Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

men beiolt college, SophomoreS defeated
the freshmen in the annual cane rush.
The good road movement is being put
into effect in Brown county. Each town
is building crushed stone roads The
town of Holland this year is expanding
81 800.
Barns and outbuildings on the farm
and summer home of Charles W. Norris,
Milwaukee, at Lake Okauchee were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at
$1,000
In their effort to interest the public in
three Sunday night lectures. the Bible
class committee of the First Presbyterian
church of Oshkosh plan is using large
display advertisements in the local news
papers.
A power launch capsized at the Becher
street bridge, throwing nine persons into
the water. Two were drowned: Mrs.
Mary Wierzchowski, aged 80 years, and
Alice Szybezynski, S-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Szybezynski.
Emmett Holland, employed as an OPP
orator for the Chicago and Northwestern
at Montrose, while trying to board a
moving freight train was thrown under
the car, striking on his knee on the sharp
rail. The knee cap was cut in twain and
the man will be crippled for life.
Ray Kimball, Crystal Falls lumber
man, was walking over the dam on the
Fence river, near Marinette, when the
high water suddenly carried it out. He
went down with the timber and water
and was carried several hundred feet
down stream with The rush of water and
logs. He may not recover.
A. j. Olson, Chippewa Falls farmer,
was struck by a train while asleep near
the track. Although he was badly cut
in the face, he did not awaken. When
the crew, after much shaking, finally
aroused him he was indignant that they
had disturbed his pleasant dreams and
wanted to know why they had made his
face bleed.
John Franklin, an engineer on the
Northwestern railroad, has received $i0,-
900 from William Peterson of Chicago
for saving the life of the latter's sister
in-law. Franklin was spending his vaca-
ton at Devils Lake last summer, when
he rescued the woman, Miss Jenkins, who
was thrown into the water by her boat
| capszing.
Willie Braemer, Is years, died in Nee
nah as result of a fractured right leg
received in a fall from an apple tree.
| Lockjaw set in. Herman Erdmann fell
| twenty feet out of a hay NOW and frac-
tured his skull. Warren Hollenbeck broke
three ribs in fall from step ladder.
| III 1,l
broke his right leg above the knee.
Known for years as a wide open town,
| it is promised by the council that Neenah
will clamp the lid on Jan. /. The first
| steps toward that end were taken the
other night, when the police notified sa-
| looms that no more raffles would be per-
mitted and also that hereafter doors must
be kept closed Sunday mornings and
women refused drinks at all times.
A settlement has been reached between
the La Crosse City Railway Company
and its employees, which will have the
effect of averting the threatened strike.
| The men had threatened to walk out and
| tie up the whole system if theri terms
were not met. The agreement reached is
| a compromise, the men getting an advance
| of one cent per hour in their wages.
United States Senator Stephenson has
announced his appointments to fill the
vacancies at large in West Point. Ste
| phen Wamsley of Eau Claire was named
| with Benjamin Lampert of Oshkosh as
| first alternate and j. B. Hanson of Mari
nette as second alternate. The examina-
| ton will occur at Jefferson Barracks in
| January and the successful candidate will
enter West Point in March.
Mrs Elizabeth Clements, the last sur
| viving child of Queen Marinette, the
| founder of Marinette, died at her home
in Luxembourg, at the age of rs years
| Queen Marinette was a dignitary of the
| Chippewa tribe and her home was the
| first house built on the present site of
| Marinette She was an enlightened
squaw, who took a prominent part in
the early development of that region.
Pledging their support to the Wiscon-
sin Good Roads Association, recently or
| ganized at Milwaukee, and declaring for
| the establishment of all kindred organs
izations, rural carriers of Manitowoc
county, in their fourth annual session,
/ NOipu To dBDOlIl a IOiiihtibttt " ~
crate with postmasters throughout the
county with view of lettering the de-
livery service of the postal department.
Declining the offer of the court to al
low him to withdraw his plea of guilty,
William Il. Williams of Chicago, said to
be a son Of a well-known family there,
| insisted that he receive sentence, and
| Judge Beldon OF Kenosha sent him to the
State prison, at Waupun for one year.
| Williams is a graduate of Northwestern
university and man of distinguished
appearance His mother now resides, it
is said, at the Holland hotel in Chicago,
and to save her from notoriety Williams
had decided to plead guilty He was ac-
cused of obtaining money on false pre-
lenses from H. G. Simmons, a wealthy
manufacturer, who gave him $50 for a
fund for a switchmen's home which e1-
listed only in his mind
Sheriff Burns of La Crosse received
word that a band of men, supposed to
be the bandits who blew open and rob
bed the Mindoro postofice, had been To-
Gated in the northern part of the county.
The sheriff. at the head of posse, heay-
lily armed, immediately ieAt iOl the Seehc'
An epidemic of rabies seems to be
prevalent in Ms5json. One girl, Marga
ret Conniss, daughter of the city dog
cet,ei;Ier. has been bitten and her physi-
clan will take her to Chicago for treat-
ment. The health department has or
dered all dogs muzzled for the next six
weeks
Potato digging is well under way and
conservative reports set the crop at
about two-thirdS Of the average yield.
Help is scarce and farmers are offering
81 a day and board for helpers.
Miss Adah Smith, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Smith Of Neenah, has joined
The District Leader" as chorus girl.
Miss Smith is only 16 years OF age and
is a clever singer and a ine da2ccT.
Alex Linn. farmer Of the town of