Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-24

his death.
Property valued at 5000 was de-
stroyed in the fire which visited Maple
Grove. The saloon. dance hall and
| dwelling of james Mullins was COM
pletely destroyed
/ w. y. Brown of Rib Lake was placed
into yellow fever quarantine nj Jackson
VILE, Fla, Oh his return from Cuba. and
| secured his release after getting an affi-
Gayit from Wisconsin.
Mrs. J. NJ Bray. wife of prominent
Oshkosh lumberman. her daughter. Miss
| Hazel Bray. and Miss Ripley of Chi
cago We're thrown from double-seated
| carriage in runaway and badly bruis-
| ed
| Miss Annie Louise Palmeter. the
well-known golfer. and Edwin Reynolds
| Nhitcomb of Milwaukee, son of +. f..
Whitcomb, president of the Wisconsin
Central railway, were married in Ike
nosha.
The body of George Vosburg an in
mate of the county insane asylum, who
lad been missing for several days, was
| found in the river ut Janesville. His
hands were tied, and it is thought he
committed suicide
The Marinette and Menominee paper
mill was nearly destroyed by fire. BY
heroic efforts of the fire departments of
Marinette and Menominee the sulphite
plant was saved. The loss is estimated
at Sl3O.000, covered by insurance.
\ year ago John Roberts was sudden
! ly stricken blind while at work in a
Neenah paper mill The other morning
upon arising he discovered that his eve
sight had been reganed. His wife
claims the cure was effected through her
| prayers
Yeska Sunbeam, the Athens prize COW.
has beaten the worlds record for butter
and fat, she making S37 145 pounds of
butter fat from Oct l, 1904, to Sept.
30, 1903. On Aug 10, 1903, the COW
gave - pounds of milk, testing 542 per
cent producing PSI pounds of fat
Superior grain interests will purchase
an elevator in which to store grain in
| spected under the laws of the State of
| Wisconsin. During the last three days
over 1.5O0 ears of grain have been
brought to Superior and all have been
inspected by the Wisconsin inspectors
Rev. John Steel died in Lodi He To-
Gated there in 1919 and crossed the
plains in 1850. He was lie first Lieu.
tenant in Go. f. One Hundred and For
| ty-hrst Illinois infantry, and entered the
Methodist ministry in 1861. Rev. Mr..
Steel acted as a missionary to New Mex
leo from 1872 to 1879.
The Ferari Bros Carnival Company
! received Il very rude reception in Beloit
| The show arrived in the evening and
some time during the night thieves broke
into wagon while it stood on fiat
car in the Northwestern freight yards
and carried the safe half block away.
where it was broken open and rifed The
sum secured by the robbers is 81 800 in
cash.
! Because lie allegedly curcula ted
slanderous stories about Mrs. Anna
| buchanan, a neighbor, and the jury be-
heyed her allegations, Joseph Teporren,
of heil. was charged with Il judgment
| OF 500, this being the amount awarded
| by the jury in curcuit court at Chiffon.
Both parties are prominent in the farm
ing community where they reside and
| the case created sensation.
William Hannigan. aged 20 years. APP
| piled for Il warrant in Neenah for the
arrest of his son John, who is married.
| The son induced the father, says the
| complaint. to deed over the valuable
| farm to him, the old man to be cared for
| during the remainder of his days. After
| the deed had been recorded the son had
his father placed in the poorhouse it is
| also alleged. but later brought him back
to the farm where the old gentleman
was to work at 80 cents per day and his
| keep.
| Sheriff Armstrong at Little Sualnico
has arrested Fred Braunschreiber, aged
| 10 years. charged with setting fire TO and
! burning the barn of his nephew, Herman
| Braunschreiber. Mrs. Herman Braun
schneider says that she saw the fire about
as soon as it was started and that she
also saw her husbands uncle running
| away from the barn. In his hurry TO.
escape, she says, lie did not notice barb
wire fence and got badly tangled up in
| 1t. Others also say they saw him run
ming from the barn. Family troubles are
| said to be at the bottom of the case.
The State tax commission announces
| the final assessment for the railroads of
| Wisconsin under the ad valorem tax law
| to be total of $22S, S10.0OO The total
| tax is $2.579. 29066. The valuation of
| the Northwestern railroad is $74.50O.0OO
with a tax of SS39,S11 valuation of Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad S73. 100
| 600, tax $3.50. 1926 Wisconsin Central
! S22,OOOOOO. and $247 991 SO; 500. S.
100000 and $99,199.15 The total in
| crease i'll valuation is $10,7S5, 100 Last
| year this rate of taxation was found by
| the tax commission to be S1144 plus
! per $1,000 of valuation. while this year
| 1t has been found to be $1f27 plus. The
| total taxes of the railroad property for
| this year is fixed at $2.579, 900. GO, as
| against $2,494, 2S2.51 last year. an in
| crease of $50 ,00S09. The Milwaukee
| roads taxes are increased $27. 67S.S5: the
| Northwestern's $21, S25. 40: the Omaha's.
$9,O63.S9: the Soo's, $5.3SS. %. and the
Wisconsin Central's S3.746.26. The rail-
| roads are now contesting the "a valorem
| on charge of non-uniformity. The
| chief point is on the valuation of fran
| chises
Nolney Atwood, aged 93 years. who
! came to GAINESVILLE in 1881 and is one
of the three first settlers and the Oldest
| Odd Fellow in Wisconsin. both in age
| and point of membership, suffered a
stroke of paralysis. His condition is bet
ter. but a second stroke is expected.
President Wood of the Milwaukee
| Southern Railroad Company states the
end of the line will be at DeKalb. H..
and gives as reference the Western Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago. The Hi
nois State Trust Company of East St.
Louis and a Wall street concern are
named as financial hackers
Mrs. Anna Potts. wife of Ernest V.
Potts of Rockford, ILL.,, was arrested
in kenosha with Albert Crandan. for
mer kenOsha man, of Rockford. Gran
| dali and Mrs. Potts had been at fash
ionable boarding house in kenosha for
several days. Potts came and found
| them.
With his hands bound with sheep cord.
the body of George Vosberg. an insane
patient was found by three BOYS fishing
at Goose Island. near GAINESVILLE. Yos-
| burg disappeared from the ASYLUM sew