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ini luj y* , r» euuuitiifl trip from; West Oregon, baa been The boat started Vashmgtcm, with a ijry for establishing*_\•UyTbr; Fact's in X1)e Serjsut jonal Hassell Ca^X’p'fo pate.’Mrs. Elizabeth .Ku^seil has been bn-der a very searching light of pu lie whaiebacks. She \ scrutiny . since a jury of inquest, afterhour's consultation, came iriro Justice Wilcox's court at rnidrjight on the 2Gth day of May, and . delivered aver* diet that Bertha Erickson had been* • * i « * • ■ *idone to death by means of arsenic and that the poison hsd been/‘administered* , * • . « ikM % • t %by. and at ' the hands-of the said E)ba-waa -• drifting—s in’- distress by the The owner of the tznore was' in Cx-denxands $250,000 io.ro is valued ! at '0 of maqhftiftry.ai nors- of the Wet-to pay ,the ampdni boat to ho?08 tlybeth Kuaell;”AiiThe •‘undisputed - facta which;- hav.e co^e 7to '-hgtit v areiy.R8 ioiio-wi-;: M^dJluaaclL resided.hpori a large farm, which she - owns and -operates, six oridF -^^Hepfcinuer-Company spendgipt to feaiu^aornerf V.«„.»:~-ransaips- ’by -pitifulWuw, wixu. id be at tblt;? point Of death, bhe visits her principallawyer Mn Jame3, frequency. . ’* • # ‘ • s.•Not., a trace; of arsenic' about.thehouse.ofMrs.Russell • None, *3 far as known,.cap be directly prov.en to^have ever been in her possession;• Those who faelieye Mrs. RueeeTT ie guilty . think’ that. jealousv”promptedher;-but Fet-er Erickson denies that his relations with MrdrfRueeeil were other(baik these .of a'farm'hand -.to ah employer. •• .. . '7/.- •. ::..■’ .If Bertha ^oluht^/t^Tc-lF^oSop,'the., act can.'not' be satisfactorily explained on any hypothesis' thus far pul forward. .-. ’The .indications, aro^bye?-whelmihgly against any • theory; /of. suicide,. It haA-becn hicted-that'.-thedftfp.THAT PU:VS'.?!1.1other Pul. .Congressman other .pul! for E tion of securing^ He failed laste; hia ^levelhest.” A Washiopto bill-, far a publicwill be one.of th by. T^FTHaugeh session. o? Congj deavoring to crlt; will result in tb to make SuperioBertha,- three or fqur-weeks a m arriedelfapd believing hcraelf.pregnant.,: in Tier.Ighprance:..dosed her3elf with -arsenicwitE have some mlsg /tilrthey;wTererfullUiwband, no old employee of tbe %!• ^ of avfid“^^® ultimate*----- Klc mn-W--V ^.ult.'oLliet^r^secl.coaditioD. which,under this theory? -she is • heiiAyCris Sarsaparil of it aWfae-starf.■feera-4-hc; Solidubc'Ut tbrec ycors/ PcloV Erickson, a a.UIwfi vr NorWegiah, of.22, -hadob'ect of the reso- PIclM GG Mr^.'RusseiTs farm, and -li ved xi‘u % i-7' in her house-*: ,-toiler,-of • w iftcqn- -VBgHha' Jnns8u,.aeyenteeri SXe.ars.cld, estmg.tbfj speaker iiax^n-haired;blue-eyed,’.i-’mpdest.;-but imittftCH to appor- sprightly; a Typical..little.. Swedishbeauty, wa6 rm';angel :in the. eyes of all the hjg boys of the neighbor-4‘‘?Tcf. ^tiapuiedT‘TprevipU3 relationswith Ada,m Erickson, ‘ and which shedetermined- At. ail hazards toconcealtrial.tuo aeveral statesrPgiU one •'chairmab territbry-.-'Xhehqou.Ecter wop hcrrmarrihd--drep—t—ibc Jansen home.on the -21st of- FebruarytiOJXi her husbands This theory,’. how-el:ert,_aesum.ear‘stich reiations.. to-have existed -between Bertha add Adam, - of which-. .thor.e is- no e.videncfe, ^and' its plausibiUty-. is also -’ ■*-••'•' • the - copclaaiveorie.eg- - •• -Bertnwenciente.-V. y. •.,;'- :OE.;INTEKE■Facts And Fane;F:h* o.«*ucu^, .^UU i:ua .;.•••/ . -!;c Vdso greatlv dRmased bv 1' vpL^-'L ' V i. •'’ proof obtamedlt' the:d to tub Commit-*moihied, vand ihe i to x^eet no irjore-anrj their ’chair-dedv; '‘The gray the IIouse;;andfncea”;wii] jroiind• • * / ► .*. ■ ■ *.emocratic 2roces-m*The, Chiciigo Ideals Compl i mentistiu Tbe• Freeport. Ii!inois Daily ^ Journalfor any in ah to -’a grizzle.-board of Buckingb am’e natural brown qr;0TuriS'ayF'Jn. loPS. clergyman - to r^-ealury Mo. co:ic-of. recent, date ; says \of ! the 'Chicago .Ideals, who a.ppeax heje the lQthi r ' /“TheChicago;;. IdpaU: •; are •;•* without doubt the best concert\cbm’pa'oy which UaS/yigitedyFrehriort ;Tor7 m^ny v long ye.axi and/hhoul.d they cbhshak appear ktrQ-again, :,.we. -vehture -tYe-'essertion that there.ia .no.fe a.hall in the; city; large.£iicni‘2\i- to V'Q»d *hn peonlpdoflire to hear them 7':-The company V iacqpfpba'ed btand. gepucmep qtsbpuld .. .teach- sc Th gj_; a fici' wards, prodded the teac pxceptiohslly ; co: BiUthey-hayedri era getting mam board-:aboutitl who was 'so meat that way wai;- dl yesterday Vthatsl get •; her. bonnet,.-; finish .the day'a.V the.schbol.tea.cbe; again They oHt 5ergTSTuusical- ability, and- Miss Elizabeth Garrison,jVtbe Tgifted:/reader, has- nq1 saperiqr as an elocutionist in the wesi. Certainly.her superior.has nevhr visited Freeport./- .umsic was of d superior order, and v;hi!e- -• -•.■.**. lt;-»* - -• *. • _ ■ ....month' fh'advance7/Aine Jr.', boa re-tile court direct-y hor alimony of ii'inaticii . of herV - -.-•Christm-iJa pre«-iimj-tivcr-^lYcr:.1 of tho little ones : will giye.ihc’Tie ics of e vil. ’ •;in. Miles arid t!e-it he is a candi* The country ri.on.of'jhis kind.. .. r Mi .7^' •73:'-’MR?/'4us?E'£t;v 'r:7rVV -:7vv uiid^^ took her to ; TUts^.eir67 houe;:011 the 7th of March, Mrs.. BuiselJ be-' camev.uueftfly;come.wuy.takcn pick.. Dri' fpb attended Fer,'jiritl left; ner iippafently in pfdaiigijr.:; ‘..Soonnifftrward eho was again tiikep sudderily7i1!V‘ and Dr* :D. Yr . AshU01rWrfn W£it by Cl. CuaiTt\toe program;, wasaiidieiifc^ Twhentoe last nuiD5Qr-:had'been rehdered. 7 ^ -‘Miss’;M'cPbeeter6. .^psd^ea.' a full;Shall; Girls Pr. book ; • oh ;lQye 7 air author ari(2were'th lowing 7\vor djsrrvv **iace^and capti vatiquite .Tsngiriy, .;:ibo \M H to’be ;Beifeyedrv-eynipatheticiv v.oicer’:; kd*dj.*^b'?r:SudIbe'raVvixete'JVgreatJy eujbyed'-/ by;; theaudience/-7;.:*.;-;: •/••.. ; V-' : ——kny w^bman wouldcoarse fabric or co asid her to accept- i ahoppink or.p/.estiioixr.y.:: :/■7:If7 J/Gi Holla was a believer in w niomentorjs quesli *V\Vonf.yan?l,-The-7t4iGv Hr^S.toynpxnt^a^hat^^ opr the^.woman-queviolin/ftrid His numbers brought-forth conservative’- poail enthusiastic 7 encores, 7. while-7Mrs!v ^John Salmon,; the cornet fiolbist, is a fihiehed artist in his.Hne, and is regarded hs; :6ne of:!lbe best / performers on that-ihstruiccnt in- this couhirvV'0 see confirmed•asGpn. Mi tea. ...... _ « • •ll the Louisian it if. and ; that will iq po^totiice de-Die wiJilo'Lou8iAnfl7OiLixni ember ofrica'l com pany. tirues when, the jg rhetorical bad lea at him.he rxi-Tld.’ -not go.;; .Dr.-’ Askum .- told Bertha that sliq was enciente. - He . allayed ; the^distressingVftyrnpionis and went away,,_Agam Bertha ywas taken ;sfck jynd went to bed’abqUt. theVT'Gtli of Maroh.- Thcforriier eyinptoms— high fever, headache, thirst: and vomiting,, were renewed:; She roenvftired in a day;ftr. *w_:_J4.-inuaicaj talenf.necK-Mm. Russell iiad adnimih-tered all her food but one • meal given her by Adam ErickeQUj iftnd Mr8,:Ru3Sldl‘hadalao given her medicines. •Now cams tho crisis.- ’’On the first 0 Aprih Bertha was belter, and Peter de-termined. td lakeber awny lo hia Drnnv men -.farm. After din he r.. at which -Bertha .hud eaten a \]iule and drunk q-glft{3 of water, her brother, and \ sister came, and Peter got • (he team ready Und ivbu t fb ror10rviiie lo mas e : some7; V‘The company is certainly one of-the very beet'oh the road, arid'iaTiJeservihg of succesi”:-’7; 7v-T• 7-Thia-popular company is to .give 'one. of its popular\ conceits -at tho Opera Hpuae Saturday evening;;'Dec ~I0; for the .benefit of. the Children’s Honiedthe. lecture, a vo‘J, mCUlblli‘'Doctor, ; what you women.;'. 7who 7 ha childreri?. but whal of ua 7-who have • rreplied/ quite m-ethem.”- ’ . .StwOtiou Convention 0 on Thursday k. • Ex*(tov, St.33 vviJiani andtmnd hmler theof’ Lake Michi-imrcha^ee. Bertha,.‘dressed ready to qjjtrtwilh him, suddenly had*a pp7sm. Mrs. Ru.ssell got her • to bed and gave hor a spoonful lpf, rum. ■ .Bertha . wjentinto cbuyulsions, and, clinging to.Mrs.Riisaelli screamed and. writhed .iu agony. After half siri hour of terrible suffering, the young hride of fire weeks lay dead/ Her - hufeband,- summoned trom me village,7 nearlywent lusircEvJrDr. Chase arrived about* half an” hour after Bertha’s death. *7 JVlr. H unncr KoplTf)s. .’:'.State'-Treasurer; John Hufnier replies to the •accusationythat*the-Eiu GlaJfo 'asB'eesmewl-.‘was unjustly lowered and that of'Dunn, unjustly* rai^sd.- - He. says: • •’ ' ' *7 /:’. ‘♦The number ofacrea 0? land in each. cbUuty. tire us - follows: .Dunn 550,5oG; Chippewa, 1,160,744;' .Ead-Claire, 875,-026. : The -yalufttian as fixed, by our jlredece^gQre.ipJSUD-tiUas .follows^. ‘82,517,539; Chippewa, .$5,683,015* Eau Claire, 62,607^075.-.. And the city and village property- as follows: Dunn, $772,850, Cuippewa, SI,300,000; Eau Claire, *85,235,000:* -.-The Hate , board receives reports from . the register of deeds in each county, showing tho price fbat* each.tract of land has been sold for during the. year. These reports show that the lands - in Ddnn county were fttGO.per C'Sht 01 ina price^ngre^r'knowri atiou' of Libor, ‘ bam, Ala., and American Con-iiigtoni a. strong tion of'contra etten.t9ri as a jolly ways laughing: much becauseay for .Uic pres-*jyving._ Santa ented-ats a raair for buying eo■Allcock’s'Porous prqachablG in curat ity .Ahd safety . r. of z Only relniblo^.pissti They have saccess] .of ov$r thirty year*their-virtues have rby ,tho unscrupul have sought to trad tion of Allcock’s * fc with boles in them.thsirAtlnd-tn day in 1mWmM.1 v n^y.^j 'j / 'j j J j \ 1*3, \ -kL if ;7»./ KjNf?r*:i'ETKK - EKiqk'sfON-'-AND Hi5. UR]PE.Bertha was ouriod at -Hadleyvi'ilK Peter And liia brother Adaui left Mrs.. Russell's farm arid went to .their fftth-.U3 RpplitESsold for), in Chippewa county at 45 per cent? and'ip Eau- Claire county, at-72 per cent. You will., notice; that th'e ratio; of 7 assessment in Eau - Claire county - was nearly double that of■DiroarIhe highest medical millions of grateful, proved .their eflics remedy. *; .Beware of imitatideceived by misr for Allcock’s/ancHi explanation induce aiahatitute, —“Aside from the inequality of tbe’assessment -as shown7 by the returns received from the registers of.deeds, the board found .from the returns made by-the iocaLaaJesSCrs of farm -products. rais'ed’in 1S90 that the crops ofDunm county foFTSSO were worth $872,300“08j Chippewa county 8431,625.08 and Eau Claire ’ county''•'fSGS^iO.50. The talus of Dunn county ie more than the other' two put together. Although Chippewa haa by far the largest acreage, much of the laud • within its limits is cut .over :Pinc,_ worth.ALpr.esent '.bui.very Jittle .. v.. Jjoofc n_.CA.year;ago he -'w live. Liver .compl him. He cot great -bpltles-of- Sul ph o r-B ties cured him.—EdDusiu county' lias probablv more coodChifarm lands than -Chippewa and Eau Claire combined. The board.aiso found tho low a#se?.smenl prevalent in Dunn county lt;xiei:diDg lo t-ther h*.ait^rs7? :18c.,300 doz. lt 50 doz. lii100 doz guse of Avor s not debilitate,but cause the eU to perform ’ .'As an after-inaled;7‘-M». Russoli aeemed kind and assiduous. it was a'grim jest of chance thatDtors.the length of the .coffin for Bertha was measured on Mrs. RusselVat the uader-takGf’a^hqp In Ihe lt;fitjv : '.The night after Bertha’s death, Mrs.Russell fainted .as the. tradcgy-was being discussed,;;;. Witnesses Worh that, whenalJ having-er m fr.ltj ivnutx'.racJhtfts lr«}rc. lUnveil anashe was offered somethjnc: ia .0.i *. • ^ .m a spooq-■* h^Lpru w»v# *cftliy: “Not the' spoon—\V$.what, killed BerTna.- -. - : •rxi-.i eourxy■ On the. 15th oi May. J ustice Wllcox,District-Auorney Frawley, other offi-I_dDg.-Dr^LYmaii7_7Qr^Juel—And-aiury.Gjis And Futi Company.Articles of association feaye been filed by .-tho following corporations in'- thesecretary of ’atat©fa office‘The Gas uud Fuel Company, of Eau Claire, - capital/840,000: incorporators, David’Drummond, Delos R. Moon and C- Mr WilliamsThe AlariheUe—Skating Rink Conrdany; capital, $2000. The Dodce Canal Land7Company, of MIF waukee, -- cfiitaL..$57 The Fond-dtt Lac Avenhe Land Company, of Mil-vvaukee; capital, .$200,000, # *• •repaired tc the -Hadleyyijlg cemetery.rluu bjdy v.»r Lyrt rri’»vs .*• Ukth vtplt; T^yrawqiad-o a- carrfiiT- examia-crnvH u( *:\ 1lt;1 Os»ur’.. y. o?.Usra\ is.u, ur iti: i.'ljure, :a sr.t.tDrraffiiaaitdn,si:, Lhu Mbujsy 0/ ot -the yourV a.C.J-auon, County Ju4u%va • carand.the stomach and povtiona of other organa were removed ked’ the bbdy.re-■tTC100 doz. la 5Q-4oz.gaiid 81.Handkercl goods of every Beautiful J H .cge 06- i ___1 ease_3.6JtR corxn.p.rv K B'-Mtvrnr/I. .1). Ci;'.xa*.ii%,r,* .ttftlc «iu\iic:*. iicciaHii,The inquest was -the.. 26th of May.' Chemists tea tifi^j_to. tho - presence of a .ccnridfenbto qnauuty: at.arsenicL. iaiha. stomach. • .The physicians also testifiedthat--:tbc cause-of deatrt wa^ ariionicRlic sA,iddc(cndnt?poisoning. Another fact was cstsb-iishedB^rtnSU appear v#JU0n ibii v-hnaibh-lt;ex-bv. tbe pqst-moftem. had* not boon enciente. *•'Six rnqntbs elapsed anhr. the ipvtuost th? i before Mrs. Rnssel! was arresteS/oa the' utiVt\ircsaW: i-.nd j3J._Cif.this * month. Duripg that time, f the exception of tbe * recent1-cWr -lt;i hcjLtue- detective h:eilt;lent*at the jail, she hasi'*i'!***;a; v|«.»3uetiei!'bcss*!f:-wiAlt;mgalw-di|Scrfe».(:tion. At the present time, Xfm; Rus-1'. a art:, err1 fT.- AiU:w. fcCo.. NX K1 sell :s at bet.form,. aUcndicg' her aged-; 55,000 yds. .A-fine, stof eeplable preset New and Iplusfi. covers, st the lioliday traAlsolTttnein Sets, fancy -skm-s-f-rOIn gents’, fi neat goods in si umbrellas, hanc We will b«gifts to their fr •'■• Ai^Stod Store openu?drucJ-’tt**.'; Price X 5 cents a 5«x* .Nctv \ ccfe Depot, 3fi5;.C^nal Slw S3
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Eau Claire Free Press Weekly
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Dec 17, 1891
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