Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-04-02
WISCONSIN
HAPPENINGS
Important News of the Badger State
Arranged in Condensed Form

census is 1898, according to figures
recently given out This is an increase
over the 1910 census of 1891 or 50.3
per cent.
Wisconsin is soon to get $4,000 as
reimbursement for moneys spent
maintaining the National guard at the
Mexican border when it was called
into federal service.
G. H. Benkendorf, for eighteen
years member of the faculty of the
Wisconsin Dairy school at Madison,
has resigned to enter the dairy manu-
featuring industry in Tennessee.
Ten thousand pounds of valuable
coal was lost when the posts support
ing the bin of the GAINESVILLE Electric
company's power plant gave way. The
coal poured into the Rick river.
An explosion of boiling grease while
making doughnuts started fire which
completely destroyed the farm resi-
dence of Mrs. Edith Clark, near Plain
field. Over $3.50 in bills, which Mrs.
Clark had saved to pay her taxes with,
were lost in the fire.
William Jennings Bryan will
speak in the gymnasium of the high
school, at Ladysmith, April %, as the
concluding number of lecture and
entertainment course under the aus
pices of the Ladysmith lyceum board.
Mr.. Bryan will arrive on morning
train and spend the entire day in
Ladysmith.
The war department, through the eff
forts of Congressman Edward Voigt,
has set aside, subject to the orders of
Sheboygan, one fve-inch siege gun
with carriage which can be obtained
upon payment of freight charges. The
city is expected to take steps to secure
the piece and mount it in one of the
local parks.
George G. Sayle, Madison mayor for
two terms, was defeated in the pri-
mary by Frank c. Billed and Milo Kit
telson, who will oppose each other at
the polls. Mr.. Billed has taken a stand
for a referendum on municipal owner
ship of street car lines The vote fol-
lows Billed, 2,4O9; Kittelson, 1854;
Sayle, 1882
A hearing to determine whether the
railroads entering La Crosse shall be
required to erect and maintain union
station will be held before the Wis
consin railroad commission in La
Crosse on June A general commit
tee representing every civic organiza-
ton in La Crosse will take charge of
the union station campaign.
Two hundred representatives of
Twin City labor union meeting in Sc
cret session at Neenah are under
stood to have discussed preliminary
plans for the organization of a COM
pany to establish and operate union
store. The union men would take this
method of combating the high cost
of living and have sanguine hopes for
it's success.
Mrs. Ole Johnson died Feb 26 at her
home in Clintonville, leaving hus-
band and four children: All were
down with influenza. Because of the.
kept at local undertaking establish
ment until he recovered that he
might attend the funeral service. The
funeral was held twenty-five days
after the woman died
After thirty-two years of continu-
Gus service, as a member of the Unit
ed States Coast guard and life-saving
station, Capt. George Sogge was hon
orably retired by the government, at
threefourths pay. Capt. Sogge had
been at the Two Rivers Station for the
past IL years and previous to that
time had been at Frankfort, Mich. He
is credited with saving and assisting
in saving 1889 lives, and vessels and
property valued at $1,253, 291.
A representative Of the Japanese
government was at Ladysmith recent
ly negotiating with the Flambeau Pa
per company to accept a three-year
contract to supply six hundred IONS of
paper month. The stock he was es-
peciaIly interested in was a heavy
sheet turned out by the mill a few
weeks ago. This paper is to be used
for mouth pieces for Japanese cigar
ettes One months shipment would
make 1888, 888,500 cigarettes.
The states case against DR.. j. A.
Freudenberg, Markesan physician, ac-
cused of causing the death of his
wealthy mother-in-law, Mrs. Nettie
Duties, sblew up when Mrs. Grace
Brehl, Washington, Pa, whom the
prosecution counted on as its star wit
ness, testified that the mustard odor
which was noticeable in Mrs. Duties
room on the day of her death, might
have remained from mustard foot
bath which she had given the patient
earlier in the day. Mrs. Brehl had
served as nurse during the Illness
Her testimony so shattered the states
case that it is believed that the case
will be dropped as soon as formalities
prescribed by the statutes are COM
piled with.
Can sheriff who has been appoint
ed to the office of sheriff succeed him
self in that office? This is one of the
questions submitted to the state SUI
.preme court for consideration. The
case arose in Barron county. Gov.
Philip appointed ]. III. Johnson to fill
a vacancy in the Office Of sheriff
Johnson became candidate for re-
election to succeed himself But the
state constitution provides that a