The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-05-10
WISCONSIN ITEMS

TIE thirty.fourth annual meeting OF
the La Crosse Valley Baptist Associa-
ton wall be held al Trempealeau June 3
and +. About sixty delegates Will be III
attendance from La crosse, Augusta.
Bangor, Black River Falls. Kendall
and Elroy, Melrose, Ontario, Sparta,
Iomah, Trempealeau, v hitehall, War
rem Mills, and West Salem. The Rev
;. L. Price, of Minneapolis, formerly OF
Second Church, OF La Crosse, is mGder-
ator, and +. y. Trowbridge, of White.
hall, Is CLERK of the association.
ARTICLES OF incorporation have been
filed by the Eau Claire Light Guard
Armory Company; capital stock. $1,000;
lncorporatoTs, George Olson, Dwight J..
Chandler, ami iet.r >chlosser.
\ MAN about 50 years OF age, and
dressed in the -arb OF a laborer. was
struck by g Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St
Paul switch engine, near the corner of
Canal and Seventeenth Streets, MilNau.
see, on the 9Th Ills head was badly
cut, but Ae was not fatally injured. lie
was taken 10 the Emergency Hospital.
tie WAS under the influence of liquor
when he was hurt.
ArJT.-GEE. BUECHAKD has issued
general order stating that companies
VIII be expected to reach All average of
al least 20 per cent. in order to entite
them TO armory, rent and clothing.
MILWAUKEE is laying track for series
OF public parks IN various sections of
the city, aggregating about POO acres.
J. A. j. SHOWERS bakery, at Mazo-
mamie. was destroyed by fire. Loss,
II 500; insurance, s4C0.
TiIE funeral of Marcus Thrane took
place al Eau Claire, on the ID, from the
residence OF Ills son, Or. Arthur Thrane
The ceremonies We're IN accord with the
wishes OF tine deceased. There was no
clergyman. The reading Of poem
written by 4 friend, and the
strains OF dirge, played by q
grandson of the deceased, were the
simple services at the house, and
al the grave the services were simpler
still. The body lay in plain coffin,
covered with Wild flowers. The noted
Scandinavian sculptor. f. JieIde, ar
rived from Minneapolis Yesterday, and
completed & death-LIask from the
wonderfully liie-IIke features. The last
resting pace Of the man Wh0 shook the
throne OF the Bernaduttc Dynasty III
Norway and sweden TO It's foundations,
Is marked by The PLANES! OF iron slabs.
SAY~ su Ashland dispatch OF the I'd
INST: i strong wind has been blowing
the entire lay oil shore, and extensive
forest Gre@ nave been raging arOnnu Ma
son and along the Omaha road. The
telegraph wires are all down along every
railroad line except the Lake Shore. \
tree fell across Wisconsin Central wires
about noon to-day. cutting of com
munlcatIon. Much damage has already
resulted from the wild storm and fires
on the south side OF the city. and in the
eastern suburbs the woods are all
ablaze. The tres started from burning
brush, and was soon famed into q iu-
rIoUs blaze, sweeping down the south
ern line of the city, causing great alarm.
The fire department was called
ont. and succeeded in saving many
residences. All the afternoon scores of
men have been fighting the flames
wO or three buildings burned, entail
ing loss Of several hundred dollars.
At O'Clock the flames were in under
control, and the wind subsiding. Fur
ther danger Is not apprehended. Rain
is falling, which VIII quench the fire.
signal flags are tlying at this station,
warning Vesselmen of stormy weather.
The committee of the Madison Com
mon Council appointed 10 investigate
the charges of petty "boodleism" in
connection with the purchase of hose
for the city ire department rendered
ite report. The investigation was an
exhaustive one. The committee found
tnat Chief Engineer Hughes and Al
deTmcn King and ~neasby had been
guilty OF official misconduct. and rec
ommended that Chief Hughes he re-
moved from his position aud the two
aldermen expelled from the Council. 4
resolution Was adopted calling a special
meeting Of the C0uncI! 10 take action
on the committees report.
The strongest Farmers Alliance in
estern Wisconsin is at kockand, La
Crosse County. over I"O member are
enrolled.
Miss WARNER, a teacher at Stoddard,
near la Crosse, narrowly escaped the
clutches OF yIllalnous tramp. The
fellow WAS jailed but managed to break
out and board q passenger train.
GOV. HoAED has appointed Chris.
Paulus member OF the board of trUs-
lees of the milwaukee, County asylum
for the chronic sane, to fiji tie unex.
pred term of George Paschen, de-