Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-04


/ Henry Jansen. Jr. of buchanan. who
I mysteriously disappeared afte, coming
70 Appleton with his bride-to-be 10 OBJ
! tain their marriage license. has returned
home
Henry Morrison was convicted of muir
/ der and sentenced 10 life Imprisonment at
Waupun. Morrison was found guilty of
killing his wife and daughter at Wood
stock on April ii
The safe Of T. Morgan in Downing
was blown and about 500 in money and
notes taken. Mr.. Morgan had just closed
out his business and had much Of the
proceeds in the safe
While attending his wife. who suffered
! paralysis. William KosS. q farmer near
| Appleton, was himself stricken An in
valid son managed u crawl half mile
to notify neighbor.
The Postmaster General has issued
an order establishing city delivery at
Menomonie Oct. l. with two carriers, one
substitute. ten letter boxes. one pack
age box and SIX steel posts
Hugo Heymer. a young man of Chill
ton, was shot in the back while hunting
rabbits Two charges of Shot took eff
lect. luckily, however. without infiicting
laore than deep flesh wound
The body of George johnson was dis
covered on the back porch OF a saloon
near the Omaha depot in Bayfield,. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of heart
/ failure He leaves a wife and five chill
dren.
Silver is said to have been discovered
| on the farm of John Kirkland. Red Ce-
dar. The dirt assays $50 to the ton.
! Mr.. kirkland believes the vein IS m old
mine that was worked by the Indians in
an early day.
Leonard Herziger of Little Chute was
buried ut Riverside cemetery without
priest or preacher. No services were
held either at his home, at church or at
the grace. His only survivors are his
widow and son.
Harry Dwyer of Peshtigo has returned
| with fortune. A year ago his brother
died in Ireland, leaving portion of Il
large estate to him. He returned with
$4,000 in cash. He was formerly log
storage Waterman
Fire destroyed the Sawmil of Fish
< Mullen Lumber Company. located at
Elcho. The mill was valued at $4,000
and carried Insurance of $4,000. The
| yards, containing nearly $4,000 worth
OF lumber, were saved
Eastern heirs of Col. Gabriel Bouck
have filed an appeal from the decision
of County Judge c. ID. Cleveland of Osh-
kosh admitting the will to probate. There
| is much likelihood of long legal fight
before the estate is finally disposed of.
John g. Learned. who six months ago
was sentenced from Racine to serve
eight years in Waupun prison for en-
bezzling $500 the property of his ward
and niece, Lillian Koehn. died suddenly
the other night When arrested Learned
was night clerk at the Atlas Hotel, Mil
waukee.
| 1t is impossible for deadbeats to OBJ
tain credit ut any grocery store in Ap-
pleton. The Grocers' Union has made
out a complete list of those considered
in that class and hereafter they will be
! obliged to pay spot cash. 1t is under
stood that the names turned in by each
grocer averaged twenty-five although a
number appeared on the books of nearly
every grocery store in the city.
The Milwaukee life-saving crew went
cut into the lake in response to a call
for assistance from waterIogged lunl-
Der barge which was rolling heavily in
a rough sea- The barge was brought
| near the harbor piers and then two tugs
went to her assistance and towed her
slowly into the river She was lying
very low in the water and it is believed
could not have weathered the storm
much longer.
John Reilly of Bowling Green. Ky.
charged with stabbing Dan NJ Sehaefer.
was brought before Justice Watson in
| Fon du Lac and on plea of not guilty
was bound over for trial. Reilly acted
as his own lawyer. and pleaded self
defense, saying that Schaefer started the
trouble, hitting him and then drawing a
| knife. He added that he was intoxicated
at the time, and claims that the saloon
keeper tried to take advantage of his
condition.
Fast freight No. 105 on the Ashland
| line of the Omaha road crashed into Il
| special freight at Superior Junction. in
stantly killing Fireman Sundberg of St
Paul and fatally injuring Engineer John
| Williams of Altoona, both being on the
Ashland train. The engine and several
box cars were demolished The wreck
was caused by Engineer William failing
to stop at Superior Junction on account
| of hard rain storm preventing him from
seeing the signals.
Unconscious as the result Of an acct
] dent the Rev. G.. ~ Scott Of tie Grand
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in
Milwaukee rode on a bicycle down
| Grand avenue at the busiest time of dav.
Later he wandered about the street I'M
til friends found him. Mr.. Scott had
| been riding a wheel and colided with a
wagon, suffering conclusion of the brain.
Later he recovered consciousness. but he
says his mind was blank from the time
he met with the accident.
H. W. Chynoweth, Coy. La Follette's
personal lieutenant and legal adviser. has
| been commissioned by the Governor to
| bring suit against the railways to col
lcct rebates he claims to be due and
unpaid. The investigation of Railroad
| Commissioner Thomas into the books of
| the companies, which has been going on
| for months. has shown, according TO the
| Governor, that the roads owe the State
some $4,000 in taxes. The roads claim
| that this is not a legal charge against
them and commencement of suits I'M
doubtedly will be the beginning of a long
and bitter legal battle
Unthreshed grain stacks belonging TO
Richard Miller of Embarrass caught fire.
| Chains and timbers were fastened to the
burning stacks and they were success
fully drawn out on to an open field by
| the engine, to save several buildings.
! 1t is now practically settled that the
Hales Corners extension of the electric
| line will follow the old Beloit grading
from Muskego through Big Bend to Muk-
| wonago. The company is building a
| bridge across Fox river in the direction
of Mukwonago. Cars are now RAINING
TO Muskego Center, four miles east OF
Big Bend.
Another theory has arisen in the Hart
| man case. After making an examination
os the skull DIR. Holtz of Seymour claims