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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Dry Goods Feed Fire.

The most disastrous fire Stevens Point
has witnessed in years occurred when J..
Brill & Sons immense dry goods store.
the largest mercantile establishment IN
central Wisconsin, was burned to the
ground. When discovered the entire
building was ablaze on the inside and
nothing was saved except a raecoon cat.
The building had a frontage of about so
feet on Main street and consisted of two
stories and basement The structure was
filed with goods valued at about $4,000
Mr.. Brill also owned the building, which
was worth at least $4,000 He carried
insurance on the entire property of S4O.-
600. The First National Bank was flood
ed with water and the roof slightly dam
aged. Hadcock & Rood, dentists, had
their offices over the bank gutted, entail
ing a loss of $500 to $500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Poisoned ut Wedding Fenst

NSixty-fve persons were poisoned at a
wedding feast at the home of John Null
ky at West Point 1t is claimed that
there was poison in the coffee. Physi-
clans were summoned from Lodi, and af-
ter working over the sufferers for Il long
time hope was given that all would re-
cover. Some OF the coffee has been sent
to a chemist to be examined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

AS a result of the sharp advance i'll
wheat Walter Brown is missing, and his
employers, Bartlett, Frazier & 90. Of
Milwaukee, are liable for $1,000 to make
good option trades he is said to have
made in their name and did not report.
Brown was formerly a telephone boy
for A. " Booth & Co. of Chicago and
came to Milwaukee early in the year
when Bartlett, Frazier & Co. opened
their branch office in that city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Patients Driven ont by Fire.

Fire broke out in n barn attached 70
ST. Mary's Sanitarium in Milwaukee and
the twenty-eight Inmates had a narrow
escape. When the firemen reached the
building it was filled with smoke, and
the patients were removed by the iiremen
and members of the fire patrol just in
time to prevent their suffocation by the
smoke. The fire was caused by the over
turning of a lamp which the janitOr had
taken to the barn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

fight that is being
made on him will
be 10 the finish, as
he will never give
or ask for quarter.
1t is estimated that
Lawson's losses are
about $4,000, 900,
In his statement he
says:
Il own $50, 600
shares of Trinity,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

liquor at the Rus
sell House in viola
ton of the law for
bidding the sale or
purchase of liquor
during C ert a i n
hours of the day.
The police force,
with which he is at
odds, accomplished
his downfall by
prosecuting him for
his offense.
Mr.. Morris ; a
native of Irelaad.
He came to this
country in 1877, at
the age Of 20, and
enga ged in CONNER
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
NEW MORMON PRESIDENT.
Joseph Smith, the Successor o. Lorenzo
Snow.
The Mormon Church now has at its

head a man bearing
the same name as
that of the founder
j o 5 e p h Smith.
+ his latter-day
Smith is as thor
ough a bigamist as
his anc G 5 o r,
though the number
of his wives is only
three. He is G3
years old and has
been a Mormon ell
der since 1851.
Brigham Yong or
dained him one Of
the twelve apostles
in 1866, and since
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

An explosion that shook the earth for
miles around, shattered windows in hun
dreds Of houses at South Sharon. Pa.
moved adjacent buildings from their
foundations and caused the injury of nine
men, two perhaps fatally, occurred at the
Sharon Steel Company's plant at Sharon.
Pa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

a dispatch from Amsterdam says that
Jonkherr G. J. Van Tets. the Neither
lands court official who wasssaid 10 have
been wounded in duel with Prince Hen
~. husband Of Queen WiIhelmina. died
from peritonitis, from which he had SUI
fered for three weeks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Robber Tariff.

When Republican papers like the APP
pleton Post declare that robbery" is
the word best adapted to describe the
operation of the Dingley law in giving
protection 10 trusts. il locks - z States
ESn GroSyenOr might have been mis-
taken when he procla med that the
present tariff law lis no more 10 be re-
vised or modified than the ten com.
mandments Milwaukee, Wis, News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

minion politics is advised as to what
Canada would ask in return for the
concession desired by the United
states; but those who seek reciprocity
mUst bear in mind that favors worth
haying are rarely TO be had for moth
ing. and the fault of the Americans.
like that of the Dutchmen. lies in Civ
ing too little and asking too much. =
Baltimore sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

cial pursuits. He was early identified
with the coal oil interest and has amass-
ed a considerable fortune. For about ten
years he has been very active in politics,
representing the reform element of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
See a Mysteriou. Balloon.

A mysterious balloon, which, according
TO the testimony Of two spectators. APP
peared TO be propelled by some motive
power other than wind, wag seen at
Moriches, L. L.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
GETAWAYS OUSTED MAYOR.

Disqualified fro-a4 Office for Violating
Rs2E@ License Act.
William Dowlcr Morris has been re-
moved from his seat as Mayor of Ottawa,
Ont, for having purchased a drink of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Chicago.

L-J llOHS, IL must be duuiitlSN
that a red-hot bull speculative fever is
at present raging in the grain and provis-
ion markets on change. Indeed, all the
markets appear to have but one side, that
the bull. Last week wheat prices adj
vanced 53sc per bushel corn 44c, oats
41sc, pork 62lAc per barrel, lard 23c and
ribs 171ac per 100 pounds. As compared
with prices current one year ago wheat
for May dealing is $3.50 per bushel higher.
corn 32&c. oats quite 100 per cent high
er, pork S4.70 per barrel higher, lard
nearly Sc per pound higher and ribs about
2Ac per pound higher. If we should re-
duce all these advances to percentages
they might perhaps be more striking than
in giving them in gross.
Whether or not prices current for grain
and hog products are too high or too low
as measured by supplies of and demands
for each or in their aggregates the reader
must decide for himself No one can
truthfully deny, however, that just now
these soaring prices are not due to any
immediate scarcity in supplies or to ex-
traordinary demands. 1t is quite impos-
sble, Furthermore, for anyone to figure
very closely just how these supplies and
demands viii stand in the relationship
one to another in the coming few months,
or between now and new harvests. 1t Is
only natural wheat receipts should grow
smaller than they have been, and in due
time the Visible should decrease instead
Of increase. This occurs every year, for
it must be borne in mind the new crop
has been drawn heavily against for over
five months now On the other hand,
corn and oats receipts are more likely to
increase than decrease.
The diff renee in prices current a year
ago and now, as shown in the first para
graph of this review, means from 100
per cent increase down. The figures are
again given in the table below, which
shows the range o. prices on leading COM
moditieS in the Chicago market last week,
to which is added comparison with last
year:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

|
| NPW I0Ik a month Of vagaries in stock
values. COincident with tho
opening of Congress there has ever been
let loose Pandora's box of vile influ-
ences. Last year was an exception. The
country had recovered from the depres-
sion of presidential year and business
was in full swing. In 1899 panicky CON
ditionS resulted from a season of reckless
speculation and overbooming of indus
trials. In 1898 the month was remark
able for strength Of stocks; 1897, the Gu
ban question, and 1896 the Venezuelan
message broke the market.
Last week a concomitant of influences
bore heavily upon the market. The open
ing of Congress failed to furnish the ex-
pected buoyancy The Presidents mes
sage was barren of harmful suggestions,
but the recommendation Of the Secretary
of the Treasury for an assets currency
law created a feeling of uneasiness and
caused many financial interests to act
with caution. At the same time gold ex-
ports were renewed and though the rate
of exchange weakened the conditions re-
manned unchanged and the fear of, re-
newal was constant. The copper market
was full of uncertainties and the heaVi-
ness of Amalgamated stock restrained
trading. Under these combined presSures
prices fell all week, with the exception
of a rally ON "Wednesday.
The rise in the price.of wheat and cot
ton is considered a hopeful sign for the
near future, and the increased prices
when reflected in the export trade are
eynected 70 cOunterbalancc the January
disbursements that will 80 TO Europe.
Money on call in New York was hrm
and about per cent all last week. 1t
was nearer than !. The demand was
steady. The surplus funds were small.
The retirement of circulation shortened
the supply of funds The demand for
money in Chicago as the result Of the
heavy grain trading and calls from New
Orleans for funds to move cotton and
sugar made nates stiff and ascending.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Give II Plenty of Rone.!

Give II Plenty of Rome!
Let tie tariff alone." shriekS the Chi.
cagO tribune.
Also why not
Let the banking trust alone,
Let the ship subsidy thieves alone!
Let the sugar trust alone.
Let Captain Oberlin Carter alone.
Let the lake front thieves alone.
Let the Cuban postal robbers alone!
Let the 6low-hole naval ring alone.
Let the anti-Schley conspiracy alonei
Let the Gage banking scheme alone!
Let the pension swindles alone,
Let Gas Dawes alone!
Let the Cuban question alone.
Let the Philippine problem alone.
Let Mark Hanna alone!
And for the sake of our ever-expand-
ing prosperity let the trusts alone,
This is the Republican battle-cry.
But il is the cry which makes men
who are MEN vote the Democratic
ticket
Let the Republican party alone.
This is Standard Opinions advice.
That party has ordered its own tum-
Chicago Standard Opinion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
LAWSON A HEAVY LOSER.

Eut Copper Millionaire Declares He'll
Not Ask Quarter.
Thomas w. Lawson, who admits he
has lost millions in copper, in statement
given out defies hi enemies He says the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Tell Them UnhesitatingiY.

Tell Them Juhesitatiugiy. "1~
Whenever some Republican attempts
TO get smart and speaks about the Dem
ocratic party not standing for anything,
just remind him that the party stands
for a government for and by the people
and not a government for and of the
trusts. Tell him that the party stands
for tariff reform and economy in the
management of public business. Tell
him it stands for all the people with
special privileges 10 none. Tell him il
stands for free speech, a clean ballot.
Tell him il stands for trial by jury and
the constitution. In a word. the Dem.
ocratic party stands for the fundament-
al principles of the republic and is OPP
posed to all the enemies of free govern.
ment, whether they be combinations,
known as trusts or anarchists preach.
ing that damnable doctrine.-G Green
field. Ind. Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Exploding Metal Hurts Niue.

tHtH He ms DttU
one Of the great leaders of the church.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

Whether justified or not
by wholly legitimate condi-
ltions. it must be admitted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
! N0R York. |

=, December is additionally
NIX a month of vagaries in stock
Coincident with tho
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dawn is the signal for Malays to be stir.
ring.
The doors are opened, and. only half
awake and shivering in the slight breeze
made by the rising fog, they leave their
houses and make for the nearest stream
there to battle and fetch frestl water for
the days use.
a woman, dressed in sarOng sort of
skirt and a jacket, walks rapidly to the
river, carrying a long bamboo and some
gourds, which, after her bath, she fills, and
begins to walk home through the wealth
of vegetation that clothes the whole face
of the country. She follows a narrow path
up from the bed of the clear stream. the
jungle trees and orchards, the long rank
| eraS@cS and tangled crcepeTs almost hiding
| the path.
Suddenly she stops, spellbound, her
knees give way under her, the vessels drop
from the nerveless hand, a speechless fear
has seized her, for there, in front of her, is
great black-and-yellow head with cruel
yellow eyes and a half-open mouth, show
ing red tongue and white teeth The
shoulders and fOTefeet of the tiger stand
clear Of the thick foliage, and a hOarse,
low roar of surprise and anger comes from
the open mouth.
An exceeding great fear chains the ter
rified woman to the spot, and the tiger,
thus faced, sulkily and with more hoarse
grumbllng, slowly draws back into the Jun
gle and disappears. Then the instinct of
preservation returns to the woman.
and, with knees still weak and cold hand
on her heart she hastens with what speed
she may, back to the river, down to the
bank, and to the friendly shelter of the
nearest dwelling.
1t takes little time to tell the story, and
the men, armed with spears and krises and
an old rusty gun, maybe, quickly spread
the news throughout the kampong as each
cluster of huts and orchards is called.
Each arms himself with such weapons as
he possesses, the boys climb into trees.
from which they hope to be able to report
the movements of the beast
The men. marshaled by the Katua Kam-
pong tthe village chief, make their plans !
for surrounding the spot where the tiger
was seen, and word is sent by messenger
to the nearest British officer
During this time the tiger, probably |
conscious that too many people are about, |
leaves his lair and stealthily creeps along
a path which will lead him far from habi- |
tations. But, as he does so, he passes un-
der tree where sits one of the young
watchmen, and the boy. seizing this oppor.
tunity, drops heavy spear on the tiger as .
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as a buffalo (ox or cow, spring gun is SCI
10 shoot him when he returns for his after
noon or morning meal off the carcass.
! Let me put some Malay scenes, includ
ing tiger hunt, before the reader. But
how describe an East Indian dawn? Out
of darkness and stiffness the transition to
light-intense. brilliant highland the
sounds of awakened life is rapid and com
plete, a short half hour or less turning
night into tropical day. The first indica-
ton of dawn is n gray haze, then the
clouds clothing the western hills are shot
with pale yellow, and in few minutes
turn TO gold, while eastern ranges are still
in darkness. The light spreads to the
western slopes, moves rapidly across the
Valleys and suddenly the sun. great ball
of fire, appears above the eastern hills.
The fogs, which have risen from the rivers
and marshes and covered the land as with
pail. rise like smoke and disappear, and
the whole face of nature is flooded with
light, the valleys and slopes of the eastern
ranges being the last TO feel the influence
Of the rising sun.
That gray half light which precedes
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be deposited with the company, to be
drawn in the Philippines in the shape OF
| rice for subsistence until each Chlnaman
got fairly started there. There would be
no trouble about pauper Chinese. | would
guarantee that | could find several million
Chinese, many of them having enough tO
! buy an acre or more of ground, OR to rent
| land and plant crops and employ Chinese
| laborers.
| Besides the tens of thousands put to
work at agricultural pursuits, as many
more would be employed in the forests, the
mines, and in building.
If the Island of Java, with less than
half the area of the Philippines, can sup
port 25,000,000 of people, the Philippines
can support twice that number. The Phil
ippines have a greater diversity of re-
sources than Japan, and the area is almost
as great"
TIGER. HUNTING IN MALAY STATES.
The zoology of the Malay States is that
of the neighboring continent. The largest
feline animal Indigenous to the islands is
small leopard, called by the Malays hari-
man-daan; that is, the branch" or climb
ing tiger. The tiger as it is known in In
dia, but unknown here in the earlier years
of British settlement, made its first ap-
pearance about 1910. 1t multiplied
rapidly, and the great forests and dense
jungle of this tropical peninsula seem to
make O cOngenlal home for this herce
beast 1t is estimated that an average of
300 natives and some white people have
been killed annually by the tiger until very
recently.
a reward of $50 head is offered by the
Government for the destruction of the
beast, and they have greatly diminished.
They are usually captured by the construc-
ton of pitfalls.
There are few countries SO attractive to
the sportsman from America or Europe
brave enough to undertake a tiger hunt, AZ
the Straits Settlement. Sumatra or Siam.
"Yon golden terror, barred with ebon
stripes,
Low crouchfng horror, with the cruel
fangs,
Waiting in deathly stiffness for thy
spring"
White men often come here deliberately
seeking tigers for the sport, and occasion
ally the awful death Of one or more of the
party is heard of.
The Malay seldom deliberately goes out
tiger hunting for the fun of it. He draws
the line at that kind of sport.
II the tiger kills domestic animal, such
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beginning that this is SO. But it would
make of the Philippines one of the richest
colonial countries in the world: it would be
the garden of gardens.
The Government would confiscate all
property of insurgents who did not lay
down their arms 10y n certain date. All
the Tagalo prisoners of war. as well as all
criminals of all classes, would be exiled to
the Island of Guam, this to be done as
long as the war or any semblance of il
lasted. 1t would involve making of Guam,
or portion of it, penal settlement.
Build railway the length of Luzon along
the river Rio Grande de Cagayan. Other
railways would soon he built through other
sections by private capital, and they would
pay from the start, almost; this would give
employment TO thousands of Chinese at
once in the work of construction.
My friend would complete the organ
ization of a transportation company for
carrying the Chinese to the Philippines. |
would undertake to organize the Chinese
who wished to go; each one would have TO
advance, say $40, TO pay for his trans
portation. As much more would have to
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HOW TO ENTER THE ARMY.
Must Pass Physical and Mental Examination
and Have Good Record.

The War Department announces that
all persons entering the Army under the
reorganization act. whether private sol
dier or commissioned officer applying for
promotion, must submit to uniform exam
inatiOn. There will be no discrimination
between civilian and the volunteer or the
regular soldier in this bestowal of com
missions.
There will be a rigid physical examina-
ton and a mental examination. including
English grammar, ortii0graphy, reading.
and writing from dictation. mathematics.
including arithmetic, algebra to equations
of the first degree, logarithms. elements
of surveying, geometry and trigonometry:
geography, history. United States Con
stitution and Government. and elements
of international law. In the case Of ap-
plicants for line places, the candidates
will be examined in the appropriate drill
regulations.
Special attention is to be given to moral
character and civil record and the ante
cedents and aptitude of the candidate
generally, and in this connection the
board will take into consideration ecrtif-
Gates or diplomas from established insti-
tutions of learning.
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brief PROSPECTUS Off,.
The National Tribune.
Weekly. Now in It's 24th Year

| "o0hly. dOh IL 1IS S&SQ year.
Besides its literary attractions. the pa.
per makes a speciality of the doings of
Congress and the Executive branches of
the Government.
a partial list of the current and forth
coming articles and stories will be found
mentioned below:
The SPY OF THE REBELLION. A
Marvellous, True Story. Written by the
Great Detective, Allan PinkertOn.
THE SUMAIERDALE BRABBLE. BY
Hon. Albion ". Tourgee.
\ brilliant serial
ROUGH RIDING ON THE PLAINS.
\ Troopers Story of Fifty Years Ago.
The author is Robert Morris Peck, late
20. IL, 4th U. ). Cav, and the story covers
| hve years of the most exciting service just
prior to the war of the rebellion.
81 KLEGG AND SHORTY. BY John
McElroy.
These soldier boys of ours are just start.
ing on new campaign, the weekly narra-
ton of which will entertain our readers
throughout the year.
10 AND THROUGH WEST POINT,
BY Capt. Free S. Bowley.
STORIES OF THE REGIMENTS.
Prepared by officers and Comrades Of
the old commands.
PENSION RULINGS,
which will be closely watched by US for
the benefit of our readers. We report in
full all new pension decisions and rulings
SPECIAL CORES NDENT IN
CHINA. j. Martin AlilIers Letters.
FROM LOUISVILLE TO THE SEA.
soldiers diary of the civil war, do,
scribing scenes and incidents as witnessed
by man who marched in the ranks.
THE BUSHWHACKER'S DAUGH.
TER" BY Prof. VIM. j. Dews. author
of "A Union Man in Richmond"
RAIDING WITH MORGAN.
A story of stirring adventure.
CAMPAIGNING WITH FULLER. b.
Chas. l. Adkins, Co. X, 9th Ohio.
y vivid narrative of the experience of s
recruit.
WITH THE WESTERN ARMY. By
Gen. Green b. Raum, late Commissioner
of Pensions.
A series of articles of great historical
value.
THE oREGoNs IN THE PHILIP.
PINES. By Capt. II. f. Wells, I'd Ore.
Sketches of the battles and marches Of
the first years war in the Philippines BIZ
a military newspaper man.
OUR FAR WEST OF TO-DAY. Prof.
ii. @. Kirk, 4th n. Y. Ii. A., our special
correspondent, is now contributing a
series of timely articles on the Philip
pines.
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be Senator Hanna, who seems to have
the knack of getting almost everything.
The precedents point clearly that it should
be the Chairman of the, Congressional
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. and
as that is Senator Hanna. he will ride
on the back seat of the carriage with
Maj. Mckinley both going to the Capitol
and coming back. Another thrilling dues-
ton as to which side he will ride on is