River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-25
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


La Crosse Water Power company to
get look at the surrounding country,
Henry Koblitz, aged nineteen years,
attempted to throw stone from his
position and brought his arm in con
tact with a live wire over which flows
the current which operates the street
railway, the local lighting and power
plant and practically all the industries
of La Crosse Instantly his clothing
caught fire and he fell, human torch,
35 feet to the ground. His clothing
was burned from his body and his
lesh was burned. Notwithstanding
his injuries physicians said he would
recover, as he sustained no internal
injuries and broke no bones in his
fall.
Fond du Lac.-Claiming that she
was struck and injured by the defend
ants auto while crossing National av-
enue, Milwaukee, on September 16,
1909, Eliza Sebastian brought suit
against F. B. Friday for $4,000 dam
ages and the case is now on trial in
the circuit court. 1t will be followed
by suit for a like amount brought
by August Kensel against Charles
Steffens for alleged SANDER in connec-
ton with action for arson.
Racine-The long drawn out con-
troversy over site for the proposed
new county agricultural school in this
county was settled when the site in
the town of Rochester was selected by
the state board. The site includes
the old Rochester academy building
and twenty acres of land. The town
of Rochester voted $4,000 toward the
proposition, and the county board Of
supervisors appropriated $4,000.
Union Grove and Corliss both wanted
the school.
Beloit.-At a mass meeting held in
the Beloit college gym, the colony of
Beloit Greeks subscribed $4,000 toward
the cost of a first-class battleship for
the Greek navy now being built in the
Philadelphia navy yard. Admiral
Spyros Matsoukas of Athens led the
meeting.
aged fifty, tenant farmer at juno
ton City, after desperate struggle
with his wife and daughter in the
darkness, shot the latter, aged twen-
ty-one, and then committed suicide.
The girl will recover. Weston former
ly lived at Manawa and was said to be
mentally unbalanced.
Fond du Lac-The farmers of the
towns of Ashford and Eden have or
gained the Town Line Cheese factory
and equipped plant with daily ca
pacity of $4,000 pounds of milk. The
Deputy State Food Inspector Aderhold.
Observation-Disclosures Peterson, a
local saloonkeeper, was accidentally
shot in the abdomen by companion
while the latter was jumping out of a
rig with loaded shotgun. Peterson
died a few hours later.
Madison.-The tenth annual conven-
ton of the Wisconsin Gideons came
to an end with the installation of Off
GERS at the Presbyterian church. The
officers are: President, A. Fl. Van
Tassel, Beloit; vice-president, r. E.
Thomas, Madison; secretary and treas
urer, F. G. Hendricks, Fond du Lac.
Milwaukee. - ISham Randolph,
Chicago designer of the i'm
proved 100000 harbor, lectured on
the proposed improvement in the COM
mon council chamber Monday after
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Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation, chamber of commerce and 9TH
er interested citizens.
Grand Rapids.-Herman Nelson,
night Waterman at Hecker's
sawmill at Sherry, was found dead at
his post of duty. The fact that the
mill whistle did not blow as usual at
seven o'clock caused uneasiness
among the other employees who, upon
investigation, found the dead body
stretched across the door sill of the
engine room.
Milwaukee.-The number of strik-
ers at the breweries are now 500.
Members of all building crafts unions
affiliated with the Federated Trades
council walked out. A general strike
of all brewery workers is threatened
if an early agreement cannot be eff
fected. The striking Unions are the
painters, electrical workers, metal
workers, plumbers, steamfitters, iron
workers, bod carriers, machinery
movers and hosting engineers.
Stratford. = Fire destroyed the
cedar single shed of the Conner
Lumber company's plant, with it's con-
tents and two carloads of pulp wood,
then spread to the ba MS, burning two
with several head of horses. The mill
proper was saved by hard effort. The
loss Is not estimated, but will reach
several thousand dollars, fully covered
by insurance.
Madison. Secretary of State
Frear has so far this year issued
2,76S licenses for automobiles and 479
for motorcycles, making a total of 49,
600 automobiles and 1,790 motorcycle
licenses issued since the law went into
effect six years ago. The fee for an
automobile license is 50 and for a mo-
torcycle 81.
La Crosse.-"The White Rats"
won their strike against the
cancellation of an act at the Majestic
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