River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-17
STATE NEWS

| ter fight between the city ana kas
consumers, the wisconsin rate com
mission Wednesday rendered a decis-
ion covering the entire state. Tho
commission SAYS! "The city of Hud-
son has on RIGHT to compel a consumer
to purchase or rent any kind of meter,
much less a particular type of meter"
The commission stated that the oity
must furnish meters and must desist
from charging different rates for con-
sumers who 6Wn meters and those
who do not. Hereafter the city must
provide all meters and discontinue
meter rates.
| Waukesha.+Mr Emma Jane Har-
ris, aged So years, widow of the late
Alexander Harris, who was murdered
by Alexander Pouch at his home in the
town of Waukesha, IL years ago, and
herself a survivor of the murderer's
bullets, died at the home of relatives
in the town of Muskego. The funeral
was held Wednesday. On May z, 1897,
William Pouch. farm hand at the
Harris farm. shot and killed his en-
ployer, Alexander Harris, and subse-
quently shot Mrs. Harris, Nelson
| Mackold, the hired man, and Helen
Vesback, who resided at the Harris
farm.
Madison.-On account @ the pur-
chase of the Madison and Beloit indie
pendent telephone exchanges by the
Wisconsin Telephone Company, sub
sidiary corporation to the American
| Bell Telephone e. Telegraph Com
pany, Independent interests petitioned
| Attorney General Gilbert to begin ac-
ton to revoke the charter of the Wis
consin company on the ground that it
is operating in restraint of trade.
| Madison.-The test case of the state
| Of Wisconsin against the Columbia Ma
tional Life Insurance Company of Bos-
ton, which will decide as to the valid
ity of the insurance laws enacted at
the last session of the legislature and
determine whether or not the % COM
| panies that withdrew from the state
can be compelled to file reports, will
| be heard in Dane county circuit court
during the holiday recess.
/
Ripon college has announced the re-
ceipt of a gift of $4,000 from the estate
of Sumner T. Mcknight of Minneapo-
lis, MINI. The money is to be used
for improvements. A gift of $1,000
was also received from Chicago
friends. A $1,000 grand concert piano
was also given the conservatory OF
music by an anonymous Chicago
| friend.
Madison.-Chief Justice ]. B. Wins
low was elected president of the Mad
| ison Mems club, which is a new organ
ization to take the place of the old
Six o'clock club. Secretary John M.
| Winterbotham of the state railroad
commission was elected vice-presi-
| dent, Prof F. G.. Sharp of the state
university secretary and Attorney
Charles F. Lamb treasurer.
| New Richmond.-Thomas w. Scott,
one of the oldest railway mail clerks
him through this city from st Paul
| to Duluth over the Omaha for gears,
has pleaded guilty to a charge of en-
| bezzlement and has been sentenced to
serve Is years in the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth.
| Oshkosh.-Insanity caused by cpl
| lepsy, a hereditary trait, and aggfa.
waited by an accident, the whole Gull
| minating in "brainstorm," caused by
the confession of his wife that she had
| been unfaithful to him, formed the
basis of the defense in the trial of Dell
Oborn, charged with the shooting of
Louis Toboltz.
Racine.-Two suits are to be com
menced against Racine county, one by
| the president of the police commission
and the other by Sheriff d. E. Roberts.
| The police commission presented a
| bill to the county for 5000, requesting
that the amount, being fees of police
| men in state cases be turned over to
| the pension fund.
| Green Bay.-Three railroad damage
suits are on the circuit court calendar
this month. They are: Della Hedberg,
Adam Pleckinger and Joseph Pariseau,
| all against the Milwaukee road. The
| case of Mrs. Hedberg asks $4,000 for
| the death of her husband, who was
killed by logs rolling from fiat car.
Peshtigo.-Thomas Dory had well
come surprise when he lifted net
which had been placed in the water
simply to catch fish for his own use.
The net was filled to the top with bull
heads. Six barrels of fish had to be
taken out with dip nets before the net
could be lifted.
misunderstanding over the alb
sence of her husband, who disappeared
suddenly from his home in this city
five years ago, caused the death OF
Mrs Oswald Linsdau here. Nothing
was heard of Mr.. Linsdau since the
time of his disappearance.
Whitewater-The success or the
farmers institute held here last March
has resulted in bringing two Institutes
to Walworth county this winter. One
will be held at East Troy on January
21 and %, and the other at Millard on
March and 5.
Madison.-Three members of the
University of Wisconsin law faculty
Profs H. s. Richards. Howard L.
Smith and E. A. Gilmore are on the
editorial board of the American case
book series, legal text book library
Madison.-In observance of the ter
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