Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-10
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At conference of officials of the
Rock Island railroad and the grievance
committee of trainmen and conductors,
an agreement was practically reached
by which all grievances with the men
will be settled.
At Bluffton. Ind, the Empire Ameri-
can Nitro Glycerine works were en-
tirely destroyed by an explosion. Will
lam Howard, Edward Radavaugh, Will
lam Sicily employees, were blown TO
pieces, and it is thought another man
was killed.
At Pekin six scholars, whose essays
at the recent examinations proposed
reforms in the administration of Chi
ma, were denounced by the censors.
The three fed from Pekin, through
fear of arrest and execution. 1t is sup
posed they have gone to Japan.
A Berlin, despatch says 200 hundred
persons were drowned in the disastr-
Gus floods when occur ii at Che Foo,
China, July q. Bridges within the
city and many houses with their Occu-
pants were swept away
rents. Two thousand inhabitants were
left without means or subsistence.
Simon Booker and wife, who resided
in a small cabin on a mountain in
Franklin county, KY, were murdered
and the torch applied to their home
The tragedy is attributed to the raiding
of the Wild Cat distilleTy near their
place. Booker and his wife were &C
cused by the Wildcatters of betray-
ing them to the revenue officers.
At London. Whitaker Wright, pro-
motor and director of the London and
Globe corporation, limited, was ar
raigned and remanded. He was after
wards released on bail of S250,0OO.
The Chicago weather bureau has is
sued a special warning against
severe squalls on Lakes Michigan and
Huron.
At Asotin, Was. despite the efforts
of the little victims father and sheriff
Richards of Asotin county who had
sworn in % deputies to guard the
brute William Hamilton, well to do
farmer, self confessed Outrager and
brutal murderer of Mabel Richards
aged IL. Hamilton was fOrcibly taken
from the Jail and lynched by a mob
of over 900 men. AS the leaders
emerged from the Jail with the terror
stricken prisoner the mob took up the
cry and he was beaten, kicked and
dragged to a point three blocks away
where he was hanged to the guy wire
of a telephone pole. The officers Is
fused to deliver the keys but were so
outnumbered by the mob that they
made no resistance with firearms
After the hanging the mob dispersed.
At Urbana, Ohio, William Jennings
BRYAN was present at the democratic
convention of Champaign county,
which nominated delegates to the
state convention at Columbus. The
convention endorsed John l.. thinner
man of Springfield for the nomination
for governor. adopted resolutions en-
dorsing both the ChicaNo and Kansas
CITY platforms and expressed con-
Innued confidence in Bryan. MI.
BRYAN in a speech congratulated the
IcCnvention on its harmony and denied
he was a disturber as charged by
some who disturbed the party Tor
wears. He said the trouble with the
democratic party began in '92 when
n "bunko steeTer" led the party into
the net of Wall street just as con-
thdence men work individuals. He in
sisted the same "bunkO steering
could not be repeated and that those
who had not been loyal could not re-
sumo leadership until after they be-
Icame at least repentant. The money
0uestiOn. he said, was not paramount
today. but plutOcracy was seeking to
control the party for all its purposes.
Advices have been received from Bo-
gotta To the effect that opponents or
the canal treaty are fearing to allow
the treaty to come to definite vote
in the two houses. and not wishing to
assume direct responsibility for its re-
lection. have decided to filibuster un-
til il is too late for the notifications to
{ be exchanged. which must be by Sep
TENDER /. Officials at Washington are
confidently expecting a request from
President Marroquin to have the time
limit for the exchange extended.