Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-02-24

Daniel Stoddard had an arm badly
smashed in the Ladysmith stave min.
Mrs. James Tuthill. aged 50 years,
died at SPARTA Death was caused from
fall which broke her hip.
Marinette physicians blame the i'm
pure water for the epidemic of winter
cholera which is prevailing there.
Miss Ginzel was given verdict for
$500 in the breach of promise suit against
Mr.. Kettner at Manitowoc. Suit was
brought for $1,000.
The Seymour high school burned to the
ground The loss is $4,000 with $1,000
insurance The library and all the fx-
lures were burned.
Thieves entered the confectionery
store of n. Ellenbecker and the saloon
Of Joseph Keuler at Chiffon. They Sc
cured large quantities of goods at both
places.
Joseph G.. End, a general merchant,
filed petition in bankruptcy in the Fed
eral Court at Sheboygan. The liabili-
ties are placed at $1,000 and assets at
$500
w. NJ. Taylor, the farinette lumber
man, has closed deal whereby he comes
into possession of 1000 acres of timber
land in Ontonagon and Gogebic counties,
in upper Michigan.
Mrs Lucille Colbert has been bound
over TO the next term of court, charged
with starting the fire that almost de-
stroyed the village of Bear Creek. Her
Sond was fixed at $1,000, which was fur
nished by Editor LANCE of Fond du Lac.
A suit has been brought by the people
of Onalaska to annul the water bonds OF
that place the theory that the lnuni-
cipality exceeded its powers and that the
bonding limit was overstepped in issuing
them. If they are overturned the heirs
of the late Frank Pooler will be abont
$25, 900 out.
The existenuce of several baby farms
was discovered in Milwaukee by Super
intendent Spindler of the county poor. 1t
was Established that there were several
persons doing a thriving business in TAX
ing babies from mothers desiring to get
rid of them ard disposing of them to the
pest advantage.
Albin McCuen, a poor laborer at La
Crosse, is believed to be the missing
brother of John aIcCuen, who died at
Warner, Colo, few days ago, leaving
his entire estate to his brother if found.
McCuen was adopted by a man named
Rush of Viroqua at an early age and is
not certain of the relationship.
A million dollar mining and develop
ment company has been organized in
Ashland, backed by number of bust
ness men of Ashland and Waterfowl, 5.
ID. A week ago gold was discovered in
the Holmes copper mine, twenty miles
south of Ashland. Gold was struck l4O
feet below the surface on the Penokee
copper range.
Disagreement over a site for its loca-
ton lids fair to lose to Manitowoc the
Carnegie $25, 900 donation for a library.
At meeting of the Council no solu-
ton of the matter presented itself and
an ordinance to accept the gift was de-
feated. The gift has never been officially
accepted by the City Council and there
is now a strong probability that it will
be refused.
The general merchandise establish
ment of n. Jurgenson at Gays Mills was
totally destroyed by fire. The cause is
unknown but is supposed to have been
started from stove. The family which
occupied the rooms on the second floor
were awakened by the explosion OF
tank of oil and they had only time to
escape with their lives. The store Was
one of the largest in the Kickapoo val
ley and a stock of about $4,000 was car
ried in groceries, hardware and dry
goods.
Judge Fruit in the Circuit Court at
La Crosse denied a petition of III. Re-
gerth, i'll the case of Carter VS. Regerth
to set aside judgment for $4,000, on the
ground of fraud in former trial. Albert
Regerth went to st. Paul some months
ago to purchase land. He left note
for $1,000 with land company, but re-
turned without the land. He did not
appear at the trial of the case in which
the land company tried to collect the
note, and it went by default against him.
a judgment was taken against his farm
and Immediately thereafter he disappear
ed. He was not at the trial and it is
feared that the prospect of losing his
property turned his mind and that he has
committed suicide
The thirteen students of Lawrence
University at Appleton who were given
their choice of paying So each for the
damage done TO the college property dur
ing the class riot or be suspended two
weeks, elected to pay the fine. The next
morning. masquerading as tramps, they
stood at the door of the chapel and so
licited aims from students to pay their
fines. They were severely rebuked by
President Plantz and ordered to dispense
on pain OF expulsion. In chapel exercises
they were formally denounced by the
president. who announced that any fur
Their effort to revive the antagonism be-
tween the classes would be punished by
summary expulsion. Later in the day
some of the fined students were given en-
ployment in shoveling snow off the walks
in the campus to earn money to pay their
fires. and others did similar work for
citizens.
The boiler in A. Helliminger's foundry
at Adell blew up. 1t wrecked the foun
dry, ana a part of the boiler struck the
Burk Hotel and cut it almost in two,
killing a 6-ye.T-old son of Station Agent
Wieting and injuring three women and
a boy who were in the hotel. David
Haas, farmer. who was in the foun-
dry at the time of the explosion. had OEe
of his legs broken and was badly bruis-
ed. Mrs. Helliminger and her 10 year
old son. Tony, were bruised and sustain
ed scalp wounds. 1t is estimated that
the damage of the hotel and foundry will
amount to $1,000. Windows in sur
rounding buildings were broken. A .arge
plate ri ass window in the store of y.
Saemann and the wine shop of H. Vein
field were shattered by the conclusion.
The workmen In the foundry were not Sc
riously injured. The cause of the explo-
sion is not known.
The Touring mill of the Belle City
Milling Company was completely wiped
out byffre at Racine, causing loss of
ST.. 600 on which there was an insur-
ance of but $4,000. The building was
equipped with most modern machinery
and tons of -four and wheat were in