The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-09
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: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

county. These figures show that Be
lott has population of Is, 125 as COM
pared with 10, 436 ten years ago and
o,5l5 twenty years ago. The popula-
ton Of GAINESVILLE is 1884, as COM
AIRED with 1885 ten years ago and
1886 twenty years ago. The pop
ulat1on of Rock county is So, 53S, as
compared with 51,203 ten years ago
and 1920 twenty years ago.
High praise for Senator La Toilette,
good natured sneers at President aft,
claims that the insurgents had done
Whatever was right and others what
ever was wrong, now and then an an
ecdote, a bit of ancient history, made
UP the speech which Senator DOlliver
OF Iowa delivered at the Hippodrome
IN Milwaukee to an audience that al
most filled the lower floor of that edi-
ice The most noticeable feature of
the address was the constant attempt
to connect Theodore Roosevelt with
the insurgent movement
Death in the most violent form was
the price paid for nap taken by
Louis Lang, twenty-five years old. Mr..
Lang was an Oiler in the power house
OF the Fond du Lac traction Company
and after a day at the fair reported
for duty as usual at night He fell a.
sleep, his head resting against a belt,
and when the engine was started he
was whirled through the pulley and
instantly killed. The engine was stop
ped after one revolution had been
made, but the body already was badly
mutilated
The annual reunion of the Twenty
second regiment, Wisconsin volun-
teers, was held at Beloit. Two COM
panies of the regiment were organ
lied i'll Beloit and were mustered in
at Racine on Sept. 2, 1861. Companies
B and | have held their annual meet
ings in Beloit at the home of L. S.
Moseley for many years. The regiment
was we'll representated at the reunion.
A gathering of the graduates and
former students Of the College of Agri-
culture of the University of Wisconsin
will be held on Thursday Sept. Is, at
the college of agriculture exhibit at.
the state fair. Plans are being made
for a brief program, with short ad-
dresses by representatives OF the col
lege and by graduates, followed by an
informal luncheon.
The Rev. Paul Chrizan, pastor of
the Church of the Holy Cross at La
Crosse, formerly of Milwaukee, res
cued the Rev. Michael Lynch from
In the battle with the treacherous
current, which drew him under twice,
the arm of Rev. Lynch was fractured
near the shoulder
The state board of normal school
regents has arranged a series of con-
ferences of normal school teachers and
other educators of the state in Madi-
son in October, November and Deem
ber improvements in methods of
teaching and arrangement of courses
of study in normal schools will be con-
sidered
Amelio Carloni, alleged to have
made murderous attack early in July
upon Mrs Salvador Gargaro, then Miss
Annie Montefusco, because she refused
to marry him, has been arrested in
Portland, Ore. He is being held until
Sheriff j. S. Johnson can go to Port
land to bring him back to Cumber-
land
Lewis Ostenson and daughter, Miss
Edith Ostenson, of Oconomowoc, who
are now travelling abroad, were re-
ceived by King Haakon in special au-
dience at Christiania, Norway The
king sent greetings to Mr.. Ostenson's
father, who is now living in Ocono-
mowoc, and is in his ninetieth year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Knuth of She
in Rensburg, Holstein, Germany, to
visit. They will attend the sixty-f1fth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. Knuth's
parents Mr. Knuth has been in this
country twenty-five years.
The biennial session of the Wiscon-
sin state council, Fraternal Reserve
association, Informally convened at
Waupaca A large representation from
all parts of the state was present. TIL
next meeting will be held at Wausau
in 1912
Neighbors who went to the house
of John Hughes, wealthy farmer of
the town of Calamus, found him dead
on couch. 1t is supposed he commit
ted suicide by taking paris green. He
had been in poor health for several
years.
Ten thousand people attended the
ceremonies at the laying of the cor
ner stone of the new city hall at Ken
osha. The parade which preceded the
ceremonies was the greatest in the
history of Kenosha
Col J. H. Woodnorth, ccmmandant
at che Wisconsin Veterans home, died
at Waupaca from an attack of double
pneumonia after an ILLNESS of less