Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-02-19

J army has given ii up and retired from the
field
/ Mary Sibenski, 17-year-old daughter OF
/ a farmer living near Weyerhaeuser. is
missing from her home and every effort
/ to locate her has been unsuccessful.
! The Northwestern Hotel, Baraboo
1 landmark, was destroyed by fire The
/ less is $4,5o0, insurance $1,000 1t was
owned by W, A. Warren and occupied 10y
/ T. Westenhaver.
/ Comptroller John K. Wolf Of Milwau-
! Roe will be released from the insane asy-
/ lum, To which he was sent recently. the
o0Urt puling thai he was committed with
out heing allowed defense.
Andrew j. Phillips. a Northwestern
section man, was struck by passenger
! train and instantly killed in the south
yards of the Northwestern road at North
| Fond du Lac. His body was badly man
( gled.
John Howard, fireman on the Burling-
ton limited, fell from the engine tank as
| his train was taking water at Prairie
du Chen aud fractured his skull and
both hips. bruised his spine and bulged
| his left eye.
! Capt Il. b. Graham of Fish Greek died
| in AIarinette under rather pathetic cir
| cumstanees. His steamer Rumbell sunk
last fall in the river aud he succeeded 10
raising the craft. He was taken sick i'm
mediately and died
Chippewa Falls authorities are in
quandary as to what disposition can be
made of Charles jefferson, the insane
man arrested at Cadott. Sheriff Austin
{ of Pepin County says the man is not a
| resident of Pepin and refuses to take
| him. Sheriff Larson says he will appeal
10 the Governor
Frank Wartinbee, a switchman of the
| Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, slipped
on an icy formation at the side of the
! track at La Crosse and rolled under an
engine. his body being on the track With
rare presence of mind he rolled off be-
tween the rails and the tender and sew
| eral cars passed over him. He lost q
| portion of both feet.
The fast mail train on the Wisconsin
| Central Railway. crowded with passeG-
| gers. was saved from being wrecked
near Weyauwega by the presence Of
mind of brakeman. 4 freight train
! broke in two on a steep grade and seven
| lumber-aden ears ran away. A brake
man knew rhe fast mail was near, so he
coolly threw the switch and ditched the
cars and replaced the switch. leaving a
clear track for the passenger train.
NJ IS Winnie Barrett died suddenly in
! st. Paul. under peculiar circumstances.
An investigation has been ordered. The
cause OF death is a mystery that can only
Re disspated by an autopsy. Miss Bar
rett was employed as cook at Ter
rett's restaurant. Shortly after she went
home the other evening she became very
| ill. DR.. A. w Miller was summoned
and did everything possible to save the
young woman's life. but she died within
an hour. Miss Barrett was from Jcwett
| Mills. She had suffered for some time
from heart trouble.
The little girl Matte Moore, who was
terribly burned at Eau Claire died. Drs.
Goddard, Parker and Montgomery had
been summoned and did all they could.
The child was burned around about the
face and head and suffered most intense
~. The child's mother went to a masque-
rade ar I left her three children, two girls
aud a 10y, in the house. The eldest a
girl of Q years. climbed up to turn n
damper in the stovepipe and fell upon a
hot stove. Neghbors heard the children 8
screams and found the girl with all her
clothes burned off
Alice lie Tendre, 1G years old. domes-
tie employed in the family of w. J. Muir
ply of Chippewa Fails, proved a heroine
aud saved the dwelling from being de-
stroyed by fire. a hanging lamp fell
! from he ceiling and set ire to the floor.
| Miss lie Tendre carried out some Of the
furniture aud made an effort to extin-
guish the fire. but fin ing herself unsuc-
cessful. closed the doors going into the
other rooms TO prevent a draught. She
then carried an infant from the house TO
| e neighbours, where she left the child,
| aud with the domestic of that place went
back to fight the fire The two succeed
ed in subduing the fire and saving the
building from destruction, but not until
the room was badly damaged
At Phillips fire broke out in the Bee
printing office. situated in the basement
of the Masonic building. totally destroy
ing the contents of the office valued at
about $1,000 and fully covered by in
surance. The newspaper plant was own
tu anu Dtitfutth ny tue htNstG btbAhtiS >.
| \ restaurant and clubroom owned by
f. Il. Gray, o. aupying the first floor OF
| the building. was considerably damaged,
| the loss being estimated at about $500
| and covered by insurance. Smoke and
| heat did much damage 10 the lodge rooms
| on the second door. the contents, con-
sistiug of carpets, furniture and fixtures,
being almost Il total loss The damage
| to the building. including the lodge room
| losses. is estimated at 81 800. covered
| by insurance.
4 freight train on the Omaha road,
| bound for Saltwater. ran inIo section
| crews handcar on the bridge over Lake
st. Croix connecting Minnesota aud
| Wisconsin Two members Of the section
crew were killed and two injured The
section crew was trying TO reach the
| east end Of the bridge in a driving snow
storm before the freight crossed. Neither
| crew saw the other until the accident.
! While Coroner Ross and corOner6s jury
were viewing thu scene Of tho accident
| a west-bound freight met the River Falls
passenger on the first span Of the bridge,
within 100 fee. Of the first accident. The
| passengers were badly shaken, the freight
engine derailed and both engine pilots
! ST. tshed. The quick action Of the passen-
ger engineer saved bad collision
Oscar Goddie. woodsman. while
working in Coyeons camp. near Pound,
was run over by a sleigh loaded with