Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-07-12
SEEN AND HEARD
In WISCONSIN


well known attorney and for many
years prominent in politics and pub
| lie affairs in Wisconsin, died here aft
er short illness, aged sixty-six years.
Mr.. Fethers was at one time president
Of the GAINESVILLE board of education.
He served as a regent of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin six years. Political
| ly he was Republican, and was chair
man of the Republican state conven-
ton in 1884 In 1889 he was the COM
missioner from Wisconsin to the cele-
bration centennial of constitutional
government He was also vice-presi-
dent of the United States commission
to the Paris exposition. Mr.. Fethers
has been a member of Oriental lodge,
| No. %, Knights of Pythias, of this
city for over thirty years. For several
years before his election to the po-
sition of supreme chancellor, in Au-
gust, 1900, he was a member of the
grand lodge and served on the finance
| committee
Acknowledgement McGovern Is
sued proclamation offering a
reward of $500 for the apprehension
and conviction of the murderer OF
John L. Sexton of the town of Rus
sell, Sheboygan county, THE Hermit
Of Elkhart Lake" Governor MCCOY
ern was born on farm near Sections
home and knew the aged hermit we'll
Prairie du Chien.-A severe wind
and rain storm, accompanied with
lightning, Demolished trees, upset
boxcars, deEIoralized telegraph and
telephone service here, and wiped out
nearly half of Eastman, IA miles east,
by fire. At McGregor ball park four
women were injured, two seriously,
when the grandstand collapsed. The
storm lasted but twenty minutes, dur
ing which the sun was shining. Grain
was beaten to the earth and corn
! tangled.
La Crosse.-Mrs. Charles ]. Nc
Clellan, aged thirty-hve, wife OF
the chairman of the town of Bergen,
was shot and accidentally killed at
her home near Stoddard She fell
over a gun which her husband had
loaded for owls and 1t was dis
| charged, killing her instantly Re-
turning home from the inquest over
Mrs. McClellan's body, the coroner
| found the dead body of a stranger
lying in the road.
No Martin
mer alderman, who is held on a
charge of wrecking the Milwaukee
road passenger train at Marinette,
was examined for insanity. The hear
Ing was adjourned.
anitowoc.-Herman Fon1au OF
Two Rivers, may die as the re
suit of his skull being crushed when
the cable of an elevator fell five sto
ries. He has been unconscious "a
hours.
Kenosha = John Schlakes, ageG
forty, hanged himself at a hos
pital He first tried to commit sui
eide by hanging with set of rosary
beads.
Janesville-The country adjacent
to GAINESVILLE was visited by
severe storm. Trees, crops and
buildings were blown fiat The loss
is placed at $4,000.
Elroy.-Overcome by heat, Miss Oh
10 trio RI
herself In the river here. People who
saw her jump in rescued her.
Richland Center. = Twenty-three
young women have formed girl SUI
frage club.
acknowledgements McGovern has
signed the law making Sen-hour day
for women
Sheboygan. = Mystery surrounds
the death of John L. Sexton,
''the hermit of Elkhart lake" who was
found murdered in his log cabin. three
miles from this city. Robbery did not
prompt the deed, for scattered about
the table were many gold coins, prob,
ably part of the hermits hidden
hoard, for he was reputed to be
wealthy. Only an old-fashioned silver
watch was missing This may serve
to bring the murderer to justice. Al
though he was known to every resi-
dent in Sheboygan county and to
hundreds who visited the summer re-
sorts at Elkhart lake every summer,
little was known about the hermit's
life
Ashland.-William Werder, a mer-
chant, father of Theodore Werder,
who was appointed by Governor Dav-
idson as commander of the naval
militia of Wisconsin, had a narrow
escape from death when an explosion
in the engine room of his yacht
knocked him down and burned him
about the face and hands. He was
able, however, to get outside, board
a row boat and escape but the yacht
was destroyed by flames.
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