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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
3
The Times is an all home print weekly with J. E. Jones as editor and publisher delivering Bayfield County news every Thursday for 32.00 a year.
Francis Ketterly eighteen year old daughter of a Des Moines hardware dealer was arrested in Madison and held by police. She fled home weeks ago after a romantic dispute and has traveled as a tramp across the country. She says she taught school in Des Moines suburbs and has a sister who is a high school principal. She cites two wealthy uncles in Fort Dodge as relatives.
A clam fisherman named God ley Caroline discovered a rare nest pearl weighing fifty grains and perfectly round with a delicate pink hue. P. O. Heid bought the gem for $2,000, a record ghost price for such an article locally.
The Rev. John Holt died in Arkansaw last evening at nearly 76 years old. He had spent forty five years in ministry and was known as the father of the West Wisconsin conference.
Stevens Point area reports a labor dispute easing at the local paper mills with only two strikers remaining. Union leaders have sought work elsewhere and organizer William Hamilton returns home to Waterbury New York as mills operate with full crews and no workers expected to be rehired. In Kenosha Wisconsin Peter H Guttornson awaits a $5000 government compensation for an 1882 injury on a bridge project after a long pursuit through congressional claims committees.
Charles Bliss of Wisconsin was convicted of manslaughter in the third degree for throwing a lighted pill at his wife, causing her death. Judge Siebecker sentenced him to three and a half years in the state prison.
Willie Jarvie aged 14 of Amasa on the Ontonagon branch of the Milwaukee road spotted a horse wedged between the ties on a bridge while walking the tracks and ran to flag the Ontonagon accommodation train approaching the curved bridge averting a wreck.
Oconomowac Rose Welack of Dousman was killed by a train Tuesday evening while fishing with her 9 year old brother on a railroad bridge. He warned in time to save himself. The funeral is set for Saturday at 10 AM at the Utica Catholic Church with burial in Utica Catholic Cemetery.
Fond du Lac detective reports foreman Frank Baer of Courier Printing attempted suicide by taking poison during the night. He was found unconscious in the press room, revived at the hospital after a lasting revival effort by Drs Cowell and Twobig, and left a farewell letter to fellow workers with no motive found.
Arthur Van Dussen, employed at the Bowen factory in Fona du Lac Wisconsin, was killed at Oak Center while alighting from a freight train. He had just resigned his position the previous evening. His parents live near Green Bay but cannot be reached, and the city will bury the body if no word is received.
Appleton Wisconsin report says a 22 year old man, son of Mrs Rosamond J Alvord, drank poison at 653 Oneida Street after a quarrel with a friend George E Alvord. He was kept in bed but not life threatening by morning. He worked at the Ravine mill of the Fox River Paper Company. An unrelated ad notices Foley's Kidney Cure and other remedies.
Abstract of sworn statement filed with Wisconsin Insurance Department for the year ending December 31 1901 shows total assets of 2 208 358 55 and total liabilities excluding capital stock and net surplus of 985 504 with capital 250 000 and surplus 1 187 933 07 Receipts include net premiums 770 425 48 and disbursements total 839 311 34 Losses incurred 10774 37 and Wisconsin business risks written 2 047 547 00 with premiums received 30 002 45 and losses incurred 10774 37.
Abstract of the sworn statement filed with the Wisconsin Insurance Department on February 1 1902 by Commissioner Emil GilJohann. It lists assets including total admitted assets 22 291 564 38 and net reserve 25 399 432 00, liabilities 25 905 428 85, gross surplus 2 886 140 58, and Wisconsin figures for policies issued 27, premiums received 42 500 00, losses paid 27 00 and losses incurred 27 700 00. The document ends with an invitation for money loans and contact to L N Clausen secretary.
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