Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-15
WISCONSIN NEWS
|TERSELY TOLD

/ Madison--Mrs. Edward A. BiedeF-
stedt. wife Of the president OF
tne Majestic Theater company and the
Eigin Lunch company. committed sui
cloe In her home at as Lake avenue
Dy shooting herself with a revolver
oAc ieit the breakfast table early,
anu went directly 20 her room where
enc shot on the top of her head She
was thirty-fve years of age and had
been in Ill health for several weeks.
and this is supposed to have been the
reason Tor her act Mrs. Biederstedt
was the second wife of her husband
ana mad been married two years. She
Is survived by her widower ami mar
ried stepdaughter.
kenosha.-County Judge George
w. Taylor has received a for
mai notice from the state board of
control that the Wisconsin state hos
pitai for the insane at Mendoza had
Deen closed to patients on account of
the prevalence of diphtheria. and a
general quarantine Of the institution
declared by William H. Graebner,
president of the board. There are
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more patients will be received or
transferred to the various hospitals
Tor the chronic insane until the dis
ease is finally eradicated. The disease
mas SO far been in mild form.
Shawanc. Dir A. T. Stubenvell
of this city has made an autopsy
on the carcasses OF many of the deer
found dead In the woods in this vicin-
lty- he says that they have died Of a
terrible epidemic and that many others
| nave the disease and will die before
the end of the year. He says that
hunters eating the flesh of animals
they have killed must boil the meat
or they will be liable to catch the dis
ease, which is communicable to people
when either smoked or broiled. He
says that boiling is the only method
which kills the parasites which cause
the disease.
Superior.-A scarcity of laboring
men is reported by Superintend-
| ent O'Carroll OF the local state
free employment Office. A demand for
between 200 and 300 men has been
made upon the office. The shipbuild-
ing company. railway companies and
ore docks all have sent in large orders.
The 500 and Great Northern railway
companies are asking for men to work
out on the lines. Then a number of
small orders from about the city have
been filed at tie Office.
| characterization Wilson, sixty
i've, who ten years ago gained
wide notoriety by getting a wife from
England by advertising, is dead as a
result of falling down a stairway ana
fracturing his skull. He was widow
er with six adult children The wife
he got by advertising got divorce
from him two years later.
La Crosse.-Leaning from the
| footboard of his engine to look at
| one Of the driving wheels, l. H. Stark,
a fireman On the Milwaukee road, was
instantly killed when his head was
brushed against an iron truss on
bridge over small creek. His body
was thrown out OF the cab to the
water.
Appleton.-Choosing TO spend two
years in prison rather than the
same length of time under his fathers
| roof, Arthur Hendricks, aged nine
| teen, was sentenced to the state re-
formatory at Green Bay for two years
| for grand larceny. Young Hendricks
was arrested for stealing s1O9. When
| arraigned he pleaded guilty and threw
himself on the mercy of the court.
His father offered to pay the money
If his son would return home until he
was Of age Judge Ryan sentenced
him to two years in prison and then
offered tc place him on parole if he
would IN contract to return home
with IS father for that length OF
time.
Milwaukee.-The following Off
| GERS were elected at a meeting of
the Milwaukee Mission Kindergarten
and Neighborhood association: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Nelson NJ. Black; first vice
president. Mrs. E. p. Bacon; second
vice-president, Mrs. j. NJ. Peerless;
NlCG-pISSAOCuts iuIs- a. L. I1Ois
brook; fourth vice-president, Miss
Lucy Dore; fifth vice-president. Mrs.
William II. Mayhem; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. George p. bravo; CORE
spending secretary, Mrs. ]. G. Thomp-
son: treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Usher. Miss
Leila B. Terry was appointed chair
man OF finance. Mrs. George c. SwaI-
low is honorary vice-president
nomonie.-Menomonie is the lat
est city to be added TO those
in Wisconsin which employ visiting
nurss. The Anti-Tubercuiosis associa-
ton has been raising funds through
private subscriptions and public enter
tainments to pay the salary. The COM
mon council has appropriated $500 to
aid the movement and voted to give
the nurse headquarters in the city
hall.
Fond 1u Lac.-Deputy Game War
den A. R. Brullet of this city con
hscated a box containing fifteen wild
ducks at the Northwestern depot.
The ducks were consigned TO ].
Schme icago. and were shipped by
C. p. J ae he :, Winneconne. Each duck