River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-12-23
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


associations of Wisconsin, Iowa, Min
nesota, Kansas and Nebraska. Mis-
souri, has signified her intention to
join the other five states. The pur-
pose was to secure the best talent
possible for the next meeting of the
State Teachers association in the diff
ferent states. With this idea in view,
Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota will
hold their conventions on November
8, and in 1910. and the other three
state associations will hold their con-
vention either the last three days of
the week previous or the week later.
Waukesha.-The jury in the case
of Peter Korn, charged with the
murder of his sister, Mrs. Perry L.
Fritz, at her home in Waukesha last
summer, rendered verdict declar.
ing Korn to be insane, and he will be
sent to the Northern Hospital for the
Insane, near Oshkosh. 1t was brought
out in the examination of Korn that
he had Authorizations regarding re-
peated attempts at poisoning him. He
said that nearly all the members of
his family had tried to poison him of
late years. He said that he had for a
long time feared the Masonic frater-
nifty was trying to do him harm. Ply
sicians testifying as experts said that
Korn was suffering from paranoia.
Kenosha.-Gov James O. David
son, as a result of letter sent
to him by County Supervisor Charles
G. Theleen in which some facts are
given in regard to the chronic insane
of the state has referred the whole
matter to the state board of control
and asked that the board take some
early action in the matter. 1t is de.
clared that the board will begin a
general investigation into the condi
lions of the asylums and the patients
within short time The conditions
were all noted at the Racine asylum
and it is expected that the investiga-
ton will begin there.
Neenah.-A rural telephone com
pany has been organized in the
county which will connect with the
Wisconsin Telephone Company, at the
Neenah and Menasha exchange. At a
meeting of farmers of the town of
Clayton, the Clayton Telephone Com
pany was organized. The officers are:
President, Walter Hart; secretary and
treasurer, Henry Engels; directors,
Gustav Haase, Harry Austin, Louis
Grape. Thirty subscribers will be on
the new line at the start. Construc-
ton of the line will start just as soon
as material can be assembled.
Appleton-Although the son of
one of the leading and best
known farmers in Outagamie county,
Henry Ellenbecker, killed by an Ash
land division passenger train, was not
identified until the following day
One report, that of the engineer in
charge of the passenger train, is that
Ellenbecker deliberately hurled him
self in front of the approaching train,
and another, from persons near by
when the accident occurred, is that he
was endeavoring to cross the track
ahead of the train.
Racine. The First Evangelical
church of Park avenue celebrates
the sixty-fifth anniversary of it's
organization, with services which
will last the entire day. All of the
nine charter members have passed
away except Mrs. Catherine Schen-
kenberg, formerly Mrs. John Hoffman,
who is 85 years of age, who will be
present at the celebration. The jubi-
lee ceremony will be preached by Dr.
Eoinr0i1I01, of CIpuQ1ond
Princeton.-Two roadhouses be-
low here, just across the Wander
burg county line, are soon to be things
of the past. These saloons are held
responsible for the recent traction car
riots. Preparations were already under
way to endeavor to have them re-
moved as nuisances, through efforts of
residents of that vicinity, but it is I'M
derstood they will now voluntarily
close, selling out in wholesale quanti-
ties what they have on hand
Kenosha. = The first fortress of
the Daughters of the Grand
Army to be formed in Wisconsin was
instituted at Kenosha by its COM
mander-in- chief, Dr. Anna Latham of
Chicago The organization has char
ter membership of so. Fortresses will
be established in all the leading cities
of the state, the national officials go
ing from this city to Racine.
Manitowoc.-Maj. Bromwell, chief
United States engineer of Mil
waukee, has sent his thanks to
local men in behalf of the department
for the loving cup and stand of colors
given to the government boat, Mani
towoc, valued at $3.50.
Fond du Lac-Rev. G. L. Grauer
of Manitowoc has been elected
to succeed Rev. H. A. Gammert at
Friendens Kirche, who has taken
charge of a Milwaukee congregation.
La Crosse. - Deciding that the
farce comedy. 1.-THE Girl from Rec
tors" was immoral, the Pastors union
made futile attempt to suppress its
production here.
Madison.-Rev. A. A. Ewing,
pastor of Grace Episcopal church
here, formerly pastor of st. Ste
phen's, Milwaukee, in a letter to
the parish says that if the parishion-
ers do not fulfill their church duties,
so it will not be necessary for him
to be prodding them to raise the
church expenses, they will have to
get some one else.
Merrill. A rare event will
take place in the town of Pine River