Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-25
WISCONSIN
STATE NEWS

Gently bought and heavily insured.
0Hicers who forced an entrance into
the building during their absence
found complete preparations for its de-
stTuction and arrested the pair on
their return. Lighted candles with
fuses connected with kindling piles
were found throughout the house. Be
tween the walls and the partitions oil
soaked rags had been placed and two
stoves were left burning and filed
with heavily infammable materials.
Waukesha-A quarrel with rela-
tives in Duluth was believed to
have been the cause of the suicide
of Mrs. Frank K Hicks of this city.
She leaped from a sleeping car win
dow on a fast train three miles west
of here, and her body was found in
Love Greek. 1t was at first believed
the woman had been murdered, but
this was discredited by the finding of
jewelry worth $1,000 on her body, and
the discovery that the sleeping car
window had been shattered
Racine.-Rev. Bernard Klein, sixty
six years old, pastor of St Paurs
Catholic church at Mosinee, died at
ST. Mary's hospital. He is a brother
of Rev. Ignatius Klein, pastor of
Holy Name Catholic church of this
city. Requiem mass was said at the
Holy Name chuch by Rev. Theodore
Meyer. The body was taken to Co.
lumbus, Wis, for interment
Kenosha-Telegram from Detroit
announce that Lloyd Cole, twenty-one
years of age, a membeS of prominent
Kenosha family, had been arrested at
Windsor on a charge of dealing in
dope" 1t is said that his operations
were on mammoth scale and that he
is wanted in many Canadian cities.
Cole was married a short time ago
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS buildings were
put under the microscope Of the Wis
consin Fire Prevention association
when % members of the association,
headed by President H L. Dalton,
came down from Milwaukee to make
the one-day inspection.
Wausau.-Arthur w. Prehn, vice
chairman of the Wisconsin commits
sion of the Panama-Pacific exposition,
has returned from San Francisco. He
reports that the Wisconsin showing ex-
ceeds that of other states, in proper
ton to money expended.
Monroe.-Two changes were made
here in new contracts of the Borden
Condensed Milk company's plant with
it's 16S patrons. They re, purchase
by butterfat test and the announce
ment of price for only one month in
advance
Ashland. - Frank Rodenbeck was
shot in the arm in a saloon near Hur-
ley He was brought here for treat
ment His arm is badly infected and
the wound may prove fatal. His as
sailant escaped
Madison. - Assemblyman Bradley
presented a joint resolution to amend
the constitution giving employees of
railroad companies, who hold village
offices, right to accept and use passes
from railways.
La Crosse.-A lamp placed by the
bedside of an infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Steal of Warrens was acct
dentally overturned, setting fire to the
bed and burning the child so seriously
that death resulted.
Janesville.-John w. Tipney, seven
ty-two years old, resident of James
vile since 1852, and one of the sur
vivors of the famous Hyatt house fire
in which many lost their lives in the
late SOS, is dead
Madison-Co-eds of the state uni
versity are angered by a proposed
beauty contest which was to be the
feature of the university exposition
and are demanding that it be dropped
as undignified.
Superior.--A school building to cost
100000 furnished will shortly be start
ed by ST. Stanislaus Polish Catholic
parish here, to be ready for sessions
of the parochiaI school next fall.
Wausau.-Robert PIisch, former as
sembiyman of Marathon county and
one of the early pioneers of this
county, died suddenly of heart failure.
Poynette-Mrs Eva Wheeler-Ste-
vens died at her home in Grenada,
Mimi, on March 10, aged forty. She
leaves a husband and three children.
Both were born near Poynette and
lived here until twelve years Of age.
Oshkosh.-The Winnebago county
Poultry association has been formed
at Omro, without capital stock to hold
shows at Omro each fall and promote
better poultry.
Plainfield.-The funeral of w. W.
Gillett, an cid resident and prominent
member of the G. A. R. post Of this
city, was held here.
Marshall-A new monthly magazine
is being published at Marshall by two
young men, Ivan c. Lake and Frank J.
LAYERS. 1t is called the Exempliier
Madison.-Senator La Toilette will
not return to Madison for some weeks.
He may start on lecture tour of four
or five weeks before returning home.
Racine-In the wake Of several jit-
ney bus lines now operating in Racine,
people at Corliss are planning the in
stallation of jitney line from that
town to Racine Because of the large
number of men from this city going
to and from work at Corliss each day
it is thought such line will pay. The
seven-mile trip is now made by train.
La Crosse.-A. S. Doaney, aged
twenty-three years, is held at Spar
ia on charge of manslaughter,
following the death of Lawrence Hun
ter, aged ten, who died Of drinking
whisky. Doaney was accused Of CIV
ing liquor to the child.
Chippewa Falls.-When snow went
off the fields near keystone the
body of an unidentified man was
found. A bullet hole through the
body indicated he was a deer hunter,
who had been shot by mistake when
hunting last November, and aban-
doned by whoever did the shooting.
Racine - The Trades and Labor
council is agitating for the insertion
Of an eight-hour-day clause in the con-