River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-08
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missioned, by, Senator T., E. Burton.
chairman of the national waterways
commission, to go to Europe at once
to lay out the route for the congress
sional party which will leave for a
study of European waterways imme-
diately after adjournment of congress.
Judge Reid will go first to Canada,
then in order to Scotland, Norway and
| Sweden, Belgium and France and
| will report to the Burton commission
at Rotterdam in the fall and proceed
with it through lower Germany and
| Austria. The object of the commits
sion is to make a study of foreign
waterways and to devise means for
| the improvement of American water
| courses.
Waukesha.-At the annual reunion
and banquet of Company A, Fourth
| Wisconsin regiment Spanish-Ameri
can War Veterans, Guy Butterfield
was elected post commander; Stan
ton R. Clark, Waukesha, adjutant;
William Hepp, Waukesha, quarter
master, and George H. Wallace, Ra-
cine, adjutant The out-of-town
speakers were: Prof. j. w. L. Kauff-
mann, Shullsburg; G. H Wallace, Ra-
cine; James Biernson, commander of
Hugh McGrath post, Milwaukee, and
G. Burr, who served two years in the
Philippines with Company E, Thirty
fifth regiment.
Janesville-John G.. Rexford, presi-
dent of the First National bank and
of the. Sinnissippi4G Golf club, may lose
the sight of his right eye through the
breaking of a file with which he was
repairing a golf club. The injured
man was at the links when the acct
dent occurred and was hurried to a
physicians office where the injury
was cared for. Hopes are entertained
for saving his sight though it is badly
damaged.
Manitowoc. - Mary Schmidt was
awarded $3,025 by jury in the cir
cult court against the J. G. Johnson
| Company for the death of her hus-
band in an accident at the coal docks.
Racine.-For the fourth time in a
few years George Snidevin, a promi-
nent farmer of Waterford, was ar
rested on a charge of selling liquor
without a license
Mauston-Robert H. Davis, aged 81
years, proprietor of the Lemonweir
mills, Is dead after long Illness A
widow and one son survive.
Gillett.-Erven Klover, head saw
yer for the Conner Lumber Company,
was Frustrated with heat, fell into the
saw and was cut in two.
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Erickson,
aged Is years, violinist well known
in musical circles throughout the
northwest, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in the woods near his IA
theirs home at Black Brook. He had
been in poor health recently and the
hot weather unsettled his mind.
Green Bay.-William Rage, who
confessed to having robbed the
United States Express Company after
first telling thrilling story of having
been held up in his office, was given
one year in the reformatOry on his
plea of guilty.
Racine.-In an attempt to make a
flying switch in the yards of the Mil
waukee road here, freight cars were
wrecked, a large marine boiler weigh
ing 10000 pounds was damaged and
traffic on the line between Racine and
Corliss was tied up for hours.
Appleton.-A letter mailed in Mil
waukee, signed "Black Hand" and
threatening him with instant death if
he does not cease his attack on the
liquor traffic, was received by A. H.
Zechiel, representative of the Wiscon-
sin Anti-Saloon league.
Observation-Disclosures catching fire in
the coat pocket of Clarence Herrick,
news dealer, nearly cost him his
life. His coat was burned Off and
his associates in an orchestra in
which he was playing rolled him on
the floor to put out the blaze.
Neenah-Johnnie Schriber wanted
to be COW puncher. So when the
carnival shows left town he got
aboard the train At Fond du Lac he
was returned to anxious parents.
Johnnie is a little over seven years
of age.
Oconto.-A herd of seven head of
cattle owned by Herman Grotendorst,
AZ miles west of this city, were cleo
trocuted by lightning. They were
standing near a wire fence which was
struck by bolt.
Oshkosh.-Miss Miriam Noyes, a
graduate of the University of Wiscon-
sin, and of the library course of the
Pratt institute, Brooklyn, N. Y, has
assumed charge of the Oshkosh public
library.
Beloit.-W. A. Carmen, aged 63, a
soldier in Company G, Forty-sixth vol
unteer infantry, died. He was in the
battle of Gettysburg.
Amherst.-Roger Johnson, aged ten
years, had three fingers blown off by
the explosion of dynamite cap with
which he was playing.
Boscobel-Bud McMillin was SEN
fenced to six months in the Green Bay
reformatory for wife desertion.
Janesville.-In attempting to shoot
a mad dog that had taken refuge in
his store, j. T. Shields, a grocer, ig-
nited tank of gasoline which caused
a serious fire loss. During the ex-
element the dog escaped.
Kewaskum.-William Bartels,
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