Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-12
The Elks of West Superior will hsid
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The j. I. Case Threshing Machine
Company of Racine will not enter the
trust.
Mrs. Revert of Coleman died as a re-
suit of injuries received by being thrown
out of her buggy in a runaway.
Fireman Hanrahan of Sturgeon Bay
has received $500 from the Northwest
ern road for injuries he received in a
wreck.
William Gilbertson, the 1S-year-oid son
of the section foreman ut Wcyerhauser,
was struck by 500 passenger train and
instantly killed
William Diedrich aged 90, while fish
ing on Harbor pier, Manitowoc, was seis-
ed with an epileptic fit and fell into the
lake and was drowned.
Prof ]. S. Griffin of the Blaine High
School, West Superior. has been appoint
ed on the jury for the Liberal Arts build
ing at the Paris exposition.
| A young son of John Mccarthy Of
Fox Lake dropped match in a closet,
setting fire to the residence The loss is
| $500, covered by insurance.
Conductor Wood, an employee of the
! Wisconsin Central fell under his train
and received injuries from which he died
in Ashland several hours later.
Dorothea Wallis, young daughter of
DR.. Joseph Wallis, health commissioner
of Wauwatosa, was burned TO death, No
one knows how the blaze started,
| Upon her return home to Sparta Miss
! Matte Irish, who won the interscholastic
| declamatory contest at Madison. receiv-
| ed an ovation from her schoolmates.
The Wisconsin Telephone Company
will place all of its wires underground in
the business sections of Oshkosh if the
council will grant it the right to do so.
William Fountain aged Is years,
swan across the Chippewa river at Eau
Claire and started TO swim back He
was seized with cramps when 100 feet
| from shore and drowned.
| The BARRIERS Union of Racine passed
/ resolutions condemning Sunday shaving.
| The union will also make an effort to
! bring about the enactment of law for
! the licensing of BARRIERS in Wisconsin.
! The city OF Onalaska has offered
bonus of $1,000 for location there of
branch factory of the Aiken-Gleason
| company, manufacturers Of cameras. The
company will probably accept the propo-
| sition.
| The German Methodist Church near
| Peshtigo was struck by lightning and the
| entire building was shattered by the bolt.
| II struck the steeple and ran down the
! building. The damage will be several
| thousand dollars.
| The barn and granary of Mrs. Wahe-
| lea, an aged widow. two miles north OF
/ Manitowoc, was struck by lightning and
| destroyed by fire. The contents, with
| the exception of COW and a horse, were
burned. The loss is $500,
| James Rank, the 13-year-old son of
| Joseph Rank of Buchanan, while out
hunting with several friends, accidentally
| discharged the gun he was carrying. The
/ charge entered his wrist and hand and
/ he sustained severe wounds.
Cadet Bernard w Roesng, a student
in the junior class at ST. Johns Military
Academy at Delafield fell backward Off
the roof of De Koven Hall, four-story
building, and he escaped with but few
slight scratches and Commissions,
Tie new Tomahawk city hail bonds
have been sold to the Trowbridge, Nc
| Donald & Niver Company of Chicago at
premium of $3.50; interest at per
| cent. The building will be erected as
soon as negotiations are consummated
Mrs. I. e. Goodwin Of Lost Lake was
rescued from an old well in an uncon-
scious condition. She soon revived and
accused her husband of throwing her
into the well, which contained over twep-
! ty feet of water. Goodwin has been ar
rested.
The Lea-Ingram sawml at Iron River,
| owned by the Alexander Edgar Company
/ of Wausau. was destroyed by fire. A doz-
en- cars near by were also burned, but
10000,000 feet Of dry timber in the yards
was saved The loss is $4,000. The
mill will be rebuilt
The Lea-Ingram sawmil ut Iron River,
owned by the Alexander Edgar company
of Wausau, was destroyed bg FIRE. A
dozen cars nearby were also burned, but
100000 feet of dry timber in the yards
was saved The loss is $4,000. The
mill will be rebuilt.
The saloons OF Il. L. Graef and II.
Dresser and the store Of NJ Kelly at
Monco were burglarized. Entrance was
gained by raising the windows in the
backs of the building. Money to the
| amount OF So was taken from Graef's
place and $25 from Dresser.
William Totz and wife Of Oshkosh
went to a funeral IN n nearby village,
leaving their three little girls at home
alone. The children, after their parents
had left, hitched up an old family horse
| and went for a drive. They had not fixed
| the harness right and the horse became
/ unmanageable and ran away. The chill
| dren were dragged out of the buggy and
| the youngest child, aged 2 years, was
crushed to death. fhe other two, aged A
| and o. were badly injured.
white Buffalo" the Irish Indian
| chief, has returned TO Chicago, accom-
panied by twenty-five Winncbago Indi-
/ ans. who will be exhibited. The match
with Tom Thunder for the craftsmanship.
| of the Winnebago tribe fell through after
| both contestants were on the field, by
! the grave Of the old chief, Black Hawk.
! A crowd of several hundred Indians aud
| whites were much disappointed. White
| Buffalo" whose other name Is Tom Rod
| dy. said Thunder was ready 20 fight and
! the tomahawks and war clubs were all
| ready. but the Government Indian agent
| interposed as mediator. Tom Thunder
/ VIII go 10 Chicago to join the Roddy ag-
| gregation.
A resident OF West Superior has APP
/ pealed to the municipal court for an or
der compelling a neighbor 70 restrain
/ his chickens from scratching up flower
| beds.
| Mr.. and Mrs John Hinton Of Mllwau-
kee celebrated the iftieth anniversary OF
| their marriage by sendiug check for
| $4,000 to the Home for the Aged. This
makes $4,000 which Mr.. and Mrs. Hin
ton have given to the home. Last year
they gave a freproof addition to the
home. which cost $4,000, and also paid a
mortgage Of 5000 and added 5000 for
furniture for the new addition.
James Mccarthy, proprietor OF the
Iron City Hotel at MelIen almost Killed
his wife and two children while in a
drunken frenzy. Had 1t not been for the