River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-07-07
STATE
HAPPENINGS

corn strip will be shipped into Wis
consin, since the announcement of
decision in this state recently, prohib-
iting the labelling of this so-called corn
strip as corn sirup," and requiring
the same to be labeled glucose
The D. B. Scully Sirup company,
one of the largest firms dealing in the
product, was among the first to declare
against shipping corn strip to Wiscon-
sin in any form under the new order,
and it is said the Corn Products Re-
filming company intends to do SO or al
ready has decided to ship no, more
corn strip to this state until the exist
ing condition of affairs is reversed.
Chicago officials of the Corn Prod
ucts Refining company said they were
not in a position to state what action
the company would take, as all it's
plans were determined at the main Of
fee in New York.
Mr.. Scully Of the Scully Sirup COM
pany was emphatic in his determine
ton not to attempt to ship his corn
strip product into Wisconsin as long
as the present requirement remains in
effect.
Il will not label my corn strip 'glu-
cose," he said. "To do so would be
to mislabel the article. 1t is corn strip
and nothing else, and cannot rightly
be called glucose. In labelling it
corn sirup' we are carrying out the
provisions of the United States pure
food laws"
The decision of the Wisconsin SUI
preme court was given in a case car
ried up to the higher courts by the
Corn Products Refining company to
test ruling of the state food commits
sioner that all corn strip shipped into
the state be labeled glucose" A de-
cision was reached recently, after the
matter had been pending for two
years.
| Chippewa Falls.-The twenty-fifth
anniversary of the founding of st.
| Joseph's hospital was celebrated here.
The program began with services Sum
day morning and night in ST. Charles
church, in which the Catholic clergy
of this city and nearby points partici-
pated. The principal address was given
| by Rev. Weideman. Tuesday night a
banquet was given in the hospital. The
hospital was founded on June %, 1885,
by sisters Rosa, Mercian and Crescen-
tia, who came from the mother house
in Springfield, Ill.
Fond du Lac.-The Union Mu-
! tual Fire Underwriters association
! of Wisconsin held it's annual conven-
ton here About thirty agents, repre-
senting companies in the state writing
insurance on city and village proper
| ty, were in attendance. At the after
noon session these officers were elect
ed: President, Nathan Haessly, Their
esq., first vice-president, Joseph
| Schmidt, Campbellsport; second vice
president, A. C. Caldwell, Kewaskum;
secretary, H. A. Wrucke, Campbells-
! port.
! Neenah. - With the thermometer
registering as high as 104 in the
shade, Neenah is suffering under
a heat wave which surpasses all
"hot spells" of former years. Horses
are dropping on the streets, and some
of the mills are closed, something un-
| heard of in years. Several persons
have suffered sunstrokes. Paul Pas
chenk, a railroad man, dropped from
the top of box car and is in seri-
GUS condition.
Janesville.-City Attorney Harry L.
Maxfield has filed a request with
the fire and police commission,
asking that body to investigate
charges against Chief of Police George
M. Appleby and Mayor Wilbur F.
earle. He alleges that the municipal
court ordered the occupants of house
to leave the city, but the mayor grant
ed permission to remain until July 5
after the court order had been issued
Warrants may be issued against
Captain Streckfuss of the wrecked
steamer, and other owners, according
to District Attorney G. X. Dahl of
Caledonia, who is conducting the in
vestigation, and the seriousness of
the charge will depend upon the rest
of the evidence, which will be taken
at New Albin.
Plein's body was in a terrible con-
dition, indicating that he had suffo-
Gated, and then was burned before
the boilers fell upon him. 1t is now
said to be practically established that
he was never released, as claimed by
Captain Streckfuss, but died prison
er in the hold.
Fox Lake.-Vilas Schultz, son of
Christ Schultz, a farmer of Fox
Lake, mysteriously disappeared from
home. He was fourteen years old, of
light complexion, had light hair and
was dressed in dark striped shirt and
overalls.
La Crosse.-Following the finding
of the body of Jack Plein, wedged
under the wrecked boilers in the
hold of the burned steamer 81. S.,
near Victory by divers, a coroners
| jury began a hearing to fix the re-
| sponsibility.
| New Richmond.-The two-year-old
child of Herman Kiekhofer in the town
! of Richmond is dead as the result of
| sunstroke.
! The Corn Products Refining COM
pany, Immediately after the decision
was made public, warned jobbers to
| withdraw the strip from sale at once
| So far as is known, no attempt was
made by the manufacturers or dealers
to evade the supreme courts interpre-
tation of the law.
A Chicago authority declares that be-
tween 500 and 1000 cars Of corn strip
has been Skinned to Wisconsin annu-