Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-09
State Items of Interest.

At Independence, John Mesh, II years
old, was drowned while swimming in a
millpOnd.
The divorce suit. of George Crane was
dismissed by Judge Fish in the Circuit
Court at Racine.
Winfred Webster, aged &c. kas drown
ed while bathing in Lower Greek. He
was a Eau Claire carrier boy.
Joseph Erb, aged &c, employed by the
National Biscuit Company at Water
town, was caught in an elevator and
killed
H. w. Sundler, a prominent settler of
Woodlake, was found dead with 4 bullet
through his heart. The cOroners jury re-
turned a verdict of suicide.
John De Young, So years Of age, and
an old resident, was instantly killed by
a Northwestern freight train while walk
ing along the tracks south of kenosha
on his way home.
At Cataract. Charles Starck stabbed
James Church with a jackknife in the
groin. The men were attending barn
raising and a quarrel ensued over a
wrestling match between the two.
Charles Mayer, of Kankauna. en-
ployed at carpenter work Singing a
barn short distance out on the Men
asha road, met instant death by falling
about forty feet from the ridgepole.
An excursion composed of about 100
people went from Athens to Marshfeld
to participate in the sacngerfest in that
city While there several of them had
their pockets picked, Il. FL. Zulke being
robbed of $160.
Charles Blume, an old and wealthy sol
dier of Pewaukee. who mysteriously dis
appeared a few days ago, was found dead
near a straw stackk mile from his
home. 1t is thought that he was over
come by heat, although many think he
committed suicide.
A tornado struck La Crosse the other
evening, doing thousands of dollars
worth of damage. The day had been ex-
tremely hot. Toward evening thick black
clouds came up from the west. 1t be-
came dark. The storm began with
heavy rain. which increased until it re-
sembled a cioudburst. During the heavI-
est Of the rain the wind started. The
roof of the Hotel Boycott, a four-story
structure, was torn off and blown half
block, alighting on the cold storage build
ing of John c. Burns, wrecking the roof
Loose bricks were carried n block. break
ing windows in the candy factory of Jo-
seph B. Funke. There was a panic in
the Boycott Hotel. Water poured in
through the open roof, and debris fell
through into occupied rooms. The new
Norwegian hospital now in course of CON
struction was wrecked At the home of
Joseph Sieger the chimney was blown
through the roof into the kitchen. Mrs
S;ager narrowly escaped death. Great
damage was done on the Mississippi
River. lighthouses we're blown away
and wrecked in the rush down the river
A. Hoffman. of Norway Ridge. tells of
several attempts to destroy his crop Of
cranberries by shutting the sluiceway
gate. draining his land and thereby food
ing his plants. Each time it has been
discovered in time. The damage would
be several thousand dollars. No clue 10
the. perpetrators.
The T-year-oId son of Allen BOrtz was
drowned at Barron. With other boys he
was fishing just below the dam of the
Barron Manufacturing Company, when a
large fish seized his hook. In the excite
ment he fell into the deep water AMI his
companions were unable TO rescue him.
The high-school at Berlin. three-story
frame building, was struck by lightning
aud burned with all its contents. The
loss is nearly $4,000. with $4,000 in
surance.
John Johnson. aged 81, who was work
ing in an excavation AZ Racine June
ton. was killed BY a cavein. He was
completely buried When he was res
cued he was unconscious and died at ST.
I Luke's Hospital.
/ The cOroner's jury in the shooting case
| II Thomas and Jones st Wild Rose gave
/ verdict that Jones died from a gunShOt
wound al the hands Of George Thomas
and that the latter should be arrested.
/ charged with homicide.
John Umberger has found a pearl in n
I fresh-water clam in the Mississippi
| River. 4 few miles below La Crosse.
which weighs 10 grains in the rough.
! This. be says. Is six grains heavier than
/ the largest pearl ever found IN the Mis-
/ sissippi He has been offered 1900 for
/ il as it stands.
An italian employed in a Northwestern
Railway track gang met death on a cut
Of leading from the Ashland division
| tracks near Oshkosh He was emploved
rs n water carrier and had gone 10 a
farmhouse for water. be was run down
| or Wisconsin Central train The usa1
was thrown several feet il the arr and
| bis neck was broken