Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-10-11
All Over the State.

The -four mill of Kenop & Schleis at
Fish Mills has been destroyed by fire. The
loss is $4,000.
The postoffice at Chiffon was entered
and the safe was blown, but nothing of
value was secured.
Mrs. Frieda Hermann, "a years old
Of the town of Somers, fell from fence
and died two hours later.
The body of John Kraus. an old sol
der, was found in the woods near Rock
field. The man had died from exposure
| and hunger.
Miss Louise Liebl, aged &c years, is
dead of lOckjtw at Sheboygan. Her i'll
ness was caused by a set Of false teeth
| blood poisoning setting in.
Joseph Buchan of Theresa. a freshman
| at the State University in Madison, held
off crowd of sophomores with pistol
and knife and escaped hazing.
Julia WinsIow. living near War
rem, committed suicide by saturating her
clothes with kerosene and setting fire to
| them. She was the last of six sisters. all
of whom committed suicide. She was 40
years old.
| In a battle between gangs Of boys from
North and South La Crosse for the pcs
session of fishing grounds on the La
Crosse River, Frank Schaefew, aged 10
years, was shot in the head and probably
fatally injured.
Henry Kelley Of Montfort. while fish
| ing in Lake Monona. found a pocketbook
containing a certificate of deposit for
e 0Dn on, he Ar,orica,, J,,.,,.aroo p,,I-
| of West Superior and a draft on a Sc
attic bank of $3.50 floating in the water
Mr.. Kelley has advertised the find and
! refuses TO disclose the identity of the
depositor. SO far as known there has
been no accident or suicide OF the lake.
The police are investigating.
Four men were buried under tons of
wreckage by lie collapse of the roof of a
! steel ore trestie at the plant of the Illinois
| Steel Company at Milwaukee. One OF
| the men was crushed to death.
| The malt house at Waterloo. belonging
to the Badger State Malt and Grain Com
pany of Chicago was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated between $4,000 and
100000, partly covered by insurance
4 spanking administered by his father
in court. was the sentence pronounced by
| Justice Blewett of Fond du Lac on Guy
| Higgins. ) years old. who stoned a street
| car. His mother approved the sentence.
| The Attorney General of Wisconsin
rendered an opinion at Madison that if a
/ head of a Stare department discharges an
| employe who is under civil service and
| files with the commission just reason for
| his act the commission cannot reinstatt
/ the emplOye.
Jens Jensen, a former jeweler of Ra-
| cine. !ost his life in fire at Monroe, Ala
| but whether it was an accident or if he
was murdered is not known Mr. Jensen
! went to Alabama three years ago. On
! the night of Sept. 3 his house burned and
| in the ruins We're found his bones. 4
| letter from the coroner states that Jensen
! left property worth about $4,000. He
/ is looking for the heirs.
! The body of Henry r. Foster, who com
/ misted suicide north of KenOsha WIS dis
/ inferred in the potter's field and identi-
| fed as that of Harry r. Foster. an expert
accountant of Chicago. Foster disap
+ peared several weeks ago. The body VII
{, be taken TO Waukegau for interment.
Fred krainik of ManitowOc, who en-
| listed in the navy four years ago, will
/ serve two years more because of a pro
motion given him as chief engineer of a
| fleet. krainik has been transferred TO
| China and viii superinrend the work in
/ establishing government ship yard and
dock, a part of which win be the large
floating dock Dewey. which was recently
] taken across the Pacific