The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-07-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
!: WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


Fierce forest fires ragged along the
Flambeau river in southern Rusk coun-
ty and all over Chippewa county. A
IRE started in the Paint creek bottoms
adjacent to the grounds OF the state
home for the feeble minded near Chip
pewa Falls. Attendants fought back
the fire and saved the home. The east
portion of Taylor county reported big
forest fires. The villages of Gilman,
Policy, Ruby, Arnold and Hamilton
were all fighting the fires and trying
to save the sawmills The village OF
Holcome was saved from destruction
only by heroic work of almost every
inhabitant
Express Agent M. J. PAUL. of Kau-
kauna narrowly escaped serious loss
by fire which originated in his office
PAUL. and his wife were away from the
office. which aCjoins their home, for
a short time, and returning found the
rooms filled with smoke issuing from
a trunk received that day. PAUL. took
it out doors and as he broke it open
the flames burst forth and he barely
escaped being burned. Spontaneous
combustion is the crly way the blaze
can be accounted for.
The Social Democratic referendum
to nominate a state ticket closed with
following result: Governor, w. A. ia
,obs, Racine; lieutenant governor,
Henry Bruins, Manitowoc; secretary
of state, Gustav A. Herring, Wash,
burn; treasurer, C. w. Swanson, Su-
perior; attorney general, Gilbert t.
Thorne, Oshkosh; insurance commits
sioner, Fred M. Anthem, Two Rivers;
United States senator, John c. Kleist,
Milwaukee.
Two hundred and fifty persons,
mostly children, were thrown into
panic at theater at Wausau when
a moving picture film caught fire and
exploded, spreading flames over the
rear of the house Several children
were bruised in the crush for the exit.
Operator Reynolds was burned on the
face and hands The fire was extin-
guished without much damage.
At meeting of the board of edu-
cation at Superior action was taken
which may result in the county attor-
ney starting suit against the fourteen
zeal coal companies supposed to be
a combination to fix the price OF
fuel. The fourteen bids submitted to
the board for furnishing coal were
all previous years.
The movement in many cities
against the exhibition of the Jeffries-
Johnosn prize fight pictures will not
be taken up in Milwaukee, at least
until the the films are shown there.
It is possible that the police may take
action if it is found that the pictures
contain Objectionable features.
The Chippewa Lumber and Boom
company sustained loss of $125,000.
when 100000 feet of pine and hem
lock logs burned in Yellow river camp,
nine miles north of Stanley. The logs
caught fire from blaze in the forests
a quarter of mile away.
Secretary William Kittle of the
state board of normal school regents
has issued a statement that there are
3,100 teachers attending the eleven
summer schools at the eight normal
schools of the state and in Eau Claire,
Rhinelander and Oconto.
In a meeting of the Democratic
county chairmen at Watertown secre-
taries and editors of the Second con.
nous decision to place before the PEG.
pie Robert kirkland of Jefferson for
congress-
Herman Goold, of Racine, began a.
$4,000 damage suit against Policeman
John Hanson. He alleges that the Of
ficer assaulted and beat him in a bru..
tai manner and that he was confined
to the hospital for several weeks.
Frank Kalk, a grocer of Sheboygan
Falls, who was injured in a runaway
accident, died of lockjaw. At the
time of the runaway he sustained in
juries to one of his limbs, cash TWEEN
ty inches in length being inflicted.
Miss Audrey Barnett, twenty years
old, pleaded guilty to the charge OF
stealing $40 worth of postage stamps
from her employer, Milton Broker, the,
postmaster at Sabin and was SEN
fenced to Jail for six months.
L. p Benezet was formally elected
superintendent of the la Crosse city
schools, to succeed Retiring Superin.
tendent John p Bird, at the regular
monthly meeting of the board of ed
ucation.
While attempting to alight from ar
auto at Viroqua before it had stopped
Mrs. Fl. E. Rogers was thrown to the
ground and rendered unconscious, in
which condition she remained for sew.
eral hours.
l.. J. Lampert, of Menasha, twenty.
eight years old and married. was so
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