Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-16
State Items of Interest.

\ district hremenS tournament Will be
held in Brodhead on Aug %.
John Starr was sent to State prison
for two years for robbing a freight car
at Madison.
Frank Arndt, aged 81. of Osceola, died
of blood poisoning resulting from the bite
OF an insect.
The hardware store of OFT & Boden in
West Bend, was burglarized. The thieves
secured several hundred dollars worth
of cutlery.
William Stang, aged 80, employed on
Albert Braatens farm a short distance
northeast of Madison, was killed by an
angry bull.
George Lutz, the aged man who was
out of work and penniless, committed
suicide by hanging in a cheap lodging in
La Crosse rather than return to the poor
house.
The tank for the elevator in the cap
itol at Madison burst under the cold
water pressure and flooded the basement
Work on the new elevator will be delay
ed some time until new tank can be put
in place.
Mrs. Alex Obey, who was burned in a
fire which destroyed the tailor shop of
f. III. Epp and restaurant of G. II. Dur
nell in Tomahawk, died of her injuries
She was lighting a gasoline stove when
it exploded.
A new bank is To be started in Mil
waukee, called the Century National 1t
will have a capital of 100000. W. ID.
Gray is to be president and August F.
John cashier. 1t will open for business
about Jan. ].
The Wisconsin Central depot at En-
1eavor was destroyed by fire. Several
business men lost quantities of freight in
the depot III. c. Coon's potato ware
house near the depot took fire, but was
extiuguished with only small loss.
A. Hirshheimer. president of the La
Cr)sse Plow Company. and two labor
ers. were badly burned by an explosion
ct metal while making a casting. Mr..
Hirsehheimer's sight was at first thought
to be gone. but his eyes will be saved
Reports from throughout Rock County
point To the fact that almost double the
number of chickens are being raised this
summer than ever before and that large
nocks of turkeys and ducks and geese are
also on the poultry lists in quarters where
they were never raised in the past.
The Mayor of Milwaukee has been in
vited to select young woman to christen
the protected cruiser TO be named after
that city and which will be launched
Sept. 10 at San Francisco.
4 new State bank has been formed in
Kewaskum. The capital stock is $1,000
- Sfrai- hal1nrc ara
Moritz RosenheimeT Adolph Rosenhei-
mer and u. NJ Rosenheimer.
William Persch, a discharged eonduc-
tor. attempted 10 murder Peter Waller,
superintendent of the La Crosse Street
Railway Company. The loaded pistol
missed FIRE Persch was arrested.
Miss Lena Prinz. ~ years of age. the
daughter of Faustin Prinz. president of
the Prinz X Rau Manufacturing Com
nany of Milwaukee. and quite wealthy.
committed suicide By turning on the gas
in a bathroom. Ii was Miss PriRz's
birthday, and She was to have been given
a surprise party that night.
A killing frost visited Grand Rspids.
doing serious damage on the cranberry
marshes The average cranberry crop
Of Wood County is about 5000 barreIs,
which sells for about 81 barrel. One
half OF this crop. the cranberry men say.
has been destroyed. Thermometers on
the marshes registered u degrees above
zero.
W. u. Partch Of Mct5regor. Iowa. who
worked on the La Crosse street car lines
As conductor and who Is charged with
having attempted to murder Peter Va
her. superintendent Of the line. has been
given fifteen months in State prison He
snapped a revolver at Mr.. Waller twice.
hut it failed 10 20 of Pa1ch had been
discharged by Mr. Waller for drunken
ness Partch. in pleading guilty. said
that drink had caused his downfall.
As the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
Paul train came in u Whitewater. Ole
johnson. who was standing near the
track. fell aEd was run over He ex-
pired a few moments after<ards. He
wan ah,uf 20 vearx of are