The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-05-10

ON~N'
The street car company announced
that only 100 men struck, and that
their places had been filled by strike
breakers from ST. Louis, where the
electric railway is controlled by the
same interests. There was delay in
traffic for about an hour, and it was
two hours later before schedules were
observed again.
WAUKESHA - Word has just
been received here of the death of
John Lane, aged seventy, a PIONEER
resident of Eagle. He was stricken
with apoplexy and died in a few hours.
He had been in failing health for some
time. He was born in Ireland in 1912,
and came to Dedham, Mass, in 1860.
At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in
the navy and served during the civil
war. The Genessee, Palmyra and North
Prairie veterans of the civil war at
tended the funeral in a body as well
as the teachers and pupils of the
Eagle public schools.
MAYVILLE- Anton Buerger, the
first and only Republican mayor May
vile has ever had, dead after a
brief illness. He was elected chief ex.
ecutive of the city this spring. Mr..
Buerger was born in Germany sixty
years ago, and came to America when
fifteen years old. For the last nine
teen years he has been president and
general manager of the Buerger Malt
ing company of this city. He is sur
vived by his widow.
GAINESVILLE Simon Straus, we'll
known insurance and real estate
agent, is dead. Mr.. Straus leaves a
fortune estimated at 100000 to ST.
100000, which will be divided between
his sister and niece, who alone survive
him. Mr.. Straus came to this country
from Germany when young man,
settling at Oxford, Wis, where he en-
gagged in the insurance and real estate
business, opening offices in GAINESVILLE
a short time later.
RACINE-Three men who were in
an automobile had a narrow escape
from death when their automobile
crashed through the guard rail at the
approach of the bridge at the rapids
and went down an embankment TWEEN
ty feet below, where the river was a
raging torrent. Those in the automo-
bile, Henry Madison, Sam Ellengham
and an unknown man, were saved by
being thrown into huge net used for
fishing purposes.
WAUKESHA-A large barn, horse
barn and tool house and several sheds
and other small buildings belonging to
Fred Hartman, on the old Silverdale
farm, Delafield road, town of Pewau-
kee, was destroyed by fire. The con-
tents of the buildings, including four
fine horses, were burned. How the
fire started is unknown. The loss is
placed at $4,000, partly covered by in
surance.
MILWAUKEE-Urgent orders were
received at the Milwaukee recruiting
Office of the federal government to be-
gin an active canvass at once for re-
cruits in all branches of the army
Accordingly to the recruiting officer it
is the purpose of the government to
increase the standing army from ST.
900 to 100000 men and that large
force of militia will be ordered to the
Mexican border within thirty days.
APPLETON-AfteT being Jailed for
stealing a suit of clothes, Max Pan
SOW, twenty-four, tied several blanket
together early in the day and after es-
Gaping through an airshaft to the base
ment of the county Jail re-stole the
same suit OF clothes, which was stored
there.
MARINETTE-The annual conven-
ton of the county school superinten-
dents of Wisconsin will meet in Mar
inette on June 5, 6 and Z. The meet
ing of the County superintendent as
scciation will be held the two days
after the meeting provided by state
law.
JANESVlLLE-M.E E. Reeves, United
States engineer, is here to begin the
survey of the Rock river from James
vile to Sterling, ILL.,, and to prepare