Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-07

shops, fell from a scaffold. fracturing his
skull. He will probably die.
A young man by the rame o. Ferdi.
| nand Elk and residing near st. Joseph's
hospital, in Marshtield was taken to the
insane asylum by the sheriff.
Lewis Durham. aged 20 years, was
committed to the Northern Hospital for
Insane by Judge Willard ut hartford. He
| resided in the town of Marquette, and the
insanity is the result of hazing by boys.
A. A. Hopkins, formerly of Marshfeld,
and connected with the Marshfield and
Southeastern Railroad, has accepted
position of the Northern Pacific He To-
Gates ut Helena. Mont, and has charge
of TO0-mile division.
Nels Christianson, junior partner of
the firm of l.. S. Thompson & Co, retail
grocers, committed suicide at La Crosse
by hanging. He was about SO years of
age and had 40 relatives in this country.
The cause of the deed is attributed to de-
spondency.
The water power of the Menominee
River is soon to be harncssed. The first
step toward great undertaking was
made at the annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the Menomince River Boom Com
pany, which controls the power of the
river from it's mouth to its source.
A fatal shooting affray occurred at
Stanley Sunday night Charles Riley,
well-known character, was shot four
times, two bullets taking effect in his
head and two in the body. He was r.
moved to ST. Joseph hospital at Chippewa
Falls, but there is no chance of recovery.
Sheriff Putnam has arrested John Lynch,
who is charged with doing the shooting.
He was taken to Chippewa Falls and
placed in the county Jail. Lynch Tas
held in 5000 bail.
Marinctte Argus: Considerable con-
troversy is current regarding the wages
paid in the woods this winter. 1t is al
legged by some that as low as Sc per
month is being paid to some men, but
careful inquiry among representatives OF
the various wood crews whom we have
met fails to disclose Il single case of able
bodied men, or i'll fact any other kind of
men, who are working for less than $13
per month, and this rate is paid to cook
les" and road monkeys
Out of the thirteen Superior banks
which were doing business year ago,
only four are III business at the present
time. In view of this fact the officials Of
the various banks are said to be interest
ed in Il plan to reorgarize and consoli-
date into one large institution, with
capital stock of $1,50 900, which will be
able to command the business of the flour
| mills and elevators, which now goes to
Duluth. The banks interested in this
plan are the Bank of Superior, the Bank
of West Superior, the American Tx
change, and the Bank of Commerce. The
city of Superior during the last fifteen
months has lost upwards of $780, 900 in
the failures of the city banks.
The Bank of Superior, doing business
at the East End, suspended Monday on
account of a run with which it was
threatened on account of the recent fail
urcs. An assignment was made to Henry
$. Butler, who has taken possession. The
bank had $4,000 capital and $4,000 sur
plus. which was largely tied up in in
vestments. The big proportional deposit
of about 100000 was 4 constant menace
and slight run was experienced Satur-
day which influenced the closing Of the
institution. The deposits arc mostly in
small amounts and the bank expects to
be able to liquilatc in full unless there
is continual decline in assets. The city
of Superior had $13,21O in the bank,
making nearly $4,000 of the city funds
tied up in failures during the last week.
The examination of John Lcinhard and
Joseph Wells. charged with assisting
William Ielner to break from Jail, took
place before Justice Lewis at Juneau.
The evidence relied upon by the State to
prove the charge was that of Henry
Mathews, the only other prisoner confined
in jail with the alleged murderer, and the
defendants. Mathews claims that he was
aware of all the scheming of the prison
crs to escape, but was afraid to "squeal."
There was considerable of Il sensation
when lombard, Wells and Xellner stated
to the court that there was Il deep laid
scheme and that Mathews part in it was
to kill Sheriff Bintc. When the critical
time arrived Mathews. II was claimed,
weakened and tried to get out Of it by
playing the part of ''trusty." The pris-
oners were bound over.
Mayor Rauschcnberger, of Milwaukee,
gave the semiccntennial project boom
by issuing proclamation in which he
urged that subscriptions be made to the
stock of the company which proposes to
hold an exposition in 1898. The Mayor
said: THE proposition to celebrate the
senicentennial anniversary of the admis-
sion of the State of Wisconsin into the
Union by great industrial and cduca
tional celebration in the city of xIilwau-
kcc has found such warm support by the
press of our city and State and of our
neighbor States that it should receive
the hearty support of the business men of
our city. 1t will remain for our local
business men to decide whether such
celebration is to take place in our midst
in 1898, or whether it shall be abandoned.
Our citizens have a right to feel just
pride in the achievements of the past
fifty years. During this period n great
commonwealth has been hewn out of the
wilderness. Our State now possesses i'll
a large measure all the elements of an
advanced civilization. We have world
renowned manufacturing industries, un-