Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
All Over the State.


by an ore train near Waucedah and killed
instantly.
The farmers creamery in the town of
Bristol, in Kenosha county, was destroyed
by fire. The loss will be $1,000, partially
covered.
The corner stone of the Winnebago
county agricultural and manual training
school, being built at Winneconne, was
laid the other day.
William Helke. one of the oldest set
tiers in the county, died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. William Glebke, in the
town of Grand Rapids.
A jury in the Circuit Court in Racine
awarded Edward Stellberg $4,000 dam
ages in his suit for $4,000 for personal
injuries brought against the American
Seating Company, and an appeal will be
taken.
Jennie Rehle, 10 years old, was carried
into the woods near Stratford and stran-
gled to death. Two men who gave their
names as James Mackey of Chicago ard
Irvie Bartlett of Nashville Tenn, have
been arrested on suspicion.
Miss Laura La Chappelle of Pewaukee
and Henry A. Apps of Chicago were mar
ried at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Cairncroff. Newman Neil of Chi
cago was best man and the maid of honor
was Miss Edna Phillips of Chicago.
Factory plants of Manitowoc will grant
employees a half holiday on Saturday, an
agreement having been signed by a large
majority of the manufacturers of the city
to close on Saturday afternoon. More
than 5000 laboring men are affected by
the new order of things and they will
lose nothing from their pay.
Three boys were drowned in the APP
pie river, near Somerset They were
two sons of Joseph German, aged II and
IA years, and boy named Randean, 13
years old. The elder German was swim
ming in the fowage of the big power
dam and was being carried down by the
current. The two boys went to his res
cue, but all persisted.
Burglars broke into the homes of Col
T. A. Copeland and L. G. Wheeler in La
Crosse. At the Copeland home the burg
lars were unable to open a lock which led
to the dining room, where the silver was
kept. At the Wheeler residence they col
lected several sets of valuable silver on
the dining room table, but were disturbed
and escaped, getting no booty at either
place.
Gov. Davidson has appointed Judge
Ray S. Reid of La Crosse as water COM
missioner for a term of three years end
ing July l, 1910. The salary is $4,000.
1t is new law just passed by the Legis-
lature. He is to investigate the methods
of utility transportation upon the Missis-
sippi river and tributaries in Wisconsin,
IS object being to lay the matter more
torcibly before Congress.
Miss Alma Peterson. attired in overalls
and with her hair closedly cut and with
her clothes in a -four sack swung over
her shoulder, applied for work in the lum-
Der camp of Peter Berg at Flathorn
Junction, and, being recognized as a girl,
was taken to the home of George Harter,
owner, where she declared she wanted to
work alongside of her sweetheart, Adolph
Knuteson, as she could not live away
from him. Knuteson proposed at once
and the wedding will take place soon.
The Milwaukee school board bill has
been signed by Gov. Davidson and has
gone into effect. The law provides for
board of fifteen members to be elected at
large, the first board to be appointed I'M
less a special election shall be ordered
by a majority vote of the Common Coun-
Gil. The bill providing that no railroad
or electric line shall parallel another with
out first securing a certificate of necessity
from the railroad commission was also
signed by the Governor and has gone
into effect.
With lights turned up, in full view
of the street and two pedestrians watch
ing him, with a woman whose room he
had just searched shouting for aid from
an upper window, burglar completed his
work of looting the Cross boarding house
in Janesville, stepped through a conven-
lent window and walking by the two as
tonshed citizens, disappeared in the
night. He was caught a few hours later
and gave his name as Joseph Graham,
residence Milwaukee. Graham is a slight
built man with a limp.
Architects plans have been adopted
for the new Masonic Temple to be built
in Marinette at a cost of about $4,000,
of bricI and stone. The construction is
to be let to the lowest bidder. The build
ing is two stories in height and is so
feet frontage, with a depth of 80 feet.
The height is ~ feet. The first floor is
to be occupied by three stores and the
second floor entirely devoted to lodge pur-
poses. The Blue lodge, Royal Arch chap
ter, knights Templar and the Eastern
Star lodges will have their quarters in
this building.
The dry goods store of L. Coren, one of
the largest in La Crosse, was badly dam
aged by fire. The damage is believed to
be $4,000 and is we'll protected by insur-
ance.
The Northwestern road depot was prac-
tically destroyed by fire at Clinton juno
ton. which followed the explosion of an
oil tank. All books and records were
saved.
Charles Swan, aged %, an extra brake
man on the c.. NJ. & st. Paul road was
drowned in the Rock river at GAINESVILLE
while swimming. The body has not been
recovered.
The body of Sanborn D. Cook. young
man who had been missing four days, was
found in Rock river at Beloit. He was to
have been married that day.
Gov. Davidson vetoed bill passed by
the Legislature regulating the issue of
bonds and stocks by corporations, holding
that it permits railroads organized from
insolvent companies to issue new stocks
and bonds in any manner they see fit.
Rev T. A. Havighorst of Lincoln, ILL.,,
who for eight years held the chair OF
history at Lawrence university and re-
signed three Years ago because Of poor
health. has recovered and has accepted a
call TO his former position at Lawrence.
Marooned between GAINESVILLE and
Beloit with big touring car on their
hands and a party of six girls, Max and
Don Jeffris, nephews of NJ. @. Jeffris of
GAINESVILLE, spent the night until daylight
unable to secure any aid from the neigh
boring farm houses. whose occupants were
suspicious of their appeals for help.
Meanwhile parents of the young girls