Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-03-06
Odds and EMS


1t is believed that the plague in Hon
olulu has now run its course.
The survey of the route for a Pacific
cable has been finished by the steamer
Nero.
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
has announced general advance of >
per cent.
Gen. Braves of Mexico has defeated
the Maya Indians in the southern part oc
that country.
Advices from Dawson state that gen
eral exodus to Cape Meme was expected
in May and June,
The Millar- Osborne spice works and
the Moline Plow Compauy's warehouse
Denver, Colo, were burned. Loss $l50,-
900.
Ed Berlin was found dead on top OF a
Pullman car at Louisville. Death was
caused by his head striking a bridge or
tunnel.
James DERRICK, a, Californian, is in Blu
cyrus, Ohio, to purchase great steel wag
ons and traction engines for use in the
desert Of northern China in place of cam
els.
A jury at Dallas, Texas, has declared
the will of the late Gen u. A. Mexia OF
Mexico invalid because of undue influ-
ence. Property worth over Sl,000.000 IS
affected.
a troop OF Bocr horsemen who perform
nightly in q German circus have been
forbidden that part Of their program
which represents a victory over British
redeoats.
The Abbott DowEing Company OF Con
cord, n. H., manufactures of carriages
and wagons. has failed with 100000 ia-
bilities and 100000 assets. IL was es-
tabished in 1896.
The Glasgow Scotland Tramway and
Street Railway Company has ordered
from the RitterConley Company OF
Pittsburg. Pa. structural iron and steel
plates worth 100000
The Chicago postofIice shows n grcat
decrease in the sale Of postage due
stamps since the rules prohibiting the
forwarding OF underpaid second and third
class matter went into effect.
4 slab to be memory Of George Walls
ington's ancestors is to be removed from
a church ia Wiltshire, England, to the
Smithsonian Institution. Its date IS 1913
and il bears a coat OF arms and an fu-
scription setting forth the virtues oc
Washingtons graudfather's grandpar.
ents.
Italian agents who have been in New
York for couple Of weeks past have con
cIuded arrangements for the equipment of
several trolley roads in The leading cities
Of northern italy.
What IS said to be the first instance ar
g.. a..
mony for her daughter occurred recently
In San Francisco. when Mrs. Kate
ueussman united Miss Mary Violet
Hsussman to Felix DrapinsEi. Mrs
ueussnan IS an ordained minister under
d State charter issued to the independent
Bible Society, or which she is u mission
airy.
Rear Admiral ". r. Sampson has pos
itively declined the presidency OF the
Massachusetts institute of Technology.
Claim bills now before Congress, exclu.
size OF pensions, proyide for the expendi
ture OF about $200,000,OoO Of the Cor
ernrnent's money.
The lowest poiut Of laad between The
two oceans on the American continent Is
the grand divide in Nicaragua. where the
elevation is only 14G feet. The lowest
point of land on the Isthmus OF Panama.
according to the report OF the canal com
mission, Is Culebra. which il 30 feet
above tide water. and is now the scenS Of
active work by the Panama Canal Com
psny.
William Burts, a negro, was Iynched
north OF Aiken. S. c.. By go men. The
rope broke the lrsf time.
Imports into Porte Rico from the date
OF American occupation TO Dee 81, 1895.
were S12,l91. $50. aud exports IN the
same time. l.690.S 07.
A Congressman has received the follow.
ing suggestion: Would 1t not be well f0s
the United STATES Government u prohibft
ex portation Of miles until our seYpiy bar
caught up with the demand. The coun
Try IL now being depleted OF is mules
and should any serious trouble occur With
any OF the European nations 0ar means
81 transportation would be seriously ham.
pered"