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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
MAKES IDLE HUSBANDS.
Why Married Women Are Not Wanted
in Postoffces.

IN FOstofhCeS.
Postoffice officials in Washington were
not surprised to hear that Postmaster
McGinnis of Indianapolis had asked for
the resignation of a woman clerk, named
Mrs. John j. Williams, on the ground
that she had taken ON the coGjugal yoke
while in Uncle Sans service. The au-
thorities say that, while the Williams
case may appear to be a new and strik-
ingly original one, the rule applicable
to it was generally advertised last spring
when il first went into effect.
The rule, plain and simple. is that any
unmarried woman who is employed in
the United States mail service i'll any ca
pacity must expect to forego the pleasure
of such honest toll when she assumes the
responsibilities of matrimony. In other
words, Uncle Sam will not encourage the
pretty girls who work in his postoffice to
desert the single state. A high official
said: There were many reasons for max
ing this rule, some of which one can
guess without straining his mental acu-
men. We want our women to marry
men who are able to support them, and
if this rule did nothing else than to give
to the American woman that which is
her inalienable right, we might declare
that it was well and wisely conceived.
The public, however, does not favor the
idea of married woman tending to post
office duties while her husband loiters on
a corner and talks politics."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
Told in a Few Lines.

The Prchibitionists' special train, now
touring the country, costs the party 500
day for forty days.
Hay in many thousands Of tons has
been ruined in the vicinity Of Miller. 5.
D.. by long-eontinueG rains.
Benjamin Cross, an insane man, set
FIRE TO his frame house at St. Johnsbury,
Vt. and was burned TO death in il.
Six Catholics we're communicated at
North BrookheId. Mass. for attending
mass said by a priest claimed not to be
in good standing.
4 new electric motor for automobiles
has been devised which restores energy
to the storage battery when the vehicle
IS running Down hill!
Dallas, Texas. has foated loan Of
$4,000 at 4 per cent interest. the low
ct rate ever obtained by any Southern
city OF the second class.
Raising sunhowers is a paying enter
prise IN Russia. The seeds are sailed
ard regarded a fascinating edible At
street crossings ia an the provinces ~
Russia there are stands where pes!dlers
with biz baskets sell the sailed product
Of the big sunHower. A good crop Of
sunaowers, as It stands in the field, :
worth SO an scTe-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
Brief News Items.

Alice Orr. IA, Chicago, was killed by
train.
French wine will be cheap owing to the
great grape crop.
Fred Berry, Pittsburg. Me-, killed a
moose in his own dooryard.
Twenty natives were drowned and
thousands made homeless in the floods in
India.
1t was estimated that 10000 troops
would winter III Pekin, the German force
being the largest.
BY vote Of 80 to / the st. Louis
Mo- Presbytery has decided against any
revision of the creed.
Two children of George Sharp, Point
Pleasant. W. Va, started a FIRE with
kerosene. Both dead
Morris c. Curtis, Berea, Ohio. once
wealthy, was stabbed to death at a dance
by an unknown person.
Ed Gwiley, insane negro, Algiers. La,
cut his roommnte's throat. A crowd pur-
sued him and heat him to death.
Francois S. jones. secretary Of the
United States legation at Buenos Ayres,
was drowned at Charlottesville, Va.
Seventy-two new coal mines have been
opened in Prussia this year. increasing
the output for 1900 by 100000 tons.
Boxers are pillaging the provinces Of
Shan-tung and Chill and are said to have
secured more than 100000 taels in recent
raids.
Capt. Liddle Of the British steamer
Bleddyn. has located a submarine vol
cano at the edge Of Campeche bank. gulf
OF Mexico.
Twenty-Five men Of Battery o. First
Artillery. and three men Of the hospital
corps we're lost IN the Galveston disaster
In a wreck at Point Richmond Can.
Fireman p. :. Adams was killed Engi-
neer Flynn and E. X Mnleally severely
injured
Harry Weller. Putnam. Ohio. shot
Homer Goodhart n the home 81 Miss
Minnie Davis, to whom Gesahart is en-
gagged. Al prominent
JohR " Mackay. president Of the
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
denies lhe statement that his company is
to enter a trust with the Bel Telephone
and Western Union Companies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
NEW PERIL IN CHINA.
Washington Officials Fear Uprising in
Yangtse Provinces

1anGtse Provinces.
Washington officials profess to be very
much concerned over the critical condi-
ton of affairs in Southern China. They
viii noe admit directly that they have adj
vices confirming the press reports that an
outbreak is imminent, but indicate thas
they have no reasGr to doubt that such is
the case.
One of the most prominent of them
said that unless the international situA-
ton assumed a more definite shape it
would hardly be possible to prevent an
uprising in the Yangtse provinces. He
said that the viceroys of these provinces
had succeeded against remarkable odds
in holding the unruly element ia check.
but they could not do this much longer.
In his opinion the initiation of peace ne
gotiations was the easiest and surest way
Of stopping the agitation, for as long as
the general Chinese question remained IN
settled the empire would be perturbed.
The government is working zealously
to bring about a settlement of the recent
troubles, but practically no progress has
been made. The severe winter of North
ern China begins about Nov. /, and if no
arrangement between the powers TO eff
feet an amicable understanding is made
before then, the present uncertain eondi-
tons must continue until spring, as dur
ing the winter Pekin Will be almost en-
tlrely cut off from communication with
the outside world.
Minister Conger, as his kilograms to
the State Department show, is not salts
he'd with the action taken by the En-
peror kwang Hsu to placate the powers
He has indicated plainly to the depart
ment that the list of those Chinese named
for trial on account Of their participation
In the Boxer troubles is not nearly COM
plete, and this and other adviceS from
him lead to the belief that he and his
diplomatic colleagues in Pekin doubt the
good faith of the Imperial government in
its dealings with the civilized nations.
That Mr.. Conger and the other foreign
representatives in the Chinese capital are
in favor of the adoption of severe punt
tive measures has been demonstrated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
COAL STRIKE is OVER.
OPERATORS ACCEDE TO THE DE-
MANDS OF MINERS.
Conference of Operators at Philadelphia
Arrives at an Agreement Will Abol-
ish sliding Scale of Wages and Give
an Increase of Ten Per Cent.

The conference between the individual
coal operators and the representatives of
the big coal-carryinG companies with a
view to bring about the termination of
the anthracite coal strike was held in
the private Office of President Harris of
the Reading Railway Company at Phila-
delphia. The meeting was secret. The
conference resulted in an agreement to
accede to the demands made by the mine
workers convention.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company at once issued the follow
ing statement:
1T hereby withdraws the notice
posted Oct. 5, 1900, and. to bring
about practical uniformity in the
advance of wages in the several
coal regions. gives notice that it
win suspend the operation of the
sliding scale, will pay 10 per cent
advance on September wages till
April 1, 1901. and thereafter until
further notice: and will take UP
with its mine employees any griev-
ances which they may have.
The Lehigh Valley company, in whose
region the sliding scale is also in opera
ton, announced that it would adopt the
same course rs authorized in the state
ment issued by the Reading company.
This applies to the Schhylkill region,
which is operated by the Lehigh COM
pany. This meets all the demands Of
the strikers aud means the immediate
ending of the strike.
The announcement of the action of the
conferees at Philadelphia was received
at Hazleton, Pa, with demonstrations of
JOY. as all believe it means speedy re
turn TO work at better wages.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
AN EPIDEMIC OF POISONING.
Mysterious MaIady Which Is PuzzlinE.
Chicago Physicians.

Chicago Physicians.
The general population Of Chicago ~
worrying and the physicians are puz-
cling themselves over a peculiar malady
that has just begun TO make itself mani
fest about the city. A few days since
doctors began to be visited by patients
with mysterious eruptions on their chins
and necks AT first the doctors were un-
able to account for the peculiar sores
except on the ground that they were the
result of bites made by flies or mosqui-
toes that had been feeding on poisonous
refuse This theory was tenable, how
ever, only when the patients were few
in number. As the cases increased rap
idly and the affiiction assumed the form
of an epidemic the physicians began tor
consider the possibility of a visitation
from a swarm Of singing animalculae.
The trouble commences with a slight
sting on the chin or jaw or neck The
result Of the sting is a rapid iniiamma'
ton and swelling and then becomes
quite painful The eruption spreads
quickly. and then browning.red scab
covers It. After the sting there is
burning sensation in the sore. In a day
or two the spots spread rapidly, and af-
ter that lapse Of time there are from
eight TO twenty spread over the face and
neck. The treatment the physicians have
followed has been a liberal use OF antisep-
tics i'm order 10 kill off the parasite, but
with the most powerful antiseptic il has
required weeks treatment to have Any
effect upon the sores. About the sixth
or seventh day there are signs that the
parastical growth has been checked and
the parasites killed. But every day a
fresh outbreak occurs OF another portion
OF the face. and it cannot be told yet how
long time it will require before all the
sores can be gotten of.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23

There is a conspiracy, with headquar-
tiers in Chicago and Detroit, to burn
buildings throughout the country. his
is the sensational charge made by Attor-
neys Campbell, Bates, Clendening and
Myers of Cincinnati The details can
not at present be given out, but it IS sand
that evidence Of a most startling nature
is in the hands Of the attorneys 1t IS
ready to be sprung in a case which viii
come to trial in the near future, so 1t Is
expected. Insurance companies have been
heavy losers. and Cincinnati agencies are
interested financially in the outcome Of
the. case. The testimony will be sensa-
tional in the extreme, and in one suit
alone the allegations, if proved. may cost
the insurers $1,000. The plans of the
conspirators, as alleged, are simplicity
itself. 1t all depends on getting heavy
insurance on property. They go to
certain city and select a house for pur-
chase. They pay for it and then wait
till they get tenant. This is the first
step. The next is to prepare plans. and
some night when everyone is away TO IRE
the building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to S5.T5; hogs. shipping g. AIDES,
$500 TO S5.15; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.25; wheat, No. red, zoe to I6c;
corn. No. ,, 40c to 41c; oats. No. ,, zoe
TO 21c; rye, No. ,, SOC to sic: butter,
choice creamery, Zoe to dc; eggs. fresh.
lac TO lie; potatoes, &c to sc per
bushel.
rndianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 TO
$500; hogs, choice light, $500 TO S5.15;
sheep, common TO prime. $500 TO 1913;
wheat, No. >, 13c TO 14c: corn, No. ,
white, Ale 10 42e; oats, No, : white,
23c to 24e.
ST. Louis-Cattle. 1915 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 TO $500; sheep, $500 TO S4.lo;
wheat, No. >. tie to re; cern. No. ,
yellow. sac to 3Sc; osts. No. >. 2le to
&c; rye. No. >. a2c TO 53e.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $s,.25: hogs,
$500 10 $500; sheep, $500 to $50,
wheat No. >. re to 7Sc; corn, No. >
mixed. Ale 10 42e: oats, No mixed, 23e
to 24c: rye. No. >. 5Se to see.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 10 $500: sheep $500 TO $500;
wheat. No. :, zoe 10 &c: corn, No.
to 26c: rye. 52e 10 a5c
ToledO-Wheat. No. > mixed 13c 10
76e; corn. No. mixed. sac TO 3Se; oats,
No. mixed. 21e TO pc; rye. No >. 52e
TO 53c; clover seed. prime. $500 to 500.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. northern.
T6e 10 TTc; corn, No. ,, zoe TO ale: oats.
No. > white. 24e TO 2.5e. rye. VA /, 55c
10 54e: barley. No. :. 57c 10 5Se. pork.
mess. $500 70 $1,000.
Buffalo Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to $50; hoes. fair 10 pFiulr S,st1
80 sos; sheep. fair to choice. Ss.tsl 10
415; lambs. common 10 extra. St.a0 70
$500.
New York-Castle. SIS 10 $3.50. hogs.
$500 to Ss.60s sheep. $500 10 $3.50:
wheat. Ne. = rcd. 7oe TO &c. corn. No. =,
sic TO lie; oais. Ne. white. &c 10 &c:
butter. creamery. Zoe 10 &c. eSgss west
era, l9c to 2ic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
>Qll9 &NDS
or
SpS@SRT

Baseball has never seen Jimmy Bar
rett's equal as a thrower" says Man
ager Allen Of the Cincinnatis.
Corbett has returned from Europe,
made up with his wife and vows that he
viii make ii hot for these who were re-
sponsible for causing the UNPLEASANT mo-
toriety into which he has been dragged
of late.
Creseeus Is certainly a wonder He
made a new worlds record for trotting
stations on Glenyille track at Cleveland,
Ohio. going the mile in 204, beating his
own previous record by three-quarters OF
a second.
Tod Sloane. the famous young Ameri
can jockey. has been engaged by the
Prince Of Wales 10 ride his horses next
year This is an acknowledgment OF the
superiority Of American riders in Eng
land and 1t Is probable that many oth4'r
horse owners will follow the princes lead.
II Is whispered around in pugilistic
circles that Kansas City is making Up
its mind 10 receive the lighters with open
arms. ard in consequence there is much
JOY. The city is said to be fight crazy,
and in the intervals that the game has
been allowed the gate receipts compare
fayorably with Chicago and other impor-
tant pngilistic centers.
The rowdyism which disgFaced the
closing days of the league race recalls
the following story: Pat Tebeaa always
encouraged his men 70 get after the um-
pire. and this once got Chief thinner
into trouble thinner, who Is now 2resi-
dent IT the Bah Players Euiou. IS big.
go0d-hearted. quiet fellow, bat PAT kept
NJ him 20 make a kick until oae dhiy At
Cleveland thinner took run ut Tim
Hurst bowling 4 protest as be came.
Hurst braced himself and, when thinner
got close enough, be ent loose ard kicked
the chief On the shins as hard as be could.
thinner stopped in astaBishraent and
Hurst said: II you don't like It, give i
back 70 Fat"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
BUTLER STEALS cAsKET OF GEMS.
Servant of Mrs. Charles Pfizer Re
rIaces IeMela with Large Nails.

Servant of Mrs. Charles PhZer Re
places Jewels with Large Nails.
Some of the splendid jewels with which
Mrs Charles Pfzer dazzled the frequent
ers OF the New York horse show last win
ter disappeared from her summer home
At Bernardsville. " j., recently, and with
them her model butler, known TO her as
David Richard When Mr.. and Mrs.
Pfzer went to New York, Mrs. Pfzer
gave her jewel casket to her maid TO
keep. The maid secreted it in her room.
David Richard went abo1t in his silent
fashion. ears and eyes wide open. mouth
shut. Going to church. DayidF asked
The maid on Sunday. Il think not. to-
day" said David The silent butler stole
over the house to see if everything was
in order He or some one employed COB
bled the jewel case of his mistress and
substituted an equal weight Of nails. The
casket had contained a diamond necklace
worth $1,000. two handsome diamond
rings, four diamond sunbursts and a mum
Der of other pieces Of jewelry, the whole
valued at $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
TELLS OF ANARCHIST PLOTS.
Berto1aui Says Man Was Chosen to
Kill Mckinley or Bryan.

A dispatch from Rome says: The an
archist Bertolani, arrested at Milan as
suspected accomplish of Bresci, has made
a confession about anarchist plots. 1
have known about these plots for a long
time he says. 1t was | who sent the
letter to the crown prosecutor at Naples
warning him in advance that Italian an
archists were coming from America TO
XIII the King, but they paid no attention
TO my letter. At an anarchist meeting
in Paterson, y. j., seven men were Sc
lected to kin kings and chiefs of states.
One of them was allotted C. kill MchIn-
ley or BRYAN during the presidential cam
paign. | do not know the name OF the
man who was assigned - this duty. The
recent Chicago plot was independent OF
that Matched at Paterson. | believe other
plots having the same object have been
organized in the United States. Anarch-
lists have killed kings and queens. Now
they should kill president of republic
to show the world that for anarchists
there are neither monarchies nor repub-
lies, and that king is as cheap as
DI eSident +"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
BRYAN AND TEDDY MEET.
Exchange Courtesics aud Railiery at
a Railway Siding.

Col. Bryan and Gov. Roosevelt met at
East Alton, H., the other night, where
their trains stood side by side. A crowd
of 5000 Democrats and Republicans wit
messed the exchange of greetings and
cheered impartially. Mr.. Bryan came out
on his car platform and Gov. Roosevelt
came to his own car platform. Two
hands were extended in the dark, but
only finger tips could barely reach. The
distance was so great a good handshake
was impossible.
The crowd on each train We'd in courte-
Gus treatment OF each other. Mr.. Bry-
an was in the best of humor and so was
Gov. Roosevelt. Finally the signal was
given to start Some one shouted: 'Hur-
rah for Roosevelt" The people on the
Bryan car laughed Then came a voice:
"Hurrah for Bryan" and the laugh was
on the other ear. Mr.. Bryan went north
ward. Gov Roosevelt southwark.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
EIGHT PERISH in THE FLAMES.
Terribly Fatal Fire in a New York Ten
eueut House.

Eight persons were either burned or
suffocated in fire in the three-story
frame double tenement house, 40 and
4515 Hester street, New York, early
Wednesday morning. OF Charles Fass'
family Of six, only himself and his 4-year
old girl, Pauline, are alive. Fass threw
his child out of a second-story window
and Policeman Peter Hunt caught her.
Then Fass escaped. Mrs. Anna Horo-
WITT met a horrible fate. Her night robe
caught fire and she was burned to death
on the fire escape in sight of the helpless
crowd. Firemen and policemen made
frantic efforts to save her, but the flames
drove them back and She had to be left TO
her fate. Policeman Fitzgerald rescued
two persons overcome by smoke.
The house in which the catastrophe oc-
Cured was ramshackle frame building
which for many years has been land
mark on the East Side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
FULLY UP TO LAST YEAR.
Value of business Equal to Corr
spending Week of Last Year.

Value of business Equal to Corre-
spending Week of Last Year.
Bradstreet's says: Though some meas
ures of business volume and value make
unfavorable comparison with a year ago.
and speculation is certainly on reduced
scale in nearly all lines, other registers
of trade activity are still very favorable,
and it is hard to resist the conclusion
that, with few notable exceptions, the
actual business of the country is, as a
rule, fully equal to. if not slightly in ex-
cess Of the corresponding period of 1899
Prices of staples as a whole are firm
Wheat, including -four, shipments for the
week aggregate 4, 292, $50 bushels. against
4,459I6T last week. Corn exports for
the week aggregate 2.S96,037 bushels,
against 2,360,249 last week"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
KILL AND CAPTURE AMERICANS.
Detachment of the Twenty fourth Reg


A detachment Of twenty men of the
Twenty-fourth regiment, while engaged
in repairing telegraph wires Oct 10 at
a point near San Jose, Nuevo Ecija prov
inee, Isle de Luzon, We're set upon by 200
rebels and were overpowered and scat
tered. Seven of the Americans reached
San Jose, but it is probable that the re-
mainder were captured.
The enemy surprised a party of scouts
Of the Forty-third infantry at point
three miles from Takloban, Leyt Island,
killing three Of the Americans at the first
yolley. Two escaped and gave the
alarm, but the enemy succeeded in
evading their pursuers. The native po-
lice of Takloban had conspired to sur
prise the Americans. The bodies Of the
dead soldiers were badly mutilated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
a Grateful sehoolmarm.

Frederick Seymour of White Plains,
Y. Y. has received notice that he has in
herited all the property of Miss Emma J..
Norris of WATERFOWL. Some years ago
while living in that city Mr.. Seymour
became interested in the case Of Miss
Norris. then school teacher whom some
politicians were endeavoring to remove
from her position. He fought isr her
from pure sympathy and won her case.
Miss Norris never forgot the kindness
and remembered il IN her viii
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
MISSOURI IS RICH IN GOLD.
Assayer Handy Says Yellow Metal l
Abundant in Oregon County.

Assayer Handy Says Yellow Metal Is
Abundant in Oregon County. 9
James o. Handy of Pittsburg, Pa, one
Of the leading assayers of the country,
says that Missouri is destined to become
one of the leading gold-producing States
of the Union. He bases his statement
ON analysis of ore taken from Oregon
County. Specimens of the ore taken
from these mines were sent to him some
weeks ago and he announces after care
full inspection that the quartz will assay
from $50 to $500 per ton of the yellow
metal. This would indicate that Oregon
County's gold-producing fields are soon
to become worldwide in reputation for
their richness and extent, and such APP
pears to be the case, for capitalists of
New York, Pittsburg. Allegheny City,
Chicago, Boston and St. Louis have sent
representatives to carefully inspect the
gold fields.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23

In the presence of a crowd of about
200 persons the corner stone for a fly
ing machine factory to manufacture air
ships on the Carl Dryden Browne patent
was formally laid at the Freedom labor
colony. socialist settlement eighteen
miles northwest of Fort Scott. Kan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
Order Expeis W. V. Powell.

w. V. Powell, who for seven years has
been grand president of the Order of
Railway photographers, was expelled from
the organization by a large majority of
the votes of the delegates present. The
vote for expulsion came after trial last
ing nearly two days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
Mail for AInska Must Be Light.

The postofiice Department announces
in regard to Alaskan mail matter that ii
viii not he prepared to forward mail mat
ter other than letters in their usua. and
original form during the coming winter
addressed to the Yukon territory in Can
ada or to American postoffices along and
north of the Yukon River.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
TRUST OF FIREBUGS.
SAID THAT INCENDIARIES COM
BINE IN CONSPIRACY.

PIotters Who Seek to Gain Fortune
by Defrauding Insurance Com anies
Are Alleged to Work from Chicago
and Detroit-ButIer Steals Jewelry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
Stage Fright Causes Death.

Thomas Barnes. 49, died at Ashburn,
Ga, as the direct result of stage fright.
He was student of the collegiate insti-
tute and was, witt others, assigned as a
speaker. He went upon the stage when
his time came and started to deliver his
speech. when, after saying a few words,
he threw his hand to his breast and fell,
expiring Immediately.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-23
r. & o. Wreck Kills One.

Spreading of the rails on the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks at Edgemore, Ind,
wrecked heavy freight train and the
two engines pulling it and killed one of
the train crew. Without the slightest
warning the two locomotives lurched for
ward and left the track, dragging with
them six freight cars.