Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-18

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! pany will complete the eight miles of
/ between Milwaukee and Chicago early
, this spring. The right Of way at Wau-
kegan has hee.s secured.
Haugen Ellerson was arrested a. La
( Crosse by the sheriff charged with steal
| ing a valuable horse owned by ex-Con-
! gresham Frank Coburn. He was found
/ to be a former inmate Of the Mendota
asylum. He was sent back there.
Arthur Frankenburg, aged Il years,
! shot himself in the temple, DeSpon-
| deney, caused by his parents objection
| t. his sweetheart, is said to have beea
! the cause Of the act. He is a son of
prominent merchant at Greenwood.
Hugo Suhm. 1t is alleged, waylaid Mrs
! Lizzie Wetzel in Kenosha aud struck her
| several times with stones. She was seri-
usly injured. bur will recover, Su.lm
/ is in love with girl friend of the wom-
an and he claims Mrs. Wetzel told the
| girl to have nothing to do with him. The
man has disappeared.
4 gang of burglars. thought 10 be com
| posed of home talent, is operating in RAJ
cine They entered the home of John
/ Harness and stole a gold watch and
chain, and from Herman Fritz, who lives
next door. they stole seven gold rings.
diamond brooch and some other jewelry.
| They left the doors locked and nothing
was known of the burglary until morn
| ing. The police have not been able to
trace the stolen property.
II. r. Charles. superintendent Of the
Walworth County insane asylum; Mrs.
| II. r. Charles. matron, and William
Rehm, second assistant. have resigned
| from the institution as the result Of the
| investigation by the State board of con
troll, following the complaint Of the rela-
| tives Of Melbourne Hollster, an inmate,
that he was being cruelty treated. The
only charge proved was that corporal
punishment had been used in HOLSTERS
case.
A wildcat attacked Miss Jennie Foss
in the school house at the Washburne
settlement The animal entered the
school house during the night after an
encounter with porcupine in which the
cat was covered with blood and its skin
| pierced with porcupinc quilts. Miss Foss
kept the animal at bay with an III brella
while she backed TO the door. when
Hayes Bailey, who had been hunting in
the neigh borhood happened on the scene
and shot the cat.
Mrs Elizabeth Clifford. aged So years,
domestic servant employed by Mrs.
Hamilton Etley, of Racine. but whose
home is in Chicago, died suddenly under
mysterious circumstances, She took
drink of water from glass standing
1 Il. t,,c- II, e
was bitter finished the contents of the
glass. Within a few minutes she was
dead. When the coroner arrived Mrs.
| Utley had washed the glass and no analy-
sis could be made. The doctors are not
| agreed as to the cause of death.
Mrs. Peter Franks rare presence of
mind saved herself from being burned to
death at kaukauna. She set a can of
mixed paint on her kitchen stove to
warm up, it being rendered thick from the
cold weather. Almost Immediately it
took fire and was blazing with terrific
! heat when she threw it ont Of doors.
| terribly burning the right hand with
which she grasped it, and setting Ter
clothing ON fire from head to foot She
| Immediately threw herself on the ground
end rolling in the snow smothered the
blaze. Her arm and one side of her face
are badly burned, but her physician Gays
she will recover.
Thirteen Lawrence University students
at Appleton have been suspended for
two weeks for participating in a brawl,
in which the freshmen used axes to
break down doors leading to the dome
of the main building, and almost suffo-
Gated six sophomorcs, who were impris-
oned there, by burning sulphur. Those
suspended. the majority of whom arc
sons of Methodist ministers. are: John
Dufer Ashland; George Joliffe, Qcono-
mowoc; Claude Paris. Waupaca; Il.
| Reynolds. Robert Walters. Appleton;
Roger Adams, Marnctte; Blythe Gar
net, La Crosse; A. Young, Ashland;
| Clarence Becker. Eureka; Lawrence
johnson, Brandon; $. Filings, Green
Bay: Charles Karnopp, Stevens Point,
and c. Wingedder. Hudson.
Justice Barnard of the District Su-
preme Court in Washington has granted
a mandamus directing the Secretary Of
the Interior and the commissioner Of
| Indian affairs TO pay John b. Bigboy,
an Indian of the La Pointe agency, Ger
| tain moneys deposited to his credit in the
! Northern National Bank of Ashland. The
court held that an Indian agent had no
right to refuse to cOuntcrsign the In
dams check for the money. that act be
| ing a ministerial one. and that Bigboy
has all the civil rights of citizenship
so far as property lawfully allotted to
| him is concerned. subject only to such
conditions and trusts as may have been
expressly named in the allotment. patent
! or contract Of sale The case involves
about $4,000 said to be held by the
Indian bureau for the several hundred
La Pointe Indians.
By a majority Of one the Supreme
| Court reversed the order of the Milwlu-
kee Circuit Court vacating the temporary
| Injunction restraining the Chamber Of
| Commerce of Milwaukee from eXptlling
or suspending Bartlett Frazier x 80. of
| Chicago and Milwaukee from member
! snip for alleged violation Of its rules.
Judge Dodge and Winslow dissented
! from the majority. The opinion is writ
it1n b. Justice Marshall. II reviews the
case fully. the contention being over
deal made by Walter f. Brown. clerk
for Bartlett. Frazier 4 Co. with the l..
Bartlett * Sons Company for 10000
bushels Of wheat which his employers
repudiated, clerk. under the rules Cf
the exchange. having no right to trans
act any business for his employers or
any other person Oh the floor
Captain Andy White Of Company No.