Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-06-20
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD


avenue by Milwaukee road train and
Instantly killed. He is survived by
daughter who lives at POP Lyon street.
William t. Tomczak, thirty-one years
old. carpenter, was killed by train
OF the Northwestern road in Layton
park on Twenty-second avenue. The
body, which was badly mangled, was
found. Tomszak was single and lived
at 737 Eleventh avenue.
Acknowledgement McGovern re-
fused pardon to Henry Miller Of Mil
waukee, sentenced last January to
term of IS months in the house Of
correction for burglary; to Edward
Cannon of Milwaukee, sentenced last
August to three years in the state pris-
on for a statutory ofTense; to Ernest
Jerome Of Monroe county. sentenced
last March to two years in the state
prison for adultery.
La Crosse.-Louis Searles. a tele-
graph operator at North La Crosse,
owes his life to his wooden leg.
Searles and four companions were in
a rowboat when it capsized in Black
river. Searles could not swim. His
companions after reaching shore
missed him. One of them sighted the
rubber button of the peg bobbing UP
and down in the river and Searles was
pulled to safety. more dead than alive.
Milwaukee.-Wh fixing a swing in
the basement of his home, 953 Fifth
avenue, Frank Wargin, aged twelve,
slipped from the chair on which he
was standing, catching his neck in the
loop of the swing rope. His neck was
broken, causing death almost instant
ly. The body was discovered by his
mother, who searched for him when
he failed to appear at supper time.
She tainted when she saw the body.
Ashland.-William, Domboski. who
has been employed on the Northwest
ern ore dock for IA years, almost lost
his life. He fell into an ore pocket,
breaking a number of bones, but it is
thought he will live.
Waukesha.-The next meeting of the
State Medical society of Wisconsin
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adjournment the following officers
were elected; President, DIR. j. NJ. Dodd
of Ashland; first vice-president, DR. T.
j. Redelings of Marinette; second vice
president, c. A Armstrong of Bosco-
bel
Fond du Lac.-The state board Of
control requested the county board to
Immediately provide for new work
house and to renovate the county
Jail
Madison-State Bank Commission
er A. &. Kuolt issued a call on
state banks for a report of their con-
dition at the close of business on June
7. There are 533 of these banks.
Wausau.-Scotty Mccormick, who
escaped from Deputy Sheriff Al
exander Mcdonald by leaping from a
moving train at Mosinee, surrendered
to the sheriff.
Brodhead.-Esther Egan, aged II
years, the granddaughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Aube, residing south of
this place, died from burns received
when a can containing kerosene ex-
ploded. The receptacle had been left
on the stove in the Aube home after
a portion of its contents had been used
to light the fire, and the heat from the
stove melted it's bottom The oil
spread over the stove and on to the
girl, who was standing near. 1t burst
Immediately into flames and she was
fatally burned before anyone could go
to her aid.
Manitowoc.-Four youths, Emil
Johnson of Green Bay, aged seventeen;
Joseph White of Waukegan, ILL.,, aged
twenty; Charles Cuneo of New York
City, aged seventeen, and William
Brown, aged sixteen of Charles City,
Ia, found guilty of robbing North
western road cars at Green Bay, have
been sentenced to terms varying from
two years in prison to three months in
the county Jail. Johnson got the
heaviest sentence.
Waukesha-After a three months
illness of blood poisoning, Maurice
Brosnihan, aged sixty years, died at
his home in Chicago. Mr.. Brosnihan
cut corn" which caused the poison
ing. He refused to allow amputation.
The body was brought here.
William Madison, aged
thirty-five, who claims to be from Mil
waukee, was sentenced to a term of
three years in the state prison after
pleading guilty to uttering forged
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but few days.
Racine.-The school board has
agreed to extend manual training to in
clude patternmaking for boys. while
the girls will be taught millinery,
dressmakiug and home sanitation. The
total enrolment in public schools is
G,0G2
Neenah.--The 500 line depot at
Hilbert was struck by lightning
and burned to the ground. The house
Of Lars Christensen, farmer, was
struck by a bolt and badly dam
aged
Kenosha-The twenty-seventh an
nual conference of the Swedish Bap-
fist church of Wisconsin opened here
with 40 ministers, representing every
congregation of the denomination in
the state, in attendance. The opening
sermon was preached by Rev A. A.
jacobson of Prentice The sessions of
the conference win continue until the
end of the week. Appointments to new
churches will be made later.
La Crosse.-La Crosse was without
fire protection or water service for
nine hours on account of a sandbar
clogging up the intake in the Missis
sippi river.
Beaver Dam.-Following an investi-
CATION into the fire that destroyed the
home of Arnold Beilfuss Of this city,
Beilfuss, il is alleged. has confessed to
State Fire Marshal Purtell that he set
fire to the building in order to get the
insurance money on his furniture. He
did not own the house.