Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-07

ISOLATION of the farmers of Kenosha
County living in the neighborhood Of the
inland lakes to make stubborn fight
against the inroads of the great Chicago
ice company
Two boys, John Douglas, aged 10 years,
and Arthur Swanson, aged years, were
drowned in the bay while bathing at
West Superior. The younger boy was
taken with cramp white swimming on
his back. The older one swan to his
rescue, but was grasped and pulled down
with him.
The Sterling bicycle plant, which has
been in operation in Kenosha for FIVE or
six years. employing at times as high as
600 employees, will be closed down by the
bicycle trust A few employees will be
retained in the work of assembling
wheels, but about 200 mer will be thrown
out of work
John Mullen, whose wife commenced
action for divorce, attempted to commit
suicide by drowning in the lake at RAJ
cine, but was prevented from so doing by
spectators. He went to the Jail and ask
ed to be locked up, as he was not well
and liable to do himself harm He was
accommodated
The farmers in the towns of Lafayette,
Arson and Sigel are having many sheep
killed by wolves, which are very numer-
Gus. For period of fifteen years wolves
were not known to exist in that vicinity.
and it was thought they had been ex-
terminated. Within the past three years
they have again become troublesome.
John De Young, workman employed
at the Baldwin coal yards in Keno-
sha, was working on a roof some fifty
feet from the ground when he lost his
balance and fell, striking on a pile of
loose lumber. One of his legs was brok-
en- and the entire body was bruised in a
terrible manner. He diQd the next day.
Charles Carbon, an employee of the Bird
x Well Lumber Company at Wausaukee,
had an experience recently that nearly
cost him his life. He went to relight a
dynamite fuse when the cartridge explod-
ed. He was blown ten feet into the air
with the fragments of the stump and
when he came down was picked up for
dead. He was taken to town in an un-
conscious condition, but afterwards re-
vived and, outside of badly bruised
body, escaped serious injury,
An eagle swnoped down on group OF
children who were playing in the yard of
T. Smith, farmer of Sheboygan Falls,
clutched one Of the little ones in its tai
ons and was making off with its burden
when it was brought down by well-di-
rected shot from the father of the baby,
who had been brought to the scene by the
screams of the children. When struck
the bird let its victim fall. but the child
was not seriously hurt. The eagle meas
ured six and half feet from tip to tip
of its wings.
Christian Eek, member Of the Mari
nette police force, was arrested on the
charge of murder in the first degree The
complainant Is G.. II. Jensen, member
of the Cigarmakers' Union Eek shot
and killed Joseph Mitchell, journeyman
member Of the Cigarmakers' Union He
was escorting Mitchell to Jail for being
drunk, when the latter tried to escape
The officer fred at him and the bullet
struck him in the head, inAicting a fatal
wound. The coroner's jury practically
exonerated the policeman, but the Cigar
makers Union decided to make the com
plant.
William Humphrey, a Watertown iv-
eryman, was robbed and beaten by un-
known robbers He was found in help
less condition. Shortly before 10 O'clock
in the evening the girl in charge Of the
telephone station heard a vigorous ring
ing from the phone of Humphreys liv-
cry and when sac answered the call
voice so weak that she could barely I'M
derstand him, asked her e send help at
10 oil b.. ~
a message to the police station and told
the officers Of the strange message over
the wire An officer hurried to Hum
phreys livery barn and found the pro-
prietor lying on the floor in an uncon-
scious condition. His skull appeared to
be fractured and he was bleeding from |
several ugly cuts in the head. The |
wounds had been inflicted with a shovel. |
His gold watch and his diamond pin |
were gone, as was also every peHay Of |
money.
Earl Chaffee of Rhnelander, who re-
Gently passed the examination admitting |
him to Annapolis. has distinguished him
self by an act Of bravery in a drowning
accident. His act brought praise from
Commander Wainwright and other Off |
GERS of the school.
The front wheels Of the locomotive Of
an Omaha passenger train from Duluth |
were thrown from the rails on a sharp |
curve near Eau Claire. The train was
moving slowly and the damage was small. |
Railroad men say it was malicious at
tempt to wreck the train by placing |
spikes crosswise on the rails.
The 3-year-old child Of j. Laggant Of
Washburn strayed from home and was |
lost in the woods. The fire alarm was |
rung, a searching party organized and |
the. found the child after several hours t
searching. uninjured
John Malone, town Of Johnstown. has |
discovered what be thinks 70 be and /
what experts tell him is an iron ore mine i
on his farm He bought the place some /
three years ago and the spot where the |
ore shows above the surface IS about
eight feet square. Grain or grass will !
not grow on this spot and that Is what |
called Mr.. Malone's attention TO IL. He |
has dug down about three feet and the |
material is full Of iron and sulphur.
An aged msa was laid away at Kau-
kauna in a casket Of his own construc-
ton. The deceased, Andrew Miller. came |
to Kaukauna one year ago from Wood |
vile, where ten years ago. AZ the adj |
ranced age Of So years, he built the cot |
I'm in which he rests to-day. lie was
thus 9s years old al the time Of his death |
Herman Reichert Of Manitowoc com
nitted suicide By taking poison. His /
body was found at Evergreen cemetery /
on the grave OF his former wife. who /
died several years ago. Reichert was
married the second time about gear ago.
He leaves two sons. aged Il and ID. No
cause can be assigned for his deed. he
was 10 years Of age.