Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26

Onlro- NO cause Is assigned Tor the re-
movaI.
The treacherous Wisconsin river claim
ed another victim at Grand Rapids n the
person of little 3-year-old Genesieve
Ridgman.
Hnda. Hanson. 7-year-old daughter of
Helmar \. Hanson. fell eff the pier at
the Bernard boat landing at Madison
and was drowned,
Burglars cracked the safes in the of
fees of 4. Semple and Mackenzie 4
Westphal at Poynette. AT the former
place $50 in cash was secured.
The clothing store Of Tre!even RrotS-
ers was totally destroyed by fire at ON
no. The loss is 5000. Adjoining build
ings were saved with difficulty.
William and Frank Letter of Sparta
were taken to La Crosse and sentenced
to two years in the State prison at Wau-
pun for entering hardware store.
Louis Zwershitz, living on farm two
miles from Eland. was instantly killed
blowing out stumps with dynamite, by
the premature explosion of charge.
| A sneak thief entered the Office in +.
McIntyre's elevator at Waldo and took
S44 in change out of the safe which was
open. There is no clue to the thief.
Prof. W. T. White former instructor
of science in the Oshkosh high school,
received the appointment of fellow" in
physics at Cornell for the coming year.
Fred Smith. 17-year-od son Of A. Il.
/ Smith of Onalaska. was instantly killed
i by a Burlington freight train near Grand
/ Z, bpI and
one arm pulled off.
Martin W. Odlaa5 Of Madison has re-
eeived the appointment of vice consul 10
Denmark under Consul Ray Frazier and
Will leave for that point in August. Mr..
Odland is an instructor in the Madison
high school,
Four cents. the plumber secured in a
hold-up TO which he was party at Ri
pom. has sent Robert Zwiegen, q youth
of that city, to the Green Bay reforma-
tory Of an indeterminate term of from
one TO seven years.
BY the capsizing of their best while
boating on the Wisconsin river At Prai-
rie du Chit1, Frank Shell and Mabel
Bickford were drowned Frank Kendell
and Vivian Reynolds, who occupied the
boat with them. were rescued.
! d. NJ. ID. Bird, who has medical
charge of the prisoners ~ the Marinette
County Jail, intends to prepare a bill for
presentation to the next Legislature pro-
viding for the establishment by the State
of an institution for chronic ineDriates.
Another body was taken from the river
at Manitowoc and identified as that of
Joseph Chapman. the missing shipkeerer
ON the steamer italia of the Corrigan
fleet, who disappeared Feb. %. Mr..
Chapman's home was at Cleveland. o.
Rev. George 5. Bryant died in Palmy-
"a. He was born in Nottingham, Eng,
April 10, 1872 He came to Palmyra
in 1852 and preached for the Bible Chris
tian Society at Zion and Sugar Greek
for many years. Mrs. Bryant survives
him.
A divorce was granted Mrs. Anna
Yonkers of La Crosse from Charles Ion-
kers. Some months ago Mrs. Yonkers
was bequeathcd $4,000 by an aged man
whom she had cared for when he was
i'll on a Burlington train. Yonkers' moth
er, a wealthy widow, threatened to disin
. herit him unless the divorce was secured
and Yonkcrs was forced 10 choose be
tween his wifes $4,000 and his eXpecta
tions from his mother, and the mother
prevailed.
After a search of two years Mrs. Ger
trude Robinson of Kenosha, through the
aid of the Humane Society. has found
/, her child AT the home of Mrs. Saral
: Weaver in Kansas City. Mrs. Robinson
had the child brought before the Circui
] Court on a writ of habeas corpus. TIL,
= Robinsons were married in indianapolis
f in 1898, and the baby was born in May
1900 The couple moved to Kenosha
In May, 1901, the couple visited Milwau
kee. where the husband disappeared will
e the infant. Judge Teasdale ordered Mrs
Weaver to retain possession of the chilC
= until June 6. when he will decide WHIT
:. shall have custody Of the girl.
: That portion of the State fish ant
game law which purports to give war
dens the right to search ears and boats
for suspected contraband fish and gam'
is unconstitutional That is the ruling
/ of the Winnebago County Court and b!
inference of the State Supreme Court
Last fall Paul Lefever, captain Of th'
steamer of the same name. was arrested
! for forciby ejecting two game wardeni
: who attempted to search his steamer fol
contraband FISH. Lefever was discharg
{ ed in the nisi prius court on the ruin;
above noted. The case was appealed L
{ the Supreme Court, and the appeal wa
j dismissed on the application of the At
torney General This leaves the decis
: ion Of the Oshkosh judge as the law II
5 the case.
A cold-blooded murder. in which WI
liam Stevens Is alleged to have lost hi
life at the hands of his stepson. Elme
, Cleveland. occurred the other night th,
[ result of brawl on South Main stree
l in the negro settlement of Fond du Lac
e One of four shots from 32-caliber re
: volver did the fatal work. the one takinl
e effect in the forehead and three other
going wild Cleveland gave himself NJ
: at the police station later and the body O
= his dead stepfather was removed Ac
d cording to information given at the Ste
5 vens home. there was only one eve wit
0 ness TO the tragedy. a coored man b,
V the name Of Coleman, Who has made hi
n escape and cannot be located at present
+ From all reports. Stevens was not Of N
: agreeable disposition and has been
f source Of rauch trouble to tie police de
g partment Cleveland is q negro, u year
Of age.
Because her husband threw her cut o
y the window Of an upstairs bedroom an'
INDUCED in other pranks not 70 her no
+ ton. Mrs Kathryn Knudson Of Trempea
lean County was granted divorce.
Jacob Hammerstad. a wealthy farmet
2 who mysteriously disappeared. was fount
; IN a deserted house in the town Of Hale
; less than FIVE miles from his home. Hi
clothes were torn and he was nearly deat
: from starvation. The large amount o
: money known 70 have been on his per
y son vas gone. Hammerstad is demente'
: and unable TO tell anything about him
self since leaving home.
r Robbers had entered the house Of 10
] seph Beischel, foreman Of the jefferson
{ Brewing Company in jefferson, through
+ the brewery adjoining and we're about 4