Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29


The house of August Yantaski, a Po-
lander residing in Oasis, was entirely de-
stroyed by fire, together with all his
household goods and his large crop of
! potatoes.
William Stolp and Miss Clara Schatz
left Kenosha together. The mans faith
er attempted to stop the clipping couple
at the railway station, but the younger
man proved the stronger.
Sebastian Knight, IS years old, was
arrested in Appleton, charged with set
ting fire to the barn of John Brown.
| Knight was detected by his tracks in the
snow, leading directly from the burned
barn to his home
John B. jackson, right-of-way man
for the Madison-Green Bay Railway,
has secured an option on an acre of land
| located near the western terminus Of
College avenue, in Appleton, for depots
and freight yards
| Workmen of the Fairbanks Morse
plant in Beloit, which has announced a
cut of Z " per cent in wages, have voted.
TO 1, to continue work Twenty-Five
men quit and endeavored to persuade
others to follow them, but did not sue
coed.
The first public test and inspection Of
the pumping station was given by the
Racine Water Company and was attend
! ed by all the city officials -Four pumps
were in operation and the entire distrib-
uting system tested successfully with Dir
rect pressure.
/ Qv of IaY,
! at McAllister, Charles Donaldson was
fatally injured, Gus Swanson seriously
and probably fatally hurt and Ole Erick-
son badly burned. The cause of the ex-
plosion is unknown. The entire room was
! filled with flames and Swanson and
Erickson, who were playing cards, had a
hard time making their way out Dom
aldson was overwhelmed by the gaseous
flames and was dragged out. He died in
a short time after the fire was extin-
| guished by villagers and the building was
not destroyed.
| Fire in Rio completely destroyed
| Bergs block, consisting of three two
story frame buildings, all adjoining, and
| slightly damaged the new two-story stone
building, all owned by Mrs. A. e. Berg
and her son, G. e. Berg. The FIRE start
ed in one of the frame buildings Occur
pied by Frank Baker as a saloon and
| dwelling. He suffered a loss of some
of his saloon outfit and household goods
| c. A. Helle had a $4,000 stock of mer-
chandise in another building, the greater
part of which was saved. Loss about
| $500. J. L. Hartley, who occupied rooms
| in the second story of one building, lost
/ L. oI,nI1 L.. A Lob %
stock of merchandise and dry goods, val
ued at $4,000, in the stone building,
were damaged to the extent of about
$500 by being removed.
Randolph was visited by a serious fire
which destroyed four store buildings and
| residence, entailing a loss Of about
| 49, 0C, partly covered by insurance.
! The ire started in Watkins brothers
bakery by the bursting of an alright
] stove and the family had barely time to
escape from the burning building, saving
only what scanty clothing they could put
on. TIE Kaiser building was the next
to go, which was occupied by Sasada &
KrIeger's clothing store. They were
! able to save most of their goods. Jesse
| Sage's harness shop on the ground floor,
|
| upstairs; the drug store of j. A. Light
ner with most of the contents, which in
! cluded large stock of holiday goods;
| the residence of III. Craig, occupied by
| L. O. Nutting. were also destroyed. The
| Nutting household effects were saved by
/ hard work on the part of the volunteer
| fire department. The fact that the roofs
| of adjoining buildings were covered with
snow saved the town from destruction.
The affirming of the findings of the
lower court by the Supreme Court in the
suit brought by George H. Taylor, as
administrator, against Peter Sell, brings
to a close one of the sensational cases
of Sheboygan County. A son Of the
Taylors had been accidentally shot aid
killed by a 7-yearold son of the Sells,
while both were playing near the Taylor
/ homestead in Cascade. The little Sell
! lad had accompanied his elder brother,
I who was armed with a rifle, on a little
| hunting expedition in the neighborins
woods. and coming near the Taylor farm
| the children gathered at a little creek
| flowing through the farm. Unperceived
| by his elder brother. Ernie Sell picked
up the air rifle. which discharged, tile
! contents piercing the forehead of the lit
tie Taylor lad. The Sells attended the
funeral and mOurned the death of the
Taylor lad as if he had been their own
| child more so as the two lads had been
playmates since earliest childhood. Soon
thereafter the Taylors brought suit in
the sum of 1000 damages. alleging con
| tributory negligence. The case was
fought hard for a week in Circuit Court,
at the end of which time the jury
brought in a special verdict generating
the Sells. On writ of error NJ. c..
Mead took the case to the Supreme
! Court. where the decision has been af-
| frmed.
! The expenses to Portage County in the
Harroun trial. including the post norton
and preliminary examination, as near as
can be estimated, will not exceed $4,000,
and may not reach that sum. About
200 witnesses were subpoenaed.
A pool to include all the sash and door
manufacturers of the Mississippi valley
is being organized in Oshkosh. The new
organization will be reorganization and
enlargement of the Sash. Door and Blind
Association of the Northwest. The an
nouuced purpose of the amalgamation IS
for the betterment of existing market
conditions.
! William c. Drake of Milwaukee, at the
/ organization Of the O. $. Townsite, Land
and Live Stock Company Of Okanogan
County, Washington. with paid-up capt.
fail OF 100000 was elected treasurer.
/ The Great Ne=onerS road intends build
4 ing into the valley and city viii be
founded
Horaer u. Fowler sworn to twenty
nine complaints against Minnesota grain
| inspection officials operating in Superior.
The charge is that they violated the Wis
conSin grain Inspection law of 1925. At
tached to az bat two of the complaints
we're signatures of the men TO certificates
! showing that they had inspected or
| weighed wheat and ain in the cisy.
A. NJ. Alltn of Sbe pierre has demanded
damages from the members Of the Beloit
College Cros.i-Country Club on account