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Show Colonel Vilas Passes Away. Madison, Wis. Colonel Wllllnm F. Vilas died at 10:45 o'clock Thursday morning, following flvo weeks of Illness. Ill-ness. Colonel Vllns was postmastor-gonornl postmastor-gonornl of tho United States from 1S85 to 1888, secretary of Interior January, Jan-uary, 1888, to March, 1889; United Stntos senator 1891-97; member of tho commission which built state historical histori-cal library 1897-1903. Ho was born In Chelsea, Vt., July 9, 1840. Ho was tiro Bon of Hon. Lovl D. and Esthor O. (Smtllo) Vilas. Tho family settled at Madison, Wis., Juno, 1851. Ho graduated grad-uated at tho University of Wisconsin In 1858, attended tho Albany law school In I860, und established a practice |