Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-07-13

DOMESTIC.
A receiver for the United States
ShIp-Building company vas named.
The National Educational assccia-
tons convention opened at Boston.
Secretary Hitchcock left Wash
ington for his summer home H. New
Hampshire.
Frank Shubert. aged 40 years. os
Chicago fell from a train az Chester
ton. Ind. and was killed.
Valentine WoIIak. accused Of the
murder OF his employer il Prussia.
was arrested IN New York.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay Is believed to
be insane and friends think OF forcibly
removing him from his home
Ten persons were killed by a
tornado which swept Heron lake.
MINI. and the surrounding country.
R0berty Shakey. aged 70 years. was
drowned in Clear lake. Iowa. He was
swimming a horse and was thrown.
As a result OF a fight between
factions In a church at Mount Pleas
and. Ind. the organ was smashed with
an AK.
q Brun, the Dutch minister 10 the
United States. and c. Hauge. the
Swedish minister. went to Bar Harbor
for the summer.
Jessie Perkins, aged 50 years, was
killed and his son. aged 20 years.
fatally hurt by a premature shot in a
mine at Brazil, Ind.
While attempting To light a gasoline
stove Miss Lena Monroe. aged %
years. OF Oshkosh. suffered burns
which will prove fatal
Twenty bodies were recovered from
he Oakford. Pa. dam wreckage.
Many persons are missing. The
property loss is S1.5OO.OOO
The president went horseback
riding an' played tennis His guests
were Senator Long. Gov. Hunt and
eN-POstmaster-General Bissel
Seven white men were killed by
militia and twenty wounded ar Evans
vile. Ind. during a riot which fol-
lowed the lyuchiEg OF a negro.
Nr. and Mrs. Adolp Ochs and
daughters sailed for Hamburg. Nr.
orhs is proprietor Of the New York
Times AMI other newspapers.
Count Cassini. the Russian ambas-
eaiDr. and his daughter. Countess
Cassini. left washington and sailed
from New York for s.. Petersburg.
Postmaster General Payne left
Washington for the Catskills TO stay
az the home ~ his friend. Roswell
Miller. az wildwood. Duchess county.
The smelling plant of the Silver
City Reduction Works company. near
silver City. y. NJ. has been destroyed
Ere. loss. 100000; insurance,
s. 900.
j riends Of Congressman Littauer
are trying TO have the investigation
~ his connection with the army
glove contract dropped by the war de-
partment.
Admiral Dewey has resigned as
president of the Thomas Jefferson
Memorial association and Lieutenant
General Miles has been elected to
succeed him.
Z Warden Hawk Of the federal prison
at Atlanta. Ga. was discharged. being
accused Cf tamperirg with Congress
man Livingston's mail and incom-
potency.
L0tta N. Crabtree. the actress. has
sold her realty in San Francisco and
left for the east. She realized $4,000
for a piece OF property which cost her
$4,000 in 1869.
New York BARRIERS In the financial
district below COrtIandJ street agreed
tn bar Is cent shaves and % cent
haircuts hereafter. The latter is
listed at 50 cents. with 40 cents extra
for a shampoo.
Mrs. Martha Hunter. aged 81 years,
fen from a secOnd-story window at
Joliet. III. and was instantly killed.
She was a pioneer resident az Illinois
and lived at Quincy since 1915.
Judge Morris Of Toledo sentenced
BENJAMIN F. lands to life imprisOn-
ment in the Ohio penitentiary without
hope OF pardon. lands was convicted
Of the murder 81 KathTiue Sullivan.
Judge William A. Vincent pur-
chased the AuIrman-Miller Harvesting
Machine plant ar Akron, Ohio. for
100000 and It will be operated in
denendentiy OF the trust
The Pacific squadron. commanded