The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-07
WISCONSIN
WILL; HELD TO BE GOOD

Decision Of the Probate court Sustained
... ~ =. at La. Crosse. .s3~ .&'..+:-
! LA, CROSSE, WIS., Judge Fruit has
given his decision III the celebrated Par
ker will case alpholding the decision of
Judge Brindley in the probate court that
the will shall stand Mrs.. Mary Ann Par
ker was a peculiar woman and many OF
her queer habits were brought out in the
evidence. In her will she bequeathed
81 900 to the Y. M, G. A., 81 900 to the La
Crosse hospital and $4,000 to Thomas
Shimmin, one Of the trustees of the First
Baptist church. of which she was a men,
ber The will was contested by her niece,
Mrs. Cecilia Savage Of Paterson, N. j., on
the grounds that Mr. Shimmin used un-
due influence. a,u<> 2st s.., = e..
The La Crosse & Eastern Railway COM
pany has won it's Injunction case, Judge
Fruit giving his decision in favor Of the
company and against the plalnt1n IN the
action, Ernest Lange. " The: action: was
brought on the ground that the company
had no right to use Second street in the
CITY Of La Crosse for it's tracks, I'M view
of the fact that the Burlington railway
company already has two, tracks: on the
street. The decision also holds the ordi-
nance passed by the, common council as
legal. s -. 1-arpr.. =. j., S.,
first meeting of the year. yesterday and
elected the following s6ficers:s President,
Rev. w. H. Vance; first vice president,
Rev. S. G. ~Kose; second vice president,
Rev. w. w. .oMoore;ssecretafy and treas-
urer, Rev. Henry Gopdsell. :. -
i Congressman Eschr has received word
from washington that four rural mail
routes in the seventh congressional dis
trict had bean sfaXSSaably fsportsd upon
ana would be: established .Novssk .Twoeo1
the routesswiH be M1ds&out of Fail Creek
Eau Claire county, and the other two out
of Kendall, Monroe county. p: . ., >: =. ,
/ GALESVILLE,"WIs:- Fruit growers III
this section are much disappointed with
+ the apple crop. The; winter varieties are
almost failure. Onsigrower says there
Eare 500 trees in his orchard that did, not
yield a bushel The bad weather last
spring was responsible for this. The town
of Gale in this county is the best apple
country in the western part of the state
but: the crop this year will not supply
home consumption. -. .. ..,.a,@ :
+ While attempting to stop: a frenzie6
/ team, County Superintendent L. s.. Keith
I was thrown under d loaded wagon which
I passed over his body, and injured him Sc
verely. John Jones,@a farmer, was, mutt.
lated while digging potatoes with a ma
chine The team ran away and Jones was
unable to free himself from the machine
| llo SHOV0lS 'IOT0 1ld1l Liz SAllA II OAiA IlAs
body Several ribs were fractured and he
sustained other injuries. Mrs. Abraham
an aged woman, was thrown from &
wagon and lies at the sanatorium will
broken ribs and severe bruises. '," ...<
WEST SUPERIOR; WlS.-Just one can
didate for legislative office has had tn
tennerity to declare himself a candidate OF
an anti-Spooner platform. This is Char
| foil 1o1 to. rpr1I1h
lican nomination from Assemblyman Len
root in the first district but will run as al
| Independents The eight men arreste,
Sunday charged with gambling in tn
Wisconsin house, Of which Police Captain
B. A. '~Bengtson is proprietor, PLEADED
guilty and were fined from 81 to- $40
apiece. Charles Olson, found guilty o
operating the place. spaid s10O, six other
81 and Martin Hoffman, who complaine
Of losing $3.50 at play, was discharge
without fine. t.--I1t' - =, ~, ~. =
MADISON, WIS.-About 200 Wisconsi
university students were given invQlun
tary baths in Lake Mendoza yesterday dur
ing the annual class rush between sopho
mores and freshmen: The sophomores be
gan the hostilitieS, but they were worste
| in the strife, the tables being turned upo
} them by the freshies, who, were stronge
in number Although many freshmen wer
ducked, a much larger number of thos
given forcible immersion were member
of the classrof '05.; After achieving tn
victory the freshiesi added to their laurel
by tearing down the sophomore fla
hoisted for the occasion on the turret
the bathhOuse. r. Fl ,---.
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.-Sherif RheinhaI
and District Attorney Thomas returne
from northern Polk county, where they ar
rested John Roche, homesteader, on
charge of the murder of Luze SCHNEIDER
whose skeleton was recently found 6
? Coon Fork, near Augusta, this county, an
identified by his widow.
4 BARRON, WIS.-Mrs John Bowe,
| formerly of Monroe county, had her lei
. arm broken in two places. below the elbo'
by being thrown from buggy.
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