Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-09-07


the best known citizens of southern
Illinois, dropped dead at his home in
Carbonate, aged 81 years. He was
for several years mayor of Carbon
dale.
David L. Murdoch died at Kansas
City, aged 81 years. He was born in
Illinois and served as district judge Of
San Diego county, Cal. He leaves two
brothers, DR.. z. p. Murdoch of Chi
cago and J. T. Murdoch of Sreator,
Ill
Rev. James NJ. Hagan, pastor of st.
Francis Xavier's Catholic church, La
Grange, H., died. Father Hagan was
born Nov. u, 1853, in Missouri and
received his education at Georgetown
college, Washington, and at the Uni
versity of Innsbruck, TyTol, Austria.
John P Runkle, a wealthy farmer
and prominent democratic politician,
died at his home in Wheatland. Wis,
as a result of weakness caused by ad-
vanced age. He was born Oct. Z, 1927,
and went to KenOsha with his parents
in 1910 and settled in Wheatland,
where he had lived ever since.
Rev. J. S J. Mcconnell, d. D.. re-
cording secretary of the board OF
church extension of the Methodist
Episcopal church, died at Philadelphia.
Dr.. Mcconnell was until recently sec
rotary for the Philadelphia confer
ence of the twentieth century fund, in
which capacity he was instrumental IN
raising S1,71O,oOO. He was ga years
old.
Miss Sarah F. Gardner. the mission
airy. who returned a month ago from
India, where she represented the
Woman's Union Missionary society for
twenty-fOur years, is dead in the
Catskills, where she had gone to recu-
perate. Miss Gardner took a leading
part in the missionary work and
headed the great Hoyt Memorial hos
pital for the women of India.
DR.. Philip WOOIf, formerly editor OF
the Boston Satugday Evening Gazette
and also connected with the Boston
Leader, but a resident of New YORK
city for the past two years, died of
apOplexy, aged 50 years. He was the
author of several novels. including
Who Is GuiIty2, Trail of the Serpent.
Satan's Mirror. Three Women and a
Dead Man and Goldenrod and Aster.
Lester l. burlington, superintendent
OF schools at Peabody, Mass. died
after a long illness. He was born in
Burke, Vt. March "a, 1888 He was
principal of Goddard seminary. IN
Barre, VT, from 1866 to 1873. head
master of the high school department
of the Illinois state normal school In
Bloomington, H.. from 1874 to 1879
and principal of Dean academy. at
Franklin, Mass. from 1879 to 1896.
John Carlisle, one of the most prom
irent and formerly one of the wealth
TEST men in Cincinnati. died, aged 81
years He constructed part OF the
Ohio and Mississippi railway. was for
merly vice president of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railway and
trustee of the Southern railway. He
built the ChatterOi railway from Ash
land 10 Richardson, KY, to develop his.
coal lands and was largely interested.
in buildings and business in Cincin-
natl.
General Giovaninelli is dead in
Sedan after an illness lasting two.
days. The general distinguished him
self during the French campaign in.
Mexico in 1863 as a lieutenant. He
went through the entire siege of Metz
in 1870, commanded a regiment In
TOnkin in 1884 and was promoted a
general before the end OF The. cam
paign. He later served with 6istlnc.
ton in Tunis, Algeria and Madagascar.
He was born at Rostino, Corsica, in
1887.
DIR. George B. Russell, one of the old
est and best known physicians of
Michigan, died at his home at Detroit,
aged 81 years. He was born in Rus
sellville, Chester county, Pa, and did
fearless work during the cholera cpl
demic at Philadelphia in 1886 and in
the outbreaks which ragged in Detroit
in 1S44-45. DR.. Russell was the father
of Henry Russell, general counsel for
the Michigan Central railroad, and
George H. Russell. president of the
State Savings bank of Detroit.
The remains of Rev. Jacob Ray
mOnd, one of the pioneer ministers of
Iowa, have been brought back from
Nova Scotia for interment at Geneva.
in Franklin county. Iowa Mr.. Ray
mond, who was born in Wheeling, W.
Va, in 1926. began his pastoral work
in central Iowa in 1866 preaching on
what was then known as a circuit. He
continued his ministerial work at
various points over the state until
1894, when he retired after twenty
eight years in the service. His wife
died last spring at Ida Grove, Iowa.
Seven of eight children survive.
General Don Carlos Hasselteno.
distinguished scholar and linguist. died
at his home in Denver. He was horn