Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-03-15
WISCONSIN
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sembling room of the Mitchell-Lewfs
Motor company resulted in the death
of Frank McNear, foreman of the de-
partment, the serious burning OF John
| Foley, the wrecking Of great por-
ton of the concrete and steel build
ing and the flooding of the entire de-
partment with water. The loss to
property is not known, but is estf-
mated at $4,000, besides the damage
] to automobiles which were ready for
shipment McNear was inspecting the
two huge japaning tanks when the
explosion occurred He was buried
between the two walls, but Foley was
| blown outward The entire section
of the building was soon in flames
and the fire department was called
! out.
Madison-About 100000 brook
| trout fry are ready for planting in
! the streams Of the southern part OF
the state and will be distributed
| from the Madison hatchery. The dis
tribution of fry in the central and
eastern part of the state was started
last week from the Wild Rose hatch
cry. The northern and western parts
of the state, supplied from the Bay
! field station, will not receive any fry
until May. About April 1 the COM
mission will commence the col
| lection of pike eggs which are
shipped to the different hatcheries
for propagation.
Kenosha-George Hess, aged thir-
ty-five years, a former Milwaukee
man, construction foreman at the vii
lage of Truesdell, way station west
of Kenosha, was shot and injured in
front Of the Peterson hotel of that
village. Three shots were fired at
! him by Tony Curse, an Italian, for
merly employed by the company, ac-
| cording to the police. 1t is said
Curse and Hess had dispute over
money matters.
La Crosse.-Driven nearly mad by
| the continual fear of arrest, Warren
Mcconnell, who four years ago es-
| capped from the Rockford Ql1.) sheriff,
after being sentenced to from one to
| fourteen years in the penitentiary for
| highway robbery, walked into the Of
| flee of Sheriff Chris ]. Burns here
and surrendered.
Richland Center.-The Orpheum
theater was totally destroyed by fire.
The origin Of the fire is not known.
The theater had been used as a
church by the United Brethren con-
gregation, whose building was
burned a few weeks ago.
Cashton-Thirty COWS, several
calves, team of mules and several
horses were cremated in the barn of
Hans Martinson, near this place.
Considerable hay and grain were
burned
Kenosha Alexander Apatesh of
South Milwaukee was held up and
robbed in a saloon here by three men.
A minute later John Abramites, pro-
prietor, produced revolver, got the
money back and turned the men over
to the police.
Racine.-R. E. Lasley Of Wau-
kegan, ILL.,, pleaded guilty in the
municipal court to issuing a forged
check for $4,000 and depositing it in
the Racine City bank under the name
of II. M. Houser. He was sentenced
to one year in the state prison at
Waupun. He claimed that he was led
into the crime by a brother-in-law
who lives in New York.
Wittenberg-D Slepyans store
burned and the entire business
section of the village was threat
ened for a time. The fire department
was summoned from Wausau. The To-
cal fire fighting apparatus is very crude
and the water supply wholly made
quate. Buildings in danger included
those Of Wolf & Kerslen, Shiestire
opera hall, post Office, Schneider's jew
elry store and some residences. The
loss is estimated at $250,000.
Sparta.-Local citizens have ia
ken up the matter of providing
modern highway between Sparta and
the big government military reserva-
ton. 1t is about five miles in length
and plans now on foot will make it as
good as paved street.
Barron.-Nels Bolin, a farmer
living near Poskin, aged fifty, was
struck by freight train near Poskin.
He was brought to this city on the
same train, but died before being taken
off. He was walking the track on a
curve when struck.
Eau Claire.-The nswsy formed
WfgeesEEz Association IS Creamery
Owners wfH meet in Madison on
GaFch e, T. -SsPsBsv To Cali
isued by President Guy Speris and G.
A. Williams, secretary and treasurer OF
the organization.
Marinette.-Knute Knutsen, aged
nineteen, is the hero of Menominee
and surrounding country and his
friends are taking steps to secure him
a Carnegie medal as the result of his
action in diving under the ice OF
Green bay and rescuing an ice cutter
who fell through an opening and sank
| to the bottom. 1t was only by the
slightest chance, according to wit
nesses, that Knutsen came to the
| surface with his burden in open wa
ter and not under the heavy ice.
| La Crosse.-An unknown man,