Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-12-20
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

| norman ScnooI next, the police and Of
ficials of the school set a trap to catch
burglars who during the past week
have robbed several churches and
schools in La Crosse, and caught two
sixteen-year-old boys. The boys con-
/ fessed to several of the crimes in
which the total loot was S44. consist
| Ing mostly of pennies collected by
teachers in the anti-tuberculosis stamp
/ campaign.
Milwaukee - To examine into
the present meNtal condition of
Henry Klein. charged with the kill.
ing OF Harry Paine in Silver City,
September % last Judge Backus APP
pointed commission composed of
Drs. F. c. Studley, w F. Becker, Har-
r. E. Bradley. A. F. Young and D. w,
| harrington. which viii examine the
defendant before his case In munich
pal court will be called His attorney,
Benjamin Poss, is confident that Klein
is now insane.
West Salem.-One of the early
| pioneers of western Wisconsin. for
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aged sixty-six years, lies dead at the
county poorhouse. Pierces money
slipped away, and following an injury
which incapacitated him two years
ago, he has been in want.
Cashton. The second suicide
committed on the farm of Albert
Misna in this vicinity occurred when
| George Minertz, aged thirty, farm
hand, after tying one end of the rope
to a rafter and the other around his
neck. jumped through hay chute,
COMMONWEALTH Third
ward Is to have park. Four
lots in the Westover plat have
been given to the city by Mrs. L. C.
| Williams and Mrs. Van Alstine to be
used as a park and the park is to be
named Westoyer park.
Madison. - The Wisconsin rate
commission fixed the value Of the
Appleton Water Works company at
/ $255,000. The city of Applaton last
year voted to buy the property, and
applied to the commission for valu-
] alton.
Stoughton.-The common council
has reduced the volunteer fire
department from SO to 80 members
and established the annual salary ct
| $35. The chief will be paid as reg
ular fireman.
] Racine. = The corporate limits
! of Racine will re extended and the
! population increased at least 5000.
| The common council decided to annex
| property west and north of the city
Superior. H. A. Scho-
| field has been chosen to succeed
A. c. Shong, who left the principal
! ship of the Central high school to ac-
| cept a position in Milwaukee.
! Pound.--When a railway postal
| clerk took pouch from its hook here
he found that robbers had slit the sack
and distracted valuable letters and
| parcels.
| Wausau The board of pub
lie works of the city was authorized
to secure estimates and plans for a
municipal lighting plant, at the coun-
| ell meeting.
Superior-Mayor F. R. Crumpton
has vetoed the ordinance passed by
the council forbidding the sale at any
time of fireworks or firecrackers.
Superior-A $25, 600 personal injury
suit has been brought by ten-year-old
Overd Nodean against the 500 road
| for the loss of leg
La Crosse. poultry show of
the Western Wisconsin Poultry
association, which opened here, is
said to be the largest and best
| ever held in the state outside of Mil
waukee over 1000 birds have al
ready been entered. The display of
water fowl is good and the turkey ex-
hibit large The Rhode Island class
| display is exceedingly heavy and the
| single comb leghorns number over
200. The Partridge Wyandottes num-
Der $50.
La Crosse-That graft entered in
| to the construction of the La
Crosse county Jail some years ago
was the charge made following an
| investigation by the county board,
which shows that chrome steel floors
and protecting walls, specified by
| Architect Allan d. Conover, Madison,
now president of the state board of
control were omitted and easily de-
structible cement substituted by the
| building superintendent
| Representatives Of the
Wisconsin Telephone company and
many connecting companies In the
Green Bay district began two
days district meeting In the court
| house here. Matters Of interest to
| district employees and connecting
companies are taken up by the Off
cials Of the Wisconsin Telephone com.
pany.
Prairie du Chien.-The servants
| dormitory of Sacred Heart col.
iege was totally destroyed by fire. The
loss on building and contents is esti.
mated at $4,000 An insurance of
| $500 was carried on the building. The
dormitory was brick building, part
] Of the old Clark estate, and was a
| landmark of the city.
/ Superior. - The common council
| has voted to return to the es-
tate the 800 bail which Albert Erd-
man furnished just before he commit
/ ted suicide. Erdman was arrested on
charge Of illegal sales OF liquor and
killed himself the night after he was
/ released on bail.
| Oconomowoc-The sixth annual
exhibition of the Oconomowoc Poul-
Try and Pet Stock association win
open at the Auditorium next week for
a FIVE days session. The Wisconsin
Buff Rock cup will be in competition
with 16 other silver cups, and $3.50 In
cash prizes.
ilwaukee.-Charles AGinger, fl.
| ty-one years old, western man
ager of the Charles Hellmuth com
pany. dealers in photographic ink and