Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-09

/ Icy the latter.
Frank O'MaIley. brick mason. q
years old. was killed BY Northwestern
train at Kenosna while returning from q
visit to friends.
Ex-Mayor A. w. Pettibone has pur-
chased the remainder of Barron's island,
opposite La Crosse, which. with portion
purchased last summer. he will donate
to the city for park purposes.
The Wisconsin Central depot at Gid
den was broken into and robbed OF about
IS and revolver. Officer Hart has ar
rested several suspicious looking charac-
| tiers who were seen about town.
Father Schwartzmeyer. former rec
tor of St. Francis Xavier's Church Of
I Portage, has been appointed TO take
charge of the Catholic parish at Briggs
vile. He succeeds Father McGowan,
who has been transferred to Askeaton.
Mrs. Gustave Baker. wife of well.
known farmer OF. Racine County, was in
stantly killed by being thrown from her
buggy while driving TO her home with a
daughter She was about A. years of
age and leaves a husband and nine chill
dren.
Bert Thorne. aged %. was arrested at
Racine charged with attempted wife muir
der. 1t is alleged that Thorne, while in
toxieated. tried to shoot his young wife
and a fve-hour old babe, and also two
women who were in the house caring for
his wife.
Mrs. Fanny Baird, "A years of age,
who owns large farm near Tomah was
/ 4 ;pf
years of age. Il bachelor. who recently
came to that part of the State. Mrs
Baird secured a divorce from former
husband last October.
Edmund G. Weimar a prominent resi-
dent Of Appleton. committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart The
charge passed through his body and
lodged in the wall The deed was com
mitted Immediately after he returned
home from the polls. Dependency was
the cause
Will Greenwood, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Greenwood of Springdale, died of
lockjaw While playing at his home on
March IA the boy fell and a rusty nail
penetrated his hand 10 the bone Blood
poisoning Immediately set in and was
followed by lockjaw. He was in the
greatest agony and but little could be
done to relieve him.
The Northern Colonization Company of
Milwaukee. of which William Mariner
is President. bought $4,000 acres of land
in Marinette County in the towns of Am
berg and Wausaukee; 10000 acres from
the Kirby Carpenter Company of Menom-
inee for $13, 746, and 5000 acres from
the \. Ludington Company. the consider
alton not being given.
A daring holdup occurred in Ham
mond when Shall Norris vas assaulted
by an unknown man. Norris was on
Main street in front of the bank when
he was assaulted The man asked Nor
ris a few questions and the next thing
Norris knew he was in the middle of the
road and all of his pockets We're turned
wrong side out and part of his money was
gone.
George johnson, known as Chicago
Slim. serving a ten-months' sentence for
resisting an officer. Charles Mulder, a
horse thief. broke Jail at Fond du Lac.
Three hours later they were captured
near Oakfield by Undersheriff w. II.
Sheridan @he men broke the lock of the
side door of the Jail and got away. The
alarm was raised by other prisoners and
the sheriff and his deputies Immediately
went in pursuit.
The Chicago ice companies won in their
fight against the law passed by the last
Legislature imposing a tax of 10 cents a
ton on all ice shipped out of the State,
the Supreme Court declaring the law to
B., ..lrit
brought by the Knickerboeker Company.
whose agent. Henry Rossmiller, shipped
ice from Racine without obtaining a IL
cense. and was arrested and convicted.
This verdict is annulled by the Supreme
Court on the ground that the law is in
valid, and Rossmiller's discharge is or
dered. The law was based on the theory
that the State owned the ice. and this
theory was approved by Governor La
Toilette in a memorandum which he at
tached to the law in giving it his APP
prevail But this view is held by the SI-
preme Court to be erroneous.
The elections throughout Wisconsin
passed off quietly. The Democrats made
gains in d number of places which. have
heretofore been strongly Republican.
One of the most novel features of the
election was the voting by women 1T
Racine and kenosha on school ques-
| tons The following cities elected Re
| publican city tickets: Madison. ElkhoFn,
Bayfield,, Beloit. I,elavan. Grafton. Ma
zomanie. Mansion. West Salem. Hart
| land Tomah, Mineral Point Berlin, Os-
/ ceoa. Prairie du Sac. Monroe, Fox Lake,
! Merrill, Fond du Lac. Peshtigo,
! RACINE Palmyra. Medfurd. Durant,
Black River Falls. Lodi, Sheboygan,
| Whitewater. Chiffon, Edgarton. Slough
ton. seymour The Democrats elected
their ticket in whole or part in the fol
| lowing cities: Muscoda Trempealeau,
Marinette. Plymouth, Beaver Dam. Tur-
! ner. Manitowuc, Waukesha, Waupaca,
I Sparta, Portage. Columbus, Appleton,
Elroy. Neenah. West Superior, Darling
ton. Ripon, Eagle, Hudson. Kenosha-
Jefferson Chippewa Falls. Citizens
| tickets were elected in the following
/ places: lake Mills. Fennimore. Lancas'
| ter, Grant sburg, Niroqua. Depeer. River
| Fails. New Lisbon. Brodhead, East Troy
Kilbourn. Green Bay, Hartford, Brillion
Mosine. Needah. Plainfield. Richard Cen
ter. Walwortn. Thorpe. Cedarburg. -Four
| Circuit Judges were elected outside Of
| Milwaukee in the State. as follows
! Third Circuit, Judge George w. BurncL
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