Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-11
Wisconsin State News

DuIIal OF tne story or James Carney,
charged with the attempted murder of
the doctor at Neenah, denied absolute
ly the story of Gaffney.
The S-year-old daughter of w. H.
Linginger, president of the Amateur
Athletic Union of the United States
and former president of the Milwau-
kee Athletic association, died at Mil
yankee
At Abrams, after an Intervention of
a month since the last case of hydro
phobia broke out among the cattle be-
longing to the Winan family, during
which all fears of it haa subsidized, an
other case has developed.
Residents of the town of Pleasant
Prairie, near Kenosha, were surprised
when it was announced that Joseph
Grove, aged 65 years, and Mrs. Helen
Hunt, aged 46 years, had gone to
Waukegan and had been married
Ludwig Kumlien, professor of ma
tural history and physiology in Milton
college, died. He has been suffering
with cancer of the throat since last
spring. He was man of note as
naturalist, and was accepted as author
ity in many lines.
The testimony given at the cor
oner's inquest does not agree with the
first reports of the accidental shoot
ing of young Ernest Schruder. Henry
Litz, the cousin testified that he acct
dentally shot his cousin while they
were hunting rabbits.
| Wesley Lancaster of Argyle, Wis,
an inmate of the Grant county insane
asylum, jumped from a tower seventy
feet high and was instantly killed. Two
weeks ago Lancaster attempted to put
an end to his life by stabbing himself
with butcher knife.
The will of the late Frank M.
Avery who died in Chicago in 1899,
filed for probate in the county court
at Kenosha, divides the entire estate
of from $1,000,OO0 to $1,500,OO0 be-
tween the widow, May Clark Avery,
and the 3-year-old son.
John Born, a Schleswig farmer, has
been missing for over a week. He is
aged and wealthy and relatives, fear
ing he may have met with foul play,
have stopped payment of checks or
drafts on the local banks, where he
has considerable money on deposit.
At Shawano the trial of Robert o.
Hunt on the charge of mutilating the
records of Oconto county began. 1t is
| expected to last a week or more and
be one of the greatest criminal cases
ever tried in this part of the country.
Mr. Hunt was former assemblyman.
The Harshman Shoe company was
organized at Chippewa Falls with a
capital stock of $4,000. A solid brick
building of four stories, has been COM
pleted and the factory will be in opera
tion in ten days. The output will be
| l 200 pairs of fine shoes a day, giving
employment to about $50 people.
Twelve farmers of Chippewa county,
selected by the Progressive League,
went to Menominie Falls to look over
the sugar beat factory and interview
the farmers who raise sugar beats.
The league is working to secure fac
tory and has a large acreage con
tracted.
The library board of Ripon unani-
mously passed a resolution suggesting
to hte common council the ACCESSIBILITY
of submitting to the courts for speedy
decision, the question of the rights and
| duties under the law of the library
board and of the common council re-
spectively, with reference to the selec-
ton of a library site.
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Malmstrom were
saved from asphyxiation by the ring
ing of a telephone bell. Dr. Malm-
strom awakened and hearing the tele-
phone bell ringing he tried to get out
of bed. He fell on his face having
been overcome by hard coal gas.
With supreme effort he crawled to
a window and opened it.
At Racine the heirs of Lueius Brad
ley, litigation over whose estate,
courts for seventeen years, received
their portions. Among the legatees
were Judge John B. Winslow of the
supreme court and Horatio w. Sey-
mour, now dead. who for several years
was managing editor of the Chicago
J Chronicle. Minnie Bradley, adopted
daughter, was given the major por-
ton of the estate.
For some time the Northwestern and
lthe Milwaukee roads have been fight
ms at GAINESVILLE over the location of
the watch tower that stood at the
street near the depots. The Milwau-
kee road moved it once to their own
property and tied 1t down by wire
cable The Northwestern officials
then sent a force of men and hauled IL
back to the old location. The city
council took hand and the Northwest
ern has finally complied with the order
and moved it back.
Armed with a shotgun Henry Water
molen of the town of Suamico, near
Green Bay, became violently insane
and created a panic in saloon. He
kept the proprietor and his friends at
bay. threatening to shoot any one who
dared to approach him. His wife was
the only person he would allow to so
utSov,s him and reF,.scS -, Give ~, s1,.o