Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21

uSSudy ny WHICH w. u. GledSOu, lot
merly of Milwaukee, sold his lease of
the Eichelman Hotel, the largest hotel
in Kenosha, to M. G. Mcclellan, for
merly sheriff of Iron County.
While ~ E. Preston of Amigo was
going down steep grade in his auto
mobile, the brakes suddenly refused to
work and the car turned turtle at the
bottom of the embankment. He es-
capped with a laeerated hand
From the proceeds of a fair to be
held by Washburn Roman Catholics,
it is expected that the debt on the
large church will be wiped out. Among
the thousands of articles on sale is
a fine house and lot donated to the
church.
Joseph Vankirk, son of the late w.
T. Vankirk, was found dead from as
phyxiation by his mother, upon her re-
turn to GAINESVILLE from an Eastern
trip. Vankirk was formerly connected
with a Chicago department store and
was Independently rich.
Arthur Woodruff lies seriously i'll in
st. Francis Hospital in Superior as
the result of being struck with a base
ball while passing near some boys VINO
were playing ball. A clot of blood was
produced on the brain and the patient
at times is in a state of unconscious
ness.
Three months ago when Prof Fred
Rosen appeared at a Kenosha vaude-
vile house in a novelty musical act
he met Miss Alma Stahl They fell in
love at first sight, the marriage taking
place the other evening. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rosen left for New York City, where
they will join his troupe.
In the West Wisconsin M. E. con-
ference Bishop William F. Mcdowell,
with much earnestness, strongly COM
mented on the weaknesses of pastors.
citing the decrease in the number of
children in the Sunday Schools in the
last decade as one evidence that some
one has not been doing his duty.
Prof Arthur Richter, a Manitowoc
man who has been a member of the
faculty of the University of Wisconsin,
associated with the engineering de-
partment, has resigned and has been
elected to position at the head of
the engineering department of the
University of Montana at Helena.
The Wisconsin Hotel Keepers Asso-
citation adjourned their annual conven-
ton in Merrill, after electing the fol
lowing officers: President, H. Stanley
Green, Milwaukee; Vice President, l..
E. Gregg, Wauwatosa; Secretary
Treasurer Herman Kletzsch, Milwau-
kee Thirty members were in attend
ance.
While playing hide and seek, little
Nellie Moore, aged g. nearly lost her
life, in Neenah She hid in a big
trunk in the attic of her home, and
the cover slammed down and locked
Her cries were not heard, but when
search was made for her some time
later, she was found in an uncon-
scious condition.
His attention attracted by the bark
ing of a dog at an object han lg
from tree, O. NJ Myhro, a farmer liv-
ing near La Crosse, entered a field
and found the dead body of his wife.
The woman had committed suicide
She was 80 years of age. No reason
except that of temporary insanity is
assigned for the act.
Helmer Carlson, 17-year-old boy,
was instantly killed at the sawmill of
the North Wisconsin Lumber and Man
ufacturing Company in Hayward He
started to get a drink of water, but
instead of walking around stepped
across a conveyor chain leading to
the burner His clothes caught in the
chain. pulling him into the sprocket
wheel. which bruised his body, causing
immediate death.
While out playing on the north pier
in Manitowoc. the little daughter of
Mrs. Alvin Linstedt slipped and fell
into the lake Ferdinand Schultz. who
happened to be fishing nearby, hear
ing the ehild's frightened cries for
help, ran to her assistance. He stuck
his fshpole down in the water and
the girl grasped the end of it. Other
help arrived and the girl was taken
from the water.
In the death OF Stephen Richards,
a former resident OF Menasha. at
Butte, Mont. there lies a pathetic
story Richards went west prospect
ing for gold and became wealthy. He
was stricken i'll with miners fever
from which he died in a few hours.
William ScofielG was murdered Sat
urday night in the basement Of the
Wisconsin Veneer Company plant in
Khinelander,. where he worked as
night foreman Scofeld had trouble
early in the evening with several of
the men Louis Anseline is under ar
rest.
John Horvadt. the Hungarian
brought from South Bend. Ind, on
Frltay. on charge of having murdered
John Sullivan at Lakeside on July %,
made a full confession in Racine
Yes" said the Hungarian. Il killed
Sullivan, but he had robbed me OF
s4.75 a week before. and had beaten
me and broken my. Tbs and | was in
a hospital for a time. When | got out
fixed him" Horvadt said he was
IS years old. had a wife and three
children in the old country and had
lived in America eight years. labOrer
most Of the time