Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-12

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]. Van Nuren was elected secretary and
+. Tubbs president The next fair viii
be held Sept. %, 80 and Oct. 1.
Mrs. Anna Spiess, a La Crosse woman
worth $4,000, was arrested, charged
with stealing wooden cranes from the
marble works of Hynne & Crosby. She
was released on her OWE recognizance.
Gen Roardman has issued letter to
the State militia, in which lie says the
National Guard of the State will not so
TO the St. Louis exposition. This means
the guard will go 10 Camp Douglas this
year.
Peter Rosthe was killed and James
Collier fatally injured by passenger
train on one of the principal street cross
ings in Ashland. The men were riding
on milk wagon and attempted to cross
the track in front of the train.
The coroner's jury inquiring into the
death of Miss Clara Brainerd of 0sh-
kosh. who was found dead in St. Louis
boarding house. returned verdict that
death was due to irritant poison Wheth-
er it was an accident or suicide the jury
could not determine.
William Kinney. it is said. shot and
killed Tom McCarty at Cable. Kinney
had a row with another man by the
name of Taylor and he fred at him, but
the shot went wild and struck McCarty,
who was bystander. Kinney viii have
his hearing April 10.
Michael and Christopher Bartleme,
twins, aged 81 years, celebrated their
hirflA.x- in Mapifnxx-n. or la hntloo NJ
their niece, Mrs. Pellet. wife of Sheriff
dent of Manitowoc and his brother of
Chicago. Both are hale and hearty and
in possession of all their faculties.
Had not George Schaumberg who was
killed in a saw accident at Seymour,
tried to save another man from death
in the same way. he might have been
alive to-day 1t is learned that George
EIck was struck by long pole rolling
down from a huge pile in the yard near
the saw, and Schsumberg, seeing this
jumped to hold Eick from going over
into the saw. He lost his balance and
was Killed.
Harold Stuart Peterson, graduate
of the University of Wisconsin and for
merly one of its most popular students,
committed suicide by shooting himself
in the head in his room in Milwaukee.
He was % years old The parents of
the young man say that his act was the
elimination of strain caused by taking
up too much work at the university. Mr..
Peterson had held the position of organ
list ut All Saints Cathedral since the be-
ginning of the year.
John Brink, aged 90 years, who is said
to have been the first white man who
saw Lake Geneva and gave it its name.
has just died at Crystal Lake. Last
summer the spot on which Brink stood
when lie viewed the sheet Of water
around which Chicagoans have spent
millions was suitably marked. This
pace is near Glenwood Springs. Brink
was one of the pioneer engineers Of
northern Illinois, and as such surveyed
most of the land in that section. He
came West in 1881 and was carrying
chain when his work was interrupted by
the Black Hawk war; but he resumed
it in 1910.
Fire at Rhinelander, thought to be OF
incendiary origin, destroyed the large
barn belonging to Congressman w. E..
Brown, and contents, including four
horses. four cows. nine wagons and car
riages. four sleighs and several sets Of
harness, valued at $4,000 The barn was
| a roaring furnace when discovered. The
building was insured The incendiary
| theory is borne out by the fact that no
fire Of any description was about the
premises. The same barn was entered
March II last year and 500 worth of
| harness was ruined with knife An in
ycstigation is in progress.
The famous Kenosha bribery case
came to sudden close when former
Alderman John Caster surprised the oc-
cupants of the Circuit Court room by
pleading guilty to the charge of accept
ing a bribe in connection with the pas
sage of an ordinance granting fran
chise for street railway some two years
ago to Gustav l.. Claussen and Patrick
Haynes of Chicago. Caster took the wit
ness stand and acknowledged receiving
1888 from Gustav l.. Claussen. He also
connected FIVE other Aldermen with the
deal and told how the money was dis
tributed. His confession duplicates Al
bert Smith. Peter Piersch. Christian
Weier. John Seehorn. NJ j. Scholey and
several others. These men are all bust
ness men. Caster was fined $500 and
500 for costs.
Ore of tie strongest stories OF life
ferns n basis of a divorce suit institut-
ed in Fond du Lac The complainant is
Mrs. Pauline Keilman. who asks for a
divorce from her husband. Adolph Keil-
man. Mrs Keilman has a twin sister,
Miss Emma Xix After Mr.. and Mrs
Keilman were married eighteen months
ago. the sisters were not separated, but
Emma came and made her home with her
sister and brother-in-law This arrange
ment finally led 10 trouble. for the hus-
band came to have the same regard for
the sister that he had for his wife. While
he and the sister were satisfied with this
division OF affections. the wife was not
and she insisted that Emma must not
live with them The husband on the
other hand. was reluctant to see the sis
ter 90. 50 he decided to accompany her
Accordingly Keilman and Miss Xix left
for the northern part OF the State After
they had been there some time the hus-
band is alleged 10 have written his wife
asking her to come and live with them
as Of old. The request aroused the ire
Of Mrs Keilman and she Immediately in
siituted divorce proceedings.
The funeral Of Daniel Carney. the
New London man who returned to life
after having been apparently dead for
thirty hours. was held the other day. not
withstanding the protests Of several
members Of the family and neighbors.
" no maintained that the man was still
alive There is now 30 doubt that Car
rey was alive thirty hours after being
pronounced dead. as his pulse could he
plainly felt The body was not rigid
and perspired freely. A weil-known
Hortonville physician is reported on good
authority as having said that tie man
was unluestionably alive.
Wisconsin defeated Michigan in the
debate on the subject OF "Resoly ed. That
the States should relinquish the personal
property tax" THE Wisconsin boys held