River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-08-11
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS


gates of the big dam at Rothschild
will be lowered. and Wausau lake will
be formed from the overflow caused
by the backed up water of the Wis
consin river The new body of water
is expected to cover an area eight
miles long by half to three-fourths of
a mile in width, to a depth of several
feet. The stumps and brush have
been removed from the borders and
many lots have been sold, the inten-
ton being to make this a popular re-,
sort in summer. The lake will ex-
tend from the Marathon paper mills
nearly to this city.
Appleton. At the coroner's in
quest over the death of H. J. VALE
MUS, who killed his four-month-old son
and then committed suicide, Mrs. Wal
lenius testified that she left her hus-
band last May and went to Minneapo-
lis and then came to Appleton, when
he followed her to that city. She says
he found her here and tried to get her
to return to Chicago with him, and
when she refused he killed the baby
lenius killed himself with a revolver.
The wife will have nothing to do with
the remains, and the murderer and his
infant victim were buried here in one
casket, by order of the Chicago Paint
ers' union, of which he was a member.
Kenosha.-Faithful service among
workmen is to be rewarded by
the E. l. Du Pont-De Nemours Powder
company, controlling plants in all
parts of the United States, as an in
crease in wages dating from July 1
has been announced from the plant
in this county. The increase is
granted as follows: Two per cent.
for men in service from one to two
years; five per cent. for men in serv-
ice from two to five years; ten per
cent. for men in service from five to
ten years; Is per cent. for men in
service from ten to fifteen years, and
| 20 per cent. for all men in the service
for more than fifteen years.
Wausau-A meeting will be held
in this city to take steps for the
formation of Wisconsin Industrial
association, the purpose of which will
be to induce settlers to come to this
state instead of going to Canada, Flori-
| da, Texas and western states. A. D..
Campbell, state commissioner of immi-
| grafton, will be present. The meeting
to take the formal steps to organize
will lie held in Milwaukee August II.
! Sheboygan. - Henry Walter, aged
| sixty-seven years, was struck and
instantly killed by freight car on the
line of the Sheboygan Light & Power
| Railway company between here and
Riverside. He was riding out of his
barnyard in a wagon. The car struck
the wagon, splintering it, and almost
every bone in his body was broken.
The horse escaped unhurt.
Wausau. = Mrs. Lillian Stevens,
Portland, Ore, president of the Ma
tional w. c. T. u, will attend the
| state convention here in October, as
will also Miss Anna Gordon, Evanston.
DR.. Samuel Dickie of Albion college
also will be one of the speakers.
Superior.-Rev. A. P. Ekblad, pro-
lessor in Augustana college, Rock
Island, ILL.,, has accepted the call eX-
tended him by the congregation of the
Swedish Lutheran Pilgrim church of
this city, and will be here on Septem-
Der 1 to take up his duties.
Madison. - The executive commit.
! tee of the Wisconsin branch of
| the American Society of Equity will
hold their meeting in Madison August
16. to determine the place for the
next state convention. Eau Claire and
Wausau are candidates.
Wausau.-Albert Kohl of Chiffon
was sentenced to five years i'm.
Waupun by Circuit Judge A. H. Reid
on plea of guilty to the charge of as
sault upon a seven-year-old girl. He
! pleaded drunkenness.
La Crosse.-Between $50 and zoo
members of the Wisconsin Paid
Firemen's association are expected to
attend the fifth annual convention OF
the organization which is to be held
here on August 16, II and 10.
Madison.-The Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad paid the sec
ond installment of it's state tax to
State Treasurer Dahl. The total tax
is $495, 142.
Oshkosh.-Emancipa day will
be celebrated by negroes in the
Fox river valley at gathering here.
There will be about 800 in attendance.
An orchestra of colored persons from
Milwaukee will play and Editor Cook
of the Defender of Milwaukee will
| give an address.
New Richmond.-The protracted
drought is seriously handicapping
the electric power transmission
companies on Apple river in
Huntingdon, Riverdale, Somerset and
| Apple River Falls. Owing to the low
water none of the plants run all of
the time 1t frequently becomes nee
essary to shut down during a portion
of the day to allow a sufficient head
of water to accumulate to carry the
electric lighting load in the various
| cities
| Janesville.-F'ire believed to have
been started by spontaneous COM
bustion, caused $4,000 loss to Will
liam Lathers, farmer living about
eleven miles southeast Of this city
| in the town of Turtle. The insurance
is small. The fire started in new hay
| in the barn, which was destroyed with
all it's contents, including large
| quantity of hay, all the implements