Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04

grain inspection department by the
Chicago board of trade was called un-
just by c. A. French.
Half a million dollars will be spent
during 1904 on Chicago river turning
basins. Rock excavating in Calumet
will cost $3.50, 900 and long delay.
The golden wedding of Rabbi and
Mrs. Morris J. Rosenthral was cele-
brated at Chicago with stereopticon
and a play reproducing scenes in their
/ lives.
F.. Archbishop Quigley's criticism of the
public school system answered in sew
eraI Chicago pulpits. Rev. r. A.
White declared church control fail
ure.
John A. DOwie, in a sermon, predict
ed that Christ will return to earth with
/ him within 100 years. will reign 1000
years. and the earth will then smash
up"
Henry Phillips. Chicago Jail guard.
was suspended on a charge that he told
: Mrs. Max J. Men she could secure her
husbands release by paying ]. c. Dean
/ 5000.
The Aurora Ull.) timers union was
sued by NJ. M. Trauten for $4,000 dam
ages because Of alleged strike threats
which prevent his securing work as an
outsider.
Employment agencies were blamed
by Miss Frances Kellor in an address
to the Chicago WCman's club, for high
servants wages and short terms Of
service.
An appropriation for poultry house
at a parental school was asked at Chi
cago because the eggs furnished were
inferior. according to Supt. Mac
Queary.
The Rev. Stephen Merritt, claimed
by john A. Dowie as a New York con-
vert. was communicated by him be-
cause CT a letter disavowing his al
legianoe.
The worlds book crop for 1903 is
estimated by the Rev Jenkin Lloyd
Jones in a sermon at 100000 volumes.
Germany is first, the United States
sixth.
Hen" Morse, a Vermont woodchOp-
per. slid a quarter of a mile in
chute down a mountain side en- the
back of a bear that had tried TO steal
his lunch
Leo NJ. Brennan. of Chicago. arrest
ed fer sending threatening letters to
Marshall Field. was said by his father
tc be demented. His own excuse is
"idleness."
The steamer Etruria reached New
York covered with ice. after a stormy
voyage: one passenger was placed in
irons and locked up for insulting a
young woman.
South Chicago steel workers and
merchants are unable to learn when
the mills will resume. All but two
axe Shore & Eastern locomotives
are stored.
The reviving CT the Chicago board of
arbitration will be opposed by small
drivers unions. Employers are be-
lieved TO be planning to divide and
crush them.
c. NJ. Schwab's charges of misrepre-
, sertaticn were denied by Lewis Nixon
at the shipbuilding trust hearing. The
Bethlehem company's assets were over
stated 100000.
/ Twenty-Five persons are dead and
twenty injured as the result of the Pere
Marquette railroad collision near
Grand Rapids. Mich, Saturday; cause
extinguished light
Alderman John Brennan of Chicago
viii be set TO peeling potatoes in the
hridewel kitchen. Kent and McCarle,
his henchmen, are to be clerk and en-
gineer, respectively.
Mrs. Elizabeth Halbeck, 1902 Wa
bash avenue. Chicago, was attacked
by two alleged detectives who broke
open her door and forced her to fee
in her night clothing.
Mrs. Rega Kaufman, 1886 Archer
avenue. Chicago, and stepdaughter
were shot by William Kaufman. the
formers nephew, in a quarrel over
Christmas gifts.
Charles w Graves was arrested at
Des Moines, Ia, for alleged wife muir
der. The information was given by
MS sJepdaughter, a member of the
Grau Opera company.
The Omaha. Neb.. convent was sued
by Miss Annie Cornell, of Council
Bluffs. for $4,000 damages for i'll
health. due TO hard labor she was
forced To perform.
Sixty-four persons were killed in a
wreck of the Baltimore & Ohio east
bound limited train at Laurel Run. Pa.
A collision with protruding ties was
the supposed cause
The performance of Parsifal at New
York was praised by a Times critic as
fitting its artistic character: by a
Tribune critic as surprising Baireuth
in spectacular features.
Four business agents and nine men,
bers of unions were indicted by the
Chicago grand jury on charges of con
spiracy and rioting i'm the street car
and Kellogg strikes.