Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-13


NAL insurance.
John L. Wright, superintendent of the,
mineral department in the land office at
Washington under Cleveland. died. The
interment took place at Baraboo.
Mrs. Nancy Newberry. aged 81 years.
died at Wheatlan,l She was one of the
first settlers of Wisconsin and lived in
the same house for the past sixty years.
The 3-year-old son of John Bremen, re-
siding near Ellsworth. fell into 4 pan of
boiling water and was fatally scalded.
The child died after many hours of SUI
fe.ing.
Twenty trampS. who were given per
mission to sleep in n large empty store
in Racine, were found almost dead from
the fumes of coal gas, which had accum-
ulated during the night.
The body of John c. Hanover, which
had been buried eleven years. was eX-
humed at Avon to be renterred in Beloit.
On opening the casket the body appeared
to be in a perfect state of preservation,
excepting that it had become somewhat
darker
Fred Anderson, a farmer residing two
and one-half miles west of Abbotsford,
and who had been working on the extra
crew shoveling snow in the Wisconsin
Central yards, was struck and instantly
killed by an engine backing over him
while he was at work.
Mrs. Catherine Piersch of Dacoda was
seriously burned by the explosion of a
can Of kerosene with which she had built
the fire. She had placed the can in front
of the stove and either through heat or
a spark of fire it exploded. 1t is thought
that she will recover.
The fight over the possession of the
Bayfield, and Western Railway seems to
be at an end. FL Whigham and II. Laub
of Chicago. capitalists. together with DIR.
Rice of Milwaukee, have secured COM
plete possession of the road Extensive
improvements are planned.
Henry A. Heath died at Milwaukee.
| He belonged to the firm Of Bodden X
| Heath, wholesalers. He was 90 years OF
age, a member OF Company c, 18th lii
nois infantry, during the civil war, and
since then successful business man,
with very wide circle of friends
Allie ]. Wilson, oldest son Of the late
| Station Agent Wilson of Sparta, had not
been heard of by his relatives and friends
for a number of years A letter just re-
ceived from him from the Philippines an
nounces that he is alive and we'll and a
member of the Thirty-fourth infantry.
E.x-Mayor Dewolf, Robert ID, Wynn
! Del Buel of Waukegan and ". +. Dir9-
mick Of Chicago have been in kenosha
making arrangements for the presenta-
| ton of an ordinance to the City Ceun'
ell providing for the granting of fran
elise to build an electric railway between
Kenosha city and Waukegan.
Adam Apple, Ole Hanson and j. j. ia
cobson of Norway, and John Flynn
Louis Caesar and James Malta of Mus
kego have been appointed committees IN
the Muskego Lake Drainage fight 10 in
stitute proceedings for the creation OF
| drainage district to comprise lands IL
Waukesha and Racine counties,
| John Campbell, working for the Chi
| cago and Northwestern Railway Com
pany as Waterman at the crossing OF
Thirteenth and South Water streets
/ Mantowoc, a man of about ~ years OF
age, mysteriously disappeared the othel
| day and nothing has been seen or heard
of him since. For several days he nae
been acting strangely, and became morost
and melancholy. 1t is thought his mlne
| has become unbalanced.
The f. II. Pease Manufacturing Com
| pauy at Racine, one of the largest ran
ming mill and elevator factories III th'
| State, has made an assignment 10 Y. IL
| Adams. secretary OF the concern, for th'
benefit Of its creditors. One of the Off
GERS stated that the assignment was no
made because of the actual Insolvency
| OF the assignors, but for the purpose o.
retiring the company Indebtedness anC
| withdrawing from business in that city
or accomplishing reorganization upon
i aew and more extended basis.
Fire in the big department store of the
! Beaver Dam Lumber Company at Gum
berland materially damaged the entire
building, including the opera hall ant
Masonic hall, located on the second moor
| A stock Of over $4,000 worth of genera
merchandise was damaged very heavily
The building was insured for $4,000 anc
the stock for $4,000. which will covel
the loss. Ex-Mayor Hunter fell down
| flight of stairs and was seriously injured
and Manager Waterman was overcome
| with smoke and carried home insenslbie
Clifford Ellis, son of A. G. Ellis, ;
druggist of Brooklyn, died, aged Il years
| Mr.. Ellis attended an entertainment II
| Evansville and boarded the midnight 1as
mail train for home. As this train does
not stop ait Brooklyn, he jumped Just be
| fore he reached that place. In jumping
| he struck a mile post, and lay uncon
scious FOR about two hours. a farmel
found him and took him home Physi
/ clans were called and found both limbs
/ were broken above the knees, ono knet
was badly manglcd, his face was dread
fully cut, besides other injuries.
Beloit celebrated the other day the fina
payment Of city debt which for forty
! wears has hung over the community, ano
1 during which time it has levied annually
for the payment of this debt more taxes
! than it has used in its general expenses
/ In 1853 Beloit was a thrifty village hav
INC gradual growth. The city ut that
| time subscribed for 100000 in a railroad
! then projected to go from Racine south
west through Beloit. The road was built
/ but was forccloscd on mortgage and
L the stock DccdUle NOItHitSS ID httAS
ing and attempting TO avoid payment OF
the stock the sum has been greatly in.
creased and over 100000 was the totai
amount paid ont OF the city treasury be
fore the debt was finally wiped out.
4 gang OF druul.en tramps were found
/ in box car near Fall River One OF
! the number had fallen out CT the side
door of car while the train was in mo-
| ton ana WAS nearly killed. He was tax
/ en- to the county hospital at Wyocera.
Gem Louise, an cmployc Of the Allen
/ tannery of Kenosha. was seriously u not
| fatally injured by being caught 10 an clc-
yator shaft. Louise was employed on the
second tlool- OF the building and attempt
ell to leap hto a car moving toward the
roof. He was caught ia the shaft and
before the elevator could be stopped both
| legs were crushed.
Rural free delivery viii be established
March L. at Livingston. The length Of
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