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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
ROBBED OF $4,000 IN A CAR.

Seattle Capitalist Jostled I'm Union
Depot at st. Paul.
III. G. Taylor, a capitalist of Seattle,
Wash, was robbed of $4,000 at the
Union station in st. Paul, MINI. Mr..
Taylor, with bis wife and daughter, was
eli route to Seattle from Europe. As the
party was about to alight from Chicago
and Northwestern sleeping car from Chi
eago Mr.. Taylor was jostled by two men,
one of whom reached inside Taylor's coat
and secured Wallet containing the money
and securities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
LIGHTNING KILLS BOY IN HOUSE
Three Others in n Deserted Factory
Injured ny Bolt.

Three Others in n Deserted Factory
Injured by Bolt.
One boy was instantly killed and four
Others perhaps fatally injured by light
ming near Lexington. n. c. The boys
were out gathering plums wnen a heavy
storm came up and they took refuge in
the Office of a deserted manufacturing
building. A telephone had been used in
the Office, but it had ben removed, leav-
ing only the wires. Lightning struck the
wires outside the building and travelled
to the Office, where the boys had gath
cred, kiIllnss Odell Young, IA years old,
instantly, and lhjuring the others so seri-
ously that they have not regained con-
seriousness. None of the boys was over
10 years old. Neither the dead boy nor
those injured bear any marks of the
deadly stroke that felled them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Hampered by marriage bonds. Mrs.
Edith Bows "a years. and George s.
Gordon. 56 wears old. a wealthy farmer
of Essex. Mass. who were said 10 be
afinities. fulfilled a suicide agreement by
killing themselves with poison. They had
beeu arrested on the complaint of the
woSan.s husband and the mans son.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
SHERIFF cRAzED BY MANHuNr.

Self Search in Woods.
Sheriff Joseph Bartelme of Lincoln
nnounty, who was arrested at st. Paul, was
crazed as result of exhaustion while
proving the woods in search of a man
wanted for murder. For three days he
was lost. He finally boarded train.
Bartelme was called to Tomahawk from
Merrill by a message stating that man
wanted by the Merrill authorities for MUIR
der had been arrested in that city. The
prisoner made his escape. In giving
chase Bartelme was lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

In the United States Court in Toledo
a Judgment of $4,000 was awarded to
the Compton estate against the Wabash
Railroad. The claim grew out of con-
troyersy many years ago over that part
of the Wabash Railroad between Toledo
and the Ohio State line. 1t is announced
that the case will be carried up to the
United States Circuit Court of Appeals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
MYSTERY NOT CLEARED.
Death of Peter HiertberE, Neenah,

Death of Peter Hjertberg, Neenah,
Not Explained by Jury Report.
In spite of the fact that the coroner's
jury in the case of the mysterious death
of Peter Hjertberg. who was believed to
have been murdered at Neenah, brought
in verdict that the man came to his
death through heart disease. the mystery
surrounding the death does not yet appear
to be clear. Hjertberg's friends declare
that the man was .'doped" by some person
or persons. Charles Hjertberg, brother,
states that the young man was never trou-
bled with his heart. 1t is stated that the
family will order more thorough exam
ination.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
INSANE WIFE KILLS SEVEN.
Michigan Woman Murders Five and
Husband and Commits Suicide.

HusDanu ana commits Su1cfue.
In Cadillac, Mich, Mrs. Daniel Coop
er, in a fit of insanity murdered her hus-
band and FIVE children and then killed her
self. Prior to the killing the woman took
her children to the theater, making the
occasion one of unusual festivity. Re
turning home, she cloroformed the whole
family and completed her work with
revolver. When Mrs. Cooper's mother
and other neighbors entered the home on
Chaplin street the next morning bodies OF
the victims were scattered all about. Some
were in their beds and others on the
floor. Mrs. Cooper lay across the body
of the baby ON bed with an enptied re-
volver beside her. In each instance death
was caused by bullet through the head.
Fred Cooper, aged IL, is the only living
member of the family. He lies in Mercy
Hospital with fighting chance for life.
He accuses his mother.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Th..T Promp4s Phipps GIFT.

Tie gift by Henry Phipps, the steel
kin, Of lerSse sum-presumably $780,
00e-to Johns Hopkins Hospital at Bal
timore, with which to found a psychiatric
clinic. was directly prompted by the mud
die Harry Thaw has made of his life.
Thaw and the sons of Mr.. Phipps have
been friends from childhood, and Thaw's
misfortunes have greatly worried the steel
magnate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
rhreaten. chird. stabs Mo,h.r.

Mrs. Gus Hobert. young woman. and
her 6-months-old baby were assaulted at
Avalon by an unidentified foreigner. who
demanded money or be would kin the
child Mrs Hobert gave him SO and was
then struck with dagger She was
found soon afterxard by her husband un-
conscious
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
owen wi.ter,. Mother Dead.

Mrs. Owen Jones Wister, mother of
Owen Wister. the novelist, is dead at her
home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Wister, who
was ~ years old, was Miss Sarah Butler,
a daughter of Pierce Butler and Fanny
Kemble, the latter one of the greatest ac-
tresses America ever produced. Mrs. Wis
ter was a social leader in Philadelphia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Thomas Virgins. known TO three gem
erations as blind Tom" widely known
as piano player, died in the home Of
Mrs. Elizabeth Bethune Lerche. Hobcken,
New York. He suffered stroke of par
aIysis and died soon afterward. In his
last years he lived as a beneficiary of
charity and penuileSs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Rack Of Bufaio Horns.

Rot,ert Eisenach. son of Rheinold Els
eaach Of Neenah- has sent his parents a
hat rack made from buffalo horns. In a
letter he states the horns were taken
frosE the last I've buffalo IN the great ter
rit0ry Of Alberta. Canada. where few
years ago there were large numbers Of
the su.uszss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Immigrant Stays ON Train.

An unknown Italian Immigrant ran
amuck in Wabash coach. as the train
was entering Fort Wayne. and stabbed
Miehaeletti Stephano to death and prob
ably fatally wounded another passenger.
The man then jumped from window and
sscaned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Ex1IED FROM HOME AND FAMILY
Man Agrees TO Danish Himself to

Man Agrees TO Danish Himself to
Escape Term in Prison.
Chris Rasmussen, a Pleasant Prairie
farmer, became an exile from his home
to avoid the State prison on a charge of
having scalded his wife and children. Ras-
mussen signed an agreement with the
court which provides that he shall never
see his wife and children again, and
should he ever happen to meet them acci-
dentally he will make no effort to speak
to them. Three months ago Rasmussen.
in fit of drunken rage, picked up ket-
tie of boiling water and deliberately pour
ed it over the wife and children, burning
the children seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Loco, plant Found i'm Wisconsin,.

The loco weed" famed in the West as
the cause of sudden madness in horses
and cattle, has been found growing on
the marshes east of Hayton. Several
horses and cattle have been affected, sur
prsing their owners by their sudden tran
sition from wonted docility to rabid fren-
zy. The weed has been identified as the
counterpart of that found on the plains
of the West.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Nvr.er~r Rcfnsed New rrial.

Charles II. Rogers. convicted of murder
in Orange county. y. Y. was denied a
ne~ trial in q decision handed down by
the Court of Appeals Rogers Was ac-
s-used Of numbering Fred aud Willis Oh
rev. brothers. their honSeSeeper. Mrs.
Georgia Inserick. and the latter's daGgh-
ter. Alice. & years old. Robbery was the
motive for the crime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

A silver service from design by Paul
Revere. the American revolutionary war
hero, is TO be presented to the United
States cruiser Colorado by the State of
Colorado at San Francisco prior to the
sailing of the cruiser to the Orient in
August.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
shoots Her Fathers slayer.

J. II. Lowe, a prominent attorney of
Tuciaa, Miss, was shot and probably
MORALLY wounded on the street by Mrs.
Jacob Weinstein. On March 81 last
Lowe shot and killed Perry NJ. Houston,
father of Mrs. Weinstein. in a street duel
growing out of Houston's election as sec
rotary of the Yazoo leyee board.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Herman Billek was saved from the gal-
lows in Chicago by Judge Kenesaw NJ.
Lands of the United States District
Court. Judge Lands granted the con-
demned man an appeal in the habeas
corpus proceedings. which acted as
sapersedeas 10 prevent the hanging.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Thirty Children In Fifteen Years.

Abram Gotofsky returned to his farm
house, near Troy Hills. n. j., and the
doctor met him at the door to inform him
that Mrs Gotofsky, nee Gobosky, had pre-
sented him with four boys that weighed
altogether sixteen pounds four ounces
They had thirty children in fifteen years
Fourteen survive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
UNCLE SANS BIG PAY LIST.
Washington Residents Take So, $685.
600 Each Month from Treasury.

There are approximately 1,623.51S
names on the pay roll of Uncle Sam
In the United States, Alaska, Hawaii,
the Philippines, Porto Rico. Cuba, Pan
anna and various foreign countries. This
does not include certain temporary en-
ployes, such as substitute letter car
riers, clerks and others who work by
the day for few weeks or months at
intervals, persons employed on piece
work in the quartermaster's or conn
missary departments of the army, in
mending mail bags in the Post Office
Department, in doing Incidental jobs
about the navy yards and other gov
eminent institutions, or those who are
employed by contractors engaged on
government work. 1t does include, how
ever, all the names ON the pension rolls,
the officers and soldiers and sailors of
the navy, as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
NEW PEST FOR BEES.

Preventive Cure Has Been Found
for Destructive Disease.
A new and destructive disease has APP
peared among the honey bee colonies vf
Wisconsin and neither experts from the
Department of Agriculture at Washing
ton, ID. c.. nor State Apiary Inspector n.
r. France of Platteville can name it.
The experts, however, have discovered
an effective treatment for the disease and
State Inspector France believes it can be
suppressed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Football Captain Kills Himseif.

Ned Dunno. captain of the University
of Minnesota football team. who shot him
self in the breast after a quarrel with his
former sweetheart, died at his home in
jackson, MINI.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
run Are kiIled Inv Live wire

]. f. Hall CT Lawrence and Daniel
Matthews of Arkansas City, Kan. the
latter a university student. We're killed by
a live electric wire ut the university in
Lawrence. Kan. Both were at work on
the new engine building. Hall was SUI
perintendent of construction on the build
inc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
De.th OF o. nj. p. richmond.

Oliver III. p. Belmont. former banker
and Democratic politician. died at his
home in Hampstead. y. Y, after an oper-
alton for appendicitis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

The Republican national convention AS
senlbled at noon Tuesday in the Coliseum
building in Chicago. Senator Julius G..
Burrows of Michigan opened the session
as temporary chairman and made the key
note Speech
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Joseph Letter Il. Married.

At the home Of the brides parents
Wednesday Miss Juliette Williams.
daughter Of Col. and Mrs. John r. viii
liams of Washington. ID. c., became the
bride of Joseph Letter. soa Of the late
Levi z. Letter of Chicago and Washing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Father Reddin Dead.

Father Daniel Reddin. one of the oldest
and best known priests of the diocese of
Superior. died at the home of his brother.
John Reddin of New Rich~ond He was
born sixty-three years ago in Ireland and
was ordained at st. Francis seminary.
Milwaukee, in 1881.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
rhree hundred Poisoned.

About 500 guests of the Automobile
Club who were poisoned by ptomaines at
a banquet given by the club in Paris. are
recovering. One person died. but no fur
ther deaths ars<expected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

The national hard wood Iumbermen
closed their convention in Milwaukee af-
ter choosing Detroit as the place Of tie
next meeting. +. +. Asler Of Chicago
was elected president
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
FIRE ON DUTCH VESSELS.

Venezuelan Authorities Detain Two
SIoops on the High Seas.
Two Dutch sloops, the Marion and the
Carmita, plying between Ariba, Dutch
island near the coast of Venezuela, and
Curacao, were detained by Venezuelan
coast guard vessel on the high seas off
La yela de Coro, seaport of Venezuela
Oh the Gulf of Coro. The sloops were
stopped by shots from the Venezuelan
vessel and obliged to proceed to Coro,
where they were detained for two days.
All letters except those in bags on board
the vessels were kept by the Venezuelan
authorities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Rich Farmer Killed by Train.

Philip Blumonschein. aged 81, a
wealthy farmer. was instantly killed by
an Ohio Central train at Crottinger's
Crossing. Jerome township, Ohio. He
leaves widow and three small children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Brutal Husband Sentenced.

Richard ID. Ashe of GAINESVILLE was SEN
fenced to eighteen months in States pris-
on. He had pleaded guilty to holding
his wife prisoner TO wait on his affinity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Caleb Powers and James Howard. &c.
cused Of completely in the murder of Goe-
bel in Kentucky eight years ago. have
been given full pardons by Governor VIII
son and set free.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Racr Traek. Are Doomed.

Gov. Hughes has won his long battle
against New York race tracks. the Senate
passing the Hart-Agnew anfi-betting bill.
Foelker's vote made il 20 TO %.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
petmont Heir Make. Claim.

4 young woman in Galveston. Texas.
who gives her name rs Louise Whitney
Belmont Clark. says she is the cnlv
daughter Of the late Q. II. l.. BeImon;
and win Tie Il claim 10 his estate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Woman Slain; Ex-HusbaPd Accused.
The jury in the Mrs. Minnie Brunert
case returned a verdict in Appleton to the
effect that the woman was murdered and
recommended that Paul Krause, the wom-
ans former husband. be held.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
PLAN KENosHA-GENEvA LINE.
Chicago Capitalists Said to he Seek
ing Right of Way.

company, said to be backed by Chi
cago capital, has representatives at work
in Kenosha county seeking the right of
way for an electric line to connect Ke-
nosha and Lake Geneva. 1t is said many
farmers have agreed to give a right of
way. Surveys are to be made at once.
The line is to run west from Kenosha.
touching the villages of Bristol, Wilmot,
Salem, Twin Lakes, Silver Lake, Powers
Lake, Camp Lake and Lake Geneva. A
branch is planned to run between Silver
Lake and New Munster and Burlington. :,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Frank Ford, negro. was hanged in
Frederick. Okla, for numbering his wife
near Manitou on June is last The scat
fed was so erected that Ford stood in
full view of hundreds of spectators until
the trap was sprung.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
chnrwea with Arson.

Louis lie Clair. formerly city electrician
and engineer of Cumberland. bur now of
Eau Claire. was arrested and taken TO
Barron. charged with arson He was re
leased on bail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

NJ. h. Hereby. city traction expert Of
Chicago, was robbed at the Utah Hot
Springs. where he is taking the baths for
rheumatism. An attendant disappeared
with $2To, some jewelry and railroad
tickets
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt
have warned the President of Panama
that elections in thar republic must be con-
Quoted fairly or Uncle Sam viii inter
vene.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

Governor Haskell of Oklahoma vetoed
tae child labor bin adopted by the Legs
lature on the ground that the age link
ic mercantile Hnes was placed too high.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
Farmer Kills Negro slayer.

r. II. Johnson. negro. slayer of three
men. was killed in a rifle duel with Ben
a farmer, near MeAlester, Okla.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
shoo,. wife and Child, seek. mean

Patrick 0'Hare shot his wife and child
and cut his own throat at the Eagle hotel
South Side. Pittsburg. 1t is believed all
three are fatally injured. Domestic trou-
BILE. it e said, was responsible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
MANY TEACHERS GRADUATE.
This Year 7O2 VIII Receive Normal
school Diplomas.

SCUUOI DIUIOMdS.
The annual crop of graduates from the
seven State normal schools of Wisconsin
numbers t32 students, a greater number
than eve, before, Last year the schools
graduated 6S7. On graduation day 400
diplomas will be awarded During the
first half of the school year there were
1T diplomas awarded. and during the
second half, previous to the present time,
there were issued twenty-six diplomas or
certificates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23

The recently taken school census indi-
Gates that Chicago's population is over
100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-23
GIRL PREVENTS FIRE.
Little Almond Lass Gives Alarm
Flames Are Extinguished.

4 small girl saved the Northwestern de-
pot in Almond from being burned to ashes
ON a recent afternoon. The girl happened
TO be walking past the station when she
saw the windows clouded with smoke
She gave the alarm. and the first arrivals
on the scene broke the door open and
managed to extinguish the flames which
had started in the building before any
great damage was done.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-01
AYCOGK'S VICTORY
RECALLS ANOTHER.
Was Nominated Over Major
London Once Before, and
Then Defeated.
Especial to The Times-pisos,ch.l

q, Especial 10 The TiHcs-Dispatch.l
RALEIGH. n. c.. June 30.-The state
officers and their clerks and others who
have been in Charlotte the past week
intending their fences" in the contests
for nomination. returned to-day we'll
satisfied that all who stood for res
nomination having won out. All speak
enthusiastically OF the ticket nomi-
mated and the outlook for the State
campaign.
1t is fact that is commented on
with interest here that in 1894 in the
Democratic convention Major II. A.
London and Hon. 3. F. Aycock were
close opponents for the Democratic
nomination for State Treasurer. Mr..
Aycock winning OUT.
However, he was defeated by W. II.
Worth, fusion &sndidate. Now, at the
1905 conventiGsair. Aycock and Major
London were Jain the leading candi-
Gates for corporation Commissioner.
Mr. Aycock again taking the nomiha-
ton over Major London.
brilliant Wedding.
At .9:s0 o'clock tonight the marriage
Of Miss Susan Graham Clark. daughter
OF Chief Justice Walter Clark. and Mr..
Joseph Ernest Erwin. secretary-treas-
urer and manager OF the Alpine Cotton
Mills, Morganton. and former represent
tative Of his county in the Legislature.
was celebrated in the First Baptist
Church, the service and attendant cere-
monies being one of the prettiest seen
here In long while. The bridal party
consisted of Miss Virginia Clark. maid
OF honor; Miss Sadie Jones, Hiss Maud
ShIerriman. Raleigh; Susan Graham. Ok
ford; Margaret Holt, Burlington; Ellen
Graham. Macphelia: Josie Cant. Bur-
lington. Elizabeth Briggs Eleanor
36yass Janet Pescud, Raleigh; Mary
Clark, Weldon: Annie Graham. 4dills-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-01

boro. bridesmaids. W. A. Erwin. Dur
ham. j. Locke Erwin. Oxford: Harper
Erwin, Durham: Lawrence Holt, Jr...
Burlington; Joseph Cant Burlington:
r. L. Holt, Burlington; Burk Craig.
Salisbury: Frank Pate Morganton:
David Clark, Walter Clark, Jr.. John
Clark Thorne Clark. groomsmen.
DR.. ". C. Tyree performed the cere-
mony The bride wore ivory satin.
trimmed with filet and rose point lace,
the veil and orange blossoms that were
worn by her mother. and a lovely star
of diamonds and pearls. the gift OF the
lace was the gift Of her brother. Ora
ham Clarke. who Is travelling in Eu-
rope for the government.
The maid OF honor wore pink net
and the bridesmaids white net cos
tunes.
Following the wedding there was a
reception at the home Of Chief Justice
Clark. and thereafter Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin left for a trip North. They will
reside in Morganton.
Listing of Property.
The listing of property and polls for
taxation was completed In this State
to-day, although number OF the coun-
ties may grant extensions-ofstim for
Ia week or two for tho accommodation
of citizens who have, FOR one and an
other reason, not done so yet. 1t Is
understood that there Is marked In
crease in thes number of polls listed.
due largely to the fact that large
numbers OF those who failed to list
last year have been prosecuted and
fined in the courts. The totals have
not been footed up yet, but 1t is esti-
mated that there Will be very little
difference in the property lists this
year and last
Colonel f. A. olds, the veteran news
paper correspondent OF Raleigh. has
gone to Beaufort to attend the pre-
sentation of the silver service to the
cruiser North Carolina July Sd. the ses-
sions OF the North Carolina Bar Asso-
citation there the next four days, and
also to make arrangements for the
annual outing OF the Raleigh Sun
sinners. ofwhich he. is the director.
There are about 100 boys and girls.
They spend about two weeks. begins
ming about July 18th.
Dates Fixed for Reunion.