Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-04-29

blizzard of the season was raging.
Capt. V. A. Bigelow. one of the pion-
eer steamboat men of the upper Missls-
Sippi and former owner of several boats,
is dead in La Crosse, aged 80 years.
Humphrey Burk, while hunting, was
accidentally shot and instantly killed by
son of FL. Hoffman. Both were farm
ers living near kilbourn. Mr.. Burk was
married and leaves n widow and one
child
Johnnie Templeton Of Janesyillc, who
disappeared from home last August and
for whom the police have ever since been
searching, was discovered working ON
farm near Popular Grove, and returned
home
AS Ringing Brothers were loading
their circus stock at Baraboo to ship to
Chicago one Of the elephants escaped
and plunged into the Baraboo river. 1t
fought desperately for several hours and
was finally recaptured.
The physicians of the Tenth Congress
sional District have organized a district
medical society. The cities represented
are Tomahawk, Minocqua Amigo, Three
Lakes. Hazelhurst, Ashland, Hurley and
Rhinelander Dr. Steffins of Amigo was
elected president.
The American Cigar Company has
closed down its large warehouse in Brod
head giving as a reason that the tobacco
was moulding in the cases instead of
sweating, and that further curing would
be necessary. About 200 employees are
thrown out of work.
The high water is responsible for the
destruction of the mill dam at INDIE
pendence. The steadily rising waters ac-
cumulated back of it, until the structure
could hold out no longer, and forty feet
went out with roar. Two piers of a
bridge below the dam were destroyed.
Miss Corrine A. Shields, member of
the senior class at KemDer Hall, and
Lieut.. Clifford Game of the Eleventh
United States infantry were married at
one of the little American chapels in the
city of Manila, March II. Miss Shields
left. Kemper Hall several months ago
to make a trip about the world. One of
the first stops made was at Manila. and
while there she fell in love with dashing
Lieut.. Game.
The negro shot by police sergeant
in Eau Claire is dead. In an ante-mor-
DID, that his name was Charles Weston
Clark, and his home was at Pittsburg.
He had been working at Hudson The
man had demanded Il ''hand-out'' from
lunch wagon, and when refused, fired at
the proprietor. He was then pursued by
the policeman, who fatally wounded him
with his revolver.
The Green Bay and Mississippi Canal
Company has purchased the entire inter-
ests of the Kaukauna Water Power Com
pany, the price being $11S,000 The sale
was on mortgage foreclosure, but was
planned to stop litigation, which has tied
lp the most valuable water powers IN
Wisconsin for many years. j. 5. Van
nortwick, paper mill owner of Apple
ton, is head Of the canal company. He
says that nearly $1,000,0O0 will be put
into new paper mills and extensions Of
the present plants within year.
Wedding guests at the marriage of
John Klues and Bertha Nanteufel i'll the
town Of Greenville were snowbound in
mid-April The snow which started to
fall while the ceremony was in progress,
and which increased and was blown
about by fierce wind durug the recep-
ton following the wedding, absolutely
blocked the way for the party when they
tried to leave shortly after dark. Over
fifty guests therefore secured as much
comfort for themselves as possible in
the house, and spent the night there.
One ofsthe most persistent attempts to
evade the bankruptcy law that has come
to the attention of the authorities was
unearthed the otheraday when it was dis
covered that Marcus kaatZ, the former
Chicago hat and cap manufacturer. had
engaged the services of q servant girl to
assist him in hiding the property he took
with him when he fed from his Chicago
creditors last September with some $62,-
600. In safety deposit box in the
Wisconsin Fidelity Trust and Deposit
Company at Milwaukee, cash and re-
ceipts for merchandise amounting to be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 were discov-
cred belonging to the bankrupted hat and
cap manufacturer. The safety deposit
box was held in the name OF Martha
Peterson, a servant girl in tie employ
of Anna Kaatz, sister of the bankrupt.
Attorney julius Moses, acting for the
creditors, together with counsel for the
Royal Trust Company. trustee for the
kaatz estate, went to Milwaukee and be-
gan the proceedings which finally result
ed in the box being opened and the SER
want girl acknowledging that the prop
erty belonged to I<aatZ.
In litigation which was started near
" two years ago, in which both parties
Thought to obtain $1,000 damages, Judge
kirwan has written q decision which
6anies the claim TO the defendant and
uraintiff alike. A breach of contract
was alleged by Mrs. Marguerite Fenelon
against John Van Epps, and involved
piece Of property consisting of two lots
and a hotel building located at North
Fond du Lac, owned by Van Epps. Mrs.
Fenelon owned farm not far from
Fond du Lac, and the two entered into
trade. and one side offered $500 to boot
On the given date it was stipulated that
the deal was to be closed by handing
over the deeds, but previous TO it. on
Nov. Z, 1902. the hotel was destroyed By
FIRE An attempt was made to push the
trade through, on the prearranged terms,
in spite Of the loss. When Mrs. Fene-
Ion brought suit for damages, aud the