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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
DIES IN THE FAR WEST.
James Duff, Former District Attorney
of Marquette County, Succumbs
in Washington.

PACKWAUKEE, Wis, May O.
James Duff, district attorney of Mar
quette county for several terms, died
at his home in Wenatchee, Wash, this
week. Mr.. Duff was born in Phila-
delphia January %, 1914. Left an or
phan at an early age, he was reared by
his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian
Barber, influential and respected resi-
dents of this township for many years.
The earlier years Of his young manhood
were spent on the Barber farm. Later
he learned the trade of painting in Chi
cago and other cities, went back to his
native city, joined a volunteer militia
regiment and assisted in suppresslng the
railroad riots at Reading in 1872.
Returning to Wisconsin he studied law
at Portage, was admitted to the bar IN
all courts of Wisconsin, made his home
in Packwaukee and was elected district
attorney of Marquette county several
times on the Republican ticket, even In
normally Democratic years. Throughout
his life he was actively interested in
church work, having been charter mem
Der of the local Presbyterian church.
Five years ago he moved to Washington.
Mr.. Duff was married to Miss Mil
ler daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John K.
Miller, for many years residents of this
village, now living at Chippewa Falls.
He is survived by the widow and four
children, three daughters and one son,
two sisters in Pennsylvania and by a
cousin living here who is nearer to the
family ties of home life than his own
cSst
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
TORNADO WORKS HAVOC
MANY TOWNS NEAR WOODWARD,
OKLA, SUFFER DAMAGE.
County Seat of Ellis County Is Said
to Have Been Wholly
Wrecked.

WOODWARD, Okla, May ia
succession of tornadoes swept over the
district lying twenty-five miles south
west, south and southeast of Woodward
ate yesterday and last night. Several
small isolated towns, all off the rail
road and without Geographic communi-
cation are reported destroyed many per-
IONS have been injured and several are
reported killed
Seven towns are reported to have sut-
Tered damage more or less severe. They
are Grand, Arnett, Wei, Mutual, Estelle,
Cooley and Richmond. AT each place
casualties are said to have resulted.
The known casualties are: At Nici,
Hauser, physician, fatally injured; Mu
tual, Arthur Sibel. his wife and several
others seriously injured.
Grand, the county seat of Ellis coun-
~, is said to have been wholly wrecked.
The towns of Estelle, Cooley and Rich
mond also are reported to have been
devastated. All these places are twenty
five miles from railroad.
At Little Robe, ffty-tve miles south
west of Woodward, Mrs. ]. E. Hale
was killed. In the vicinity of Arnettt,
D. e. Null and daughter were caught in
the storm while driving. They escaped
injury but their team was killed.
The little town of Cestos, Dewey
county, also is reported wiped off the
man,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
STEAMER HITS BRIDGE
APPLETON EXCURSIoNISTS HAVE
EXCITING TIME.
Lawrence Athlete Raises Young Lady to
Safety and Is Then Knocked
Down

APPLETON, Wis, May 11.-[Spe-
cial.l-What is said to have been the
failure of the bridge tender of the ST..
Paul railroad drawbridge to respond
promptly to the signal to open the bridge,
| caused bad wreck for the Theresa OF
Oshkosh with a boat load of excursion
lists about midnight Saturday night.
Twenty members Of the Theta Phi
fraternity Of Lawrence university and
their young lady friends left the first
lock in this city Saturday afternoon for
Clifton on their annual boat ride. Sup
per was eaten on the boat and after q
cruise on the east shore of Lake Winnie
bago, the return trip was begun about
$50 o'clock.
It was just II o'clock when the boat
passed through the Menasha lock and
half an hour later Capt. George Tryon
ot the Theresa blew the whistle at the
usual point for the st. Paul bridge TO
be opened. At the same time the speed
OF the boat was slackened as the cur
rent was strong and the craft practical
ly drlfted with the current for the quar-
ter Of q mile to the bridge.
When within a short distance of the
bridge, Capt. Tryon discovered the
bridge tender had not responded to his
signal. He signalled to the engineer to
reverse the engine and at the same time
yelled to the excursionists to prepare
for collision as the current would car
ry the boat against the abutment of the
bridge.
Few of the young people had time to
move. Elmer G. Sherger of Evansville,
the hero of many a football, basket bali
| and track event at Lawrence, was seated
in the bow of the boat, on the lower
deck, with young lady, and seeing that
they could not get back, the tall athlete
picked the young lady up bodily and as
as the boat struck the abutment, lifted
her to the bridge in safety, although he
was knocked to the deck by the collision.
| Capt. Tryon gave orders to the excur-
sionists to put on life preservers. The
strong current carried the boat through
the draw and dashed it onto the rocks
on the south shore and for time it
was feared the big double-deck steamer
would turn turtle. The lifeboat was
lowered and the passengers more fright
ened than injured were carried safely to
shore after nearly an hour of the most
excitement they had ever had.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15

Jack Mangum; but he was mistaken.
Three days later, while walking in the
main street of Riverton, with book IN
DER his arm, for he had received fresh
supply from the agent at Cleveland, he
heard the sound of wheels Looking up,
he saw wagon approaching, containing
two men. One of them, as he afterwards
learned, was the sheriff. The other he
immediately recognized as Jack Mangum.
There was no mistaking his sinister face
and forbidding scowl. He had been TAX
en- early that incoming by the sheriff who,
with a couple of men to assist him, had
visited the cabin in the forest, and, de-
spite the resistance offered by Jack, who
was aided by his wife, he had been
bound, and was now being conveyed to
jail. He also looked up and recognized
Walter. His face became even more sin
lister, as he shook his fist at our hero.
Il VOW I'll be even with you some
day !" he exclaimed.
Not if I can help it," thought Wal
ter, but he did not answer in words
He was rather gratifed to hear the next
day that Jack had been sentenced to six
months Imprisonment He felt some
pity, however, for Meg, who might have
been good woman if she had been mar
ried to different man.
Ito be continued.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
SMALL BOY DIES
IN GREAT AGONY
AFTER DOG s BITE
VICTIM IS SAMUEL KERN, WHO
FAILS TO SURVIVE DESPITE
PHYSICIANS EFFORTS.
OTHERS IN CANNES CLUTCH.
Health Commissioner Claims Victims
Disease Was Not Hydrophobia, but
Issues Burial Permit.
TESTS MADE AT THE CITY HALL.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, May 9, 1905
Forty days after being bitten by dog
which, it is said, also had sunk it's fangs
into the flesh of little girl and an aged
man of the west side ghetto district, Z
year-old Samuel Kern died at the Elmer
gency hospital at o'clock this morning.
DR.. Bading and other doctors of the
city health department take the stand
that hydrophobia was not the direct
cause of death. For the time being, how
ever, the health department has issued
q burial permit in which this disease is
given as the cause OF death.
Garry on Blood Tests.
While the officials of DR.. Bading's
department have been cognizant of the
facts in the case for some time, they
have kept them secret. Tests to deter
mine whether the dog was suffering
from the malady have been carried on
in the city hall laboratory and it is
probable that further tests will be car
ried on after a post norton examination
of the boy victim.
Two Others Bitten.
The Kern boy is said to have been bit
ten by dog belonging to Jonas L. Brandt
Of SOP Sherman street, on March 22. On
the same day, it is said, Allen Filing
y
named Rupert, were bitten by the same
dog. Since that time the little girl and
her parents have moved to Minnesota.
The old man still shows the signs of
the CANNES teeth.
Suffers Throat Spasms
The boy victim was attended by a
neigh borhood doctor in the first instance
and it was thought that no ill-results
would follow the encounter with the
| II 4ol1 h1xx %ho HOY hn-
came i'll and Friday night he was taken
to the Emergency hospital for treat
ment. All through the night he suf-
fered paroxysms of pain. What are
known to the medical profession as
throat spasms, somewhat resembling
lockjaw, made it impossible for the pa
tient to swallow anything This morn
ing after night of agony he died.
Not Jonas Barndt's Dog.
The owner Of the dog, whose blood
was tested in the health department
laboratory, is Jonas Barndt. He admits
that his dog bit the girl because she
leased the animal; also that it bit Mr..
Ellingson, his aged father-in-law. He
denies. however, that his dog was the
one that bit the Kern boy and in this
he is corroborated by Mr. Ellingson and
the father of the Kern boy.
Make Tests with Dogs Blood.
Not long after the attention of DR..
Badng and his assistants was drawn to
the Sixth street case, they made an in
vestigation. In order to safeguard the
community and to gain scientific in
formation, the owners of the dog were
ordered not to kill him. This order, how
ever, was not obeyed and the animal
was done away with. The carcass was
taken to the city hall where it was given
over to the laboratory experts. A rabbit
was innoculated and the test proved a
negative one, the subject of the test be-
ing unaffected by the innoculation. After
post norton of the body of the Kern
boy spinal column test will be con-
Quoted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
OVER OCEAN FOR HOURS WORK.

Engineer Would Have Returned
Same Day if Steamer Sailed.
Alfred H. Williams, a mining engi-
neer of the English metropolis, has just
crossed the Atlantic ocean to transact
one hours business says the New York
Herald
He arrived here on the steamship
Amerika Of the Hamburg-American line
Saturday afternoon. Before twilight
fell he had kept his various appoint
ments closed the transactions which
brought him to this country and would
now be on his way home had there been
vessel to carry him. AS it happened,
however, he has been compelled to wait
until Tuesday.
1t was not only the brief time requir
ed to carry out his negotiations, but the
fashion in which his most important
engagement was kept that makes Mr..
Williams visit out Of the ordinary
even in these days Of fast travel. Apart
from his mining business he Is also
interested in railroad affairs In Mex
leo and it was chiefly to consult with
man from that republic that he made
his 3,0OOmile journey.
The place chosen for the meeting was
the Waldorf-Astoria, but when the
Amerika was off Sable Island Mr.. Will
liams found he would be unable to
reach New York at the appointed time.
He could not send message because
the big German liner was too far away
from Sable Island for wireless commu-
nication. That same day, however, the
Kronpinzessin Cecilie, outward bound,
hove in sight, the message was sent to
her and in turn transmitted to the ISL
and, whence it was sent to this city.
When Mr.. Williams reached the Wal
dorf his friend from Mexico was await
ing him, they transacted their business
quickly and it was only then that Mr..
Williams discovered to his regret he
would have to wait until Tuesday be-
fore he could depart for home. He was
not inclined to attach much Importance
to the fact that he had made a journey
involving virtually two weeks at sea
to effect a transaction requiring no
more than one hour, because for years
he has been a kind Of Phineas Fogg In
the matter Of travel In record breaking
time and on three different occasions
made the trip from London to Mexico
in eleven days, on swift steamships and
the Southern Pacific railway.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
WHOLE CITY IN TERROR
Bows Steal Ton of Dynamite to Blow
Up Las Vegas IN. NJ School
Buildings.

LAS VEGAS, n. NJ, May 1.-THE
whole city is terrorized by the knowledge
that an unknown quantity of dynamite
and dynamite caps is in the possession
of school children of the city. The ex-
plosive was stolen from warehouse.
Enough of the explosive was taken to
blow the city off the map, but much of
it has been recovered. Last night dog
holted into it's owners parlor chewing
stick of dynamite, and a school girl was
found with dynamite cap in her mouth.
The alarm is so general that ministers
today in all the churches warned their
congregations to make vigorous search
for all the stolen dynamite.
A ton of dynamite and thousands OF
dynamite caps were stolen early last
week by schooIboys who confessed the
theft and said they planned to blow up
all schoolhouses in the city SO they
wouldn't have to go to school any more.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15

Germany was the owner of necklace
Gf thirty-two pearls valued at ESQ, 900:
an equally valuable necklace owned By
the Countess Henckel is composed Of
three lows of pearls, one of which for
merry belonged to the last Queen of
Naples. and another to the Empress
Eugene; Lady Ichester'S famous neck
lace Of black pearls is said to have cost
between 100000 and 100000. and the
same sum represents the value of
necklace of ten rows Of pearls. the prop-
which was produced in one of our chan
Gerry courts year or so ago.-Dundee
Advertiser.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15

Dough is made out Of wheat, real
estate, oil, literature and magazine ar
ticles But dough made of wheat is no
stickier than any other. Dough is the
prior fact to bread, motor cars, steam
yachts and collections of old books. It
is the staff Of high life. It embitters
matrimony and purveys the lovely
scandals we read about. It gets girls
sent off to college and fitted to be some
thing more spectacular than mere wives
and mothers. 1t curseth them that go
In for it, but not unto the third and
fourth generations, We are too good
spenders for that. 1t is from dough
that the dowdy, the dull and the dotty
derive distinction otherwise denied
Puck
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
State Items in Brief.
RIVER FALLs-Ethel Chanman of

RIVER FALLS-Ethel Chapman of River
Falls won the district declamatory contest
CAMPBELLSPORT-Ar have
been completed for the first annual home
coming and carnival of fun, given by the
business men of Campbellsport on June To-
BABCoCK-Two children, boy of and
a girl of years, of Mrs. Albert Masten
of Fesley, were poisoned by eating wild
turnips. The giri died. The boy will re-
cover.
RACINE-Papers from Goldfeld, New, say
James E. Keeyn, q former newspaper man
Of Racine, has struck it rich. The story
goes that he and others have cleared up
81, 100000.
BARABOO-The United States Steel cor
poratfon has purchased 1000 acres of land
in this section and the trust has also taken
over a large tract in the vicinity of Benton
in the mining district.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
ATTEMPTS TO KILL TWO,
Kenosha Husband, Estranged from His
Wife, Shoots Her and a
Boarder.

KENOSHA, Wis, May Ill Spe-
cial. Herman Koehler and Mrs. Mar
tina Schleyer, who were shot here yes
terday by Martin Schleyer the husband
of the woman, in fit of jealous rage,
are still alive and the physicians believe
that the woman has chance to recover.
Koehler, who was shot through the liver
and the left lung, is unconscious but
notwithstanding this fact the physicians
state that his wounds are of such ma
ture that death may come at any time.
Every possible effort is being made to
have Koehler make a statement in re-
gard to the crime, but up to this morn
ing he has been so weak from loss of
blood that it has been deemed unsafe
to get a statement from him. 1t is
held by the officials that Mrs Schleyer
might not be allowed TO give evidence
against her husband. Koehlel, it is ad-
mittcd, made great sacrifice for the
woman, as the stories told by people
effect that he threw himself directly in
the line of the bullets from. the revolver
Of Schleyer IN order to protect Mrs.
Schleyer.
Schleyer today seemed anxious, how
ever, to keep the facts in the case from
relatives in Chicago and Rochester, N.
Y, and urged that no story of the at
tempt he had made on his wife be sent
to these cities. To the sheriff he became
confidential and admitted that he had
done the shooting. District Attorney
Baker took up the case this morning,
but it is probable that the hearing of
Schleyer will be held open until after
the condition of his two victims is made
more certain.
The crime is still causing excitement
in Kenosha and hundreds of people Wis
tied the Schleyer home this morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
STRONG AND STEADY
By HoRATlO ALGER JR

BY HORATlO ALGER IN

men Jack reached the fence. and he
gan TO pull out one of the rails he nm
oerstood his object. His position was
EVIDENTLY becoming more dangerous
JACK came back with a triumnban+
smile upon his face.
Now" he said, "I've got up
waiter watched him warilv and low
ered the plank, ready to convert it into
Oiloge as soon as necessary. Jack put
uo"n the rail. 1t was long enough to gnan
the ditch, but was rather narrow. SO that
some caution was needful in crossing if.
waiter had moved several rods farther
up, and thrown the plank across Tbopob
MS chances of escape from the peril that
nienaced him seemed to have diminished
slnGe MS enemy was also provided with a.
orldge, and it became now a ouestion of
superior speed, Walter was not alarmed
Andeed, his prospects Of deliverance ap-
peared brighter than ever, for he caught
sight OF two men approaching across the
meadow, and he suspected that thew were
sent by the boy whom he had hired. These
men mad not yet attracted the attention
OF Jack, whose back was turned towards
them. lie crossed the rail, and, at the
same time, Walter cross the plank. This
ne drew across, and then, leaving it on the
oahK' set out on quick run
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
MUCH TIMBER BURNED.
Forest Fire RACES for Day in North
ern Part of Manitowoc
County.

MARINETTE, Wis, May 11.-[Spe-
cial. IA forest fire which ragged fercely
all day yesterday in the northern part Of
Manitowoc county, burned over four
miles Of territory and destroyed thou
sands of dollars worth of timber. Chief
of Police John Cook Of Marinette, who
was trout fishing on the Pike river,
saved the Pike river bridge, which was
on fire. There were number of set
tiers in the burned-over territory but
they ali managed to save their farm
houses from destruction.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
LUDOVIC HALEVY DIES.
He Was the Librettist of Carmen" and
Furnished Books for Of
fenbach's.

PARIS, May 11.-Ludovic Halevy, the
noted lbrettist, who furnished the book
for Bizet's Carmen" and those of all of
Offenbach's most famous operas bouffes,
is dead. He was "a years, old. he wrote
ga Belle Helene" ''Barbe Bleu," LA
CIrande Duchesse de Gerolstein," and
ia Perichole." He also wrote several
comedies, among them ''La Petite Mar
uuise" and "Frou-Frou." He was
member of the academy and a COM
mander in the Legion of Honor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
A Fortune for a Necklace.

Enormous as it is, the G1O,60O paid at
Christie's the other day for pearl neck
lace has been exceeded at least once in
a sale by auction. At the sale of the
Jewels of the late Duchess of Montrose
the bidding for necklace of eight rows
rapidly, by bids of $1,000 $500 and
smaller sums, until it reached f11.S20,
at which figure it was knocked down to
J. Hill Even this enormous sum is
trivial compared with the estimated val
ues of other pearl necklaces which have
not come under the auctioneer's ham
mer. The late Empress Frederick Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
STATE WITHOUT HEAD.
Arkansas Governor Leaves Without
Telling Speaker of the
House

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May Cow
ing to the departure of Gov. Pindall for
Washington without advising the speaker
of the state House of Representatives,
Allen Hamiter, of this fact, Arkansas
is today without a governor. The speak
err has authority to act as governor and
will be induced to take charge during
Mr.. Pindalfs absence.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
Right Back at Her.

"You don't seem to know how to
manage a husband" said the widow
who was wearing weeds for the fifth
time In twelve years.
mo, I suppose not" replied Mrs.
Oncewed. about all 1 know is how
to keep one alive"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
Forestalled.

''Nellie,'' called down the strict par
ent, giving his daughters nightly caller
the usual warning to get out, as the
clock struck eleven I'm coming down
there nowp'
unexpected reply, Mr. Wells has wound
up the clock and put out the cat
LipDincott's.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
Couldn't Work Her.

"All you married me for was my
title" growled the duke.
WELL" replied the heiress, as she
placed her purse in the safe and mixed
ND the combination, II at least got
what | married you for-and that is
more than you can say"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
Betwfxt and Between.
"Is he we'll to do?"

IS he wei 10 UO
"Not exactly. His affairs are what l
should describe as being at the lone
some stage. He is neither rich enough
to be sought after nor poor enough to
have to ustle."-Washingt Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
His Great Sacrifice.

"And you premise to give up club
life altogether when we are married."
Absolutely, darling"
"How many do you belong tor
"Only one, the Bachelors club. -
Boston Transcript.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15

In the Forth bridge there Is a hor-
izontal pull Of 10000 tons on their
bases. Half a dozen British ironclads
might be hung upon them without caus-
ing any undue strain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15
From Behind the Counter.

The most tiresome customer in a dry
goods store is the woman who knows
Whit she wants and won't be satisfied
with anything else.-Lippincotts
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-05-15

The life Of the modern battleship is
put down at fifteen years.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-26

The wonder is not that the c2ar- ina is now getting nutty but that she has been so long getting there.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-26
POPULAR MECHANICS FOR NOVEMBER

Among lhe more important Of the lSO illustrations in the November number Of Popular Mechanics are those of the Wright Bros aeroplane in the recent tests at Fort Myer and of the accident which befell Orvile Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge. The Shop Notes department contain 8 articles and 43 illustrations, every article written so any one can under stand 1t. The Amateur Mechanics de- partment for November is exception ally interesting, describing among other things, the construction of a thermo- electric battery, mission library table and 8 bicycle cstsmaran.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-10-26

to the farms of this country and the immigration laws prevent American farmers from going to foreign count ries end selecting there the prospect i've immigrants whose services could aid them.
 At no period of our history has the American farmer needed help so much as he needs it this year. There are said to be hundreds of thousands Vf idle men iu the United States. All Of them could secure employment on the farms employment atTording food shelter and living wages.