Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-24
Late News Epitomized

The Italian ambassador at London
received a dispatch from Rome. an
nOuncing that the Italian squadron
had been ordered to Macedonian
waters to watch events" No expla-
nation is given of the reasons under
/ lying the orders and the embassy Of
fcials are unable to say whether it
was the result of Russia's sending a
squadron to Turkish waters.
At San Francisco James d. Walker
was reelected commander of the ma
tional association OF union exprisOners
of war John S. Ferguson, KeOkuk
Iowa, was elected chaplain. Berdan's
sharpshOoters elected officers headed
by S. c. James, Centerville, Iowa, as
president.
Governor Pennapacker of Pennsylva-
mia refused to honor the requisitiOn of
Governor Yates of Illinois for the re-
turn to Bloomington of Sidney Smith,
the Pittsburg newspaper writer artist.
to answer the charge of abducting his
own child, for the reason that there is
no indictment against Smith.
At Cleveland the name of the al
legged murderer and victim in the
double tragedy was learned. The man
is William Leutbecher who shot Miss
Faehnrich, while they were out for a
walk and then killed himself. The
cause given for the tragedy is the Op-
position of the Faehnrich family to
Leutbecher's attention to Martha, he
having been told to cease attentions
recently and give up any hope h(
might have of marrying her. Miss
Faehnrich was clerk in her brothers
grocery and it is supposed Leutbecher
called upon her and induced her to go
for a walk. While in a lonely locality,
not a great distance from the girls
home, the tragedy that put an end to
the 10 lives was enacted.
The Russian demands on Turkey,
growing out of the recent murder Of
Russian Consul RCstkOvski, were for
mally presented at the Yildiz palace.
Notwithstanding the warning which
Russia addressed to the Bulgarian gov
eminent it is generally believed that
the Russian naval demonstration in
Turkish waters will dangerously en-
courage the Macedonians, who will
interpret Russia's action as being the
first step towards Intervention in their
behalf. INSTRUMENTATION of Turkish
troops is regarded as being one of the
greatest dangers in the present Bal
kan crisis. The lack of discipline
among the soldiers is marked. 1t is
found necessary to humOr them in or
der to prevent conflicts between the
soldiers and officers.
The Detroit police are as far from
the solution of the horrible murder of
little AlphOnse Wilmes as they were
when the mutilated body was found.
Charles Edwards, a suspect, who was
placed under arrest and gives his res
idence as Bangor, Maine, is still de-
tanned by Lieutenant Sadler of the de-
tective department, who said he was
satisfied that Edwards is not guilty OF
the crime. The officers telegTaphed to
Rockford asking for a complete de-
scriptiOn of the killing of a newsbOy
in that city several weeks ago which
crime bears so much resemblance to
the Detroit crime. The entire river
front in the vicinity of the lot where
the body was found has been searched
without finding the slightest trace of
blood and no one can be found in the
neighbOrhOOd who saw the murdered
lad during the evening. The move
meEts of AlphOnse after he left his
little sister near their home Monday
afternoon is still a mystery. The en-
tire detective department is working
on the case.