The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-06-06
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
OF SEVEN DAYS CON-
DENSED TO DATE.
Religious, Political, Obituary, Criminal
and Miscellaneous Happenings Re-
ported from Various Sections of This
Commonwealth.

The infant son Of Clifford Cease who
| lives about four miles west of Brandon,
| while playing about the cistern in some
| way succeeded in removing the cover
and fell in and before discovered was
| drowned He was about IL months OF
age.
Hudson-The New Richmond White
Cap examination resulting from the
| tarring and feathering Of Mrs. Peter
Dunbar, aged SO years, is in progress at
the court house. About twenty-five
New Richmond men are supposed to
have been implicated in the outrage.
Ashland-Dwight r. Dix had not
been released from custody five min
utes and had just emerged from the
| court-rc en- when he was arrested on a
charge of embezzlement preferred by
the Armour Packing company.
| The synod Of the eastern district of
| the Norwegian Lutheran church Of
| America was in session in Lacrosse
! last week.
Omro-Burglars entered the post
| office here, making clean sweep of the
safe, which was blown'open, taking $34O
of stamps and $50 or more of cash. The
drug store Of C. D. Bowman was also
entered and about $50 extracted from
| the cash drawer, besides a quantity OF
| cigars. An attempt was made on the
| jewelry store of Charles Chase, but the
| burglars were apparently frightened
away before effecting an entrance.
Mellen-W. c.. Horton was shot and
seriously injured by Peter McNabb, his
neighbor. He was about five or sig
| rods from the road in the woods and
| McNabb mistook him for a bear.
Eau Claire-George H. Thompson,
cashier of the Chippewa Valley bank,
says that the $4,000 note that was in
the bank bearing the signature of Will
lam H. Dulaney of Hannibal, Mo-, was
sent to Hannibal and was paid, and
that the bank is fully satisfied James
G. Dulaney of Rice Lake, for whose ar
rest the bank secured a warrant, is still
here and is preparing letter for pub
| LEGATION. The prosecution has been
dropped.
Milwaukee-Annie Kalt, aged five
years, was run over by an electric car
on Broadway and almost instantly
killed. The accident happened near
| the police station and the motorman
and conductor were placed under ar
rest, but they were released, as it ap-
peared from the evidence Of those who
| blame.
| Black River Falls.-George Black
hawk. the Indian who was cut by Jim
Swallow two weeks ago. died from the
effect Of his wounds. Swallow will be
formally arraigned on a charge Of MUIR
| DER, but will plead seIf-defense. The
| trouble occurred at the Indian reserva-
ton near this city on the evening Of
May Is. Blackhawk and Swallow be-
came involved in a quarrel, it is all
| legged, and Blackhawk was literally cut
to pieces. George Blackhawk was a
| son Of old Blackhawk, the ex-chief Of
| the Winnebago tribe, and was we'll
| known in all the western Indian reser-
| Vations.
MilWaukee.-MrS. Anna Howard, who
| lived at S12 Chestnut street, has not
been seen since Saturday night, when
she left a note pinned on her door say
| ing that two people would die that
night. The police think she has COM
mitted suicide.
ShebOygan.-Them manufacturers have
called on the sheriff for protection for
the men who desire to work. The fail
ure Of Mayor Born to enforce his pro-
clamation and grant protection when
asked has caused this step. The sheriff
| is at present engaged in swearing in
| 100 deputies. The situation is assuming
a grave aspect, and there is much COM
| ment on the inaction of Mayor Born,
who is also colonel Of the I'd regiment
| Of the national guard. If these under
sheriffs are unable to quell the disturb
ance the state will be asked to send an
outside company to this city.
| Racine.-The body of Louis Chris
topherson of Washington avenue, who
disappeared from his home on the morn
ing of May 4, was found floating in the
lake the other night. An inquest was
begun and the evidence showed that
| on the morning of his disappearance
Mrs. Christopherson came home at a.
m. At 8 o'clock she awoke and her hus-
band was gone, but he had left all Of
| his money in a pocketbook upon a
| stand. This was all the wife could tell
| about it. The brothers Of the deceased
| testified that the husband and wife did
not live happily together and quarreled
much One brother said that the de-
| ceased had informed him before disap-
| pearing that if he should die suddenly
! thorough investigation should be
made as to the cause of his death, as
he was afraid that his wife would kill
| MIN. Dr. X. S1mmS made an eXamina-
ton Of the body and testified that the
man was not drowned, but was dead
before his body entered the water, as
the lungs and stomach contained very
little water. He found a long mark ex-
tending over the right eye which was
produced before death. The police
authorities believe that the man was
murdered, and the inquest was ad-
| journed to Friday next in order that
evidence might be secured. Christie
pherson was 80 years of age and a
! temperate man and belonged to the
/ Baptist church. Ugly reports have
been in circulation in regard to the
mans death, but as yet the police have
been unable to produce any definite
! evidence.
Gov. Upham has named r. H Ed
wards of Oshkosh and Richard Jear-
deau of Milwaukee as two members Of
| the new state board Of arbitration.
The first represents the manufacturers
and the latter the laboring men. These
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