Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-04-19
The News Condensed.

John Krautsieder, secretary of the
izer of the Federation of Labor, has
disappeared from Eau Claire. He had
about 5000 with him.
Frederick Helle, a German farmer
living two miles southeast of Milton,
hung himself in his tobacco shed.
lack Moss, one of the oldest former
slaves in Wisconsin, died in La Crosse,
aged 100 years. He was known all
along the Mississippi as "Old lack"
DIR. I. W. Williams, president; w. J.
Isenring, clerk, and Fred Sendelbach
and August Bauch, trustees, of the
village of Whitefsh Bay, are charged
with elect6A frauds. They were ar
rested and gave bonds.
Oshkosh capitalists have organized
the First national bank of Campbells-
port, with capital stock of $25, 900.
Christian Tollefson, who confessed
in Madison that his story that he and
five others attempted to rob the Cam
bridge bank, resulting in their arrest,
was untrue, has been sent to prison
for three years for perjury.
Mrs. Mary Jacobsen, the aged moth
er of Postmaster w. ID. Jacobsen, of
the old town of Lyons, was burned to
a crisp when Mr.. Jacobsen was out.
Graham L. Rice, state railroad com
missioner, left for Washington for the
purpose, if possible, of seeing the fed
eral authorities in an effort to get
schedule of lower freight tariffs for
shippers along the southern border of
the state.
John Frederick Butzow died at the
home of his son-in-law, Oswald Uber,
in the town of Hartford, aged 101
years.
Sherman r. Hopkins, of the town of
Dale, died, aged "a years. His wife
died two weeks ago, aged SO years.
Real estate in Polk county has been
advancing as rapidly the past year as
stock of the Northern Pacific railroad.
F. w. Overman sold 160-acre farm for
S., 900.
John Bradley, son of the revolution
arv war hero, Aaron Bradley, died on
his farm near West Salem. He was a
republican member of the Wisconsin
legislature in 1S7475 and 1S79-S1, serv-
ing five terms in all.
John Olischlager, an old resident of
Omro, died from injuries received in
trying to recover $500 in money from
his burning house.
William West, of Bloomville, COM
mitted suicide by shooting. His wife
had sued him fer divorce.
A terrific April blizzard had pre-
vailed furiously over central Wiscon-
sin. 1t was the worst storm in years.
The Sheboygan library board has
accepted the plans of Patton & Miller,
Chicago architects, for the new $35, 900
library building
A new wholesale drug house is about
to be established in Green Bay in the
near future. The company in charge
of the venture has capital stock of
| 500 1000.
John Bradley, aged so years, pio-
neer of Wisconsin, died at his home in
Bangor.
Mrs. Nicholas Hartert, aged 81, OF
Mineral Point, was killed at her home
by falling backward down a flight OF
stairs.
Ara D. Crocker, vice president of the
Croker Chair company, died at She
| boygan of pneumonia. He was we'll
| known in manufacturing circles
| throughout Wisconsin,.
in a II
Claire by Judge O'Neil to two years in
Waupun for burglary.
| Mrs. George Sproat, widow of
prominent pioneer resident of Racine,
was fatally burned, her clothing catch
| ing fire from bonfire while assisting
| in cleaning up the lawn.
John Rooney dropped dead in Chip
pewa Falls while eating. He was one
| of the pioneers of the Chippewa valley.