Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-18
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ira Stewart Of ChipRsN> law. Ere
victed of numbering lis soTsfsA> ne,
Miller. four years ago. is GRANTEES
trial by the Supreme Court.
The AitCkIn Iron Company of DuiGssS
win expend S2,0QO.00O in Improvements
and extensions for the mine at Port Ar
thur, near Hurley, next summer.
Hans Peterson of Epson was run over
and killed on the Visions a Central track
between Iron Belt and Epson. The
+ body was scattered for over a mile.
The Beaver Dam Lumber Company's
large sawnaill Mt Cumberland has started
for the seasons run The mill will cut
100000 or 100000 fee and employs
a crew of 100 men.
l. T. Easton has announced that he
will give $4,000 to the city of La Crosse
toward the installation of an improved
water system. The present supply is
pronounced unfit fer safe use.
The body Of Harry O'Brien was found
on the lake shore opposite Hudson, He
attempted to cross Lake ST. Croix in &
severe snow storm on Dec. % He lost
his way and wandered into the channel,
it is supposed
Rev. George Harm, s. years Of age.
and for the past sixteen years retired,
| died at his home on North Eighth street.
Sheboygan. He was pastor of large
number Of Evangelical churches in that
| section of the State.
The body of john Stephan. who dis
appeared on Dec 10, 1904, was found
in the bay near the Sawyer dock at Stur-
geon Bay. The supposition is that he
committed suicide. He was about e.
years old and retired farmer.
The infant son of William Kruger
| was scalded to death, ar Relle Plaine.
The mother haR left The baby in the care
of small c}sgld, in order to attend to
other duties One of the children pulled
the plug a@t IF wash machine.
In She'll Lake Fred Taylor has been
found not guilty on a charge by Miss
| Minna Ganski, who claimed that she had
let Taylor, wear her diamond ring and
that when he took it to ST. Paul he had
the diamond taken 6ut and glass put IL
! its place. Both are from sPoqneg,
Mary Hawkins, daughter Of George
Hawkins of Onalaska, has been sentenc-
ed to State prison at Waupun for one
and one-half years. She was charged
| with being Il vagrant. The fact that this
| is her second offense made it punishable
in the State prison from one to three
| years.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
| pearance of Banker Edward Decker, Jr.,
was deepened at Milwaukee by the re-
port of the purser of the steamer Pere
Marquette Is that the missing man was
not seen after the boat left Ludington
indicating that he had left the vessel
] before she sailed
| Frank Grove, merchant of Menasha,
! has received an anonymous letter enclos-
| ing 50 bill, which states that some time
| ago the writer secured some goods in a
| dishonest manner from Mr.. Grove and
now seeks to make reparation. 1t is
| thought that the reason for repentance
| is the religious revival which is being
held in the city.
Tobacco growing is to be given trial
in Outagamie county this summer. A
| firm of Russian Jews, composed of Max
| Shapiro, Z. Ressman and ID. Shure, has
| rented five acres of land two miles north
| of Appleton, where they expect to set
| out tobacco plants about May IL. They
| have already planted the seeds in hot
| houses. Shure has been in the tobacco
| business in Russia for the past thirty-five
years.
y temperance mass meeting was tenn
porarily broken up at Lake Geneva by
an alarm of fire, believed to have been
turned in by the saloon element. When
the fire whistle was heard the occupants
of the opera house, where the gathering
was held. made rush for the exit
| Through the efforts of Rev. Mr.. LARSON
who stood in the doorway and spoke to
the frightened crowd, the panic was stop
ped. The people, however, returned to
| listen to the speeches.
Chief Herman Meminger of the Mil.
waukee fire department had one of the
narrowest escapes in his career the other
night, and lies in bed fighting death, his
| aff1iction being of the character which
| caused the death of Chief James Foley
and companions some time ago. Unlike
! Chief Foley. Meminger did not inhale
the fumes of nitric acid, but he inhaled
so much smoke in fighting a fire that
acute congestion of the lungs developed.
and for hours he was on the verge of
smothering. Unless pneumonia, which
| threatens, sets in, the chances for his re-
covery are good
In the absence of exciting contests Il
very light vote was cast throughout the
| State Tuesday. Judge John Il. Winslow
| of the Supreme Court was reelected
without opposition. The contest for
| State superintendent is close, but the in
| dications are that Charles Z. Cary has
been reelected over Albert Salisbury. In
Milwaukee Judge Carpenter defeated his
opponent. Judge Wallber, and Judges
Tarrant and Ludwig of the Circuit Court
We're reelected without opposition. Judge
| HalSey also pulled through with a plu-
rality of about 700 Milwaukee gave
| Superintendent Cary nearly 5000 ma
| jority over Salisbury. Returns from
some Of the principal ciues of the State
give the following results Oh the mayor
| atty: GAINESVILLE, - Hutchinson, Dem.
$50 plurality; Manitiwoc, - Kempe~.
Dem; Oshkosh. John Banderob, Rep.
300 plurality: Racine, Peter Il. Nelson,
Rep, 305 plurality; Whitewater, ]. g.
Kestol Rep; La Crosse, William Tor
rance. Dem. 800 plurality. Republicans
elected a majority of the Aldermen in
Racine. Eau Claire, Marinette and Wau.
kesha, while the Democrats secured a
majority at Prairie du Chen.
Dave Hately, pioneer of Bob Creek,
has killed a white eagle measuring Z feet
: inches from the tip of one wing to the
end of the other. The bird was killed
with a Winchester at a distance Of A.
rods Hundreds of chickens in the vicin.
ity had been carried away by the eagle.
The body of Mr. August Manner.
who. on Nov 26 last. with Ada Stol and
Karl ZOOS. started across Two Mile bay.
north Of Oshkosh. in hunting skif.
was found some distance from where
embarkation took place. This is taken
as proof Of the drowning of the whole
party.
! Xavier przybninsk petitioned the Cir.