Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-18


as water Is concerned is reported by
Prof Galloway II the agricultural de-
partment
At Philadelphia. Pa, the eighth an
nuai convention OF the National As
ISOLATION OF Clothiers was held
About 100 delegates were in at
tendance.
In Buffalo. y. Y. at the meeting OF
the council a resolution was adopted
10 investigate statement by Prest
dent Smith that $500 600 had been
spent illegally.
Al san Francisco. Cal. Mrs. Cor
della Botkin appeared i'm court TO an
swer 10 the charge Of numbering Mrs
Deane. sister OF Mrs. John p. Cunning
and was found guilty.
;. Maxine. treasi rer OF the imperial
Japanese exhibit association at 81
Louis. was knocked down by a high
way man. The fOotpad was frightened
away by a policeman.
Rev. George A. Cooke. angered az
the verdict in the heresy trial of PRO-.
B. p. Bovine. brought a new set OF
charges and threatened To expose all
that took place at the trial.
Airs. Dimies T. :. DenisCn Of New
York authorizes the announcement
that she will not be candidate for re-
election 10 the presidency Of the Gen.
eral Federation of WOmen's clubs.
At Sterling. H.. because the water
i'm the river was too cold William
Windstrum decided TO postpone com
hitting suicide. He went into the
river for that purpose. but returned.
Periodical looks are barred from
the privilege OF cheap newspaper pcs
Jage by a supreme court decision. The
dispute IS of twenty years standing.
and has resulted in a big yearly deficit.
Secretary of War Taft, in an address
at Kickapoo club banquet in Peoria.
III. outlined President Roosevelt's
Philippine policy The natives need
several generations 10 learn self-gov,
eminent.
At St Louis Gen. Cronje and Com
mandant Van Dam OF boer war fame
accompanied by $50 boer soldiers. ar
rived TO participate in the worlds
far. After the fair is over they will
go to Mexico TO live.
An anti-graft department was or
g2nized by the Michigan university
faculty 10 supervise student entertain
ments and prevent rake offs The
teaching that public Office is a public
trust e aimed at
At Minneapolis W. II. Johnson. sup
erintendent OF the poor during the
Ames administration. was arra.gaed
under two indictments charging him
with presenting a fraudulent bin 10
public officers for payment.
J. :. hin declared that behind the
Hartman suit is a scheme fer a gi-
gont.c railway merger. The Union
acifc Is 20 take the Burlington. ST.
Paul the northern Pacific. and the
Northwestern the Great Northern.
Rev. DR.. Gunsaulus of Chicago.
president of the Armour Institute OF
Technology. has accepted the invita-
ton OF the St Louis Exposition com
rany To deliver the invocation at The
opening ceremonies OF the worlds fair
April 90.
The United States supreme court eX-
-s-3eG until June the time fer taking
test mCny in the case OF Missouri Us.
Illinois. involving the proceed. ngs on
former state 20 entoin The emptyirg
Oi the Chicago drainage canal into the
Mississippi river
d. Jason kovabi q Phuadelph a.
W ky has been summoned To Japan by
the mikadO 20 20 10 the front. has
asked the police 10 find his wife be-
fore he leaves. The doctor. a 'graduate
Ci Columbia university. married a
hospital patient in this city last Ge-
cCmber but she has left him.
TIE state normal board of Mime
sCta has unanimously elected Pro.
lessor Guy +. Maxwell to be president
0i Winona normal to succeed Presi-
denC J. f. Millspaugh. resigned. Pro
lessor Maxwell is at present superin-
tendent of the training department o.
the normal.
Alice Suzanne Williams. daughter OF
The late Or. Williams of Ohio. made a
. successful debut at the municipal
theater in Nice. France. as Marguerite
in Faust The American colony was
. strongly. represented in the audience
Miss Williams studied under Massenet
and Saleha, the latter playing Faust.
The Standard OIL plant in Robinson
III. was ignited by a spark from q
passing engine on the Big Four raj
way. and the fire becoming uncon.
trollable people left their homes. One
OF the tanks exploded and scattered
the burning OIL I'm every direction.
. The destruction of the plant was com.
plete.
The United States supreme court de
cided the New York case against
George ". Beavers. late chief of the
salary and allowance division of the
postcfice department. II was an ap
peal from a decision by the circuit
court for the southern district of New
York refusing to grant writ of habeas
a,vr.ss..