Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-10-14
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits Of News From the
Badger Stare.


back yard at the home of his grand
mother, little Burnette Lutz, 2-year
old son of Earl Lutz, fell into the
cistern and drowned
Beaver Dam.-William Bischoff, Jr.,
of the town of Calamus, accidentally
shot himself in the arm while hunting,
and it is expected the injured limb
will have to be amputated.
Fox Lake.-The hearing in the case
of Or. Hecker, charged with murder.
ing his wife by drowning, August 90
was begun here before Justice Parkin-
son, and was taken to Justice 0'Con-
nell on a change of venue.
Green Bay.--John Olson, sailor,
whose home is in Chicago, survivor of
the Pere Marquette car ferry accident.
in which thirty-five lost their lives by
drowning, was found dead in his bunk
ON board the schooner Rouse Simmons.
La Crosse. The announcement
is made by Republican leaders here
that the progressive campaign in
Wisconsin will not be started until
within three weeks of election, and
that it will be of the whirlwind order,
once inaugurated.
Stanley.-The Hotel West burned
with almost it's entire contents. There
were but few guests in the house at
the time of the fire, and all escaped
with their baggage. The loss will be
about $4,000, with $500 insurance.
The hotel will not be rebuilt
Superior.-Five years in the peni-
tertiary were given Nick Schommer
for shooting his sweetheart, Effie
Johnson, last spring. He pleaded gull
ty when arraigned. The girl recov
cred. The court thinks that hard
work will do him more good than a
long reformatory sentence.
Madison.-Further postponement of
the Vicksburg monument dedication,
set for October. 10, has been neces-
STATED by the breaking of a stone in
stone was rejected by the commission.
No one in authority is able to fix the
new date even approximately.
Milwaukee. - DR.. William Colby
Rucker Washington, will not return
to Milwaukee as health commits
sioner, word having been received
from Surgeon General Wyman by
Mayor Seidel to the effect that the
United States public health and hos
pital service needs his services.
Eagle River.-The 21-year-old son
of George B. Sanborn drowned in Big
Bass lake, six miles east of here. The
boy was out in a canoe with two
small children, when it capsized. The
two children were recovered in time
to save them, but the body of the
young man has not been recovered.
La Crosse.-The Wisconsin board of
medical examiners, in session here, is
considering the prosecution of several
physicians said to be practicing in vio-
lation of the law in this section of the
state. The board also is considering
twenty applications for permits from
physicians who have moved into Wis
consin
nelander-Bernice Secord six
years old, daughter of Charles Secord,
engineer for the Robbins Lumber Com
pany is dead from a peculiar acct
dent She endeavored to jump across
hole which had been dug for a tele-
phone post, and fell in. The dirt
caved in on top of the girl and smoth-
cred her before she could be rescued.
Appleton.-Company G, which led
the guard of the state, has just sur
passed it's own record in course G
firing and broken all records for the
Second regiment with a figure of
merit of 1926, as against 1852, its
former record. There are now TWEEN
ty-three experts, two sharp shooters,
forty-four marksmen and two third
class men in the company.
Washburn.-Matt Nelson, an old
resident of this city, committed sui
eide here by shooting himself. He
fired three shots, the first two in
ficting slight scalp wounds and the
third entered the top of his head.
The man lived for three hours. Ply
sicians and officers were notified, and
when Patrolman Chauvin arrived at
the home and attempted to take the
revolver from the man he was struck
in the face.
La Crosse.-The trial of Calvert
Spensley, indicted president of the
Mineral Point National Bank, which
was sensationally wrecked a few
months ago, and for which crime
Philip Allen, the cashier, is now serv.
ing time in Leavenworth prison, will |
not be held here at the term of the
United States court which convenes
United States District At |
torney George H. Gordon announces
the bank examiners have not finished
their examination of the books, anC
the trial will therefore be delayed I'm
til the next term of court.
La Crosse That the failure of hel |
lover, George Pfaff, to keep his prom
Use of marriage not only hurt hel
heart but also caused appendicitis
was the unique testimony of Mary |