River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1910-05-26
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

caught fire when gasoline ESCAPED
from the tank In short time the
tank exploded, spreading the burning
fluid all over Gruenwald. He was
thrown into the water and only
through the greatest exertion did ne
manage to reach the canoe which had
been tied to the launch.
Madison.-Governor Davidson has
appointed as Wisconsin delegates
to the national convention of in
surance accidents and workingmen's
compensation conference to be held
June 10 and II in Chicago. A. w.
Sanborn of Ashland, E. T. Fairchild
of Milwaukee, John ]. Blaine of Bos-
cobel, George Brew of Milwaukee,
Wallace Ingalls, of Racine, Walter D.
Eagan of Superior, Clarence gilbert
son of Stanley and Paul J. Watrous
of Milwaukee.
Fond du Lac.-The state high
school declamatory contest will be
held in Fond du Lac at the Henry
Boyle theater Principal l. O. Hub.
bard informed the school that he had
received a telegram from the board
of control of the State Lyceum asso
citation to that effect. There will be
seven districts represented Miss
Marguerite Mahoney winner of the
district contest at Oshkosh, will be
the Fond du Lac declaimer on the
program.
Oconomowoc. = The James H.
Eckles property on Lake La Belle, val
ued at $25O,000, was sold at admins
traitors sale to the Redemptorist Fa-
Tiers, Jesuit order of st. Louis, for
$4,000. The property comprises 20
acres of land and a handsome resi-
dence Judge K. M. Lands and George
H. Eckles of Chicago conducted the
sale. The property will be used for
Catholic theological seminary.
Beloit.-A chicken Matched here
has three legs and the tail of a
duck. The strange looking bird be-
longs to John Lynch of this city, who
is taking special care to raise it. The
chickens third leg is located under
it's tail and seems not to interfere
seriously with it's movements and is
used as a prop when the little fellow
stands still.
Madison-Charters authorizing two
new state banks were issued by
Commissioner of Banking M G.
Bergh; Pulaski State bank of Pu-
laski, Brown county; capital, $4,000;
J. E. Peplinski, president and F. K.
Ramszewski, cashier; and State bank
of Sheboygan, Henry Hillemann, pres
ident, and e. G.. Roehl, cashier; CAPT
tai. $4,000.
Madison-Martin Schmitt, stone
mason, attempted suicide by drink
ing carbolic acid. In a letter ad-
dressed to the police he states he did
not care to live any longer because
the woman whom he loved betrayed
him after he had spent on her 1920
for clothing, board and music lessons.
He is expected to recover.
Manitowoc.-While seeking the
cause for the sudden extinction
of the electric lights in the plant of
the Smalley Manufacturing company,
the night Waterman discovered a fire
raging in the lower portion of the fac
tory. A prompt alarm made possible
the saving of the plant. The damage
is about $1,000, insured.
Racine. = Walter Zeuger, aged
twenty-five years, whose home
was at $50 Teutonia avenue and en-
ployed by the Chicago & Northwest
ern road as a brakeman, died at st.
Marys hospital from injuries received
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his train was switching at Ives.
Green Bay.-Mrs. Mary Ann
Smith, believed to be the oldest resi-
dent of Brown county, died at the age
of 101 years. She was born in Bel
GUM and at the age of six years was
hidden in a haystack by her father
after the battle of Waterloo, to es-
cape from the soldiers.
Neenah.-A plan for the ex-
tensive advertising of Neenah will
be put in operation by the Neenah
club. Five autos will be decorated
with advertising banners and in each
will ride five hustlers of the city The
party will make tour of Wisconsin,
Illinois and Indiana.
Wausau-A fve-days' celebration
will begin in the First Meth
odist church here to mark the event
of having become free from all in
debtedness and Of having reached the
fifth anniversary of the handsome edi-
flee of that congregation.
Chippewa Falls.-Joseph Giovan-
delo was killed and Aaron Fet-
tici.; had an arm broken in an acct
deLt west. of this city. They we're
raising a steam shovel but did not
have enough steam to hold it up and
it fell back crushing them.
| Fox Lake.-Fire from an incu-
bator started fire that destroyed
a residence on the Randall Judd farm
near here. The loss was $1,000.
Ladysmith-Paul Schmidt, an en-
ploye of lumber company, fell into
the log slip and was drowned
La Crosse.-Rev. John S. Lowe,
for seven years pastor of the
St. Paul's Universalist church here,
has accepted a call to the Church of
the Mediator at Providence, R. I.
| Brillion.-Frank Ecker, son Of
Adolph Ecker, was kicked by a
horse, the skull being crushed. He
died a few hours after the injury.
Sparta.-The courthouse square
was sold for back taxes at the
annual tax scale. A weed tax of 80
cents was the cause of the sale. City
Attorney Rice bid it in and will hold
title until the supervisors make pro-