Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-02-11
DOMESTIC.

Miss Pauline Morton was married
to J. Hopkins Smith, Jr,, in New
York
Senator John F. Dryden of New
Jersey formally withdrew from the
race for reelection.
Francis L. Robbins, leader of the
$100s0O0,OOO bituminous coal trust, be-
set by scandal, will resign.
William j. Donahue, New York as
semblyman from Brooklyn, commit
ted suicide supposedly because of a
lawsuit
Mrs. Harvey Morris and her z
year-old son were murdered near
Roosevelt, Ari negro has been
arrested.
A witness at the Bailey investiga-
ton testified that six years ago the
senator had nothing but now he is
worth 100000
Mrs. Warren Beckwith, daughter
Of Robert T. Lincoln, is being sued
Tor divorce by her husband at Mount
Pleasant, Iowa.
Carrot Shelley, actor. while in Full
ton county Illinois, summons his
wife by letter to find his corpse and
shot himself
The question of the meeting place
of the international conference of
Methodist churches will be decided
in New York Feb. IA
The twelfth juror to try Harry K.
"a tot
opened its case Monday morning The
defense is insanity.
The Omaha city council voted down
a proposition to submit to the voters
the question of issuing bonds for
new municipal lighting plant
IN a quarrel w D. Stratton of Sid
ney, Neb., attacked John Bowers, a
wealthy ranchman. Bowers secured
a shotgun and killed Stratton.
Federai Judge Evans at Louisville,
KY, knocked out a portion of anti
pass law, ruling that life contracts
made by roads cannot be broken.
John H. Quirk, convicted of man
slaughter for killing w. A. Dowell,
Minneapolis newspaper man, was SEN
fenced to fifteen years in prison.
Charles McGill of the defunct On
tariO bank pleaded guilty to having
signed false returns and was sen
fenced to five years Imprisonment
John McCausland is at a Dayton,
o., hospital in critical condition and
his wife, brother and two children
are dead, asphyxiated by escaping
gas.
James H. Palmer, manager of the
Virginian company, and Miss Flea
nor Wilton, who takes the part of
Mrs. Hewie in the play, have been
married in Denver.
Two hundred striking italian labor
ers threatened violence at the Gen
eral Electric Signal company's build.
ings at Rochester, N Y. but the
police prevented a clash
Andrew White the American am
bassador at Rome, gave a dinner in
honor of Premier Giolitti. Among the
many persons present was Herbert
Henry Asquith, the British chance1-
lOr of the exchequer.
The coroner's jury that investigated
tie recent wreck at Sandford, Ind,
says the blast of the car containing an
explosive was due to the jar incident
TO the setting of the emergency
rGraZes on passing train.
The suit of the receiver of the Bay
ftate Gas company to recover be
Tween 100000 and $4,000 900 from
H. II. Rogers ended in a COM
promise by which Mr.. Rogers agreed
to pay $1,5OO,OOO.
All the necessary. preparations have
been made at Capri, Italy, for the ar
rival there of Professor Emil Won
NBehring Of Berlin. the discoverer of
the diphtheria serum, who is suffer
ing from nervous breakdown, due to
overwork.
Eben Ryder for FIVE years suDerin-
rendent OF he eastern division of the
Chicago and Alton. with heao1uarteI.s
at Bloomington, H., has resigned to
accept the position of general super
intendent of the Chicago and Indiana
Southern.
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