Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-04-22
Wisconsin News
Brief Bits of News From the
Badger State.

Sunday school class here ii. +. Bird,
senator from this district, was strick-
en- with paralysis and is in critical
condition.
Glenwood.- While the 11-year old
daughter of Paul Fabrey, living in the
Bohemian settlement north OF Boyce-
vile, was starting fire to get supper
burned to death.
La Crosse Announcement is made
that a seven-day Chatauqua will be
held here, beginning June %. Senator
LaFollette is expected to be one Of
the principal speakers.
Ashland.-John Falonski, saloon
keeper, was held in $1,000 bonds for
attempting to kill Joe Puchalski. Pu-
chalski ordered drinks and refused to
pay. The saloonkeeper then shot him
in the back, the bullet passing through
his body.
Madison. The University Press
club closed negotiations with the Cur
tiss. Herring Biplane company for a
series of fights, to be given at Camp
Randall, under the auspices Of the
club, probably the week of the inter-
scholastic contests in June. James
Montgomery, a pupil of Curtiss, will
pilot the machine.
Milwaukee. The Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Light COM
pany announce an increase of pay of
practically cents an hour for 1900
motormen and conductors, effective
May /. The increase will amount TO
total of $4,000 a year. Last Sep.
TENDER the company advanced the pay
of its men / cent an hour.
Milwaukee-Mary Alaema, years
old, was fatally burned in a fire which
partially destroyed her home in the
Italian quarter, dying a few hours
later in hospital. Her brother
Michael, years old, was also burned,
but will live The children were
asleep at the time and were taken
from their beds unconscious by the
firemen.
Marinette.-A total of 10000 900 feet
of logs will be driven on the Menom-
inee river and it's branches this sea-
son, according to the announcement
made after the annual meeting of the
Menominee River Boom company.
Senator Isaac Stephenson presided at
the meeting. The boom company will
drive the main river and the drives on
the six branches are let by contract.
Milwaukee.-In a speech here Lieu
tenant Governor Strange, candidate
for governor, made savage attack on
the special legislative committee
charged with the duty of investigating
Wisconsin water powers. He said it
had been chosen with an eye to favor
ing vested interests, and that its men,
bers in their travels had been feted
and automobiled while neglecting
their work. Mr.. Strange declared he
had in his possession absolute proof
that New York interests had secured
options on a majority of all the water
power sites in Wisconsin. G. D.
Jones of Wausau explained the option
referred to was secured by paper
mill combine and had expired.
Appleton.-Prohibitio of the expor-
tatiOn of pulpwood into this country
rom Quebec will have no effect on
the Wisconsin pulp mills now, ac-
cording to W. S. Taylor, manager of
the Pulpwood company, the corpora
ton which furnishes all the mills in
the Fox river valley with pulpwood.
Mr.. Taylor, who has just returned
from the North, says it has been years
since they have got wood from Can
ada. He said when the prohibition
was placed on the wood on the crown
lands of Ontario it had no effect in
this state, and the same thing will
happen regarding the Quebec prohi-
bition as long as the wood lasts in
Minnesota. Practically all the spruce
used in Wisconsin comes now from
the vicinity of Duluth.
La Crosse.--Following a stormy
session lasting until nearly midnight,
the city council practically killed
proposition to build municipal light
ing plant here which was guaranteed
to light 800 arcs all night 365 nights
in each year at $31 per lamp, as com
pared to the price of $62 per lamp per
year, made by the La Crosse Gas and
Electric company, holding the present
contract The new proposition was
to install gas producer system to
cost $4,000 with $4,000 additional
for pole equipment, whereby, accord
ing to experts, energy could be pro-
duced at a lower cost than by water
power. Councilmen, however, refused
to go on record as favoring bonding
the city for $4,000 for such a plant,
despite the fact it was favored by a
large majority in referendum vote at
the last city election.
Wausau.-H Fl. Manson, of this city,
chairman of the Democratic state cen
trail committee, announced he would
call meeting of the committee for
Wednesday, April 20, to be held in
Milwaukee, at which meeting he viii
submit his resignation as chairman,
and a successor to him will be elected,
Marinette.-As a result of wearing
a pair of tight shoes to a dance Am
brose King is in danger of losing bis
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