River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-11-10
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS

University OF WISCONSIN,, uelQ It's hrSt
meeting of the year and the results
are not altogether satisfactory to the
nonfraternity men, VINO, although
they have control of the body, failed
to elect the men they had slated for
secretary and the executive commit
tee. The "barbs" supported Quincy
Jones for secretary, but the Office
went to Walter Buchen, Madison, a
fraternity man and sponsor for the
new conference. A nominating com
mittee was elected consisting of John
Childs, Eau Claire; E. H Meyers,
Evansville; Michael F. Timbers, Maus-
ton; Carroll o. Bickelhaupt, Aberdeen,
S. D., and Sager L. Odegard, Merrill.
Lake Mills. = Owen Gerard, an
actor playing part IN The Defen-
der of Cameron Dam," new play
founded on the story of the Dietz fam
lily, was accidentally shot during a per-
Torrance of the play here. One of the
big features of the show Is the battle
In the last act. Mr.. Gerard was pass
ing one Of the windows of the log
cabin when a blank cartridge was dis
charged into his face. The young &C
tor was painfully injured, but after
doctor had dressed his wound he
was able to go on with the perform
ance.
Beloit.-Miss Clara Hartford fresh
man at Beloit college, is at her
home in Elgin, ILL.,, recuperating from
ny1f a hI1rc in
her room in a dormitory. She and her
roommate, Miss Ruby Hoefer, Free
port, Ill, overpowered the intruder,
forced him into closet and barrica-
ded the door. He escaped through a
small window before help arrived.
Appleton. - James w. Strong
heart, Muskogee, Okla, former
Carlisle Indian football player, Sc
cured license to wed Miss Leah d.
Somers, a resident Of the Oneida res
ervation In this county, also a gradu-
ate of Carlisle Strongheart is doing
government work among the Indians
in different reservations Of the coun-
try.
Merrill. -William Waye, Wausau,
was sentenced to states prison
for five years by Judge Reid
for burglary When taken into Gus
tody he had in his possession watches
and rings that have been identified as
belonging to persons in Wausau and
Merrill, where house robberies have
been going on for some time.
Beloit-Jefferson Prairie church,
nine miles east of Beloit, was
the rallying point for a large mission
festival Three foreign missionaries
were in attendance, besides several
other pastors. The missionaries were
Rev. M. j. Stolee from Madagascar
and Rev. A. Martinson and Rev. Dan
iel Nelson from China
Park Falls.-The report that an
effort will be made at the neyt ses-
sion of the legislature to organize a
new county out of parts of Ashland;
Price, Sawyer and Iron is said to have
been started for campaign purposes.
Careful investigation shows that the
report Is without foundation.
La Crosse.-Officers Of the La
Crosse Automobile club have been
notified by President M. G. Moore of
the state association that the 1911
state endurance tour will stop over
here for one day, and that the semi
annual meeting of the association will
be held in this city.
Eau Edmund Garden, sixty
one years of age, one of the
Oldest residents of this city, lies at
the Sacret Heart hospital in critical
condition as the result of being struck
by a Milwaukee train here. 1t is
feared that there is fracture of the
skull.
Sheboygan.-F. Grabowski, an old
resident, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in las woodshed. He
had been ill for two years with can
Ger. He leaves a wife and four chill
dren.
La Crosse.-Matt Ruesgen, but
ton cutter, charged with the muir
der of John Studier, foreman under
whom he was employed, will be
placed on trial for murder The de-
Tense, it is said, will be temporary in
sanity.
Madison.-Prof. E. A. Ross sharp
ly denounces the alleged tenden-
cy on the part of some student news
paper correspondents to misquote him
in reports of statements made in his
lectures. He claims to have been mis-
quoted twice within ten days. Pro-
fessor Ross urged his class in sociol-
ogy to do all in its power to put a
stop to such pernicious practises.
Beloit = Business transacted by
the Beloit post office during the
last fifteen years more than quadru-
pied Rising from an annual business
of $4,000 in 1895, the business has
grown until the present year it is $751;
0OO
Wausau-J. H. Niehoff, a trav-
cling salesman, Quincy, ILL.,, was
thrown from a buggy in runaway
and fatally injured. He died.
Fond du Lac-A wolf hunt will
be held in the town of Eden.
Wolves are reported to have been
seen in various parts of the county
during the last few days and in one
place 80 sheep were killed by the ami
mails. This is the first time in the last
| fifteen years that any wolves have
been seen in this county.
Eau Claire. = Edmund Garden,
aged sixty-one, a resident of Eau
Claire for many years, was struck by
h Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul en-
CINE while attempting to cross a