Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29

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made smoke enough to invade A6di-
torium and Rensu hotels and other
buildings.
Detectives searched the bedroom of
Broker o. M. bennett in the Manhat-
tan club, New York, and found $4,000
worth of bonds stolen from the Trust
Company of America.
Mrs. Lloyd of Niagara, Wis. a deaf
mute, while en- route with her hus-
band for Grand Rapids, Mimi, gave
birth to a boy on the Escanaba pas
senger train at Wellington.
The wife of Benedict Gimbel of Phil
adelphia explains his attempted sui
eide following the arrest in New York
on serious charges in relation to a
small boy by saying he has been in
sane for year
Beloit is oYerrun with agents OF
brewers who want to establish sa-
looms A dozen men are looking for
sites and offering almost twice the
normal rent. 1t is doubtful if many
new licenses will be granted
An assistant United States attorney
general says there is no connection
between the land fraud investigation
in Idaho and the prosecution of the
officials of the Western Federation of
Miners.
At Alma the body OF MelchiOr VI
rich, pioneer. was found partly sub
merged in the river. He was cutting
willow twigs and sustained a stroke
of paralysis, the brush upon which he
fell bending into the water, but sup
porting his body. He was over 70
years old and single.
AT BelOit William Welchy~aged 40
years, a drayman fell through an ele-
vator shaft in the tin shop of Newton
& Zimmerman and was killed. He was
reaching for an elevator rope and lost
his balance. Although the distance
he fell was but slight, about eight
feet death was instantaneous.
At Chippewa Falls Chester Wright
a y year old boy, was arrested on
the charge of systematically robbing
a number of the residents of the Vic
tor Theater block Part of his spoils
"a ring, watch, a pocketbook con.
tanning a $3.50 check-he sold to To-
cal jeweler for 81, and with the
amount purchased monograph rec
ords
At Chippewa Falls James Jones, ap-
pearing to be an innocent lumber jack
was given one year in the peniten-
tiary by Judge Vinje for forging
check at Stanley. When Sheriff
smith arrived with his prisoner at
Waupun the warden told him that
Jones was one of the most clever
forgers in the state and that he had
served a number of years in the pen
itentiary.
Attorney J. D. Shaw of Milwaukee
has taken an appeal to the supreme
court from Judge Grimms decision,
denying the motion made by the de-
PENDANT to have the service summons
and complaint set aside in the $4,000
damage action brought by Miss Win
fried Fifield of GAINESVILLE against the
Electric Railway and Light
for injuries sustained in the
collision of a street car and freight
train about a year go.
The KenOsha Electric railway com
pany placed on re cord trust deed to
the Western Trust and Savings bank
and Willoughby C. Wallig of Chicago
covering all the property of the COM
pany. The deed is given to secure a
bond issue of $1,OOO,0 600. The money
is to be used in refunding the debt
of the company. and for extension of
the lines The railway system, now
bonded for $1,OOO,OOO, was purchased
by c. Frost a year ago for S35000O.
Mae o. Fox and George d. Stone
We're married at Kenosha