Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-07-18


iug from moving trolley car in Mari
nette.
W. W. Chapman. postmaster at Hori-
con, died, aged IS years He was born
in New York and was veteran of the
Civil War.
Arrangements have been made to hold
this summers reunion of ..thc old
Twelfth" in Madison. Tuesday and We'd
nesday, July % and 26
Clement Olson. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID o. Olson of Ashland, was accidentally
drowned while playing on a raft on
pond made by heavy rains
Col \. r. Nelson. past commander Of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows of Wis
cousin, is critically i'll in La Crosse as
result of a paralytic stroke.
] Francis Ryan, bookkeeper at the State
institute for the blind in GAINESVILLE, has
been appointed superintendent vice Supt.
ShoWalter, whose term expires.
Ed McAdams was killed by a train
near Mukwonago The victim was mutt
lated almost beyond recognition. He
leaves a wife and two children.
Edward Smith. who disappeared from
the county poor house at Hayward June
6.swas found drowned in Chipanaze
Lake. There is evidence of suicide.
Eugene Austin, aged 80, of Pardeeville,
was drowned in the Pardeeville pond
while fishing. In attempting to change
seats with a companion he lost his bal
ance.
Kenosha dealers in Cigarettes have
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fort to evade the new law governing the
sale of cigarettes. They await a test in
the courts
a verdict of guilty was given in the
United States Court in Oshkosh against
Mrs. Rose Hofert of Menasha. charged
with writing a scurrilous postal card.
Sentence was suspended.
The Wisconsin State commission to
select a soldiers monument at Anderson
vile tentatively selected a design for the
stone, but decided to ask the artist to
make some slight changes.
Sheboygan's population, according to
| the State census, is 24,016 This is an
increase of 1854 since 1900. The total
men able to serve in the militia is 5,235.
The total number Of old soldiers is sixty
eight.
Mrs. Ignatz Schwab, who resides on a
farm near Johnson Greek, is dead as the
result of being stung by a swarm of
honey bees. Blood poisoning set in and
| she died a few days later. Mrs. Schwab
| overturned hive.
Frank Brooks, charged with conduct
ing a get-rich-quick scheme at Racine by
having women send 81 as a guarantee
| of good faith in securing work of writing
letters, was found guilty and was fined
500 and sent to the house of correction
for six months.
Albert Marks has been placed under
$3.50 peace bond at New London on com
| paint of his wife, who says he has twice
threatened to kill her. The couple mar
ried seven months ago, at which time
| Marks was IS and his bride 10 years of
| age.
Typhoid fever again has made it's APP
pearance at the State hospital at Men
dota. The disease is supposed to be due
| to contaminated water supply, in spite
! of the fact that arrangements were
made last year to keep the water pure.
| -Four deaths have resulted from the dis
f! ease.
An investigation is being made of
charges in connection with the death of
| August Schwantes, aged 80 years, who
| died in a small shed at Horizon Citi-
| zens are aroused and allege the old mans
| relatives. who are well-to-Go, refused to
take care of him, and he was then placed
| in the shed.
The residence of John Pamperin, a
wealthy cigar manufacturer in La
| Crosse, was robbed of $1,000 worth of
| jewels and silver plate by three masked
men. A DING was administered to the
members of the family. A servant girl
gave the alarm. The burglars escaped
| through a window.
| Willie Witt, 12-year-old boy, is the
| hero Of Dale. Undersheriff Mitchell says
the young lad mounted a bicycle, armed
with a shotgun, and pursued a mad dog
until he shot and killed the animal. Pre-
| vious to that time the dog had bitten
Henry Opperman. The victim was taken
| to Chicago for treatment.
| Horse owners residing around Kenosha
are making an effort to form a Horse
! Owners Protective Association which
will include all the territory along the
lake shore from the Wisconsin State
line to Milwaukee. During the year end
ing July 1, it is declared, forty-twO
horses were stolen in that territory and
only eleven of them were recovered
James Weypender, the maniac who
murdered Chief of Police Macarthur in
Amigo. was captured Wednesday single
| handed by Sheriff Greggs a few miles
! from that city. Greggs had trailed Wey-
| pender for ten days through the woods,
| being almost eaten up by mosquitoes
| Wednesday morning he caught sight of
! Weypender in a clearing. The sheriff
! dropped down in the grass and stole up
on the maniac, sprang on him and bore
him to the ground. Weypender's neck
and arms are eaten raw by mosquitoes.
But for the assistance rendered by a
prisoner. Frank Souler. who was being
taken to Green Bay, Sheriff II. J. Conlin
of Bayfield, county would have been kill
ed at the Wisconsin Central station at
| Neenah Conlin had the prisoner and a
lunatic Gregorian Hegbluen of Bayfield,,
in his chPrge AS the train was ap-
! proachnglthe lunatis broke away. cross
ed the track and hid in the lumber yards
| After a search Conlil found his man,
but as he approached him the crazy man
leaped and overpowered the officer. The
sheriff was being strangled when SOuler
! and Baggagemaster James Mackin came
to his rescue.
\ dozen dogs have been killed at
| Friendship as the result of a hydropho-
bia scare. A dog belonging to james
Rosypal, three miles west of there, ran
amucll and bit many other dogs. a few
days ago. An investigation is being made
as to the diseased dogs in Madison.
Angered because daughter of Mrs
Dolly Wallace in Milwaukee spurned his
attentions, Charles II. Asterson. walking
delegate for the Seaman's Union, killed
another daughter. Mrs. Joseph Caetz.
and wounded Oscar Goetz and Mrs. Wal
lace, and was himself shot by the woman
| he killed.