River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-21

Wausau - The new st. James
Catholic church will be dedicated
on December II. In September
1911, the uncompleted dome fell, kill
ing two workmen and injuring several
others. The accident delayed tn(
work and caused change in tht
plans, the dome being made lighter
The dedicatory exercises will be con
Quoted by Bishop Schwebach of L
Crosse and it is expected that fifty o,
more priests will gather for the sePv
ice
Fond du Lac-Joseph Rene vi
latte, q former well known Wiscon
sin churchman, was not murdered II
Mexico, as reported short time ago
According to advices received here.
Vilatte appeared at Buffalo, N. Y, two
weeks ago and ordained several min
listers and confirmed 300 children. He
is said to be in Chicago. Information
concerning Vilatte was received here
from Buffalo man who is member
of Vilatte's church.
La Crosse-Charged with entic'
ing girls to this city for the pur
pose of white slavery, DIR. Ralph Allen
Is on trial in circuit court here. Miss
Lydia Nelson of ST. Paul is the chief
witness. Miss Nelson testified she
was induced to come to La Crosse by
Allen under pretense that she was to
be the leading lady in theatrical
troupe which he was organizing.
GAINESVILLE August Luedtke, a
liquor dealer, sustained four bro
ken ribs, his father-in-law Charles
Raasch, may have to have his
arm amputated and two others, Ferdi-
nand Hall and Edward Marshall, may
die as the result of injuries sustained
when an auto in which the men were
crossing a culvert near Clear Lake
turned turtle.
New London. William Drustuhl,
fourteen years old, was fatally
shot by the accidental discharge
al rifle in the hands of Richard Don.
ikosty, boy companion, while hunt,
ing. The boy died on his way to the
hospital. The accident occurred
few miles from this city.
Evansville-L e. Hughes, aged
twenty-three, a brakemen or the
Northwestern road, was instantly
killed in the yards here while switch.
ing on train No. 500. He went be-
tween the cars to uneouple them, and
the supposition Is that his foot was
caught between the rails. He was
badly mangled.
Portage-Michael Long was ar
rested here, charged with shooting
Tony Reno, a fellow laborer, in a
workmen's camp. Reno is in Madi-
son hospital and is not expected to
live.
Neenah. = The city council and
school board have decided to hire
a nurse for special attention to the
medical needs of the public schools.
Beaver Dam.-Mrs. John Bruelke
Of Oak Grove was accidentally
shot when pumpgun In the
hands Of her nephew, Herbert Hilgen-
dorf, was discharged. Nine of the shot
struck the cement sidewalk and
glanced off into her body. Hilgendorf
had just returned from hunting and
hn uhn of
the shells exploded.
Bayfield.-F'rank RuehIman, town
clerk of Cornucopia, while hunting
deer, was accidentally killed by
some unknown hunter or hunters mis-
taking him for deer. Mr. Ruehlman
was sitting near runway watching
for game and was shot through the
body near the heart. death evidently
being instantaneous, as the body was
found beside the tree where he had
been standing. The district attorney
has been notified and efforts will be
made to locate the guilty person or
persons.
sion will inspect the newly com
pleted fish hatcheries at Sturgeon
Bay and Sheboygan next week. The
members will make the trip in the fish
car and hold business meeting en-
route.
Neenah.-Coal and coke in the
Twin Cities is going up to almost
a prohibitive price. The dealers here
claim they cannot get their orders
filed by the wholesalers. At the pres
ent rate famine in coal will soon pre-
vail.
Madison.-If the vote "a IA coun-
ties which have made returns may
be taken as an indication, the
three amendments to the state consti-
tuition submitted to the voters at the
election all have carried by vote ap-
proximately six to five. In four Of the
fourteen counties ali taree of the
amendments were defeated, and in adj
dition Vernon county voted against
the proposal to authorize the Iegisla-
ture to fix the time for payment of
salaries of judges. In the other ten
counties the proposal received favor
abls Tcte.