Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-03-08
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Racine-Merchants Of Racine were
fieeced out of between $4,000 and 3d.
600 by accepting pay checks supposed
to have been issued by the ]. /. Case
Threshing Machine company for the
pay roll of February TO- A score Of
these checks are now in the hands of
the police, while the banks have many
and merchants who learned that Che
checks were worthless decided not to
present them for payment. The
amounts Of the checks range from $42
to S56. The checks were offered in
many stores and saloons. The mer
chants accepted the checks. When
they were presented at the banks for
payment 1t was discovered that they
were forgeries. The signature of R. P.
Howell assistant treasurer Of the com.
pany, had been forged and 1t was the
signature of Mr.. Howell that attracted
the attention of bank tellers.
Rac1ne.-An explosion of gasoline
in the electrical department of the
Mitchell Lewis Motor company dam
aged the plant and severely burned an
employe named Falkenberg The en-
tire fire department was called out to
fight the confagration. Falkenberg,
with face, chest and arms badly
burned, was found and placed in the
fire chiefs automobile and rushed to
physician. Officials of the company
refused to make any statement as to
the cause of the fire or the amount of
damage.
La Crosse. hundred children
were endangered when the Logan
school here took fire. The flames had
gained considerable Roadway before
being discovered, but the teachers,
who have given much attention to
fire drills, marched the children, most
of them of lower grade age, through
the smoke-filled corridors and down
burning stairways without single &C
cident.
Marinette.-Raphael Paralara,
miner living near Marquette, Mich,
was murdered. Peter Roberto, aged
nineteen, who had quarreled with the
dead man. was taken into custody
on suspicion. Both are said to have
attended a dancing party and quar-.
relied over woman.
Waukesha.-Rev. l. L. Cory, pastor
Of the Congregational church, ten.
dered his resignation and will leave
April l to assume the pastorate at
Clinton, Wis. Reverend Cory came
here in 1900 from Milwaukee, where
he was in charge of Pilgrim Congre
gational church.
Fond du Lac.-Four hundred Oak.
field farmers and all the students from
the Oakfeld schools were present at
a test designed to prove the value OF
the tuberculin test law, conducted by
DR.. J. w. Tooley Of this city, assist.
ant state veterinarian.
Eau Claire.-The schedule of
water rates prepared by the city
council and information regarding the
conditions that make the rates neces-
sary, has been serA to the state rail-
road commission. The schedule pro-
vides for a fiat and meter rate and
compared with present schedules,
shows a material reduction.
Kenosha.-George Pine, for.
mer well-known Kenosha man, is
in Jail here charged with an attempt
to burn the home Of Walter Troeger
in this city on the night of January
5. He was found in Chicago and re
turned to Kenosha without requisi
ton.
viola.-While working with
wood saw, Joseph Bond was struck
in the temple by a piece of wood
which was thrown with great force
by the saw. His skull was fractured
and although several pieces of bone
have been removed, his chances for
recovery are very slight.
boygan.-Accident equaled the
time worn trick of western gun
men when a pipe, which Her
man Oleson was smoking while walk
ing along one of the main streets
here, was shot out Of his mouth by
stray bullet. The police are investi-
eating.
Beloit.-Matthew Reve, aged forty
eight, dropped dead while feeding
COWS on the Earl Daniels farm here.
Lake Geneva.-One of the passen-
gers on the train before which Eek
hardt B. Thon, an Aurora Qll.) mer-
chant, leaped and committed suicide,
was Louis Thon, father of the suicide
and one of Aurora's wealthiest resi-
dents.
La Crosse.-Valuable records which.
however, have no negotiable value, az
ter being mailed from the Office of the
register of deeds here during the last
four months, have not been received
by their owners. One of the missing
documents was mailed to E. w. Adams
of Milwaukee, secretary of the Milwau-
kee road.
Milwaukee.-The man who was
burned to death in a barn in Pewau-
kee on February Is has been identi-
fed as that of Joseph Miller, no
Thirtyfourth street, who left his home
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