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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
2
The census bureau released Wisconsin incorporated places with populations over 2000, showing 1900 to 1910 growth. Where 1890 data is missing, incorporation occurred after that census. The list details each town and marks differences in population over the decade.
Levi Hale, Crivitz town supervisor, hunted with two companions near Marinette on December 15. They felled an old tree and three cubs. the mother bear charged the hunters, and after four shots she was killed. One cub died from an axe blow, the other two were captured.
John Andowski aged 50 of Me nominee Michigan was killed at the Ludington Wells camp in Ames Michigan when struck by a falling limb crushing his skull. He died almost instantly.
Mrs. A A Adams of Racine is confined at St Luke's hospital with spinal trouble when she learns from Detroit based lawyers that she has inherited about 500 000 dollars from her late brother Richard Wainwright. Her story links a drowned pair of children at Paw Paw Lake and a life born in England with a maiden name Wainwright.
Madison Wisconsin December 15 special memory exercises filled Library hall for the Rosenstengel memorial. Dean Birge praised his active career and Prof Frankenberger gave a moving eulogy about a man who pursued higher literature and communion with great minds. Prof Emil Dapprich of Milwaukee German American academy spoke in German.
Madison Wisconsin December 15. Sixteen grippe cases reported at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house. None serious. Epidemic spreading rapidly among students with many unable to attend classes the past few days.
John McKie, conductor on the Wisconsin Central between Abbotsford and Ashland, received word from West Point that his son, a cadet, was very ill and had undergone an appendectomy. The boy is reported to be very low in condition.
Kaukauna Wisconsin special report says Grand Rapids Minnesota seeks a water power mill with dam on the Mississippi. The Grand Rapids Water Power and Boom Company forms with 50 000 dollars capital and plans a ground woodpulp plant and a paper mill. I F Baker elected president Luther Lindauer vice president Henry Becker secretary and A C Bossard treasurer.
Delia Hocks wins damages of 2045 in the Brown County circuit court in Green Bay after a second trial over alleged defamatory statements by Gerhard Sprangers. The case drew tight security and courtroom crowds. the parties are Holland residents. Sprangers, 50, a farmer and merchant, was sued over statements about Hocks, formerly a priest’s housekeeper.
La Crosse Wis Dec 15 Special C J Strange an alleged horse thief and likely a long-time offender was captured in Juneau after a struggle with Detective Jackson who disarmed him. He had earlier been jailed in Naperville Ill for years but escaped, with accomplices disappearing as horses were left behind.
Ripon Wis December 15 special great preparations are under way for the dedication exercises of the new science building In gram hall to be held Tuesday December 18. The principal address will be given by Prof J W Coulter of the University of Chicago followed by a public reception in the evening. Many distinguished people will attend making it a notable occasion.
The remains of Edward O Connor aged 26 who was murdered in Chicago arrived in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin and were taken to the home of his sister Mrs W H Chafin for the funeral held this afternoon. He was shot by a man named Frederick Hanson in a dispute over a young woman namedmma Frederick.
Professor George C. Fisk of Phillips Andover and Harvard background is named successor to the late Prof Sober. He is regarded as a master of ancient classical literature and will begin teaching Latin after the holiday recess in Wisconsin.
State Treasurer Davidson and Attorney General Hicks return from Washington where they aided Wisconsin land claims in the north. Governor Scofield and his secretary Col. Dan B. Starkey, having attended the centennial government celebration, are expected home this evening.
In Racine Wisconsin Nellie Hill testified she paid Officer Basinger 100 dollars for protection with the chief present at the house though she could not confirm he witnessed the transfer. Mayor Higgins and city attorney consider potential charges against Chief Schumacher amid a widening probe.
West Superior Wis December 14 Special report says a fear of court injunctions ending loans to the board of education eased as the board received a loan and teachers’ checks began. The county treasurer also turned over 4500 dollars from delinquent taxes, possibly used for city salaries.
H Greeley Sloan son of the late judge J A Sloan and Philip Koch a local traveling salesman argued after a bowling game. Sloan was stabbed three times with one wound serious. Sloan filed a warrant for Koch for assault with intent to do great bodily harm. Koch had left for Milwaukee. Sloan will recover.
A well known local youth robbed Edward B. Lush’s saloon of a roll of bank notes from the safe yesterday afternoon. Police were alerted and the parents have repaid the loss as the youth fled the city.
In Kenosha Wisconsin a large firm linked to Isaac Stephens is preparing to launch the first state controlled pure milk operation. The plan starts next week with cement floors and sanitary stalls, delivering to Chicago and Milwaukee dealers. The goal is milk with exactly 4 percent butter fat and no impurities, achieved by separating and reuniting the milk under state supervision.
Sixty Six O Clock club members in Beloit Wisconsin held a dinner at the Win Goodwin house to discuss night police protection. Money paid for the dinner vanished from the hotel safe amounting to 325 dollars. The thief was an hotel employee in charge of the office who summoned a night watchman to guard the looted safe and then left town.
Columbus, O., Dec. 14. William Mc Fadden, a Hardin county forgery convict, was paddled today by penitentiary authorities after he insisted on daily fresh creased trousers. He insulted guards when not supplied, leading to the disciplinary infraction report.
Chicago dispatch Dec 14 Col Atwood chief quartermaster awards contracts to supply 30 000 cots for the Philippines. Gold Medal Camp and Novelty Co Racine. Sun Manufacturing Co Greenfield O. E W Cramer Chicago each gets 10 000 cots at an average price of 1 53 per cot.
Funeral services were held for Malcolm Sellers of Green Bay with pallbearers listed and interment in Prairie Home cemetery in Waukesha. Also announced are the deaths of Leonard Sturm in Portage aged 75, P H Ryan of Blanchardville aged 52, and Joe Van Matre, a Lafayette County farmer, aged 70, with burial arrangements in nearby locales.
West Superior Wisconsin December 15 officials report Sunday blue law cases ended in acquittals for livery stable operators. State witnesses only testified to open stables and departing rigs. Defendants argued exceptions for doctors or funerals and rental of rigs under existing legal rulings. Candy shops may reopen while saloon cases loom over city ordinances.
Kenosha Wisconsin December 15 Postmaster Charles Frantz uncovered six bags of mail in the basement of the Kenosha post office likely discarded over a year ago. The Washington department has been notified and the parcels will be delivered to patrons after a year’s layover. It is believed someone negligent dumped the packages in the cellar.
Kenosha Wisconsin December 15 Special A little 35 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Ward was burned when a coffee pot overturned. The child was severely scalded about the head and arms and it is feared she cannot recover.
M M Martin of Randolph owns a rare Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser from 1778 seized during British rule. The magazine style paper spans three columns per page and includes George Washington’s article on buying 20 000 acres along the Ohio River to sell to settlers. The artifact remains well preserved though passed through several owners over 127 years.
Local rivermen in La Crosse predict steel barges will transform upper Mississippi freight next season. The barges can be tied behind towboats, freeing two-steamboat towages. They may operate between Dubuque and St Paul, with local runs proposed for La Crosse Winona and Wabasha.
Second Lieutenant John Wiley of the Chippewa Falls company resigns as he is removed from Madison Wisconsin on December 15. His successor has not yet been appointed.
Mississippi River at La Crosse Wisconsin froze overnight and closed the river to a stretch north and south of the city. A major ice gorge formed at Stoddard as ice ran in from the river and froze where stopped.
Malcolm Sellers, 81, a veteran Wisconsin educator, businessman, and Republican figure, died in Green Bay after a long career spanning teaching in Carroll College and Prince Edward Island, Civil War service, railroad work, and temperance advocacy. He was born in Nova Scotia and later contributed to Milwaukee and Waukesha enterprises. His life included mission work, politics, and community service.
A high speed belt powering Chicago Brass works broke Wednesday in Kenosha Wisconsin. A worker named Williman Harris was struck in the head and rendered unconscious for hours. The belt shattered a blowpipe and disrupted production. repairs were set for today.
Special report from La Crosse Wisconsin on Judge Brindleys court record showing fifty insanity cases in the year, thirteen more than 1899 and eighteen more than 1898, with ten cases in one month. The notice cites statewide pattern and courthouse discussion as to causes.
The Head of the Lakes Oldtimers association held its annual gathering at the Wuclid hotel in West Superior with about sixty attendees. Honored early residents included Anton Le Due of Duluth who arrived in 1846, while L. D. Merritt of Duluth was chosen president and A. H. Bertrand of West Superior vice-president.
The United States government orders the erection of compressed air fog signals in Kenosha harbor replacing the longtime Norway signal due to the new outer breakwater.
Ernest Spears, partner of Luke Garrit and charged with aiding the theft of a team of horses from Oto mah farmers, was captured at Viola. Garrit was found in this city and brought back last night. The stolen horses were located near Prairie du Chien and will be returned to the owners.
At Chicago's international livestock exposition the University of Wisconsin Agricultural College won multiple first prizes for best dressed sheep carcass Dorset wether lamb pen of five hogs and more. E P Welborn of Indiana won the sweepstake prize for student judges. Wisconsin placed second in the college contest behind Illinois.
Stevens Point Wisconsin Dec 14 Melvin Howard the man who shot and wounded Deputy Sheriff Warner after arrest for highway robbery was sentenced this morning to twelve years in Waupun.
William Voight of Amherst County Three miles south of village attacked his three sons aged 8 to 14 with an iron poker at about 1 10 a m. The oldest boy suffered severe injuries before Voight was restrained. He to be taken to the Northern Hospital for the Insane. Voight is a farmer with a wife and three boys.
A stranger entered the Four Mile tavern near Racine, demanded cash from Fred Weinburg, and fled after a chase. He threatened a second visit to rob and kill. A deputy sheriff captured the man after a struggle that included breaking windows on an electric car. the suspect, who refused to reveal his name, was jailed.
La Crosse Wis Dec 14 A silver wedding celebration for Herman and Mrs Meyer spans a week with 400 guests including six saloonkeepers. A beer drinking contest unfolds at the party as one guest reportedly consumes 350 beers in 36 hours and could top 1000 by week’s end.
Madison Wis December 14 Special The engineers defeated the hill students in the freshman class election naming Richard Kemp president. The rivalry arose from a disputed division of honors with engineers alleging bias against the engineering school.
Mrs Heg wife of Supt James E Heg of the state reformatory was thrown from a carriage in a downtown Green Bay accident yesterday afternoon. Her injuries are not believed serious.
La Crosse Wisconsin December 14 Special. The city enforces a license and inspection law for plumbers. Citizens who hire unlicensed workers face outcomes as the city aims to end do it yourself plumbing.
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