Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-11-20
STATE NEWS
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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
10 knock the child over with such
force that she died soon after
Racine-William Christ of Beaver
Dam was brought to Racine and
lodged in the county Jail. charged
with the embezzlement Of 1910 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
money due, but failed to make return
to the company. A warrant was issued
fer his arrest and he was found at his
home in Beaver Dam.
Madison.-Four undergraduate schol-
arships. averaging $3.50 apiece, have
been awarded students in the
University of Wisconsin by the
faculty committee on undergraduate
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 ]. 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-Th coroner's jury
on the shooting case in which
Stanley Currie was shot at Three
Lakes on November 3 reported that
Currie met his death from a set gun
that had been placed by R. ]. Wun-
derlich of Three Lakes Wunderlich
10 1oIJ dc ~ fot,
viii be furnished Currie was a school
teacher and lived at Superior
Madison. - While reading of the
death of a friend in a local news
paper, William Haak, ST., a retired
business man, dropped dead. He was
eighty years old
Antigo.-Investigat which was
instituted to find out the cause
of the poisoning of those who at
tended the church bazar 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
manslaughter in the third degree
by jury in circuit court. Norton was
charged with shooting George LANCE.
farmer, on August 9.
Fond du Lac. - The Evangelical
Lutheran Teachers association of
the Wisconsin synod has concluded
the most successful convention in its
history here by the election of the fol-
lowing officers, who will serve three
years: President, H. e. Eggebrech.
Milwaukee: vice-president, NJ Braun.
Milwaukee; viceroy, E. w Schneider,
Marinette. The selection of the next
meeting place was left to the presi-
dent
Burlington.-M Mrs. H. A. Runkel, a
welLknown resident of this city,
died from injuries sustained in an
auto accident last week. when she suf-
fered fracture of both limbs and was
hurt internally She is survived by
husband and three children.
roma du Lac.-Brldget fllnn, nIIy-
two years old, an inmate of the
county asylum, stood stolidly on
| the track and defied 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