Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-07-15

Mrs. w. A. Henry, wife Of Dean
Henry Of the State University, died in
Madison, after a brief illness.
Frank Stelphon, Russian boy, nearly
lost his left hand while discharging
dynamite irecracker at Hudson.
Alfred Sorenson Of Racine, II years
old, had the left side Of his face torn
away by the discharge of a revolver.
Through the explosion of a toy can
non, Pat Bovee, aged 18, of Chiffon, suf-
fered the loss of two fingers of his right
hand
III Menomonie Eugene Strand, IA
years old, had his forefnger and thumb
torn from the left hand by a cannon
cracker.
Jacob Paff Of Elk Mound held light
ed cannon cracker in his hand, which
exploded and tore his hand badly and
cut his head.
Claude, the 14-year-old son of Els
worth Peterson Of Cashton, was injured
while playing with powder He will
probably lose the sight Of one eye.
Burglars cleaned out e. G. Farlin's
cigar store i'll Madison, leaving but little
besides the show cases and some dummy
cigar boxes. Indications point to local
talent.
George Rhode, aged 81 years, resi-
dent of Franksville and employed at
Corliss, was killed by ST. Paul train
while walking to his home. A wife and
five children are left destitute
r. B. Shaffner, claiming to be detec-
tive, who was held at the county Jail
Iii Rhinelander on a charge Of obtaining
money under false pretenses, escaped by
breaking the bars in a cell window.
Harry DAIMLER, aged II, was drowned
i'll the river at Manitowoc while bathing
with number of companions. 1t was
more than half an hour afterwards that
his frightened associates notified the POI
lice.
George Abblet of Indian Ford fell and
broke his neck during a celebration in
GAINESVILLE and died the next morning at
the city hospital. He was seated on the
rail of cellar way, missed his balance
and fell some twenty feet into the base
ment.
The fruit crop in Calumet County will
be seriously affected by a blight which
is attacking the leaves Of apple and other
Trees Il OE SSNefdl years ILLS HAS OC-
CURED, until farmers fear that it will be
impossible ever to again obtain a good
fruit crop.
John Blankenhagen was killed by an
interurban car at Erdman's corners. His
wagon was struck by the car and over
turned and Blankenhagen was thrown
out and sustained a fractured skull and
broken shoulder. He was dead when
picked up.
Willie Polka, John and Dan McLaren,
aged 13, IA and Is, of Chippewa Falls,
while standing near cigar box filled
with powder, accidentally dropped light
ed firecrackers into the box, causing
terrific explosion. Polka is not expected
to recover.
John BONN, an employe Of the Schu-
cite Cement Construction Company in
Manitowoc may be crippled for life as
a result of falling from scaffold on
which he was at work. The bones of the
foot were fractured and twisted in ter
rible manner.
Milwaukee has population Of be-
tween 100000 and 325,OOO, according to
estimates based OH the latest school cen
sus, which gives the total number Of
ch 'ldren of school age as 105,953. This
is an increase Of 5000 children over the
previous census.
Anna Larson, aged 25, a clerk in A. j.
Josephine's store in Menomonie, was in
stantly killed by lightning in a severe
electrical storm. She was sitting near
telephone when the fatal bolt came. The
house was badly damaged, but the other
occupants escaped injury.
Ed Gruettner, 16 years old, was cut
and burned about the face by cracker
at Hayton. William March, aged 30,
was badly injured by a fragment of an
iron plate used in firing an anvil strik-
ing his right leg and so managing it as
to necessitate amputation.
Fire did considerable damage in the
Empire block in Superior. Smoke injur-
ed some hundreds Of thousands of dol
lars worth of property. The blaze start
ed in the basement of a hardware store.
Four fremen were carried out, over
come by the fumes and smoke.
George A. Heath, State agent for the
Monitor Drill Company Of Minneapolis
was shot in the millinery store Of Mary
Mullen in Waupun by her divorced hus-
band, James Mullen. The shot took eff
feet in Mr.. Heath's mouth. Mullen is
under arrest. Heath will recover.
Firecrackers in the hands of a small
boy caused loss of $500 at the home of
Charles Gulbrandson in Racine, and AS
sistant Fire Marshal Henry Blake, hur-
+, ing to the fire, was nearly killed. The
wagon was turning out of the street car
tracks when he vas thrown off, striking
on the top of his head
Located in Marathon County, nine
miles from Wausau, is a half acre of
land producing without doubt the most
valuable crop to be found on any like
amount of land in the United States 1t
represents the gardens of the Wisconsin
Ginseng Company, the pioneer concern
engaged in the ginseng industry in that
section In this garden are 200 beds of
plants, ranging in age from one year to
seven years, and estimating the crop at
the present price of root and seeds it is
worth $4,000. When the garden was
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