The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-03-11
WISCONSIN NEWS.
Items Condensed from the
Happenings of the Week.

threatening TO QynamlC0 the DullulAS,
a house belonging to Rev. Father Cart
haus at Brillion has been vacated by
Frank KrZanzki and family, who were
renting the place from the priest. The
wife of Krzanzki became i'll through
nervousness and the neighbors feared
harm to themselves in the case OF a
dynamite explosion, so he was pre-
vailed upon to vacate the house.
Chief of Police Henry c. Baker OF
Racine has received a letter from
South Bend, Ind, informing him that
Albert Smith, young Racine crook,
travelling under the name of Charles
Kenyon of New York, had been found
guilty of grand larceny at that place
and sentenced to the state prison.
Administrative proceedings were be-
gun in the estate of Edward FL. Mer-
rell, late professor emeratus OF Rlpon
college The personal property is val
ued at $1,000 and real estate at $4,000.
There was no will. Professor Merrell
over half century.
Appendicitis made "three Dagger"
at ST. Norbert's college. Three stu
dents were taken suddenly i'll, each
case being diagnosed as appendicitis.
The students are Walter Harlow, APP.
pleton; Louis Traeger, Green Bay, and
Frank Duquaine, Green Bay.
Henry L. Thompson has sued the
American Writing Paper company OF
Depere for $4,000 for the loss of an
arm. While cleaning the platter his
arm was drawn in between the heavy
rolls, crushing the bone and making
amputation necessary.
At the regular meeting of the Wis
consin university board of regents it
was decided to appoint business man
ager for the university who will have
exclusive control over all the business
affairs and relations of the institution.
Gustav Kristen, a brother of Oscar
Kristen of Milwaukee, is under arrest
at Ashland charged with emptying a
charge of buckshot into his hired man,
John Bryan, while attempting to shoot
another employee, Frank Sturgeon.
The case of Herman Ekern against
Assemblyman Albert T. Twesme, al
leging libel, goes to Eau Claire for
trial, Judge Higbee deciding that no
jury from Trempeleau county could be
procured that was not biased
The dedication of Lathrop hall at
Wisconsin university mas been post
poned indefinitely and will not be held
on March IS, as previously announced.
President Van Hise will be absent
from the city on that date.
The postoffice fight at Amigo prom
Uses to be a longer drawn out affair
than was anticipated. A specia' inves-
tigator was there inspecting the affairs
of the office, but made no report there
of conditions that he found.
Fire at Doylestown destroyed G. w.
Miller's store, the postoffice, Kehoe's
saloon and DIR. McDonald's residence.
The loss is $4,000, $4,000 of which is
covered by insurance in Wisconsin Mu-
tual companies.
The members of the saloon keepers
league of New London will close their
saloons Sundays. Placards are to be
posted in all the saloons prohibiting
the presence Of minors.
Fire of an unknown origin totally
destroyed dock / of the c. Reiss Coal
company at Sheboygan, causing loss
variously estimated at from $4,000
to $4,000.
The ten-year-old son of Matt Tin
SCUM, living about three miles north
east of Brule, was accidentally shot
and killed by a playmate with small
bore rifle.
Dispatches received in Racine from
Dallas, Tex, state that the Racine Sat
tley company lost stock in fire at
that place valued at $4,000 to $780,
900.
Mrs. Catherine Maher, aged seventy
seven years, mother Of Attorney John
J. Maher, and a pioneer resident OF
Milwaukee, died at her home in that
city.
Carl Kelly of Amigo lost all the fin
gers on his right hand when that mem
Der became caught in chopping ma
chine at the Berglin meat market.
Morris Liebermann, a peddler, was
held up by Indians and robbed of $45
while driving through piece of woods
on the Oneida reservation.
Superior will not vote on the license
issue at the spring election. The pro-
hibitionists also decided not to put a
ticket in the field.
Burton E. Nelson was reelected su-
perintendent of the Racine public
schools at meeting Of the board of
education.
Brakeman Edward Hedican, of Ash
land, was killed and his body cremated
in a rear end collision near Abbotts-
ford.
The state executive board of the w.
C. T. T. in session at Berlin decided
to hold statewide tag day on May 4.
Nellie G. Palmer, aged ffty-three
years, the first white person born in
rNo,, O1oiro is doad in, 0ronoo Cifu Flo