The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-11-18
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at Appleton closes on Sunday.
Rudolph Steiner, charged with de-
sertion, has been sentenced to the La
Crosse county jail for six months.
The Kenosha Land and Investment
company has been organized with
capital of $4,000 to deal in land in
Western Canada.
George Winscher, a sewing machine
agent, was struck by train at Wone-
voc and died Immediately. He lived
at Union Center.
Postmaster M. A. Lem Of Black
River Falls has gone with his family
to Alabama to spend the winter on
account of Mr.. LENS poor health.
F. G. Preston of Black River Falls
has resigned as undersheriff. and has
moved to Minneapolis, and Sheriff
Adams has appointed Fred Peterson in
his place.
e. J. Hatfield, a well known Ke-
nosha travelling man. was seriously
injured at Prescott, Ariz. He fell I'M
der a railway train and his right leg
was Dauly MduS16u.
George Burroughs Of Milwaukee has
had guild hall finished for st. Bar
tholonew church, Pewaukee, as me-
mortal to his daughter, Mrs. w S.
Clarkson of Milwaukee.
George Monroe and Samuel Jacob
son were arrested at La Crosse,
charged with forging two checks at
Mankato, MINI. They will be taken
back by officers from that city.
Stannie Swatloski, % years old, has
been arrested near Kpowlton on the
charge of having shot and killed his
father when the latter threatened the
prisoners life with large knife.
The Peoples State Bank of Hudson
has been organized with a capital
stock of $4,000. Officers elected are:
G. w. Bell, president; N. B. Bailey,
first vice president; C. N. Gorham,
cashier; A. G. Armstrong, assistant
cashier.
Charles Berger, accused of assault
ing and robbing Gilbert Olson OF
Franksville, was convicted at Racine
of assault and battery and sentenced
to jail for four months. William Flynn,
also arrested, proved an alibi and was
released.
Elmer Siegel is the name of O.
stranger who was found in Racine In
an unconscious condition. He was
taken to jail and physicians worked
over him for hours. They said he was
suffering from fits He thanked the
Lord for days sentence in jail.
The new Evangelical Lutheran
church was dedicated at Prescott by
the pastor, Rev. ]. Shadegg, assisted
by Rev. Gosewich of ST. Paul. Serv-
ices in the morning were conducted In
German, and in the afternoon In Eng
lish. Mrs. North of Minneapolis. the
pastors daughter, sang several solos.
A coffin containing the skeleton OF
an adult was found at Cable at
depth Of ten feet by Zacharai Taylor,
who is digging a we'll near his house.
The body was that of an Indian, as the
coffin contained a we'll preserved
blanket and a hunting knife. NO
vestige of clothing was found. After
an investigation the coffin was taken
to the village graveyard.
William Ely, a Chicago diamond rob-
Der recently sentenced to Joliet,
claimed to be a graduate of Beloit col
lege. A careful search Of the college
and preparatory school records show
that no one of such name ever grad
uated. There was an Ely in the pre-
paratory school for a short time whose
description tallies with that of the Chi
cago thief, and the story Of his being
a son of wealthy parents salso the
same as the former Beloit academy
student.
Dashing through flames which were
destroying his home, William Repfuss,
a meat dealer of La Crosse, saved his
aged mother, Mrs. Barbara Repfuss,
from being burned alive. Repfuss fell
fainting in a fireman's arms before
thousand spectators when he reached
the street. carrying his aged mother,
who was unconscious. The explosion
of a. gasoline stove in the awning fac
tory of A. Koblitz caused fire which
DESTROYED the factory, two residences
and damaged two adjoining store
buildings. The loss is $4,000.
Homer Earl Trainor and Andrew
Cunningham, members Of the Eddie
Foy gang of postoffice robbers who es-
capped from the La Crosse county jail
where they were confined for the bur-
glary of the postoffice at Stoddard,
Wis, and for whose delivery Turnkey
| C. M. Childers was found guilty, and
| sentenced to fifteen months in the
house Of correction have been located,
according to information received at
La Crosse. Trainor was arrested IN
Burlington, Wash, suspected OF being
implicated in the robbery of the post
Office at that place. He gave his name
as Fred GuilfOrd. Cunningham served
ten days in jail at Trenton, N. j.,
where he was arrested for being a sus-
picious character. The authorities at
| Trenton and Burlington have been tel
| egraphed to locate the two.
| Pete Rosa, who brutally murdered
Nick SHERMAN, "a Finlander, at the
Montreal mine last August, was found
| o1Ii1tv Of murder in the first degree in