Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-17


! Marshall.
Forged paper to the extent Of
$3.50 900 was sold by Cashier Gould
of the defunct Platte Valley bank Of
Belwood, Nab.
Count de Lucenay Of Calcutta, India,
who was held for the grand jury at Ell
Paso. Texas. made three attempts to
kill himself.
Senator Hanna took the Arlington
hotel for a night and gave the
largest private reception in Washing
tons history.
The terms of the protocol with
Columbia concerning the canal right
of way are considered favorable to the
United States.
A charter was granted at Charles
ton, w Va, for a railroad from Buck
harmon, Upshur county, to Fairmont,
Marion county.
Senators Cullom and Mason agreed
to recommend B. F. Lawson of Eff
fingham, ILL.,, for fourth assistant post
master general.
Fire destroyed the Vendome hotel,
a three story building, at Minneapolis
Many guests had narrow escapes, The
loss is $75, 1000.
Manufacturers and other testified in
favor of adopting the metric system
before the house committee on weights
and measures.
Charles Tyler of Baltimore has
sold his foundry and machine works in
Fredericksburg to John T. Dale of
Chicago for $1,000.
1t is said the ways and means com
mittee will report on Cuban re-
ciprocity after the war revenue reduc-
ton bill is disposed of.
DR.. Octavius Smith, Cuban com
missioner, has had his son arrested,
suspecting he intended to elope with a
Warrington school girl
The house labor committee ap-
proved the bill prohibiting the Marine
band from competing with civilian or
CARNATIONS or individuals.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri missed
dinner with the president at the
residence of Secretary Hitchcock be-
cause he forgot all about it.
1t is said that Gen. Charles P.
Eagan former commissary-gener
has been challenged by Col. w. P. Har-
low Of Nogales, California.
Thomas Byrne, owner of the Uni
versity flats, Chicago, which was
destroyed by fire, gave each of the
AZ families burned out 500.
The murder of Carrie Larson in Chi
cago has given added impulse to the
movement for home where girls can
stop while seeking positions.
The comptroller of the treasury de-
cided that refund of duty on goods i'm
ported from Porto Rico shall be made
only when protests are filed.
Senators cannot agree on law rela-
tive to punishment of anarchists
Uncle Dam Harness, the owner Of
Imp, died near Chillicothe, o.
Policeman B. S. Clue, respondent
over charges preferred against him
and fearing to face trial, killed him
self by shooting, in New York.
The Chicago Telephone company
may be compelled to refund $4,000
900 illegally exacted from sub
scribers during the last ten years.
Kaiser Wilhelm's decree that Prince
Henry shall speak English in America
disarranged the plans of the Chicago
German societies in welcoming him.
Andrew Eighmey, %, formerly a
resident of New York city, commit,
ted suicide on a farm near Saratoga,
N. Y. 1t is believed he was insane.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and three
other boys at Groton, Mass, school
have pneumonia as result Of going
hatless. The president and Mrs.
The Presbyterian committee on
creed revision issued a statement as
sorting that the church does not
teach that those dying in infancy are
lost.
The draw in the Rutland railroad
and traffic will be delayed for several
weeks. The draw-tender was severely
burned
Scenes from six operas are to be
given at the Metropolitan opera house,
New York, for Prince Henry Tickets
range from S. to $50. Noted stars are
to sing.
Rev. Edward A. Waldo, former
charity worker in Chicago, who dis
appeared five years ago, is located in
San Francisco. He has lost his
memory.
The graduating class at Carlisle
(Pa.) Indian school numbered AZ
Theodore Davis, a farmer of Pitts
Hollow, KY, was attacked by English
sparrows.
Sociable burglars at East Orange,
N. j., chatted with a woman whose
house they were robbing and were re-
buked for dropping candle grease on
the carpet.
Green & Dowling's grain elevator at
Wapella ILL.,, was destroyed and the
business district was almost wiped
cut, together with several dwellings,.
Loss 100000.
DR. DOWie in an address to his con-