Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19

depot anu foGnQnouse IN view.
While deciding that murder has been
done. guilt was net fixed on any one by
the coroner's jury for the death of Gus
tave Kruger. the aged farmer whose
body was found weighted down in tse
river near La Crosse.
I.ista. the little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geelzer of Glen Bulah. was bitten
by dog The animal lacerated the
child's face and ear There is great anx-
iety in regard to the injury, as thu ami
nal is thought to have been mad
All the laborers Of the Fairbanks
Morse works quit At Bcla.;. heing refus-
Ell an advance Of wages. The strike
causes suspension Of work in the foundry,
but the molderS are not striking. Other
branches of the bic shop are running.
Mrs. Wilhelm Lohrez. aged 20 years,
while walking on the railway track near
the Atlantic street crossing in Appleton.
was run down by an express train and
| instantly killed. She leaves husband
and a large family of grown-up children.
The youngest daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
Dittle Of the town of Mitchell took a
dose of morphine. \ doctor was sum
moned. who worked over the girl for
forty eight hours before he was able to
bring her to consciousness. 1t is be-
heved that she will recover.
The State convention &c Modern Wood
men declared emnhatically against the
proposed step rate plan" and ordered
the appointment of committee to sug-
gest a proper reimbursement before the
Indianapolis encampment. j. II. Har-
beck Of Appleton was elected head con
sui and \. y. Bort of Beloit was in
dorsed for national banker.
While his father was conversing with
friend in the kitchen. the 4-year-old
son Of John Prudel Of Marinette climb
ed on a chair, twining q circular towel
hanging from the wall around his neck.
1 lie accidentally slipped off the chair and
| tie towel choked him before he could
utter a sound. 4 DOCTOR who was sum
moned. worked for two hours before con-
sciousness returned.
! Fire destroyed the Touring mill of NJ.
| =. Helmer at Fond du Lac. The loss is
| estimated at $4,000 with Insurance
amounting in all TO S14,G0 divided be-
tween two millers insurance companies
| about equally. The plant Will be rebuilt
at once or as soon as the losses are adj
! justed. The origin of he fire is sup
posed to have been in shaft box locat-
ed on the ceiling Of the first floor.
The section men on the Wisconsin Cen
/ trail who struck at New Richmond were
paid S1.25 per day until recently, when
the company voluntarily advanced the
pay 10 cents Now they refuse to go to
/ orb mi e 4le
men on the Chicago. St Paul Mime
apols and Omaha receive. Section bosses
are getting So per month. The one
at New Richmond demanded $50, which
was refused, and he quit.
Henry Ratz, a 14-year-old Fond du
Lac boy, has been arrested charged with
| forgery. He is said to have been OPP
Grating for about two weeks and TO have
obtained at least $50 Several of his
schoolmates are thought to be implicated
and arrests are expected The supern-
tendent of schools has been cooperating
with the police in examining specimens
of handwriting and taking steps to ferret
oup the mystery which has surrounded
the forgeries.
The body of Conrad Raster of Mil
vaukee, who left the home of Christie
pher Wallin in Marinette on the night
of March Is, and no trace of whom could
subsequently be found. was discovered
in the river by three boys. His watch
and valuables were ON the body and no
traces of foul play We're discovered. Sui.
eide is suspected. He had a wife and
children in Milwaukee. Financial! trou-
bleS were supposed to have been the
cause of his suicide.
Hans Rubjarg, painting contractor
of Racine, attempted to commit suicide
by shooting himself through the head.
/ Rubjarg was found by his wife prostrat-
ed ON the kitchen floor with the barrel
of revolver in his mouth. The woman
kicked the weapon away and then ran to
summon aid. Rubjarg left the house and
going to the rear of a saloon again at
tempted to kill himself, but was prevent
ed by the saloonkeeper. 1t is believed
that the man is demented.
The Chippewa Falls, Phillips and
| Northeastern Railroad Company has filed
articles of incorporation with the Secre-
tary Of State, its purpose being TO build
and operate a railroad from Chippewa
| Fails to Woodruff, about 10 miles.
| Headquarters are to be at Phillips.
Whether it is to be a steam or electric
road + not stated in the articles. The
capital stock is $4,000, nearly all held
by Robert A. Travers Of Chicago The
Other incorporators are Addie NJ. TRAY
erse. Elizabeth Pullen, Wallace w.
Johnson and Michael +. Cure. all Of
| Chicago.
There win be trouble for rattlesnakes
down in Grant County aud all along the
! Mississippi bluffs. because of the passage
of the rattlesnake bounty bill II en-
powers the county boards to provide
| bounties for killing rattlesnakes and some
of the counties that are infested like
Grant will speedily take advantage Of
the law. In the days when the hogs
were allowed to run around they made
short work Of the snakes and killed them
off as they multiplied. but Of late years
| the hogs have been penned up ard the
snakes have been thriving When the
! county makes it an object the popnlacc
viii turn to and 20 snake hunting. ord
il viii not take long TO Eearly exterminate
! the reptiles While poisonous. the Wis
consin RATHER is not nearly so veuomous
as his Southern brother because lie is
constantly emptying his sack in killing
animals he uses for food, and for that
reason the bite is rarely fatal although
| it is serious.
Mrs. Al Schissler. whose husband has
been convicted ut Milwaukee Of the muir
der of F. w. Reul. wrote to her hus-
bands attorney that she really fred The
fatal shot herself She explains that
when SchissIer came to the door Of th-
carriage in which she sat with Reul she
grasped her husbands arm. in which he
held a revolver. and that in the struggle
the revolver went of. Schissler bad de-
clared in BIS testimony that be- did not
shoot and did rot know how the gun be
held was discharged. II is not likely that
the statement viii have any effect on
the sent Saee
Mrs August Benz Of La Crosse %,
tanned big damages from the Chicago ana
Northwestern Railroad Company without
the assistance Of the courts. August