Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Iii Over the state.

On the Drew farm, about eleven miles
from Soldiers Grove, a fine quality of
iron has been discovered.
The yards of the Phillips Lumber
Company at Black Greek were totally
destroyed by fire, the loss being large and
only partly covered by insurance.
No trace has been discovered of Henry
Hartman, the Osborn farmer who has
been missing since he went berrying on
the edge of the Oneida reservation
Miss Alma Hansen was painfully in
jured during the ball game at Waukesh a
beach. She was standing near the catch
er's box when she was struck in the face
with a foul ball off the bat The force
of the blow fractured the jaw bone.
A ten days fast for the sake of scien-
tific investigation, effected by H. B.
Lobb, manager of the Heff jewelry store
at North Fond du Lac, was brought to a
close Sunday for the sake of his health
Under the strain his mind and body had
weakened and at the close of six days
the physicians attending him administer
ed light nourishment. Mr.. Lobb was
seized with deErium and fainting spells.
Previous to that he did not feel extraOr-
dinarily hungry and was able TO attend
to business at the store.
Howard C. Gilbert was shot and killed
in Superior by Arthur Sherman, 16 years
of age. Gilbert was the manager Of the
Hotel Euclid cafe. Sherman was work
ing for hir, and seemingly expected trou-
BILE on account of alleged thefts. He
was discharged by Gilbert. Purchasing
a revolver he found Gilbert sitting in
a meatshop and opened fire. One shot
took effect in the head, one bullet went
wild and the third wounded him in the
shoulder Sherman was captured imme-
diately He says he went out with the
intention of shooting Gilbert and that he
deliberately planned the act for five
hours.
Mrs. Louis Stewart of Appleton was
fatally scalded while attempting to carry
a boiler full of hot water from the kitch-
en- to the basement. She slipped on the
stairs and fell. There is slight chance
for her recovery.
Nearly all of THE striking machinists at
the Berlin Machine Works in Beloit have
returned to work, but before he rein
stated them President Yates required
them TO make affidavits that they were
not members of a labor union and would
not Join such while employed by the Ber-
lin company. The affidavit was a sur
prise to the men.
A tramp named John Rice called at
the home of Barney Herman in Racine
and demanded something to eat. When
refused he made a brutal assault upon
dred people threatened TO mob him. but
he held them at bay and fought two po-
hcemen until oyerpowered.
Fred Lichtenteller, kenosha man
serving a sentence at the State reforna
tory AZ Green Bay, is at large The
sheriff discovered that Lichtenteller had
been in Kenosha. but the escaped con-
vict learned that the officers had heard
of his presence and managed 10 escape.
Iichtenteller was serving an indetermi-
nate sentence for wife abandonment
The potato crop in Monroe County,
which was expected TO De large, will fall
short this year. The acreage is large.
but the continuous cold, wet weather has
retarded the growth and already the late
crop of tu6ers is beginning 10 ror in the
grou0u-
Michael Boyer, lineman in the en-.
MAY Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company. at Milwaukee, narrowly escan-
ed ekecrrocu1ion on telegraph pole All
the fingers of his left hand were burned
off and at the knee on the left leg the
ten1ons and flesh were burned away, ex
posing the bone, Beyer's foot hooks had
slipped and he had grasped the wire 10
savs himself from falling % the ground.