Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-05-13
MILWAUKEE MATTERS.

Lizzie Hippert, the 14-year-old daugh-
ter OF William Hippert. was burned to
death at her home. 954 Aldrich street,
on the I'd. A few minutes before 6
O'Clock Lizzie and an elder sister were
starting the fire. They used kerosene
TOT the purpose of getting the kindling
20 Durn more rapidly and the flames
from the stove shot upward to the can
containing the oil. An explosion fol-
lowed and Lizzie was enyeloped in
names. neighbor saw the accident
ana came to her rescue. He attempted
as best he could to put out the fire, but
before the flames were finally eXtin-
gulshed the unfortunate girl had been
burned from head to foot. DR.. Bachelor
was Immediately sent for and he did all
possible to relieve her sufferings, but it
was soon evident that she had received
fatal burns. She retained consciousness
until about 8 o'clock, when she became
unconscious and died few minutes
Ia ter
Ernst Mohr, a young man aged IS
years, was struck and instantly killed on
the Northern division of the st. Paul
road at 1918 O'Clock q. N. on the LIST by
an incoming passenger train. Mohr and
his brother were walking along the track
near the crossing at Thirty-third and
Nliet streets, when they saw train
track, but train No. % was coming in on
this track and Ernst was struck by it
and hurled a distance of twenty feet.
When he was picked up life was extinct.
His head was badly bruised and cut.
His brother was walking near him, but
managed to escape the train III the very
nick of time. The engineer stopped and
the body of Ernst was picked up and
brought to the Union passenger depot in
the city, where the coroner took charge
of it and removed it to the morgue.
Mohr lived at 500 Twenty-frst street
with his parents. He was employed as
an agent for a wholesale liquor house.
The Insurance Journal of Hartford
Conn. contains the following notice of
the death of former Mlwaukeean:
Harrison Hayden, born in Seneca
Falls, y. Y, October 20, 1910, died in
East Hartford, Conn, April q, 1896.
Mr.. Hayden was left an orphan at the
age of +, and was brought up by rela-
tives in the West. At II he became an
inmate of his brothers family and so
remained until his marriage in 1876. He
was for a short time commercial editor
of the Milwaukee News, and published
afterwards commercial paper in Mil
Waukee. For the last twenty years he
has been connected with this paper and
for the last fifteen years as publisher.
He has been for two years Il sufferer
from bright's disease, and has not been
able to attend to any business since Jam
uary, 1885
The Stafford China company's extern
sive adjustment at 131-l39 Wisconsin,
street was taken possessions of by the
sheriff at twelve minute before I O'clock
Wednesday afternoon. AN assignee, to
whom the company had assigned about
the same time, was also after the stock.
but found the store locked and in charge
of Undersheriff Dan Armour.
{ The assignment by the company was
made to j. e. Patton, Jr., who qualified
in bonds of $4,000, which represents
the nominal value of the stock. G. NJ
Stafford is president of the company,
which was formerly the firm OF w. K
Stafford Z Co., and w. E. Francis is
secretary.
The death of ex-Ald. August NJ. Hanke
occurred w ednesday evening at his home
292 Fifth street, at $50 o'clock. The
direct cause of death was cancer of the
stomach, and for some time Mr. Hanke
had fully realized that his case was EN-
tirely hopeless. In the hope of prolong
ing life, however, he went to Chica go
some weeks ago to submit to an opera
ton by DIR. Sem, but the surgeon de-
cided that no operation could be success
full and it was not undertaken.
Mr.. Hanke was Al years OF age. He
Schlessen, near Neise, Germany, locat-
ing at first in Newark, n. J., and COM
ing TO Milwaukee in 1875 He was en-
ployed as a cook at the Newhall house,
where he remained until a short time
before the fire which destroyed the hotel
In 1884 he engaged in the meat business
with brother and after the first cleo
ton of Cleveland he was appointed a
mail clerk in the railway postal service
In 1890 he was elected alderman from
the Second ward and was reelected in
1892 He visited Europe in 1894 and
upon his return engaged in the saloon
business with Edward Hinkel He
leaves a widow and five children.
The police received a communication
from the coroner at Racine stating that
the body of a man was found in the lake
there on the 1st He was described as
about ) feet Z inches tall weight 10
pounds. smooth face, light brown hair,
80 to 40 years old. The stock mark on
his shoes was 1858 3. and two theater
tickets were found in his pockets, but
they do not correspond to any used by
the theaters in the city.
Oregon Saloonkeeper Fined.
Madison, Wis, May 6-[Special.1-
John Walters of the Grand Central ho-
tel, Oregon, charged with selling LIQUOR
without a license, changed his plea of
not guilty to guilty in the municipal
oour+ tbic rOOrOiDU and 6,o Of