Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-09

developed that his accounts at the
tank are short.
AT san Francisco Joseph B. Fritz
shot and killed NJ. J. Morrison.
seriously wounded Miss Lou Yarnen
and then committed suicide. He ac-
cused Morrison and Miss Yarnell CT
cCnspiring TO swindle him. Miss
GarleI viii recover.
AT Chicago three firemen were in
jured. panics were caused in three
hotels. one of them the Auditorium
Annex, and a property loss incurred
0f 100000 i'm a fire which destroyed
the siX-sJory brick building at 350-352
Wabash avenue.
Ali Fort Wayne Und.) officials but
two are under investigation by the
grand jury and nearly 100 persons
are caught in the reform wave"
There have been fourteen new ar
rests and thirty others are being
sought by deputies
A land swindle in which a number
of Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska in
vestOIs have been caught, has, it is
stated, been discovered at Sumpter.
Cal. The victims were shown fine
timber claims and then given num-
bers that did not describe the land.
James McEvey. of Bliss, n. y,
died of typhoid fever in Cornell i'll
Urinary. Paul G.. Wanke. a graduate
student in Cornell, died in New York
from typhoid fever, contracted in
Ithaca. Nineteen students have now
died during the present epidemic.
Albert Knapp. the Hamilton, o.,
murderer, was visited in Jail by
Herman Littleman. father of one of
his victims. Littleman was unable to
identify him, while Knapp expressed
his remOrse. The family declares him
insane. His murders number four to
six.
Benjamin L. Goodwin, aged 40. re-
rorted 10 be worth 100000. one of
the richest farmers in central Ken
lucky. walked into a saloon at
Lexington. put a revolver to his
cheek and fired. killing himself.
Both he and his wife were of promi-
nent families.
Samuel Knott. vice president of the
knott-Nan Arnum Manufacturing CON-
pany of Fort Wayne, Ind. was killed
by a fast express train on the Penn
sylvania railroad while on his way to
his Office at the factory. He was IS
years old. married and lately came
'frOm Coldwater. Mich.
Annie B. Wood and the heirs of
Silas Armstrong, an Indian. were
awarded the ownership by a Kansas
City jury of Sl,OOO.OO0 worth of bot
tom land occupied by the Armour &
Fowler Packing company. The
Hannibal and St. Joseph and Rock
Island railroads are losers.
Some criticism has been made of
the part of the new national guard
law which provides for the selection
OF officers of a reserve, as no such
force is provided for. Partisans of
the measure claim this is merely 70
provide competent officers for any
extra force that might be called out.
William Rudolph. alias Missouri
Kid, and George Collins. alias BLACK
Frank" were arrested at Hartford
Comm for the murder of C.. J..
Schumacher, PinkertOn manager at
s.. Louis. while he was trying to al
rest them on Jan. "a for the Union
iAlO.) bank robbery.
Disappointment is expressed by
northwestern members in the failure
CT congress to incorporate in the post
C-Gce appropriation ILL the measure
10y Senator Nelson extending the free
delivery privilege. The bill provided
that free delivery should be given to
cities having population of 5000, or
postal receipts aggregating $4,000.
The police have arrested Garfield
Snyder, a Denver young man on
suspicion of having operated as the
lone highwayman" who has held up
and robbed a number of saloons in
that city recently. During one of
these hOld-ups Officer John Richie.
who attempted 10 capture the much
feared robber. was shot and dan.
seriously wounded.
. Hess Tacmoa. fireman on a through
] freight on the Big Four, was knocked
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Big Four bridge over Little Eagle
creek. near Indianapolis. fell into the
water and was drowned. The engineer
III not notice the disappearance of
! his fireman until his engine began to
I fail in steam. He backed to the
creek. where the body was found.
George F. KOrehl, president Of the
First National hank and a director Of
the Monmouth trust company, who
are now I'm the hands of receivers,
was arrested at Asbury Park, n. J.,
and released under $4,000 bail. He is
charged with having, with other per
sons. made a false statement of the
CONDITION of the Monmouth trust COM
pany at the close of business the last
day of last year.
FOREIGN.
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