The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-09-14

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Laurel Nelson, twenty months cid,
OF Milwaukee, died from burns re-
ceived when Herbert, five, her broth
er, threw lighted match at her.
Fire broke out in the roof IF Mylo
| Pluck's boarding house and destroy
ed part OF the second floor. The dam
ages are set at $500. The cause is un-
| known.
A track builders lumber and sup
ply company truck was struck by a
| Northwestern train at grade cross
ing at Wausau and demolished. Driver
Reuben Hintz jumped and escaped in
| jury.
Three hundred and thirty-two
| cities and villages in Wisconsin are
dividing a $138,235.49 fund as result
| of the 2 per cent tax levied on the
doing business in Wisconsin.
J. l.. Dillon, notorious counterfeiter
| and check forger, was taken from the
county Jail at Lacrosse by Marshal
Frank O'Connor of Madison and trans
ferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
where he will serve seven years:
Teaching of German in Milwaukee's
public schools will continue, but fail
ure to provide textbooks will be con-
sidered ample notice that parents do
not wish their children to have for
eign language instruction, which is
| not compulsory.
Joe Volkman is in an Amigo hos
pital with a bullet wound in his
hand, inflicted by highway man who
| ordered Volkman and his companion
| to hand over their money. Volkman
put up his hand to protect his face
| just as the highwayman shot.
Found in a shack two miles west
| of Manitowoc, weak and emaciated
from lack of nourishment as result
of self-imposed exile and life as a
hermit, Charles Kop was brought to
the Northern hospital for the insane.
1t is said that Kop had been wander
| ing in the woods for weeks.
Although the warrant for the arrest
of Byron Nelson, son of Congressman
| John M. Nelson, on the charge of be-
| ing a Stacker, has been issued it has
not yet been served. Deputy United
States Marshal Lamont said that Uni
| ted States District Attorney A. c.
Wolfe would soon have the reauisition
papers.
Alleged to have obtained $1,000 in
| twenty days from Edward Roesler, a
| wealthy farmer, by pretending to cure
| his wife, an insane woman, by hypnO-
tism, X. D. Shastri, Hindoo doctor
| Of Chicago, is under arrest at La
Crosse Shastri charged and collected
$50 per day for his services when ar
rested, District Attorney Schlahach
| claims.
Travelling in a house on wheels, Mr..
| and Mrs. J. H. Basel of Milton juno
| ton, Wis, arrived at Marysville, Ore,
on their way home. Mr.. and Mrs. Bias
ell are comfortably quartered in neat
| little house built on a motor chassis.
| The house contains a cooking galley,
| lavatory, table, chairs and bed. They
| have travelled ALSO miles in their
| nomadic home.
The Miss Nellie Curran whose death
| in st. Louis, Mo-, from poisoning has
| been reported was an adopted daugh-
ter of John Glynn of Berlin, now dead.
| Her real name was Nellie Curran
| Glynn. She left Berlin six years ago
/ or
| except for casual return visits spent
| her life in other parts Of the country.
On complaint of United States Dis
| trict Attorney A. c. Wolfe, Federal
| Court Commissioner Fred French is-
| sued a warrant for Bruno Renal OF
| Superior, charging violation Of the
| Mann act. The complaint alleges that
| RENAL transported Mrs. Funia Hill,
| also of Superior, in an automobile
| from Wisconsin to Michigan for i'm.
| moral purposes.
| Mistaking the Polish National
| church, Sixth and Hayes streets, Mil
| waukee, for his home, Edward &C.
kilwiski entered the place, piled his
| clothing up neatly beside him, and
curled up for q peaceful sleep. His
| shores attracted the attention of Pa.
trolman Seymer. 81 thought l was
| home in bed" said Gekilwiski in dis
| trict court. He was fined $40.
Women can not be employed at
night in any manufacturing plant or
| laundry in Wisconsin. This is a new
state law, prepared by the Industrial
commission after a number Of hear
/; ings were held throughout the state.
| The law also applies to concerns
working on government war con
tracts, and was drawn partly to pre-
vent any attempt to employ women at
| night in munition plants.
Running down the street crying
my mother is shot," Milwaukee
twelve year old boy called citizens
and police to his home, where his
another, Mrs Harold Frank Sherman