Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-30

has gone out Many barn buildings were
| carried away, but there was no loss of
life.
E. Brown. n Friendship farmer. lost
eleven head of cattle by lightning. Farm
ers are discouraged by the incessant rains
and big FOODS.
Near Hudson storm resembling tor
| nado passed, doing some damage to trees.
When it struck LakesSt. Croix the storm
| expended itself.
/ While walking in her sleep, little
Grace Dulin of Janesyille left her bed
and after several hours search was
found still asleep on the road.
Two boys. aged 8, inmates of the Luz
| theran Orphans home in Stoughton,
were taken with cramps while swimming
in the Yahara river and drowned.
Peter and John Georgoen, aged and
II, were drowned in Pine creek at Ke-
| nosha. The boys were sons of John
Goergoen, u farmer, and had gone bath
/ ing.
| The Eagle creamery in the town of
Porter, owned by Frank Boss, burned to
the ground. Work by neighbors saved
house and barn adjoining. The cause
| was spontaneous combustion.
| Joseph Rugaslanski, aged %, who
came to Beloit from Waukegan, ILL.,, was
accidentally drowned in Turtle creek
while swimming. A companion who tried
| to save him nearly lost his life.
| John Starcht Il young Austrian, died
in the Sheboygan hospital from a frac--
ture of the skull received in a saloon
| fight. The police have no clue, but have
arrested several men on suspicion.
| The dam across the Waupaca river
| at Weyauwega was broken by the high
water and three feet of the crest swept
away. Work of repairs was begun at
once, but in the meantime the mills and
electric light plant are idle.
Gov. La Toilette has named John
Barnes Of Rhinelander as third member
| of the new railroad rate commission IN
| place of y. Z. Haugen, whose nominal
| ton was not confirmed by the Senate.
| Mr.. Barnes is Democrat and a promi-
| nent lawyer.
.Vincenzo and Antonio Petracci, two
| Italian lads, met death in Kenosha by
| coming in contact with a live wire. One
| of the boys touched the wire and was
| killed and the brother was killed in show
| lllS lllc CIO"u ludI SdlHSlCu lhC hAuLhCL
| of his brothers death.
| Mrs. Ada Harkins of Kenosha has
| made an application to Gov. La Toilette
| for the pardon Of her husband, John
| Harki1ls, who is now serving sentence
| in the State reformatory at Green Bay.
/ Harkins was convicted on a charge OF
| burglary and sentenced to from one to
three years.
After a futile search had been made
| for the two children of James WILDER of
Menasha, who were thought to have been
| drowned, they We're found in a closet in
| the cellar of the house where they were
| playing when a spring lock prevented
/ their escape. They had been in their
| prison for ten hours.
| While G. Dangcl was leaning over
| we'll on the farm of Carl Graner in
| Greenfield he plunged into ten feet of
water ninety four feet below. rope
was let down and when he was drawn
| about half up the rope broke and gave
him another fall of fifty feet. Another
rope landed him in safety.
The coroner's jury called to investi-
gate the death of Antonio and Vinceno
Petracci, Italians killed by touching a
live wire in Kenosha, brought in ver-
diet censuring the Kenosha Gas and
Electric Company for negligence. The
verdict will probably be the basis for
heavy suits against the company.
The State won point in the test suit
| brought against the Chicago and North
| western Railroad Company to recover
| $4,000 damages for alleged failure of
| the railroad to report full gross earn
| ings. Judge Stevens ruled that although
| the railroad commissioner marked re-
ports sent him approved" this was not
final and the State has right to go back
| Of such reports.
| d. N. Roberts, a former Beloit college
| student, is thought to be insane. Rob
erts stopped Northwestern train at the
| GAINESVILLE depot and tried to expel the
engineer, claiming he had been hired to
run the road. When manager for the
| Beloit football team in 1897, it is said,
he hired suite of offices in Chicago
| for $500 per month for general offices
of the team He lives in Prentice.
For three hours the other night the
Racine fire department fought a stub
born blaze in the Burkert building on
State street. The loss was S13,50O. 1t
started in the Citizens Plumbing Com
@ny shop spread up into the tailoring
and clothing store of Goedke & Gebhard,
and apartments occupied by the Near
man sisters Several fremen were over
come by smoke, but all revived. The
stock of Kradwell Brothers drug store
| was damaged by smoke.
The weekly crop report issued by the
| government reviews conditions in this
| State as follows: Week favorable for
growth of crops and for advancement
of farm work, except in northern central
counties, where excessive rains continue;
winter wheat and rye very rank, some
lodging, spring grain excellent, except on
low grounds; corn growing rapidly but
weedy some cultivation done; potatoes
satisfactory, but dry weather needed; to-
| hacoo ShoUino prorreSS