Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20


Hughes was working on a seawall at
Victor f. Lawson's Green lake summer
home.
In New London Mrs. Andrew Luib
committed suicide by cutting her throat
with a razor. She was found dead in the
barn. She leaves a husband and three
small children. Mr.. Luib is a rural mail
carrier
George Waite Of Rock Em had tu-
NOR ON his neck so he couldn't wear
collar. The doctor offered to remove it,
but George sharpened his knife, got some
cocaine and mirror and cut it out for
himself, doing neat job.
\ gold cross and a letter from Pope
Plus have been received by Sister Mar
garet, superioress of st, Augustine's hos
pital of Minoequa. The cross is sent in
recognition of the holiness, good works
and piety Of the sister.
j. +. Wiley. a man we'll known in
Rock County and prominent in business
circles, was found dead in his room in
GAINESVILLE. Death, it is thought, was
due to asthma. The man had lived alone
for number of years.
Gustave Myers shot and killed himself
accidentally at Stinett. He had left a
loaded shotgun beside his porch and went
out in his night clothes to bring it in.
The trigger struck the edge of the porch
and the charge went through his stom-
ach.
Smallpox has put in an appearance in
Douglas County again. The first case
this fall arrived from Hines logging
camp. Axel Tuomela is the patient and
the case is one of the most serious ever
cared for at the Superior isolation hos
pital.
An attempt was made to rob the store
of Hanson x Peterson at Gushing. The
burglars drilled hole in the safe and
used dynamite The safe was badly shat
tered, but the lock remained intact The
explosion aroused the proprietor, and the
robbers fled.
Secretary c. H. Gafin of the Univer-
sity y NJ c. \. said that $4l 900 Of the
$4,000 needed for the new \. NJ c. A.
building in Madison had been raised
and that as soon as the balance of 49,
900 was subscribed work on the building
would begin.
Fred Heiden, Jr., who was detained at
Ludington, Mich, recently, but allowed
to come back to Milwaukee, was arrested
when he stepped off the boat He was
taken to police headquarters and gave
bail later in the police court. He is
charged with grating" while inspector
of the house of correction
At the hospital in Manitowoc, where
the bride is receiving attention as a re-
suit of having taken carbolic acid with
suicidal intent, Miss Anna Poh and Will
liam Smazel were united in marriage, the
service being read by the priest The
groom has not yet attained the legal age
and the girl is but 10. There is little
hope for the recovery of Mrs. Smazel
Burglars entered the office of the VOL
ter Brewing Company in Appleton and
made a bungling and unsuccessful at
tempt to break open the safe. They tore
the telephone from the wall which caus-
ed the bell in the central Office to ring,
and the girl operator, suspecting some
thing was wrong notified the police. but
the burglars had disappeared when the
officers reached the scene.
At Harper's Ferry mob attacked Mr.
and Mrs A. Wilson, evangelists, and
made them leave the town The reason
given was that the place was in need
of no sky pilots outside the regular
preachers they kept on hand all the time.
The cool headed citizens, however, took
no hand in the performance and severely
criticise the mob The assaulting party
was made mp not only of some Of the
villagers, but also farmers from the sur
rounding country.
4 claim of 81, 500 which Fred Mueller
made against the estate of his deceased
father, Gustaye Mueller, has been dis
allowed by the probate court at Manito-
woe in the settlement Of the estate.
Mueller sold his property in the West TO
return and assist in the management Of
brewery operated by his parent and
claimed to have sacrificed g, 400 in the
hasty dispossal of the store and alleged
that the decedent had promised to make
this good He also claimed $3.50 as the
expense of removing his family. BY the
decision of the court the entire amount is
refused
In the GAINESVILLE municipal court See
rotary f. f. Lewis Of the Lewis knitting
works and Superintendent George Hans
of the Marzluff shoe factory were each
fined S12 and costs. charged with having
employed in their factories minors under
the age of 16 years.
The body Of Fred Dieu was found
floating in the river near the company's
dam at MenomOnie Mr.. Dieu left home
Sept. - and had not been seen since
It is believed TO be a ease of suicide and
no inquest viii be held. Mr.. Dieu was
- years old and had been in poor health
for several years. He leaves six children.
The Oshkosl. Grass Mating Company
has a deal practically closed for the pur-
chase Of strip $50 feet long on the
river front from RaGford Brothers Com
pany. upon which to erect the extensive
new plant and a favorable landing place
for grass from up-river points.
A. L. Brown, a farmer residing three
miles from GAINESVILLE, was seriously in
iHred by the sudden exp.Oion Of g.
thrashing engine on which he was firing.
Brown was hurled high in the air over
fence. distance Of twelve rods. where
he was picked up terribly cut and bruis-
ed. The explosion set IRE . the barns,
stacks and granary, all Of which were
destroyed.
Constables Joseph frost and William
Hanley we're fined $3.50 apiece by Judge
Neelen in Milwaukee for extortion. They
forced man % pay SO for taking 81
chicken coop he thought he had a RICH.
to. This was one Of tie cases IF graft
ing" which was pressed by press ami
poblic. ard the sentence is termed light
consideroHg the nature Of the ofenee b.
officers Of the law.
The season for catching large pickeerl
At Green lake has commenced Recently
rwo Of the Norton brothers. the well
known fishermen Of hartford, caught a
string Of fwenty-four large deep-water
Black bass are also Deing
caught in large numbers.