Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-04
AuOver fine State.


John Hetzel, aged "a years, is dead
at the home of his son in Almond. De-
ceased leaves six children.
Otto Krebs. the Milwaukee business
broker who attempted to take his life by
firing two shots from a revolver into his
head, is dead.
All is Quiet a. the Allen tannery in
Kenosha. as the entire force of men with
the exception of seventy returned to work
and it is certain that the backbone of
the strike is broken.
The city health department of Milwau-
kee closed the Gross Packing Companys
plant. The reason given is that the COM
pany has failed to comply with the health
commissioners orders for Improvement
III sanitation.
The west side of large malt house
in Milwaukee. owned by the American
Mailing Company, fell out, scattering
hundreds of tons of malt over the street
below. The building next door was al
most submerged.
During the month Of April the county
clerk of Barron county paid bounty on
nineteen wolves. John Simonsen brought
in nine pups at one time. Fred L. John
son brought seven. Several fox and wild
cat scalps were also brought in by hunt
-erS.
Peter Nielsen. son of Sheriff Nielsen of
ST. Paul, and Il. s. Groves, local agent
for the Omaha road, were badly injured
in runaway accident on Main street in
Hudson. Both jumped and had an ankle
broken. Groves received a broken collar
bone.
Invitations for the annual commence
ment exercises at Kemper Hall at Ke-
nosha are out. The graduation exercises
will take place on the morning of June 6,
the annual address being delivered by
Rt Rev. Charles Z. Anderson, d. d., of
Chicago.
The will of Frances C. Newall was
read to members of the family in Ke-
nosha and the estate. which is variously
estimated at S1,500,000 to $5,000O00, is
left to the members of the family and
friends. The private requests are about
100000
Miss Eliza Brickley. daughter of Cap
tain and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Brickley, and John
W. Kuri of Milwaukee were married at
New Richmond. Both are deaf-mutes.
The service was read as usual by the
officiating priest and then the sentences
in the book were shown to the bride and
groom. who gave their assent by signs.
Although advised by its committee that
the company'S gross receipts for the year
were $4,000. and that the plant is first
class, Manitowoc has refused to purchase
the property of the Manitowoc Gas and
Light Company at 100000 and the COM
pany will sell to New York parties. I'm
der the franchise the company must offer
the city the first chance to purchase.
4 loss of $4,000 was sustained in the
destruction by fire of a number of build
ings at Marystown. The blaze started
in the German Catholic school from spon-
taneous combustion. This building and
st. Mary's Catholic church were among
those destroyed.
The safe in the grocery store OF Ven-
mar & Jost. a large La Crosse retail
establishment, was blown up by burg
lars and its contents secured Glen
Menzemer. who has just finished serving
a term in the Wisconsin penitentiary at
Waupun. has been arrested as leader of
the gang.
Anton RoelIich. wealthy resident OF
Shelby. whose retirement from business
had left him no active mental occupa-
ton. hanged himself.
Meta Jensen. aged 16. was killed in
Eau Claire. her left wrist and a portion
of her head being shot away while scuf-
fling with her brother Christ, aged IL
years. over the possession of gun. The
boy may lose his reason.
William Hieckel. IS years old. slipped
as he was forming on an electric power
switch in the La Crosse Boiler Works
Company's plant. His hand touched a
brass blade connected with the wires and
he dropped dead Instantly.
Mrs. c. NJ Jones. widow of White
water. went to Rockford. H.. and in
voked the aid OF the sheriff in securing
ler son. who was being detained. it was
charged, on the farm OF ". II. Black.
The lad was sent hack to his mother.
Because they objected to working be-
hind gate placed in the doorway TO keep
out intraderS. eight machinists employed
in the cream separator factory OF Starch
Bros in La Crosse walked ont and re-
fused to return to work until the obstruc-
ton had been removed The men claimed
the gate TesembIed jail bars aud they
could not stand the jihes Of passersby.
The men have been saprlsniea 5y other
workmen-