River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-10-29
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

/ in the woods near mere. Shaw was
unable to walk home and lay for sew
eral hours writhing in pain until found
nv relatives. John Green, a 15-year-
old boy, while hunting near Boyd, was
accidentally shot in the neck with a
32-caliber rifle He cannot explain
how the accident occurred.
Grand Rapids.-Henry Podawitz,
Earl Helms, Leo Game and Fran
els Sell. boys under Is years of age,
have been arrested charged with set
ting fire to the plants of the Pioneer
| Wood Company and the Grand Rapids
Foundry Company, and to E. Roenius'
barn. They are also being held for
the robbery of the D. M. Huntington
| hardware store.
Manitowoc.-Jacob Shimek saved
himself from probable death by
a leap backward when his wagon was
| smashed and his horse killed by a
Northwestern freight near the city
limits. Shimek lives at Kellnersville.
His loss is $3.50. The heavy smoke
from forest and marsh fires made it
difficult for him to see the approach
ing train.
Ashland. - A man named Rug
giles. travelling for nursery com
pany. left a hotel at Butternut, clothed
only in his nightclothes. His body was
found in a swamp few hours later,
a mile from Butternut, with a revolver
lying beside it and bullet through
the head An accident policy in favor
of his son at Welton, O., was found in
his room.
Madison. = DR.. John Till, the
4ster-on-the-back specialist of Somer.
Set, won a tentative victory here
when the supreme court refused to
grant a writ of mandamus in the ac-
ton brought by Attorney A. G. UNI
brett, representing the state medical
board, against E. w. Helm, clerk of
the circuit court of st. Croix county.
Baraboo.-Maj Charles Williams,
q pioneer of Wisconsin and one
Of the first settlers of Milwaukee, died
here. aged 80 years. While resident
of the Cream city President Taylor ap-
pointed him receiver of the United
States land office. He also served as
alderman and as treasurer of the Mil
waukee & Prairie du Chen railroad.
Oshkosh.-While shooting ducks
in the Lake Butte des Morris
marshes, west of this city, Wallace
Lawrence, 20 years of age and unmar-
ried, accidentally shot himself and
died few minutes later. He literally
bled to death, one of the main arteries
being severed. The body was brought
to Oshkosh.
Waukesha - Miss Mabel Smart
died in her home in Mukwona
go of typhoid fever after an illness of
two weeks. She contracted the dis
ease while caring for patient in
Waukegan Miss Smart was gradu
ated from Trinity hospital training
school, Milwaukee, with the class OF
1908.
Chippewa Falls. = Gustav Helbig
was fatally injured at his home
near Crystal Lake as the result of a
runaway accident. His horses became
frightened by an automobile and Mr..
Helbig in trying to hold them by the
bits was trampled upon and the wagon
passed over him.
Neenah.-A freight car on the
Milwaukee road was robbed be-
tween this city and Milwaukee on
Monday and silverware, whisky and
other merchandise consigned to deal
ers in this city, Menasha and Apple
ton, valued at about $500, was taken.
Superior. - The explosion of a
steam pipe in the boiler room at the
Hotel Superior caused panic among
the guests and wrecked the light
plant. Archie Bloodsworth, engineer,
and Charles Holstrum, fireman, were
both injured in the accident
Rhinelander. = Ray Givney, the
13-year-old son of Thomas Givney,
travelling salesman, is dead as the re-
suit of hunting accident. The lads
head was almost entirely blown away,
presumably by a charge of shot
Wausau.-The badly decomposed
remains of A. Wiscocki were
found in the Wisconsin river at Bro
kaw by employees of the Wausau Pa
per Mills Company. He had been
missing since September p.
Chippewa FallS.-Wllllam Brown
was accidentally killed by Gray
Cheaver while hunting. Brown was
mistaken by Cheaver for a bear.
Cheaver tried to commit suicide after
the shooting.
Beloit.-Judge G. D. Rosa leaves
in a short time for the Pacific
coast as attorney for the Wisconsin
Home Missionary society to look up
bequest of the Benjamin Healy estate
for $4,000.
Cumberland.-Mike Neuman, aged
IS years, while trying to jump
on a freight train here, fell I'M
der the wheels and had his right foot
cut off,
/ Neenah.- Representative of Chica-
go ice dealers are offering high prices
for local stocks of ice.
Wausau.-While hunting partridge
John Digman of the town of
Hewitt was shot and killed by John
Dietl. There were several hunters in
the party and all had fired at covey
of partridge when Digman stepped
ahead of the others directly in range
of Dietls gun. The wounded man
! lived three hours.