Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-02-08


tachment on behalf of the Pacific
Seattle. Spokane and Butte. Manager
Grau billed Patti to appear at Spokane
and Butte, but the diva refused TO
sing al either place.
As a result Of an outcry against the
public service corporation of New
Jersey. General Manager Wheatley.
who has been running the street rail-
way systems of Jersey City, Hoboken.
Newark and surrounding cities and
towns. has resigned.
Plans have been completed for the
erection of a temporary passenger
station near the main entrance of the
worlds fair grounds, st. Louis. that
will accommodate 10000 persons, and
be used Jointly by all roads sending
trains To the grounds.
AT Peoria. H.. General John Green
Balance. u. 5. A., has entered suit
against his brother. Willis II. Balance.
He appointed his brother agent, and
alleges that the brother collected
rentals and sold property diverting the
proceeds 10 his own use
Sued by the sweetheart of his
college days. Mayor James E. Mans
field OF Oswego. n. Y. who was mar
ried two years ago. is the defendant
in an action brought Ey Miss Margaret
Sweeney of Brooklyn for $4,000 for
alleged breach of promise OF marriage.
Three men were so lady scalded by
the breaking of an iron elbow connect.
ing the boiler and engine in the base
ment of the Hotel MetropCle. Detroit.
that they died in a short time. The
dead: William Cupp. fireman; George
Vincent engineer; Frank Casper, fire
man at Hotel Brunswick
over S250,000 in cash. real estate
and bank stock are represented in the
viii Of Major HCyt Sherman. filed for
probate at Des Moines. The property
is equally divided among his five chill
dren and one grandson. The Sher-
man homestead a valuable property.
is listed with the other items and will
go TO che of the heirs.
jeremiah c. Farwell. son of one of
the most prominent capitalists of De
"a
Lullet wound through his stomach.
fred. il is supposed with suicidal in
tent He was found at the Woodward
avenue car barns with blood flowing
and a revolver beside him. No reason
for his suicide is known He was Sc
years of age.
II is stated that the detectives in
vCsrigating The anonymous letters sent
to the Southern Pacific company de-
handing 10000 under threat to dyna-
mite trains have conferred their suspl-
cicIs on FIVE men now i'm the vicinity
al Fresno and that one Cf them has
been picked out as the author of the
letters. The men are said to be I'M
der surveillance.
Fcur coaches. two Pullman day
coaches and blind baggage car in the
rear OF a south-bound Pere Marquette
Pass cnger train jumped the track in
the yards al Benton Harbor. Mich
Brakeman Ralph Edwards was thrown
from the train and received severe in
iuric9. but none of the passengers was
hunt The falling CT a car beam is
believed 10 have caused the accident
The New York Commercial Adver-
tiscr is now 10 be sold for cent in
stca Ct 2-Cents and its name changed
to the Globe and Commercial Adver-
fsFr The name Commercial Adver-
tisCr h9d been used for 107 years The
publishers announce that il is re.
Instantly subOrdinated because IN
these days of trade journalism it is
misleading 10 persons unfamiliar with
the ,CCrc q the paper.