Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-22
All Over the State.

Mrs. Helen Smith. mother oil W. F.
Swaney of Milton, died there.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000 to
Milton college at Evansville to pay off
its debt on science hall.
Charles Rfngmeier, farmer, was kill
ed at Tisch Mills, Manitowoc, being
caught i'm circular saw.
p. X. Wheeler has succeeded c. d.
Eastman as president of the Sheboygan
County Agricultural Association.
Jake Jenewein of Spring Green was
fatally injured by the accidental dis
charge of shotgun in the hands of lrel
Davis while hunting.
Mrs Edward Halbert, a well-known
Wheaton woman, slipped on an icy path
and was killed. She was found by her
husband Her skull was fractured.
Peter Travic. the Croatian who was
found guilty at Milwaukee of the murder
of Leopold Ritonia. a saloonkeeper, re-
ceived a sentence of life imprisonment.
Twenty persons, including a boy ill
with typhoid fever. were rescued by fire.
men from the top floors of two three
story houses which were destroyed at Me
nomonie The property loss is estimated
at $4,000.
Harry Dunning, Marinette farmer,
was held up by a lone highwayman and
robbed of his money The robber noticed
fine ring on Dunning's hand, but tried
in vain to get it off. and decamped after
abusing his victim.
Halvor y. Hauge. a bachelor farmer
in the town of Christiania, died recently
and his will, admitted to probate, shows
that he has bequeathed $4,000 to the
Lutheran Orphans Home in Dane coun-
tv. also a smaller amount to Seven mis-
sions.
Herman Schroeder mad fellow work
man. while skating on Oconomowoc lake,
broke through the ice and Herman
| Schroeder was drowned. His companion
was rescued. Mr.. Schroeder was %
years old and unmarried. His parents
live at Johnstons Greek.
w. j. Kenney. +. j. Conelly and Ed
i ward McHugh of Stockbridge on the. east
shore of Lake Winnebago, were lost the
other day. while skating. They were
caught in dense fog and lost their way.
! They reached the Northern hospital at
Winnebago. ON the west shore of the lake.
| On the trip they encountered a number
of cracks and in one place crossed on a
| floating cake of ice
Roy Schwab. a boy who was terribly
burned after grasping live wire on the
system of the Wisconsin Traction. Light,
| Heat and Power Company in Appleton,
has sued the company for $4,000 dam
ages His face is marked for life and
| his hands are almost useless.
| That her husband. Louis Dingfedt,
| aged % years. sought to sell or lease her
so that he could get another womsn"
| was alleged BY Lizzie Dingfeldt, aged %
years in the Circuit Court il Milwau-
kee. She was granted divorce. They
were married in August, 1900. and have
one son.
Anton Koko, aged SO years leader Of
/ the thousands of Hungarians in Milwau-
kee. has disappeared. He was in charge
| Of the savings of scores Of his fellow
countrymen.
Manville Peck was badly injured when
a door from a dump car on the interur-
ban construction at Delaield struck him.
He was taken to Milwaukee. His home
is at Big Bend.
The Supreme Court has decided the
Madison City Council must revoke Ii
censes of saloonkeepers violating city or
dinances. The Madison Council last sum
mer refused to revoke the licenses of yio-
lators.
The traction fight in Kenosha came to
an end at 2 O'Clock the other morning,
when the City Council, after six-hour
session. passed ar ordinance granting A.
C. Frost, president of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway Company,
! a practical monopoly of the street rail-
way business in the city. The Chicago,
Kenosha, Milwaukee and Lake Geneva
road. which was planning to parallel the
Chicago and Milwaukee. was refused en-
! trance.
Cards are ont for the wedding of Miss
Phoebe Green Kicker. niece of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert W Underwood of Milwau-
kee. to Frederick A. Gorham. Jr., of
Chicago on Jan. %, at Milwaukee.