Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-10-26

Mrs. Dorothy Seifert, aged 20 com.
mitted suicide at Fond du Lac by hang.
ing herself with a clothesline.
In Racine Louis Juhra was sentenced
to one year in State prison for assaulting
Policeman Christian Anderson.
One thousand dollars secreted in a
closet was burned in the fire which de-
stroyed the home of Mrs. Bachhaus at
BriIlion.
Word is received that Lieut.. Carl w.
Jungen of La Crosse has been promoted
to lieutenant commander in the United
States navy.
Mrs. Margaret Fritsch, the oldest resi-
dent of Manitowoc County, reaching the
age of 100 years, and who resided at
Maple Grove. is dead.
The contract for erecting the new State
agricultural college building at Wiscon-
sin university has been awarded to 7. G..
Mccarthy Of Madison for $143,17
While attempting to prevent a flying
belt from slipping from the wheel of the
stone crusher engine Commissioner Voll-
mar of the La Crosse Board of Public
Works had his left baud nearly torn off.
A stabbing occurred at st. Croix Falls,
in which, it is alleged, John Lumsden Of
Deer Lake and a stranger from Bone
Lake were the participants. The stran-
ger received severe slash across his
face.
p James Stout, 10 years old, eldest son
Of Senator J. II. Stout, fell from a wag-
on at Menomonie. The wheel passed over
his head, breaking his nose, crushing in
his teeth and inEi>ting an ugly cut on the
chin.
Cupid has succeeded in entangling in
its meshes Frank Kaufman, ST., and
Miss Lena Bonn of Two Rivers. The
prospective groom is a widOwer Il years
of age. The briIe-to-be is Al years his
junior.
In Baraboo A. Kinney celebrated his
ninetieth birthday anniversary with four
generations present. The most remarka-
bic thing in connection with his life is
that he has constantly used tobacco for
eighty-four years.
AT Eau Claire the residence of William
BOnnell, ST., was damaged by fire about
$1,000 Members of the family narrow
ly escaped death by climbing out of win
dows from their bedrooms dressed only
in their night clothes.
Eight men, working on a gravel train
near Tioga, were buried under gravel one
of the cars overturning. The men were
dug out as soon as possible. Roadmaster
w. w. Bond was badly injured and prob
ably will die. Three others were badly
hurt, and recovery is doubtful.
At, the thirty-frst annual meeting of
the northwestern branch of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, the Wisconsin
conference pledged $4,000 and the west
ern Wisconsin conference $4,000 toward
the work. In all $4,000 was pledged.
Anton Stollenwerk, a business man
of Milwaukee, is missing and friends fear
for st. Louis on Oct. !, intending to ne
gotiate for timber lands, and expected to
return the following Sunday. No word
has been received from him since he left
the city. 1t is said Stollenwerk carried
considerable money.
Bruno Oeschger committed suicide in
his bed at La Crosse by the chloroform
route. He played cards with his mother
until late hour and then retired to his
room. He wet sponge with chloroform
and put it in a hat, placed it over his
face and covered himself with bedclothes.
He was found dead the next morning.
The suicide was q years old and a stu
dent of the Wisconsin Business Univer-
sity. The motive for the rash deed is
unknown.
The authorities are investigating the
death of Chester +. Richardson, which
occurred at the Knowlton hospital, Mil
waukee. The relatives advance the the
DRY that death was the result Of injuries
received at the Milwaukee county hos
pital for the insane, where he was con-
fined until a few days before his death.
The coroner's autopsy revealed the TACT
that there were cuts and bruises on his
head and his breastbone was cayed IN,
and the only explanation the hospital at
tendants have offered was that he fell
out of bed.
w. ]. Bell and Officer Butterfeld of
Baraboo captured Ralph Jackson in a
barn and received 500 reward. Jackson
had escaped from the county Jail. The
prisoner tried to commit suicide on the
way to Baraboo by swallowing a lot OF
tobacco, but after a severe sickness he
recovered. The next day he made an
other unsuccessful attempt at suicide by
taking Paris green.
Jennie Louise Slosson, daughter of
Judge Russell II. Sloss0n, and Clark y.
HOLSTER were married at kenosha anu
started for trip in the East. Unknown
to them, a young man friend slipped INTO
the smoker and accompanied them to
Chicago, where he preceded them and
passed out little cards bearing this IN
scription: 1--WE are bride and groom; we
were married at Kenosha this evening.
Treat us kindly, for we are lonely. Inc
Joker preceded the couple to the Audlto-
rum and when they boarded train for
the East they were dumfounded to IND
that all the passengers had been handed
one of the cards.
Thomas Luis of Milwaukee, employed
on a steam shovel near the Case ploW
works, Racine, was injured in dynamite
explosion. He was watching the work or
the other men who were placing sticks