Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-22

landed IN New YORK pennlless.
/ The mercury went down to A de-
| grees al Louisville. KY, and frost re-
ported there and in Wisconsin. Early
vegetables and fruit were killed.
The defense in the trial of Curtis
Jet and Tom White opened at Jack
son, Ky. Both testified that they were
not in the courthouse till Marcum was
KILLED.
Omcial reports show crops in all sec
tiOns of the province of Manitoba
sown under most favorable conditions
and the outlook for a large crop must
promising.
The Atlanta cotton mills have closed
down because of the high price of
cotton and its scarcity. Three hun
dred operatives are thrown out of en-
ployment.
The $4,000 personal injury suit of
Hamilton Pence against the Chicago
Great Western road was settled by the
attorneys of the plaintiff agreeing to
accept ST., 10000.
The notorious Five Points of New
York fast is disappearing. Hovels are
being torn down and the space cleared
for a park TO connect Paradise park
and Mulberry Bend.
Northwestern Sangerbund of Amer
lea opened its twentieth triennial san
gerfest at Baltimore, with 5000 sing
ers present and 5000 auditors. Presi-
dent Roosevelt attended.
Andrew Carnegie has purchased
from Baron de Bayet Of Brussels, Bel
GUM. his collection of European fos-
sis and will present it to the Carnegie
museum of Pittsburg.
Ewen's hotel at Jackson, KY, where
the witnesses against Curtis Jet and
Tom White were staying. was de-
stroyed by a supposed incendiary fire
but the occupants all escaped.
Aid for the flood sufferers is asked
by a Kansas City (Kas) committee.
The homes of 1000 persons were de-
stroyed and the household goods and
clothing washed away.
President James in an address to
Northwestern University seniors de-
clared that only five or six graduates
out Of hundreds he had known regret
ted having gone to college.
A Kansas feud is sure to result from
the Berry murders. Chauncey Dewey
will be killed If he returns. Ranch
telephone wires are cut daily, fences
destroyed, and cattle shot.
Frank Hoover of Dunkirk, o., COM
mitted suicide at indianapolis before
his brother and friends could reach
him by special train, which they hired
on learning of his threat
District-Attorney Jerome of New
York is investigating a charge that
s11. 900 was paid 10 five delegates Of
the United board of building trades to
sell out a union and stop strike.
The prize offered by the graduating
class Of Vassar for the first member
who gets married. goes this year to
Miss Marion Davidson Of Boston. Miss
Davidson was married at her home
Tuesday
Liquor ana dancing at church en-
Z
McClcskey of the Louisville (KyD
Roman Catholic diocese. The modern
dance is declared "shockingly in
decent"
Roland 3. Gelatt, proprietor of the
La Crosse Daily Press, has purchased
of William r. Finch the Republican
l and Leader and will consolidate the
two under the name of Press and
Leader.
twenty-five members of batteries A
and B. Light artillery of Louisville,
went 10 Maysville, Ky, 10 preserve
order at the trial of the three negroes
I for assault on John B. Farrow, a prom
inent citizen.
One hundred and fifty determined
/ farmers. armed with guns. pistols and
axes, Iaided seven toll gates in Dear
born county. Ind, cutting away the
poles and nearly demOlishing three Of
the toll houses.
The death of many babies is
charged by Dr.. c. A. Lindsey of the
Connecticut health board to the
} mothers refusal to nurse them. No
natural substitute was ever found dur
/ ing the child's first year.
At Baltimore the preliminary hear
ing of f. Ellsworth Upton and Thomas
". McGresor, charged with completely
IN the postCfice department frauds,
took place yesterday. They were held
TO the grand jury.
The May merchandise exports were
/ S1OO. sos. O51, breaking the low records
| since 1889. The decrease from April
was S9,30O,0OO, from March, $4,000
600. Imports were S7S,935,143, break-
| ing all May records.
! Colonel Russell b. Harrison, as
trustee for his children. has won the
suit against Mrs. Benjamin Harrison,
widow of ex-President Harrison, and
the Union Trust company, as eXecu-
: tor under the will.
/ At Salt Lake, Perry S. Heath, for
merry first assistant postmaster gen.