Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-07
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

white sweetheart, Mary Dickson,
postmistress on the reservation,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced
to be hanged August IS. If this
sentence is carried out, it will be
the first instance of capital punish
ment in Wisconsin since 1848, when
capital punishment was abolished.
There is no doubt, however, that in
terror department will intervene to
have sentence committed to life i'm
prisonment. Waupoose killed the girl
when she was riding with a white
rival for her love on Indian reserva-
ton. Waupoose was a movie actor
for a Minneapolis concern and when
he returned from vacation he found
his white sweetheart's love had
cooled
Watertown. - Preliminary arrange
ments for the celebration in Mil
waukee in 1917 of the four hun
dredth anniversary of the Reforma-
ton were made here by the Evangel-
ical Lutheran synod of Wisconsin. A
committee will be appointed by the
president of the synod to arrange for
a Reformation festival Congregations
will celebrate the anniversary sepa-
rately on October 81, 1917. A jubilee
collection will be taken UP and added
to the widows and invalids' funds.
Negotiations will be opened with
synods of Minnesota, Michigan and
other states to join with the Wiscon-
sin synod in the publication and a
history of the development of the
Lutheran church of America. The
synod ended its sessions.
Green Bay.-Henry Ragemeister,
aged sixty-one, former state sena-
tor from this district, died at his
summer home near Sturgeon Bay. Mr..
Hagemeister was taken ill short
time ago with dropsy, and removed
upon advice Of Chicago specialists to
his summer home. His condition be-
came critical and relatives here were
notified he could not recover. Hage-
meister is a millionaire brewer, own
ing the brewery in Green Bay and one
at Sturgeon Bay. He is president
of Kellogg's National bank and owner
of the well-known Hagemeister stock
farm. He was also interested In many
other enterprises in Brown and Door
counties. He is survived by wife, two
sons and one stepdaughter.
Sheboygan. = Joe Bodner, thirty
years old, who has wife and
three children in Austria, attempted
to commit suicide by jumping into
Lake Michigan. The lake was rough
and the waves washed him on shore.
He tried it again and again, but each
time the waves washed him on the
beach. Deputy Sheriff George Goodell,
who was near, rushed to the scene and
Bodner told him he was crazy and
wanted to die because his wife and
children could not get out of Austria
to join him The officer offered to
take him out into the lake in
boat, but he changed his mind. He
will be examined as to his sanity.
HartIand.-Joseph I. Morton, seven
ty-eight, rural mail carrier, died
of injuries sustained when the
body of A. ]. McLavish of Saginaw,
Mich, was hurled against him. Nc
Lavish, who was salesman for James
vile firm, was struck by fast train
at Hartland station and his body was
sent hurting through the air, striking
Morton, who was waiting for mail
pouches to be dropped from through
train. McLavish was instantly killed
and Morton sustained a fracture OF
his right shoulder, several ribs and
right leg.
Superior.-William Whit, known as
champion wolf killer of northern Wis.
consin, is under arrest charged with
swindling the state out OF $4,000 In
fraudulent wolf bounties in the past
five years. 1t is charged that he and
agents bought Canadian pelts and
turned them in to Wisconsin county
clerks for a bounty of $50 each OPP
erations extended over Douglas, Bur-
nett, Polk and Washburn counties. 1t
is charged.
Beloit.-H. H. Robertson, charged
with cashing a check for $34.59
on local merchant. forging the
name of G.. w. Merriman, Beloit, was
brought from Memphis, Tenn, where
he was discovered on evidence fur
nished by his wife before she knew
of his being wanted.
Fort Atkinson.-The James Manu-
featuring company Of this city has
been advised that. it has been awarded
the grand prize for dairy barn equip
ment at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton.
Manitowoc.-Sixty men employed at
the lime kilns near Grimms, a few
miles from here, went on a strike.
They demanded an increase of wages
and the return Of superintendent
transferred to another point.
Racine.-George Bushman, eighteen
years old, and Anton Deblafs, nine.
teen wears old. boy bandits who