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BRANDON - With several thou
sands of dollars of notes and mort
cages out throughout the state, w. w.
Kennard, proprietor of the Forest
County Abstract company and who
was prominent in the disbarment pro
ceedings against Ex-District Attorney
NarZe. has disappeared His family
claims not to know where he has gone.
Attorney A. G.. Umbreit of Milwaukee
who was the governors representa-
tive in the disbarment proceedings,
and DR.. J. N. Humphrey Of Whitewa-
ter, are said to be the largest credi-
tors. The charge may be made for
mally before the district attorney that
mortgages amounting to from $4,000
to 100000 were forged and sold.
KeEnard was the instigator of the gov
ernor's removal from office a year ago
of the district attorney and the up
heaval which resulted caused the con
viction of a score of grafters.
MADISON = The Wisconsin state
board of health has issued orders pro
hibiting the use of public drinking cups
in any public building in the state
Through a controversy as to whether
lodge halls and similar places are to be
classed as pubic buildings, the ques-
ton has been submitted to the attOr-
ney general for decision The board
also changed its regulations on quaran
tine in scarlet fever cases. setting a
definite period of twenty-one days in
all cases, and in the case of children of
another twenty-four days must elapse
before the child may re-enter school
The annual meeting of the board will
probably be held in Madison on Jan
%, according to Secretary c. A. Har-
per.
SUPERlOR-This city is Offering
more inducements for leap year pro-
posals than any other in the state
Judge F. S. Parker of the municipal
court, has offered to join in Wedlock
free of charge, the first couple apply
ing to him, where the girl did the pro
posing. Not to be outdone, local at
torney has announced that in case the
leap year bride finds she has picked
the wrong man he will secure her a
divorce without charge AS the attor-
per offers to insert an advertisement
free when she needs his advice
FOND DU LAC-The Fond du Lac
water works commission has formn-
lated regulations for the government
of the local plant which will be submit
ted to the state railroad commission
for approval The most important
step is the decision to meter all plants,
business houses and dwellings, and the
reduction in rates For
dwellings, the rate of so cents a thou
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a reduction of 20 per cent, and a ratio
of reduction almost as great was made
for factories and business houses.
MARlNETTE - Laughing John
Douglas, aged seventy-five, known for
explosive humor, dropped dead in a
railway station here while buying a
ticket. He died of heart trouble, and
had a bottle of medicine for his heart
in his pocket when he succumbed He
was once a wealthy politician of Wau-
kesha county. Charles Edward Shields,
aged sixty-eight, died Monday morning
He was veteran lumberman of north
ern Wisconsin, and for many years
was woods superintendent for Hamil-
company
NEENAH-Great inconvenience was
caused here recently by lack of cleo
trio power, due to the cold, which
caused the plant of the lighting com
pany at Appleton to cease operations,
the supply for Neenah being furnished
from that source. Social events were
called off, newspapers used hand pow
er, interurban cars did not run For
the first time in many years, it has
been necessary to cut ice away from
the big Neenah dam to prevent the
dam being pushed out
RACINE = Investigation is being
made as to the cause of death of a
four-year-old child of Policeman John
The child scratched it's face
with a Christmas toy and it died on
Dec 81. The cause was assigned as
blood poisoning. The whole family
has since been i'll and the little baby
has the same symptoms as the child
that died. There are indications OF
arsenic poisoning and it is believed the
poison came from paper on the walls
of the house.