Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-23

aged %. committed suicide by blowing
his head off with a shotgun. No reason
is known for the suicide.
A large barn belonging to r. Schram in
Freedom was destroyed with its contents.
including farm machinery and this years
crops. The loss is $1,000, insured.
Mrs. Peter Olson committed suicide. by
hanging at Stevens Point. She had late
~ complained of severe pains in her
head. Her husband works at Mosinee.
Five tramps broke into H. Raetzmann' S
saloon in Elroy. Officer Clarity was call
ed and after a chase of three miles ca u
handcar, succeeded in capturing them.
Clara Wade. aged year daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Wade of Sheboygan,
fell cat of a go-cart, and bit her tongue
nearly off, the parts hanging together IN
shreds.
One. thousand people were precipitated
TO the ground by the giving way Of an
amphitheater at Monticello during 4
windstorm, and many were more or less
injured.
Charles Wallen. an employe of the Al
len tannery in Kenosha, fell from the
Balm trestle, distance of twenty feet.
He only suffered a wrenched back and a
few bruises.
Section Foreman E. Kingsley, aged 90,
| attempted to jump from an engine on an
east-bound passenger train at Boyceville
and was thrown under the train. One
| leg was severed.
In GAINESVILLE a terrible explosion oc-
cured at the Beaker creamery. The
| boiler and engine were entirely blown TO
pieces, and the buildings were shattered.
| No one was injured.
Mrs Charles Koss and her niece,
| Maude Brewer of Jefferson, were acct
dentally shot with a gun in the hands OF
| Claude, the 10-year-old brother of
Maude, at the farm of Charles Koss.
At Milladore Stephen Bemish, a child
| of years, came very near being drown
ed. Mrs. Bemish left the house for a
| few minutes. When she returned the
child was head down in 50-pound lard
can full of water.
Maurice Brewer of New York was in
| Prairie du Chen recently and purchased
a pretty pink globeshaped pearl of q
clam digger for $1,000. The gem was
found near Stoddard a few days ago, and
weighs 6612 grains
Outagamie farmers fear for the potato
crop. Wet weather has prevented work
on the land, and it has been impossible
| to fight the potato bugs, which are I'M
usually plentiful this year. The wet is
also causing potatoes to rot in the ground
Elias Ashford, an Assyrian of La
Crosse, was badly injured at Abbotsford
| He was firing off fireworks and picked up
giant firecracker thinking it a Roman
candle. The cracker exploded in his hand
and three fingers were blown off.
A Northwestern train carrying the Bos-
| took circus from the Marinette street
| fair was wrecked at Pensaukee. One
man was killed and another had his legs
| cut off. The wreck was caused by q
wheel on one of the ears coming off. The
train was ditched.
A horse belonging to Philip SchatZel
| near Appleton, was stabbed and died
| The stabbing is believed to be the result
of a neighborhood row among farmers
| Two other horses in the immediate vi
cinity have been stabbed and mutilated
within two weeks, but recovered.
In the probate court at Racine Jennie
L. Matheson of Pilger, Neb., the daugh
ter of the late Calvin H. Peck, appeared
for the purpose of cOntesting the will OF
| her father, who died about a year age
| leaving an estate valued at about $3.50,
| GOO. To Mrs. Matheson was left $1,000
| and two sons, Calvin and Ervine, born tt
| the second wife, were left two large
farms in Racine County. The rest OF
the estate was left to the widow, Ida l.
Peck.
The village of Franksville came neal
| being destroyed by fire. \ spark from
! the smOkestack of theetOw-mill set fire tC
| the roof of mill. The mill was burned tC
the ground and the flames spread to the
barn and house of Fred Fogie. The barn
was destroyed and a part of the house
was burned. A bucket brigade was form
| ed and did much in fighting back the
| flames. Had it not been for shifting OF
| the wind the village would have beer
| destroyed. The loss is estimated at So,
900 with light insurance. p.
The police authorities of Marathon and
| Lincoln counties were on the alert when
a thrilling tale of a bold robbery neal
| Pine River was flashed throughout the
| counties over the wires. The robbers
| as their victim alleges, entered the home
| of James Finn near Pine River on the
! pretense OF delivering an enlarged pic
| ture, and upon the refusal of Mr.. Finn to
| accept the picture. drew weapons and
| threatened to shoot if he did not turn
| over his money Finn gave them S57J
and they departed, but he says that his
life was threatened by the robbers before
| they left The local officers captured two
| men.
The mystery of the brass and bell metal
| thieving in Kaukauna and Appleton. and
| the mills at Combined Locks, Kimberly
| and other points in the Fox River valley
| is likely soon to be completely solved
| by the finding of several hundred pounds
of brass on the Roeder farm in Buchan-
an. Peter Hartzheim, a farmer, while
cleaning out under an Unused manger
came upon several sacks of new and old
brass, amongst which were some brass
valves lately stolen from the machine
shops Of the Chicago and Northwestern
Railroad Company at Kaukauna and over
which the company's detective and City
Marshal Il. Conlon spent many days in
search.
While responding % an alarm of fire
in Eau Claire the city hose cart collid-
Ell with lumber pile and Fireman Hol-
bleit was thrown ont. He was trampled
on by horses of the other trucks behind
and received injuries which will probably
prove fatal The residence Of J. Stang
was destroyed by fire. The loss is $500.
Samuel Madison, an employe of the
Ohde bakery firm. was held up at the
rear of the Presbyterian Church in Nee
nah and severely beaten abogt the head
and face. He was unconscious. 1t is
thought that robbery was the motive Of
the assault.
Rudolph Smitz. a fireman in the en-
poy Of the Latin & Rand powder mills
At Pleasant Prairie, was seriously scald-
ed by the bursting Of a steam pipe at the
mills.
R. W Roberts. the banker at Mana
wa. Clintouville and Wittenberg. has pur-
aboSad sira a. VVavauvvaga ond will