Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-01-24

tempt to rescue Jack BeatOn, who was
arrested there after being driven out
of Virginia, Mimi, caused the local au-
thOrities to surround the Jail with
guards. Beaton was driven away from
Virginia for being an agitator, and ar
rested at the Wisconsin town for car
rying concealed weapons.
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In an effort to collect $427,00O claim
ed by Pottawatamie Indians in back
annuities, Attorney Dennison Wheel
ock of Depere has left for Washington
D. c., to present the matter to the SEN
ate committee on Indian affairs The
annuity due the Pottawattamies is said
to date back eighty years Recently
MI. Wheelock secured $4,000 from
congress in payment of back annui-
ties for the Stockbridge Indians.
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Frank Pillar, released Monday of last
week from the state penitentiary after
serving term for burglary in Price
county and Who was taken into custo-
dy at Oshkosh to be examined as to his
sanity, committed suicide Thursday
afternoon at the county Jail, shooting
himself with a revolver He was SEN
fenced from Philips, Wis, and re
duced his term by good conduct.
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Workmen at Sparta eXcavating at
a state institution discovered a 1000
gallon tank full of gasoline buried sew
eral feet below the surface. Old citi-
zens remembered that the state bought
a quantity Of gasoline in 1896 burying
the fluid for safety. Later this deposit
was evidently forgotten about AS the
gasoline cost only 10 cents a gallon
originally and is now worth 80 cents
a gallon, the state is ahead a consid-
cradle sum.
An unusual hearing before the in
dustrial commission was held at Mani
towoc last week in the case of Frank
Novy, who met death under most pc
culiar circumstances, the hearing be
ing for the purpose of determining
whether the widow of Novy is entitled
to compensation under the law. Noyy
was an employee Of the gas company
and was sent to blacksmith shop on
an errand. While in the shop, it is
said, piece Of steel Clipped from the
blacksmith hammer struck Noyy
penetrating his clothes, cutting the
body. A few days later he died.
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On top of mountain peak overlook
ing Cody, WyO.; is the grave of Col.
Frank Powell, known as white Beav-
err" three times mayor of La Crosse.
Beside it is a burial plot awaiting the
remains of Col. William c. Cody.
These men, pioneer scouts and intim-
ate friends, met on the mountain side
shortly before the death of Col Pow
ell and made pact that their remains
should be buried side by side at the
top of the crest The remains of DR..
Powell were inferred at that place. DR..
George Powell and his brother, DR..
William Powell, of La Crosse, were
both scouts on the western plains with
Col. Cody. Johnnie" Baker, Cody's
greatest crack shot, was a La Crosse
boy and the adopted son of Col. Cody.
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Shipwrecked, narrowly escaping
death, harassed by savages and other
adventures have befallen Maj Henry
B. Hersey since he left his position as
chief of the Milwaukee weather bureau
to assume a similar position for the
government in the West indies A let
ter, describing the experiences in de-
tail, was received by w. P. Stewart,
his successor in Milwaukee The boat
bearing the major was cast on the
rocks near Nicaragua in the Carrib-
bean sea during a storm, the. letter
states While the vessel was pounded
to pieces, Maj. Hersey tossed for thir-
ty-six hours in a frail lifeboat At
schooner picked him up and carried
him to the coast. Nearly starved, he
made his way on foot to Bluefelds, a
small town filled with natives of Cen
trail America. He was stopped by a
hostile band and made his escape by
OCNuA ms passage O1l q Ii ClSI1ICl, w ulCu
carried him to New Orleans. After re
covering from the narrowing expert
ence, Maj Hersey went to Colon, Cen
trail America, penetrating the wild
places to establish government wealth
er stations.
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Is physical sacrifice in the interest
of high art compensatory under the
workmen's compensation act? Perish
the thought. So says the industrial
commission at Madison, in the case OF
Mabel Nekoosa in an application made
for 1914 doctor bill Mabel, it ap-
pears, was employed in the Nekoosa
Edwards paper mill With the APP
proach of independence Day the mer-
rymakers decided that parade repre-
sentative of industrial efforts of the
town would just about top off the day
Everything went beautifully, and
among other tableaus on wheels was to
be one representing the paper mill It