The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1909-12-04
STATE NEWS

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citizens rushed to the girls aid. Ben
bon was captured after half mile
chase in which several shots were
fred. When captured, 70 cartridges
and. two revolvers were found on him.
Benbon entered the bank ostensibly
to have a bill changed. AS the girl
was taking the bill he pushed a re-
volver through the grill and ordered
her to hold up her hands, it is re-
ported Miss Smiths wild screams
caused a crowd of men and boys to
rush toward the bank. Benbon dashed
out, firing as be went.
Milwaukee -J John Funk, aged 78
years, a well-to-do retired farmer,
was found dead in his home
in the town of Granville after he had
been missed for three days. Death
was due to asphyxation from coal
gas. The body was lying in bed, \
coal heater with its draft closed and a
door open stood near by. 1t appeared
to Coroner Frank Luehring as though
the deadly gas had been generated
/
room. The position of the body indi-
Gated that the old man had attempted
to rise when the deadly fumes over
came him
Beloit. - One hundred feet of dimes
will be raised by the Student
Volunteer committee. This string of
ten.cent pieces will go toward paying
expenses of four delegates to the Vol
unteer convention, which will be held
at Rochester, n. Y. There will be
five teams, consisting of five people in
each, which will struggle for the
money. Each day the length of the
dimes will be registered by an indica-
tor on the campus, which was de-
signed and constructed by Prof. c. A.
Culver.
Wausau.-Wenzel Piyernetz has no
tilted over 600 parents of the irregular
attendance of their children at school.
over 900 children in the county have
been attending school irregularly thus
far this year Unless the warning of
the superintendent is needed at once,
the teachers will notify the supern-
tendent He will turn the names of
the violators of the regular attendance
law to the sheriff. who will serve legal
notice on all the negligent parents.
Madison. - Philip Allen, Jr., for.
mer yice-president of the First Ma
tional bank of Mineral Point, appeared
before Judge Sanborn in the United
States district court. pleaded guilty
to four of 20 counts in the indictment
against him and was sentenced to ten
years in the federal prison at Fort
Leavenworth, Kan. the maximum un-
der the law on one count.
Monroe - The new Evangelical
church at Juda will be dedi-
Gated on December 10. Bishop Bow
man of Allentown, Pa, will otficiate at
the services. The church has been
erected at a cost of about $4,000 and
is built of brick When completed,
the edifce will be among the finest
Evangelical churches in this part OF
the state.
La Crosse Miss Mary McGrath
aged AZ. was found yead in her
home here. She had been invited
to spend an evening with friends, but
failed to make her appearance.
Friends became alarmed and forced
an entrance to the house in which she
lived alone, and her body, evidently
dead for several days, was found in
bed.
Phillips. - Fendy lie Valley, who
owned a building at Fitield which
was destroyed by fire on August H.
was convicted by a jury, on circum-
stantial evidence, one important fact
being the point that she insured the
house for $1,000 directly before the
fire. when it was proven that the
building was hardly worth $500.
Onalaska. ~ superintendent A. A.
Johnson of the La Crosse COun
ty Agricultural and Domestic Science
school is looking for two new teach.
ers for the institution. The school
has the largest attendance Of any in
/ the state. although this is its first Year
and 1t has been handicapped by a lack
Of teachers
stevens Poiut.-Frank Milszirski
who shot his father, was arraigncd be
fore Justice Park. the formal com
plairt made by Sheriff John Berry
charging him with murder To this
he entered plea Of not guilty
Ntdford ~ The plant of the Med
ford brewery Was tQ.al,y DESTROYED