River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-12-12
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IN WISCONSIN

La Crosse.-AIonzo Cakes, gen.
eral freight and passenger agent
of the Green Bay & Western road. was
held up by two masked men at the
point Of gun, beaten into insensibil-
ity and the cash box he carried rified
of its contents, about $50. Cakes had
a companion, who escaped and notified
the police, who, after search of half
an hour through the local saloons, ar
rested two La Crosse men giving the
names of Walter Niggli and Chuck
Bishop. Nigel, when questioned at
the station, confessed and produced
about $50 of the missing money. His
alleged accomplice refused to confess.
Superior. - Robert Bennett, nine
teen years old, confessed to shoot
ing Harry futile, the Douglas county
hermit homesteader, in the back as he
sat in his cabin in a remote section
and firing the cabin to cover up the
crime. In his statement to the police
he blamed George Shafer, his compan-
ion, twenty-one years old, for tempting
him to do the deed through wild
stories in which he claimed to have
held up men and murdered them for
their money. Both waived examina-
ton and were held to circuit court,
where, the police say, they will plead
guilty Robbery is given as motive
for the crime.
Madison.-The state industrial
commission ordered that the own
ers of all cars used for loading of
logs equip them with stakes which
can be released on the opposite side
from which the logs are TO be unload
ed. The commission has made an in
vestigation and found that the cause
of the many injuries in unloading cars
of logs is due to the manner in which
the stakes are released. The stakes
ordered to be used are recent inven-
ton. A hearing will be held by the
commission in this city on December
16. when objections to this order will
be heard.
Observation-Disclosures to bill
which will be introduced by Con-
gresham Warburton of Tacoma,
Wash, GAINESVILLE will be on military
road running from Springfield, ILL.,, to
Madison, via Chicago, which will run
through from Lansing, Des MONIES,
Ia, and thence to ST. Paul. The bill
will provide for a 16-foot roadway,
with heavy concrete base and hard
surface, such as asphalt or <itrified
brick, so as to make it dustless, II
possible.
Couderay.- hundred deer
were shipped from stations in this
vicinity. Last year $50 deer were
shipped out by the hunters, Residents
in this section are talking in favor of
a law permitting only the killing of
bucks for a few seasons, or one or
two closed seasons.
Madison-Universit students are
up in arms as a result of the
determination of Madison BARRIERS to
advance the price of haircuts from %
to 35 cents. Thirty-eight tonsorial
artists have formed an agreement to
raise the regular price.
Maiden Rock-Jacob Stahl, res
ident of Pepin, made good his
threat to end his life by laying his
head on rail of the Burlington road
and letting train run over 1t. His
head was severed from his body
observation-disclosures the horse
and wagon of prominent coal
and lumber company, thieves loaded it
with oats from the bin, drove to some
hiding place and then returned the
stolen equipage and locked the barn
door The theft was not discovered
until the condition of the horse was
noted the next day
GAINESVILLE. = Driven desperate by
separation from her husband, whom
she divorced last spring for cruel
ty, and three small children at
home with her parents, Mrs. Harry
Bishop drank the contents of a bottle
of carbolic acid and was found dead
by her landlady several hours after
ward.
Madison. = There are six girls
registered in the short course in
agriculture: Mary Armour, Kansas
City; Helen Morton, Lake Forest;
Florence Carpenter, Menominee,
Mich; Faith Clark, Hinsdale, Pa;
Helen Lee, Pennington, N. Y, and
Florence Lindley, Long Island.
La Crosse.-As a result of get
ting his arm caught in the rolls OF
a corn shredder, Allan Miller of Bar
mum suffered the amputation of an
arm. The machine was smashed by
sledges to extricate his arm, but not
before it was ground to pieces tc
within three inches of the shoulder.
notwithstanding from melan'
cholia, Mrs. Byron Inman, thirty
eight years old, of Chicago, who was
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
H. Craney, attempted suicide by cut
ting her throat. She will recover.
Unity.-Deputy sheriffs have re-
turned to Fargo, ~ D., with Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Schuette, charged with
the murder of their four-months-old
baby in a Fargo hotel on November 4.
They have made a complete confes-
sion, the authorities say, Mr.. Schuette
assuming all blame. The child was