Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-02
All Over the State.

ness men of Madison. died as the result
of injuries received in a street car acci
dent several days ago.
Ira B. Smith, former president of the
Smith, Thorndyke & Brown Company of
Milwaukee, which recently failed, was
arrested charged with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Edward johnson, aged 80 years, was
found on one of the main streets of Chip
pewa Falls with his skull crushed. He
will not live. Foul play is suspected, but
no clue in that direction has been dis
covered.
The decomposed body of a<young wom-
an found in the La Crosse river was
identified by the wedding ring as that of
Mrs. Stephen Yohe, who was hurled into
the river from railway trestle several
weeks ago.
A split rail nearly caused bad wreck
on the Northwestern road near Clinton
VILE The engine and front ears of
fast south-bound passenger train passed
the spot safely, but the two rear coaches,
with 100 passengers, left the track. The
train stopped so suddenly that no one
a'as hurt.
One of the features of the northern
Wisconsin State fair at Chippewa Falls
this year will be home coming celebra-
ton. Thousands Of invitations will be
sent out to former residents of northern
Wisconsin, now living in different parts
of the United States, to come to Chip
pewa Falls to meet their friends and rela-
tiyes during the fair week.
Prompt action on the part of Mrs. E,
r. Wright of Appleton. who is VISITING
her sister, Mrs. Dudley Ryan, in Beloit,
saved the life of Hernon Westbrook,
2-year-old child. who fell from bridge
into Turtle creek. Mrs. Wright rushed
into the water and rescued the child
which would surely have drowned had it
not been for her prompt action.
AS a result of cutting ARRAY at An
derson park, pleasure resort south of
Kenosha, William Rice, % years of age
and a well known man of Kenosha, is in
a critical condition. Rice was attacked
by a number of Italians and during the
fight which followed he was slashed across
the back of the neck with a knife. The
persons who did the cutting escaped and
their identity is unknown.
In GAINESVILLE three men were carried
down in the debris of cooper shop and
one was nearly drowned when the floor
collapsed and thousands of barrels fell
into the river They were rescued by She
fire department.
Apparently solid stone crumbling tc
dust when the church building at Apple
Greek was struck by lightning has re-
suited in the determination to use brick
in replacing the structure, which was
totally destroyed. The walls were laid
with limestone. which evidently Stacked
by the action of the air after being cal
cined by the FIRE.
Mahinus L. Vanderkloot of Wilmette,
vice president of the South Halsted Street
iron works. Chicago. died at the Pen
meyer sanitarium in Kenosha. of general
paresis. He was Al years old.
Mrs. Frederick Unfergh of Lomira has
reiterated her one hundred and second
birth anniversary. In spite of her adj
vanced age, she enjoys moderate health
and celebrated the event in fitting style.
The body Of Adolph, the 9-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Gaber Of Niagara.
drowned two weeks ago while fishing in
the Menominee river. was found floating
near Sand Portage, two miles below the
falls
The acid impregnated water OF the Fox
river which was used by the kaukauna
Gas and Electric Power Company, is
causing them serious trouble to their
boilers and has practically ruined them
The company recently sent some of the
water to Milwaukee to have it analysed
when the fact vas developed The paper
and pulp mills in nearly every instance
have artesian wells from which they OBJ
tsin their water supply. Some of them.
however, are supplied from the city
water works, a remarkably pure artesian-
Aug. % has been named as homecoming
day and the permanent residents of Ke-
waskum will bend every effort to make
the day a memorable one for visitors.