River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-27
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NEWS BREVITIES

rival OF the COdcu1u6 1auACu CaTQlQal,
Lake Mendoza would undoubtedly
have added % its already large list OF
victims when q canoe containing two
students upset half mile from the
university boathouse. Samuel B. Rob-
inson, student in the college of COM
merce, ar a friend ventured out on
the lake late in the afternoon, and
while attempting to change positions
in the boat were plunged into the wa
ter. They chung to the canoe, but
were nearly exhausted when the
launch reached them. Robinson, who
is cripple, had gone down twice
when he was hauled out.
MISUNDERSTANDING under oath
that he had no knowledge Of corrup-
ton or grating of city officials, and
had not intended by his speech to
make such charges, but referred to a
newspaper which he said had attacked
him, Col M. w. Glenn, former mayor
of Minneapolis and Wauhesha, exon
Grated city officials in an informal
hearing in court and the case was dis
missed. Colonel Glenn was called in
an unusual proceeding, much of the
character of a grand jury probe, made
by the court.
Neenah.-Suit for $4,000 damages
for a broken neck against the city of
Menasha and the w. T. L. H. and P.
company, has been started by Anton
Simon of this city, son of John
Simon, who was killed by falling from
a load of cheese when his wagon
wheels struck the street car tracks.
Marshfeld.-The plant of the
Marshfield Stave company was de-
stroyed by fire which started the
boiler house. The stock loss is about
$4,000, with $500 insurance.
Waupaca.-During May and June
four different organizations will hold
conventions in this city. The state
bankers will meet here late in May,
and conventions of the Northwestern
Dental association, the Wisconsin
Field Mems club and the National
Delta Gamma lodge will be held here
in June.
Madison.-Camiel De Meyer of Wau-
nakee was instantly killed at that vii
1age by a south-bound train on the
Northwestern road, which passes
through about a. m. He was en-
ployed as a section hand.
Green Bay-A board of arbitration
to consist of representative of the
contractors, another from the carpen-
tiers and third disinterested party
will settle the strike of the Green Bay
carpenters for higher wages. The de-
cision of this board, which was sug-
gested by John Humphrey of Milwau-
kee, will be final.
Baraboo.-Edward Kramer of this
city and David S. Jones Of Bel
mont are two Wisconsin survivors
of the 10 Daviess County Guards, or
Company F, Twelfth Illinois, who will
be presented with handsome medals
by H. H. Kohlsaat of Chicago as a
souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary Of
their enlistment at the reunion at
Galena, Ill, during the Grant birth
| day celebration on April 81.
Rhinelander-Jack Walsh pleaded
guilty to burglary before County Judge
Billings and was sentenced to two
years in Waupun. He has already
served nine years in Waupun.
Appleton. = James Oliver, aged
twenty-seven, an engineer at the
Kimberly-Clark mill, was instantly
killed when, while trying to shut off
the oil, he fell between the engine and
fywheel. His body was whirled
through the air and nearly every bone
| broken.
Kenosha. opened its
first open air school with rs young
children registered The equipment
was furnished by the Wisconsin COM
mittee in the fight against tuberculo-
sis as a prize for selling Red Cross
seals.
Wausau.-A proposed increase in
the rate of insurance of from
five to ten cents per $1,000, and
a tentative program for the state con-
vention to be held here on June ID
and IA, were two important matters
discussed by the state officers of the
Catholic Order of Foresters at a
meeting with the local committee,
held here.
Superior.-Lowell Beglinger and
Chester Adams, Superior high school
students, were drowned in Bass lake,
near Gordon, when the canoe in which
they were crossing the lake was up
set by a windstorm. The overturned
canoe, together with the paddles and
the hat of one of the boys, was found
on the shore of the lake, but the
bodies have not yet been recovered.
Waukesha.-Harry Carney who
was arraigned before Judge Armin in
municipal court on charge of high
way robbery, was bound over to the
next regular term of court He plead
ed guilty to a charge of grand lar.
ceny and was sentenced to serve a
term of one year in the state peni-
Tertiary at Waupun. Carney is the
man who, together with Harry Ber-
ger, held up H. J. Moore, operator at
the 500 depot, on the night of De
cember %, 1908.
Neenah.-Without light and but g
scant supply of water, due to break
down in the municipal plant, the city
of Menasha faced a serious perdica
ment until the woodenware company
connected with the waterworks and
pumped a supply. The city is without
light
Edgerton.-Found in mail sack