Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-10-09

DOM ESTIC.


Rains aid fever-fghters at New
Orleans. by washing out stagnant
water.
A prominent New York bank was
beaten out Of $360,OOO in securities by
forger.
Chicago nihilist denounced Jewish
bankers for offering loans to Russian
government.
The eighth annual convention of the
National association Of postmasters
was held at Dayton, o.
Governor Folk Of Missouri has
ordered the police board to close all
bucket shops in st. Louis.
A battle between Mexican bandits
and Texas rangers resulted in the
death of an outlaw leader.
President Stickney of Great West
ern said both railroads and interstate
commission ignore the rate law.
A romantic Is year old girl wrote
black and letters to a neighbor, de,
handing $4,000 ON pain of death.
New Orleans physicians continue
their Investigations and are confident
they will find the yellow fever germ.
A man suspected of being Girard,
the slayer of Augusta Pfeiffer, was
arrested in Schoharie county, New
York
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee in relat-
ing what he told the grand jury adj
mits having threatened to kill Charles
f. Pfster.
Joseph Levins of Baltimore has
been arrested on the charge of kid
naping his 13-year-old daughter in
Mahanoy, Pa.
The German Evangelical synod
selected Burlington, Iowa, as the
place for it's next Quadriennial meet
ing in 1909.
John D. Rockefeller wept while adj
dressing a delegation of Cleveland
men on the ffty-second anniversary OF
his arrival in Cleveland.
Livingston Quackenbush OF LIE
Sueur, Mimi, was convicted of re-
ceiVing money into an insolvent bank.
His bank failed in March, 1904.
A Cleveland grand jury indicted on
blackmail charge Mrs. Minnie Lee
OF Chicago, who makes charges
against Governor Herrick of Ohio.
The case of Frederick A. Peckham
of New York, who was arrested in
connection with the cotton report
scandal, has been indefinitely post.
poned
Fire destroyed the greater part of
the business section of Vermillion, ILL.,.
including the postoffice and Odd Eel
lows building, causing a loss OF
$27,
Queer deals involving the Equitable
Life in syndicate transaction were dis
closed before the New York Investigate
ing committee in testimony OF H. R.
Winthrop.
John Carlson, prominent farmer,
was found dead two miles east of
Lacon, Ill. It is supposed his team ran.
away, but not a mark was found on
his person.
American naval surgeons in annual
convention grow enthusiastic over
Japanese physicians recital of the
methods used in caring for Admiral
Togo's wounded.
Secretary Taft reached San Fran
cisco and says the Philippines are
showing much progress under Ameri-
can rule, but that political conditions
are growing FESTIVE.
Announcement was made at Detroit
that the Lafayette theater on Oct 16
will open as an independent playhouse
for productions of David Belasco,
Mrs. Fiske and others.
DR.. Lucellus Hussey, aged 70 years,
was killed, and Ephiam Harrington,
aged 20 years, was seriously injured
while crossing the Big Four tracks in
buggy near Lockland, o.
Vice President Perkins lost his tenn
per in the inquiry into the New York
Life and accused Counsel Hughes of
unfairness. The later peremptorily
demanded the books of the Morgan
firm.
Charles Denton, a real estate man,
was shot and killed by E. R. Horn,
wood finisher, at Nashville, Tenn.
1t is understood the trouble grew out
of Denton's treatment of Horns
sister.
In dynamite explosion at the
Dover Blast Furnace company at
Canal Dover, o., three men were ter
ribly injured. George Funkhauser,
eyes burned out and arm blown off,
will die.
Mrs. May Lillian Sprague, a st.
Louis Divorce, inspired by a scene in
a problem play, fired twice at George
Morton, general passenger agent OF
the katy" railway, but both bullets
went wide.
Senator Morgan, in biting letter
to Chairman Shonts, declares that the
canal work will fail and it is useless
to visit Panama. Chairman Shonts
and the board CT consulting engineers