Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-24

Mayor Bigler of Chippewa Falls has
ordered the chief of police to keep wom-
en- from frequenting saloons Certain
saloonkeepers say the order will drive
them out of business.
Nick Schaeffer was struck in Appleton
by a rearing broncho near the heart, and
although no bones are broken, he has
been unable TO move since. He was
picked up for dead.
The committee having in charge the
extension work of the Norwegian Luth-
eran Church of America held a meeting
in La Crosse and reported that S43,-
065.O4 has been raised
Carroll Holmes, a Wisconsin Central
brakeman. was injured in the Chippewa
Falls yards by being caught between two
cars. His body was badly crushed. His
home is at Abbotsford.
Fred Olson, the 20-year-old son of Ole
Olson of Brentwood, left home April Z
and has net been heard of since. 1t is
thought that his mind was slightly I'M
balanced or he would not have left.
The beginning of the end of the
Oneida reservation is at hand" said
Rev. L. W. Merrill. The heirs of the
Indians to whom the land was original
ly allotted can transfer the property and
they are selling to the whites.
A fire destroyed the Vincent Hotel
and contents at Lake Koshkonong. eaus-
ing a loss of $1,000. with $1,000 insur-
ance. The Vincent Hotel was headquar
ters for duck hunters from all sections
of the United States. The cause of the
fire unknown.
Mrs Nicholas Paulus, wife of
wealthy farmer in Stockton township,
was asphyxiated at the home of friend
in Stevens Point. She is supposed TO
have blown out the gas on retiring. She
was So years old and leaves husband
and five children.
Misses Laura Steidl and Lydia Valid
vosel, employees at the Ravine paper
mills in Appleton, found $40 and $40
respectively among the rags while sort
ing. There are no marks of identified
ton as to the owner, and the money
becomes their property.
To 11-year-old John Latte belongs the
distinction of having been the first vic
tim of sunstroke in Milwaukee i'll the
year 1904. The little fellow was over
come while watching baseball game,
and for a time it was feared he would
die, but he is now out of danger.
The action of the Racine Common
Council in revoking the saloon license
granted Leonard J. Schaeffer was an
nulled Ivy Judge Belden, who declared
that the Council was without jurisdic-
ton. An ordinance passed by the Coun-
eli fixing a saloon limit is also declared
illegal because such ordinance was
adopted the same evening it was intro
duced.
After making contest for over year
on the Northwestern road, Mrs. George
Shores of Stiles will at last secure re-
Enumeration from the company for the
loss caused by the death of her husband
in Appleton April 20. 1903, but the
amount cannot be ascertained as set,
George Shores was railway mail clerk
and was killed by train while trying
to get into his own car.
Oscar Willard, a clam fisher, has cap
tured a strange animal in the river near
La Crosse. The creature is the size of
a small dog and much resembles one.
1t has long, silk-like ears, a head and
face like walrus, six webbed feet. and
fsh's tail. 1t makes q noise much
like the bark of dog. 1t has been ex-
amined local physicians. but none Is
able to identify the species.
The butter factory five miles west of
Whitewater was burned to the ground.
The loss was $1,000, with insurance
about one-third of that amount The
factory belonged to Harvey Godfrey.
This is the third factory Mr.. Godfrey
has lost by fire in six months. all within
fourteen miles of Whitewater. The first
was burned about six months ago, caus-
ing a loss of 5000, without insurance;
the second was two months ago, and the
loss was $1,000. with $1,000 insurance.
1t is not known whether the factories
will be rebuilt
Miss Annie Dooley, one of the most
popular young women of Oconomowoc,
left her home the other evening and
| rowed across Fowler lake, going to the
opposite woods for wild flowers. Her
long continued absence alarmed her
mother and searching parties were sent
out. At 3 o'clock the next morning her
body was found. Her basket and knife
used for gathering flowers were in the
boat which was floating right side up,
and it is presumed that in attempting to
| make the landing she lost her balance
and fell overheard.
A deal is about closed with Chicago
| parties for the establishment of an in
| terurban line from Appleton to Seymour,
and work wiz begin at once. 1t will be
an electric road, but not a single trolley
wire will be used This is a new inven-
| ton which will be tried on this twenty
mile road and promises, if successful
| here, to revolutioniZe interurban sys-
TENS. The cars are run by electricity
which is made on the car by means of a
gasoline engine which operates a genera
ter. There are storage batteries which
| accumulate surplus power.
| Fred Ziemenn of Neenah murdered his
wife by cutting her throat with a razor,
! then he half severed his own head with
| the same weapon. The crime was done
| in the house of James Smith, brother-in-
| law of the dead woman, in Menominee.
| Mrs. Ziemanu went there few days ago
with her three small children, having
| lived in Neenah all winter with her
mother, Mrs Christina Strauss. She
/ left her husband last fall because he
drank all his wages up and did not sup
| port her. He tracked her to her brother
In-law's house and asked for her, only to
end short conversation with the crime
The La Crosse fire department scared
a horse belonging to Thill & Lapitz
| plumbers. and it slipped on a sidewalk
/ in front of their display windows, and
| fell through the plate glass front. Be
1 fore he was gotten out he smashed
about everything in the window.
The Neenah board of health has issued
ali edict against kissing and has asked
that the custom be discontinued for the
general good of the public. 1t is clainicd
| that the practice is dangerous in more
ways than one, and that it is the direct
cause of the spread of contagious dis
| eases.
| The Murray Mccain sawmill, built OF
the site Of the burned Scofield mill il
/ Superior to saw under contract for five
years for Hines. has started operations
| 1t employs about 40 on both day and
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