Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-06-12

The Lafayette county Republicans
ed Jim Monahan Of Darlington, for
congress. Monahan was defeated
two years ago by Nelson.
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Arrests have been made at Barks-
dale and Superior in connection with
a plot to blow up the mammoth Du
Pont powder plant and the Superior
shipyards. Three men are held to
date
Olaf Brown, we'll known La Crosse
merchant, is in the hospital serious
ly injured after 9 plunge over the
face of a bluff south of town in an
automobile. His brakes refused to
work on steep hill.
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The body Of Fred w Kroner of Ell
roy, aged 40, was found in ditch fill
ed with water by his wife. He had
been out working on his father-in-
laws farm and his death is attributed
to heart disease rather than drown
Ing.
DR.. David Roberts, for the murder
of whose wife Grace Lusk was found
guilty on May 20 at Waukesha, was
arrested on Wednesday on charges of
Illicit relations committed at Milwau-
kee, with his wife's slayer. He was
taken to Milwaukee.
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Stanley Marinski stole sixty pounds
of butter, some coffee and a Winches-
ter rifle from a Milton freight car He
was taken before Judge MaXfield of
GAINESVILLE where he pretended to be
deaf and dumb. The judge carried
the case over until Stanley will talk.
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Albert Mehling, &c years old, line
man on the interurban road for sew
eral years, was electrocuted near Ma
shotah. He was assisting in the re-
placement Of poles, being at work up
on one, and came in contact with a
live wire, killing him almost instant
ly. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren.
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Leroy Nelson, z, son of Charles Nell
son, general manager of the Racine
Pure Milk company, was killed when,
while visiting the factory with his
father, he attempted to run an eleva-
tor, operated by electricity. The little
fellows body was caught between the
elevator platform and the floor and
was crushed and carried to the pit
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Wojieck Tryka, a farmer believed
to be insane and held at the county
Jail at Marinette, attempted to flood
the Jail by turning on the water in
a cell, blockading the drain in the
wash basin and allowing the water
to overflow. He succeeded in flooding
the cell and portion Of other parts
Of the Jail. Investigation is being
made as to his sanity.
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Emma Mueller, IS, a junior in the
commercial department of White Wa
ter Normal school, drowned Satur-
day. The junior class was having it's
annual picnic and Miss Mueller, with
three other girls, went swimming at
ter playing handbaI. She was seized
with cramps and went down. She
was dragged from the water soon af-
ter but all efforts to restore her were
in vain
Can a man collect compensation in
surance for injuries received in a fall
on a bar-roOm floor? That's the ques-
ton the state industrial commission
must decide. A Stoughton travelling
man says that after taking a turkish
bath in Milwaukee he entered a bar
room to obtain some liquor for his
cold. In leaving the place he slipped,
fell and broke his leg. Now he wants
compensation insurance from the
company which employees him.
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Geo. Hof, 67 years Of age formerly
proprietor Of the Schlitz hotel and
long active in the business and polit-
ical life Of Kenosha, was sentenced
to term Of two years in the state
prison at Waupun following the rev.
Citations of a 14-year-old girl. Hof,
laboring under great stress, was
brought into court. AS the Judge be-
gan to read the complaint he threw
up his hands. I'm guilty as He'll
Sentence me and sentence me quick"
In five minutes he was on his way to
prison.
TheO. Torhorst. aged 8 years, son
of Milwaukee farmer, was blown to
death at the pasture gate. Paul Tor
horst, the father, asked the little boy
to open the gate and guide the COWS
into the pasture. The boy responded
but as he opened the gate was blown
up. Some blackened stone and piec-
es of copper indicate that a bomb had
been placed. The boys arms and legs
were blown off and face lacerated be-
yond recognition. Torhorst Sr., had
been active in Red Cross and other
patriotic work
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The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the
admission Of Wisconsin into the
Union was passed on May 20, 1918.
During the three score years and ten
that have passed since Governor Mel
son Dewey took the oath Of office as
the first chief executive Of the state
marvellous Develops ents have taken
place. From a population of less than
quarter of a million people who liv-
ed chiefly in the southern and eastern
sections of the state, the number has
grown tO two and half million Ev