Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-03-07

on his farm near Cumberland.
All the farm buildings of Ecnest Mat
me at Ogdensburg were burned durinp
d tefrlhc gale. The fire was caused nv a
defective chimney.
/ Roy, the 2-year-old son of BENJAMIN
Theirnetton, fell into tub Of hot wafer
at Menomonie and was so badly burned
that he died
Henry Winnaman, while cutting fire.
WOOD near Loganville, was struck by
limb from falling tree and injured SO
badly that death resulted soon after,
At La Crosse Mrs Minnie Lark, aged
81 years, was burned to death in her bed.
The building is thought to havs caught
lire from a stove that was near by.
benjamin c. Rogers, for fifty years a
resident of Beloit, and who had been
Mayor, Alderman, police justice and
school commissioner, died in Pasadena,
| Cal.
Rollo l.. Lyman, graduate of Beloit
| College, has been chosen as one of the
three men who will represent Harvard
University III the annual debate March
% against Yale University.
By a decision of the Wisconsin SUI
preme Court the entire issue of the bonds
| or GAINESVILLE, amounting to $4,000, is
| declared illegal and unless ratified by an
act of the Legislature will be a loss to
the holders.
| Edward Costello, who gave his address
as 291O Edward avenue, Chicago, and
later said his home was Kansas City, fell
While trying to board freight train at
Jefferson and had his hand crushed. 1t
was amputated.
Rev. Father A. G.. Chapman, for the
past four years rector of st. Mary's par
ish, Oakfeld, has resigned on account
of i'll health. Father Chapman is
graduate of the Western Theological
| Seminary, Chicago.
| Gen. Edward S. Bragg, United States
consul general at Hongkong, was rebuk-
ed by the State Supreme Court for his
methods of conducting personal in
| quiry suit against the Northwestern
hallway Company.
Olga, the 3-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Schuette of Branch, is
| dead from burns. The child, while play
ing about the house, fell into a tub of
scalding water and the lower portion of
the body was boiled.
After wandering for five days in the
| woods northeast of Fairchild, Charles
Castle found a farm house and was tax
ell to a hospital. Both feet were frozen
black nearly to the knees and both ears
and part of his face were frozen.
\ broken tire on the left front truck
of the engine is declared to have been
the cause of the wreck which cost three
lives on the Northwestern Railroad near
Campbellsport. The coroner's jury made
this declaration in its verdict, after the
inquest over the dead members Of the
crew.
The Ross Sellinger Company, which
left Chicago and located in Sheboygan
to escape the prosecutions of the Glove
makers Union, has served notice that
all those who will join the union Mil
Waukee representatives are trying TO or
ganize among the hands will be instantly
dismissed
Mrs. Julia Duplice, aged 103 years,
died at the home of her daughter in
Chippewa Falls. Had she lived until
March % she would have been 1O4 years
old. Mrs. Duplice was born at st. Rock.
Canada in 1899, and came to Chippewa
Falls in 1867, where she had since resld-
ed. Mrs. Duplice always insisted that
her remark able age was due to the fact
that she had always refrained from eat
ing beef, preferring cold boiled pork.
milwaukee, capital will be devoted soon
to the raising of frogs and other reptiles
on the greatest frog farm i'll the world.
e. r. Neunfeldt, who started farm OF
this kind near Oshkosh on Lake butte
Des Morris, and John Buerger, mem
Der of the Milwaukee Chamber OF Com
merce. have leased a 1,OO0-acre farm
near Lomira upon which there are five
small lakes admirably adapted to the
purpose The smaller frogs Will supply
bait for fishermen and the larger Earie-
ties will be sent to the markets for table
use.
A stranger made an attempt to hold up
Frank Goretski at Knowlton and during
a scuffle the robber was shot Goretskl
had lust returned from work in lumber
camD and had a roll of money. Daring
the evening he met the stranger VINO en-
gagged him in dice game, Goretskl Win
ming SO from him. When the latter start
ed for home he was met at the depot pE
the stranger, who thrust revolver III
his face and demanded his money, put
Goretski grappled him and in the strus-
gle the revolver was discharged, the pan
entering the body of the highwayman,
but he was allowed to escape.
Fifteen boys ranging from Z to 10
wears. have been taken in charge by ofii-
GERS pending investigation into recent
wholesale robberies of freight cars III
| the Calumet yards of the chicago ana
North western Railway at ManitoWoc.
For months past depredations have con-
tinued and large amount of goods have
been taken. Detectives rounded up the
gang. Coal was also taken from the
cars. one-half ton of anthracite Dells
! fonnd ot the home of one of the boys.
Michael Rourita and George MarkoWskl
are alleged to be the leaders OF the
gang, made up entirely of Polish boys
Finding that it was Impossible to get
an ;niunction to restrain the Wisconsin
Central Railway section crew from lay
inc n sidetrack, the Park Falls residents
placed 1 cannon on the track near the
| Flambeau Paper Company plant. Ine
| Nod n1-or tho ottpmDt the