Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-26

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Railroad accidents in the United
: States killed 845 persons and injured
! 1852 during the three months end
ing Sept. 80, according TO interstate
commerce statistics.
At Riverhead, L. l., Louis A. Dis
brow was acquitted on the charge of
! killing Clarence Foster and "DOllie"
! Lawrence at Good Ground on the
night Of June 9 last.
Superintendent Petersen, testifying
! before the Coal Strike Commission in
Philadelphia, said he did not think
the miners union restricted the total
/ output of the mines.
I The San Jacinto Oil company OF
Dallas, Tex, operating in the Beau
mont field was placed in receivers
hand; one we'll had failed and two
! others nearly ceased flowing.
| Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of
New York and former democratic con-
gresham, died, aged 81 years; he was
a son-in-law of Peter Cooper ana
pioneer iron manufa cturer.
At a meeting of the committee rep
resenting the Lake Carriers associa-
ton in Cleveland, o., the plan adopt
ed several weeks ago to reorganize
and incorporate was approved.
Pneumonia is responsible for one
eighth of all deaths in Chicago since
1900 consumption exceeded by one
| third; bottled grape juice is found to
kill typhoid germs in the water.
Colorado republicans unseated five
| democratic members Of the legisla-
ture, who refused to leave and pro-
! ceeded to organize the house; the
capitol is practically under siege.
| The silverware factory of G. Rogers
& Brothers at Meriden, Conn, has
been closed by orders issued from the
offices of the international Silver Com
pany. The order throws $50 hands out
! of work.
| The United MineWOrkeIs Of America
| opened their annual convention at In
dianapolis 1900 delegates from
twenty-four states attend; Is or 20 per
! cent. wage increase will be asked by
soft coal miners,
Alfred A Hewlett, ex-president of
the Syracuse IN. W bank, invited 1875
widows to the celebration of his
eighty-second birthday on Feb II;
Mattresses and a woman orchestra
were engaged and no men.
Mr.. Henry Walters of Baltimore and
J. P. Morgan testified before the Inter
state Commerce Commissioner in New
York in regard to the merging Of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad and
the Atlantic Coats Line.
The diplomatic bill was passed by
the house after Mr. Slayden (Tex.)
! had declared United States consuls a
: disgrace, and that one representative
! in Texas pawned an American flag for
40 cents to set drink money.
The senate foreign affairs commit
tee agreed to guarantee against any
further reduction in Cuban sugar
duties below 20 per cent. and also cut
40 per cent. the duty On American
cattle exported to the island.
Merchandise exports from the Unit
ca States for 1902 decreased $1O4,679,-
500 from 1901; breadstuffs, $80,544
643; provisions, $36742,827; imports
broke all records. with $&8,86Q, O99 il
crease; balance already turned.
A wireless telegraph message from
President Roosevelt to King Edward
was transmitted 1900 miles by Mar
con: from the Wellfeet (Mass) sta
ton to Cornwall, England; the previ-
Gus record was broken by 800 miles.
/ South Dakota divorces granted to
non-residents are declared invalid by
the supreme court; six months resi-
+ Gance is not legal domicile; federal
government has no general control
under the constitution CT divorce or
marriage.
Clarence s. DarTOW's candidacy for
mayer Of Chicago On the labor ticket
against Harrison is certain; in Fede-
ration OF Labor reform" officials are
planning public reception for him on
his return from the coal strike hear
ing.
The Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones in a
) sermon criticised "Bedouins OF the
i boulevard" who move their household
goods every May /; the breaking OF
home associations he declared partly
responsible for aimless and restless
children.
The high interest rate threatens to
continue because Of Secretary Shaw's
notice that banks must replace $780,
| sos, 500 state and municipal bonds held
| By treasury with government bonds
before Aug. 1; deposits probably will
| be reduced instead.
D. E. George, an old man, reporter
/ to be wealthy, committed suicide at
Enid, Okla, ty taking poison. He
owned land in Indian Territory and
Oklahoma, and at Dallas, Tex Be
fore his death re declared that he was
| John Wilkes Booth.
Edgar E. Hastings has been ap-
pointed trustee of the department
store of the w. r. Bennett Company
at Omaha, Neb. Hastings was made
+o,,oDO1ory, rocnivar of thn cOmnaOV