Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-05-20
MILWAUKEE MATTERS.

Mrs Henrietta !nbusch, wife of J. H.
| Inbusch of Inbusch Bros, died suddenly
on the It'll Of heart disease at the
family residence, la Martin street. at
the age of go years.
Mrs. Charles w. Grossenbach, wife of
member of the firm of A. GrOssenbach
& Co, West Water street commission
merchants, died suddenly Tuesday morn
ing at the family residence, ia Lee
street, after a short illness of pneumonia,
at the age of 30 years. Mrs. Grossenbach
who was a Miss Grosch daughter of
an old settler, had a large number of
friends, and her sudden death will be
mOurned She leaves three small chill
dren and her husband to mourn her
DEATH
The dead body of Dr. James E. Wood
worth, who disappeared on Wednesday.
May 6, was found Tuesday morning I'M
ger Workman's bench in the factory of
the MOrehouse Manufacturing company,
80 West Water street. He had com
mitted suicide by shooting himseIf
through the head with a revolver.
DIR. Woodwork is survived by his wife
and several of his sisters are living in
the city. He had resided in Milwaukee
for the past fourteen years, coming here
from Ozaukee county He was born in
1856 and was a graduate of dental col
lege in Philadelphia.
Thomas Rafferty,, a saloonkeeper at
191 Fifth street, fell into the river at
the f. & P. NJ. dock at the foot of Fow-
Ter street on the 9TH at about 10 o'clock p.
m. and was drowned. The body was re
covered by the ife-saving crew at 5
O'Clock the next morning. Rafferty,
was seen about the dock shortly before
the accident and hat found there was
identified as his. 1t is generally believed
that the drowning was accidental.
Rafferty, was about SO years OF age and
resided for many years. AT one time he
was quite prominent figure in local
politics. He is survived by 4 widow,
two sons and a daughter.
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Charles Ranzow, a striking street rail-
way conductor, was struck by st. Paul
passenger train and killed at the Ga
lena street crossing, but a block from
his home, Tuesday night. Ranzow had
just left the house and was proceeding
down the street. 1t is said that he
looked toward the train as it came down
the track, but seemed unable to move.
He was thrown about thirty feet AID
died on the way to the hospital. Ran
zow was 30 years old and leaves a wild
Ow and one child, residing at $50 Thirty
second street.
Edward Powers, dock laborer whose
home is believed to be in Chicago, where
he has a sister living, was taken violent
Iy Ill at $40 o clock a. M. on the 9TH on
East Water street bridge and had to
be removed to the Emergency hospital in
the ambulance. He died there twenty
minutes later.
Arthur Namitz. 5 years of age was
drowned in a cistern ON the Sth in the
seventh avenue. The child uncovered the
cistern, apparently, for the purpose of
filing a sprinkling can by lowering it in
the water, and while so engaged he fell
in and was drowned
Mrs Marie NJ. Neustadt, one of the
early settlers of Milwaukee, died Tuesday
night at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
K. ErOehlieh, 160 Marshall street at
the age OF 90 years and months She
was the widow of Isaac Neustadt. who
was one of the origInators OF the Mil
waukee Mechanics Insurance company
and its first president They came to
Milwaukee from Luck, Bohemia, in 1917.
and were for many years among the
most prominent Bohemian residents Of
the city.
The famous case of the state ex rel.
John Schlerf against the school board
of the city of Milwaukee has come to
an end. The PLAINTIFF has given up the
fight and the case has been withdrawn
from the Supreme COURT, without costs
to either party This was the case in
volving the right of the school board to
enforce the rule requiring that pupils
shall be vaccinated before they are ad-
mitted to the public schools.