Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-18


diphtheria.
The Little Wolf Telephone Company
is planning to remove its headquarters to
Fond du Lac.
An effort will be made to get the case
of Frank Langon of Kenosha. sentenced
at Fond du Lac to prison for life under
the name of Lonergan, before the SUI
preme Court.
The Wolf River Telephone Company
has purchased the lilies and franchises
of the Badger Telephone Company,
which extend from Waupaca into Wau-
shara County.
T. O'Connell, while engaged in lifting
off heavy roll of paper at the mill 0.
Union Bag and Paper Company in hau-
kauna, got one of his hands caught under
the shaft and badly mashed.
Rev. III. Dahlstrom has severed his con-
nection with the Danish Lutheran
Church in Racine. He has been succeed
ed by Rev. j. Borggaard of Sleepy Eye,
MINI. Mr.. Dahlstrom has retired and
taken up his residence at Racine.
The board of trustees of the Brown
County insane asylum sprung surprise
on Supt f. NJ LOTUS after reappointing
him to the control of the asylum for an
other year. They increased his salary
from $500 to 5000 for the coming year.
The verdict of the coroner's jury in the
drowning case of Carl Marquardt is that
his death was accidental-that while de-
ranged he wandered too near the mill
race, fell in and was drowned lie was
one of Watertown's best known German
citizens and had resided there since 1919.
He was y years of age.
Fire started in Cline Il Co.'S general
| merchandise store at Ashland ana oe
stroyed the building and stock AdJo1h-
| ing buildings and stocks were aiso ue
| stroyed before the fire was checked. Cnne
& Co.'s loss was $4,000 on stock; w. Il.
| MacMiller, So, 500 on buildings and STOCK
r. G. Garvey, 81 900 on stock; M. ..
Hosmer. $4,000 on building. The lnsur
| ance carried was light.
Another Jail delivery occurred al ASH
land from the county jail, the seconu ~
two weeks -Four prisoners, Oh "noii
i two were under sentence to states pms
/ on. broke open the cage In Wnlcn 'tney
were confined, cut hole through the cell
ing and made a rope of blankets. Ian
| Sullivan. under an eighteen months sen
tence for burglary, let himself down three
stories and escaped. Daylight coming on
the others were unable to get away.
SUPERINTENDENT Harrigan of the Chip
| newa Valley Electric Railway, returning
! from Chippewa Falls on the lnteruroah
car, heard screams from repair car on
side track. Investigation revealed VIII
liam Nelson, aged Is years, csught Dy
the right hand under 800 pounds of met
| 81 no and three OIl-
err boys had been stealing the castings
off the car. They had loosened nuts TIL
the motor dropped down and caught Mel
son. He may lose his hand. The other
| boy ran away.
Henry f. Corbett, the picture canvass
er, whose preliminary hearing on the
| charge of shooting Rev. David b. Che-
ney and wife on Dec. was recently end
ed at Racine, will be held for trial. Cor
| belts bond was placed at $4,000. In an
nouncing his decisios Judge Belden stat
/ ed that enough evidence had been given
/ against Corbett to warrant holding MIN
| for trial When the decision was rem
| dered Corbett grew very much eNclted
and asked for an opportunity to speak,
which was denied.
The Supreme Court has refused to re-
lease Alexander Meggett, ex-receiver of
the land office at Eau Claire, from the
sentence of contempt of court imposed by
Judge O'Neill for collecting rents amount
ing to $114S3 in disobedience of an in
| junction from the court. The matter was
brought to the Supreme Court on habeas
corpus proceedings and was argued at
the last assignment. One contention by
Meggett's attorneys was that he was be-
| ! Il,
| ion the Supreme Court denies this.
| 1t las been reported to the police that
a daring hOld-up was attempted the oth-
err night, four miles west OF henosha
Miss Gertrude Hollenbeck, well-known
young woman of the city employed in
one of the dry goods stores, started for
her home shortly after 10 O'Clock. She
was accompanied by her brother. When
the two reached the cross roads, near the
tavern, they were stopped by SIX masked
men, who attempted to rob them. One OF
! the men took hold of the bride OF the
horse and the other attempted TO rop
the people in the buggy. At this time
the Young lady took the whip from the
buggy and, striking right and left, she
managed to get free of the men and es-
capped.
A shocking accident occurred on the
Milwaukee road. Daniel Citizens of La
Crosse. a brakeman, was instantly Killed
and crushed between two trains. An
! extra train. Roy Pennywell, conductor,
had become stuck and a local freight had
p,lled in behind it to push it upon sid
| ing, which was done. Citizens then went
to uncouple the freight engine from the
EXTRAS caboose, but found it impossible,
! and signaled the engineer on the extra TO
back; but the engineer on the frelgnt
had all the air on and the conclusion
vas 60 creat that the engine of one train
and the caboose of the other came To-
gether with crash. Citizens being be-
tween them, was instantly killed. lie was
a married man.
An elevated electric railroad between
Milwaukee and Chicago seems propapie
in the not far distant future. Ii the ROAD
| is built it will be on plans covering Tue
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