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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Brief News Items.

Four man-eating sharks were caught
at Bay Shore, y. \.
Capt. Jonathan North, Lee, Mass, eel
ebrated his 1O4 birthday.
Said the Vanderbilts will secure the
Wabash railway system.
DR.. j. s. Gray, Of West Virginia,
killed himself in Washington.
Rival of the New York ice trust has
entered the field. 1t has 100000 cap
ital
Clarence Charles, brother Of the New
Orleans desperate, fearing he would be
killed, has gone to Chicago.
Mrs. Gussie Ornstein, New York, dash
ed acid into Mrs. Fannie Fantalis' face.
She'll lose an eye. Jealous.
Since the assassination Of King Hum
bert, precautions for the safety Of the
Sultan of Turkey have been redoubled.
Miss Clarissa Blake, daughter Of 4 re-
tired Boston banker, was thrown from a
horse and killed at New Rochelle, y. Y.
DR.. S. A. Knopf, New York, gets 4,OOC
marks at Berlin from the tuberculosis
congress for the best essay on How to
fight tuberculosis"
OF the 100000 square miles which
the worlds land surface comprises, 40
000, 900 are more or less continuously
subject to the scourge of the hungry lo-
Gust.
Princess Clara of Bavaria, niece of
Prince Regent Leopold, IS engaged to
marry Baron Coramerkleet, known as
the richest man in Bavaria. He is worth
about $20,000,000.
Unofficial figures Of the census Of New
York City give the old city, Manhattan
and the Bronx, population Of 2, 100000,
an increase OF nearly 100000 in ten years.
The entire city is counting on 100000.
Miss Blanche burton and Guy Stand
ing, both members Of the Empire theater
stock company, were secretly married in
Jersey City. ~ j.. Nov 81 last, and the
news has just leaked out.
The fshermen's strike which stopped
all work for two weeks on the Frazer
River, In British Columbia. has been set
tied by the Gamers agreeing to pay a
maximum Of zoe and minimum Of l5c
per fish for the season.
A 3-year-old Chicago boy pushed a wire
screen from a fiffh-story window the 9TH
er day and fell with it to the sidewalk.
The child rode ON the screen, aud its re-
sistance to the air saved his life. His
left arm aud right leg were broken.
Work Of raising funds for the New
York navy arch has practically heen
abandoned for the present. So far $751;
$50 has been promised. Committee wants
$500, 900.
The Adjutant General Of the United
States army reports that the total or
gained miIitiamen is 1O8,339. while the
number Of men available Tor military SER
vice, but unorganized. is 1O.343.152
Law requiring every railroad car to b
equipped with automatic couplers AID IN
every train enough cars equipped with
air brakes to allcw control by the en-
gineer has gone into effect There are
more than 1900 900 freight cars in the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Much Damage in Oshkosh.
GREAT DAMAGE IN MICHIGAN.
lightning and Wind Wreck Buildings
in Many Places-Fruit Suffers.

L1&n tning anu N1uu wreck DuAIOInSS
in Many Placcs-Fruit Suffers.
Storm after storm has swept over Mich
igan, and much damage has been done
by lightning and wind. In Detroit and
vicinity six buildings were struck by
lightning. The storm blew down trees
and tied up all the electric lines for two
hours. Several circuits of the city cleo
trio light plant were also temporarily dis
abled.
Severe storms also prevailed through
out lower Michigan. At Poe's Corners a
barn on the farm of t. Stettler was
struck by lightning and burned; loss 81
600. At Waverly the barn on the farm
of James Shearer was struck by lightning
and burned; loss 81 200. At Buchanan
the electric lighting plant was struck and
damaged. At Scion the barn on the farm
of Stephen Loutner was struck by light
ming and burned; loss $1,000. In Ber-
rien County fruit trees were damaged by
hail. Several houses in Benton Harbor
and st. Joseph were struck by lightning.
At Rochester the storm was terrific,
blowing down shade trees and demolish-
ing outbuildings. The 15-year-old son of
John CLASSY while standing in the door
way of his home was struck by lightning
ard killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
EMPRESS A FUGITIVE.
Japanese Cavalry Chase the Fleeing.
Dowager ana Her Court.

Japanese Cavalry Chase the Fleeing.
Dowager ana Her Court.
The Japanese cavalry on Monday left
Pekin in pursuit of the dowager empress
and her court, according to kilograms
from the north received at Shanghai by
Chinese officials. These dispatches aver
that the empress and her treasure train,
protected by 10000 troops, arrived at
Wuatisan, in Shansi province. The Chi
nese minister in London received a dis
patch from Pekin saying that the en-
press dowager and the emperor left Pekin
a few days before the allies arrived there.
The field telegraph north of Yang-tsun
is interrupted and nothing under Pekin
date appears to have reached Yang-tsun
since Aug II. Heavy rains have been
falling in the province of Pechili. The
landing of the British troops at Shanghai
is not causing excitement among the ma
tives. A detachment of 100 French ma
rines landed there Monday. A customs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
WOMAN WALKS 700 MILES.
Three Children Trudge Along, with
Three Others in a Pushcart.

Three Children Trudge Along, with
Three Others in a Pushcart.
: Footsore and weary. Mrs. Elizabeth
Burns Of Grand Rapids, Mich, and six
children, the youngest and the eldest IL
years ole, arrived at Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
having walked from Grand Rapids, 100
miles. Three months ago Mrs. Burns
husband died in the Michigan town, leay-
ing Der and the children in destitute cir
icumstances. Her father, Eli Gray, who
was living in Odin, H.. wrote to her to
come there, and not having the money to
pay car fare, she gathered up few ar
ticles of clothing, bedding and cooking
utensils and placing these and the three
youngest children in pushcart, the other
three children accompanying Oil foot,
started on her long journey. When she
finally reached Odin she learned that her
father had sold out and removed to south
east Missouri, locating in the vicinity of
Poplar Bluff. The woman, undaunted by
the hardships experienced in her already
long walk, gathered her family and small
possessions and resumed her journey. The
other morning she reached her destina-
ton, only to meet another disappoint-
ment, as her father cannot be found. The
woman's health is broken and the chill
dren are sick. The authorities are car
ing for them. Mrs. Burns is SO years old.
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odd. and Enna.

Mabel Bouton, young actress, New
York, is insane.
Lawrence Turjanic, Cleveland, Ohio,
killed Anthony Strauss.
VIM. Doepke land one of his children
were killed by a train in Cincinnati.
Camden, \. J., patrolmen will be al
lowed to wear shirt waists while on
duty.
Or. James E. Keller. director Of Lick
Observatory, San Francisco, died sud
denly from anoplexy.
While the British cruiser Charybdis
was casting anchor in the Straits of Belle
Isle Boatswain's Mate Inglis was caught
in the anchor chain and torn to pieces.
Kansas, in celebration of the fftieth
anniversary Of her admission into the
Union as territory, purposes to bold in
1904 at Topeka. her capital city, an in
ferstate exposition.
4 New York swindler. in trfing TO
evade the officers. sprang from a second
story window Of the Hoffman House, and
used an umbrella for a parachute. He
aIighted on an awning. Thence e jump
ed 10 the ground, but was quicl seized
by porters and held until the lice ar
rived.
Because he advised comr not 10
engage in duel. the Austrian military
court OF honor has dema1ied the resig-
nation Of Capt Count Ledoshowski.
An appeal has been taken to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court to test the con
stitutionality OF the oleomargarine act,
passed by the Pennsylvania Legislature
May ;. 1899. and upheld By the Common
Pleas and Supreme Courts.
Work has been begun in Baltimore on
the silver service for Rear Admiral
SchIey. to be made frem the silver coin
captured on the Spanish cruiser Cristo-
bal Colon. The total weight OF the silver
is 1900 ounces and the cost. when COM
plete, VIII be between $1,000 and $1,000.
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MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500: hogs, shipping grades,
SS.00 to S. So; sheep, fair to choice, $500
TO S4.15; wheat, No. red, T3c TO 74c;
corn, No. 2, Csc to 39e: oats, No. 2, PIC
to 22c; rye, No. 2. 4Sc to Acc; butter,
choice creamery, 1Sc TO zoe; eggs, fresh,
Toe to 13c; potatoes. SOC to Ale per
bushel.
Indianapolis-Cat shipping, $500 TO
$3.50; hogs, choice light, $500 to $685.;
sheep, common to prime, $500 10 $500.
wheat, No .. Tic to I5c; corn. No.
white. lie TO 42c; oats. No. ? white.
sc TO pie.
St Louis Cattle, 1925 to $50; hogs.
$500 to $5.35: sheep. $500 to $4.25:
wheat. No. ,. Csc TO 69c; corn, No. 2
yellow. 3Sc to soc; oats, No. ,, zoe TO
! 21c; rye. No. 2, 47c to 4sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 TO $40. hogs,
$500 TO $685.; sheep. $500 TO $3.50:
wheat, No. >, 75c 20 76c; corn, No.
mixed. 40c to Ale; oats. No mixed. PC
to 23c: rye No. ,. SIC to Sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $50; hogs,
$500 to S5.45: sheep, $500 TO $3.50;
wheat. No. ?. 7Tc TO TSc; corn, No.
yellow, 4oc to lie; oats, No. , white, &c
to 25c; rye. soc to sic.
Toledo-Wheat. No. . mixed. 74c. to
zoe; corn, No. mixed. &c TO .43c: oats,
No. ? mixed. olc to &c; rye, No. ,. 50c
20 sic; clover seed, prime, sos TO $40.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. ? northern.
52e TO 7Sc: corn. No. 5. soc to 40e; oats.
Ne. . white. 24c to 25c: rye. No. /, Acc
TO 5oc; barley. Ne. ,. 47c to 4Sc; pork.
mess. $11O0 to $l115.
Buaalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 to S5.S5; hogs. fair to prime. $500
70 $3.50: sheep. fair TO choice. $3.25 10
$4-a5. lambs. common 10 extra. $500 TO
$40.
New Yerk-Castle. SS.a5 to $3.50: hogs,
$500 to S5.T5: sheep, $500 to S4.35:
wheat. No. red, 7Sc TO roc, earn. No. >.
44c 70 45c: oats, No. = white, 2Sc to 29c:
butter. creamery. lSc TO 2lc; eggs, west
ern. l5c TO lie.
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cruiser is reported to have gone to Tien.
tsin to take away the foreigners rescued
from Pekin. Many influential Chinese
have interested themselves in the fate of
Chinaman sentenced by an English
court at Hongkong to six months inn
prisonment at hard labor because he was
a member of the Triad society.
The Washington bureau of navigation
Monday morning received the following
cablegram from Admiral Remey:
Authentic report from Pekin Aug IL
from Lieut. Lattimer. Troops moving
on imperial city Clearing out Tartar
city. All Americans who remained in
Pekin are well except one child. Capt
Myers recovered from wound, has ~.
phoid, crisis passed and now GONZALES,
cling. Assistant Surgeon Lippett was
wounded upper left Leg bone fractured,
leg saved; now recovering"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
CAR OFF THE RAILS.
ACCIDENT ON CHAGRlN FALLS
TROLLEY LINE.
Broken Brake Rod Causes Injury to a
Crew and Twelve PassenSers-Michi-
gan Sheriff Finds a Counterfeiters'
Lair and Full Outfit of Tools.

An electric car on the Cleveland and
Chagrin Falls suburban line was wreck
ed near Chagrin Falls, the crew and
twelve passengers being cut and badly
bruised. Five persons were seriously in
jured. The accident was caused by
broken brake rod. The car jumped the
track on a sharp curve while running AZ
a high rate of speed. The trucks broke
and the car plunged over on its side.
Those most seriously injured are: John
Young, conductor, Chagrin Falls, badly
injured about the head; Miss Rathburn,
.Newburg, Ohio, right arm and shoulder
injured; Mrs NJ. g. Meice, Chagrin
Falls, head and shoulders injured; Mrs.
Walter Barrows, Chagrin Falls, cut and
bruised about the head; G. III. Hubbell,
Chagrin Falls, cut and bruised about
head and shoulders Fortunately the car
struck trolley pole when it left the
track, otherwise it would have gone
down a steep embankment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
coNeER INplcTs CHINA.
avs Imperial Cavalry Bombarded

Says Imperial Cavalry Bombarded
the Legations.
A long dispatch from Minister Conger
was received at the State Department
in Washington Monday night giving de-
tailed report of the condition of affairs
in Pekin since June 20. Mr.. Conger
said that few days after the fall Of
Taku forts the Tsung-li-Yamen broke off
communication with the foreign ministers
and gave orders that the diplomats leave
the city. Believing that to do this meant
certain massacre, Mr.. Congel' goes on to
state the ministers refused to yacate,
thereupon the imperial government or
dered the imperial forces to attack in
force the legations.
He says that failing, to take the lega-
tions by infantry attack the Chinese
troops brought artillery into play, and for
over three weeks the legations were sub
jected to continued heavy bombardment.
The Pekin imperial army made repeated
and determined attacks and attempted to
carry the legation defenses and it was
only through the gallant and heroic stand
of the marine guards that the Chinese
failed to capture the legations. The p0r-
ton of the message outlined above was
suppressed by the department.
The Government has been anxiously
waiting to hear from Mr., Conger and,
while the revelation he makes is start,
ling, the officials were prepared for just
what they got. Mr.. Conger's statement
that the Chinese made desperate at
tempt to eyterminate the foreigners the
night before the relief army arrived in
dcates that the Chinese knew the foreign
army would take the city in few hours
and that they wanted to destroy all evil
dence of their duplieity by killing the
foreigners. AS the imperial government
directed the attacks on the legation which
constituted a declaration of war, 1t is
said that no peace oyertures win be ae-
cepted which do not embody a complete
surrender.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
ALLIES NOW IN PEKIN.
CONGER SAYS HELP ARRIVED
JUST IN TIME.
Americans and British Were First to
Enter the Chinese CapitaI-TroubIe
Spreading to Southern China-Ameriz
cans at Swallow Ask for warship,

BY cable via Shanghai a Pekin CORE
spondent tells Of the entrance Of the al
lies into the Chinese capital. Contrary
to the agreement of the allied command
e-s, the Russians advanced and occupied
the first door of the east gate early in
the morning OF the 14th, but failed to
force the second door. At o'clock on
the afternoon Of the 14th the British and
Americans entered the gate near the le-
cations and met with only slight resist
ance. The Japanese met more serious
opposition at the upper east gate all day.
At midnight on the 14th they blew up the
gate and entered the city. Many Chi
nese were killed.
The people in the legation were well,
but somewhat starved. Minister Con-
ger said: They tried to annihilate us
the day before you got in. Prince Ching,
president of the Tsung-l-Yamen, sent
word that his officers had received orders
to cease firing on US under pain of death.
At o'clock in the evening Of the same
day the Chinese opened fire, and this
continued all day. If the relieving col
umn had not arrived when it did we
should probably have suceumbed. The
Americans lost seven marines killed and
fifteen wounded, and one child died. The
whole movement is purely a government
al one. The Boxers are only a pretense,
having no guns. The confidential adviser
of the Empress was the leader of the
imperial troops here. In eleven days over
200 shells fell among us. The American
marines, under Captain Meyers, held
position on the wall throughout the siege.
Upon the allies passing the wall the Chi
nese retreated. The imperial family left
four days ago for Shan-si province. 1t
is estimated that the strength of the
Pekin garrison was 10000 men. The le-
CATION was urged to leave the city under
an escort of Chinese troops, but refused,
fearing treachery. The Chinese in the
imperial city made stout resistance.
After Smelling them the allies succeeded
in forcing the gate and entering the city
about noon on the 10th. The American
loss in this action was the greatest. Cap
tain Reilly of the Fifth artillery was
killed"
In an interview Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British minister, states: THE Chinese
broke every engagement with the foreign
ministers. There is no truth in the story
that the imperial palace supplied the le-
cations with food. They sent vegetables,
which We're refused. The total casualties
during the siege of the legations were
sixty-seven killed and 100 wounded"
Serious trouble is now threatened Ill
the neighborhood of Canton. The Amer
leans at Swallow, according to the Lon
don Chronicles Shanghai correspondent,
applied for a warship in consequence of
serious rioting. 1t is believed that if the
inner city is satisfactorily reduced it is
probable that the powers will agree not
to push military operations further than
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Els FORTUNE is MYTHICAL.
Search for Kansas Minister'S English
Inheritance in Vain.

search Tor Kansas Minister'S En2ueh
Inheritance in Vain.
:. J. Osborn, Speaker Of the last Kan
sas House of Representatives, has re-
tarned from England, where he was sent
by the trustees Of tse Wesleyan Unlyer-
sity to investigate the inheritance OF hev.
L. III. James of Salina, Kan, and to nnd
Mr.. James himself Mr.. James returned
TO Kansas two days after Judge Osborn
sailed from New York, after having been
unheard of for a month. Judge Osborn
believes Mr.. James has been made the
dupe of English attorneys who wanted 10
get a fee from him. II could ind no
trace Of any fortune for the James ram
ily.' Judge Osborn said. Il found the
place IN Liverpool where he boarded ana
from the description of his condition by
the woman who kept the boarding mouse
1 believe he had been drugged. She SAID
he seemed drowsy all the time. Two diL-
ferent men called to see him. One was
his brother, but the other was some one
else. 1t is my theory that the other man
had something to do with Mr.. James
illness. l believe he was drugged and
what money he had was taken from him.
Rev Mr.. James assured himself thai
wealth was coming to him and announced
gifts to several colleges, among them the
Kansas Wesleyan College. After months
of wandering he returned to his home In
Kansas i'll and unable to recall the dc.
tails of his trip. He is still seriously Ill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Ncws of Minor Note.

Delaware says her peach crop this
year is 100000 baskets.
Four cases Of plague and two Deaths
have occurred in London.
The census Of White Plains n. \,
shows more dogs than people.
Lightning struck brewery in Altoona,
Pa. the other day, and so1red all tho
beer.
The farms OF Kansas yield this year
,ver SIG0 to every man, woman and
ehild Is the State.
sergt. John 4. Carroll 100 years old,
has joined Warren Post, No. 2S6. @. A.
r.. al Brooklyn, y. i.
Indignant citisSns" Of WiiIiamstown,
ssn., destroyed with dynamite a buii0-
Ing used as an Illicit saloon.
Hawaii has closed It's last school for
teaching the native language. Hereafter
young Hawaiians viii be taught TO talk
English.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28

Application has been made by Earl Ii to
all CO the powers Interested His sugges-
ton of Minister Conger as the American
commissioner is based on the idea that
as Mr.. Conger has been rescued he has
now the opportunity to proceed TO the
point where negotiations will be held and
conduct them. The application does not
suggest any particular terms, nor does it
ask for the withdrawal of troops. 1t rel
quests that the negotiations shall be for
the purpose of bringing about a cessation
of bnSfil;tine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
TRAGEDY IN MINNESOTA.
Farmer Kills Wife and Three Children
and Burns His Rarna.

Farmer Kills Wife and Three Children
and Burns His Barns.
Theodore Wallart, farmer living three
iailes from Arlington, Mimi. killed his
wife, boy of 10. girl of 10 and baby.
He then set fire to his barns, destroying
the stable with nine horses, corn crib
and full hay barn. Three years ago
Wallart married the Widow Starnbors
and for some time they had been having
trouble. The wife recently had been try
ing to secure a divorce and had taken
means to prevent the man from coming
to the farm. The other day, after prac-
ticing in the woods with a revolver, he
returned to tho house and entered by one
of the window. His wife evidently was
alarmed by the noise and was shot and
killed as she was leaving her bed. The
baby was found dead on the lounge, the
girl on the floor of her bedroom. A sec
ond boy was seriously wounded. Wallart
fled to the woods.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
ENCOURAGING FEATURES.
Better Fall Demand, Firmer Tone and
Growth in Confidence.


Bradstreet's views the commercial sit
uation thus: among the favorable fea-
lures reported this week are advices of
further expansion in fall trade distribu-
ton at leading Western centers, rather
better distribution by dry goods jobbers
at the East, frmer tone and percepti-
BILE growth in confidence, accompanied by
heavy buying in some classes of steel and
iron, and disposition to believe that an
average wheat crop and much more than
average corn and oats crops are assured.
Steady increases in current gross railway
earnings over year ago and an excep-
tionally favorable net-earnings report for
the first half of the year are additionally
encouraging features Wheat, including
-four, shipments for the week aggregate
3,113,641 bushels, against 3,31S, 760 bush
els last week. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 3,017,0S9 bushels, against p
$50, I54 last week"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28

Congress win be asked to provide for
further dry docks next year. The naval
constructor at the Norfolk navy yard has
recommended another structure for that
place, although one was authorized by
the late Congress. 1t will be necessary
to buy additional land for the dock al
ready provided for, and it is possible suf-
fcient land viii be acquired by this gov
eminent to build the fourth dock now
urged A new dock is contemplated at
the Mare Island California; navy yard
also
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Child pecapitated hy a street csr.

A Sixth street ear ran into s barouche
at ST. Louis, killing Blanche Skelle. IL
years old. and injuring more or less seri-
ously Herman WilSehach and George
Skclle Blanche Skelle fell under the car.
the wheels of which passed over her neck.
severing the head from the body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
Court House Blown Up.

The county court house at Medina, o.,
was wrecked by a terrific explosion of
dynamite, large hox of which was stor-
ed IN the basement of the building. The
janitur was painfully injured and several
comfy officials were badly shaken up.
The dynamite had been placed in the
basement to be used as evidence in a
criminal trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28

General Director Of the Census Mer-
riam IL in danger Of getting the writer's
cramp. He is spending neariy ten hours
a day now writing his Iame. There are
about $4,000 pay vouchers which have TO
bear his signature. He says he Is get
ting so he dreams his signature at night
and sees visions OF never ending pay
rolls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-08-28
STAYS NEIGHBoR AND WOMAN.
Missourian Then Murders Pursuing
Sherif and L. L:Isod II:..aoIf

Missourian Then Murders Pursuing
Sheriff and Is Killed Himself.
DIR. Arlington, in Platte County, Mo-,
shot and killed james Wallace, a wealthy
farmer, in a quarrel over line fence,
and then going to the home of his mother
in-law, the widow OF William Wallace,
deliberately shot her to death. AIRING
ton escaped in a wagon with his young
daughter, but was pursued by Sheriff
Dillingham; and posse. The posse came
mp with Arlington in road near Farley
and shots were exchanged The murder
er opened fire, fatally wounding Dilling
ham in the breast. As he fell Dillingham;
shot Arlington through the heart