Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-10-16
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bishop of Fond du Lac here as sue
cessor to the late Bishop Charles
Chapman Grafton. Bishop Weller
was associated with Bishop Chapman
as bishop coadjutor here for twelve
years. The ceremony was with the
full Episcopal ceremonial Attired in
his official robes and attended by his
chaplains and master of ceremonies,
Bishop Weller walked from the epis-
Copal residence to the outer door OF
| st. Pauls cathedral, raped three
times with his staff, was admitted and
escorted to the sanctuary. The en-
thronement was performed by Arch
deacon B Talbot Rogers of Fond du
Lac and Archdeacon r. J. Campbell
of Oconto. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Howard B. st. George.
| Madison.-That there need be no
fear of producing too much. but
ter and cheese in the United States
is the opinion of Prof G. H. Benken-
dorf of the college of agriculture of
the University of Wisconsin. While
the population of the country in
creased nearly At per cent from 1890
| to 1910, the total production of farm
and factory butter increased only
| little over "a per cent. Figuring both
exports and imports, the butter actu-
ally consumed in the United States
has increased 37.4 per cent
Marinette-The finding of the
skeleton of large man one foot
/ under ground, with no evidence at
hand of ever having been in coffin,
! has started an investigation by au-
thorities here in an attempt to solve
| the possible murder of many years
ago. The skeleton was found under
the home of John Molander when ex-
cavations for stone foundation were
| being made. The family has lived
over the skeleton for % years. One
of the bones of the leg was broken off.
La Crosse.-The home Of Hamlin
Garland, the famous author, at
West Salem, was burned and the
author narrowly escaped death. AVA
kened by the flames, he was obliged
to leap from a second-story window
to the ground. A servant girl, Fern
Fox, received serious burns. The fire
was caused by an explosion of gaso-
line. Valuable curios gathered by Mr..
Garland in all parts of the world, be-
sides the house and furniture, we're
destroyed.
Bangor-James Jens, who lives
in the town of Clifton, Monroe
county, when going home from town
with fresh meat for his threshers, was
attacked by a pack of wolves, doubt
less attracted by the smell of the
meat He drove them off, fighting des
perateely, as the hungry animals re-
peatedly attempted to leap into the
moving buggy. The fight continued
nearly mile before the wolves gave
| up.
Suffering five hours
of agony from burns received
while playing about bonfire, Viola
Rusterholz, aged thirteen, 437 Twenty
ninth avenue, died in Trinity hospital.
The little girl came home from school
and, not finding her mother at home,
made a bonfire in the yard She was
playing about the fire with other chill
dren when her dress caught from
the flames.
Fond du Lac.-A requiem mass
for Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton
was sung in St. Paul's cathedral
with Bishop R. H. Weller as cele-
brant, Archdeacon B. Talbot Rogers
of Fond du Lac as deacon and Rev.
Father Kieb of Green Bay as sub
deacon. After the service the drap-
ings of the bishops chair were re-
moved, the period of mourning having
elapsed.
Sturgeon Bay.-Dabe Cadlson was
found dead in the woods with
his head partly blown off. He had
been hunting and evidently sat down
on a log, falling asleep. In moving,
the gun was discharged and the con-
tents entered the side of his head.
He was about sixty years of age and
single.
Marinette.-Charles Roeder a Grip
pie, who eloped with Helen Chip
lovitz, fifteen, an eighth-grade school
girl, to Norway, Mich, has been ar
rested on complaint of the girls
father. Abduction is the charge. The
father offered 500 reward for hb
Bon-in-law's capture.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Kester. con-
victed of killing his foster son,
Everett Condor, at Minocqua last July,
was sentenced by Judge A H. Reid
to seven years in the state prison.
Carl Kocomba was sentenced toNhree
years in Waupun for robbery.
Stoughton-B. J. Ellis was thrown
from an automobile here. His
head struck the curbing, crushing his
skull.