Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-07

nlar, aged 46 years. was found hanging
IRON rope attached 10 a hook in the
garnet of the American hotel in James
vile. He left 81 900 in a bank there and
no motive is known for suicide
j. Harrington, a Wisconsin Central
conductor, was killed, and Brakeman
Charles Messlin fatally injured when two
ends of broken freight crashed togeth-
er near Abbotsford. Both men were
thrown ON the caboose stove and badly
burned.
Moses Taylor, who died as the result
OF chewing toothpick, was buried in
Appleton. He was prominent citizen
| OF Iron Mountain Mich. An operation
failed to dislodge bit of wood from the
toothpick which had lodged in Mr. Tay-
lor's intestines.
Three deaths of diphtheria. those Of a
child. a 16-year-old and 12-year-old
son, have occurred within a few days in
the family of George Legman, an old
resident in Hurley, and there is but slight
nope Tor the recovery of two other strick-
en- members of the family
For weeks past freight traffic has al
/ most been at a standstill. and the big
wholesale butter and egg houses at john
son Greek are losing heavily Thousands
OF pounds of butter and many cases of
eggs have been delayed in shipment, the
railroad company refusing acceptance.
Diphtheria has broken out in Odanah
reservation school and over 100 students
have been locked up to prevent the
| spread of the disease There are many
cases of sore throat in addition to ten or
more well-dehned cases of the disease.
The latter are kept in separate rooms
Labor troubles may prove Il hindrance
TO many large projects for building in
Manitowoc this spring The first intima
ton is card published by the carpen-
tiers union in which notice is given that
the carpenter contractors have refused
to yield to scale of ~ y cents per hour.
A head-on collision between the Port
age local passenger train and the Mil
waukee and Chicago newspaper train oc-
Cured at the Rio switch Brakeman Ro-
land j. Dickey of the Portage train was
killed and several other trainmen, in
Guiding Michael McQuiney, were slight
ly injured. Both engines We're wrecked.
Officer Reed of Genoa Junction, at
tackled by two tramps whom he attempt
ed to land in The village lookup, used a
horsewhip to good effect and landed his
men. As he was walking between them
| toward the Jail, they suddenly both
pounced on the officer, using him badly
and making several bruises and cuts.
Reed then applied Il horsewhip which
he was carrying and lambasted both
men so that they were hardly able to
walk
George Keiser of Keller, aged 40
years, was killed under a load of lum-
Der which tipped over while he was
driving from Dubuque to Eagle Point
The only injury to the body was brok-
en- arm, and it is believed he suffocated
in the snow under the load The body
was discovered half an hour after the
accident by farmer named Suffer. A
coroner's jury returned a verdict of acct
dental death. He leaves a family of
nine children. His wife died a year
ago.
w. w. Shepherd, whose return from
the South after an absence of forty years
has caused a sensation in New London
several weeks age. win return to Texas.
Shepherd left shortly after the death
of his wife, forty years ago, leaving an
infant child with a family in New Lon
don. This son has grown up. is married
and has a daughter, who has been mar
ried to August Freimuth. Shepherds
fortune is written in six figures, it is de.
clared. a goodly portion of it was left
with Mrs. Freimuth and her husband.
The remains of Private John Tummit,
a Menasha lad, who was Killed in the
Philippines several months ago. have ar
rived and been buried in Menasha. Tum-
nit, with a few other soldiers, was
guarding several prisoners while these
constructed a trench for target practice
on small island across Il bay from
Manila. In order to return the prisoners
it was necessary to convey them to Ma
Mia in launch. While in the middle
of the bay on the return trip the pris-
oners revolted. The soldiers were over
powered and We're killed with the crew.
Those of the prisoners who survived the
fight were soon recaptured.
Lying in a pool of blood. her head COW
cred with snow, a woman whose name
cannot be ascertained was found on the
State road a few miles from Appleton.
The discovery was made by small boy.
Will Anderson. who was so frightened
that he ran three miles to Columbia Hall
in Appleton before he stopped. A dance
was being held, but the boy was too
frightened to tell anyone of the affair
until the dance was over. The lad was
returning from an errand ON the State
road when he discovered the body. As
10, c4a oil +rN ha q,
man who stepped out of the shadow.
The man held him and asked: did that
woman send you to that house for her?
Did you run to that house to tell the
people living there what you saw"
The lad made a denial and ran away.
A search was Immediately taken up for
the woman, but nothing was found but
blood marks. An investigation proves
that she lived with a family on the State
road who owed her a sum of money.
Although Oscar RobbeH is said to have
an income of from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year. he filed a suit for divorce from his
wife, alleging that he did not have
bed to sleep in. Robbell is the owner of
the Eagle laundry in Kenosha and the
Uncle Sam laundry in Chicago. He also
charges cruelty.
Eastern capitalists contemplate an in
terurban line to Amigo from Wausau
and from Amigo to Merrill, making a tri-
angle. 1t would open up a great tract
Of hardwood in Langlade and Lincoln
counties The country is level. and the
soil is the very best.
The 3-months-old child of Will Ken
nedy of Johnston was smothered while
its parents were driving from their home
to Milton Junction. The child was
warmly wrapped up. The mother looked
at it when about a mile from the village.
finding it safe, but when they arrived
there the baby was dead.
Capt Charles BOdemer is in receipt Of
a letter from Albert Bohm, Sheboyzan
man reported To have been Killed in the
Philippine Islands, Stating that he never
was Oh the island of Samar where he
was reported 10 have been killed. He
has relatives residing in Sheboxgan.
Bohm Is stationed al Fort Barraueus.
Fla