Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-07-11
DOMESTIC.


Peter Christianson of Eden. Wis.
was killed by a freight while attempt
ing TO steal a ride.
Two hundred Porto Rican school
teachers arrived 10 take a six weeks
course AT Cornell summer school.
The United States circuit court or
dered the foreclosure sale OF the
United States Shipbuilding company.
Full details OF the wreck on the Wa
bash railroad at Litchfeld. H., show
that twenty were killed and iffty-eight
injured.
Through observation-disclosures Charles
Tippett. miner fell to death down
100-fOOt shaft in the Trimountain mine
near Houghton. Mich.
Fire. started i'm a fireworks store at
Worcester. Mass. by a boy stepping
on torpedo. wrecked the place and
injured many persons.
As the result of a fall while racing,
Bobby Walthour. the bicycle rider. is
in a critical condition at Atlanta, ca.
His legs are paralyzed.
General Piet Cronje married Mrs.
Johanna Stertzel. widow of a former
comrade. the ceremony being perform
ed on the worlds fair grounds.
Four Brooklyn footDads murderous-
ily assaulted and robbed an aged man,
whom they volunteered TO escort to
car line after he had lost his money.
An attempt has been made TO wreck
the great organ. the largest in the
world. in festival hall. at the worlds
fair. by cutting the secondary bellows.
Lorenzo Junta. an Italian miner. was
I struck b. falling rock in Baltic mine.
at HOughton. N'ich. and his hips and
knees dislocated and bruised. He may
die
Oscar Graham. 65 years Old. of
/ Pletsantville. Ind. killed himself by
shooting. For years he travelled with
a well-known circus as the wild man
of Madagascar.
Rev. w. s. Newson OF Califon. n. j.,
clad only in paiamas. married a run
away couple just before the pursuing
parents Of the bride arrived 10 forbid
the ceremony.
Work in the Joliet and Chester pen
itentiaries and Pontiac reformatOry is
stopped by q new law fOrbidding con
tract labor and an Injunction tying Up
money for a new system.
City Marshal White and Night
Waterman Clifford of Estnerville.
Iowa. have been arrested on a charge
Of bribery and the citizens league has
raised 81 500 10 prosecute them.
The United States government en-
tered into a contract for a wireless
telegraph system 70 cover hair the
lobe. reaching from the New England
coast 20 the Philippines and the orient.
A medal which was granted TO Cox
swain Hayes of the Kearsarge Tor
bravery in the battle with the Ala.
bama during the civil war has just
been sent to him at his Wisconsin
home.
Rose Beaulac's hair caught in a
shafting while running q belt in the
Richardson shoe factory at MenOmi-
nee. Mich. Her shoulder was dislc-
Gated and she was badly burned about
the shoulders and face.
Alexander Johnson. 13 years old.
hanged himself at the home of Fred
ericl X. Allen. president of the village
Of Pelham Manor. y. Y. because his
sister. 4 maid in the family had com
nelled him to retire early.
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
company has paid into the United
States sUbtreasuTy At St. Louis the
sum OF S213.09215. as the second in
stallment on the repayment OF the S4.
100000 loaned by the government.
The thirty-first ChautauqUa opened
at ChautauuUa. y. Y. under favorable
circumstances. The first service was
conducted By Rev. D. Dorchester Of
plttsbmg. The formal opening eXer-
|cizes were conducted by Bishop Vim
cent
Foreign Minister DeIcasse has pre-
4 scented To the council of ministers the
state departments note expressing
I President Roosevelt's thanks for the
earnest and effective efforts that
France had made in the Perdicaris af-
fair.
There will never be another silver
dollar coined in this country" said
George T. Roberts, director OF the
United States mint at Portland. Ore,
unless by some chance a 16 TO con-
gress should be elected. for the supply
Of silver bullion purchased under the
Sherman act is exhausted"
The United States dispatch boat
Mayfiower collided with the British
armored cruiser Bacchante while the
latter was at anchor at Gibraltar. The
Bacchante was not damaged. After
the collision the Mayfiower, in going
astern. cOllided with the Mole. The
Maytlower was slightly damaged
Santos-Dumont the airship inventor.
was in Chicago. but he left for New
York. where he expects TO bury mater
ials TO build an entirely new craft 10
take the place of the one which was
ruined at St. Louis. DumOnt branded