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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
COST OF LIVING.
Dun's Review Says It's Higher No
than for Ten Years Rack

Dun's Review Says It's Higher Now
than for Ten Years Back.
1t is costing the average American
more for the necessaries of life to-day
than at any time during the last decade
and more especially for breadstutls,
meats and dairy and garden products.
If the average American had bought
his supplies for one year in advance on
July 1, 1897, they would have cost him
$72.45, while the same purchases made
now would force him to pay out Sl0l,j1.
If he had provided for a household in
the days of the Civil War and had laid
IN a years supply Of necessities on Jan.
i, 1860, the cost to him would have been
S121.75. BY 1888, however, the cost Of
living figured in this way dropped to
$1,000 and gradually fell until the lowest
point was reached on July /, 1897, when
ST2.4 would have been all he needed.
These figures have been compiled by
Dun's Review. The price records are
obtained by multiplying the quotations Of
$50 of the necessaries of life with allow
ance for the relative Importance of each
by the per capita consumption in each
case.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

Total .S9I.I43 S3l.29I SI2-40s
The change from year ago is very
considerable and due largely to the ad.
vance in breadstuffs growing out OF
the short harvests. But in all groups
save clothing and "other food" there
has been an upward tendency to prices
until now the family must pay S97.74
for what could have been bought a
year ago for $91.20, and in 1897 for
only S72.45. General commodity prices
for this period of four years of bust
ness revival are now at the highest
point.
To people considered simply as con-
sumers this change is a very serious
one The net advance of prices in the
four years amounts to 81 per cent. The
cost of living is third higher than it
was. The dollar of account has been
proportionately reduced in buying pow
er or debased. The fixed income, wage
and salary, where nominally unchang-
ed, have been greatly cut down. Where
wages have been increased only 10 TO
20 per cent, there has still been re-
ductiOn in reality. But in vast num-
bers of cases there has been no in
crease in nominal wages. and hence a
very large decrease in real wages
Springfield Republican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
.;fi.s95asSS RETtEtT
1I.H Rrr;5SS95aIjj

Gov. Hill of Maine is having built for
him at Augusta a house which when COM
pleteG will cost him 100000 and be the
most expensive house in the State.
Mrs. Mary Preston Slosson, wife of
the vice-president of the faculty of the
University of Wyoming, is the only wom-
an chaplain of a prison in the United
States.
Senators Pettus and Morgan are the
oldest members of the upper house of
Congress. The former is so and the lat
ter II, Bailey of Texas, who is only 80,
is the youngest.
Lyman d. Golf, a wealthy manufactur-
err of Pawtucket, r. J.. viii build a fne
club house for boys between the ages Of
and 10, who are in the habit of max
ing the streets their homes.
President Roosevelt keeps his Office
desk in a very orderly manner. He uses
the shears and paper cutter that were
presented to him when he assumed the
duties of Vice-President last March.
II. c. Thurston, who was the tallest
man in the Confederate army, is still liX-
ing at Mount Vernon, Texas. Although
Z feet ~ inches in height, and naturally
a mark for sharpshooters, he was wound
ed only once in all the campaigns.
Mrs. Alice Gwynne Vanderbilt has Civ
en- the commission for the most elabo-
rate. massive aud costly set Of bronze
doors ever fashioned in America, as a
memorial to her husband, the late Corne-
lius vanderbilt. They are to form the
portals to st. Bartholomew Church,
which Mr. Vanderbilt attended.
Miss Alice de Rothschild is one of the
richest women in America. She owns a
villa at Grasse and a LGRdon house in
Piccadilly. At Grasse seventy garden
ers are required to keep this southern
paradise in a state of peri 1ction. On the
estate she has a collection Of zebras, la
mas and Hindoo bulls.
Miss DrexeI of Philadelphia, now
Mother Katherine. has built for st. Pat
rick's Catholic Church az Carlisle, Pa,
a building costing $4,000. 1t is intend
ed to accommodate the increasing num-
Der Of Catholic pupils AZ the Carlisle
Indian School.
Edwin Brown. a piano maker, who
died in Boston a few days ago, was one
Of the Few remaining origioal Sons Of
the Revolution Mr. Brown vas born
at F'itchbarg, JUne 10. 1865. He went
10 Boston at the age Of 16. His father
served ii the Revolutionary army. an
was at the battle Of Bunker Hill, and his
great grandfather was CD. Israel Hutch
iusop
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

No one needs the help of the tables
Of price statisticians to convince him
that the cost of living is very high. But
such tables are of assistance in bring
ing out the average extent of this
change that has taken place and reduc-
ing matters to some degree of exactl-
tude. Hence justification may be found
In the general public interest for repro
ducing here the price record of Dun's
Review for Nov. /, compared with a
year ago and with July /, 1897, when
the lowest point was touched by COM
modify quotations on the average since
before the Civil War. This record COW
ers $50 quotations of staple commodi-
ties, and it is stated that in making up
the total or the index number due al
lowance is made for the relative impor-
lance of each commodity in the cost of
living:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
" Hvsd the Country"

1t is somewhat difficult to understand
the fretful growl that goes up from
the Republican organs to make the i'm
migration laws more rigid, to enlarge
the list of undeSirables, to exclude the
low classes Of Europe.
In the first place, it is of record in
many Republican papers that these
classes saved the country" in 1896.
We have a very distinct recollection
that such papers rs the Chicago Trib-
uue, the Chicago Inter Ocean, the Phil
adelphia Press and the New York Press
said after the election in 1896 that
nothing saved the country except the
foreign-born voters: and they proved it
hy the election returns. Is ii not most
uncratefui. then, to demand that the
class that saved the country should be
excluded?
In the next place, ii is interesting to
ask how these undesIrableS were per-
suaded TO flock to this country. when
Switzerland. Great Britain and South
Africa were open to them. The Ques-
tion is answered by remembering that
the "undeSirableS" were congregated
mostly in the States that contain highly
protected industries. For example, let
some one 20 to Jeanette. Pa, to de-
liver an address TO the more than 1900
workers in the protected glass factories
at that place. If the lecturer speaks
no other language than English he will
have to hire an interpreter.
Let the trusts beware Of excluding
European immigration. Again may the
undesirables be needed TO "save the
country" by getting hint from the
bosses to vote for their jobs Helena
Independent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
WORK OF THE MINIS.
Director Reports Nearly Two Hundred
g. Million Pieces Have Been Coined.

g. Million Pieces Have Been Coined.
The report of the director of the mint
upon the operations of the mint service
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1901, has been completed.
The coinage of the minis during the
fiscal year amounted to 17G,999, 49,
pieces, of the value of S136,340, 7S1 OF
this 800 065 10 was in gold, S24, DDS, $50
was in silver dollars, S10,99664S was in
fractional silver and $1,000, 56S was in
minor coins. There also were coined at
the Philadelphia mint Do, 900 gold pieces
of the value of $349,014 for the govern
ment of Costa Rica.
The original deposits of gold at the
minis and assay offices amounted TO
1888, 101, $50, an increase of S19,1S1 ,561
over the preceding year. OF this $27,-
906,4S9 was in foreign coin, SIT, 800, 463
that of Great Britain, nearly all being
from Australia, and $5,425,500 that Of
Japan.
The estimated production Of gold in the
United States during the calendar year
1900 was of the value of SO, III 600, and
Notwithstanding the fact that this coun-
try led the world in productions, its inn
ports exceeded its exports by So, 500, 010
The production of North America, prac-
tically all of which comes to the United
States, was $116,O51 800.
The worlds coinage Of gold in the
calendar year 1900 was $354 1886, 497, and
of silver $177,011,902.
The industrial consumption of gold in
the United States during the calendar
year 1900 is estimated at S16667 800
and of the world approximately $4,000
600.
The stock of subsidiary coin in the
country is limited by law to S100.OOO,0OO,
and on Nov. 1, 1901, the existing stock
was $90,613,512.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
7E5ElAGE76TS

Chcago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
1925 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S4.25; wheat, No red, Sic to SOC;
corn. No. 2, 64c to 65c; oats, No 2, 45c
to 47c; rye, No. 2, &c to CSC; hay tim
othy, $500 to S14.00; prairie, $3.50 to
1880; butter, choice creamery, pc to
24c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 25c; potatoes,
Tie to Sic per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500 to
S6.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $40;
wheat, No. 2, roc to soc; corn, No. 2
white, new, &c to Csc; oats, No. white.
4Sc to 49c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $6.25; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ., SAC to Soc; corn, No. z,
66c to &c; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c; rye,
No 2, 66c to &c.
Cincinnati-CattIe, $500 to $5.75; hogs,
$500 to $500 sheep, $2.25 to $3.15;
wheat, No. 2, SIC to S8c; corn. No. 2
mixed, roc to Tic: oats, No. mixed,
SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 65c to &C.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No .. SIC to S5c corn. No. 2
yellow, roc to Tie; oats, No. 2 white,
SOC to sic; rye, &c to 63c.
TOledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC to
SEC; corn, No. mixed Coo to 66c; oats.
No mixed, acc to 47c; rye, No. 2, 6Oc
to 62c; clover seed. prime, $5.77.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern.
76c to re; corn. No. 3, 64c to 65c; oats,
No. 2 white. 4Sc to 49c; rye. No. l, 61c
to G3c; barley, No. 2, Gle to &c; pork,
mess. S1G.72.
Buffaio-Cattle choice shipping steers,
$500 to 500; hogs. fair to prime, $500
to $500: sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to
$3.50; lambs, common to choice, 1915 TO
S4S5.
New York-Cattle, 1913 to S6.35; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat No 2 red, SEC to SIC: corn, No. 2,
re to 73c; oats, No. white, 54c to SOC:
butter, creamery, DC to 2jc; eggs, west
pru D4C IN DC
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
The Canal Prnsnecf.

Ii is stated that a new treaty has
been negotiated in reference TO the
Clsytou-Bulwer treaty and the 18TH
man canal. and that President RooSe-
Welt is distinctly in favor of ratifying
IL This document is said TO unite our
hands and facilitate our digging of a
canal, if not our ownership and control.
In view Of this neighborly act il is sug-
gested that our tritiing differences with
regard TO the Alaskan frontier might be
settled by corresponding concession.
A Canadian correspondent of the Lon
don Times informs that journal that
the joint high commission. which was
originally appointed TO settle a large
number Of questions in controversy be-
tween the United States and Canada.
viii probably sit again during the COM
ing autumn; and in Washington If is
understood that an effort will be made
70 outline a basis Tor the proposed recip-
rocal trade convention. 1t is admitted
in Washington that q reciprocity treaty
with Canada would be OF enormous
general advantage 10 the United
states, for. vll11~ = you'd open new
markets for manufactures. it would
also leave open the channels through
which many millions OF dollars worth
OF farm products and raw materials OF
various kinds have found an outlet No
one outside the innermost circle Of Do
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
GREAT PRo-BoER MEETING.
Demonstration Held in Chicago Ad'
dressed by Burke Cochran.


A program OF protest against British
methods in the South African war was
carried out before an immense audience
in the Chicago Auditorium the other
night
Resolutions for the appointment of a
committee TO bring the sentiments of the
meeting before the President were adopt
ed. Although an admission was charged,
the funds being intended TO aid the Boer
women and children, standing room was
at a premium and many were unable to
gain admittance.
The program opened with a song. The
True Heart" sung by nineteen German
singing societies of Chicago. The total
of the relief fund raised at Ihe meeting
was over $4,000 One check was sent up
10 the stage for $500. Many checks were
in sums of 800.
Bourke Cochran was the orator Of the
evening. He was received with tunult
of applause and was cheered repeatedly
during his dilivery. Among other things
he said;
The conquest of the Transval while
it might be dangerous to the burghers,
would be fatal to England. The people
who have the greatest interest of all in
the defeat of English arms are the peo-
pie of England They can be saved from
this peril. Civilization can be delivered
from this cloud which darkens its hori-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
Odds and Ends

The name Of the postofice at Meteor
mic, Mo-, has been changed to Platte
with Albert l.. Freese as postmaster.
Hog packing in the west the last week
aggregated 66J, 900 head. against 5G0y0O0
last year. Since Nov. ! there has been
an increase this year of 5000 head.
A deal OF cattle amounting to 100000
was closed in Kansas City last week.
The cattle were Herefords and short
horns on a Texas ranch.
Hog packing in the West the last week
aggregated 735,000 head, against 625,0M
last year Since Nov. there has been
an increase this year Of $4,000 head.
The Cincinnati Price Current says in a
general way that the growing wheat crop
is in fairly good condition to stand winter
weather No improvement is noted in
the corn situation; husking continues to
show disappointing yields as a rule.
There are over $500 paper mills in
the civilized countries Of the world
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELY
CONDENSED.
Valuable Express Package Lost-Dis-
astrous Fires at Stevens Point and
Rib Lake-School Funds to BE Col
Iected-WeddiHg Guests Poisoned.

An express package containing notes,
mortgages and other papers valued at
many thousand dollars sent by the Mason
City, Iowa. agency of the J. /. Case
Thrashing Machine Company to the gem
eral offices in Racine, has been lost Al
though a careful search has been made
for over three weeks, no trace of the
package can be found. Since its receipt
at the Racine office of the American Ex-
press Company special agents Of the eX-
press company have been at work. Every
nook and corner of the office has been
searched and all business houses and Of
fees have been visited, as it was thought
that the package might have been deliy-
cred to another party by mistake. Trac-
ers show that the package was received
at the express office in Racine Nov. 10
Albert George, the cashier. ciaimed that
he had given the package with several
others to Frank Carrier, a driver, but
Carrier denies that he received it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
All Over the State.

An engine ran over Alvin Beers ut
Spooner cutting off his leg and intlict-
ing injuries that may prove fatal.
The appointment of w. b. Tscharner
for postmaster of La Crosse settles a
long-drawn-out contest for the position.
Isaac Nelson of Abbotsford shot and
killed himself. He fired three shots with
rifle, one passing through his head. He
leaves wife and three small children.
The finely equipped club house at Cole
man lake, the hunting and fishing lodge
of a club of seyenty-fve members, was
entirely destroyed by fire recently. The
loss is $1,000.
Deeds have been filed transferring the
plants and real estate of the La Crosse
Bush Electric Light Company, the Edi-
son Light and Power Compan. and the
La Crosse Gas Company to the La
Crosse Gas and Electric Company. The
consideration is 100000
Emmett Curtis, a carpenter who had
fallen from the roof of Erskine Ingram 5
partly finished residence in Eau Claire,
died of his injuries.
Daniel Jones, a wealthy farmer of the
town of Caledonia. made three attempts
to commit suicide and failed each time.
He is now insane and viii be taken TO
the Northern hospital at Oshkosh.
Gov La Toilette has appointed Dr., ].
r. Currens of Two Rivers. J. V. ST ems
of jefferson and T. A. Forsbeck 0 Nil
waukee members of the State be "a of
medical examiners. All are res nint-
mentS except that of DR.. Steven
During che past few weeks = has
been considerable excitement etween
OSceola and the trap rock range. three
miles north of the village it being re-
ported that quite 8 large deposit of gold
Quartz had been found. Whether there
is enough to pay to work the same re-
mains TO he seen.
An attempt was made on recent night
10 burn the store and saloon of Michael
Kelly at ASkeaton, some one having piled
dry wood and pieces OF boards up against
the side OF the building and having sat
urated them with kerosene set them on
fire. Some young men returning from a
party saw the blaze and put it out before
much damage was done.
Willard Cole, a young lawyer of She
boygan, formerly district attorney, COM
mitted suicide at NATION by taking a
dose of poison. He was found dead and
the coroner held an inquest and it was
found that he had taken a drug while in
fit of dependency.
William j. Sutton. a mail messenger.
claims the $500 reward offered for the
arrest OF James Gee. a fo-ger who WAS
convicted AT Washburn, and who eScap-
ed while on his way 10 prison 70 serve
a seven-year sentence. Sutton saw Gee
in saloon in Oshkosh. He notified the
police and then went up 10 Gee and said.
Il arrest you" Gee was taken into Gus
toiy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
IDAHO MAY BEAT KLONDIKE.
Quartz that Yields Fully $4,000 Il
the Ton.


Col. w. II. Dewey of Idaho, recently in
Chicago, believes he is the richest man in
the world or that he soon will be. There
will be trumpet tidings from Idaho with.
in two or three months, he says, tidings
that will proclaim Idaho an American
Transvaal or a United States Klondike,
that will pale the fame of Cripple Greek
or any other old diggngs The colonel
carries in his pocket a little vaseline
bottle filled with pure gold, all extracted
from just three pounds of quartz. He
knows a man who made a bet that
pound of rock from the new Idaho field
would result in from $50 to $50 worth of
gold Col. Dewey is an old-time west
erner. He rounded Cape Horn thirty
four years ago. He is already a multi
millionaire, even if these new prospects
so not make him Rockefeller's rival. He
is a hale old man, who goes about with
out a collar or a necktie, but with a big
diamond blazing in his shirt bosom.
His find is a ledge 5000 feet long and
$40 feet across. He estimates ton of
the quartz will yield $4,000. The world
never saw the like according to his tale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

worth at market prices S6,000000, at
Saturdays price only $2,000,000 but as
none of it is carried on margin or bor-
rowed on l will not sell it, and it there
fore can in no way be a menace to t e
market The cause of the drop in prize
CT Trinity was that everything | am or
am supposed to be interested in has been
under savage attacks for weeks.
In ain interview Mr.. Lawson declared
emphatically that he still holds $4,000
shares of Amalgamated, of which he viii
not sell single share for less than it
cost him, and he has so guarded his hold
ings that he cannot be forced to let go.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
BIG SHOW A SUCCESS.
Huge Live Stock Exposition in Oh
cago Ends in Glory.

Huge Live Stock Exposition in Chi
cago Ends in Glory.
Chicag0's second annual international
live stock exposition closed after week
of grand success. leaving the way clear
for the perpetuatioa Of the show each
year. The exhibit has made history for
stockmen. 1t has also attracted the at
tention Of thousands of laymen and the
great area Of the stock yards has scarce
ly been able to harbor the throngs that
crowded 10 the show. With nearly dou-
bic the space that was used last year
the buildings were cramped.
Total attendance, 800. 600; largest at
tendance for one night, Thursday, 5000;
total from outside Chicago, $4,000; to-
tai receipts, entrance and entries, esti-
mated. 100000; total expended by exhib-
itors and management, S250.O00; number
of head of thoroughbred stock, al kinds.
$500; number Of carload lots, $50; prizes
awarded IN all classes. 800.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

ing it to the cavity the Sleeps bone was
found to be half an inch too long. In or
der to preserve the round ball and sock
ct" ends of the bone so as to fit it into
Loughlins shoulder and elbow no saving
off of the sleeps limb was possible. This
made it necessary for DR.. Kelly to stretch
the tissues a distance of half AN inch,
which will make the arm longer than its
mate. The story of such an operation is
told by DR.. Il. Won Kotsch, professor of
surgery at Herring hospital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

Fire broke out in the attic of the Rib
Lake Mercantile C0mpany's store, and
destroyed the building. In it were the
store, postofIice and office of W. \. Os-
born Lumber Company, and a lodge hall
in the second story. The poStofice fix
tureh and mail supplies were saved, also
the books of the Rib Lake Mercantile
Company and fixtures Of the Osborn
Lumber Company. \ strong east wind
was blowing and it was only by the most
heroic efforts that the fire was confined to
the building. The structure was an old
one and was owned by the w. \. Osborn
Lumber Company. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000 fully insured. The cause
of the fire was a defective chimney. Rev.
]. II. Stock and J. p. Seibel were injur-
ed while fighting the fire.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17

zon if the conscience of the English
people be awakened.
Providence has so ordered events that
the President of the United States can
compose this bitter quarrel. 1t is an eX-
traordinary opportunity offered to an ex-
traordinary man. 1t would not be neces-
sary to draw the sword. to make any
threat of armed intervention, or to take
an unfriendly attitude,
Zone word spoken TO the English am
bassador or in the hearing of the English
nation would restore peace and establish
justice, secure liberty to these burghers,
promote enormously the prosperity of the
human race and bring Unreasonable
glory to the American nation. Will that
word be spoken"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
The 1901 Santa ClauS---''WFat dc care whether
SLEEPS BONE REPLACES
PART or MANS ARM.
st Paul Pioneer-Press.

The medical world is watching with
keen interest the results of a remarkable
surgical operation, which, if successful,
will probably mark a new epoch in the
treatment of fractured bones. The OPP
GRAFTON was performed in Philadelphia a
short while ago by DR.. James \. Kelly
of st. Mary's hospital, on James Tough
lin, a mechanic, who was injured in one
of the big shipyards there.
The crushed humerus or bone of the
upper arm was removed from the patient
and its place supplied by a thigh bone
Of sheep. The animal was killed just
outside of the operating room. In adjust
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-17
State SchnnI Ennh.

The Secretary of State has certified to
the State superintendent of public in
struction the amount OF money 20 be col
lected this fall for common school pur-
poses. The total is S1,G4l, 500 II, of
which 81, 436, 2S4 is the one mill tax and
S205, 371.21 interest OF school loans. 1t
is estimated that there are $4,000 per-
sons Of school age-4 to 20 years-in the
State. There are 6,705 school districts,
On this basis the apportiOnment will be
about S21S6 per person. The money
will be paid to the districts next Feb
Tuary.