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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1900-11-28

has for nearly sixty years been
recognized as the Peoples Ma
tionaY Family Newspaper, for
farmers and villagers. Its
splendid Agricultural Depart
ment, its reliable market re-
ports, recognized authority
throughout the country; its
fashion notes, its Science and
Mechanics Department, Its
fascinating short stories, ETC.,
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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

New York-In the foreign trade state
ment for October the showing is phe-
nomenaI one. Exports for the month
amounted 10 $163, 093, 597, which is $751;
$2T,OT0 larger than for the same month
last year and $2S,936.3T2 in excess eff the
previous high record. More than one
third of the exports were of cotton, while
the value of manufactured goods sold
abroad was about $5S,O00,000. Imports
fell off slightly in the face Of this enoT-
nous Increase in exports, the excess OF
exports over imports for the month being
SD, Hoppe, the largest in any month I'M
the history of the country. The figures
for October make the excess for the ten
months ending Oct. 81 about $3OO,OOO.-
coo, an increase Of $12a000,000 over the
corresponding period last year.
Chicago Wheat during the week eyinc-
ed considerable weakness, the decline
having been 3 cents a bushel. While the
bulls in the wheat market lost By the
drop, the reason for their speculative ven-
ture having taken that unfortunate turn
is Il gratifying proof that notwithstand-
ing the partial failure of the spring wheat
crop of the Northwest Of which so much
has been heard in the last three months
such Superabundance was Produced IN
other sections of the country us TO more
than compensate for the deficiencies or
Minnesota and North Dakota While,
prices of wheat are lower than they weres
they are not vet low, relatively consid-
cred, and must be highly satisfactory to
the farmers Of that section of the conn
try where the huge marketings have
brought about the Accommodations Of Wis
ible supply that is the cause of the weak
ness in price. The government report
on the seasons production of corn shows
this years production to be over 2,loO,-
100000 bushels, being the largest crop
since 1896, while consumption Of corn
meantime has been increasing so rapid
ly that what was considered even so re-
Gently as four years ago an excessive crop
Is not now thought to be more than suf~
fcient for the demands from various
sources that it will be called upon to
meet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
Has premonition Of Deatb.

There was most curious premonilion
in connection with the death of ID. $.
Holcombe,Swho is supposed to have been
drowned in the Wisconsin river near xii
hourn. j. A. Rhodes of Baraboo says
he was fishing with the cattle buyer not
long ago, when he told him how he had
dreamed of drowning in the river. Mr..
Holcombe desceibed a rocky point iTShich
he saw in the dream and also described
the sensation of losing his life in the
water in exactly the same way he is sup
posed to have been drowned. The rocky
place TO which he was traced is a coun-
terpart of that seen in the vision. On
two subsequent occasions he told Mr..
Rhodes that the dream had leen repeat
ed, and that it was always the Wisconsin
river
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
PRICES OF coMMoDlrIEs RISE.
General Advance Reported by Dun's
Commercial Agency.

Tom merCfal agency.
r. G. Dun's weekly review Of trade
says: Prices Of commodities advance
almost without exception, and all the
changes in manufactured goods are in the
direction of frmer quotations. Scarcity
OF labor gives manufacturers in the Mid
die States great concern. Activity at iron
and steel mills steadily increases, and
there is an equally uniform advance in
quotations. The gain has been more gen
eral this week than or any previous time
TINS season. Instead Of the recent agIta-
ton FOR cheaper steel rails there is now
talk or an advance TO SIS owing to the
further rise in steel billets. Orders come
forward in the best volume since last
spring. The report of pig iron produc-
ton on Nov. by the Iron Age shows a
weekly capacity of only 215,304 tons, the
smallest since September, 1898, but the
reduction of 10000 tons from Oct. 1 to
furnace STOCKS is most encouraging.
These figures, with the activity in all
branches Of the industry, indicate that
there will be no further reduction in out
put Wooden manufacturers are not yet
seeking raw material in great quantity
and wool is not changed in price. A tenn
porary furry in the wheat market took
the December option above 80 cents.
Publication of the usual weekly statis-
ties had depressing effect however,
particularly the enormous exports from
Russia, which were contradiction of
earlier statements that the crop was
short in northern Europe. Failures for
the week were 217 in the United States,
against 2l9 last year, and 80 In Canada,
against 90 last year"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
CLOSED BY Mr.. DAWES.
Newport, KY, Bank in Hands of Ex~
aminer Tucker.

Newport, KY, Bank in Hands of Ex~
aminer Tucker.
The German National Bank Of New
port, Ky, has been closed by order Of
the Comptroller of the Currency, and
Bank Examiner Tucker placed in charge
as temporary receiver Twice the amount
of its capital stock is missing from the
vaults of the bank as a result of the OPP
erations of Frank NJ. Brown, the individ-
ual bookkeeper and assistant cashier,
who is missing. Mr.. Tucker made the
unofficial announc' .nent that Brown is
short about S201,g 800. Brown had been
with the bank eighteen years, and II is
stated by the experts that his operations
extended back as far as ten years.
For two weeks there have been rumors
that Brown was short, and some depos-
itors withdrew their accounts. Three.
weeks ago the bank examiners made e
good statement for the bank and the on
GERS and directors allayed suspicion by
referring TO the report Of this examina-.
tor and "a their last statement. The
widest scenes were witnessed in New
port when the notice was posted The
officers of the German National Bank arc
all wealthy and responsible men, and they
will be able TO make the losses good
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
Brief stale hanpenInga.

Kenosha is Hooded with an increasing
wave of tramps.
Martin Cadigan of the town of Buff
falo had his hand cut off in corn
shredder.
A. c. McComb of Oshkosh has pur-
chased 200,0O0,000 feet of cypress tim
Der in Florida.
Outagamie County farmers are selling
their cattle on account Of the scarcity and
high price of hay.
Rev. George W. Verify aud wife of
Appleton win be stationed for the winter
at Tpn-tsin, China.
Col. Walter B. Dutton of Racine win
send a large force of men to operate a
sawmill in Arkansas.
Peter JJa.tson, a homesteader residing
near Ashland. was mistaken for a deer
and shot three times.
farmer living near Baraboo. while
hunting shot his own Jersey COW, which
he mistook for a deer.
The thirty-eighth annual reunion of
Company X, Eighth regiment, Wisconsin
volunteers, will be held in Racine on
Thursday, Dec. 6.
The home of Thomas c. Smythe. father
of Rev. Sydney Smythe of ST. Johns
Academy at Delafeld, was destroyed by
fire late Friday night.
Business men Of Chippewa Falls are
endeavoring to secure canning factory
for their city.
The county board Of Marinette appro-
priated $1,000 for roads. The money is
to be expended in the general improve
ment of the county road system.
Charles Benson. carpenter Of Madi-
son. who formerly lived at Verona, fell
from a roof to the ground. a distance Of
twenty-five feet He was badly hurt.
i new city directory will be issued at
Racine in a Few days and the publisher
states that it will contain 1000 more
names than the book Of year ago.
Joseph Murphy and William Mead.
who were charged with holding up an ex-
press messenger at Neenah Oct. ). were
found guilty after the jury had been out
nearly twenty-four hours.
An organization known as Athens
Farmers Store Company has been per-
fected. 1t Will deal in all kinds Of mer-
char disc and produce The ]. Mum &
Son property has been purchased By
them.
Frank Ref. mason. employed BY the
American Hide and Leather Company,
was almost instantly killed at the She
boygan tannery. He was caught in the
biting. the clothes torn from him and
his body fearfally mangled.
At the ninth annual meeting Of the
Appleton and 0utagaHiie county branch
Of the Wisconsin Humane Society the fol
lowing officers were elected: President.
H. A. Foster: vice-president. II. ID.
Saith: secretary and treasurer, Dr.. r. J.
Wilkie.
Walter Nee was arrested at Oshkosh
after = search u rwo months He was
shidin. IN q coal shed. He IS charged with
assaulting boy named Fenstermacher.
On the night of Labor day he assaulted
10 less than six persons. one Of whotD
vas an old man He is is y1ars Of age
ard has mania for hurting people lie
was arrested last summcs Tor chopDing
the legs off live chickens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
ToId in q Few Linea.

Three miners at Butte. Mont, wers
asphyxiated by powder gas.
John Gallagher of Chicago heft $4,000
for Catholic schools in that city.
4 number. Of women in Baltimore. de-
string to earn money. have started mush-
room farms in their cellars
Mss Fose Mcyieker Of New York fell
under train she was trying TO board az
White Plains and was killed.
Chicago ambulance corps which went
no south Africa Is at Trieste. Austria.
In religious discussion AZ Tyler. Tex.
a fan4tical mob hacked William Caw-
Thorn 10 pieces.
Smallpox ravaSes on Indian reserva-
lions are attracting the attention Of the
Indian commissioner.
4 woman in Topeka. Kan. who Is sur
ing for a divorce, petitions Tor the Gus
tedv Of the family COW.
William Sc,.~eiber. the defautinKe bank
clerk az Elixaheahi.lre. y. r. was reaerr-
"a 10 l. IN the vicinity o. san Jose. "a.
II Is said that eoaooo copies II n
His Steps have alrsady been sold. "a
that tie demand for the book contsnusA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $3.50: hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $40; wheat, No > red, lie to re;
corn. No. >, sec TO 40c; oats, No. 2, 21c
choice creamery. 24c to 25c; eggs, fresh,
2Ic to 23c: potatoes. 40c TO Acc per
bushei.
Indiauapolis-Ca shipping, $500 10
$3.50; hogs, choice light, S4.o0 70 $3.50;
sheep, common TO prime. s2.oo to S3.T5;
wheat No .. re TO &c.. corn, No.
white. Soc to SEE; oats, No. 2 white,
24c 10 25c.
St I.ouis-Cattle. 1925 TO $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 TO $500;
wheat. No. >. Csc to CSC: corn. No.
yellow, SAC TO Soc; oats, No. =. &c TO
sc. rye. No. ,. 47c to 4sc
CinciRnati-Cattle. $500 10 S4-75; hogs.
$3,oa 20 $492; sheep. $500 TO $500;
wheat, No. ?, Tac 10 T6c; corn, No. ,
mixed, SIC 70 3Se; oats. No. mixed, sc
70 24c; rye. No. >, a3e TO 54c.
nesroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $40; hogs,
$500 te S4T5; sheep, $500 10 $50.
wheat. No. >. 75c to 7}e: corn. No. >
q 26e: rye. ole 70 52c.
Toledo Wheat. No. > mixed. 73c 70
&c; corn, Ne. mixed. 37c 10 Ssc; oats,
No. mixed. &c 70 2oe; rye. No. ?. &c
to Csc; clover seed, prime. S6.00 TO $3.50.
AIilwaukes-Wh heat. No. . northern,
73c 70 74c; corn. No. 3, 3Se TO see; oats,
No. white. CSC TO 26c; rye. No. l, 4Sc
10 Acc; harley, Ne. .. 5Ssc TO 6ocs pork,
mess. 5000 TO S10.45
BGfalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
SS.o0 10 $5.70: hogs. fair 10 prime. $500
70 $500; sheep, fair to choice. $500 10
$4.a5; lambs. common 70 extra. $500 70
$5.l0.
New York-Castie. $50 10 S5.45s hogs.
$500 to $3.50. sheep, $500 70 $500;
wheat. Ne. red. 75c 10 16c: corn. No. 2
44c TO 45e, cats. No. white. &c 20 sc;
butter. creamery. 24c 70 27c; eggs. Esss-
err. PC 70 &c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
THEY BEAT COLUMBUS,
Five Chinese Missionaries Discovered
In, 400 a

|
America in 400 A. d.
Facts have been discovered through
the finding of Chinese records, which
show that the Mongoians discovered
America in the year 400 A. ID. From re-
liable sources it is learned that the sub
stance of The news from Pekin is as fol-
lows:
Nah IVAN Lin, Chinese scholar, in
a recent search among the musty official
records of China, brought forth an ac-
count Of the voyage of Hwui Shan to
'FusaRg" (MeXico), where ne left five
missionaries in the year 499 Hwui
Shan sailed from a port of China a-e1g
the coast to Kamschatka; theEcp AIS lit
tie bark skirted the Aleuti2l Fox ISL
ands, finally reaching Alaska, where he
landed.
Leaving Masks, the Chinese sailed
down the Pac.ic Mexico was finally
reached, where the little expedition OF
FIVE missionaries landed. These mission
aries made themselves felt in the crude
civilization of the natives. AS told in
the dispatches from Pekin, temples were
built and the inhabitants of what is now
Mexico and Lower California were in
itiated isto the ancient faith of the Mon
golian. China at that time was far
ahead of the rest of the world in the
arts and sciences. The FIVE missionaries
undoubtedly instructed the natives in ar
chitecture, the fashioning of instruments
of war and peace, and the art of painting
and decorating.
All these signs remain in the ruins in
Mexico and neighboring sections, describ-
ed in NJ. de Charnay's ancient Cities
of the New World"
The greatest possible interest is attach
ed to this report, because tradition among
the natives of Alaska tells of the appear
ance centuries ago of strange peop,s
coming from a far-off land. The relics
of some progressive race are spread
throughout the region described by De
Charnay. That he landed in Alaska the
records found by Nah TWAIN Lin show,
for the evidence is that Hwui Shan re-
turned from his voyage in safety ard
was able to write of it for the benefit of
his countrymen
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
Tragic mystery of a Fire.

The CHARGED remains of man were
taken from the barber shop of Charles
Ward at West Superior after fire had
destroyed that place 1t was supposed
that the remains were those of Ward, as
he slept in that room. His wife and
friends have tried to identify the body
but have failed. 1t is claimed that the
body is too small to be Wards, and the
head appears to be that of a negro in
stead Of white man. This leads to sus
picion of foul play, but no marks have
been found confirming the suspicious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
W1SC0NsIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Widower Could Not Recover Damages
for Dead Wife's First Husbands Death
Youthful Bank Robber-Farms for
Actual Settlers.

The case of C. W. StaefIier of Menasha
Us. the Menasha Woodeuware Company,
wherein the plaintiff asked $1,000 dam
Gges for the death Of his deceased wife's
first husband by the blowing out Of a plug
in boiler at the defendant company
works, six years ago, was decided in the
Circuit Court at Appleton. Upon compile
ticn of the evidence Judge Goodland took
tho case from the jury and decided a YER
dict for the defendants The case was
begun six years ago, when the plaintiff
first married Mrs. Christian Schmidt,
wife of the man who was killed She
subsequently, died, and Staetiier contin-
ued the case in the name of her son by
her first husband Then the son died,
and Staefier now continues the case as
the heir and beneficiary OF his wife and
stepson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
PosTAL-sERvIcE ESTIMATES.
Congress Will Be Asked for an Appro-
priatiou of SIG1 100000.

Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith has framed estimates to be sub
mitted to Congress and will ask an ag-
gregate of about $121, 100000 as the APP
preparation for the entire service for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1902. This
includes an estimate Of $500, 600 for the
rural free delivery service. By the close
of this fiscal year 4.300 rural free deliv-
cry routes throughout the United States
will have been established and the gen.
eral extension contemplated for next
year will involve about 400 additional
routes The Postmaster General, togeth-
err with other officials, is investigating the
feasibility OF putting the service in OPP
Grafton at every poiG. throughout the
country not reached by the regular free
delivery services in operation in the
nit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
BEeeEp IN VAIN FOR MERCY.

Mrs. Whitehouse, Mr.. Simpson and wife,
and DIR. Miller Wilson sud wife, 1t is
also reported that in and around Tai
yuen over 800 native Christians have
been murdered.
The mission of the American board, at
Tai-Ku, escaped the first intensity of the
general attack upon foreigners, but on
July 81, 800 Boxers attacked the mission
premises. The members of the mission
present were: f. w. Davis, G d. VIII
Hams, Mr.. and Mrs. D. II. Clapp, Miss
Rowena Bird and Miss Susan Partridge.
The three men resisted by going on the
roofs and firing upon the crowd. A few
Boxers were killed, but the ammunition
ran out and the missionaries were all
soon beheaded and their bodies thrown
into the flames Of the burning houses.
Cut to Pieces with Swords.
The heads were all taken TO Taiyuen
and exposed as the others had been. One
hundred native Christians were killed at
the same time. The American mission at
Fenchowfu, fifty miles southwest of Tai
yuen, was one of the last victims. There
both the project and District Magistrate
had been kindly disposed to foreigners.
were: Mr.. and Mrs Atwater and two
children and Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Price
and son. There were also present mem
bers of the Swedish mission, Mr.. and
Mrs. Langren. naturalized American citi-
zens, and Miss Eldred. an English lady.
Up TO Aug. 13 none OF these were mo-
Tested. but the project died and the gov
ernor sent a new man. fully in sympathy
with his worst designs.
This man demanded that the mission
people leave the city. and although Mrs.
Atwater was seriously i'll. they left under
a guard of twenty Chinese soldiers. When
just outside the city a shot was fired.
AT this signal the soldiers rushed upon
the helpless victims and cut them down
with their swords. Their bodies were
stripped and buried in q ditch. The es-
capped messenger returned the second day
to learn the fate of his foreign friends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
GAS TANK EXPLODES.
WOMAN BLOWN FIFTY FEET AND
FATALLY INJURED.
Building Wrecked in Chicago-Care-
lessness in Using a Lamp Causes the
Trouble-Russian Duty Is Hard Blow
for Pacific Coast MiIIers.

A gasoline tank which exploded at 5011
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 viii 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 leak in tie
gasoline tank, and his wife was holding
lamp when the explosion occurred. She
received the full benefit of it. The house
took fire, but the flames We're speedily
extinguished The damage is estimated
at 81 600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
CHARITY Patient pies Rieb.

The fickleness of fortune is strikingly
illustrated in the case os Johann Mueller,
who died two years ago in West Superior
H. w. Diedrich, United States consul OF
Bremen, has written to Chief of Police
Crandall of Duluth on behalf of Mueller'S
heirs in Germany. Mueller, after long
life of hardship and toll, breathed his last
in the charity ward of St. Mary's hos
pital in West Superior, December, 1898,
totally unconscious that the forty acres
of land on the Mesaba range, in which
he had invested the savings of years,
was worth $500
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
] ne cnuMlCltT OF INC IHI!HIkl
be studied from this ANALYSIS:

AS will be seen, many of these immi-
grants were illiterate.. The Irish and the
Firms show the smallest proportion OF
illiterates The higher intelligence Of the
Irish immigrants over the records OF
few years ago is particularly noticeable.
Most Of the immigrants OF this yc.,r We're
very poor, the Germans bringing With
them about $50 each; the Hebrews less
than $40; the Northern Italians, SO; the
Southern Italians, 81; the Slavs, $i2; the
Greeks AMI crJatians, So the Lithuani-
ans, Ss, and the Irish, Poles and Mag
vars $40
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

The Knapp-Stout & Co. Company has
transferred to the Wisconsin Land Com
pany $4,000 acres of land, situated near
Rice lake. along the right of way of the
Omaha road in the hardwood timber belt
of northwestern Wiscon in. The laud
went for $3.50 per acre mud it is one Of
the largest transfers ever recorded in that
part of Wisconsin. The purchasers are
prominent Iowa and Illinois stock rgis-
ers. 1t is the intention of the purchas
ers to apportion the land in small farms
and encourage the location thereon of ac-
tual settlers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
BIG BALANCE or TRADE.
Nearly 100000, 900 in Favor of United
states for Ten Months.

States for Ten Months.
The value Of merchandise imported in~
to the United States in the month OF Dc
tober was sT0,61S,3T1, being $1,6l3,S67
less than those for the same month last
year. The exports were valued at Sl63,
093, 50T, an increase Of S37 1927 070 over
that for October, 1899 and exceeding by
SOS, 936,372 the highest record recorded
in a single month. For the ten mouths
ended Oct. 81 the imports were valued az
$685.. i07 ,269, exceeding by S36,972,6SS
those for the like period last year, and
the exports were valued at S1f94, 49,
2O5. an increase OF $16G,33l,1TS over
those for the same months in 1893, and
establishing a new high-water mark for
that period The balance Of trade in ia
vor OF the United States on the trade
for the ten months was $3.50, G67 ,9S6, or
s129.g3s. 80 greater than in the same
months OF 1899
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

periled by famine. While waiting for the
government to distribute rations, 5000
Pimas on the ella river reservation and
like number of Papagos who roam over
vast dry section of southern ArizonS
are suffering from hunger. The destitu-
ton is the more deplorable because these
Indians, who befriended the white man
when he Invaded their country many
years ago, and for generations have been
self-supporting nations, are reduced ts
pauperism and misery through the acts
of the white settler. Never before IN
the history of the Pima tribe have the
Indians been so destitute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27
Young BANK Robber.

Perhaps one OF the youngest bank rob
bers ef the country operated at Hillsboro
the other day when Ophie Daniels, aged
10 years, entered the Citizens Bank and
stole from the counting tray its entire
contents, amounting to 5000. He imme
diately left for New Lisbon, to which
place he was tracked and brought back
He admitted his guilt and implicated 9TH
er boys in the plot
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-27

The battleship Oregon is TO be brough.
home for extensive repairs as soon as thu
battleship Kentucky reaches the Asiatic
station. The assignment Of the Kentucky
to the far East was due TO knowledge
that the Oregoc's injuries would neces-
state bringing her back TO the Unitee
States for permanent repairs. The Ken
lucky win reach the Asiafic station about
Jan. 20 and the Oregon viii then start
hy the Pacif. ocean route for the Rrem
erton naval station on Puget Sound.