Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-16

| President Roosevelt has appointed Ed
ward NJ. Crane to be postmaster at Osh-
kosh to succeed Capt. Ole Oleson, whose
term has expired.
! During a fit Of anger over the ruin of
her flower garden by a drove of horses
Mrs. Gilbert Halverson was stricken with
apoplexy and died at Beloit.
William Mantz, a Jefferson laborer, al
most killed his son Edwin and shot at
his wife with muzzle-loading shotgun.
He is said to have been intoxicated at the
time.
Memorial services were held at Madi
son for Charles Kendall Adams, former
president of the State University. Col
w. f. Villas and others paid high tribute
to his work as an educator.
The dead body of Matthias Jersch, a
well-knOwn character of Manitowoc, was
found in bed at his home by his son. Ply
sicians say that Jersch had been dead for
several days. He was 81 years of age.
Fred Richter of GAINESVILLE, who works
in Jefferson, was drowned in Rock lake
at Lake Mills, while enjoying a swim
with a party of friends. He dived into
the lake and never came to the surface
again.
Samuel Burrows, a young farmer re-
siding at Nekimi who made a murder
Gus assault upon w. L. Vented and Paul
Schmidt, was surrounded by a posse at
his home. He resisted capture, was shot
several times and died.
Mystery surrounds shooting affair
which took place in the town Of Aship-
pun. While on her way home from a
house where she was employed as
servant, Miss Ida Uhlmann was shot in
the back of the head by an unknown per-
son.
Frantic with grief over the death of
his wife and five children within a week
from diphtheria, A. A. Braun Of La
Crosse plunged into the Mississippi river
and drowned himself. The only surviv-
ing member of the family is a crippled
boy, 13 years old.
Mrs. Mary Karow, aged 20 years, of
Milwaukee, young widow and the moth
er of two small children, committed sui
eide by taking carbolic acid. Mrs. Ka-
rows husband died about three months
ago and dependency is ascribed as the
cause for the suicide.
Fire Marshal Cape of the Racine fire
department had a narrow escape from
death while making a run to a fire. While
crossing the tracks of the Northwestern
Railway the gates dropped and struck
Marshal Cape on the head, knocking him
tn the bottom Of the buggy.
A bullet struck the city hall walls at
La Crosse just above the heads Of Chief
of Police Byrne and Patrolman Hor-
schak, who were sitting on the lawn. 1t
was Of large caliber and just missed the
chiefs head. He thinks it was a stray
shot and not aimed at him.
Edward J. Blume, prominent resident
of Luton, Iowa, with his wife, were stop
ping in Milwaukee on their way to Rug
by, and while walking along the street
Mr.. Blume suddenly became violently
insane Before the police arrived he
had torn off most of his clothes and also
had thrown his pocketbook, containing
all the money possessed by the couple,
into an alley. Some unknown man seiz-
ed the pocketbook and disappeared.
At Oconomowoc three young women
had a narrow escape from drowning while
yachting with Gardner Greene of Mil
waukee. The yacht in which they were
sailing capsized in the middle of the lake
during a squall. Miss Greene, one Of the
party, is an expert swimmer, and she
and her brother did their best to save
the other two. While struggling in the
water Mr. Greene was seized with
cramp and was nearly drowned. The
young people managed to hold on to the
overturned boat until help arrived from
the shore.
H. c.. Jones, florist of Lexington, Ky,
who came to Racine from Milwaukee
early the other morning, was arrested on
a charge of larceny after an exciting
chase. Jones came to the city on an cleo
trio car and went to the factory Of the
Wisconsin wheel works, where he in
formed the officials that he intended to
purchase a motor cycle valued at 5000.
He was given a machine to try and after
procuring the machine he went to the ex-
press office and shipped it to Chicago
The officers of the Wisconsin wheel
works were notified of the shipment and
a search was made for the man. He was
found on the Chicago-bound train, but
when the officers attempted to place him
under arrest he jumped through the car
window and made for the neighboring
woods. The officers gave chase and the
leading the officers merry chase for
over three miles. He was locked up at
the county jail.
A few days ago the property at 54l
Third street, Milwaukee, was on the mar
ket. To-day it cannot be purchased. al
though there are plenty of willing buy
ers ready to take the property off the
owners hands. The reason for this IS
that several bottles of money, money Of
all denominations, and of gold, silver and
paper. have been found buried in the
back yard. Already eleven bottles have
been unearthed. Among them was one
containing a map, or key, to further de-
posits of money. But one spot has been
excayated and several hundred dollars
las been recovered. How much more
there may be is matter of speculation.
The property in question is owned by
Mrs. Martha S. Hille, a widow. She
! bought it last fall from Mrs. Martha
| Scheuermann, wife of the late DR.. Scheu-
ermann. Not finding the place as desir9-
| BILE for residence purposes as she at hcst
| believed it would be. she was led to place