Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-09

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Constable Albert Wood was shot to
death at Harrington, H., by Robert
Howard, whom he tried TO arrest.
Constable Gregory is dying from a
wound.
Sir Thomas Lipton's agent at Liner
ick. Ireland, was arrested on the ar
rival of his steamer at Philadelphia
on notice that he is accused of en-
beZzling.
One hundred and thirty Mormon
converts arrived from Europe on the
White Star liner Cretic, including
English, German, Scandinavians, and
Hollanders.
Robbers blew open the safes of the
Norcross & Mahanan Lumber COM
pany and Miller's cereal mills at Glen
over, Neb., and secured several hun
dred dollars.
Grover Cleveland, in an address at
Princeton, n. j., gave the inside
history of the clash between federal
and state authority during the Debs
strike in 1894.
The Cumberland Telephone com
pany, controlling southern lines, was
ordered by a Nashville court to be
ousted from that state because of
efforts to stifie competition.
Greth's airship left San Francisco
for San Jose, but descended after six
miles, because a valve collapsed. The
machine is readily controlled by the
operators who accompanied it,
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
presented the president the resigna
ton of Melvin Grigsby, United States
attorney for the Nome district in
Alaska. The resignation has been ac-
cepted. Grigsby was charged with
disobedience of orders.
The committee directed by congress
to investigate and report on the best
methods of restoring the merchant
marine of the United States chose Sen
ator Gallinger of New Hampshire chair
man and decided to hold a general
meeting in New York.
John ID. Rockefeller has granted an
extension of six months in the time
given the Young Women's Christian
association of Cleveland for raising
100000 in order to obtain his $4,000
gift. There is still needed $6S,000
The $25O,OOO will be used to erect a
new central building.
Work has been begun by the Chica-
90 and Milwaukee electric railroad on
the construction of a track through
Zion City under the franchisesr tecent-
ly granted to the company there. This
is the last link in the chain connecting
Milwaukee and Chicago by electric
lines.
The census bureau has issued a re
port on mines and quarries in the
United States in 1902 showing that
the mineral produced in that year ag-
gregated in value 1884, 040,S69, which
includes the refined products for gold,
silver, and other metals. These re-
fined products aggregated $S7,214,452.
Senators Cullom, Gallinger and Cock
rell, constituting the commission ap-
pointed by the senate to superintend
the proposed senatorial Office building,
for which provision was made at the
recent session of congress, organized
by electing Senator Cullom chairman
and Garfield Charles secretary.
General Peter J. Osterhaus, the dis
tinguished union officer, who arrived
in this country from Germany a few
days ago, called on the president to
pay his respects. He was accom-
panied by Representative Bartholdr
and Henry Evers of St Louis, who is
the personal escort of General
Osternaus in this country.
James Dayle has served notice in
Council Bluffs on attorneys for James
+. Burns, defendant in the Portland
Gold Mining company suit, involving
stock valued at 81 100000, that he will
move a rehearing of the case by the SUI
preme court, which recently reversed
the decision of the district court and
remalded the case for retrial.
The state department has received a
cablegram from the United States
legation at Petropolis, Brazil, saying
that the president of Brazil has signed
a decree by which Brazil grants tariff
concessions to the United States on
-four rubber manufactures, paints ana
varnishes, condensed milk, clocks,
and watches.
James Z. Campbell, former governor
of Ohio, will return next fall to his
home town, Hamilton, o. He has for
the last five years been a resident of
New York. Like David B. Henderson,
former speaker of the house of rep
resentatives, who has just announced
his intention of quitting New York,
Mr.. Campbell says he prefers the quiet
of a smaller town.
The price circular of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company for May, shows an advance
OF 10 cents a ton for domestic sizes of
anthracite coal over the April price.
At Wheeling, w. Va, a stranger des
manded money of Sister Alma at ST