Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-10-24
News Notes of Wisconsin.

Marinette.-Mayor Joseph Fisher.
president of the League Of Wisconsin
Municipalities, has appointed a com.
mittee of five to devise a plan for or.
ganizing cities into mutual associa.
tons, carrying their own insurance
The members of the committee are as
follows: H. e. Marquardt, comptroller
of Wausau; John Mulva, mayor of Osh.
kosh; Henry Stultz. Jr., mayor of Man.
itowoc; A. j. Sorenson, mayor of La
Crosse, and Peter Stoffel, alderman Of
Racine.
Madison. her mind as the
result of being frightened at the uni
versity Freshmen-Sophomore class
rush Oct. Q, Miss Othilda Tilch, aged
20, domestic, was committed to the
MENDOZA asylum by County Judge Zim.
norman. The rush was the first one
she ever witnessed and when the stu.
dents fought for the sacks she became
historical and since has been under
the impression that she was being per.
secuted.
Milwaukee.-Pietro Manic, aged IS,
who came to this country from Italy
four months ago, was sentenced to
twelve years in Waupun prison by
Judge Backus, for shooting Napoleon
Lindsay, colored, with intent to kill.
Both men were street laborers.
Madison.-The FIVE branches of the
Wisconsin Pea Gamers company.
against whom the industrial commits
sion lodged ninety-five counts for al
legged violation of the womens hours
of labor law, have fled notice with
Attorney General Owen that they viii
admit the charge and await Judgment
by the courts.
Madison. Work on the state capt
toll is being delayed by strike of mar
BILE workers who want the question Of
membership in the bricklayers' union
decided,
Eau Claire.-Andrew Nelson. aged
81, of Stanley. died in hospital here
a few hours after he was brought from
an Ahnnibal lumber camp, where he
was crushed by falling tree.
Oshkosh.-George II. Buckstaff, IS
years old, retired lumberman, vet
eran of the civil war and former state
senator of Winnebago county, passed
away at his home here of infamma-
tory rheumatism. from which he had
suffered for many years.
La Crosse.-John Granlich, aged u,
son of a farmer south of here, climbed
a tree In pursuit OF a squirrel. Fifteen
feet above the ground he came in con
tact with an electric wire and was
electrocuted
Racine. Alex. Miller, a prisoner in
the city lookup, probably succeeded IN
an attempt to end his life when he
used a pair Of suspenders to hang him
self in CELL
Green Bay.--While John Mcmaerts
was walking in the woods with gun
cver his back the weapon was acct
dentally discharged and tore away half
of his right leg.
Fond du Lac-Max Coll and Charles
Mack escaped from the county jail BY
saving through the bars. Coll was
bCAAA5 nCA0 kOA VI 3dA Oh q 0h%SSNltS@S
Tense and Mack for embezzlement.
De Forest.-A fire destroyed $4,000
worth Of property of the De Forest
Lumber company.
Madison.-The bonded debt OF tne
city now is s1,091,S 500.
Osllkosh.-County Clerk John Fish
has issued $500 licenses to hunt.
0conto-To stand in the middle d
the track when trains were approach'
ing was the unusual habit when
caused the arrest here of Truman
Sharply. Sharply stopped about
dozen trains by standing on the tracks
and In several instances the engineers
succeeded in stopping their trains only
a few feet from the fellow.
Appleton. - The commissioner OF
banking has taken possession Of the
Mutual Loan and Building association
of Appleton under authority granted
by the state law. in order 10 liqgioaW