Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-19
BADGER STATE NOTES.

raised S57 100 in the week inst
closed toward the 100000 Ripon
college endowment fund. The aim
was $4,000 in a week. It is tbe
hrst time in the sixty years history of
R1pon college that a campaign was
ever carried on in the city to raise
funds to aid the institution. Over
$4,000 had been pledged by Ripon
college friends, providing an addi-
tlonaI $175,0O0 was raised. The
R1pon city contribution reduces the
total needed to $125,OOO.
Janesville.-John Pfeffer of Mil
ton, former inmate of the hospital
for insane at Mendoza, was found in
the home of his daughter with his
throat cut from ear to ear. He was
rushed to hospital here and it was
thought he might recover. The Eu-
ropean war is believed to have been
responsible for his condition. Six
months ago he ran all the way from
Milton, eleven miles away, to James,
vile and rushed into the county iail
exhausted, declaring "spies were aft
er him"
Grand Rapids.-The local Eagles
have started preparations for the
convention here next year. The fol-
lowing committee chairmen have
been appointed: R. F. Matthews.
ways and means; F. D. Abel, finance:
A. G. Miller, entertainment: A p
Hirzy, music; A. w. Lambert, adver-
Using; A. G. Koch, decorations:
Frank Smith, carpentering.
Waukesha.-Carl Kalvitz. a Ia
borer, was instantly killed when
struck by passenger train on the
Milwaukee road near Hartland. A
card on the body identified him as a
member of the steel gang working at
Appleton on the Northwestern road.
He carried a watch bearing the let
tiers I'll. A" 1t was purchased from
Holsman & Alter, Chicago.
Madison-The state board of edu-
cation authorized the board of nor
NAL school regents to negotiate for
the purchase of tract of land at
Platteville for $4,000 for the use of
the school there and to secure plans
for the foundation for a gymnasium
at the La Crosse Normal school. 1t
approved contracts for electric wiring
of the buildings at Stevens Point and
Normal schools.
Fond du Lac.-John Lasko, who
was shot. and badly wounded last
spring by John Carter, a wealthy
farmer, who later committed suicide,
is now being sought for the killing Of
Keuth Maxi, 35, a quarry boss at Red
Granite. During an argument over
a board bill, it is alleged. Lasko shot
and killed MAXI outside saloon.
Lasko has not been seen since.
Sheboygan.-Tobyas Bloemers, 90,
hanged himself at the home of his |
son, Henry ]. Bloemers, Oostburg.
No cause is known.
Appleton.-Nuts, fruits and other |
plants growing outside the farmers |
fences abutting a highway, belong to |
that farmer, and not to the general |
public, according to District Attorney |
Mark Catlin. The county has only |
an easement on the property from
the farmer.
Madison.-The state bank commits
sioner issued a charter to the Com |
merce State bank of Zachow, Sha-
wano county, with capital stock of |
1000. The president of the new
bank Is Louis Raislar; the cashier is
]. E. Latsay.
Washington pensions
granted are: Eliza Lauck, Shiocton,
s12; Hattie S. Barter, Milwaukee,
s12; Charlotte J. Good, Wonewoc,
s12; Juda A Clubhouse, Madison,
s12.
Eau Claire.-Vinton W. James, SO
Tears old, one of TIE hest known attor-
leys in the northwest. and grandson
If the English novelist. G. P R. James,
lied of apoplexy at his home here.
Stevens Point-W. B. Angelo has
,een chosen to represent the bust
less men of Stevens Point in their
light for more equitable freight rates.