The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-10-02
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS
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| pounds six and one-half ounces
| was part of a crop raised by Dick
| Phelan, proprietor of a Winter hotel.
Oconto.-Rev. R. J. McLandress,
| who for nearly nine years has
occupied the Presbyterian church
pulpit in this city, has rendered his
| resignation to the presbytery.
Superior accidents took
toll of two lives in Superior.
| Thomas Lynch, a Great Northern
switchman, fell from his train and was
crushed to death. An unknown man
was found beside the Northern Pacific
| tracks dead, with his skull crushed.
| waukee, chairman of the finance
committee of the Milwaukee commit
| tee authorized to arrange for the enter
| tainment of the members, of the gov
| errors conference when they visit
| there in Novesaber, was in the city
comforting with Governor McGovern
and Secretary Miles c. Riley OF the
conference regarding the matter.
Oshkosh.-Bernard Pearson, aged
twenty-six, living in this city,
attempted to commit suicide by
| lying on the track of the Chicago &
Northwestern road, mile south of
this city, and waiting for a south
bound train to run over him. His at
tempt at self-destruction was frustrat-
| ed, however, by the engineer and fire.
man of the train, who stopped the
| train within two feet of Pearson's pros
| trate form.
Tomahawk.-Joseph Wabeno, TWEEN
ty-seven years old, has enough
| friends to have a fighting chance
| for life. Burned almost beyond
| chance of recovery, che Indian
| was brought to a hospital here for
| treatment. Skin grating, it was de-
| cided, was the only chance he had for
| life, and his friends were advised. So
many volunteered that the necessary
| two square feet of cuticle will be easy
| to obtain.
Madison.-President Van Hise of
| the University of Wisconsin had
| his first ride in a hydroplane. He
| said he enjoyed it immensely. The
| hydroplane was driven by Clarke G.
| Horton and carried the president
| through the air distance Of $50 feet
| above Lake Mendoza. Beaming all
| over, the president alighted from the
| plane at the boathouse. 1T is won'
| derful sport" exclaimed the president.
1T is all / had expected and it holds
| plenty of thrills"
MadisOn.-A new police regulation
| will require every young man
| who enters a saloon with the inten-
ton of purchasing liquor to sign a
statement in the presence, of witness
es to the effect that he is over twenty
one years of age. This measure has
| been adopted as result of co-opera-
| ton between the student government
authorities at the University of Wis
consin and the city officials in an ef'
| fort to keep freshmen and all minors
away from saloons.
Observation-Disclosures, probably by
fellow countryman, the result
of an Italian feud, Filippo Codes
co was shot by an unknown person III
| the heart of the Italian settlement
here. That the man was not unaware
that his life was being sought is evi.
denced by the fact that he carried
loaded revolver and a large butcher
knife Both were removed from his
pockets when his body was taken to
the morgue. The police searched the
entire district, but failed to discover
the slayer.
Madison-The state board of health
announces a state wide examina-
ton for the licensing of Journey
men, and master plumbers in Madison
on October 8. There will be upwards
of thirty candidates. About ten Of
these have applied for license as mas
ter. The examination is conducted by
Thomas M. Ferguson, chairman, Madi-
son; w. G. Kirchoffer. Madison, and j.
E. Robertson, Milwaukee. and Frank r.
King, state plumbing inspector The
written examination will be in the SEN
ate parlor of the state capitol. The
practical tests will be held in the pub
lie service building of the university.
All applicants are to bring solder pot,
tools and solder.
Green Bay.-Sister Anna, mother
project of the Little school, To-
Gated two miles north Of Green Leaf,
Brown county, woman fifty-two years
old, was the victim of a brutal and
vicious attack and is in state of
nervous prostration in a Manitowoc
hospital. She was attacked while
asleep in the out-of-the-way school
building by man who first held two
other sisters as prisoners by locking
the door of an adjoining room which
they occupied. Alfred Schroeder, TWEEN
ty-seven years old, who has worked as
painter in the southern end of Brown
county for the last two years, is in the
custody of the sheriff and warrant
waD issued by District Attorney Davis.
The case was originally reported to
The authorities as an attempt to bur-
glarize the sisters school.
Superior.-One was drowned and