Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-15


himself.
Henry Watsby. aged years, drank
cup of kerosen. in GAINESVILLE during the
absence Of his parents, and died in con-
rulSions.
Frederick T. Stumm died suddenly Of
apgleyy in Eau Claire. lie was elected
supervisor the same day, but died before
he heard the result.
Thomas Godfrey, 50 years Of age,
retired farmer living in Whitewater, was
kicked in the face by horse Mr.. God
frey lies in a critical condition.
Albert Raugh, Il well-known German
farmer of the town Of Baldwin, fell
from Il neighbours 60-foot windmill while
repairing it, and died instantly.
Jacob Milhauser fell through the ice of
Lake Butte des Mortes at Neenaa, and
but for timely rescue by some passing
farmers would have been drowned.
The Omaha freight was wrecked at
Sarona by an open switch Fireman
Thompson and Brakeman White were
injured Engineer Hauman was killed.
Benjamin Gamm. Il well-known Madi-
son jeweler, was found dead by his
brother, who entered the store about
midnight. Heart disease probably caus-
cd his death.
Joseph Miller, shoe manufactures of
Racine, has been made the subject of
drafts drawn at Dubuque, Iowa, p:lrport-
ing to be signed by his son. The papers
are forgeries.
James Shedore and w. NJ. James,
prisoners at the county Jail i'll Rhine
lander, bound over to the Circuit Court
for larceny, escaped by tunneling under
the wall of the jail
Sixty-nine persons took examinations
at Lawrence University for positions as
teachers in county schools, which is eX-
pccted to relieve the famine Of teachers
in Outagamie County.
w. a. Gardiner, whose home is in SUI
rerior was found dead about three miles
west Of Stanley. He had gone down to
the creek for a drink and fell face down
ward in the creek and was drowned.
Mrs. Craven, an old resident of Beloit,
was killed by locomotive ut Belplaine,
Iowa. She was returning from Mason
City and in changing cars had to cross
to another track when the accident oc-
Cured.
Hundreds of ducks are seen near Ap-
pleton daily Some time ago Little Lake
Butte dc Mortes was filled with them
and now Little Chute is loaded. The
game wardens are watching carefully for
offenders.
James Condor, aged 10, who shot and
killed 13-ycar-old George Griffin, was
held for trial in GAINESVILLE on charge
Of manslaughter. The defense is made
that Condor was shooting at chickens
when he hit Griffin
Miss Ethel Drake of Wausau, visit
ing her parents at Scoield, was found
by her parents dead in the doorway
with n bullet hole above the heart and
revolver. one chamber empty, lying be-
side her. Death is thought to have been
due to accident.
The suit of Christina a. Pomeroy OF
Milwaukee against George Mazurine, a
candy manufacturer of Racine has been
settled. The plaintiff brought suit
against Mazurine for 5000, claiming
that amount as damages because, it is
alleged. Of the defendant having forced
the plaintiff to kiss him while in his
employ. The suit was settled for $3.50.
Morris Schultz, formerly of Milwau-
kec, who has for the past two years
been acting as chief electrician of the
Milwaukee Street Railway Company,
will lose his left eye ms the result Of an
accident Schultz was engaged in re-
pairing the overhead wires on State
street bridge, when Il piece of hot solder
which he was using fell into his left eye.
During the absence of the family of L.
A. LaDeaux, cashier for the Armour
Company in Rhinelanaer, someone broke
into his house and, emptying an incu-
bator of it's complement of 300 eggs,
broke them all over the interior Of the
house. Coming so close after the burn
ing of Congressman Browns barn, gives
wise to the suspicion that the depreda-
tons are traceable to the same party.
Rev. Carl Il. Hintrager of Oshkosh
While seeking for vegetables in bar
rel, seized dead rat ami in the ex-
element became insane. Shortly after
his wife found him hanging i'll the gar
rot scuttle, his neck broken Mr.. Hin
trayer was pastor Of the German Meth
odist Church. toAn of Clayton, up to
four years ago. He was injured two
weeks ago by silver and suffered from
blood poisoning.
Miss Lizzie Hattsheim died in Kan
kauna, after Il fast of forty days, under
taken with the deliberate attempt, it is
said, to end her life. from which all
pleasure had been baniShed by continue
Gus illness since her birth. She was l6
years old 1t is said that her voluntary
act of starvation was kept secret from
hcr friends, by whom her growing weak
ness was attributed to the illness from
which she had suffered for years.
Mayor David s Rose, Democrat, car
yied the city of Milwaukee by plural
iiy of nearly six thousand in the mun-
opal election The largest vote ever cast
in the city was polled, amounting to
GSOOO. and was within a few hundred
Of the registered vote. Results in other
Wisconsin towns are as follows: Repub-
licun. Waukesha, Fan Claire, Delavan,
Bylion, Sparta, Mineral Point, Plain
field. Whitewater, Palmyra, Fox Lake,
Berlin, Edgerton, Cedarburs; Democrat
ic, Madison, Mazomanie NIarshtield, Ell