River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-07-31
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Marinette.-Pressed for q comment
be a candidate to succeed himself,
Senator Isaac Stephenson refused to
make any statement whatsoever. The
senator smilingly asserted that his
health was remarkable for man or
his years, that Pauline Wayne is well
and the weather is fine, but he re-
fused to talk politics, and merely
shook his head when asked questions.
Sheboygan.-Edna Witthuhn, aged
eleven, daughter of William Witthuhn,
was instantly killed in her fathers
barn near here, by being struck on
the head by hay conveyor.
Observation-Disclosures H. Crownhart,
chairman of the Wisconsin industrial
commission is here to prepare for the
first annual joint meeting OF the
liability insurance agent and the in
| dustrial commission, to be held here.
Discussion of the workmen's compen-
sation act is on the schedule.
Madison.-Dr. T. A. HargroVe Of
Fon du Lac, was chosen president
of the Wisconsin State Dental society
at the regular annual business ses-
sion here. DR.. O. G. Krause of Mil
waukee, was reelected secretary for
the fourth consecutive year and Fon
du Lac was decided upon as the meet
;ro 0fin
elected were; First vice-president,
DR.. M. L. Christensen, Oshkosh; treas
urer, DR.. A. F. Chopper, Milwaukee.
The standing committees will be
named at meeting Of the executive
council. The election of officers came
before the evening program, after
the visiting doctors had been enter
tanned for the afternoon by the. local
dentists at picnic and boat ride.
Milwaukee.-Two suspects are under
arrest and the police are subjecting
them to rigid cross-examination in
hope of identifying one as the man
who attacked Mrs. Martha Kirberger,
thirty eight.
Maiden Rock-In the first clam
picked out of pailful, gathered here,
Louis Hall of this place found pearl
valued at $1,000. The gem weighed
fifty-three grains. 1t is creamy white
and perfectly round.
Neenah.-Mayor c.. B. Clark deliv-
cred two addresses of welcome here.
One was to the Wisconsin League Of
Municipalities, which is holding its fif-
teenth convention in the city hall, and
the other to the eighth annual gath
ering of the Wisconsin Association Of
Paid Firemen, which is meeting in
Eagles hall. His address was re-
sponded to by Mayor Joseph A.
Fischer for the league and by Presi-
dent j. A. Fethsrstone for the fire.
men. The delegates to the conven-
lions were treated alike by the city
Each was met at the depot by train
of automobiles and escorted through
the city before being deposited at the
city hall and Eagles clubhouse. The
morning was devoted to the reception
c19 guests and visits about the city and
the afternoon to the opening sessions.
Later in the afternoon both bodies adj
journed for the day and trip of in
spection was taken to the five paper
mills at Neenah and the four at Men
asha.
West Bend.-Extreme cruelty to a
horse by a man who had hired the
animal has caused feeling to run high.
Threats of personal violence have been
made openly. According to Frank
Sauressing, proprietor of livery
here. two men wished to be driven
from West Bend to Jackson. A barn
man was sent with them to drive the
horse. But few miles had been COW
cred when Ben baked. One of the
men in the rig took matters into his
own hands and tried to drive the ami
NAL The barn man says this man I'M
buckled one of the lines, passed it
around the horses tongue and pulled
in an effort to start the animal almost
Jerking the tongue from the horses
mouth Zachariah Clayton, agent of
the Wisconsin Humane society, was
called. Examination showed part of
the tongue to be paralyZed. The
animal had to be shot,
Waukesha.-That the Waukesha
chautauqua will be an annual
event was practically assured when
the committee in charge of the tickets
declared that the 900 tickets which
are required to cover the expense had
been about sold. The surrounding
country, as well as the city, has been
thoroughly canvassed and the week of
August to 9 will see hundreds of Wis
itors in Waukesha.
Marinette.-After having been
missing for two days, William
LEAVE, five years old. was found at
the home of Patrolman Joseph Eggen-
er, just as the sheriff was starting to
drag the river for the body He had