Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-20
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Neenah.-A cablegram has been
received from Arthur Shattuck,
Neenah pianist, that he is living quiet
ly in Paris and that all is well.
HIS mother, Mrs. F. c. Shattuck, lives
in this city.
Sheboygan.-The pleasure cabin
cruiser Marquette, owned by a Mr..
Fuller of Evanston, ILL.,, and val
ued at $4,000, burned to the waters
/ edge and sank while ten miles out in
Lake Michigan OF Port Washington.
Janesville,-Daniel Ryan. thirty-six
| years old, widower, fell from
| load of coal when the team started
up, and both wheels passed over him,
| breaking his legs and neck. He died
within half an hour He leaves four
children
Beaver.-Preparations are being
made for the Dodge county fair
to be held in Beaver Dam, Sep
TENDER IS, 29, 80 and October and
2. Four thousand seven hundred and
| fifty dollars are offered for harness
races.
Oshkosh.-Fire destroyed what re-
manned of the large factory build
ing formerly occupied by the Pine
Ihrig company. The fire was the most
| spectacular in years as the building
was frame structure and burned
like finder.
Waukesha.-Ernst Troeger, aged
| thirty, proprietor of the Palace
Laundry, was instantly killed when
piece of wood, driven into his chest,
penetrated his heart. He was using
stick to force a belt upon a moving
wheel The stick slipped, was caught
in the spokes of the wheel and struck
him with great force He is survived
| by his wife and one child, boy, aged
| one. His father is George Troeger,
a coal and lumber dealer of Jefferson.
Racine.-Rose Webbers, Racine's
| policewoman, the first to be APP
pointed in a Wisconsin city, will
probably tender her resignation. star
and other official badges to Chief of
Police Baker within a day or two, be-
cause of the objections of her parents
to her continuing on the force. The
police and fire commissioners and
chief of police are anxious to have
Miss Webbers remain. She has been
successful in her work during the
three months Of service, and likes it.
Madison.-The state cannot revoke
the license of a foreign cor
poration if that corporation acts con-
trary to state statutes in transfer
ring from a state court to a United
States court an action commenced
against it, in the opinion of three fed
eral judges handed down in the action
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany for an injunction to restrain the
state Of Wisconsin from revoking it's
license. Judges Sanborn OF Madison,
Kohlsatt of Chicago and Geiger of
Milwaukee signed the opinion. The
case was argued in Chicago, November
"a, last, 1t will be appealed to the SUI
preme court.
Superior. - Reports reaching SUI
perior from outlying points in
Douglas county indicate that much
damage was done by heavy light
ming and rain storm which prevailed
with particular severity in the south
ern and eastern portions of the coun-
ty. Long distance and farmers tele-
phone lines are down in many places
and out of service. At Lake Nebaga-
mon several houses are said to haze
been struck by lightning, the occu-
pants escaping injury. Damage of sew
eral hundred dollars was done to the
home of E. w. Cotton by bolt which
struck while there were four people
in the house At Scion Springs the
home of Charles Tlain was struck,
but little damage was done.
Milwaukee.-Rev. Carl Gausewitz,
Milwaukee, was reelected president
of the Evangelical Lutheran con-
ference of North America at the
twenty-ifth conference beld in Beth
lehem Lutheran church. The synodi-
cal conference is the largest Lutheran
church body in the world represent
ing 1000 congregations, with a mem
bership of almost a million communi-
cants. A report Of the credentials
committee showed ninety-one accredit-
ed delegates present from the synods
of Michigan, Nebraska, Minnesota,
Wisconsin and from the Slovak Luth-
eran synod The delegates represent
twenty-five districts. About 100 dele
gates are IL attendance. Other Off
GERS chosen were: Vice-president, Rev.
H. Speckhardt, Saginaw, Mich; secre-
tarv, Prof. H. Meyer, New Ulm, Mimi;
treasurer, H. A. Christensen, Detroit;
chaplain. Rev F. 3. Brand, Spring
field, H.; German reporter, Rev.
H. Ebert, Milwaukee; German repor-
ter for church papers, Otto Hoenecke,
Saginaw, Mich; English reporter, Rev.
w. NJ. Czamanske, Sheboygan.
Waterford.-Lyman Earle, aged
twenty-seven, committed suicide in
his fathers barn in the town Of
Rochester with shot gun III health
was the cause of his dependency. The
Young man some time ago underwent
an operation ard was advised by his
physicians another would be neces-
gary. He declared that rather than
submit he would take his own life.
Ashland.-The Werder creamery
near Sanborn was burned. It was built
on the Theodore Werder farm and
was equipped with ali modern appli-
ances. The loss is estimated at over
"a 900 with $4,000 insurance.
Neenah.-The plans and specifica,
tions for Winnebago county's tuber-
culosis sanitarium have been ap-
proved and the advertising for bids
will be done at once. 1t is expected
work 5will be started in a few weeks
The building will be erected on the
county poor farm. Accommodations
viii be made for forty-sfx patients.
acknowledgements was infested
by pickpockets during the Ger
man picnic. No less than seven thetts
were reported. They made one haul
of $500 from a Zion City man. An