Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-06-16
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

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police to be one of the cleverest
freight car thieves in the country was
sent to Waupun for five years by
Judge Backus. Through Petermann's
confession, eleven Milwaukee junk
dealers were arrested for purchasing
stolen property. You want to re-
member that | made a confession and
the junk dealers would not have been
| arrested if it had not been for that"
Petermann said in municipal court
Il was first sent to Joliet and since
then | have been bounded by the po-
| lice
| AppletOn.-Can the Appleton city
council legislate the saloon free lunch
| out Of existence, and can the citys ex-
ecutive body make a new anti-free
! lunch ordinance stick In court to the
| extent Of fining violators not less than
| five dollars nor more than fifty dollars,
or thirty days in Jail, or both? The
| city attorney has drawn such an ordi-
nance, the first important reform OF
| the new commission government.
| Wausau.-When neighbors broke
|
enty-three, who lived alone in the
town OF Flieth, they were driven out
by a faithful collie dog, which had
watched its dead masters body for
over a week. 1t was necessary to las
so the dog before the body could be-
removed.
Edgerton. - Michael Joyce, aged
| tr0i
and died two hours later.
F1orence-Judge Warning Of the
Florence county court decided the
Marshall Field inheritance case in Ia
vor of the state He held that the
stocks owned by Marshall Field at the
time of his death are subject to an
| inheritance tax under the laws of
Wisconsin, the amount due to be de-
termined by further hearings before
| the court
Racine-Daniel Lakardurz, aged
thirty-two, has been arrested, charged
with the murder of Joseph COpkO. His
examination will be held on June Is.
A cornoner's jury brought in verdict
that Lakardurz killed Copko by stab
| bing with knife.
| Janesville.-Harry Dillon, aged
| TWENTY-FIVE. of Montreal, Canada, at
tempted suicide in local saloon by
taking morphine tablets. He tOppled
over upon the bar and was taken TO
police headquarters, where, after more
| than an hours work he was reSuScl"
tated Dillon claims a woman was the
cause of his act.
Waukesha.-At the siXty-fifth an.
nual convention of the State Med
ical society Of Wisconsin, Dr.
Joel E. Goldthwait of Boston gave an
address on THE Present Understand
ing of Rheumatic Conditions" Other
| speakers of the day were DR. Richard.
| w Jones of Wausau DR.. Gilbert e.
| Seaman of Milwaukee, DR.. Daniel
| Hopkins of Milwaukee, and DR.. A. S.
Loevenhart of Madison.
William Madison, aged
| thirty-five, who says he Is from
| Milwaukee, was sentenced to three
years in the state prison after
pleading guilty to uttering forged
! check.
Milwaukee.-Fire said to have been
caused by spark from passing 10
| connective, destroyed the icehouse OF
| the Wisconsin Lakes Ice and Carriage
company on the west bank Of the Mil
waukee river, foot of Center street
Loss estimated, $4,000. The plant OF
the PheniX Manufacturing company.
and several residences in the vicinity,
were set on fire by burning embersr
but firemen on the roofs checked the
flames. Shortly after a dOuble-en~
gined, north-bound freight train had
passed the building a huge column OF
heavy, black smoke, visible for miles
about the city, attracted the attention
of canoeists on the river They shout
ed to George Metzler, engineer of the
icehouse. When Metzler turned in the
first alarm the flames already had
gained great Roadway.
La Crosse.-Made dizzy by the
rapidly moving cars, Henry Hal"
vorson, aged twenty-five, beer bother.
plunged headforemOst against a flying
freight train near here and was
killed
Kenosha.-Albert Karnell, a WelE
known manufacturer of KenOsha, has
entered the Pasteur institute at Madi"
son to combat a possible case OF
rabies. Karnell was bitten by q dog
Later it was found that the dog had
suffered from hydrophobia.
Racine-The members of the PARK
Avenue Congregational church have
adopted plans and specifications
for new church ediliCe to
cost 100000 1t will be Of stone and
brick, and will have a seating capac
ity Of 600.
Racine.-Insurance adjusterS have
called upon the state fire marshal to
investigate fire at the home OF Louis.
Friedman. The building is owned by
Joseph Newman. At the time of the
fire the family of Mr.. Friedman was at
Milwaukee attending a funeral. The
loss to furniture was $1,000 and to the
hOuSe S400