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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Brief State Hannen1nes.

Edward Mccall. farmer at Clear
Lake, was run over by a loaded wagon.
His back was broken and he will not re-
cover.
The 1-year-old daughter of William
Wotjekowsky fell into tab of boiling
water at Kewaunee and died from her
injuries.
During a free-for-all fight among some
coal beavers near a Racine saloon John
Mcclellan, one of the party, was severe
~ injured.
August Erdman of Ladysmith suffered
the amputation of his left arm as a re-
suit of a gunshot wound accidentally re-
ceived while hunting rabbits.
Paul Dietrickson, son of Rev. P. Diet
rickson, was drowned at Necedah by
walking into hole in the ice on the mill
pond. He was 20 years old.
Mrs. Charles Sleight met with very Sc
rious, if not fatal, injuries by falling
down the cellar stairs at her home in
Kenosha. She is so years of age.
A freight train on the st. Paul road
collided with horse and buggy at Pine
River station. The engineer is unable
to state whether the buggy was occunied
by any person. The horse was killed and
the buggy demolished
Unable to raise the money to lift the
debt upon the new Y NJ. G. A. build;np
in Kenosha, the management has post-
poned the dedicatory services. The struc-
ture will not be dedicated until it is freed
of financial incumbrance.
An attempt of prisoners to escape from
the county jail at Marinette was foiled
by the turnkey. Three men awaiting
trial for burglary had Struggled several
table knives and converted them info
saws. They were working away on the
bars when discovered and would soon
have secured their liberty.
There has been quite a stir creatad IN
West Superior mining circles on account
of reports circulated concerning tba
finding of gold in the Chippewa Conner
Company's mine.
A block Of eighteen furnaces cavad in
at the Mineral Point Zinc Comnanv,s
plant in Mineral Point The furnaces ara
almost totally wrecked and it win taka
a month to repair them.
Fire which started in the Arson Eldrad
Company's large stock burner al St;les
DESTROYED number of buildings connecs
ed with the plant T.oss fam SIC. oD0 3
SO. 900. Insurance
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Flour Mill on Fire.

Fire was discovered in the -four mill
Of the Foote-Cornish company at Osh-
kosh, shortly before noon the other day,
and before the fremen could get to work
the building was so completely filled with
smoke that it was impossible for them
to enter. Streams were directed through
the windows, but the water seemed to
have little effect and the chance Of saw
ing the building was slight. The mill
was of brick and was built by George
NJ. Wakefield in 1870 at cost of $780,
600. It had been idle for some time prior
to last November, when it was sold at
auction for $4,000 to r. G. Russell, A. q.
Bartlett and F. H. Libby. The mill had
a daily capacity Of about $50 barrels.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
While people were still shudderine

While people were still shuddering
over the atrocities of the Boxers" In
China came the terrible details of the
horror at Limon, Col. The people of
that region are not peculiarly blood
thirsty. They seem to have gone about
the thing much as they would have
come to the aid of a neighbor in any
other matter They left the punishment
to the father of the murdered girl. They
furnished the murderer with a Bible
and gave him time to pray. They had
ordered the rough element to keep
away and make no interference. What
a queer mixture of order and crime, of
religion and sin, of civilization and bar
barism, of compassion and malignity!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
The practical extinction of the buck

The practical extinction of the buck
wheat cake of our fathers must be laid
at the door Of the'miller. He is accused
of mixing with buckwheat -four wheat
bran and shorts in the interests OF
economy. For while the adulteration
was undetected, but gradually consum-
ers began to complain that the buck
wheat cakes don't taste any more like
they used to do in the good old days
back on the farm, and people began to
stop buying buckwheat -four. AS the
demand fell off, the farmers raised less
and less buckwheat. A race Of honest
millers, cooperating with the farmers,
might raise the buckwheat cake to it's
former proud position.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Foul Play Suspected.

Peter Larsen, an old man residing at
Surfing, Is missing. He recently sold his
farm near Oconto Falls for considera-
BILE sum Of money and he and his wife
moved to Surfing. A few days ago he
went to Oconto Falls on business. He
started home again and nothing has been
seen Of him since. It is thought that he
might have met with foul play, it being
generally believed that he carried with
him a large amount of his money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Whenever modern invention or dis
covery has produced anything, some
one pops up to inform the world that
China knew this thousands of years
ago. If China did know any of these,
she never made use of them, and is
entitled to no credit. The latest claim
is that archives in Pekin show she set
tied America. This really is an old
claim renewed, and one that has been
discredited by scholars for many years.
Humboldt and his school believed that
the civilization of Mexico and Peru
was derived from other people, but the
trend of modern belief is that it was
evolved by the aborigines themselves.
China's claim has no more foundation
than Ignatius Donnelly's-thatt the set
Element and colonization of America
came from the tabled Atlantis.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Re1oit Boy a millionaire.

Frank Wood, who has sold his gold
coin mine at Victor, Colo, for $2O,0OO,-
600, is former Beloit boy, having gone
to Colorado from there after completing
his course IN college. While in Beloit he
married Alice Munger, daughter of G. w.
Munger, a blacksmith. Wood with his
brother Harry and his father had less
than $50 among them when they left Be
lott
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Palmer in a Chariot.

While the late Gen. Palmer wasp
tary governor of Kentucky, q didl
ance occurred in small town u
interior, and it was necessary for
to go there at once. There VS.
train, no carriage, no buggy to N1
the only vehicle available was
gilded circus chariot left by Y
stranded show company. He "
like it, but there was nothing else ~
so he got in. The general cut a "
dash as he dress through a smallgl
People turned out in droves to see
pass. When he left the town Oe
and reached the plantations, N
groes saw him and stared with Y
mouths. They followed at resFI
full distance, until presently they
Joined by an old white-haired py
er, who, ON seeing Gen. Palmer
ma gnificent chariot, raised m'
and his arms on high, and, ID
thai stirred all within hearing,
Dress de Lord, de day OF JuuS
am come, an dis gemman am ue
Gabriel hisself. Bredren, down "a -
knees an pray, fo' yo' hour an :
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

A regimental physician in the French
army has Investigated the effect upon
soldiers of regular marching in discip-
lined bodies The uniformity of the
soldiers step causes the indefinite repe-
tition of shock of the brain and bones,
and consequently the mode of motion
is far more deleterious than an irregu-
lar walk. He attributes the peculiar
aches and pains of the men to the fact
that the same parts of the body receive
the series of shocks. What does the
doctor suggest by way Of relief? Ex-
periments have shown that his plan is
efficacious. The device is simple: A
rubber heel for all military boots. The
brain-jar and other unfayorable sensa-
lions are so diminished as to give the
infantrymen a new lease of activity.
The relative efficiency of the army may
thus be increased by what might be
considered an unimportant change. The
scale might be turned in a long and
close contest in favor of the rubber
heeled men, and the map of Europe
altered.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Death in a Hotel Fire.

The Roth House was burned to the
ground at Oconto and Edward Kimball,
a boarder, met death in the flames. Sew
eral other guests escaped similar fate
by jumping out Of the windows in their
night clothes. The hotel was owned by
Gregor Roth. The total loss will reach
$4,000. The hotel was managed by
Meurecke Brothers. This makes the third
hotel that has been burned on this site.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

John D. Rockefeller is credited with
being the richest man in the world and
in the enjoyment of the largest income.
And yet his digestion is such that an
ordinary Dutch lunch would put him
on the shelf for week.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

an ..urupiostaons for this paper shsaiA BE- Asssn
,,.a =. -. name Of the author: not necessarily 10
.rbcaon. but ~ an evidence Of good latin on 'ns p,
~ tb. writer Write only one side OF the papsf
o.rticulAriy careful In giving nanass ana oA's' y
~. ,.,t.rs and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
Mystery Enve1ops Death of Aged Sexton

Mystery envelopes the death Of Peter
Hover, the aged sexton of the Catholic
cemetery at Beaver Dam, whose dead
body was found lying across a grave in
the cemetery Of which he had charge.
Howe1 was 80 years old and had been
sexton for many years. The theory Of
suicide is discredited, as the only marks
on the body were a couple of black and
blue bruises about the head. 1t is be-
Heved that the old man met with foul
play, but there was no apparent cause
for murder.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

II a man thinks he is wronged and
tells ron his troubles. don't say there is
another side to the story, or he win
think you are d fonl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Sarah Bernhardt says the American
man does not know how to make love,
when we doubt if Sarah ever saw him
really try.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Science now claims to tell the age OF
fish by their scales. No scientist, how
ever, has yet discovered method by
which to tell the age Of fish story.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
An Inventor.

A New York man has turned out his
Firth patented invention, consisting Of
lingering that cuts Irvine and grasses
marks on package
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

One million dollars to nothing, as a
ratio Of liabilities to assets, almost
amounts to genius.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Congressman jefferson NJ. Levy OF
New York is reported to have offered
Rockefeller 100000 for 800 shares of
standard On stock. This valuation ap-
nlsed to his total holdings Of STANDARD
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Talking of dog exhibitions, no ca
mines ancestral tree can be conclusively
decided by its bark.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

Some people clear their consciences
in much the same manner they would
clear coffee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20
HIGHLY Paid Glove Cutters !,


The cutters of the great gio'e d
at Brussels and in France ear "a
higher wages than the cutlelsa Ann 4
most fashionable tailors IN LOW II
New York. So difficult is .n ~. n
cutting gloves that most Oh w. N, ID
cipal cutters are known 10 - ~ neeJ|
by name and by fame, ana .n' md
knives which they use IN tn' tber A
are so highly priced tina. = taF|
handed down from genera'loD
Grafton as heirlooms.
The even tenor of one ="
linked to tenure of Office
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-12-20

d
and when you go forward let the line
OF bayonets be as straight as If you
| We're ON dress parade. This will show
the enemy that you are not afraid, and
| 1t will give confidence to our own men
who have been fighting all day. And
that night and the next morning the
men Of Nelson's division went forward
with lines as straight, with step as reg
ular, as though they were on dress
parade"
The greatest dress parade under fire
that ever saw. said the Old ex-Con-
federate, was when the army of the
Cumberland formed to move forward
against Missionary Ridge. Some of rs
who We're watching that day saw the
finest military display Of our lives.
Perched on the heights of Missionary
Ridge. we looked down into q great
amphitheater into which marched az if
for parade and review nearly hundred
regiments. We could not measure tho
strength of the divisions, but we count
ed the flags and we knew that in the
mass there We're at least eighty-five
regimental organizations. My count
was ninety three, but the boys insisted
that saw double.
We had no uneasiness at first and
we laughed at the idea OF an army
which we believed was at our mercy
holding grand review We were Inter
! esfed Al the same, and when the line
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-14
NOT IN PoPE's FIELD.
Prfvnte Bank at NicoIIet Which
Failed Last Week

Failed Last Week.
Public Examiner Pope yesterday receiv-
ed word from Nicollet Mimi, of the fail
ure of the private banking house of A. Z.
Swenson. Mr. Swenson was the cashier
of the Citizens State Bank of Nicollet,
which was closed by Gen. Pope last April,
and Immediately afterwards went into
the private banking business, and for the
second time within a year Mr.. Swenson is
figuring in liquidation proceedings.
Early in April Col. Compton,. deputy
public examiner, made an examination of
the bank of which Mr. Swenson was cash
Ter, and, based upon this report, Gen.
Pope wrote President S. G. Peterson, stat
ing that the bank would either have to
substitute its cashier, or go into liquida-
ton. Col. Compton reported that the bust
ness of the institution was conducted in
a somewhat questionable manner, and I'M
less proper action was taken, heavy
loss would doubtless result to the stock
holders and depositors alike. A meeting
of the officials of the bank was held the
next day, and 1t was decided to wind up
the affairs of the institution, rather than
drop out Mr.. Swenson, who owned a part
of the stock. Under the direction of the
public examiner, the money on hand was
placed on deposit with the Citizens Ma
tional Bank of Mankato and the deposit
ors eventually paid dollar for dollar. The
stockholders, too, lost nothing by the
transaction. The bank was closed without
much publicity, and every creditor was
paid in full.
Mr.. Swenson then organized the private
banking institution referred to, and last
week made an assignment.
AS the last failure does not come within
the scope of the public examiners depart
ment, Gen. Pope has no way of knowing
just how much money is tied up by the
failure. 1t is understood, however, that
the amount is in the neighborhood of
S., 900. About a third of the amount on de-
post is village funds, secured by bond
given by Otto Heidman, F. l.. Otto, A.
C. Anderson, A H. Blank and Fred Fret
tag AS to the assets of the Institution
little is known. Mr.. Swenson on the day
of the failure, made statement that the
depositors would be paid in full, but it
would require from sixty to ninety days
to realize fully upon the assets.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-14
NOW OWATONNA HAS IT
GERMS OF SMALLPOX IN A MILD
FORM REACH STEELE
COUNTY
CASE IN pILLsBURY ACADEMY
A st. Paul Girl Taken Down With
It-A Teacher I'm One of the
Schools Also Has It-State Board
of Health Thinks 1t Is Indemic,
and That Few Cases will De-
veIop.

Smallpox has broken out at OWatonna,
the county seat of Steele county. Two
cases are at present in the hands of the
local. physicians, and several suspects
have been placed in quarantine. The
first case broke out In Pillsbury academy
Miss Pauline Griggs, a ST. Paul resident,
was the first who showed definite symp-
toms of the disease. She was a room
mate of Miss Mabel Smith, of Minneap-
oils In the young ladies' hall of the acad-
envy. The latter was Isolated and is be-
ing watched for symptoms.
The second case which came to the
notice of the physicians was that of Miss
Adair. a teacher In the public schools.
She was also placed in quarantine. The
local health department. has communi-
Gated with the state board of health
and every precaution Is being taken to
prevent a spread of the disease The
cases which have already, developed in
Owatonna are of mild type, showing
that the disease is less vifulent than in
Freeborn county The Owatonnai health
board are making an effort to- locate the
source of eontagion. 1t is thought that
the disease was carried into town from
Albert Lea, Fairmont.1 or some one of
the half dozen other towns near by where
the disease has been prevalent. The sta tie
BOARD OF health takes the view that the
d1ease is endemic, rather than epidemic.
and that few cases will develop.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-14
PLEA FOR PRISONERS.
Two Officers Break Over the Rules
of Their Mayar

according to the disposition of two
cases In the police court yesterday, it is
claimed, members of the police force are
disregarding Mayor Kiefers wishes in
regard to police court cases. The mayor
has declared that a police officer has no
right to interfere, in any way with a
case, after 1t is once before the court, ano
gave 1t out that members of the depart
ment violating the rule would be held
to account. Notwithstanding this posi-
ton of the mayor, both Detective
Christensen and Detective Campbell are
said to have ignored the wish of the
mayor yesterday.
The case In which Detective Campben
is involved was that of John Mellett, who
created a disturbance on street car at
Rice street and University avenue Sat-
urday night and gave the detective a
savage fight when placed under arrest.
Mellett was charged with disorderly con-
duct and with resisting an officer. When
the case came up yesterday the charge
of resisting an officer was withdrawn,
while Mellett was let off with IS fine for
disorderly conduct Judge Hine says
this disposition of the case was made az
the recommendation of Detective Camp
bell and City Prosecutor Finehout.
With Detective Christensen the condi-
lions were almost the same. He ar
rested John Beach for creating "a dis
turbance on a West st. Paul street car.
Beach was said to have attempted to as
sault the conductor 1t. developed that
Beach is an employee of the street car
company, and when the case was called
yesterday, Judge Hine says, Detective
Christensen recommended that Beach be
dealt with leniently. Accordingly, the
court imposed a fine of but 81.
When Mayor. Kiefer issued his ulti-
matum regarding the attitude of police
officers toward cases In the municipal
court, he threatened to discharge several
members of the department for alleged
intercession in behalf of the young men
! who created a riot at Seventh and Wa
basha streets last summer, declaring that
dismissal would follow fnfraction OF the
| rule that he then laid down. = DetecelVe
Cbr,stensen,s action caused comment. as
he was regarded as probably the last man
on the force to go against the mayors
| wishes.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-14
Lind SUSPENDS HIM
MISSING COUNTY TREASURER OF
CARVER COUNTY IS FORMALLY
DEPOSED
PENDING AN INVESTIGATION


Public Examiner Pope VIII Make an
Examination of the Accounts Of
the Missing Official as Soon as
the Vault Can BE Opened, Which
1t Is Thought Will BE In Few
Days.
Gov. Lind yesterday suspended County
Treasurer Gerhard Rongard of Carver
county, from the further performance of
his duties. Mr.. Bongard mysteriously
disappeared last week and since that
time the county officials, with the as
sistance of Minneapolis detectives, have
been searching for the missing official
with little success
A meeting of the county commissioners
will be held at Chaska today when they,
acting under the statutory provision COW
ering such cases, will elect some one to
serve until the next election
Gov. Lind, being in South Dakota, the
matter was delayed somewhat Secretary
Rosfng wired the governor of the cir
cumstances and the chief executive tele-
graphed the suspension of the missing
treasurer.
Gen. Pope will Immediately conduct an
examination of the office to determine
the amount of shortage, If any, while
Sheriff Johnson continues his search Mr..
Bongard was seen last in Minneapolis
We're he was traced by the detectives,
but nothing further can be learned of
either his whereabouts or a possible I'M
timely fate. He left his family Friday
morning and his family fear that he may
have met with foul play. He visited
Minneapolis and after that all trace OF
him was lost
A Chaska telegram says: Banker
George A. Du Toit, of this place, says
the treasurer's books were all right at
the last settlement when there were sew
eral hundred dollars on hand. Since
then about $4,000 has been paid In taxes.
Of this amount Mr.. Du Toit has found
$4,000 in the Bank Of Chaska and a bank
of Norwood, with ten other county
banks, where the treasurer was accus>
toned to deposit, to hear from.
"Bongard is forty-four years of age,
five feet ten inches tall, weighing about
200 pounds, and has red mustache and
wore brown suit Of clothes, a dark
overcoat and a dark cap.
cit is known that the mill property has
been a constant cause Of expense and
worry to him, and that he had brooded-
over it and was at times very despon>
dent This, and further hints of family
troubles, are believed to explain his dis
appearance.