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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
KILLED UNDER WHEELS
w. G. THRoNsoN, MOTHERS ONLY
SUPPORT, LOSES HIS LIFE.
Father Lost in Klondike and Now Death
Takes Son-Had Been Searching
for Work.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 29.-190S.
William G.. Thronson, a mechanic
aged "a years, was thrown under the
wheels of freight train upon which he
was riding when he tried to get off the
train at Merrill Park to go to his home,
and was badly mangled, this morning.
With compound depressed skull
fracture, end with his right foot and left
leg crushed the young man was hurried
to the Emergency hospital, where he
died after an operation. He arrived there
at SIS, half an hour after he was in
jured.
Physicians found it necessary to ampu-
tate his right foot and the left leg at
once, and in Thronson's low condition he
did not survive the shock.
The aged mother of Thronson, whose
only support he was, has suffered much
in the past four years. -Four years ago
her husband left Milwaukee for the
I<londike. hoping to make his fortune
there He was heard from occasionally
and then the letters ceased suddenly.
From that time until this, although the
woman has made every effort to locate
her husband or learn his fate, she has
heard nothing 1t is believed that Thron-
son became lost and died in the snow
fields about Nome, or was murdered for
his money.
William has supported his mother and
kept up the little home at 396 Scott
street, since that time. Recently he was
out of employment and took a trip west
to find job in the country. 1t was while
returning home on a Wisconsin Central
train that he was killed. The coroner
was notified and permitted an undertake
er to take the remains to the poor wOu-
ans home. She is Frustrated with tne
shock of her sons sudden death.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04

Why, if you took that down to our
BUSINESS office. they'd charge you reg
liar advertising rates
The press agent mournfully departed.
but the next morning AIDE looked
to find the agents story occupying full
column on the editorial page. Later in
the day the managing editor came into
AIDES office and spread out the editorial
page.
'1That's the sort of theatrical stuff we
want" he said, pointing to the agents
article. "And what do you think. AIDE?
only paid 500 for that story!'-Lip-
pincott's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
CURED HER CHILDREN

Girls Suffered with Itching Ecrsu.
Baby Had Tender Skin. r..
Relied ON Cuticura Remedte,
''Some years ago my three lin.
girls had very bad form of eczema
Itching eruptions formed on the bark,
of their heads which were Simply cov
erSl tried almost everything, bn
failed Then my mother recommends
the Cuticura Remedies. l washed nv
children's heads with Cuticura Som
and then applied the wonderful opt
ment, Cuticura. l did this four or fya
times and / can say that they h9ys
been entirely cured. 1 have another
baby who is so plump that the folds d,
skin on his neck were broken and even
bled. 1 used Cuticura Soap and Cua
cura Ointment and the next mornM,
the trouble had disappeared Nine
Napoleon Duceppe, Al Duluth St,
Montreal. Que, May 81, 1907"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
STEAMER HITS
R0WB0AT;; THREE
DIE At DELAVAN
MRS. EMIL ANDERSON AND TWO
CHILDREN OF CHICAGO DROWN
In MIDLAKE.
THREE IN SMALL BOAT ESCAPE.
Accident Occurs in Darkness and Crash,
Followed by Heartrending Shrieks,
Is Heard on Shore.
HUSBAND NEARLY FRUSTRATED.

DELAVAN LAKE, Wis, Aug. 81
TWO children, girl years old and girl
3 years old, of Chicago, were drowned
in Delavan lake last night when their
rowboat was struck by the passenger
steamer Delavan.
Three other occupants of the small
craft, Alfred Anderson, his adopted son,
and their maid, were rescued. The accl-
dent occurred after dark, which made
It impossible for those in the steamer to
rescue the others.
The crash caused by the collision be-
tween the steamer and the rowboat was
heard from nearby points on the shore,
and cottagers and guests at the Hotel
Manhattan heard the heartrending cries
Of the unfortunate victims as they We're
knocked out into the water and drowned
with apparent help on all sides.
Water Forty Feet Deep.
The accident occurred in 40 feet Of
water, and the body of Mrs. Anderson
was not recovered until 10 o'clock this
morning. Men in boats, equipped with
graphing hooks, searched for hours
afterwards before finding the bodies OF
the children.
Mr.. Anderson had spent Sunday with
his family, and had left for Chicago at
4 o'clock when telegram informing
him of the tragic death of his wife and
children overlook him. He is almost
Frustrated by the shocking details of the
drowning Of Mrs. Anderson and their
only children.
1t was only yesterday that the yacht
owners of Delavan lake met and dis
cussed plan to organize and adopt some
rules to equip their boats with lights ana
signals. There are over sixty yachts
on the lake and up to this time it has
not been necessary for any of them to
display lights. The steamer Delavan.
however, had both lights showing, but it
is claimed that it was running at a fast
rate Of speed and overlook the rowboat
before the occupants had time to get
out of the way.
Second Accident for Boat.
The Steamer Delavan is the same boat
which capsized on Lake Geneva a few
years ago. the accident resulting in the
drowning of three passengers. Sundays
accident occurred in the middle of the
lake, just southeast of the Delavan Lake
assembly.
The Anderson home is at 1913 West
Sixty-frst place, Chicago. Mr.. Anderson
is a contractor and is prominently con-
nected with Chicago's business world.
He owns a cottage at Delayan.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
GIRL FOUND DRUGGED,
Gives Her Name as Mabel Jennings and
Declares She Lives in Minnesota
Wandered in Cornfeld.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Aug. 31.-[Spe-
cial. IA young women about 25 years
old, giving her name as Mabel Jennings,
was found Sunday afternoon wandering
in cornfield near Altoona in a dazed
condition and evidently under the effects
of some powerful drug. She is now in
the county Jail here and has partially
recovered. She says says her home is
Cloquet, Mimi, that she left Cloquet
Saturday last and the things she remem-
bered up the time she found herself in
Jail was having ticket to Chicago, taking
train at st. Paul and making ac-
quaintance of mana stranger to her
whose name she cannot give now. The
authorities are Investigating.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04

can the trained nurses have state board
corresponding to the state medical board
to protect their profession. louisiana
women tried to get constitutional
amendment permitting these things
through the last Legislature. Southern
chiyalry greeted their bin with catcalls,
Kisses and the throwing of spitballs. Miss
Kate Gordon says in an injured tone,
that the wife of every married member
in the Legislature was in favor OF this
bill, and yet it was defeated, and she
doesn't think much of marriage as an
indirect influence anyway.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
GODS WORD WINS MAN.
Beloit Secretary Gives UP Opportunities
to Become Missionary to
Africa

BELOIT, Wis. Sept. 1.-ESpecial. l.
Leaving splendid business opportunity
as private secretary to the secretary of
the Beloit Iron Works of this city,
Earl Karstaedt this morning started for
Lexington, Ky, to prepare for the min
istry, and to become a medical mission
AIRY with the ultimate object of going TO
some African field. Mr.. Karstaedt be-
came seized with desire to do this
work recently while evangelists of the
Christian or Disciples denomination
were holding meetings here. He will take
his preliminary work at Kentucky uni
versity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
HICKORY TREE A MONUMENT
It Marks the Grave of an Adm;ro,
President Jackson ~

In the Baptist graveyard at Cam.
near here, lies the body Of an old P"Na
lutionary soldier named James Sa"sse
A rude, unlettered sandstone MARI p'r e
grave, but a more conspicuous M ID
ment is a large hickory tree the tVal,
of which, three feet from the pr Muas
measures 517a inches in circumferSelnNCSal '
James Sayres was an ardent admis.
of Andrlw Jackson, so often called s0S s
Hickory" from the character of beipsV w
unbending in any cause which ba !
lieved to be right Mr. Sayres aIva @
wore sprig of hickory on his b roahs
on training days." and before he AN AN
he directed that a hickory tree be nI oisa
ed on his grave. This was done F" oa,
after the tree attained proport; %aa
deemed unsuitable to adorn a grav0 RAW y
was dug up. Another tree sprang fpoa
the roots left in, and this in time wv
also dug up. w"
When third tree appeared, with =.
persistency in good cause WORTHY q;
emulation, relatives of the deceased y
rected that it be not disturbed. Han VI
the tree of large proportions that on
nually showers its nuts over the grs ~r,
of the deceased admirer of 'OId H cl'
salem Cor. Philadelphia Record
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
A Boomerang

A politician relates that he was MAX
ing speech last week when he was
annoyed by the frequent Interruptions
of an opposition voter who seemed beat
on making trouble.
"My friend" said the speaker, deter
mining to suppress the disturber
haven't you heard the story of how
braying ass put to fight the entire
Syrian army?''
Don't you be afraid of this audience"
shouted back the disturber of the meet
ing; "there amt no danger of it STAN.
peding! You've tested Chicago
Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
George AIDE and the Press Agent.

While George AIDE was conducting q
dramatic column on Chicago newspa-
per the press agent of a coming theatre
cal attraction walked brightly into AIDES
thor a long article which was primarily
an advertisement for the coming show.
"Ade. 1 want you to use this story for
me-" said the theatrical man. Its a
good, interesting article, and you'll do
me a great favor by printing it,
'I'm sorry, but it's not the sort of
''It's too much of an advertisement
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
BURGLAR AWAKENS GIRL.
Racine Thief Tries to Take valuables
Under Pillow.

RACINE, Wis, Aug. 27.-Miss Edith
Morey, a school teacher, daughter of d
j. Morey, had an exciting experience
with burglar between and 8 O'Clock
in the morning Miss Morey was awak
ened by a hand moving on the bed neal
her head. She screamed, but it wa,
sometime before her father and Other
members of the family heard her The
burglar had pried open a dining room
window, ransacked the room of Miss
Morey and had searched for money.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
COL. WIN. F. Villas
=: PASSES AWAY
FORMER WISCONSIN SENATOR ND
MEMBER OF CLEvELAND'S
FIRST CABINET.
NOTABLE CAREER is ENDED.
Long a Leader of Badger Democracy and
Won Praise for Work as Post
master General.
BRAIN HEMoRRHAGE THE CAUSE.

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 27.-[Special.]
Col. William F. Villas, former United
States senator and a member of Grover
Cleveland's first cabinet, died this morn
ing at 1915 o'clock after lingering since
July 20, when he was stricken with hem
orrhage of the brain. At no time had
his condition been such as to offer great
hopes of recovery and the end was not
unexpected.
When Dr. Philip Fox called upon the
colonel this morning, he found him I'M
usually cheerful and bright and believed
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
Miss Berger at Lincoln.

1t was learned a few days ago that
Miss Helen Berger, only daughter OF
President Alex Berger of the Berger
Crittenden Milling company of this city,
whose home is at 200 Prospect avenue,
is the affianced wife of William Jen-
nings Bryan, Jr., only son of the Demo-
cratic candidate for the presidency.
Miss Berger and her mother are at pres
ent on a visit with friends at Lincoln,
Neb., including the presidential candl-
date and his family. For a number of
years, after leaving Milwaukee, Mr..
Berger was a resident of Lincoln and
he was largely interested in grain ele-
vators in Nebraska. His daughter, Miss
Helen. who is a granddaughter of Z. q.
Sholes. a brother of G. Latham Sholes,
inventor of the typewriter, attended
school for some years in Nebraska,
where the son of Col. Bryan also went
to school.
Schoolday Friends.
1t is said that it was during their
school days that the young Milwaukee
girl and the only son of the great COM
moner became friends and later lovers.
Young Bryan, it is said, does not travel
LOT ii single u1OueuL uuueE tIc 81 edIAcoS
Of his famous father, but is mapping out
his own life work regardless of his Illus
trious parent. The young man is still in
college, and it is said that the wedding,
in which the entire country will be more
or less interested, will not take place
for some time, possibly a year or longer.
Not, at least, until young Bryan has
completed his education and started
upon his chosen career. His ideas are
entirely independent Of the white house
possibilities and all other features which
might, through his father, prove attrac-
tive to a young man who lived in the
lime light of the candidate for President.
Mr.. Berger Admits It.
The families on both sides are at
present exceedingly reticent regarding
the marriage engagement. Mr.. Berger,
who has just returned from a business
trip to Colorado and Nebraska. today,
while admitting the engagement, declined
to discuss it, saying emphatically that it
was a personal matter between the par
ties interested, and that it could be of
no special interest beyond them and their
immediate circle of friends.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
States Assessment
Is STATS, 561,786.

An increase OF 5000, 261, 1856 was made
in the assessed valuation of the property
of Wisconsin by the state tax commits
sion, the annual state assessment being
filed in the office of Secretary of State
Frear at Madison.
The assessment for the present year,
compared with that of 1907, is as fol
lows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
IS 1903 YEARS OF AGE.
Former Kenosha (Wis.) Woman Cele-
brates Birthday-Retains Facul-
ties Remarkably Well.

ELGIN, ILL.,, Aug. 31.-[Special. Mrs.
Sally c. Getting has just celebrated her
103d birthday at her home in Richmond,
Ill. She is the oldest resident of Nc
Hency county and probably of the north
ern part of Illinois. In 1881 she and her
husband, the late G. G. Getting, were
residents of Kenosha, Wis. Grandma"
Getting, as she is Familiarity known, re-
tains her faculties to a remarkable de-
gree, and is an interesting conversations
alist.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
Land Fraud Is Charged.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Aug. 31.-James
T. Barber and Sumner G. Moon were
again arrested Saturday by Chief Dep
Madison, charged with conspiracy in con.
nection with the Idaho land cases under
new indictment found by a grand jury
in Boise, Ida, April IA last. After a
hearing before Commissioner Henry Nc
Balm the cases were adjourned till Sep
TENDER 8 and defendants each gave
bonds.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
Bolt Burns Farmers Barns

MAUSTON. Wis. Sept during
an electric storm lightning struck the
farms of Thomas Quinn, James Sanders,
Noyes Randall and James Patterson.
Ali lost their barn buildings and their
years crops. The losses range from
$1,000 to $4,000, partly covered by insur.
ance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
BROWNS WHILE BATHING.
Body of an Unidentified Man Is Found
at Sturgeon Bay.

STURGEON BAY, Wis, Aug. 81
Especial. 1.-The nude body of an I'M
bay yesterday afternoon, his clothes
were found on shore, indicating that he
had drowned while in swimming. The
body had evidently been in the water
three or four days. The man was about
30 years old, sandy complexion, with
moustache. Weight, 40, height feet 6
inches. He was a resident of Marinette,
as his clothes were bought there.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
Total $577, 271 561 81 eo1 200 225 s., 300 90
SALOON KEEPER FIGHTS BACK.
Elkhart Lake Man Sues Man for Alleged
Malicious Prosecution.

sHEBOYGAN, Wis, Sept 1.-[Spe-
cial. dismissed from the court of
Judge Malstead of Plymouth upon the
failure of the complainant, Christ
Schmahl. to furnish witnesses, Will
liam Fleck, proprietor of Pine
Point. a summer resort at Elkhart lake,
arrested on a charge of selling intoxi-
eating liquors without a license, turned
around and filed suit against Schmahl
for malicious prosecution, asking dam
ages in the sum of 5000.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
Too Early.

you'll have to pay your subscriptell
to the paper in advance, hereafter" sail
the country editor to the caller. !
'But I hain't got no vegetables up ylt
replied the bearded farmer.-YOnEeh
Statesman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
YOUNG BRYAN TO
Wed NIL WAUKEE
MANS DAUGHTER
ENGAGEMENT OF HELEN BERGER
AND SON OF GREAT CONF. )NER
IS ANNOUNCED.
FAMILIES ARE RETIcENT.
Father of Young Woman Admits Truth
Of Report, but Declines to Dis
cuss It.
YOUNG MAN CARVING OWN FUTURE

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 81, 1908.
Through an engagement to the only
son of William Jennings Bryan, candl-
date for the presidency of the United
States. charming Milwaukee girl may,
within the range of possibilities, become
a member of the white house household
at Washington, D. G..
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04

No woman can occupy any official po-
sition whatever in the state of Louisiana.
No woman physician can be appointed
in state hospitals or insane asylums, nor
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
At the Barber's.

Tonsorial Expert Cutting colored
mans hair)-'Rastus, your hair is just
like wool.
'Rastus-Well, yoh didn't spect to cut
silk fo' Is cents, did yoh?-Harper's
Weekly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04

Three out of the four of the on
South prizes given in Boston have been
won by girls.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-09-04
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
FINANCIAL

Northern Pacific has ordered 500
refrigerator cars.
Bankers believe that the American
gold which is going to Paris is being
sent on to Berlin.
Wheat jumped cents or more
bushel and yet the granger railroad
stocks were strong.
Warwick Iron and Steel directors
declared a regular half-yearly divi-
dend of 3 per cent.
Hereafter the Lake Superior head
quarters will be in Philadelphia in
stead of New York.
Things are a little better and
there is more inquiry for materials"
said a prominent Philadelphia steel
man.
One man has been buying Marsden
for three months and he seems to
have known exactly what he was
doing.
A decline in iron prices and in
some steel products does not seem
TO affect the quotation for United
States Steel.
Gross revenue OF the Cunard Com
pany forSl907 amounted to 12.496,-
371, gain OF $1.146I291 over 1905.
Net profit increased $4,000.
Norfolk & Western directors de-
clared a semi-annual dividend of 2
per cent. This is a reduction OF "
OF per cent, and places the com
mon stock on per cent. basis. The
price of the stock subsequently ad.
vanced, which shows that the cut had
haan fnllV dicOuntad
Union Pacific will now place LOT
of its forthcoming bonds In Europe
BY putting out high-grade bonds in.
stead of short term notes American
railroads will be able TO sell millions
abroad. The foreigner much prefers
la smaller interest. but a sound In.
vestment rather than big income
land a questionable principal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-30
Foreign

Sixty Englishmen were killed or
wounded in a fierce skirmish with
the rebellious Mohmand tribesmen
and their Afghan allies along the
northern frontier.
A lookout has been ordered in
every shipbuilding yard in the Unit
ed Kingdom.
Winston Churchhill was defeated
for reelection to Parliament.
The government awarded the
100000 contract for highway build
ing in Pinar del Rio Province to w.
j. oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn.
NJ. Griffin, an English engineer at
the French gold mine at Songcheon,
was attacked, wounded and robbed
by Korean bandits.
King Manuel of Portugal has
promised TO refund the value of
crown jewels that his father, King
Carlos, sold.
Paul Roy was cross examined in
Paris and insisted that he killed
Glacia Calais brother in self-defense.
Opheano Ommgo and Afroinano
Fernandez, PuliJane bandits, were
hanged at Bilibid prison. in Manila.
The flag of the American frigate
Chesapeake, recently sold at auction
in London, was presented to the Roy
al United States Museum by William
Waldorf Astor.
Two Americans 49, Henry Wesjar-
dins and Mrs. Cross, as they gave
their names-have been arrested
charged with a number of thefts
from millinery shops in Milan, Italy.
Admiral Coerper and the officers
of the German squadron, and the
German Ambassador, were enter
tanned at luncheon at the Shiba pal
ace by the Mikado's orders.
Prince Helie de Sagan cursed the
reporters when he found they we're
keeping such a close watch on his
movements in Naples.
The natives of the Central AMMAN
Provinces in Cochin China are re-
ported to be in a state Of rebellion
against the local mandarin.
The North Sea and Baltic treaties
were signed in Berlin by the repre-
sentatiyes of the various European
powers.
Fritz PIrrugia, brother-in-law of
Leopold de Rothschild, committed
suicide in Paris.
Count and Countess Szechenyi
were upset while out boating on the
River Laborege.
The foundation stone OF an Amer
lean Episcopal Church was laid in
Florence, Italy.