The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-02-05
Wisconsin NelUs
7ersely Told


Madison.-Gov. E. L. Philip ap-
pointed Robert Mueller ard Lobert
Pierce of Milwaukee as members Of
his military staff.
La Crosse The explosion of a
lamp near the bed on which he was
sleeping cost John Gilbeck of Cashton
his life as result of the severe burns
he received.
ellis Landing.-A number of fisher
men, charged with using spears
through the ice at what is known as
the big Cutoff on the Wolf river.
must appear before police Justice.
The penalty is $40 to $25.
Grand Rapids.-Miss Mabel Fergu-
son, aged thirty-two, of Plainf1eld COM
mitted suicide by taking chloroform.
Her family can assign no reason for
her act. She recently became assist
ant in the post office.
BaraboO. = The farmers of Sank
county have organized club to be
known as the Baraboo Valley Farmers
club. The officers elected are L. H.
Palmer, president; Mrs. John Rumph,
president; Mrs. Joe Stadler, Sec
rotary and treasurer.
New London.-Fire reduced the
New London Roller mills to ashes.
The loss is placed at $4,000 to $10,-
600. The mill was purchased several
months ago by G. r. Case of this city
and represented his life's savings.
Little insurance was carried
Green Bay.-Two young men, Ray
mon Van Denhuvel, aged sixteen, and
stantly killed in the cave-in of gravel
pit near this city. They were loading
a wagon with gravel when a section of
the pit gave way and covered them.
La Crosse-The explosion of a
lamp near the bed on which he was
sleeping cost John Gilbeck of Cash
ton his life as result of the
severe burns he received. He was
fifty-seven years old and his is the
first death in family of II children.
Madison.-With the thermometer
"a degrees below zero the Acacia
fraternity house caught fire and
was nearly destroyed before the
blaze was extinguished. The upper
floor and roof are complete loss. The
damage will amount to about $1,000,
partly covered by insurance.
Janesville.-Charles e. Moore, Rock
county highway commissioner, is
strongly opposed to the bill which has
been introduced in the legislature for
the repeal of the state aid highway
law. Better abandon highway con-
struction work entirely in Wisconsin,"
said Mr.. Moore, than return to the
old county system
Milwaukee.-John Konkel, accused
of the murder of Mrs. Frances Kress,
was acquitted by the jury which rem
dered it's report, after being locked up
all night. Defense pleaded that death
of woman was suicide in view of fact
she was to be named as defendant in
divorce suit, with Konkel as CORE
spondent day after she was shot.
Wausau--The equipment of new
machinery for the manual training
of the Wausau High school and
industrial school has been installed.
One bench jointer, one table saw
with mortising attachment and
two turning lathes have been added
to the high school, and table saw,
jointer and lathe at the industrial
school. All of the machines are motor
driven.
Merrill.-A few minutes extra sleep
cost Herman Buergner and family,
who live near Heller, their home and
contents A member of the family
arose early to build the fires and then
went back to bed until the house be-
came warm. Before they could realize
it the home was in flames from an
overheated stove, and the family had
difficulty getting out of the house
safely.
Marinette.-A dog in the house
hold of Hugh Rahlert, hotelman at
Pound, this county, saved the place
from destruction by fire and undoubt-
edly saved the lives of guests who
were sleeping. The dog came to his
masters door and forced his master
to arise and investigate. Bahlert
found the basement of the hotel in
flames. With the help of the en-
ployees and guests he managed to ex-
tinguish the blaze.
La Crosse.-When Jesse Hogue,
aged eighteen, heard Melvin P. Skog-
stad, cashier of the First State bank
in the village of Strum, declare mo
blackmail letter could scare me-" he
decided to "try him OCT" Young
Hogue wrote a letter demanding that
$500 be placed in village mailbox
Failure to do this meant death to the
cashier and his family, the letter said
Suspicion pointed to Hogue as the au-
thor of the letter He was arrested
Despite his plea that he did it only
for a joke and had no intention Of
carrying out the threat, Judge Ander-
son considered it no Joke" and SEN
fenced the boy to one year in the
state reformatory at Green Bay.
Milwaukee.-Simon Kander was re-