Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-09-11

pint for V'mont" to hunt for bears il
he can get his fall chores at the white
house" done in time
Charles F. Pfster of Milwaukee and
his attorneys explain the transaction
on which the former was recently in
dicted, deny wrongdoing' and charge
that the grand jury was kept in
! ignorance.
Fourteen lives and three ships are
known to have been lost in a fierce
storm which swept over Lake
Superior, and it is feared the list of
deaths and wrecks will be much
| larger.
Whether the Panama canal shall
climb over intervening hills by means
OF locks or be cut through at the sea
level will be decided by the consulting
engineers from all the world who have
begun their sessions at Washington.
Because of jealousy Patrick Nc
Dermitt of Wilbach, Neb.. cut the
throat of Miss Agnes O'Connor and
then stabbed himself and drank
carboIlc acid, dying in a short time.
The girl may recover.
At Richmond, Inu., the BODY or
William Thomas, prominent LODGE
man, who had been missing five laws
has been found in the woods. He is
supposed co have committed suicide nv
shooting
Robert ]. Collier of New York an.
nounces that he purchased the
Kentucky farm upon which Abraham
Lincoln was born for the purpose or
preserving it. He may make provision
to turn it over to the government
Granville, Ohio, is comp. citing ar.
engagements for the celebration next
week of the one hundredth an
n1versary Of it's founding. Alumni OF
Den1son university, Shepardson col.
lege and Granville female college AMI
noted men who were former residents
are to be present.
Al Billings, Mont, c. M Robinson
was killed by bullet from po,.ce,
mans revolver after he had shot 7
Ward Huse, o. b. Crane and s n
Rowland in the legs on the street and
had shot at the officers who ATTEMPTED
to capture him. He was crazed bv
drink
charged With the murder of Philin
IT, Ross and his wife and the burning
OF their saloon at Kerryston. Wash
10 conceal evidence of the crime
Adam Moore, a negro, and John
Dallas, who came with him from
Louisiana to work in the Kerry saw.
mill, have been arrested.
AT La Crosse while opening the
draw Of the Mississippi river wagon
bridge Engineer w. E. Boycott fell I'M
conscious at his post and the steamer
o. w. Cowles and raft crashed into
the partly opened structure. Lie on.
glneer will die. The steamer was
badly damaged and the raft was
demolished.
CHARLES b. Shively, supreme chan
cellor of the Knights of Pythias. has
called meeting of the supreme body
to determine whether the biennial
conclave and encampment shall be
held at New Orleans next year as de.
clded at the Louisville, KY, meeting.
The proposal is due to the yellow
fever epidemic. New Orleans knights
are insisting on a speedy decision.
Mrs Gertrude Bentley, wife of
former City Detective William Bentley
OF Lincoln, Neb., committed suicide at
her home by taking chloroform. Her
action was deliberate seemingly, as
she telephoned to her husband con-
corning the disposition of her effects.
He reached home with a doctor too
late to save her. Fear of lingering
illness and death from consumption is
the cause assigned for her act. Mrs.
Bentley was a niece of Ex-Governor
Durbin of Indiana