Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-10-18
WISCONSIN NEWS
.TERSELY TOLD

Neenah.-That the fifteen persons
who died as a result OF the
grade crossing horror OF September "a
came TO their deaths as a result of the
carelessness Of Driver Peter Hanson,
and that IL the crossing had been
properly guarded the accident would
not have occurred, was the verdict OF
jury at the inquest The jury DELHI
Grated 80 minutes. The inquest was
concluded and an investigation by the
state railroad commission, in charge
OF Chairman Roemer, was held. The
concrete result was that the commits
sion will hasten its efforts to eliminate
grade crossings in Wisconsin. which
Chairman Roemer said is the III innate
purpose of the commission in iealing
with this branch of the comm. ssion's
work.
Madison.-About twerty gIrls en-
ployed by the Madison exchange
iof the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany as operators, left their posi-
tons and called on the industrial CON-
mission to make a verbal complaint
regarding the salaries paid them by
! the telephone company. They said
that when the company lessened their
hours of work in conformity to the
| new labor law, their salary was cut
to below the living point. They asked
that the matter be investigated No
| formal complaint has been filed and
no action can be taken by the commits
sion until a statement is made to it
in writing
Antigo.-That a Methodist min
lster Of little church near New
port, r. l., refused check OF $4,000
to marry Colonel Astor and Miss
Force was announced by Bishop John
w. Hamilton of New York to the
Methodist conference here. The min
ister's self-denial was great" the bish-
! op said, because he was buEdened
| with debts. When the story leaked
| out, wealthy layman offered him an
equal sum to recompense him for his
| loss, but that tender also was refused,
the clergyman saying he had done
only his duty" The bishop would rot
/ name tue clergyman.
| Madison.-The first gun in the
| campaign for high room rents for.
| students in Madison will soon be fired
with the erection OF a 100000 wo.
mans dormitory. The building will
be located between Chadbourne and
Lathrop halls and will be connected
with them. Madison sandstone and
concrete will be used in its construc-
| ton. 1t will be 1870 feet long and 40
| feet wide and will contain $50 rooms.
| Menasha-Ten dollars worth of
two-cent stamps has been found
on the railroad right of way
near Humbird They were buried in
the gravel by the side OF the track.
The day following. the section men
found steel drawer containing SIS.
The authorities think it is a part OF
the booty obtained by the robbers
when they blew up the Humbird post
Office.
Racine.--Ueble De Ham, a tan
ner, sixty years of age, unmarried,
made doubly sure of ending his life.
Entering the basement of his home he
tied a strap around a rafter and the
other end to his neck and swung Off.
At the same time he fired a bullet
from 32-caliber revolver through his
head.
Appleton.-The jury in the breach
Of promise suit of Mrs Clara
Hess OF Kaukauna against Herman
thinner, a wealthy farmer of Grand
Chute, in municipal court here, re-
turned a verdict awarding Mrs Hess
50, 1000 of the $4,000 asked for. The
case will be appealed.
Waukesha.-Clarence Boyd, who
Is charged with breaking into the
Schock meat market on Clinton street
and obtaining s125 on the night of
September 10, 1910. was arrested here
by Patrolman Gardner and Undersher-
if John Ingersoll Il is said that pre-
vious to the robbery Boyd asked GER
tain parties to assist him with his
task.
Wausau.-The rising waters Of
the Wisconsin river in this vicin-
ity are reaching the proportions of
a flood 1t is over seven feet above
normal and has been rising al the rate
of four to FIVE inches an hour. and
not until in the night is the crest
of the food expected to be here.
Street car and wagon road traffic be-
tween Wausau and Scholeld was cut
off by the continued rise of the water.
Schofield is at the junction of Lake
Wausau and the Eau Claire river.
Oshkosh.-The city attorney de-
cided that the petition of 1900
voters presented September is in
sufficient to warrant the mayor In
calling an election on the question of
the adoption Of the commission form
Of government. This opinion is based
on tie fact that the petition was
signed previous to the amending OF
the commission government law.
Racine Charles Schwenenberg,
sixty-one. a patient OF St Luke's
hospital, who fell from the scsffoid
and was thought to be only slightly