Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-05-06
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arranged by Fond du Lac grocers was
held. Over forty manufacturers and
jobbers had their goods on exhibition,
Oconto.-While Mrs. Peter Witeckt
of this city was basting roast in the
oven an explosion resulted. She was
burned about the lower part of the face
and her hands.
Marsh1eld.-St Adams Episcopal
church has decided to build al
parish house this year to cost about
twelve thousand dollars. The pro-
posed structure will have GYM
nasium, clubrooms and showers.
MISUNDERSTANDING J. e. Dodge,
former assistant attorney general
of the United States and former
preme court, is seriously i'll in Roose-Il
welt hospital in New York. The judge,
suffered stroke of apoplexy. During
the Cleveland administration he was
assistant attorney general.
Fond du Lac The body Of
John Kuehn, sixty-five years old,
Princeton, father of James, Frank and
from the Fox river at Princeton. He
had been missing four weeks and the
sons had made prolonged search at
Princeton, Fond du Lac and Milwau-
kee.
Durand.-The new $4,000 parson-
age of ST. Joseph's Catholic church
was totally destroyed by fire. Fa-
Their Vousson lost library, his vest
ments, valued at $500, his money, also
church collections. The tenants had
a narrow escape. The fire, starting
outside, was we'll under way when
discovered 1t is believed the blaze
was of incendiary origin.
New Richmond.-County Highway
| Commissioner Joseph Caffrey has
begun work on the 1914 program
| of highway improvement in ST.
Croix county under the county and
state aid law. He will have four crews
on the job in different parts of the
county, and the work will be carried
on precisely the same as railroad con-
struction work, each crew having it's
own camp and complete outfit right
there on the job.
Covington-The spring quarterly
meeting of the Charlottesville Pres
byterfan church closed here. Rev.
Hugh N. Ronald of Thorntown
was elected moderator. Rev. Gibson
Wilson of Oxford was the retiring
moderator. N. w. Clark Of Ladoga.
| Worth Reed of Covington and Elder
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sioners to the general assembly in
May. The next fall meeting of the
presbytery will be held at Cutler.
| Appleton. = Lawrence college will
have new chapel building with
in two years, according to DR..
Wilson S. Naylor, who announced
fund of $50, 900 for that purpose. Sew
eral thousands of dallars have already
been pledged for memorial windows,
one of which will be for Professor
Wheeler and the other for Professor
Loomis, former members Of the facul-
ty. A memorial for Miss Kate Cork
hill. late dean of women, whose death
occurred recently, will be included, a
fund having been started among the
| students.
Madison.-Gen Charles King OF
Milwaukee, retired, and Capt. Will
lam Mitchell Of Milwaukee, with
the signal corps Of the, United States
army, were in Madison and talked
over the Mexican situation with Adjt.
Gen.. Orlando Holway. In view Of the
unsettled situation and the probable
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being called out for service in the
Mexican war, the adjutant general or
dered General King to discontinue the
school of instruction for noncommis-
stoned officers of the guard which he
has been conducting for some MONTHS
GAINESVILLE = The nonpartisan or
ganization will hold a meeting In
the Hotel Wisconsin, Milwaukee, May
6, for the purpose of discussing the
matter of calling a state convention
for the purpose of nominating state
/ ticket. 1t is stated by those back OF
the movement that there will be one
or two representatives present at the
coming meeting from each county In
the state. These representatives
| Will go carefully over lie pIOpOcAIAOAA
and if 1t is deemed best a state con-
vention will be called, probably to-
meet some time In June, either In Mill
waukee or Madison.
Stevens Point.-An unhappy mar
rage of less than two years du-
ration is believed to be the cause OF
a tragedy enacted here before the eyes
of a large crowd when Carl Moore, a.
/ 500 line brakeman. confronted his
wife and her mother, Mrs. Chris Geisa
Ter, In front of the Arlington hotel and
fred three shots at them. Both women
were seriously, Mrs. Moore probably
fatally, wounded Running down the
street. Moore then placed the revolver
to his ear and killed himself. The
triple shooting occurred while the
| streets were thronged with people on
their way to attend theater perform
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