Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-15
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Ono man was Killed and TWO serious
ly injured bya Milwaukee train near
Merrill Park. Milwaukee.
A special election at Pewaukce gave
to E. Fl. Palm franchise to build an
electric plant. the vote being lao to
81.
Martin Tofson, farmer living a
few miles below Kilbourn on the rail
road track, was killed when on a rail.
road velocipede.
Officers are looking for Frank Cody
who is accused of having passed a
forged check on c.. F. Rainey, a re-
cent arrival in Black River Falls.
Peter Jearnthorn, a factory worker,
thirty-one years of age, is mysterious
ly missing from Kenosha. His rela-
tives fear that he has met with foul
play.
Gov. Davidson appointed Jacob
Truss as a member of the board Of
trustees of the Milwaukee hospital
for the chronic insane The term is
five years.
The libel case of M. F. Foley, can
didate for state senator against
Messrs. Hare and Wade, officers of
the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon league, has
been dropped.
DR.. E. H. Kreutzman of Lavalle was
accidentally killed while hunting. The
gun was standing against a tree when
it was knocked over by a dog, killing
the man and beast.
The one-year-old child of John
Rhodes of Barron was fatally burned
while the mother was temporarily alb
sent from the house. 1t is not known
how the child's clothing caught fire.
Two new rural routes are to be es-
tablished at Black River Falls. soon,
to be tri-weekly at present One will
run through the Indian settlement.
One man will have charge Of both
routes
Roy Peterson of La Crosse, semi
professional ball player, known
throughout the Northwest, was
crushed in an explosion near the City
of Mexico. He will live, but never
can play baseball again.
Judge D. S. Tullar of Waukesha has
made formal announ cement of his
candidacy for reelection as judge of
the municipal court for the eastern
district of Waukesha county. His pres
emf term exnires Nav
Supervisor William A. Mayher is
dead at Oshkosh from blood poison
ing and Charles E. Floyd of Tureka,
Winnebago county. is in a critical
condition from the same sickness,
which in both cases resulted from
insect bites.
In the circuit court at Ellsworth
Clarence Hurtgen of Olfvet was found
guilty of assault with intent to do
great bodily harm upon the person Of
Ray Clue, ten-year-old boy whom
Hurtgen had adopted.
Elmer Bowman, ten years old. went
skating on the DeIls pond at Eau
Claire and did not return home. His
father and neighbors searched ell
night. It is believed that the boy was
drowned, as the ice is very unsafe.
Daniel Mcmahon. a farmer Of Ma
pleton, shot and killed Thomas Con-
nor, a neighbor, while the latter was
in McMahons barpyard looking for
stray pig. The shooting is said to
be the result of a long-standing feud. |
John Kulek, seventy years of age,
the leader of the strikers at the Ken
osha poor farm, occupies a cell in the
Jail, charged with vagrancy.
Mayor German has ordered all of the
strikers jailed on vagrancy charges.
Charles Wightman, while hunting
near the Wakefield farm, about twelve
miles west of Florence, became lost
and after wandering about for several
days persisted from cold and hunger.
His dead body was found by Charles
Grissman of Florence.
Strangled by the kernel of q pea
nut. which lodged in it's throat where
could not reach it, the baby
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ulman OF
Superior died in Chicago hospital,
where it had been removed in the
hope of saving its life.
The Wisconsin Central has filed
A deed for twenty-one blocks, or about
acres of land, in the city
limits of Superior. The land is on the
light of way of the new road through
he city, and is supposed to be in
ended for shops or terminals, presu-
nably shops.
District Attorney Robert Verne Ba'
1er of Kenosha had a special notice
cad into the dockets of the justice
court, declaring that he would make
for perjury in all cases
where witnesses were found evading
questions. The order was made in
connection with the examination into
he character of houses of i'll repute
lbout the city. 1t is claimed that a
lumber of we'll known men will be
.alled as witnesses.
La Crosse singing societies have for
na1ly accepted the saengerfest Of the
Saengerbund, to be held