Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-26

L
cago held a mass meeting in the Audi,
torium to voice hearty approval OF the
action of Norway.
At Bryan, Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs. A. L.
Brown of Edgerton were killed ana
Mrs. Rathburn was fatally injured by
being struck by train.
Richard G. Stipp, aged SO, OF Prince
ton, and Harry Hawksley, aged II, of
Aurora, were struck by a fast train
and killed near Neponset, Ill.
Boss Durham, McNichol and other
state officials may land in Mayor
Weavers net as the result of Phila-
delphia contract graft charges.
President James of Illinois univer-
sity says college athletic stars are not
strong men in after life, many being
wrecked by excessive training.
William Ziegler, the boy who has in,
herited $30,000,000 says he will lead
an expedition to search for the north
pole when he is FL.
Policeman Ault, who killed kid
English at Bonesteei, S. D., during
last summers rush to that place, mas
been convicted of manslaughter
At Waupun William Bernstein, who
was sentenced to a long term for
robbing the Milwaukee Bag company
of $1,000, is dead from appendicitis.
Rev. William Henry Locke, former
pastor of the Canton church attended
by the late President Mckinley, was
stricken with apoplexy in Brooklyn.
Putnam Bradlee Strong, husband OF
May YOhe, the actress, filed a petition
in bankruptcy in New York, giving
Henry G. Coll, the Milwaukee
bank cashier associated with r. G..
Bigelow, pleaded not guilty of embez-
Element in the United States court.
Secretary Taft discussed political
issues at the commencement of Miami
university. He denounced negro dis
REIMBURSEMENT and Chinese exclusion.
President Roosevelt begins war on
red tape in the government service,
appointing committee to map out
the undermining of business methods.
Forged checks of the Standard Oil
company for more than 100000 were
used to swindle merchants and banks
in the Indiana, Ohio and other oil
fields
Frederick Fuson and Gustaye
Spuszher were found dead in an
abandoned house at Harwick, Pa. II
is thought they were struck by Hgntn-
ing.
Thomas W. Lawson promises sew
eral speeches in the states of the mid
die west during the summer. his sub
ject being the same as his magazine
articles
John McKOWan, a laundry employee,
was shot and killed at st. Joseph, Mo-,
by G. w. Stockton, farmer, who
claimed McKowan had mistreated his
daughter
Lives were lost, damage amounting
to millions of dollars was done to
crops and railroad bridges and tracks
/ were swept by foods in the Mis-
sissippi valley.
High officials in Washington are
j said to be watching with uneasiness
the inquiry into the charge that leaks
have been found in the government,
, cotton report.
Announcement was made at Prince
ten commencement of gifts to the uni
versity of 1886 acres of land, an annual
income of 100000 and a recitation
hall TO cost 100000.
Racine will have 20 saloons less
this year than last. Some OF the
al hot 1T
children with pals will cut down the
| revenues nearly half.
At the annual meeting OF the
/ Carroll college board of trustees ii
was decided to engage Prof. O. r.
Myers of Junieta college. Huntley, Pa.
to take charge of the English depart
| ment.
The Pennsylvania special, a new IS
hour train between Chicago and New
York, beat It's schedule by three min
uteS and attained a maximum speed
of mile in twenty eight AMI one thirc
seconds.
Charles Bartz, aged IL years, was
struck by lightning while driving cows
to pasture near Ashland and is in {
precarious condition A fence neal
which he was standing was reduced
to slivers.
Harlow F. Pease OF WATERFOWL, {
member of the junior class of George
town university, Washington, D. G..
won the John j. Murphy medal To-
the best metrical translation Of three
odes of Horace.
At Kenosha Antonio and Vincenzt
Petracci, brothers, were electrocute(
: by touching a heavily charged gu.
wire. The latter was killed Will,
showing the manner in which hi
brother met his death.
A bronze statue of the late Anthem.
j. Drexel was unveiled in Fairmoun
park, Philadelphia. The statue wa
: presented to the city by John Fl
: Harjes Of the banking firm of Drexe
! & Harjes, Paris.
Finnel Buehler, ex-president OF tn