Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-05-12
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and resolutions will be introduced at
the meeting of e. B. Wolcott post, G.
A. r., at it's meeting protesting against
the holding of the parade. The Span
ish war veterans, who have marched
in the same annual procession with
the depleted ranks Of the G. A. R., are
also said to oppose the parade planned
by the Humane society.
Madison.-Mrs. Charlotte Freeman
Leonard, aged thirty-eight, wife of
Prof w. Ellery Leonard, poet and
English professor at the University
of Wisconsin, died in sanitarium at
Oconomowoc as the result of acid ia
ken at her home here while temporari-
ly insane. A brother committed sui
eide IA years ago.
Beloit-Christ Thompson, aged
thirty-eight, died in the city Jail, fol-
| lowing a night of exposure. He had
an attack of heart failure on his way
home and lay on the sidewalk all
night.
waukee.-Suspected of having
| furnished saws with which three
county Jail prisoners attempted to
saw their way to liberty, Mrs.
| Charles Wheeler, wife of a United
States prisoner, is held in the jail on
| orders from United States Marshal
Harry A. We'll. When questioned by
the marshal, after the attempt at es-
cape had been frustrated, Harry J..
Newton, who previously escaped from
deputy, but was recaptured, and
Boieslaus Hydak, charged with lar
ceny both of whom attempted to es-
to Wheeler by woman with whom
| he had in interview.
ManitOwoc. - Wrecking operations
to raise Ann Arbor car ferry No.
1, burned in the slip here February,
1910, and which lies at the entrance
of the harbor, were renewed by the
Smith Dredge company of Manistee,
which was forced to abandon the work
| last fall because of storms. The COM
pany was given the contract by the
| Ann Arbor after the government had
notified the company that the wreck
must be removed because of it's prox-
unity to the entrance of the harbor.
| The company also expects to realize
| on the boilers and machinery of the
| wrecked boat
Appleton.-Following an agree
ment whereby union Appleton car
penters will receive So cents an
| hour for nine-hour day, the contrac-
| tors will form an association to pre-
vent underwriting on contracts which
will result in losses to the contrac-
| tors.
Jefferson. - John Kiltz pleaded
| guilty to manslaughter in the
| fourth degree, and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $1,000 and serve four
months in the county Jail. Kiltz was
tried a month ago for the murder Of
John Shannon, but the jury disagreed.
Manitowoc.-Walter Ertz, a prom
| inent young business man, aged
| thirty-five, expired suddenly after an
| illness of less than six hours. He is
| believed to have been a victim of
ptomaine poisoning.
Racine-When the territory re-
Gently annexed by the city be-
| comes a part of the city Racine will
have a population of 10000. The gov
eminent census gave $4,000.
Racine-Burglars stole SOS from
the cash drawer of South side
saloon, robbed the morgue of two fur
| overcoats and six pairs of silk slippers
intended for the dead, and robbed a
private residence.
| nesville.-Wanted in Coldwater,
Mich, on forgery charge in connec-
ton with his work as drain commits
sioner of Branch county. ORION
| Thornton, arrested here, remains in
Jail, while Sheriff Alfonso Tyler OF
Branch county, who came here to get
his prisoner, is defendant In a suit
for $500 reward for Thornton's arrest.
which he refused to pay. The chief of
police has sued him and refuses to de-
liver the prisoner. Thornton init
mates big political scandal if he is
returned.
| Naturalization Schroeder, a stri-
| king dock hand on the Pere Marquette
steamship line, was stabbed in the
stomach and dangerously injured in a
row with Italian strikebreakers in
front of So West Water street He
was taken to the Emergency hospital
Joseph Laconto and Peter Zarola
Italians, are held pending an investi-
cation. The row is said to have been
caused by an attempt of the strikers
to persuade the strikebreakers to quit
| work
Waukesha.-Judge Lueck sen
| fenced John H. Means to two years
in the state penitentiary at Waupun
after he had pleaded guilty to a
charge of hold-up and assault. On
November "a, 1910, Means and com
panion held up August Monte, an ell
derly man, on the Milwaukee road
tracks in this city. After obtaining
six dollars in cash they assaulted him
and lett him on the track insensible.
J. P. Czler Is also being held for
trial
Port Washington.-Fir of unknown
origin destroyed the warehouse of the
Wisconsin Chair company, entailing