Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-02-08

Edward McMullen Of Randolph was
nearly asphyxiated Mt GAINESVILLE.
Oscar Angel of Wrightstown was pick
ed up in Apple ton nearly frozen to death.
1t is expected that the Hotel Hutchln-
son of Weyauwega will be opened to the
public Feb. %.
james McQuade, son of John McQuade.
of GAINESVILLE, was struck by tram anu
probably fatally injured.
A number Of Eau Claire attorneys,
sympathizers with the Beers, are arrang-
ing pro- Boer celebration.
At Spooner Ike Shaford's clothing store
was burned out and the stock was total
loss. 1t was insured for $4,000.
John III. Wharton, president of the
Commercial Bank and treasurer of Fox
River Paper Company, die1 at Appleton,
after an illness of a few weeks, aged 40
years.
The next convention of the Epworth
League of the Appleton district will be
held in Marinette The dates have not
been fixed, but it will be held some time
in June.
The brewery of Quade & Schoenick
burned at Weyauwega. The loss is about
sc, OOO with $4,000 insurance, of which
So. 900 is on the building and the rest on
the contents.
Ralph Bennett, Junior in Garrett
Biblical Institute, died at the Evanston,
Ill., hospital of complication of pneu-
monia and typhoid fever Mr.. Bennett
was 25 years of age and lived at Omro.
William Bartholomew farm house,
,,,;1o Of h1r m
ground. The entire contents were de-
stroyed The loss was $1,000, no insur-
ance.
The -four and planning mills of Albert
lick & Son burned at Denzer. The loss
is $1,000. No insurance. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work of incen-
diaries.
1t is understood that one of the first
steps to be taken by the Griggs-C Cooper
company of st. Paul in fighting the salt
trust will be to erect a plant in West
Superior for salt packing.
Amos S. Stiles, the well-known and
wealthy lumberman who had his skull
fractured by falling down an outside
stairway at Chippewa Falls, died three
hours after the accident.
James Daugherty, an elderly Oshkosh
man, who tried to commit suicide few
days ago by cutting his throat with
pocket knife, died from the effect of the
wound and general debility.
John Becker of Winona, Mimi, has
opened dolonite quarry at Trempealeau,
where this freestone is found in more per-
feet form, capable of being cut in larger
blocks than at any place around there.
Earl Hanson was killed in the woods
near Spooner by log rolling over him
| while in the act of loading. He was
bright young man and school teacher.
He was working in the woods during his
vacation of school.
The Heinz company, which erected g.
pickle factory in Sparta last summer,
agree to take the product of double the
acreage OF last year of cucumbers. Six
hundred acres is the amount wanted
Already that amount has been pledged.
Extensive arrangements are under way
at Racine for the entertainment of the
hundreds of school teachers who will as
semble in that city April 81 to attend
the tenth annual meeting of the South
crn Wisconsin Teachers Association. An,
interesting program is being prepared.
Jacob Seifert, well-known resident
of Kenosha, was seriously injured in a
runaway accident. Seifert had been driv-
ing team which ran away. He was
| thrown to the ground, his head striking
| on the brick pavement. One of his eyes
was thrown out of the socket and several
bones were broken.
Maj. Campbell, in charge of the La
point Indian agency, announces that over
80 100000 feet of logs will be banked on
the Bad River, Red Cliff and Lac du
Flambeau reservations this winter. This
means a sum of about 100000 for the
tribes occupying these respective reserva-
tons, besides what will be earned by
other employment
The Wisconsin Central limited passen-
ger train No. 3, from Chicago to the Twin
Cities, was wrecked near Wheeler. The
train was running at moderate speed
when one of the drive wheels on the en-
CINE broke and the locomotive jumped the
track. The tender crashed into it and
both were completely demolished. Pas
sengers were thrown out of their seats,
but none seriously injured. The track
was torn up for several yards and traffic
delayed in consequence.
At Oshkosh three factory superintend
ents were arrested and fined for violat
ing the State child labor law. They
were G. Lindeman of the Schmit Broth
ers' Trunk Company, William Mcdonald
of the Morgan Lumber Company and
William Currie of the Oshkosh Furniture
Company. They each pleaded guilty to
employing children under age without
proper certificate of parent and We're
fined $40 and costs. This is the begin
ming of systematic attempt to weed OUT
child labor in Oshkosh factories
Frank Schinnick, aged II, came near
meeting his death by drowning at Kau-
kauna. Young Schinnick was carrying
dinner to his brother at one of the mills
on the Meade 4 Edwards water power.
He was heavily bundled with winter
clothing and while attempting to cross
the Chicago and Northwestern railway
bridge over the Lindauer tail race slip
ped and fell distance of ten feet from
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