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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Brief State happenings.

The 1S-months-old child of William Ba-
ker died at Babcock from eating parlor
matches.
Charles Odell, blacksmith on the
Milwaukee road, was badly injured by
being pressed between two cars in the
Beloit yards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans of RAJ
cine celebrated the fifty-ninth anniver-
sary of their marriage. The couple were
married in Wales.
At Manitowoc, Edna, the 2-year-old
daughter of Anton Olson, died from the
result of injuries received from falling
into a tub of scalding water.
Henry Stracke of Racine, his wife and
three children narrowly escaped death
from suffocation by inhaling coal gas.
which escaped from an open coal stove.
Harry Johnson, a lad about Is years
of age, residing near Coloma Station,
was taken to the industrial school at
Waukesha. He had committed num-
her of thefts of late,
People in the vicinity of Left Foot
lake in Marinette County are excited
over the many finds of wild honey being
made. Two sons of Antoine Grandaul.
farmer found 100 pounds in two trees
and number of others have found from
fifteen to thirty pounds, making several
hundred pounds in all.
The remains of two cable men, names
unknown, were taken to West Superior.
the men having been killed in wreck on
the Eastern. A freight train ran into
the rear end of work train thirty miles
from the city. Several cars We're smash
ed and burned, and the remains brought
in were burned beyond recognition
Philip Lawrence. formerly of Mineral
Point, is department commander of the
G.. A. r. for the department of South
Dakota.
A 9-mottths-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Dobson of Beloit was burned TO
death. The little one pulled a lighted
lamp from table into his crib and the
oil ignited.
The Russell Glove Company's plant in
Berlin was damaged by fire. There was
an insurance Of $1,000. which will cover
the loss. In the basement Of the build
ing were stored about 5000 bushels of
cranbeFries.
George Thompson. while working on a
bin at the dock of the Northwestern Coal
Company at West Superior, was struck
by falling timber. He died almost as
soon as he was laid on the bed in the hos
pital.
Louis Knudtson. aged 2S years. un-
married. was drowned at Biron, above
the Grand Rapids Pulp and Paper Com
pany's mill. He and Amiel Larson we're
crossing the river in a boat Knudtson
was rowing and suddenly noticed that
they we're drifting down towards the
slide. He made an extra exertion and
the oar broke Knndtson jumped. being
a good swimmer. but the current was so
swift he was carried over
Mrs. ]. b. Starkweather. one Of the
oldest and best known women OF Keno
sha. had narrow escape from being
burned 10 death She i more than So
years Of age and had started 10 light the
gas in her home when the match. which
She was carrying. ignited the window cur
tains AID IN a moment she was complete
IL surrounded by the Hames A maid
coming dawn the stairs discovered the
hre ana al the risk II her life she ran
through tue flames aud managed ii put
the are in the clothing IL the old laav
oat before il he'd burned heT.
John Cyr. an emplaye in the WeodrnfT
Mcguire Sawmili AT Three Lakes. had his
hand nearly sawed Of.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
SKIES WERE AFLAME.
SMoKELESS POWDER EXPLODED
AT INDIAN HEAD.
Fire in She'll FiIling House-HeaveR1
Lighted Up and Report Heard Nines
teSu Miles Distant-No One Injnr1sf
Loss Less than $4,000.

Residents of Alexandria, ID. g., were
considerably exercised about 10 o'cioch
the other night by an explosion of powder
in one of the filing houses and magazines
at the Indian Head proving grounds
twenty-five miles down the Potomac rive
er from Washington and nineteen miles
from Alexandria.
No one was injured at indian Head.
and the great powder factory, sitnateS'
two miles from the place where the de-
stroyed structure stood was not dam
aged
Admiral O'Neill, chief of ordnance OF
the Navy Department, had reports from.
Lieut.. Fullenwider, stationed az Indian
Head, to the effect that about twenty
five tons of powder was destroyed, but
that there We're no casualties. 1t has
not as yet been determined what caused
the explosion, but an official inyesuga-
ton was inaugurated.
All the buildings in which powder ana
completed ammunition are stored are OF
light construction, the idea being that
in event of an explosion, the smallest dan
ger possible may result.
Smokeless powder, when not confined
closely under pressure, does not explode
and it was the fame from the ten tons
of this which lighted up the heavens so
brightly. 1t developed later that the ex-
plosion-the report of which was heard
nineteen miles away-occurred in thu
structure where the brass shells used IN
the naval small-caliber, rapid-hFe guns
are filed with powder.
1t is the belief of Admiral 0'Neili and
other officers in the ordnance bureau OF
the Navy Department that the explO-
sion was the result of earelessness on the
part of some employee detailed at the
brass shell magazine. a lighted cigar
cigarette or match may have been thrown.
down at a place where fire was started;
this smoldered, in all probability, and late'
at night reached the powder. However
this is mere guessing. Another possible
ity is that some chemical change took
place in the powder itself, the conse-
quence being that it was set off.
Altogether tn Gloss to the governments
will not exceed $4,000, and it may nca
reach that amount.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Tanrht RoYs to steal.

La Crosse police have ordered closed a
number of boys clubs in the city. The
latest TO go was one called the c., B. &
Q. Club, an affair with constitution and
bylaws that read like Sunday school
book. The object as set forth was to
get together and debate and discuss lit
erary works. There was to be no smok
ing or drinking The members were of
the best families. The police found that
they were learning some very bad habits,
however, and asked them to disband
They found a colored tramp there whom
they had been sheltering in the club
rooms and who had been teaching them
how to pick pockets like the profession
ais do" He gave his name as Wilbur
Reynolds and said he was an actor He
was booked at the county jail for thirty
days. Charles Williams, another colored
man who was amusing the boys, was sent
up for carrying concealed weapons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Tax Levy for 1901 Accident to a
Theatrical Train 5ohnson's Creek
Shaken by a Gasoline Explosion
Boys Club Room Closed.

The tax levy on which the tax of 1901
will be collected has been apportioned
among the different counties by the State
Beard of Equalization. The total levy is
S1.345,570. just 5000 more than last
year, this being due TO the increase of
100000 in the total valuation of prop
erty in the State. the increase being the
1-mill school tax on this amount. The
rate of the total tax is little more than
two mills, the exact figures being
.OO2135S25396S. The S1.345,570 to be
raised is divided among the different
funds as follows: One-mill tax for schools,
$500, 600; normal schools, $4,000; State
University, $26S.0 free high schools,
100000; interest on certificates of In
debtedness, $157,570. Each of these.
amounts is the same as last year except
the 1-mill tax. which, as stated, is in
creased $1,000 by the increased assess
ment. The amounts levied to each coun-
ty this year to be raised in 1901 are:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
BUNS ROB THE BANKS.
Recent Safe Cracking Jobs Not the
Work of Expert Burglars.


Work of Expert Burglars.
A Des Moines institution believes 1t has
discovered a solution for the numerous
bank robberies thai have been taking
place all over the country. 1t appears
that most of the work is being done BY
buns and not By experts. These men
choose some small place where the bank
has On old-fashioned safe, and crack it
with nitroglycerin. They do not try larg-
er places, for the safes there are too well
protected TO be injured by this explosive.
The fact that the work is being done by
hoboes is proven by the fact that when
searched large numbers of them have
been found TO be carrying this explosive.
Inc investigation has been conducted by
PInkerton detectives Buns have been
searched in most of the large cities of the
middle West and many of them have
been found to be carrying nitroglycerin.
besides out of the nineteen convictions
OF bank robbers that have been secured
with the assistance of this company, sew
eIteen hare been buns. 1t was a mys-
tery for some time where they gained
their knowledge of the use of the explo-
slve, but it has been discovered that most
or them We're employed ON the Chicago
drainage canal and there learned how TO
use It with safety. Since then they have
become tramps and put their knowledge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
THANKSGIVING DAY NOV. %.
Presidents Proclamation Recounts
the Blessings to the Nation.
BY the President of The limited States


the Blessings to the Nation.
By the President of the United States
of America. A Proclamation:
1t has pleased Almighty God 10 bring our
nation In safety and honor through another
year. The works of religion and charity
have everywhere been manifest. Our cOun-
try through all its extent has been blessed
With abundant harvests Labor and the
great industries of the people have pros
pered beyond all precedent. Our commerce
has spread over The world. Our power
and influence In the cause of freedom and
seas and lands. The lives Of our Official
representatives and many Of our people In
China have been marveloGsly preserved. We
have been generally exempt from pesti-
lence and other great calamities, and even
the tragic visitation which overwhelmed the
city Of Galveston made evident thu Senu-
ments OF sympathy and Christian charity
by virtue OF which We are one united peo-
pie.
Now, therefore. /. William Mckinley,
President OF the United States, do hereby
appoint and set apart Thursday, the 18th
of November next. 10 be observed by all
the people Of the United States, at home or
abroad. as day of thanksgiving aud praise
TO Him who holds the nations In the hollow
of His hand. | recommend that they gather
in their several places of worship and de-
voutly give Him thanks for the prosperity
wherewiJh He has endowed us, for seed time
and harvest, for the valor, devotion and hu-
manity OF our armies and navies, and fer all
His benefits TO us as individuals and as d
nation; and that they humbiy pray for the
continuance of His divine favor, for con.
cord and amity with other nations, and TOR
righteousness and peace in all our ways
In witness whereof | have hereunto set
my hand and caused the seal of the United
States 10 be affixed
Done al the city of Washington this 29th
day of October, in the year OF our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and of the indie
pendence of the United States the one nun
bred and twenty fifth.
WILLIAM MKINLEY,
BY the President; John Hay, Secretary or
State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
MARKET QUOTATIONS.


Chicago-Cattle common to prime.
$500 to S5.ST; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice. $500
TO S4.l5; wheat, No. red, 73e TO T4c;
corn, No. ,, Acc to 47e; oats. No. ,, 2lc
to DC: rye, No. ., 46c TO 4Tc; butter,
choice creamery. 19c to pc; eggs, fresh,
15c to 1Sc: potatoes, pc to Sac per
bushei.
dianapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 TO
$3.50; hogs. choice light, $500 TO S4.IO;
sheep, common to prime. $500 to $50:
wheat. No. >. &c TO TSc; corn. No. :
white. SOC to 40c; oats, No. : white.
23c 10 24c.
ST Louis-Cattle. 1925 to S5.s5: hogs.
$500 to $4T0; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat. No. 2. 11c to &c: corn, No 2
yellow, 35c to Soc: oats, No. ?, 2lc to
&c: rye. No, ?. sic to 52c.
Cincinnati Cattle, $500 10 $500; hogs,
$500 TO $3.50; sheep. $500 TO 1910;
wheat, No. ., T5c to 76c; corn, No. .
mixed Ale 10 42c: cats, No. mixed. PC
TO 2Se; rye, No. 2. Soc to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 10 $5.35; hogs,
$500 to $490: sheep. $500 TO S4.00:
wheat. No. ., 74c 10 Toe: corn, No. >
yellow. Ale to 4oc: oats, No. white. pc
10 25c: rye. sc TO .53c.
Toledo-Whe No. > mixed. 73c 10
T4e; corn. No. mixed. soc TO Zoe; oats.
No, , mixed. a1c 10 PC; rye. No. ,. 53c
to 54c; clover seed, prime, $500 to $6.25.
Observation-Disclosures. No. > northern.
14c TO zoe: corn. No. 8. SOC TO 40c; oats.
No. white. 24c 10 25c; rye. No. /. sic
TO 52c; barley. No. ., 51e TO Sc: pork,
mess. $3.50 TO $14.o0.
Buifalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to $50: hogs. fair to prime. $500
10 $500; sheep. fair TO choice. $500 TO
81 -: lambs. common 10 extra. $500 10
S5.25.
New York-castle. $3.25 To $500: hogs,
$500 10 $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat. No = red. stic 10 i-c; corn. No. >.
45c 10 doc: csts. No. white. PC 10 27c:
butter. creamery, l9c to 22cs eggs, west
ern. Ice TO bic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
DEAD BODY Is FOUND
MYSTERY OF CRlPPLE'S DISAP-
PEARANCE is SOLVED.
Tragedy Near Caledonia, Mimi, Causes
Arrest of Missing Mans Parents and
Brothers Mother Kills Her Son Be-
cause He Smoked Cigarettes.

Tie mystery which surrounded the
strange disappearance of Peter Sac
Mary, cripple, aged IS, living with his
parents ON farm near Caledonia, Mimi,
has finally been solved. The body of the
young man was found in badly decom-
posed condition about a mile from the
Sue Mary farm. Across the remains lay
two saplings, showing that the man did
not meet death by his own hand. lmme-
diRtely on the discovery of the body the
parents and three sons were arrested,
charged with murder. Sac Mary disap-
Deared one Sunday last May. He was
Il cripple, both feet having been frozen
OF. A search was instituted for him,
but not the slightest trace Of him could
be found. The farm of his parents was
carefully searched by the authorities, but
without results. The parents told several
conflicting stories
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
SAVED BY HIS NIGHTsHIRT.
How George d. MeikIejohn Missed a
Nebraaka Torrent.

How George d. MeikIejohn Missed
Nebraska Torrent.
George ID. Meiklejohn, assistant Secre-
tary of War, spoke on a recent evening
IN a little town in Polk County, Neb., and
later took a buggy for Clark's, fifteen
miles northward. He had gone but
third of the distance when a clouGDurst
covered the whole valley through which
he was passing. He and his driver had
only three matches, and two of these
were blown out in an instant by the fury
OF the gale. Meiklejohn had night
shlrt IN his small grip that he was carry
ing with him and a bottle of cosmoline,
one OF the products of petroleum. He
look the nightrobe out of his grip and
wound 1t securely around the butt of the
whip. He smeared the petroleum over
the muslin and then with his remaining
match set the hastily improvised torch ON
hre. The light which famed up disclosed
a torrent of water in front. Fifty feet
FARTHER they would have been precipi-
lated into gulch and swept out to the
river They got into Clark's six and one
half hours Iota
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
FLYING TEAM WRECKS TRAIN.
Passengers Unhurt, but Driver and
Another Man Killed at Pittsburg.

Passengers Unhurt, but Driver and
Another Man Killed at Pittsburg.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie flyer was
partly wrecked in Pittsburg by striking
wagon. The accident resulted in the in
slant killing of two men and badly injur-
ing another. None of the passengers
was hurt. Harry Johnson was driving
heavy wagon and the horses became
frightened by the train and ran on the
track. Shafer and an unknown man ran
to assist Johnson in getting his team off
the track and the train struck the three
men, hurting them several hundred feet.
One Of the horses was literally torn to
pieces and it was a piece of his flank be-
coming wedged between the track and
bridge girder that derailed the rear por-
ton of the train,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
MINERS RESUME WORK.
Nearly 100000 Men Take Up Their
Tools Again.

Nearly 100000 Men Take Up Their
Tools Again.
Striking coal miners to the number OF
almost 10000 resumed work in the Ha-
zleton, Pa, district Monday morning.
The miners demands have been conceded
by almost all the operators. The owners
of few small mines still hold ont but
with these exceptions the resumption is
general through the anthracite region.
During the great labor battle now clos
ed there has not been break in the
mems lines. and up to the time their mod
fled demands were granted, they were
constantly adding to their strength. There
has been little restitution among the idle
miners, though vast sums in wages have
been lost, and thera has been very little
violence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Storage Tank Blows Up.

A observation-disclosures tank containing
ninety gallops exploded at Johnson's
Creek and four pounds of dynamite cart
ridges added to the destruction. A clerk
at Prenzlow's hardware store went with
lamp to draw some gasoline. The tank
had just been filled and some gasoline
which had been spilled on the floor ignit-
ed and caused the explosion. The prompt
action of the fire department saved all
buildings except barn owned by S. H.
Swat, which was destroyed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

John Sollenson, young Swede, was
shot and killed by one of the sentiEels on
guard duty at Fort Hancock, Sandy
Hook. The Swede was walking along
the beach near the fort and was mis-
taken for a private who had escaped
from the fort The Swede was challenged
by the sentinel the second time, but re-
fused TO halt and was shot down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Five Children .ufFocated.

Fire which broke out in a small tene-
ment house on Rochambault Lane, Mon
treal, resulted in the death by suffocation
of FIVE children. The father. Arthur lie
Blanc, shoemaker, was badly burned,
but will live. The children were in an
upper room and were dead before the
fremen could get near them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
PUNISHED FOR CRUEL CRIME.

Dakota Farmer Gets Life Sentence for
Numbering Aged Neighbor.
Lorenzo Stevens has been convicted of
the murder of Samuel Livingston and
sentenced &c life Imprisonment at Elk
Point, ). ID. Livingston was a widower,
80 years Of age. He became infatuated
with Stevens daughter, 20 years of age,
and wanted TO marry her against the
wishes of her parents, who claimed Liv-
ings on had an undue influence oyer her.
The two men had quarfeled over the
strange relations and on June - Stevens
shot Livingston twice, killing him in
Btantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

The industrial commission has selected
ProE. E. Dana Durand Of the Leland
Stanford University. California, as secre-
tary Of the commission, vice William K.
Sackeft OF New Jersey. whose services
have been discontinued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

A great drought Is prevalent In the
province Of Assam. India, threatening
the tea and other crops.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Is Heir to EncIish Estate.

Reginald Andrews, aged %, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, received notice that he has
been left sole heir to the estate of great
uncle in England worth $4,000 An
drews has been robbed by pickpockets in
Chicago and assaulted by a maniac, who
killed one person and dangerously wound
ed three others. in the ten months he has
been in America
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

A riot occurred in restaurant at
Hyndman, Pa, conducted by Willis
Caves. a negro. Adam Shroyer, who was
sitting at one of the tables, cheered lust
lily for Bryan and angered some negroes
who were present. Knives and pistols
were drawn and an effort made to kill
Shroyer and his young son. A score of
shots were fired, but no one was hit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Sheriff outwits Armed Mob.

A mob numbering 500 armed men con
gregated at the Brazil. Ind, fair grounds
and planned TO raid the county Jail and
lynch Samuel Harmon, who murdered
young Charles Reynolds. Sheriff King
Ter heard Of the coming of the mob and
spirited the prisoner away to the Nigo
InnntY mil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Bank Cash Ia Gone.

1t is announced that the First National
Bank, Broadway and Wall street New
York, has been robbed to the extent of
about 100000 through the operations of
trusted employee The officers of the
bank charge that Charles l.. Alvord, the
note teller, is the man who is response
Bile for the defalcation. Alvord has dis
aupearad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Rae Ancient Girard House.

A large force of workmen commenced
the work OF tearing down the old Girard
House in Philadelphia, and in a few days
the historic hostelry viii be no more. As
soon as the ground is cleared work will
be commenced upon the erection of fine
building that is to be occupied upon com
pletion as department store.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Treatv Annrnved hY Perm.

The Peruvian senate has approved the
extradition treaty with the United States,
with a slight amendment. fixing 5000 as
the minimum limit of the sum allowing
extradition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Train Wreck Barely Averted.

Section hands saved the regular pas
senger train on the Bismarck, Washburn
and Great Falls road, in North Dakota,
from serious wreck. They discovered q
pile Of ties fastened to the rails at the
entrance to a cut, in such a fashion that
a disastrous wreck would have been iney-
liable. Tramps are suspected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
TO REMOVE WRECK OF MAINE.
Hu11 of BattIeship Obstructs Naviga-
ton in Havana Harbor.

Work will begin soon on removing the
wreck Of the battleship Maine from Ha-
yana harbor, as it is a serious obstruction
to navigation. Gen. Wood, ON the recon-
mendation of the harbor authorities Of
Havana. considers the necessity is imper-
alive. The wreck is sinking deeper and
deeper into the mud of the harbor. and
the longer the work is delayed the more
difficult it will be of accomplishment.
Gen. Wood saw the Secretary of the
Navy. and after laying the matter before
him in detail secured the Secretary's con-
sent for the removal of the wreck.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Boil WeaviI DESTROYS Cotton.

W. $. Robson, one of the most extern
siye cotton planters in Texas, has gath
cred statistics from the Brazos and Colo
RADIO valleys, and declares that the boil
weavil has destroyed 100000 worth of
this years cotton crop.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06

Sixteen members of Ishams King
Erastus" company, a colored organiza
ton, were injured at Appleton in a rail
way collision. The accident happened
yNi,e the company was eating supper A
switch engine collided with the show
cars, which were standing on siding
Manager Isham escaped without injury.
There were no lights displayed on the
troupe train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
MOTHERS AWFUL CRIME.
Brutality Murders Her Son and Sets
Fire to the House.

Fire to the House.
Firemen called to the residence Of Mrs.
Ellie Cawthon, widow in Chattanooga.
Tenn, broke open the locked door of a
bedroom aud discovered the dead body
Of Clifford, the 16-year-old son of the
widow, lying on the bed in a pool Of
blood, his head literally hacked to pieces
with a Ratchet, which was lying near by.
1t was evident that murder had been
committed during the night and the
building set on fire for the purpose Of
eoncealing the crime Mrs Cawthon, the
mother, confessed that she committed the
deed and that it was her intention to kill
the whole family She said the reason
she killed the toy was that he was bad
and smoked cigarettes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-11-06
Elmer e. WING KiIls HimseIf

Captain Elmer E. Wing, manager Of
the Welsbach Lamp Company, commit
ted suicide in San Francisco by inhaling
gas. Business troubles caused him to
take his life. His wife and daughter re-
side in Delaware. Ohio.