Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-02

shot his father because his mother was
being abused. The boy is held.
The burial vault of Gen. Harry
Livingston and his wife, Lady Mary"
near Hudson, n. Y, was entered by
ghouls, who stole the woman's body
and broke the other casllet.
According to figures compiled by
Fthe publishers of the 1904 St Louis
directory the population of that city
\ has Increased 37,20S within the past
year. The figures for 1904 are 500, 675.
Secretary john O'Callaghan of the
I United Irish League of America has
announced New York City as the place
and Aug. 30-31 as the date for the sec
ond biennial convention of the league.
An earthquake shock was felt in
I San Francisco. 1t was sharp, but not
4 severe. and lasted about three sec
onds. A slight tremor of the earth
preceded the shock. No damage was
done
/ A great lakes naval training station
is finally assured by a senate agree
ment allowing President Roosevelt to
select the site, which probably will be
at the southern end of Lake Michi-
gan.
General Fred d. Grant in command
Of the department of the lakes, paid
his respects to the president. He is
in Washington arranging some details
of the settlement of his mothers
estate.
In the circuit court at Carbonate.
H., Thomas Vaughn, charged with an
attempt at assault en- Miss Eva
Kavanugh. a school-teacher, was con
Ivicted and given an indeterminata
sentence.
I Or. Warren L. Babcock, chief sur
geon at the state soldiers home
hospital at Bath, n. Y, will resign
his position May - to accept the
superintendency of Grace hospital.
Detroit
Without kith or kin at his bedside,
Thornton Fleetwood. aged -, claiming
to have formerly been a professor at
Elton, England. died in the charity
ward of the city hospital at St
Louis, Mo.
The case of thirty-two Chinese held
\ for deportation was decided by the
supreme court which held that China
men must exhaust the remedies pre-
scribed by treaty before appealing to
\ the courts.
1 Governor Brady of Alaska has
reached Portland from Sitka The
/ purpose of his coming at this time is
\ to confer with the Lewis and Clark
management concerning the Alaskan
exhibit in 1905.
The supreme court has decided the
case of Rear Admiral Gibson vs.. the
United States by holding that when
promotion was made just before re-
tirement an officer in the navy is nol
entitled TO the higher pay.
Postmaster General Payne in a
telegram from Key West, Fla, reports
that he is continuing to improve in
health and that he is about to start
north, and will return to Washington
by the latter part OF the next week
The cases involving the validity OF
the suffrage provision of the new
Virginia state constitution We're dis
missed by the United States supreme
court on the ground that no relief
was sought already having been com
mitted.
I At Bellevue, H., Michael Roach
was sentenced yesterday TO life and
7 George Clegg to seventy years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary for
the murder of John Keith a conductor
on the East St Louis and Suburban
railway June . last.
In partial report OF the ST. Louis
April grand jury new indictments
were returned against nine policemen
and others on the charges of having
interfered with voters at voting
places during the democratic
primaries March -.
Erwin Osborn has been elected
justice of the peace in Shelby county.
Illinois, just nine days after he was
p years old. He will graduate this
year in the class of 1904 from the
Moweaqua high school. He is the
youngest Justice in Illinois.
Caught between two Olive streei
cars going in opposite directions. J. Fl.
Good of Little Rock was killed at St
Louis and F. J. King, who accom-
panied him, was fatally injured. Good
was crushed so badly that almost
every hone i'm his body was broken.
Snow slides are reported from al
most every point in the interior of
British Columbia. The most serious
occurred at Silver Cup nine in the
Lardue district. where a slide 1,200
feet wide came down the mountain
side. causing damage to the amount
of $4,000.
At KOkomo, Ind Samuel Michaels
was found guilty Of arson and given
a twenty-one years sentence and fined
5000. He wrecked the residence
of Aaron Shock with dynamite because
he was refused permission to see Miss
Eula Burns, who resided there. Michael
is 20 years old.
Creditors Of Henry Herman the