Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
Minor State Matter.

After eating box of pills. which he
| found. the 4-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Hanrahan of Oconomowoc was
taken i'll and died.
Forced to walk on account of the bad
condition of the roads, Rev. w. L. Brain
while returning from church near Nir-
ginia stepped into a rut and broke his
leg.
A. C. Merryman of the Hamilton &
Merryman company of Marinette died
unexpectedly at Exeter, Cal, of heart
failure. His estate is estimated at $10,-
100000.
While edging lumber in a sawmill in
the town of Dover, Nelson Thompson
was struck in the eye by a silver which
penetrated his brain and killed him. He
was % years old.
Miss Nellie White. a teacher in the
| St. Marie rural school, is defendant on
charge of assault and battery on the
person of Frank Bloom. Bloom is a
pupil in the school.
| After running several blocks to catch
train on the Milwaukee road Albert
| Fancher, Racine pioneer. fell back in
seat, and when Franksville was reach
ed, died. He was 80 years dfl.
Mrs. Mary A. Byers died suddenly in
Beloit at her daughters home after re-
firing Cries brought her relatives to
the bedside, bat assistance was too late.
| She was born in Dublin, Ireland, sixty
! five years ago.
Judge Williams in the Circuit Court
in Milwaukee denied the motion Of
Charles S Havenor. convicted of brib-
| cry, for a new trial., and sentenced the
baseball magnate AMI former Fourth
Ward Alderman to two years in the
house of correction.
Willis II. Spaulding of Oeonomowoe
and Miss Genise Van Brunt were mar
ried at Waukesha. The wedding was a
surprise. Mr.. Spaulding was divorced
| last September. but secured special
dispensation permitting him to marry be-
fore the expiration of the statutory year.
Arthur Leaver, the 11-year-old son of
John Leayer. died in Waterloo as re-
suit of a scald, caused by tipping a skill
let of boiling water over himself.
The first fatal accident on the new Su-
perior and Southeastern railroad was the
death Of Bert Cochran, employee of the
| Chicago Lumber and Coal Company
who was run down at Pratt.
A Kenosha jury awarded Joseph An
derson. mino-. $1,000 personal injury
damages against the Chicago Brass
works Anderson had demanded SlO.-
000 The attorneys have given notice
of an appeal
The general endowE'c-lt fund of Law
renee university was increased by 4
check of $4,000 from the estate of sam
uel Jones of Natick. Mass. formerly
prominent in Wisconsin.
| During premature explosion of
blast in the Cokerville mine at Living
ston. four men We're injured. \ box
| Of caps each of forty pounds pressure
burst \ disaster was narrowly avert
ed
In the County Court in Kenosha an
application has been fled for the appoint
ment of a guardian for Leander Merrick
of Randall. Merriek IS one Of the rich
est men in the county. his wealth being
estimated at 100000. He lives alone.
Earl Newall. the l6-year-oid son of
Mrs. Russell Newall Of Pleasant Prai-
RE. is dead Of stryehnine poisoning. tax
eE. as the victim testified before his
death. as a result Of his curiosity as TO
its effects He had seen his brother adj
minister il To crows and was curious
The trustees of the University Of
Western PENNSYLVANIA, located at Al
leghany. an Institution which is suppos-
ed TO be backed financially by Andrew
Carnegie and several other millionaireS.
has elected Frank SchleSinger. Ph. D..
Of the lerkeS observatory If the Univer
sity ef CaiesSo a. director If the new
observatory u the Allegheny institu-
tien