Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-19


lander, bound over to the Circuit Court
for larceny. escaped by tunneling under
the wall of the Jail.
Sixty-nine persons took examinations
at Lawrence University for positions as
teachers in county schools. which is ex-
pected to relieve the famine of teachers
in Outagamie County
w. A. Gardiner, whose home is in Su-
perior, was found dead about three miles
west of Stanley. He had gone down to
the creek for drink and fell face down
ward in the creek and was drowned
Mrs. Craven, an old resident of Beloit,
was killed by locomotive at Bellplaine,
Iowa. She was returning from Mason
City and in changing cars had to cross
to another track when the accident oc-
Cured.
Hundreds of ducks are seen near APP
pleton daily. Some time ago Little Lake
Butte de Mortes was filled with them
and now Little Chute is loaded The
game wardens are watching carefully for
offenders.
James Condor. aged 10, who shot and
killed 13-year-old George Griffin, was
held for trial in GAINESVILLE on a charge
of manslaughter The defense is made
that Condor was shooting at chickens
when he hit Griffin.
Miss Ethel Drake of Wausau, visit
ing her parents at Scofield, was found
by her parents dead in the doorway
with bullet hole above the heart and a
revolver. one~ehamber empty, lying be-
side her. Death is thought to have been
due to accident
The suit of Christina A. Pomeroy of
Milwaukee against George Mazurine, a
candy manufacturer of Racine, has been
settled. The plaintiff brought suit
against Mazurine for $1,000. claiming
that amount as damages because. it is
alleged. of the defendant having forced
the plaintiff to kiss him while in his
employ. The suit was settled for $3.50
Morris Schultz. formerly Of Milwau-
kee, who has for the past two years
been acting as chief electrician of the
Milwaukee Street Railway Company,
will lose his left eye as the result of an
accident. Schultz was engaged in re-
pairing the overhead, wires on State
street bridge. when piece of hot solder
which he was using fell into his left eye.
During the absence of the family of L.
A. LaDeaux, cashier for the Armour
Company in Rhinelander, someone broke
into his house and, emptying an incu-
bator of its complement OF 800 eggs,
broke them all over the interior of the
house. Coming so close after the burn
ing of Congressman Browns barn, gives
rise to the suspicion that the depreda-
lions are traceable to the same party.
Rev. Carl +. Hintrager of Oshkosh
while seeking for vegetables in a bar
rel, seized a dead rat and in the ex-
element became insane. Shortly after
his wife found him hanging in the gar
ret scuttle, his neck broken. Mr.. Hin
TRACER was pastor of the German Meth
odist Church, town of Clayton, up to
four years ago. He was injured two
weeks ago by a silver and suffered from
blood poisoning.
Miss Lizzie Hattsheim died in Kan
kauna, after fast of forty days. under
taken with the deliberate attempt. it is
said, to cid Der life from which all
pleasure had been banished by continu-
Gus illness since her birth She was 16
years old 1t is said that her voluntary
act of starvation was kept secret from
her friends. by whom her growing weak
ness was attributed to the illness from
which she had suffered for years
Mayor David S. Rose. Democrat. car
ried the city of Milwaukee by a plural
ity of nearly six thousand in the muni-
cipal election. The largest vote ever cast
in the city was polled, amounting to
So, 600, and was within a few hundred
of the registered vote. Results in other
Wisconsin towns are as follows: Repub-
lican. Waukesha Eau Claire, Delavan,
Brillion. Sparta, Mineral Point, Plain
field. Whitewater, Palmyra, Fox Lake.
Berlin. Edgerton, Cedarburg: Democrat
ic, Madison. Mazomanie, Marshfield, Ell
roy. Waupaca, Tomah. Medford, Mon
roe. Mayville, Stevens Point, Hudson,
Racine. Elkhorn. Kenosha, Superior: Cit
liens. Waterloo. Seymour. Kewaskum,
Onalaska. Viroqua, Hartford Depere.
Beloit. Green Bay; License. Dodgeville,
Sparta, Lodi, Whitewater, Clinton june
ton. Bradford, Orfordville.
Dan Burns. who is held on a charge of
having fatally wounded his mother with
a Ratchet. tried TO hang himself in jail
in Eau Claire with twisted sheet, but
was cut down by the turnkey and resus-
eitated. Mrs. Burps died. She had
never regained consciousness.
Still holding clay pipe between bis
teeth. and bandana handkerchief in
his hand. Hope Griffith. a member of the
Grand Army. was found in Fond du Lac.
drowned in shallow stream of water
in front of his door. Griffith served in
The Michigan infantry during the Civil
War
l.. NJ. Mann. government engineer.
who has charge Of the big government
dam in Appleton has given orders that
the water must be kept down to the crest
If the dam Ii viii be necessary to
keep the government dam partly open.
In this way millions of gallons Of water
viii he wasted
Henry Fritsche. a farmer living two
miles south of Prairie On Chen. was
shot through the right arm by men who
tried 70 steal several horses from his
stables. His home i off The main road
and. when he was awakened by the
dogs. the animals We're saddled and the
men were ready TO start. They left the
animals and fed.
Oshkosh is no longer a candidate for
the State capital At n meeting OF the
committee having the project in charge
a resolution was adopted 70 the effect
that it was the opinion Of the commit
tee. after eanvaSsing the situation. that
the effor- would be futile.
AS a rule. gray horses attain great
or age than those of any other color.