River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-12-24
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tation Company was reached Wednes-
day after conference in Judge Turn
ers courtroom All of the property
with the exception of the steamer
Pere Marquette No. 5, will be pur-
chased by E. w. Seymour of the
Northern Michigan Transportation
Company. Mr.. Seymour will operate
the line between Chicago and Milwau-
kee. The Pere Marquette goes to Gus
Kitzinger of Manitowoc and F. G..
Reynolds of Milwaukee, officials of the
Pere Marquette line.
Madison.-The state railroad commits
sion Wednesday approved an issue OF
$150,000,000 additional stock by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
road for the purpose of building a Pa
cific coast extension. Of the amount
named, $77,000,000 has already been
spent. President Earling of the road
appeared before the commission. Re
Gently the road filed a notice of the
issue and paid fees of $4,000 for the
privilege.
New Richmond.-By agreement out
of court the civil action of the Grand
Forks Lumber Company, in which
much New Richmond capital is inter
ested, against Samuel Mcclure and
others for alleged default on logging
contract, has been settled. The
amount involved was something over
100000. 1t had been pending in the
courts in one form or another for sew
hAf
the supreme court of Minnesota.
Racine.-Mayor A. J. Horlick of this
city came near being killed Monday
morning. He attempted to cross the
street car tracks on Main street and
fell and rolled on the tracks in front
of State street car. The motorman
applied the brakes and almost stopped
the car, giving the mayor time to get
up. Mayor Horlick sustained a few
bruises about the limbs and arms.
Sigel-Albert Benware, aged 10
years, accidentally shot and killed
himself at his home in Sigel. He had
cleaned his gun preparatory to go
ing hunting and was looking into the
barrel to see whether it was clean
when it was discharged. He was
struck in the face and the top of his
head was almost taken off, causing in
slant death.
Green Bay.-With his face, neck and
chest badly scalded, Joseph Verneyen
walked across the road from where
he was working in the new Rothe
foundry to the Straubel Machine Com
panys plant, sat down behind stove
and waited the arrival of an ambu-
lance without aid and was taken to the
st. Vincent's hospital, where he died.
Oshkosh.-After being out IA hours
the jury in the case of Dell Oborn, the
Amberg saloonkeeper who last June
shot and killed Louis Tobolz, an Am
berg bartender Oborn being crazed by
jealousy of his wife, brought in a
verdict of guilty of murder in the
second degree. The penalty is from
IA to 25 years in state prison.
Eau Claire-Fred Strum when Off
GERS attempted to arrest him at his
home jumped out of a second-story
window, taking sash, panes and all
ground floor Strum again jumped
through a window into the house and
thence went out of a door into an
alley and made his escape.
Madison-An almost unnoticed ac-
complishment of the Wisconsin rail
road rate commission which has been
carried on to successful termination
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made of the correct weighing of all
freight and the testing of all scales
used by railroad companies.
Racine.-Capt. Rasmussen of the
American Salvation Army here has re-
signed his commission and quit the
service. He says that the investiga-
tions being made in Chicago and other
large cities convinced him that the
organization was not being conducted
on lines as intended.
Chippewa Falls.-Woodsme have
found the dead body of Samuel Ko-
walski near a trail leading from Gil
man to one of the John S. Owen Com
Kowalski in walking from Gilman lost
his way and was frozen to death.
Observation-Disclosures of the city coun-
Gil have declared themselves against
purchasing an automobile for Fire
Chief James Cape. Mayor Horlick said
he would present an auto to the police
chief if the city would buy one for
Fire Marshal Cape.
Verona.-J. L. Steuccy, Sr., a re-
tired farmer, who moved to Verona,
was killed by his own gun while hunt
ing. He borrowed gun and dog
from DR.. Stebbins His body was
found about so rods west of North
Main street.
Milwaukee.-Wiscon and upper
Michigan brewers are determined to
wipe out all dives in the state. They
have planned entire revision of the
state excise laws to give chance
for better regulation of the saloons.
Oshkosh.-Thirty-two head of cattle
have been condemned in this county
because of tubercular affection.
Marinette.-Mrs. William H. George,
daughter of United States Senator
Isaac Stephenson, died Wednesday aft
ernoon of paralysis, after a weeks
illness, aged "A years. She is sur
vived by her husband and two sons.
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