Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-12-30
STATE NEWS

| ~ la4ullAh sNuObt VI Nllls NAAAAbOf
whose home Is in Coloma, and her
brother. Robert shorey had an ex-
perience which rivals some expert
ences related OF polar expeditions.
Miss Shorey was on her way home
from the training school and was met
at the farm home OF Mr. Schmudlach
on the Coloma road by her brother
They remained TO supper and started
for home about eight o'clock in the
evening having a light sleigh with
two horses hitched to It, After going
a short distance the boy lost his way
in the dark and took the wrong road
| which led them into a corn field not
far from the place where they started
from. Upon discovering that they had
gone wrong the boy attempted TO turn
around and in doing so the rig was
tipped over and the sleigh pole
| broken
The boys first thought was to care
for his sister until he could secure
help and he prepared place for her
in corn shock, wrapping her up in
his fur coat and covering her the best
he could with cornstalks He then
set out to go to Sehmudlach's house
for assistance. He had lost his bear
| ing in the meantime, however, and
instead of going in the right direction
he kept wandering around through
the deep snow until morning, when he
reached Schmudlach's house, cold and
nearly exhausted
His sister was soon found and
brought there also. She had suffered
considerably with he cold and it was
found her feet Ldd been chilled The
horses were found at a nearby neigh
! boris
Milwaukee,-The entire state is
| Joining in the war on MASKING,
begun in Milwaukee as result
of the Zynday murder case, in which
a 17-year-old girl was accosted, at
| tackled and murdered by men who met
her on the street. Two ordinances are
in the hands of city council commit
tees now. and both provide for a pen
| atty of not less than 500 fine for men
| who insult women on the streets or
who accost strangers The ordi-
4 nanees are being copied in sew
/ eral cities where MASKING has been
/ In vogue, Fond du Lac being the latest
| to join in the campaign. The Milwau-
| kee police practically have stopped
the abuse though with little license to
/ act under the law. The law as 1t
stands at present only allows an ar
rest for disorderly conduct with
/ limit fine of $25 The police.
/ however, have brought charges
/ OF assault with intent to do
! great bodily harm and assault and bat
4 terry against men who have spoken to
girls, even when the girls have not
/ been touched, and the men have been
! given heavy fines under these charges. /
though If they appealed the decisions
( could not stand The new law
viii make II possible to infict
| the same punishment legally. II
! is expected that practically every
| city in the state soon will have passed
| similar ordinances.
/ Pound.-A farmer from Ellis
! Junction on his way home from
Lena, came near peing struck by
! train recently He was evidently I'M
der the influence of liquor and did not
! realize that when his team turned up
! the railroad track that he was on the
wrong road, but bis sleigh became
! wedged in between the rails at the
switch, and he was unable to extricate
| himself from his perilous position.
! Some young men who were at the sta
ton waiting for the train heard his
/ shouts, and went TO see what the trou-
1 BILE was. The train was approaching,
! and they hurriedly unhitched the
mules, and then tipped the sleigh
with its load, over. and it rolled down
! the embankment. just about minute
! before the train came
Racine.-Adjusters Of fire insur-
ance companies gave the Racine
Manufacturing Company $500 in
| settlement Of claims OF policies car
ried by the company on its plant
which was burned The amount of
! insurance does not cover, II is
claimed, 20 per cent Of the value of
the plant which was destroyed It
! is the belief that the company will re.
build its factory in Racine, although
most fattering offers were made from
many cities.
Waukesha ~ Wilhelmina r.
sotham failed to secure a judgment
in circuit court against Nathan Mintz,
whom she sued for $4,000 damages for
alleged malicious arrest and prosecu-
ton, the jury finding for the defend
ant after being out several hours.
She alleged that Mintz. who conducts
a store at Oconomowoc had her ar
rested on a charge Of stealing
pound Of coffee
Oshkosh The first step In a
campaign for the purchase Of the
property Of the Oshkosh Water Works
Company when its franchise expires
In 1913, or the building Of new
plant by the city, was taken by the
common council when a resolu-
ton was presented by Alderman
Kirst. which was unanimously adopt