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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
Brief News Items.

J. P. Morgan & Co. subscribed $4,000
to the Victoria monument.
Gold and silver discovered along Rare
don creek, near Portsmouth, Ohio.
Dry goods firm of D'Onivier & Co.,
Mexico City, failed. Liabilities 100000.
John McConachie, conductor of Chica-
go cable car was deprived of an ear by
an irate passenger.
Harry Sleight. Paterson, n. J., suing
Chas. Myron, 90, for $1,000, alleging that
he kissed Mrs. Sleight twice.
The Tennessee Legislature has passed
a bill to impose an ad valorem tax on all
cars owned by corporations other than
railroads.
United Salt Company, PomeToy Bend,
W. Va, has gone into the hands of re-
ceiver. Judge Lamsen of Cleveland was
appointed receiver.
Harry f. Boyer, Reading, Pa, receiv-
ed an anonymous letter demanding the
payment of $500 if he did not want his
daughter kidnapped.
Prof. ". w. Goodwin, professor of
Greek, Harvard University, viii resign
on account Of old age. Been with the
college forty-fve years.
Verdict of cor0ner's jury. New York.
was that Mrs. Carrie Cabus died while
suffering from epilepsy. Relations in
sisted that a dog killed her.
During the last twenty years the rail-
way mileage of the South has doubled
nearly three times. IN 1880 there were
1910 miles Of track; in 1900 there were
1907. In 1880 the South produced &c.,
301 tons Of pig iron; n 1900 the total sur
passed 100000.
Newspapers already are sending their
replies 10 the circular letter sent out By
the Postoffice Department asking wheth-
er a department rule that viii absolutely
stop all premium inducements for sub
scripti6ns wguld be regarded as injurious
10 legitimEte newspaper and periodicals.
All favor The plan.
Three canviets tried to escape from
Jail. Santa Fe, y. NJ. Guards killed
George s. Stephenson and MORALLY
wounded VIZ. Simmons and Jose VI.
Sena
Missouri is not burdened with expense
for the care Of it. convicts. The $4,000
appropriated fer the penitentiary for the
mast two years is Offset by the $50, 99I
remaining IN the treasury from the earn
ings.
Miss Eleanor 4. Ormerod, the we'll
known English entomoiogist, has decided
TO discontinue her annual reports on in
furious insects and common farm pests,
She nas prepared such reports for nearly
quarter Of century
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
SOUTH CHICAGO HORROR.
Seven Dead and Many Hurt in Tene.
ment House Fire.

Seven dead and eight seriously injured
is the record of a fire that ragged through
an old frame tenement hJuse at 9316
Marquette avenue, Chicago, early Sun
day morning. While the flames ravaged
the structure, driving the frightened in
mates either to desperate leaps for life
or overcoming and consuming them in
the smoke-laden rooms, suceor, although
at hand, was of no avail. Barred from
the burning structure, police and fire APP
paratus stood useless and helpless wait
ing for the crew of long freight train
to clear passage at the crossing. Not
until the crew was placed Ider arrest
was this accomplished and in the interim
human lives had succumbed.
Nor was this the only remarkable in
cident of the fatal blaze. John Schmidt,
a young boy living next to the burning
structure, was on the spur of the mo-
ment transformed into a hero. Clad only
in night dress, he east q clothesline into
the upper windows of the tenement, res
cuing five persons from certain death.
One of these proved TO be DoWieite,
who added to the terror of the situation
by refusing to allow medical assistance to
go to the aid of his burned and bruised
wife. He adopted the same tactics with
his little girl, who was forcibly taken
from him during a struggle, in which the
burned flesh was torn from her tiny arm
by the grasp of her frenzied father.
IneXplicable circumstances surround
the origin of the fire. On Saturday night
there had been a fight between some of
the occupants of the structure, and the
police had been appealed to. Later quiet
was restored. Supnday morning, short
ly before daylight, Joseph Iraminski, a
16-year-old boy, noticed flames in the |
building while passing it ON the way
home from a dance. The fire seemtd TO !
be under the stairway and was spread |
Ing rapidly. The boy shouted loudly, |
and while the imprisoned inmates rushed |
to the narrow windows and plunged out |
or fell exhausted where they stood, the |
clang of the fire bells was heard. When |
the tiremen reached the Zool tenement |
there was nothing to do beyond stopping |
the further spread of the flames and
search the ruins for the dead
Christensen's injured wife and child |
were removed to Il neighboring house. 1t |
was here that Christensen created a |
scene when an attempt was made to sup |
ply medical attendance. Christensen |
had to be Knocked down before tie in
jured child could be taken from him. He
cursed his rescuers, the police and the |
doctors, and created such a scene that be |
was finally locked up.
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Several Apenines villages destroyed by
landslides. Loss of life unknown.
Forty-eight thousand Turks have been
exiled during the last eleven years.
Harley's bank and five business houses,
Bedford, Pa, burned. Loss 100000.
Maj. Gen. S. B. NJ. Young engaged to
Miss Cornelia b. McLanahan of Wash
ington.
A German savant points out that rural
postmen were in existence in Egypt 1000
years ago.
Miss Roy Levenstein. 10. Cleveland,
Ohio, hanged herself. Despondent on ac-
count of illness.
Jerome Cowen of Boston fatally stab
bed his brother Cornelius in a quarrel
over a collar button.
Little battle at Vryheid. One English
man killed, one wounded; four Beers kill
ed, several wounded.
Thomas Poteet. Bowling Green. Ky,
says he has been the husband of seven
wives. He has six divorces.
Jacob Miller, Egg Harbor. y. Y, made
insane by worrying over $4,000 which
he had inherited, killed himself.
A man can still carry concealed weap-
ons in Tennessee without fear of any
thing beyond a fine The bill to provide
Jail term for such people failed to pass
lola. the home town of Gen. Funston,
wanted TO cable congratulate ms to the
general, but upon investigating the rates
found that they would have 10 bond the
city to do so. Resolutions and letters
have been mailed.
The pathetic story Of a child's love
comes from West Union, Ohio. Ca
Rhine was lodged in Jail on a peace war.
rant. His little 5-year-old son refused
TO leave his father and was locked OF
with him.
About 'f0rty-eight miles from Dead
wood. :. D.. Is mountain of good size
which, Drospect0rs say is almost solid
copper. A company capitalized for 50.
O00. O00 has secured control of the noun
tain. The men interested say it viii bs
the richest copper mine in the world
SULPHUR works. wandsworth. England
burned. One man persisted. and many
fremen ana others were nearly overcom,
by deadly vapors-
At the peace jubilee in Boston. 1869
Madame Parepa Rosa's voice was distin
guished above 1900 singers. an orches
ira Of over 1000 instruments and in
hall where the audience consisted Of 40,
COO people
In tearing down the Bellevue House
Gibsonburs. Ohio. a c0urterfeiters' del
was unearthed. Dies and molds wer,
fo--u5 a few years ago thu eounrw va
flooded with bogus half dollars. Severa
hundred dollars IN counterfeits wa
found
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
JUDGES ~ JAIL AGAIN.
Fresh Trouble in st. C.air County, Mo.
Contempt Case.

Contempt Case.
st. Clair County (AIo1 Court is again
in the hands of the federal courts at
Kansas City and the United States mar
shall has possession of two of the three
judges on charges of contempt. A county
court in Missouri is not a judicial body,
as the name would lead one to infer. 1t
is What in many other States is known
as Tie board Of cc651ntf commissioners,
For years the court in st, Clair County
has been in contempt of the federal tri-
bunal at Kansas City for not obeying
the order to levy taxes upon the county
to pay an issue of railroad bonds.
Shortly after the war several railroad
schemes were promoted. One of the
roads was surveyed through st. Clair and
the county voted a bonus to the company
in the form of bonds. These were turn
ed over to the promoters, who promptly
marketed them and presumably pocketed
the proceeds. The railway was not built.
The bonds passed to innocent purchasers
and the matter was carried to the federal
court upon the refusal of the st. Clair
County judges to honor the paper and
order a tax levy. Judgment was rem
uefeu anu lne Of OIdlr CouHIy ueuCn
was ordered to make a tax levy to pay
the securities. 1t refused and was held
in contempt.
Since then several new county courts
have been elected, and each has been
promptly arrested and incarcerated upon
refusal to carry out the federal order. 1t
is regarded as a mark of distinction in
st. Clair County to have served as a
member of the County Court. The judges
spend most of their terms in jail or in
the custody of the United States mar
shall, and several have suffered i'll health
because of the incarceration. Notwith-
standing the hardships there is never :
lack of candidates for the office.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
TeIeprnnhic Brevitiea.

President appointed S. A. Stapleton,
West Virginia, consul at Nueyo Laredo,
Mexico.
Mrs. Fannie Miller, New York. and
two daughters have asked for divorces
from their husbands.
Chicago will try to Dust the Illinois
Steel Company from part of the land j:
holds along the lake front, claiming it
belongs to the city.
The Great Eastern has faded into the
era of small things. Her tonnage was
10000 below that Of the Celtic, JUST
launched at Belfast.
Alfred Yngve. a Castle Valley, Pa.
wheeIwright, has a tame chicken that
follows him about like dog, and recent
" took a Sunday walk Of twelve miles.
with him.
The earliest specimens Of Indian corn
grew, it is believed by botanists, on the
plateau of Peru, where this plant has
been found growing in a condition which
indicates that it is indigenous to the.
soil.
Lapponi, the Pope's physician, has de-
clared sandals and low shoes the best
for feminine wear. This is contrary to
a prevalent opinion that low-cut footbear
leads to enlarged or weakened ankles.
During the past few days Rock creek
and its tributaries 81 British Columbia
have attracted more placer gold hunters
than can stake claims. In the early six
ties the Rock creek placer diggings yield
ed large returns.
st the communion service in one Of the
Presbyterian churches in Washington one
Sunday recently the bread and wine were
passed by two admirals. a general. two
Supreme Court justices and a former
Secretary Of State.
The republic Of Mexico signed the con-
venfion Of the peace conference at The
Hague. China, Luxembour. and Turkey
are now the only countries which have
not signed.
According TO an apparently authentic
article in a French periodical not less
than 10000 aristOcrats are at present
confined in the prisons Of Europe. Rus
STA stands first, with 1909 blue-blcoded
lawbreakers.
The recent census Of India shows that
Bengal, which has an area Of 203.4
square miles-one-quarter less than the
area OF Texas-has population OF a.
T13O00. which is equal TO that Of the
United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
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(. 9l6@gyF r.
The News ~

The glue manufacturers are organizing
a trust. 1t probably will stick.
A Russian student shot at PobiedOnost-
zeff. 1t doesn't seem as though he coulG
miss that.
The new soap combine undoubtedly in
tends to lather all competitors and shave
consumers.
Reports from Washington indicate
lamentable lack of proofreading on the
Logan statue.
Of course talk is cheap, but no one
would be surprised to see a telephone
trust organized.
War has ended in Martinique. If you
don't know where Martinique is YOU
need not feel lonesome.
1t seems strange that those Vancouver
bankers should commit suicide with Can
ada so close at hand.
The farmers will gladly continue to
raise the corn if Mr.. Phillips will agree
to continue to raise the price.
Li-Hung- Chang is accused of duplicity
Some think that when the evidence is all
in the charge will be triplicity.
The men who are standing around the
butcher shop in China waiting for a
choice cut must be getting weary.
This is the season of the year when a
Congressman is likely to make enemies
by sending the other fellows seeds.
Barnum's will is to be contested. 1t is
too bad that Barnum is not alive, so he
could use the contest for advertising pur-
| poses.
The papers tell us that Britain has
barred American beef" Cheer up. The
! ban does not extend to American heir
| esses.
Women are gradually demonstrating
that they are worthy Of the ballot. \
Denver woman has just been arrested for
illegal voting.
| The St. Louis doctor who sewed mp
wound in a mans heart should be able to
get plenty of work by hanging around the
| divorce courts.
/ Western railroads are talking Of joint
ownership Of all box cars. The trampS
will 20 in on the syndicate, no doubt, if
properly approached.
A cablegram informs rs that Russian
I
inportant information. Who cares what
/ Russian students wearE
Explorers who are starting for the
| north pole this year hardly expect to be
| back before the Supreme Court decides
| the status Of our new islands, but they
/ never car tell what may or may not
/ happen.
Young Mr.. Blaine is probably more or
/ less surprised to find his matrimonial
prospects developing into q national issue.
The season IS rapidly approaching
when many OF the towns which possess
| baseball teams viii have to begin making
I explanations.
The man who saw President McIkin-
Iev's train pass through Is going 10 be
prettv numerous before the close Of the
/ vernal season.
The bill requiring Wisconsin people to
hiring doctors certificates before they ars
allowed TO marry was killed. As Of yOre.
All that will be asked Of them will be tbC
price Of a marriage license and the jus
tees fee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
BRADsTREET's GRAIN REVIEW.
Crop Situation Is EncouraGing-Re-
Dlantino of Cotton Necessary.

Bradstreet's report on grain is as fol-
lows: Wheat, including -four, shipments
for the week aggregate 5,1O0,7G3 bushels,
against 4.537,022 in the corresponding
week of 1900. From July 1 to date this
season wheat exports are 17G,01G,238
3ushels, against 1GG,035,G02 last season.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
2.371 .S92 bushels, against 3,4i1,015 in
this week a year ago. From July to
date this season corn exports are 49,
015,43G bushels, against T3,203,0I5 last
season. The crop situation at present is
quite encouraging. Warm, sunny wealth
er is helping corn and cotton, and wheat
maintains generally good condition, not
withstanding reports of damage by in
sects in the Southwest Cotton crop ad-
vices are fairly good, and an increase in
acreage is still foreshadowed, despite
much replanting having been necessary
in Alabama, Georgia and in Tennessee,
where the scarcity of seed for this pur-
pose remarked"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14

Jacksonville, Fla, was on Friday swept
by the most disastrous fire of its exist
ence. Millions in property was destroyed
and 10000 are homeless. One hundred
and thirty blocks of business and resi-
dence property are in ashes, 1900 houses
have been entirely wiped out and the
total loss will not be less than $4,000
600. Six lives are reported lost
This devastation was wrought in eight
hours. No earthly power could have
checked the flames that swept from one
end to the other of the city, famed by
enc Of the Highest winds of the year and
fed at every yard of their progress by
dry wood and shingles. The little fire de-
partment worked till its members drop
ped from sheer exhaustion.
\ defective electric wire touching somo
loose material in palmetto fiber factory
at a few minutes after noon ignited it
like a 6rebrand, and in a moment the
building was in a blaze. The breeze,
freshening every moment, caught the bun
dies of fiber and tossed them straight
ahead in its path toward the east, where
hundreds of homes stood. The burning
stuff fell on roof tops and verandas and
catching everywhere it dropped soon
started q dozen CONGREGATIONS where
moment before there was only one Over
q radius of half dozen blocks four times
that number of fires were started before
the people had any warning that the dan
ger was anywhere near them.
Dynamite was used in vain. Buildings
were blown up right in the path of the
fire, but before the echoes of the explo-
sion had died away the burning brands
were fastening on TO new prey many
yards ahead. There was no time to save
anything, very little time indeed for thou
sands of people to save themselves.
All the city and county records, the
proceedings of the criminal courts and
archives that have been accumulated
since 1880 are lost gone into oblivion with
the buildings that housed them.
The large State armory, the city hall
with its tall tower and clock, the county
court house, the criminal court building,
the city JAIL and the public market are
all wiped out All the graded schools of
the city, the Roman Catholic Church and
orphanage, st. Johns Episcopal Church,
and the Roman Catholic convent are
gone, and every hotel of prominence in
the city, some of them among the most
famous tourist resorts of the South, have
disappeared. Among these are the st.
James, the United States, the Placide,
the Windsor and the Duval.
According to the city map, $50 blocks
were burned, many of them in the heart
Of the business and residence section. The
estimate of houses to the block is ten,
hence 1900 of them went up in smoke.
Many of the finest private buildings in
the city were destroyed, including thea
tiers, churches and residences.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
ELoPERs WIN A MERRY RACE.
Pursued by Angry Papa, but Escape
Through Assistance of Train.

Pursued by Angry Papa, but Escape
Through Assistance of Train.
There was a merry race ON the road
from Elizabeth, \. j., to Newark be-
tween Cupid, who was in the lead at the
start, and an angry papa, who was a
| close second for three-quarters of the dis
lance. Papa was showing a great burst
of speed for awhile, and the odds, If
there had been any, would have been in
his favor, but Cupid and the clipping cou-
pie whom that individual was guiding,
finally won out through the opportune IN
tervention of a train. The morning train
from New York brought the pair to Eliz-
abeth and they at once took cab and
started for Newark. On a later train the
angry father appeared, and securing an
other cab, told the driver he would give
him 500 if he caught the clippers, and
S25 if he failed. a hot chase followed
and for time the father gained steadily
but inst after the cab containing the
couple crossed railroad track q train
came alQng and remained in the way long
enough to aIlQW i to get sHficicnt head
way e esscccai..e. The father of the girl,
who gave his hams as Il gargn:r Of
0lcott y. y, said be '@s3 3di1 nnd his
aa."'.'agnter if it took all the police in New
Jersey,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
MUCH OF CANADA UNKNOWN.
Vast Tracts, Rich in Resources, tina
Railways VIII Omen I'm


Railways Will Open Up.
The director of the geological survey of
canada in his last report makes the
amazing statement that practically moth
ing is known of one-third of the domin-
ion. So states United States Consul Sey-
sert at Stratford in a report to the State
Department. 1t is shown that more than
100000 square miles of Canadian terri
tory is yet unexplored. This includes the
inhospitable detached arctic portions, but
aside from these fully $4,000 square
miles is, for all practical purposes. en-
urely unknown. The easterly area con-
lalns the greatest extent of uneXplored
territory. 1t comprises almost the entire
interior of the Labrador peninsula. In
iications are, says Consul Seyfert, that
during the next five years at least 5000
miles of new railroad will be completed
throughout the dominion, most of which
will run through the UNEMPLOYED wilder
ness, as it is recognized that railroads
are primarily essential to the opening up
Of this vast territory. The mineral wealth
IF this region is said to be immense, while
the dense forests of hard wood when
brought to the markets of the world are
expected to become a source of large
profit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
E'6F1AaE7572S

Chicago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 TO $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to S5.S1; sheep, fair to choice. $500
10 $500; wheat, No. red, &c to I3c;
corn. No. ., soc to sic; oats, No. ,. 2Sc
TO 29c; rye, No. ., sic to sc; butter,
choice creamery, lie to 1Sc; eggs. fresh,
lie to lie; potatoes, Sac to 42c per
buShel
\ pdianapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500 to
$5.G0; hogs, choice light. $500 to $3.50;
sheep. common 10 prime, $500 to S4.I5;
wheat. No. >, re to 73c; corn, No. >
white. 4Ic TO ACC; oats, No. , white,
2Sc to 20.
st. I.Ouis-Cattle. 1925 to S5.75; hogs,
$500 TO $3.50: sheep. $500 TO $4.6o;
wheat, No. >. 72c TO T3c; corn. No >,
43c to 44c; oats. No. ., 2Sc to 29c; rye,
No. ,, 54c to SOC.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to 500; hogs.
$500 10 $3.50; sheep, $500 TO S4.45;
wheat, No. >, &c to TTc; corn, No. ,
mixed. 46c To lac; oats, No. mixed, PC
TO soc: rye. No. >. 5Sc 10 soc.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 10 $3.50; hogs.
$500 TO 500; sheep, $3.50 TO $3.50;
wheat. No . zoe 10 76c; corn. No. =
yellow. 45c to &c; oats. No. white,
Soc te Sic; rye 54c 10 55c.
TOledo-Wh heat. No. mixed, 73c 20
Tie; corn, No. . mixed. Acc to Acc; oats.
No. > mixed, &c 10 2Sc; rye. No. .. 54c
10 5l,5c; clover seed. prime. SG-31.
Observation-Disclosures. No. , northern,
sc 70 73c; corn. No. 5, +Sc TO 44e; oats,
No white, 29c to SOC; rye. No. l. 53c
to 54c; barley, No. =. soc TO SEC; pork,
mess. $1AS2.
BufTalo--C choice shipping steers,
$500 To $500: hogs. fair 10 prime. $500
to $3.50; sheeq fair to choice, $3.50 to
$3.50; lambs. 4ommoa TO extra, $3.50 70
S5.I5.
New York-Cattle. $40 10 S5.65; hogs.
$50 "a S6.I0. sheep. $500 10 S4-65:
wheat. No. 2frel. soc 70 S1cs corn, No. >.
&c to 5Sc: oats. No. , white. sc 10 3Sc:
butter. creamery. 1Sc to i9c; eggs. west
ern. he 70 lie
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
JEALOUSY CAUSES a CRIME.
Inliana Man Fatally Shoots swe Il
heart and Then Commits Suicide,

In1iana Man Fatally Shoots Sweet
heart and Then Commits suicide.
~ ROckfeld, Ind. Wilbur Miller aged
IS yeaHs; son of a wealthy contracfor,
shot his sweetheart, Birdie Timmons,
aged p years, ii the face AM breast,
inhicting fatal injuries, and then sent a
bullet through his own brain. Anger and
jealousy prompted the decd Mill,s ~
tIce1 IhgigGI i tie fGaia&ss Alan ~! for
three yeAfa, hhj upon his retufn from
tht university she found he had contract
ed bad habits and recently she wrote
him, jilting him and announcing that she
had accepted the attentions OF another.
The other night he went to hey home and
began importuning her TO FAaFTy him, and
in a quarrel which followed blows were
exchanged Outsiders were attracted
but when the three shots We're heard help
was too late.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-14
FIvE-sToRY BUILDING FALLS.
Scores of Persons in philadelphia Mar
rowly Escape Death.


A score of persons had an almost mir
aculous escape from death when five
story Office building at Is South Broad
street, Philadelphia, collapsed. A warn
ing came twenty minutes before the side
wall fell. when large crack appeared IN
the foundation and a window in the
front on the first floor sprung from its
fastenings and fell into the areaway lead
ing to the basement All but three wo-
men, who were on the third and fourth
floors, reached the street before the
crash came. These women We're after
ward removed from their perilous places
by William H. Platt, an elevator boy,
who bravely ran his car up the lettering
shaft and carried them down to the
street level. The building adjoined the
property acquired by the Pennsylvania
Railroad for an annex TO the Broad street
station. The immediate cause of the
collapse is said to be the undermining of
the foundation by workmen engaged in
excavating for the annex. The loss is
estimated at $1,000