Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-17
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Madison.-Lyle Briggs, who was
held by the police in connection
with the death of John W. Vaughn
was released following the verdict of
the coroner's jury that the death of
Vaughn was accidental. Both men
were in the employ of the Madison
Gas e Electric company and got into
| a dispute over the weight of a wheel
barrow of coke. Testimony at the
the first blow. In the scuff1e that fol-
lowed both men fell Is feet down an
elevator shaft. Briggs escaped with
d few scratches on his face but
Vaughn received internal injuries
which resulted fatally. Vaughn was
I fifty years old His wife died only
| two weeks ago.
Omro.-At the meeting of the
| official board of the Methodist
Episcopal church, resolution was
| passed calling upon Rev. Daniel Wood
| ward, pastor of the church, to return
to his charge at once and by inference
| demanding that he cease his speaking
on the stump in this campaign. Mr..
| Woodward Is out on the stump in be-
half of Francis e. McGovern as CUB
ernatorial candidate and Is, in his
| speeches, declaring that he considers
the issue of Representative govern
ment" which he claims McGovern
stands for is more important than the
issue of county option, to which Mr..
McGovern is opposed. He stands an
anti-optionist.
New London.-Mr. and Mrs. j..
M Holden celebrated their golden
wedding in the home of their son, c..
| E. Holden, in this city. Mr.. Holden
was born in Royalston, Mass, and
Mrs. Holden in Keene, N. H. They
came to Sheboygan Falls in 1862,
where they lived up to 20 years ago.
They then moved to Port Washington,
where they lived up to few weeks
ago, when they moved to New London.
Green Bay.-A family reunion
| took place at the home of j.
Lambert, when his brothers, Joseph
and Peter, whom he had not seen for
| twenty-five years, arrived in the city
| from Chicago. The brothers of Chi
cago learned the whereabouts of their
brother in this city about a week ago,
| through seeing his name in direc-
| tory. Mr.. Lambert came to this coun-
| try from Europe a number of years
before his brothers and in some man
ner they lost all trace of him, and be-
lieved him dead.
La Crosse.-After eleven days
work a professional diver has de-
cided it will be impossible to raise
| the hull of the sunken steamer u.
! S." near Victory, which was burned
| June Is. The diver succeeded in
raising the boats machinery, which is
now being floated on a raft to Du-
buque, Ia, to be installed in the new
counterpart of the 81. S." The ma
chinery is valued at $4,000. No fur
Their attempt will be made to raise the
hull. The safe, containing valuable
| papers and considerable money, in
Guiding 5000 belonging to the Lansing
| band, under whose auspices the i'll
fated excursion was given, was also
saved.
| New Richmond.-Thel local board of
| fire insurance underwriters announces
a material reduction in the rate for
residence risks, which will take effect
| at once.
Kenosha. - The annual reunion
of the Old Settlers club of Keno
| sha county will be on the club
grounds at Paddock's lake on August
%. This year the club will not per-
NIT any politics at the picnic and
state and county candidates who have
sought a chance to speak have been
refused.
MISREPRESENTATION Owen, Platte
vile, who has been missing, has
been found in Fulton, ILL., He
was in Dubuque and, it is said, be-
| came confused and went to Fulton,
| where the officers caught him in the
| act of jumping off the bridge with a
brick attached to his neck by rope.
III health and advancing years are
| given as the cause of his condition.
! He is well-to-do farmer, living seven
miles north of Platteville.
Marinette-The Marinette county
poorhouse has been condemned by the
state inspector and the building of a
new institution probably will be neces-
sary.
Racine.-The Peter Saugman, one
of the prominent Scandinavians Of
this city, died from blood poisoning.
Two weeks ago he ran small silver
into his finger, which caused the infec-
ton.
Kenosha-The express train on
the Chicago e. Northwestern road
ran down and killed team Of
horses at the Bronson street crossing
in Kenosha. The team was driven by
John Bernadh, who had narrow es-
cape from death He leaped from the
wagon just as the train struck the
team
Racine.-Mrs. Leonard Fusmas,
fffty-seven, committed suicide by
hanging herself to the kitchen door of
her home with towel. Before COM
hitting the deed Mrs. Fusmas attend
ed service at one of the local
churches.
Racine-The Racine board o. edu-
cation will try a new Plan for