Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-27
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

For university extension in fiscal
year 1912 the university is given
given 500. 1000, totaling ............. 1s7. 500
or extension work of agricul-
tural college for each of the
years 1912 and. 1913. $40. 0oO........ 5000
For new women's dormitory. 10000
ror purchase of additional lands
TO the northwest ................... 1900
Total ...........................s 81, 1888. ISIS
Misunderstanding the red walnut
stock Of a shotgun carried by his en-
pioyer for a fox, Morris Malso aged
twenty-three. a farm hand, sent
charge of buckshot into the body OF
Elmer Clifford, aged fifty-four,
wealthy farmer Clifford, who was
hurried to hospital here, is in crit
ical condition. An X-ray examination
showed that over thirty of the shot
penetrated his body and that one OF
them, which Is in vital spot, will ne
cessitate an operation.
Racine.-grank Chadwick, eyed
nfty-four, a former resident of Water
town, Is in jail here and the officers
are in a muddle as to what shall be
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believe the man is insane and refuses
to appoint physicians to examine into
his mental condition. Superintendent
OF Poor Tiedeman and Doctor Schnetz
declare that he is insane. The man
stood upon the streets for hours
staring into space and efforts to pre-
vail upon him to talk have failed.
Beloit-The commencement exer-
cises of the Beloit High school took
place, the class day program in the
morning and the graduating exercises
at night. There were 38 graduates.
A feature OF the school exhibit is the
work from the manual training de-
partment
Racine.-Fifty delegates are in this
city attending the synod of the Welsh
Presbyterian churches of Wisconsin
and northern Illinois. In the synod
there are so churches. Rev. w. w.
Davis of Cambria, moderator, is pre-
siding. Rev r. H. Jones of Emporia,
Kan, preached the sermon. On Sun
day Reese Jones of Chicago Is to be
ordained by Rev. ]. r. Jones of Ran
dolph and Rev. R. o. Jones of Mil
waukee.
Green Bay-The Wisconsin County
Clerks association, of which Elmer S.
Hall clerk of Brown county is presi-
dent, viii hold its annual meeting in
this city on June 1928.
Madison-Edwin l.. Tracy, former
state superintendent of Illuminating
oil, is not entitled to recover from the
state for rent for Offices maintained by
him in the Pabst building, Milwau-
kee, during his administration, accord
ing 10 a decision handed down by Cir
cult Court Judge e. Ray Stevens.
Marinatte-Driven insane by his
suffering from rheumatism, Au-
gust Weiner, aged fifty-six, of Menomi-
nee, Mich. ieaped into the bay and
drowned,
nitowoc.-Following complaints
from citizens the police raided a camp
which 40 tramps had established near
the city limits, drove the "hoboes"
from the city and broke up he cook
ing utensils and confiscated a large
quantity of beer and food which had
been gathered. The city had been
overun with tramps for the last sew
eral weeks.
Appleton.-The business of great
est importance transacted at the an
nual session of the board of trustees
of Lawrence college was the accept
ance of a gift of $4,000 made by a
prominent Wisconsin man, whose
identity will not be revealed until
plans have been made and carried out
for the raising of an additional $780,
900 by popular subscription. The
$4,000 gift Is contingent upon the
success of the popular subscription
plan.
Sheboygan.-Ray Britain of Sheboy-
gan and Ludwig Mailman of Los An
geles. CAL, were saved from drowning
when their canoe capsized in Elkhart
lake, by Peter Reiss, president of the
c. Reiss Coal company. The two
were in the center of the lake during
squall, when the waves were high
enough to wash over the boat. The
canoe turned over when one cs the
occupants tried to change his posi-
ton. Peter Reiss and family went out
in their launch, picked up the men
and towed their canoe to shore.
Waukesha.-A new touring car be-
longing to John j. Harmon ran over
the 20-foot embankment on Grifln's
hill at the extreme east end of North
street, and after turning completely
over twice, landed at the bottom up
side down. That the four men in the
car were not killed is miraculous.
Fred Arthur was operating the ma
chine, which was occupied by John
Harmon, Walter Harmon and John
Orth.
Milwaukee-Found guilty by jury,
which deliberated only few minutes,
Carlton Gushing, forty-nine years Of
age. was sentenced to the Waupun
penitentiary for Is years by Judge
Buckus for q statutory offense. The
complaining witness was a thirteen
year-old girl Il have no mercy and
no consideration for you" the court
said. Roosevelt once said that men
like you who commit these crimes
ought to be put to death and it seems
that this penalty is none too severe
in some cases. You have ruined the
life of this girl, just as one would de-
stroy a flower
Oshkosh.-The state convention OF
the Maccabees opened here. There
are about 300 ladies and 200 knights
present. Mayor John Banderob well
coined them and John W. Brown OF
Stevens Point, great commander OF
the knights Of Wisconsin, made the
response. Miss Harriet Olson of SUI