River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-08-29
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latteville-William Laud, spe
cial policeman at Casville, west oil
here, was shot and instantly killed
Marshal Greenwood deputized Laud
to assist in arresting two negroes,
holdup men, who were with gang
working on the Burlington road. Laud
was shot before an arrest was made
and the men escaped.
Madison.-In the past two years
161 rural school buildings have
been condemned as unfit for occu
pancy by j. B. Borden, assistant state
superintendent. Inspector H. L. Terry
last week condemned a building that
had been used for school purposes for
nearly sixty years. If the buildings
are not improved to the standard
fixed by the state superintendent Of
flee, state aid, which amounts to about
| $3.50 for each child of school age in
the district, may be withdrawn. In
every case thus far, however. the
buildings have been improved in &C
cordance with the superintendent
order.
Madison-In North Hudson the
| village clerk and two saloon keep
ers are practically the only per
sons not employed by railroad, and
it is almost impossible to obtain Off
GERS for the village unless railroad
men are included The attorney gen.
eral ruled in an opinion that the anti
pass law does not prevent such rail-
road men, If elected, from using passes
IL they used them in performance Of
their duties with the railroad and not
for their own pleasures.
Racine-Nick Yannuzzi, an Ital
ian, was sentenced to ten years In
states prison for a criminal assault
| upon little Fannie Julnified last June.
Following the assault, 20 which the
| convicted man pleaded guilty, the
father of the child inflicted two Sc
we're wounds on the face of YannuzZi
with knife. He was discharged by
the court on the grounds that he had
acted on behalf of society.
Fond du Lac. - Solitary confne-
ment and bread and water diet
was melted out to two county Jail pris-
oners, John Swanson and Joseph
Bradley, who escaped from their cells
and were overpowered and RECALLED
with difficulty by the sheriff and Jail
electrician. Both men possessed heavy
iron bars, believed by jail officials to
have been struggled in to them.
La Crosse. - Emil Rae, charged
with assault, escaped from the
Buffalo county sheriff while await
| ing a train here. The sheriff followed,
firing his revolver, but without effect.
The attempted escape was frustrated
by a saloon keeper who, mistaking
the handouts for revolver, foOred
the prisoner.
Marinette.-Grant and Curtis Am
undsen, aged five and seven years
respectively, sons of Louis Am
undsen, jewe1er of Marinette,
drowned in a slip at the foot of Ely
street They were on logs sailing a
toy boat when they fell into the wa
ter.
Ashland-Frank Roberts in cir
cult court charged with burglary
of a residence at Saxon, was SEN
fenced to three years at Waupun.
Fond du Lac-Although he had
never before been able to speak OF
understand English, August Neumann,
aged seventy-two, a resident of Mar
blehead, on becoming violently insane,
has talked necessarily, first in Eng
lish, then in German, for So hours.
Neumann threw the physician sent to
examine him out of the house and only
permitted an examination when con-
vinced his visitor had come to pay
him his pension money. Neumann was
taken to the northern hospital.
Withee. An engine and i've
coaches, including the baggage anc
mail cars, were derailed on the
500 line, west of Withee, but all pas
sengers escaped serious injury. One
car turned completely over. The acct.
dent occurred just off bridge at the
end of dangerous curve.
Racine. A baby was all that
saved Mrs. Anna Theme from q
long Jail term when she appeared in
court to answer a charge of severely
beating Caroline FRANKIE, seventeen
years old, with horsewhip A heavy
fine was imposed.
Neenah.-The crews on two oi
the local 500 line switch engines
had narrow escapes from death when
their engines collided on curve. The
men were badly jolted and one of the
engines was smashed.
Appleton. 1t cost Henry Teller
twenty-five years old, Kaukauna
$3.50 for trying to discipline his
sister Anna. She had her brother ar
rested after he had slapped her. Eel
Ter was fined three dollars and costs.
Prairie du Chien-The Prairie du
| CHEN Lake to River Road asso
citation has effected a preliminary
organization pending a meeting to be
held soon, when a working plan will
be outlined. The officers are as fol-