Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-15
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
Twenty-one were killed in an ex-
plosion in a mine at Bluefields, w. Va.
Mrs. Emmons L. Williams, wife of
the treasurer of Cornell university,
died at Duluth.
Arthur Johnson was hit by a train
going sixty miles an hour at Sterling,
ILL.,, and killed
Despondent over the desertion of
her lover, Miss Hewitt of Warren, H.,
committed suicide.
Four-yearold Lydia Stencil was
found drowned in a cistern at Elllhart,
Ind, by the mother.
Mrs. T. G. Gasskin was run over by
an automobile in New York and her
clothing set on fire.
The value Of real estate property in
New York city has increased $780,
100000 in the last year
Dr. Norton, a Harvard professor,
agreed with Anne Law that infrm per-
sons should be put to death.
Lieut. Taylor, who snubbed a sub
ordinate in a theater, was reduced in
rank lively numbers by a court mar
tial
Announcement has been ma1o of the
resignation of H. P. Ki,f ball, chief en-
gineer of the Chicago and Alton rail
road.
The PROPERTY loss caused by the tor
nadO which struck Albany, Ga, and
section is tOnseryatiyely estimated at
$15O,OOO,
The Armstrong committees recon-
mendationS on insurance reform to
New York legislature will be extreme
ly radical.
John FL ackesum, a cigarmaker az
Savanna, Ill.,, choked to death while
eating beefsteak, a portion of which
lodged in his throat
The sto hemasons' and bricklayers
convention applauded the Minneap-
Oils mayor when he asked if they ia
vOr Sunday closing
Stewart Edward White, the well
known aut hor, is confined IN a San
Francisco sanitarium, suffering from
the effects of overwork
r. W. ST. eyer, formerly physician
in Chicagol attempts suicide in New
York because he is a victim of suici-
dal and hot nicidal mania
America with its six battleships
now building, is to have the most pow
erful naval fleet in the world, Japan.
however, being a strong rival
The pros ecution in John W. Hills
trial for GRAFT on Phil y clphia fltra-
ton contra BITS showed that three items
Of Doodle aggregated 100000.
Jacob H. Schiff, in a speech to the
New York chamber of commerce, pre-
dicted a great financial panic unless
the currency system is changed.
Thomas A. Edison declares yne prop
ability of the early discovery of
means of controlling the energy stored
in coal, direct and without waste.
The authorities of Colorado Springs,
Colo, have decided that E. c. Wilson
of Chicago, found dead on the prairie
seven miles from town, was murdered.
MidshipIhan Foster of Joliet, ILL.,,
was compelled by Midshipman Roberts
to eat under the table, was the evil
dence in the hazing trial at Annapolis.
The Bennett & Morgan rectifying
plant at Marion, N. c., the largest in
the state il not in the south, was burn
ed at a 10 IS of from $4,000 OTTO $780,
600.
Two out of four battleships under
command of Admiral Evans ran
aground il New York harbor and a
third stru ck one of the stranded yes
sells.
Henry h. Rogers, vice president of
the Standard Oil company defied the
supreme tourt of Missouri while testi-
flying in the oil trust hearing in New
| York
! Tremendous surprise is caused by
| the suicide finding of coroner IN death
of Charles A. Edwards. who was be-
lieved to have been murdered at New
Haven.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. is at the
head of the Continental Rubber COM
pany of America. incorporated in New
| Jersey. with a capitalization of $780,
100000.
Petition signed by 100 prominent
men. including Grover Cleveland and
Mark Twain. presented to Governor
! Higgins TO save Lawyer Patrick from
| execution.
Republican representatives opposed
TO the statehood bill combine with the