The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-09-12
- Chicago News. IT

William Butler, Il years old. died
as the result of burns received by gaso-
line explosion.
daughter of Joe M. Longenecker, died
at the home of her parents.
Edward Bradbury, an ''open" broker,
was arrested charged with appropriatng
to his own use money given him by young
women with which to buy margins.
A leaking pipe i'll the basement of
the Hub clothing store caused damage
to the extent of several thousands of dol
lars. Fire engines pumped out the base
ment.
While at work on a scaffold painting
a house Charles Howe was preciptated
to the ground by the breaking of a rope,
and received injuries which caused his
death.
Archie NJ. Mcdowell, for many
years clerk in the office Of the bureau
of Identification at the Harrison street
police station, died suddenly at his home
| III Rogers Park of heart disease
A collision between Il freight train on
the Chicago Il Alton railroad and an
empty boxcar, standing on the main
strack resulted i'll the dea IN of John
Lynch, a switchman. who was crushed
under the car.
Frank Collingnon and Alfred VIII
liams, each years DID, We're killed by
Chicago Il North Western train. The
accident took place at Rogers Pork. The
crossing is shielded by trees.
Alfred l.. Reese. proprietor of one of
the large hotels at Fox Lake. Ill.,, has
failed with liabilities of $4,000 and as
sets of S4OO. One of the largest claims
against him is thai of Helen A. Reese
for $1,000 unpaid alimony.
Charles McGurley. 10 years old. la
borer employed by the Ogden Gas com
pany, while working in an excavation
was instantly killed by the caving in of
the concrete foundation of the cable
line. His head was crushed to Il pulp.
The Ogden Gas company met the'cut
of % cents a thousand announced by the
Municipal Gas company, and through its
officials ayerred that it was prepared to
meet any further reduction that might
be made by its rivals on the north side.
Two boys lost their lives yesterday
by drowning, one in the Calumet river,
the other at Windsor park. The victims
We're: Arthur Weber. aged 10, leaped
off the diving tower, thirty feet high. a.
Windsor park: Henry c. Roberts, aged
Is. drowned by the capsizing Of Il row
boat.
Warren Kniffin, a resident of Buffalo,
was seized with an attack of heart dis
ease while walking at Clark street and
Jackson boulevard. He was taken to
the Emergency hospital. where it was
said his condition is serious. Mr. Knit
fin is y years old.
The body of Archibald c.. HAYNES.
supposed to have been wealthy resi-
dent of New York and connected with
the Equitable Life Insurance company,
was found lying on a bed in a room at
Staffords hotel. From appearances the
man had been dead for many hours and
the police believe that he committed sui
eide.
-Thirty-fve woodworking shops being
all those in Chicago employing union la
bor were closed by the striking of $50
wOOdwOrkers. The men refused to re-
port for work in the morning. The strike
was precipitated by the failure of the
firms affected to sign the new form OF
agreement that had been presented a
few days ago by the unions.
The will of the late Richard Philip
Gormully. the veteran bicycle manufac-
turer, who died in Canada, has been filed
the widow, Angela c. Gormully. 1t is
estimate dthat the property left by the
decedent will be worth in the neighbor-
hood of 81 100000.
William d. Perry has started suit in
the United States circuit court against
the Pennoyer Sanitarium company for
$4,000 damages. He claims that it was
due to the negligence of the nurses who
cared for his wife at the sanitarium.
where he had sent her to recover from a
serious illness, that her death occurred.
Frank Brewer, years old, the son
of Ira w. Brewer, auditor of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad.
and Eby Stafford, II years old, son of
another official of the Rock Island road.
were drowned while wading in a Slip
which had been dredged along the side of
the Chicago, Pittsburg & Fort Wayne
tracks.
The fve-story brick building, owned
by the NeWberry estate, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $50, 900,
and is shared between the estate and a
number of firms. the heaviest loss falling
Oh the Superior Laundry company, which
occupied the second and third floors.
James O'Rourke, pipeman, was slightly
injured by ladder breaking under him.
Three persons were scalded by coffee
and are at the county hospital. They
are: John Gross, SO years old. both
arms scalded; Madalen Gross, 81 years
old, left arm and breast scalded Esther
Gross, 4 years old, arms neck and body
scalded. They were partaking of a meal
early in the afternoon, when a pot filled
with boiling coffee was overturned The
little one is in "a serious condition and
may not recover.