Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-26
From About the State

John Leppla of Dale, g prominent re-
publican politician and pioneer of
Outagamie county, dropped dead OF
heart failure while playing game OF
schafskOpf with a number of his
friends. Mr.. Leppia had been a resi-
dent of Wisconsin since 1856 He was
the first incumbent of the Dale post
office.
Chris Henseleit, a prosperous farm
er of Seymour, was brought before the
county court, on complaint Of the
supervisors, to show cause why he
should not help support his OLD
to maintain herself. She is living in
poverty.
Attorney Paul w. Mahoney, demo
cratic county chairman at La Crosse,
has forwarded to Assemblyman Ray
bill which is designed to get out the
vote of the people who usually stay at
home on election day. The bill calls
for tax of So per head on every per
son entitled to vote who at the time
of the regular assessment of taxes ap-
pears on the registration lists as not
having voted at the last preceding gen
eral election.
Organized opposition to the plans
of the present officers of the Modern
WOOdmen of America took shape at 4
gathering of delegates from southern
Wisconsin camps at F'ranksville near
Racine. The WOOdmen Protective
association was organized and resoIu-
tons outlining the purposes adopted.
Alexander Ireland, former resident
Of Caledonia, died in a hospital at
Woodstock, ILL.,, of typhoid fever
Prof Plantz of Lawrence university
received a draft for 5000 in a letter in
| structing that no effort be made to re-
J veal the identity of the sender of the
money. The letter was directed from
FOotville, Wis, and requested that the
money be distributed among the poor
and needy at Lawrence university.
In commenting upon a communica-
ton sent him by the Ministerial asso
citation, Mayor Mulva of Oshkosh
states that the city authorities havl
made arrests, which shows that the,
are doing all within their power t.
wipe out the disreputable places in the
city; that the preachers have had nj
part in securing the evidence and h
believes that it comes with a poo.
grace from them to make demand
that certain work be done which is a.
In
The district attorney is Investigate
ing report that coal dealers at Ra-
cine are conceaIing 5000 tons of an
thracite.
At La Crosse Wis, Mrs. David
Printz, aged "a, took poison and died
while temporarily insane.
Ma-maduke bennington, aged 70, an
old resident of Sparta, died at Mendoza
Hospital. He was a veteran of the
civil war A wife and two daughters
survive
The breaking of a side rod on an en-
CINE near Sheboygan caused injury
to Engineer Pat Hayes and Fireman
Wolf, both of Kaukauna. The fireman
was seriously hurt.
Theodore Thomas, 6 years old, son
Of Fred Thomas of Ravine saved three
patients confined in the Pasteur in
stitute in Chicago from asphyxiation
Misses Lane and HinZie, Mrs Maye..
hoff all of Racine, who, with the boy,
are victim of the recent mad dog
scare, were asleep when little Theo-
dOre went to awaken the girls to have
them play with him and found the
room filled with gas. He shut off the
escaping fluid, opened all windows and
then aroused the two girls and the WO-
man asleep in the room. 1t required
considerable effort to awaken them.
At La Crosse, the $40, 900 popular
subscription fund for the purchase of
the site for the new 100000 hotel was
completed. Plans for the structure
| will be drawn at once.
At a meeting of the La Crosse hui
name society the Wisconsin Home
Finding association, with .headquar-
ters in Milwaukee, was attacked by
Poor Commissioner Bardick and the
rest of the society as very unsatis-