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BIGAMY.
Frank Smith Arrested Wednesday on
Charge of Bigamy.-Bound Over.
to the Circuit Court.

Frank Smith, giving Rochester, Ohm
stead county, Mimi, as his home, and
who was married to one Martha Kum-
crow, in this city on January 20, 1900,
was arrested by Undersheriff Jerry
Bradley on Wednesday on warrant
issued by Judge Miller on complaint of
one Vida Smith, claiming to be his legal
wife. At the time of the arrest the de-
tendant was working at Desserts saw
mill in Mosinee, and when the warrant
was read to him he appeared to - con-
siderably surprised. 1t reads as fol-
lows: Vida Smith, being duly sworn,
deposes and says, that she resides in
the town of Amigo, Langlade county,
Wisconsin. That one Montroe Smith,
on the 22d day of August, A. d. 1898, in
the city of Waukesha, Waukesha coun-
ty, Wis, did marry the complainant,
then Vida Sheppard and her, the said
Vida Sheppard, did then and there have
for his wife and that the said Montroe
Smith being so married afterwards, on
the Goth day of January, A. d. 1900, at
the city of Wausau, Marathon county,
Wis, did marry and take as his wife
one Martha Kumerow, and to her the
said Montroe Smith was then and there
married, tue complainant being then
and there in full life, against the peace
and dignity of the State of Wisconsin. "
Smith says his correct and full name
is Frank Montroe Smith, that at some
places is known as "Montroe" Smith
and at others as Frank Smith, which
accounts for the change in names
On Thursday afternoon the defend
ant was arraigned before Judge Miller.
He waived examination and was bound
over to circuit court in the sum of $500
bonds, which was furnished
Smith was married to Vida SHEPPARD
in Waukesha on August %, 1898, the
latter now being the plaintiff in this
action. They lived together about five
months and then separated. after which
his first wife began divorce proceedings
in Waukesha county court, and accord
ingly summons was served on the de-
fendant to appear and defend the action
or judgment would be rendered against
him. Smith, however, wanted his wife
to get the divorce, and thought if he did
not appear in court to defend the action
the marriage contract would be nulled.
Under this mistake he has been labor
ing until arrested, when he saw that he
had been too careless and too hasty in
marrying again.
Mrs. Smith, wife No. l, had been re-
siding at Amigo for some time past,
and it was through the WAUsAU PILoT
that his marriage came to her knowl-
edge. Upon reading the item announc-
ing the marriage Of one Frank Smith in
this city, she Immediately concluded
that it was her husband and decided to
investigate the matter. She came to
the city few days ago and found that
the Frank Smith was the same Montroe
Smith whom she married.
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Schueters, the Wadleighs and the
Weeks, the Wrights and others were
the energy, the progress, the corner
stone of the Wisconsin valley. They
dominated its future, but in turn they
were dominated by king, King Pine.
1t was their capital, their stock in
trade, their legal tender, their God.
Seven days in the week they labored
in one of the greatest money making
strifes Wisconsin history treats of.
They came without dollar, but they
made millions in pine, gave little at
tention to development, their whole
being was wrought up in pine timber,
pine lands and pine lumber. Cities
grew under their very noses, but they
knew not how, in short they gave
public matters little attention beyond
liberal contributions TO public insti-
tutions. Their hamlets grew to munic-
ipalities, but it was like pulling teeth
to get one of them to accept an office
in the city government. The offices
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A king has been dethroned
Not drop of blood has been shed or
a shot fired.
Peacefully quietly, unostentatiously
the king was yanked from his throne
and new idol installed for worship
for another half century at least.
Neither lyddite guns or rapid fire
batteries were brought into play in the
battle that was waged in the Wiscon-
sin valley for more than a half CEN
tury. But in the dethronement of its
king revolution has been wrought.
History of the crusade and conquest
Is interesting.
Pine has been king here for half
century, it has reigned imperious and
unchecked in its march until this
valley points to millionaires by the
score. In the early days the Stewarts,
the Alexanders, the Desserts, the Me-
Indoes, the Berons, the Kelleys, John
g. Clarke, the Scholfields and Good
hues, the Plumers, the SCOTS, the
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went begging. School boards were
picked from men who had little to dc
and lots of time to do it in. But the
cities grew, all around was growth and
pine was king. "The king is dead
Long live the king w
The Hamlets of Merrill and Wausau.
Time was but a few years ago when
Wausau was hamlet, q little more
dignified than lumber camp in an.
pearance. Merrill likewise. Both
towns took on rapid growth after
the railroads pierced the valley and
made them markets and great lumber
distributing centers. Even the rail-
roads worshipped at the shrine of King
Pine. But all that is history.
About twelve years ago there tried
to break into Wausau a Wolverine
named Bradley. But SVausau turned
him down, or else he turned Wausau
down Wausau had money to burn,
didh't want TO grow, her own capital
lists knew a thing or two and perhaps
they feared w. I'll. Bradley. At any
rate he went north forty-five miles
aud picked out dead and, down pine
log around which to build city.
Bradley Whitfield.
Bradley was used to saving wood
before he came to Wisconsin, he had
lived in an atmosphere of pine needles
and tramped on pine cones over in
Michigan. He had never had much
time to whittle, but now that he found
himself surrounded by towering pines,
with naught to break the mOnotony OF
life and leisure but the sougbing of the
breezes and the grooming of the winds,
he whitfield. One day he took E. A.
Foster of Wausau up to see his favorite
log. The twain camped on it, Bradley
whitfield, Foster smoked, all at once
Bradley broke out with, "Say, Foster,
| believe I'll build town up here,
right here would be mighty good
place to build a first-class hotel, just as
good one as there is in the state, do
you want to go in with me and build a
town?
81 beg" replied Foster
Don't want any of it?' queried
Bradley.
"Noap.o
"Then will build it myself, and,
young man, this town will have a
Mayor and Board of Aldermen in four
years.
'sWhat town?' queried Foster.
"The city of Tomahawk.n This was
Mr. Bradley's answer and in four
years the city of Tomahawk was in
corporated.
And Tomahawk was Born.
The rest is history again. But what
flood of bright memories, recount
ing of those earlier scenes in the de-
velopment of pine woods into city,
and forest covered earth into an
agricultural paradise, must revive in
the mind of William III. Bradley
Where that identical pine log lay now
stands Hotel Mitchell, a first class,
modern structure, with cuisine noted
far and near, and around it is clustered
the prosperous city of Tomahawk,
with its 1900 souls and pretty farms
outlying the municipal lines. When
Foster goes to Tomahawk now he
heaves sigh and casts longing glances
at the Hotel Mitchell, but the log is
gone.
There are others who sigh to get to
Hotel Mitchell, but the wonder is how
a $50, 900 hotel can pay sway up in
Northern Wisconsin," A travelling
man recently said within the hearing
of Mr.. Bradley, "Does this hotel pay ?"
Bradley stepped up to the inquisi-
tive drummer and replied, "Young
man, if you have any bills against this
house present them at the office and
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the facts as they had never been placed
to public view before, The population
of the valley was shown to be double
and triple what many Of its best posted
men had supposed. The spirit of pro-
gress spread from one town to another,
from individual to individual, until now
from Eagle River to Port Edwards,
you say anything against the Wisconsin
valley in the presence OF one OF her cit
izens and you catch tartar. AS they
say In the vernacular of the day ''you
are up against it," Every obstacle that
has been suggested by that class of peo-
Pile known as croakers and kickers has
been surmounted and the way made
plain for prosperity to continue its
march through the entire stretch of
country traversed by the Wisconsin
river.
The Granite Resources.
Between the cities of Wausau and
Merrill, on either side of the Wisconsin
River, lie mountains of granite which
are shown to be of the finest quality for
building and art purposes. While these
have been undergoing development in
a very small way for the past few years,
the probabilities point to granite as a
corner stone of one of the valleys most
prolific resources in the near future.
Lying between the two most prominent
mountains of granite is water fall III
the Wisconsin river that viii ~develope
power for the mining, manufacturing
and transportation of a hundred car
loads of polished stone a day, and there
is market for every dollar of the output
no farther away than Milwaukee and
Chicago. Wisconsin granite already
holds high favor in the building world
and none stands higher than the Mara
thon County red product.
quanzfts.
On the sundown side Of Wausau,
about two miles from the city limits is
historical Rib Hill, 3 mammoth forIna-
tiQn, q SOFT of reminder of the prehis
toriG glacier period. No man knoweth
the wealth that abounds this historic
mound. All sorts of ruuors have been
laid at its base and crest. At two points
it has been tapped, so to speak, and
from its sides are taken quartzite, a var
iety of rock, the grit of which is super
ior TO anything heretofore discovered
on earth Two snail stone cruSheTS
are at work grinding and pulyeri&ing
it and shipping il 70 Ettsburg 10 be
made into sand paper. There is quartz
ite enough in Rib Hill to make sand pa
per to supply the world, and holyst0ne
and decks of ali the warShips. of the
navies afioat. Here the ruling passion
strong in death" crops out. the qnartzlte
manufactures don't advertise, not one
In ten of Wausan's people know of the
product, Pittsburg takes the entire out
put, but when the facts are known.
showing the inexhaustible quarjes of
quartzite there is in that hill, there win
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-06

What are blakheads9 Nothing more
than dirt, which gathers and accumu-
lates in the pores of the skin The only
way to get rid of these unsightly pests
is to scrub the face thoroughly at night
with pure medicinal soap, afterwards
applying good cold cream. Coles
Carboiisoap is the soap to use. Sold by
all druggists.
A very interesting game of basket
ball between the Wausau and Stevens
Point high school teams for the cham
pionship of the Wisconsin River Valley
was played in the high school gymna-
SUM on Friday evening and which re-
suited in favor of Stevens Point by a
score of 23-11.
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Ticket for the Liederkranz cash prize
mask ball are for sale at Gus Naffz' Oss-
wald's east and west side stores, Alber's
east aud west side stores and B. Rlebe's
barber shop.
Cab on Thos. Delaney if you have
anything in the line of plumbing or gas
fitting All work viii be promptly at
tended to. IT,
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see if this hotel pays,n and turned on
his heel and left the drummer staring.
"Who was that man 9'i asked he
after he pulled himself together.
"That was William III. Bradley, the
owner of this hotel, promoter, and you
might say, the owner Of greater por-
ton of the city of Tomahawk and two
or three of its railroads, together with
one of the biggest lumber maHufactur-
ing concerns in Wisconsin," replied
an admirer of Mr.. Bradley.
"Geewhillikins ~
Grew Because They Couldn't Hele II.
It is 6oubtless true OF all the
cities alcdg the line OF the Wisconsin
valley save Tomahawk, that they have
grown to prominence and prosperity be-
cause they couldn't help it, and in near
lv, every instance their sole resource
has been pine. Until few years ago
the city of Wausau, with population
of l4.0G0, had sawmills galore, but no
other manufacturing industries to speak
Of. Then came the box factories, the
great Curtis & Yale plant, from which
have grown auxiliary institutions in
Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Clinton and
Sioux City, Iowa, and Lincoln, Neb.,
and other like institutions in the maEa-
facture of hard wood,
These factories forced the growth OF
the cities, Merrill, seventeen miles TO
the north, almost keeping pace with
Wausau, and having now population
of close to 10000. Public buildings of
an expensive character for schools, mu-
nicipal and county governmentfollowed
each other in rapid succession. Farm
lands were developed until in the year
OF our Lord 1899, it was discovered that
in the valley of the pines of less than
half century ago were congregatsd
l35. 200 people, &C, 600 of whom were III
the cities between Centralla and Eagle
River. In July The WausaG Daily
Record published tabulated statement
of the public and private improvements
then going on sboWing that there veEa
heing expended in thai city over so62.-
600 IN the march OF progress Later,
in December, The Central Wisconsin,
another newspaper, went over the
grounds and found sS03, 900 had been
expended in the city of Wausau during
the year of 1899. Tsese figures awak-
ened wide interest and when other
towns began to shake themselves up. il
was discoyered that prosperity was ggr
/ ing ut a rapid pace all along the line
Then came the Wisconsin, Valley Ao-
vancement association.
To develop the Wisconsin, valley.
To bring before the world OF manu-
facture and commerce It's gigantic wa
| ter powers, its wonderful hardwood re
sources, its stone and granite quarrie:
and kaolin deposits, and the excellent
advantages i. offers for agriculture and
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CITY COUNCIL.

The regular monthly meeting of the
city council was held last evening, all
members present except Boehm, Sell
and Steltz.
The first order of business was the
petition of Geo. Sexton asking for a
saloon license, which was granted.
The members of Emanuel church pre-
scented petition asking that they be
allowed the sewer tax on the church.
Referred to committee.
The monthly report of the chief of
police was read, which showed that dur
ing the month of November there had
been incarcerated in the city lookup
thirty-nine persons on the following
charges: For vagrancy, ID; intoxica-
ton, s; larceny, 1; insane, 4; two wers
arrested on warrants, while IA were
given free lodgings. Ten were given
one hour in which to leave the city;
two were given ten days in Jail; one
fifteen days in Jail, one thirty days in
jail; with two sentence was suspended,
one was discharged; one taken TO State
Hospital; one turned over to sheriff at
Oshkosh; one bound over to circuit
court; five paid fines amounting to
$500. The city treasurer's report
showed that for the past month the re-
ceipts have been from all sources S57,-
39S.4S; overdrawn $3,65684 while the
disbursements have been So, 05532. In
the school fund there is balance of
10000 on hand.
A number of petitions were present
ed asking for arc lights at various
street corners of the city, which were
referred to the committee on lighting.
Reports of assessors on sewers recently
constructed were read and accepted
and assessment confirmed. To M. G.
Bells & Co. was granted an extention
of time in which to complete the work
of finishing up the Grand Ave. macad
amizing, June 1st, 1901, being the limit
of time granted all bills against city
were then allowed with the exception
of one by John Renshaw for SO for
work on the Board of Registration.
Moved that Board of Health make
repairs on the pest house. Carried.
The council then adjourned.
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Mamsa1a gilnt.
TUESDAY, DEC. 4, 1900.
No. 1, VI.

With this number the Pilot COM
mances upon the Both year of its
existence. In December, 1865, the
''VJGcONsIN RIVER PILOT" was es-
tablished by Valentine Ringle, and
nineteen years later it came into
the possession of the present owner.
There has never been an issue
missed, and rain or shine it has
reached the homes of its subscribers
every week. We do not claim it to
be the best weekly paper in the
world, or in the state, or even the
best in the city of Wausau, but
just a clean family paper, giving
all the news and in such shape that
even the most particular minister
of the gospel could read it without
a desire to cast it into the flames.
The highest ambition of its editor
is to make it a good, clean family
journal. We hope for continu-
ance of the support of all good citi-
zens, and the better the support,
the better will become the PILOT.
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TWICE EACH MONTH.

The Northern Pacific Railway runs
home seekers excursions. These ex-
cursions are run on the first and third
Tuesdays of the month Tickets are
sold from eastern terminals to points
on the main line and branches west of
Atkins and Little Falls, Mimi, in near
ly all cases, at ope fare plus $500 for
round trip.
Time is given for intending settlers
and homeseekers to stop mt various
places and examine the conditions pre-
vailing, prices of land, etc with view
of purchasing homes at most desirable
points.
The northwest is the coming country.
Good land is becoming scarce and these
excursions offer opportunities for young
people especially, to procure homes in
the finest PORTIONS of the northwest. in
most cases reached only by the North
ern Pacific.
For more detailed information re-
garding the scope aud conditions sur
rounding these excursions, valuable
literature about the country, etc, ca 1
Gu or write to G c. Mordough, 36l
Broadway, Milwaukee, or Chas. S. Fee,
Gen. Pass. Agent, ST. Paul, Mimi. For
six cents MIR. Fee will send Wonderland
1900, the finest illustrated descriptive
book published.
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HUI NAME REPORT.

Wausau, Wis, Dec. LIST, 1900.
Humane Agents Report for Novem-
Der and December
Thirty cases reported and investiga-
ted
Wife whipping, four; one prosecu ton.
Neglected invalid wife, one.
Abandoded children, two
Horses overloaded and with sore
shoulders, two.
Cruel beating of horse, one.
Children without support, three.
Boy being slowly starved by step
mother, one.
Girls aged 10 and IL, abandoned by
their mother and exposed to crime, two.
Farmers compelled to unite calves in
wagons while being brought to market,
four
Farmers advised to weave ropes
across the tops of racks to keep cattle
faom jumping out of crates or racks in
stead of tying their heads down TO front
feet, six.
Boys smoking cigarettes, two.
Merchants found selling cigarettes,
two.
Complaints of cruelty to swill dogs
and inhumanity to the boys who drive
the dogs are numberless, but we hope
that with the cooperation of the School
Board aud the Board of Health, to have
the nuisance of swill gathering by boys
and dogs abated very soon.
MARY NJ Dickens,
Agent of Wis. Humane Society.
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WASHINGTON TIMBER

leads the world in size. Fir, spruce,
hemlock and cedar grows in enormous
quantity and to tremendous proper
portions There are more than 100, 900,
100000 feet Of it in the state. Single
trees have supplied over 60, 900 feet OF
clear lumber and single cedar trees
have supplied over 10000 shingles Red
fir trees will run to $50 feet or more in
height; cedars have been found q feet
in diameter and 100 feet high. Logs
have been sawed that were 11j feet
long.
The large timbers and cedar shingles
now generally used are largely shipped
from the North Pacific coast In Janu-
airy and February 1900 more than 1900
cars Of lumber were shipped by the
railway from Western Washington
The large lumbermen of she east are
buying up the remaining timber lands
in this region.
The great and increasing Importance
OF this lumber and shingle trade causes
steady demand for good Iaborers.
The winters being moist rather than
cold, render il unnecessary TO close at
that season. 1t is not an expensive
country to live in and one can earn fair
wages and be certain Of quite steady
employment.
As the cumberland is cleared it is
gradually brought under cultivation,
suitable for either fruit or general farm
ing.
FOR rates, etc, inquire Ct G. G. Nor
dough, 36l broadway, Milwaukee, or
address Chas y Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent,
Northern Pacific BY, 81 Paul, Minn.
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BUTCHER KITCHENER has now free
hand in South Africa and his pro-
nunciamento on assuming the COM
mand shows that his love of human
butchery has not abated since he
massacred thousands of women and
children at Omdarman. Spain pro-
duced Alva and Weyler England
produced Cromwell Peterborough
and Kitchner. The counterparts
of these human monsters, Spanish
and English have never been pro-
duced by any other civilized nation,
as organizers and directors of pre-
meditated and widespread massacre
of women and children.
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SCARCELY had the excitement at
tending the presidential election
died away than demands were
heard from certain quarters for a
reorganization of the democracy,
the assumption being that not only
new platform but new leaders
were required. In almost every in
stance the demand came from men
who notariously bolted in 1896 and
again in 1900. The notion that de-
Serters who did their best to pro-
mote the triumph of the republican
nominee viii not only be welcomed
back into the democratic fold but
be forthwith restored to posts of
of honor and authority is on the
face of it preposterous. Those who
put forward this idea seem to over
look the fact that the voters, some
seven millions in number, who sup
ported the candidates named At
Kansas City have already an or
ganization of their own into which
no outsiders can bv admitted for
four years to come. We refer to
the democratic national committee,
which win continue in Office until it
shall be replaced by the democratic
national convention which convenes
Ia 1904. Golfers Weekly.