The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-06-16

WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

democrats, are eager to get as many
favorable districts as possible. The
Social Democrats have presented an
apportionment proposition of their
own; the Democrats probably will do
likewise, and the Republicans are try
ing to handle both of the minority
parties and make them agree to the
apportionment outlined by the Repub-
licans. Unless the three parties reach
some sort of a compromise the session
may drag until July. The Social
Democrats are especially insistant re-
lative to the situation in Milwaukee,
county, where they want 10 assembly
districts instead of IS, as promised by
the Republican apportionment propo-
sition There is some possibility that
the Democrats and Social Democrats
will exchange friendship to head off
the Republicans if a compromise is
not reached within a few days
l lLWAUKEE-That all rl3rs to
purchase the ShanGein homestead on
Grand avenue have been abandoned by
the administration became aYTarent
when Alderman Churchill, chairman
of the health committee, introduced a
resolution to use $4,000 of the $4,000
set aside for the purpose, for anti-tu-
berculcsis work. His resolution calls
for the use of $1,000 of the money
for the Blue Mound sanatorium, which
has been decided to the city, and for
the new municipal tuberculosis hospi-
tai, and $4,000 for the new anti-tuher-
culosis commission which has been ap-
pointed by the mayor 1t was re-
ferred to the finance commission. Ad
ministration members are believed
not to have been in accord with the
plan of former Alderman Berger to
purchase the homestead for mater
nifty hospital at a cost of S175.000
FLORENCE-Judge Warning of the
Florence county court rendered a de-
cision in the Marshall Field inherit
ance tax case, finding for the state.
The court says After examining the
briefs filed by the attorney general and
attorneys for the administration Of
said &state, hold that the stocks own
ed by Marshall Field at the time Of
his death are subject to an Inheritance
tax under the laws of the state CT
Wisconsin" The case probobly will
now go to the supreme court for final
adjudication. 1t involves stock in Wis
consin railroads upon which, if the law
is upheld, the tax will amount to over
$3O0,OOO
FOND DU LAC-The annual council
of the Episcopal diocese of FOND du
Lac was opened at ST. Pauls cathedral
with solemn and impressive services.
! The Rt. Rev. r. H. Weller officiated
at the counciliar mass, while the SER
mon was delivered by Bishop Grafton.
Over 125 clerical and Lay delegates
were present. The feature of the coun-
Gil was the address of Bishop Grafton,
who, although fifty-two years a priest
and twenty-five years a prelate, and
having passed the four-score mark, is
still possessed of remarkable vigOr OF
mind and body.
KENOSHA-A mysterious attack
was made on the life of Otto Hanson,
a Kenosha carpenter, at cross roads
two miles northwest of Kenosha, when
two shots were fired from ambush at
him Later he returned with deputies,
but was unable to find the Would-be
assassin. Three weeks ago three
shots were fired at Hanson at the same
point. Hanson had been visiting
young woman, and it is generally be-
1ieved that the shots were fired by
some jealous rival.
LA CROSSE-Attaining the proper
tons of cloudburst, hail storm
passed over Hatfield, doing consider
able damage 1t was the second hard
storm within forty-eight hours. The
powerhouse and big dams of the La
Crosse Water Power company at Hat
field escaped damage, but the county
roads and bridges in the vicinity Of
Hatfield and Merriam were washed
out in many places and hillside crops
are all lost.
LA ROSSE-Gambling houses in
La Crosse will be permitted to operate
under police regulations during the
administration of Mayor John Dengler.
The mayor made his stand plain at the
last meeting of the city council. Ac-
cording to the mayors statement, a
few games under police supervision
were better than number of private
games run by professional gamblers,
which would surely result should the
public games be eliminated.
APPLETON-Can the Appleton city
council legislate the saloon free lunch
out of existence, and can the city's ex-
ecutive BODY make new anti-free
lunch ordinance stick in the court to
the extent of fning violators not less
than SIS nor more than $50, or thirty
days in Jail, or both? The city attor-
ney has drawn such an ordinance, the
first important reform of the new COM
mission government
APPLETON - The regular annu-
al outing of the clerks of one of the