Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-05-06
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS
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Madison.-Ffre caused by lightning
partly destroyed Christ Presbyterian
church, one of the largest in the city.
The loss IS estimated at $4,000.
Kenosha.-County Clerk Russell H
Jones applied to the federal de-
partment Of commerce and labor
for the deportation of Eugene Mat
zali, tubercular Italian, who came to
this country less than six months ago.
Madison.-President Ralph E. Smith
and Secretary Matt Tappins of the
state board of control have left to
visit prisons in the middle West, with
especial attention to the federal prison
at Leavenworth, Kan.
Oconomowoc,-The following are
the newly elected officers Of the
Boy Scout council at Oeonorno-
voc; President. H Kirk White; vice
president, A. c. Hathaway; secretary.
John A, Cook; treasurer, Paul R. Nc
kee. The first annual banquet of the
troop was held at the scout rooms.
Delafield.-Two Indians, John Jere-
my and his son, arrived here
from Saltwater. Mimi. to search in
Lake Nagawicka for the bodies of /.
Il. Kelly and Frederick Sprute. cadets
OF st. Johns Military academy, who
were drowned when racing shell up
set. The water is 80 feet deep.
Madison.-Howard NJ. Jones, IA. Of
La Crosse will represent Wiscon-
sin in the Northern oratorical
league contest to be held at Madison
on Friday. May /. Seven universities.
Northwestern, Iowa. Oberlin. Minneso-
Ia, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin,
will be represented in the contest
Racine.-The bodies of two men
were found, one in the river and
another along the railroad tracks at
Franksville. The former was identi-
fed as that of Joe Files. laborer en-
ployed by the Wisconsin Gas & Elec-
trio company, who disappeared two
weeks ago. The other body was not
identified having been terribly man
gled by train on the Milwaukee road.
Madison.-In an opinion to Dis
trict Attorney l.. Olson Ellis of
Jackson county, Attorney General
be elected to the Offices OF assessor
and justice of th5 peace and perform
the duties OF each under the law. He
s;ys chat the offices are not incom-
patible in their functions and that 1t is.
matter purely Of public policy.
whether 1t is advisable.
Waukesha- Kenneth Labar, son of
MIR. and Mrs. r, f. Labar. New
York. former residents of Wan
kesha, has his heart on the right side,
according to a physician who made an.
examination. After an X-ray examina-
tion ii was found that the entire organ
ism was reversed. including heart,
liver and stomach The appendix also
was said TO have been transposer to
the opposite side
Kenosha.-The highway commis-
sioner of Kenosha county let con-
tracts for the Improvement OF the
Geneva road to point more than
three miles west OF Kenosha. A con-
crete road Is feet wide will be con-
structed and the contract price win be,
$4,000 Mockler g. Darrow OF Wauke-
gar secured the contract. It is the
largest contract for country road work
ever made in this county.
Madison The state industrial COM
mission held a conference with
representatives of teachers EN-
ployment agencies in the state regard
ing proposed rules and regulations gov
erning the operation of such agencies.
The practise of so-called splitting OF
fees" charging excessive rates for
service and running educational pub
tcations in connection with such agen-
eies we're the principal things consid-
cred
Racine.-Bernard Longwell, twenty
I'VE, lies at st. Mary's hospital
in critical condition. with his right
arm severed at the shoulder and suf-
fering from other injuries. Longwell
fell from train near Elizabeth, ILL.,.
and hts right arm was mangled. He
crawled to a tower signal. a quarter
of a mile away and, setting the signal
against a south-bound train, boarded it
when 1t stopped. telling the conductor
that he wished to be taken to Racine.
Longwell as taken from the train ae
Corliss and brought to Racine on q
special
Kenosha.-In municipal court here
Judge G. r. Randall handed down
an order annulling the marriage OF
Miss Ella Bierbaun and John B..
Wurthman. the latter of Chicago. The
couple were married in Milwaukee on
August Of last year and on the day
after the marriage the husband was
driven from the house by his father.
August Wurthman, an engineer in the
Chicago fire department, who declared
that his son had committed bigamy
and that he had left a wife and two
children in Chicago when he went to
Milwaukee TO wed Miss Bierbaum.
Wurthman has never been heard of
since he was driven out of the house
in Milwaukee by his father, and 1t is
thought possible that he committed
suicide,
Black River Falls.-The city council
accepted the offer of $4,000 from the
Carnegie corporation for library.
Manitowoc -Touhan Salyano Of Ra-
cine is planning to establish colony
of Italians on the Davis lake shore
property between this city and Two
Rivers.
Manitowoc 1T is reported from