The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-24

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season is 1000.
| DoWNENG-Doc Reed, who was
pit snake Snowman, died suddenly
here, the victim of an antidote taken
| after one OF his pet snakes had bit
ten him. Reed has been a familiar fig
ure at county fairs held in the state.
While fondling one of the pet snakes
the reptile sank it's fangs in the mans
| forearm. He died following an over
| dose of an antidote. Reed is believed
| to have relatives in Oshkosh, Mime
| being held here pending a search for
| them.
| MILWAUkEE-Ad Wolgast, pugilist
ex-champion, will be unable to box
| Charlie White here Friday night as
scheduled. Instead, either Tommy
| Murphy or Freddie Welsh will be sub
| stituted The run of hard luck which
seems to be following Wolgast is the
cause, for the Cadillac Dutchman a
| few hours after opening his training
camp in the Cream city fractured two
ribs boxing with Antoine the Greek.
| Doctors who examined the injury
| say Wolgast will not be able to box
| again for two months.
GREEN BAY - Acting directly
| under orders of the district attorney,
| Sheriff Kolocheski closed the home
| for infants conducted by Mrs Olive
Murphy, who was arrested charged
with placing a baby in a home for
adoption without authorization by the
state. Six babies were taken from
the place and placed in care of train
ed nurses. District Attorney Davis
will ask the court for an order to have
dren's home situated at Sparta.
''It is apparent to me-" Davis said,
that some of these children have
been neglected, and from our investi-
cation we find that there was no one
competant in Mrs. Murphy's home to
care for the babies.
EAU CLAlRE-Mrs. William Bish-
op, who was fifty-five years old, was
burned to death and her husband Sc
verely injured when Mrs. Bishop &C.
cidentally dropped a kerosene lamp.
Mrs. Bishop was downstairs when
the accident occurred. Her clothing
became ignited and she ran upstairs
to where her husband was sleeping.
He tried to extinguish the flames with
his hands, but his efforts were futile.
Mrs. Bishop died in the ambulance.
OSHKOSH - George H. Buckstaff,
who was seventy-six years of age, re-
tired lumberman, veteran of the civil
war and former state senator from
Winnebago county, died at his home
of infiammatory rheumatism, from
which he had suffered for many years.
He is survived by his sister, Ruth
Sherman, her mother, Mrs. James r.
Buckstaff, both of Oshkosh, and one
son, George E. Buckstaff.
HURL been arrested on
charges of arson, Robert Gill and Jo-
seph LIE Gendre of Saxon will be given
preliminary hearing here at once.
The two have been brought to iail
here. The arrests were the result of
investigations carried on for more
than two years by state fire marshals.
The men are charged with having
been responsible for numerous fires
which have caused 100000 loss.
SHEBOYGAN - A large major
ity of the synod of the northwest of
the German Reformed church and al
SO a majority of the board of trustees
favor the removal of the Mission
House Theological Seminary from
Franklin, Wis, to Sheboygan. This
is the statement of the Rev. w F.
Horstmeier of this city, one of the
prominent leaders in the denomina-
ton.
MADISON-In the final settlement
in the divorce case of Mrs. Alfred
| T. Ringing the husband was ordered
to deed her valuable property in Bar
aboo and deposit $350,000 in approved
securities for her benefit The secur-
tiles will revert to him at her death.
He was also ordered to pay her $4,000
for attorneys fees and pay the cost
of the suit
RACINE - Stephen Bull, who is
one of the founders of the ]. I. Case
Thrashing Machine company, is crit
ically i'll. He is eighty-nine yeaTx old.
! Mr.. Bull for more than twenty ~ears
was president OF the Milwaukee Har-
vester company and president Of the
Case company.
WAUkESHA Thereon Wilbur
Haight, resident of this city. seventy
three years old, well known attor-
new. tpochc~ a-e~ v-~tar- reeay.
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