Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-04-15

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his job at Gaston's foundry in Beloit.
assaulted Foreman A. Williams John
son was arrested.
The Supreme Court has finished the
hearing of arguments ON appeals of cases
on the present assignment and has ad-
journed until Friday, April Il.
4 safe was cracked ut the Conner
Lumber Company's store and postotfice at
Marshiield, and 5000 taken. The robbers
escaped on a railway velocipede.
No trace has been found at Marinette
of Conrad Ras er, the missing Milwaukee
man. The chief of police fears he wan
dered TO the docks and was drowned.
William Ruger, candidate TO- Su-
preme Court judge. has declared mis- in
tention of withdrawing from the race and
has so notified the Secretary of State.
The new price list adopted by the Wis
consin Hard Wood Lumbermens Asso-
citation is 4 general advance The aver
age increase on all grades is S. per thou,
sand
A south bound train on the Wnona
Western Railroad was wrecked half
mile north Of Barnum Station. Seven
ours lOdued Win ave stVCh went thto
the ditch
Boston capitalists are figuring on max
ing Superior the distributing point for a
mammoth meat and packing concern
which is being organized to oppose the
so-called meat trust
While playing about the Northwestern
| tracks in Fond du Lac little John Ed
red, the 12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry g. Eldred fell from a freight car
and was instantly killed.
Investigation is being made of the sud
den death of Walter Harroun at Ar
mott The stomach of the dead man has
been sent to Madison for analysis. it
being thought that poison caused his
death
John Wolmquist, one Of the most pros
porous and best known Swedish meri-
can farmers of st. Croix County, shot
the top of his head of with a shotgun
during fit of temporary insanity caused
by melancholia.
Leo A. Rittman, manager of the Il.
T. Pugh Dry Goods Company of Racine
made an assignment to David G. Janrs
for the benefit of creditors The aabili-
| ties are placed at about "a 600 and assets
one-half that amount.
DIR. George V. ]. Brown. a Milwaukee,
dentist, win go to Madrid, Spain. next
month to represent the United States
at the international medical congress.
DIR. Browns commission is signed by
the Assistant Secretary of State.
The through freight on the Omaha
read was wrecked near Cedarhurst. Four
cars and the caboose jumped the track.
Conductor Dodsworth and Brakeman
| Hansen were in the caboose at the time
and were injured, but not seriously.
A passenger and log train on the
Chicago, Minneapolis, ST. Paul and
Omaha collided near Hayward, and Fire
man Frank Bohan was killed. Engi-
neer Hener on the passenger and EN-
press Messenger Wells were injured.
! A stove in the home of Mrs. Mary ].
! Paulson, living near Cashton, exploded,
driving huge chunks Of iron into the cell
ing and walls and breaking the windows
| in the house. The whole interior of
the building was badly damaged. phe
exact cause is unknown, although IL is
| thought someone, an enemy of the fam
! ily put explosives in the wood.
Because of some difference of opinion
between themselves and the principal of
the Third Ward high school in Appleton,
over matters of discipline. the boys of
! that school hanged the principal in efiigy
/ to the chandelier in his room at the school
! house The school board investigated.
| but when it was found that nearly all
! of the boys and some of the girls of che
high school were implicated in the out
rage, the matter was quietly dropped.
The Appleton Water Works Company
has filed proposition with the City
Clerk for the sale of its plant. Steps
have already been taken by the city for
| the building of new system. The city
| is willing to buy the present plant pro-
yiding it can get ii for a reasonable price.
| The water works company is willing to
: sell for $4,000 \ board of arbitra.
.ors fixed the value of the company's
property at $3.50, 434 The city has of
fered 100000 for it.
| John King, who recently eloped from
I.aone with 1J-year-oid girl arl who,
it is said stood off a crowd of pursuers
with n revolver until they caught a train
out Of town, was arrested at Laone and
taken to Appleton, The girl with whom
| he eloped is the daughter of the post
master at Laone and King is alleged to
have married her. though he already had
! a wife Mt Fish Creek, who arrived in
search of him just after he had escaped
| from Laone with the girl.
| A disastrous fire occurred at Kendall,
destroying the Ingalls, Hotel, Andrew Eel
ker's hardware store, Adrion's general
merchandise sore, George X. Evans
/ jewelry store and George Weiss saloon,
| meat market and another general mer-
| chandige store The buildings were
mostly wooden structures. Tie fire orig
| mated in the Lilly building. a brick strue-
ture. but the cause is not known There
| is no fire department at Kendall and the
| fire burned the entire block without be
| ing checked.
! Al. Schissler, who is on trial in Mil
| waukee for the murder Of +. v dinm
| Rcul of Watertown, Nov. %. testified
| in his own behalf to the effect that be
| intended to commit suicide and was pre-
paring TO write a farewell letter to his
| wife when he heard a carriage stop in
! front of his house He then discovered
/ his wife in the company Of a strange
man. All he remembered after that was
/ hearing the report Of the shot. Later he
found himself at his brothers house.
The plea Of the defense is insanity
brought about by epieptjc fits.
AT the annual election Of officers Of
the Eastern Monroe County Agricultural
Society. the following officers we're elect
ed: President. ~ L. Hineman; vice
presidents. q. A. Leak and Dr. Aoseley: