Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-17
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nent businessman and bank director
OF this city, was accidentally shot by
his son, Oscar, eleven years old, while
hunting.
Superior. on the head by
a lump of coal falling from a rising
coal clamshell, Edward Muryess, an
employee of the Northwestern Fuel
company, was almost instantly killed.
La Crosse.-Crushed by fall
of rock and sand in a pit where
he was digging material for the foun-
dation for a new barn, Arthur O'Leary,
residing near Tomah, was instantly
killed.
Oconto.-Harry Debut, aged twelve,
had his right hand shot off at
the wrist by shotgun. He was inves-
tigating traps he had set when he
brushed accidentally against the ham
mer, discharging the gun.
Sheboygan.-Every business house,
manufacturing plant and Office, to-
gether with the public schools were
closed in Plymouth during the funeral
of the late mayor, Clifford w. Starrett.
and the funeral cortege was the largest
ever seen in that city.
Madison. - Six men were SEN
fenced to terms in Waupun peniten-
tiary for burglary and larceny. Among
those sentenced was Edward c. John
son, son of "Dogskin" Johnson, now
! serving a life sentence at Waupun for
the alleged murder of little girl.
Bessemer.-One man was killed and
Jour were seriously injured when
an automobile, driven by John
| He'll, pitched into Powder creek, just
outside this city, after the driver had
lost control of the car. Andrew Leppa
was killed
Madison.-Miss Mary Stoeber. Madi-
son nurse, has returned from Ger
] many, where she has been since
the outbreak of the war Miss Stoeber
went to Germany to study advanced
| methods in obstetrics, but did not sue
! coed in her studies because of upset
| conditions.
Superior Inspection of the va
! rious Indiana reservations in this sec
ton, including those in both northern
| Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, is
being made by Maj James McLaugh-
lin, for 43 years in the federal Indian
bureau service, and figuring in the
making of most of the notable treaties
between the United States and the In
dams during that time.
Madison.-That a highway that has
been used more than twenty years
by the public, though no portion
of 1t ever was legally adopted as a
public highway, cannot be closed by
the owner or owners of the property
through which it passed, is held in an
opinion by Attorney General Owen to
District Attorney d. S. Law of La
Crosse.
Madison.-Every year more mar
riages take place in Wisconsin and
every year the proportion to the
total population grows. These facts
are shown by data prepared for the
biennial report of the state board OF
health. In the calendar year 1918. the
last for which figures are available.
the number of marriages reached the
high tide of 21,052, and the ratio per
1000 estimated population ia This
compares with 20,125 in 1912 and a
ratio in that year of 1853
Dodgeville-Death solved the prob.
lem of the trial of Julian Garlic
ton, the Chicago negro who killed
Hamah Borthwick and FIVE other per-
/ sopc Of LNrorly 7 How'd XUr;cItt L,,,,~,o
lew at Spring Green August Is. The
regro died in the county Jail here from
he effects of poison which he took on
the scene of his crime. Carleton, ap-
parently the victim of a seizure of in
sanity, served luncheon to the mem
bers of the Wright establishment,
then swooped down upon the mat ia
BILE with a bucket of blazing gasoline
Madison.-After an exciting chase
of more than ten miles on Lake
Mendoza, Jack Birk and Henry Klein
of this, city we're arrested by Game
Wardens c. F. Asmuth of Milwaukee
and Ben tanning of Black River Falls
The wardens were in hiding in the
long grass on Governors island when
they saw the men shooting wild ducks
from launch in the open water The
men were arraigned in municipal court
on Monday and pleaded guilty to hunt.
ing and pursuing wild ducks in tbs
open water. Each was fined $50.
Madison.-The University of Wis.
consin sophomores slipped one
over on the freshmen by kidnapping
500 of the frst-year men. running them
far out of the city in automobiles, di
yesting them of their clothing and
leaving them nearly nude in the fields
This trick robbed the freshmen class
of eonugh of its strength TO make the
sophomore class victory easy in the
annual rush later in the afternoon The
freshmen wee kidnapped early in the
day, and as the clothing was taken
from each he was given a wardrobe
check by which he might recover his
pants. etc, on his return to the city
Thirty automobiles were kept busy in