Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-02-18
ALL OVER THE STATE.


Thirteen buildings were wholly or par
tally destroyed by fire at Blueield. Loss
$150,O00.
The officers of the Wood County Fair
Association have decided to hold the next
fair the last week in August.
The machine shop of ]. III. Hammer
& Sons at Padus was destroyed by fire.
The loss is about $1,000, with no insur-
ance.
The piano stool factory at Lake Geneva
owned by Dwight Allen of that city and
e,.erata1 by w. A. Davis of Chicago, was
burned. Loss $4,000.
In Oconomowoc Roberts creamery was
totally destroyed by fire. William Mills
and family, who occupied portion of the
building, lost their entire household eff
fects.
The Christian science church on Pros
pect avenue and Kane place, Milwaukee,
which was nearing completion, was dam
aged by fire. The loss is estimated AZ
$4,000.
The Menominee and Marinette Light
and Traction Company has filed with the
railroad commission n petition for the
equalization of its rates. The company
raised its rates some. time ago.
New four-year courses in chemistry to
train analytical, industrial agricultural
and soil, sanitary and food. and physio-
logical chemists have just been arranged
by the faculty of the university.
Twenty japanese students, professors
and instructors eaped from the windows
of the new $4,000 Wisconsin University
club house when the building caught fire
at midnight The fire was extingushed
with small loss. No one was hurt seri-
ously.
Because he attempted to rescue his
servant, Martha Guzman, II, from flames
resulting from her throwing gasoline on
the kitchen fire. DIR. Charles Pomanville
of Grand Rapids received burns from
which he died The girl persisted in the
home of neghbor later.
Another national bank will be started
in Madison within a month. Plans for
its organization are practically complete
and an application will be made to Wash
ineton authorities for a charter. 1t will
be known as the Merchants or CONNER
cial National bank. The stock has been
subscribed.
In GAINESVILLE il was reported that there
was a new sensation impending ia connec-
ton with the assault on Clara Lempkc by
William Joyce After making sworn
statement against Joyce, Miss Lempke
has disappeared. II is said she was fore
ed to leave her boarding house. There
are no new Developments in either the
Clayton or Malone mysteries.
James Atkinson died suddenly Of heart
disease at Draper. where he had gone to
pay taxes on tile Rice Lake Lumber Cors-
pany. of which he was an employee. He
was formerly city treasurer and alderman
and prominent Democrat of Rice Lake.
The deceased was GO years old and leaves
a wife and three children.
John Uopp, an employe of the Roddis
veneer factory in Marshheld, had a mar
ron escape from being scalded to death.
He slipped md fell into one of the large
steam log Yats. but caught himself. His
legs were badly scalded. however the flesh
following has clothing. lie will recover.
Stuart r. Heddles. one Of the leading
tobacco men " JanesyiIe, has been placed
IN charge OF TIE sdlyH2b from I've burned
Harouesse tomlcco warehouse There
were some s2J4OO0 OF insurance ON the
tobacco.
Plans are being made for extensive inn
provements to the residence Of Edgar p.
Sawyer who IS ~ the head Of the Osb-
kosh Gas Light Company. The residence
is historical and was built in 1872 and
was the home II the late Senator Phiie-
tus Sawyer. Ii is planned to leave the
interior Of the house untouched and to
build an outer wall over the old one,
making a new exterior.
o. g. Ssson, a wealthy retired farmer
Of Redfeld. :. d.. who came to La Crosse
to attend the funeral Of bis brother, o. =.
Sisson. leading Grand Army man, was
stricken with apopIexy and died. Mr..
Sisson was So years Of age and up 10 the
time he was stricken had never been III.
Fire the other night at . O'Clock at
Surfing, totally destroyed the Deringer
general merchandise store. the Zingier
furniture store. two buildings occupied
by Johnson < Nelson's saloon and cigar
factory and Wagner K Buses general
merchandise store and two buildings
owned and occupied BY the John Dieck
Hardware Company. The loss is about
$4,000. partially covered by insurance.