Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-11-12
Wisconsin, Neul,s
Tersely Told

Oconomowoc.-August Buske, forty
! nine years old, was killed at Ocono-
moWoc when struck by work train
while walking home on the Milwaukee
road tracks. Mr.. Buske leaves his
| widow and three children.
| Madison.-To acquaint themselves
| with the systems of farming fol
! lowed by Wisconsin stockmen,
delegation of Is farmers from Nc
the state during the week of Novem.
| Der 1880.
Racine. - Ted Juttner, forty-four
years old, an expert mechanic
from Chicago, who died in cell at the
| police station, after being picked up
| on the street. was not victim of al
coholism, as claimed by the police. but
died from heart failure, according to
the post-mortem examination.
Grand Rapids.-Nearly three hun
dred young people were confirmed
at IS. Peter and Paul Catholic church
in this city. The ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Bishop Schwebach, assisted
by Rev. FIR. Reding and Rev. FIR. Cts
zewski of this city and Rev. Fathers
Olowski and Neverd of Sparta.
Beloit.-Dr. Joel A. Smith, noted
evangelist OF the Methodist church
died here. He held meetings in
scores of cities. east and west, and
thousands protested conversion under
his preaching. He was for four years
in in
| several cities before he became an
evangelist.
Grand Rapids.-John Discher of
Rudolph was brought to Riverview
hospital in this city, suffering from a
wound inflicted by colt which he was
attempting to saddle. During the
struggle the animal reared on its hind
feet and struck Discher a blow in the
eye with one Of its hcofs, completely
destroying the sight.
Antigo.-John Cox Of Elton dropped
what he thought was an explod-
ed dynamite cap into the stove.
Later he realized the cap was unex-
ploded and, ordering the rest of the
family to stand back, placed his hand
over the stove lid. thinking the expio-
sion would not be of much force. The
stove was wrecked and portion of
Cox's leg blown away.
Oconto-The 150-horsepower engine
In the sawmill OF the Holt Lum.
Der company Of this city blew
up" for some unaccountable rea-
son. This is known as the small en-
CINE at this sawmill and has been used
there for several years. No apparent
signs OF any weakness of any parts
had been noticeable. No one was In
jured.
La Crosse.-At the Norwegian Bap-
lists conference of the United
States and Canadian churches, in ses-
sion here, the following officers were
elected: President, Olaf Prading.
Brooklyn, ~ Y; vice-president, NJ B.
Holmen. Minneapolis; cores ponding
secretary, H. K Whitehall; recording
secretary, H. l.. Rice, Boston. The
meeting is being attended by 100 dele
gates
Madison.-Playing joke on a
friend was indirectly responsible fer |
the deaths of Carl Thorstad and al
bert Lee, victims Of the auto accident
at the high bridge, north Of Mendoza
station. Anton Ekanger testified at
the inquest that Thorstad and Lee
went to Westport Thursday night to
remove gate which Ole Moen had in |
stalled at his cottage. They wanted to |
play joke on Mr.. Moen. according to |
the witness.
Merrill.-A deputy sheriffs star may
lead to the solution of the mys-
terious shooting of l.. NJ. Scheffer, |
University of Wisconsin freshman, |
who was shot by highwaymen as he
was strolling along the shore of Lake |
Mendoza with a coed on October Is. |
Jerome Usher is being held here by |
the authorities on charge of forgery. |
The police believe Usher may have
had some connection with the shoot |
ing of the student because at the time
of his arrest he wore a deputy sheriff's |
star such as was said to have been
worn by one OF the bandits who |
pumped a bullet into the students |
body.
Eau Claire.-Miss Ragna Tangjord, |
daughter of Rev and Mrs. Peder |
Tangjord of this city has been
awarded a hero medal for her brave |
rescue of the little son and daughter of |
Rev. H. B. Kildahl of Milwaukee. from |
drowning in Prairie lake on July 7 |
last. She saved the girl first and then
dived down and pulled the boy out of |
the water after he had gone down a !
third time. The hero medal was
awarded her by the Ralston hero med
al commission of st. Louis. The medal |
will be presented to the young woman
at public exercises to be held here
next Wednesday evening, November 4,
her birthday. Mayor John 3. Fleming
will preside at the gathering in her
honor.
Beloit.-C. Y. Tang, the sixteen
year-old son of President Tang of
the Imperial Institute of Technology
at Shanghai, China. is entered in the
freshman class of Beloit college He
was educated in the academy of the
Imperial institute and comes to this
country for a general education and
special training in political science and
economics. He had planned to attend
Oxford, but the European war pre-
vented his doing SO The young Chi
nese left Shanghai for Beloit on Sep
TENDER %, the day most of his class
mates were registering here. He ar
rived in Beloit on Friday. October 90
Neenah.-Rev. Henry Stauffer, pas
tor of the First Congregational
church here for the last eight years,
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect in December. Mr.. Stauffer for
merly was pastor Of the Hanover
street church, Milwaukee He has
made 10 definite announcement of fu-
ture plans.
NeeEah.-Conformin with action
taken nv similar organizations here, |