Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1913-05-29

hand by the ball and her condition is
not serious. Schultz died at once.
They reside on the west side and have
been married but few years. There
is one child about four years old
District Attorney j. H. Hill went to
Reedsburg this afternoon to hold an
inquest.
tits generally understood among
/ the merchants of the city that the
stores will remain closed from 1900
(noon) Friday, May 30, for the rest OF
the day (Advertisement.)
The Bellows Brothers and George
DeKoeyer made raid on the rsttle
snakes which thrive in Baxter's Hol-
low, and succeeded in killing dozen.
The legislature is passing law 10 pay
a bounty of so cents each on rattle
snakes. The bounty on crows will be
10 cents, hen hawks, 25 cents; gophers,
10 cents; and English sparrows, 4
cents.
Walter Myrea of Big Spring, accom-
panied by three ladies' and another
man, was taking a pleasure ri lie in his
brand new Ford. Hs got along all
right until he came TO the bridge at
BriggsvilIe. There be fooled the
steering so that the auto hit the edge
of the bridge. There were no wild
grapevines to serve as safety net, so
the machine sWerved around and shot
down the embankment. Into the
water it went, right side up, until the
wheels were submerged. 1t stopped
just in time to save the occupants
from ducking.-Portage Democrat.
The libel suit of former president
Theodore Roosevelt against George
A. Hewitt at Marquette, Michigan, is
in full swing. Last year editor Hew-
lit accused Roosevelt of being drink
er and the former president wants
$4,000 in damages. Today Roose-
welt took the stand and entered en-
phatic denial at the same time ad-
hitting using light wines with meals.
He said he never touched strong liq
uors except on the advice of a physi-
clan or after great exposure. He de
clared he did not smoke or touch beef
and never tasted a cock tail or high
| ball.
For number of years there has been
much discussion in and out of Wis
consin as to whether or not the uni
versity at Madison was running the
state. Some went so far as to say this
was university state while others
commended that it was not. Last week
there was a large delegation from
| Philadelphia il M adison and the fol-
lowing in the Madison Democrat
gives at least one opinion upon the
much discussed question. The Demo
GRAFT says:
"DOes the university run the state?"
This question was asked by Charles
F. Jenkins, business manager of
warthmore college and publisher
of the Farm Journal at the citizens
banquet Thursday night.
~ am going TO find out before
| leave" he said.
"Did you get your question an
swered?" he was asked last night.
81 did. [ obtained most satisfac-
tory answer" he vouchsafed.
II have found that the university
in tuTthering its work has been of the
greatest aid to the state; that it has
not and is not aiming 30 interfere in
any way with the duties and respon-
sibilities of either the governor, the
legislature, or your courts; but that
whatever and whenever possible it
has aimed to be of service to the peo-
pie of Wisconsin. [ only wish that in
our state we had such line and such
a well qualified and devoted body
of men as the faculty of the univer-
sity to help us incur great problems.
Sank county residents, who were
robbed some months ago by smiling
gypsies will read with interest the
following from the Portage Demo-
craft
Several Portage men found them
selves shy few extra dollars Satur-
day afternoon after having their "for-
tunes" told by the foxy feminine seer
of the gypsy band that were given the
move-on signal by the police. 1t was
just dextrous pocketpicking of small
change and.the itinerants would have
gotten away without interference, as
the victims didn't considerj it worth
while to squeal, only that the fortune
teller dipped too strong into the "soft