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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

of maid, and promise ycu not dish
shall be upset"
Nonsense! l couldn't allow my
guest to do such a thing"
Il viii do it, not as your guest, but as
your new maid. l leave for Chicago
early tomorrow morning and l ueed
not see either of them again. Oh do
consent Belle. will wear that blonde
wig yeu had for the faLcy dress party,
and will make a cunaing little cap.
With your fathers defective sight and
his observation-disclosures he will never
guess who am, and he will think am
spending my last evening in Cincinnati
with the Lorings, as l had intended to
do Oh, what fun! l am never so hap
DIV as when | am masquerading."
Belle yielded reluctant consent and
Irene went gayly upstairs to prepare
her costume.
III nature had not already done well
by YOU l should have said she made a
mistake when she did not give you
faxen hair with your dark eyes" said
Belle as her friend in plain dark gown.
white apron, and coquettish cap APP
reared in the dining-room.
With eyes demurely cast down. Irene
began her task but suddenly the flow
ers. electric lights and everything seem
ed TO be whirling around, for in one of
The guests she recognized Norman Ken
call. the hero of the one romance of her
heart. But he could not possibly rec
ognize her under the present circum-
stances, she thought, and with a mighty
effort quickly regained her compoSure.
Everything went smoothly and visitors
and hosts adjourned to the parlor.
MaSre. Eaving served coffee, Irene re
Eu,psd TO take away the cups.
Il an sorry my daughters friend.
Miss Lemont. is not with us tonight"
said Bellies father. as he leaned back
comfortably in his easy chair. '.By the
way you may have met her. Or. Ken
dali. as you also are a Chicagoan."
Chicago is 4 large place" returned
the young man. vaguely.
We will present you at the depot In
xhe morning. as she returns on your
train. But | warn you not 10 lose your
heart. for she says she win never mar.
ry. We think she has been disappoint-
ed Ia love"
The delicate cup Irene had taken
from Dr. Eendalrs hand was crushed
under her nervous grasp. aud she hur-
ried from the room.
Il think your maid must have cut her
hand: I viii see what l can do for il IL
you win excuse me for moment" said
the young physician as he followed her.
He found her at the end Of the bali.
eIet me see your hand. Miss LemonI"
said he.
ItIs but a mere scratch. she replied.
coldly.
lie took the hsnd and pressed It TO
his lips. There Is = wound in my
heart dear. which only you can cure;
viii youg"
Then she whispered. half laughing.
half crying;
Thanks to that dear. blundering cid
nan. rot must know that l will say
yes"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

OSCAR L. BOoZ. should be stamped
cut of American schools and colleges.
Booz was 20 years. Of age and was the
son of prominent citizen Of Bristol He
was admitted to the Military Academy at
West Point June 20, 1898. and resigned
from the institution Oct 81, 1898. His
health began TO fail him, but not until
Aug 3 Of 1900 did he consult a specialist,
who found that the membrane had ali
been eaten away from his thr.at and
stomach and the. case had been Neglected
50 long that the physician could do moth
ing for him. 1t was not until then, ac-
cording TO the story of Booz's father, did
the young man say anything about being
hazed at West Peint Mr.. Booz says
his son told him he was hazed several
times at that institution Tobasco sauce
was poured down his threat, red pepper
was thrown in his eyes, hot grease was
poured on his bare feet and other inhu-
man methods INDUCED IN. Young Booz
was obliged to resign his cadetship be-
cause Of his physical condition, according
to his father, and he grew steadily worse,
but be would not divulge the names of
the cadets who committed the fiendish
acts, even to the end. Throat consump-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
MOB HANGS. NEGKOES.
DOUBLE LYNCHiNG IN SOUTH
ERIN INDIANA TOWN.
Brutal Murder of II. Simons, a Barber
at Rockport, Is Soon AyenGed-R
Rowland and J. Henderson Are
Taken from Jail and Slain.

A mob Of 500 men. after shooting JAS.
Henderson in his cell, dragged his body TO
the court house yard and there obtained
confession from Frank Rowland, anoth-
er negro, that he and Henderson had kill
ed H. S. Simons They then hung both
negroes and riddled their bodies with
bullets.
Sunday morning at 1:30 O'clock, as H.
s. Simons was going from his barber
shop in Rockport, Ind, TO his home be
was waylaid by two negroes and brutaHy
murdered. Suspicion pointed to the two
negroes, Frank Rowland and Jim
Henderson They had been seen together
the evening before. Henderson had for
merry been a porter and bootblack in ST.
mons barber shop, and had been dis
charged some time ago for petty thieving-
Bloodhounds We're telegraphed for and
put on the track. With their assistance
both negroes were captured and locked
in JAIL
When darkness came a mob of 500
men gathered, surrounded the Jail, broke
into it with picks and iron bars, shot
Henderson to death in his cell, and then
took Rowland and the lifeless body into
tue curt uOuSe ldIu. 1HtIC lAGb q
rope around Rowland's neck. Rowland
hurriedly confessed that he and Hender-
son had murdered Simens for his money.
Rowland and the dead body of Hender-
son were then strung up to tree and
volley after volley from shotguns, pistols
and Winchesters fired into the swaying
bodies.
Simons was 30 years old. good citi-
zen and popular man. He had a wife
and two small children. His wife is
erazed with grief and may die from the
shock.
The speedy capture of the men was due
to the prompt disclosure of the crime. A
countryman happened to be going along
the street ON his way home where the
murdered man lay and heard terrible
blows being dealt Simons with clubs. He
gave the alarm and the negroes made for
him. He saved his own life by putting
spurs to his horse and galloping to the
main part of the town, where he sum
moned posse to the scene of the murder.
Simons was found dead, in a pool Of
blood, his head beaten into a jelly A
heavy bar of iron and large wooden
cfuh had heen usnd
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

The attempt by the government to in
troduce reindeer from Lapiand into Alas
ka has proved a failure.
There are about 100000 Indians in the
Dominion of Canada located upon re-
serves in different districts.
In a fight in which their wives engaged.
with revolvers. W. j. Bailey shot and
killed Paul Huet at Mango, Fla.
Fifteen-year-old George Sandrock was
locked up at New York, having been
caught carrying off a big kitchen stove.
st. Joseph. Mo-. will follow Boston,
example in providing portable school
houses for the overflow from the regg-
lar schools.
Twelve little boys. Chicago. barred their
left arms and allowed surgeons to slice
off pieces of skin TO be engrafted on
Felix Machut. The boys received So an
inch for 81 inches Of skin
Heavy cars. each holding sixty passen-
gers. Travelled easily thirty-seven miles
n one hour over the Albany and Hudson
Electric Railway, at the formal opening
recently. The road IS interesting in that
il IS the longest third rail- road ia the
world. and, although an experiment. il
seems to be a perfect success.
II is believed by the engineers who are
repairsrS Tie Galveston Mexico cable,
which was sroken BY the Galveston hur-
ricane. that She storm was accompanied
By submarine eruption. The evidence
" this eruption is found IN the twisted
condition Of the cable. The sheathing Is
found 10 have been reversed and the
wires Sr&;AS it to the core turned the
wroS- wzJ.
BIZ shzsxs trick thieves took over a0o
head O. castse from Alfred AlcCsy's pas
TURF IN Indiana and shipped them to Chi
cage.
The Venezuelan government has receiv
ed from Germany 10000 Mauser rife
and 5000 go cartridges
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
GROWTH or THE oLEo BUSINESS
During the Year Io4,ooO,ooo Pounds
We're Sold in the United states.

During the Year I04,OoO,O00 Pounds
We're Sold in the United states.
More than 5,000,000 farmers signed pc
titions asking that the Grout bill govern
ing the sale Of oeomargarine be passed
by Congress, while the makers of imita-
ton butter, who are both rich and inilu-
entail did their best to defeat it.
As indicating the enormous growth Of
the oleomargarine business in the last
few years it is stated that during the last
year 104, 100000 pounds Of "oleo" were
sold in the United States, much Of it UNI
der false pretenses as genuine butter.
This was a jump of 25,o00,000 pounds
over the sales Of the previous year. Dur
ing the last year also the number Of oleo-
margarine factories in the United States
has increased from seventeen to twenty
six. In thirty-two States OF the Union
there arc now in existence laws which
absolutely prohibit the manufacture Of
oleomargarine colored 10 initiate butter
Notwithstanding these laws however, no
less than s0,00O000 poGids o. the imita-
ton butter were sold in the States re-
ferred to during the last year.
The Grout bill makes the tax on olee
margarine a part Of the internal revenue
tax Of the Federal government. Wbere
nc &c State laws are not cnfqred it is safe
to say that the Federal statute would be-
rs The tan would be collected at the fac
tory Under the provisions or The Gtout
bill it is not proposed to hinder or inter-
fere with the sale Of 'oleo' when offered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
Electricity.
What st.
Spectator.

The word electricity is formed from
the Greek "electron," meaning "am-
Der" The ancients knew that when
amber was rubbed other things stuck
to it. The thing which caused the OBJ
ject to stick was and is electricity. Just
what electricity is no man knows. Elec-
tricity is in everything. Rubbing is a
way of bringing it to life. Rub comb
with a piece of silk, and bits of paper
will cling to the comb. You have
brought electricity to life.
Brushing the hair sometimes makes
the head itch because electricity is pro-
duced by friction, and touches the
nerves in the scalp. Cats rub their ears
when it is likely to rain because the air
is filed with more electricity than
usual, and the electricity pierces the
skin of the animal. Electricity at this
time is also in the hair of the cat and
makes her feel as though she We're COW
cred with cobwebs.
Electricity may make light and heat,
yet electricity itself no one can see.
Electricity has a smell of its own. If
you stand near big motor. you smell
something called Gzdtle--the same odor
you will notice in the summer after a
heavy shower.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
The ship subsidy.

The more one looks at it, the more
foolish the plea for ship subsidy be-
comes. Naturally, every American
would like to know that American ex-
ports were carried on American bot
toms. and the more American imports
paid TO the sailorman the better we
would feel. But The arguments Tor an
American merchant marine, as present
ed. do not appeal to the intelligence Of
the country.
In the manufactured enthusiasm for
an American marine, it is safe to be-
lieve that the greater part of our peo-
ple do not concur. ship subsidies, as
now proposed, will only benefit Senator
Hanna and some of his friends; yet,
at present. the outlook is that the job
will 20 through. The administration
is practically pledged TO it, and, in the
tail end of the pending, and through
out the next, Congress will have the
power 20 enforce its will.
But the people should understand
that the subsidy scheme as now out
lined means the heavier taxation of the
many for the benefit Of the few Start
inc with little less than 100000 a
year, the burden on the people at large
rises to more than S9,0000G0 in three
years Not large sum in itself, but
in view of ghe general demand for a
reduction of taxation, it counts up.
Moreover, the fact that seven-tenths
Of this money viii go into the pockets
of Hanna and his clique calls for a
stoppage. The two steamship lines in
which the Senator is interested will
take all the profits, and the independ-
ent owners will have nothing but an
additional burden to bear
Even some of the Republicans are
afraid of the plan, and are calling upon
the powers that be to drop it. Drop it.,
however, they will not. 1t is in direct
line with a protective tariff, and on
the consumer must rest the tolls New
York News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

New Yorll.-Pending the January inter-
est and dividend disbursements, money
lately mas been working somewhat closer,
the rates this week having been firmly
held at 512 to per cent for both call and
time loans. A higher money market is
always to be expected in December, ow-
ing to the necessity on the part of the
banks at all the large financial centers
to accumulate funds in preparation for
the disbursements referred to, and the
present year the demands on this account
are much greater than usual. The amount
to be distributed next month in the way
Of interest on bonds and dividends on
stock is variously estimated at from
1925. 900 900 to 5000 100000 Business
sentiment continues rather conservative.
Prices for all commodities are being well
held Trade and manufacturing reports
indicate a slow but steady and healthy
growth in all directions.
Chicago-Speculative markets on the
Board of Trade suffered during the week
for lack of business and at the end Of
Fridays session prices were not changed
materially from those ruling at the close
of the week preceding. The trade was in
large part confined to those handling the
spot commodities, purchases or sales Of
the futures to an extent equal to their
spot transactions being a necessary part
of the business as it is now conducted.
Speculation pure and simple diseonnect-
ed with the movement from producer to
consumer was perhaps never for the same
length of time so restricted as at pres
ent. Still the current price of wheat
seems sufficient to attract supplies ade-
quate to consumptive requirements.
There would probably be no great alarm
for the future should the rate Of farm
ers' deliveries diminish to some extent,
as is usual toward the end of the calen-
dar year, seeing that any discrepancy in
the movement from first hands can be
made good readily from the liberal re-
serve in the visible supply. Scarcity Of
contract corn has continued to keep the
price of the nearer deliveries at pre-
MUM over the more remote, contrary to
regular custom, and although the grade
Immediately below the contract is of the
usual shipping quality. Provisions ruled
steady ip spite of heavy receipts Of hogs,
the consumptive demand, both foreign
and domestic, keeping pace with the man
ufacture of the products.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

tie requested that Miss Morrison leave
the store, her attentions, as he averred,
having become 50 annoying that he was
compelled to threaten to resign if Miss
Morrison was not discharged
Castle and Miss Wiley were married
June 10, and June -, nine days after
the wedding. Miss Morrison called on
the bride Accounts vary as to what oc-
Cured during her brief stay in the home
of the Castles. However. the two wom-
en- had a duel with razor, the young
brides throat being cut When the neigh
bors rushed in they found Mrs. Castle
lying in a pool of her own blood and
Jessie Morrison bending over her with
a razor clasped in her hand Miss Morri-
sons story was to the effect that she
had called on Mrs. Castle, had been ac-
eused of being an enemy and led into a
quarrel. She claimed that Mrs. Castle
went to bureau drawer, took out a
razor and advanced with ii open. In the
struggle which followed, Miss Morrison
said, she was cut by Mrs. Castle in the
neck and arm. What became of the
razor she said she did not know lmme-
dately after the trouble Miss Morrison
was arrested and released on bail After
Mrs. Castles death she was again arr
rested and charged with murder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
A Jockey on Riding.

If you ride with your head down,
that is to say. bent slightly, so that the
wind does not beat right on to your
face. you can breathe easily, but if you
hold your mouth wide open and let
the air beat right in your face, then
you will have great difficulty in breath
ing. and if the race is long one you
will become exhausted by the end Of
the ride. II you want to know how it
feels to go through the air at race
horse speed. just hang your head out
of railway carriage window, turning
your face toward the way the train is
travelling. At the same time imagine
that you are sitting in saddle and
have 10 hold on TO your horse and
guide him on to victory. if possible.
keeping him from being run down or
interfered with. 1t is no easy task 10
ride horse in a race. The jockey
must have all his wits about him. He
does not have much time TO think how
he feels. When riding in a neck-and-
neck race down the home stretch |
forget everything except that l must
strain every nerve to pass the other
horse; no thought is then given TO the
plaudits from the grand stand.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

One steer at Chicago stock exposition
sold at $150 a pound.
President Mckinley has warned the
party leaders that he will call no extra
session after March 4.
The British government IS about otry
a submarine boat, designed 10 destroy
hostile submarine craft.
Under an intelligent system Of irfiga-
ton. Il is estimated that t-,b0O.O00 acres
OF land in New Mexico can be- reclaimed
and made into farming land, which would
have no superior in the whole world
The Thuringian States of the German
Empire have forbidden the holding Of re-
iigious services in the Polish and 5ohe-
milan languages.
The Legislature Of the State Of AgHas
Calientes, in Mexico, has passed. q law
prohibiting bull fighting. A movement Is
on foot TO secure the passage Of similar
law BY other States 81 Mckee
Many epidemics 81 plague are believed
to have been traced 70 rats. yet in other
localities. and markedly 10 Glisgow. the
rats have not been found infected By
plague. either before or after the out
break. II is By the vermin in the rats
coat that infection Is pf,bably conveyed
70 man.
A woman has been found at Malone.
\. T.. who IS remarkably hale aud ac-
tive at the age 81 lOJ.
Burglars stole $1,000 wSvth Of jewelry
from the residence OF Washington Porter.
whose wife IS cousin 81 President Me
Kinley, at Chicago.
There ere 244.527 school houses, dormi-
tories ana other buildings in the United
States devoted to education, and they
are valued at S524 6S9, 30. There are
415.eG0 teachers-131. 793 men ands ISL
s61 women. In 1899 the people Of the
Gnited States spent $l97. PSI sos to edu-
cate their children, which is Sgt per
capita OK population and $3.50 per capita
Of children Of the school aSe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

ancient sling. 1t has a disc working
within case at $4,000 revolutions per
minute, a speed which has already
been obtained in practice. From the
circumference of the disc project two
hands. The bullets are poured into the
case from hopper, and as they fall are
caught by the hands, which in coming
rain them out in a continuous stream
through an orifice. They are guided
into a sleeve which may be elevated
or depressed and sighted like the muz
zle of rifle. The disc of the gun is
&oout 3 feet in diameter, and as it
travels at the rate of $4,000 revolutions
per minute the eircumferentiaI rate is
$4,000 feet This would fmpel bullets
with tremendous muzzle velocity. and
at close range would, Mr.. Judge
declares. mean absolute humiliation to
an enemy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25

ton resulted and to this his death is at
tributed. The young man could mot eat
anything for weeks without the greatest
pain and died in agony.
The West Point officials empAatically
deny that the cadet was subjected to any
such indignities and say that the young
mans resignation was not caused by i'll
ness, but by deficiency in studies. If he
had not resigned, they say, he would
have been dropped. A resolution provid-
ing for a congressional investigation of
the death of Booz passed the House the
other day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
TRAGEDIES OF TIE STAGE.
Large Number of Those Killed or
Wounded in Playing Their Parts.

Large Number of Those Killed or
Wounded in Playing Their Parts.
In the Grinelle Theater in Paris the
other day an actor came near killing
| his professional friend with a stage
| dagger whose spring got out of order.
4 The victim yelled so naturally and the
blood flowed so freely that the audi
enee was delighted and never realized
! the realism until the curtain dropped
The accident prompted a Partisan
/ scribe to hunt mp the record of things
somewhat similar upon the stage. Ac-
! cording to his story, Nine. Benoin, at
/ Prague, in suicide scene stabbed her
self seriously.
William Moritz killed his associate,
| Temple Crozier in the Novelties Thea
/ ter of London.
/ In the play of The Indian Emperor"
the English actor, Farquhar, playing
the part of Guyomar, dangerously
wounded another player. who, unfor-
tunately, had to take the part of q
! Spanish General, after which Farquhar
wisely bid farewell to the stage.
Macready in Macbeth" at one time
came so near scoring a victory at Dun
shame that poor Macduff had to be
taken to the hospital. where he re-
manned for six weeks.
Garriek in "Othello" half choked
more than a dozen DeSdemonas.
| In the banquet scene of Macbeth"
Charles Kemble flung away his wine
cup with such violence that it smashed
chandelier, and the pieces of broken
glass flew almost into the face of Mrs.
Siddons. who was playing Lady Mac
beth, but she never moved a muscle.
Sarah Bernhardt. playing the Dame
aux Camellas." with Darmont in the
role of Armand Duval, turned many
heads temporarily during the play and
provoked some astounding ridiculous
interruptions.
But it will be hand to beat the record
of the old-time Passion Play" per
formed a few hundred years ago before
King John III. of Sweden A fatal blum
der on the part. of the actor in the role
of Lo2wnS tho Centurion caused the
desth of two artists. Enraged. the
King bounded upon the stage swors in
hand, and with a tirSt-elass right-hand
swing that made the blade whistle. de-
capitated poor Longus. The audience
rose in fury and literally tore his
( majesty to pieces
This last story needs confirmation.
but 1t holds good with the gallery. in
the light OF the historic fact that
French ambassador to Spain, Gaubier
/ de BranauIt. witnessing 4 representa-
ton of the battle of Payia, in which a
/ Spaniard got largely the better Of a
Frenehman. Killed the unfortunate ac-
tor who played the Spaniard- All of
which goes 70 show that there is only
one step between the stage struck aud
/ stage stuck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-25
CADETS LosT AT SEA.
German Frigate Wrecked of the Coast
of Malaga.

The German training frigate Gneisanat
was wrecked Sunday while trying to
make the harbor of Malaga, sixty-tive
miles northeast of Gibraltar. during a
storm. She missed the entrance and
struck the rocks close to the lighthouse
She was smashed to pieces within an
hour and completely submerged. The
commander and cadets were drowned.
The known loss is over a hundred.
About forty reached shore much injured.
Il boat was launched, but not seen after
ward. The commander and chief officers
of the vessel stood bravely at their posts,
giving orders and trying to save the ca
diets before themselves. They went down
with the ship.
The Gneisenau was built at Dantsig in
1899. She was 242 feet long. her speed
was thirteen knots. Her armament con-
sisted of fourteen 5.9-inch Krupp breech
leaders. two 3.4-inch quick fires, one boat
or field gun and seven torpedo tubes. Her
compliment was 461 men. She was used
for training boys for the kaiser's navy.