Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-06-04

the Stearns Lumber Company for $780,
000 making demand for a portion of
the profits from saving Bad River Indian
reservation timber.
Henry Schlichting, ST., one of the old
est and most prominent merchants of
ShebOygan Falls, died after an illness of
eight weeks. He was 66 years old and
was a native of Mecklenberg-Schw
Germany. He came to Wisconsin in
1858
Frank Littlefeld, aged %, a mill Ia
borer in the yards of the Brown Bros.
Lumber Company at Rhinelander, receiv-
ed notice from an aunt living in Waus-
hara County that by the death of a
grandmother living near Berlin he had
inherited $4,000
James Carruthers, a former we'll
known hotel man of Milwaukee, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into the river.
Mr.. Carruthers was proprietor of the
Kirby House for many years. Despon-
dency is said to have been the cause.
He was 46 years old.
The other day Mrs. Kern, a young
Marinette widow, awOke from a sleep
which had lasted forty hours. All efforts
to arouse the sleeping woman had proved
futile until a physician succeeded in
awaking her. She does not feel any the
worse for her strange experience.
The strike in the lumber yards at
lihinelander has been settled, the men re-
ceiving the increase of 10 cents a day
asked for. AS the lumber after it leaves
the saw and goes to the yard is handled
by the thousand, the contractor and not
the mill firm suffers by the strike.
A four-foot boiler in the bathroom of
J. s. L. Wink's barber shop at Lodi eX-
ploded. The boiler was in the basement
and tore through two floors, badly wreck
ing the building. No one was injured.
The ground floor was occupied by the
Mandiville Furniture Company, which
sustained considerable loss.
Thomas J. Smith, an old resident of
Stevens Point, was fatally injured while
trying to cross the Wisconsin Central
| tracks near his home. He was going be-
tween two cars when a switch engine
showed one end of the train on to him,
| crushing several of his ribs, his right an
kle was broken and he was otherwise
bruised.
At Oshkosh in the Circuit Court Paul
Reynolds, the partner of Curtis Pulliam
of Milwaukee in the Percy store robbery,
was sentenced to prison for three years.
This is identical with the sentence Pull
liam received. Frank MOndl, convicted
of stealing wire from the Winnebago
Traction Company, was sent to Waupun
for one year.
Ben Simon, foreman of the Racine
Boat Manufacturing Company, is in a
critical condition. While at work in the
wood department his clothing caught in
the shafting, causing him to be whirled
around a dozen times. His right arm
was broken in FIVE places, his right leg
badly crushed. He was terribly bruised
and internally injured. He managed t.
catch hold of a piece of wood nailed to
the ceiling and struggled for several min
| utes before the accident was discovered
and the machinery stopped.
Walter Ketchen, a 7-year-old boy, was
accidentally shot by his brother, aged IA,
while the boys were playing in the vicin-
ity of the family home, about two miles
southeast of Fond du Lac The older
DOS udu SCCuttu Il I1lty anu AOL klON lIl=
that it was loaded, he snapped the trig-
ger. The weapon was discharged and the
bullet entered Walters face just below
| the left eye, apparently lodging near the
throat No blood vessels were severed,
and the physicians say there is no reason
to doubt that the boy will recover.
A secret agent of the Milwaukee, Bur
lington and Lake Geneva Company,
which is making an effort to enter Mil
waukee on elevated tracks from the south
and make a terminal near Wisconsin and
Jefferson streets, gives the information
that the Hartman syndicate, which OBJ
tanned control of the Chicago Terminal
and Transfer Company, known as the
Inner Belt line, is behind the deal. lie
says also that an understanding has been
reached whereby the Haynes Clausen
Company, which has secured the right of
way to Truesdell, will extend the line
through to Lake Geneva, connecting with
the Inner Belt of Chicago.
The frame house III kaukauna occupied
by George Brendel and his mother, was
burned TO the ground. The occupants
barely had time to escape and about the
only thing saved was the bureau. The
loss on the building was $1,000, and on
the contents $1,000.
Willie. the 2-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geliebe of Center, was found drown
ed in a spring. \ half-barrel had been
let into the spring. making Il pool, and
the child had evidently laid down to
drink therefrom. in some way lost his
balance and was unable to get his head
out.
Frank Mondl was convicted in munich
pal court at Oshkosh of stealing .9S
worth Of copper bond wire from the Win
nebago Traction Company. The wire
was shipped to Milwaukee.
The staye and heading mill Of the John
Helm company at KEENAN, burned to the
ground. The cause Of the FIRE is un-
known. The loss is $4,000, with no in
surance. 1t win be rebuilt Immediately.
A smallpox scare struck Wild Rose.
There are three cases OF the disease at
the hotel. which is quarantined. One
case has broken out in a railroad camp
near the town This has also been quar-
antiEed- About 800 men working on the
extension have been exposed.
By the explosion OF can Of burning
kerosene oil. Ellen Searls OF Racine was
nearly burned to death, a few hours be-
fore she became a bride. The accident
did not stop the ceremony. however. and
she was united TO Peter johnson. al
though suffering much from burned face.
hands and arms
Rural free delivery service viii Be es-
tabiished july l next at Brooklyn. with
one carrier, A. G.. PiIler The length OF
the route Is aS2s miles, and the area COW
cred is "a square miles. A population 81
$40 Is served. The salaries Of the post
masters - Hurley and West Salem have
been ordered increased 500 year after
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