Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
NeDs Notes of Wisconsin

Madison.--The Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul and the Minneapolis,
st. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie rail-
way companies have notified Prof.
w. o. Hotchkiss, secretary of the
Wisconsin highway commission, that
they would reduce their rates on the
transportation of stone used by the
state in the construction of public
highways to the new rate given by
the Chicago and Northwestern COM
pany, which is II a cent per ton per
mile. This rate is only given to the
state and not to the towns, villages,
cities and counties shipping stone
for road improvements.
Waupun.-That the board of con-
troll was fully justified in refusing to
grant parole to one applicant who
had placed in the bank $500 to be
drawn by his attorney as soon as the
parole was granted, is the statement
of the Rev Daniel Woodward, war
den of the state prison, who declares
that attorneys have never been al
lowed to appear in parole cases. In
vestigations by agents of the board
into the conduct of the applicant fur
nish the information taken into con-
sideration when an application is be-
ing acted on.
Washington, d. Certain mem
bers of the senate committee on
privileges and elections are not salts
fed with the finding of the subcom-
mittee which eXoneTated Senator
Isaac Stephenson of charges growing
out of his election 1t is intimated
a minority report may be presented
to the senate. When the subcommit-
tee reported to the full committee
that no evidence of corrupt practices
had been found, some members of
the committee asked for more time
to consider the report Hence the
extension of two weeks was granted.
Black River Falls.-Another chap
ter was added to the trouble here
when fire broke out in the restaurant
of Mrs. M R. Wheeler and spread to
N. S. SamdahPs drug store and Simon
Samdahl's tailoring establishment.
The Samdahl building is ruined and
the others are badly damaged. The
loss will be $4,000. Mrs. Wheeler
and N. S. SamdahI lost everything
they had in the food last fall.
Madison.-If all suspensions are
paid, the horse races at the Wiscon-
sin state fair of 1911, with purses to
the amount of $21,750. will cost the
board of agriculture only $3,547.50.
A total of $19,88O vas paid out as
purses, while suspensions and entries
amount to $1G,332.50. This cost is
considerably less than it has been in
previous years.
Madison.-The Wisconsin state
board of pharmacy ont of eighty-one
applicants who took the examination
granted fifteen registered pharmacist
certificates and thirty-seven regis
tered assistant pharmacist certif-
Gates.
Delavan-The Times Of Genoa
Junction has suspended publication
with No. of it's thirteenth volume.
Racine.-AlI traffic On the Milwau-
kee road between Chicago and Mil
waukee was tied up for several hours
on account Of a bad freight wreck
just north of the FranksYille station.
The breaking of brake rod piled
up ten cars loaded with merchan-
disc and tore up the track for about
100 feet. The damage is estimated
at 10000. No one was injured
La Crosse.-The question Of
whether or not La Crosse will hold
its interstate fair next September
will be decided by the business men
of the city. The total receipts last
year were $1,000.
Marinette.-Mrs. Frank BenviIIe
has asked the police Of the state to
find her son Frank, aged 10 years.
who left home in December, 1910. to
work at a sawmill at Goodman.
where he stayed two days and then
disappeared, although he had prom
ised his parents to come home Christ
mas.
Milwaukee. - Dr. Alexander
schwichler, IS years old, is held Oh
charge of manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death Of Mrs. Anna
Baum. 10 years old. She is alleged
to have died as the result Of a crin-
inaI operation.
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