Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-08
MILWAUKEE MATTERS.


located about a mile north of Folsom
place bridge and known as Pleasant
Valley, died at Trinity hospital at 1:45
o'clock Monday morning. Mr.. Wenzel had
suffered for the past four months from a
cancerous growth in the stomach and
went to the hospital some time ago in
the hope that an operation might afford
relief.
Mr.. Wenzel was we'll known in the
city. He came here about ten or twelve
years ago from Vienna, where he was
born in 1884. He is survived only by
widow, his second wife.
Miss Louise Howell of Dixon, ILL.,, aged
so years, school teacher who had come
to the Milwaukee sanitarium in Wauwa-
tosa several months ago for treatment
escaped from that institution about s
o'clock Sunday night. At 6 o'clock Mon
day morning Albert Johnson and man
named KOlba were walking along the
Menominee river near the Monarch stone
quarry in the village when they discOV-
cred the dead body Of the young woman
floating in the water. They immediate
~ gave the alarm and the coroner was
notified. The remains were taken to the
undertaking establishment of j. B. Jud-
son & Co. in WauWatosa and the young
womans mother and brother at Dixon
ILL.,, Lotifed.
William J. Malloy was found dead at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon near the tracks
of the North WeStern railroad at the foot
of Buffalo street When he returned
from dinner to the freight Office where
he has been employed for the past twelve
years he complained that he had a head
ache and was feeling i'll. He worked
until ten minutes previous to his death.
Mr.. Malloy was 55 years of age. He
leaves family of six children. He lived
at S25 Clybourn street.
The death of Miss Mary w. Candee,
daughter of the late DR.. Candee. oc-
Cured at the family residence on Cass
street at an early hour Sunday morn
ing. Death resulted from the effects of
a stroke of paralysis. Miss Candee
came to Milwaukee in 1852 from ScheE-
ectady, \. Y, and during her residence
here she was quite prominent in church
and charitable work and was highly
esteemed.
Mrs. Mary Pilger, wife of Jacob Pilger,
died at an early hour Monday morning
at her home. 333 Twelfth street, at the
age Of 90 years, after an illness of more
than two years duration. She is sur
vived by the husband and two sons,
William and George. The deceased came
to Milwaukee with her parents in the
with her family to Missouri. She re-
turned to Milwaukee after the war and
made this her home
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Fred Mueller who was picked up in
an unconscious condition on the 9th by
the police and conveyed to the Elmer
gency hospital, died there at > o'clock
Monday morning. He was a painter
by trade and 81 years of age His home
was at 424 Cedar street.
The death of Mrs Louise J. Sander
son, wife of Howard Sanderson, and an
old resident of Milwaukee, occurred on
the 9th at the family residence, 30
Pleasant street. AGED 50 years. The
about twenty-five years, suffered an at
tack of dropsy of the heart about two
months ago.
Mrs. SandersOn was born in Milwau-
llee her parents having settled here in
1885, and she was born at their home
on the lake shore, near where the rolling
mills now stand. Her father was Joel
S. Wilcox. The mother of Mrs Sander
son survives her and had made her home
with the daughter.
Mrs. Sanderson leaves besides her
husband, two grown daughters. Mar
garet and Sarah Sanderson- The fu-
neral arrangements will be made later
Dr. Ferdinand Venn died at Wauwa-
tosa on the 18th, aged ID wears. The de-
ceased located in Milwaukee ia the '4Os
but some years later moved AWAY, only
returning TO Milwaukee about q year
ago after an absence of nearly half
century. About month ago he opened
an office at Mitchell street and Fifth
avenue and was again building up a
good practice when he was talIen ri. He
went to the home of his son. DIR. Clement
Venn, in Wauwatosa, where he died.
Julius Hanke, aged Ga years.. whose
home is at 33S Clement avenue, was
driving a dump-cart around the corner
of Potter and Clement avenues ab0ut
the horse turned too short and ONE poF
ton of the wagon was raised in the air
and Hanke slid off the. seat The
wheels of the wagon passed over his
chest. The spine was injured and he
died on the 9th. His SON was
on the wagon with him at the, time but
managed to retain his seat. The cor
oner has investigated the case and rem
dered verdict of accidental death
Hanke leaves a widow and five grown
children.
Mary G.. Shumway, widow of the late
P. J. Shumway, died in Chicago ON the
of Milwaukee county, having set
tied in Wauwatosa in 1912. Mrs.
Shumway was 81 years old A
son and a daughter survive bier, Mrs.
D. p. Smith Of Chicago and A. p. Shum-
way of this city.
James Riley Covington, the eolored
man who shot and killed Charles Budde
on Sunday morning. October 20, 1895,
] as the result of saloon brawl resulting
/ from a dispute over game of cards,
! was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge
| Wallber to twenty years at hard labor
| in the state prison at Waupun. Accord
| ing to the provisions; of the statute Gov
ington may reduce his time to eleven
years and three months. After the sew
enth year the term wifi be cut in half,
providing the prisoner is well behaved
Coyington is now SO years of age and he
will probably be close onto so years be-
fore the prison gates are opened to him.
unless pardoned in the meantime. A
motion for a new trial was denied.
Frank Klein, the young pugilist who
was arrested and charged with man
! SLAUGHTER as the result of the death OF