River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-07-01
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

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en- a choice of dropping out of the
union or giving up their positions.
To man the conductors and motor
men stuck to the union and were or
dered off the company's property.
Strike-breakers procured from Chi
cago were placed on the cars and
service was started, but only few
cars were put into operation, and
these did not run on schedule. The
strikers and a great crowd of SYM
pathizers gathered in front of the car
barns and hooted the men as they
went to work.
Superior-Five thousand people ar
rived here to attend the Sons of
Norway national convention. Dele
gates from all parts of the United
States attended the sessions at Odd
fellows hall. The eastern and west
ern divisions of the order were to
be merged, giving a total member
ship of 10000. An elaborate program
was arranged for the entertainment of
the visitors, including a boat ride on
Lake Superior and the st. Louis river
prominent speakers from the north
west spoke, and picnic at Billings
park.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was shut off
from the outside world so far as tele-
phone service was concerned on ac-
count of the fact that wire thieves
cut 20 circuits between Kenosha and
nj OH iC
claimed that they managed to get
away with several miles of copper
wire valued at hundreds of dollars.
When the Kenosha office opened Ii
was found that all Chicago lines were
out of order and an examination re-
vealed the wholesale thefts of the
wire.
misunderstanding to an officer OF
the organization, the Wisconsin branch
of the United National Association of
Post Office Clerks will take steps to
provide a pension fund. That is the
project some of the leading members
are pushing. If they succeed in doing
it in this state it will probably become
a national affair adopted by all the
states in the union.
Superior-The national convention
of the Sons and Daughters Of Norway
held it's session in this city. There
were $50 delegates of both orders and
many other visitors in the city. Grand
Forks, N D., is making a bid for the
next convention. The delegates were
welcomed by Mayor Crumpton and the
morning devoted to the examination
of credentials of delegates.
Green Representations develop
ments were promised by the private
detectives of the United States Elk
press Company who are investigating
into the robbery of the transfer sta
ton here when two highwaymen held
up Night Messenger Kade and took
$4,000 which he had counted out for
the morning train.
Waterloo.-Rev. Thomas Cadman,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church here, died, aged 81, from apo
plexy suffered in April. He was edu-
Gated in England, joined the Wiscon-
sin conference in 1889, and has served
pastorates at Mcfarland, Waterford,
Palmyra, Markesan, Omro and Sun
Prairie.
Madison.-Henry Quarles Of Mil
waukee pleaded guilty in municipal
court having violated the city ordi-
nance prohibiting the driving of auto
mobiles on the Mendoza Lake Shore
drive and was fined five dollars and
costs. total of 1892. He paid up.
Black River FalIs-The first straw
berries of the season were shipped
from here. The blueberries will not
begin to come in until after July /,
the season being little later than
usual. Indians are fiocking this way
to join in the annual harvest.
Menasha-Miss FloI ence LaZene of
Northero, VT, came quietly to town
and, with E. A. Berkeley, manual train
ing instructor at the high school, went
to Menominee, where they were mar
ried.
Superior Charles r. Van
Hise of the University of Wisconsin
will lay Inc cornerstone of the new
100000 high school building on
July 2, if the plans now under way dc
not miscarry.
La Crosse.-Rev j. Bergholz of
Markesan has been called to the va
cant pastorate of the Evangelical Lu-
theran church here to succeed Rev. G.
NJ Thurow.
Fond du Lac.-A mass-meeting OF
1000 500 employees decided unanimous
ly to hold the annual picnic at Mena-
sha park on July %.
Sheboygan.-A campaign has been
launched to secure the 1910 encamp-
ment of the Spanish War Veterans of
Wisconsin for Sheboygan.
Highland.-Rev. H. O'Brien, pastor
of st. Philips church for the last II
years, died here on the fortieth ami
versary of his pastorate, aged Ga years.
Manitowoc.-The Helms mill, hotel
and summer resort seven miles north
west of this city, was burned with a
loss of $4,000
Kenosha.-John Sheridan, 20 years
of age, and widely known in Kenosha,
met with an awful death under the
wheels of freight train on the west
ern division of the Northwestern rail-
way, two miles west of Kenosha.
Sheridan had left home late at night
to join fishing party going to Hooker
lake.