A permanent State Good Roads as
ISOLATION was organized in Richmond,
Va, with H w. Anderson of that city
as president. Senator Daniel made an
earnest speech in favor of the move
ment for good roads.
Nathan Stubblefield of Kentucky
gave demonstration of a new wire
less telegraph system invented by
him. Tests were made in the presence
of a number of New York men and
proved satisfactory.
AT Sioux City, the formation of
huge ice gorge in the Missouri river
imperils thousands of dollars worth
of property. The river ceased run
ming SO suddenly that a ferry-boat
was stranded in midstream.
An interesting phase of the demand
for iron and steel is the arrival at
Philadelphia of the first cargo of
consignment of 10000 tons of Cleve-
land (England) pig iron, bought by
the Pittsburg manufacturers