The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1910-12-23
!: WISCONSIN, STATE NEWS.


Wisconsin college of agriculture won
fifty-six prizes, amounting to 1887.
Every prize in college classes was woa
by the university flock OF sheep. At
all of the eleven international shows
Wisconsin has taken first place IN the
college classes. as well as first prize
for the finished product. The prlses
included six championships, seventeen
first prizes. twelve seconds, fifteen
thirds. three fourths and three hfths.
All these were won by flock OF fifty
three sheep.
JUNEAU-The longest trial OF an
action in the court history OF Dodge
county came to an end when the jury
in the contest over the will OF the late
Janet Nisbet of Trenton returned a
verdict sustaining the will Janet Ms
bet was the sole survivor OF her lam
ily. Her wealth was appraised at al
most $4,000, only a small portion OF
which was disposed of by will. All of
the next of kin, III Scotland, opposed
the will on the grounds of undue IN
fuence and want of testamentary ca
pacity. The trial in circuit court here
lasted three full weeks, including night
sessions
MADISON-Dr Clarke GaTen, aged
sixty years, of this city, Gied while
asleep in chair. Death was caused
by heart and kidney troubles, from
which he had been suffering for some
time Dr. Gapen was. widely known
throughout the state and in the mid
die west as an alienist. DR.. GaEen
was credited with having started the
stampede which resulted in the NOM
ination of William ]. Bryan for pres
ident at the Democratic national con-
ven in 1896.
HAYWARD-The charge against
Clarence Dietz was dismissed and
John F. Dietz was bound over to the
circuit court by Municipal Judge ]. T.
Roirdan in the preliminary hearing on
warrants accusing the defender of
Cameron Dam" and his oldest son OF
assault with intent to kill Bert Horel
on Sept. 6 last in Winter. The hear
ing of the charge of assault with intent
to kill John Rogich, John Heff and
others on July 27, 1906, was begun inn
mediately.
kENOSHA-Dr. J. B. Spaulding, ar
rested in Chicago in connection with
an alleged kidnapping of an infant child
of Miss Emily Humphrey of this city,
was back in his Office, but he was see
ing no one and gave out 10 statement
in regard to the case. To some of his
friends he declared that he would be
ready to defend himself when called
before the proper authorities. The po-
lice of Kenosha have not teen asked
to arrest Mrs. Jennie Hergert.
KENOSHA-A daring lone bandit
armed with two revOlvers held up the
station of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric railway here, taking all the
contents of the cash drawer, some
where in the neighborhood of $500
Edward L. Veigel, the station agent,
had been called out with a decoy tele-
phone message and the robber found
the office in charge of his sister. He
thrust revolver into the face of the
young woman, who tainted.
RACINE-A cook stove in the kitch-
en- of Rev. v. Miniberger, 1904 High
street, exploded with a terrific report
that was heard for half a mile. The
wife of the minister had just placed
coal in the stove and had walked to
another room when the explosion oc-
Cured Had she been in the room she
would undoubtedly have been killed. 1t
is believed that the explosion was due
to gas or a piece of dynamite in the
coal.
lLWAUKEE-Claren barrow of
Chicago wants not only cash fee of
5000 in advance from the Milwaukee
Deitz defense committee for his SER
vices in defending John F. Dietz of
Cameron Dam fame, but also $3.50 a
week until the case is settled. This
was the report made to the commit
tee, which despite the high figure. de-
cided to try to raise this sum.
WAUSAU-A macadamized road
through the state from Ashland to Mil
waukee is the project which julius
Thielman of Merrill, r. c. Thielman
of Tomahawk and others residing in
the Wisconsin river valley have start
ed Both of the men named were in
Ashland and held meeting with the
Business Mems association to interest
them in the movement.
LA cROSSE-Conducto H. Hanley
and Brakeman Whitman miraculously
escaped injury when the caboose in
which they were sleeping rolled down
a forty-foot embankment while their
train was being kicked" about the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road yards here.
LA ROSSE-Laughing heartily at
a Joke of a friend, Albert Sommers.
aged ffty-eight years, gasped and sank
unconscious to the ground and died
few hours later. Physicians are of the
opinion that the strain Of laughing in
duced a stroke of paralysis.