Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-04-10

back to Milwaukee from Arizona by
mis- bOndsmen.
Michael Cramer of Rock Falls,
charged with forgery, was released in
Los Angeles, Cal, the charges having
been withdrawn.
The plant Of the Illinois Button ana
Speciality company at Quincy, H., was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000, in
surance $4,000.
The Michigan legislature, after be-
ing in session three months, is declar-
ed to have scarcely begun on the real
business of legislation
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt, arrested for
speeding his automobile in New York,
was held for trial, although he offered
to pay any fine asked
Former Supervisor Jacob Schulz was
sentenced at Milwaukee to one year
at hard labor in the house of correc-
ton for accepting a bride.
Gessler Rosseau, prisoner in the
Tombs prison in New York, says he
made the bomb which accidentally
destroyed the battieship Maine.
Frank Daigle and James Poppas
are supposed to have been drowned Off
Point Aux Pines, near Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich, by falling through the
ice
An explosion OF 100 pounds OF dyna-
mite at Deer Grove, ILL.,, shook the
earth for fifteen miles. The founia-
ton of a drainage bridge was de
stroyed.
At Galesburg, H., Postmaster Frank
A. Freer, whose wife and daughter
persisted in the Iroquois theater fire
at Chicago, was married to Mrs. M.
Henry.
Fire at Texarkana, Texas, destroyed
several hundred bales of cotton, the
Tibon carriage repository and other
structures. Loss $4,000, partly in
sured.
The body OF murdered woman
found in Waikiki Creek at Gardiner,
n. Y. was identified as that of Mrs
Mamie Fade, wife OF William Fade OF
Walden.
Samuel Schramm, aged is years
died from selfinfiicted bullet woun0
in st. Louis, after having shot his
wife in he mouth and shot at ano
missed his son.
Two business blocks were burned
at Chatham, Ont, causing q loss of
$4,000. The heaviest losers are S.
Jahnke & Sons, J. C. Wanless and A.
H. Patterson.
The supreme court OF Missouri is
sued a writ Of quo warranto in pro,
ceedings to GUST the Standard Oil com.
pany, the Republican Oil company and
the Waters-Pierce Oil company from
the state.
AT Malone, N. Y, Summer Hazen. a
bridegroom OF a week, and John Hall,
his wife's brother, are dead as the
result of an exchange Of pistol shots
at Halls home. Hail had opposed the
marriage.
At Springfield, Ohio, Detroit
Southern freight car jumped the track
and crashed into the boiler-room OF
the Thomas Stationery company, caus.
ing the smokestack to tumble and
starting az panic. No one was serious
ly hurt.
The American board OF foreign mis-
slons of the Congregational church
delayed for two weeks the acceptance
OF John D. Rockefeller's gift OF
100000, on account OF contention or
the opposition that the money is
tainted"
Mrs. Anna Weightman Walker, who
inherited the s6OO0O,O0O Weightman
estate in Philadelphia. took up her
residence in New York to escape
relatives who demand a share OF her
fortune, and engaged the most ex,
pensive apartment In the city.
]. Morgan Smith and wife, brother,
in-law and sister of Nan Patterson.
fugitives since last. summer, were ar
rested in Cincinnati and new indict-
ments charging the trio with con-
spiracy to commit murder were re.
turned in New York.