River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-11-19
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


to wipe out The town. When brought
under control the fire had destroyed
about $4,000 worth of property
Among the buildings destroyed were:
Payne's hotel and saloon, the Frederic
hotel, Luke's restaurant, Diamond
Bros barber shop Lunon & Taylors
market, Coddon's clothing store, He'd
berg's grocery, Carlson's hardware
store and Hubbard's saloon. part OF
the loss is covered by insurance.
Burke. - A little child, Fred
erick Niebuhr, burned beyond recogni-
ton, three other members of the fam
lily seriously burned and injured, the
hired man badly injured and the farm
nome reduced to ashes tells the story
of the explosion of a gas plant at the
home Of Frederick Niebuhr, in Burke
Fond du Lac The trial OF
Grant Poole, accused of the murder of
Mrs. f. H. Orvis OF Oakfeld, has by
agreement between the states attor-
ney and the attorney representing the
defendant been placed at the foot Of
the jury calendar and will be the last
jury trial to be heard at the present
term of court.
La Crosse-Orders of the mayor
closing two saloons where the
proprietors were charged with con-
Quoting disorderly places have been
ignored, and have been rescinded by
Mayor Anderson upon it's appearing
that he has no authority to close a
saloon without orders from the coun-
Gil
Appleton-Five minutes after Anton
Becher, aged IS years, expressed a
wish Providence answered it.
I'D about as leave die as go to the
county poorhouse to spend the remain
der of my days" said Becher at the
police station. Bether died of heart
failure.
Monroe ~ Clarence Faubel and
Miss Helen Howe eloped from
home and were married at Freeport,
H., they taking but one friend into
their confidence. After the ceremony
they wrote letters home saying they
expected a scolding but were happy.
Watertown- in this sec
ton report that woman an
swering the description of Mrs. Belle
Guinness, wanted at Laporte, Ind, for
many crimes, has been travelling
through the country with a horse and
buggy selling pills.
Wausau = The charge against
Stiney Koc, arrested election
night charged with assault and bat
terry, has been changed to that of as
sault with intent to murder, and he
has been remanded to the county Jail
without bail
Racine.-An inquest at Corliss
in the case of Robert Bender, the
Ashland brakeman, killed in the
freight wreck at Willows, resulted in
verdict that the company was negli-
gent in that the block signal light was
not burning.
Neillsville.-Post office Inspector
e. e. Frazer, La Crosse, arrest
ed Charles Schroeder, farmer,
charged with opening a letter adj
dressed to Carl Schroeder, another
farmer. The letter contained a check
for $12.86.
Sheboygan.-A touring car owned
and driven by John Cuddy, a
well-known cheese dealer, burst into a
mass of flames at Lake View Mr.
Cuddy managed to escape without in
jury, but the auto was totally des-
troyed
Manitowoc.-Charles Schuetze, pro-
prietor of a woodworking es-
adjustment, was overcome by
gas while working at a planer Just
as he was about to topple to death in
a whirling belt he was saved by an
employee.
Madison.-John Dworka, a farm
er living near Wauzeka, has sent
the brain and spinal cord of colt to
the Wisconsin live stock sanitary
board with the request that it find out
whether the animal had hydrophobia.
La Crosse. - The damage case
against Harry l.. Colman, a local
millionaire, is on trial. In September,
1907, Mrs Naomi Crocker was struck
by Mr.. Colman's auto, and she is now
seeking $4,000 damages.
lola = Thomas Hess, the nine
year-old son of Charles Hess, was
shot through the heart by his 13year-
old brother, Milton Hess, who had
been shooting at targets.
Rib Lake. = The United States
Leather Company has resumed
operations in the large sole leather
tannery here. after it had been closed
down for over a year.
Oconomowoc.-Dr. A. w. Alex
ander of the Wisconsin university
at Madison, gave an address at the
Pabst stock farm on Horse Breed
ing"
Viroqua-Eland Olson, who killed
his wife and attempted suicide,
was near death. An inquest resulted
in a verdict of murder when insane.
Madison-The annual convention
of the State horticultural So
ciety will be held in Madison January
u, Is and IA.
La Crosse.-Arrested at the doors
of the penitentiary, from which
he had just been released after serv-
ing a years sentence, Harry Brown
was brought here to be tried on a lar
ceny charge.
Phillips-Louis Boyle, aged so,
of Prentice, was killed by a freight
train while walking on the track on