Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-04-18
STATEMENTS


son and Roy Mclaughlin confessed
setting them, being sentenced for six
years TO the state reformatory at
Green Bay and five years in the state
prison at Waupun, respectively. VIII
liam Peoples of Beaver Dam entered
plea of guilty TO having burned the
barn of William GAM, his brother-in-
law, and was bound over under $4,000
bonds for sentence next week.
Oshkosh.-Two willows have each
filed suit fer $4,000 as damages
for the deaths of their hus-
bands. Mrs. George Meyer alleges
the city's failure to provide lights re-
suited in the drowning of her husband.
who rode his bicycle through the open
draw of the Main street bridge at
night. Mrs. Anna Barlow alleges
George H. Fosters careless driving of
his auto caused the wreck which re-
suited in the death of her husband,
who was passenger in the machine.
Manitowoc.-Col. NJ. w. Glenn,
president of the Citizens asso-
citation and formerly mayor OF Wau-
kesha has been summoned to appear
in municipal court and tell what he
knows of the charges of boodling al
legged to have been made by him in
connection with the late waterworks
deal. 1t is rumored that other promi-
nent citizens will be involved before
the investigation is completed.
Marinette.-Both Marinette and
Menominee are DESTROYS of keep
ing the revenue, estimated at $780,
coo yearly, which, it is said, will re-
suit from the utilization of $4,000
inee river and will cause bills to be
introduced in the Wisconsin and Mich
igan legislatures and congress prohib-
iting the power from being carried out
OF the two counties.
Green Bay.-There appears to be
no chance of the carpenters or
the painters strikes in this city being
settled. The Kirkman Construction
company had signed the new wage
scale and employs a number of union
carpenters. The planning mill has
closed and it is reported that other
mills will also be forced to close soon.
Milwaukee.-The body of an I'M
identified man about forty years
old was found floating in Milwaukee
river about a block from the Folsom
street bridge by Patrolman Murphy.
The man, who was we'll dressed, had
taken carbolic acid, and, it is thought.
to make sure of his death, jumped
into the river.
Appleton.-The will of Adam
Sickles, an Oneida, whose estate
is valued at $500, is the first Indian
will ever filed in the probate court of
Outagamie county. He bequeathed his
estate to II heirs and a legal tangle,
as a result of governmental restric-
lions on Indians property, is expected
to result
Manitowoc.-The John Conant
Manufacturing company has filed
a claim against the Northwestern road
for $4,000 on the grounds that the re-
cent fire which destroyed the COM
sparks from one of the roads locomo-
tives.
Monroe.-The photograph, through
the ingenuity of couple of boys in
this neighborhood, has become thing
of usefulness as well as amusement
and ornamentation. After the novelty
had worn off the boys in question had
cast aside the canned songs and funny
talks and gone back to checkers. But
they found that doing the chores seri-
ously interfered with the game. One
of them remembered they could talk
into the records and have the talk
come out just like it went in. So be-
tween moves each called into the ma
chine, Come, Boss come, Boss"
Then they put the monograph out
facing the pasture and turned it loose.
The COWS came home.
Fond du Lac.-Kermit, aged
FIVE, and Oden, aged three, children of
Julius Fuge, residing three miles south
of Stockbridge, are dead from pto-
maine poisoning resulting from eating
sausage, while Mr.. Fuge and daughter,
Myrtle, were saved from death only
after untiring efforts on the part of
the physicians, according to infcrma-
ton which reached here. Four mem
bers of the family were taken violent
ly i'll shortly after partaking OF the
meat. Kermit died during the night
and Oden three days later. A strange
feature of the case is that Mrs. Fuge,
who ate some of the sausage, did not
become i'll.
Appleton-Charles Weller, lineman
for the Wisconsin Telephone COM
pany, while strapped to a telephone
pole 35 feet above the ground and
working with the sleet-coyered wires.
came in contact with a high tension
wire and received an electric shnck
which rendered him unconscious, but
his strap prevented him from falling,
and 1t was necessary to call the hook
and ladder truck of the fire depart
ment to take him down. He was
rushed 10 a hospital and VII recover.
Milwaukee.-The police removed
to Emergency hospital baby one
month old, that had been left in the
rooming house Of Mrs. Francis Jones,
144 Eighth street Mrs. Jones told
the police that a man had rented a
room from her and after paying her
a weeks room rent, left and returned
with a woman and the baby.
Madison. state food and dairy
inspector announces that the dairy
product OF Wisconsin for 1910 totals
SIS. 600 600 The report showed 1928
cheese factories. 1,005 creameries. SO
skimming stations and 10 condens-
aries
La Crosse.-After deserving his fam
lily for 20 years, during which time
they knew not whether he was living
or dead. the longing to see his wife
and children became so great that
John Knothe returned to his old home