Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-08-16

has not been recovered. Senator Gall
way has been notified and is on his
way to Oconomowoc
Marinette.-Jacob Coll, emulator
Of John Dietz, who has been hid
ing in swamp near Crivitz five davs
after defying officers, is under arrest
at Crivitz. 1t is reported that Coll
offered to settle all damages, expenses
and paid fine and costs before JUS
tice Theodore Kersten. Tony Popke,
who helped Coll escape and was SEN
fenced to ninety days in the work
house, was liberated on habeas cor
pus proceedings because of an error
in commitment Mrs Coll is still
held at the county Jail for trial.
Racine.-A stranger, supposed to
be D. p Rahily of Milwaukee,
committed suicide by jumping into
the river from Main street bridge. The
life saving crew recovered the body
within ten minutes, but life was ex-
ti,.ct The only articles found in the
dead mans pockets were a member
ship card from the Milwaukee Typo
graphical union issued to D. P. Rah-
lily. He had been around the printing
shops earlier in the day looking for
work, but was unable to find employ
ment.
Madison. = The authorities Of
Muscoda telephoned Chief Heyl of the
Madison fire department for a fire
engine, hose wagon and crew of men
to help put out fire that threaten
ed to destroy the entire town. When
the chief got an engine, hose wagon
and crew of men loaded on a railroad
car and was ready to start, the Mus
coda authorities wired that they had
the fire under control. The message
stated that most of the business Sec
ton of the place had burned.
La Crosse.-Rev Joseph M.
Horning, S. j., president of Sa-
cred Heart college, Prairie du
CHEN, is dead He was taken i'll a.
few days ago with fever, and was
brought to a hospital here. Father
Horning had been rector of Sacred
Heart college for four years Previous
to going there he had been stationed
at Brooklyn, O., for about a year. He
entered the Jesuit order on May %,
1895. He was born November %, 1871
Neenah-Neenah is in line for
a postal savings bank. The pos
tai department at Washington has
instructed Postmaster l.. H. Kimball
to investigate and if possible arrange
for the bank. Postmaster D. G. Owen
of Milwaukee was in the city on Sat
urday, comforting with Mr.. Kimball on
the subject.
Madison. - Payments of semi-an-
nual railroad taxes were made
as follows Wisconsin and Northern
railway company, $2,87S.77; Ashland,
Odanah and Marengo railway COM
pany, $670.7S.
Edgerton. = Richard Miller, re-
siding near Edgerton, fished val
liable pearl out of Rock river. The
gem is a twelve grain, round and OF
perfect shape An offer of $3.50 was
refused.
Madison-The last Of the claims
of the state against the rail
roads for back taxes arising under the
old gross earnings system, for which
suits were begun by the state in 1908,
was paid when the attorneys for the
Omaha road turned over to State
Treasurer Dahl the check of that COR
poration for $13,172.25. The total
amount paid by the five roads against
which these suits were pending is
$126,e70.S3.
La Crosse-The Rev. Joseph
Nj. Horning, S. j., president of
Sacred Heart college, Prairie du
Chen, died here He was taken i'll
a few days ago with fever, and was
brought to a hospital here. Father
Horning had been rector OF Sacred
Heart college for four years. Previous
to going there he had been station
ed at Brooklyn, o. for about a year.
He entered the Jesuit order on May
%, 1895. He was born on November
%, 1871.
La Following his mar
rage to Miss Anna Dahl, aged
so. Engelrit Engbritson, aged 65, is
said to have attempted to whip a gang
Of young men who had gathered for
charivari. No one was injured.
Madison.-Prof ]. w. Crabtree,
former Wisconsin educator and
now state superintendent of public
instruction in Nebraska, has resigned
to accept the office of president of the
state normal school at River Falls,
Wis. Prof. Crabtree is graduate of
the University of Nebraska, and of
the state normal school of Peru, Neb.
He has also taken his masters degree
at the University of Nebraska. He
served for several years as principal
OF the Beatrice, Wis, high school and
later as superintendent of the Ashland
schools.