Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-18

| towoc on conviction of larceny IN operat-
ing a short change game by which it is
said he secured SIS.
Peter. the 11-year-old son of Mrs. CAST
mir emilia of Stevens Point. was taken
with cramps when in bathing and sank
within sight of several boy companions.
The body was recovered
While attending dance at Degten's
Hall at Newton and at the conclusion of
waltz, Mrs. Albert Mueller. we'll
known resident, fell dead on the floor.
Mrs. Mueller was Al years of age.
Mrs John Kne5el aged "a, and her
| 12-year-old baby girl We're burned TO
death in the town of Granville. The
fire was caused by the woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove. The
house was burned.
The 2-year-old son of James Tydeman.
farmer living about three miles from
Waupun, was drowned in a water tank.
How the accident happened is mystery
us the tank was covered with a heavy
| wooden cover, which the child could not
have lifted.
Mrs. John Knebel, "a years of age.
and her year and a half old baby girl
were burned to death at the Knebel
homestead in the town of Granville. The
fire was caused by the woman pouring
kerosene into the kitchen stove when she
supposed the fire had gone out.
Allan d. Conover of Madison has been
appointed by Gov La Toilette a member
of the State board of control to succeed
Judge William Lyon, resigned. Mr.. Con
| L.
be specially valuable in view of the inn
provements constantly going ON upon
buildings at State Institutions.
A. G. Lee, a citizen of Denton, Texas,
writes that if the city Of Stevens Point
will change its name to philanthropy
| he will secure a location there for two
philanthropic institutions of worldwide
| interest, backed by unlimited capital and
which will mean the expenditure of 81
| 000,000.000 first and last" He calls the
institutions the International Political
| Specialists School and the Worlds Dia-
thetic Institute.
DIR. Truman T. Parker, young doe
tor employed in the hospital of the Ply
sicans' and Surgeons College in Chi
cago. stepped on a banana peel while
Walklll2 lEOul the SIuOheI into the Atig
coach Of Northwestern train bound for
Chicago. He slipped and fell with such
violence that he was thrown from the
platform His left hand went under the
wheels and two trucks passed over it,
managing it so that amputation was nee
| essary.
The allowance of water to be drawn by
Fox River valley millmen from Lake
Winne5ago for hydraulic power has been
cut by the Neenah and Menasha W ater
Power Company which controls the flow
for power purposes, from IS per cent of
the natural flow of the river, which was
the allowance all the previous week, to 90
per cent. Even on this allowance, plus
the natural leakage, the majority of mills
will be able to run at practically full ca
pacity without resorting to steam power.
After being tossed about in storm on
Lake Michigan all night in a little dis
abled yacht three men were rescued from
the Gingo of the Kenosha Yacht Club
fleet by the life savers. The rudder of
their little craft became disabled early
| in the night. and when taken aboard the
surf boat they were exhausted by their
efforts to reach the beach and nearly
drowned by the seas which had broken
over their craft Their cries for help
were heard by the members of the Ke-
nosha life saving crew and the surf boat
was launched only after a hard fight.
Six members of the commission to Sc
! lect and have charge of the plans for the
building of an addition to the State cap
tol as provided by an act of the last
Legislature have been appointed by the
Governor. Besides himself they are: JUS
tice J. b. Winslow, member of the SUI
preme Court; Justice r. c. Marshall,
member of the Supreme Court; w. H.
Chynoweth, attorney, Madison; Edwin
f. Reynolds, superintendent of the Alis-
Chalmers plant. Milwaukee; o. H. In
gram. manufacturer of sash. doors and
blinds. Eau Claire Wis; John A. Van
Cleve banker, Marinette.
Mrs. Mark Wulf. the wife of saloon
keeper just outside Milwaukee. nearly
killed a tramp who came into the saloon
where she was alone and assaulted her.
The fellow ordered a glass of beer, and
when Mrs Wulf served it he seized her.
In the struggle Mrs. Wulf. who has we'll
developed muscles, got the tramp down
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nearly into Inconsistencies. She releas-
ed him, thinking he would leave, but in
stead he renewed the attack. This time
Mrs Wulf went at him with the beer
bottle with the intention of killing him.
When the fight was over the tramp was
lying with his scalp cut in dozen places,
and his throat cut with broken glass. He
was barely able TO crawl away when
Mrs. Wulf tainted.
Train No. 81, fast mail. on the Omaha
road was wrecked at Rice Lake by crash
ing into cars on siding Brakeman Ed
Pease of Cumberland had his leg broken.
None other was injured. Section men
left the switch open. causing the acct
dent
Milwaukee police are looking for Dan
b. Fitzgerald. a one-legged professional
bicycle rider and animal trainer who
came from Chicago recently and passed
a number Of checks which are said to
have been forged. He is about 40 years
old. we'll built. and has given many ex-
hibitions In public
Boys swimming in the lake south Of
Kenosha found small bottle which con-
tanned note alleged 10 have been writ
ten by Carl Nandegrif Of South Haven.
Mich. claimin. that he left South Haven
in rowboat on the evening Of July IS
and was caught in a squall two miles
out. 1t is supposed that he was drowned.
Charles Soiney is dying in La Crosse
hospital from wounds said 10 have been
inflicted by Nels Olberg and the latter is
in Jail az Canton. Mimi. under $1,000
bonds Ofberg II Is said pulled his VIC
tim from the buggy and slashed him
with a knife A mob has attempted to
storm the jail. not wanting TO lynch him.
but TO rescue Olherg.
The inquest held at Crandon over the
body Of Marx Tribby. who died suddenly.
found that he died of unknown cause He
leaves q wife snd two Young children.
He was 3S years Old and was a stone
mason. He laid rs much stone in one
day as two ordinary masons could. and
il i believed he worked himself 10 death.
Harry Maxwell Of Oshko<.l received a