The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-09-28
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
hort Items'of'Interest From All Sec
tions of Wisconsin.


tions of Wisconsin.
The body of an unknown man kill
by a train near GAINESVILLE has been
Identified as Knute Sanderson, an in
ane man from Stoughton.
The movement to increase the sa-
oon licenses at Highland from 5000 to
800 was defeated at the special cleo
ion held on Tuesday, by six majority.
Employing printers at Green Bay
signed contract with the local typo
graphical union, providing for an
eight hour day, beginning Jan. /,
ext.
The sale of the Rockford Interurban
10 Cleveland capitalists is thought tc
mean at GAINESVILLE that syndicate is
being formed to combine all the
electric roads running into Chicago.
Invitations have been issued for the
wedding of Evelyn Wyatt, a leading
society lady of Fond du Lac, and
Jonathan Guy Lattimer of Chicago,
Oct. 5, at the home of the brides
parents.
The National Exchange and First
National banks of Milwaukee and the
FIRST National of Chicago have been
approved as reserve agents for the
First National bank of Rich1and
Eenter.
Holding thousands of pounds of
,eet sugar for cents, Capt. David
on, owner of the Rock county fac
DRY, is reported to have lost $4,000
recent slump from 6H cents to
"a cents.
The special election held in Racine
decide on the amount to be charged
or liquor licenses resulted in ver-
let for high license and in the future
he Racine saloon men will pay a
license of $500 year.
Mrs. Betty Lingensjo, aged 48 years,
committed suicide by jumping out of
he second story window of her farm
home near Oconto. She became men
ally deranged over the death of her
husband two years ago. Her neck
vas broken by the fall.
Mayor H. Wertheimer, of Water
.own, has issued a proclamation or
1ering all slot machines in the city
removed. The order is considered a
permanent one, and the police will
seize all machines of this kind found
within the city.
Henry Mcmillan, son of c. V. Nc
MILAN, a wealthy furniture manu-
facturer of Fond du Lac, will join a
party of twelve Cambridge, Mass,
Jourg men on trip around the
world. They will leave directly for
San Francisco, whence they will sail
for Honolulu.
Announcements will appear in the
trade journals on Monday that the
plant of the Fond du Lac Malt and
Grain company will be offered for
sale. The property is now owned by
the estate of the late John Reinig.
The plant and business is worth sew
eral hundred thousand dollars.
Though the names of the purchas-
ers of the Rockford-Janesville inter
urban are unknown, it is believed that
Farson, of Chicago, the nominal
buyer, is merely the purchasing agent
for the same clique that controls the
Ohio interurban roads. Prospects for
an extension to Madison are extremely
doubtful until spring.
The long drawn out fight between
the Edward Hines Lumber company
and Barker & Stewart has been settled
by the Edward Hines Lumber com
pany's purchasing the Barker 6
Stewart saw mill at Ashland, together
with all personal property belonging
to it. All difficulties including in
functions by both parties are settled
Roscoe Guilbert, Harold Hinrichs
and James Clancy, sons of prominent
Racine men, had a narrow escape
}om drowning in Lake Michigan
hen a sail boat in which they were
ut mile and half from shore cap
lied. Setting on the bottom of the
overturned craft they padded t.
shore after being in perilous posi-
ton for over five hours.
Two big hay stacks on the farm o
Griffith Ellis at Thompsonvi1le, nortl
of Racine, were set on FIRE and total,
destroyed Thursday night by younl
man who had some slight grievanc
against the owner. AS soon as al
alarm was given posse of farmer
,tarted in search of the fire bug, an,
at late hour believed they ha
captured him.