Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-04-12
The News Condemned,

lumbus, died at the age of 90 years.
Thomas Morefeld, resident of
Walworth county "a years, died at Elk
horn of apoplexy. He was born in
England and was rs years old.
A contract has been let to Manning
& Allen, railroad contractors in Mil
waukee, to build standard gauge rail
road from Hillsboro, Viroqua county,
east to Union Center in Juneau county,
to be known as the Hillsboro & n ORTIZ
western.
Deacon Arrin c. Kibbey, head of the
Dowie church in Kenosha, died sud
denly of cancer of the stomach.
The Wisconsin state fish commission
has planted between 100000 and 49,
100000 whitefish in the Menominee
river this spring.
Pat McHugh, aged so years, an old
boatman, was run over and instantly
killed by a Northwestern switch en-
CINE at Green Bay. He was crossing
the track in an intoxicated condition
and fell under the engine.
Pay Director of the Navy Henry T.
Wright, formerly of GAINESVILLE, died
at Port Said, aged SO years.
At the fremont hotel in Oshkosh
the Winnie bago County Bar association
gave a banquet to Judge George w.
Gary, who, after 40 years of practice
up his residence with his daughter.
Prof. Dana Carleton Munro, of the
University of Pennsylvania, has accept
ed a call to the chair of European his
tory in the University of Wisconsin.
H. II. Rand, of Milwaukee, has been
appointed confidential secretary to the
postmaster general.
The Mill Mems union in Chippewa
Falls decided to accept an increase in
wages of ten cents day. The vote to
abandon the strike plan carried.
Joseph Theming has been convicted
of burglarizing buildings at Eau Claire.
Mrs. R. J. Burdette addressed the
club women of West Superior upon the
value of women's clubs in general.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. H. Mead celebrated
in Ripon the siXtieth anniversary of
their marriage. Mr.. Mead has been
connected with the First national bank
since it's organization in 1856.
George Sawyer, alias Sawtelle, has
in West Superior On charge of for
gerry.
The Northwestern Christian En-
deavor society held two-day session
in Hudson. E. r. Parker, of Eau Claire,
was chosen president, and Miss Helen
Wilcox, of Eau Claire, secretary. Next
years meeting is to be held at Truax.
Green Bay will soon have the only
private bonded warehouse in Wiscon-
sin.
Mrs. James Biffett dropped dead in
her kitchen in Whitewater while get
ting dinner.
A state bank has been organized at
Morrisonville with subscribed capital
stock of 5000.
Frederick Kufahl, aged 70 years,
committed suicide in Watertown by
hanging. Dependency over sickness
is supposed to be the cause.
Michael B. Olbrich, of Lawrence, ILL.,,
and Frank W. Bucklin, of Brodhead,
will represent Wisconsin university in
the intercollegiate oratorical contest
to be held in Chicago in May.
Through the death of a relative Miss
Sarah D. Gibson, for many years ma
tron at the state school for the deaf in
Delavan, has been left large estate.
A scratch by a rusty nail resulted
in blood poisoning and lockjaw, caus-
ing the death of William Greenwald,
the seven-year old son of Albert Green
valid, of Springdale.
The five-y ear-old son of Fred Brown
was scalded to death near Fort Atlsin-
son in boiler of water. He was play
ing near the boiler and fell in.
Charles Keel, familiarly known as
"Cap,' a well-known horseman, died
suddenly at Cambria of heart disease.
Kenosha has a Jack the Kisser."
and several women have complained
to the police, asking that an effort be
made to arrest the man.