Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-10-13
LATE NEWS CONDENSED.
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Indians ON the reservation near Sher-
idan, Wyo., has caused fears among
the white settlers.
Mrs. Frank Grover saw her two
children burned to death in forest
fire near Lee, Alberta. She was so
seriously burned herself that she died
in few hours.
The threshing separator belonging,
to John Kosanke was set on fire and
completely destroyed at Kuhn, N. d.
The firebug was traced some distance,
but was not located.
An unknown man about thirty-five
years old jumped from the upper steel
arch bridge into the Niagara and was
drowned. The body appeared on the
surface for only an instant.
Tired of life, George H. Johnson OF
Rockford shot himself at Nora
Springs, Ia, and died instantly. III
health is given as the cause. He
was about SO years of age.
While in bed G. e. Murrow, aged "a,
a dairyman of Des Moines, Ia, was
shot and instantly killed by burglar
The burglar ransacked Murrows
clothing and escaped with $25.
As a result of a rate war on the
Pacific coast first class tickets, in
Guiding meals and berths on steamers,
between Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, 4S0 miles, have fallen to $1.85
Suffering from some drug, which it
is believed he took by mistake, T. F.
Ford, member of Ford Brothers Medi-
cal company, Minneapolis, died at
Deadwood, S. D., after brief illness.
Ford had been peddling drugs from
a wagon.
The forest service in Washington
has found a fence that will protect
western sheepfolds from the ravages
of coyotes. The fence, while keeping
out coyotes, will not bar bears, badg
ers or lynxes.
The smallest babe ever born in
Marshalltown, Ia, came to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Graves. The
infant weighs three pounds and is a
boy. 1t can be placed without any
trouble in quart cup. In.every way
but size the child is normal.
Albert Carnahan, SO years of age,
shot and instantly killed his wife, ia
tally wounded Mrs. Ida Calvin and
then killed himself at Indianapolis.
Carnahan had been separated from
his wife for about five weeks. Appar-
emily he had become insane,
Bowman Perry, aged IL, son of F.
H. Perry, of Rapid city, S. D., had
his right hand torn to shreds as the
result of exploding with a match a
mercurial cap, used in discharging
dynamite, which had been left exposed
by careless workmen.
Martin Fehr, while threshing near
Fergus Falls, Mimi, was caught be-
tween the separator and engine and
steam pipe broke discharging steam
upon him and literally cooking him.
He died in short time. He was 81
years old and leaves a family.
Earnest Brodine was killed near
Montevideo, MINI. He had been in
town attending the county fair, and
it is thought that he boarded freight
train to ride out to his work. In some
manner he fell between the cars and
his body was horribly mangled.
Mrs. Katherine F. Lynch of New
York, thirty years old, guest at no.
tel in Los Angeles, Cal, went to the
pantry of her apartment to take
drink of apple cider and in the dark
ness drank from vial containing 10.
dine. She died twenty-four hours
later.
The offices of the engineers of the
Cuyunna Iron Range railroad were
broken into at Deadwood, Mimi, and
six suits of underwear and two suits
of clothes stolen. The burglars left
nmolested instruments valued up in
the thousands. Not even a pen or pen
Gil was touched.
Henry w. Samuels presented his
resignation as mayor of Chester, S.
c. At the trial of James S. Farnum
for bribery, Samuels testified for the
state that he had acted as a go-be-
tween for Farnum and Joseph B. Wy
lie, former member of the dispensary
board.
Raymond, the 9-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs Edward Erickson, was buried
under tons of sand as result of
cavein On street where a sewer was
being constructed at Redwing, Mimi
The body was not recovered for two
hours after the accident. The boy
was playing in the pit when the acct
dent occurred.
In sight of several thousand per-
sons assembled in New York to view
the HudsontFulton parade, John H.
Bell killed himself by leaping from the
top of the Riverside Drive viaduct,
500 feet high. Bell was forty-fve
years old. A short time ago nervous
trouble caused him to resign his place
as manager of local dairy company.