Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-21

rived at San Francisco, accompanied
by his secretary, Monsignore Fowler.
The new prelate will leave for his
see tomorrow.
A verdict of S7943 was returned
against Alfred r. Goslin and Robert
A. Ammon OF Miller syndicate notori-
ETY.. The trial of another suit in
sututed by Finley Darrell & Co., of
Chicago TO recover S11,S99 was begun.
Robert A. Ammon, Miller's counsel,
was disbarred.
Max Kronfeld, the New York in
surance adjusrer who made a SEN
sational confession of dishonest
methods employed by public insurance
adjusters, was sentenced TO three
years in states prison for the
presentation of a false claim to an
insurance company.
Mr.. Wanger of Pennsylvania intro
duced a bill providing that no sup
plies for the postoffice department
shall be purchased without due ascer-
tainment that the price demanded is
not in excess OF the prevailing price
same or lesser quantities.
Julia Walker, years DID, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. James Walker of
Eenosna, saved her 7-year-old brother
from drowning in Selleck lake by
throwing her scarf to him and drag
ging him to the edge of the broken
ice. She will be given a medal by
people of the Wisconsin town.
Katherine Parks, Jessie Mcclellan,
Gertrude Mcclellan, Ida Deckard and
Floyd Decker were arrested at Sui
Ivan, Ind, for participating in duck
ing Miss Sinclair, their teacher, in a
pond. They gave bond and will be
tried in January. Miss Sinclair is
confined 10 her bed with pneumonia.
Alfred Mosely, who headed the Eng
lish commission that came to the
United States to study the American
educational system, sailed for Eng
land on the steamship st. Louis from
New York. Mr.. Mosely said the COM
mission had learned a great deal in
this country, but would not speak
further.
Baron Van Sternburg, German am
bassadQr, called on President Roose.
welt formally to announce his return
from Germany. He presented per-
sonal communication of good will and
The expression of the German en-
peror is brief and cordial Its text
was not made public.
Miss Rose Leo of Cross Village,
Mich, was found dead from exposure
near the home of her parents. Miss
Leo stepped out of her home after
supper. Her body was found in the
morning in a snowdrift. Ii is thought
she was drugged or knocked in
sensible by one of the woodsmen. who
are numerous in that vicinity.
A second indictment for murder
was returned by the grand jury at
Upton, Ind. against Jesse Mcclure
for the murder CT his son, Dee Nc.
Clure Mcclure was sent to the peni-
Tertiary for life for the murder OF
Dee's little brother, and the second
indictment was returned TO secure
further punishment if he should ever
be pardored for the first crime.
Rev. Father Giuseppe Caringione,
the Williamsbridge. n. Y, priest who
declared several weeks ago that ne
was kidnapped by members of a Malta
band and who was found several days
after his disappearance wandering
about in a park. was a passenger on
the steamship Rome. which sailed
frcm New York for Naples and Mar.
settles.
President Roosevelt was presented
with a certificate of associate member
ship in the Travellers Protective as
sociation. F. w. Crandall of ST.
Louis. chairman of the national rail-
way committee of the order, in pre-
senting the certificate informed the
president that the association com
prised $4,000 commercial travellers.
manufacturers and jobbers. represent
ing every shade OF political belief.
New York doctors are much in
terested in the case of a baby girl
six weeks old. which has been asleep
for two weeks. The child apparently
is perfectly healthy, takes food
naturally and continues to develop,
but has not opened its eyes or made
a sound in a fortnight. The coma
followed a high fever, which was
broken by the doctors and has not
reappeared
The firm of Machim & Brown,
Philadelphia builders. made an as
signment. The liabilities are given at
1911 900, and the assets at more than
Sl,000,000. Symathetic strikes and
the inability to dispose of preferred
stocks and bonds of apartment-houses
which the firm obtained in part pay
ment fer the erection of the struc-
lures, are given as the cause of as
signment.
Mrs Pauline Hopkins, who was shot
at Quincy, H., is dead of the wound
John Peasants, a negro, is in the
county JAIL charged with the killing.
Peasants has waived examination on