Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-07-29

At Milwaukee, EileTy DltlCy 40 ~AAsA~
" ill as result of drinking insect poison
by mistake.
Max Kreiner killed himself with re-
yolyer at Spooner. Family trouble is as
signed as the reason.
Farmer S. Lally of Oregon, Dane Coun-
ty. has not been seen since Monday. Ills
buggy was found cut to pieces.
Albert Klena, Racine boot and shoe
dealer, Jumped into the lake with suicidal
Intent, but was rescued by the llfe-savlnS
crew.
J. M. Benn was killed at Mellen. 1t
il supposed he tried to jump on freight
train and fell under. His residence IS
unknown.
Helbach, q slack and tight wire walker
of Neenah, has signified his intention OF
walking across a rope stretched across
Niagara Falls.
Joseph Borkenhagen, the man who tried
to kill three persons in the town of North
Greenfield on June %, was found hang
ing to rafter in his barn.
An Arabian woman, name unknown,
carrying peddler's pack and basket, was
struck by a train in the Milwaukee Rail-
road Company's yards at La Crosse ana
instantly killed.
Deputy Game Warden Johnston cap
.tured fourteen nets on Winnebago lake.
When pulled up four good-sized sturgeon
were taken from the nets. A boat was
also found and seized.
Joachim Westphahl was bound over to
the next term Of the Circuit Court at
Fond du Lac on the charge Of a murder
Gus assault upon Peter Freund. Bonds
were fixed in the sum Of 81 900.
Dennis Kehoe, farmer of East Hol-
land, Brown County, was killed while
moving hay on his farm. The mower
struck rail, the jar knocking him off
and throwing him under the machine.
The farm house of e. Cruel, near APP
pleton, was fired by an exploding lamp;
Mr.. Cruel bed-ridden for years, was burn
ed to death. His wife was perhaps fatal
ly burned while trying to rescue him.
Tramrs are supposed to have set fire
to the barns on the James S. Banield
farm, three miles east of GAINESVILLE, re-
sulting in the destruction of the barns.
The loss will be $4,000, insured for ST.
400 in the Home of New York.
The increase in the tax on beer imposed
by the Dingley bill will require some of
the larger Milwaukee brewers to pay an
increase IF revenue taxes on beer amount
ing to sums ranging from SAG, 900 to $780,
600 year, according to estimates made
by Revenue Collector Murphy.
The Oshkosh Baseball League team
has d'sbanGed on account OF increased ex.
penses due to the tendency of other clubs
to load up with salaried players. 1t is
understood this will break UP the Wiscon-
sin Central League, comprising Stevens
Point, bond dn Lac and Manasha.
Gustav A. Kreplow, ell-known resi-
dent Of Fond du Lac, died Wednesday,
aged So years. He was born in Prussia
and came to Wisconsin when years Of
age. lie settled in Milwaukee and in
1865 removed to Fond du Lac He was
a cigar manufacturer and in 1874 was
elected chief of police. He served thlr-
teen terms. He was a Mason, Knight of
Honor and Odd Fellow and belonged to
the Elks.
e. B. Grant, one of the pioneer BUSH
ness men of Stevens Point, died of heart
disease He had been in poor health for
the past three years. He was born in
Benton, Me-. Sept. %, 1921, and came
to Stevens FONT in 1856, engaging in the
furniture business, which he continued
until the time of his death. Mr.. Grant
was married in Benton in 1855, his wife
dying in 1891. He leaves four children,
Lieut.. Albert w. Grant of the United
States navy. Brooklyn; Crosby, Forest
and Mrs. r. F. Baker.
Alma Grimm, Is years old, Of the town
of Freedom, Outagamie County, was
taken before justice of the peace in APP
pleton on the charge of having attempted
to poison the family Of Julius Semrow
of the same town by putting rough on
rats in their food. Two attempts were
made, the poison in each case being put
in only one dish, of which the girl did not
eat. The girl was servant in the family
and the first attempt is alleged to have
been made ON the evening of June 3, when
it is charged the poison was put in dish
of beans. The second attempt was made
July 4. No motive for the alleged crime
has yet Leen shown and the girl stoutly
asserts her innocence.
Antonio Balistero, the Italian wanted
at Milwaukee for the murder of James
Sokop, was arrested in Boston by Detec-
tive Sullivan of Milwaukee. Sokop was
teamster and was shot down by the Ital-
ian as he was driving along busy thor
oughfare. Although the street was crowd
ed with people, Balistero made his escape.
Sokop died a few hours after he was shot.
The shooting affair was the result Of
feud which had existed between a num-
Der of Italian fruit vendors and the en-
ployes of commission houses, growing out
of a number of attempts by the Italians
to injure the salable value of fruit SO that
they could buy it at discount 1t is be-
lieved Aiaiistero was member of the
Malta and that the organization assisted
him in escaping.
What promises to be one of the largest
deposits of manganese in the conntrr ax