Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

and Mr.. Schmidts three daughters We're
overcome by escaping coal gas ait Fond
du Lac. Mr.. Barrett was awakened and
succeeded in securing medical aid. 1t is
thought that all will recover.
Lindsay Waters, grocer at Appleton,
was notified that his uncle. Charles Wat
ers, aged so, recently died at Stratford
Wits County, England, leaving him and
three of his brothers and sisters heirs
to an estate valued at 100000.
Because his daughter, Rose a pretty
! girl of 10 years, married Wall Mulaer,
a prosperous young farmer. against his
wishes James Kane. an aged and veal
thy farmer of Mandoro, committed sui
eide in a hotel by drinking laudanum.
Ten Finnish and Swedish miners re-
Gently left Hurley for Cuba, following
eight others who left for mines near
Santiago a short time ago. The outlook
in Cuba is said to be very good and more
are expected to leave in the near future.
| While burning the houses of several
fishermen ON Black river Game Warden
Henry c. Schultz was lured out on to the
ice by some of the fishermen and broke
through into the river He struggled for
nearly an hour before he was saved from
death.
A supposed insane man was nearly
run down by an interurban car near Lit
| tie Chute. He was walking on a high
trestle bridge ard, seeing the car up
preaching sat down deliberately in the
middle of the track. He proved TO be a
simple old man of nearly so. The car
was stopped in time.
| Miss Flora Kramer of Spring Bluff at
tempted to commit suicide in rhe woods
north of Stevens Point by drinking a
| bottle of aconite She was discovered
in time to administer an antidote success
| fully. She was removed to the county
| Jail. She is the daughter of Monroe
Kramer of Spring Bluff, and had writ
ten a letter reproducing a local charactei
with spurning her love and devoting his
attention to other women.
Mrs. Emma I.onstorf. who sued her
husbands mother for alternating the af-
fections of her husband, Otto Lonstorf,
whe IS heir to the Lonstorf millions. was
examined in the County Court in Mil
waukee to establish the question of her
mental condition. Two doctors have tes-
titled that they think her insane. She
claims that her husband loves her and
that she has been prosecuted and threat
ened by her husbands family.
Sadie Voecks, employed as cutter girl
at the Outagamie paper mill in Kau-
kauna, came near losing her life while
trying to cross the switch tracks of the
North western road just below the Thil-
many Pulp and Papec Companys mill.
Miss Voecks was thrown violently about
thirty feet, crushing one arm TO a pulp.
1t was amputated just above the elbow.
She received other quite severe injuries.
1t is thought she viii recover.
At meeting of the directors of the
Fox River Fair and Driving Association.
officers for the ensuing year were elect
ed as follows: President, w. l.. Root;
vice-president. Humphrey Pierce; secre-
tary, NJ. +. Basteau; treasurer, J. ].
Sherman. The executive committee
which is to have charge of the details of
arrangements for the coming fair the
first week in September is George f..
Peabody, A. G. Hatch and the officers.
| Mrs. Frances Osmer, aged 81 years, a
widow of soldier who died recently at
the Waupaca Veterans Home( was kill
ed at Fiheld. She was bound for Du-
! luth over the Ashland division of the
/ Wisconsin Central Railroad, and by mis-
| take got off the train at Fiield. As
| she stepped from the car the train be-
gan to move and she slipped and fell
between the smoker and the regular day
coach The wheels passed over her bead,
crushing the skull and severing the head
! from the body. The coroners Jury
brought in verdict of criminal care
| lessness on the part of the train crew.
At the inquest witnesses testified that
the brakeman, who was on his initial
trip. went to the old woman and told
her that Fifeld was her destination end
carried out her satchel and went back
to assist her out. The train had starred
when she reached the platform and the
| brakeman hurried her off, and she slip
ped and fell to her death.
Peter Gutter, an old resident Of the
town of Alban. in fit of dependency
took dose of horse liniment and before
medical help came he was dead. No
cause is known for the act.
A bolt of lightning set fire to the resi-
dence Of Fred Schultz in the village Of
! Hanover and completely destroyed the
Building and its contents. Mr. Schultz
AMI wife and daughters had a narrow
| escape from being burned to death. Sew
eral other buildings were ignited from
the fire. bat the volunteer fire depart
merit managed 10 avert destruction Of
the whole village.
William Zwengauer. a prominent
/ butcher. died at his home in Sheboyyan.
aged n years He had been in this coun-
try for twelve years His sister died
about the same time the precious week
He had no relatives III this country. but
an aged mother and brother in the old
country.
Mrs. Homer Strong was shot and Sc
riously wounded by her son al her home
in Chippewa Falls. The boy picked mp
a revoi7er lying on a dresser and point
ed il at her, saying; Mamma. l am go
! ing 80 shoot." he pulled the trigger and
fred the ball passing through her right
leg. He says he did NOT know il was
loaded.
Pasqual SALVATORE. an unmarried Ital-
| ian miner. - years Of age, died from in
jurieS received in blast at the Carr
mine near Hurley. SALVATORE had ser Of
blast and started to come up the lad
der. bat he was too slow and be was
struck by flying ore.
Willard Lansing. aged 81 years. IS
dead at Neenah. He was a veteran Of
the Civil War. His great-grandfather
/ fought in the Revolutionary War. his
grandfather in the War Of 1912. while
his father fought side by side with the
SON in the Civil War. Clifford Lansing.
a son Of the deceased. is a veteran of the
Spanish American War. He IS survsv-
ed by widow and ten children