Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-11-20
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

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Oshkosh.-Nellie Margaret Slower.
two years old, daughter of Fred
Slower, was killed when she was
struck by an automobile owned by MI
chael Dugan, secretary of the Beemis-
Hooper-Hayes wholesale grocery
house. The child was with the father
and mother, and in crossing the street
she ran back to see If the mother was
coming with another child and was hit
by the automobile, small runabout.
The man was going at sufficient speed
to knock the child over with such
force that she died soon after.
William Christ of Beaver
Dam was brought to Racine and
lodged in the county Jail, charged
with the embezzlement of $210 from
the Lloyd Shirt company of Racine.
Christ, while agent Of the company, is
alleged to have obtained orders for
goods and on their being manufactured
made deliveries and collected the
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to the company. A warrant was issued
for his arrest and he was found at his
home in Beaver Dam.
Madison.-F'our undergraduate schol-
arships, averaging $3.50 apiece, have
been awarded students in the
University of Wisconsin by the
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scholarships. These scholarships are
part of the Henry Strong educational
fund. The students awarded the
scholarships are: Meredith F. Camp
bell, Lake Geneva; Louis w. Berger,
Chicago, Ill., Tuve J. Floden, Rock
ford, Ill, and Benjamin w. Wood, Fond
du Lac.
Kenosha.-The stigma of suicide
was removed from the memory OF
Capt Samuel c. Bennett, the Crys-
tai Falls (Mich) man whose body was
found in the Pike river, when the coro-
ner's jury held that the death of Cap
tain Bennett had been caused by or
ganic heart disease and that it occur
red as he was walking along the river
and that he fell forward into the wa
ter Only small amount of water
was found in his lungs.
Rhinelander-The coroner's jury
on the shooting case in which
Stanley Currie was shot at Three
Lakes on November reported that
Currie met his death from a set gun
that had been placed by R. J. Wun-
derlich of Three Lakes. Wunderlich
is held under bonds of $4,000, which
will be furnished. CurTie was school
teacher and lived at Superior.
Madison. - While reading of the
death of a friend in a local news
paper, William Haak, Sr., retired
business man, dropped dead. He was
eighty years old
Antigo-Investigati which was
instituted to find out the cause
of the poisoning Of those who at
tended the church bazaar supper at
the opera house has failed to show
just what caused the poisoning.
Fond du Lac.-Timothy Norton,
saloon keeper, was found guilty of
granddaughter in the third degree
by jury in circuit court. Norton was
charged with shooting George LANCE
a farmer, on August 9.
Fond du Lac = The Evangelical
Lutheran Teachers association of
the Wisconsin synod has concluded
the most successful convention in It's
history here by the election of the fol-
lowing officers, who will serve three
years: President, H. E. Eggebrech,
Milwaukee; president, NJ. Braun,
Milwaukee; viceroy, E. w. Schneider,
Marinette The selection of the next
meeting place was left to the presi.
dent.
Burlington-Mrs H. A. Runkel.
well-knoyn resident of this city,
died from injuries sustained in an
auto accident last week, when she SUI.
fered fracture Of both limbs and was
hurt internally. She is survived by
nuSDduU anu LuI00 ClI11QI6u.
Fond du Lac-Bridget Finn, fifty
two years old, an inmate of the
county asylum, stood stolidly on
| the track and defied a 500 freight
train to run over her. The south
bound extra, assisted by the "hill' en-
CINE, was putting up the steep grade
when she was seen. Realizing her
| intent, the engineer stopped the heavy
! train just as the pilot reached the wo-
man, who did not move until the train
! crew started for her. Later, when the
| hill engine returned, she was again
| standing on the track, but stepped
aside when the whistle was sounded.
She had escaped from the asylum
Sunday night and had eluded her pur-
suers. She was taken in charge by