Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-08

and notes aggregating $1,000 were
taken.
Mrs. Nettie Craven Fair, who claims
to be the widow of the late Senator
Fair, of California, is critically i'll in
the insane hospital at Mount Pleasant,
Iowa.
! AT Charlotte, Mich, a jury was Sc
cured in the George Tubbs murder
trial and Cecil Powers, an eyewitness
to the shooting, was called as the first
witness.
Mrs. Jane Maynard of Salt Lake, in
the habit Of pretending to commit
suicide to scare her children into
obedience, took strychnine by mistake
and died.
! The attorney for his fancee declares
| that Martin Meeker, the missing Min
neapolis banker, whose body was sup
posed to have been buried at Aurora.
ILL.,, is still alive.
The aeroplane invented by PROBES
sor Montgomery of Santa Clara col
lege, California, is given a successful
test, the machine being under COM
plete control of the operator.
On account of the trust lowering
the price of stoves the Star Shovel
and Range company of Vincennes,
Ind. has closed indefinitely, throwing
$50 men out of employment.
Frederick Mouden accidentally
killed his 6-year-old sister, Ada, with
a manure fork near Seatonville, I'll.
The child ran into the fork and the
tines penetrated the skull.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York
vetoed bill taking from the alder
men all control over local franchises
and at the same time. scored the Gin
science" of the Pennsylvania rail
road.
Jules Valentine, a negro, was
banged at Donaldsonville, La. In
attempting to rob the home of w. G.
Hazlip he had aroused Mrs. Hazlip
and knocked her left eyeball from it's
socket.
Magistrate Lafontaine, extradition
commissioner at Montreal, said he
believed prima facie case Q con-
spiracy between Messrs. GaynCr and
Greene will make their defense Fri
day.
Joseph Zimmerman, "a years old, a
florist of Ocean Park, CAL, lost his
life and party Of five prominent peo-
pie who accompanied him have mar
rowly escaped death from drowning
at San Pedro.
A buggy containing Wendell Whit
fol T or no G
struck by switch engine at a grade
crossing at Cairo, Ill. Both men were
killed. Whitaker was nephew of
Postmaster Sidney B. Miller
After eluding deputy sheriffs AMI a
posse of volunteer man-hunters from
Evleth, Mimi, for nearly a week
Peter Lenich, accused of Staying Peter
Koceran, and Luz Movinsek. who was
involved in the fight, were captured.
The case Of the United States YER
sus Machen, Lorenz and Crawford,
charged with defrauding the govern
ment in connection with contracts for
mail carriers satchels, was set for
trial on May % in Washington, D, G.
Rev. Charles E. Bradt Of Wichita
Kan, has been rendered an appoint
ment as field secretary of the west for
the board Of foreign missions Of the
Presbyterian church, with headquar-
ters at Chicago, to succeed the late
DR.. Thomas Marshall of Chicago.
Contest proceedings have been pre-
pared by John A. Tally, defeated re-
publican candidate for mayor of ST.
Louis, against Mayor Rolla Wells.
list Of / 500 alleged fraudulent voters
is made part of the record. Mayor
Wells official plurality was 1906.
The family of Samuel Reymer, who
married Nellie Paris, dancing girl
and housemaid. announces that his
wife has left him. The young husband
is reported dying and penniless in an
obscure Denver clearinghouse. His
wealthy father resides in Pittsburg
F. G. Bigelow, Milwaukee banker,
filed petition in bankruptcy, show
ing debts of $3,30OOO0 and assets of
$1,849, 800; $6O5,OO being exempt
Tie trustee took possession of the
home of Bigelow. and the latter took
up his residence with his son Gordon.
The will Of Hannah Nelson. mother
Of Mrs Chares L. Fair and one of the
principal heirs to Mrs. Fairs estate,
was filed for probate at Newmarket,
N. ]. Mrs. Nelson's estate is estimated
to be worth s5O0,OOO The bulk of it
is given in equal amounts to her six
surviving children and to the children
of Mrs. Sarah E. Mossler, a deceased
daughter.
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