The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-05-23

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MADISON - The Wisconsin sen
ate without debate passed the bill ty-
ing the hands of the governor in the
matter Of removing state appointive
and county elective officers from of
fee. The bill provides that the gov.
ernor must give the accused officer ter
days notice of the charges against
him, a hearing and an opportunity tc
submit testimony in his defense
The accused officer also has the
right of appeal from an order of re,
moVal by the governor to the courts
or legislature, and an appeal shall op-
crate as stay of execution of the re-
moval order This bill is another out
growth of the attempt to remove In
surance Commissioner Ekern from Of
flee.
LA CROSSED what is said in
this city to be the first decision of it's
kind in the United States, the Wiscon-
sin railroad commission orders phys
ical connection between the local lines
+,
an Independent concern, and the toll
lines of the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany and the American Telephone and
Telegraph company. The decision
will give subscribers of independent
companies benefit of all the Bell toll
lines.
LA CROSSE - The Reverend Hen
ry B. Alexander, colored, of Mil
waukee, convicted on charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenses from
the John Grund Brewing company of
La Crosse, on the pretext that it was
to be used for the Milwaukee Colored
Divinity and Industrial school, was
sentenced by Judge Higbee to the
state penitentiary at Waupun for one
year.
enthusiastically lauding
Senator La Toilette as the logical
leader of the progressive Republicans
of the state and country, and char
acterizing the national Progressive
Republican party movement as "a
will-o-tEe-wisp," the speakers at the
state university gym urged the
strayers to return to the old Republi-
can fold.
SPARTA - Because of continued
family trouble, William Hogue, aged
seventy, a retired farmer, killed his
wife with stove poker, three times
shot his daughter, Mrs Guy Wilson,
with a revolver; seriously wounded
his son-in-!aw with two shots from
the same weapon, and then commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor.
MADISON - The Rosa resolution
calling for state constitutional
convention was passed by the assem-
bly, by vote of 40 to 25, one-third OF
the members being absent. It is GER
tain that motion to reconsider the
vote will be made so the resolution
can be brought up when there it full
attendance of the members.
MADISON - Wisconsin Attorney
General Owen informed Secretary of
State Donald in formal opinion that
the Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany is obliged to file it's resolutions
certifying to it's increase of capital
stock and to pay fees which will
amount to S240,010.
FOND DU LAC - Both Fond
du Lac and Oshkosh, supported by the
other cities of the valley, offered the
legislative state fair site committee
a site for the state fair, situated near
Van Dyne and almost equally distant
from Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.
FOND DU LAC - After having
divesting himself of all papers and
luggage that would tend to establish
his identity, man registering as f.
E. Kaske of Chicago committed sui
eide in the Hotel Irving, where he
had taken a room.
WAUSAU-The bodies of four of
the six victims of the recent terrible
motor boat catastrophe have been re-
covered Those of Gertrude and
Eleanor Jahnke are believed to have
f1oated down the Wisconsin river.
KILLS RESORT BILL