The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-03-22
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.

the operating department which dIo
believed to presage entire change OF
policy on the part of the Great North
ern in connection with it's ore prop.
critics on Mesaba range have been ali.
aounced. d. NJ Philbin is succeeded
az general superintendent of lake dis
tri,t by J.. II. Taylor, now general SUI
perentendcnt OF central district VITA
Headquarters at Great Falls and for.
nelly superintendent of Superior d|
vision and will give his entire time
hereafter to ore properties, including
mines and docks Two new divisions
are added to lake district. T. E. Can
non is promoted to be general master
mechanic of this district and num-
Der of other changes are made as "A
result of promotions.
MADISON - Senator. Robert NJ.
LaFollette threw his hat into tho
ring besides that of Theod ore Roose-
welt, announcing the platform upon
which he will contest with the colonel
for the support of the progressives for
the Republican nomination for the
p1esid ercy by the Chicago cOnven-
ton. LaF'ollette, after declaring for
the Initiative, referendum and recall,
direct nominations, income and inner
itance taxes, and government owner
ship Of express companies and against
ship subsidies, the Aldrich currency
plan and the Canadian reciprocity
treaty as negotiated by President Taft
takes a fling at Mr.. Roosevelt by de-
ciaring that capitalization of comb
nations was increased tenfold during
tie coionel's administration.
GREEN BAY-The annual meetings
of the Green Bay and Western railroad
company, the Kewaunee, Green Bay
and Western Railroad company and
the lola and Northern Railroad COM
:pany were held in the general Offices
of these corporations in this city. The
officers of the four roads are: Presi-
dent, S. S. Palmer, New York; vice
president, ]. A. Jordan; secretary and
treasurer, Charles W. Cox, New York;
general manager, F. B. Seymour; gen
eral auditor and cashier, J. c. Thur
man; general freight and passenger
agent, J. B. Call.
CHIPPEWA FALLS-J. Thoma is in
the hospital here as the result of an
allnight fight with a pack of wolves
in the northern part of the state. He
was overtaken while on This way to
a neighbours home, and although arm
ed only with a large jack-knife he bat
tied with The animals, killing several
and finally succeeded in driving them
away He is suffering from exposure
ard a number of wounds given him
by the wolves, but probably will re-
cover.
DlSON-Secretary of State J. A.
Frear notified city and county clerks
a'that, according to theopinion Of At
torney General L. III. Bancroft, first
and second choice ballots must be
used at spring primary elections in
all cities of the state. These notices
will be supplemental to those previous
1y sent out by the secretary Of state
regarding the coming primaries, as it
, had not then been decided that the law
applied to all cities.
DELAFfELD-Some of the most
closely contested ice races ever held
in the state were held here before a
large and enthusiastic crowd. Four
races were on the card, with three en-
tries in the first three, and four in the
free for all. A blanket would have
covered the contestants in every heat.
Rebound, a colt owned and driven by
John Wing. was especially admired,
the colt making a quarter in So sec
onds.
MiLWAUKEE-Whfle it was speed
ing toward Chicago, passenger train
No. % of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
ST Paul railroad was wrecked at Oak
wood, Wis. near this city About
thirty of the passengers were injured,
some of them MORALLY. The engine
left the track and went down an en-
bankment twenty-five feet, pulling
every car except the parlor and din
ing car after it.
NEW RiCHMOND-Mfke Niedersch-
kie pleaded guilty to arson and horse
stealing in circuit court in Hudson
and was sentenced to ten years hard
labor at Waupun by Judge O'Neil,
Niederschkie stole horse on Feb. 2
from D. Fl. Symes' stock farm near
Glenwood, Wis, then set fire to the
barn to cover the crime, burning eight
other horses and causing $4,000 prop
erty loss
WASHBU RN-There is every indi-
cation that the city election to be held
here this spring will be one Of the
most spirited ones since the city was
Incorporated eight years ago. H. H.
Peavey, who has been spoken Of as
being a candidate, announced like
Roosevelt, that his hat was in the
ring" and he would make the race for
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