The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-05-22
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General and Local Interest-0f- Marriages
and observation-disclosures and Crimes-Per-
soraI Pointers.
The Galena District Conference of
German Methodist Churches, compris-
ing the counties of Upper Illinois, South
ern Wisconsin, and Western Iowa, recent
~ in session at La Crosse, passed the
following resolutions by unanimous
vote:
! WHEREAS We believe that the recently en-
acted school law in Illinois and the Bennett law
in Wisconsin are not calculated to prohibit
parochial and private schools to Interfere
With UNCONVENTIONAL and German language in
struction in them, but that they rather insure q!
common and necessary English education for
I'll children in those States especially those
ResolUed, That we, MS a district believe the
general principles of those laws TO be right and
| JUST and most earnestly advocate their enforce
ment
ReSoJced, That we deeply regret the decision
Of the Wisconsin Supreme Court against the
reading of the Bible in the public schools and
are constrained to consider it uncalled Tor and
moons titutional. We deem it our duty to use
every endeavor toward a reversal of the decision.
A call has been issued for an Anti
Bennett Law State Convention to be
held in Milwaukee June 4. 1t is ad-
dressed: ITO the German Protestant
pastors and congregations in Wisconsin,
as we'll as to all ti-Bennett law organi-
cations and committees" The call says
This convention will be composed of
opponents of the Bennett law who de-
mand its repeal. 1t would therefore be
desirable if all localities of the State,
and all German Protestant congrega-
tions, no matter to what denomination
they may belong, as we'll as all anthem
nett societies, clubs, etc., were repre-
sented. Many congregations have already
apo inted committees, whose duty it is
to agitate the repeal of the law, and this
should be done in all parts of the State
and among all German Protestant con-
! gregations."
Samuel Fl. Fernandez went to bed in
Madison hotel, and as he did not ap-
pear the following day his room was
broken open and he was found dead on
the bed. An empty morphine bottle
showed his mode adopted of anticip ating
the course of nature. His married life
was unhappy and for several years he had
not lived with his wife, who makes her
home at Appleton.
Mayor Welmarsh of Ashland issued
| special orders to the Chief of Police to
close every gambling place in Ashland
Immediately. The Mayor promises that
stiff warfare will be waged against the
shady element until they are driven out
of town or out of their present business.
Many disreput able houses have been
closed, their occupants going to West
Superior, Duluth, and Tower, Mimi.
"A committee of members of lodges
of Odd Fellows of Eau Claire are MAX
ing preparations for the reception and
entertainment of the Grand Lodge of
Wisconsin, which will be held in that
city June 8 and 4.
Ashland dispatch: The State has
obtained third delay in the trial of the
Hurley bank robbery case. A sensational
story has been set afoat from Hurley,
connecting the celebrated bank robbery
with the recent brutal murder of Lolita
Morgan at Hurley. The Morgan woman
was subppnaed as witness, but had dis
appeared. 1t is believed that her testi-
mony would be very damaging, as the
quarters she occupied the night of the
robbery were such as to enable her to
look directly into the bank and to see
who entered and left it that evening.
"A sensation was created in the Mu-
nicipal Court of Ashland when District
ho
willing to proceed with the trial of
criminal case then under way or to try
any other case, at least for the present,
in that court. Accordingly Judge CalkinG
discharged the jury and announced that
long list of criminal cases waiting for
trial would be continued to the Septem-
Der term. The cause of the action was
paragraph in a morning paper which
published an alleged interview with
Judge Calkins. He was reported as say
ing that to the best of his belief District
Attorney Rossman had accepted bride
from the defendant in criminal case.
Judge Calkins has repudiated the inter-
view.
At La Crosse the other day, Oliver
W. Olsen shook dice with William
Rewey, who was tending bar 1t Hunts
saloon. Olson lost 40 cents worth of
drinks and expressed a desire to lose
more. Rewey asked him to settle up.
! Olsen started for the door. Before he
reached the threshold he received ter
rife blow in the jaw from the barkeeper's
big fist that knocked him down. Olsen
staggered to his feet. and Rewey's arm
shot out again. This time the fist landed
on OIsen's neck. The Norwegian toppled
over a beer barrel, and when he was
picked up by bystanders he was dead.
Rewey tried to escape, but was over
hauled by policemen and locked up.
Olsen only recently left an insane
asylum, where he was committed TO be
cured of deliriunn tremeng He was As