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

! Oshkosh is TO have Juvenile court
Judge A. FL. Goss of the municipal court
viii be the presiding judge.
Rasmus johnson. retired lake cap
tain, was frightened to death in Sheboy-
gan by puff from small gas stove
when he lighted it.
Faith Carlow, former Marinette
girl, shot herself on ranch near Chey-
enne, Wyo., on account of unreciprocated
love for camp foreman.
Marsice Clement, a spring maker of
Racine, had been fourd near railway
track ut Aniwa, badly frozen. Amputa-
ton of his hands and feet was necessary.
Winnebago county records show a to-
/ tai of 1160 births and T3D deaths for
1904. OF the deaths $40 have occurred
in Oshkosh. The total number of mar
| riages is 40.
The entire debt of the Racine Hos
| pital Association, conducting st. Luke's
hospital was cleared by. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Horlick. The gift is estimated
at between $1,000 and $1,000.
Fire destroyed the Sank county court
house in Baraboo, leaving nothing stand
| ing but the brick walls. The firemen
worked against the terrific gale and the
zero weather, but succeeded III prevent
ing the spread of the flames.
Clarence Sunderland, tile student who
vas caught stealing in the gymnasium in
Madison, was allowed to plead TO two
counts ana was fined $751; United States
Attorney Butterfield of Milwaukee,, a
friend of the family, made plea for
the defense.
Conrad Christensen, aged 13, is be-
iieyed to have been drowned in Root
fiyer. The boy left home in the morn
ing to skate on the river and has not
been seen since. The fact that the ice
has broken up leads people to believe the
boy has perishe,l.
4 Osmond Jorstad, instructor at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, jumped naked from
the roof of his home in La Crosse into
a 20-foot drift of snow on wager, at
midnight. Jorstad was unable to get
into the house at once, and suffered ter
ribly from exposure until rescued by
friends who We're on the roof with him.
The Knickerbocker Ice Company of
Chicago, owning a large tract of land
bordering on Browns lake, near Burling-
ton, viii again be able to use its ice
= house, as, after years of litigation with
Mrs. Nellie Maginnis an agreement has
been reached which allows the company
to build a spur railroad track across her
property.
Mrs. Frank Brown attempted to COM
nit suicide in GAINESVILLE, by saturating
her pillow with chloroform. Her life
was saved by her brother-in-law. who
summoned aid Her husband left her
ten days ago, claiming that she had at
tempted to kill him by pouring gasoline
on his clothes and then setting fire to it.
Mrs. Brown was without means and
Respondent over her situation.
Members of three Danish Lutheran
churches of Racine plan to open a co
operative grocery store, which is to be
patronized by all members of the
! churches and their families. One hundred
members will supply the funds neces-
sary to purchase a stock of groceries, and
if the venture is a success larger guam
titles will be secured and a meat market
and clothing department added.
One of the heaviest damage suits ever
brought in Sheboygan county for q per-
sonal injury has been filed against the
Sheboygan Light, Power and Railway
Company. frank Zorn, guardian for
Herman Glettler, aged 5 years, asks $780,
900 from the company. The boy was run
over by a street car about two months
ago. and suffered the loss of both feet
He is Il son of well known physician
residing in Germany.
On the night of Nov. Is Joseph lima
|
kee. He left home attired in silk car
and thin coat A prolonged search, con
tinuing for several weeks, was made fol
him. without effect The other day his
body was found floating near State street
bridge in the Milwaukee river. lima
came to Milwaukee in 1853. but retired
from work nearly tnirty years ago, sinet
which time he has lived with his sons
g'he ice season of this winter is so fan
bthind that it has occasioned the concern
Of all of the ice men of this State Not
pound of ice has been stored away il
the big houses. Some has been shipped
1t requires six weeks steady work to fiji
all of the houses in the ield tributary tC
Chicago, and the dealers are anxious tc
make start Chicago ice men say that
there is ice in some of the houses that is
six years old and that this will be util-
lied if it is necessary.
\ carriage containing Mrs. Kate APP
fel and her granddaughter, Mae Lowell
aud Edward Wood was struck by the
Northwestern passenger train at the
North Madison street crossing in Evans
vile. The occupants were hurled into
the air; Mrs. APPEL. aged -, was killed
Instantly: Miss Lowell, aged - is lying
at the point of death. her skull being
crushed. She cannot recover. Mr.. Wood
aged %, was severely cut and bruised
and it is feared received internal in.
iul.ies The carriage was demolished, but
the, horse escaped uninjured.
The State treasury middle was settled
Wednesday when Private Secretary
Hannah Informed Acting Treasurer Pur.
tell that the bonds of Mr.. kempf had
been examined and apps9red Mr.
I<empf then went behind the counters
of the treasury and the formal transfer
began. Mr.. Denning. the new assistant
treasurer. took hole at once and checked
up each account and voucher 1t is IN
derStood that none of the minor places
will be changed at once. because Mr.
Denning insists that he must have expe-
J rieneed helpers. especially as taXpaying
time has just begun.
The University of Wisconsin expects
to reach the 1000 mark in attendance
within the next two years, according to
the report of President Van Hise which
now is in press. The present attendance
is 3.400. The rapid growth in attend
ance has its drawbacks President Van
Hise points out He declares the univer-
sity during the present year is being run
on the State appropriation. made on n
basis of between 500 and 600 fewer stu
dents. He draws comparisons between
the incomes of Wisconsin and other State
universities. to the detriment of the for
mer.
The body of John u. Churchill. a rail-
road man from Kansas City. who had
been missing from I Palmyra sanitarium
since Dec. n, was found in the woods
ftwo miles east of the town BIZ a man