River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-06-15
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

years. the granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Aube, residing south OF
this place, died from burns received
when a can containing kerosene ex-
ploded. The receptacle had been left
on the stove in the Aube home after
@ portion of it's contents had been used
TO light the fire, and the heat from the
stove melted it's bottom. The oil
spread over the stove and on to the
girl, who was standing near. 1t burst
Immediately into flames and she was
fatally burned before anyone could go
to her aid.
Racine.-The opening and operation
of the new Racine County Agricultural
school at Rochester was blocked by
the county board. There was no &C
ton taken toward a new courthouse.
Condemnation proceedings will be
commenced to obtain property for 8
site adjoining the county Jail.
Manitowoc.-Four youths, Emil
Johnson of Green Bay, aged seventeen;
Joseph White Of Waukegan, ILL.,, aged
twenty; Charles Cuneo of New York
City, aged seventeen, and William
Brown, aged sixteen, of Charles City,
Ia, found guilty of robbing North
western road cars at Green Bay, have
been sentenced to terms varying from
two years in prison to three months in
the county jail Johnson got the
heaviest sentence.
Barron.-Capt. John G. Beckwith,
aged seventy, who served through the
Civil war in a New York regiment,
was killed on his farm by an infuria-
ted bull 1t is supposed that the first
attack was fatal, as the body was not
seriously mangled. Captain Beckwith
was one of the early pioneers of Bar
ron county and had served three terms
as county clerk. A wife, four sons
and four daughters survive him.
Waukesha-After three months
Illness of blood poisoning. Maurice
Brosnihan, aged sixty years, died at
his home in Chicago. Mr.. Brosnihan
cut corn" which caused the poison
ing. He refused to allow amputation.
The body was brought here.
Green Bay.-Frank R. Weeks, exalt-
ed ruler Of the Green Bay lodge, was
honored by being elected to the pres1-
dency of the Wisconsin Association of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks at the business session of the
delegates in convention.
Edgerton.-Michael Joyce, aged
fifty-seven, well known in this city for
his eccentricities of character, was
struck by an east-bound Milwaukee
express train here and died two hours
later.
Beaver Dam.-FolloWing an investi-
cation into the fire that destroyed the
home Of Arnold Beilfuss Of this city,
Bei1fuss, it is alleged, has confessed to
State Fire Marshal Purtell that he set
fire to the building in order to get the
insurance money on his furniture. He
did not own the house.
Kenosha.-Albert Karnell, well
known manufacturer of Kenosha, has
entered the Pasteur institute at Madi-
son to combat a possible case Of
rabies. Karnell was bitten by dog.
Later it was found that the dog had
suffered from hydrophobia.
Oconomowoc-Brot Stanislaus, a
member of the Brotherhood of Re
demptorist, lost his life while bathing
In Lac La Belle
aukesha-Fearing that she was
going to be seriously ill, Mrs. Ella A.
Schrader, wife of Frank Schrader,
aged forty-four years, one of Wauke-
sha's most prominent residents, COM
mitted suicide here by shooting in the
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had been out of health and often said
she thought she was going to be seri-
Ously i'll. She had been visiting at
the home of her mother, Mrs. Freder-
lcka Nickolaus, at East Troy. When
she returned there was no one at
home. She procured loaded revolver
and went to the barn and shot her
self, IL Is thought, as shots were heard
at that time She was found two hours
later by her only daughter, with re-
volver in one hand and a bullet in her
temple.
Ashland.-Judge Parish opened an
adjourned April term of court here.
John Mellen, accused of stealing a
gold watch, was sentenced to IL
months at Wdupuu.
anesville-When a Northwestern
passenger train arrived at Alton the
dead body of Norvy Lewison, farm
hand, aged sixty, was found on the
pilot The remains were identified by
relatives in this city.
Durand.-Evelyn May, the two-year-
old daughter of Ever Moen, residing
four miles east of this city, was
drowned in a water tank. The mother
found the child when life was extinct.
The little tot had climbed upon a
fence and fallen over into the tank.
La Crosse.-Ffre here totally de-
stroyed the Clark & Clark livery sta
BILE and damaged the Erickson ba-
kerry. The total loss is 100000, one
third insured
Wausau.-Mrs Margaret Bugalecki,
aged twenty-five, sacrificed her life
to rescue her brother, Leo Sikorsk,
aged nine, who began to drown while
bathing in the Wisconsin river.
Fond du Lac.-Reginald H. Weller,
student at Harvard, son of Bishop
Coahjutor Weller, saved a classmate
from drowning when the latter fell
/ from the boat while the senior class
was returning from an outing at Pad
| docks island. Weller dived after his
classmate when the latter fell over
board when the boat was nearly cap
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