The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-09-01

!: WISCONSIN STATE News,


church, which will open here Sept. 10
and close Sept %. Over $4,000 mem
bers of Methodism and 225 active min
listers are members of THE conference
which comprises that portion of Wis
consin east of a line running north
and south through the center of the
state The four conference districts
which will present reports are Milwau-
kee, GAINESVILLE, Oshkosh and Appleton.
The superintendents are the Rev w.
Rollins, the Rev. j. Reynolds, the Rel.
r. S. Ingram, and the Rev j. H. Tip
pet Bishop Hamilton of Boston Will
preside. A laymen's conference will
be held at the same time.
MADISON.-The following appoint.
ments of Wisconsin delegates to the
national conservation congress at Kan.
sas City have been made by Governor
McGovern; President Charles r. Van
Hise, University of Wisconsin; States
Forester E. NJ. Griffiths, T. E. Drifting
ham, John DIN, Joseph E. Davies, all
of Madison; State Senators E. E.
Browne, Waupaca; Henry Krumrey,
Plymouth; Otto Bosshard La Crosse;
Paul Husting, Mayville; Assemblymen
j. c. Gilbertsoon, Eau Claire; j. H
Hamper, Franksville; former Assem-
blymen W. NJ Bray, Oshkosh, and E.
w Leroy, Marinette, and S. B. Moody
of Woodruff. Messrs. Bray and Hust-
ing have declined appointments
ADlsON.-Frank A. Cannon OF
Milwaukee came to this city to confer
with the officers of the Wisconsin But
termakers' association regarding the
participation OF the association in the
National Dairy show to be held in Mil
waukee Oct 1918. He asked the off.
GERS to set the date for the annual
meeting for the week of the show and
to have the association take a lead
ing part J. A Cook of Cumberland is
president and Professor G.. Fl. Benken-
dorf of Madison, secretary Of the asso-
citation.
kENOSHA-With a record of we'd
ding every two years, Mrs. Bonnie NJ
Clark of Chicago, known on the stage
as Lillian Mari, had her fifth marriage
in Kenosha when she became the bride
of Joseph H. Engleman of Chicago, a
mechanic Notwithstanding that Mrs
Engleman had wept over the bier Of
three husbands and had stood in the
divorce court with fourth she is not
yet tWenty-siX years of age, and she
declared that she was still convinced
that marriage was not a failure.
handsomely sending the scalps
to Washington, Secretary of State
Frear discovered that ten So
called wolves were squarrels. He saved
the state $102 on a consignment of
thirteen scalps from Burnett county.
It is estimated that about 100000 has
been PAID out in bounties through false
claims and through the operation of
the county to pay an equal amount on
an animal with the state, the counties
have lost a like sum.
NEENAH.-Three engineers in the
employe of the state board of railroad
commissioners are busy in the Fox riv-
err valley appraising the physical valu-
alton of the Wisconsin Electric rail
road company, operating an interurban
line between Neenah, Oshkosh and
Fond du Lac. and the w. T. l.. H and
P. company, operating the interurban
line between Neenah and KauWauna.
This valuation is fixed every eight
years
EAU CLAIRE-The two-year-old son
of William Henning, a town Of Pleas
ant Valley farmer, climbed upon box
in the chicken coop and stuck his head
in the box containing a hens nest, eyi-
IDENTIFY looking for eggs. The box on
which lie was standing fell over and
his neck was caught in hole in the
other box, choking him to death. His
father found him hanging there shortly
after he had left the house.
SUPERIOR One of the first cases to
be tried under the new white slave
law of Wisconsin was heard before
judge Parker in the municipal court,
when William Tracy of Hurley was ar
raigned, charged with violating the
provisions Of the act After hearing the
evidence Judge Parker bound Tracy
over for trial at the coming session of
the superior court.
EAU CLAIRE.-John Marsch of
Iron Mountain, Mich, railroad builder
and owner of the Wisconsin and Mich
igan railway, has teen awarded $780,
600 contract for grading in this vicin-
ity for the Omaha division of the
Northwestern system.
WAUSAU.-He1muth Krause, aged
twenty mine, was taken to the Oshkosh
hospital for the insane. After he had
retired the family heard pistol shot.
He explained that he had seen the devil
looking in his bedroom window and
took a shot at him.
NEENAH Work has been started
on the new paper mill of the Lakeside
Paper company, in West Neenah. The
mill will be of red brick. A crew of
$50 masons will be at work. It is ex-
pected the mil will be in operation by