The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-12-09

!: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


the next legislature farmers and house
! holders would be liable for injuries to
those employed by them. This fact
| was brought out in the hearing which
| the special joint legislative committee
] held in the school board rooms in the
| city hail. Uuless farmers and house
holders filed notice of their intention
to come under the provision of the act,
| the same as manufacturers, they would
| be shorn of defense except contribu-
| tary negligence in case of suit and if
| they did come in they would be liable
| for damages to the same extent as
manufacturers.
MILWAUkEE-Taken sick while in
| cab in q switch engine in the Chi
| cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul yards.
| Theodore KLEIN, fifty-four years old
| 414 Fourteenth avenue, died of heart
| failure on the way to his home. He
was removed from his engine and
| placed in a carriage. When the car
riage arrived at the house it was
| found that KLEIN had died on the
way. He had been an engineer in the
employ OF the Milwaukee road twenty
three years.
SUPERfOR-Fred Piper, proprietor
Of the Scranton house here, was found
dead in his room by the police. 1t is
not known whether he committed sui
eide or died of heart failure. After
dinner his wife went downtown and
he sent his children to a nearby drug
gist with note telling him to detain
them. This caused the druggist to be-
come suspicious and he informed the
police, who found the man sitting in
chair with gun across his lap.
GREEN BAY-F. W. Peterson, who
has been master mechanic with the
Chicago and Northwestern railroad at
Green. Bay for the last three years,
with jurisdiction over the Lake Shore
and the Northern Wisconsin divisions,
has been promoted to the position of
master mechanic of the Wisconsin di
vision of that road His headquarters
will be at Chicago avenue, Chicago
Ernst Becker, roundhouse foreman
succeeds Mr.. Peterson here.
ASHLAND-A company presenting
"The Defender of Cameron DAM" a
play dealing with John Dietz, had a
novel experience while playing Ash
land 1t was that of pres enting the
play with member of the DietZ
family in the theater, and she one of
the characters protrayed in the play
Myra Dietz Miss. DietZ witnessed the
play and expressed herself as pleased
with the performance.
STOUGHTON-After having turned
down an offer of $18,700 for its dam,
water power and property stockhold-
ers of the Stoughton Milling company
have finally decided to sell to. the city
of Stoughton for that price. The city
will spend $4,000 next spring in repiar-
ing the property and installing it's own
machinery. The water power will be
used as an auxiliary to the city's light
and power system.
NEW RICHMOND-Mrs. William
Cody and her eleven year old son,
Henry, were struck by 500 line
train near their home in Emerald and
were seriously injured. They were
driving along the highway which runs
close to the railroad track and the
horses took fright at train. The an
imals became unmanageable and
swung onto the track directly in front
of the locomotive.
LA ROSSE-Residents of the
southern portion of the city were bad
ly frightened when a big black bear,
accompanied by cub, came into town
and walked three squares undisturbed
before the male residents thought of
their guns. Frank Miller, John Stry
and F. Bay. armed with heavy rifles,
stared in pursuit and wounded the old
bear, but both escaped.
KENOSHA-The fact that high
school boys appeared in an intoxi-
Gated condition at social function
given at the school recently resulted
in the issuance of warrants for arrest
of some druggists of Kenosha on the
charge that they sold liquor to minors
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, superinten-
dent of the schools, demanded the ar
rest of the men.
KENOSHA-Mrs. Mary D. Bradford.
superintendent of schools, appeared in
municipal court against Charles Bisno,
the proprietor of a department store,
who was charged with employing ten
year old boy. Bisno was fined SIS and
costs. Mrs Bradford gave notice that
she would demand the arrest of every
employer of school children, of school
age in the city.
MILWAUkEE-One candidate for
mayor of Milwaukee at the next munic-
ipal- election is already in the. field.
Congressman WI. Cary. who was re-
Gently re-elected~from the Fourth Wis
consin district and will take his. seat
March 4, 1911, announced that he will
be a candidate for mayor in 1912.
RACINE-James Hakinson was re-
elected keeper of the Racine county
poor house at salary of $1,000 per
year There were six candidates for
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