The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-26

WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


RACINE-The letter which Miss Ro-
sella, Purda, the hospital nurse, wrote
her mother before committing suicide
by leaping into the lake, was opened
by Arthur Beijer, a brother-in-laW,
who came here from Stevens Point
for the body. In the letter the girl
states that she made a mistake and
used some of the hospital things that
had been used for a typhoid patient.
for another patient, without knowing
it. She says it was due to her own
carelessness and now the patient will
develop typhoid She could not return
home and bear the disappointment
her folks would feel when the mistake
was discovered, and that she could not
face them, knowing that she had made
a failure as a nurse. She wrote that
she was going to throw herself into
the lake and asked them to forget her
as soon as possible. She believed she
had been disappointment to her par
ents most of her life The body was
taken to Stevens Point.
GARY In an effort to save the
life of his wife, DR.. Theodore B. Tenn
pIin of Gary gave up more than a quart
of blood in a TRANSMISSION operation
that nearly cost him his own life
Mrs. Templin suffered a hemorrhage
following the birth of baby boy sew
eral days ago. She lost almost every
drop of her blood Her husband, al
though warned that the operation
might mean his own death, demanded
the TRANSMISSION of his blood into his
wife's veins. The blood flowed slowly
from one to the other for three-quar-
ters of an hour, when DR.. Templin
became TOO faint for further risk.
AS neitfer is yet thirty-five years old
and bOtl' have been strong until re-
Gently, the physicians are confident
the operation will not end in the death
Of either.
kOKOMO While admitting the
theft of tools from the planning mills
of the Pinnell-Kemper Lumber COM
pany. which was practically destroyed
by fire, Fred Wholymouth, accused of
arson in firing the structure, refused
to admit or deny his guilt 81 may
have lit match in hunting for the
tools and 1 may not have I won't
say" he told the officers examining
him. The loss to the plant is about $2,-
900 with insurance Of $500. Directly
across the street a short time ago the
Kokomo Cash Lumber companys yard
burned, with loss Of $4,000 Wholly
mouth was a discharged employee and
in straitened circumstances.
RACINE - Investigation IS being
made as to the cause of death of a
four-year-old child of Policeman John
Hanson. The child scratched it's face
with 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.
BLACK RIVER FALLS-Black river
at this point is now murmuring along
over the rocky bed it occupied since it's
creation until it left it with such dis
astrous effect on Oct. 6 last. The cot
ferdam was so nearly completed that
the flow down the new channel was
checked. Work on the structure was
begun Dec and would have been COM
pleted weeks ago but for the disastrous
flood. A great sigh of relief goes up
as further danger to the city is prac-
tically over
RAClNE-Twenty forged pay checks
were passed upon as many saloon keep
ers in this city in amounts ranging
from $3.50 to $14.50 Nothing was
known of the swindle until the banks
opened the next day. The checks were
all made payable to Carl Tanser and
signed ''F. R. Kelly" F. R. Kelly is
member of the large James H. and
F. R. Kelly Lumber company. The
man who passed them resembled a Ia
borer.
LA CROSSE-At a secret meet
ing of the leading club women OF La
Crosse and nearby cities arrange
ments were made to organize this part
of Wisconsin for the pending battle
for equal suffrage, which it is promised
will hn ctate-wido in itS qualifications
The entire state is said to be organ