River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-03-09
WISCONSIN NEWS
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speakers. The exhibition of farm prod
ucts, for which the local merchants
| have given prizes, is also a very at
tractive feature. In addition to the
program arranged for the closing ses-
sion, there will be demonstration of
the tuberGulin test, two head of con-
demned cattle having been brought
here for this purpose.
Kenosha.-Should the famous Dur
kee claim for more than $100,000,000
against the United States government
be recognized, Racine college will be
one of the most richly endowed instt-
tutions in the world, for, by the pro-
visions of Mrs. Durkee's will filed here
her estate, with the exception Of
$4,000 left to a Chicago hospital, is
left to the Episcopal school at Racine.
Lawyers from Washington are already
in the city investigating the claim.
Stoughton.-A call from Bethlehem
congregation of the Minneapolis
United Lutheran church has been e.
tended to Rev. M. H. Hegge, for
seven years pastor of the Norwegian
Lutheran church here. Rev. Hegge
has reached no decision, and his con-
gregation is working to keep him
here.
Madison-Little Ruth Learman Of
Baraboo, the nine-year-old girl who
was supposedly accidentally shot
through the left lung while visiting
Madison relatives, died at the City
hospital An inquest was ordered to
ascertain the responsibility of the man
who held the revolver, whose name
was withheld from the police.
Superior.-In swearing out a war
rant in which he charges that beer
was sold in a hall which a Slav church
organization has just asked to have
taken off the assessment rolls on the
grounds that it was used for religious
purposes, Judge Stepkola by mistake
had his own name inserted in the war
rant as one of the defendants and
brought about his own arrest.
Janesville.-Fire partially destroyed
one of the oldest landmarks in south
ern Wisconsin, the old Morgan house,
at Milton Junction. The flames caught
from an overheated chimney.
Antigo.-Roy Krause, who came UP
from Chicago and worked two days as
station agent at Summit Lake, has
been arrested by Deputy Sheriff Hicks
of Lake county, ILL.,, and taken to Wau-
kegan on the charge of abducting
Amy Flood, minor, from her home.
He admitted his guilt.
Kenosha.-Alva B. Eyre, former
treasurer of the Carpenters union of
Kenosha, who is alleged to have left
this city early in January, taking with
him $4,000, the entire benefit fund of
the union, has been located at La
Junta, Colo.
Neenah-D. A. White, aged twenty
five, was run over and killed by To-
connective in 500 yard. White, who
came here from Fond du Lac, had just
taken job as switchman.
Beloit.- Sixty-f1ve minutes after 1t
was discovered that the Central Sand
company's storehouse had been
robbed of a quantity of babbit metal,
Il. Mlll6T, CudISSu Will JIG VI 1lAO, was
arrested by the GAINESVILLE police.
La Crosse.-The clergy is not i'm
mune to the power of the liquor in
terests, declared Rev. Perry e.
Pierce, evangelist, in a sermon, "and
nine-tenths of the ministers in the
country are afraid to openly attack
the breweries or distilleries"
Of NVNI1
rain had narrow escape from being
carried out into Lake Michigan on an
ice foe. The men were Doctor Eye
land, and three brothers, Nels, Frank
and Adolph Anderson. They drove
out on the ice north of Chambers
island to fish, when the foe started to
move and the men and team were car
ried away from shore.
acknowledgements of Racine were
fieeced out of between $4,000 and 3d.
900 by accepting pay checks supposed
to have been issued by the ]. l. Case
Threshing Machine company for the
pay roll of February TO- A score of
the police, while the banks have many
and merchants who learned that the
checks were worthless decided not to
present them for payment. The
amounts of the checks range from $42
to $56. The checks were offered in
many stores and saloons. The mer-
chants accepted the checks. When
they were presented at the banks for
payment it was discovered that they
were forgeries. The signature of r. P.
Howell, assistant treasurer of the COM
pany, had been forged and it was the
signature of Mr.. Howell that attracted
the attention of bank tellers.
Marinette.-Raphael Paralara,
miner living near Marquette, Mich,
was murdered. Peter Roberto, aged
nineteen, who had quarreled with the
dead man, was taken into custody
on suspicion. Both are said to have
attended a dancing party and quar-
relied over woman.
Waukesha.-Rev. I. L. Cory, pastor
of the Congregational church, ten
dered his resignation and will leave
April 1 to assume the pastorate at
Clinton, Wis. Reverend Cory came
here in 1900 from Milwaukee, where
he was in charge of Pilgrim Congre-
gational church.
Kenosha.-George Pine, for
mer well-known Kenosha man, is
in Jail here charged with an attempt
to burn the home of Walter Troeger
in this city on the night of January
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