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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
GAGE MAKES REPLY.
TREASURY'S lead ANSWERS IN
QUiRiES OF CONGRESS.
Gives His Reasons for Placing Public
Moneys in Natio-al Banks says He
Simply Followed Law and Custom
Set by His Predecessors.

Secretary Gage on "Wednesday sent to
Congress his replies TO resolutions recent
ly introduced in the Senate by Mr. Allen
of Nebraska, and in the House by Mr..
Sulzer of New York The text of his
reply, which is an exhaustive exposition
of the management of that branch of the
treasury finances under his administra-
ton relating to national bank deposito-
ries, contains about 5000 words, supple
mented by special reports from depart
ment officials relative to special inquiries
in the resolutions, including copies of
over 1000 letters on the subject under
consideration.
The reply seeks to cXonerate the Secre-
tary of the Treasury from every charge
laid at his door, and endeavors 10 show
that he has observed with rigorous fidel-
ity the letter aud spirit of the law in the
handling of public moneys placed under
his direction. The history which he gives
of the treasury practice with regard to
the depositing of public moneys when
the vaults become gmtted. his friends
say, is information that Congress should
have presented TO it every two or three
years.
The Secretary endeavors TO he especial
ly clear in his statement Of every detail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
WOOL FROM LIMESTONE.
The Remarkable Chemical Process o
a Young st. Louisan.


a Young St. Louisan.
f.. C. Hall. young chemist from st
Louis who is with the Union Steel Com
pany at Hagerstown, Ind, is making
wool out of limestone He has labora-
tory near the city limits, the entrance
to which is very jealousy guarded. There
is a strengthening furnace, into when
he feeds by a special mechanical device
the limestone that is found in the neigh
borhood in great quantities. AT the OPP
posite end of the furnace Whlte Wooi-
like substance is blown out The wool
has not the properties which make II de
sirable for weaving, but as noncon-
ductor it has no equal and possesses the
chief quality OF asbestos.
'rhe process is a secret one, but Mr..
Hall tells some things about it. The
stone found in the neighborhood IS of a
necnliar chemical formation when hrst
onarried. and when in that condition
melts readily at certain temperature
While in molten state it is mixed with
q chemical solution. in which powdered
glass is thought to be one of the lngre-
dients. Ut is then subjected to blow
ing process which separates 1t into
threads like finely spun wool 1t mas
sufficient strength, but the nap is not
long enough for weaving.
There is residue in the shape of small
heads of n glasslike substance which Mr..
Hall has thus far been unable TO get out
of the wool. He cannot subject II to the
coInbing process, and is now at work on
a scheme of chemical dissolution which
will run the beads out and at the same
time have refining effect upon the tex
ture of the wool As it stands to-day, IN
It's crude state. it is a wool silica.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
LIFE LOSS OF SPANISH WAR.
Statistical Exhibit of the Government
shows Volunteer Norfafifv


Shows Volunteer Mortality
A pamphlet has been Issued by the
adjutant generals Office in Washington
under the title of Statistical Exhibit
Of Strength of Volunteer Forces Called
into Service During the War with Spain.
with Losses from All Causes" The vol
unteer force consisted of 10.01T officers
and 213,218 enlisted men, a total of
22;3 2235 who We're engaged in the war.
The deaths numbered las officers and
1856 men.
During the war fourteen volunteer of
ficers and four officers of the regular
army holding volunteer commissions We're
killed in action, three died from wounds,
10 from disease and eleven from other
causes, of whom three We're suicides. OF
the enlisted men 100 were killed in action,
IS others died from wounds received and
3,I29 from disease. There We're, fur
Their, 159 deaths of enlisted men from
various causes, 81 of whom died from ac-
cidents, p We're drowned, IL wee sui
cides and 30 were victims of murder or
homicide. Desertions from the ranks
numbered 3.O69.
The total losses in the volunteer forces
were LIS officers, including eight dis
missed, besides designations and dis
charges, and 30,5SS men. including %,
1868 discharged for disability by court
martial and by order.
In the list of officers killed in action,
Kansas and South Dakota lead with 3
each: Nebraska had >, while no other
State had more than one. OF enlisted
men killed in action or dying from
wounds received in action, Nebraska lost
81, Kansas 30 and South Dakota n;
New York lost 10, while 26 of the States
had no losses.
In the total number of enlisted men
who died fror all causes, New York
leads with At, Illinois PSI, Massachu
setts 2T4, Pennsylvania 239, Ohio 30
and Michigan 205. Nevada lost but one
man.
The losses of men from pIrder or hom-
icide were three from Alabama. three
from North Carolina, two each from
Florida, Kentucky, New York and Vir-
ginia, and one each from nine other
States, besides seven among the United
States volunteers. OF the suicides of en-
listed men, three each came from Ala
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
FOR NEW NATIONAL PARK.
Bill for Securing Lands in Chippew

Bill for Securing Lands in Chippewa
Indian Reservation.
Gen. G. G. Andrews has prepared a
bill TO bring about an agreement with
the Chippewa Indians for obtaining GER
tain reservations for the proposed North.
ern Minnesota National Park, at the
headwatcrs of the Mississippi river. Inc
territory proposed to be taken comprises
6ll,J92 acres of land and 21S.4IU acres
OF water-the Cass lake, Chippewa,
Leech lake and Lake Winnebagoshish
reservation. Under ne act of Congress
of Jan. A. 1899. the Indians coded the
reservation to the United States, with
the understanding that the reservation
would be surveyed. that the pine lands
thereon should be estimated and offered
for sale TO the highest bidder in forty
acre tracts and that all othe. lands <ex-
cept such as might be allotted to indi-
viduai Indians. should be regarded as
agricultural lands and sold to actual set
tiers. the proceeds of all sales to be paid
INTO the treasury of the United States
to the credit of the Indians. II the res
ervations shall be perpetually held as a
national park, it is expected that the.
estry principles-that the mature timber
will be cut and sold from time to time.
thereby affording revenue. and that the
forests will remain unimpaired, thus pro-
noting the water supply of the Missis-
sippi river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
WE'RE LOST FOR CENTURIES.
Tribe of Eskimo Recently Found ON
Lonely Island in the Hudson Bay.

Tribe of Eskimo Recently Found on q
Lonely Island in the Hudson Bay.
The strangest anthropological discov-
cry recorded in the last decade in the
nineteenth century has been made on a
lonely island in Hudson Bay and is moth
ing less than the locating of a lost tribe
of Eskimo, which had been without in
tercourse with other representatives, and
whose members never saw a white man
until a few months ago. They are still
in the stone age, knowing no metals; they
grow no plants and their houses are
built of the skulls of whales.
The home of this strange tribe, which
seems to have been cut off in some I'M
known manner from the rest of the
world ever so long ago, is on Southamp-
ton Island-a piece of watergirt terra
firma nearly as big as the State of Maine,
situated at the north end of Hudson Bay.
Apparently the people have dwelt there
ever since pre-Columbian times and to-
day live and subsist in exactly the same
way as they did then. The whale is the
chief means of subsistence of these
strange people, who hunt the mighty
cetacean in skin boats much like those
used by other Eskimo.
The tribe comprises only fltty-eight in
dividuals. about equally divided as to
sexes. SIts members speak a dialect pc
culiar 10 themselves, and quite unlike
that employed by any other Eskimo. Rec
ord of their discovery will soon be made
to the American Museum of Natural His
tory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
aa he Side
I logsfS a.
The News ~

London is on the Thames and the qui
vive.
Portugal has not yet said what she is
going TO do
1t is agreed that the bubonic plague
shall not be annexed.
When it comes TO holding a job gen
tleman named Diaz of Mexico can give
most anybody pointers.
Boston has a Jack the Slasher' with
penchant for destroying fur goods His
career should be cut short
Nequeshong. the son of Sahgonahkato,
is dead. He was not so much man Of
letters as his father, but may he rest
well.
Cecil Rhodes is said to be applying the
Boer prisoners with new clothing. Cecil
is bound to have a following if ii costs
q mint
French dragons have been routed by
strikers and driven out of ST. Etienne.
"Fin de steele" evidently means the same
as it did in 1899.
Mr.. Mccoy says he psf the Hon. Peter
Maher beyond the pale Of glory b1a
corkscrew punch. It's the old story--.a
twist OF the WrlSt-
The agricultural department Is deeply
interested in the raising Of cranberries.
Thanksgiving dinners are bound 70 have
far-reaching effects
The Washington Post says Consul Hay
IS 5ourneying TO South Africa with a live
lord. Ii was hardly TO be expected that
Re would accompany dead one
Kaiser Wilhelm isn't saying II told you
So TO the anti-navyites. bpt he IS pat
ting himself on the back in a friendly
way and preparing 10 have his own way.
4 gentleman named John Wanan1aker
is suspected OK preparation for long.
deep. unconventional laagh. IN which the
Hon. Matthew 5. Quay IS not expected
10 join
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

Plumbers and steam filters have per
fected organizations in Philadelphia.
Berlin women shirtmakers receive orly
80 cents dozen for making fine shirts
The Labor party OF New South Wales
holds the balance Of political forces there.
Philadelphia upholSterers have arrang-
ed uniform wage scale for all the shops
there.
Shirt factories in Delaware report the
busiest season in their history. with a
shortage IN operatives.
Nearly All the glass workers in Rich
mond. Va. have gone into the union
formed i'm that city recently.
Branch Offices of the American League
for Social Service have been opened in
london and Edinburgh.
Returns from American trades unions,
representing 29.577 members, show only
] .06 per cent out OF work Sept. 30.
Proceeds from street fair given BY
the unions of Syracuse. y y. will 20
toward building temple Of labor there.
The last election at Rochester, y. y,
showed a gain OF 30 per cent in the So
ciaiisric Labor vote as compared with
former elections.
Philanthropists 1T Toledo Ohio. viii
build a home Tor workingmen, and have
asked for committees representing yari-
Gus crafts 10 cooperate.
Railway men at birmingham Englana.
have bcgun q struggle Tor the shorten.
Ing 81 the present twelFe-hour dag and
seven days week term Of service.
The progressive typographical union IN
New York Is having tFouble oyer the Is
stance Of a label said 10 resemble close
IL that Of the Allied Printing Trades
Council.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

A court room lin Oak Ridge, a little
tianilet eighteen miles northeast Of Nicks-
burg, Miss, was the scene of a desperate
pistol duel, in which three of the best
known residents of the county were kill
I'D. The dead are A. ID. ROLAND, r. :.
Stephenson and Ohio Austin DIR. James
Anstin, his son Ohio and his son-in-law,
Stephenson, chad been arrested ON an ali
dayit sworn out by ROLAND, charging
them with whipping one of hollands ne
gro tenants. The trial was held in jus
ace Griffin's court. The trial had hardly
opened when the shooting began, but who
6red the first shot is not known. When
The smoke had cleared away Roland,
Stephenson and Ohio Austin We're
stretched on the floor dead, and DIR.
dames Austin and a young son of ROLAND
we're seriously wounded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chcago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 to 500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 10 81. 20; sheep fair to choice, $500
TO $500; wheat, No. red, 64c TO 65c;
corn, No. ,, Soc to sic; oats. No. ?, PIC
10 23c; rye, No. ., 52c to 54c; butter,
choice creamery. 2Sc TO SOC; eggs, fresh,
l9c TO dc; potatoes, choice, Ace to DOC
per bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$6.To; hogs, choice light. $500 to ~. 80;
sheep. common to prime. $500 TO $3.50
wheat, No. ,, Csc to zoe; corn, No
white, soc to 32e: oats. No. = white,
26c to 2Tc
ST. I.ouis-Cattle. S3.25 to s6.I15; hogs,
S3,00 10 $4.15: sheep. $500 TO So.25i
wheat. No. ., zoe TO TIE. corn, No.
yellow, soc TO 32c: oats. No. ,, a4c to
&c; rye, Ma. Ole 10 ,i2c.
Cincinnati-Caftle 81. so to $6,15: hogs.
$500 TO $4.75; sheep. S2.50 to S4-25;
wheat. No. ,, Zoe to tic: corn. No. ,
mixed. :s2c TO :SsSc: oats. No. mixed. 2oc
70 27e: rye. Mo-, dc TO 63e.
Detroit Cattle. $50 10 S6-T5; hogs,
$500 10 $3.50. sheep. $500 10 S4.J0;
wheat. Nc. ,, 69c TO zoe; corn. No. z
yellow. sc 10 ;S3c; oats, No. , white, 26c
TO 2Se: rye. 57e TO 50c. =
Teledo-Wheat. No. , mixed. CSC to
rec: corn, No > mixed. re TO 33c; oats,
No. mixed. 23c 10 23es rye. No. 2, Doc
to 5Tc; clover seed, SID TO S4.S5.
Observation-Disclosures, No. northern.
&c to &c: corn. No. 3. Sic TO Se.; oats.
No. white. 24c 10 26c; rye, No. /, 55e
10 5,ic: barley. No. >. dc TO 46c; pork.
mess. $1,000 TO Sll.O0.
RuEaio-Cattie, good shipping steers.
$500 10 STu0s hogs. common = choice.
S.. 10 Sc 10. sheep. fair TO choice. S5.Ol
10 s. -: lambs. common to extra. $50
70 S6.5o
New Yark-Cattie. 81 n 500. hogs.
$500 10 81 00s sheep. SS-Oo TO SID.
wheat. No. , red. F5c Ia T5c: corn. M. >.
zoe TO ale. pats, No. white. Sic 10 Sic;
butter. creamery, .s5c to Gle: eggs, west
err. 24c 10 &c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
News of Minor Note.

Three men killed John b. Commange,
negro barber OF New Orleans.
TweIve-year old son of Charles Pittin-
ger. Decatur, Ohio. killed himself with
candy.
In Baltimore. Carl Pfefercorn. 80.
killed Katie o'NeilI, b. lie shot him
self, but viii recover.
James Morris fatally shot Amede Do
menge. RayviIle, La
in Dallas. Tex, Charles Miller killed
Walter Meyers, an innocent bystander.
during fight with a negro.
The Croker Estate Company is to
erect a 100000 fre-proof hoiei a. san
Francisco, Cal
wm. Metcalf. Georgetown. Ohio. was
found with his arms and legs frozen.
Amputation necessary
The consumption of cotton per head Of
Germany's population has more than
doubled since 1915.
According 10 Prof Garriott. OF the
Weather Bureau. Chicago IS the windi-
est point in our country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
FEW VICTIMS or PLAGUE.
Rubonic Disease in Hawaii Vigorously
Held in Check.


There have been six deaths from bu-
homie plague in Honolulu. Five Of them
occurred within a period of thirty six
hours. Dec. IL and -. The sixth oc-
eurred Dec. IA. Strict quarantine of the
districts in which the plague appeared
has been established. A house-to-house
cleaning of all the infected districts has
been made. and it is believed that no
more cases will develop, or if they do
that there VIII be no chance Of the dis
ease gaining a foothold or assuming the
nroportions of an epidemic.
OF the SIX victims four were Chinese,
one was a Gilbert islander agi one a
Hawaiian woman The four Chinese and
the Hawaiian woman died in the Asiatic
Quarter Of the city The Gilbert island
or died some distance away in another
onarter. With the outbreak of the plague
complete system of public medical at.
tendance was inaugurated. Every case
Of sickness of whatever nature is report
ed Immediately 10 the board of health
and 4 physician from the board is sent
ia make an examination and make GER
tain that it is not case of plague
II is feared that the bnbonie plague
has reached Manila. and the health au-
thorities are exercising the utmost yigi-
lance TO prevent the spread OF the
scourse. Two suspicious deaths have al
ready occurred.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
MAY YET SAVE THE TEMPLE.


Mrs. Matilda B. Carse and the board of
Temple trustees will have until Jan. ],
1901, in which to make the Woman's
Temple in Chicago a memorial to Fran
ces h. Willard. A check for $1,000 has
been given TO them by Miss Helen Gould
and soon an appeal will be made by Mrs.
Carse in person to ninety-nine other
American women, asking them to con
tribute 81 600 ch. In addition the trus-
tees are arranging for a house-to house
canvass from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The United States will be divided into
districts, and each resident will be asked
to donate a sum of money not less than
10 cents to the Willard memorial fund.
The knowledge that a foreclosure had
been averted or postponed came to the
trustees after days session in the Tenn
pie den" A messenger sent by Mar
shall Field caused an adjournment. Mr..
Field renewed his promise to give the
trustees $4,000 in cash and $4,000 in
stock providing they pay off and cancel
the issue of 100000 Of Temple trust
bonds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

bama and New York and two each from
Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee.
In deaths from disease among enlist
ed men New York had $50 out of about
10000 enlisted, Illinois had pa out of
about $4,000, Massachusetts 265 out of
about $500, Ohio 30 out of less than
1000, Pennsylvania ZIG our of less than
1900 and Michigan 200 out of less than
$500
In desertions from the ranks New York
is charged with 514, or about 21a per
cent, while North Dakota and the Dis
trict of Columbia had none and Utah had
but one. Tennessee had 249 out of a
total of about 5000, about per cent.
One desertion is charged to general of
ficers and staff"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

victim of the terrible disaster which over
came the Highland brigade. They march
ed in quarter column to their doom. Gen.
Wauchope's last words: For Gods sake,
men, do not blame me Tor this will
gladden. the hearts of his numberleso
friends. There was no accord between
Gen. Methuen and Gen. WauchHpe IN
regard to the best methods of attack.
Gen. Methuen's plan prevailed, and the
mistake lost 700 men,"
A private of the Irish Rifles who
fought at Stormberg, in a letter to his
home, says that when Gen. Gatacre saw
the position the guide had led the troops
into he shot the guide dead with his own
revolver
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
GIVES LIFE TO PREVENT WRECK.
Samuel Craig of CarbondaIe Flags a
Train in Fog and Is Killed.

Samuel Craig, of Carbonate, H., was
a brakeman OH an Illinois Central freight
train. The conductor had Instructions
to meet the Dixie flyer at Wilderman
Station 1t was found the train was too
long to take the siding, and Craig was
sent down the track to flag the .flyerr
which was almost due. 1t was in the
gray of dawn, and there was a heavy
fog. As the train erisFcached Craig
stood in the center of the track and
waved bis lantern. The light did not
carry more than few feet through the
fog. The engineer did not see the sig
nal. Craig rushed down the track, still
waving his lantcrIt He was struck by
the engine and ground to death under the
wheels. The train was stopped and a
collision averttd.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
violates Ohio Coercion Law.

Al Toledo, the grand jury reported an
Indictment against Lemont Bateman
manager of the Toledo Tube works. for
violation of the Ohio coercion law. Bate
man discharged AN employee because of
lais afiiliation with bicycle workers
union. The penalty is $500 fine or six
lalpnths' Imprisonment or both
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

Mingo. Ohio, had a ss'UtN hFe.
CHRISTIAN political party : a new one
in Chicago
Consolidated oil company. capital s.
000. 600. has been Incorporated, Trenton.
y. J..
Russia has a standing army Of 1900
600 men.
London's new water supply wiz cost
fI7 1909. 00o-
Only one man in 2o3 is over six feet
in height
The London churches are to have sol
dsers' Sunday
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
PANIC IN A COUNTY pooRHousE.
Gas Explosion Wrecks Building and
Causes Alarm.

A natural gas explosion at the county
poor farm, a few miles south of Peru,
Ind, blew out side and an end wall
of large brick wardroom and other
wise damaged the building. Superinten-
dent Parks and Michael Reilly, plumb
err. who were in the cellar, escaped with
slight burns and injuries. The larger
buildings of the infrmary were also dam
aged, and pandemonium reigned among
the inmates, who were with great diff
Guilty subdued. Gas had been leaking
for several days, and search was being
made for the leak, when the explosion
occurred. Reilly claims that no matches
were used in the search. The damage is
about 81 600
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
coNFEssEs DOING MURDER.
Son of Swedish Farmer Says He StrucI
and Killed His Father.

Son of Swedish Farmer Says He Struck
and Killed His Father.
Two months ago c. NJ. Nelson, a
Swedish farmer living eight miles north
west of Kearney, Neb., disappeared. 1t
was generally believed he had gone TO
Sweden, but Sheriff Funk thought other
wise, and made search of the prem
ises. In the barnyard, some two feet
below the surface, were found an old
hat and a piece of a human skull. Later
Nelson's headless trunk, with one arm
missing, waxHu up. Theodore, one of
Nelson's sonss confessed that he had kill
ed his father by striking him on the head
with pitchfork. He then dragged the
body away and buried it. Nelson was
quarrelsome. it is said, and his son is
thought to have had trouble with him.
The son was arrested
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

shots were fired BY Gabriel Green. man
aged 20 years. Green's sons are bust
ness rivals of Weisner Several weeks
age Green's barn and fourteen horses
We're destroyed by fire the night after
the Greens had won an important law
suit over Weisner. The Greens accused
Weisner Of being responsible for the fire
and Wcisner's death is n result.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
Rnrns ONT a Sister,s Eve.

Mrs Mary Patrick Stanton of Cleve-
land left her two children, a boy of 3
years old and girl, Mary, 3 years old,
alone. They played happily for awhile,
when the boy. spying a poker, seized it.
thrust il into the fire, and when it turned
red hot thrust it into the girls eye, burn
ing out the optic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16
Heavy Loss in Gotham Fire.

The IRE that destroyed the BRICK lac
tory building at 33S to 342 East Fifty
ninth street, New York, caused 100000
damage. The building was owned by
Bloomingdale Brothers and used in part
by them as storage warehouse and they
are the chief losers. 1t was occupied also
by Franklin NJ. Wise, manufacturer of
aluminium goods; $. Levy 4 Co., cigars
and Brown & Smithson, plasterers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

The Southern Presbyterian Board of
Missions in Nashville has received letters
from Rev. l.. G. Vass and Rev. II. T..
Hawkins, missionaries of the church sta
toned at Luebo, Congo Free State, At
RIGA, giving accounts of the burning of
fourteen villages and the killing of nine
ty or more natives by State troops. They
report that some of the victims were
eaten bv caunibals
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-01-16

The Toronto Presbyterian foreign mis-
sion Office has received letter from its
mission in Honon, China, bearing negTs
OF complete failure of crops throughout
that region Famine confronts the ma
tipes, who are greatly excited, blaming
he missionaries for their miSfortuneS.