Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-09-02

| Thomas Lands, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Pewaukee, and Joseph Shields
We're injured in runaway and are now
at the Emergency hospital at Waukesha.
Mr. Lands recovery is doubtful.
The Catholic church in Ridgsway was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground Loss $4,000. Edward r. Evans
lost his $1,000 barn, which was also
struck by lightning and burned.
The school census for Columbia county,
outside of the cities of Columbus and
Portage, shows an increase of ffty-six
over last year. The number Of children
| of school age for the present year is
1854.
Ole c. Halseth of La Crosse died
| while eating his breakfast. He was ain
| the very best of spirits and had no in
! timatlon of any sickness. He was jok-
| ing when he suddenly lurched forward
and died.
Because he would not take the oath of
the homesteader and settle in the Rose
| bud reservation in January, DR.. H. J.
| Mcdonald of La Crosse has rfSinquished
his claim to the 100 acres OF land che
| drew in the government lottery.
john Briester. aged 60, a well-to.do
farmer of the town of Muskego, was
killed by harvesting machine. He fell
under the machine and his head was
| crushed. He was subject of apoplexy,
and il is believed he had fit while driv-
ing. He leaves family.
Tho trial of Frank S. Komp. charged
with accepting deposits after the Ke-
nosha Trust Company was insolvent,
may not go to trial until the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin has decided the ques-
ton Of the right of the bank examiners
to tai e possession of the bank.
Col n. r. Nelson of La Crosse has
started suit against the Northwestern
Railway for $4,000 damages alleged to
have Deen sustained when he was car
ried mast his station while ill, resulting,
ACCORD ing to the allegation, in a paralytic
state which has rendered him helpless.
Mai,el, a young daughter of William
McGa gock of Beloit, died from indisputa-
Bile hsdrocyanic acid poisoning and the
case attracted much attention OH the part
of physicians The child had eaten free
ly of AEild cherries. but all wondered how
she oJuld have taken sufficient hydro
cyani1 poison from the cherries to kill
her. Investigation shows that she had
crushed large quantities of the cherries,
skin AID stones, and drank the juice.
Far ners throughout Racine county are
up il. arms against owners of automo-
biles For months automobiles have been
driven along the country highways at a
reckless speed Thursday H. Kehl, a
farmer residing near Franksville, was in
fornleS that an automobile party refuS-
ed to give woman driving a horse the
right Of the road. Kehl ran into his
home, and, securing Il shotgun, fired at
the automobile as it passed. 1t is under
God shat the shot penetrated one of the
tires, .)ut the automobile proceeded.
Investigations, about completed, into
the death of Florin Kral, the Austrian
noblef.lan killed in La Crosse a few
nights ago, leave no doubt~in the mind of
Specisl Administrator Hickisch that his
death was due to cold blooded murder.
Several physicians were called to exam
inc til, wounds on the body and they all
give .. verdict that Kral came to his
death by blows and advance the theory
that he bruises on his body could not
have been made by the cars, but that he
was urobably sandbagged and placed on
the tracks so that the limited might run
over Kim and destroy the evidences of
the CRIME
Thp withdrawing of the war fund OF
S45S.GOO from the general fund and the
placils. of the money i'll the trust funds
has RACED the State administration up
against the proposition of where to get
the money with which to run the State
,.nyes ment from now until June 80,
1905 It is said there is only about
5000 iyO with which to meet the general
experses of the State from now until
June 30 The disbursements during that
neriof in round figures will amount to
81 SEA- 300. so it can be seen the money
naust he raised somewhere If the State
remo;ss on a cash basis after Nov. /.
The ! ADMINISTRATION is figuring on @the
Stt39t5O additional taxes which the tax
comm, .ssion says the railways must pay
IN nj; the situation. This will not be
available anyway before October. and
oven with its help there will only be
money enough to run the government I'M
til February.
Hal It not been for the rain the fair
held in Mineral Point would have broken
ali records in the history of the south
western Wisconsin Fair Association. The
attendance on Thursday was estimated
at 5000
Ian,ss Connell of Milwaukee, State
r,stendent of the Union Lime Com
many ,airaculously escaped death at
Haytao. While overseeing the construc-
+;on ~ a new lime shed, he slipped on
a wet timber, falling to the concrete
aoor 40 feet below. His wrist was
.a cn1 HE head cut slightly, but