Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-04-24


Nichols Bicrsticker % Little Chute,
employed a the paper min ~ Kimberley,
fell from a staging and trising his head
Oh cement floor. suffered eoBcussOa Of
he brain. from which there Is little hope
Of recovery
Charles Nelson. ~ years 9l5 confess
cd 10 Chief ~ Police schunaeles aAat
he had committed numerous bureiarles re-
Gently III Racine. lie il glf 'baf Ae
escaped from the reform ehgo. ID Wac
kesha eight years ago.
Mrs Elizabeth BotAfora whlle beng
removed in hack from Racine % sas
home of friend 4 few miles frgnl there.
died. Mrs Borsford was - years ~
age aud had loen SO for some time she
was the widow 81 James BDisfgfl for
merry a well-kn0wu neWsDaper man q
Racine.
G. y. HawIey one q the leading basl-
ness men Of la Crosse. had narrgw es-
cape from death. He had kn8.ed tae
FIRE in the furnace at his residence. nslag
kerosene, thinking that the hrc was en-
tirely out. An explosion followed and h.
was badly burned about the face anal
neck and hands.
Lena Hougen, domestic. was adjgdz-
ed insane al La Crosse. She Is pursued
by a hallucination that some friend has
willed TO her several pieces of valuable
property about town. She went to seq
eral persons and demanded that the prop
erty be turned over to her, or she BE- paid
its value in money
Justice Kleeber Of Ia Crosse places
the value Of human nose at 500. Such
was the verdict rendered by him ia the
damage case Of GoElinick vs. Wolfe in
which the plaintiff sued for $500. as dam
are resulting from Wolfes breaking his
nose Wolfe claimed JUSTIFICATION as Cox
linick laughed ae Mrs Wolfe every time
be sav-her.
George Boben ot Trempeaieau shot at
supposed horse thieves several nights ago
who made their escape to the Minnesota
side Of the river. leaving traces OF blood.
Word was later received Of the death
from gunshoJ wound Of young man
residing acroSs the river. and the two in
cidents give rise TO the theory that Bohen
severely wounded his man.
Ole Haugcn, an employe of the North
western Lumber Company in Stanley. re-
ceived injuries in the lumber yard which
viii undoubtedly prove fatal. He was
near 4 large pile of lumber when it sud
denly collapsed. Haugen was struck to
the ground and when eXtricated he was in
an unconscious condition Both legs are
crushed at the ankle and physicians think.
internal Injuries will prove fatal.
Mrs. W. ]. Cameron of La Crosse, who
was examined as to her sanity some days
ago upon the application Of her father,
Ole Sandbo, will bring suit against him
for damages to her reputation and social
and general position in life to the amount
Of 81 900. She will also bring suit to
recover the value of the chickens which
she alleges were stolen and which it is
claimed were taken at the nstigation OF
her husband The value Of these she
places at $50, and She says She intends to
get it, She was charged with threaten
ing to shoot her parents when examined
as to her sanity
Joseph Shimon of Menchalville was
brought Il Mauitopoc in terribly man
gled condition. He was operated upon,
but to no avail, as death soon came. He
died IN terrible agony. While working
in the Sawmill Of Joseph Schultz. Shimon
was struck 10y a board lie fell on the
saw and both Of his arms were cut of
below the elbow and one Of bis legs was
half cut of. The nearest physician was
eighteen miles away. The sufferer was
placed ia q wagon and taken to Mani
towoc He was nearly dead with pain
and the loss of blood when he arrived.
Shlmon was 80 years old and unmarried.
James Mikkelson was terribly scalded
while at work in the Neenah Paper Com
pany mill He was working a lever on
rotary when one Of the pipes hursted
and the boiling sediment covered his face
and body.
Fire at West Superior destroyed the
furnace room, blacksmith shop and sta
bles Of the Superior Shipbuilding Com
pany The total loss is about $20,OOO,
nearly all covered by insurance. Work
at the yards will be impcded somewhat
by the loss Of some machinery. The
burned portions are to be replaced imme-
diately.
A high wind 4 West Superior has
blown down three story frame buildiing
winch WAS btluE tEeNAeN iDt Aptff RNt
poses in the AIlouez bay district II hap
pened that no men were at work in the
building at the time and there were no
The loss viii be about Sl,V0-
William Anderson Of Chippewa Falls
was seriously injured by being stepped on
By a horse. He was driving from Eau
Claire with a new team Of horses tied
behind the buggy. At a crossr0ad the
team hitched behind started on one OF
the crossroads and upset the buggy. An
derson was thrown under the horses feet
and the sharp caiks Of a shoe tore the
scalp, infiicting dangerous wound.
w. Bosustow Of Milwaukee, a collector
for an agency Of that place, was arrest
ed az OeOnomowoc and he pleaded guilty
to the charge OF assault and battery upon
the person OF Clarence ". Nichols. He
was fined $40 and costs, which be paid. ]
The much-mooted gas question. which
has occupied the attention Of the Mani
towoc Common Council and the people
for an entire year, finally came 70 sud
der and rather unexpected termination
when the Council IL less than half an
hour by vote Of b 10 o disposed 81 the
" hole matter by granting 25-year nom
exclusive franchise 10 John Magic. Henry
Kits. NJ H. Dempsey, Julius I.indstedt
and Eml Teiigen, ali OF that city.