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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
ILLINOIS TOWN BURNED.
Fire Destroys Fifty Business Houses
and Dwellings in RanfouI.

Fire Destroys Fifty Business Houses
ard Dwellings in RantouI.
Tho entire business district Of Rantoul,
H.. and half a dozen blocks Of resi-
dence5 were destroyed by fire the other
afterRoOn. \ spark from a passing rail
road engine started the fire and a high
wind, six weeks drought which had
left every building as dry as finder, and
the lack Of a city water works were the
factors that made 1t so swift and fierce
that It was uncomfortable. Champaign
and Paxton sent their fire departments.
but water could not be obtained in suiii-
cient quantities. Dynamite was tried,
but it did not hinder the flames where
buildings were close together.
Over fifty business and residence
houses were burned The loss is esti-
mated at upward Of 100000 with in
surance Of less than half that amount.
but that figure will not cover the injury
70 the town. which has left only one hO-
tel, which was located outside the busi-
ness district, and one lumber yard
Owing 10 the fact that nearly every
business house was burned out. including
grocery stores, restaurants and the best
hotel in the town, the first thing TO be
attended TO was supplying the people
with food and clothing. Several tempo
ra7y groceries were established and Cup
plies were obtained from Paxton and
Champaign. Bread sold for - cents a
loaf, and everything else in proportion.
The entire business portion OF the town
will be rebuilt in a sSOq- time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
This and That.

1t is understood that topers object to
dry jokes.
Committing arson is certainly a burn
ing wrong.
The brave soldier goes ahead ii lie
has to go afoot.
\ man who briStles with information
ought TO be pretty sharp
When some orators branch OFT every
body feels inclined to ;eave.
Some men can disappear TO good ad-
vantage if they don't look we'll.
Four pounds Of green leaves are re-
quired to make one of the dried tea.
The hliform papillaN Of the tongue
have I close resemblance to the pile"
or fur of velvet
When the corners Of 4 mouth turn
down the Indication is of a pettish.
Jealous disposition.
The mouth Of the lobster is small. and
he must tear his food to pieces with his
claws before he can deyoUv il.
The tongue of the toad and frog is
prehensile. BY means of IT these ami
mails seize and hold their prey.
The human teeth are divided By den
tai authorities into three portions;
Dentine, the cruSta l-sJrosa, or bony
tissue, and enamel
The siIuDoid fishes are provided with
rows Of teeth on the upper and lower
jaws. on their tongues and even on the
pharynx. Anything that the silurOid
catches IS not likely 10 get away.
An Egyptian tomb OF 2.J00 years be-
fore Christ contained a set OF artificial
teeth on a carved wooden plate. Brass
headed taeks were used for teeth and
the arrangement was tolerably well
adapted to the purpose Intended
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

ley law was enacted No attempt was
made to enforce it for year or more.
Then Mr.. Harrison's Attorney General
woke up with a start and hastily wrote
a letter to United States District At
torneys directing them to take that
antitrust law and LAY it alongside" or
any combine that came handy and see
whether it would fit.
The result was great activity against
trusts, but it was mostly confined to the
news and editorial columns of the ad-
ministration newspapers. Some alleged
combines which were not tariff protect
ed were attacked, and one insignificant
little trust which was tariff protected
was hit pretty hard.
After election the activity subsidized.
The only important application of the
Sherman law was to a railroad combine
which was not tariff protected in any
degree or manner. and that application
was in no wise due to Republican eff
fort.
Now that the discovery has been
made that Representative BabcOck
speaks for great numbers of Republic
ans in the West that he cannot be
turned down and that trouble for the
party is brewing, it is perceived that
something must be done or the Repub-
lican party will be in a desperately bad
way long before the next Presidential
election. If the big combines are de-
prived of protection there will be- re-
volt in New England and Pennsylvania
If they are not deprived Of protection
there will be rebellion in the West.
In this dilemma the administration
we are told by its organs, has resolved
that a searching investigation shall be
set on foot to find out whether certain
great corporate combinations are oper-
ating in contraventiOn of the Sherman
antitrust law" In fact, it is asserted
that the department of justice, presided
over by a great corporation lawyer, is
already secretly carrying on this in
vestigatiOn.
If the department finds something
wrong the trust question then will re-
solve itself into paramount legal issue
and be fought to a finish. Against the
Federal government will be arrayed
vast aggregations of capital" etc.
Just so. This battle royal is to be
put up to amuse the people of the West
and prevent them from joining Mr..
Babcock in demanding that combines
which can sell in all the markets of the
world without protection shall be de-
prived of their power to exact higher
prices from Americans than they are
glad to get from foreigners.
The administration game is to fool
Western people by making a tremend-
Gus buster over the enforcement of a
law which has been proved worthless
by more than ten years of experience.
1t remaina 70 be seen whether Western
Republicans can be fooled again by a
legal sham battle.-ChicagO Chronicle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
From Florida in a Buggy.

A most wonderful trip was terminated
at Kaukauna when Mr.. and Mrs. w. ).
Smith landed there from Tallahassee,
Fla, coming the entire distance of 200
miles in a buggy drawn by a rather
lght-built horse. The trip was remark
able il that it was continuous, and it
took ninety-ive days to complete it; also
that it was done in these days of fast
steam cars. They stopped one day in
Chiekamauga Park to view its historic
grounds. The Tennessee River was
crossed at Chattanooga, passing over the
Cumberland Mountains on their way.
They were Hospitality entertained every
night by the generous Southern farmers
and during their whole route seldom had
to pay for a nights lodging or a meal.
They were formerly residents of South
Kaukauna. They left the sunny South
because of its enervating climate and bad
water, and say that Wisconsin is the
banner State of all that they have seen
on their long journey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

pier she lowered so high that her lowest
open deck was above the level of the pier
roof and no cOmpanionway could reach
it. This difficulty was overcome by open
ing the bulkhead doors of the middle
deck. At Liverpool the passengers had
boarded her by a temporary stairway
from the roof of the landing stage.
Though she brought over only 345 cab
in passengers and Us steerage passen-
gers, the Celtic has accommodations for
1853 passengers, $50 first class, Ito sec
ond. and the balance third, and, in addi-
ton. crew of $50, in all, 3.194 human
beings. Still further idea of her size can
be gained from her cargo. capacity. The
displacement at load draught is 3S,22O
tons, her gross tonnage 20,904 tons. and
she can carry over $4,000 tons of actual
cargo. She is 700 feet long and 10 feet
wide, and has nine decks, known as the
lower Orlop, orlop, lower, middle, upper
bridge, upper bridge, boat, and sun decks
This gianteSs of the seas is twin screw
ship built with every appliance for safety
that human ingenuity has been able to
devise
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

improbable. At Rotterdam his mental
condition is arousing serious apprehen-
sion and everything is done to conserve
a restful state Of mind, though those who
surround him know that il is a well-nigh
impossible task. So acute has become
his condition that a specialist in nervous
diseases has been summoned by telegraph
from Berlin.
Dom Paul. who bore up under the re-
verses Of the war. and who even when
compelled 10 leave the capital OF his be-
loved land displayed magnificent stoi-
cism. received the hardest blow in the
death Of Mrs. Kruger. II struck the
"OId African Lion" in a vital spot.
4 visitor who saw him a short time
after Mother kruger's death said that
il would not be surprising if there soon
followed q physical as well as a mental
breakup. II is doubtless beginning 10
develop now.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
May Invest in Mexico.

All that is necessary to accomplish the
investment of $1,500,000 by Oshkosh and
Appleton capitalists in Mexico is the IA
vOrable report of a committee of eXami-
nation. The project is to purchase a
plantation in Mexico. The plantation
comprises 10000 acres, situated upon the
isthmus or lower portion of the republic.
This is said to be the most fertile and
productive region in the country, and the
land that the Oshkosh capitalists are ne
gotiating for is admirably adapted to the
raising of rubber, coffee, ginger, and
other costly tropical products. Accord
ing to the arrangement made, the Wis
consin capitalists will pay $4,000 down,
and then during a term of five years will
pay the balance of the amount named
above.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
State Items of Interest.

Mayor Higgins of Racine has issued an
order prohibiting wheels of fortune at
church fairs. During the past few years
wheels Of fortune have been extensively
operated a church fairs and picnics and
a great deal of money is spent by the
rising generation.
At mass meeting of the creditors Of
the German Exchange Ban in Chiffon
Il. T. Council, receivr of the bank. pre-,
scented his report. 1t shows the total la
bilicieS 10 be SG4G.349 AMI assets about
the same amount. OF the latter over
S363.00O is unsecured.
For some time past the Racine police
have been trying to catch the persons
who have been passing counterfeit dol
lars and half-dOllarS in the vicinity. Ju-
lius Smilsky was arrested charged with
the Otfense. He denies his guilt.
Because Richard Snyder farmer. six
miles from Woodland, notified q stock
Nuyer. Ernst Yahr, al the village Of Iron
Ridge &C call on 4 certain day and buy
his stock the latter brought suit for SO
for mileage against Snyder. who had sold
his stock 10 another party and was not
found ar home by Yahr on the day speci-
fed. The case was tried before Il JUS
tee, the defendant paying So AMI costs,
amounting 10 S161S
Paul Rix, a young man whose home Is
in ShebOygan. was sentenced al Msni-
t0woc by Judge Schenian TO one year in
the county jail for having stolen $3.50
from Joseph Brady OF the town Of Lib
erty.
The 3-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs.
George Rather Of Racine was watching
some men stringir-~ wires on Wisconsin
street when he picked Up a pulley
through which the wire was being pulled.
His hand became caught IN the hole and
had not the men rushed "a his rescue. the
lads arm would have been pulled out
from the socket Three Of the boys in
gers % lis right hand had 70 be ampu-
tzte3.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
FACES DEATH IN THE SKY.
Earring Brazilian Aeronaut Is Nearly
kiIlei in Paris.

NJ. Santos Dumont had a thrilling ad-
venture in Paris while experimenting
with his celebrated nayigable balloon and
so nearly lost his life that the vast
crowd watching him became hystericaL
The airShip became unmanageable While
more than 100 feet above the ground,
practically went to pieces and as it fell
the huge gas holder exploded. The col
lapsed machine caught on the ledge of a
high roof and after herculean struggle
NJ Santos-Dumont was rescued.
The airship rose from the Park st.
Cloud in the presence of a committee and
flew before the wind, which was blowing
half a gale, like a skyrocket. NJ. San
tos-Dumont rounded the tower ike a cat
boat turning buoy. The machine was
under perfect control at that time. But
when it came TO facing the strong wind
on the return trip something went wrong.
The motor acted badly. The wires tore
out the eyelets and ripped the balloon,
which reeled and dropped violently. Here
the balloon began TO debate. The pro-
peller caught in the sagged wires aud
tore a great hole in the silk of the huge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
HOTTEST OF MONTHS.
July Has Been n Record Breaker in the
Country's History.

July has passed into history as break
err of records in the matter of tempera-
lures. Not only did the thermometer in
most parts of the country so higher than
ever before, but the heat continued long
er and new marks for average Temporal
lures of the month were set.
Twice during the month was the record
for the highest temperature in Chicago
broken. On July 10 the thermometer
made a new mark of 102 degrees. This
point, which surpassed the records Of
all previous years as far as the weather
bureau knows, was not able to keep the
pace of twentieth century weather, and
on July 81 the mercury went one degree
higher.
The following table shows the daily
maximums for the month at ten of the
nriuciDal cities of the United States:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
BIG VESSEL IN PERIL.
White Star Liner Ocean CoIlides with
the teamer hiacOra

the teamer kiacOra.
The big White Star steamship Oceanic,
which sailed from Liverpool for New
York. collided off TuSkar rock, ireland.
in a dense fog with the steamship Kin
cora of the Waterford Steamship Com
pany, limited, which sank. Fourteen of
the crew Of the kincora We're rescued.
while eight are supposed 10 be drowned.
The collision occurred at about 80
o'clock in the morning. The Kincora was
struck amidships. All the passengers Of
the Oceanic were in bed at the time. and
there was some commotion until the cap
tain assured them that there was not
the least cause for alarm. Roadway was
kept on the Oceanic after she struck the
Kineora, N order TO give the crew Of
the latter 4 chance 10 Chamber on board
the Oceanic. The boats Of the White
Star liner were lowered 20 rescue every
man possible. The kincora sank very
rapidly. The Oceanic remained in the
vicinity Of the collision until daylight.
but nothing was then visible beyond some
floating wreckage. The Kincora was a
coastins vessel. trading between Water
ford and Limerick.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

Colonial Cost and Colonial Trade.
The report that Adjutant General
Corbin has arranged with General
Chaffee for a reduction of the army
in the Philippines and that it is esti-
mated that expenses for this branch of
the service may be decreased go per
cent suggests a review of the cost Of
our war with Spain, which indicates
that we had better stick to its human
itarian import and ignore it as cash
transaction.
Before the war began the maintenance
OF our army came to about $50,0OO,0OO
annually, that of the navy to about
$35,O0O,OOO. The total for a period of
four years, reckoning from the fiscal
year ending with June, 1888. to the
fiscal year just closed. would be $780,
100000 in the one case and S14O,OOO,OOO
in the other. But the actual cost OF the
army during that period has been $780,
1lO,636 and Of the navy S240, 19G,9S4
The excess on the first account is $780,
110,636, on the second 500, l9G,JS4.
Adding the $2OOOO,OOO given to Spain,
the cash investment comes to more
than $500 900, 900, and it has been tax
en- from the whole American people by
taxation.
OF course the islands we have cap
tured and purchased are worth great
deal more money than that. but what
we have acquired is sovereignty not
property. The same people inhabit
them as of old. and their property
rights remain as of old. If we wish to
make a point of material gains we shall
have to turn to the question of trade
and commerce, and even then no man
can tell what the commercial gain
might have been without sovereignty,
since there is no absolute ratio affect
ing politics and commerce. We eX-
ported as much or nearly as much to
Cuba in the year ending with June,
1893, as we did during the last fiscal
year, when the island was under our
control.
Looking however, to the places that
have been reduced to permanent pos
sessions we discover that there has
Dten an lHCEcdSe Oh AulcIlCsiH tApOl -
to them which may properly be attrib-
uted to a politically stimulated market
for American commodities. The fig
ures for the year just closed. which are
much larger than those for the pre-
Vious year. are some $5,0OO,00O greater
for Porto Rico than they were before
the war and not quite S4000,0O0 great
er for the Philippines. But there are
two things to note in this connection
for the special bearing which they
have on the meaning of the figures.
Part of the gain in the Philippines is
chargeable as an expense to the Amer
lean people as a whole, since they paid
for supplies sent to the islands for the
maintenance of their army, and. more
important still. the gain in Porto Rico
was distinctly gain from tariff con
cesslOns. Trade follows low tariffs,
But continued large expenditures on
military account would far more than
Offset all possible gains, even if tariffs
We're abolished and it were permissible
to balance a government debit with a
trade credit. For the ratio of military
cost to exports is now about as o to /,
and the latter cannot have any very
great expansion because the import
ing people are not a people of highly
cultivated wants.
cultivated wants.-RecordH Herald, Re
publican.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Death of Pioneer Lake Captain-Re-
markable Trip from Florida to Wis
consin-State Militia Goes Into Camp
Contractor a Bankrupt.

Capt. Watson Spencer. conceded to be
the oldest lake cap in, died at Racine
of general debility after a prOtracted i'll
ness of sixteen years Capt. Spencer
was born. at Oswego, y. Y, May IS.
1916. When a boy he commenced sail
ing on the lower lakes. In 1887 he came
to Lake Michigan on the schooner Nick
Biddle, which landed passengers at Mil
waukee and Racine There was no pier
then, and only nine houses. Freight was
taken to Chicago when there was pier
only forty feet long at that port. The
first vessel he ever commanded was The
Minerva, in 1910. In 1850 he sailed the
schooner Julietta Patten of Milwaukee.
During terrific snowstorm in Decem-
Der of that year the vessel was wrecked
at the lower end of the lake, and Capt.
Spencer walked $50 miles to Grand
River While on the lakes there was
no better known navigator
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

As the result of drug clerk giving the
wrong prescription, Miss Mildred Cul-
bertson, prominent young lady of Du-
rand, was brought at deaths door at
hotel in Mondovi. Miss Cubertson and
a party of ladies of Durand. went to
Mondoyi to attend party. DR.. Jacobs,
of Durand, was one OF the party. Miss
Culbertson said she had headache and
he prescribed five grains of antipyrin.
The clerk mistOoll antipyrin for atropine
and put up the deadly drug. Ten min
utes after taking the drug she became
unconscious. The doctors worked for
hours to save her life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
Fair Contractor Bankrupt.

Mrs. Clara Mead, the young woman
contractor who built the Christ Episco-
pal Church, the handsomcst church edi-
fec in La Crosse, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy. Her liabilities will foot up
to $4,000, with no assets. The building
of the church three years ago caused
Mrs. Mead's losses. She took the con-
tract at a very low figure, while old CON
tractor tractors ay?we4 she 'e?Sd net build the
the church were congratulating them
selves on their good luck. When the
church was a little more than half finish
ed her hacker, young man from Penn
sylvania, refused to advance her any
more money. The bonding company and
yestrymen had to finish the church. Mrs.
Mead now lives in La Crosse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
WILL CONTEST LAND ENTRY.
Business Men of Lawton Urge Claim
of Wichita Girl.

John I. Calvert of Guthrie, Ok, one
of the Oldest established attorneys in the
territory, filed contest papers at the local
land office against the entry made by
James II. Woods, the winner of the first
number in the Lawton district land lot
terry. According to the government plan,
two claims were made to adjoin the
southern part OF the Lawton townsite.
This was considered the most valuable
land in the whole country thrown open
TO settlement, and in filing Woods claim
ed 100 acres running the entire length
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
WORLDS BIGGEST VESSEL.
Giant Steamer Celtic Makes Maiden

Giant Steamer Celtic Makes Maiden
Voyage Across the Atlantic.
Seven sturdy tugs pulled into the White
Star dock at New York Sunday morn
ing the greatest steamship afoat, the
first 20,0OO-ton vessel the world has ever
seen, the Celtic, from Liverpool, in eight
days and forty-siX minutes.
If one will imagine a building nine
stories high, with a frontage of three and
a half blocks, he will get some idea of
this biggest ship afoat, which came safe
~ into port under command of Captain
H. st. j. Lindsay, r. y. r. An idea of
this sea giantess' size might be had, too,
from the fact that safely alongside her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20
Crank Write. to Miss Mears.

Miss He'en Farnsworth Mears, who is
to make the Illinois State statue Of Miss
Frances Willard, has received among
many letters of congratulatiOn an cpistle
from Il crank who signs herself Mrs. NJ.
r., and dates her letter from Grand Rap
ids. Mich. The writer takes Miss Mears
to task for violating the commandments
in making craven images, and abjures
her as Il Christian to desist from her
work. VI. r. asserts that, though she is
not man. she is called of God to show
Christians their abominations. She signs
herself Your Friend in Christian Love-"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-08-20

imports from our
n e W possessions.
The hat is made OF
what closely resem-
bles the cane used
in chair seats, hut
IS much lighter in
weight. The mate
rial is closely piaie-
ed and the hat
looks like Il cross
between a choppins
bowl AMI Il Soldan
helmet without the
b = I N q Is fySnt