Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-17


the numerous receptions made matters
worse.
At Omaha, Federal Judge Munger
handed down a decision granting to
the Chicago Great Western, railway
mandatory injunction against the
Union Pacific, in which the latter is
ordered to grant the Great Western
the use of the Missouri river bridge
and its terminal facilities in Omaha
and South Omaha.
A Bloomington, H., dispatch says
the derailment of the Wabash fast
freight at Red Lick resulted in the
death of Engineer Albert Huckstep of
Chicago, and serious injury to Fireman
Harry Mcdonald and Brakeman
William Cupples, both of Decatur. All
traffic was blocked for ten hours. The
property loss was heavy.
At Washington, the weather bureau
furnished the following to the Asso-
ciated Press: hurricane that ap-
peared east of Barbados, August s IL
approaching Cuba from the Carib-
bean sea and will probably recurve
northward near Florida. Vessel in
terests line been warned that danger
Gus storms in the gulf and south At
lantic and Cuban waters will come
during the next 4S hours"
At Helena, Mont, Judge Hiram
Knowles the federal court has cited
United States commissioner H. j.
Meili of Havre to show cause why his
appointment as United States commits
sioner should not be revoked. The
hearing in the case promises to be
sensational. Meili is justice of the
peace in Havre and it is alleged he
accepted money for the dismissal of a
Cinnamon charged with forgery.
At Paris, the Humbert trail was re.
sumed NJ. Parmentiar, the lawyer
who used to represent the Crawford
brothers in their suits, gave the de-
tails of complicated litigation, main
tanning his belief that the Crawford
brothers actually existed. Madame
Therese frequently interrupted, deny
ing certain of Parmentier's statements.
Little interest was taken in the trial
owing to the tunnel catastrophe.
At indianapolis, Samuel Gompers
left a challenge in the hands of COM
mittee addressed TO ID. NJ. Parry, Of
fering to meet the latter on the. stump
at a labor day celebration and argue
with him the question of unionism.
When told of the challenge Mr.. Parry
said he would await the delivery of
the challenge with a great deal Of in
terest, but had no desire to parade
Gompers as a rival attraction at the
baby show"
Adiutant General Libbey of Min
nesota has received word from the ma
tional guard of Illinois accepting Sep
TENDER q as the date for the inter
state rifle contest for the Washburn
Trophy. Wisconsin and Iowa had pre-
viously accepted the date, and the
shoot will be held at Camp Lakeview,
near Lake City, MINI. The trophy is
now in the possession of the Illinois
guardsmen and has not been contested
for in some years.
w. S. Stone of Eldon, Iowa, has
been elected to fill the unexpired term
as grand chief engineer of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers made
vacant by the deaths of p. NJ. Arthur
and A. B. Youngson. After the cleo
ton the executive committee said no
fear need be felt of any radical changes
in the policy of the brotherhood and
that the new grand chief will carry
out the conservative principles adj
vocated by Mr.. Arthur in every es-
sential.
At Washington the state department
received the following despatch from
Consul Jewel, Fort De France, Mar
Unique: terrific cyclone visited the
entire island at midnight Saturday and
did great damage to crop and fruits.
Many houses m Fort De France were
unroofed. At Trinite seven were
killed and many houses destroyed. The
villages of Tivoli, Fond, Lahaye,
Fourneols and Reculee were de-
stroyed, rendering 5000 thousand SIM
istres of last years catastrope again
homeless"
At Oyster Bay, Attorney General
Knox arrived from New York, where
he has been for two days, in confer
Ience with some leading republicans
and financiers. The announcement
was made that he came to discuss de-
partmental matters with the president.
One of the matters is the Littauer-
Lyon glove contract case, one phase of
which was referred by Secretary Root
to the attorney general with view or
having the department of justice re-
cover, if possible, certain sums of
money paid by the government under
the glove contract.