Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
WITHIN OUR BORDERS.

141lN OOh bOhDEaS.
Gustav Helbig lies fatally injured at
his home near Crystal Lake as the re-
suit of 8 runaway accident.
The board of public works has ordered
the Northwestern TO lower its tracks at
the Mound avenue crossing in Racine.
George Wojciechowski. aged -, acct
dentally shot himself while hunting near
Stevens Point and died four hours later
The Arson cheese factory in Chippe-
wa Falls, including a carload of cheese
ready for shipment, was destroyed by
fire.
Fire damaged the Glen hotel on Bald
win street, in the east part of Madison,
to the amount of 5000. The loss is
covered
The Blaine high school in Superior has
received a scale from Germany capable
of weighing a lead pencil dot on a piece
of paper.
The entire country for six miles east
of Namekagon Lake is a solid mass of
burning timber. and the loss has already
exceeded 100000.
Two interurban cars were damaged at
the Kimberly station switch. The pas
Sengers were given a shaking up and some
were slightly bruised.
Mike Neuman, aged IS years, while
trying to jump on a freight train at
Cumberland, fell under the wheels and
had his right foot cut off.
Franklin Dickerman, aged 81. and an
old resident of East Troy, committed sui
eide Saturday evening at the home of
his son, Arthur Dickerman.
James Clark pleaded guilty at Sparta
to the robbery of the Warrens & Co. bank
at Warrens three weeks ago and was SEN
fenced to fifteen years at Waupun.
The Badger State Tanning Company
will erect a four-story solid brick building
SSx150, in Sheboygan, within a short
time, increasing business demanding this
new addition.
Prompt action on the part of students
of the Oshkosh normal school put out
an incipient blaze which had started in
the chemical laboratory. The damage
was about $50.
The burning out of a 1JO-foot bridge
two miles east of Gratiot delayed trains
nall d udy Until the IItSJIt "OTh COulu
be replaced. The fire was caused by
sparks from a locomotive.
Mrs. S. w. Rice aged 60, mother of
a large family, fell down stairs from
the second-story apartment, where she
was living in Rhinelander, and broke her
neck. Death resulted instantly.
Judge c. d. Rosa of Beloit leaves in
a short time for the Pacific coast as at
torney for the Wisconsin Home Mission
airy Society to look up bequest of the
Benjamin Healy estate for $4,000.
In the preliminary contest to pick the
debaters to represent Stevens Point in
the annual Oshkosh-Stevens Point nor
NAL junior debate Fred Somers was Civ
en- first place. John Wemberger second,
and Herbert Steiner third.
Walter Schubert of Sheboygan, employ
ed by the Milwaukee and Fox River Val
ley Railway Company at Elkhart Lake.
was instantly killed by a north-bound
freight train while standing OH the tracks
of the Milwaukee road near the depot.
Duncan D. Macmillan, former La
Crosse banker and lumberman, died at
Chicago, aged II years. He was the
organizer and first president of the State
Bank of La Crosse, and president of the
Black River Lumber Company for eigh-
teen years.
State Commissioner of Banking NJ. C.
Bergh issued charters to the State Bank
of Merrimac and the Almena State bank
Each is capitalized at $4,000. NJ. J.
Hindschi is president and E. J. Won
Berg cashier of the Merrimac institu-
ton and G. c.. Coe president and Henry
Peterson cashier of the Almena institu-
ton.
P. A. Gowdy of New York, arrested
at Minneapolis was placed in Jail in
Eau Claire The complaint had been
made by Olaf Lind, an Eau Claire bust
ness man, charging Gowdy with obtain
ing money under false pretenses. Gowdy
was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Bail
was fixed at $500, which perhaps will
be furnished.
A man named Ruggles, travelling for a
nursery company, left hotel at Butter
nut Sunday morning, clothed only in his
night clothes His body was found in q
swamp a few hours later, mile from
Butternut with a revolver lying beside
it and a bullet through the head. An
accident policy in favor of his son at
Welton, Ohio, was found in his room.
The city of Manitowoc may not I'M
dertake the $4,000 docking job which
has been proposed and may decide to keep
the channel open by frequent dredging.
There is little property that could be
taxed for benefits for the docking and
the bulk of $4,000 to $4,000 expense
would have to be borne by the city at
large. There is strong opposition to
the plan.
After their father and mother in a
drunken orgy had carried all the furni
ture out of their South Milwaukee home
and set fire to it in the back yard, &C
cording to William Zuerner, head of the
probation Office Clara, Martha and Anna
Kuchowski, 10, and 3 years, were left
homeless. They were sent to the home
for dependent children by Judge Neelen.
The father and mother were sent to the
house of correction.
Charging fraud and coercion, three sons
of Ehrgott Tingiss, deceased, of Center
vile, have raised a contest on the will
of their father which disposes Of an Sc
tate of $4,000. They name their brother,
Alvin Hingiss, and two sisters who are
benefciaries, as defendants. The will
states that the three contestants, AdOlph,
Fred and Ferd received money from the
father during his lifetime and the estate
is bequeathed to Alvin, another son, two
daughters and the children of a deceased
son.
Fred Strum, Jr.. created excitement
in Eau Claire when he kidnapped his g.
months-old babe from its mother. Nearly
200 people saw Strum run down the
street, followed by the frantic mother.
After a long chase the hiding place of
Strum was located and the child was
taken from him.
J. l. Scott, well-krown horseman of
Marinette, was killed by a fall from a
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