River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-12-08
STATE NEWS

street at an early hour the other morn
ing. Mrs. SadZoski arose to start the
kitchen fire. She poured kerosene on
the kindling wood, closed the doors
and applied a match. There was an
explosion which wrecked the stove,
set fire to the woodwork and set the
woman's clothing ablaze. She
screamed for help and her husband
rushed to her assistance. He was
overcome by smoke and died of suffo-
cation. The daughter ran to the as
sistance of her parents and her hair
was burned off, her face, chest and
arms were also badly scorched. Fire.
men extinguished the blaze and found
the two bodies lying on the kitchen
floor. The loss to the dwelling was
less than $780,
Waukesha. - Hugh Rowland OF
the town of Genesee has begun
damage proceedings in the circuit
court against the Chicago & North
western road to recover 900 for
injuries received on February 20,
1910. Mr.. Rowland was engaged as a
fireman for the company and alleges
that while passing through Zion City,
ILL.,, en- route from Chicago to MilWau-
kee, he stuck his head out of the cab
window and was struck by the project
ing arms of a mail crane which had
mail bag suspended upon it.
Milwaukee.-Frank Praeger was
found guilty Of manslaughter in the
fourth degree by jury in municipal
court after ten hours deliberation. A
motion for a new trial will be argued.
Praeger was charged with hitting G.
A. Daley in a fight in a South side
saloon, breaking his neck. Praeger
was bartender in saloon at 129
Clinton street. The penalty for man.
slaughter in the fourth degree is from
one to two years in the state peniten-
tiary.
Oconomowoc. = The Waukesha
County Medical society elected
these officers here: President, DR.. j.
H. Vote; vice-president, DR.. Noble,
Waukesha; secretary and treasurer,
DR.. Davies, Waukesha; censor, DR.. II.
A. Peters, Oconomowoc. DR.. M. r.
Wilkinson was elected delegate to the
state convention and DR.. d. A. Hadley
alternate.
Manitowoc.-The village of Mari
bel, near this city, was threatened
with destruction by fire. A black
smith shop and five dwellings burned
before the volunteer company, aided
by Manitowoc fire fighters, extin-
guished the blaze. The loss was $780,
600. The fire started in the black
smith shop.
| Madison. - Justice Winslow in
the state supreme court issued
mandate to Sheriff Madden of Sawyer
county requiring that official to bring
John F. Dietz into court here next
week and then show cause why he is
holding Dietz a prisoner in the Saw
yer county jail. 1t is a habeas corpus
proceeding.
La Crosse. = In the legisla-
ture next month a bill will be intro
duced providing for the restoration OF
the position of state waterways COM
missioner, held during the three year
term which expired last July by S.
Reid, La Crosse.
Appleton.-The $4,000 monument
in memory of the late Judge
George Baldwin, ordered more than a
year ago, has arrived in the city and
is being set up on the Baldwin family
lot at ST. Mary's cemetery southwest
of the city.
New Richmond.-The post office
at Emerald, Is miles east of this
city, on the 500 line, was blown up by
yeggmen. The safe was completely
wrecked and much damage was done
to the store building and contents
Postmaster Ed. Peterson estimates the
loss at $500 in cash and over $500 in
stamps.
Couderay-Fire at Radisson de-
stroyed the general store building
and household goods belonging to Fred
w. Thorbahn. For a while the whole
town was threatened on account of the
high wind The loss is $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
La Crosse. - An ice gorge in
the Mississippi river near Dresbach,
Mimi, north of here, has caused a
| drop OIL one LOU Ill S1A AOu1 . AO4O OA-
less the gorge breaks, lands above
Dresbach may be seriously flooded.
Kenosha-District Attorney Ba
ker protests against Governor Da-
Wilson's pardoning Charles Loescher,
a Kenosha man now serving ten years
in Waupun for a statutory offense.
Loescher was sent up year ago.
Beloit-In a binding snow storm,
the cornerstone of the new post
office building was laid with cere-
monies by the Masonic order. There
was a procession to the site and the
ceremonies were conducted by Grand
Secretary w. w. Perry of Milwaukee,
grand lodge of Wisconsin. The build
ing is at the corner of East Grand
avenue and Pleasant street and will
cost $4,000.
La Crosse.-Residents of the
southern portion of the city were
badly frightened when big black
| bear, accompanied by a cub, came
into town and walked three squares
undisturbed before the male resi-
dents thought of their guns. Frank
Miller, John Stry and F. Bay, armed
with heavy rifles, started in pursuit
| and wounded the old bear, but both
escaped. They are now being pur-
sued.
Eau Claire.-The tax rate in
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