Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-06-06

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SET in. He is dead
Prof. Grant SLOVENIAN of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin Latin department
has accepted the chair OF Latin IL
Princeton university.
Massachusetts legislature adopted
a statute making il misiemeanCr fol
an emplCye 10 take commissions Oh
goods sold the employer.
Clif Slaughter. aged 20. died al
Chil!icothe. o.. from an abdominal
stab wound inflicted at a wake by
Clarence Welsh. aged l6.
At Springfield, o.. John II. Ulrick,
former president of the National COal
Dealers association. is dead as the re
suit of a runaway accident.
Prince Pu Lun, accompanied by his
suite and Mr.. Wong. Chinese com
missioner 10 the worlds fair. arrived
i'm Buffalo from Indianapolis.
The government has decided 10 as
sumo control of wireless telegraph
stations on the coast 10 prevent inter
ference with the naval system.
The bursting of a cylinder heard of
the principal engine at the electric
light plant in Fairbury, H., will leave
the city in darkness several nights.
AT HillsbOro. H.. Edgar Copeland.
under conviction for the murder OF
Henry Green. with the death penalty
imposed. has been granted a new
trial
Dr. Francisco Cagaiu. the com.
missioner in charge of the exhibit of
the vatican at the Louisiana purchase
exposition. called upon President
Roosevelt.
Graham Jones was shot and killed
at Batson. Tex. by his wife. who firel
four bullets into his back and one
in the wrist. II is said that jealousy
was the cause.
At Princeton. Ind, Elwain Kidd. is
years old. was drowned while swim
ming in the PatOka river. He was the
fastest long distance runner Of the
local high school
c.. Fl. Klopp. aged so. Of Mime
apOlis. Mimi. committed suicide at
Brazil. Ind, by poisoning. He left a
note saying: Il cannot climb the hill
and wish TO die"
The United States circuit court up
held the ninety-nine year act as to the
Chicago street car lines antedating
April. 1875. Lines authorized since
then are unprotected.
At Cedar Rapids. Ia. Paul Roberts
cursed the court when sentenced TO
five years for robbery. He was want
ed at Sioux City Tor completely in
the Luton bank robbery
Jonn Seyfried. a saloon-keeper. was
murdered by thugs at MS place o
business in St Joseph Mo. Cir
cumstanCes indicate that robbery or
revenge. or both. were the motive.
At Nevada. Mo. Mrs. Edouard Blitz.
who. with her husband, had charge OF
the department Of music in the
Methodist Young Ladies college here. 3
killed herself by taking carbolic acid.
Adolph Kraus Of Chicago was
elected president. f. c. Hamburger or
Chicago secretary and David Fish OF
Chicago treasurer OF the district Of
B'Nai Birth IN session at Des Moines.
Lincoln Morrison was fatally shot
from ambush while driving through
the town OF ThermOpolis. WyO Nor
rison had some sheep that grazed on
the range claimed exclusively by
cattlemen.
At Portsmouth. o.. Forman Lee
Cullen. whose dead body was found
buried in the coal tipple at the Nor
felix and Western terminal. is now
believed TO have been murdered for
mis- money.
At LawtOn. Okla. in a fire that de-
stroyed the Farmers hotel. John
BrannOn and Patrick McCabe, both
section foremen on the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific railway, were burn. +
ed TO a crisp.
T. c. Jones OF Harrisburg. Pa.
salesman. committed sui /
eide by shooting himself in the head F.
ut Allentown. Pa. He leaves a widow /
and two married daughters, who live
IN Ashtabula, o. 4
Ten persons at Las Vegas. n. NJ, /
have been poisoned and Jose Tafaya .
and To members of his family are
dead. Arsenic has been found in
meat eaten by one of those poisoned
and in a water barrel.
Ninety head of cattle were killed in .
a wreck near Everly. Iowa. Train /
wreckers had removed a rail from the
track and it was not noticed until too
late for Engineer Humphrey to stop
the train. He was badly injured.
AT New Ulm. Mimi. James B. Neal
a deserter from company A, thirtieth
infantry. surrendered TO Sheriff Julius
and is now in the county Jail. Neal
enlisted last December and deserted
from Fort Crook. Neb.. on April %.
Lieutenant G. T. Emmons. retired.
has been assigned by the navy depart
ment to special duty at Valdez.
Alaska. where he will study the