Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-04
WEALTHY RACINE RESIDENTS
FIGHT FOR PROPERTY.
MAYOR BORN'S SERENITY
Viroqua Man Suicides - Attempt
to Avoid Grain Taxation at
Superior - Bandits Raid at la
Crosse - Snowbank Saves Two
Lives-Other State News.

Racine, Wis, Dec. 30.-Charles ".
Lamberton, a wealthy resident of Ra-
cine county, whose wife was granted
divorce from him Feb. 10, 1899, and
who was given the use OF valuable
farm in the town of Caledonia for a
term of five years, yesterday, through
his attorneys, Pereles & Sons of Mil
waukee, filed an answer to the order
to show cause why this property
should not remain in mis- wife's charge.
In her petition, Mrs. LamberJOn
claimed that he was addicted to the
use of liquor and would not care for
| the farm as it should be cared for and
he denies that he has used inJOxicat-
| ing liquors since the divorce was
granted, and that she is attempting to
obtain possession of all his property
and income by false statements. The
farm is worth about $4,000 and he
claims that she is also seeking to Sc
cure his income from an estate
amounting to $4,000, left to him by
his father.
1t is alleged hat the farm is in a
poor condition. because of not being
properly attended to, and that because
of poor management many bills have
Eeen incurred for which the defendant
| is not responsible. He also charges
his wife with having another estate,
amounting to $4,000 and that she has
received from him in the past eighteen
years over $4,000. The parties are
among the most prominent in the
county and the present action has
caused somewhat of a sensation on
this account.
Sheboyean Mayor Serene.
Sheboygan-Mayor Born seems TO
be little concerned about the three
charges filed against his official con-
duct, by the state central committee of
the Socialist party, and says he viii
take no especial pains to justify himself,
least of all will he go to Milwaukee
for the purpose of obtaining vindica-
ton If the committee desires to look
into his record and gcC his reasons for
acting as he has done in the past, il
viii have to come to ShebOygan. The
charges. Mr.. Born AYERS, are instigat-
ed by Robert Saltiel. editor of the 81
Cialist organ. in retaliation of charges
against the editors moral character
preferred by the mayor, and which, il
is said. have divided the party.
The charge that as a board of review
member, the mayor favored a reduc,
ton of the assessment of the City
water committee, he meets with the
statement, that even as reduced, the
valuation for assessment purposes is
higher than the city is ready to pay
the company for the plant under pur
chase contract.
Viroqua Suicide.
Viroqua-Astrum ]. Kollock, a Nor.
wegian unmarried man, committed
suicide at his home near Coon valley
on Sunday afternoon by shooting him
self in the mouth with a rifle. He had
saturated the floors of his house with
kerosene and set the building on fire,
but the flames were extinguished by
neighbors. Kollock had once been an
inmate of the insane asylum.
Fight Grain Tax.
Superior-The grain interests are
making good their threat to retaliate
on the city of Superior TO its attempt
to tax grain found in elevators here on
May /. Only one or two of the big
grain houses here now have anything
in them and everything is being put
in such shape that all that is here when
navigation opens can quickly be ship
ped out. This is having a bad effect
in that it is laying off quite a number
of men. Usually there is considerable
grain stored here over winter and in
surance men and elevator employees
benefit therefrom. The grain is some
of it cleaned and it is necessary to
keep men ready to change it from bin
to bin to prevent damage from heating.
Bandits Raid Hotel.
La Crosse-A bandit held up the
night clerk at Hotel Law and is still
at large. 1t is thought that he is the
same outlaw who a few nights ago
pounded a farmer into insensibility
and robbed him. He covered the
night clerk at the Law with a revol-
yer and compelled him to open the
safe. Luckily, most of the hotel
money was in another place and only
$50 was secured.
Snowbank Saves TWO.
Athens-On returning home. a Rus
sian family r2siding mile west OF
here had a ia laway. The sleigh was
dasehd agar the side of a bridge and
the woman I'd child We're tF-0U0
over the en- nkment, getting a fel o!
about forty let, but the woman CIV
was slightly injured The child was
unhurt. A large snowbank broke the
fall.
Cis-~Ver Tax Vein.
Platteville-One r. he greatest
strikes ever ma - this district oc-