The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-10-27

his election for the United States SEN
ie through the expenditure of $780,
0tJ to members of the Wisconsin leg.
islature, $4,000 of which is alleged
to have been contributed by Edward
Hines, Chicago lumberman, was Civ
e. before the senatorial committee by
Thomas Morris, lieutenant governor
of Wisconsin. Morris testified be haC
been informed by a Mr.. Cook, a part
ner of Hines, that the deal was put
through by Robert J. Shields, who WEI.
to Washington just before the Wiscon.
sin Legislature met and secured tho
money from Senator Stephenson.
LA CROSSE-Aviator Hugh Rob
inson in his hydro-aeroplane arrived
here at 8:43 a. N. in his river flight
TO New Orleans He left Winona at
SIT, according to his record, making
the twenty-eight miles in twenty-siX
minutes. Robinson flew at an altitude
of 5000 feet and could be seen here
with glasses when twenty miles away.
He landed here without accident.
Robinson stopped here for thor
Ough overhauling of his machine, an
attention it had not received since he
left Minneapolis. He left for Dubuque
at 10 a. M, flying a mile minute. e
delivered sack of United States Ia!
here and took out another.
RACiNE-As a result of participate
ing in a soccer game here Steve Robin
son, Racine, stakeholder in the J. l.
Case Threshing Machine works. Wal
ter Hartung, WauWatosa, and Henry
Williams, Milwaukee, are in a hospital
here suffering with bad bruises and
cuts. Robinson, who was playing left
half on the local aggregation, is af-
fiicted with a turned ankle and Sc
rious cut back of the ear. During the
fray he was kicked in the head several
times Williams is in the most dan
gerOus condition. His back and stom-
ach were kicked repeatedly, He also
has several bad cuts on the head.
TSBURG-Justice Charles W.
Karkau tried five cases for alleged VIC
lations of the game laws. G. f. AS
muth of Milwaukee, game warden, was
the complaining witness and made the
arrests Fred Johnson and Richard
Green were found guilty of hunting
without a license; William and Axel
Blomgren were found guilty of selling
cartridges to Frank Reitz, meat mar
ket keeper at Falun; Arthur Wichman
was found guilty of selling wild ducks
to Reitz. The men, all from Falun,
were fined $25 each.
MARINETTE-After seriously shat
tering the bone of his leg with load
of buckshot, through the accidental
discharge of his gun while hunting,
John Cleary, homesteader living near
Hates, Mich, remained three days and
night in the woods without any food.
The wounded man was found almost
dead by other hunters and carried five
miles to a railway He was then taken
to a hospital at Escanaba, Mich 1t is
believed he will recover, but his leg
may have to be amputated
ENOSHA--Kenosha will be the
meeting place of more than 100 Luth-
eran school teachers on Nov 9 and 10,
at the yearly conference in charge of
the schools of the Lutheran congrega-
tons of the synod of Wisconsin.
Among the visitors will be Professor
A. Alderman, director of the teach
ers' seminary at New Ulm, Mimi, and
Professor Fir. Reuter-, professor of mus
ic at the same institution.
MARINETTE Reuben DeFrene,
fifteen, was almost instantly killed as
he was playing crack the whip in
school yard at Niagara, this county.
While being swung around young
DeFrene tripped and fell, striking on
his head and breaking his neck. He
gasped only once or twice and then
died in the presence of large mum
Der of his Mortified schoolmates
MILWAUkEE-The amputation of
the right arm of Captain Joseph Ro-
bier. an employe of the Milwaukee
Sand and Gravel company, was found
necessary at hospital in South Mil
waukee about an hour after Captain
Robier had his arm caught in a pulley
while at work on the steam sand barge
Ellen, opposite South Milwaukee
KENOSHA-Mayer Scholey, at the
head of the committee on arrange
ments for President Taft's visit to
Kenosha, declared that the automobile
speed laws would be lifted for the
presidents visit and that in fifteen
minutes he would go further than he
ever went in fifteen minutes in his
life
NEW RIcHMoND-At a special
meeting of the common council $500
was appropriated for the Black River
Falls food sufferers. 1t is expected
that $500 additional will be raised by
private subscription.