River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-10
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

Mr.. Gedney has been in business in
Onalaska, surburh of Lacrosse, for
ten years. He is man who carried
large sums of money on his person
and the theory that he was murdered
for his money is generally believed
here. 1t is supposed that he had been
robbed and thrown over bridge by
the highwaymen or that he accidental
ly fell from the bridge.
Madison.-Edwin C. Story, formerly
cashier of the Citizens State bank at
Belleville, who was arrested last
spring on complaint of Banking Com
missioner NJ G. Bergh, Thursday
pleaded guilty to classifying his bank
statements and was sentenced by
Judge Donovan to five years in Wau>
pun. Story made bad loans aggregat-
ing the sum of $4,000 in losses. He
managed to cover up the defalcation
for two years by false bank interests
and mortgages.
La Crosse-That she might save the
life of her brother, Miss Mary Rebhan
of Arcadia submitted to having four
large pieces of her skin grated on the
chest of Anton Rebhan at local hos
pital Anton was severely burned some
time ago and when his sister came to
visit him she was told that skin graft
ing alone would save the boy. She
willingly submitted to the operation
which has been pronounced success
full
Sheboygan.-Frank Vassilus, aged
16 years, was charged with Stabbing
Louis Van Der Bloom with a pocket
knife. While in half crazed condi-
ton Vassilus attempted to enter a
home in which Van Der Bloom was
visiting. Van Der Bloom raised his
arm to ward off the blow and received
the blade in his arm above the wrist,
severing an artery and infiicting
deep wound down to the bone.
Sheboygan.-With smallpox creeping
out to the rural districts from the city
of Manitowoc which has been having
an epidemic of the disease, DR.. H. c.
Reich, health officer of this city, again
sounds warning in Sheboygan, that
he wants the cooperation of every one
in this city in the endeavor to keep
the disease from also gaining a foot
hold here.
Madison.-The goods of the univer-
sity have decided to lend their assist
ance to the Wisconsin Anti-Tubercu-
losis society by selling the one-cent
stamps issued by the Red Cross So
ciety Each Christmas parcel sent by
the members of the self-government
association will bear one of the
stamps labeled Merry Christmas"
Chippewa Falls.-After searching
two weeks in the wilds of Ruch cOun-
ty, a party of hunters Thursday found
the corpse of Alfred Frank in an aban-
doned camp. There were no marks to
indicate a violent death and it is be-
lieved that he died from hunger and
exposure. Frank was lost while hunt
ing November 16.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. o. Knapp, Mil
waukee clubman, confessed that he
was the man wanted by the Chicago
police for the insult offered Miss Ger
trude Esau. DaZed by the disclosure
that one of his closest friends had in
formed the police that he was the man,
he broke down in his home.
Chicago.-John Barchardt, a farmer
of Watertown notified Capt OBrien
of the detective bureau Thursday that
he was robbed of wallet containing
1915 by pickpockets on West Madi-
son street car while returning to the
Of 1oti ut
enue from the stock show.
Madison-The state board of con-
troll on Wednesday let contract to
the firm of MacVeagh & Higgins of
Chicago for a years supply of canned
goods for the state charitable and
penal institutions. The contract car
ries $4,000 and the prices are slightly
lower than last year.
Racine-The Racine county board
of supervisors resumed it's annual ses'
sion. They got out the pruning knife
and went after the bills Of Sheriff
D. Elmer Roberts. The sheriff pre-
scented bills amounting to $528.22, for
services outside the state, and they
were cut to $7459.
Mathematics Clare Parsons,
stenographer in the office of State
Superintendent Cary became i'll while
working in the educational department
and later her ailment was diagnosed
as diphtheria. Diphtheria and typhoid
fever have been unusually prevalent in
Madison.
Oshkosh cablegram was re-
ceived from Col John Hicks, United
States minister to Chile, announcing
the safe arrival of his son, John Hicks,
Jr.. and wife and little son. The trip
occupied about 40 days. All are in
good health.
Madison-At a meeting of the
board of directors of the tobacco de-
partment of the Wisconsin Society of
Equity, it was found that $4,000 of
the tobacco had been sold so far this
year.
au.-Superintendent of Schools
S. B. Tobey and Prof. G. c. Parlin
have signed and issued a circular let
ter to the people of the state, urging
general action against the Ainsworth
law which comes up again in the leg
islature next winter.
Oshkosh.-The general committee of
the r. H. Halsey memorial, at its last
meeting, decided to establish a perma-
nent board of trustees to take charge
of tho fund