Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-11-01
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Pulp and Paper Pool Falls Through
Children's Fight Starts Strike-WeI-
to-DO Manitowoc Man Kills Him
seIf-ChiIdren Burn to Death.

1t is asserted on good authority ttat
the project to form a pool of the prin-
cipal pulp and paper mills in the country
has fallen through. The Wisconsin and
Fox River valley men would not accept
the price offered. ExCongressman s.
A. Cook of Neenah has organized IL COM
rany for the establishment of a paper
and pulp mill in Minnesota. The CAPT
tai stock is placed at $250,OOO. A mill
site with plenty of water has been pur-
chased and the company has some chou
sands of feet of poplar and spruce tim
Der bought or under contract. The mill
is so close to the Canadian line that the
pulp wood of that country will also be
tributary. The mill will have at the
outset capacity of forty tons of pulp
day. An Ashland sulphite mill, now idle,
will be rehabilitated, and run in connec-
ton with the pulp mill.
Daughters Wed; Father Kills Himself.
Dependency is supposed to have
prompted John Peterik, proprietor of the
Aberdeen Hotel and one of the best
known residents of Manitowoc, to commit
suicide by firing bullet into his brain.
The lifeless body was found in the ware
house of the machinery depot conducted
two or three hours. Peterik was 4S years
of age. He was the proprietor of valua-
BILE hotel and other property and was
prosperous financially. A wife and eight
children survive him. The daughters of
the family, five in number, with one ex-
ception, have all married of late years
and this is said to have preyed on the
fathers mind greatly.
Chi1dren's Row the Cause of Strike.
Twenty Italians employed by the Mast
Bros Lime Company at Marblehead
went out on strike and the operations Of
the plant have been hindered to no small
extent. The trouble grew out of Il row
that has existed between Charles CHA
ro's children and those of the disturbing
element. Cilaro is also an employe of the
lime company. The Italians demanded
that Cilaro be discharged and forced to
leave the village. The Mast Bros. re-
fused to recognize the demand and TWEEN
ty went out on strike, declaring that the
plant would remain idle until Cilaro was
discharged The italian faction melted
a number of the workmen not included
in the row to join them.
Admits Murder Story to Be Lie.
Mrs Frank Sievert, who told the SEN
sational story of a mysterious murder of
Harry Plunwick an attorney of Wash
ington, D. c., but of whose remains no
trace could be found, was put in the
sweat box by Chief of Police John w.
Hogan at GAINESVILLE and representatives
of the press to whom she first told the
story. After over an hour Of the most
rigid questioning she became frightened,
broke down and admitted that the entire
story was without foundation, that no
such man as Harry Plumwick existed to
her knowledge, and that there had been
no hold-up and no murder.
Collision Nearly Caused by Death.
T. L. Stevens, aged "a, employed as Il
brakeman on the Northwestern road, was
killed in the yards of the company in
Racine. He was told to run back and
flag a train which was following on the
same track with the "beer' train, ON
which Stevens worked. Stevens fell be-
tween the cars near the back of the train
and his head was cut off by the wheels.
The following train nearly ran into the
beer train, as it was not signaled to stop
and the lights were seen barely in time