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

Kenosha Mayor NJ. ]. Scholey and
Alderman Peter Pirsch swung axes on
the first of 500 or 600 dead electric
light poles, belonging to the Kenosha
Gas and Electric Company, whose con-
tract for lighting the city expired Au-
gust 80. Three. men were then set to
work to chop down the rest. The city
is now lighted by the Kenosha Elec-
trio Railway Company. 1t was thought
that the holders of the former con-
tract would seek to restrain the in.
forcement of the ordinance which pro.
vides that the poles must be removed
80 days after the contract expires, but
nothing was done. The Gas and Elec-
trio Company sought to prevent the
award of the new contract to the
Electric Railway Company in the
courts and there is now pending a
case against the city involving the
public utilities law.
Milwaukee.-The killing of Matthew
Whaling, a teamster, by Patrolman
John G. INLAND was held by a cor
oners jury to have been accidental,
but the verdict contained a censure
of the policeman for his = haste in
drawing and firing a revolver. The
verdict was as follows: 1--WE, the
Jurors, find the killing of Matthew
Whaling to be accidental, but we also
believe Officer John G. INLAND was too
hasty in drawing and discharging his
gun on this occasion" The verdict
frees the officer from facing crimi-
nal charge.
Oshkosh.-At the meeting of the
Sunday Rest Day association COM
mittee on rural evangelistic work in
Wisconsin was appointed as follows:
Rev. D. w. Hulburt, WauwatoAa;
Rev. L. G. Smith, Waukesha; Rev. H.
w. Carter, Beloit; District Superin-
tendent William Rollins, Milwaukee;
Presiding Elder G. F. Kieckhoefer and
Rev. o. J. Johnson, Manitowoc.
Wausau.-A system of visiting
nurses, such as Milwaukee has, in the
state fight against tuberculosis, was
recommended by Mrs. w. ]. Shumway
of Stevens Point, chairman of the
state federation health committee, be-
fore the Ladies' Literary club here.
She argued for the establishment OF
sanatoria and hospitals and praised
the Red Cross stamp campaigns.
Madison.-The state board of con-
troll will not take up the investigation
of the Beloit hospital and the charges
of mistreatment by guards of inmates
of the Mendoza asylum until the latter
part of this week or some time next
week. At the meeting of the board
some of the members were absent and
all investigations of state institutions
were postponed.
Waukesha.-The work of removing
an entire graveyard will be undertake
en- by the city as the result of an or
der issued by the city council order
ing all the bodies buried in the old
"Bidwell'' cemetery at the western
city limits, together with the monu-
ments and markers, removed to Prai
RE Home cemetery at the city's ex
pense
Oshkosh.-At the twelfth annual
meeting of the Wisconsin Federation
of Churches, Bert Hall of Milwaukee
told of the big Brother" movement
Secretary H. A. Miner of Madison IA
vored an interdenominational conven
ton of churches, SO as to find out
just what forces are at work in the
state and what are the needs of the
state.
Sheboygan.-Henry Devine, a race
trade follower, who was arrested in
Oshkosh by Chief of Police Scheck
charged with burglarizing the cafe OF
G.. o. Fairwether last Friday, was
sentenced to one year in Waupun by
Judge Kirwan. Devine is said to
have wealthy relatives in the east.
Oshkosh.-The Sunday Rest Day as
ISOLATION, in convention here, has
gone on record in resolutions which
request cooperation with the Anti
Saloon league and the w. G. T. u.
for an efficient county option law
New Richmond.-Mrs. Christian
Bethke, wife of a well-to-do farmer OF
the town of Stanton, was found dead
in bed by her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Carow of Star Prairie. She was born
in Germany 68 years ago.
Racine.-Fire alarms were sounded
in the ten public schools of Racine
unknown to principals and school
teachers. Schools containing 600 stu.
dents were emptied in a minute and
all classes were in charge of their re-
spective teachers
Burlington. - Over excitement
caused by seeing his first street car is
thought to have brought on stroke
that caused the death of John Flick,
aged 80 years, at this place.
Appleton.-State Game Warden
Rickeman learned here that last week
more than 1000 pounds of protected
fish were delivered to the Appleton
market.
Neenah.-The sauerkraut season is
on. Cabbages brought to the local
market are being sent to Milwaukee
and points south by the trainload.
Delavan-The Oshkosh correspond
ent of the Wisconsin, Times, the deaf
school paper, suggests a home in this
state for the old and feeble deaf.
Racine.-Irvin Merickle, 10 months
old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merickle, re-
siding on the Wallace farm south of
the city, is dead from the effects of
drinking gasoline from bottle. The
family were moving from one farm to
another and the bottle was left stand