Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-05

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The machine shops and iron foundry
of Fairbanks & Linn. in Appleton, were
destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
to be about $4,000
The mercantile establishment of the
Smith Bassford Company at Sturgeon
Bay was destroyed by fire. Loss SOB, 900
on stock and building, insurance $4,000.
Thomas B. Jefery of Chicago has
started up the Sterling plant in Kenosha
1t will be used for the manufacture of
automobiles and 800 men will be en-
| ployed.
| A. ". Holmes, business agent of the
| Machinists' Union, has declared strike
| at the plant of the Christensen Engineer
! ing Company in Milwaukee. Fifty-one
men quit work.
Joseph Pigeon, aged % years commit
! ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head with a rife at the home of his
! parents in the town of Weston during the
| absence of the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 0. Johnson of La
| Crosse and their three children narrowly
escaped being asphyXiated by coal gas.
! The crying of the baby awakened the
mother, who rescued the rest of the fam
| lily.
Adelaide Hilgend of Racine, years
old was run down by a large lumber
wagon and one of the wheels passed
acreSs her head. 1t was believed she
was killed, but after being picked up and
carried into drug store she revived and
was able to walk home. Not a bone was
broken
A stranger who represented himself
to be a well-to-do land buyer from st.
Paul, put up at the leading hotels and
had a liveryman drive him about the
country in style. At Boyceyille he pass
ed worthless check for 500 and at
/ Wheeler for $50 and may now be oper-
ating at other towns along the Wiscon-
sin Central line.
Through the efforts of Congressman
Esch the west channel of the Mississippi
river has been abandoned at La Crosse,
a bill having been passed in Congress
ordering the War Department to declare
the channel abandoned This will save
the city of La Crosse considerable sum
daily, as it was necessary in high water
to keep a crew at the old pontoon bridge,
which crosses the river, to allow any
boats to pass that might desire.
In GAINESVILLE Judge B. L. Dunwiddie
granted Il divorce to Peter l.. Myers
from Jessie A Myers on the ground OF
cruel and inhuman treatment. They were
married in Chicago five years ago. The
defendant is the daughter of the late
Robert Mcmillan, the millionaire lum-
harmap Of Oshkosh, and this IS the third
time she has been divorced. She secured
the other two for nOn-support. Mr. My.
ers is the manager of the Myers Grand
Opera House.
Harry Richards, a well-known young
man of Manitowoc, and son of Henry
Richards, prominent manufacturer, re-
turned from college recently. Much to
the surprise of all his friends, he brought
wife home with him. On Nov = last
Harry Richards and Miss Mabel Alex
ander of South Dakota, both students at
a college at Dixon, Ill.,, went to minis
ter in that city and were quietly mar
ried They kept their secret well and
nothing was told until Mr., Richards de
cided to introduce his bride to his fam
lily and friends. The young groom is
nearly 81 years old and his wife is 20.
They have been received with open arms.
The Sandow murder case was revived
in Oshkosh by the filing in the Circuit
Court by John Campbell of Rushford of
a claim of $1,000 for services rendered
the deceased Sandow during life. San
dow was Il hermit. His farm adjoined
the one occupied by Campfed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Campbell to a large extent took
charge of Shadows affairs. Sandow was
burned to death in his house one night
just before the day on which he was go
ing to Canada to visit his relatives.
| Campbell, who drove him home that
night, was tried twice for the murder,
but each time the jury disagreed. y will
which left all Of SandoW's property to
Mrs. Campbell was declared a forgery
and the probate judge refused to receive
it. His estate was then administered ac
cording to law.
Expert cracksmen burglarized the store
of the II. c. Christian company at John
sons Creek, Wholesale dealers in butter
and eggs, and made Il rich haul. Nitro
glycerin was used, but nobody heard the
explosion and the robbery was not dis
covered until the store was opened the
next morning. In the Christian COM
panys store there is a vault and within
the vault is a safe fitted with Il time
lock. The burglars blew off the lock of
the vault, opened it and then attacked
the safe. SO much nitrogycerin was
used that the safe door was completely
shattered, scattering the fragments of
the time lock on the floor of the vault.
| In the safe was about 500 in money,
| some government bonds, diamonds and
other jewelry, all of which were stolen.
Much alarm is felt over the actions Of
DR.. n. ]. Rodcrmund, an Appleton ply
stefan, through which hundreds of per-
sons have been exposed to smallpox DR..
Rodermund has long disputed the germ
theory of disease and declared that no
disease is contagious. Recently one case
of smallpox appeared there. DR.. ROdcr-
mund, evidently desiring to make use Of
the occurrence in an effort to prove his
| theories, went to the quarantined house
and, as he admits, exposed himself not
only by his presence but by contact with
the person Of the patient. He then went
to his house. ate supper with his family,
! and afterward went to the Business
Mems Club, where he stayed several
hours. The next day he went to Green
Bay, where he met several patients and
other persons. Threats of violence
against DR.. Rodcrmund in case the dis
ease spreads are made.
f. NJ. Wing. cashier Of the Batavian
Bank, won an important case from r. l..
Ferguson, who sued him for $1,000 dam
ages for false Imprisonment. Ferguson
was arrested, charged with stealing wood
from Wings land, near Genoa. The jury
decided in favor Of the defendant.
James &. Baldwin Of Racine has gone
| to Cincinnati to look after money be-
queathed to him by brother who died
! over a year Ego, and who was a manufac-
turer Of pianos. Mr.. Baldwin was to
receive $40 a month during his lifetime,
hut the will is being fought and he goes
to fight for his rights.
Through the efforts of its Advance
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