River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-17
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Marinette.-But for the timely
Interference of Marshal Emmett
Butts it is said that Mrs. Mattison OF
Amberg, crazed by drink, would have
drowned her three young children.
The woman had taken them to deer
pond and was undressing them pre-
| paratory to drowning them when the
marshal arrived and took the chill
dren. The mother said she was going
| to put them to sleep"
Fond du Lac.-That Fred M.
Miller, a 500 line fireman killed in
the wreck at Crays Lake May %, was
bigamist, Is the discovery made by
| the claim department of the railroad,
which has ascertained that Miller had
wife in Marquette, Mich, besides the
young woman he married at North
Fond du Lac, In August, 1910. No rec
ord of a divorce from his first wife can
be found, and the claim department
will make a settlement with the first
Mrs. Miller.
Milwaukee.-A general denial OF
all charges against Fire Chief
Thomas A. Clancy, which were made
In a complaint to the police and fire
commission by e. F. Wiese, a dis
charged fireman, and which resulted
In the chiefs suspension last Satur-
day, is made in lengthy answer filed
with the commission by Walter II.
Bender, attorney for Chief Clancy.
| The case was continued for two weeks.
Milwaukee.-Problems in munich
pal and state government will be
discussed at the conference Of So
cialist officers to be held in Milwaukee
beginning on Saturday and ending on
Monday Each mayor in attendance
will discuss special problem and adj
dresses will be given at Brisbane hall.
About twenty Socialist mayors are ex-
pected to be in attendance.
Observation-Disclosures was invaded
by four suffragettes, Miss Mabel
Judd, Milwaukee; Harriet Grim,
Chicago; Ada James, Richland
Center, and Mrs Sophie Gudden, Osh'
kosh. The women spoke in a local
park.
Beloit.-George Hauser, aged TWEEN
ty-three, son Of Rhilip Hauser, sa-
loon keeper, who has lately become in
sane, attempted to drown himself in
Rocky river.
Janesville.-Joseph Barnhart OF
Edgerton, arrested for being In
toxicated on a passenger train, Is
the first to be convicted in this sec.
ton under the new state law.
Superior.-The state convention OF
the Wisconsin Improved Order Of Red
Men and Of the National Fraternal
league opened in Superior.
Marinette = Rev Father Barth
Of Escanaba performed a we'd
ding ceremony in an unusual man.
ner when he united in marriage two
deaf mutes, Edward Duchaine of Glad.
stone, Mich, and Miss Delina Provost
Of Escanaba Father Barth happens
to be an adept in the deaf and dumb
sign language, and, instead Of reading
the wedding service, communicated 1t
to the couple. by using their own Ian
guage and received the responses in
the same manner.
Madison. - Twenty-one thousand
young people will compete at
forty-five county fairs this fall for
$4,000 offered for the best exhibits
of grain grown by boys or girls I'm.
der eighteen. 1t is estimated that
yields of grain In various parts of
the state have been increased 25 per
cent as a result Of this campaign.
The state experiment station furnishes
literature and carefully selected pure
bred seed grain to the county super
intendents of schools who distribute 1t
among the district teachers.
Neenah.-Neenah Is In line for
postal savings bank. The pos
tai department at Washington has
instructed Postmaster l.. H. Kimball
L
for the bank Postmaster D. G. Owen
of Milwaukee was in the city on Sat
urday, comforting with Mr.. Kimball on
the subject.
Madison. - Payments Of semi-an-
uual railroad taxes were made
as follows: Wisconsin and Northern
railway company, $2,878.77; Ashland,
Odanah and Marengo railway COM
pany, $67O.7S.
Edgerton. - Richard Miller, re-
siding near Edgerton, fished val
liable pearl out of Rock river. The
gem is a twelve grain, round and of
perfect shape An offer of $3.50 was
refused.
Neenah.-Chris Hanson, who left
here for Cedarburg to superintend
the construction Of a bridge for
the Milwaukee road, was instantly
killed by a car from which he fell.
He was rolling logs.
Madison.-Prof. J. w. Crabtree,
former Wisconsin educator and
now state superintendent of public
instruction In Nebraska, has resigned
to accept the Office of president Of the