Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19


bated in 1909 and said to be SO heavily
encountered at that time that IiQuida-
ton would have meant bankruptcy, is
now worth $2,OO0,OOO To avoid diff
culties the Cargill Securities Company
was formed at the time and the in
debtedness has now been reduced to
less than one-fourth. The fortune was
tied up in western irrigation scheme
Heirs recently filed petition asking
for $50O,OOO, which they claim is one
fourth the value of the estate.
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Henry Schneider, the Phillips farm
err who chopped his daughter, Mrs
Max Gulbin to pieces with an axe at
Ashland last week, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to life Imprisonment in
Waupun. Schneider made a lengthy
statement, but showed no emotion. He
stated that he turned his farm over
to his daughter and that quarrels fol
lowed. He tried to get warrant for
her. Meeting her in the road the quar-
rel was renewed, and upon her call
ing him a coward, he hacked her to
pieces with an axe in a fit of frenzy,
he said.
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Joseph Windlen, aged so, of Chippe-
wa Falls, was instantly killed when a
car driven by Oliver Shultz of Boyd
struck Windlen who was standing in
the street.
After they lived just like 'babes in
the wood" for more than a month,
sleeping under coverlets of leaves and
grass at night and eating what they
could pick up in the fields, Harvey
Martin, II years old, and Elmer Shaw
go, IL years old, were found by the
sheriff in a deep woods in the west
ern part of Kenosha county.
1000
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Dispatches from Superior say that
because of the unusual rainfall the
water in Lake Superior is 1.56 feet
higher than normal. The water varies
in depth with the changing of the rain
fall cycle. The wet years are now
here. The water reached the lowest
stage in the cycle in 1911. Nineteen
years previous to 1911 it was also low.
1t was very high in 1876. The only
damage done so far is the flooding OF
small ferry docks, bathing pavilion
floors, and low ground. 1t can go four
or five inches higher before it will
damage any of the big docks.
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George Lambsfelder, aged 10, a con-
fessed murderer, Fred Bond, aged 81,
who wrote threatening letters, and
Ray Dillon, aged 10, who stole bicy-
cles, escaped during the from the Wau-
kesha Jail where they awaited trial.
The delivery was discovered at a.
m by Sheriff Sleep who had sat on
the jail porch until II o'clock Of the
evening and heard no noise. The men
made their escape by using an iron
bar with which they pried off pad
lock on the second floor cell door and
five iron window bars. Using rope
Of bed clothing, they let themselves
down the Jail wall and got away. Dill
lon was caught at Oconomowoc the
day following He claimed that the
other two men had thrown him off the
train and said they were riding north
on a 500 train. A man answering
Lambsfelder's description was seen at
Wales and the authorities are search
ing for him there.
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Most of the 100 Chippewa Indians
on the Couderay reservation have as
sembled at Whitefish lake, near the
Indian village on the reservation, for
their annual war dance, which lasts
ten days. Nearly every Indian tribe
and reservation in the Northwest has
sent several of it's best dancers. The
Indians put on the old time war paint
for the dances and many feel hostile
towards whites, as they did before the
advent of the settlers. Several years
ago white visitors to the dances were
looked upon with disfavor and picture
taking was forbidden; but of late they
do not object and settlers for miles
around and tourists from the nearby
lakes never miss witnessing the fes-
rivals. Christian Indians attend, but
do not dance. Dog soup is a delicacy
during the celebration. Old Indians
from the different tribes relate war
htories through an interpreter, and
prizes are awarded to the best dressed
tribe, the Winnebagoes as rule being
awarded the honors.