Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-07-05
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Observation-Disclosures passenger
| train was wrecked near the city linn
| its while running 40 miles an hour.
Ferdinand Moss, Menominee, fireman,
was probably fatally injured r. P.
| Adams, engineer, was slightly hurt.
and w H. Osborn, a passenger,
| bruised. The Wisconsin and Michi-
gan passenger passed safely over the
spot an hour before the wreck. Ex-
animation after the wreck showed
that the switch rcd had been pried
out and big stone placed in the
switch to throw the train onto short
switch leading to a slew Of the river.
Galesville-Mrs. Delilah Terpena.
who would have been one hundred
years of age next January, and who
had been a resident of Caledonia for
sixty years, died Mrs. Terpena was
born in TIE town of Sullivan. Madi-
son county, N. Y, January 10, 1912.
Platteville-A fire caused the
loss of about $4,000 to the Hodge
mine. The night shift was of duty,
however, and no one was under
ground. Firemen were endangered,
as two tons of dynamite were stored
near the burning buildings.
Superior-William Mcdonald,
lineman, was instantly killed here
when he received the full current of
the arc light circuit. He was thirty.
five years Of aga.
Merrill While learning to swim,
Martha Zappas, aged eight, was
drowned when the rope she was hold
ing, Which was tied to stake on the
shore, broke. Anna Littke, aged nine
teen, who attempted to save her, mar
rowly escaped death
Green Bay.-Work on the new st.
Johns church will be started soon.
The bid of Mr. Foeller was $54,839.
Racine.-Mayor w. S. Goodland is
sued a proclamation calling upon the
people to observe sane Fourth of
July Firing of high explosives is
prohibited; placing of dynamite upon
the street car tracks and carrying Of
any firearms is forbidden. The po-
lice force is ordered to strictly en-
force the provisions of the law.
Cumberland.-Qu the 5000
pound elephant, leader of the
Yankee Robinson circus, committed
suicide by drowning while being led
from the train to the circus grounds.
She plunged into Beaver dam lake.
1t took IA horses to draw the carcass
out of the water The animal was
valued at $4,000 and was considered
one of the best performers on the road.
New ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Schif1l-
bein, aged forty, farmer of
East Pennington, was trampled and
killed by a runaway team while re-
turning from Osceola. The team took
fright at an automobile. Schifilbein
alighted to hold the horses but was
unable to manage them. His wife and
daughter were thrown from the rig
and slightly injured. The automobile
party did not stop.
Sheboygan. = William Marquardt
aged seventy-two years, and Mrs Will
helmina Maersch, aged seventy-six,
were welded here.
Milwaukee.-One man was fatally
injured and another badly bruised
when one of the cables on the freight
elevator of the new steamship Mime
sota lying at the Chicago & Duluth
line dock, broke and precipitated them
into the hold The man fatally hurt
has not been identified He was a
stevedore. He landed on his head on
the steel floor of the hold and was
bleeding profusely when picked up. 1t
is expected he will die The other
man was Charles Creteau, aged sixty
four years. 1t is not known whether
he sustained internal injuries or not.
The Minnesota was making her first
trip out of Milwaukee and was load
Ing 1ISISuI, preparatory u leaving IOr
Duluth.
La Crosse-The German Lutheran
synod of the northwest, in session
here last week, elected synod trus-
tees as follows: Rev. H. Knuth, Mil
waukee; E. Bergman, Fond du Lac;
William H. Kieckhefer, Milwaukee.
Others chosen are: Missionary board,
G. 8. Rutzen, Menominee, Mich; pub
fishing committee, Prof A. Pieper,
Wauwatosa; Rev A. Hegedorf, Mil
waukee, and w. H. Graebner, Milwau-
kee; pension board, H. Bergman, Mil
waukee K Matchmaker, Watertown,
Wis, was elected trustee of the uni
versity at WATERFOWL.
Chilton.-Jericho branch, No. 222,
Trinity congregation Of Jericho, is the
latest addition to the Catholic Knights
of Wisconsin. Officers election result
ed: President, A. Halfman; vice-pres-
ident, A. Roegner; secretary, Rev. j.