Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-05-14
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD

Wausau.-Mike Kosask and Stan
icy Dundolowski were entrapped up
stairs in a boarding house when the
building burned. and escaped through
window, receiving serious burns.
Madison.-Irwin Billmau. once an in
structor in the University of Wiscon-
sin, has been paroled from the federal
prison at Leavenworth, Kan. where he
was received March 1. 1911. to serve a
sentence of three years for sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails 10 a
young woman student in the Cniver,
sity of Wisconsin He has gone 70
Cheyenne. Wyo.. where he has secured
position
Fond du Lac.-Upon the order of
Bishop r. H. Weller, the monastic alb
hey of the Order of st. Benedict.
which has been housed in the cathed-
raj choir school property. has teen
closed and the monks have gone to
North Chicago, where a monastery
will be established. The order here
was in charge of Mon Siegneur Fran
els, S. O. s. h. The Order of st. Bene-
dict was founded by the late Bishop
Grafton.
Madison-The state civil service
commission will hold an examination
on May p for boys in the Third con-
gresional district for appointment to
midshipmen at Annapolis
Madison.-Chester c. Wells Of the
University Of Wisconsin was elect.
ed president of the national con.
vention of Sigma Delta Chi journal
istic fraternity. The other officers are:
Honorary president. Chase f. Osborn,
former governor Michigan; vice-presi-
dent. Sol Lewis, University of Kansas
secretary. Roger E. Stefan. Ohio State
university; treasurer, Robert C.. Low
rey, Austin, Tex
Neenah.-Neenah has added an
other convention to the list to be held
here this summer. the Sons of Herman
holding their state convention here in
August
Elkhorn.-The First congressional
district convention of insurgent
Modern Woodmen, held here, was
largely attended. Judge D. W. Agnew
of Waukesha was elected permanent
district chairman and Henry NJ. Loibl
Of Eagle secretary and treasurer. Del
egates elected to the Springfield Qnl
national convention on May 10 and 16
are F. j. Barker, Clinton; A. r. Jol-
ley, Whitewater; Walter Corey, viii.
met; A. c. Judd, Racine; c. G. Loye,
Oconomowoc; alternates, c. s. Doug
las, Fontana; John Kerwin, Kenosha;
r. e. Miller, Racine; Charles Atkins,
Waukesha, and Il. G. Eldridge, Chm
ton.
Johnson Creek.-Edward Nelson.
sixty-two years old. of Johnson
Creek, was probably fatally in
jured when a Northwestern freight
train, bound for Fort Atkinson, struck
the milk wagon in which he was rid
ing at grade crossing here. Both
horses were killed, the entire outfit
being hurled several feet by the i'm
pact.
Marinette.-Boys smoking ciga-
rettes are believed TO have started a
fire which destroyed the Thompson
school, one of the public schools
which had not been occupied for a
number of years. The loss is about
$4,000, with insurance Of $500.
Eau Claire.-Picked squads from
nine companies of the Third regiment.
and the Tenth separate battalion will
take part in Eau Claire, May %. in a.
competitive drill From these meets
prize squads will be picked to com
pete at the summer encampment.
Appleton.-Frank Ramps, son of
Mrs. Katherine Ramps of this city.
and Henry Lentz and Frank Estepski.
both of Menasha, were ordained in St
Joseph's Catholic church on Thursday
in the first ordination service ever
held in that church.
Ripon.-In the first of a series of
triangular debates between Ripon.
Carleton and Dakota Wesleyan col
leges, Ripon won the negative unani.
mously, while they lost the affirma-
tive. Carleton is at the head OF the
triangular. The question was, RE
solved, that all corporations engaged
in interstate commerce should be re-
CURED to take out federal charter on
such terms as congress may by law
prescribe, constitutionally granted"
Marinette.-Citingt the Olson murder |
case at st. Paul as a justification, At /
torney p A. Martineau called on a /
jury here in the saloon prosecution /
against Napoleon Demarsh, charged /
with selling liquor on Sunday, to
clear Demarsh under the "uuwritten
law" Demarsh was cleared Marti-
neau said that, despite the state laws.
the constitution which gives a jury
the right to be the Judges of facts and
law is the best law
Sheboygan. John Kraus, aged thir-
ty-eight, hanged himself at his home
here
Depere-Mr. and Mrs. ). NJ. smits