Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-31

While assisting her husband fell;no
some trees on their farm, ten miles south
OF Cumberland, Mrs Joseph Jackscba
was killed by falling tree
Dr. I. f. Stair, one of Evansyj!le's
most prominent physicians, expired lille
talking with his wife in his office. He
was usually well during the day.
The Bank of Eagle remembered Mar
shal Joseph Won Rueden and his pcsse
with a liberal gift for capturing three
OF the four alleged bank robbers.
The st. Paul road has issued a new
map, giving the name of Milwaukee in
large letters, in place Of the one recently
issued, which omitted the Cream CT,
altogether
Harold Van Debogart, 16 years old,
was killed and Frank Vummow and AL
ian Sanford were dangerously injured
While coasting on Underwood Hill, Lake
Geneva, their sled colliding with sleigh
News has been received that J. Scott
Kennedy, aged % years, died at San
FRANCISCO while on his way home FROM
the Philippines. He was member of
Company E, Twentieth infantry, and
mad been IN the service for three years.
A Chicago and Northwestern passen-
ger engine was wrecked near Sheboygan
and the engineer. Patrick Hayes, and
fireman, James Wolf, were seriously in
Jured. While the train was going at
speed of fifty miles an hour the driv-
ing rod and pistons broke The engine
ran for a mile ON the ties before the
train could be stopped.
The Plankinton Packing Company's
plant suffered a loss of nearly $4,000
by fire in Milwaukee. Three alarms
were sent in, and by effective work on
the part of the fire department the plant,
valued at $4,000, was saved. The
greater part of the loss is on stock. I'm
til repairs are completed between 200
and 300 men will be thrown out of en-
plOyment.
Fire in the brick wareh ouse of Will
liam Grossman in Milwaukee caused a
loss on building and contents of about
$4,000. The building was owned by
Adolph Meincke and was filled with a
stock of groceries, coffee, spices and bak-.
ing powder belonging to the Grossman
firm. The blaze was in the center Of the
c!ty's wholesale district and for a time
it was thought it would extend to sur
rounding buildings.
The moinisters of Superior want the
marriage law amended. At their semi
monthly meeting they appointed a COM
mittee to prepare resolutions to be for
warded to the State Legislature asking
that the clause requiring a five days
wait be cut out. They say that it is no
remedy for any evils and simply injuces
the city and State financially by caus-
ing those that do not want to wait to go
out of the State.
Albert Van Order of the firm of Ar
thur Van Order & Sons was killed in
their Touring mill, FIVE miles northeast of
Stevens Point The engine had stopped
on the center and Mr.. Van Order had
hold of the belt when it started up sud
denly, catching his body in the belt and
crushing his head so badly that he died
in a few minutes. He was about 20 years
Of age. An older brother was killed in
the same mill three years ago.
Senator Laugen has introduced ii bill
III the Minnesota Senate to cede Baron
island, on the opposite side of the river
from La Crosse, to Wisconsin. This ISL
and was the property of A. w. Pettibone
Of La Crosse Nh Pettibone spent
100000 in turning the island into park
and then presented it to the city of La
Crosse The ceding of the territory to
Wisconsin is to permit La Crosse to have
full police jurisdiction in the park.
Frank Chokan, an Austrian who came
to Shcboygan to take a place IN a local
tannery, was held up at his home by two
unknown men. Shortly after midnight
two burglars, one over = feet tall ana
the other a medium height, both wearing
masks, forced an entrance into the house
and went to the room in which Chokan
was sleeping. They awakened him and
demanded money, and when ne repiled
he had none they beat and kicked MN
until he was unconscious. They revived
him and demanded money again, and up
on his saying that he had nothing Valua-
BILE in the house, they tortured him IN
most brutal manner and LETT him lying Ill
Il scmi-cOnsciOus state.
\ coroner's jury in session at Granite
CITY disclosed what may prove to be an
atrocious crime. Levi Close, living with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Close,
~ Granite City, died under what seemed
suspicious circumstances. The 1ather
said that Levi and an older brother were
nuarrelinc at the breakfast table. when
tbe older brother threw a table fork at
Levi. striking him on the head and leaV-
ING serious wound. Later the boy was
found in commissions and a physician was
summoned. This much the father adj
mits. The physician, it seems, found hot
only the marks of the table fork but
other injuries of a more serious charae-
fer as we'll. The skull on the right side
of tho head was crushed to such an eN-
tont rs to have made recovery impossi-
bic.
r, Reebe, who lives at Holland, mad
narrow escape from being the victim OF
the old swindle that has been worked so
extensively since the Spanish-American
war, A niece of Mr.. Beebe's married
Snoniard inst after the Civil War. Re
Gently he received letter from man
in n Spanish prison, so he said, who
claimed to be the husband of the niece
He was dying and wanted Mr.. beeoe 10
fake charge of his daughter and her FOR
-. r1 q liberal amount was to go TO