Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-02
STATE
HAPPENINGS

HAFFEINElNeJS
Madison. McGovern will
not call special session of the
legislature 10 enact legislation for
nonpartisan city elections or to meet
any other present demand. Assurance
TO this effect was given at the, execus
tive Office.
Green Bay.-Literature is being
sent out 10 all of the teachers
in this section of the state, asking
their support in the effort to land the
1914 convention of the Northeastern
Wisconsin Teachers association for
this city.
Black Earth.-Gilbert Johnson.
manager of the Higgins house
at Mazomanie, three miles west OF
Nero, fell dead as he was about TO
start for the depot TO meet passen-
ger train. Heart trouble was the
cause.
Beloit-The English stock com
pany, which has been playing at
Wilson's theater, disbanded, claiming
that Manager f. c. Brosius has left
them in the lurch Their belongings
have been seized by hotel Keepers.
misunderstanding from the top
of the unfinished structure of the
Racine street bridge while playing
tag, Edward Swanson, twelve years
old, drowned in Rock river before aid
could reach him.
Green Bay.-Walter, the six-year-
old son of Charles Ness OF sey-
nour. died in hospital here as the
result of being kicked in the head by a
horse, He suffered a concussion of
the Lrain.
Rhinelander.-Joe Budris a wood
man employed at Lac du Flam-
beau, in the sawmill of the Flambeau
Lumber company, was knocked on the
head and robbed of $97
Maiden Rock.--Came Wardens S.
p Richtman of Fountain City
and Kempe of Diamond Bluff are stalk
ing out the Wisconsin boundary line
through Lake Pepin for the guidance
of fishermen in paying license fees.
Most of the fishermen are taking out
licenses in both Minnesota and Wis.
consin so as to keep out of the clutch
es of the game wardens of either
state
Merrill-State Senator James A.
Wright OF Merrill died at his
home here of typhoid fever. He
had been in good health until about
two weeks ago, whsn he was first
taken i'll. Senator Wright was elected
to the Wisconsin legislature in 1904
as a Republican FROM the thirtieth dis
trict and was reelected in 1906. He
vas president of the Wright Lumber
company.
Madison.-S. G. Fndholm of New
York city is in Madison and
has presented credentials at the Of
ice of the committee on public al
fairs. He comes as one OF the three
experts from the NeV York bureau of
municipal research TO make a survey
of the field with a view to making an
investigation of W;sconsin's educa-
tional system.
Manitowoc--A bill for Sc for
services performed by pallbearers
was filed in probate court against an
estate, the first of is kind ever pro-
bated here County Judge Chloupek
would not say who tiled the claim or
against whose estate it was filed. In
the same claim there is also a bill
for 81, filed by janitor of the church
where the funeral was held The
judge has not yet passed upon the
bills.
Kenosha. Miss Cora Gruetz-
nacher of Sterling, H., and her
uncle, John Gruetzmacher, also of
Sterling, were arrested here. charged
with having eloped on October 80.
They have been living at fiat here
where they were known as Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gruetzmacher. The arrests
were made on complaint OF the father,
who charged his brother with spirit
ing the girl away The man and
woman paid fines on minor charges.
Ashland. litigation between
the state game warden and his
deputies and the fishermen among the
Apostle islands, which resulted in the
seizure of several thousand dollars
worth of nets by the state authorities
and their being repievined by the fish
ormen came to an end here N the
cases being compromised and dropped
by the fishermen paying ali the costs
and the state game wardens relin-
gushing claim TO the nets. State
Game Warden Scholtz came from
Madison, Chief Deputy Warden Ger
hart came, from Milwaukee and Depu-
ty Oberholser, who has charge OF this
district came from Eagle River.
Deputy Game Wasden Kennedy of SUI
perior, who assisted in Selling the
nets, was also here.
Manitowoc.-Th city wiDs pay
Mrs. NJ Franz $500 for injuries
received several months ago when she
tripped on a trap door on a bridge.
She hrc.ke her nnse and received 9th