Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-03-12
WISCONSIN ITEMS

IT is reported that the car shops Of
the Omaha railway will remove to Al
toona, near Eau Claire.
The Birchard block, at the corner of
Milwaukee and Wisconsin Streets, Mil
waukee, was flooded, the roof crack
Ing under the weight of snow and ice.
A TOURNAMENT between Eastern and
Western crack shooters will take place
at National Park, Milwaukee.
FREMONT Hill, the city engineer Of
Chicago, who recently visited Milwau-
kee and examined the system there in
vogue of burning garbage, says in his
report: Il consider the Milwaukee
system the most advanced, scientific,
and successful system in use to- day"
OwING to a recent decision OF the
state supreme court, Hah Ding, the
Chlnaman awaiting trial at Milwaukee
for assaulting little girls, has been dis
charged. The supreme court held the
law under which he was arrested uncon-
stitutional.
HERMAN k1ENEMANN hanged himself
in the county jail at Milwaukee, using
his suspenders and the cell door for
the purpose.
The Rev. DR.. Babbitt, Of st. Johns
Church, Milwaukee, has accepted call
to Saginaw, Mich.
THE examination of DR.. Ward, charged
with criminal practice on Emma Oleson,
occupied the boards at Madison all day
on the 9TH, and in view of the promi-
hence and standing OF the defendant,
the affair is developing into one of the
biggest sensations the town has had in a
long while. The result of the examina-
ton was that the doctor was held for
trial in bond of 81 500.
w. Ii. EBBETTs, well-known GRIM
inal lawyer Of Milwaukee, died sudden
ly at his home in that city on the 9TH.
Paralysis is assigned as the cause of
death.
LOUIS REBARr committed suicide at
his boarding house on Reed Street,
Milwaukee, on the 7th, by cutting the
arteries in his wrists. Ill-health was
the cause
The examination of Chas. Nordstrom.
charged with the killing of Jas. ellison,
took place before Judge Keyes. at Mad
ison, on the 9Th. Several Witnesses
swore to the frscas in Nordstronls sa-
loon on the night in question, and Nord-
strom was held for trial. The bail WAS
still continued at $50 O. White Bear,
the half breed who is principal witness
for the state, S ated on the witnessstand
that he was offered $50 by Nordstrom's
friends if be would leave the city.
The family and descendants of Solo
mon Juneau have occupied free pew
in st. Johns cathedral, Milwaukee, Tor
forty years. They have been notified
that they must pay hereafter, and suit
Is threatened.
A SUPREME COURT decision will result
in setting free Hah Ding and others
convicted of crimes similar to his.
WILLIAM Il. FARNHAM, assistant secre-
tary of the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company, of Milwaukee,
shot and killed himself on the 9th,
sending three bullets into his heart. At
the time of the shooting he was locked
in the meeting room Of the executive
and finance committees, in the south
west corner of the second floor Of the
Insurance Building, at the corner of
Broadway and Michigan Streets.
A LOGGING train coming downthe hill
side on the track running into the mill
yards near Washburn, Oh the 9TH, over
came the power Of the engine and shot
down the incline at the rate OF sixty
miles an hour. Acting Engineer Thorn
as Walters and Brak eman William Carl
ton jumped from the train. Walters
struck on his head, crushing his skull,
and Cartoons head was cut from his
shoulders, and his body hurled many
feet from where he struck the ground.
The second brakeman and the fireman
escaped uninjured. Several cars
jumped the track and scattered through
the woods along the route. The accident
occurred on Bigelow q Co.'s Narrow
Gauge Mile road.
THE ordinance for the issue of $780,
in bonds for the city hall site has been
passed by the Milwaukee Council.
ANTI-BENNETT law clubs are being or
gained in the Lutheran churches.
CHARLES JOHNSON, the leader Of the
Preston lynchers, pleaded guilty.
JUDGE SWIFT of Barron County, is &C
cused of loose bookkeeping.
MILWAUKEE contractors say the de-
mand for an eight-hour day will be
granted.
The business of the amalgamated
Northern Pacific and Wisconsin Central
Railways, at Ashland, has bean formally
transferred to Agent Dyer, and, here
after, only one agent will have charge of
the business of both lines. The Omaha
road gives Ashland fast train through
to Chicago and St. Paul.
VIM. LUCZYNsKI's life was crushed out
in the 4th, between the bumpers of two
freight cars at E. P. Allis q Co. g south
foundry, in the Kinnickinnic Valley,
Milwaukee. In company with several
other laborers, Luczynski was carrying
pig-iron across a side track on which
stood two freight cars about five feet
apart. Workmen started to push one
of the cars toward the other, and while
they were doing this .Luczynski at
tempted to pass between, and was
caught by the bumpers and instantly
killed. He was single man, "A years
of age.
CHARLES JOHNSON, the leader of the
Trempealeau County lynchers, it is
said, will plead guilty of murder.
A SAD scene was enacted at Eau Claire
on the 18th, Herbert Kepler, aged Is,
being arrested and led through the
streets to the lookup at the request of
his father, wealthy merchant of that
city. 1t appears that the young man
was incorrgible, and this course was
taken in an effort to shame him into
good behavior.
The Labor party at Ashland has
chosen candidates Tor aldermen In the
various wards.