Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-03-12

Jacob A Riis, the reformer, and
friend of the president, is at a New
York hospital, suffering from heart
trouble
/ Dates for the GAINESVILLE Chautauqua
have been set for July q to August
). Billy Sunday will be the princi-
pal speaker.
Mrs. William Ellis Corey, wife of the
president of the United States Steel
corporation is at Sioux Falls, S. D.
for a divorce.
President Palma of Cuba received a
letter from President Roosevelt ex-
pressing gratitude for the present
sent daughter.
The Missouri supreme court ruled
that Standard Oil witnesses must an
swer questions and produce the books
of the company.
| Capt. Mikkelson, the Danish explor-
er, left New York for the Pacific coast
where he will buy a vessel for his
arctic expedition.
Fifteen forged certificates covering
1900 acres of Oregon school land
were presented at Salem by Frank t.
TOland of La Crosse, Wis.
Enthusiastic presbyterians pledged
$61,27 at a mass meeting in Car
negie hall New York, for the purpose
of extending church work in that city.
The activity of anarchists in Pater-
son, n. j., and Springfield, ILL.,, may
cause DoWager Queen Margherita OF
Italy to defer her auto tour Of Ameri-
ca.
In letters sent out Thomas w. Law
son declared he had sufficient proxies
to control the elections in the New
York and Mutual Life Insurance com
panies
President Roosevelt in an official
order commends to the American navy
and people Admiral Togo's address to
! his officers after the battle Of the Sea
OF Japan.
Fruit growers of California fear
/ neavy loss as a result of the decision
of the United States supreme court
unfolding the railroads in a famous
shipping case.
/ When lahCring under nervousness
p. I, Hughes overturned a lamp in the
Comfort hotel, ST Louis. He and J.
/ \. Courtney fractured their skulls by
/ jumping to escape the flames.
The general office building and part
of No. machine shop of the Bethle-
hem Steel company at South Bethle-
hem, Pa, were destroyed by fire, en-
failing a loss of about 100000.
No date has yet been set for the
marriage of Miss Wilhelmina Busch
and Lieut.. Edward A. Scharrer, in
Pasadena, Cal, although it is believed
the ceremony will be performed soon.
Charles Cato has been arrested at
Retort, Pa, charged with the theft of
a suitcase containing two Central
railroad of Pennsylvania bonds of
$4,000 each, from eX-Congressman
James Kerr.
Edward Weltman Serrell, who
placed the swamp angel" battery be-
fore Charleston, S. c., and who first
surveyed the Panama railway and
interoceanic canal routes, is a charity
patient in the Staten island hospital
A resolution favoring the repeal of
the duty on hides was adopted by the
executive council of the Massachusetts
state board of trade, in which fifty
constituent bodies are represented. 1t
will be sent as a petition to congress.
John Bailey, a farmer living near
Fox Lake, Ill, was robbed of $3.50 in
| Chicago by pickpockets. Bailey had
just obtained the money by the sale
of a mortgage and was riding on a
street car when his pocket was picked.
Death came to Bessie Cole, daugh-
ter of Stephen Cole of Bloomingsburg,
Fayette county, O., after an attack Of
/ sneezing which lasted ten hours. A
physician was summoned, but his eff
forts to check the sneezing were of no
avail. The breaking of a blood yes.
sci caused death.
! Winter visits of the department
commander of the Wisconsin G. A. r.
Col. S. F. A. Copeland of La Crosse,
dOned this year on account of the i'll
| NESS vi RIIS COpSldLu DIT uld.
She was injured in a fall and is in a
critical condition. Col. Copeland is
at his wife's bedside.
Bob Butts and George Bridgewater.
young white men living ~ New Pitts
burg, drew their revolvers and made
George Donovan, n negro, do a clog
dance. Butts and Bridgewater,
after emptying their revolvers began
to jeer the negro when he turned and
fired fly shots at his annoyers, killing
both.
Members of the Zion church in
Kenosha held a sacrifice meeting Mon
day to raise funds to pay the debts of
Zion and more than $500 in money and
a large amount of jewelry was con-
tributed to the fund The most
unique gift was a violin which had
| been owned by members of q KenOSha