Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-10-23

n0 sounsest son OF Mrs. Moses Smith
OF walton shot and killed his baby sister
/ by accident.
/ The clergy of Manitowoc have taken
up the matter of display advertising in a
local daily for their Sunday school ser
| vices.
| Damage to the extent of thousands of
dollars has been done to packed leaf to-
bacco in GAINESVILLE section this fall by
| white rot
William rrfngle of Oshkosh, died sud
| denly in room at the Union House in
Neenah of heart disease caused by over
exertion while out hunting.
Myron 7. Carpenter of Beloit, who re-
Gently attempted to commit suicide, died,
aged GO. He was an early settler Of
Rockton, going there in 1854.
Seymour johnson of Whitewater was
consigned to the reformatory school at
Waukesha on the charge of truancy mad
petty thieving. He is 13 years OF age.
Music hall in Beaver Dam has been
thoroughly remodeled and transformed
into modern, up-to-date opera house.
and opened to the public. The new hall
has seating capacity Of 700.
Mrs. Vincent, of Egg Harbor mother
Of Edna and Ethel Vincent, two of the
Hackley Victims has become insane
over the drowning of her daughters and
has been taken to an asylum,
Trouble in ST. Marks African Meth
odist Church in Milwaukee was started
over the discovery that the pastor, Rev.
IL. N. Fenwick, is a white man. 1t has
been SunDoSed he was coiored
Earl Nayler, 16 years old. accidentally
shot and killed himself near Amberg.
He was driving in the woods when the
gun was Unexpectedly discharged and
the bullet penetrated his brain, causing
instant death.
A desperate battle between Night
Waterman August Meyer of the Thomas
E. Jeffrey Company and some unknown
tramps occurred in Kenosha. Several
shots were exchanged and Meyer was
wounded in the left hand.
James e. Heg Jr., son of the former
president Of the State board OF control
and superintendent of the State reforma-
tory, underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis at the Madison hospital. Young
Heg promises q speedy recovery.
Thomas Smith, employed at the North
western Lumber Company's mill in Eau
Claire, was caught in the machinery and
his left arm was pulled from the socket.
Every shred of clothing was torn from
his body except his shoes and stockings.
He died at the hospital.
John Sundt of Superior has left for
Brazil with sawmill machinery to cut
out the timber on his property, which
is believed to be rich in diamonds. He
has made arrangements to ship diamond
mining machinery from Milwaukee to
start work on the property.
Fire, believed to have been started by
tramps, destroyed large barn on the
Krapikowsky premises in Manitowoc,
causing a loss of $500. Hay and ma
chinery stored in the structure is also
total loss. Circumstances surrounding
the fire point to incendiarism.
While Mr.. and Mrs. 0. N. Falk and
DR.. and Mrs J.. NJ Trulson of Slough
ton were passing through Cambridge the
other night their team became frightened
and started to run, throwing Mrs. Falk
out, breaking her arm Mrs. Trulson
was also quite severely injured.
Burglars visited Embarrass, breaking
i'll the doors and ransacking the saloon
of William Donaldson and the hardware
store of J. A. Adams. Donaldson's safe
was not locked and the inner drawers
were broken open and several articles in
the line of relics were taken. AT Adams
store there was a few dollars taken from
the cash drawer.
At 2 o'clock on a recent night man
entered McDonald's restaurant in James
vile and pointing rifle at the clerk, de-
manded dinner. The employe lodged
behind the counter and sent for help.
After determined resistance, the man
was captured and disarmed. He gave
his name AS Charles Carter Lester. He
is thought to be insane.
A syndicate of Wisconsin and Eastern
capitalists is being formed to construct
steam railroad from Madison to Green
Bay. distance Of $50 miles. III. G. Nc
Fall q Co, bankers of Cleveland, are
promoting the deal. The road is to touch
at all large cities in the Fox river valley,
and is to cost when completed on Jan. /,
1905, i'll the neighborhood of $3,OOO,0Oo.
Robert Crawford, brother of Il veal
thy resident of Oshkosh, shot and killed
his wife and then killed himself in Main
street at Menasha. The couple had not
lived together for several years. Mrs.
Crawford had been employed as a seam
stress in Menasha. An attempt was
made to collect bill from Crawford on
sewing machine purchased by Mrs.
Crawford This angered Crawford, and
he went to Menasha in search Of his
wife. He met her in Main street, and
after a few words drew revolver and
fired two shots at her. Louis Jourdan,
an insurance agent, was hit by stray
bullet.
The headess body of Edward Smith
was found near the village of Edgar and
public feeling against Arthur Young, ac-
cused of numbering him, nearly resulted
in a lynching. Saturday afternoon while
driving to Rib lake Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Gebelein, living in the town of Rib Falls,
discovered the body of young man on
skidway used in logging operations and
almost within sight of the road, although.
hidden by leaves. A coat covered the
head of the corpse. The body was bare