Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11


prevalence Of it may ruin the crop.
A barn owned by Joseph Reitmeyer. a
farmer living three miles north of Cato,
was struck by lightning and burned.
Z. H. Dykes, hotel chef, jumped
from Milwaukee train near Arena and
sustained injuries from which he died.
John School and Henry Corners, both
of Emerald, were arrested, charged with
stealing S110 from Michael Langdon.
The officers Of the Business Mems AS
ISOLATION will have entire charge of the
Chautauqua to be held in Racine next
year.
Frank Vol. operator of an electric
crane at Beloit, came in contact with
electric wires. He was unconscious half
an hour. but viii recover.
Anton Felber, farmer at Branch,
was instantly killed by lightning during
an electrical storm. Felber was IS years
of age and leaves family.
Thomas Oaks, farmer of Evansville
is dead as a result of having thrust his
hand down the throat of a dog that was
suffering from hydrophobia.
While drilling well on the farm of
d. H. Syme near Glenwood the work
men bored through a deposit of iron ore
between thirty and forty feet thick.
Fire destroyed large wing of.the old
Judge Cole homestead, one of the his
toric landmarks of La Crosse. The fire
is believed to be of incendiary origin.
A 3-year-old child of Appleton was
,.r.lx- g. s,,%r<
heHow near Riverside cemetery whore
WIS located a wasps' nest. The little
girl will recover.
In a head-on collision on the North
western, four miles south of Kenosha,
three men were seriously injured and
thousands of dollars worth of railroad
property destroyed.
An incendiary fire at the home OF j.
w. Stowell at La Crosse nearly cost
dren, who were overcome by smoke and
rescued by fremen.
Frank Ballman, while riding with three
companions in a boat at the Hydraulic
Falls. Menominee river, was pulled into
the falls by the current and drowned.
The others escaped.
Harry Jones. a blacksmith at Ives
Grove, caught a mad dog by the throat
and held it until it could be shot. 1t
had bitten Miss Wachettoes of Racine
and ran amuck, biting cattle.
The Iron Belt Mining Company at Iron
Belt is pulling up its pumps on account
of having exhausted the iron ore, and
have sold the entire stock of general mer-
chandise to Davis & Fehr of Ironwood.
The residence of G. w. Lassel in Wa1-
kesha was entered the other afternoon
and quantity of jewelry valued at $500
was taken. A number of articles and
quite an amount of money was over
looked.
University President Van Hise is the
guest of Andrew Carnegie at Skibo Cas-
tie. Scotland. He will then go to Vienna
to attend the International Geological
congress as a representative of the Unit
ed States.
The 4-year-old son of Captain William
NJ. Lewis, president of the Wisconsin
Wheel Works at Racine, got hold of a
bottle of chloroform and swallowed a
sufficient amount to kill three persons.
Doctors hope he win recover.
At / o'clock Monday morning the Chi
cago and Northwestern Railway passen-
ger and freight depot in WATERFOWL was
totally destroyed by fire, together with
several hundred dollars worth of freight
The loss is about $1,000 The origin OF
the fire is unknown.
John Palmgren of 127 Liberty street
New York, was found dead on the west
bound Chicago, St. Paul. Minneapolis
and Omaha limited train between Fair
child and Eau Claire. The body was tax
en- off at Eau Claire for an inquest
Death was due to heart disease.
Judge Dunwiddie of Janesy lie has ap
pointed David W. Watt receiver for the
Luella Forepaugh-Fish Wild West show
which was attached by the owners fol-
So, 700. The city is full of Asiatics
cowboys, negroes and others who have
not been able TO raise the necessary
money to leave.
eve will share the profits of our bust
ness with our own employees in the flu
ture." This was the keynote of the
address by President A. w Rich of the
Rich Shoe Company at luncheon giver
in honor of his sixtieth birthday in Mil
waukee. '.We propose to effect an or
ganization of our company in such a way
as to allow our employees to become profit
sharers."
Samuel McCown and Mrs. Mary
Scales of La Crosse are found to be the
heirs to rich estate left by JOHN Me
Gown of Rio, Colo, capitalist who died
IL. H.
heirs were found and will gain the for
tune through a newspaper article. Mrs
Scales, one of the benefciaries. is a poor
widow. John McCown was lost track o.
years ago by his relatives.
The Supreme Court of the State viii
be called upon to give a decision in the
construction of the will of the late Jack
son l. Case of Racine, as an appeal viii
be taken from the decision given by
Judge Belden in the case of the Illinoi:
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
against Henrietta n. Case, widow OF
Jackson l. Case In the will Mr.. Case
left $4,000 in trust with the Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank, the interest tC
be paid to his children, four in number
and upon the death of one child the in
terest is to be paid to the legal repre-
sentative Of that child. Judge Belder
held in the condition that the term lega
representative means the issue of the
child. while counsel who are representing
Mrs. Henrietta Case in the action want
the money to be made part of the entire
estate left by Jackson l. Case
Emulating wild west performers. two
young sons of George Richards of james
vile. who is making a trip in England
secured shotguns and terrorized tht
neighbors by firing promiscuously. NJ
one was injured. but the police confis
Gated the weapons.
Ludwig Larson. president of the de-
funct Farmers end Merchants Bank OF
Bangor, has made an assignment to Wlt
liam Smith Of Bangor Of his entire pri
Yate fortune so thar the creditors Of the
bank viii not lose. The newly organizsd
State Bank Of Bangor WI not assumt
the liabilities Of the defunct bank.
Thomas Morrisey. the 13-year cd Lad
who was shot in the stomach by Ed 40
snel. a companion, a month ago, died al
Chippewa Falls M0rrisey was walking