Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-03-28
WISCONSIN NEWS
TERSELY TOLD


Waupun-The state board of m.
troll met here and sat as parole board
to hear applications for parole. Tbers
were "a applications heard.
Waukesha.-Gottlieb Hanke agoa
ffty-four was killed when hons
which he was tearing down fell pnor
him. Nine children survive him
Marinette.-While attending to the
wound of horse, Emil Hendrickson
farmer, was kicked, the sharp caulk a,
the horseshoe penetrating his skim
killing him.
STANDARDIZATION Mielke, the sir.
teen-year-old son of F. &. Mielke wac
accidentally shot in the abdomen bv a
boy companion. He died at the hos
pital here.
Sheboygan.-Oscar Keller, thirty.
three years old, foundry emp!oye
was instantly killed when he was run
over by a Milwaukee Northern owl
car.
Madison-Nils P. Haugen, chairman
of the state tax commission has
gone to BOSTON, where he has
been invited to address the Mass achl.
sets legislature on The Income Tayr
Madison.-The state board Of pub.
lie affairs met in the executive
office. The board discussed marketing
matters and to select a successor 10
Robert Campbell, secretary, who re-
signed
Wausau.-The pure bred seed spe
cial arrived here. Bad weather
kept many farmers at home. The cars
were crowded. Agricultural and pub.
lie school students visited the exhibit
Addresses were made at the car and
meetings at the city hall.
Richland Center--At the annual
grain show of the Business Mems
and Merchants club H. T. ORA
helm was the largest 7trner. winning
two sweepstakes open to all varieties.
ore on oats and corn. J. R. Thorpe was
second; II. L. Post third.
Madison.-Big men in Christian
Endeacor work will be in Mad
son at the annual meeting of the
Wisconsin organization, to be held
here on June % to %. Daniel A.
Polling, Boston, former Prohibition can
didate for governor of Ohio, will be
here.
Superior Douglas county rural
school teachers receive an average
monthly salary of $4629 and
teachers in the state graded schools OF
the county 1923, the highest averages
for similar work paid in the state, &C
cording to the annual report of Olga
Larsonn, county superintendent OF
schools.
Madison.-A big Joint meeting OF
Wisconsin scientific societies will
be held in Milwaukee on April
. and 10. Members of the Wisconsin
Archaeological society. the Wisconsin
Audubon society, the Wisconsin Myco-
logical society, the Wisconsin Natural
History society and the Wisconsin
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
will gather
Milwaukee-The body OF an un-
identified Armenian found shot to
death in a field near Cudahy, a
suburb, was identified as that of Or.
Koran Jarahasian, and it is thought
he was lured to Cudahy by men who
knew he was accustomed to carry con
siderable sums of money. His peck
cts were empty and $4,000 he is sup
posed to have had is missing,
Kenosha.-The most spectacular fire
IN the history of Kenosha partly
destroyed the big plant of the NJ.
H. Petit Mailing company here.
The big elevators at the north end OF
the plant were destroyed and the
flames rapidly spread to the other por-
tons of the plant. Twenty families
residing in the neighborhood Of the
fire, were driven from their homes. c.
E. Remer. president of the COMPANY
will make no estimate of the loss at
present The loss may reach $150,00o
There is insurance to the amount OF
$4,000 on the buildings and stocks
OshkOsh.-A quiet smoke in the
attic of the Benevolent Old La
dies home of this city caused the de
struction of the building by fire. One
Of the inmates, eighty years old, who
rushed back into the building after
having been rescued from her room
in an effort to save some personal ell
fects, was badly burned about the face
and injured about the head and shout
ders. She will recover. The chief
Of the fire department found that t
was the custom of one of the women
to run to the attic daily and there en-
joy pipe of tobacco in private. The
janitor of the building told the chie'
that he had found small fires there
several times. and that the ,ast rTt
was started in this way The women
some of whom were carried from ta.
burning building by firemen, were
cared for by residents OF the neigh
borhood The loss on the buildins.
which was a hree-story structure.
will be about eight thousand dollar.
partly covered b. insurance.
e-Six-year-Old Harold HadeT,