River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-09-05
WISCONSIN
BREVITIES

Fond du Lac.-In the view OF
hundreds of county fair spectators.
John d. Cooper, flying a Curtiss BIZ
plane, fell and narrowly escaped death.
His machine was demolished. Cooper.
who substituted here for Charles r.
Walsh in three days meeting, was
timid about giving an exhibition be
cause of the soggy condition OF the
starting field. He started his ms chine
however. The getaway space was half
covered with water from the heavy
rains during the night, and the wheels
of the machine cut into the ground.
thus retarding the speed of the BIZ
plane Approaching fence which sur
rounds the race course, Cooper at
tempted to raise" over 1t. but one of
the side wings caught and capsized
the machine. Cooper came out of the
wreckage unhurt.
Kenosha-Coroner H. ]. Stan.
ton of Kenosha county held an in
quest over the remains of Mrs. George
A. Pugh, killed as a result of a collision
between a wagon and an automobile,
and the jury returned verdict Of ac-
cldental death. Ira w. Piper, the Hud-
son (Mich.) man who was the driver
Of the wagon and who had been held
by the police, was released on orders
Of the jury, the members of the jury
refusing to return verdict blaming
him for the accident.
Kenosha.-The most unique school
ever seen in Kenosha was opened
at the courthouse, and for the
next few days officials in charge of
the primary election will hold sessions
for the study of the provisions of the
primary election law. County Clerk
Russell II. Jones is in charge of the
school and he states that he hopes in
this manner to get the officials schooled
so that they will be able to count the
ballots correctly under the new provi-
sions of the law.
Observation-Disclosures Ingley, sixteen
months DID, the son of Rev.
Fred Ingley, rector of st. Matthew'S
church, had a narrow escape from
death when he fell from the second
story of the rectory, distance OF II
feet. He fell OH pile Of sand that
had been hauled into the yard a half
hour before and sustained no injury.
When the nurse reached the ground
below the window she found the little
boy playing in the sand pile
Marinette.-Paul Rudolph, fif-
teen-year-old boy of Peshtigo came
In contact with a live wire while fly
ing kite He was using fine wire
as flying string. His hands were
burned black and his arms, chest and
legs charred. He was taken to the
Menominee River hospital, Marinette,
where he is In a critical condition.
across Root river, above Horlick's
dam. where the Third squadron
Of the Fifteenth United States cavalry
was encamped, en- route from Camp
Douglas to Fort Sheridan, George Will
lams, aged twenty-seven, Of Troop X,
was kicked in the head and drowned.
New London.-Deputy Game War
den Con F. Asmuth OF Milwaukee
arrested Charles Knoll, Ed Wolfrath,
Chester Furst, George Abraham and
Frank Wolfrath for killing wild ducks
In the closed season. The men plead
ed guilty and were each fined $24.50.
MISUNDERSTANDING Of State ].
A. Frear, Republican candidate
Tor congress, Tenth district, filed
IN expense statement of $963.14. Large
items We're for printing, railroad fare
and hotel bills.
Reedsburg Priest, twenty
one-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dell Priest, is dead as the result
Df being scalded by hot grease which
he tipped from stove.
Shebcygan.-He Pott, aged
thirty-four, farmer living near
New Holstein, was killed by st. Paul
passenger train near Kiel.
Sheboygan.-Ca Karbe and Henry
Kohn were capsized in Lake Michigan
and were rescued by the life savers.
Eau Claire.-Minnie Swanson,
eleven years old, is in serious con-
dition as the result of falling off a
porch on the second floor of her
home. She sustained fractured
skull.
La Crosse.-Rey. Father William
Ritz. pastor of st. Johns Cath.
olic church, La Crosse, and formerly
pastor at Chippewa Falls, Medford and
Sank City churches, died OF cancer at
st. Francis hospital.
Fond du Lac.-A sma1I motor
boat was found with crushed bow
on the rocks Of Lake Winnebago, ten
miles north OF this city. The launch
carried Fond du Lac ensign. There
Ia no clue to the owner Of the craft,
or explanation of how It was crushed
Janesville--PauI Oleson, seventy
four years old, who has been
seriously i'll with cancer for some
time, in fit of dependency ended his
life by shooting himself through the
head. lie is survived by widow and
four children.
1onaSvi1Ia burglars entered the