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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

From Havana comes the statement
that the constitutional convention has
virtually decided upon the plan for the
future relations between the island and
the United States. 1t is said to include
an acceptance of the Monroe doctrine, the
regulation of Cuban foreign affairs in ac-
cordance with the wishes of the United
States, the transfer to the United States
of any harbor on the north coast and any
two harbors on the south coast that may
be desired for naval bases, and a treaty
of offensive and defensive alliance. If
such a plan is adopted it indicates that
the Cubans who favor a United States
protectorate over the future republic are
in the majority. But the convention has
not yet arrived at a final decision and
the constitution it forms viii have to be
ratified by the people before it can be-
come effective.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

According to the recently published
statistics for the year 1899, the birth rate
in France continues 10 decrease alarm
ingly There We're in that year about TO-,
600 less births than for the year preced-
ing. and the excess of births over deaths
was some 10000 only, of a total OF SAL
627 births. The total births of the past
year in France were about 100000 short
Of the number required merely to main
tain the present population. III the year
1898 the births in Germany were 1.943.-
731, more than twice the number in
France for the same year. For thirteen
years past this ratio has held. and in
sewn years more. at the same rate. Ger
MANY, approximately the equal Of France
at theSt time si the FranerPrussian war,
will have dcsble the population, Of her
western neighhor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
2. D. ARMOUR Is DEAD
MILLIONAIRE DIES AT HIS HOME
IN CHICAGO.
ECO of Several Weeks Illness Due to
Heart Disease-Relatives at Bedside
Witness Peaceful Passing Away
Leaves Fortune of S75,OO0,000.

Philip d. Armour. the worlds wealth
lest and best known packer, the man
of many enterprises, is dead, at Is years
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
Making Bacon.
nice and Tnhacco Consnmntion

1t takes about fifteen bushels Of grain
and meal 10 fatten large bacon pig.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

The Boers have succeeded in creating
panic at Cape Town, whore more than
5000 men have enlisted within the last
week to repel an attack from the Trans
yaal invaders. Big guns have also been
landed from the battleship Monarch and
every preparation is being made to de-
fend the city. While it is not likely that
the Boer invasion of Cape Colony will
result in any material success, it is con-
sidered in military circles a piece of
adroit strategy worthy of the ablest gem
eral. 1t is said to have been planned by
Botha, the commander-in-chief of the
Boer forces, and to be designed to draw a
large part of Lord Kitchener's effective
force away from the Transvaal. Succeed
ing in this, it is argued that Botha con-
templates striking a serious blow at Pre-
toria. There is nothing in the dispatches
from British sources to indicate a gen
eral uprising of the Dutch people of Cape
Colony. 1t is admitted that n few recruits
have joined the Boer invaders. The real
facts, however, may have been suppress
ed, for there is no doubling the genuine
ness of the alarm not only at Cape Town
but in London. 1t is again announced
lAlei AtSIuCll 4AIuSei w ia NAo1l thO S3AA6-
ed States. 1t has been generally believ-
ed that the Boer president would cross
the Atlantic, especially after the failure
Of his mission in Europe was patent.
49,
Negotiations at Pekin are again at a
standstill. The allied forces, at the re-
quest of Emperor Kwang-Su, have grant
ed truce and military operations are
nominally at a standstill. The Emperor
has instructed Prince Ching and Earl Ii
Hung-Chang to sign the preliminary
terms of peace, and the joint note refer
red to last week is being put into the
form of an agreement for signatures. In
terest in the diplomatic phase of the Chi
nese question was stirred during the week
by the announcement of a treaty between
China and Russia, by the terms of which
the vast province of Manchuria becomes
virtually a protectorate under the Gar.
The treaty is, on the surface, in direct
violation of the tacit agreement that has
maintained the concert of the powers at
Pekin With this tacit agreement brok
en-, there seems to be no reason why Ger
many should not assume protectorate
over the entire Shan-Tung province, or
France over some of the southern prov
nces. Russia's practical seizure of Man
churia virtually adds 3740 600 square miles
to the Cars dominion, shuts off Corea
from China. and means the domination of
Mongolia. 1t virtually carries the Rus
sian Empire in Asia southwark to the
Great Wall and menaces the integrity Of
Pekin itself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
Death of n. d. Arn,s.r
P1um for Chicavo Attorney

Philip ID. Armour. the noted Chicago
packer, died of a heart affection after
suffering several weeks with pneumonia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15
He ATE HUMAN FLESH
PRISONER RELEASED AFTER A
LONG IMPRISONMENT.

Alfred Packer, Who Dined OFF a Dead
Companions When Almost starving,
sPAroieIin CoIorado-Eight Indians
Killed by Explosion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

The attorney generalship of Porto Rico
is the plum which has fallen to James $.
Harlan. an attorney of Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

Germany IS one Of the first Of the in
dustrial powers Of the old world to take
up the discussion Of American eonped-
ion in the iron and steel trade and seek
practical means TO end it. 1t IS pre-
parea to pay an export bounty Of S3.75
her Ton on iron goods, and is favored by
the coal. pig iron and rolling mill syn
,Iicates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

The commonwealth Of Australia was
formally inaugurared On New Years day
rnder 4 government similar TO that u
The dominion Of Caneaa. Il j. made up
~ the states Of New South Wales. Tic
t5ria. Queensland. South Australia, Tas-
mania ana West Australia. These states
combined haze an area ~ 2,954 e2S
sana-e miles. or only T47.z91 square
niles less than the United states.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

The vigorous war wa~ed ny the French
government npon the religions orders Of
France has finally resulted in an appea.
"a the Vatican. a delegation Of inau-
entail French Catholics has gone. 10 Rome
10 urge upon Pope Leo the necessity Of
interference.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-01-15

Capt. + y. Dickens e $. Mile In
diana was put ont Of commission because
the navy had not enough men 10 officer
and man her. Our navy 90 FAR as ships,
ordnance and men 20. is Adaptable. But
There Is a dearth % men ai& officers even
now. We can't as Il is. keep al our
ships at sea. What viii be the discrep-
ancy when the new ships building on soon
to be built are demanding men and Off
Gers along with those ships we now have
The crying need Of the navy is more
men and officers very many more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
Saturday, January 26, 1901.

be used for q sieve" and he had his
blood spilled In many q fight; but not
enough Of 1t at any one time to make
him bite the dust.
While the desperadOes were making
It Interesting for Bruner he was keep
Ing them busy. He was a dead shot,
and whenever he pulled the trigger on
his man 1t meant a separation OF soul
and body. The first one he killed was
buried In grave south Of his place.
The second one was also laid there.
And so 1t went until the carcasses Of 28
bad men who had met death at the
hands OF Bruner, while he was acting
in the line Of duty, were buried In that
grove. A rail fence was run around
the graves and the cemetery was
named "Bruner's Graveyard" Only
one grave in the yard Is marked with
a marble headstone. That is the grave
Of noted horsethief. His pals chip
ped in and bought the tombstone be-
cause he was good fellow" All the
rest Of the graves are marked with
wooden slabs. Many Of them are en-
closed with slab fences, while others
are enclosed with rails laid in hog pen
fashion.
After Bruner got his graveyard pref
ty we'll filled up, the desperadoes be-
gan to realize that he meant business,
and whenever one would hear that
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
Autuarous 9epartment.

He LOOKED LIKE HARRIsoN.-The
other morning gentleman with white
beard. closely cropped. and quite an al
dermanic girth, walked down Pennsyl-
vania avenue to the Capitol. On the
way he stepped into a shop kept by
John Denham, to make a purchase.
The shopkeeper looked at his customer
closely.
did anyone ever tell you',' he asked
that you looked like ex-President
Harrison?"
YES" was the reply; II have heard
it said very often. Do you think there
is a resemblance"
II should say So" answered Denham.
IT never saw General Harrison, but
from his picture, I should say you were
a dead ringer for him."
The visitor gave little chuckle, as
if he were intensely pleased and then
went out Of the shop, proceeding on his
way to the Capitol. Denham went to
the door and looked after him. Stand
ing in the doorway was AL Reed, the
District agent Of the Atlantic Coast
Line. al" said Denham, Ibid you
see that man who was in here just
now?"
YES" said Reed.
II told him." said Denham, that he
looked just like ex-President Harri-
son.
"Of course he did," exclaimed Reed
THAT was Harrison himself" wash
ington Post.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

HIS NAME WAS NOT JOHN SMITH,
Among the public servants who are
worried by foolish questions the super
intendent of mails in the postoffice gets
his full share, says the New York Tri-
bune. One Of his visitors last week
was a man who said to the deputy who
answered the call at the window:
II am going out Of town today and
want to get letter to my brother, who
is on board the Majestic, and she is not
due until Wednesday. I don't know
where he will stay in New York, or
where he will go from here. Can't you
help me?"
Certainly we can," said the clerk
"a mailboat goes to meet the steamer
and If you address your letter proper
ly and put domestic postage on it 1t
will be delivered all right"
But how shall I address it-where
shall 1 send it?"
Address it, John Smith, passenger
on board incoming steamer Majestic,
due in New York, Dec. r. That will
reach him.
mo city? No nothing?
That's ADJUST as told YOU"
The man thanked the clerk and went
away, and came back a little later
with an addressed letter in his hand.
Say" he said to the clerk. "about
that letter. I've addressed it and also
stamped it all right; but the mans
name isn't John Smith. How about
that?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

How HE BECAME PoSTHUMoUS Son.
Among Jack Casserly's versatile COL
lection Of friends is an old Irishman
who is a conductor on a California
street car line. Casserly makes it a
point to ride in the old fellows car
whenever it is possible. One evening
last week, while on his homeward way,
after they had cracked few jokes, of
which the Milesian ticket puncher has
an unlimited share, Casserly said:
Pat, you have a wonderful store of
humor."
Sure and I come by it honestly.
Among the Irish there is belief that
a posthumous son has three times the
share of wit he would otherwise have
had. am that"
"a posthumous son, eh?"
And that I am. 1t was six years af-
ter was born that saw my father"
Casserly was puzzled. How came
you to see your fathers remains?" he
said.
There were no remains about It,
sor, that I saw; but the ould man him
self. He was sent to Clonmel prison
for Fennianism for six and a half years
six months before I was born.
Francisco News Letter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
FAMOUS ASPHALT LAKE.
Most Notable Source Of This Material In the
World.

Recent estimates are to the effect
that asphalt is being dug out of the
famous tar lake of Trinidad-the most
notable existing source Of the material
in the world-at the rate of $4,000 tons
per annum. There are still 100000
tons in sight; but at this rate the sup
ply could not last long, were it not that
the lake of bitumen referred to Is re-
ceiving a constant accretion from the
bowels of the earth. This accretion Is
reckoned as amounting to about 10000
tons yearly, says The Saturday Even
ing Post, and would suffice to restore
the lake to it's original condition If 1t
were allowed to remain undisturbed for
a few years.
This wonderful lake of pitch has an
area of IA acres and recent soundings
made in the middle of it have shown
it's depth to be 125 feet in that part
Near the center it is semi-liquid and
surface that a man on horseback can
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

ride over it without danger Of breaking
through the crust. Scattered over Its
surface are a number Of small islands
which have no proper roots in the earth
so to speak; but are composed merely
of denominations Of soil, though trees
of considerable size grow on some OF
them. These islands are not station
ary; but are carried slowly from place
to place by the movements Of the lake.
Now and then one Of them is entirely
engulfed.
Various theories have been enter
tained as to the manner in which this
remarkable deposit was formed, and Is
resupplied. Biologists today, however,
are satisfied that 1t is the result Of GER
tain chemical processes operating upon
immense accumulations Of vegetable
matter stored away deep in the earth
during a past epoch. Evidently the
processes in question, whatever the ma
ture of them may be, are still going on
in the depths, and hence the steady ac-
cretion already spoken Of
The whole lake Is nearly pure as
phalt. When a cargo Of 1t Is wanted
workmen go out on the black surface
and dig as much as they require with
picks and shovels, according to the de-
gree Of hardness Of the material. The
stuff has a low melting point, and on
very hot day it literally boils. No such
beautiful and pure asphalt Is found
anywhere else in the world as that
which comes from the pitch lake of
Trinadad. Not a pebble Is to be seen
in it. The rough-looking asphalt which
is full of pebbles, has such impurities
because it is dug out Of the earth. 1t Is
known as land asphalt Chicago Daily
News.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
REMARKABLE GRAVEYARD.
In Il Are Buried Only Men Killed BY United
States Marshal.

Hec Bruner, a United States mar
shal of the indian Territory In the
early days, enjoys the rare distinction
of having a cemetery named after him.
And the strange part Of 1t Is that no one
Is buried there except his own victims.
There are twenty-eight mounds In the
cemetery. Under each lies the bones
of some bad man who brushed up
against Bruner and got the worst of 1t.
When Bruner was marshal the coun-
try was about as wild as a country
ever gets. 1t was filled with horse
thieves, cattle thieves, train robbers
and desperadoes Of every kind. A law
abiding, peaceable citizen didn't stand
much show. Murders were so COM
mon that they were not considered
news. Theft attracted no attention
whatever except from the ones who
suffered loss. The country was run as
near along anarchistic lines as the most
ardent anarchist of New York or Mad
rid could hope. Little attention was
given to the consent Of the govern
ed" The desperate with the quick
est movement Of his shooting hand, the
most nerve, ruled the roost.
That was the condition up until Hec
Bruner was appointed United States
marshal. When he took charge of the
office he decided to revolutionize things
and make the Indian Territory "a
good place to live in" His friends
laughed at him, although they knew
he had nerve. To go up against the
notorious gangs Of this country, they
claimed, was foolishness. 1t might re-
suit in cleaning out gang or two; but
in the end would result in the marshal
being wiped off the map. What was
the use to endanger ones own life In
order to make trouble for the desper-
ADDE'S, they would ask. To this Bruner
replied that he would drive the opening
wedge toward civilizing the Territory,
If it cost him his life the very first
day.
He stuck to his resolution, and he
didn't lose his life either; but he had
several narrow escapes. He was pune
tured by bullets until his frame could
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26
The OLDEST PICTURE BOOK.
Is the Earliest Known And Will Survive All
Time.

Time.
The oldest picture book In our pos
session is the midnight sun. We stand
out under the stars on some clear
moonless night, and, looking upward,
though no forms are visible, though 1t
is only here and there that the natural
grouping can by the utmost legitimate
effort Of fancy, be made to fit some
preconceived shape, yet we still seem
to see the whole vast dome covered
with mysterious frescoes. There in the
north shine the two Bears, the unsleep-
ing guardian Of the pole. Between
them winds the Dragon. There stands
Cepheus the King, and by his side In
midstream of the Milky Way, Is seated
Cassiopeia, his queen. The figures
overhead and to the south change with
the changing hours and seasons, and
the December midnight brings us the
most glorious show Of all. There Is
Orion; following him are Sirius and
Procyon, his dogs; above are the Bull
and Twins; and higher still Aurigia
and Perseus join Cassiopeia on the
Milky Way. Andromeda, chained to
her rock, lies beneath her boastful
mother; while her enemy, the great
Sea Monster is sinking down below the
western horizon. The April nights give
the preeminence to Arcturus, the most
brilliant Of the constellation of Bo-otes,
the herdman, who stands with one
hand stretched toward the Crown, the
other toward the Great Bear. Beneath
him lies the Virgin, while the Lion Is
rushing downward toward the west
The Scorpion is the lord Of the South
during the short summer nights, While
the Lyre, with its bright blue jewels,
Vega, claims the zenith; and between
the two giant heroes, Ophiucus and
Hercules spread their huge limbs The
September midnight is the time Pega-
sus, and then the watery and fishlike
consultations have their turn-the
Dolphin, the Sea Goat, Aquarius, with
his stream, and the southern Fish, the
twin Fishes and fair Andromeda's huge
marine prosecutor.
We seem to see these forms, through
no form or semblance Of the form Is
really there. For from great antiq-
uity men have looked upward to the
heavens and have pictured thereon, In
their own thought, certain forms,
which we have inherited from them by
long tradition, forms which became so
real to them that the stars themselves,
on which they based them, seemed to
fade out or to be but IS the nails
which kept the pictures in position,
while the forms remained the real OBJ
iects which filled the heavens.-Nine-
teenth Century.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

HIS P'INT."-The logic Of some BIZ
BILE readers reminds us of the story of
an old colored preacher who made the
assertion in his pulpit that every wo-
man had seven devils in her. He was
promptly challenged by the irate fe-
male members Of his flock to make
good his assertion. He announced that
on a certain Sunday he would give
Scripture proof Of what he said.
When the time came he gave the
proof as follows: "Brudders and sisters,
you have all done heard and read dat
de Lord cast seven debbels out of one
woman. But, brudders and sisters,
you had not done heard and read dat
he cast de debbils out Of any udder
woman. Derefore, eff lie Lord only
cast de debbils out Of one woman, den
all de udder women has he debbils in
dem yet. So accordin' to de plain
readin' OBJ de Scriptures, ebbery woman
has seven debbils in her. OATS my
pint"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-01-26

A CATALoGUE.-"Miss Mary" said the
sable maiden, 1--WE 'spect to have an
en'tainment at our chu'ch mex week,
and I got to speak a piece. 1 was jest
goin' to asst you if you had book with
some Oh them pieces in?"
why, yes, Dora. I have a book of
recitations. What kind of a piece do
you want?"
"Well, was thinkin' OBJ somep'n in
de nature oh catalogue"
"a what?"
"a catalogue-you know, a piece with
one person a talkin' and mother one an
swerin' 'em back. Has you got piece
like dat? I'd like it fust rate."-New
York Tribune.
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