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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

Postal officials in Chicago and Wash
1ngton are mystified over the discovery
Of a supposed Internal machine in a mail
bag on the Omaha and Ogden Railway
postoftice of the Union Pacific road. The
Continuance was opened in Chicago by
officers OF the railway mail service, and
has been forwarded to Washington. 1t
is regarded as almost miraculous that
the car in which the package was found
was not blown to pieces, as the heat in
the mail bag caused the stuff 70 ignite.
1t was mailed at Versailles, France, I'D
was addressed to prominent citizen OF
Salt Lake City, Utah. Clerks in the
Omaha and Ogden Railway postoffice
were almost stihed one day by sicken-
ing odOr which seemed to come from one
of the mail pouches. The contents were
emptied ON the car floor and a smoldering
package was found at the bottom. When
IT was uncovered the smoke became so
strong that the clerks were driven to the
ioor to keep from being overcome. 1t
was an hour before they returned to ex-
anime it. The package was about ten
inches long, four inches wide and four
inches thick. Through burnt places the
clerks saw several long, cartridge-shaped
objects. They ceased their investigation
then and put the box off at the next sta
ton, with instructions that it be sent to
Chicago for examination as an internal
machine. The fact that the stuff was
ignited in the mail sack leads the Off
Gals to believe it was an explosive sent
with murderous intent. On the other
hand, as it did not explode, they say
the package might have been a practical
ioke
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
ASKS FOR NEW SHIPS.
secretary Longs Annual Report on
Naval Affairs.

Secretary Longs Annual Report on
Naval Affairs.
Two new battleShips, two armOred
cruisers, six gunboats and half a dozen
smaller vessels are asked of Congress by
Secretary of the Navy Long in his annual
report to the President The request is
more moderate than those of the general
board of the navy, of which Admiral
Dewey is head, and of the board of con-
struetion, made to the Secretary, but the
appropriations necessary for the censtruc
ton of the vessels would be at least $10,
100000 as it is.
Secretary Long makes his recommenda-
tons briefly and without urging them, but
he puts them forward as desirable in the
prospective development of the naval
force.
There are now under way in the ship
yards eight battleships and forty-6ve 9TH
er vessels of all classes. During the past
year three battleships, the Alabama,
Kearsarge and Kentucky, one protected
cruiser, the Albany, and two torpedo
boats, have been finally conditionally ac-
eepted by the government.
Among other recommendations made is
one that the grade of vice admiral be re-
viyed by Congress- that means be found
for establishing a national reserve in adj
dition to the navaS militia of the various
States, and that hall of public records
be built for the preservation not only OF
the accumulated records Of the Navy De-
partment. but also of all other executive
departments. The budding of a large
dry dock in the Philippines and the cree
ton Of statue to Admiral Porter are
also recommended.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

The centenary of the Presentation con-
vent in Kilkenny, Ireland, was celebrat-
ed recently
The Rev DIR. Lyman Abbott has been
chosen to ~erye another year as univer
sity preacher at Harvard.
The Rev. j. c. Brooks, brother Of the
late Bishop Brooks, is at work upon
collection Of the bishops letters.
\ great japanese statesman has re-
Gently said that he feared that religion
would be lost to his people unless they
deifed the Emperor.
AT a recent meeting of the Boston Zap
list ministers conference, which was
largely attended, it was voted to devote
its sessions for one month to prayer for
an increase of religious interest in the
churches.
BY ukase issued by the Russian SEN
ate it has been explained that Jews re-
siding within the pale of settlement have
the right Of temporary sojourn in rural
places or villages, while the time of such
sojourn is TO be measured by the neces-
sity which caused it.
One hundred and sixty-nine students
nave ASElcAtltl THIS year III the E1EnOO&
Of Theology of Boston University
more than last year.
The Rev. George ScEambach. Luther
an minister of Newark, n J., during his
ministerial career has performed 6,714
marriage ceremonies.
The Rev DR.. F. z. Clark thinks that
in the virtue OF free, ontspoken confess
sion of faith Angio-Saxon Protestants
are singularly lacking. Il know" he
says, 'of no race that is so shamefaced
about its Faith. so unwilling to declare
It's allegiance"
The advance report of the Presbyterian
Church shows an Increase Of 900 com
municants over last year and total con-
tributions averaging SIS per member
Zionism is divided into two wings, po-
litieal and religious. The purchase Of
the Holy Land from the Sultan, either
by syndicate Of wealthy Jews or By
the contributions Of the whole Hebrew
race. is contemplated.
The Rev r. r. Wightman. pastor Of
Christ Presbyterian Church. New York.
declines TO accept pay for his services as
clergyman any more. and supports him
self By secular labor. He says: 81 do
not think Il Is Christian to preach the
gospel OF Jesus Christ for money
At Greenwich, Conn. a crusade against
Sunday golf playing has been started By
the ..HNoman's Sabbath Alliance" Gre
ling. driving and reading Sunday newspa-
pers viii also be eorlbated.
The Ri. Rev. Boyd Carpenter. Bishop
Of Ripoa. believes that the age 81 severe
all but passed away. Religion. he says.
Is more scientific. and science is more
religious.
The Rtv. F 3 Hatch. pastor ~ the
Congregational ca erc,.4sf Monsoon Mass.
has resigned in ogsler 70 become the gen
eral secretary Of the Christian Endeayor
Union Of India. Baynah and Ceylon. WITH
residence n CalcnTta.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

New York-Tt is true that the business
transacted ON the stock exchanges is al
ways more or less of purely speculative
character. but at the same time ii is none.
the less true that the movements of the
markets can usually be taken as pretty
correct index TO general business condi-
tons and as a reflection or the sentimenz
Of the best-posted people with regard to-
those conditions. Only TO the extent that
the markets anticipate the future is there
ever any variance between their move
ments and the actual state Of affairs in
the commercial world. Recently there
has been an enormous demand for the
better class Of dividead-paying stocks,
and prices have been advanced ali the
way from 50 TO $50 a share, and in lev
instances even more. Sales on the New
York exchange since Nov. 4 approximate
20,OOO,O00 shares, a record for that.
length of time that never before has been
eqGaled. This extraordinary activity ins
securities and the strength of values has
been surprise to even the most oPlmis-
tic of the bulls. Money continues sur
prisingiy easy in view OF the greatly in
creased activity in trade and speculation.
Chicago Interest in the grain market
during the week was largely conferred on.
the corn, and flore especially regarding
the probability of enough corn OF con-
tract quality 5eits procurable to I'LL sales
made for the current months delivery.
At the close Of the week preceding there
We're only about $4,000 bushels OF the
desired grade in the public warehouses
of Chicago, and not much more than p
100000 bushels of all kinds in both public
and private elevators. Wheat has not re-
covered from the depression of the week
preceding but the tone of the market
was heavier than appears from decline
OF only u cent Il bushel. News concern
ing the growing crop of Argentina IS SO.
varied in character that it is difficult TO
arrive Mt any definite conclusion. Unless
the crop should prove considerably small
err than the production Of the previous
year there appears little hope Of the high
prices for wheat thar seemed probable
when the trade was stirred by reports Of
extensive damage TO the domestic crops
OF both winter and spring wheat. The
plentiful supplies, Notwithstanding au~
doubted failure of the crops over extern
sive areas, is a striking ilustration of
the marvellous resources of the couusrrW
and its vast agricultural area; likewise
OF the wonderful compensation provided
by nature for failure in one section by
extraordinary abundance in another
Small stocks of provisions hold the mar
ket firm. AS the receipts Of hogs com
tinue in excess of those at the CORE
spending time Of the year previous, il Isl
a gratifying indication Of the excellence.
Of the demand for the manufactured pro-
ducts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
IOWA DOCTOR IS MURDERED.
Man Arrested Who Had Been Heard TO

Man Arrested Who Had Been Heard TO
60 Make Tsreats.
DR.. ii. A. Hamilton, one of the leading
citizens Of Slaryvilio, Iowa; Eas assgassi-
mated early ON 1 recent morning. ,Alfged
Ahn, who believed that the doctor was
the cause Of a separation between him
and his wife, has been arrested charged
with the crime. No one saw the shot
fired, but it is asserted that Aim had
threatened to take the physicians life.
Dr. Hamilton was passing through a
thick wood near his home when a rifle
shot was fired. The bullet passed through
Or. Hamilton's head, but he lived long
enough to stagger to the door of his
home, whore he fell unconscious and soon
die6. He leaves widow and several
children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
HARBoR OF NARsEILLEs WHERE KRUGER LANDED.

er surrender. We are determined to fight
TO the last extremity, and if the repub-
lies of the Transvaal and Orange Free
State lose their independence it will be
because they have lost every man, woman
and child
This declaration which Mr.. Kruger
made dispelled at once any impression
that he intends to accept compromise
from the British government. His an
nouncement was greeted with a roar of
cheers and cries of ''Vive Kruger" "Niye
les Beers" ''Vive la liberte"
Mr.. Kruger received delegations from
various municipalities and societies in
the hall of the hotel This proved to be
severe trial, as he had to listen to a
couple of hours eloquent but to him UNI
ineligible addresses in French, and he
left the hall visibly fatigued. He retired
to his apartments for an hours rest and
Michael Davitt delivered q short address
in behalf of the Irish people, which evok-
ed most enthusiastic applause from those
present. during which cries of 'Nive
lIrelandr' resounded. The gist of Mr..
Davitt's address was interpreted to Mr..
Kruger, who is pleased with his recep-
ton.
Mr.. Kruger only replied in the hall Of
the hotel to the first address. delivered by
NJ. Thorell. president of the Marseilles
committee, who presented the traveller
with a symbolical bronze cup, entitled
THE Defense of Home" Mr.. Krugers
reply breathed the same determination TO
resist to the end as expressed in his
speech at the landing stage. He said
the situation was terrible for the Beers.
but il was in nowise inextricable or detn-
tive. They never appeared TO be crushed
by numbers. but he was still firm in the
hope that the reign of the sword would
before long be overthrown by that of JUS
tice" MIR Kruger received a great ova-
ton from his hearers. Eventually becom-
Ing fatigued. he asked the other addresses
to be presented to him in writing, and
then withdrew again to Bis apartments.
where he passed the evening quietly.
Long after the former president had re-
tired for a rest, the crowd stil remained
In front OF the hotel and horses and car
riages could pass only with difficulty.
Among the hostile comment on Kru-
gers reception at Marseilles appearing
in the English press is an article in the
London Times. That paper attacks Mr..
Kruger's "extravagant and malignant
ealamnies on England" and adds: 1T Is
only BY our snfferance that he is in Eu-
rope at all. His friends might do we'll
to reflect on this obvious and palpable
fact when his invective grows too spite
full"
Mr.. Kruger bore the sea voyage ex-
trenely well Many Of his friends say
he looks in better health than before he
left Pretoria The heavy gale and rough
cross seas which the Gelderland encoun-
tered in the Mediterranean. however.
proved TOO much for the distinguished
traveller on the day before reaching port.
and for the first time since he started
for Europe he was seasick-
II was decided Bs the French govern
ment that Great Britain has not notified
the powers that she has annexed the
Transvaal. Therefore Kruger could be
received at the Elysee as a foreign rsiler.
incoSnito.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04


Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to 1915; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $4.25; wheat, No. . red, tic to re;
corn, No. ,, ABE TO I5c; oats, No. ,, PIC
TO &c; rye. No. ,. 44e TO 45c; butter.
choice creamery, 2ic TO 25c; eggs, fresh,
PIC to 23c: potatoes. zoe to acc per
bushel
Indianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
$500; hogs. choice light, $500 TO $4.S2;;
sheep. common TO prime. S3.Oo to $50:
wheat, No. ?, lie to re; corn, No.
white, Soc to SIC; oats. No. white,
25c to 25c.
ST. I.ouis-Cattls. S3.25 to $50: hogs.
$500 TO $4.S5; sheep, $500 TO $500;
wheat. No. = Use 10 69c; corn. No. :
yellow. sac to Soc: oats. No. ,, nc TO
BE. rye. No. .. 4Te 10 4Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 TO $4-S5: hogs,
$500 to $500: sheep. $500 TO $500,
wheat. No. >. zoe TO T6c: eoru, No. =
mixed. See to SIC; oats. No mixed. 23c
To a4c; rye. No. =. 53c TO 54e.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 10 $40: hogs,
$500 to S475: sheep. $500 to $50:
wheat. No. ,. T5c TO Tie; corn. No. :
settoNs DC 70 IN .pat>. ~ . w 2NS. ~cS
TO 26c: rye. ole to &c.
Toledo-Waeat. No mixed. 13c 70
74c. corn. No. mixed. 3Tc to Sses eats.
No mixed. 2le to PC; rye. No. :, &c
TO 53e; clover seed. prime. 5000 70 $3.50
Observation-Disclosures, No. > northern.
73c 10 T4c: corn. No. 3. SSc 20 soc, oats,
No. white. &c to 26c: rye. No. !. 4Sc
to 49c: barley. No. ,. soc TO 0oc; pork,
rpeSs. $1,000 10 S10.45.
}afaio-Caftle, choice shipping steers.
$500 10 $5.70; hogs. fair to prime. xS-ee
to $500. sheep. fair 20 choice. $500 70
$500: lambs, common 10 extra. S4-0Q to
$5.O0
New York-Cattle. s.. - to $3.50: hogs.
$500 10 S525: sheep. $500 TO $50:
wheat. Ne red. zoe to &c; corn. No
4Sc 70 4sSc: oats, Ne. White. sc TO PC:
butter, creamery. &c to Csc: eggs, vest
ern, &c 10 27e.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
GIRL WINS MAN ON WAGER.
Election Bet to Be Paid on Matrimonial
Basis, Though the Parents Object.

Election Bet to Be Paid on Matrimonial
Basis, Though the Parents Object.
Miss Anita Bertram, society belle of
Louisville, has the right of disposal of
George Rathbone, a well-known business
man; formerly of Princeton, Ind. Dir.
Bryan's defeat is responsible. Rathbone
offered to wager himself against two
pound box of candy that Mckinley would
be defeated. The wager was accepted,
and now Rathbone stands ready to make
good his loss. Miss Bertrands mother
is opposed to the payment of the bet on
a matrimonial basis on account Of her
daughters youth. Miss Bertrand de-
clares she has rightfully won and will
marry him. The Bertrands have beau
tiful old Kentucky home, ten miles from
Louisville. They are persons of wealth
and prominence. Rathbone recently NOV
ed to Louisville from Princeton and pur-
chased large manufacturing interests
fhprp
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

The following is the full text of Mr..
Kruger's speech on landin az Marseilles:
1 thank the president of the Marseilles
committee and the President OF the central
committee of the independence of the Beers
for their welcome. l thank all this popula-
ton assembled in great concourGe to greet
me, for although l wear mourning fer the
miSfortunes of my country. and although j
have not cOsue TO seek festivities. sun l
nevertheless accept with all my heart these
acclamati0ns. for | know they are dictated
10 you by the emotions which are inspired
in you by our trials and by your sympathy
for our cause. which is that of liberty,
Which awakened you.
am truly proud and happy at having
chosen as nay point of landing . port in
France to set foot on free soil and 10 be
received by Won as free man. But my first
duty is TO thank your government for all the
tokens of interest it has given me.
believe England, had she been better
Informed, would never have consented TO
this war, and since the expedition Of Jane
son, who wished TO seize the two republics
without the necessity of firing ride shoT.
! have never ceased TO demand tribunal of
arbitration, which up TO now has always
been refused.
The war waged on us In the two republics
reached the last limits of barbarism. Dur
ing my life | have had TO fight many times
the Sayages Of the tribes of Africa, but the
barbarians we have to fight now are worse
than the others. They even urge the KAT
frs against us. They burn the farms we
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

Indiana Woman Betrays Spouse in Re-
Yencrf. for a 1Yhinninnr

Indiana Woman Betrays Spouse in Re-
venge for Whipping.
Robert Clark, manager of a saloon and
road house near Converse, Ind, was ar
rested on a charge of murder and lodged
IN Jail in Marion. About six months ago
an unknown glass worker. who went to
Converse to work, was found dead in
front of Clark's place. Clark told the
officers that the man had fallen against
post, striking his head, which was the
probable cause of his death. An inquest
was held, bus no evidence of murder was
found. Recently Clark whipped his wife,
and IN retaliation she went to Marion aud
told the States Attorney that Clark had
murdered the glass worker. She gave
the names of a number of alleged wit
nesses to the crime. Clark was at once
arrested. Clark shot Lloyd Ferguson Of
Marion four years ago. Ferguson recoy-
cred. Clark was confined in Jail ifor
year and then freed without trial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

worked so hard to construct and they drive
bands and brothers they have killed or taken
prisoners leaving them foohess and often
without bread to eat.
But whatever they may do, we will never
surrender We will fight TO the end. Our
great, imperlshable confidence reposes in
the Eternal, In our God. We know our
cause Is just, and If the justice of men Is
wanting to us, He, the Eternal, who is mas
ter OF all peoples and to whom belongs the
future. will never abandon us.
l assure you that If the Transvaal and the
Orange Free State must lose their independ-
ence ii Will be because all the Boer people
have been destroyed with their women and
children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

Gave Up a Fortune Tor a Husband.
BY the provisions of her late husbands
will, Mrs. Lillian I. Edgerton Of Plants
vile. Ohio. inherited an estate valued at
$4,000 and received $4,000 in life i'm
surance, which she was to retain so long
as she remained single. If she remarked,
the property with the possible exception
of some $4,000, was to 20 TO their chill
dren. All this wealth Mrs Edgerton
has sacrificed for love of a farm hand
named Frank Raredon. who has been in
her employ, and this week they were
m triad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
Fntnl rloods in Tennessee.

Meager accounts of casualties by flood
are coming in from west Tennessee. a
few miles north of Dyersburg woman
and two children in n buggy were thrown
into deep back-water by the sloughing of
a levee over which they We're passing, and
all were drowned, At the south fork of
the Forked Deer river negro track hand
of the Illinois Central was drowned. A
mail carrier was drowned in Caney creek
near Glymph by the upsetting of his
buggy as he was attempting to ford the
stream.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
BANDITS GET NO CASH.
Three of Them Use Dynamite While
Nine Others Stand Off Citizens.

Nine Others Stand Off Citizens.
A gang of twelve professional bank rob-
bers made a desperate attempt to secure
the contents of the money vault of Sper-
ry & Weinstaff's deposit bank at Ashley,
Ohio. While nine men stood on guard,
holding the citizens at bay with their
guns, three operated the dynamite under
the deposit vault of the brick building.
The banks property is worth $4,000,
and there was $4,000 in cash on hand.
-Four attempts were made to get at the
cash, while the guards outside were shoot
ing at citizens. The desperadoes, fail
ing in their efforts to reach the cash with
dynamite, retreated slowly on foot, firing
as they fled, but nobody was hurt. The
men were masked
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
EXPLOSION WRECKS BUILDING.
A Woman Blown Across Street and
Fatally Injured in Chica GO.

A Woman Blown Across Street and
Fatally Injured in Chicago.
A gasoline tank which exploded at J017
Halsted street, Chicago, wrecked the
building, a two-story structure, and IA
tally injured Mrs. H. Levi, one OF the
occupants. The woman's husband was
injured, but will recover. The front of
the building was blown across the street,
blockading street car traffic. Mrs. Levi
was picked up on the street car track
fifty feet from the building. She was
badly burned about the face and arms
and was internally injured. Levi is a
plumber. He was repairing a leak in the
gasoline tank, and his wife was holding
a lamp when the explosion occurred. She
received the full benefit of it. The house
took fire, but the flames were speedily
extingllished. The damage is estimated
at $1,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04

There VIII be thrown open for sale and
settlement at the United States land
office at Crookston, Mimi. soon. four
townships of ceded Indian lands, covered
more or less with white pine. There are
about $1,000 acres in the tract, and it is
very valuable. The proceeds go to the
Chippewa Indians under the treaty, and
will be held by the government and the
interest distributed yearly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
KILLS TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
Nebraska Supreme Court Declares It's
Creaf;on Was titrtiauaI

Nebraska Supreme Court Declares It's
Creation Was Unconstitutional.
Justice Norval. in an opinion concur
red in by the two other Supreme Court
justices, declares the act creating the
Nebraska State Board of Transportation
unconstitutional and inoperative. The
action that brought about the decision
was that Of Attorney General Smyth
against the Burlington and Northwestern
railroads to enforce an order of the board
for lower live stock and grain rates. The
defendant roads questioned the jurisdic-
ton of the board on the ground that there
were defects in the law creating it. and
their demurrer is sustained.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
deaths from Gun.shot WOUNDS.

Brig. Gen George r. Sternberg, sur
geon general Of the army, has inserted
in his annual report some interesting
comments on comparisons Of gunshot
wounds received by American soldiers in
the Spanish-American and Philippine
wars with wounds inflicted by the heav-
Ter bullets used in the Civil War The
deduction drawn from comparative rec
ords is that the small-caliber bullet OF to-
day is less deadly than the old-time mus
kef ball
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
Fortune for an Humble Pair.

John Sullivan, an old bachelor, died
several weeks ago at Seattle. Wash,
leaving an estate valued at 100000. of
which $4,000 was in cash. Since then
attorneys for the estate have searched
all over the country FOR relatives, finally
discovering a nephew and niece of the
dead man living in Butte, Mont. They
are Dennis sullivan, a miner, and his
sister, Mrs. Charles Cramer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-12-04
Torture Farmer to Death.

Austin Hamilton, a farmer who went
to Oxford, y. Y, from Rochelle, H., was
tortured to death by masked burglars the
other night. They burned his hands TO
a crisp in an effort TO make him confess.
then crushed in his skull with q. hammer.
Hamilton was alone in the farm house
1t was rumored that he had $1,000 hid
den on the premises.