Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-21

All VIII recover.
Mrs. William Williston saved herself
from robbery by three men in Marmet,e
by means of hatpin One of the meD
grabbed her purse. AS he did SO size
seized a hatpin from her hat and iabbed
1t deep in his arm. The man gave yell
and all three disappeared down an alley.
Milwaukee owners of lake front land
in Racine, during the past few days. have
learned of movement on the part of
the authorities of the Belle city to pur-
chase large portion of the site offered
for the naval training school, just north
OF Racine's city limits. and make it into
city park. There are about 200 acres,
worth about $500 per acre.
The marriage of William Kranz, presi-
dent of the Racine Business Mems As
sociation and one of the most prominent
business men of the city, and Miss Flor
ence Cass of Chicago, his niece, caused
much surprise. Mr.. Kranz's first wife
lost her life in the Iroquois fire at Chi
cago. At that time Mr.. Kranz was ter
ribly burned. He was confined to a hos
pital in Chicago for many months and
Miss Cass and her mother nursed him.
The city of Oshkosh is making a de-
termined effort to take the State capitol
away from Madison. Senator Il. Il. Ste
vens of Oshkosh has introduced two bills
in the Legislature. one providing tha}
after the first Monday in January. 1907,
the seat of government shall be in Osh-
kosh and the other requiring that the
present capitol building commission shall
select a site at that place Immediately
| ON ele authorizing of the city of Oshkosh
to grant to the State and the State to
accept a site in Oshkosh known as North
Park.
Investigations by the authorities of
| the last few days have for certainty
proven that the ''much-married" Johann
| Adolph HOch was the man who, on Feb.
| of last year, married Mrs. Catherine
| Wilson of Mazomanie. Hoch came from
! Milwaukee a stranger, under the name Of
| Heinrich Valtzan6. After an acquaint
ance of four days he married Mrs. Will
son. He represented himself as being
in the brewing business in Milwaukee,
and being very wealthy. He deserted
| Mrs. Wilson, it is alleged two days af-
+ ter he married her. taking with him ST.
1OO VI liNl iiiOlltN anu Ithtllg Ndluth at
$3.50.
The deal for the purchase of the plant
of the City Water Company by the city
of Sheboygan, at cost of $3.50, 600, has
at last been closed, the negotiations hav-
ing been started six years ago. The last
hitch encountered has just been removed
! by the company conserving TO furnish a
S250,000 bond that it will faithfully per-
| form its part of the contract The con-
tract is that the city will take over the
plant, on Jan. /, 1905 when the com
pany's franchise expires. TIE matter
will have to be voted upon at the coming
spring election by the citizens. Bonds
will then be issued to cover the purchase
of the plant.
The residence of J. NJ. Jensen at Min
eral lake was burned and blown to atoms
by dynamite. and Airs. Jensen was Sc
| verely frozen while crawling through the
snow to escape cremation. Mrs. Jensen
is paralyzed in the lower limbs and was
confined TO her bed, unable to walk a
step, and for the past three weeks has
been critically i'll. The other afternoon
Mr.. Jenson visited a neighbours house
mile distant and on his return discovered
the tracks in the snow, where his wife
had dragged herself, and found her in
the barn unconscious. She was clad only
in her night clothes, without shoes and
without a stocking ON one foot There
was thirty pounds of dynamite stored in
the basement of the house. and while
Jensen was trying to reSuscitate his wife.
the dynamite exploded, blowsn,y the house
to atoms, injuring the barn and knock
ing Jensen down. As soon as possible
he conveyed his wife on a logging sleigh
twelve miles to Mellen. She is severely
frozen and may not recover.
John NJ Bickel, son Of a prominent
Racine manufactures, has attended the
First Presbyterian church Sunday school
every Sunday for six consecutive years.
and was presented with a solid gold
medal by Rev. George Murray Colville.
Fire which started from a fallen stove
pipe in the second story destroyed the sa-
loon. general store and fem machinery
sheds of I<Ieiber & Miller at Kasson.
the loss being several thousand dollars.
The dance hall in connection with the
saloon was saved. but the dp cling occu-
pied bv the Kleiber family was totally
destroyed with contents.
Nicholas Kehoe aud Frank Yonng shot
22-pound Canadian lynx a few miles
north Of GAINESVILLE. after chasing II feur
miles. and it is the first animal Of lis
kind shot in Rock county since white
settlers have lived there.
ThreN children Of Harry Eaton Of
POysophi boy Of > years a -4'ri Of 3
anA baby. were burned to orisp IN q
log house while the parents we're away
for short time. The mother had gone
To a naighbor's FOR milk II IS supposed
the children played With the IRE in the
stove. which started the fatal blaze.
Neighbors discovered smoke issuing from
the house and with SNOW attempting 70
extinguish the flames. bat failed
About four weeks ago four Princeton
boys were bitten by dog Last grpdav
morning. one Of the boys George Sheg-.
aged l.. was taken suddenly IN ard Il
now raving with hydrophobia. Later tie
other three boys were taken to Chicago
to reeei~e treatment. although they have
not shown any signs Of the disease.
Discovery was made the other morn
ing that ". G. Johnson's drug store in
Eau Claire. vas burglarized during the
NIGHT. Alr. Johnson had left his safe
empty and unlocked, with a card thereon
stating il was only necessary to turn the
knob and not 10 blow it open. Burglars
broke open all the drawers inside the
safe. Oaiy small articles were taken