Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-05-16

Wlllc nunllnS.
The La Crosse Packers Packing Com,
pany has been absorbed by the trust re
Gently organized and known aS the Amer
lean Can Company.
Richard Broderick, aged IL years was
accidentally shot and dangerously injur
cd in Kenosha by Il companion, Julius
Eve, aged II years.
Trial of j. Bascom Robins Of Chicago
accused of killing w. NJ. Fenelon al
Rhinelander, will be postponed owing Il
illness of defendant
At Coloma while unloading lumber Har
ley Collins fell out of car striking on
his head and shoulders. breaking his col
larbone on the left side.
William Schenck, aged 20 years, son
of one of the most prominent residents
of Racine, committed suicide. Schencll
left letter, but his relatives refuse to
publish its contents.
The burberry acreage will be mate
rally reduced in Jackson County this
season, as forest fires have done immense
damage. 1t is estimated that 5000 acres
have been burned over
Because he drank from a spring on his
land, Ernest Maggie attacked c. j. Ja-
cobson of La Crosse with stone and
beat him severely Nagle was arrested
and fined $50 and costs.
Voice Sowa, who was convicted of
murder in the second degree for killing
Marshal Moore of Stanley, was sentenc-
ed by Judge O'Neil at Neillsville to four-
teen years in State prison.
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for the high schools at La Crosse, Black
River Falls and Eau Claire sets of plas-
ter casts Of prehistoric weapons, from
the Smithsonian institute at Washington.
Anton Kocher of Brothertown. who re-
Gently endowed Chiffon with soldiers
memorial monument, has placed an order
with the same firm for $1,000 monA-
ment to mark his own resting place when
he dies.
The sensational case at Babcock the
alleged attempt to poison aged Attorney
Remington, has been dropped. Mrs.
Remington has gone to Minnesota to
make her future home with her son, Hen
ny Remington.
Lightning struck barn at Darien,
killing horse belonging to the Darien
Creamery Company. Roy Weaver was
knocked down and Mrs. Arthur Weaver,
who was in a shed feeding chickens, was
also struck. Her clothing was torn off
her and she was badly injured.
Six firms in Milwaukee that are doing
a general commission and brokerage BUSH
ness, dealing in grains and stocks, out
side of the Chamber of Commerce, have
paid the special internal revenue tax
levied against bucketshop keepers to Col
lcctor Fink. The tax has been paid i'll
each instance under protest.
William Dangers, who about two
months ago. together with Ruth Wilson,
was charged with robbing Richard Pearl
of 5000 in Gliddcn resort and confined
in the county Jail since, awaiting trial
in Circuit Court, was acquitted. Ruth
Wilson pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to Imprisonment in the State penitcn-
tiary for one year.
Owing to the continued dry weather
forest fires have Eeen raging throughout
Richland County, Hundreds of dollars
worth Of fences and cordwood have been
destroyed. The sawmill of Stowe x
Barclay, one of the largest mills III the
county, was burned to the ground, to-
gether with about 1000 feet of lumber.
The mill will be rebuilt.
The dread of the pea louise whose raw
ages last year caused the loss Of thou
sands of dollars to Two Rivers farmers
as we'll as the canning institutions, has
caused the farmers to decrease the pea
acreage and in consequence the crop of
peas, for which the section is noted. will
be decreased by thousands Of bushels.
The raising Of hay will supplant the pea
crop in most instances.
John Il. Simmons. special assistant
United States District Attorney, receiv-
cd instructions from the Attorney Gen
eral to appeal the decision of Judge
Bum in the case against James Stin-
son to the United States Court OF APP
peals. Stinson was formerly OF Supe.
rior, but now resides in Chicago. The
case involves the title of fourteen quar-
ter sections of land located in the city
of Superior which is worth 100000. In
1851 under the presumption law, several
Swedes secured title 10 this land. AZ
soon as they made entries they convey
ed the property to Stinson. In 1889 the
government began action 10 vacate the IT,
ties. holding that the property had been
secured through fraud, rs the SWeueS
had been hired to make the pre-emption.
The government holds that the Swedes
never occupied nor improved the land.
Judge Bum handed down decision
three years ago against the government.
John u. Rockefeller has given $1,000
to Waylanl academy Of Beaver Dam,
providing an additional $4,000 IS raised
by July l. Rev. Catchpole, the financial
secretary. says $17,5o0 has already been
raised ana the remainder will be secured.
A new hall will be built.
ID. j. Cameron of la Crosse, one Of the
most prominent horSemen in the State,
has sold his trotting stallion Oh SO, with
a record of 2:25, TO Charles Chapman OF
Chicago. the consideration being 1000.
Oh SO is the sire of So So. who held the
worlds record for and year oids at
2:16.
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