Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-12-13
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD.

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Rscine,-The jury in the case
of the state against Danial Lark
adurz. charged with the murder OF
Joe Capko, rendered a verdict of
manslaughter. The state alleged that
the accused man. in a fight on a street
corner on June 6. 1911. stabbed Cap
10, his death occurring a few hours
after. Evidence was produced to
show that the defendant had ta.eat-
ened to kill Capko an hour before he
was stabbed. The penalty is not less
than fourteen and not more than TWEEN
ty-hve years. The accused man and
also the dead one were Polish labor
ers.
Neenah.-Six Kaukauna young
men, three from Appleton and one
from Neenah contributed skin from
their left arms in an operation
at the hospital performed on the left
foot of Frank Schmidt, a railroad
brakeman. who was badly injured
wheB run over by train. The young
men are: E. c. Ferguson, A. C. Nagon,
J. Cleary, Leo Husting, J. J. Saiber-
Itch. Kaukauna; l.. Il. Lohman, j.
Schmidt, Thomas Arundel, Appleton.
Herman Syring, Neenah. Syring, who
is in the hospital. was a victim OF the
fatal hayrack party accident in this
city on September "a. the result ~
which 10 persons died.
Madison. Wisconsin is one OF
the most healthful states I'm the
Union, the mortality for 1910 being but
IL per 1000, and lls Tor 1909. The
average number for So per cent. of the
population of the country, as shown
by bulletin of the department OF
commerce and labor. was 10 per 1000
in 1910. and 14,4 for the year previous.
The lowest death rate is 10 per 1000
in the state of Washington, and the
highest is 17.3 for New Hampshire
Washington. Utah, Minnesota and
Montana are the only four states
where the death rate is lower than in
Wisconsin,
Waukesha,--Dr Joseph E. Mac
Neill. aged seventy-four. father of
Charles NJ. MacNeiIl, the wen.known
New. York Wall street man and multi
millionaire, and a former well-known
Chicago physician and chess expert.
died here at the home of his cousin,
Mrs. Nj S. Griswold. after a lingering
Illness of heart trouble DR.. MacNein
came here early in ptember and
was for time at Re. -avcn.
Port Washington caused a
loss of $4,000 to the home of
Mrs. Henry Goedert The kitchen
stove fell apart and in less than ten
minutes the flames were coming
through the roof For time the dis
trict public school and other buildings
were in danger. but with a small loss
were saved.
Madison.-The state civil serv-
ice commission ordered an exam
nation in Milwaukee for the positions
of superintendent and assistant TO the
superintendent of the free employment
bureau in Milwaukee.
Manitowoc. MaDitowoc county
probably has the first woman cleo
trician in Wisconsin in personal
charge OF an electric lighting plant.
Two young ladies', Misses Alma and
Bertha Rehbein, are in charge OF
fully equipped lighting system which
has been installed upon the farm OF
their father, G. F. Rehbein south OF
the city. The Misses Rehbein have
managed and operated the plant since
its establishment several months ago.
Baraboo. Floyd, the fourteen
year-old son of Charles Carpenter
OF this city, who has been missing
since last summer, was found at Iowa
Falls, Ia. A constant search for the
boy has been kept up since his disap-
pearance. and even clairvoyants have
been called upon to help. One of them
declared that the boy was working for
an uncle in Dallas, Tex, and all the
others said that his body was at the
bottom Of the Bara boo river. Some
color was lent to the latter declaration
by the actions Of the missing boys
dog. which for weeks haunted the
banks of the river The bottom OF the
stream was searched several times,
but no trace OF the boy was found.
La Crosse.-A petition calling
for a grand jury investigation OF
charges OF graft in the local police de
partment has been mailed TO Judge c.
E. Higbee at Baraboo The petition
was signed by Lieut. Gov Thomas
Morris. Assemblyman ]. +. Mcconnell
and City Attorney A. H. Scubert..
Superior. Three United States
mail pouches in the baggage
room OF the Omaha station We're cur
open and the contents gone through
some time after the arrival OF the Twi.
light Limited from the Twin Cities.
Only one sack was a closed pouch.
and IL carried no registered mail
Whether any Of the contents was re-
moved could not be determined
Madison. Some one with a pen
chant for delying into musty agri-
cultural records here has unearthed