Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-07
Oscar Para Of Pound accidentally shn,


an explosion of dynamite at the Port
Edwards paper mills, died of his inj.slr::ses.
William Meilke. a farmer residing in
the town of Moundville, was choked to
death while eating dinner by piece of
beefsteak lodging in his throat.
Miss Sylvia White of Minneapolis has
given $4,000 to Whitewater for Pub
lie library building Miss Whites father
was the founder of Whitewater.
Michigan University won from Wis
consin at Madison III a debate on the in
come, tax. Michigan contended for the
enactment of such a tax law by Con-
gress.
| William Dean, one of Beaver DAMS
earliest pioneers. died of old age. aged
81 years. Mr.. Dean was father of Viii
liam Dean of Milwaukee, who is now at
Seattle, Wash.
Leo Wright, a switchman, 81 years
of age, employed by the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul road. was killed at
GAINESVILLE by being crushed between the
bumpers of two freight cars.
Gilbert Warfeld, the actor who stole
S2.700 from Treasurer Nirdlinger of the
Marguerite sylvia Opera Company at
Milwaukee, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to two years in the house Of cor
rection.
| Miss Louisa Winller. young miilinar
of Shawano, charged with using the
mails for improper purposes, was bound
over for the next term of the United
States Court, which will be held at Osh-
kosh in June.
4 o.:,,, c.l,o,T to,olo,c ~,
anonymous letters threatening bodily
harm unless they resign; an association
has been organized for mutual protec-
ton and $1,000 fund win be used to pros
ecute offenders.
John Grotzke. German farmer resid-
ing near Corning Station. committed sui
eide. His wife found him hanging in
shed used for sheltering farm machinery,
He was an inmate of the asylum ut Men
dota several years ago.
Two leading members of ST Joseph's
| Catholic Congregation in Racine got in
to fight over a pew and both landed in
the police court. Jacob Hinze. one of
Them was fined SO and costs for as
saulting w c. Schweitzer, q trustee. The
men quarreled after church service.
During fierce thunder storm light
ming struck the barn on +. a. Gallo
ways farm. about three miles from
| Waupun. Two hundred bushels of grain,
all the farm machinery and four valua-
bic horses were destroyed entailing
loss of $4,000 only slightly assured.
George w. Wylie died 1T Elkhorn. For
half a century Mr. Wyiie was Il pictur-
esque character in Walworth County. A
Yankee by birth and rearing, he was
possessed of q fund of humor that was
Spontaneous For more than forty-six
years he was chief marshal of the fam
Gus Walworth County fair.
Charles c. B;a'deen, justice of the
| Wisconsin Supreme Court. died at Madi-
son. Judge B.rdeen had Il wide prac
tice as lawyer and considerable expe-
rience as jurist. He was elected Judge
of the Sixteenth judicial district in April,
1891. and was reelected for term of
six years in April last. there being no
opposition TO him. He was born in
Brookfeld, n. Y, Sept %, 1880.
! Milwaukee will no longer be reproach-
ed for having an unsightly river front if
the plans of the Outdoor Art Association
are carried out in the spirit in which
they have been started. The association
has induced the manufacturing concerns
and large stores to remove all advertis-
ing matter from the river front of their
places of business and have employed a
landscape gardener 10 plant trees, flow
ers and vines wherever possible.
Thomas Ferris entered the Dousman
House in Prairie du Chen and it is al
legged demanded the night clerk to turn
! - L ~. a,
| German, the clerk who is only about 10
years old, lodged under the counter,
thence 20 the telephone booth, whore he
called the police Ferris is a big burly
fellow and is said to have pointed So
shooter at the boys face. Officers cap
tured him in the railroad yards and he
will be held for the Circuit Court.
| Miss Matte Shpman of Omro turned
the tables on her friends who had plan
ned to give her a surprise party. When
the party had gathered at the Shipman
home and had been welcomed Miss Ship
man disappeared for a few minutes to
return with minister and Robert Law
son of Milwaukee, her fance. She an
nounced that the marriage was to he per-
formed ut once and before the surprised
guests hardly realized it the ceremony
was performed. The engagement of the
cop2le had been announced and the sur
prise arranged by the friends of the
bride-to-be was to be in the nature of
| pillow shower in celebration of the
coming event Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson will
reside in Milwaukee.
Oscar Davis, the 1G-year-old son of
| farmer residing near Waakesha Beach,
was found dead near a road in the Vi
cinity of the beach, with a bullet hole
! through his heart Near the boy was
small-caliher rifle from which, it IS sup
posed. the bullet was fired which caused
his DEATH Young Davis went to school
as usual. and failing to return home at
night, his parents became alarmed and
! a search was instituted for the boy.
| which resulted in finding him dead in the
woods. The body was found but half
mile from lis home and it is supposed,
| from the position of the body and the
gun, that his death had resulted from
accidental shooting. as no one, as yet,
is known to have been with him.
Mrs. Rosa Schoen Of the Schoen Man
ufacturing Company at Racine. scored
another victory against the strikers who
left her factory when the court made per
manent the injunction against the Trades
and Labor Assembly 20 prevent intcrfer-
ence with Mrs. Schoen's business.
H. H. Camp, a wealthy philanthropist
and one of the oldest residents of Mil
waukee. has decided his homestead TO
the Children's Hospital Association and
the magnificent residence will be con-
verted into a hospital. He had already
contributed largely to the endowment Of
the hospital.
On account of a threatened hydropho-
bia epidemic Mayor Pfennig of Kenosha
has ordered the police to Kill al dogs
found running at large. A dog Supposed
to have rabies bit twelve people and
scores of dogs are supposed to have been
bitten.
The prisoner held as a suspect in the
attempt to rob .he Randolph State Bank
two weeks aso, and who was captured
- Dam aSrar,afi fynrn tho iail in