The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-06-23
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early pioneers of ManitowOc, is dead.
Manitowoc will entertain 1000 en-
ployes of the Wisconsin Central Rail-
road company of the state in July.
From the effects of swallowing a
peachstone William Lempke, aged 50
years, died at a La Crosse hospital.
Martin M. Sweet, Republican, was
eelcted mayor of Washburn at spe-
cial eelction held last week over Elmer
e. Kenfield, by a majority Of 20S.
At the annual school meeting at
Shell Lake Charles r. Sharer was
elected president, H. M. Laurson, vice
president and L. H. Mead secretary.
Jumping from high trestle near
Barksdale in order to avoid being run
down by a train, John Scanlon, sixty
years old, received injuries which
caused his death.
In the circuit court at Black River
Falls the jury returned a verdict OF
not guilty against G. A. Franks,
charged with attempting to murder
the Iverson brothers last fall.
Fire Chief William Kennedy of
Green Bay was suspended by the city
commissioners on the charge of &C
cepting a bride from Charles Johnson
in the purchase of fire appliances.
Ernest B. Smith, son of Attorney j.
B.. Smith of Madison, has been ap-
pointed American vice consul general
at Yokohama, Japan. He was gradu-
ated from the University of Wiscon-
sin in 1897.
State Commissioner of Banking M.
c. Bergh has approved an amendment
to the articles of incorporation of the
State Bank of Eagle, Waukesha coun-
ty, increasing it's capital from $4,000
to $4,000.
A one-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Hansen of Racine accidental
ly swallowed a small sized iron jack
while playing. Physicians fear that
it will eventually result in the death
of the infant.
Two young men of Baraboo, while
scufiing. fell into Mrs. c. Robinson's
show window, and Harold Hull was
seriously cut. Mrs. G. T. Robinson, the
owner. was summoned, and at the sight
of blood fell dead.
Sheriff Emmett of Racine, with an
automobile, raced around the country
towns looking for blind pigs" said to
be in operation. He had with him dep
uties and others. So far as known
none was discovered.
Arthur G. Reinke, who was charged
with embezzling $4,000 from the Mar
shall & Isley bank of Milwaukee, plead
ed guilty in the criminal court and
was sentenced to five years at the
Green Bay reformatory.
The Wisconsin State Veterinarians
association will hold it's annual con-
vention in La Crosse July and 6.
The program is in charge of DR.. B. F.
Holmes of this city and DR.. S. Beattie
of Madison. About 100 delegates are
expected.
The N. C. Foster company of Fair
child has sold to the Mondovi Lumber
company all it's yards on this branch
of the Omaha, including those at Mon
dow, Eleva, Strum, Osseo and Fair
child. The deal is said to involve
100000.
The first educators to be awarded
pensions from the $10,000,000 Carnegie
fund are two members of the faculty
of Ripon college, DR.. E. Fl. Merrill,
former president, and Prof. c. H.
Chandler of the department of mathe-
mates.
Group 2 of the Wisconsin Bankers
association elected the following Off
GERS at Prairie du Chen: President
vice president, Louis B. Ruka, Bosco-
bel; secretary treasurer, G. r. Thomp-
son, Richland Center.
James Mullady, fisherman of Prai-
RE du Chen, found II 3-8 grain pearl.
The gem was bought by John Pea
cock, who paid the highest price on
record to fisherman, being $50 a
grain, or four times the base rate. 1t
is about the size Of pea, perfectly
round, and has beautiful pink tinge.
At the opera house in Washburn re-
Gently was held one of the most sue
cessful and enthusiastic celebrations
in the history of the place. when the
Sons of Norway commemorated the
momentous event of 1905, when Nor
way completed it's independence by
breaking away from Sweden.
The second census bulletin, showing
a compiled statement of the nativity
statistics of Wisconsin, has been COM
pleted. The bulletin shows total ma
tive-born population of 1,724,O07 and
a foreign-born population of 504,942,
an increase of 1S1.801 in the former
and a decrease of 11,029 in the latter
schedule. 1t also shows that of the ma
tive-born population 1,485, 159 are ma
tives OF Wisconsin and 238,848 are ma
tiyes of other states, an increase in
the first instance of 1S8,667 and a de-
crease in the second instance of 1920,
as compared with the 1900 statistics