Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-26

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AT Racine John DAILY and Charles Sui
Ivan pleaded guilty to burglarizing the
barber shop of John Lonergan. DAILY
was sentenced to State prison for two
years and Sullivan was sent up for tif-
teen months.
Charles II. Rowan, the Milwaukee ex-
matrimonial agent, was found guilty of
an attempt to bride United States OFF,
Gals by jury in the United States
Court. 1t is claimed he offered $500
to the officials.
Robert Cramer, 1G-ycar-old Marinette
high school lad, ran away from home be
cause he was rcproved by his teacher.
He left without any overcoat or money.
1t is thought that he went to either West
Superior or Ashland.
Andrew Carnegie has given Janesville
$4,000 for Il public library building, the
city to furnish a suitable site and $4,000
annually for the librarys support. This
sum will be increased by a bequest of
$4,000 from the late T. S. Eldred
Fire was discovered in the saloon and
boarding house of Charles Faust on Third
street, Kaukauna. and before it was ex-
tingushcd there was a loss of $1,000 on
the contents, the building, which was
owned by ]. Merten, being but slightly
damaged.
August Rcgo, conductor on the MilWau-
kec road, 30 years of age, married and
with a family. was killed at Junction
City. He was walking to the head end
Of the train and Walked off a box car.
The train had broken in two and he was
not aware Of the fact.
A serious wreck occurred at Curtis.
Twcnty-threc freight cars were derailed
while the train was running at a high
rate of speed. The cars were badly
smashed up; some of them are heap of
splinters. The track was torn up for a
considerable distance.
Because they claim that they cannot
pay their board from the wages they
received, thirty girls employed in the
dreSsmaking department of the Mons An
derson company, manufacturers of over
alls at La Crosse, walked out after they
had made formal demand on the man
agement for raise in their pay.
William Harris was found dead in
front of the door of his home near ROx-
bury. The body was frozen and the sup
position is that Harris was stricken i'll
while returning to the house. He was 81
years of age and was pensiOner of the
Mexican war. His estate will revert to
the State, there being 70 surviving rela-
lives.
The mystery that fur three months sur
rounded the disappearance of Jacob Riehl
was solved by the discovery Of his body
floating in tbe Fox river just below the
Northwestern Railroad bridge at Osh
kosh. Rehl had been for twenty-nine
years in the employ of the Northwestern
road. 1t is supposed that he committed
suicide.
Frederick Porotha of the town of Alma,
a mjddlc-aged man, is sole heir to a snug
LITTLE fortune left by his mother, who
died near New London a few days ago,
leaving a fine. well-stocked farm, togeth-
or with a good bank account. to her wan
dering son, who cannot be induced to go
and look after his property. He seems
to think it is all Il hoax.
After yainly searching for six months
for his missing son, Michael Steinback
of Kenosha received telegram from
Chicago saying that the boy had died Of
: injuries sustained from an accident in
that city. Robert Steinback left hi
home about six months ago to see the
world. He was only II years old, but
was restless and hard to control
On Nov. -, 1885, two lads, John Rau
and Eph. Pil9n, aged each abOu. -
years, disappeared from their homes in
Two Rivers. Not trace could be found
and the parents were compelled to give
them up as lost. Recently Henry Rau,
a brother of one of the missing boys, re-
ceivcd a letter from his long-last broth
CT, stating he was we'll and would be
home in a short time. He writes he had
spent a long time in the United States
navy and had been stationed at Pekin,
China. The letter does not give any in.
formation regarding the Pilon boy.
\ farm house west Of Genesee. occu- !
-ied by Henry Trouch, took fire from
some unknown cause and burned TO the |
ground. Nothing was saved
Michael Walsh. charged with petty lar !
cpny of a suit Of clothes off dummy |
belonging to a Mcnasha clDthier. was
found guilty and sentenced TO FIVE months |
in the county jail.
At a meeting of the St. David's Stcisty |
it was decided to build a modern theater |
in the business portion Of Racine. in /
which TO hold the Eisrcddfods and other |
musical entertainments tc be given by !
the Welsh people Of the Northwest.
The roundhousc Of the Wisconsin Cen |
traI Railway at MenashI was burned 10 |
the ground Tie employees Of the com /
pany were able TO yet out the locomotives /
housed there, so that there was little or /
no loss outside Of the building itself, |
which was valued at $500 and fully In
sured.
While Fred Stanfest was cleaning q 4
breech-loading shotgun at his home, five 1
miles north Of Apollonia. loaded shell |
was left in the gun. which was accident |
ally discharged and the contents entered |
and passed through the calf Of his wife's |
leg. 4 physician arrived just In time to /
stop the bleeding. which was rapidly car |
rying the wOman's life away.
John Wendt Of Peshtigo. a woodsman
crazed from the effects OF liquor. tried 1
70 commit suicide. He escaped from an 1
officer and ran Town the railroad tracks /
at Crivitz. When the officer caught uD 4
TO aim he whipped out knife and cash
ed himself twice across the neck and I
once aero The wrist. He bied profuse-
", but fortunately none Of the wounds
was fatal
Edward DePauw. aged 30 years.
brakeman in the employ ~ the Chicago
and Northwestern Road Company. Ash
land division. was almost instantly killed.
He was switching cars on a special at
Kimberly. when be was caught between
the bumpers.