Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-31
All Over the State.

r. 3. Carpenter. aged 60, of the town
of Freedom, died of lockjaw. He had
been thrown against a wire fence by a
colt and his hand was cut.
Acetanilid poisoning, the result of a
double dose of headache powder, is said
to be the cause of the death Of Mrs
John Ziegelbauer of Milwaukee,
Chicago men have bought a site on the
north side on which they will erect ?.
gas plant to supply gas for general use
and lighting purposes of Beaver Dan.
Henry G. Adams, congressman rom
the Second District, has appointed Call
vim A. Stedman of Berlin to a cadetship
in the National Military Academy at
| West Point
A mysterious fire in the basement of
the La Crosse high school building caus-
ed great excitement in the building until
the flames were extinguished Pupils
rushed from the doors aid it took the
entire strength of the teachers to pre-
vent some from dropping from the sec
ond story windows. Incendiarism is sus-
| pected.
The Fond du Lac Shirt and Overall
| Company's plant narrowly escaped being
| totally consumed by fire. The binding
was badly damaged and its stock and
machinery almost ruined by water and
smoke The loss is between $4,000 and
$4,000, covered by insurance The fire
| originated in the top floor from a defec-
tive smokestack.
The large general store of Van Gordon
& Sons at Hixton was consumed by fire,
with its contents. Stoll's dwelling house
and the postofiice were also destroyed.
The fire was controlled at the postoffice
| 1t looked at one time as though the vii
lage was doomed. as the facilities for
fighting fire are limited. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000 with small insurance.
A large barn belonging to Mrs. Benia-
min Davis of the town of Porter was
struck by lightning and burned 20 the
ground 1t contained hay. grain and
valuable machinery. The loss is SID
| 600. with insurance Of 5000.
August Melcher drowned in Okauchee
| lake He disappeared from his home and
| several hours later his body was found
| only partly submerged in the water, into
| which he had fallen through hole in
the ice only a step from the bank and
| where the water was not over eight
inches deep He was afflicted with epi
| leptic fits.
| Because of his belief in probation af-
/ ter death and the non-existence of hell
fre, Rev. Edward o. Loe has resigned
| the pastorate of the Norwegian Lutheran
| Church ia Beinit
| Thomas Young lies near deaths door
/ and Archie St Louis is in a critical con-
/ difion as the result of the explosion of
| ten pounds Of dynamite ~ tsiie Port FL
| wards paper ETll, three miles south Of
Grand Rapids.
4 collision on the Fond du Lac-Osh-
! Sosh iEterurban roaa between a l,assen-
/ ger car and a fat CIR respited in the
| serious injury of Conductor Fred Wheel
er. H was badly crushed and may lose
one Of his legs.
| Ii has been officially ascertained that
| the Northern Pacific viii construct &
! cutoff from Csrantshurs IL Iron HiveE
/ ia order to make a direct route from
! Twin Cities to Ashland and Superior Tor
| T~asac nau being carried around br Du-
| Ia;h. and also in the hope Of securing =
| portion OF the heavy trafiic now prseti-
/ .aIly monopolIzed by the Northwestern
system. The cutoff Wiz give the North
ern Pacific the shortest line 70 tie head
Of the lakes.
Work at the Iron Bel. mine viii soon
be discontinued. according 80 officers 81
| the company About Sfty miners ar
employed This vii be a lard blow e
| the village Of Iron Belt