Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-04-04

! There were six deaths from grip in
! Whitewater in one day recently.
Bids for a site for public buildings at
/ Marinette and Chippewa Falls viii be
opened April Is.
: A bridge on the Wisconsin Central
! Railroad several miles above Chippewa
Falls, was destroyed by fire.
| Charles Sharkey, an engineer on the
! Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
| dropped dead in his cab at Neenah.
Thomas Young, who was injured by
an explosion of dynamite at the Port
Edwards paper mills died of his injuries.
| William Meilke, a farmer residing in
the town of Moundville, was choked to
death while eating dinner by a piece of
| beefsteak lodging in his throat.
Miss Sylvia White of Minneapolis has
given $4,000 to Whitewater for a Pub
lie library building. Miss Whites father
was the founder of Whitewater
Michigan University won from Wis
consin at Madison in 4 debate on the in
come tax. Michigan contended for the
enactment of such Il tax law by Con-
gress.
William Dean, one of Beaver DAMS
earliest pioneers, died of old age, aged
81 years. Mr.. Dean was father of Will
liam Dean of Milwaukee, who is now at
Seattle, Wash.
Leo Wright, switchman, 81 years
of age, employed by the Chicago, Mil
| waukee and st. Paul road, was killed at
GAINESVILLE by being crushed between the
bumpers of two freight cars.
Gilbert Warfield, the actor who stole
81, 700 from Treasurer Nirdlinger of the
| Marguerite Sylvia Opera Company at
Milwaukee, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to two years in the house of cor
rectiOn.
Miss Louisa Winkler, a young millinar
of Shawano, charged with using the
mails for improper purposes, was bound
over for the next term of the United
States Court, which will be held at Osh-
kosh i'll June.
Racine school teachers are stirred by
anonymous letters threatening bodily
harm unless they resign; an association
has been organized for mutual protec-
ton and $4,000 fund will be used to pros
ecute offenders.
John Grotzke. a German farmer resid-
ing near Corning Station, committed sui
eide. His wife found him hanging in Il
shed used for sheltering farm machinery.
He was an inmate of the asylum at Men
dota several years ago.
Two leading members of st. Joseph's
Catholic Congregation in Racine got in
to a fight over Il pew and both landed in
the police court Jacob Hinze, one of
them. was fined $40 and costs for as
saulting w. G.. Schweitzer, trustee. The
men quarreed after church service.
During fierce thunder storm light
ming struck the barn on Il. A. Gallo
ways farm, about three miles from
Waupun. Two hundred bushels of grain,
all the farm machinery and four Valua-
Bile horses were destroyed, entaillnS a
loss of $4,000, only slightly insured.
George w Wylic died at Elkhorn. For
half a century Mr.. Wylie was pictur-
esque character in Walworth County. A
Yankee by birth and rearing, he was
| possessed of fund of humor that was
spontaneous. For more than forty-siX
years he was chief marshal of the fam
| Gus Walworth County fair.
Charles G.. Bardeen, justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court, died at Madi-
son. Judge Bardeen had a wide prac-
tice as a lawyer and considerable eXpe-
rience as jurist. He was elected judge
of the Sixteenth judicial district i'll April,
1891 and was reelected for n term OF
six years in April last, there being no
opposition to him. He was born in
Brookfeld, n Y, Sept. %, 1850.
Milwaukee will no longer be reproach-
ed for having an unsightly river front if
the plans of the Outdoor Art Association
are carried out in the spirit in which
thew have been started The association
has induced the manufacturing concerns
and large stores to remove all adyertls-
ing matter from the river front of their
places of business and have employed a
landscape gardener to plant trees, flow
ers and vines wherever possible.
Thomas Ferris entered the Dousman
House in Prairie du Chen and it is al
legged demanded the night clerk to turn
over the cash in the drawker Steve
German, the clerk, who is only about 10
years old, lodged under the counter,
thence to the telephone booth, where he
called the police. Ferris is a big burly
fellow and is said to have pointed &c.
shooter at the boys face. Officers cap
y
will be held for the Circuit Court.
Miss Matte Shipman of Omro turned
the tables on her friends who had plan
ned to give her a surprise party. When
the party lad gathered at the Shipman
home and had been welcomed Miss Ship
man disappeared for a few minutes to
retarn with a minister and Robert Law
son of Milwaukee, her fiance. She an
nounced that the marriage was to be per-
formed at once and before the surprised
guests hardly realized it the ceremony
was performed. The engagement OF the
couple had been announced and the sur
prise arranged by the friends of the
bride-to-be was to be in the nature OF
'pillow shower in celebration of the
coming event. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson will
reside in Milwaukee.
Oscar Davis, the 16-year-old son of a
farmer residing near Waukesha Beach,
was found dead near a road in the VI
cinity of the beach, with a bullet hols
through his heart Near the boy was 9
small-caliber rifle, from which, it is sup
posed, the bullet was fred which caused