Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-24

The lumber was covered by insurance
The estate of the late Peter Held,
stepfather by adoption to Cashier Leimer
of the Princeton bank, is loser to the
extent of $4,000 by his alleged defalca-
tionsf
1t is believed that the Cushman Mo-
tor Company of Lincoln, Neb., will eS-
tablish large factory in Racine and
manufacture motors for boats and auto
mobiles
Rev. L. NJ Fenwick. white pastor of
the African NJ E. Church at Milwaukee
was found not guilty of the charge that
he had signed a petition for the estab-
lishment of saloon near his church.
Severty-ive of the younger business
men were present at the first banquet of
the season of the Social Union Club in
GAINESVILLE. Addresses were given by A.
e. Matheson and other well-known men.
Thirty days in jail for not sending his
children to school was the sentence i'm
posed on Stephen Mensell of Superior.
Judge Haily of the municipal court pass
ed the sentence and he refused to com
mute it to a fine
The so-called sand lots in Two Riv-
ers. which for years could be purchased
from the county for the taxes, have be-
come valuable property and owing to
their low prices have been sought lately
for building purposes.
The oratorical contest at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin for the selection of an
orator to represent the institution at the
Hamilton Day celebration of the Hamil-
ton Club of Chicago was won by d. r.
Griggs of kewaneee, Ill.
A large railroad meeting was held at
Sandusky for the purpose of taking steps
towards organizing a company to con-
struct and operate railroad from Lone
Rock via Plain, White Mound, Lime
Ridge, Cazenovia, Sandusky and Ironton
to La Vale. Sufficient money was sub
scribed on the spot.
The Superior Board of Review, after
an ali day session, has decided to put on
the schedule of assessments, grain held
in elevators. Grain dealers have opposed
such action, maintaining that the grain is
in transit and therefore exempt in ac-
cordance with principles of interstate
commerce The matter will no doubt be
carried into the courts.
Joe Roepke of Grand Rapids is dead
from hydrophobia, having eaten meat
from cattle which had been attacked by
mad dogs, then slaughtered and fed 10
the family. The raw meat was also fed
to pigs and chickens, all of which died.
The effects came slowly upon Roepke, his
arm first being paralyzed, and che nerv-
GUS system showing effects later. lie
died in great agony.
The town of Oregon is stirred up over
an effort to kill scores of people by wreck
ing the Grand Central Hotel. The ex-
plosive was mass of dynamite which
filled a cigar box The package had been
placed underneatls the clerks desk in the
office of the hotel and contained enough
of the explosive to demolsh the building
with it's sixty guests. No motive can
be assigned for the attempt at wholesale
murder.
B. B. Northrop. cashier of the Manu-
facturers' National Bank of Racine, in
m address to business men, stated that
in his thirty years experience he had
never known a person to become wealthy
engaged in the banking business, but
bankers became wealthy because they
We're promoters or spectators. He de-
clared the banking business is not pro-
fitable. and bank not a necessity but a
convenience.
George Moore, aged 10 years, died in
Rhinelander from the effects of a rife
ball in the head. The boy was accom-
panied by a companion named McIn-
tosh They were hunting with a small
caliber rifle, which they jointly owned.
They were shooting at a mark when
Moore stepped between the gun and the
target The bullet entered the back of
his had Moore was carried nearly five
miles to his home on the back of his
companion.
A romance of thirty years standing
eliminated in the wedding of George Al
len of Freedom township, aged 60 years,
and Elizabeth Doxstader, an Oneida In
dian squaw, who were married recently
by County Judge Kreiss. Although the
two had been sweethearts in early days,
she had married an Indian in Difference
to her fathers wishes, and he had
welded a Massachusetts woman to
please his father. Both became free
about a year ago.
The decision of the Court of Appeals
of New York in the matter of the will
offered by A. T. Patrick, convicted of
the murder of Millionaire Rice, whereby
the alleged will was declared a forgery,
is of especial interest to the residents
of Norway Ridge. for two near relatives
of the dead millionaire live there. They
are Calvin Rice, a brother, and Mrs. Levi
Davis. a niece. They are said TO be the
nearest of kin and the natural heirs to
the fortune of 100000 left by Mr..
Rice.
David Mckerlie has won the first
point in his fight for a $4,000 timber
claim in the suit for which he attacks
the Omaha Railway Company and the
Superior Timber Company. Judge Vinje
has overruled the defendants demurrer
TO McKerlie's complaint. McKerlie has
for years lived on the claim, which is
about ten miles from Superior The land
in question is some which the Omaha had
taken under its land grant, but which
was declared exempt from such filing.
McKerlie then filed and settled.
Roy Short son of NJ C. Short, editor
Halsey, daughter of S. B. Halsey,
wealthy cattle dealer, were married in
Menominee. without the knowledge OF
their families or friends. The young
people were forgiven.
On Tuesday, Dec l, at the meeting es
the American Association of Fairs and
Expositions in Chicago, the question viii
be decided as to whethe- or not State
fair will be held in Milwaukee next fall.
Many people are of the opinion that ~
fair should be omitted ON account of the
worlds fair at St Louis.
At the special election in the Tenth
Ward in Madison former Assistant At
torney General c. f. Buell. was elected
senior Alderman: Attorney Leslie B.
Rowley, junior Alderman: Charles E
Bross. Supervisor, and Smith NJ. Ja-
cohS, justice of the peace.
Cse village Of Selma was threatened BY
forest fires. BOYS playing in a forest just
north Of the village had set FIRE to the