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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
sparks from the Mic.

Oil has been found in paying quantities
in (ufsy Company's we'll at Webster.
Texas. No gusher was expected.
Walter Williams. a sub-contractor on
the Choctaw and Northern Railway, was
instantly killed by a stroke Of lightning
near Guthrie. Okla.
Mary HouEhtmeyer. Is years Of age,
committed suicide at her homo at Fox
town, Tenn by hanging herself from the
rafters OF her fathers barn.
King Edward will erect an English
memorial 10 the late dowagcr empress
Frederick. of Germany. II Will progably
be erected at Frogmore.
William PrandeIl. a farm hand. aged
20 years. committed suicide near Fulton.
No. 10y shooting. He left a note stating
that he was tired OF life and that his only
pleasure was in getting drunk.
LAURA Dennison. aged Is. was fatally
burned while Lighting a gasoline stove
Thursday at Kinjman, Kan.
Pablo Flores, a desperate, southern
Texas, was rounded mp b. officers and
and two wounded.
weA+AAEN hA4@as 4+H-A-- MA At-AAL@AAs una
was killed while digging well. He had
fired a blast and while being drawn on:
lost his balance and fell to the bottom.
There IS much excitement AT Jones
City. Okla. over the discovery Of pearls
IN the Canadian River. The pcarls were
found by John A. White IN clans dug
from a mud hank, and several Of then
are pronounced valuable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
STORM In THE EAST.
CITIES SUFFER FROM WIND OF
CYCLONlC VIOLENCE.
New York, Brooklyn and Jersey City
Worst Buildings Unroofed
and Street Car Traffic ParaIyzed-
Church and Theater Wrecked.

The most violent wind and rain storm
known for many years swept over New
York City, Brooklyn, Westchester Coun-
ty and the northeastern portion Of New
Jersey Saturday afternoon. Great dam
age was done TO property and street car
traffic in many places was completely
stopped. The most damage reported was
at Jersey City, where buildings were
wrecked, including a church and a the
ater
Rain had been falling internationally all
morning and about l p. m. the low-hang-
ing clouds began to discharge torrents Of
water, and this was kept up until after
) o'clock About O'clock the wind in
creased nightly in violence and at $3.50
Jersey City began 10 have the worst
storm experienced in its history. Blasts
of wind carried widespread destruction.
Two windstorms seemingly met in the
neighborhood of Newark avenue and Bar
row street and a cyclUnic condition re-
suited.
Horses standing in Newark avenue and
the wagons to which they We're hitched
were blown over. Telegraph poles and
wires fell. 4 moment - no later the
steeple of ST. Mary's Catholic Church,
the largest in the city, fell backward
upon the church, striking the roof Piles
of brick from the spire crashed through
the roof and down upon the pews.
Two blocks south of st. Mary,,s Church
and nearly on line with it on Newark
avenue is the Bijou Theater. The Man
Who Dared Company was rehearsing for
an opening of the theater for the season.
Two lions that are used in the play were
in cages on the stage when sudden rush
of wind made the building tremble Warn
ing cries caused the performers to leave
the stage not a second too soon. Bricks
came down from the high walls, running
the stage and bending in the lions cage.
The lions roared in terror. AS the per-
formers rushed out a shout was raised
in the street that the lions were loose and
the crowd which had sought shelter in
the corridor fed panic-stricken. The
lions did not escape, but their cages were
hit ard the beasts were cut by the bricks,
but the bars held them.
The storm in New York City was con-
fined to a heavy dOwnpOur of rain with a
violent wind. 1t was the heaviest in the
Bronx, where the streets were flooded.
At Mauch Chunk, Pa, the storm was
attended by four fatalities. Jesse Stru-
theirs, a prominent citizen of Mauch
Chunk, and three boys named McClaf-
ferry, Mckinley and johnson were stand
ing on bridge spanning Mauch Chunk
Greek when the supports collapsed and
the four were precipitated into the water
and drowned. The stream had become a
raging torrent by the bursting of a dam a
half mile above the borough line.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
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The News y

Potatoes are about as valuable as golf
balls this year.
Mr.. Schwab, who draws a $1,OOO,O00
salary, has not struck
Cheer mp. The prune crop of Califor~
MIA is estimated at 3J0,000.000 pounds.
Have You looped the loop?' will be
one of the leading questions in the Schley
inquiry.
This will be a hard winter on Russell
Sage on account of the high price of fruit
and vegetables.
The South American republics are said
TO know what they are fighting for. Then
why don't they tell?
The crowned heads of Europe. are
again finding it necessary TO look under
their beds before retiring.
lola must expect to spring another
book on the public at an early day-an liz
fernal machine has been left ON his door
step.
If that Rocky Ford man has really
grown seedless watermelon, it viii be
the first crop of watermelons ever raised
without seed.
Our newly ElCl St0l VIII De wearing
potatoes in their shirt fronts instead Of
diamonds. when they want to make an
ostentatious display, If prices keep On
going IN.
Several of the girls who drew prizes
in Uncle Sans land lottery are now be-
ing urged 10 try their luc' in the more
uncertain matrimonial lottery. For the
lands sake,
France is having more trod bic with her
preteuders II might be said in this con-
nection that the pretenlers constitute
about the only part OF the French p0pu-
lation which keeps Increasing al anything
Ike fair percentage.
The advance in the price Of prunes will
hit many a poor fellow right where he
lires-that is, AZ the table of the second
class boarding house.
The announcement Is made that In
diana viii put about 24.O00.0O0 cans Of
French peas" on the market this year,
Now let Europe have another shiver.
The Sultan q Turkey is said to be
growing more and more nervous a. the
DAYS 20 By. He has just banished COO
Of his servants and retainers because a
fire broke out in the royal henhouse the
other day. II the Sultan gets upset over
q little thing ike that what would he do
II the COOK tried 10 start the IRE with
coal oilf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
EQUALS BENDER FAMILY DEEDS.
Murderer Ward of Puma, :. D., Had
No PARTNER in Crime.

Murderer Ward of Puma, :. D., Had
No Partner in Crime.
The deeds of the Bender family of
Kansas are not much worse than those
that are being unearthed against the
murderer w. II. Ward, of Puma, 5. d.,
who was captured Saturday near Devils
Tower, fifty miles northwest of Dead
wood. Ward was single-handed in his
cunning deals, but his work was effect
i've in every case. The world may never
know what method was used in the max
ing away of Kirk Sheppard, but there is
no doubt that he was killed and the body
concealed. Frank Neuenfeldt, the young
miner who was killed i'll September 1899,
had been working several months for
Ward and died from the effects of what
Ward said was cavern after the blast.
The death was not investigated and the
old mans story was believed. lnvestiga-
ton of the old tunnel since shows that
not enough dirt had fallen to cause
death. Ward owed him back money for
wages.
The searching parties that have been
ranSacking Wards cabin and premises
have found wagon loads of rubbish
when mas no special value, but has been
accumulated evidently by a half-sraZy
man. The house is cut up into a num-
Der of rooms, with side, rear and front
entrances, which would permit of easy
hiding of crime or of stolen property
The old man always had an aversion to
strangers coming into his house Nobody
will ever know how many persons Ward
has made away with. There are numer-
Gus stories aloat about sudden disap-
pearances in that part of the country,
dating several years back, and other
crimes may be unearthed. 1t is known
for a certainty that he has killed three
men in cold blood.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

Br0oding over the separation from his
wife, with whom he had spent twenty
one years of married life, and angered
because she would not return to him,
Nicholas Rieblinger killed his wife 1 Ter
esa and then cut his own throat with the
same razor. The double tragedy occurred
IN the residence of the wOman's son, by
another marriage, in Chicago. Riebhnger
was labOrer, but had worked little dur
ing the last five years, his wife support
Ing the house by washing. She left him
July 3, saying that her married life was
unhappy. Many times he urged her to
return to him, but she refused. The 9th
er day he approached her as she was
peeling potatoes, and drawing a razor
threatened TO kill her unless she would
return to him. Frightened, the woman
ran to the front OF the house; but the
door was locked. and :he frenZied hus
band caught her by the neck. He bent
the woman back over his knee and cut
her throat. Dropping the body, he sat
IN a chair before a mirror and severed
his own throat. The woman died on the
way to the hospital, but he was dead
when the police arrived. The crime was
witnessed by two grandchildren.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
SMUGGLE IN CHINESE.
Government Traps Corrupt Cffi ciaI
Who We're Selling Certificates,

Government Traps Corrupt Officials
Who We're Selling Certificates.
Probably the most important arrest,
ever made in connection with the Snug
Cling of Chinese across the Mexican bor'
der into the United States were made
the other day in Arizona, when William
Nj. Hoey, collector of customs at NO
gales; B. +. Jossey, an immigrant in
spect0r, Frank How, Chinaman living
in Nogales, and another Chinaman living
at Clifton, Mexico, just across the Dor.
der from Nogales, were taken into Gus
tOdy by special agents of the treasury
and secret service operatives.
1t is stated that with two or three eX
ceptions, the whole customs and immi
grafton administrations at Nogales are
involved. Some time ago an official OF
the Treasury Department having Nc
gales as his headquarters wrote the de-
partment that he had reason to believe
the official force at = ut point was cor.
rupt, and that Chin in large numbers
were being struggled across the border
for a consideration. A secret service
operative was sent there at once and
plans laid to secure evidence against the
persons under suspicion.
Several Cinnamon were furnished with
money and sent ON to buy their way
through the official Gordon. This was ac-
cOmplishcd without difficulty, the price
demanded being from $50 to $500 The
secret service men also arranged with one
or two employees whose honesty had been
tested to go into the collectors office at
certain time and demand aashare of the
money being received from Cinnamon.
This was reluctantly agreed to and con
siderable sums of money were handed
over in the presence and full hearing of
a secret service man. who had previously
secrcted himself in nearby office closet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03

An ARRANGEMENT had been effected, and
| its terms drafted by the Ottoman foreign
minister, with the approval of the Sultan,
who had promised NJ. Constans that the
| text should be handed to him on Il GER
tain date.
NJ. Constans telegraphed to Paris the
| day following that none of the promises
had been fulfilled, and NJ. Delcasse, min
lister of foreign affairs, telegraphed NJ.
ConstanS that, in view of so fragrant Il
disregard of the Undertakings, the nego-
tiations could not longer be continued
and requested NJ. Constans to inform the
Porte tha. he had received orders to
leave Constantinople.
NJ. Constans communicated with the
Porte, fixing Monday as the date for his
departure, and, as the engagements were
still unkept. NJ. Constans left Constan.
tinople on that day.
With thedeparture of NJ. Constans the
relations between France and Turkey
may be regarded as broken of. MuniI
Bey, the Turkish ambassador to Franc
has been telegraphed not to return &c
Paris.
The current affairs of the two embas'
sizes can be carried on by the charges
d'affaires, but all negotiations of a po-
litical nature will be entirely suspended
until the Sultan yields to the French de,
mands. The French government holds
that the Sultan has broken his WORD. lie
had promised full payment of the long
standing indemnities to the Frenchmen
amounting to 100000 francs, but de
clined to pay the full amount and Of,
fered a reduced sum, which was refuseo
by NJ. Constans, who waited until Mon,
day and then departed.
The Sultan made final attempt to in,
duce him to stay. NJ. COnstans had left
Therapia ON board the Nautour for STAN
boul, where he was to take the Orient
express. a court chamberlain arrived al
STEAMBOAT in posthaste from the Sultan
begging NJ. COnstans to return to Thera.
pia and promising that everything woulC
be satisfactorily settled. NJ. Coustans de
clined to return, declaring the time fol
promises was past and that it was fol-
the Sultan to fulfill his undertakings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
LIGHTNING REVEALS ROBBERS.
Members of Ohio Family Bound and
Gagged by Masked Men.

Another crime similar to the johnson
and Blakesley murders was perpetrated
in the household of Phillip Styles, one
mile south Of DeshIer, Ohio, by five
masked men. Near midnight the head
Of the Styles house was aroused by a
crash of thunder. AS he sat upright in
bed a flash of lightning revealed two
masked men standing in his room with
cooked revOlvers level at his head. The
intruders sprang upon him, knocking him
unconscious upon the floor, but his cry
of agony had aroused his wife and three
small children. They We're tied securely
with a clothes line. Bits of the rope were
forced into their mouths, and this treat
ment was even accorded the 3-month-Old
baby. Then the robbers ransdckgd the
home, securing $50 in bills. Near day
light Mrs. Styles succeeded in releasing
herself and children and gave the alarm.
BloOdhOunds were brought out and a
posse followed the robbers over the traIl.
This was lost, however, at the Baltimore
and Ohio tracks, where it is supposed the
men took a hand car. Although badly
hurt, it is thought Styles will recover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
BRINGS TOWNS NEARER.

down their running time since the eleva-
ton of their tracks has become a matter
of wonderment to railroad officials The
Rock Island and Lake Shore, the first
roads to elevate, have reaped the benefit
of faster schedules.
A study of the time cards of the ele
waited and surface track railroads Operat
ing out Of Chicago shows clearly the ben
efits of raised tracks. The Burlington,
which now has an elevated roadway be-
tween Western avenue and the city linn
its, a distance of only four miles, is en-
abled to operate its mail trains and other
flyers, between Chicago and Aurora, a
distance of thirty-nine miles, in forty-fve
minutes. The Rock Island. which has q
longer stretch of elevation, runs its trains
between Van Buren, street station and
Joliet, fOrty-one miles, in fifty minutes
The Illinois Central, with modern road.
way. operates to Peotone, forty-two miles
from Twelfth street, at a rate of nearly
4 mile a minute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
Telegranhic Brevities.

AGACSIdIShAS DIGNAAhGSs
Niehaus' planning mill and the Everding
starch works. Berkeley, Cal, burned.
Loss S120.00O-
A mob at Osterburg, Pa, rotte1-egged
two Mormon elders. They departed
without asking any questions.
Card playing on trains of the New Jer-
sey Central Road has been prohibited a.
a result of a fight caused by an attempt
to reserve seats at a card table.
Agnes and Isabelle Gales. aged s and I
years. were drowned at Coburg, Mont.
while playing at a dam.
Fred Foster was killed and Thomas
Butler was badly bruised by a bolt Of
lightning that struck store building at
Sidney. Mo
\ premature explosion of dynamite at
Stuart. l. T. killed William PinkSton. of
Forest City. Ark, and John Marsh. Of
South McAlester
c. H. Gaunt. st. Paul. Mimi, has in
vented a system by which telephone and
telegraph messages may be sent stimuli
taneously over the wires.
Lord Miner. the man OF destiny" in
South Africa. says be is to be married.
but doesn't give the womans name.
Gen. w. J. Palmer has bought the IA
nous Austin Bluff ranches for the pur-
pose of donating them to Colorado
Springs as a park.
A. q result OF family troubles. Il. l..
Battle shot TO death Deputy Postmaster
Watson. OF Rockdale. Texas Battle was
released on 5000 bond.
\ wholesale arreS. os MexicsnS has
beer made in Karnes County. Texas. the
object being 10 recover stolen properly
anu 10 scare cut ~ the community as
many Mexicans as possible
Rolen Burnett and wife. o. Oklahoma
City. celebrated their golden wedding
Thursday. Eleven great-grandchildrea
were present.
\ warrant was Issued for Henri Kei-
per. q PUlass< county CAIiSs0urii farmer.
He is accossS - causing his wife's death
By cruel treatment
Worlds fair building has created a de-
mand FOR bricklayers in ST. Louis. sixty
cents an hour is offered ana l-JO0 men
are wanted.
Francisco L. Alcantara. who has Just
been elected Governor OK the State Of
Aragua. Yeneznela, graduated from the
United States military academy az West
Poiat, y. Y. four years ago
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
DYING BOY TELLS OF MURDER.
Says His Money Was Taken and He
Was Thrown Under Car Wheels.

says Ills Money Was Taken and He
Was Thrown Under Car Wheels.
Before he died at the South Chicago
Hospital John Schumacher, 16 years old,
living at BerlintoG, Ind, told his father,
who had been summoned to his bedside, a
strange tale Of being robbed and thrown
under the wheels of q Baltimore and Ohio
excursion train near Brinston, Ind. The
boy told his father that two men had
robbed him on the platform of car while
he and his cousin Jacob were passing
from one car TO another, and that after
taking so cents, all he had, they threw
him of the train. Then, the boy said.
when he attempted to Chamber on again.
they kicked him in the head and he fell
beneath the wheels. The story is being
investigated by Supt. Stuart of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. \ fact which
is puzzling the officials is that the cousin
OF the dead boy, Jacob Schumacher. de-
clares that he and his cousin were set
upon by four men in uniform, and that
he believes them to have been some Of
the train crew. The conflicting state
ments Of the dead boy and his cousin
leave the railroad authorities somewhat
at sea
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
716ElL9aE7[572S

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 70 $3.50; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $3.50; sheep. fair 10 choice, $500
to $3.75; wheat. No , red, zoe to tic;
corn. No. =. 54c TO soc; oats. No. >, SAC
70 Soc; rye. No. >, 55c to 56c; butter,
choice creamery. Zoe to zoe; eggs. fresh,
13c TO 14c; potatoes, new, Sl.OO 10 Sl.lO
per buShei.
aaapolis-Cattle. shipping. $500 to
500; hogs, choice light. $500 10 S5.S2;
sheep. common TO prime. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. >. SIC TO Csc; corn. No.
white, Gle 70 G2c; oats, No, > white, new.
Sc 10 SSc.
s.. LouiS-Cattle. SS-23 to $500: hogs,
$500 10 $500: sheep, $500 20 $3.50;
wheat, Ne >. 69c 10 zoe; corn. Ne. =,
ole 70 57c; oats. No. =, Sic to sac; rye,
No. =, 59c 10 6Oc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 10 S5.25; hogs.
$500 10 S6l5; sheep. $500 TO SJ.25;
wheat. No. =, T3c to T4c; corn, No.
mixed, Gle 10 &c; oats, No. = mixed,
new. SIC 10 $50; rye. Ne. ., SIC 10 53c
petroit-Cattle. S2.50 10 $5.15; hogs,
$500 10 S5.S5; sheep. $50 TO $50;
wheat. No. >. T2c 10 TSc; corn. No.
yellow. 5tc 10 0Sc; oats, No. white,
sac 10 3Sc: rye. 55c to 5,ic.
Toledo-Wheat No. = mixed, 1lc 10
T2c: corn. No. > mixed. sac to Sc: oats.
No. = mixed. SOC 10 SIC; rye, No. =, sc
70 57c; clover seed. prime, $3.50.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. > northern.
69c TO 70c; corn. No. 8. J4c 10 sc; oats,
No. , white. Sac 10 Sc; rye, No. I, 5Gc
to SIC: barley. No. =. sc 10 &c; PORK.
mess. SASS.
Bufalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
$500 TO $50; hogs. fair 10 prime. 500
10 $3.50; sheep, fair 10 choice. $3.50 10
81 90; lambs. common 10 choice. $40 70
S6-65.
New York-Csttle. 1915 70 $500: hogs
$500 20 S5A95: sheep. $500 70 $3.50;
wheat, No. red. 74c ID 75c; corn. No. ,.
sec 10 OAc: oats. No. = white. 40e 70 ale;
butter, creamery, lsc TO 2oc; eeGs, west
err, lac 70 lie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
BURN NEGRO AT STAKE.
Tennesseeans Aveuge Attack Upon and
Murder of a White Woman,

VI a " mite W oman
Henry Noles, a negro who assaulted
and shot TO death Mrs. Charles Williams.
wife of a farmer living near Winchester.
Tenn, was burned at the stake near the
scene of his crime in the presence of a
crowd of over 5000 persons.
The lynchers and others who came to
witness the burning of the negro COM
prised almost the whole population for
miles around. A procession three miles
long followed the black to the stake
Noles was captured near COwan and
was taken to Winchester by his captors
and placed in Jail. Sheriff Stewart made
haste to barricade the jail and protect
the prisoner, BIZ. --5;ehin an hour a mob
of several hundred men gathered. AS
sistant Attorney General Matt y. Whit
taker made a speech to the crowd, APP
pealing TO them to assist him in allaying
excitement and upholding the law. The
effect OF these addresses was lost, how
ever, when several hundred residents
from the neighborhood where the crime
was committed came up and increased
the crowd 20 thousands Then the mob
swept forward upon the jail overpowered
the sheriff and his deputies, took the
pLISOuSA anu SlOIlSO III luG w lAlAdAlS
home, twelve miles distant.
When this point was reached the negro
was placed upon a stump and given
chance to make statement. He mount
ed the stump stolidly and laughed as he
began his statement. He said:
Tell all my sisters and brothers to
meet me in glory. l am going to make
that my home. Tell my mother to meet
me where parting will be no more"
He was then asked as to whether any
one else was implicated in the crime.
Noles said emphatically no one was i'm
plicated but himself
why did you kill Mrs. WilliamsY' was
asked.
Il just done that because had nothing
else 20 do
When he finished his statement he was
taken from the stump, carried to a tree
near by, bound to the tree by chains and
his body was saturated with oil. a
match was applied and instantly the
quivering body was enveloped in flames.
Fence rails were piled about the burning
body and soon life was extinct.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-09-03
BUSINESS WELL SUSTAINED.
Labor Troubles in Iron and Steel In
dustries Drawback,


dustries a Drawback.
Though there are some drawbacks. no
tably labor troubles in the iron and steel
industry, business is of well-sustainad
volume, to which fact payments through
the cOuntry's clearing houses, railroad
earnings and the strength of prices of
staple and partly manufactured merchan-
disc offer testimony. Except in certain
branches Of the textile markets, sellers
of merchandise have an advantage over
buyers, and distribution is as large as
stocks will permit. The AmalgamateI
Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate
Workers succeeded in enlisting the sym
patty Of other workmen, with the result
that the output Of merchant bar and
wire rods is curtailed to the extent Of
about 10000 tons monthly. according to
K. G.. Dun & Co.'S review of trade.
Grain quotations eased off somewhat dur
ing the week, though the net decline was
small. Weather conditions steadily I'M
prove, making the outlook bright for late
planted corn. Failures for the week
number 20J in the United States, against
III last year, and thirty-fve in Canada,
against twenty-nine last year.