River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-03-11
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

SunburSt valued at 81 900 which she
thought she lost at Century club The
gem was found BY Dewey Fuller, a
young lad who discovered it lying in
gutter. 1t was not intact, however,
the largest diamond, worth possibly
third of the entire sunburst, missing.
The boy was given a reward of $25.
Kenosha.-Two young women of
Zion City, ILL.,, are now being con-
fined in an Indian harem, according
to current reports. They Were re-
ligious workers who left Zion City a
year ago with party of mission
workers. One of the girls, Mabel Col
Inns, has just returned home and tells
an unusual story of the fate of the
missionaries.
Madison.-Gov Davidson removed
District Attorney z. j. Parkinson of
Phillips from Office pending an exam
ination into charges of misconduct
filed against him, March %. Theodore
M. Thomas of Ladysmith was APP
pointed to fill the place. Mr.. Parkin-
son is being charged with not having
prosecuted alleged violations of liquor
laws.
arinette.-Badly burned about
the back and limbs one of the year.
old twins of l.. J. White, hotelman and
theatrical manager, lay in a critical
condition. While a servant girl was
handing an uncorked bottle of car
bolic acid to Mrs. White, the infant
suddenly grasped it, spilling a guam
tity of the contents on it's body.
Racine.-The Racine Refrigerator &
Fixture Company plant, one of the
largest of its kind in the northwest,
located at Racine Junction, was totally
destroyed by fire, involving a loss of
100000 on buildings, stock and ma
chinery upon which there is an insur-
ance of $4,000 distributed in many
companies.
Beloit.-The Petition to reinstate
the two students expelled for violation
of the honor system at the semester
examinations did not receive enough
signatures to warrant it being pre-
sented to the faculty. Dean Collie,
however, cut down the penalty of eX.
pulsion from one year to six months.
Kaukauna.-James Devine, one Of
the richest farmers of the county, re-
siding for half century at Little
Chute, was accidentally drowned in
the canal. His remains were found
by a searching party that had been
looking for him when it was learned
that he had not returned home.
Kenosha-Members of the family of
c. A. Stuart, head of the designing de-
partment of the Simons Manufacturing
Company, were overcome by coal gas
from a furnace at their home. Mrs
Stewart, her sister, Mrs. A. Meatyard
of Chicago, and the latters three child
rem were all affected.
Washington, D. Giving L. Len
root of Superior, the new congressman
from the Eleventh congressional dis
trict, has arrived in Washington. He
spent some time in the house floor and
later was introduced to the mysteries
of the senate floor by Senator La
Toilette.
Kenosha-The Kenosha city coun-
Gil went on record as being favorable
to the laws proposed by the Wisconsin
Retail Liquor Dealers association and
directed that a copy of the resolu-
lions be sent to the organization of
saloon men to be used before the leg
islature.
Delavan.-Willis Rodman, aged 46
years, United States superintendent OF
telegraph in the railroad department,
died at Christobal, Panama, Sunday, of
a form of dysentery peculiar to the
tropics. Mr.. Rodman was son of DIR.
A. J. Rodman of this city.
Superior.-Mrs. J. w. Samways is
dead as the result of heart failure, in
duced by fright when she found she
had taken a small dose of carbolic
acid instead of medicine. That is the
decision arrived at by her doctor after
an examination.
Racine-The city council, in COM
mittee of the whole, has decided that
there shall be no charge for police
ambulance service. 1t was decided
that another team of horses be pur-
chased and an extra man engaged for
the work.
Neenah-The council has placed a
ban on pool and billiard rooms, bowl
ing alleys and roller skating Kinks on
Sunday. The places are not to be
closed, but all games must be stopped.
Oshkosh.-The friends of former
City Attorney Frank G. Stewart are
circulating a petition asking him to
stand as candidate for mayor on the
Democratic ticket.
Milton Junction.-Cottages on Lake
Koshkonong have been entered and
stripped in the absence of their own
ers. In many places nothing of value
was left behind.
Chippewa Falls.-Col. Il. J. Rusk an.
nounced his candidacy for judge of the
newly created circuit comprising Chip
pewa Falls, Eau Claire, Rusk and Saw
yer counties.
Manitowoc.-Jan1es Edwards, a city
charge and a paralytic, was fatally
hurt when his crutch slipped on a
stairway.
Racine.-Mrs. Annie Josephine Chad.
wick, one of the pioneers of Racine,
is dead, aged 81 years. She had lived
here SIS years. Her husband, Elijah
Chadwick, is also dangerously i'll.
Racine-The police are after the
person who stole smallpox card
from the health Office and posted 1t on
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