Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-17

pany and eleven horses and four mules
We're burned to death. The loss is about
$4,000, of which 5000 is on the mules.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Thomas Malbon, sentenced to four
years in Waupun in 1898 for burning the
barn and tobacco warehouse of John
Luck and who was later transferred to
Oshkosh insane asylum and Subsequent
ly sent back to the Rock County asylum,
has escaped.
State Treasurer ]. j. Kempf of Mil
waukee has announced the balances in
the several State funds as follows: Gen
eral fund, $1,313, 96SS9; school fund,
$295.35 university fund, 1892; college
of agriculture. S1,707.11; normal school
fund, S6,5S3.S2.
Arthur Roedl II years of age, while
occupied in operating a water motor sau-
sage machine in the meat market Of
cap" Roeder in Beaver Dam, met with
terrible accident which crippled him
for life. His left hand was mangled in
the sausage machine
Elizabeth L. Stewart was married to
John w. Brown of Stevens Point The
bride is daughter of DIR. Stewart, an
old resident of Unity, and the groom is
State commander of the Knights of the
Maccabees and one of the best known
fraternal men in Wisconsin.
Two masked robbers have been causing
terror in Auburndale. The robbery of
two business places was reported to the
police at Marshfeld, and an attempt on
the life of Joseph Smith, proprietor of
the Auburndale hotel. Four shots were
fred at Mr.. Smith, but none of them
took effect.
Mrs. Charles Dennison, aged so, was
found dead on the sidewalk near her
home in Beloit. She had been visiting at
neighbours and started home, seeming
ly in perfect health Her son was on
his way to escort her home and discov
cred her dead body. Heart disease was
the cause of her death.
The case of Walter McMullen and
Martin Munsen, arrested for fighting,
was tried in La Crosse. 1t appears that
McMullen had insulted two young women
whom Munsen was eseorting home from
church and the court held that Munsen
acted exactly right and released him,
while McMullen received a heavy fine.
fired four shots in rapid succession into
the cab of a Northwestern locomotive
while it was moving at the rate of forty
miles an hour near Janesville, and Fire
man Earnest suffered serious wounds. A
rumor that receives some credence is that
the shooting was the outcome of a love
affair of Earnest's
A suit contesting the payment of an
alleged Indebtedness of 20 cents was filed
in a Neenah justice court, where it occu-
pied the attention of the court two law
yers and half n dozen witnesses over
twelve hours A local organization
was sued for the use of an oil stove
said to have been used during a picnic
given by the organization.
Jimmie Lonnegan, alias p. Burns,
under arrest at Waukesha for completely
in the Eagle bank robbery, is wanted by
the Chicago police on several charges,
one of them being murder. He is also
believed to know something of the MUIR
der committed at the car barns several
months ago, and efforts will be made to
connect him with the case.
At the village of Arkansaw a double
tragedy occurred. when Lloyd Swartz
shot and killed Robert E. Newhart and
then turned his revolver upon himself
and committed suicide 1t is thought
that Swartz was jealous, as he is said
to have accused Newhart of paying at
tentions to his wife. Both men are mar
ried and leave families. Swartz is 35
aud Newhart about A..
George johnson, farm hand employ
ed by NJ c. Christianson, had a narrow
escape from being killed at Coriss while
driving across the St. Paul railroad
tracks. He was engaged in loading a
car at the station and in driving home
did not notice train approaching from
the west. Just as he drove the team on
the track the train struck the horses and
ground them almost to pieces and the
wagon was wrecked. Johnson made his
escape by jumping. although he was Sc
riously injured.
While Alfred Austin, farmer resid-
ing at Harmony, was propelling his
threshing engine over the bridge six miles
north Of Janesvile the machine crashed
through the bridge pianking and was
precipitated into the creek twenty feet
below Mr.. Austin was not injured.
ABOUT ittA u lbkS nave
been brought TO Mannette by rail this
season and this. with the 200,000000
which have been brought down by the
boom company. makes up almost rec
ord total The season for saving will
close about Nov. II. after which time
not more than one or two mills will run.
Francisco Cogasco, the Porto Rican
protege of Company l., is getting on to
American ways almost too fast. Fran
cisco was placed under arrest in Supe-
rior and before Judge Haily acccsed Of
induIging in Halloween tricks. The court
gave him q lecture on American man
hood.
The two older children of John Rose
vale OF Racine showed their unwilling
ness to abide by the decision OF the
court which plaeed them in the custody
Of their mother, who is suing fo- di-
vorce. By running away from their moth
er's home and walking nine miles TO the
home of their father. where they wish
10 stay. The father is worth $4,000.
The Wisconsin Central Railway Com
panv has fled an amendment 10 its arti-
cles of organization with the Secretary
Of State providing for the building Of
two extensions. one from Park Falls,
ten miles northeast into Ashland County,
the other from Glidden, eight miles
southwest
Fire On board the steamer Pewaukee
At Nanitowoc endangered many build
inrs on the lake front The tug Arctic
OF the Goodrich line did good service IN
saving the 400-fo5t warehouse Of the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway and
assisting in extinguishing the flames on
the Pewaukee. The fire was caused By
the explosion Of q lantern