Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-11

1t is reported that the Indians of the
Oneida reservation made more on their
fair than any previous year in the his
tory of the organization. Secretary of
State Houser made an address OH Fri
day
Rev. James O'Malley. for thirty years
pastor of St. Peters Catholic church in
Oshkosh. died from the effects of
stroke of paralysis. He was GO years
of age and was a native of County
Mayo, Ireland
Henry A. Schmidt, president of the
Schmidt carriage works, died at Menom-
onie from injuries received at the drill
of the fire department. He was struck
on the head by falling nozzle and died
four hours later.
Louis Anderson, son of a Racine con-
tractor, is badly injured. His use of
megaphone at a baseball game angered
Kenosha men and they fell ON Ander-
son. He was Knocked down and then
pounded and kicked.
Otto Wiskow died rs a result of being
shot twice by his employer, Fred w.
| Morchert, a Milwaukee paperhanger.
The shooting is said to be the result of
quarrel over wages Wiskow claimed
were due him by Borchert
Dean Merrell. aged 13, was accidental
! Is shot and killed by Harry Erlanson in
Superior. While the boys were crawl
| ing under a fence Erlanson's gun went
off, the charge hitting Merrel in the
| head. He lived but Il few minutes.
Dana Richardson. one of the oldest
printers in the State, who resided in
| Manitowoc fifty years, died at the age of
| IS. He learned his trade at Kenosha
as a boy and has been employed OF
many of the largest printing Offices in
| the State
John Meyer was arrested in Appleton
on the charge of assault with intention of
committing great bodily harm. In an
alteration with Nick Schumacher. he is
said to have drawn a knife and to have
attacked the latter. Schumacher was
not seriously injured.
! Lee Bright, living in Avon township,
| lost one horse, his barn and contents
| by lightning. In Spring Grove township
L. Green had his orchard trees, loaded
with apples. blown down and torn by
| by the roots. Stacks of hay and straw
wire blown away and the windows and
doors of his house blown in. The wind
was accompanied by heavy fall of rain.
| SO guarded is the Appleton Brother
| hood of Paper Makers that officers elect
ed to take the places of those dismissed
| from their work on account of their ac-
| tivity during the recent strike cannot
be ascertained. 1t is said that the union,
not only in Appleton, but in every paper
making city of the State, will prove an
| important factor in the coming election.
An accident occurred at the Ashland
| division railroad tin shop in Kaukauna
| by which Foreman Joseph Borcherdt will
undoubtedly lose his life. He was seen
rushing from the building screaming in
| agony, his clothing from head to foot in
| a blaze. The workmen threw a rain coat
and some burlaps around him and smoth-
| cred the flames. Hi STAGE, head and neck
and the upper part of his body are deep
ly burned, and his recovery, physicians
| think, is not possible.
Protecting herself from the furious at
tack of her drink maddened husband,
Mrs. Fred Hensel, living two miles from
| Curtiss. is said to have fired the shot
that ended her husbands life. He had
| been to town, and returning in an intox-
ieated condition attempted to beat his
| wife and little ones. When the woman
tried to pacify him. he became angry,
and brandishing a large knife, threatened
to kill her. Selling a rifle, Mrs. Hensel,
it is said, fred point blank at her hus-
band and killed him instantly.
All sorts of queer stunts are being
done by Sheboygan society women to
earn books for the new Carnegie public
library. The daughter of Judge W. II.
| Seaman of the United States Court
baked cakes and sold them. while Mrs.
| l.. III. Bullock, wife of the Pittsburg
| Coal Company's superintendent hung out
shingle, Automobile Lamps Cleaned"
and made considerable money. Mrs a.
| C. Prescott, wife of leading attorney,
chose novel way to earn cash by tend
ing several babies in the neighborhood.
Mrs. \. ID. Deland, wife of a bank presi-
dent. baked bread. Mrs. Robert White
| hill pressed her husbands trousers Some
of the wealthiest women in the city took
work from stores to do at home Mrs.
]. j. Hanchett carried home 100 pairs
of white gloves. which she cleaned at
sweatshop prices. Mrs. Newton Zufelt
! pushed lawn mower and Miss Rhoda
Rietow. daughter of chair manufac-
turer gave shampoos to secure the need
| ed cash.
L. J. bennett and woman companion
were nearly engufed in ditch lift by
workmen laying the new sewer in James
vile during the recent storm. The horse
and buggy were almost under water
when the couple and animal were rescued
by two men who heard their cries
Deputy Sheriff Stratton Of Spooner was
in Shell Lake with Mary Jelen. II years
of age. whom he brought before Judge
Bugbee. She had refused to 90 home
claiming that her parents are dead and
that she is the heiress Of $4,000 She
has been working in a restaurant in
SpOoner.
There is a house famine in Appleton at
present and some families are unsslie to
get places to live, while a number desire
better quarters than can he found. 1t
IS thought that it is largely due to peo-
pie coming there to educate their chill
dren on account of the excellent schools
and Lawrence University.
Residents of the First Ward in APP
pleton have made complaint against the
members of the Lawrence University
Cross Country Club foe appearing on tse
streets dressed in athletic costumes and
with bare legs and arms. \ request viii
be made that the training athletes either
wear full tights or remain within the
college grounds to 10 their training.
\ gravel bank caved "a at Lake Mills.
completely covering William Alexander
and William Pr;eguitz. shoyelers Alex
ander was found with stone weighing
several hundred pounds on his shoulders.
His collar bone and three ribs We're brok-
en- and Il i thought he Is also injured
internally. Priegnitz was Hninjured
Fred Jordan. while intoxicated. it is
said. attacked his wife IN Racine.
woundiRg her on the arm and neck. Ia
court Jordan denied the cutting and told
about his domestic. difficulties He said