The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1910-08-04
STATE NEWS


down of the south wing of the state
house. Five contractors submitted fig
ures and in two instances they planned
80 have crushed the stone in the pres
ent wing so that it could be mixed
with cement to be used in the new
building, The members of the com
mission desired to have time TO find
out whether the old stone is good
enough to be used for that purpose.
The plan is TO have torn down the
entire wing within sixty days after
the work is begun In order to do this
a large force Of men will have to be
employed. Conrad Smith of Milwau-
Eee will do the plastering on the sec
ond floor Of the east wing
Madison -The Wisconsin State
League of Postmasters, comprised
Of postmasters of the third and
rourth-class offices, will hold their an
nual convention in the clubrOOm OF
The Republican house. William H.
Froelich. Jackson, is president, and
William r. Brown, Veterans home.
Wauraca, secretary. The Wisconsin
Association of POstmasters, which in
tiudcs rostmastors of all four classes
lrd assistant rostmasters, viii con
gene IN Eau claire ON September 8
md o The date was changed from
September =, because Of the visit Of
Colonel Roosevelt to Milwaukee on
hat date
Washburn. The question of the
authority of state fire warden
to secure aid in lighting fires will
have TO be- decided in "a case that is 10
be tried in this c.,y next week. Al
bert SanGOw, town clerk and fire war
den of the town of Bell. has been ar
. rested on a charge If pointing a gun
at Charles A. Drummer Forest fires
! had been raging around the village OF
Cornucopia which is located IN the
/ town of Bell, and Sandow was direct.
/ ing the fighting OF the fires II is al
/ legged that the men he had with him
! had become exhausted from fighting
! the flames in the woods and that he
went back to Bell To get more men.
! He called upon Charles Drummer to as
sist, il is alleged, Drummer refused. 1t
! is charged.
Marinette-A severe electrical
/ storm, accompanied by heavy
/ downpour of rain. in which over an
| inch of water fell, struck three places
| here, The home Of r + Goodman was
damaged slightly when lightning en-
tered the rear Of the house on tele-
uipA 4 ,tsn q cd an
the chimney was torn off the house Of
Mrs Henry Mcbride At the outskirts
Of the city the lightning set a pile Of
cedar wood afre and threatened the
plant of the Wright Brothers Cedar
company. About forty cords Of wood
were destroyed. but the plant was
saved At ChautauQua. a summer re
sort near the cities, tents were torn
up by the terrific wind in several in
stances. The rain did inestimable
good in extingushing forest fires and
reviving vegetation,
Chippewa Falls.-When pas
senger train arrived south of the
river the engineer saw a man lying or
the track with his head on one rail
He brought the train to a stop anC
blew the whistle to signal the fellow
to leave the track, but the sleeper did
not move The conductor and brake
man then went ahead and attempted
to remove the fellow from the track
He at once drew revolver, the mer
report. and threatened to shoot then
for waking him. The trainmen fec
into the cars and the train crossed
the river The police made a search
FOR the fellow. but did not find him.
Madison. Fire on North Carol
street In the business district o
Madison destroyed the brick an,
stone block owned by Charles y. Greg
Dry. dean Of the law schol of the Uni
veralty of Iowa. and at present il
Europe The building was occupied
by the tailor shop Of c. c. Swanson
the barber shop of Louis Drahm ant
A. F. Selton's locksmith shop. Tn,
losses are Charles n, Gregory. s.. 200
c. G. Swanson, $1,000, A. =. SeltOn
$500, and Louis Drahm, 5000 All tht
properties were covered by InsuranC,
] except lHal OIL Mt. swanson,
Marinette.--Peter Laforski who's
home is in Milwaukee where h,
is employed in the Pennsylvania
coal yards. was found wandering with
out Al stitch Of clothing on his body il
the town OF Stephenson i.t was com
mitted to the Northern Hospital TO
the Insane at Wtnnehago.
Chippewa Falls Peter Gilbert
son. fifty years old, died in a hos
pital here from burns received in
Colfax stone quarry on July IT,, whel
three quarts OF blasting powder ex
ploded. His home was In Frontinac
MINI. and be- is survived by y wifi
and four children.
Washburn Crazed by the heat
August Council OF Mason mad
three attempts TO end his life and h
IS now in Jail closely guarded. Council
first jumped into the river, but he wa
rescued He then slashed his throat
cutting some ugly gashes, but non
fatal. Officers locked him up snd h
attempted to beat out his brains
Madisou.-An investigation int
the wood using industries OF wis
consin Just concluded, shows tina
more than 100000 board fee
of lumber valued ut about 10000. 90
Is utilized annually in the manufaC
turing industries The figures do nc
include the material turned out b
the sawmllls. as we'll as other tores
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