Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-04-06


Nearly 500 teachers attended the con-
Ventlon of the Northwestern Teachers
Association at Stevens Point.
An amicable settlement has been reach
ed and the strike at the Beebe company's
works in Racine declared off.
A move is ON foot to build a Masonic
temple at Racine. A site will soon be Sc
lected and plans and specifications or
dered.
Deaths in the State: NJ. II. Baldwin,
aged "a, Sparta; Mrs. Louis Gilbertson,
GAINESVILLE; Mrs. A. S. Hood, aged So,
Racine.
At Necedah, John T. Kingston is dead
OF heart failure after an illness of only
three days. He was born in ST. Clair
County, Illinois, Jan. 81, 1919.
At Eau Claire, Circuit Judge O'Neill de-
MED motion for the release from Jail of
Alexander Meggitt an aged lawyer and
register of the United States land office,
committed for contempt last September.
Mrs. Richard Guenther and Miss Lii
liam Guenther, accompanied by Miss Fan
ME Schriber, all of Oshkosh, will sail for
Frankfort-on-the-M Main, Germany, on May
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consul at that city.
At the Ross Lumber Company's camp
near Arbor Vitae, Jack McDermot was
struck on the head by goodsized log and
instantly killed, the blow crushing his
skull in a terrible manner. Deceased
was unmarried and about 50 years Of age.
Mrs. Frederick Nash of Brodhead
awoke and found her husband suffering.
She ran to the neighbors for help and on
returning slipped and fell, breaking her
leg below the hip. Her husband died
while she was away.
Frank Kuehnemann made an attempt
to kill his wife at Sheboygan by shooting
her in Henne's millinery store. The bill
entered above the heart, it being only a
short way from the vital spot. The wom-
an will live. Kuehnemann is a drinking
man.
The recent heavy rains and thaw caus-
ed the dam on Honey creek to give way
and the rush of water undermined the
foundation of Loddis' mill at Baraboo and
caused its demolition. The loss is $4,000.
The mill was owned by Mr.. Koenig, who
will rebuild.
John GoetZ, who is employed in the
brewing department of the William Rahr
Sons Company's plant at Manitowoc, fell
from one of the casks in the cellar and
sustained serious injuries of the pelyis,
which will confne him to his home for
several months.
In the case of John Helmes against the
village of Waterloo, which had been on
trial over two weeks, Judge George
Grimm decided in favor of the village.
Mr.. Helmes brought suit for damages of
$500 for alleged trespass on land lying in
a principal street.
The McDonalds of La Crosse have pur-
chased Of John G. Daniels Of Keokuk,
Iowa, the raft boat, Kit Carson, and her
bowboat. They will be used this coming
season in towing lumber down the Mis-
sissippi from the Chippewa for the Valley
Lumber Company of Eau Claire.
A small fire broke out in one of the
rooms at the Pennoyer sanitarium, near
Kenosha. The fire occurred in the rooms
occupied by one of the guests and the loss
will probably be little over $500. Some
of the guests of the house were badly
frightened, but no one was injured.
Charles e. Ringing, of Ringing Bros
circus, has been in Rice Lake, and stated
that the brothers contemplated the cree
ton of large business block on Main
street. The parents of the Ringlings for
merly resided there, and the sons now
purpose erecting a handsome building in
memory of their father.
Frank Moran, young man living near
Brandon, was held up by two unknown
men on recent evening, near FairWater,
while returning from a visit to relatives
who live near Ripon. He was driving
along, paying little attention to anything,
when suddenly two men stepped out of the
shadow, one Selling the horse by the head
while the other attempted to get into the
cutter Mr. Moran piled the whip to the
horse and succeeded in breaking away
from them, but received a heavy blow in
the side from one of them His horse
took him to Brandon, where he was found
unconscious.
Self-government in Milwaukee school
has proved failure, and the pupils OF
the Twenty first ward have gone back to
the old system of ''imperialism." Prin-
cipal 'Hanlon some time ago introduced
a system of self government in the school,
under which the pupils elected officers and
a police force. The scheme worked well
and the lesson was taught that offenders
brought trouble and annoyance to the en-
tire population of the school room. But
some of the parents objected. They claim
ed that it was teaching the children to be-
come ''tell-tales" and to spy upon each
other Then School Director Fahsel is
sued an order compelling Principal
O'Hanloh to again assume the reins of
government.
The Kenosha board Of water commits
sioners issued general order to the eff
feet that on and after July the system Of
artesian water in the city would be aban-
doned and lake water will be supplied. For
years the artesian water supply of the
city has been famous and many summer
residents have been attracted to the city
on account of it. 1t is estimated that the
water is now used by fully three-fourths
of the residents of the city and the new
order of the commissioners has caused