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

AT Victor. Col. Wesley McChesney
was instantly killed. and Archie Lemon
tague probably fatally injured by the
caving in OF a slope in a mine in which
they were working near Cameron.
At a meeting of a committee of five
trustees of Georgetown, Ky, college, it
was decided 10 recommend Rev. DR.. ].
J. Taylor Of Norfolk Va, for president
OF the college to succeed DR.. B. d.
Gray.
Miss Lydia NJ. Rood, who kept lit
tie shop at 2.431 Calumet avenue, chi
cagO, is supposed to have committed
suicide because she was denied per-
mission to adopt 12-year-old Erwin
/ Miller.
Trade reviews Of Dun and Bradstreef
show no indication of a depression in
business predicted to follow the de-
clines in Wall street, and the general
tone in trade and manufactures is
| healthy.
Cambridge. Mass, has hOnored
negroes, and in spite of the fact that
the blacks are in the minority, colored
men now hold official positions there,
and the principal Of a grammar school
is a colOred woman.
At New Haven, Edison A. Monroe, a
ieweler, has been arrested charged
with receiving stolen silver bullion
taken from the international Silver
company and Joshua Sutta, another
ieweleT. are also under arrest.
Carra8.~v~ ~ w
Foster reached London for the Alas.
kan boundary dispute hearing, which
the former predicted would be finished
by the middle of autumn. A corps OF
stenOgraphers accompanied them.
Philip Davis and Fred Hayman were
arrested in Denver and brought back
10 Chicago charged with the theft of
$40 from the Postal Telegraph COM
pany. Davis was using the money TO
pay tuition in a Denver college.
AT Bellaire. OHIO. a fight occurred /
on ferry boat between Fred Williams
and two striking employees of the Ma
t,cnal Tube company. A railing gave
way. precipitating the three into the
river The two strikers were drowned. I,
A bulletin on the milk supply of
large cities, issued by agricultural de-
partment, fav0rs monthly the inspec-
ton of diaries and prompt shipment
as better than pasteuriZation, on
which medical authorities are divided. |
The mimic war of the Maine coast
was condemned by the universal
peace union convention at Mystic, /
Conn. as farcical and extravagant |
The nations duty is declared to be the
overcoming of conditions that make
war possible. =
Miss Ellen Douglas of Cape May. n.
J.. has been appointed professor of
Roman languages in the university of
Missouri TO take the place of Profes-
sor Bassot, who recently resigned to
accept a similar position in Kansas
university
Twenty-one indictments against City
and County Clerk Aichele were re-
ported by the grand jury at Denver. !
The principal charges relate to the
destruction Of public records and an
alleged shortage of $4,000 in the county
clerks Office.
A thousand dollars reward was of !
fered for the arrest of three robbers,
who murdered John B. Johnson, a
mOtorman. and Frank Stewart, a
clerk. in the cashiers Office of the
Chicago City railway. and stole $4,000
from the safe.
DR.. Alexander McCully, assistant |
physician at the St Louis poorhouse, !
was plased under arrest on the charge :
Of stealing supplies from. the dis |
pensary Of the poorhouse. DR.. Emanuel |
T. Urban and DR.. G. F. Knapp were
previously arrested on similar charges.
Judge Timmons ut jefferson City, |
Mo, overTuled the motion in arrest of
judgment in the case of State Senator |
Sullivan, convicted Of soliciting bride |
from Whitney Layton for his vote on
the alum bill. The case will be ap- |
pealed to the Kansas City court of ap-
peals.
Judge Elliott of Minneapolis, has |
denied DR.. Ames' motion for a new
trial Nothing now remains between |
the former mayor and six years in the !
penitentiary for bribery except an APP
peal to the supreme court. The case
will be certified and heard at the
October term.
Governor Chatterton of Wyoming
announces his intention TO appoint W.
c. Irvine state treasurer, to succeed !
Henry G.. Hay. who resigned to accept
a position with the United States steel
corporation at New York. Mr.. Irvine
is manager of the Letter cattle ranches
in Wyoming.
The drainage canal at Jolter is be-
ing searched for the bodies of George
MaTohnich and Nicholas Nassabeni
The latter fell into the canal while
trying 10 collect driftwood and March
mich attempted his rescue. The wife OF
MarOhnich attempted to drown herself
when she learned her husbands fate.
Acting Secretary Of War oliver has