Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-06-29

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Ned C.. Bates. 5S15 Drexel boulevard.
Grover Cleveland. in Princeton IN.
j. interview. declared ne has nc de-
sire to Renter public life. mas not
spoken OF written of his candidacy,
and that no prominent leader advO-
Gates it
There is a general belief that the
steamship combine will be recognized
on different basis. Notification from
the Cunard line Of withdrawal from
certain agreements suggests several
changes.
The administration has taken a firm
stand on the proposition that Colon
bia cannot be allowed to block the
worlds progress. and that it is time
to stop dwadling over the Panama
canal treaty.
st. Stanislaus college at Bay St.
Louis. Miss, was destroyed by fire.
The flames spread so rapidly that the
students generally lest their trunks
and clothing. Loss. $4,000; insur-
ance. s36.SOO.
Alfred Miller HOyt, one Of the
thirty.two survivors OF the original
members OF the Union League. New
York. is dead from heart trouble. He
was interested in many large financial
institutions.
In New York Robert A. Ammon
was convicted OF feloniously receiv-
ing stolen money, the proceeds of the
500 per cent. Franklin Syndicate
frauds. The amount specifically stated
was SS0.500.
one juror in the murder trial Of
Curtis lett AT Jackson. Ky, pre-
vented conviction. The majority was
also against Tom White. Both were
transferred TO Lexington. The retrial
is 20 be at Cynthiana.
VIII Zimmerman. the 20-year-old
circus performer. who tried TO loop
the loop. which crippled Ray Stevens
al indianapolis. fell and fractured his
skull. and the authorities will stop the
dangerous attraction.
George White. negro. and the al
legged murderer of 17-year-old Helen
Bishop. was taken by a mob and
started for a neighboring village. to
be burned at the stake. Four men
were wounded by guards.
Whitelaw Reid. In an address TO
Yale law students. described the Mon
rec doctrine as held together by pres
sure. The causes are gone which
originated It. Trouble may be found
keeping it in present limits.
The gang OF pOstofIice safe blowers
which has been operating so extern
sively in central Illinois. blew open
the safe in the Office at COlfaX, secur-
Ing SEQ in cash and 5000 in stamps.
Blcodhounds are on the trail.
J. B. Baylor OF the United States
coast and geodetic survey, who went
TO make a survey for the federal gov.
eminent CT the oyster reefs of
Icnisiana. tbs been compelled by
mosquitoes to abandon the work.
Lieut.. Thomas T. MuTtaugh. L. S.
a. is in the Fort Sheridan guardhouse.
Chicago. or cverstaying his lease as
the result of falling in love with Miss
Bertha Darel. a southern belle, in
When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
at St. Francis. Kan. Chauncey
Dewey. CLYDE Wilson and ". J. Nc
Bride. charged with the murder Of the
Berry family two weeks ago. have
been held for trial. Since arrest they
have been guarded by a company of
militia.
Within less than g month in Mass
achusatts there have been at least
four deaths from CHAMBERS in human
beings. The Boston board Of health.
fearing an epidemic. is making every
effort to prevent the spread Of the dis
case.
The American Derby at Chicago was
won BY The Picket. 10 TO l, by six
lengths: Claude. Z to 1. second. and
Berrays. s TO /. third. The time
was 1888. Picket led the field practi-
caIly all the way. The purse was
So. 600.
Fifteen Canon City CColo) peniten-
tiary convicts overpowered their
guards. seized the warden's wife as a
shield. blew the gate open with dyna-
mite. ami escaped. The guards then
killed one. wounded two. and captured
all
Andrew ID. White. ambassador 10
Germany. in an address at Yale uni
versity called Andrew CarneSIe's at
tention TO the need of endowments for
proessorships in American
public affairs and the administration
OF public Office.
Edwin Howell. former teller of the
First National bank of Cripple Creek.
Col. was sentenced to serve FIVE years
an the Fort Leavenworth penitentiary.
Howell had pleaded guilty to the
charge of embezzlement of $1,000
from the bank.
Judge u. II. Mcmillan of the New
Mexico supreme court was removed by
President Roosevelt because a woman
not his wife accompanied him on
a judicial trip. Judge Clement c.