Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-09

Dennis MeluaH, JI., anu $500 =,
Buss of Appleton were drowned WIN
rowing on Fox river.
John Alleman, aged SO, died at tii
La Crosse county asylum, after havlnl
been an insane patient for thlrty-eisH
years.
G. f. scharpf, pioneer hardware
merchant of the Northwest, was founc
dead in bed in La Crosse. lie was os
years old.
The Horse Shoe Lake creamery neal
Perley was totally consumed py hre
Loss $1,000. insurance $1,000. it vii
probably be rebuilt.
The second largest sturgeon eve
caught in the Fox river was landed ny
William Buss at Strobe's island. IL
weighed 10 pounds.
Anker Craven. the 12-year-old son or
z. T. Craven of Nenomonie. was acci-
dentally shot in the leg by companion
while hunting at Chippewa FANS.
Harold Kincaid, the 1S-year-old son or
Mr.. and Mrs Isaac Kincaid of Oshkosh,
who was struck by an east-bound Great
Northern train at Cedar Lake, Mimi,
died from his injuries.
Fire practically destroyed the nome
OF Mrs j. Thomas in Neenah. Lucy
Thomas. aged u years, was perhaps Ia
| tally burned while trying to save some
personal belongings from the flames.
In an election in kenosha to decide
| the issue of bonds to the amount OF
| $4,000 for the construction OF an addl-
| ton to the present sewer system tne
proposition was defeated by a vote OF 10 {
| for and 1862 against it.
| Edwin c. Johnson, formerly proprietor
! OF Myers hotel in GAINESVILLE, and at
one time very wealthy, committed SUI
eide at the grave Of his mother in johns
town cemetery lie had recently lost al!
| he owned in a hotel failure.
Three youths. Eugene Cannon, Peter
| Biszup and Christ Schlecheimer, ranging
| in age from IA to q, have confessed
| to the robbery of several stores III IA
| Crosse Schechemer has been at the
State reformatory and was out on parole.
The finest collection of pearls ever
| gathered together on the Mississippi
| river is owned by p. O. Heide, local
dealer in Prairie du Chen. 1t COM
| prises 30 gems weighing from fifteen
| to $50 grains and is valued at S2oo-
| 600.
The west-bound passenger train on the
| Sheboygan and Marshfeld branch of the
| Northwestern railway was ditched near
| Glen Beulah. Albert CHAMBER. mail
clerk; Mrs. John Franey of Fond du
| Lac and an unidentified man from Elk
| hart Lake were slightly bruised.
Carl Hamann and his wife, Minnie
of Sheboygan, each about so years old,
were committed to the Oshkosh insane
asylum because each believed the other
| was bewitched. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamann
| both were disciples of Spiritualist
| teacher, but went further with their
| views as to witchcraft. When their
! cherry crop was ripe they refused to eat
| them because they believed them be-
| witched. Later they decided the evil
| spirits had got into their cattle and
| nearly starved them.
Gov. La Toilette on Tuesday formally
| declared vacant the Office of State Treas
| urer, took the treasury vaults and books
| from the possession Of John ]. kempf,
| the deposed official. under dramatic cir
cumstances, changed the locks In the
! doors and turned the keys in them. The
OON0IIIOI ldICI dppU1llCu AAOlAao AA'
Purtell as acting State Treasurer to fill
| the office until regular treasurer is
appointed Mr. Purtell filed a personal
bond of 100000 signed by Wayne Ram
say, Joseph W. Hobbins and a number
| of other Madison capitalists and bankers.
| Two men were fatally injured and one
| badly hurt and eighteen cars We're piled
up in a shapeless mass as the result Of a
| wreck on the st. Paul road at Bardwell.
| The fatally injured are Charles Mills,
| engineer, and w. +. Babcock, fireman, Of
| Milwaukee. A fast time freight APP
preaching Bardwell from the south re-
ceived the signal to go ahead and pulled
out of the station just as freight came
| in sight from the opposite direction. To
prevent collision the towerman threw
| the spreader, derailing the train. The
engine was demolished and every car left
| the track.
Federal officers are to receive notewor-
| thy help from Kenosha in their effort to
| fight wildcat insurance companies.
Walter NJ Cowell of Kenosha, who has
been called the king of the Wildcats
has decided to give the officers every pos
sible aid in the conviction of the .nen
now under arrest. Cowell is himself
awaiting a hearing before the federal
grand jury. He was released on a rec
| ognizance bond and went to Milwaukee,
where he furnished the United Stltes
district attorney with a large amount
of information. 1t is thought Cowell has
been promised immunity from pros ecu-
| ton.
Fires of an incendiary nature are
| again breaking out in the Fourth Ward
| in Appleton. The other night a barn
belonging to George Foss was set on
fire and was totally destroyed. Chief
| MCCLELLAN believes he has sufficient evil
| dence to arrest the guilty party, but ow-
| ing to the barn being located in Caltmet
| county, just across the line, he is ulfable
to act in the matter. A few days before