Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Among Our Neighbora,

All efforts to float the steamer CONT
mental, ashore near Two Rivers, have
been abandoned.
North Fond du Lac had its nrst big
fire when the Babcoek block was entirely
destroyed at a loss estimated st about
$25,000
W. f. Kuehn, travelling salesman for
shot company, committed suicide at the
Sacred Heart sanitarium in Milwaukee.
He was 80 years old.
Mrs Eliza Barber, aged IS years, wife
of A. S. Barber, a pioneer resident of
Kenosha, is dead. Mrs. Barber had been
prominent in temperance work
At the age of 107 years, Mrs. Margaret
Downey of Marinette died at Pentoga,
Mich, after short illness. She was
born in New York. coming to Marinette
county sixty years ago
Sam B. Trip and George Burton es-
capped from the county Jail in Hudson
They entered the corridor by manipulate
ing the lock, and by the aid of accom-
plices, sawed the bars over a window.
4 wreck occurred at Rugby Junction.
A Milwaukee freight train backed into
the side of a Central, freight as they
We're crossing One of the Milwaukee
brakemen's legs were cut off and several
cars We're damaged.
Judge Walker of Chicago granted Mrs.
Gertrude Heinemann divorce from Gus
tave Heinemann, son of a millionaire
lumber merchant of Wausau. Alleged
cruelty was made the basis of the suit.
No defense was offered.
Judge Romance Bum of the United
States Court for the Western district of
Wisconsin has resigned He retires after
serving twenty-seven years. He is "A
years old Arthur l.. Sanborn has been
appointed to succeed him.
The jury which investigated the death
of John Shepherd at Amberg. brought in
a verdict of accidental DEATH Shep-
herds horse ran away and he fell out Of
the wagon and was kicked by the horse.
At first it was thought he had been muir
dered.
An important deal was announced by
the filing of a deed in Marinette showing
title to water power and property by
S. Du Quaine of Coleman, who is acting
for outside capitalists. A large paper
mill is to be erected in Marinette in the
spring with 100000 capital.
Fire partially destroyed the home, the
most costly furnished i'll Racine. of
Frank X Bull. president of the Case
Threshing Machine Company. One por-
ton of the building was ruined, but the
main part was saved. although all fur
niture, bric-a-brac, paintings and furnish
ings were ruined by smoke and water.
The building and. contents are valued at
100000 and the loss viii be one-third
that amount,
Clarence E. Messer. former cashier of
a bank at Sanilac Center. Mich, was
arrested in Madison, charged with en-
bezzlement. Messer has been living
quietly with his family in Madison since
December He viii not fight extradition.
One hundred and thirty molders en-
ployed in the foundry eff the Case
Tlrashing Machine Company in Racine,
voted to strike because of reduction
in wages from 10 to 80 per cent. As a
result of this strike the foundry is closed
and the entire factory. where LOO men
are employed, will SHIT down for an in
definite period.
George Lachenschmidt, Milwaukee
saIoonkeeper, committed suicide. being
the third person within two days to use
carbolic acid for that purpose The
alarming number of suicides by the use
of carboIc acid has started movement
TO prevent the poison from being obtain
ed except by physicians prescription.
That Captain Frederick Pabst left an
estate of SS.750,O00 viii be the report
made to Judge Carpenter in the Mil
waukee County Court by b. f. linn and
]. f. Corrigan. appraisers. II appears
that Captain PaLst gave 100000
worth of property TO his family before
his death. There IS stiIl nearly $1,000
coo left.
Bank Examiner Bergh Ris fled his re-
port. There are 81 Safe hanks, of
which two are exclusively savings. Dur
ing the year three banks have elased vol
unfairly. one has become a nation a. bank
and two have been closed By 9e comp
troller. After eliminating the money
taken ont BY national banks. the increase
of deposits from Febrr ~ 10 November
is S1.040.0O963 The total State bank
ing capital actually paid in is S9.,T2.-
$50 The two banks ont Of business are
the Security Of Ashland and the Bank
of Plainfeld The expenses OF the de-
partment fer the year have been ST.
36093. and the receipts S6.445-13 max
ing the net cost TO the State $l0.SI5.80-