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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
WAS A "BLACK THURSDAY. "
Spitome of the Darkest Day Wall
Street Has E. er Lrn..r,

Gpitome of the Darkest Day Wall
Street Has Ever known.
Black Friday and the panics of 10
and SO cannot longer be referred to as
high water marks of calamity in Wall
street history. a new record was made
thursday. 1t was a day of wh.rlwinds,
wherein fortunes were blown .to frag-
ments, where industrial fabrics were
wrecked, where the savings of years
were swept away. Northern Pacific was
the keynote of the situation. 1t was the
pivot upon which the market swung.
Enough money was lost to build fifty
Northern Pacific roads, to girdle the
world with transportation lines. To hun
dreds the panic meant a fortune. To
thousands it meant ruin.
Early in the day the banks, thoroughly
frightened, began to call their loans. The
result was a calamity the like of which
Wall street has never before known.
Men of millions, on the wrong side Of
the market and unable to get out, were
on their knees during the day begging
for quarter-fOr financial help at any
price. The banks We're besiege& the
money lenders were Overrun, and Wall
street saw the greatest panic of its his
tory. Rich and poor lost half a billion
dollars. Prices were knocked down from
10 to 60 points. The flock exchange was
mad. Between IL o'clock and noon the
majority of brokerage houses, if settle
ment had been compelled, would have
failed. Money was loaned at 40 and 60
per cent. Northern Pacific stock sold as
high as $1,000 cash for single share
The Northern Pacific corner was COM
plete. The shorts were stricken and
utterly routed, and at noon they sent
word to the giants-who cynically contin-
ued their contest for Northern Pacific
control-that the stock exchange would
be insolvent unless mercy were shown.
The Observation-Disclosures Rockefeller
faction on one side, and the Morgan Hill
syndicate on the other, stopped fighting
only at the moment that they found they
might carry themselves down in the
ruin. At the end of the day both sides
claimed control of the Northern Pacific.
The mighty pile of profits having been
swept away in a twinkling, panic stared
the nation in the face Then the warning
factions announced that they would not
demand further delivery from shorts Of
Northern Pacific stock This declaration
and millions loaned by the bankers saw
ed the day. The market rallied in the
closing hours, but the days end saw the
greatest market the world ever witness
ed hattened, weak and almost in despair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Told in a Few Lines.

Sultan of Turkey is anxious to revive
Mohammed snism-
Japan may declare war on rats. Coun-
try is oyeTrun with them.
Forty cavalry horses, suffering with
glanders, at Frisco, were shot.
The Mohammedans want a better way
10 Mecca. They desire to go there by
railway, and for that purpose have given
the Sultan S10S,000 to be used in con-
structing a railroad.
The first white child born on United
States soil was the granddaughter Of
White. the Governor Of Roanoke Island.
She vas ehristened By the name Of Yir.
GINA Dare. and her birthday was on
Aug. Is, 1857.
Cuba has a population Of about 1900
600, Of whom $4,000 are native whites.
$4,000 foreign whites, $4,000 pure
blood negroes. 2Se. 900 nuIattoes or half
breeds and 1900 Chinese. More than
co per cent are unable 10 read or write.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

The strongest banks in the financial
district of New York City took a han
in the stock market panic when 1t was
most turbulent, and by forming poo
had soon collected S19,5O0000 to loan to
approved borrowers in Wall street at the
market rate. Frederick ID. Tappan OF
the -Gallatin National Bank headed the
syndicate. This action was resorted to
for the purpose of checking the panic
rise in money which jumped as high as
60 per cent during the trading.
1t took Mr.. Tappan just fifteen minutes
to raise S15,000000. The rest came to
him by telephone after he had taken his
seat at his desk again, after his little
squirt of activity. 1t had jumped to the
S19.5O0,OO0 figure before he had left the
Gallatin Bank and others willing to join
the pool were still being heard from at
the close of the days business.
Twenty million dollars was sent TO
New York Thursday by Chicago banks,
who were called to the aid of Chicago
brokers caught in the fearful slump on
change. Money was sent to Wall street
by the banks in all the ways known.
These were by telegraph by exchange,
and the shipment of currency itself. The
rate for New York exchange, which be-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
CRASH FELT IN LONDON.
News from New York DemoraIizes
the British Brokers.

News from New York DernoraIizes
the British Brokers.
The London stock exchange closed one
hour after the New York exchange open
ed, owing to the difference in time. Hence
the full force of the WaIl street fluctua-
tons was not felt until night, when the
cables told of the panic in New York.
Still the exchange, despite its suspense
over New York's action, had the most
exciting time of its history, interest in
everything save the American stocks hav-
ing ceased. There was tremendous ex-
citement, but comparatively little bust
ness was done. No broker would make
prices, nobody would buy.
London never before witnessed the
scenes on the curb after the close. In a
drenching rain, up to the ankles in mud.
stood a dense crowd Of haggard, frighten-
ed men-speculat0rs, brokers', dealers,
clerks, clients-in almost vOiceless alarm.
Now and again hatiess, pale-faced men
would rush frantically from the adjacent
courts. only to find the price in something
which had broken gone 70 pieces. Deal
ers were afraid TO deal, and brokers did
not know whom to trust. The losses in
the last few days have been appalling.
Most interest was directed 10 Northern
Pacific common, which oscillated in a
manner devoid Of intelligibility to Eng
lish brokers. The jobbers simply closed
their books.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
A FLOATING EXPOSITION.


a Unique Method of Advertising
American Made Goods.
A floating exposition, which will en-
circle the globe and visit every seacoast
town, is an idea which is being pushed
by o. u. Austin, chief Of the bureau OF
statistics Of the Treasury Department. 1t
is a proposition in which some of the
leading men in commercial lines in the
country have become interested, and to-
ward which a step will be taken shortly
which will definitely decide whether the
necessary financial backing can be se-
cured. 1t is proposed to have a feet Of
ships fitted up as floating booths, il
which the leading articles Of manufac-
ture in the United States can be exhib-
tied. Naturally, the exhibits will be of
those articles for which it is presumed
there is a foreign demand.
The length of the trip which is to be
made by the feet, Of course, will depend
on the amount Of financial backing secur-
ed and the wishes of the promoters. 1t
has been thought advisable to have the
trip extend over a period Of at least two
wears
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
FOUR BURN TO DEATH
FATAL FIRE DESTROYS AN OHIO
RIVER BOAT.
Steamer Greensboro Becomes Food for
Flames at Calhoun, Ky.-Narrow Es7
cape of Captain and EngineSr-Baak
Teller s hot in New Orleans.

The steamer Owensboro, toTboat
owned by the Green River Coal Trans
portation Company of Evansville, Ind,
was burned to the waters edge at Cal
hOun, KY, on a recent night, and four
lives were lost. The boat was without
n Waterman and had tied up at Calhoun.
Fire broke out about II p. m. and spread
with great rapidity. Captain Eastman
and Engineer Robinson of Evansville
narrowly escaped with their lives. The
two firemen, named Crenshaw and
Bringkman, both of Evansville, together
with two roustabouts, were lost with the
boat \ large tow of lumber was at
tached to the boat, but was cut loose and
saved The boat is a complete loss, and
was valued at $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
7EE E1AEIE7572S

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime
$500 to $50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 TO $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat. No. red, zoe to 71c;
corn, No. >, ole TO 52c; oats. No. =, &c
to 2Sc; rye. No. >. ole TO 52c; butter
choice creamery. lie to 1Sc; eggs, fresh,
Zoe TO lie; potatoes, Sac to 46c per
buShel
Idianapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500 70
SOTO; hogs, choice light, $500 TO $5.T5;
sheep. common to prime, $500 TO $500;
wheat, No. ., 71c to re; corn, No. >
white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. , white,
29c to 30e.r
st. Louis-Cattle. 1925 to $5.S5; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, $500 to S4.T5;
wheat, No. >, 71c to 72c; corn. No. .,
42e 10 43e: oats. No. ,, 2Sc to 29c; rye.
No. >. ole to SOC.
Circinnati-Cattle. $500 to $50; hogs,
$500 to $5.65; sheep. $500 TO S4.45;
wheat. No. >. T5c TO 16e; corn. No. >
mixed, 45e 10 Acc; oats, No. mixed, 29c
to SOC; rye, No. >. 5Se to 59c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to S5.65; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ,, zoe TO acc; corn, No. =
yellow. 45c TO 4Gc; oats. No. white.
soc TO sic; rye, 55c TO 56c-
Toledo-Wheat, No. > mixed, TSc 20
FAC; corn. No. mixed. 45c 10 46c; oats,
No. mixed, &c to 2Sc; rye, No. ,. 54c
to soc; clover seed. prime, $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. ? northern,
72c TO TSe; corn, No. 5, 42e TO 43c; oats,
No. white. 29c TO Soc; rye, No. l, 53e
70 soc: barley, No. ., soc 10 5Gc; pork,
mess. S1445.
Bufalo-Cattls. choice shipping steers,
$500 10 1910: hogs, fair TO prime. $500
10 1896; sheep. fair TO choice, $3.50 TO
S4-50; lambs, common 10 extra. $3.50 10
S5.I0
New York-Cattle. 1915 10 $500: hogs.
$500 70 $500; sheep, $500 20 $40;
wheat. No. = red, 79c to Soc; corn. No. ,,
zoe to sic. oats. No. white, Sic . sac;
butter. creamery. ISc 70 I9c: esgs. Esss-
trn I2e n -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

hundreds of men in the face A panic
worse than that of the memorable "Black
Friday" threatened to wipe out 1fot only
the lambs but hundreds of old and
wealthy traders. Wall street was in the
throes of the most violent commissions
that have ever been encountered in the
widest speculation.
In the craze to Iiquidate, due to the
corner Northern Pacific was run up
from the close of 100 Wednesday to ST.
600 per share. The effect of this was
stunning. The floor of the Stock Elk
change presented a scene that defies de-
scription. Up and up went the stock at
bounds of 20 points. Soon the mad fever
drove the price up to 1000 bid.
The fond hopes of the traders that the
differences between the brokers who
were struggling for control of the stock
had been composed had not been realiz-
ed The wish was father to the thought.
1t was this contest between the giants
which had unsettled the entire market
and turned the course of the trading from
extreme bullshness into panic.
The thing which finally operated to
check the mad scramble to sell and to
clear up the horizon for the following
day was the announcement that Kuhn,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
TRADES BOOM UNCHECKED.
Business Prospers throughout the

D~S-A~Ss IOsDCTS thC
Country.
"A panic in Wall street does not mean
that legitimate business has suddenly
ceased to prosper. nor is the condition of
mercantile trade and manufacture ad-
rerseiy affected by a violent fall in prices
Of securities. Throughout the entire coun-
try fundamental conditions were never
as sound as at the present time; reports
from nearly every city this week showing
an exceptional volume of transactions
and payments promptly met says the
weekly trade review of X. q. Dun x Co.
1t continues: Production is not overtak-
ing demand at the finished steel milks,
and all Pittsburg plants are two months
behind orders, while ninety days is the
limit at many. Although the expected
advance in bar iron did not appear, the
tone continues firm and orders are lib
eraI. Less sensational events occurred
in the cereal markets than in the preced-
ing week, although quotations are slow
TO recede. Corn eased off few cents,
but IS still about 10 cents a bushel, or
nearly % per cent above the quotation at
the corresponding date in the two pre-
ceding years. Failures for the week
numbered 1877 in the United States,
against 192 last year, and 20 in Canada,
against 10 last year"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
FEARS HE KILLED A coMRADE.
Soldier Who Started to Run Away
After the Assault Surreuders.

Soldier Who Started to Rum Away
After the Assault Surreuders.
Louis Deman, member of Company
D, Second United States infantry. sur
rendered himself to Marshal DrushaH OF
Orrville, Ohio. Deman said he had as
saulted comrade, Daniel Ferris. with a
bayOnet while the latter was asleep IN
the barracks al Columbus, Ohio, recent
ly, and he feared he had killed Ferris.
He said he had started to run away, but
concluded it would be best to return ana
take the consequences. He was held
awaiting orders. The authorities at Co
lumbus know nothing about the assault.
They believe Deman is demented. While
in Cuba he committed an assault upon
a fellow soldier, and he was confined in
the guardhouse for several months. 1t
is supposed that Deman is still broodlng
over this fr0ublP
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
, TRAGEDY AND DEEP MYSTERY.
Woman Commits Murder and Disap-
pears on Fire Escape.

James +. Ayres Of Port Arthur, Mich,
was found dead in his room at a hotel in
Washington. He had been shot in sew
eral places about the body and the police
claim he was murdered by a woman.
Ayres was q years old, belonged to
well-tO-do family in Grand Rapids, Mich,
and was a clerk in the census bureau.
Coroner hewitt examined the body and
concluded from the nature of the wounds
an the leg and arm that the shots may
have been fred by some other person than
the victim. Bloodstains were found on
the fire escape in front of the hotel build
ing and a neighbOr claims to have seen
a woman descending the escape immedi-
ately after the shots had been heard.
Screams of help" were heard about 2
O'Clock in the morning by one of the
roOmers but it was not until 8 O'Clock
that any Importance was attached to
them and policeman was summoned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
THREE GIRLS RAID A SALOON.
Proprietor knocks Them Down ana
Wrist of One Is Broken.

Winona Kilgore, Anna Peoples and
Jasmine Without, three young girls, the
latter a daughter of Lucy Wilhoit, the
colleague of Mrs. Nation, wrecked the
Summit saloon in Wichita, Kan. They
entered the place with rocks, and the
barkeeper did not know that an attack
was threatened until the glass began to
crash about his ears. Fred Wolf, the
proprietor, knocked the girls down with
his fist, and pitched them one after an
other into the street. Miss Wilhoit's
brother came to their defense and Wolf
struck him, making a long cash on his
face, from which the blood flowed freely.
In the melee the wrist of Miss Peoples
was broken. The police arrested the girls
and lodged them in the city Jail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
ACC USED OF HEINOUS CRIME.
Ontario Farmer Is Charged with Kill
ing His Five daughters.

ing His Five Daughters.
Charged with numbering his FIVE daugh-
tiers, John Parton of Hurdville appeared
in the dock at Parry Sound, Ont, police
court. The information by the police is
that on April 30 last Joseph Parton, aged
20, willfully set fire to his frame dwell
ing, whereby his children, ranging in
age from IS years to + months, were
burned to death. From q statement
made by the wife of the accused it IS
learned that Parton is an Englishman
who has resided near Parry Sound for
many years; that he is the father OF
twelve children, and that he frequently
received money from his wealthy rela-
tives in Crewe, Lancashire. He was al
ways of morose disposition and kept as
much as possible to one part of the house,
where his children We're not allowed to
come. There had been no fire, except
at meal hours, in the house for two days
preceding the children's death. Parton
was not seen until after the fire, when
he remarked he had lost some clothes and
50 and then went to the barn and slept.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Rank Clerk Is Short s2O.OO1.

President McKinley's trip has been
abandoned ut San Francisco.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
RAILROAD MUST PAY DAMAGES.
Passenger Riding on a Pass Com petcnt
to Recover for Iniuries.

In the case of John r. Payne against
the Terre Haute and indianapolis Rail
road Company the Appellate Court in In
dianapolis held that a railroad company
cannot exempt itself from liability for
negligent injury of a passenger travelling
ON a pass. Payne was injured by the
alleged carelessness of the railroad COM
pany's/ employees in permitting the two
parts of a freight train on which he was
a passenger to come in collision while
trying to make flying switch"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
PROGRESS OF THE RACE.
Standing of League Clubs in Contest
for the Pennant.
Standings in the American League are
SHOT WHILE COUNTING CASH.
Paying Teller of New Orleans Bank
Seems to BE SIS OnO Short

Philip Schumacher, paying teller of the
Teutonic Bank, New Orleans. was shot
in the calf of the leg while at work in
the bank counting the cash previous to
meeting of the finance committee the 9th
er evening. When assistance came he
WIS lying on the floor, badly bruised,
pistol near him and money scattered on
the floor. An examination of the banks
books seems to point to shortage of
$4,000. Although the wound of Paying
Teller Schumacher is not dangerous he
became deliriouS AMI his doctor said he
spoke of being attacked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Cattlemen Lynch a Farmer.

J. /. Chandler, an old resident farmer
of Ioland, Oklahoma, was taken from
his home the other night, presumably by
cattlemen, and lynched. For some time
there has been trouble between the farm
ers and the cattlemen. and a great many
cattle have died from drinking poisoned
water. Chandler was suspected of hay
ing been responsible for the loss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Woman Chokes Her Child,

Mrs. Nick Mark and Mary Mark. the
wife and daughter of a wealthy farmer
near Wichita, Kan, took Mary Marks
child from Il hospital on the preteXt that
they were taking it to their home, and
an hour afterward it was found choked
and buried in the sand of the Arkansas
river. The women were arrested and the
young woman confessed to killing the
child.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Joseph Keith. convicted of the muir
der of Nora Kifer and now in the Mich
igan City, Ind. penitentiary awaiting eX-
ecution. has been granted Il stay of eXecu
ton until November. All arrangements
had been completed for the hanging.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
STRIKE RIOT KANSAS.
Italians Are Driven from Town by
Locked-Out Employees.

Italians Are Driven from Town by
Locksd-Out Employees.
Italian laborers who came to lola,
Kan, to take the places of striking &C.
ment workers were assaulted by strikers
and sympathizers and driven to the ran
road station for deportation. -Four per-
sons were shot, three lola men and one
Italian, in the fight in which the out-of-
town workers were captured. employees
from the smeiters Joined with workmen
from the lola cement plant to run the
Italians out Of town. For some time
there has, been trouble between the men
employed at the cement plant and some
of the foremen. To fill the vacancies
caused by strikes and disagreements
carload of Italians was shipped in from
Kansas City. There were twenty-five of
the Italians.
RAILROAD MUST PAY DAMAGES.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

fected of his tribesmen's difficulties with
the logging companies. The Indians have
consented to let the logs go upon the
promise of the Commonwealth Logging
Company of Frasee that reseaie wiii
be made. The Indians are dispensing
and no further trouble is anticipated,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
cnllihch with 60 nf -

The schooner Fostoria. in tow Of the
steamer Annie Laura, collided with q
huge cake OF ice. IN the St. Clair river aud
sank almost Immediately. Two sailors,
whose names are not known. were drown
ed Three members Of the crew were
saved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Murderer surreuders HimselE.

John Turner surrendered to City Mar
shall Smith, stating that he had killed
Jerry Boulder, one and half miles
south of AlvaradO, Texas. The parties
were brothers-in-law and the killing was
the result of a family quarrel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Thinks It's n Genuine Rubeus,

Robert W Kinahan of Chicago, man.
ager of the Stock Exchange building. has
an oil painting which he bought at
sale of household effects seized for rent,
and which cost him SD. Art experts, in
Guiding Alfred Chatain, New York
critic. say it is a genuine Rubens and
worth $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Boston stores Burn.

In Boston fire destroyed portions OF
the double granite building. 52S and so
Washington street. The building was
occupied by y y. Hardy and c. NJ.
Litchfeld. photographers; ], q. Small X
Co. dealers in ladies' cloaks. etc; the
White Dental Company. and Straw
bridge x Clothier. druggists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Long Term for Stealing

Castro Garcia, who absconded with
revenue funds to the amount of $4,000 in
June last and who was extradited from
Havre in July, has been tried by ma
tive court at San Juan de Porto Rico and
sentenced to thirty-two years imprison-
ment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
FALLS IN A VAT OF BOILING BEER
Shocking Death of Samuel Potion, Jr.,
MchIthy Brewer of Troy.

Samuel Bolton, Jr.. millionaire brew
er of Troy, n. Y, has been found dead
in vat of boiling beer in his brewery
His body literally was cooked, and death
must have been instantaneous. Much
mystery surrounds the circumstances.
which the authorities are trying to I'M
ravel. One singular feature of the case
is that Mr.. Bottoms hat and watch and
chain were found on the floor near the
vat. Despite this, friends of the dead
millionaire are of the opinion that his
shocking end was due TO an accident. Mr..
Bolton arose in his usu tEeondition of
health and went to his u.lce of business
at the customary hour. lter in the day
be was found in the vat of boiling beer on
the second floor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
karsas Needs .. 600 Harvest Hands.

l.. d. Blaine. wheat grower of Pratt
County, declared that Kansas would need
the services of 1000 men from other
States to help in saving the big wheat
crop. Blaine held Il conference with rail
road officials who agreed to make a spe-
rial rate to harvest hands in the middle
West.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

Lured to ruin by the prospects Of sud
den wealth. Edward l.. Fleetwood, reeeiv-
ing teller for the international banking
house OF Brown Brothers X Co. Is inn
priSoncd at New York police headQuar-
tiers. having confessed to entertainments
amounting to $20.lS1.50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21
Body Found in Wabash Rive

The body of Wolf Betz of Carmi, ILL.,,
was found floating in the Wabash river
near Mount Vernon, Ind. The head was
crushed in and several bruises were
found on the body. Betz disappeared
frcm his home two weeks before and had
5000 ON his person.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-05-21

general panic. Supreme Court Justice
Gildersleeve issued an injunction re-
straining the giants of Wall street from
buying or selling shares of Northern Pa
cifc stock. The injunction was granted
at the request of David Lamar, a broker,
who is said to have acted as an agent for
James r. Keene. Keene is credited with
having instigated the proceedings for the
purpose of relieving the conditions of the
market. This order was used as a club
to compel the warning factions to break
the corner and allow the shorts to settle
at $50.