Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-10

Lightning struck the station Of the
Milwaukee road at Gratiot, CONSUMING
the building, together with three ware
houses near by. The loss to the. GEM
pany was comparatively light, as there
was but little in the warehouses 1t she
time.
Thomas G. Chamberlain. Phi. H., Ill.
D., head professor of geology at thu ai-
eago University and a graduate Of Belois
College. has been chosen to deliver she
commencement Grafton at Beloit Irof!
Chamberlain was a member of tile 81
class.
Mayor Hammel of Appleton has ssslled
an ordinance prohibiting the operations Of
all nickel-in-the-slot machines and, other.
machines of gambling nature, This
action is the result of recent petitions
of the Womanis Christian Temperance.
Union.
The hill engine of the Wisconsin, Gene
trail road in charge of Engineer Thomas,
Gilbert and Fireman Strehmel cdllded
with an extra north engine in charge of
Engineer Robert Beck and Fireman Ed
Treehel. near the Western avenue bridge.
in Fond du Lac. When the collision oc-
Cured the engineers and firemen jNmped
into the river aud escaped uninjuIed.
The engines were badly damaged.
The fumigationi of house after SMALL
pox came near being the cause of 4 con-
Migration at Wausaukee. Sulphus was
burned i'll the house and during tho time
of the fumigation the house caught fire
and was totally destroyed, causing Ia loss
of $1,000. Sparks from the dwelling set
fire to the Wausaukee Hotel adjoining,
and endangered other parts of the town,
but the flames were finally subdued.
When Mr. and Mrs. Chester d. Moon
arrive at Eau Claire from their wedding
tour, college romance will have been
brought to close. Mr. Moon, who is a
well-known lumberman, was married the
other afternoon at Andover Mass. TO.
Miss Edith Mae Bucklin of New Lcndon,
n. II. The bride and groom both eratlu-
ated from Phillips Academy i'll 1896,
and during their college attendance they
had become warm friends.
Myrtle Knight, the 10-year-old daush-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Knight Of
Winthrop Harbor met death By being
impaled on a sharp stick at a bazaF held
for the purpose of raising money for 4he
Fresh Air fund, Chicago charity. While
the children were playing abont H. tent
she climbed up on . small stump 90 get
hold of a limb The limb was Ero.Sen
and she fell back to the ground, striking
the pointed end of the stump.
Bert Petersen Of Milwaukee wagarel a
companion SO that he could enter FIELD
on a farm north of Racine. where there
was ferocious bull, and bring the beast
under subsection by hypnotizing it,: y'he
animal chased Peterson but he dodg-
ed for a time and made efforts ia CON
troll the animal. The bull finally caught
him and tossed him upon a rail ferce.
Two ribs were fractured. his SHOULDER
was injured and his fac, was cut.
Mayor Joseph Boschere of La Crosse.
who is president of the i.a Crosse ind
Eastern Electric Railway Company, was
attacked by a dozen women while on a
south side street where surveyors are at
work laying out the proposed road. Prop
erty owners on that street sent remOn-
strances to the Council against allowing
the road on that thoroughfare. Gin the
grounds that the Burlington road already
has two tracks which, with the electric
road. would occupy the entire street. Mr..
Boschert was not injured seriously as
fists were the only weapons displayed.
Orders for the annual encampmant of
the Wisconsin National Guard 1T the
State military reservation near Camp
Douglas have been issued by the adju-
tant general The different troors will
20 into camp as follows: First regimen
and Battery A, Aug. , to inclns.ve;
Second regiment and Troop A, Aug. . to
16 inclusive; Third regiment and Tenth
Separate battalion, Aug. 16 to ss3 in
elusive. In honor of the soldier who was
killed in action at Abenita Pass, Porto
Rico. while serving as corporal in Com
pany L, Third regiment. Wisconsin vol
unteer infantry, in the war with Spain,
the camp is named Camp Swanson
1t is now not doubted that p. j. Ar
mold. president and general manager Of
the nenosha Electric Railway Company,
viii complete the road between Chicago
and Milwaukee during the presens SUM
mer.
Ole Bolle. rural mail carrier between
Blue Mounds and the town of Perry,
while crossing the valley south of Blue
Mounds. during a rain Storm was OYER
taken by the rapid rise Of the river.
His horse and wagon were washed down
stream. The mail bags were later found
in an adjoining meadow. Boile escaped
BY being washed into barb wire feaee.
The body Of a man. whose mamie was
learned TO be Logue. resident of Mus
eova. was picked up alongside the track
on the Milwaukee road near ARENA.
There were no cuts or bruises go the
body. such as would have been found had
the man been killed By train. aad the
exact eause Of death Is not known.
Harry Hayworth OF Danvilie. ILL.,, ae-
e0mpanied by his brother-in-law, Il. T.
Harry, went over to Eau Claire from Al
toona and while standing on the track
near the Omaha passenger depot, Fay
worth slashed his throat with a knife
borrowed from his companion. Ege win
probably III His br0ther-inAlaw says
Hayworth had been acting strangely.
Charles Bemis was quite seYeraIy In
jured az Schroeder's shingle mill ait Two
Rivers, where be was employed. BIZ com
ing In contact with circular saw. which |
30 badly mangled bis right hand that
anp1tation Of three fingers was found /
necessary.
Pasers were fled in the Circuit Court |
at Racine in a suit Of Hugh Edwards /
against Edwin Morse. the superintendent :
Of tax assessors in the county. The /
suit il brought to drive Morse euT Of |
Office. as it is claimed be was iisegllly
elected. not having been Z resident 5f RAJ |
cine for three years previous to his elec-
ZION Morse resided at Whitewgtar un-
IL two years aga.