The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-01-25
NetDs Notes of Wisconsin

kee and St. Paul and the Minneapolis
st. Paul and Sault Ste Marie rail-
way companies have notified Prof
w. O. Hotchkiss, secretary of the
Wisconsin highway commission, that
they would reduce their rates on the
transportation of stone used by the
state in the construction of public
highways to the new rate given by
the Chicago and Northwestern COM
pany, which is " a cent per ton per
mile. This rate Is only given to the
state and not to the towns, villages,
cities and counties shipping stone
for road improvements.
Waupun.-That the board of con-
troll was fully justified in refusing to
grant parole to one applicant who
had placed In the bank $500 to be
drawn by his attorney as soon as the
parole was granted, is the statement
of the Rev. Daniel Woodward, war
den of the state prison, who declares
that attorneys have never been al
lowed to appear in parole cases. In
vestigations by agents Of the board
into the condrrt of the applicant fur
nish the information taken into con-
sideration when an application is be-
ing acted on.
Washington, D. Certain men,
bers of the senate committee on
privileges and elections are not salts
fed with the finding of the subcom-
nlittee which exonerated Senator
Isaac Stephenson of charges growing
out of his election. 1t Is intimated
a minority report may be presented
to the senate. When the subcommit-
tee reported to the full committee
that no evidence of corrupt practices
had been found, some members of
the committee asked for more time
to consider the report. Hence the
extension of two weeks was granted.
Black River Falls.-Another chap
ter was added to the trouble here
when fire broke out in the restaurant
of Mrs. M. r. Wheeler and spread to
N. S. SamdahPs drug store and Simon
Samdahl's tailoring establishment
The Samdahl building is ruined and
the others are badly damaged. The
loss will be $4,000. Mrs. Wheeler
and N. S. Samdahl lost everything
they had in the flood last fall.
Madison.-If all suspensions are
paid, the horse races at the Wiscon-
sin state fair of 1911, with purses to
the amount OF $21,750, will cost the
board of agriculture only $3,547.50.
A total of S19.S80 was paid out as
purses, while suspensions and entries
amount to $16.33250. This cost is
considerably less than 1t has been In
previous years.
Madison.-The Wisconsin state
board of pharmacy out Of eighty-one
applicants who took the examination
granted fifteen registered pharmacist
certificates and thirty-seven regis
tered assistant pharmacist certifi.
Gates
Delavan.---The Times of Genoa
Junction has suspended publication
with no 2 of its thirteenth volume.
Marinette Mrs. Frank Benville
has asked the police of the state to
find her son Frank, aged 10 years,
who left home In December, 1910, to
work at sawmill at Goodman,
where he stayed two days and then
disappeared, although he had prom
Ised his parents to come home Christ
mas.
Milwaukee. - DR.. Alexander
Schwichler. 65 years old, Is held on
charge OF granddaughter In connec.
ton with the death OF Mrs. Anna
Baum, 10 years old. She is alleged
to have died as the result of Grim.
inal operation.
Racine Rosetta Purdy, aged 81
a pretty nurse employed in one Of the
local hospitals, ended her life by
jumping into the lake. She came
from Stevens Point. A note addressed
to another nurse contained no clev
beyond the statement that she wa,
respondent and had no further do.
sire to live. The body was recoy
cred.
Beloit John Il. Burns, SIS year,
old. who has conducted an insuranc,
business here for long time ane
who was prominent In Catholic ant
other fraternal insurance orders, /,
dead.