Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-04-12
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Fond du Lac.-Kermit, aged five,
and Oden, aged three, children of Jul
Illus Fuge, residing three miles south
of Stockbridge, are dead from pto-
maine poisoning resulting from eat
ing sausage. while Mr. Fuge and
daughter Myrtle were saved from
death only after untiring efforts on
the part of the physicians according
to information which reached here.
Four members of the family were ta-
ken violently Ill shortly after parta-
king Of the meat Kermit died dur
ing the night and Oden three days Ia
ter A strange feature Of the case is
that Mrs. Fuge, who ate some of the
sausage, did not become i'll.
Hudson.-Robert e. TruaX, village
clerk of Osceola, and editor of the Os-
CECILIA Sun, has been missing for ssv-
eral days He left his home with the
intention of going to the Twin Cities
on business in connection with mis-
paper Nothing has been heard OF
him since that time. His friends have
appealed to the authorities Of both
Minneapolis and St Paul His family
fear that he has met with foul play.
La Crosse.-Following charges of
brutality against members Of the La
Crosse police force, Attorney A. F.
Bleekn2n demanded a public hearing.
The FIRE and police commission holds
secret hearings and Attorney Bleek-
man claims the public is kept in ig'
norance of the testimony.
Wausau-The death of Mrs. Frank
Oswald, wife Of the manager OF the
Roth~ child pavilion Of the Wausau
Street Railway company, who was
found dead in the pavilion will be in
yestigated by Coroner E. e. Schulze.
La Crosse.-While waiting for a
train at Dubuque, Ia. August Horder,
aged ioTty-eight, expired suddenly.
Horder was employed by La Crosse
contractor who is erecting building
there.
Hudson-After being out three
hours, the jury in the case of the six
alleged burglars arrested at Northline
on January 10 found them guilty.
They have moved for new trial and
the hearing on the motion will be
held
Eau Claire-Joseph Whelihan, aged
eighty, started a fire in his yard. 1t
spread into a neighbor's yard and
when he tried to climb the fence to
put it out he lost his balance and fell
into the flames. He was stunned and
terribly burned After lingering sew
eral days at the hospital he died
MISREPRESENTATION he had prac-
tically blown off the top of his head
with a shotgun, Louis Stesanski,
Pole, aged twenty-three, survived his
attempt at suicide for over thirty
hours. He was employed at the Mari
bel Caves hotel, COoperstown. He had
been in poor health.
Manitowoc-Twenty hours after
Halver Frischmuth, aged f1fty-fve, OF
Franklin left the home of his brother
his dead body was found frozen in a
pool of water by the side of the
Northwestern tracks near Rockwell.
He had evidently been killed by a
train and his body hurled into the
ditch
Madison That sophomores at the
state university will no longer have to
resort to hazing to enforce the univer-
sity traditions is possible, as the COM
mittee appointed last fall from the
freshman. class will hold a meeting for
the purpose of discussing ways and
means Of enforcing the traditions.
Madison-To meet the demand
by teachers of the state for in
struction in agriculture so that they
may be prepared to present the SUD-
ject effectively in the graded and
high schools of the state, the college
of agriculture of the University OF
Wisconsin will offer special teachers,
courses during the coming summer,
instruction in home economics, in
Guiding millinery, sewing and cook
ing, will also be given.
Fond du Lac.-The $4,000 dam
age suit Of the International Ba-
mana Food company, Chicago, against
the Boex Holman company OF this
city, was dismissed by Judge Turner
of Milwaukee He held that Mr.. Boex
was not authorized to enter into such
a contract.
Steven Curvall, aged
fifty, is held In Jail charged with
an offense against a girl five years of
age. The child is in a critical condi-
ton. The hearing of the case has
been postponed.
anesville-Between 20 and 30
painters and paper hangers, prac-
tically the entire number employed
by master painters, will strike for
higher wages. The men who are now