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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
PROFITABLE YEAR.

The Marathon County Building, Loan
and Investment association has de-
clared a dividend of seven per cent.
for stockholders. The association com.
menced business March LIST, 1902, with
an Indebtedness of nearly 5000, and
consequently dividends could not here
tofore be declared until this debt had
been liquidated. The statement of
business Tor the past year shows that
there have been paid in in installments
up to March LIST, the sum of SS,9l3.SS.
This has all been loaned cut and in adj
dition 81, 800 has been borrowed of the
bank, making total of over $4,000
that is placed on property mortgaged
to this concern. The association is
secured by frst-class property and in
conducting business has refused loans
on all property where there was any
doubt about its being good mortgage
security. 1t is thought that in six
months time another dividend of seven
per cent. can be declared for the profits
of the stockholders. The affairs of the
building and loan associations are I'M
der the control of the state, in same
way as are banks, aud their books are
subject to inspection at any time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
ENJOYS A GOOD TRADE.

H. r. Hoffman, who conducts the
paint and wall paper store at ll2 Scott
street, has Just entered on his second
year in the business and reports having
enjoyed very satisfactory trade.
When Mr.. Hoffman bought his stock he
recognized the Importance of carrying
strictly high-grade goods. A careful
test of the leading brands of paint was
made and Lowe Bros. High Standard
Liquid Paints decided on, as they were
found to excel all others in covering
capacity and durability. Mr. Hoffman
anticipates still larger trade the
coming season and has therefore put
mp more wall paper racks and shelving
for paint products. He now carries
one of the largest and best assorted
stocks of wallpaper, paints, glass, room
and picture mouldings in the city.
If you need anything in his line don't
fail to give him call You will get the
greatest value for your money Store
1l2 Scott street.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
BURNING COAL.

In country as well wooded as Mara
thon county is, it is natural to suppose
that wood for fuel is plentiful and
cheap, but this supposition this winter
at least appears to be out of joint. Not
only have private citizens felt the ex-
tortion of wood barons but min and
factory men as we'll have suffered and a
great many of the latter have resorted
to coal as fuel. The Gu ttis & & Yale fac
tories, the Wausau Electric CO., the
Wausau Paper Mills Co. and a number
of other institutions are burning coal
and find it more satisfactory and cheap
er than wood at present prices.
The rates charged for wood the past
two winters has forced these concerns
to burn coal, and it is the same reason
that is driving the private citizen to
heat his dwelling house with the same
kind of fuel, and by next winter the
number of people burning wood will be
greatly reduced 1t is quite likely that
the men who charged 5000 for load of
wood this winter will be glad to get
half that price for it next fall. The
city man will lay in supply CT coal
use for wood, and besides this the wood
maksg is contemplating another winter
of high prices next season and is cutting
double the amount of wood he did "A
year ago. In fact there is none of last
seasons cut on the market at present,
and all the wood being hauled into
town is green, of this winters cutting.
The Wausau Electric Co. has burned
81 ,260 worth of coal in forty-two weeks,
and it is said the Wausau Paper Mill
Co, which runs night and day, con
sumes $3.50 worth per week, while the
Ruder Brewing Co. and the Murray
Mfg. Co. burr up a proportionate
amount to their boiler capacity. These
figures look large, but when you come
to consider the facts you will readily
see that coal is the cheaper fuel Slabs
are generally used to feed the fires in
such institutions and at the present
market price are selling for about $500
per cord while coal is bought in large
quantities at $500 per ton. IL takes
four cords of slabs to equal ton of
coal. Take the case OF the WauSau
Electric Co. for an example. 1t has
burned about 3l5 tons of coal at 81, 260.
If slabs had been used about ,260 cords
would be required for the same amount
of heat, which would have cost at the
present price double the above amount.
Thus it does not take much of Alathe-
matician to figure out why people are
changing from wood to coal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

Miss Emma Conley, of the agricultur-
al school, read very able paper yester-
day afternoon before the Ladies' Liter
airy club at the club house.
Ex-President Harrison once said that
cheap coat makes a cheap man. Its
that way with paint. A cheap paint
makes a cheap job. If you are going
to do any painting this spring you GER
tainly want the most lasting paints and
the place to get such is at o. G. Callies,
who can also furnish you with estimates
of amount needed for any class of work.
His paints are cheap in price but not in
quality.
Mrs. Bridget Keane died Sunday
morning at eight clock at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs 7. ii. Bowling, COS
First street, after short illness with
pneumonia. She came here from her
home in Cazenovia, Richland county,
Feb, "A, for visit, and later was taken
sick. Deceased was born in Ireland
seventy-two years ago Her husband
died four years ago, and she is survived
by seven children as follows Mrs.
Anthony Timlin, Fulga, Mimi; Mrs ID.
j. Cunningham, Elmira, Col; Mrs.
Chas. Busheau, Canyon City, Col; Mrs.
p Bowling, of Wausau; John and
Simon, Siiverton, Col, and Edward of
Richland county. The remains were
removed Monday to deceaseds old
home for burial; and were accompan-
led by Mr. and Mrs. Downing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.

The Wausau Telephone company has
just issued new directory.
r. K Wilcox, chairman of the town
Of Knowton, is reported to be very
ILL.,
Leander Swope has been confined to
his home the past week by an attack of
the grip,
Mrs, VIM. R Stewart continues to
improve from her very severe attack of
pneumonia.
l.. f. Spencer, NJ d., office in the
Mckinley block, corner Third and
Mcclellan streets.
MONEY TO LoAN-On household furni-
ture at The Wausau Collateral Loan
Office, 20S Jefferson st.
Ole ~ Smith, ex-alderman of North
Wausau, has been confined to his home
with an attack of pneumonia.
Some people can make kite fly or a
horse fly, bat our prices make our
spring overcoats fly -Seim Bros.
The bankruptcy case of Kragenbrink
& Bloedl, former storekeepers at Fen
wood, will be heard in the u s. district
court in Madison, Thursday.
Fred Hoppe, of the town of Easton,
and Miss Bertha Raatz, of this city,
were married Sunday evening, the Rev
f. Werhahn performing the ceremony.
The Metallic AIT Construction Co, of
Chicago, has shipped material for files
in the vaults of the court house, and a
man will be ON hand in few days to
do the work
Hugh Gerrow, living behind the
creek" paid fine of Sl.00 and costs in
Justice Jones court Friday for having
the Wednesday previous struck Frank
Jaeger during II wordy alteration.
Wednesday was the banner day of the
winter when it comes 10 snow, wind,
hail and rain. 1t was SO dark all the
afternoon that gas and electric lights
had To be used 10 enable anyone To see
The Columbia orchestra can be had
for dances, entertainments, receptions
etc Leave all orders with Otto Schoe
how. Telephone No. 26S or at j. f
Coles music store, IT,
For SALE-Four acres of ground
dwelling house, barn aud buildings
located two blocks east of the high
school, will go at a bargain, if sold a
once Enquire at the house on Hamil
ton street. W. K HOPPE, SIR.
r. II. johnson, of the Central had s
birthday on Saturday. 1t was JUS
another link in the chain that continue:
TO grow longer each year and which il
gentle reminder that time is passing
by at a very swift pace. Well, r. H
may your shadow never grow less"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

See notice of call for democratic
city convention and city caucuses in
another column.
Frank Fox, of Eldron, arrested on
complaint of Frank Gosh charged with
obtaining money under false pretenses,
was dismissed in Justice Jones court
this morning by securing money to pay
the claim and costs.
The Lowe Bros. company success
fully made and sold their High Stand
ard liquid paints before other manu-
facturers would admit that it could be
done. High Standard is absolutely the
best paint made for interior and ex-
terror use. Get color cards and booklet
on home decoration now, they are free.
At Hoffmann's store 112 Scott street.
I In circular sent out by the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co.
the following mention is made of Mr.
John of this city; In producing the
results referred to in the following let
tiers, Mr.. w. g. John, District Manager,
Wausau, Wisconsin, showed for his
agency the largest increase in business
placed during 1903 over 1902"
That the frost is down to a great
depth at present is evidenced by the
following fact A. b. Wheeler, the
plumber, was called upon few days
ago to ascertain why sewer on
Seventh street was not working, and
after digging through eight feet of frost
struck the pipe, hich he found frozen
solid. AS it was evidently frozen for
some distance, efforts at thawing it out
were abandoned
Miss Rosa Billee, yonng lady school
teacher, was accidentally shot at Bah
cock yesterday. A young man was
shooting at a target and failed to hit it
when she asked for a trial with the gun
He handed her the rifle, and it was
discharged, the ball entering her abdo-
men, and it is feared will result fatally
Miss Billee was quite well known in
Wausau and Schofield, having taught
the intermediate grade in the Schoield
school last summer.
J The Marathon County Building Loan
and Investment association will hold
an annual meeting for stockholders in
the county board room at the court
house, on the evening of Marchi5th. At
this meeting the business of the past
year will be reviewed by reports Of
committees, and board of four direc-
tors will be elected. Upon adjourn
ment, the board of directors will call a
meeting and elect new officers for the
ensuing year.
The following dispatch from West
Superior to the daily papers is printed
for the local interest it bears: "The
deal has been practically closed for the
removal here of the Goodwillie Broth
ers' box factory, now located in Wau-
sau. The concern will employ about
100 hands. 1t comes here without ask
ing bonus or site" 1t has been ru-
mored here at different times that such
a move is contemplated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
TWO YEARS EACH.

VIM. Murphy, undersheriff of Villas
county, in charge of two prisoners, Sam
and Pat o. Brien, and accompanied by
Frances Coleman and L, w Schussman,
respectively district attorney and clerk
of the court of Villas county, appeared
here yesterday afternoon to allow the
prisoners to plead guilty before Judge
Silverthorn. The offense charged in
the information was that on the night
of January 18th the prisoners, while at
a saloon in the village of Woodruff, en-
ticed man named John Johnson out
doors and after knocking him I'M
conscious from fist blow, robbed him
of about SO. The maximum penalty
for this offense is seven years, but in
asmuch as they plead guilty and prom
ised TO travel the straight and narrow
path hereafter, the judge let them off
with sentence of two years each in
the state prison at Waupun While
their names would indicate that they
are brothers, there is no relationship
between them Pat was arrested once
before last fall, charged with like
offense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

Mat Lorenz, superintendent of Ritter
d DeaGsch's Furnishing department, is
on the grip list.
/ e Gortons Minstrels were given a good
house on Tuesday hight and gave an
excellent performance.
Mrs Fred Gillian has been quite
sick the past week threatened with
pneumonia She is now improving.
MONEY TO LoAN-Cn uneucumbered
real estate; no commission. Enquire at
The Wausau Collateral Loan Office, POS
Jefferson st.
Henry Smith, assistant cashier of the
First National bank, was laid up sew
eral days of the past week by illness.
He is about again.
Maria Dimes, aged eighty years and
seven months, died Saturday at her
homein the town of Berlin of old age.
/ Funeral will be held tomorrow
Spring IS drawing near, and now is
! spring overcoat at Seim Bros, who re-
ceived shipment of these goods Satur
| day.
A head-end collision occurred on the
st. Paul road yesterday near Merrill,
in which one of the employees of the
road had both legs cut off. Someone
connected with the road Numbered.
Monday, March l4th, will be spring
opening day at o. G, Callies, and every
lady calling at the store that day,
whether making purchase or not, will
be presented with a handsome souvenir.
The eighteenth annual closing of the
Wisconsin Farmers Institutes, will be
held at Kaukauna on the 18th, 10th and
18th days of March, and the same will
be conducted by Supt Geo. McKerr0w.
Chairman Rosenberg, of the repub-
lican city committee has called the con-
cuses of his party for Tuesday evening,
March 22d, and the city convention to
be held the afternoon of the following
day-the Esd.
The Baptist society is arranging to
have the chapel car, Glad Tidings,
in Wausau beginning March Goth and
remaining for three weeks. Rev. q. H
Rust will be in charge assisted by Prof.
Spear, vocalist.
w H Chapman, of Sparta, who was
engaged to take charge of the Marathon
Dairy Co.'S plant when completed, got
an attack of cold feet, and later notified
the management that he could not come
An Eastern man has since been en-
gagged.
We are thoroughly convinced thai
spring is coming and to show our APP
probation we will give, free of charge, 9
tom Keene" cigar with every csc pur
chase made in our store, during the
next 10 days. Tom Keene" is oul
lie der in sc goods aud we want you to
meet him MCGREGoR 4 PRINz,
$40 Scott street.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

The county board public property
committee met yesterday and allowed
claims
Have you seen the new styles in the
Longley hat this spring If not visit
the store of Seim Bros and look them
over. 1t costs nothing
The undertaking firm of Ritter &
Deutsch has purchased a new funeral
car of Chicago parties that in street
parlance is said TO be 'peach. !" 1t
will be shipped here on the 10th.
Mrs. Agnes B. Murray and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Albers entertained mum
Der of their friends at dinner last even
ing at the home of the former They
were very ably assisted by the Misses
Irene Albers and Margaret Murray
VIM. Kaehn, chairman of the town of
Norrie was in the city yesterday to
make an application for the transfer OF
Slanilstar Symeak, now confined in one
OF the city hospitals, to the poor house
Symeak is a resident of the above
named town
Last Thursday was the 10th anniver.
sary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl III. Mueller. They received many
hearty congratulations on that event.
full day and fervent wishes that they
might live to see as many more anniver-
saries.
The best assorted stock of up-to-date
wallpapers in the city at Hoffman's
Early buyers should not fail to look
over the line. Prices on these papers
are so low that you will wonder how
they can be produced for the money
Store 112 Scott street.
The Rev Charles Elwood Nash, ID. d.,
president of Lombard college, preached
| in the Universalist church last Sunday
before an audience that filled the
church. His sermon was a very able
and interesting one along educational
lines. He departed for Minneapolis
early Monday morning and was accom-
panied by Rev B. B. Gibbs
it seems from the following taken
from the Mosinee Times, that some
| Wausau person has been trying to pur.
loin one of M6sinee's many "purps, viz
"There is greatrejoicing at Hotel Hawk.
eye. The lost Is found, "Gyp' O'Brien
the kidnapped, has been ransomed and
returned home safe aud sound. The
Wausau kidnapper has barked up the
wrong tree this time and probably he
will curtail his dog-steal;ng proclivities
when he visits Mosinee again"
The shafskepf tournament held at NJ
G. Thorn's place, just north of town
Riveryiew park, was attended by 8
great many townspeople, Sunday. One
bus load of players in going up reached
a point near the Rutzky store, wher
they were attacked by number o.
small boys who threw snowballs a
them. One of the missiles happened tC
be an egg, which struck one of the
party and soiled his new overcoat. Ht
consequently used some adjectives il
expressing his opinion of that boy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
A WAUSAU BOY SAVED THE LAW LIBRARY
AT THE BURNING OF THE
STATE CAPITOL.
He Took in the Situation and by Cool Headed Work Soon
Had Small Army Of Men at Work.

versity A friend, in telling of the cir
cumstances, said that the young man in
/ question heard the first alarm of fire
and in his haste, put on his military
clothes. When he arrived at the scene
or the fire, he saw that something had
to be done to save the library so he
commenced to give orders and soon he
was looked upon as one with authority,
and he assumed that he was and he
soon had an orderly little army of 200
men carrying out his every order. He
secured building in which to place
the books and had 80, two-horse teams
enlisted in the work, and not book
was lost, though some may have been
little the worse for wear
The time that our Wausau boy COM
menced to give orders was $50 o'clock
a. m, and when the work was complet-
ed it was II O'Clock, To show the read
er how fast and furious was the work
and how well it was la hand, it is only
necessary to say that twenty-five, two
horse team wagons were loaded with
books and each started on its way in
just twenty-six minutes by the watch.
Chief Baker, of Madison, made the re-
mark that the young man must have
been born with military spoon in his
mouth" Inasmuch as the young man
did not desire to have his name known,
the Pu.oT will not give it to the public;
it is sufficient to know that it was a
Wausau boy who covered himself with
glory at the great fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
MAY BAR FRED SCHULZ.
Star Hurdler oft of M. SAID To Be
Ineligible.


1t is doubtful if Fred c. Schulz, the
national high hurdle champion, who is
a member of the University of Mich.
gan track team, will be able to compete
in the conference meet in Chicago next
June. University of Wisconsin stu.
dents claim Schulz is ineligible to rep.
resent Michigan in the games, as he
has competed four years on the varsity
team at Madison.
Although Schulz only participated in
three intercollegiate meets, ii is claimed
he took part in dual meet between
Wisconsin and Chicago during the
freshman year at school, and if such is
the case he will not be permitted to run
at the conference games in June.
The loss of Schulz will be severe
one to Michigan, as he has been picked
as sure winner of both hurdle events
at Chicago. That Schulz is easily the
best high hurdler in the country was
demonstrated at the A. A. IT, meet AT
the Exposition building Saturday even.
ing when he not only annexed both
hurdle events, but also established a
new record for the high hurdles by
covering the seventy-five yards in 90 As
Schulz was in grand form Saturday
and he easily rOmped away from his
opponents, both in the trials and also in
the finals of the hurdle races. Schulz
raturned to Ann Arbor yesterday Mil
waukee Free Press.
Mr.. Schulz had charge of athletics in
the Wausau high school during the
year 92-93
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
PINE GROVE GENET cry.

Hereafter the Wausau cemetery viii
be known as the Pine Grove GENE
terry This name was adopted by the
trustees of the cemetery at recent
meeting, and the same will be placed
on record in the register of deeds Of
fee. As there are four cemeteries now
on Grand avenue this will make it con-
venient for designation The name is
certainly one that will be approved by
everybody The cemetery win be a
veritable pine grove in less than five
years, as the thousands of young pines
which have been set out in the last few
years are in a thrifty condition and
growing fast The large field east Of
the chapel has been plated and streets
will be laid out and trees planted along
the same in the spring.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

The saving of the law library from
the burning capitol at Madison is thus
told by the Madison Democrat, viz
Keep in line therer
This way, to the rightr
Here, where are you going?'
You. Keep in liner
on can't go that way. Get into
liner
These and similar orders were being
issued by a tall individual with
stentorian voice in the corridor of the
north wing. He might have been a
Napoleon or Wellington if one could
Judge by the promptitude with which
his orders were executed, but he was
not. He was simply private individ-
ual who did not even know the govern-
or but saw only an opportunity To reu-
der the state of Wisconsin a service
To him belongs the bulk of the credit
for the volumes of the law library
which were saved, the balance of the
thanks going to the stream of men of
all ages and sizes who obeyed his or
ders and in military fashion carried
out the books. 1t was not his fault if
some excited youth up in the library
threw out into the snow and slush the
old English reports which can not be
replaced and which were worth more
than 800 each while he loaded himself
with the state reports and recent pub
LEGATIONS and struggled downstairs I'M
der load. This gentleman whom no.
body knew and who will be so well re-
membered by those he impressed into
service afterward, modestly refused to
give his name and simply stated that
he was a stranger and did this little
bit voluntarily for, the fun of the
thing"
The gentleman mentioned in the
above article was one of our Wausau
boys who is attending the State Uni
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Fred Hoppe, Easton, to Bertha
Radtz, city.
Robt. Derby. Marshield, to Louise
Merkel, Mcmillan
Geo. Robinson TO Anna Baumgardi,
both of Eldron.
Henry Mike, Stettin, to. Martha
Kruger, town of Wausau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Kopplin, living at
723 Washington street had narrow es-
cape one night last week. A coal OF
coke burner, used in thawing out froz.
en- pipes, generated a gas that filled the
house Mrs. Kopplin waking up in the
night discovered the presence of the
gas and awakened her husband
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
PRAISE AND THANKS.

For three years my wife suffered from
a terrible cough, and disease of the
lungs. We tried many doctors and the
best, and paid out much money, but
she grew worse, and could not sleep
our hope was gone at the time we went
to DR. Secrist-In an amazing short
time ne cured my wife, therefore praise
and thanks to him.
VIM MILBRASD,
Medford, Wis.
DR.. Secrist will be at the Northern
Hotel Thursday, March H. No charge
unless cured. 2w.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
W. c. 7. U. NOTES.

The following program was carried
out at the last meeting of the w, G. Il.
u:
Devotonals ................... Mrs A. p. Bailey
Reading why Have a Mothers Meeting
................... Mrs. G. G.. Parlin
Paper-"Rearing of Children" Mrs. S. y. Wilson
Talk-Responsibility of Mothers ..........
Observation-Disclosures Mrs j. A. L Underwood
Recitation. ........... Miss Templeton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
Infammatory Rheumatism Cured.

William Shaffer, a brakeman of Den
nison, Ohio, was confined TO his bed
for several weeks with infiammatory
rheumatism. 81 used many remedies,
he says. Finally l sent to McCaw's
drug store for bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm, at which time was unable
to use hand or foot, and in one week.
time was able to go to work as happy
as clam" For sale by all leading
druggists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
TEACHERS EXAMINATION.

There win be held at the high school
on March 30th and Slst, 1904, teachers
examination for cisy certificates.
q KARL MATHIE. Supt.