The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-08-18

WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


a coffin before the altar of ST. Johns
Evangelical church at Kohlville, Mrs
Henry Conrad was struck dead and
four other women rendered uncon-
scious when a dazzling bolt of light
ming struck the house of worship
Rev. John Frank was just opening
his mouth to begin his sermon when
a vivid fash of fame and deafening
crash seemed to paralyze for second
the entire congregation gathered there.
Pastor Franks words of compassion
for the Borrowing family were never
uttered. Instead, his eyes beheld a
startling scene. Mrs. Conrad and a
dozen other women lay on the floor,
the shrieks of terror precipitating a
panic which only cool-headed men,
compromising the situation, stopped.
In this church the men sit on one
side and the women on the ether.
When the lightning struck the steeple.
entered the church and hurled down a
chandelier under which sat Mrs. Con-
rad the missile from the skies found
only feminine victims. The women
probably will recover
MADISON = The first important
step toward testing the constitution
atty of the income tax law was taken
at Madison when CARPENTER & Poss, as
attorneys fer Harry W. Bolens CT Port
Washington, filed petition with At
torney General Bancroft, praying that
he would move in the supreme court at
the opening of the September term
for leave to bring action to enjoin
Secretary of State Frear from auditing
the salaries and bills Of the assessors
of incomes, State Treasurer Dahl from
paying any such salaries and the mem
bers of the tax commission from ap
pointing any assessors, deputies or as
sistants and fixing their salaries.
The petition was refused by the at
torney general and Immediately filed
with the supreme court by the petition
err. who will bring suit in his own
name
MADISON-The special legislative
committee created to investigate fire
insurance rates and other matters per
tanning to fire insurance in Wisconsin
met in the Office of Insurance Commits
sioner H. L. Ekern and organized by
electing Senator George E. Scott OF
Prairie Farm as chairman and AS
semblyman L. L. Johnson of Forest
vile as secretary 1t was decided to
ask Commissioner Ekern to furnish
the committee all of the information
he has regarding the subject to be in
vestigated and to assist the clerical
force of the committee in gathering
additional information. A small cler-
ical force will be put to work imme-
diately and later increased if the work
warrants it.
MILWAUKEE, - White slavery is
punishable in Wisconsin by impris-
onment in the state penitentiary for
period of twenty years. One OF the
first cases under the new law is that
of a man named Rocco Piascnte.
A pretty little German girl, Marie
Karchen, is the complainant in the
case. On the witness stand she testi-
fed she gave Piasente 500, money
she had earned under nefarious cir
cumstances The girl said her mother
in Germany gave her money and she
came to America I'm Chicago | met
Piasente," the girl said. Il liked "A
and he wanted to marry me. Then we
came to Milwaukee, and finally the
police took him away"
WATERTOWN-An Arbogast aero
plane was wrecked here. e. e. Boggs.
of Memphis. who had been recon-
mended as an experienced aviator,
was making his first trial flight, and
when at height of forty feet lost
control of the machine. 1t came down
head foremost Mr.. Boggs is not Sc
riously injured and will be out of the
hospital in few days. Dan Arbo-
CAST had just finished tuning his ma
chine up and was ready to leave on
trip to Columbus, Wis, where he in
tended to give an exhibition, when the
accident happened. The accident will
REQUIRE a postponement Of the engage
ment
MIL WAUKEE-Famou John DietZ.
s.the defender of Cameron DAM is
seriously i'll at the Waupun state pr1-
son, the result of blood poisoning
from a wound received in the memoir
able battle with deputy sheriffs last
October, according to a telegram re-
eeiver here by George Schultes, chair
man of the Dietz defense committee.
Mrs. Dietz wired Mr.. Shultes. that
Dietzs hand where he was wounded,
has become infected. A dunn dun bull
let struck the hand ard shattered it.
Splinters of bone were driven into the
flesh and it has been impossible to ex-
tract all of them.
RACINE-John Smith, an inmate of
the insane asylum, recently escaped
from the institution, travelled through
the country, bargained for at least six
farms and in a small Illinois town had
bought a house and lot and a meat