Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-25

4 farmer llViHg near WcyefilaeuSef :
missing from her heme and every effort
TO locate her has been unsuccessful.
The Northwestern Hotel. a Baraboo
landmark. was destroyed by FIRE The
loss is 81 $50. insurance $1,000 1t was
owned by w. \. Warren ana occupied 10y
+. Westenhaver.
Comptroller John T. Wolf of Milwau-
kee viii be released from the insane asy
lum. to which he was sent recently. the
court ruling that he was committed With
out being allowed a defense.
Andrew j. Philips. a Northwestern
section man. was struck by a passenger
train and Instantly killed in the south
yards of the Northwestern road at North
Fond du Lac. His body was badly man
gled.
John Howard. fireman on the Burling-
ton limited, fell from the engine tank as
his train was taking Nater at Prairie
du Chen and fraetureda his skull and
both hips. bruised his spine and bulged
his left eye.
Capt. L. r. Graham of Fish Greek died
in Marinette under rather pathetic cir
cumstances. His steamer Rumbell sunk
last fall in the river and he succeeded in
raising the craft He was taken sick i'm
mediately and died.
Chippewa Falls authorities are in a
quandary as to what disposition can be
made Of Charles Netterson, the insane
man arrested at Cadott Sheriff Austin
of Pepin County says the man is not a
resident of Pepip and refuses 20 take
him. Sheriff Larson says he will appeal
to the Governor.
Frank Wartinbee. a switchman of the
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy. slipped
on an icy formation at the side of the
track at La Crosse and rolled under an
engine, his body being on the track. With
rare presence Of mind he rolled off be-
tween the rails and the tender and sew
eral cars passed oyer him He lost a
portion of both feet.
The fast mail train on the Wisconsin
Central Railway, crowded with passen-
gers, was saved from being wrecked
near Weyauwega by the presence of
mind of a brakeman. A freight train
broke in two on a steep grade and seven
iumber-laden cars ran away. \ brake
man knew the fast mail was near, so he
coolly threw the switch and ditched the
cars and replaced the switch, leaving a
clear track for the passenger train.
Miss Winnie Barrett died suddenly in
St. Paul, under peculiar circumstances.
An investigation has been ordered. The
cause of death is mystery that can only
be iissipated by an autopsy. Miss Bar
rett was employed as cook at Ter
rett's restaurant. Shortly after she went
home the other evening she became very
i'll. DIR. \. w. Miller WAS summoned
and did everything possible 30 save the
young womans life, but she died within
an hour. Miss Barrett was from Jewett
Mills She had suffered for some time
from heart trouble.
At Phillips FIRE broke out in the Bee
printing office situated in the basement
of the Masonic building, totally destroy
ing the contents of the office, valued at
about $1,000. and fully covered ley in
surance. The newspaper plant was own
cd and operated by the Messer brothers.
A restaurant and clubroom owned by
T. Il. Gray. occupying the first floor of
the building. was considerably damaged,
the loss being estimated at about $500
anu CONCItd ny lhSulbltNs toAhOhC anu
heat did much damage to the lodge rooms
OH the second floor, the contents, con-
sisting of carpets, furniture and fixtures,
| being almost n total loss. The damage
to the building. including the lodge room
losses. is estimated at $500, covered
| by insurance.
Alice lie Tendre. 16 years old. domes-
tic employed in the family of W. J. Muir
ply of Chippewa Falls, proved a heroine
and saved the dwelling from being de-
stroyed by fire. A hanging lamp fell
from the ceiling and set fire to the floor.
Miss lie Tendre carried out some of the
furniture and made an effort 10 eXtin-
guish the fire. but finding herself unsuc-
cessful, closed the doors going into the
other rooms to prevent 4 dr2ugbt. She
then carried an infant from the house to
neighbours, where she left the child,
and with the domestic of that place went
back to fight the fire. The two succeed
ed in subduing the fire and saving the
building from destruction. but not until
the room was badly damaged
A freight train on the Omaha road,
bound for Saltwater. ran into section
crews handcar on the bridge over Lake
st. Croix connecting Minnesota and
Wisconsin Two members of the section
crew were killed and two injured. The
section crew was trying to reach the
cast end of the bridge in a driving snow
storm before the freight crossed. Neither
crew saw the other until the accident.
While Coroner Ross and coroners jury
were viewing the scene of the accident
west-bound freight met the River Falls
passenger on the first span of the bridge,
within 100 feet of the first accident. The
passengers were badly shaken, the freight
engine deraied and both engine pilots
smashed. The quick action of the passen-
ger engineer saved a bad collision.
The little girl Matte Moore, who was
terribly burned at Eau Claire, died. Drs.
Goddard, Parker and Montgomery had
been summoned and did all they could.
The child was burned around about the
face ard head and suffered most intense
~. The child's mother went to a masqle-
rade and left her three children. two girls
and boy, in the house. The eldest, a
girl of years. climbed up TO turn a
damper in the stovepipe and fell upon a
hot stove Neighbors heard the children's
screams and found the girl with all her
clothes burned off.
Oscar Goddie. woodsman, while
working in Coveon's camp. near Pound,
was run over by sleigh loaded with
logs. lie is not expected to live
Nicholas LIGHT. prosperous farmer,
living in Edison. went to Chippewa Falls
and reported that he bad been robbed
of $500 He viii have a warrant issued
for the arrest OF a neighbor.
William T. CIausen and John X. Rus
sell OF Sheboygan have sold their patent
rights on a new gas are lamp to James
X Lynn OF Detroit. president Of the She
boygan Gaslight Companv aud will begin
the manufacture Of the lamp at Detroit.
Richard O'Connor Of Milwaukee. agent
for the Standard OIL Company. suffered
the loss Of his Ene summer residence on
the banks OF Buffalo lake, near Montello.
Ii was fitted for winter occupancy as
well and he and his daughters had been
-..x.a~el MANTLE The