Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-21
Badger News
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Racine.-Mrs. Minnie Karbag, aged
| twenty, bride of ten months, COM
mitted suicide by leaping into the
| river and fighting those who made eff
forts to rescue her.
Marshfield.-William Seabrouck, one
hundred and five, was found dead in
his bed at the Wood county poor
farm. He had eaten hearty supper
the night before and retired in appar-
emily good health
| Ashland-An exciting chase up one
| of the avenues of this city, during
which several revolver shots were
fired by the chief of police, was nee
/ alleged to have stolen over 500 worth
of brass, was finally captured.
Racine.-Mayor T. Thiesen was ac-
| quilted on every count in the $4,000
suit brought by George Wolhurst for
damages resulting from a runaway OF
the latter's team. Wolhurst claims
the horses became frightened at
| Thiesen's machine.
| hinelander-Chauncey Vaughn,
lineman employed by the Rhine
| lander Power company, was elec-
trocuted while repairing high ten
sion wire. Eleven thousand volts
passed through his body, which had to
be removed from the top of pole
by the fire department,
Marinette-At least a score o.
persons were rendered unconscious
and four men were hurt when bolt
of lightning struck the grand stand at
the Peshtigo ball park. Two teams
had taken shelter in the grand stand,
which holds more than one hundred
persons, when the lightning struck the
south end of the structure, shatterlng
every board and post. The injured
were taken to hospital
Madison.-The Wisconsin state con-
ference of painters annual meeting
closed with the election of officers as
follows: President, B. H. Smith, Ra-
cine; vice-president, ]. B. Butler, Mad
ison; secretary treasurer, John
Schweigart, Milwaukee. Trustees:
c. C. King, La Crosse; Charles Rott-
mann, Sheboygan; William Fuhs, Osh-
kosh. Racine was selected as the place
for the 1916 convention, to be held
July a.
Beloit.-How a man could have
fallen or jumped from car going at
the rate of 35 miles an hour and rolled
down an embankment 25 feet high
and not be killed or seriously hurt is
a puzzle to the officials and train crew
of the Rockford Interurban railroad.
This feat was performed by Algot
Bundy. The trainmen saw him disap-
pear from the car and stopped the r
train as quickly as possible and made
a search for the remains, supposing
that Bundy had been killed. After
a while he was seen walking on the
track seemingly but little worse off
because of his experience. He said
that he fell off the car.
Kenosha.- Representatives of the
Fratenal Order of Eagles from all
parts of the state assembled here for
the laying of the corner stone of the
new home of the Kenosha aerie. A
parade of 1000 members of the order,
in which many of the grand official
participated, preceded the ceremonial.
Addresses were made by District
Grand Worthy President Pete Pirsch
and Mayor M. ]. Scholey of Kenosha,
President W. d. Armstrong of Racine,
Judge George w. Taylor and David s.
Rose of Milwaukee. In the corner
stone box was placed a history of the
order with the names of hundreds of
h0rc in
who purchased the bonds to make pos
sible the erection of the $4,000 build
ing.
Milwaukee. - Rt Rev. Paul P
Rhode, auxiliary bishop of Chi
cago, has been notified of his ap-
pointment as bishop of Green Bay, to
succeed the late Bishop John Fox.
News of the promotion came through
a telegram from Archbishop John Bon
zano, the papal delegate to America.
and will be confirmed upon the arrival
OF papers, which are now on the way
from Rome. Immediately upon the re-
ceipt of the official papers Bishop
Rhode will leave for Green Bay,
where he will take up his new duties.
This probably will be in about two
weeks. Bishop Rhode was the first
Polish bishop in the United States and
Is known in all parts of America as
the Apostle of the Poles" Although
born in Prussian Poland in 1871,
Bishop Rhode has spent the greater
part of his life in Chicago. He was
ordained in Chicago in 1896. Since his
conservation in 1908 he has continued
as pastor of st. Michael's church in
South Chicago. He was educated in
st. Stanislaus' parochial school in Chi.
cago and st. Mary's college, Kentucky.
He has been assistant pastor Of st.
Adelbert's and SIS. Peter and Paul
churches in Chicago. A dispatch from
Grand Rapids, Mich, said word had
been received Of the appointment OF
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