Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-14
WISCONSIN BRIEFS 5
Epitomized History of the Week
in the State.


board of supervisors meets Nov. 8
there will be a merry fight over the
rebuilding of the courthouse. Officials
claim it is inadequate for records and
unsanitary. The majority of the COM
mittee urge its rebuilding at cost of
$4,000, while the minority plan to-
| fight such plan.
Milwaukee, Wis.-The annual con-
vention of the Polish National Alliance
opened here, and will last all the,
week. President M. B. Steczynski is
presiding over it's deliberations. The
lalliance is patriotic organization,
with about $4,000 members in 80 states
Of the union. There are approximately
$50 delegates attending the conven-
Sheboygan.-John E. Thomas, for,
mer president of the Dairymen's Ma
tional bank, of Sheboygan Falls, which
was recently reorganized under new
management, has taken rooms at ST.
Nicholas hospital and will reside there
during the winter. He is 81 years of
age and is in poor health. 1t has been
understood that he has been i'll since
| the failure of the bank
Eau Claire-Walter Lowe, twenty
four years old, was seriously injured
while working about threshing ma
chine and is now at the hospital. His
sleeve caught in one of the wheels as
he was oiling the separator and
| dragged him into the machinery His
arm was broken in two places and his
| hand smashed SO badly that it will
have to be amputated. Internal in
juries are feared.
Madison. - The Wisconsin primary
| tional test An action begun by A:
| B. Van Alstine, represented by State
| Senator F. Lehr of Appleton, seeks
to restrain the secretary of state and
| state treasurer from publishing notice
of the primary election in September,
| expenses of the same. The injunction
| is asked and the summons is made
Ireturnable in 20 days. Five causes of
action are alleged in the complaint
Milwaukee.-Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
the explorer, arrived in Milwaukee and
| delivered a lecture before large and
enthusiastic audience in the audi
forum. The large committee COM
posed of city officials, members of the
citizens business league and mer
chants and manufacturers welcomed
DR.. Cook at the railway station
whence he was driven to the Pfister
hotel, where an informal reception
was rendered him. The explorer had
requested that the day be spent quiet
ly and the only other event was when
ne was taken to the Milwaukee Press
club where he was given a warm well
come, and here DR.. Cook inscribed his
name upon panel alongside the
autographs of other famous persons
At the conclusion of his lecture last
night DR.. Cook boarded boat for
Grand Haven, Mich, en- route to De
troit The explorer is accompanied by
his wife.
La Crosse.-Destinies of the Mime
settled when the league directors and
officials meet at the st. Louis hote.
parlor, Duluth, Mimi, at the annual
session. The chief business will be
a decision on an eight-club league for
next season, and President John A
hat civ nf
the league will be increased. League
President Elliott, President Rooney OF
the La Crosse association and Pres.
ident Berth of Winona will leave Mon
day morning for Duluth, via Roches.
ter, Saltwater, Red Wing and Manka'
to, and fans in these cities will be in
terviewed with regard to coming into
the league. President Elliott is anx'
ious to get Winnipeg and Brandon OF
the Western Canadian league into the
fold if possible, but if this organization
is continued next season, two towns
will have to be selected from the
other four named to comprise the
eight-club circuit.
Madison.-Tn a driZzling rain, the
University of Wisconsin football team
easily defeated the light but plucky
Lawrence (Wis.) university % to G
at Camp Randall. "Keckie" Moll, the
Wisconsin quarterback, was the star
performer. During the first 16 minutes
of play with Anderson passing the
ball for Wisconsin, no score was
made. Anderson was replaced by
Moll, who has been suffering from
rheumatism. Moll Immediately un.
corked bewildering array of forward
passes, end runs and line plunges
Wilce made the first touchdown after
series of end runs and plunges
through the Lawrence line. A few
minutes later, Dean went over for the
second touchdown after long for.
ward pass from Mol. The third
touchdown was made by Wilce on
line buck following a forward pass by
Moll to Bunker, and the fourth was
made on a similar play. Mon kicked
two goals and missed two. Boyer
tried three place kicks, all of which
failed.
RhineIander.-An explosion at the
plant of the Oneida Gas company
nearly killed Mont Neuman, of Fort
Wayne, Ind, foreman in charge OF
construction work for the company. |
Neuman was blown through the roof |
of the gas plant and had his face ter
ribly lacerated and a leg broken. The
plant was wrecked by the explosion
which broke windows in the neighbor. (