River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-02-23
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Brewing company was destroyed by
fire, causing loss of about one hun
dGed thousand dollars. Insurance
amounting to about fifty thousand dol
lars was carried. The pumps OF the
local fire department were located III
the brewery and were destroyed by
the flames, leaving the village without
fire protection of any kind. Appeals
for aid were sent to La Crosse and
Sparta
Kenosha.-The identity of man
about forty-five years old, found hang
ing to a tree on the farm of Henry
Tenesen, is shrouded in mystery.
Sheboygan.-A big ice jam damming
the Sheboygan river caused sudden
rise, causing the shutting down Of
five factories Men were taken from
the Central Upholstering company in
boats.
Neenah.-Swung around a shaft at
the Bergstrom foundry, Hans Peter
son, aged twenty-three, escaped death
-7hen his Jacket was torn from his
pody. He is in the hospital with q frac-
tured collar bone and other injuries.
Tomah.-The question of submit
ting the adoption of the commission
form of government for Tt nah to
vote is being agitated. An address on
the commission plan by Attorney R. P.
Wilcox of Eau Claire drew a large au-
dience.
Madison.-Drugged and assaulted by
man whose identity she has not re-
vealed, Maud Ford, a waitress at
university boarding house, lay In the
Blush in the front yard and only re-
covered consciousness after forty hours
Of delirium.
Waukesha-In the ruins Of barn
belonging to Patrick Grant, which was
burned here, was found the charred
body of an unidentified man. He had
started to walk to Pewaukee and had
stopped here on his way.
La Crosse. E. Johnson, a La
Crosse resident, who owns a farm two
miles from the city, was killed by
falling tree which he was cutting down
with the assistance Of his sons.
La Crosse.-Ada Holmes, wounded
recently by burglar, was unable to
Identify Steve Stolanoff, wounded Mac
edonian, charged with the crime, when
she confronted him at the county jail.
Green Bay.-Robert S. Tilton Is up-
der arrest in Chicago on charge Of
forgery preferred by 8. J. McKew,
hotel keeper of Green Bay. When
questioned Tilton is said to have con-
fessed fleeing from Green Bay after
passing three forged checks.
Clyman.-The body of Frank McDon-
nall was found three miles south OF
his city on the Chicago & Northwest
srn railway right Of way. He sue
:umbed to exposure.
Oshkosh.-The twentieth conven-
ton of the Northern Wisconsin
Teachers association closed. The
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, e. M. Beeman of Neenah; vice
president, G. o. Marsh Of Amigo;
secretary, Miss Nellie Jones Of Osh-
kosh; treasurer e. H. Milen Of
Weyauwega. The executive commit
tee will consist of A. M. Olson OF
Marinette, G. G.. Parlin of Wausau,
John H. Davis of Stevens Point, and
W. L. Luehr of Manitowoc.
Sheboygan.-After threatening his
mother and sister, according to the
officers, and holding the police of She
boygan at bay with a shotgun, Frank
Dafropowski, aged seventeen, fled to
Eheboygan Falls where he barricaded
himself in an abandoned building
and was arrested only after a re-
volver battle. The police were called
by his mother, who declared to them
that her son had threatened her and
her daughter. When they arrived to
place the youth under arrest, he
lodged into a closet and reappeared
with a shotgun.
Neenah.-The mystery Of the dis
appearance of il P. LEM, former we'll
known resident, twenty-one years ago,
has been cleared by the receipt Of in
formation by his daughter, Mrs.
Kehfus Sindahl, of his death in lum-
Der camp near Black Duck, Mimi,
where he was killed by falling tree.
Accompanying the death notice came
news that Mrs. Sindahl is sole heir
to timber lands in Minnesota valued
at $4,000.
Marinette-Foul play in the disap-
pearance Of two German immigrants
bound for Sister Bay, Door county, is
suspected. Two and a half years
ago a nephew and niece of Ludwig
Klfngbeil of Sister Bay, came to this
country from Germany, worked In
New York for time and then Sc
cured funds to come to Wisconsin.
Klingbeil sent them railroad fare, but
never heard from his relatives again.
There Is evidence that the couple
reached Door county.
Beloit-After the jury and witnesses
were in court, Thomas Burns pleaded
guilty to charge of assault on a nine.
year-old girl. He was sentenced to ten
years in the penitentiary.
Marinette.-Robert Kerwin, aged
forty-five years, was overpowered and
committed to an asylum after bran.
dishing a revolver and razor and
threatening to kill his family.
Chippewa Falls.-Petitions for
special election to vote on the question
of adopting the commission form of
government are being circulated here
and generally signed.
Waupaca-Plans for the new high
school at Waupaca have been adopt
ed. Bids for the erection and compile
ton of q solid brick and stone school
building are asked for