Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-07-19
short State Items.

The store. of o. Flanders of Bayfield,
was ransacked by thieves.
At school meeting in Pound it was
voted to build a brick school building at
cost of $4,000.
Carl Gesell, one of the first boot and
shoe merchants in the Northwest, died in
La Crosse, aged so years.
In Sturgeon Bay the city hall was de-
stroyed by fire. The loss will probably
reach $500, with insurance of $500.
A newborn babe infant, evidently
thrown in the river to kill it and to
conceal a crime, was found floating on
the Black river in La Crosse.
On the celebration grounds of Deach
ridge. in an alteration, George Percell
dangerously wounded James Honaker by
shooting him twice through the abdo-
men.
While packing up an outfit preparatory
to going fishing, Joseph C. Hyman. in
surance agent, of Milwaukee, accident
ally shot himself with a revolver and
died Instantly.
Henry Jost, aged 50 years, the lone
occupant of the former home of Mrs.
Elizabeth Jost, his mother. at Mequon,
was burned 10 death in a fire which de-
stroyed the building.
The Bayfield,, Lake Shore and West
ern Railroad Company will soon com
mence the construction of a road from
Bayfield, TO Cornucopia and from there to
Duluth, along the shore of Lake Supe-
rior.
Lee Gard of Beloit claims to be the
victim of swindlers who sold him a herd
of steers. The men received the money.
but later Gard found ont that the steers
were stolen from the farm of David Felt
of Davis, Ill.
James Schuessler, aged about 20, shot
himself at his home in Fond du Lac. He
was seated on the porch in an easy chair
A double barreled shotgun was placed
with the muzzle against his heart. He
pulled the trigger with his foot.
Gov. Yates of Illinois has refused to
pardon William Williams son of promi-
nent residents of Racine, who was SEN
fenced to . life term for the murder of
his wife in Chicago in 1898. The SEN
tcnce was commuied to thirty-fve years
Williams now has TWENTY-FIVE years to
serve. and as he isG45 years of age, he
will be 20 when he is released. He was
one of the most prominent young bust
ness men of Racine before going to Chi
cago, where he murdered his wife.
Lowell Mcdonald of KenOsha, claim
ing to be book agent, was mistaken for
non-union paper maker employed at
the Charles Howard Paper Company
mill and was severely beaten in Neenah.
He was left lying on the bridge and later
managed to reach the depot
Albert Freudenwald, aged 81 years,
died from injuries sustained on July 4.
Freudenwald was celebrating in the
town of Caledonia and rad placed an
empty tin can over the muzzle of cap
non. When discharged il struck hin: In
the left side. tearing AWAY the fesn and
part of the lung.
The residence or Mrs william Morris
in Mazomanie. was burylarized in day
light while the family were attending
the races An entrance was forced
through a rear door. and small dog in
side was chioroformed. safe contain
ing about $50 was totally destroyed by
nitroglycerine.
The will Of former United States SEN
ator John L. Mitchell, fled for probate
in Milwaukee. creates a trust Of $4,000
for the benest Of his widow, Mrs. Har-
Tfet g. Mitchell. and their children. Al
exception is made in regard to his son
David Ferguson Mitchell. who, the will
says. was amply provided for under the
will OF Alexander Mitchell.
Under Sheriff North Of Sheboygan,
who went 70 Waldo for the purpose of
taking into custody a man who is charg-
ed with attempting 10 kill William Seng-
laub at his home near Waldo, returned
70 the city without his man. Tie man.
If Is said shot az Senglau0, firing through
the window Of the house. SengIaub re-
sponded with a revolver and il is be
lieved that the bullet took effect. TIE
man could not be found.
Peter Christensen of Eden. 25 years
old, was killed while attempting TO board
a north-bound fast freight, ia front Of
the Chicago and Northwestern depot in
Menominee, Mich Both legs and his
night srm were cut OF.