Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-04

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| When it struck Lake St. Croix the storm
expended itself.
While walking in her sleep, little
| Grace Dulin of GAINESVILLE left her bed
and after several hours search was
found still asleep on the road
Two boys, aged 8, inmates of the Luz
| theran Orphans home in Stoughton.
were taken with cramps while swimming
in the Yahara river and drowned.
Peter and John Geoggoen. aged and
IL, were drowned in Pine creek ut he
nosha The boys were sons of John
| GoergOen, farmer, and had gone bath
| ing.
The Eagle creamery in the town of
| Porter, owned by Frank Boss, burned to
the ground. Work by neighbors saved a
house and barn adjoining The cause
was spontaneous combustion.
Joseph Rugaslanski, aged %, who
came to Beloit from Waukegan, ILL.,, was
accidentally drowned in Turtle creek
while swimming. A companion who tried
to save him nearly lost his life.
John Starcht, a young Austrian, died
in the Sheboygan hospital from frac-
! ture of the skull received in a saloon
| fight. The police have no clue, but have
arrested several men on suspicion.
| The dam across the Waupaca river
| at Neyauwega was broken by the high
water and three feet of the crest swept
away. Work of repairs was begun at
once, but in the meantime the mills and
electric light plant are idle.
| EoIlo++o hoo nor,aJ TohO
Barnes of Rhinelander as third member
of the new railroad rate commission in
place of \. p. Haugen, whose nomina-
ton was not confirmed by the Senate.
Mr. Barnes is a Democrat and a promi-
nent lawyer.
Nincenzo and Antonio Petracc, two
Italian lads, met death in Kenosha by
coming in contact with live wire. One
of the boys touched the wire and was
killed and the brother was killed in show
ing the crowd that gathered the manner
of his brothers death.
Mrs. Ada Harkins of Kenosha has
made an application to Gov. La Toilette
for the pardon of her husband, John
Harkins, who is now serving a sentence
in the State reformatory at Green Bay.
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burglary and sentenced to from one to
three years.
After a futile search had been made
for the two children of James WILDER of
| Menasha, who were thought to have been
drowned they We're found in a closet in
the cellar Of the house where they were
| playing when a spring lock prevented
their escape. They had been in their
prison for ten hours.
While c.. Dangel was leaning over a
we'll on the farm of Carl Graner in
| Greenfield he plunged into ten feet Of
water ninety-four feet below. A rope
was let down and when ne was drawn
about half up the rope broke and gave
| him another fall of fifty feet. Another
] rope landed him in safety.
The coroners jury called to investi-
| gate the death of Antonio and Vinceno
Petracci, Italians killed by touching q
live wire in Kenosha, brought in a yer
dict censuring the Kenosha Gas and
Electric Company for negligence. The
verdict will probably be the basis for
heavy suits against the company.
The State won point in the test suit
! brought against the Chicago and North
western Railroad Company to recover
$4,000 damages for alleged failure of
| the railroad to report full gross earn
| ings. Judge Stevens ruled that although
| the railroad commissioner marked re-
ports sent him approved" this was not
| final and the State has {, right to go back
| of such reports.
d. NJ. Roberts, a former Beloit college
| student, is thought to be insane. Rob
| erts stopped a Northwestern train at the
| GAINESVILLE depot and tried to expel the
| engineer, claiming he had been hired to
run the road. When manager for the
! Beloit football team in 1897, it is said,
| he hired Il suite of offices in Chicago
for $500 per month for general offices
| of the team. He lives in Prentice.
For three hours the other night the
Racine fire department fought stub
! born blaze in the Burkert building on
State street. The loss was $4,000 1t
started in the Citizens Plumbing Com
pany shop, spread up into the tailoring
and clothing store of Goedke & Gebhard.
and apartments occupied by the Near
man sisters. Several fremen were over
come by smoke, but all revived. The
stock of Kradwell Brothers drug store
was damaged by smoke.
The weekly crop report issued by the
government reviews conditions in this
| State as follows: Week favorable for
| growth of crops and for advancement
| of farm work, except in northern central
| counties, where excessive rains continue:
winter wheat and rye very rank, some
| lodging, spring grain excellent, except OIL
low grounds; corn growing rapidly but
weedy, some cultivation done; potatoes
satisfactory, but dry weather needed; to-
| bacco showing progress
Several Chiffon citizens are possessors
| of gold" watches worth about 81 each,
| to offset loans of from $13 to $50 per
watch \ gentlemanly salesman came to
one resident and got a loan on gold"
watch, pleading that he was out of funds
temporarily. The lender showed the
watch and told his story to others. In
a few moments seven people had made
| themselves known as having done like
wise. Then the gold watches were
appraised and found of the value of
about 81 each.
John kubla, a Hungarian, 40 years OF
age, was brought to the Kenosha hos
ptal at an early hour the other morning
suffering from three big knife wounds.
and he may die. kubla claims that he
was the victim of a conspiracy among
certain other Hungarians in the city.
Orders have been received regarding
camp dates. Each regiment will go into
camp for seven days, the following are
the dates: July s to IA, First regiment.
troop A and First battery; July 10 TO
u, Second regiment; July - to Is.
Third regiment and Tenth Separate bat
TALON.
The Fox River Valley Railway Com
pany, which projects an interurban line
from Sheboygan to Kaukauna, via Mani
tOwoc, has been granted a thirty-fve-
wear franchise hE the Manitnrnc Council