Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-05-09

Ilre destroyed quantity of wood and
cedar poles near Whitcomb. The blaze
originated from forest fires.
The los by fire which DESTROYED tho
approaches of the Burlington Railroad
bridge across Trempealeau river is EST
mated at $11,O0O
Lawrence Bamberger, formerly chief
OF carriers IN the La Crosse postoff1ce.
has become violently insane. He has
been ont of work for some months.
The law Office Of A. A Alvord and r.
y. Hammes' meat market burned To the
ground in Pound. Most of the meat was
saved, but the attorney lost his books
and papers.
Prof w. l.. Carlisle, professor of ami
mai husbandry in the State University,
mas decided to accept the position offered
him IN the State Agricultural College of
Colorado.
The general store of Irwin Gray at Og-
densburg was broken into and robbed the
other night. The robber secured 5000
worth of goods. This is the third time
| MIR. Gray has been robbed in two years,
The Rink Opera House in Stevens
Point, the largest building in central
| " -S~OA"AAA' covering SEOulu space lOX
2OO feet, was ruined by fire. The build
ing was owned by George W. Miller,
whose loss is estimated at $1,000, with
$500 insurance.
Three small boys, aged 10, IL and IA
years respectively, are discovered to be
the culprits who have been stealing boats
and other property from boat houses
along the river front at Racine Property
to the amount of $3.50 has been recov-
cred. The boys are sons of prominent
people.
| Ole Abrahamson, a Superior lumber
man who was struck by a train on cleo
ton night and thought to be fatally in
jured, has so far recovered that it is
thought that he will live, although he
will probably lose the use of his legs
through paralysis. The back is broken,
but the patient is steadily improving.
Two boys, aged Is and 10 respectively,
are under arrest at Racine, charged with
robbing Sylvester Stevens of $50 and
then attempting to kill him. Stevens
captured the younger boy. Leo Dooley,
who says he is from Chicago. The 9TH
er boy, Frank Coleman of Denver, Colo,
was caught at Caledonia. Both boys
deny the charge.
| In the interschOlastic track meet at
Beaver Dam the track team representing
| Wayland College of Beaver Dam won
| by a margin of 20 points. The quarter
mile foot race was won in SO seconds.
| Ralph lnman of the senior class at Way
| land broke the State interscholastic rec
| ord for the shotput by a margin Of 12A
| inches, making the remarkable record Of
43 feet Ga inches.
Half hundred cutters employed by
the Wisconsin Pearl Button Company
of La Crosse struck. 1t is understood
the girls went out on account of the
failure of the concern to adjust the
claims of the seventy five carders who
went out some weeks ago because their
wages were cut. Girl pickets have been
posted about the factory and from all
appearances the strike will be bitterly
| fought.
The residence of John Tobin, con-
stable of the village of Ridgeway, was
! wrecked by dynamite. A threat had been
written and placed upon a telegraph
| pole near his residence several days be-
| fore Trouble has been at fever heat in
! that village for some time over scan
dal and revenge seems to have been
taken out on the constable. Although
several persons were sleeping i'll the
building, nobody was hurt.
Sheriff Corbin of Sank County and
Leonard Case, an attendant at Mendoza,
had q desperate struggle with William
Harmed, insane. Harmel was getting
the best of the struggle when he slipped
out of his overcoat and ran to the Wis
consin river, a few rods from his broth
er's home, where he was staying In
stead of jumping into shallow water,
he plunged into a deep hole, and after
rising four times went down to rise no
more, Case was almost drowned in try
ing to save Harmed The deceased was
4o years of age.
Albert Wood, John Schuer and Morton
Stapers, the latter a colored man, rob
bed the general store of J. B. Go5frnon
in Appleton, taking three complete out
fits of clothing and a quantity of cheap
iewelry. They also broke into the
plumbing shop of William Wenzel and
carried off and planted a quantity OF
brass valves. They were captured at
| Fond du Lac and returned to Appleton,
where they confessed, but refused to tell
the hiding place of the stolen brass. All
three of the young men are paroied lu-
mates of the industrial school at " l.
kesha.
A terrible fatality resulted from the
premature explosion of dynamite at the
farm house of a man by the name of Pc
terson at Chase Brook. Peterson was
using dynamite in grubbing on his farm
and he placed several sticks of dynamite
by the kitchen stove to warm and he left
the house to attend to some chores. Dur
ing his absence one of the sticks of dy-
Mantle exploded with terrific force while
Mrs. Peterson was at work in the kitch-
en-. The woman was literally blown TO
pieces and the house was wrecked por-
tons of the building being picked up
15O rods from the scene of the explosion.
Five of six tramps who terrorized the
country in the vicinity of -Four Cor,
ners, are under arrest at Manitowoc, and
the county is being secured searching
for the one who escaped. The men heid
IN several farmers on the road and en-
| 1911 A. hama of Fred EnQeibrucht ana