Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-03-03
WISCONSIN NEWS.
GIeanings of Interest From Many
Parts of the State.


Parts of the State.
John Phillips, Racine pioneer and
old soldier, died. He was born in
New York in 1888 and came to Racine
in 1912
Mrs. E. NJ. Yokam, daughter of
the late F. A. Bull and one of the best
known women of Kenosha, is dead,
aged SO years.
The Fond du Lac Electric Light and
Railway company will extend it's line
to Rienzi cemetery, a distance of four
miles to the southeast.
In runaway seven miles north
west of Racine Charles Peterson,
aged 25, had his skull fractured and
will die. His daughter, two other
women and a child were seriously in
jured.
F. III. Brigham, athletic director at
Lawrence university has accepted the
pastorate of the First Methodist
church at Berlin. He will also re-
tain his position at the Methodist
school.
Alice Bortel, who is only IA years
old, was granted a divorce from
Arthur Bortel, and allowed to resume
her maiden name of Gaffery. She
lived at Eau Claire and was secretly
married to Bortel. He deserted her
The Chippewa Valley Electric rail-
way company which operates an in
terurban line to Eau Claire will be ex-
tended this spring from the south side
of the river in Chippewa Falls to the
state home for the feeble minded,
two miles east.
The ManitOwoc council took up the
bond issue. The question before the
board was the ACCESSIBILITY of the is
sue of $4,000 worth of bonds to cover
| the cost of a new fire station on the
north side. The issue was defeated
10 to 4. Had the motion carried an
issue of $4,000 more would have been
asked for, to cover the cost of i'm
provements made to the river.
Stephen Gait, one of the best known
of the early settlers of Kenosha
county, is dead at Frazerburg, Scot
land. The decedent was born in
| Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1919. In 1910
| he came to Kenosha and for number
of years was tailor. He then bought
| small piece of land south of the
city and founded the village of Selma.
| On his farm he raised vegetable prod
ucts for the markets. He and his
wife returned to their native home in
| Scotland several years ago to reside.
A journey from Syria to America,
from New York to California, and
from there to GAINESVILLE by Mrs.
Elias Schaure, all extending over
period of eighteen months, has failed
to find her daughter, who came to this
country during the worlds fair. At
it's close, in company with two uncles,
she went to Stockton, Cal, and dur
! ing the subsequent year maintained
correspondence with her mother, but
this at that time ceased and her
parent has been unable to get trace of
her whereabouts.
Louis M. Akey. an Assyrian pack
peddler whose home is in Eau Claire,
was arrested at Chippewa Falls,
charged with crime of which IS
year-old Emma Himple was the vic
tim The parents of the girl, Paul
and Bertha Himple, were taken into
custody, charged with being Access
series to the crime. The child al
leges that her unnatural parents
bartered her honor to the peddler for
a few trinkets from his pack, and by
personal force compelled her to com
ply with the terms of their agree
ment Lynching is talked of.
At Brodhead the house of Rev. DR..
Murray was entered and hundred
dollar gold watch, together with $50
in cash, was taken. The family was
away, except the aged grandmother
and the servant, who claimed that she
saw man looking in at the window.
She opened the door and confronted
villainous looking fellow. She slam
med the door in his face and ran up
stairs, neglecting to lock the door.
When the family returned at mid
night the articles were gone. A few
evenings later as the servant girl was
returning home she was attacked by
man who seized her and poured the
contents of bottle into her mouth,
saying: "I'll fix you so you won't
testify against me-" He also thrust
| the lost watch into her hand. The
| marks on her body show that she was
brutally assaulted. The contents Of
the bottle failed to render her uncon-
scious and she soon sped to the house,
where she Immediately telephoned to
the police. No further trace of the
man has as yet been found. The wo-
man suffered no i'll effects from the
drug forced into her mouth, due
to the fact, probably, that little or
none of it was swallowed.