Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-13
News Notes of Wisconsin.

hcuOSIlA.-MlChaeI Ct. MCEeehan
highway commissioner OF Kenosha
county, has resigned. The department
IN charge Of Mr.. Mcclellan had been
under fire and an investigation on the
part of the state commission was 10
nave been started. Two weeks ago
McGeehan was suspended by the com.
mission pending investigation of
charges. McGeehan was formerly sher.
LII of Iron county, being elected by the
reform element who sought to "clean
up" Hurley. Later he was elected to
the legislature
La Crosse. ITO the intelligence of r.
pet dog belonging to H. j. Rasaman.
Henry ]. Raymond Of Pittsburg prob
ably owes his life Raymond, while
walking through the railroad yards
fell from a trestie ten feet onto the
ice below where he lay unconscious,
his skull being fractured. Raseman's
attention was attracted TO the spot BY
the excitement of his dog and found
the unconscious man. He was re.
moved to the hospital where physi.
clans were obliged to ampntate three
fingers from his right hand. He is ex.
pected to recover.
Madison. To date about 5000 hotel
licenses have been issued by. the state
board of health. There are about TO-
900 hotels in the state, and the appli-
cations are coming in about as rapidly
as the board can take care OF them.
Deputy health officers are going to aid
the hotel inspectors In their work,
there being too much for the new off.
cials.
La Crosse.-Carl Wrobel, Iaborer,
46 years old, was frozen to death in
the Mississippi river bottoms where
he had wood cutting camp. His
body was found by party of boy skat
ers. Wrobel, tired from his exertions,
had sat down to rest and falling asleep
was overcome by the cold and died
Fond du Lac.--Mrs. George P.
Scriyen. daughter of the late Gen. Ed
ward s. Bragg and wife of Gen. Scriv'
en- OF the United States Army, died at
her Washington home. She is sur.
viyed by her mother, Mrs. Edward S.
Bragg, her husband and two daugh-
tiers. The body will be brought here
for burial beside that of her father
and brother.
Jefferson. - Mistaking a red light
ahead on the track for switch light,
the engineer OF the Northwestern
road train No. GIT. which left Mil
waukee for Madison. ran into No.
COS, eastbound from Madison, at
Helenville, east of this city. No one
was injured.
Sparta. Thomas Anderson, wealthy
Monroe county farmer and president
of Tomah bank, was fined $25 in
Justice court for selling insanitary
milk to a creamery. The complaint
was made by Samuel j. Duffner, rep
resentative of the state dairy and food
commission.
Beloit.-Louis Bunday, former Re
lott boy, son OF David Bunday, was
convicted IF murder in the first degree
at Los Angeles, CAL He was charged
with killing Harold Zeitsche, aged Is.
The penalty is death.
Appleton. August Knuppel receiv-
ed the unanimous vote OF the city for
mayor, except for about a dozen bal
lots cast for men whose names were
written in.
Beaver Dam. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Neuman Of the town Of Beaver Dam,
have celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary. They were married in
Germany January, 1864, and the next
year they came to the United States.
They came direct to Beaver Dam from
New York and settled near the city,
where they have since resided. Their
nine children and twenty-four grand
children were present at the enniver-
sary.
Beaver Dam.-E. c. McFetridge.
state treasurer. is seriously i'll at his
home in this city. He has been III for
several months.