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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
FASTS FOR NINE DAYS.

Fond du Lac Barber Falls Short In
Performance of "OriginaI stunt"
After going without food for nine days
and drinking nothing but water, Julius
Coleman, a Fond du Lac barber, was
compelled to abandon his fast and also his
position For the first few days Coleman
did not mind the absence of food in his
stomach, but on the eighth day he was
afraid to even smell cooking food as it
made him sick. On the ninth day he
could hardly continue his labors and on
the morning of the tenth he had to quit
work and break his fast at a nearby res
taurant. He lost about four pounds in
weight.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
FATHER RoUTs LOVERS.
Youthful Pair Scared Out of COur'
by Squeak Of Elders Shoes.

Youthful Pair Scared Out of Court
by Squeak Of Elders Shoes.
The unexpected appearance of an en-
ragged father caused hurried exit of II
year-old Carrie Beldus and her boy lover
from Probate Court offices in Manitowoc
when the two came there to appeal to the
court from the fathers orders that their
courtship cease. The girl claimed that
she had been ill-treated when she refused
to give up her lover and the boy was tell
ing the court that he would protect her
when the squeak of the fathers shoes,
recognized by the pair, sent them in
flight. Refused a warrant for the arrest
of the boy, the father left the court room
in pursuit of the couple. 1t is rumored
that the pair planned an elopement, but
were discouraged by the court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Injured Lad Awarded Damages.

For injuries alleged to have been in
fiicted upon Adolph- Hubert, 16-year-old
boy. C. NJ. Mundstock, in a suit for dam
ages was ordered to pay the sum of 3d.
200 The boy, who was a former ward
of the Wauwatosa Lutheran school, wac
sent to the Mundstock home. 1t is claim
ed his health is permanently impaired
from the cruel treatment he received
Mundstock is. wealthy farmer near La
Crosse
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Fred Schultz, a town of WestcOtt farm
or. was accidentally killed the other day.
A fence post fell off his load and caught
in the wheel of the wagon. When he at
tempted to remove it the team started
up and the post struck him on the skull,
killing him almost instantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
BLOWN INTO THE RIVER.
Explosion of Gasoline Almost Proves
Fatal to Launching Party.

Fatal to Launching Party.
Explosion of a quantity of gasoline
which had escaped from an open valve
into the bottom of the boat endangered
the lives of a launch party of two men
and five girls at Manitowoc and Adolph
Cheney, Misses Mae Fitzgerald and Ger
aldine Cavanaugh were seriously burned
as result. Miss Cavanaugh held light
while Cheney attempted TO bail out the
boat, and when the heat ignited the gaso-
line the man and two girls were blown
overheard into the river. In aiding in a
rescue, Lillian Taube, another of the par
ty, was also pulled into the river and the
four had close call from drowning. Miss
Fitzgeralds hair caught fire and she was
badly burned about the face, while Cher
ney's hands are seriously injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
MAN JUMPS UNDER TRAIN.
Section Hand Refused job on Ac-
count of Age Commits Suicide.

Section Hand Refused Job on Ac-
count of Age Commits Suicide.
Informed that he was too old to work
Tor the Wisconsin Central railroad, Geo.
Osborne of Chicago, aged about G5 years,
committed suicide by leaping under pas
senger train. He had been sent to Kau
kauna by an employment agency at Chi
cago as an extra section hand, buJ on his
arrival was told that he was too old. This
seemed to greatly depress him, as he was
practically without money or friends.
When the crew of sixty men started for
dinner he fell in the rear, and at the
rapid approach of the train all but he
left the track.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
To Rebuild Paper PLANT.

The directors of the Wolf River Paper
and Fiber Company held a meeting in
Shawano and decided to rebuild their
mill at once. They viii put in two ma
chimes instead of one and win also build
finishing room. This viii give employ
ment TO more men than it did before
the fire last May.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

VICTOR RoSEWATER Baltimore, and Co
the degree Of doctor Of philosophy ut
Columbia. Since 1895 he has been
active in newspaper work, being the
managing editor of the Bee from that
year until the death of his father in
August, 1905, when he succeeded to
editorship OF the paper.
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Bert NJ. Fernald, who has been elect
ed Governor of Maine, is a wealthy
farmer and proprietor Of large can
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

merry. He has a
farm of 300 acres
at South Poland
that is one of the
finest in the East,
and lives on it be-
cause he prefers it
to a city home.
Born on q farm.
he has lived on
one all his life.
Mr.. Fernald is 30
years old. He has
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Turned His Head.

"Sapley walks about as If he owned
the EARTH
Yes, he has recently been spoiled.
"How was that?"
HE spent two weeks at a summer
resort where he was the only man
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

law student with
the late Il. A. Al
ger, when the civil
war broke out. He
enlisted from his
state, was promot-
ed to a commission
with the Seventh
Michigan cavalry.
He lost an arm in
front Of Fort Ste
vens. He has been
department com
paaudpp for Now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
WILL BOOM WISCONSIN TOWNS.
Iowa Liquor Law May Drive Trade
to Badger Wholesalers.

10 BHUEtF w hUICsHItFs.
Wholesale liquor houses are being estab-
lished below La Crosse in the small Wis
consin towns along the river and it is
expected that a large part of the whole
sale liquor business of Iowa will be done
on this side of the river hereafter as the
result of strict enforcement of the mulct
law in Iowa cities. The liquor man by
crossing the river into Wisconsin may
do business under the interstate commerce
regulations with individuals in Iowa.
large amount of Iowa money will proba-
bly, be invested in improvements on the
Wisconsin side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

The New London fair was the biggest
success in years. over f,N00 people being
present one of the last two days. The
weather was favorable and the exhibits
we're large and varied. On childrens day
all the factories and stores in the city
closed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
ASYLUM FOR BARRON COUNTY.
State Board of Control Acts Favor
uhIy IN PrOnOSitiOn.

State Board of Control Acts Favor
ably on Proposition.
L. B. Dresser, President A. d. Conover
and Herman Grotophorst members of the
State board of control met in Barron
with a committee composed of c. S. Tay-
lor, J II. johnson, X. e. Rasmussen, G.
E. Scott and j. A. H. Johnson, appointed
by the county board last fall to investi-
gate the feasibility of rebuilding a county
asylum, and as a result of this meeting
the report of the committee to the county
board this fall, when they meet, will be
favorable to the building of an asylum
for Barron county in the near future.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Sent TO Insane AsyIum.

Henry BuShman of Kenosha, arrested
on a charge of committing criminal as
sault upon Anna Doherty, was sentenced
TO spend thirty years at hard labor in the
State prison. He STOOD before the court
like a nanakin, seemingly dazed by the
spurer1cr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Anton Krajnc, agsd 50 years. was found
in dying condition iust below the reran-
da of his boarding house in Sheboygan.
Two Austrians. who boarded at the same
house. are under arrest, charged with
pushing him off the porch Krajnc died
at the police station.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

. " { IL &c L, w e | / =
known citizen and
Sunday sch DOL
teacher. Only re-
Gently he was given
prize of $500 as
most respected cit
izen." Had lot
Spencer been ar
rested while in the
act of burglarizing
few would have be-
lieved the charges
against him. He
has made a COM
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
TILL NO QUIT SOMERSET.
Plasfer-On-the-Bac Artist Claims
Home People Deserted Him.

Home People Deserted Him.
Somerset nay lose John Till, the pIas-
ter-in-the-back artist. Till doesn't think
that the Somerset people stood by him
when he was in trouble with the New
York immigration officials. He says that
his manager deserted him in New York.
Almena, the home of Till's sister, sent two
citizens to assist Till and they hustled
the wonder healer to their city. Tilfs
household goods and plaster parapherna-
liza have been shipped from Somerset to
Almena and stored there for the present,
as Till is not positive where he will To-
cate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

tional committee, is
4 native of Omaha,
where he was born in
1871, the year the
Bee was established
by his father, the
late Edward Rose.
water. Mr.. Rosewa.
ter was educated ut
the public schools il
Omaha, Johns Hop
kinS university. at
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06


to be engaged, is
the fifth daughter
of the Earl of Car.
Isle and 20 years
old. She is said to
be the keenest pol
itjelan In a large
family that is en-
Enthusiastically de-
voted to politics
and has m a d g
speeches at street
mpatin rs i'm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

We know what Sherman said OF war.
know clerk
Who claims that saying is by far
More true of work
st. Paul Pioneer Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
scn1enced 10 Hard Labor.

Marx Bowen of NATION was examined
as to mis- sanity and sent to the Oshkosh
insane asylum. His insanity was due to
a religious mania and the last few days
he has been wrought up over the forest
fires in the vicinity Of Mattoon-t
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Charles Walters. employed near James
wills, who disappeared Sept. I. IS being
sought by Inc police. Walters had consid-
cradle money. and has not been seen since
Labor day, when he came 10 town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Three Children Drowned.

Three children of Ed Weisenborn, aged
II. - and - years. were drowned Wslile
crossing Big Twin lake at Hackley. in
boat. The boat was loaded with pulp
plaster. and it is presumed that the chill
dren became lost in the forest fire smoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Mrs. Allan 2. Lovejoy. widow of
millionaire lumbermar. and Mrs. F. E
Stevens We're severely injured in a run
away accident in GAINESVILLE by being
thrown from buggy. Mrs. Lovejoy is in
a critical condition
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
Body of Missing Man Found.

The mutilated corpse of Frederick
Ralch. who had been missing for five
weeks. was found near GAINESVILLE. The
cause of death has not been determined.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06


and a bitter edito-
rial demanding that he make the Kali
ser's letter public The other English
newspapers followed suit, ard every
body began to want to know what bust
ness 1t was of the Kaiser's what En-
gland did about her navy. and why he
dared to write Lord Tweedmouth about
1t, and how it could have happened
that Lord Tweedmouth forgot himself
SO far as to reply to such letter. and
why Lord Tweedmouth couldn't let ev-
erybody know what was in the letter.
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One OF the cleverest cracksmen that
ever operated in London has been ar
rested in the person Of John Frederick
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
DEATH STOPS WEDDING.


Miss Berger, Who Was to Have Been
Married I'm October, Dies.
Deaths call came before the chimes of
the wedding bells fer Miss Emma Berger.
a well-known young woman of Mantle
voc. Miss Berger died the other day,
aged %, after an illness of many weeks
She was 20 have been married in October
to James Tegee, Manitowoc boy now
located at Tacoma, Wash, and plans for
the wedding were well under way when
she was taken i'll.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
RAISE FRUIT IN NORTH.

Big Enterprise in Bayfield, County.
Land is now being cleared near Wash
burn for large commercial fruit orchard
which is to be opened up soon by f. r..
Smith of Minneapolis. The land is To-
Gated on the shore of Chequamegon bay
and it is an ideal location for the waters
will protect the trees from the frosts.
There are now hundreds of acres planted
to trees, the work having been done by
large fruit growers during the past two
years. Bayfield, county is fast opening
up as a fruit center.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Beware OF the man who never over
looks an opportunity to tell you that
honesty is the best policy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
GAVE HIS WRONG NAME.
Madison Horse Thief Insists UEOn
Being Sentenced Under an Alias.

Being sentenced Jnder an Alias.
Insisting upon being sentenced under
the name Of Samuel White. & Madison
painter, George Mason, alias George Will
son. was sentenced to the Green Bay re-
formatory for three and half years for
horse stealing, Mason stole horse from
Waunakee and sold it in Madison for
$50. He then took the train for Chicago.
but was caught a JanesviIle and brought
hack
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

SilliClSSu the BTU
ish naval program.
1t was only a per-
sonal letter and
L ord Tweedmouth
replied. To his hor-
ror, the next thing
was the publication
in the Times, En-
6 q n d S greatest
newspaper, of Il
sensational article
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

The average woman attaches toe
much Importance TO the expression so
cial positian-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
HUNTER is KILLED.

John Duerrstein Meets with Fatal
Accident While EuntinG Rabbits.
The first hunting accident of the season
occurred the other day when John Duerr'
stein of the village of Marathon, hunting
rabbits, jumped from stump and the
double barrel shotgun butt hit the ground.
Both barrels were discharged, the shot
entering his abdomen. Another hunter,
George Lang found him yelling and got
help. carrying him to the village, where
he died. He was prominent as marshal
and street commissioner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

pete Confession. II JOHN +, SPENCER
was caught red-handed," he said, 80
there is no use denying anything
am the so-called Mr. Rafles,' to cap
ture whom the municipality employed
an extra. force of detectives at cost
of $4,000"
-
Victor Rosewater, editor of the
Omaha Bee and member of the execu-
tive committee of the Rennhlican IN.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

Jersey twice. He has also been a judge
and president Of the state senate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Henry VI. Nevius, who has been made
commander-in-chief of the G. A. r., is
native Of New Jersey. He was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Lady Dorothy Howard, to whom
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,
fba vnItnO EupIiSh ctotaauan ia said
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

favor of the liberal licensing bill. Her
father, the earl, is a unionist aid the
ninth of the title, which is one of the
oldest in Great Britain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

Lord Tweedmouth. first lord of the
British admiralty, is lin a beastly fix"
The Kaiser, wrote him n letter and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-10-06

~ NNO III NIIV I4NS
Republican nomination for Governor,
but was defeated.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

am ten in each, therefore in perfect ac-
cord with the elements. 1 am en- rapport
to ten with unfalling regularity just what
kind OF weather Is coming. Ny vibrative
body is able to feel the slightest change,
even to the motion and forming OF clouds,
and, under my direction, this office can be
made the greatest on earth"
The galvanometer made a short, hurried
pause to get his breath, and Mr.. Penny
witt thought 1t would be a good time to
butt in on the vibrations and said:
'supposing you obtained a position here,
would It be necessary to put you in a glass
case, or let you stand on top Of the Farm
ers' bank building?"
The g~alvanometer, again in tune with his
vibrations. replied:
You might get a glass case, but It must
be plate glass, as only the finest will do.
I would also expect the bureau to buy me
a Morris chair and Havana cigars that !
may be perfectly harmonious, not alone
with the atr. but also the world. It is only
in this manner that the best results are
obtained.
Il would also like to ask that you become
my assistant, for, perhaps. say in eighty
years or so. 1 can impress upon you the
way 1t is done, I will call next week and
be ready for work. Thank you, Mr.. Penny
witt, thank you! Since you have said moth.
ing, realize that you comprehend how
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
r

ST. Matthias Episcopal church OF Los
angeles Will collect a mile OF pennies 10
pay off the church debt.
In the p%arochial schools Of Greater New
York and Yonkers there are 1876 members
with In teachers among eighty-three
schools in ll parishes.
The Methodist Times, a British weekly.
dlvides It's profits every year between GER
tain charities. This year the AGED min.
listers and ministers widows fund got
The French Senate has appointed a COM
mittee TO learn what has become of 5000 :
OvO,OO worth OF property supposed TO have
been left behind by the expelled religious
St Bartholomew's Episcopal church in
New York in the last year spent nearly
10000 for the support Of its parish house
ACTIVITIES. the staff OF the parish including
S1 sAlaried and l&l volunteer workers.
More than COO men connected with the
parish OF the Church of the Most HOLY
Redeemer at Boston have taken the
pledge 70 abstain from swearing ard All
a most impressive one.
Mrs. Carleton G. Ferris Of Detroit has
given $4,000 toward the establishment Ia
lndiara polls OF a missionary training
school by the Christian Woman's Board OF
Missions OF the Church OF Christ. In add
ton 70 the donation, S1l,OO has been raised
toward the proposed school. The board lie
also seeking TO raise funds for a school
among the mountain whites OF Tennessee.
Rev. T.. s. Henson. for five years pastor
OF fremont Temple Baptist church OF
Boston, has announced his resignation, 10
q X effect November 80. next. He said
that his purpose IL TO give himself a wider
ministry, and not only to preach from pull
pits In various parts OF the country. but
70 do considerable literary work. Rev. Mr..
Henson has been pastor Of the Memorial
chicASo. and Henson Place Baptist church,
Brooklyn
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

of the subcommittee that they are nearly
Hitchcock, who managed the secretary's
preliminary campaign from Washington,
and Arthur I. Vorys, the Ohio manager
have stHnch adherents, but this morning
a sentiment developed among those inter
estAd in the approaching contest In favor
OF the selection OF some man who had not
being directly connected with the prellmi-
nary campaign.
1t is pretty certain at this time, how
ever, that tho committee will accept the
Judgment Of Secretary Taft, If he chooses
10 announce a personal choice. II is ex-
pected that he will express such a choice,
although he has given no public intimation
as to whom his choice may fall upon. He
remarked last night that he had an open
mind on the question and would indicate no
selection until he had discussed the stu
alton thoroughly with his friends on the
Committee s
The session of the committee was execu-
tive, but Secretary Taft, before the meeting
opened. sent word to the Newspaper men
that he would notify them at once when
anything had been decided upon. So
Taft Pleased at Reception. H''
In an interview before the conference,
Secretary Taft said: -" f."
\"This home coming is one Of the sweetest
incidents in my life, 1t was wholly unex-
pected. l had thought / would slip into the
city without notice. but here. with COM
,paratively a moments notice l find scores
OF my. friends present to, greet me. So cor
dial has been this greeting that it makes a
fellows heart jump into his mouth. l am
always glad to return to Cincinnati, but at
! no time ave l been more happy to return
tor the old home town than this morning.
Ny object in coming Just at this time is to
meet a subcommittee of the national COM
mittee and after the business is completed
l will leave for the east. having an engage
ment in New Haven next week. l tele-
graphed Mr.. Sherman to come on and Of
course he will attend all sessions Of the
committee"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

Without a pulse beating in either arm,
P. ]. Donovan, who is in charge of the CON
struction OF the new postoffice in Water
town, N. Y, lays claim to being the only
man alive with sue a condition. When
MIR. Donovan is Ill physicians cannot at his
wrist count the heart beats, Other means
have to be substituted.
The peGSliarity of Mr.. Donovan's condE
tion came about some time ago and was
the result Of heavy work in lifting and
similar labors in connection with his bust
ness as a contractor. There were two op-
erations at the hands OF DR.. McDll OF
ogdensburg. The arteries below the breast
were cut and tied and hence no pulse beats
In his arm,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
LIMIT IN FREAK cALLINes
s'Izuaaan GaIvanOmeter" GraveIy
offers His Services en- Weather
~recastin

There are many strange and varied call
inBs In this city OF vast interests, but the
latest IL strange enough to bring in a
question as 10 just what heights specialists
win so. Some seem limited only by over
towering nerve and the sky line.
During the rainy spell n man called at
the United states weather office In Pitts
burg. and asked To see Forecaster Henry
Penny witt. Mr. Pennywitt shook hands
with the stranger and made a bluff at be-
Ing glad to see him. Tn man, proffering
his card. said: Il am the human ~Galvano-
meter. and can be of inestimable use. not
only to the local bureau and the country al
large. but 10 the whole world. As l said
I am the human salvanometer. and through
by snsitized anatomy play the four winds
a. heaven.
In the first place. Mr., Pennywitt. you
must understand that there are In the
world three kinds OF people. the electric
the Emphatic and the magnetic. The frs
kind Is purely mental. the second market
by bodily vigOF and the third attract L
them eveD one who comes within tn,
tadius OF their being.
Frakins ten as a total Of perfection.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
ELECTRIC FRANCHISE VETOED
Mayor of Minneapolis. Says Thirty
Years IL Too Long for This
: Kind Of Contract.

MINNEAPOLIS. June M.-Mayor Haynes
today vetoed an ordinance granting q thirty
year franchise TO the Minneapolis General
Electric company. In his veto message he
said that the only thing that would compel
good service and reasonable rates from
the COMPANY was a renewal of it's franchise
every ten or fifteen years. He also recon-
mended a small aross earnings tax suf-
ficient to defraN the expense incident to the
examination Of the company plant when
ever a readjustment Of rates or a purchase
of the plants should be under eonsidera'
ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
nov comm Reform Chureh,

MITCHELL, s. D., June 2.-1special)-
The excessive rains which have visited
the central portion Of the state since the
first Of May has preeipitated an immense
amount of water all over this section. The
heavy rains Of Wednesday and Thursday
nights added to the abundance OF water
so that this morning the Firesteel creek
north of town overflowedi its banks and the
water spread out over the. adjoining farms.
At Lane Wednesday night a cloudourst
visited the town and sevent inches OF water
fell in a short time. n Firesteel creek
Is said to be higher, now than at any time
in the last t~wenty-sven years. a dozen
farmers who drove 10 town early this
morning could not return to their homes
by reason OF the high water,