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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Funeral at Mount Vernon.

WaShjuEton's request that his body be
kept for three days was strictly observed.
IL was Mrs. Washingtou'S desire that the
funerai be delayed n week TO allow no
-tice 90 De sent 10 the government and
personal friends. But the physicians
wisely deemed the protracted interval
imprudent and on the following WedneS-
day. just Is the bright winters sun mark
Cd the noon hour. Che funeral services
were held. The body had been placed in
plain mahogany casket, which stood in
the center Of the long Virginia veranda
Just opposite the hospitable doorway
which aided SO many times before 20 well
come the coming or speed the parting Of
the beloved commander-in-chiCf The Ob-
seQuies were conducted according 70 the
rites OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
augmented by n..jtSry aud Masonic hon
orS. The $3.50 $3.50 go fol-, we'd by mourn
ing band OF relatives. friends ami neigh.
hors and placed in the family vault ~
Mount Vernon. while =1Es OF a ship an
chored in the Potomac boOaed the mel,
anchOly ridings that the greatest chief
gain OF the time was dead.
The same day that witnessed the quiet
funeral OF George Washington brought
fhe news Of the national loss % Philadel-
phia, where Congress sat in session. \
passenger travelling from Virginia CON-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Story of Washington.

With great trouble Il small body of men
were busy hosting a heavy log to the
top of a blockhouse that was being re-
paired. after an assault in one of the
campaigns of the War of American In
dependence.
As the log swung TO and fro the voice
of little man was heard encouraging
the workers with "Heave away. There
she goes! Heave ho"'
BY and by there rode past an officer in
plain clothes, who asked the little man
why he did not help the others.
Sir was the pompous reply, Il am a
corporal"
Indeed" said the other, Il did not
know that; ask your pardon. Mr.. Cor
2oral."
DiSmouutinS without further ado, the
officer lent a willing hand till the job was
done. Then wipins the honest sweat off
his brow. he turned to the little man and
remarked: The next time. Mr.. Corporal.
you have bit of work like that in hand.
and tco few men TO do it. send for the
ccmmander-in-chief. and III come again
and assist YOU
With which offer and rebuke Gen.
Washington left the as;onished corporal
10 his own reflections.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

Now, thars dat tale a. Washin ton-de
biggest man at all
Dey say he couldn't tell lie dat can $
about to fab,
No matter how he tried.
De biggest kind o fool knows hOw-you
never has to laru-
Much less a man as smart as him DAT
meats about to burn),
DE his'try simply lied.
THAR amt no man what's got de sense to
he a president,
An manage dis big country, an mind de
gCVer ment,
But what could tell n lie.
1t makes me tired to see Stch things writ
down for folks to read,
An WIshin'ton would say so, too Il won
der wars dat bread,
II he was Standin by.
~.Au men can lie. an not half try; It's part
o human natuT;
an if it isn't in 'em born it comes 4 little
later
1Say! Kill dat blasted dogD
One thing Is Shore-it's bound TO be-if
WashintO was great
lie could b2' lied as easy (old pard, take on
dut meat
As falliu' off log
CHRONICLES
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
VALLEY FORGE TO BE A PARK

All of the young students of American
history will be glad to know that the
house in which Gen. Washington had his
headquarters at Valley Forge is to be
preserved if possible as a historical mon
ument of the Revolutionary days. The
building, which has fallen into decay. is
70 be thoroughly repaired. care being
taken not to change any of its features
or destroy its venerable look. Some of
Hhe rooms win be fitted up as museum
for Evolutionary and colonial relics
If the plans are fully carried out the
taud around the house known as the Val
ley Forge estate will be constituted a ma
1ional park. to which all children can
20 and renew their memories of the early
history of their land. 1t was Valley
ForSe that witnessed the hardest times
9f our struggle for liberty. Here Wash
ington underwent his severest trials;
here the American troops passed that
terrible winter, half starved and poorly
clad, many without shoes. and their
movements about camp could be traced
Er blo0i-markCd footprints. while the
British troops in Philadelphia were en-
joying every comfort 4 large city could
EffOrd. Valley Forge is the dark back
ground against which is Sihouettcd the
noble figure of Washington. and it is we'll
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

AS the nation which he founded grows
in extent, in wealth, in population, III
grandeur and in worldly Importance the
fame of Washington brOadens and takes
on more and more the glow of sublimity.
1t is only in looking back from the i'm
mense present upon the humble past that
the vastness of Washington's work can
be properly appreciated. The founda-
tions that ne laid still firmly support the
mighty structure that has risen upon
them, although it seems impossible that
he could have forcseen the immensely of
the results which were to follow his eff
forts. But that he did see grand posi-
bilities for the poor little republic which,
after patient effort and in the face of
Misunderstanding discouragements he faith
cred, is clearly shown in his public ut
terances. Washington was not one OF
those who "builded wiser than he knew"
In his mind the glory and the future
power of the United States were GER
tain. 1t was no speculation, no nothing
to-lOse-and-all- tO-gain venture with him,
and the prophetic vision that he seems
to have had was no doubt responsible
for the frmnesS of the base upon which
our government rests.
1t is fitting, therefore, that the ma
ton should do him honor. 1t is we'll that
schools should have special exercises on
his birthday-that the children Of the
land should thus be impressed with the
ssEEllcc21id character of the man and the
fitness of doing him honor. 1t is well,
too, that commerce should in q measure
be suspended; that the p;y;;a5ii;;c should see
fit occasion for patriotic demonstrations,
and it would be we'll if every citizen
could devote at least a part of the day
to a study of Washington's life and
achievements No one could do so with
out being better for it.-Chicago Daily
WaXvc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
WASHINGTON USED AS A NAME.
Hundre Is of Cities, Towns and Counties
Called After Him.

No man was ever honored so much in
having States, cities. counties, towns, isl
ands and various other things named af-
ter him as Washington has been. Coun-
ties in twenty-nine States are known as
Washington, and 166 places to which
mail is addressed are named in his honor
There is generally at least one Wash
ington" in every State, and there are
Washingtonville, Washington Plains,
Washington Court House and various
other derivatives of the same name. Sta
tistics are obtained not easily in regard
to the number of streets named after the
Father of Ii '"untry, but there is not
a town of any s.. hich does not have
Washington street Washington ave
nue.. There are numoerless Washington
parks. BY States, in the naming of
counties and towns. Washington has been
hoOOra,I aS follows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
The For+bcoriug Iuuket.

There is a delightful junket ahead for
about three eminent Americans who
stand we'll with the administration. A
special embassy" is to be sent to Lon
lon as the representative of the Presi-
dent of the United States at the cOrO-
nation of King Edward. A special en-
bassy was sent to the coronation OF the
Gar and also one to attend the jubilee
Of the late Queen Victoria. The latter,
it will be recalled, consisted of White
law Reid, Admiral Miller and Gen.
Miles. 1t would be safe to wager, how
ever, that Gen. Miles will not be of the
next party.-Savannah News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
WHY 1t Came to Light.

The report of the Taft commission,
telling how lovely everything is in the
Philippines and how only few police
men are now needed there was in hand
for long time, but was not put out I'M
til the army bill was as good as safe.
This is close work, to be sure, but pre-
senting the commissions report now
gives excuse for an extra session of
Congress in which to do something for
the Philippines, and in which it ought
not to be impossible to push the ship
subsidy bill a great deal further along.
philadelphia Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Tho prnsidnnt,s Pnrnnses.

The President believes in having two
strings to his bow. He is exercising
unlimited authority as commander in
chief of the army. He desires also I'M
limited authority as an extra-constitu-
tional ruler. Thus he will be able to
give the FilipinOs any kind of govern
ment, military or civil or a little Of
each, that his imperial wisdom may de-
termine. What becomes of the Con-
stitution of the United States in the
meanwhile is not giving him much con-
cern.-Philadelph Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Demanding the sxndicate,.

Even the firm and adamantine gorge
of the administration rises at a $685.
100000 river and harbor bill-not be-
cause of its wastefulness, but be-
cause of it's huge inrOads on the sur
plus at a critical season when all sorts
of syndicates are clamoring for Oppor-
tunities to empty the public treasury,
Should an executive veto be deemed
essential in the party interest the in
nocent would suffer with the guilty;
the important public york with the
petty private jOb.-Phiiadelphia Rec
nw5
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Having a Hard Time.

The troubles gathering about Mark
Hanna and his subsidy bill are increas-
ing with the process of the suns"
Nearly every new Senator who has
been elected will be against the sub
sidy bill if it .oes over to the extra
session. The new ones who have come
in the Senate this session in the place
of those removed by death or to fill
vacancies are not in favor of Hanna's
Iootinr scheme.-Duluth Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

new offices in the line and 100 in the
staff, and all of these rich plums are
to be distributed by the President, sub
ject to confirmation by the Senate. 1t
is the largest slice of patronage that
has been offered for many year. and
anxiety for its prompt enjoyment Is
naturally aroused among the patron
age-loving Observation-Disclosures Rec
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
A Ouarre1 of MonoDo1ists.

The well-nigh universal demand that
the United States shall keep hands off
the latest Venezuelan imbrogliO rather
disproves the claims of the imperialists
that they have succeeded in cultivating
warlike spirit in America. The people
of the United States have enough of
war now. They are not thirsting for
blood. The quarrel in Venezuela APP
pears to be a controversy between those
who are engaged in trying to monopo-
LIE the bounties of nature.-Des MOines
Leader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

Economy in public expenditures is
now regarded by most Senators and
Representatives as an old-fashioned viz
tue. They manage to distribute the out
lay so widely that nearly every COM
munity gets some part of it. This keeps
any section from making a loud cutlery.
1t has taken but a very few years for
the expenses of running the Federal
government for Il two-year period to in
crease. from S1,000,000,000 to $780,
OO0,OOO How long will it be before the
50, OOO,O 100000 mark is reached?-Sagi-
nav News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Girl Fatally Burned.

Margaret Roess, the 3-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottriel Roess, was
burned to death while playing with burn
ing bark at Ashland. The mother had
left the house for few moments and
when she returned the daughter was
standing in the doorway cnyeloped in
flames. Efforts on the mothers part to
extinguish the flames resulted only in
badly burning he. hands and wrists,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
The People Pay the Freight.

Hanna, Depew, Frye and the Inter-
national Navigation Company, the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company and the
Standard Oil Company will doubtless
rejoice greatly when the subsidy bill is
pa ssed. The American people will not
rejoice. They pay the freight-and the
freight in this instance amounts to a
S1S),00O,000 tax on the people-St.
Louis Republic
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Afraid of Disclosures.

The administration might safely ig-
more Neely's charges. but it cannot ig-
more the refusal of the surety company
which is on his bond to make good his
alleged shortage. The company invites
the government to bring suit, and if the
government does not bring suit it will
admit that it feags disclosures which
the suit would cause. 1t is practically
certain that there are much bigger
scoundreIs hiding behind Nicely and
Rathbone.- indianapolis Sentinel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Vain Search for Fugitive Official
Oshkosh Boy Marries HoroIciu Belle
Peculiar Runaway Accident-Child

Ten months ago Charles H. kellar, as
sistant postmaster at GlenwoOd. dlsap-
peared. If the earth had opened and
swallowed him the mystery of his vanish
ment could have been no greater. kellar
for years had been one of the most trust
ed and apparently trustworthy young
men in the neighborhOod. One day IN
April a postotfice inspector entered the
Glenwood office unheralded and asked
Mr.. kellar to turn over the cash ana
books of accounts to him. This hellar
did, and then went to supper. lie was
seen by several persons about town that
evening, but did not return to the post
office He was last seen about O'Clock
in saloon, where he borrowed $40, ana
since that hour not the faintest trace has
ever been obtained as to his where
abouts. DIigent search was made fer
days, some entertaining the idea, from
the fact that for several days before his
disappearance he had been sick. that he
had committed suicide, but all efforts to
find him or his body proved fruitless. An
investigation of his accounts with the
government showed them to be more than
800 short, which sum was promptly
made good by the postmaster. 1t then
developed that during the previous year
or two Keliar had been secretly engaged
in gambling. losing heavily at times at
the poker table. Later the jury in the
United States Court at Madison found
an indictment against him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Something Not Yet Explained.

Just why, at the request of the ma
tional asphalt trust, the government
at Washington has sent the warship
Scorpion to GuanOcO with orders to
make war upon Venezuela in certain
vaguely defined eventualities does not
appear. The Scorpion is not very
formidable vessel, but the Kearsarge
or the Massachusetts is said to be
scheduled to follow her. Is this the
opening of a new chapter of eXpan-
sion?-New York World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Remarkable Runaway at waucousta.

y strange runaway accident took place
ut Waucousta. John Sock, Il well-known
farmer, was in the village getting some
feed from Il barn there. He drove his
team out of the barn and turned to close
the door, when the team took fright at
something and instantly started down
the road to the north. Just ahead of the
team was another team hitched to post,
belonging to one Charles Schnovski, val
ued at S350 The running team went
straight against this team, one horse
jumping clear over the standing team
and. the other remaining still while the
tongue of the wagon to which the running
team was attached pierced one of Schnoy-
skis horses and completely disembow-
eled it. No other damage appeared to
have been done.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Exposure Kills Father and Son.

Gustave Hartman and his son. aged IL
wears, are dead as the result of cold and
exposure consequent upon breaking
through the ice at Lake Butte Des Morris.
The two were on a fishing expedition,
and were driving horse attached to Il
cutter when they broke through the ice.
The boy got ashore and succeeded in
sending aid to his father, but expired up
on reaching farmers house on the
bank. The father died soon afterward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

Keeping Ugly Facts Under Cover.
News from Washington is getting
right interesting. No more information
is to be given to the public in matters
where the servants of the nations are
caught in wrongdoing. THE good of
the state" demands that the record of
their deeds be kept a secret. The peo-
pie are not to be trusted. The looting
in China, as the Lawshe inquiry in
Cuba is to be withheld from the people.
Lafayette Ond) Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Stern Aleasnres.

What lave you got in that pack
age:" asked Mrs. Monkey. when Henry
came hope the other evening.
Has Mrs. Smith brought back that
coffee yet?'N
NO"
Has Mrs Tutwiler brought back
Bertha's piano music:'
NO"
Has Mrs. Ellington, returned my
Richard Carver?"
NO"
as Mrs. WilIoughby still in possess
sion of your clothesIineE"
Yes. But what have you got in that
package:7
THAT package" returned Henry. saw
agely. contains big red placard label
ed. Beware. Smallpox Within I'm
going TO tack It upon the house and see
if we can't stop this borrowing around
here for a while. indianapolis Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Hangs While Wife Is Ava V.

Frederick Mockler, aged 50 years, was
found dead in his home at DcnZen. His
wife is in Milwaukee and the aged man
hanged himself during her absence. Mr..
Mocklcr was married i'll September last
to Miss Anna NJ. Dalcourt of Milwaukee.
She was much younger than her husband.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
In the Intere.t Of subsidie..

1t is quite likely that the extra ses-
sion. If called, viii be as much fo' the
purpose of granting subsidies 70. ships
as for providing a form of .vil gov
eminent for the PhilippiDs, and ar
ranging the details of g/verhment in
Cuba. And when Subsidies are given
to the shipping interests it may be
taken for granted that other interests
will press their claims for bounty. The
administration viii be fortunate in that
event if il shuts the doors of the treas
urv before the surplus has vanished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

News has been received in Oshkosh of
the marriage, at Honolulu, of Will
Stroud, an Oshkosh boy who left there
five years ago, to one of the bellies of the
Hawaiian islands. Young Stroud en-
tered the navy and saw service on the
Adams and the Bennington. He became
estranged from his family and it has been
several years since they heard from the
son, though they had learned that he had
left the navy some time ago and had
settled at Honolulu. The news of the
marriage came in a letter written by
Stroud's bride, who was Miss Gertrude
Toms, daughter of Il well-knOwn sugar
planter on the islands, to her Wisconsin
father-in-law, Horace Stroud, an insur-
ance agent of Oshkosh. Young Stroud,
it is understood. holds a responsible posi-
ton with one of the big sugar exporting
houses in Honolulu.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
did Not Quote Lincoln,

Gov. Yates prOuOunces Abraham Lin
coin the greatest Illinoisan. But he
didn't dare quote from him while max
ing speeches during the last ~presiden-
tial campaign.-Kansas CitS Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
SUBSIDY GRAB SET BACK.

Senator Hanna and his ship subsidy
grab received another hard jolt Tues
lay. For the second time since it was
aiken up for consideration in Deem
DER it has been rudely and effectively
displaced from its commanding posi-
ion as the unfinished business OF the
Senate. Mr. Hanna was on hand to
see the grab kicked about the chamber.
ike football and he hadn't word to
say in protest. Senator Frye, know
ne what was coming, had CONVENIENT
y absented himself. Thus he was not
forced into the position of having to
yield or refusing to yield.
The grab, says Washington CORE
spondent, was laid before the Senate
At 1 o'clock while the District of Co
umbia appropriation bill was being
considered. Senator Allison, however,
lad no intention of permitting an inn
oortant appropriation bill to be thrust
aside. Acting upon the authority vest
ed in him by the steering committee at
its meeting last week, he endeayOred
W ACL uOh Ii ~ anu 41G1Lci hANiObI
lolting them too severely by moving
that the ship subsidy bill be laid aside
temporarily. Senator Jones of Arkan-
sas promptly and emphatically object
ed to this course. He said that the
effect of granting the request would
be to continue the ship subsidy bill as
the unfinished business and he did not
believe that this should be done in view
Of the condition of the Senate bust
ness. If the appropriation bills should
fail, their failure. he said, would be
due to keeping the ship subsidy bill
pending. and he thought that the coun-
try should understand this provision to
set aside everything else for that meas
ure. Senator Jones. declared that there
were other subjects more important
than the ship subsidy grab that ought
to take precedence and Informed the
Republicans that if an extra session
were called it would not be called be-
cause the Democrats had not given
them an opportunity to transact the
legitimate legislative business of the
QUILL y LIZ NOulIO up ny ObJCNl4hs
to temporarily laying the ship subsidy
bill aside.
Then Senator Allison reflected the
opposition to the actual Republican
leaders of the Senate in the methods
employed by the ship subsidy grab
lobby by eXclaiming with determined
voice:
''Then, Mr. President. I move that
the consideration of the District of Co
lumbia appropriation bill be proceeded
with"
Hanna looked on with reddening face
and clinched hands. He was evidently
under great mental strain, but appre-
ciating the character and quality of
the odds arrayed against him, he re-
manned silent His precious bill went
tumbling down to the foot of the cal
andar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Make Them Pay for Oppression.

Make Them Pay for Oppression.
RumOr has it that a strong lobby will
represent the holders of $450,000, 900
Spanish-Cuban bonds when the new
constitution for Cuba comes before
Congress. The idea is to have Con
gress take some action toward COMPEL
ing Cuba to assume payment of that
enormous obligation contracted by
Spain in the effort to put down the
Cuban revolution. Spain alone is re-
sponsible for the payment of those
bonds; Spain alone used the proceeds
of their sale to support its tyrannical
rule in Cuba. If any lobby appears
in Washington to urge an unjust claim
against Cuba it should be invited to
transfC. itself to Madrid and convince
the Spanish government it was wrong
when it repudlated the debt.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
TnIe.s &c Ifna ) fh lnrits.

= Washington in splitting wood.
~sE "boxing with 4 friend,
ia goJ a blow by chance that should
lis optic features blend;
Did he in all truth state the way
He got his bold black eye.
His fame would not reS0uDd to-day
As one thai cculd not lie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19

Some c1 the Senators at Washington
betray unusual eagerRess 10 get the
army bin out Of the way and on the
federal statute book. This measure
creates. among other things, about $50
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-19
Having Things Their own Way.

The trusts are certainly having things
their own way. 1t may be said, With
much more ruefulness than hHmor,
that they are preparing TO ride the
American people a merry race on land
and sea alike. And it's the American
people who must pay all expenses and
lose the race if McKinIeyism and trust
ism continue to prevail in American
-overnment-St Louis Republic