Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-06-20
State News in Brief.

brate the Fourth of July with a repeti-
ton of the famous Nonsuch Bros. mock
circus parade.
Lawrence university's semi-centennial
is marked by the graduation of fifty stu
dents, the largest class in it's history.
DR.. William Quayle of Chicago was the
orator.
The Kenosha civic federation has be-
gun determined war against Sunday sa-
looms and asked Attorney General Gilbert
TO aid in the fight by giving a written
opinion in regard to Sunday closing.
The final decree in the Schandein will
case was entered in Milwaukee. the ac-
counts of Jacob Heyl were approved and
all property not specifically disposed of
in the will is to be handed over to Mrs.
Heyl.
August Beutel. % years of age. was
drowned in the ShebOygan river through
the sinking of a gasoline launch. Beutel,
with six others. was in the launch, which
sank from overlooking. The others reach
ed shore.
Chester Bliss, a 13-year-old Sheboygan
lad, was fatally gored by bull while at
tempting to drive the animal from field.
Eb, a 15-year-old brother, was painfully
injured by the bull while trying to save
his brother from the mad onrushes Of
the animal.
Plans have been accepted by the Man
itowoc opera house management for the
complete remodeling of the place into
modern playhouse. with accommodations
for the largest companies on the road.
Work on the project, to cost $1,000, will
be started at once.
An involuntary petition was filed in
Milwaukee against the Smith, Thorndike
& Brown Company, wholesale grocers,
and the Wisconsin Trust Company was
appointed receiver. 1t is said the liabili-
ties are $4,000 and the assets from
$4,000 to $1,000.
John E. Eeating, a member of the
Kenosha police commission and one of
the best known politicians of the city,
slipped into the Circuit Court and plead
ed guilty to charge of leasing a build
ing for a gambling room. Heating was
fined S1O0 and costs.
The Wisconsin great tent of the
Knights of the Maccabees elected officers
in La Crosse after a stormy session.
John W. Brown of Stevens Point was re-
elected great commander. NJ. Bruce of
Milwaukee was elected great record keep
er. and NJ. Hirspheimer of La Crosse
great vice commander. The next meeting
will be held at Waupaca in 1910.
William Esch, Chicago physician and
president of the Esch Brothers and Rabe
Ice Company, was arrested at Twin
Lakes in Kenosha county by Deputy
Game Warden Kleist on charge Of fish
ing with a gill net. DR.. Esch resides at
1920 Emerald avenue, and had been on
his annual fishing and outing trip. He
gave bonds of 800 to insure his appear
ance in court.
A saloonkeeper who is acting in good
faith is not responsible if his bartender
sells to minors during the absence of tho
proprietor provided the employee has been
instructed not TO. Such is part of the
written decision handed down by Judge
John Goodand of Appleton in a manda
mus case in which the Wisconsin Anti
Saloon League is trying to compel the
City Council to revoke license
F. c. Cook, one OF the oldest jewelers.
of the State, died suddenly in GAINESVILLE,
of paralysis of the heart, brought about
by an automobile accident when the ma
chine knocked him down. injuring him
severely 1t is thought the shock to his
system FASTENED his demise
The States campaign against timber
thieves in northern Wisconsin resulted in
the arrest of August Anderson, logging
contractor of Superior, who is accused
of cutting 10000 feet of cedar from
State land. 1t is claimed that millions
of feet of timber have been cut unlaw
fully.
Joseph Pyavaset, ST.. an old soldier,
- years of age and the husband of the
19-year-old daughter of Mitchell Shana-
Messy, was arrested and bound over for
trial on the charge of murder at Sha-
wano Mitchell Shananossy was stabbed
in the heart on June 7, and was found
dead by the roadside.
Henry Herman, 100000 absconder
who disappeared four years ago after de-
frauding scores of people through the
agency of valueless mortgages and raised
notes, wants to come back to Milwaukee.
He is said to be Negotiating for immunity
through one of his bondsmen, and prom
ises TO repay those he defrauded.
The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance OF George y. Fay, a wealthy Ke-
nosha hardware dealer. who has been
missing since last January, has been soly-
ed. 1t is learned that Fay is living in
small village in Canada. 1t is alleged
that Fay is well supplied with money
and that he is prepared to fight extradi-
ton. should the district attorneASeek to
bring him back to Kenosha ofl1harges
of abandoning his family.
In kenosha Judge Parish decided that
the Dupont Powder Company need not
remove its storage plant from Pleasant
Prairie Several residents of that village
recently brought suit OF account Of ire
quent explosions.