River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-05-11
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS


explosive let go. A large iron bolt
hurtling through the air passed entire
ly through the woman's body, killing
her instantly. Several buildings were
burned and damaged.
Port Washington.-Fire of unknown
origin destroyed the warehouse of the
Wisconsin Chair company, entailing
$4,000 loss, partly insured. The build
ing was two-story frame structure,
isolated from the rest of the plant, and
used to store finished chairs, mostly
rockers.
anesville.-Wanted in Coldwater,
Mich, on a 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.
Ashland-When the postal savings
bank was opened at the Ashland post
office the first depositor was a little
girl
Wausau.-Poisoned by PHOSPHORUS
which he secured by sucking the
heads from matches during the alb
sence of his parents from the room,
Harold, aged two, son of Charles Hell
Ier is dead
Milwaukee.-John 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
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 left him on the track insensible.
J. P. Ozier is also being held for
trial
La Crosse.-Mr and Mrs. Phil
Brady of Trempealeau, upon their
plea Of guilty in circuit court here
to the charge of burglary, were
each given one year at Waupun by
Judge Higbee. 1t was charged they
robbed a number of homes at Trem-
pealeau.
Professionalism Wolslegel, one of
the popular young men of Cambria and
a well known baseball player through
out the state, died at Bentley hospital
here as the result of being run over by
the Portage and Horizon passenger
train at Cambria. He with several other
men was engaged in leading horses on
a car when the accident happened.
Both legs were mangled and crushed,
and he was brought to the Bentley hos
pital here in special train in hopes
of saving his life. He was thirty-fve
years of age, unmarried and a son of
Adam Wolslegel.
Barron.-Anson Merla, John Pau
lick and John Rokrenbach were fined
~ so;,
on the charge of dynamiting for trout
in Hay river, near Almena. The case
will be appealed to the circuit court.
Fond du Lac.-FranK Denasus, al
legged horse thief, was placed on trial
in circuit court His was the first
case taken up at the May term. He
attempted to break jail three times
within the last three months.
Sheboygan.-The body of Fred Mar
ohm, aged forty-tive, was found in the
Sheboygan river. He left home to at
tend lodge meeting and did not re-
turn. There were no marks of violence
on the body.
Beloit.-Rev. E. ]. Evans, rec
tor of st. Pauls Episcopal church, has
just received a gift of tour of Europe
from former congregation. He de-
clines to state where the generous con-
gregation is located He will leave on
May &c, going first to Wales, his birth
place, and later to England and CONT
pental Europe.
Eau Claire.-Alexander Conseller,
an employe of the Saddlery COM
pany, while fishing on Otter creek,
was knocked down with a club and
robbed by two men, who took what
he had, about two dollars. Stanislaus
Teller, arrested at Altoona, was iden-
tified as one of the assailants. The
other escaped.
Beloit.-The body found in Rock
river proved to be that of Peter
Strock, a Russian, who disappeared
last January. He had wife in Rus
sia who is expected to arrive in this
country before long.
ouderay.-Settlers along Sucker
creek are laying up supply OF suck
ers and ~ed horse for the summer. The
fish during spawning season run from
Sucker creek, a stream IS inches deep.
At short intervals, when a shoal of
fish start from one lake to the other,
they pack the stream so full that the
water looks as If it is boiling. The
men jump into the stream and throw
the fish out on the banks with pota.
to forks. One man during a night