River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-01-14
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| INSTRUMENTATION S. Newton of
| Watertown filed petition in bank
ruptcy in the United States court,
the idea being, it is said, to head off
! further trouble with his former wife,
| Rose Newton, who now resides in Min
neapolis. His nominal assets are
| $1,838.10, but with the claims for ex-
emptions taken out it leaves little to
pay his liabilities, $2,11395, the most
of which is in judgments, the result of
litigation with Rose Newton, his d.
vorced wife.
Madison.-After three months con-
sideration of the co-employe law as
raised in the case of Michael Kiley VS..
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway, the supreme court handed
Gown decision sustaining the law
and recognizing the power of the leg
1slature by statute to prescribe rule
OF comparative negligence. Hereto
fore if the complainant was himself
at all negligent, under the contribu-
tory negligence act the case was dis
missed.
Racine.-Charles Baumgardt, who
pleaded guilty to burglarizing the sa-
loon of Theodore Kostermann and was
sentenced to the state reformatory at
Green Bay for three years was not ad-
mitted, being SO years of age. while
the law permits only prisoners from
16 to 80 years. Baumgardt was
brought back and Judge Shielding
discovering his mistake sentenced the
man to Waupun for three years.
Manitowoc.-Dr. A. c. Fraser, local
manager for the Wisconsin Pea Can
ners Company, a $1,000, 900 corpora
ton, and in charge of the factory
plant in this city, Sheboygan and Two
Rivers, has resigned his position and
will leave the company this year. DR..
Fraser has been associated with the
management of the local plant for ten
years.
Corliss.-War has been declared
against the eight saloons here DR..
j. l.. Valentine, president of the board.
had warrants issued for J. P Ole. pro-
prietor of one of the leading hotels,
and also for a woman who runs sa-
loon. DR.. Valentine stated that if the
SALOON keepers do not close on Sun
days every single license will be re-
voked.
MadiSon.-John Herbert Quick of
Sioux City, Ia, who came into promi-
nent public notice because of his Wig
orous prosecution of Sioux City hood
lers in 1894, has been retained as as
sOciate editor of La Follette's Weekly
Magazine. Fred w. Mackenzie re-
tains the position of managing editor.
Kenosha.-Michael Griffin, the Mil
waukee contractor convicted of arson
and sentenced to seven years, has
been taken to Waupun to begin his
sentence. He had hoped that his
friends would be able to secure a stay
of execution. 1t is understood that
they will seek to secure pardon
Menasha.-Seventy-fi men and
boys employed on the lathes and in
the hopping department of the Mena-
sha Wooden Ware plant have walked
out, because of a reduction of ten per
cent. in wages. If the entire plant is
closed 500 men will be thrown out of
work.
Delavan.-Miss Iona Tade, instructor
in gymnastics and calisthenics for the
girls at the Wisconsin School for the
Deaf, has accepted a similar position
in the Oklahoma state school at Sui
phur. She is succeeded by Miss Lot
tie Sprague of Milwaukee.
Madison.-An interesting morsel of
political gossip which has reached
here from Washington is that William
II. Upham of Marshfield, who was gov
ernor of Wisconsin from 1895 to 1897,
desires to become identified in an Off
cial way with the Taft administration
Kenosha.-One of the heaviest fire
losses of year in Kenosha occurred
when the residence of Mrs. Lucy j.
Cady was destroyed by a fire starring
from an overheated furnace, causing a
loss of $4,000 said to be entirely COW
cred by insurance.
"Reminiscences Hurd, so years old,
one of the best known business men in
Racine county, was found dead in bed
at his home in the village of Union
Grove, by his only son, Clarence Hurd,
who went to his fathers room to call
him for breakfast.
Kenosha-The Kenosha Elks' asso-
citation declared dividend of six per
cent It is thought that this is the first
time that benevolent organization in
Wisconsin has declared a dividend on
stock. The association has a capital
stock of $4,000
Manitowoc.-Manitowo death rate
was Ia to 1000 population, according
to the annual report of the health de-
partment The total number Of deaths
is 1873. The births exceed the deaths
by 157. The city's population is esti-
mated at 1880.
Madison.-It is settled that the
great dome of the state capitol, the
finest in the state, will be transferred
| to the main hall of the university.
The estimated cost to remove it is
| $25, 600 Gov. Davidson favors the
| plan.
Janesville-A public demonstration
! Of tuberculin tuberculosis will be
made on a public square in the city
under the auspices of the Wisconsin
state live stock sanitary board by
| State Veterinarian Clark.
| Wausaukee-David Mcleod, a Mil
1 tvo hro had1v in