Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-06-06
The state convention of the Unite,


The state convention of the United
| Commercial Travellers was held in
Superior on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of the past week. Those in at
tendance from here were: John
Mathie, JOS Kutchera and Fred Swim
| bank.
The first annual tournament of the
| Central Wisconsin Skat league will
| be held at the krmory at Marshfield
| on Sunday, June 18th, from and after
2:90 p. m. There will be three series
of seven cash prizes. The first prize
will be 500.
Two years ago today Rev. and Mrs.
Richard Evans landed in Queenstown,
Ireland, remaining in that country
three months. In the meantime the
gigantic European war broke out and
they were interned for several days
before being allowed to sail for home.
A United States messenger of the
department of commerce passes
through Wausau at 500 Wednesday
evening. Vessels to hold sixty gallons
of water are called for, to receive rain
/ bow trout, which are assigned to in
dividuals here for planting in streams
in this vicinity.
The funeral of Dennis Brennan was
held this morning at st. Mary's Cath
Ollie church by Rev. Father j. B.
Hauck. Interment was made in st.
Joseph's cemetery. Mr.. Brennan died
at Menomonie, Sunday. His widow
was formerly Miss Anna Wick of this
city. The widow has relatives in
Wausau.
On Friday afternoon two men were
carried over the dam at Merrill. They
were employed driving loe., and were
standing on boom, which gave way
under them and they were carried
| over the falls. One of them, Doodle
Fritsch, swan to a place of safety
near the Park street bridge. The
other man, Ted Fellows, was drowned.
r. H. Jacob was called to Waukesha,
Tuesday, to be present at the funeral
of his brother, DR.. B. U. Jacob,
practieing physician in that city for
thirty years. At the funeral, his
brother, Rev. J. r. Jacob, pastor of
the First M. H. church of Lorain, o.,
was also present. Rev. Jacob accom-
panied his brother to his home in this
city and officiated in the First M. E.
church Sunday evening.
A large number of Wisconsin print
ers, publishers, and newspaper men
attended the second annual state con-
ference on printing and newspaper
publishing held by the Wisconsin Fed
Grated Printing and Press associations
at Madison on June /, 2 and 3. The
conference was arranged by the Wis
consin Franklin club, the Wisconsin
Daily league, in cooperation with the
Department of Journalism and the
Extension division of the University.
The Elks gathered in state conven-
ton at Green Bay today. On Thurs
| day evening at meeting of the local
lodge it was decided to send its base
ball club, viz: Max YELLOW, Walter
Gappa, ]. B. Buell., Roy Hoffman, H.
| Schneider, Clyde Weik, Walter Weight,
Melville Barwig and Theo. Mayer. The
delegates from Wausau lodge are:
H. A. Kiefer, H. E. Schiller, l.. c. John
son, W. E. Shymanski, E. E. Johnson,
Max YELLOW. f. P. Regner, R. E. Char
tier and Walter Voight.
Twenty-Five uniformed members of
the Elks' lodge of this city, in full
uniform. white hats, trousers and slip
pers. blue coats and purple ties and
| socks. carrying walking canes, de-
parted on the 11:15 train last night
| for Green Bay, to attend the Wiscon-
sin. Elks' association convention, We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week,
where elaborate preparations have
been made by the Elks' lodge of that
city for their reception and enter
tainment and which is certain to be
most successful.