Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-30
State News
I'm Brief

IIOu Ol the Wisconsin rotate Growers
association will be held at Grand Rap
ids, November 1920, inclusive.
New Richmond. - Joseph Burns.
twenty-five years old, single, q la,
boring man from Rice Lake, was
killed While attempting to board a
moving freight train in the Omaha
yards in this city.
| Milwaukee-The autumn meeting
of the Wisconsin Lutheran synod
| of the northwest will be held in
the Epiphany church on October to
3. A complete program of the meet.
| ing was announced
] Green Bay.-The body of VIII
liam Refs, forty-fiye years old, a
butcher of this city, was found floating
in the Fox river. Physicians do not
think he was murdered and no inquest
| will be ordered by the district attor.
ney.
| SIMULTANEOUSLY Schwendemann,
tender Of the Northwestern rail-
low the second lock, fell from the
abuttment at the west end of the
bridge and broke his neck, dying in
| stantly.
Grand Rapids.-Herman White, an
employee of the Centralia Pulp &
Water Power company, was run
aver by 500 line freight train
and instantly killed Mr.. Witte had
Teen employed by the company for %
years and was sixty-two years old. He
leaves a wife, two sons and one daugh-
| ter
Oshkosh.-T. H. McNichols, aged
sixty, was fatally injured when run
over by an automobile said to be
owned by John Sensenbrenner, a
prominent Menasha manufacturer. He
was crossing a downtown street on his
way home. He died of a fractured
skull. He leaves a son, j. S. McNich>
OILS, and brother, F. S. McNichols.
Superior.-Irene Rindo, nineteen
years old, a stenographer in the
employ of the Webster Manufac-
turing company Offices at the South
end, was run down by a train and re-
ceived fatal injuries as she was cross
ing the tracks in front of the Great
Northern offices on Winter street. She
died at ST. Marys hospital.
Appleton.-Paul Vincent of War
rem, ILL.,, president of the Lawrence
freshman class, was kidnapped in the
initial class scrap Of the season be-
tween the sophomores and freshmen.
l. i l.
downtown building, but later made his
escape.
Madison.-Suit for the collection
Of the portion Of the taxes which
it has refused to pay was start
ed against the Pullman Car company
by Attorney General Owen. The com
pany is assessed on the ad valorem
basis. It has paid $1O,72S III taxes and
refuses to pay the balance of $10,570.-
SO. 1t contests the validity of the as
sessment made by the tax commits
sion on which it's taxes are based.
Superior.-Fleeing for months, but
conscience stricken, Edward Gentry
gave himself up to the police,
cOnfessing the murder of a gamb-
Ter at Houston, Tex, August IS,
1913. When Houston was notified the
police there wired back to set Gentry
cree. because he could not be convict
ed in view of the unwritten law, the
victim of the murder having lured Mrs
Gentry from her home. Gentry has
been set free.
Milwaukee. - Rev. Bernhard G.
Traudt, chancellor of the diocese
of Milwaukee, is in receipt of
letter from Archbishop Sebastian G.
Messmer, under date of August 20,
from Goldach, Switzerland in which
the archbishop stated he had not yet
been able to obtain passage. At the
time of writing he had just been in
formed of the death of Pope Plus. He
wrote he would go to Rome and pay
homage to the new pontiff, and then
endeavor to obtain passage home.
Father Traudt doubts the archbishop's
ability to return at an early date, as
the Italian steamship lines are report
ed to be besieged with requests for
passage.
DGldVc Su.-IeSpI 0SSHldtlF0 IdIul6IS
and business men of Walworth
county decided at a meeting to
organize at once a Walworth county
association to develop the farming anG
dairy industries and advance all other
interests, agricultural commercial and
civic, of the district. The association
will employ an experienced agricultur-
al agent, who will render service to
the farmers in the solution of crop,
live stock and marketing problems.
Farmers clubs will be organized in
townships, commercial clubs formed in
villages and cities, and all will be af-
filiated with the county association.
The week after the big Walworth
county fair, September % to rs.
large massmeeting will be held at Elk
horn, the county seat. D. E. Labar.
mayor of Delavan, was chosen chair
man of an organization committee.