Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-05-13
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

papers in Milwaukee, died suddenly
after short illness. He was rated
several times a millionaire. He was
in his list year.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-Prof. Frederick
L. Paxson, of the University of Mich
igan has been formally notified of his
appointment to the chair of American
history at the university at Wiscon-
sin.
Washington, D. C. - Nominations
by the president sent to the senate, in
clude the following: United States
attorney for Porto Rico, John ]. Jenk-
ms, of Wisconsin, former member of
congress and chairman of the judi
ciary committee.
Eau Claire.-The G.. w. Cheney Co,
of this city, dealers in grain and other
produce, one of Eau Claire's biggest
and foremost business concerns, is
preparing to build a flour mill in this
city of a capacity of 125 barrels per
day. 1t will cost $25 900 and the con-
struction work will start in short
time.
Washburn.-The finding of an up
turned canoe on the bay shore has
led to the belief that Delos Martin
and Louis Sharchel two Ashland high
school boys, have lost their lives by
drowning. The boys left Ashland in
the canoe Saturday night and have
not since been seen. Parents are
searching the bay here today in the
hope of finding the bodies.
Mountaineering into farm houses
at twilight and uttering blood-curdling
screams during the midnight silence,
a wild man has terrified many persons
in this locality. for several days. A
number of persons who have seen him
say he is armed with shotgun and
has few clothes on his body. 1t is
thought he hides by day in the woods
several miles from here. Efforts to
catch him have failed, and women and
children fear to leave the house after
dark unless accompanied by men.
Madison.-The Omaha road has ap-
piled to the state railroad commission
for authority to build line into SUI
perior and through that city to its ore
docks on st. Louis bay, to enable it
to compete with the Great Northern
and the Northern Pacific in the ore
carrying business. Including the ore
docks and other facilities in that con-
nection, the 6.3S miles extension is
estimated to cost 100000 The COM
mission will hear the application
June 6.
Eau Claire-Miss Emma Peloquin,
living in the town of Pleasant Valley,
near here, will not be tried at the
June session of United States court
in this city on charge of using can
ce1ed postage stamps, for which Of
tense she was recently indicted. She
was adiudged insane after an eXamina-
ton before Judge Blum, who COM
mitted her to the asylum at Mendoza.
She has become possessed of relig-
iouS mania.
Ashland. The final arrangements
have been completed for the sale of
the Lake Superior Iron and Chemical
company to an English syndicate. The
present company has capitalization
of eight million dollars and includes
iron plants at Ashland, Boyd City, Elk
Rapids, ManistiQue, Newberry and
Chocolay. The Ashland plant includes
a large wood alcohol and chemical
plant and the deal also covers the
Yale mine of Bessemer and the Tyler's
Forks mine at Plummer.
La Crosse.-Because Gustav He'll
wig, chief witness against him, be-
came suddenly i'll and died, the state
may have difficulty in convicting
Charles Kabat, held by the grand jury
at Madison for manufacturing coun-
terfeit nickels, dimes and quarters
here. Kabat's alleged bad money was
nearly all passed at the Hellwig sa-
loon. Hellwig was called to Madison
to testify, but became suddenly i'll,
and was hurried back to La Crosse,
where he expired in a short time.
Madison.-The distribution tax roll
of the property Of all street railway
companies operated in connection with
the street railways within the state
of Wisconsin for 1910, was announced
by the state tax commission. The
states share of fifteen per cent
amounts to 1885, and eighty-tive
per cent of the tax to be paid to
towns, cities and villages, in which
the lines operated aggregate $751;
5S647. Milwaukee lines, including in
terurbans, pay a tax of 1851, 1904.
Milwaukee - At the request of
of astronomical heads CT IerKes' OBJ
servatory at Lake Geneva, Major H.
B. Hersey, of the Milwaukee weather
bureau, accompanied by two other Mil
waukee men, members of the Milwau-
kee Aero club, may take observations
on the passing of the earth through
the tail of Halley's comet on May Is,
if there is any probability that clouds,
smoke or fog may interfere with sat
isfactory view from terra firma. The
aerial trip will be contingent upon