Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

n. j., aged 81 years.
A thief who tackles 4 wagonload of
forcite and escapes with his life is lucky
enough to grow rich carrying hod. This
is what an enterprising thief did in New
York city. At last accounts he was
alive and doing well.
Erie train No. 5, the New York and
Chicago vestibuled limited, while run
ming forty miles an hour. struck an open
switch near Meadville, Pa, and collided
with locomotive in the New York and
Pennsylvania yards. Fifteen persons
were hurt.
Several ST. Paul and Minneapolis
of some $4,000 by a clever forger. He
worked under the names of Esch and
Charles d. Rhodes, and did the work
chiefly by means of bank cashiers
certifcation stamp.
Richard Croker left New York very
quietly for Chicago. After attending
to some private business there he will
take a Southern trip, looking over some
thoroughbreds. and will then go to the
winter home of the Dwyer brothers on
Indian river, Fla, for several weeks.
The Claim Street Baptist church of
Aurora, ILL.,, celebrated the new year
by burning it's mortgage.
William Forsythe, wife and child
We're Frustrated at Youngstown, O., by
eating poisoned mince pies. The mother
and son are recovering, but the husband
is in a dangerous condition.
The Ems, which left Genoa, Deem
Der 10, arrived in New York, but re-
ported nothing of the Anchor line steam
ship Italia, which left the Mediterranean
seven days earlier than the Ems.
A new process in the solution of
arithmetical problems has been evolved
by Peter Lawyer of Indianapolis, who
for many years was prominent figure
among the school men of Indiana and
who resides now near Atlanta.
The Chicago fast mail train No. 1,
on the Illinois Central, struck a mule
two miles north of Holly Springs, Miss,
cars and three coaches. The two Pull
man sleepers did not leave the track.
The fireman was fatally injured.
The Click Comedy company's effects
were attached at Lacon, ILL.,, to satisfy
the claim of w. II. Haggerty of Englc
wood Blanche Belleville, the soubrettc,
saved her wardrobe by wearing no less
banded.
A San Francisco paper says the gov
eminent is preparing to prosecute the
conspirators who perjured themselves to
aid James Addison PeraltaReavis in his
mythical claim to 100000 acres of
land in New Mexico worth 5000 900.
Nearly every witness who testified in the
case will be indicted.
London Truth in a long article today
defends President Cleveland's attitude
on the Monroe doctrine, and asserts it
is as legitimate as the European con-
cert.
The sentence of death of Valentine
Shorts, who shot two men at Valley
field, Que, last spring, has been today
committed to imprisonment for life, as
criminal lunatic.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times hears that an trade
has been issued for the grant of the pc
troeum monopoly to the Russian COM
pany, but no confirmation of the report
is obtainable.
In an address before the American
Economic association at Indianapolis,
Prof. Gray of the Northwestern uniyer-
sity, Evanston, used some plain language
in talking about Chicago's corrupt coun-
Gil
Three of party of seven or eight
United States soldiers from Fort Mead
have been incarcerated by the authorities
at Sun Dance, Wyo., for violating state
game laws. The party was hunting and
killing deer. Those arrested were fined
500 and costs. Having been notified not
to- pay their fines, they are now in jail
james stevens Clt lley W IO w DIS al
rested with nearly $4,000 worth of
stolen property in his possession, much
of which was believed to be the plumber
of the notorious William Barrett. plead
ed guilty at Boston to the charge OF re-
ceiving stolen property and was SEN
fenced to term of ten years in the state
prison.
Aid Frank J. LIGHT of Detroit says
that he has been approached by agents
of the Citizens Street Railway company
and offered loans "of large sums of mon
ey if he would cast his vote in favor Of
the ordinance passed by the council Civ
ing the company sixteen-year extension
of it's franchise in return for eight tick
cts for a quarter"
Judge Moer settled the famous Men
denhall divorce case at Duluth by declin-
ing to grant q divorce to either party.
He found no proof of cruelty or desertion
by either party. Mrs. --endenhall had
shown herself to be of a jealous and
morbid turn of mind. He found letters
which showed that they agreed to sepa-
rate by mutual consent, SO there could
be no desertion.
The U. S. s. Boston has received
orders to proceed from San Francisco to
foreshadowed by dispatches from Wash
ington and was in fact being awaited
Gov. Richards of Wyoming has gone
to Washington to make a protest against
the invasion and depredations of the
Cree Indians from Canada. The Ca
madam authorities refused to act in the
matter and the governor decided to APP
peal to Washington.
Charles II. Stuckey. the defaulting
cashier of the State bank at Duluth, was
held to the grand jury at his examina
ton. His attorney did not make any de-
Tense but asked a number of questions
which seemed to indicate that an attempt
would be made to place the blame for
wrecking the bank on the shoulders of M.
0. Hall, it's president.
Judge Finn at Hancock. Mich, SEN
fenced Charles Conlette to twenty days.
Imprisonment for gambling. The game
was poker. The deal was Conlette's and
the other player, Julius Schubert, backed
four kings to the extent of 5000. Con
lette held four aces. The judge held
that two such hands in one deal was
prima facie evidence of gambling on the
part of the man who held the aces.
Sculptor J. Massey Rhinds' heroic
bronze statue of John G. Calhoun is
ready for shipment to Charleston, s. c..