Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-30

Two big damage suits have been i'll
stituted in Milwaukee. The first was
brought by the Milwaukee Arc Light
company, which seeks to recover SD
900 FROM Henry ]. Hillilea, the Badger
Illuminating company and MoritZ Wiel
for alleged conspiracy to injure the
plaintiff killIlea is the attorney. OF
the Badger company ard Niel is his
clerk. 1t is charged that, at the in
stance CT tue Badger company, Kill
lilea endeavored to get the common
council to pass ordinances that would
cripple and embarrass the plaintiff,
and that when he failed to do so the
Badger company, Killilea and Niel
formed Il conspiracy, by means OF
which they succeeded in removing the
wires CT the plaintiff from certain
buildings on West Water street. The
Badger company is controlled by the
Willard syndicate and Henry c. Pane
is its president. The Arc Light COM
pany is owned by local capitalists.
The second suit was begun by Joseph
P. Schubert, a real estate dealer, who
asks for $4,000 damages from his
former partner, August Richter, Jr,
alleging as a cause for action that
Richter injured his business credit and
character by false and malicious state
ments.
The effort being made by certain
Milwaukee aldermen to revOlutiOniZe
matters in the health department by
| replacing all Of the present employees
| by new ones does not receive any sup
port from Mayor Koch. The mayor
| has during his administration shown
! his respect for civil service reform ami
does not prove to be very useful to
| SpoilSmen. The SpOilSmen Of the com
! mon council who are seeking to dis
| place the old employees were clOseted
with the mayor for four hours, but
| they did not succeed in changing his
attitude. Six new cases of smallpox
were reported Friday. In few days
| Chief Jansen will issue an order re-
| Quiring all policemen to be yaccinated.
Lawrence University has made some
| changes in its faculty. In addition to
services of three new professors, re-
Gently called to important chairs.
| These are Prof. George Merriman, OF
the U. s. naval observatory and for
| twenty years professor Of mathematics
at Ann Arbor and Rutgers universe
ties, Who Will have charge OF the I'm
| derWood observatory; Prof. Charles
| of "a nj
lege who will have charge Of the de-
partment of social science. The fall
term begins Sept. 12tk.
". j. uoetzell of Minneapolis, who
was appointed receiver OF the Jump
! River Lumber company at Phillips by
| Judge Bum at Madison, took personal
possession OF the company'S property
and business at Prentice. No state
ment has been made OF the assets and
| liabilities, but it is believed that the
! assets are sufficient to pay all the
! debts The business will be kept run
ming with practically the same force.
| q. w. Van Duser of Minneapolis is
the principal creditor. All labor claims
are preferred.
| Bishop Nicholson is in communica-
| ton with an eastern gentleman rela-
tive to the vacancy at NashOtah house
made by the resignati OF Professor
| Riley There will be 40 meeting OF
! the trustees to elect d successor to DR..
| Riley until Bishop Nicholson has Sc
cured the consent Of the candidate.
The regular term at NaShotdh COM
menceS early in October, and it is the
! plan to have DR.. Riley's successor duly
| installed by that time.
| Mrs William Wallace was arrested
| at her home in Eau Claire, taken to
! Chippewa Falls, and arraigned on a
| charge of larceny to which she pleaded
no. guilty. She was released on bail.
| She is the woman who, according to
| her story, was beaten into insenSibility
| by burglars at II. Preston's farm in
| the township Of Wheaton, Chippewa
| county, about $50 being missing from
| the house next morning.
Mayor Koch and Comptroller Fie-
! brantz have negotiated a further loan
of 100000 for Milwaukee. The money
! was secured from Charles Schley Il
Co. at per cent. interest. The loan
runs until Feb. 1, 1895. The city has
SS60,00O locked up in the Mitchell
bank, the next payment upon which
is not due until July l, 1895.
General Manager H. F. Whitcomb,
Of the Wisconsin Central lines, an
nounces the appointment of Charles
L. Wellington as traffic manager. and
John G. McI\innOn, secretary Of the
Milwaukee merchants association, as
general freight agent in his place.
John Ripley had both of his arms
drawn into the cylinder of a threshing
machine at Kewaunee and torn out
of their sockets, one at the elbow and
the other at the shoulder. 1t is
thought that he will die.
Near Kewaunee William Bonnerz, a
farmer about 30 years old, while driv-
ing into the city was thrown from his
wagon. breaking his leg.
Conductor Bernard McNaney will
succeed E. G. Perkins as station
master Of the Milwaukee union depot
Edward Heimans, aged years, was
kicked il the head by a vicious horse
at Wausau and almost instantly killed.
The Episcopal church has established
a mission at Kewaunee under the
name of st. Michael the Archangel.
Visor sin pensions: Frederick Dun
lie, Primo eton; Elenora Boyer, Merrill;