Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-08-03
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Walter Skensbury was shot and fatally
wounded by Money Allen, a negro,
who was pursued by a crowd OF
citizens and shot to death shortly
afterward.
Chairman Proctor of the civil ser
vice commission, in reply to Charles
Emory Smith, former postmaster gen.
eral, denied that his (Procters)
relatives have been placed in the
classified service.
Charles Hedges, superintendent of
city free delivery in the postoffice de-
partment, was dismissed He was &C
cused of swearing to false statements
in order to secure 81 per diem travel
ing expenses.
Various railroad lines west of the
Mississippi owned by the st. Louis
& San Francisco Railroad company,
became merged under the name of the
Chicago, st. Louis & New Orleans
Railroad company.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish in Newport
tR. - interview announced her in
tention Of quitting that resort because
it is used by persons breaking into
society. A landed estate opposite
West Point is planned
Eseter Johnson, daughter of the
Rev. ]. o. Johnhon of Denver. was ar
rested for burglary and larceny, which
she has confessed. A room was en-.
tered by her and a companion and SOL
cash and a handbook stolen.
A Peoria jury has found Jack Mucla
guilty of the murder of Joe Ciscerone.
The quarrel which resulted in the
shooting of Ciscerone originated when
they were boys and were in Italy.
AIucia's plea was self-defense.
Martin Ebilt was arrested at White
Plains, n. Y, after a body found in
the Mount Vernon sewer was indenti-
fed as that Of his wife. Mrs. Ebilt
was last seen Friday in his company.
She was at outs with her family.
William Martin, foreman of the
Bulbeggar barrel .@ctory at Laurel,
Del, was instantly killed by the ex-
plcsion of the factory boiler. His son
William, aged % years. was so badly
injured that he died an hour later.
At Louisville, KY, the body of Paul
Cain was found floating in the Ohio
river. Gains mother brought suit
one week ago, accusing her son OF
wasting the Cain estate while acting
as administrator. Young Cain was
prominent socially.
New York stocks are az the lowest
point since 1901, with the pressure t.
sell still exceeding demands. The agri-
cultural situation is satisfactory and
the cause apparently lies in the
market, where the prolonged bun
campaign is collapsing.
After killing Ellis Woods an1
fatally wounding Woods sen, Robert
Lee, a preacher at Linnie, Casey
cousty, Ky, said grace at the Jail
table in Liberty shortly after the ar
rest for the shooting. which was done
in the course of a quarrel.
Or. d. f. Salmon, chief of the
bureau of animal industry, is in
Boston consulting with the authorities
there regarding the removal of the re-
str!ctions on wool shipments, which
hare been held up on account of the
recent toCt and mouth epidemic.
It San Francisco, Mrs. Bertha VI.
Dc!bear only daughter OF the late
John Dolbear, will soon be in control
OF her inheritance, estimated at ST.
100000. The executors of the will
have filed their final report in court
and asked fer an order of distribution.
Prominent Baptists of New York
have just completed the purchase Of a
tract OF 1000 acres of land on the
Hudson near West Point, where it is
planned to establish a Baptist summer
resort with educational features some
what similar to those of Chautauqua
For the first time in Illinois history
a cOlored man received the honor OF
an appointment as quartermaster with
the rank of major in the national
guard. On the recommendation of
General Smith, Governor Yates APP
pointed Major Franklin A. Denison, a
cOlored attorney of Chicago, to the
post
Benjamin Reyerman of Cincinnati,
employed as a labcrer by the Mer-
chants Heat and Light company at
Indianapolis, and William r Naming,
pipe foreman for the company, were
asphyxiated by carbolic acid gas in
manhole. The foreman lost his life in
attempting to save the life of his fel-
lew workmen.
William Kolloge, a member of COM
pany Z of Milwaukee, will probably
lose one of his eyes as a result of an
accident at Camp Douglas. Kolloge
was attempting to remove the bayonet
from his new gun and held it with the
point directly toward him. 1t came
off suddenly and the point pierced one
of his eyes.
IL is said that after his retirement
from the army Lieutenant General
Miles will make his permanent home
in Louisiana or Texas. Should the
general decide to locate in the south
it will be largely because of exGOv-
ernor HOgg's efforts. The big Texan
and the old eoIdiar have baap cl0ce