Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-02


During the storm a portion of the
wall of the new Edward Balm school
building at Kenosha was blown down
Charles H. Gonnermann, Jr., of Ke-
nosha was a messenger on the Union
Pacific train wrecked at Champion,
Cal. He escaped without serious in
jury.
According to a new city directory is
sued by George R. Angel, Madison has
a population of 25,690. The state cen
sus last year gave the city's population
as 24,301.
Mrs. Mary Hunt celebrated her
Tooth birthday at Beloit recently. She
has every promise OF living yet several
years. She still carries an a cores
oondence with old friends.
Republicans have practically decided
TO place Alexander J. Horlick in NOM
nation for mayor of Racine. Mr.. Hor-
lick is a son of William Horlick, own
er of the food factory there.
The Racine Lead and Zinc company
has been organized by twenty wealthy
men of Racine The capital stock
will be $4,000. The promo
ters bought lands in Grant county.
The deal between Ringing Brothers
Of Baraboo and the Hagenbeck circus
nas been definitely declared off, and
the Ringlings have relinquished their
option on the controlling interest OF
he Hagenbeck show
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Frank Miller, twenty-five years old,
residing on Reed street, Milwaukee,
employed as a brakeman on the Chica-
go & Northwestern railway, was
caught between two freight cars at
Ives and fatally crushed
Louis Barry died suddenly while out
in the woods assisting in making sur
vey, heart disease being the cause. He
was about sixty years old and for
thirteen years had been employed as
Waterman at the Sturgeon bay canal.
The new $4,000 st. Sebastian church
just completed at Corliss was dedlca-
ted on Sunday with appropriate cere-
monies by Archbishop Messmer, as
sisted by the Rev Father Dela and
other priests. The edifice is of wood
and will seat 200 people. The congre'
cation now numbers 100.
A wreck occurred on the Hines
logging road five miles west of Hines
station. An engine and three loads
of logs went through an open switch
and down a fifteen-foot embankment.
The engineer and fireman escaped I'M
injured, but a brakeman was seriously
scalded.
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The corOners inquest in the case OF
the three victims Of the wreck on the
Milwaukee at Wyocena, in which two
women and a man were killed, placed
the entire responsibility upon the rail
road company for the accident, alleging
that Engineer Men was careless, and
that the crossing was improperly
maintained.
DR.. J. H. Mcneil, one of the oldest
physicians in Fond du Lac, was stTlck-
en- with brain hemorrhage when re-
turning from a visit to country pa
tents. His horse was caught on the
street by a liveryman and taken to
barn. when he found the driver had
fallen fallen in the buggy and was
unconscious.
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Members of the associated charities
have started a movement to have the
name of the Racine county poor house
changed to that of the Old Folks,
home. 1t is said that poor and de-
Dendent persons have a horror of the
name poor house and refuse to go
there, while the name Old Folks
home would remove this revuls1on.
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The annual report of money order
business at Racine postoftice for the
year 1906 shows a large gain over
1905. The total of money orders is
sued was $333,936, gain of $97, 1928
over 1905 There was paid during the
year $286,213.50, against $23O,596.39
last year. On the foreign orders there
was about 100000, and the largest
amount was sent out by Italians.
Dora Barten, domestic, was badly
burned while working in the kitchen
of the residence of J. P. McDermott OF
Fond du Lac, and her injuries may
prove fatal. Her dress caught ire
from the stove. Mrs. McDermott
hustled her out of doors and rolled her
in the snow until the flames were sub
dued. She was taken to hospital IN
a serious condition.
Adjt. Gen. Boardman has issued or
1ers announcing that the commanding
officers of the battaliOns OF the WIS
consin National Guard visit the differ
ent companies of their commands dur
;,g tha first or second week of March,