Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-03-05
LOUIS A. RAUMAN

Idaho)
The entire county was shocked and
] grieyed Sunday to learn that County
Attorney Louis A. Bauman had died
early that morning.
While many knew that Mr. Bau-
mans health had been poor for some
/ time yet not even he himself realized
the seriousness of his condition.
Shortly before Christmas he was
taken i'll and altho at times he seem
ed much better, it was decided that
it would be best for him TO have hos
pital treatment so he was taken on
Saturday afternoon, to Twin Falls. So
serious was his condition and so in
tense his suffering on reaching the
hospital that an immediate operation
was deemed the only thing that
could give relief; but this only con-
firmed the fear that the end was
near, and few hours later his
spirit had found rest and peace in
the Great Beyt i'd.
Louis Aloysius Bauman was born
in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, February 5,
! 1877, and died at Twin Falls, Idaho,
January 25, 1914, having reached
therefore, the age of thirty-six years,
eleven months and twenty days
He was essentially a self-made
f,laT how I,
own resources at an early age He
! attended a village school until fiji
| teen when he began teaching. For
| four years he continued this work
studying the while so that at the
early age of nineteen he secured a
state life certificate. He then en-
tered the advanced course of the
Milwaukee Normal and in two years
completed the English and German
courses. His splendid record as a
student should not lead one to be-
lieye that he was a recluse, for quite
the contrary he took an active part
in the various phases of school life,
being especially prominent in the de-
batting and oratorica1 work After
four years of work as superintendent
of city schools he entered the law
school of the University OF Wiscon-
sin. After two years Of study he pass
ed the state board examination and
was admitted to practice in all the
courts of the state. He located in
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, where for
four years he practiced his chosen
profession. At this time, on account
of failing health, he decided to go
west. Being offered a position in
the State Normal School at Albion,
he accepted and was connected with
the school for two years, resigning
his posi- ton to assume the editOrship
of the Albion Nugget In June, 1909,
he was admitted to the supreme court
of this state and ever since that
time practiced law in Albion. In
the fall OF 1912 he was elected county
attorney.
On February 8, 1910, he was mar
ried to Miss Ellerbe Donnohue, of
Chillicothe, Missouri, who, with an
infant daughter, Margaret, survives
him Of his immediate family there
are left two sisters, Mrs. Charles
Keune and Mrs. A. G. Kestly, both
of Manitowoc, Wis, and a niece, Miss
Elsie Schiebe, whom he educated, OF
Marshfield, Wisconsin.
On Wednesday afternoon all bus
ness houses of Albion, the court
house and the State Normal school
were closed in res pect to the man
whom all regarded as an associate
and friend. The funeral services
were conducted by Father Wagner
of Rupert, in the Methodist church.
The floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The music consisted of
tive of his fayorite songs, Refuge"
by a mixed quartette, and, "One
Sweetly Solemn Thought" by Miss.
Slaughter. He was carried to his last
resting place by friends from the
Normal faculty, the county officials,
the business men and press associ-
ates: Pres. G. A. Axline, George A.
Smith, Frank Parke, A. E. Coleman,
]. R. Brinton and j. H. Price. Inter
ment was made in the Albion Gene
terry.
Louis A. Bauman was man of
the highest ideals In nobility OF
thought and righteousness of heart
there lis no man to whom he was
not peer. To all, even those who
did not know him, his name stood
as a synonym of law enforcement
and clean government. A spirit of
strong opposition faced him when he
took up the duties of his office;
this he realized, and faced it brave
ly. 1t was this spirit OF opposition
which added SO greatly to the burden
of his official duties which those
who were nearest to him know to
have caused the break and decline
| in his none too rugged constitution.
But he was granted months enough
to see his efforts being rewarded,
his victory dawning. Men came to
him and with that handclasp and
| look of the eye that can only be
given by man to man, said, 'Bauman,
We fought you at first, but now We
anew it'll you. We did not give you
our support, but it is yours now. You
have made good; you have proved
yourself a Man" But it was too
late. The hard fight had been made,
and the silver cord was loosed and
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