The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-02-08
Ne,Ds Notes of Wisconsin

sion will not bar the United States
fishing steamer Curlew from Wiscon-
sin waters unless proof of the charges
laid before the state commission that
the United States authorities were
depicting Wisconsin waters of game
fish and sending them to other sec
lions of the country is presented. A
sissippi river sportsmen joined in the
request to bar the federal steamer.
Madison. few county clerks,
who still refuse to send poll lists to
the secretary of state, face manda-
mus action in court or a trial before
the governor for malfeasance In Of
fee, according to an opinion by At
torney General Bancroft. Further
more, the state need not pay a fee for
the lists which are needed to supply
addresses Of voters to whom the state
political pamphlet will be sent next
August.
Madison.-.Th executive commit
tee of the LaFollette Republican
club of Wisconsin at meeting here
selected Gov. F. E. McGovern, Con-
gresham l. l.. Lenroot, Superior;
former Secretary of State w. l..
Houser, Mondovi, and Alvin p.
Kletzsch, Milwaukee, as candidates
for LaFollette delegates from the
state at large to the national Repuh-
lican convention to be held in Chi
cago next June.
Racine.-A jury in the case of Mrs.
Manoni McNear against the Mitchell
Lewis Motor company, brought in a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum
of 100000 damages. Frank McNear,
husband of the plaintiff in the case,
was foreman of the Mitchell-Lewis
Motor company and when ovens in
the annealing room exploded McNear
was killed.
Washington, d. C.-Representa-
tive Konop has designated Walter
Anderson, Marinette, principal, Ed
mund Burke, Green Bay, alternate
| for the naval academy appointment;
Louis A. Deceive, Depere, principal;
| Charles Butler, Brussels, first alter
nate, and Joseph Yak, Sturgeon Bay
second alternate, for the military
academy.
Washington, d. C.-Representa
| tive Esch was chosen as chairman OF
the Wisconsin delegation in the
house at meeting held in the Office
of Representative Davidson. Repre-.
sentative Konop was elected secre.
tary.
La Crosse. THE question OF
whether or not La Crosse will hold
its Interstate fair next September
will be decided by the business mer
of the city. The total receipts last
year were $3.50.
Waukesha-Fire, said to have
been caused by a plumber who wal
thawing a water pipe, In the Foun
tain inn, caused loss of $500. The
guests escaped with their belongings
Grand Rapids. Frank Volkoner
an employe OF the Consolidated
Power and Paper company, commit
ted suicide by taking carbolic acid
Madison Senator John Donald O.
Mount Horeb was elected presiden
of the Wisconsin Country Life as
ISOLATION at the closing session OF tn,
second annual country life confer
ence held under the direction of tn,
College Of Agriculture at the uni
versity. Seven hundred farmers from
all parts OF the state attended
Manawa.-The Little Wolf mills
which for the last forty years ha
been landmark in this section O
the country, caught fire from the ex
plosion OF lantern in the hands O
the owner, p X. Smith, and wa
burned.
Milwaukee David ID. Cooke. age
80, local manager OF the America
Express company, vas Instant
killed by falling fopf floors down tn
elevator shaft at the Hotel p6steI
Both legs and both arms were broke
and his skull was fractured by tn
fall.
Menasha. p. Downing. chic
inspector OF weights and measures
found some Menasha merchants wer
, short weighing their customers fror
3 to 30 per cent with bottomles
measures and liquid quarts. Anun
Der OF scales and measures were cor
fiscated and destroyed