River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-07-11

from this section to the haunts of vice
in Chicago.
Colby-Mystery attached to the
sudden disappearance of Miss Ella
Kunz of Colby, who left her home
on March Z presumably to go to Mil
waukee for the purpose of purchasing
millinery, has been solved The girl
has been found in Minneapolis and re-
turned to her home by her sister.
Marinette-The almost entire alb
sence of potato bugs in this sec
ton has caused great rejoicing
among the farmers. They believe
the cold weather Of last winter wiped
out the bug pest. The crop will be
the largest in the history of this
county.
Grand Rapids.-August Yeske, son
drowned in the Wisconsin river while
in bathing. He was taken with a
cramp almost as soon as he struck
the water.
Oconomowoc.-A stranger, giving
the name of Hans Christensen and
supposed to be from Chicago, was
found wandering about Okauchee in
nude condition and brought to OcO-
nomowoc. The man is probably in
sane.
Racine. - Thirteen laborers, en-
ployed by the Grelling Construc-
ton company in building the Arrow
head breakwater, struck because they
were obliged to work ten hours or
more day for the same pay in VIC
lation of contract. A protest was
registered with the district attorney.
claiming that the eight-hour day pre-
walls on all government work.
Fond du Lac.-A man giving tbs
name of Axel Foster, Chicago. a
painter, aged thirty, had both legs cut
off when he jumped from Chicago &
NORTH western passenger train as it
was entering the station here. Fos-
ter was dragged some fifty feet be-
meath the wheels. Hundreds of peo-
pie on the platform witnessed the &C
cident. Foster will die.
Oshkosh Frank Black, alias
Frank Jones, awaiting trial in
September on charge of burglarizing
an Oshkosh residence, unlocked a
door in the cell corridor of the county
Jail with a key which he had con-
cealed and escaped.
Janesville.- GAINESVILLE
Boy Scouts, in charge Of Scout
master Hans JACKIE, a former Uni
ted States cavalryman, left for a
12-mile hike to Edgerton.
Ashland. A. Binder was ar
rested here on the charge of selling
fake diamonds in logging camps near
here. He paid bonds and has his lib
erty awaiting trial.
Eau Claire.-Miss Anna Bauman,
who in a fit of delirium during
illness jumped from the third
story window of a local hospital, died
from her injuries.
GAINESVILLE. ~ Mrs. Robert Barlow
was badly burned and is in a
critical condition as a result of try
ing to start fire with gasoline.
Ashland. - John Carash, six
year-old boy, was accidentally shot
at Mellen by playmate. The child
died instantly.
Prairie du Chien.-Joseph Haler,
Soldiers Grove; w. A. Hall. St.
Louis, and Charles Hollander, Fin
land, who recently came to this coun-
try, drowned in the Mississippi mile
below the city when an overturned
launch sunk in 40 feet Of water 200
feet from shore. People on McGregor
Heights, two miles away. looking
through field glasses, saw the boat go
down and the men founder in the wa
ter. They Immediately telephoned to
the Levee, where two fast launches
were saslt out and rescued four OF
them. The others had gone down and
the bodies have not been recovered.
Maiden Rock-Fire totally de-
stroyed the G. D. Babcock flour and
feed store, A f. Herold's jewelry
store, r. Whites warehouse, A. G.
Julians warehouse, the Stafford restau-
rant, Mealey's blacksmith shop, Fri
berg's harness shop, H. A. Benson 8
building and Richards livery barn.
A number of other buildings were
badly scorched Six horses were
burned to death in the barn. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Eau Claire.-William MCGEE and
Ralph Kemp, giving Boise, Idaho,
as their home, were arrested here
and pleaded guilty to charge OF
short changing local merchants. They
are suspected of being implicated in
other crimes in the west. They have
been at Portland, Ore, and Chicago
and have quite a record. Roy Peter
son, alias George Labelle, of Min
neapolis, who broke out of the county