Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-01-17

killed.
Two bullets from a mysterious source
entered the windows of John Humoers
at La Crosse, narrowly missing Lis
daughter Edna.
building owned by the Rusk estate
was badly damaged by fire at Chippewa
Falls. The millinery stock of Mrs.
Brooks was ruined Fire loss IS So,oOo.
Arthur Montange and Charles An
dreys were discovered unconscious from
escaping gas in D. c. Tanners mill IN
Baraboo. Both were saved with olih-
Guilty.
Fire damaged the stock and building OF
the New York store in Racine to the eX-
tent of $4,000 Mrs. NJ. Sklute, owner
of the store, says her stock was worth
$50, 900.
G. w. Hanson, station agent for the
Milwaukee road at Duplainyllle, was
struck and killed while riding on his rail-
vay veIocipede about mile east OF Pe-
waukee.
At North Fond du Lac James La Flure
was seriously burned about the face ana
hands by the explosion OF coal gases
that had accumulated in the furnace III
his house.
Christian Barber, aged "a years, OF
Greenfield, was given coal stove LOT
Christmas present. and, not understand
ing how to regulate it, was sutfocated by
the fumes.
Professional cracksmen opened the
safe in the store of John Hagens, south
of Brandon, and secured $500. Last sum
mer the same store was robbed OIL S-Vo
worth of goods.
The servant girls of Oshkosh have re-
Gently organized a secret union. Inc
object of the union is not for higher
wages, at least at present, but for self
protection against hard mistresses
Carl Bluhm. an employee of the James
vile Barb Wire Company, had darmng
needle three inches long removed from
his thigh. Bluhm is supposed to have
taken the needle into his body through
his mouth.
A runaway team Of horses crashed into
Washington avenue street car in Ra-
cine, seriously injuring S. e. Christian
son, the motorman, killing one OF the
horses, wrecking the car and creating
panic among the passengers.
4 rural free delivery route will be es-
tablished Feb. at Curtiss, with one car
rier The route embraces an area OF 20
square miles, containing population CT
ATT. The postoffices at Justin, Hallway
and Ralph are to be discontinued.
During the annual ball given by La
Crosse knights of Pythias, pickpockets,
supposed to have worn dress suits and
posing as guests at the affair, stole jew
els, valuable furs and trinkets to the
amount of several hundred dollars.
The opening of the Hillsboro and
Northeastern Railway was celebrated by
5000 visitors. At o'clock d procession
formed at the depot and marched
through the principal streets of Hllisboro,
headed by bands. There was a display
OF fireworks.
Matthias Kapelan, a shoe dealer at
Neillsville, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with the clerk of the United
States Court at La Crosse He schedules
his liabilities at $46, G37. II and his assets
amount to $1,45S. Many firms through
out the State are involved in the loss.
The large store of the Beaver Dam
Lumber Company at Cumberland was
completely Quilted by fire, entailing a
loss of $4,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. The blaze was started in the dress
making department by girl who poured
gasoline into an oil stove instead of kero-
Sene.
Two trains have been put on the Wis
consin Valley division of the Milwaukee
road for the conveyance of logs from Star
lake to the mills of the Chippewa Falls
Log and Boom Company at Chippewa
Falls, a distance of 22S miles. This is
the longest haul ever attempted in the
State since the transportation of logs by
rail was first begun.
One of the pet dogs of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Olson, living nine miles from Ra-
cine, attacked their 5-year-old daughter,
tearing one of her arms terribly, biting
flesh out of her side and decorating her
cheek. A 15-year-old brother of the girl
happened to discover the dog tearing the
child to pieces. Securing a pitchfork
he went at the beast, which turned Oh
him. After a fight of fifteen minutes the
boy killed the dog without having been
bitten once. The girl will recover.
Gov. ?. NJ. La Toilette was inaugural
ed for his second term as Governor of
the State of Wisconsin at exactly IL
O o'clock Monday. The ceremony took
place in the Assembly chamber of the
State capitol which was packed to it's
utmost capacity, fully 1000 people be-
ing present, while 800 more stood out
side in the corridors. The oath of office
was administered by Chief Justice Cas-
soday of the Supreme Court. Following
the Governor the new State officers were
sworn in in turn, and after this ceremony
each took the seat occupied formerly by
the former incumbents of the respective
offices.
w. H. Bradley the wealthy lumber
man, who married his private secretary,
Mary Hannemyer, died at Milwaukee.
Mr. Bradley was taken i'll some weeks
ago. He went to attend the funeral Of
his first wife. who died about the mid
die of November, and was taken sick
with liver trouble. Mr.. Bradley was
born in Maine sixty-five years ago, and
came West when Wisconsin was young
State. He began numbering in a small
way at Oshkosh, and then formed a com
pany and began operations near Muske-
gon. Mich. Estimates of is wealth run
from 100000 to $1O.OOO,OOO. Mr..
Bradley was the founder of the town of