The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-09-16
!: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

State Treasurer Dahl. and Attorney
General Gilbert, will meet Sept. 10 to
canvass the primary vote. This board,
while enjoined to do it's work as speed
lily as possible may adjourn for ten
days after meeting. AS the platform
committee is to meet the Monday fol-
lowing, Sept. 26, it is possible that the
filling of the vacancy for attorney gen.
eral on the Republican ticket, should
such be found to exist, may go over to
the new state central committee. The
general belief here is that the board
of examiners will take advantage Of
the law giving authority to adjourn
for not exceeding ten days.
BELOIT-This city is now the me-
tropolis of Rock county, having passed
GAINESVILLE. E. Dana Durand, director
of the census, made public the official
figures for the two cities and for Rock
county. These figures show that Be-
lott has a population of 1925 as COM
pared with 10436 ten years ago and
6,315 twenty years ago. The popula-
ton Of GAINESVILLE is 1884, as com
AIRED with 1875 ten years ago and
1886 twenty years ago. The pop
ulation of Rock county is 55, 53S, as
compared with 51,2O3 ten years age
and 1920 twenty years ago.
MlLWAUKEE-M1ss Jennie Melee,
student at st. Mary's academy, St,
Francis, was Instantly killed and Ter
IoT a tIrHo ont
in the same institution, was saved
from death only through the presence
of mind Of Edward P. Mcnamara. a
craftsman in the Milwaukee county
register of deeds Office. near Rockford
Ill, when an automobile in which the
party was riding was hit by fast pas
senger train at railroad crossing at
the outskirts of that city.
LA CROSSE-A posse composed OF
sheriffs, deputies and police secured
the hills for five miles south of here
in quest of Jim Wilson, a negro, who
it is alleged, terrorized farmers be-
tween La Crosse and the Burlington
construction camp, where he was EN-.
ployed. Brandishirg a big revolver,
Wilson is said to have held up and
robbed five people, two of them con
structio- foremen, and threatened to
return an0 kill his victims if they
called the police. They then fled to
the hills.
Observation-Disclosures to the
meeting of the federated trades coun-
Gil adopted ty unanimous vote reso
lutions conde mining the action of The
odore Roosevelt in denouncfng the Off
GERS of the Western Federation OF
Miners and many of the other remarks
which they claim he has made since
retiring to private life. The resolu.
tiOns also contain a full Endorsement
of the action of Mayor Seide1 in refus
ing to act on the reception committee
when Roosevelt visited Milwaukee.
WINTER--John F. Dietz, the .shero
of Cameron DAM" shot and seriously
injured Bert Horrel in wrangle over
the village election here Dietz first
quarreled with c. G. O'Hare, president
of the Winter school board Bert Hor.
rel upheld OHare's side of the con,
troversy and, it is claimed, struck
Dietz, who pulled gun and fired point
blank at Horrel. Horrel staggered
and fell and was removed to his home
Doctors say that the wound is not ia.
tai unless blood poison sets in.
MILWAUkEE-The closing meeting
of the convention of the German Press
~
on the Northwestern railway. Walter
Week, DR.. O. H. Heinrich, Valentine
Bickert, DR.. Herman Duemling, Law.
REM Thence and Gustav Goes were adj
mitted to membership. The members
also accepted several designations
from the association and passed reso
buttons of thanks for everyone having
had any share in their entertainment
while in Milwaukee
WATERLOO-A. j. Humphrey for
many years leading citizen of Wa.
terloo, died here at the age of seven.
ty-nine. Mr. Humphreys was native
of Vermont, and a descendant of rev.
dictionary ancestors. He was identi.
fed with the r.. bIican party from
the date of it's organization and for
many years was a leader of the party
in this county
WHITEWATER-Co who
are in charge of the construction OF
the new normal school here faced sus.
pension OF work as the result of the
charges that employees have been per
'mitted to work ten hours day, while
the laws provide that no men WORKING
on state buildings shall work more
than ten hours day.
Ia CROSSE--A large automobile
carrying seven persons plunged over
an embankment into the La Crosse
river near West Salem, and, of the oc.
cupants, Mrs. Robert B. Mccoy, wife
Of Colonel Mccoy, chief inspector OF
small arms practice for Wisconsin and
member OF the national rife board
was drowned.
MADiSON-August Brinkman, who
was arrested by the federal authori