The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1911-05-25
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of the Milwaukee road at Brown
town was assaulted just as he
was closing his ticket Office and prob
ably fatally injured. Tegan lives above
the depot and as he was going up
stairs the men sprang out, hitting him
with an iron bar and fracturing his
skull. The robbers then went through
the ticket office and secured some
money and many tickets, and took
Tegans watch and what money he
had
Stratford. - Fire destroyed the
cedar single shed of the Conner
Lumber company's plant, with its con-
tents and two carloads of pulp wood,
then spread to the barns, burning two
/ with several head of horses. The mill
/ proper was saved by hard effort. The
loss is not estimated, but will reach
several thousand dollars, fully covered
! by insurance.
! Madison - Secretary of State
Frear has so far this year issued
| 2,768 licenses for automobiles and 479
for motorcycles, making a total of 49,
600 automobiles and 1870 motorcycle
licenses issued since the law went into
effect six years ago. The fee for an
automobile license is 50 and for mo-
torcycle 81.
Waukesha. - Reverend Mountain,
aged sixty-two, died at his home in Pc
waukee of tuberculosis. He served as
pastor of the Baptist church of his viii
lage for Is years. He leaves the widow
Mountain.
Racine-State Fire Marshal Will
liam End is investigating two
attempts to burn the new two
story frame home of Mrs. Bertha
Smith at Union park. The first fire
was started and burned itself out
without being discovered. In the sec
ond attempt the plaster had been
knocked off and kerosene soaked rags
stuffed in between the partitions.
MISUNDERSTANDING which struck
the water tower of the munich
pal water plant here, damaged 1t so
badly that when the pumps were
turned on the tower collapsed and
the city was without water until the
mains could be connected with the
tower at the Kissel motor car plant.
Manitowoc-Blood poisoning from
a silver, so small that it could
not be located, will permanently
deprive Gus Levenhagen, a carpen-
ter contractor, of the use of his
fingers. Physicians say he is FORUM
ate to have escaped loss of the arm or
his life.
Racine.-Charles ]. (Kid) Don
nelly, one time worlds champion
featherweight boxer, and now in the
aviation world, stopped off in Racine
to visit friends. He is to take part
in coast to coast aeroplane race.
Portage.-May Polacheck, alias
May Keller, was brought here
from Marshfeld, where she was ar
rested on a charge of forgery. She
has a three-year-old son in Milwau-
kee at the home of her parents on
Third street. She is only twenty
years of age.
Marinette.-While fire, which for
time threatened to do great
damage to the mills and prop
erty of the /. Stephenson company
here, ragged, Senator Stephenson, with
his son-in-law, Ralph Skidmore, sat
on lumber pile and watched the eff
forts of Fire Chief Joshua Hodgins,
another son-in-law of the senator,
to fight the flames. The loss was esti-
mated at $4,000.
Marinette.-Philip Bruette and
Frank Forsyth, two prisoners
found guilty of wife abandonment,
were sentenced to one year each at
the state penitentiary by Judge S. D.
Hastings. Bruette is civil war vet
eran and recently left the Milwaukee
Soldiers Home.
Trempealeau.-All trains on the
Northwestern were held up when a
bridge over Single creek, three miles
east of here, burned.
Racine.-A we'll dressed stranger en-
tered the Burlington saloon on Main
street, stepped UP to the bartender and
said he was tired of life and had taken
poison. He was taken to the hospital
in dying condition. At the drug store
where he bought the poison he gave
the name Of Peter Hanson. On his
shirt was the mark J. B. 8. He is 80
years old and had IS cents.
Eau Claire.-Rt Rev. James Schwe-
back, D. D., bishop of the diocese Of
La Crosse, confirmed GOT here, ATT at
st. Patrick's church and 100 at the
Sacred Heart church
anesville-Two italian section men
on handcar were struck by a pass
enger train here. Both will die.
Milwaukee.-The $4,000 personal
Injury suit of Frank Bishop
against former Mayor David s. Rose
has been settled. The amount of set
Element was not announced The ac-
ton was based on an accident on July
5, 1909, when, at the corner of Jeffer-
son and Oneida streets, Bishop was
knocked down by Roses auto. Settle
ment of the suit came after all the
testimony had been taken In Judge ].
9. Ludwig's court
AShland.-Lake Superior has cat n