Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-04

of Cumberland, Mrs. Joseph Jaeksche
was killed by falling tree
DIR. 7. +. Stair. one of Evansville's
most prominent physicians. expired while
talking with his wife in his office. lie
was usually well during the day.
The Bank of Eagle remembered Mar
shall Joseph Won Rueden and his posse
with liberal gift for capturing three
of the four alleged bank robbers.
The St. Paul road has issued a new
map, giving the name of Milwaukee In
large letters, i'm place of the one recently
issued, which omitted the Cream City
altogether.
Harold Van Debogart. 1G years old,
was killed and Frank Vummcw and Al
Ian Sanford were dangerously injured
while coasting on Underwood Hill, Lake
Geneva, their sled colliding with sleigh.
News has been received that J. Scott
Kennedy. aged % years, died at San
Francisco while on his way home from
the Philippines. He was a member of
Company f, Twentieth infantry. and
had been in the service for three years.
A Chicago and Northwestern passen-
ger engine was wrecked near Sheboygan
and the engineer Patrick Hayes. and
fireman, James Wolf, were seriously in
jured. While the train was going at
r speed of fifty miles an hour the driv-
ing rod and pistons broke. The engine
ran for a mile on the ties before the
train could be stopped.
The Plankinton Packing Company's
plant suffered a loss of nearly $4,000
by fire in Milwaukee. Three alarms
were sent in. and by effective work on
the part of the fire department the plant,
valued at $30,000, was saved. The
greater part of the loss is on stock. I'm
til repairs are completed between 200
and 300 men will be thrown out of EN-
ployment.
Fire in the brick warehouse of Will
liam Grossman in Milwaukee caused a
loss ON building and contents of about
$4,000. The building was owned by
Adolph Mejrcke and was filed with a
stock OF groceries, coffee. spices and bak-
ing powder belonging to the Grossman
firm. The blaze was in the center of the
city's wholesale district and for time
it was thought it would extend TO sur
rounding buildings.
The moinisters of Superior want the
marriage law amended At their semi
monthly meeting they appointed a com
mittee to prepare resolutions to be for
warded to the State Legislature asking
that the clause requiring a five days
wait be cut out. They say that it is no
remedy for any evils and simply INJURIES
the city and State financially ny caus-
ing those that do not want to wat to go
out of the State.
Albert Van Order of the firm OF Ar
thur Van Order & Sons was killed in
their Touring mill. FIVE miles northeast of
Stevens Point. The engine had stopped
on the center and Mr.. Van Order Lad
hold of the belt when it started up sud
denly, catching his body in the belt and
crushing his head so badly that he died
in few minutes. He was about 20 years
of age. Al older brother was killed in
the same mil, three years ago.
Senator Laugcn has introduced a bill
in the Minnesota Senate to cede Baron
island, on the oppo lite side of the river
from La Crosse, TO Wisconsin. This isl
and was the property Of A. W. Pettibone
of La Crosse Mr.. Pettibone spent
100000 in turning the island into a park
and then presented il to the city of La
Crosse. The eeding of the territory to
Wisconsin is to permit La Crosse TO have
full police jurisdiction in the park.
Frank Chokan. an Austrian who came
to Sheboygan to take place in local
tannery. was held up at his home by two
unknown men. Shortly after midnight
two burglars. one over 9 feet tall and
the other a medium height, both wearing
masks forced an entrance into the house
and went to the room in which Chokan
was sleeping. They awakened him and
demanded money, and when he replied
he had none they beat and kicked him
until he was unconscious. They revived
him and demanded money again, and up
IN his saying that he had nothing valua-
bic in the house, they tortured him in
most brutal manner and left him lying in
a srm-conscious state.
A coroner's jury in session at Granite
City disclosed what may prove to be an
atrocious crime. Levi Close, living with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Close,
a. Granite City, died under what seemed
suspicious circumstances. The father
said that Levi and an older brother We're
quarreling at the breakfast table. when
tho older brother threw table fork at
Levi, striking hir on the head and leav-
ing a serious wound. Later the boy was
found in commissions and a physician was
summoned This much the father ad
mits The physician, it seems, found hot
only the marks of the table fork but
other injuries Of more serious charac-
ter as we'll The skull on the right side
of the head was crushed to such an ex-
tent as to have made recovery impossi-
bic.
T. Beebe, who lives at Holland, had a
narrow escape from being the victim of
the old swinde that has been worked so
extensively since the Spanish American
war. A niece of Mr.. Beebe's married
Spaniard just after the Civil War. Re-
Gently he received letter from a man
In a Spanish prison, so he said, who
claimed to be the husband Of the niece.
He was dying and wanted Mr.. Beebe TO
take charge of his daughter and her for
tune and a liberal amount was to 90 TO
Mr.. Beebe himself. There were dttes-
tations of priests and official looking red
sealed documents and Mr.. Beebe, hsging
no doubt whatever that he was to come
into a fortune, sent the 5000 necessary
to complete the administration and re-
lease the estate" Fortunately he for
warded the money through his BANKERS
in La Crosse TO the United States consul
and his money was returned with the in
formation that he was the victim Of
gang of swindlers.
NJ \. EIdridge, assistant director of
the good roads inquiry bureau of the