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Show Colonel Vilas Passes Away. Madison, Wis. Colonel William F. Vilas died nt 10; 45 o'clock Thursday morning, following flvo weeks of Illness, Ill-ness, Colonel Vilas was postmaster-goneral postmaster-goneral ot tho United States from 1885 to 1888, secretary of Interior January, Jan-uary, 1888, to March, 1889; United States senator 1891-97; member ot the commission which built state historical histori-cal library 1897-1903. Ho was born In Chelsea, Vt, July 9, 1810. Ho was tiro eon of Hon, Levi 11. and Esther G. (Smllle) Vilas. Tho family settled at Madison, Wis.. Juno, 1851. He graduated grad-uated at tho University of Wisconsin In 1858, attended tho Albany law school In 1EC0, und established a practice |