Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-02-22
Bernard Balster celebrated his 95th
birthday at Wheatland.

gent labor to save oshkosh the SalNauOu
army has given il up and retired from the
field.
Mary Sibeuski. 17-year-old daughter of
a farmer living near Weyerhaeuser. is
missing from her home and every effort
to locate her has been unsuccessful.
The Northwestern Hotel. a Baraboo
landmark, was destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000. insurance $4,000. 1t was
owned by w. A Warren and occupied by
E. Westenhaver.
Comptroller John r. Wolf of Milwau-
kee will be released from the insane asy-
lum, to which he was sent recently. the
court ruling that he was committed with
out being allowed a defense.
Andrew j. Phillips, Northwestern
section man, was struck by a passenger
train and instantly killed in the south
yards of the Northwestern road at North
Fond du Lac. His body was badly man
gled.
John Howard. fireman on the Burling
ton limited, fell from the engine tank rs
his train was taking water at Prairie
du Chen and fractured his skull and
both hips, bruised his spine and bulged
his left eye.
Capt E. B. Graham of Fish Greek died
in Marinette under rather pathetic cir
cumstances His steamer Rumbel sunk
last fall in the river and he succeeded in
raising the craft He was taken sick i'm
mediately and died.
Chippewa Falls authorities are in a
quandary as to what disposition can be
made of Charles Netterson. the insane
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of Pepin County says the man is not
resident of Pepin and refuses to take
him. Sheriff Larson says he will appeal
to the Governor.
Frank Wartinbee, a switchman of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, slipped
on an icy formation at the side of the
track at La Crosse and rolled under an
engine, his body being on the track. With
rare presence of mind he rolled off be-
tween the rails and the tender and sew
eral cars passed over him. He lost
portion of both Seet,
The fast mail train on the Wisconsin
Central Railway, crowded with passen-
gers, was saved from being wrecked
near Weyauwega by the presence OF
mind of q brakeman A freight train
broke in two on n steep grade and seven
undertaken cars ran away. A brake
man knew the fast mail was near, so he
coolly threw the switch and ditched the
cars and replaced the switch leaving
clear track for the passenger train.
Miss Winnie Barrett died suddenly in
st. Paul, under peculiar circumstances.
An investigation has been ordered. The
cause Of death is a mystery that can only
be dissipated by an autopsy. Miss Bar
rett was employed as a cook at Ter
rett's' restaurant Shortly after she went
home the other evening she became very
i'll. DR.. A w. Miller was summoned
and did everything possible to save the
young woman's life, but she died within
an hour. Miss Barrett was from Jewett
Mills She had suffered for some time
from heart trouble.
At Phillips fire broke out in the Bee
printing office. situated in the basement
of the Masonic building. totally destroy
ing the contents of the office, valued ut
about $4,000, and fully covered by in
surance. The newspaper plant was own
ed and operated by the Messer brothers.
a restaurant and clubroom owned by
F. e. Gray, occupying the first floor Of
the building, was considerably damaged,
the loss being estimated at about 5000
and covered by insurance. Smoke and
heat did much damage to the lodge rooms
on the second floor, the contents, con-
sisting of carpets, furniture and fixtures,
being almost a total loss. The damage
to the building. including the lodge room
losses, is estimated at $1,000, covered
by insurance.
Alice lie Tendre, 16 years old. domes-
tic employed in the family of W. j. Muir
ply of Chippewa Falls, proved heroine
and saved the dwelling from being de-
stroyed by fire A hanging lamp fell
from the ceiling and set fire to the floor.
Miss lie Tendre carried out some of the
furniture and made an effort 10 eXtin
guish the fire. but finding herself unsuc
cessful. closed the doors going into the
other rooms to prevent Il draught. She
then carried an infant from the house to
neighbours, where she left the child,
and with the domestic Of that place went
back to fight the fire. The two succeed
ed in subdung the fire and saving the
building from destruction, but not until
the room was badly damaged.
A freight train on the Omaha road,
boulu lOI CtlIlNdtei ran INTO Il section
crews handcar on the bridge over Lake
st. CroiX connecting Minnesota and
Wisconsin. Two members of the section
crew were killed and two injured The
section crew was trying to reach the
east end of the bridge in Il driving snow
storm before the freight crossed Neither
crew saw the other until the accident.
While Coroner Ross and Il coroner's jury
were viewing the scene of the accident
west-bound freight met the River Falls
passenger on the first span of the bridge,
within 100 feet of the first accident. The
passengers were badly shaken, the freight
engine derailed and both engine pilots
smashed. The quick action of the passen-
ger engineer saved bad collision.
The little girl Matte Moore, who was
terribly burned at Eau Claire, died. Drs
Goddard DartEer boJ