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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
TAFT SWORN IN.
New Executive of the Philippine Is
lands Takes Oath.

New Executive OF the HntillpDIne IS
lands Takes Oath.
Gov. William II. Taft was inaugurated
at Manila on July /, the first civil Gov
ernor of the Philippines under the do
minion of the United States.
In his inaugural address Gov. Taft said
he would create four executive depart
ments. as follows: Interior, under Com
missioner Worcester; Commerce and PO-
lice, under Commissioner Wright; JUS
tice and Finance, under Commissioner
Ide; Public Instruction, under Commits
sioner Moses.
Gov. Taft also announced that in Sep
TENDER he would add to the Philippine
commission Senores Prado Tavera, Bo-
lito Legorda, and Jose Lugariaga.
The streets Of Manila were covered for
miles with flags. and bunting, and pic
lures of President Mckinley, General
Macarthur, Civil Governor Taft, Ad-
miraI Dewey and General Otis. The dem
onstration was apparently a spontaneous
one on the part of the citizens Of all ma
tionalities. The entire week has been
devoted to balls, receptions, and other
entertainments in connection with the
the establishment Of a civil government
Meantime all the departments are
working as hard as possible TO close up
the business Of the military administra-
ton and TO transfer the Offices and Off
cial residences. The final session OF the
Philippine commission ended on the
night Of the Fourth
Gov. Taft, in his address. said that the
civil ADMINISTRATION will begin with a
treasury surplus of 100000 in gold.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
EXPRESS CAR LOOTED.
Great Northern Flyer Held Up by
Masked Men Who Get $4,000.

The Great Northern flyer was held up
three miles east of Wagner, Mont.
Wednesday afternoon by three bold rob
bers and the brakeman and two passen-
gers were wounded by bullets. The rob-
bers wrecked the safe in the express car,
secured all the money and valuable pa
pers it contained and escaped on horses.
The booty secured is said to have been
more than $4,000. Immediately armed
posses were organized and started in pur-
suit of the robbers. y reward of $1,000
was offered for their capture, dead or
alive.
The robbery, committed in broad day
light, was one of the boldest that has
ever occurred in the West. One of the
robbers boarded the blind baggage" car
at Hinsdale, a station about twenty miles
east of Wagner. He appeared to be a
common hobo" but when the conductor
discovered him at a stop almost imme
diately afterward, he drew a heavy Colts
revolver and ordered him to return to
the rear of the train on penalty of in
slant death. The hobo" then climbed
over the locomotive tender, and at the
point of his revolver compelled the en-
gineer and fireman to stop the train at a
rayine a few miles east Of Wagner,
where his cOnfederates, two in number,
both masked, lay in wait. The fireman
and engineer were compelled to abandon
the engine, and firing began on both sides
of the train as it came to a stop.
To wreck the door of the express car
with dynamite, with which both the con
federates that appeared from the ravine
were literally supplied, was the work Of
an instant. The express messenger was
compelled to leave the car at the point
of a rife and the through safe was i'm
mediately dynamited. The first charge
did not break it open and four others in
quick succession were necessary before it
was forced. The robbers hurriedly gath
cred in it's contents, consisting of specie
shipments, drafts. coin, and valuable ne
gotiable paper and retreated, keeping the
train crew and passengers off at the point
Of their rifles.
All three disappeared in the ravine and
were seen later mounted on horses, head
ing southwark at a furious gait, the
booty being plainly visible in sack
thrown across the saddle bows of the
rider on one of the horses.
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1t is explicitly stated that mo one will
be permitted to make settlement upon
any of the lands in advance of the open
ing provided for" and the statement is
added that during the first sixty days
following said opening no one but regis
tered applicants will be permitted to
make homestead settlement upon any OF
said lands, and then only in pursuance
of a homestead entry duly allowed by the
local land officers or of a soldiers declar--
atory statement duly accepted by such
officers"
The opening up of the new country will
necessitate the creation of two new land
districts, and three new counties, and
they have been established by proclama-
ton of the President, and force of thir-
ty clerks left Washington to conduct the
business pertaining to the opening. The
land office for the first districts is to be
located at FL Reno, in Oklahoma County,
and the second at the new town of Law
ton, named for the late Gen. Lawton,
and located on the site of Old Fort Sill.
The President has also issued a proc
lamation designating the Wichita noun
tains in the heart of the old Kiowa res
ervation as a forest reserve. The lands
thus reserved cover an area of $4,000
acres, aud are covered with timber and
underground.
Under the plan of allotment the United
States government retains 10000 acres
of the land surrounding Fort Sill, the
military post of the reservations. After
this deduction from the reservations and
the allotment to the Indians is concluded
there will remain over 10000 hOmesteads
of 1GO acres each for settlement.
An Injunction suit was brought before
Judge Irwin at Ell Reno for an order re-
straining the register of the land office,
the receiver the surveyors. and all other
persons from proceeding with the open
ing of the lands, according to the procla-
nation of the President and the act of
Congress under which he proceeded.
The bill of particulars for the injunc-
ton contends that the lands of the In
dams are being illegally and unconstitu-
tiOnally wrested from them against theiI
wishes. 1t shows that the organic act
creating the territory of Oklahoma made
the laws and the constitution of the Unit
ed States applicable to the territory
Provisions were made in the act where
by the Indians could invoke the aid OF
the courts for their protection. Under the
constitution of the United States mo
person shall be deprived of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law
1t contends that Lone Wolf is a per
son." and that the opening of the reser-
walton will deprive him of his landed
rights. and will do the same injustice to
the other Indians affected.
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CONFESSED A LIST OF CRIMES.
Supposedly Respectable Kansas Man
Hnrrifiea His Neiphbora.

Facts have come to light in the case OF
Isaiah Hiatt which are causing consider
able interest in Kingman and Pratt
Counties, Kansas. Hiatt lived in King
man County and Liberty Township, al
ternating back and forth between the
two. He was a man OF some means;
was married and counted ordinarily re
spectacle in the community in which ne
lived. A few days ago he fell i'll, AMI
his doctor informed him that he would
soon die. He became frightened and
made a confession of his past mlsdeeds.
Among other things he confessed he was
living under an assumed name. He SAID
he had murdered his first wife in Ken
lucky; had killed neighbor and hid the
evidence of his crime. giving the name
Of the man and reciting the particulars.
He also told of robberies, house breakinSs
and numerous felonies and petty otfenses.
Soon after making his confession he died
and the person narrating the clrcum-
stances said his neighbors were so horror
stricken that they refused to allow him
a Christian burial, bur instead chose a
secluded spot on his farm. dug hole
and dumped him in without single pang
OI- regret
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
LABOR TROUBLE Is FELT.

Strikes Cause Increase of Conservatism,
but Jobbers and Merchants Are Busy.
Developments of fresh labor troubles
is a feature of a week that has made for
conservatism in many directions, but
throughout the country jobbing and retail
lines are bus and are handling goods at
prices which yield fair profits. There is
reflection of this activity in the con-
tinued improvement in the textile mar
kets in the East, and the uneasiness over
the money market does not extend be-
yOnd the ranks of spectators in stocks.
Crop reports continue gratifying, much
good having been done by rains in the
Middle West. Harvesting of winter wheat
progresses favOrably." The foregoing IS
from the weekly trade review of k. q.
Dun & Co. 1t continues; "Manufactur-
ing has been interrupted by the elements
and labor agitation. Many prostrations
from heat caused humane employers to
close mills during the most distressing
hours, while the sheet and hoop workers
were ordered to stop work until certain
disputed points were settled. No imme-
date settlement is anticipated. CONNER
cial failures during the first half of 1901
numbered $3.50. with liabilities Of 500
S04, $50, against 1892 last year, for Si4,-
747,452.
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NATION PLANS MODEL FARM.


Perfectly Appointed Institution Will
BE Maintained in Washington.
A few years hence one of the great
sights of the national capital will be
perfectly appointed farm of 400 acres,
with buildings, orchards, truck gardens
and grain fields of every kind. All the
fruits and vegetables of the United States
or other countries which experiment shall
prove to be capable of cultivation in this
climate will be seen there. Systems or
drainage and, if necessary, irrigation,
model fencing, the most perfect methods
of gathering and storing grain, fruits and
vegetables will be exhibited. In addition
there will be a home place of six acres,
where beautiful lawns, pretty shrubbery
in artistic designs and suitable shade
trees will give a lesson in the beautlfy-
ing of dwellings and their surroundings
in the country. To the agriculturists and
horticulturiSts this model farm, which
will be made and maintained by the de-
partment of agriculture, will offer an OPP
portunity for study in every branch OF
their science. To the general public the
farm will offer a beautiful sight. Pre-
liminary work toward laying out TINS
model farm has already been begun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
Rrief NcwaI liens

The Chicago City Council has adjourn
ed to Sept. %.
Three large steel mills, Balboa, Spain,
viii consolidate.
A New York syndicate has bought
5000 acres Of lead lands in Missouri,
paying $1.O00,000.
Germany has dissolved all the Polish
clubs IL Prussian universities, even in
Guiding those with scientific aims.
Secretary Root has raised the standard
Of admission to West Point by adding
algebra, English literature and trigonome-
try to the requirements.
A clergyman AT Saranac Lake has been
challenged TO fight a duel to the death
by a young gentleman who differed with
him on a mathematic question.
Miss Lucy Hanna, bookkeeper for the
Marietta Ohio Daily Register, was kill
ed by a shock from a live wire on an in
candeseent lamp during a storm.
"Cattle-king" Sam Parker, Of Hawaii,
says there il great scarcity of labor ON
the island. He's willing to take many
more Porto Ricans there.
X. II. shenk, a travelling man, killed
MIS- A<aAlA AAHiis ShhAtNFANNHf w AsF
then killed himself. She leaves a hug
band 10 the insane asylum.
As a result Of brain fever William H
McGinnis Of WATERFOWL, y. Y, imagined
he was a circus tumbler and turned SOM
ersaults until sent 20 an asylum.
The cruiser Newark, one Of the frst
acquisitions Of the new navy. win be en-
tirely remodeled on modern Lines as soon
as she arrives in this country from the
Asiatic station.
Capt. Farrand Sayers, commanding
officer at Fort Sill, Okla, started with
forty cavalrymen to clear Wichita noun
tain land Of unlawful intruders prepare
sory TO the opening OF the Kiowa and
Conanche reservation 10 settlement.
Capt. Ahern. chief OF the forestry bu-
reau Of the Philippines, issued circular
describing the timber resources OF the
islands. He says that lumbermen may
secure valuable privileges free OF cost Oh
many large tracts Of State land.
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This and That.

Horses are again being bought at New
Orleans, La, By the British.
During the year the agricultural i'm
ports OF the United States amounted to
S420. 139. 2Ss.
Courts have been established at Ma
Mia and English may be made the lam
guage of the law.
Alter responding 10 a toast at the
Farmers Club. Stephen Bennett Of Gale
donna, y. Y, dropped dead.
report comes from Lawrence Coun-
II, Ala. OF the discovery Of oil, the well
flowing 500 barrels day.
A 100000 company has been organ
lied at Gainesville, Ga, 10 develop the
water power OF the Chattahoochee river.
The demand for Pan-Anerican postage
stamps averages 5000, 600 a day. or more
than half the government is able to fur
nish
President Mckinley has disapproved 8
resolution Of the Cherokee Indian couR-
cil for a new agreement with the Dawes
commission
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
FOURTH OF JULY ACCIDENTS.
Explosives and Deadly Firearms
Gather a Grim List of CeIebrauts.

Explosives and Deadly Firearms
Gather Grim List of CeIebrants.
Fourth of July casualties. as shown by
reports received on the 9th. We're nine
teen killed and 1,611 injured. Chicago
had greater list of injured than last
year Philadelphia led in the East. Fire
loss, $60,790. The number actually kill
ed is less than last year, being 10 against
80 then, but the number of injured is con-
siderably larger, the figures being 1.611,
against 1925. The real list of fatalities
will, however, not be known until the
number of deaths resulting from lock
jaw caused by toy pistol wounds come in.
Last year in Chicago there were no
deaths reported on July from toy PTS
tolls, but before the month was out
twenty-five children had died from the
resulting lockjaw and the remainder of
the country sent in equally fatal records.
Chicago, in spite of the orders of the
Mayor and police as TO the manner in
which the day was to be celebrated, made
a worse showing than last year. Then
it had one death and forty-two Injured.
This time no death is reported, but there
is a list of 103 injured.
OF other cities Philadelphia makes the
largest showing. 1t reports ITO casual
ties of every kind and description and
Cincinnati comes Qext with $50. New
York was singularly lucky, being behind
Chicago in the list of injured, but it had
three deaths resulting from an explosion
of fireworks, and New London had a
premature explosion of cannon by
.HXrhi TNx-n ID
In Quincy, ILL.,, there was also fatal
ity from runaway caused by horses be-
coming frightened at fireworks, and there
were number of injuries in various
cities growing out of the same cause.
In the list of fatalities, explosions of
fireworks and the careless handling of
firearms caused the majority of the
deaths, but over one-third of the injuries
were caused by the careless use of fire
works, more especially sky rockets. In
several cases severe injuries were caused
by these rockets being directed into
crowds, instead of the air, and in one
case two persons were killed thereby,
Next to the fireworks comes the toy PTS
toll in the casualty list. Two hundred
and forty-nine children were injured, and
nc NuSSllOu HOW Is WudI VIII the Ididi-
ity hist from this source finally amount to.
The other causes Of injuries divided the
honors fairly well between them except
that the most serious harm was done by
the premature explosion of cannon in
the hands of people who were not accus-
toned to their use. In several cases I'M
fortunates lost hands and arms by this
means. a lamentable case occurred in a
small town in South Dakota, where a
boy was instantly killed by the explosion
of an anvil which was being used in lieu
of a cannon.
The loss by fire resulting from the care
less use of fireworks or their premature
explosion was less than in previous years,
the fires as a rule being small ones and
the damage light. In the entire country
it amounted to but a little over 100000.
and there were no instances of large
blazes.
The list of those killed and injured is
summed up in the following:
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6El9E|E7672S


Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 TO S6.l5; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to S6.15; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to S4.15; wheat, No. red CSC to G4c:
corn. No. ,, 45c to 46c; oats, No. >, 2Sc
10 soc; rye. No. =, Acc TO 4Tc; butter,
choice creamery. lie to 1Sc: eggs. fresh.
&c TO Toe; potatoes, new, S5c TO Soc per
bushel
Indianspolis-Cattlc. shipping. $500 to
S5.75; hogs. choice light, $500 to S6.05;
sheep, common to prime. $500 to So. %;
wheat, No. >, &c TO CSC; corn. No. >
white, 44c TO 4je; oats, No. white, PC
TO SOC.
st. Louis-Cattle, 1925 to 5000; hogs.
$500 TO 5000: sheep, $500 10 $3.50;
wheat. No. .. see to 6Gc: corn. No. .
45e TO Acc; oats, No. ?, Sic 10 32c; rye
No. =. soc 10 sic.
Cincinnsti-Cattle, $500 to 1925; hogs,
$500 10 $6-25; sheep, $500 TO $3.50;
wheat. No. ?, &C TO 67c; corn. No. ?
mixed, 44c 10 45c: oats. No. mixed, a9c
TO SOC; rye. No. .. 55c TO sc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to Si.75; hogs
$500 TO $3.50. sheep. $3.50 to S4-25;
wheat. No. 2. 6Tc to Csc; corn, No. >
gctAoN. 1HC 10 1pSs OATS. ~ = WHITE,
Sic 70 sc; rye, SIC 10 Sc.
ToledO-WheSt, No. mixed, &C 10
Csc: corn, No. mixed. 45c TO 4ec; oats.
No. mixed. 29c to SOC; RE. No. =, 49c
10 Sic; clover seed, prime, $3.50.
Nilwzukee-Whest No. northern.
Csc to 64c; corn. No. s. 44c 10 45c; oats.
No. white. Sic to sc; rye. No. /. 4Tc
10 4Sc; barrier, No. =. 54c TO 55c: PORK.
mess. Sass.
Bufalo--Cattle. choice shipping steers
SEQ 10 $3.50; hogs. fair 10 prime. $500
70 S635; sheep. fair to choice, $3.50 10
S425: lambs, common 10 extra. $3.50 20
S6.oa
New York-Cattle. 1910 70 S5.S5; hogs.
$500 TO $3.50: sheep. $500 10 $40:
wheat. No. . red. CSC 10 zoe; corn. No. 2,
4ac 10 soc; oats, No. white. Sac 70 SSe,
butter. creamery. 1Sc 10 49, eggs, west
ern. 13c 10 lac.
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fuenced solely in this action by what
seems to ME the plain proprieties of the
situation"
Dawes term of office would not have
expired until January, 1903. He entered
the office of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency Jan. l, 1898, succeeding James H.
Eckels. One of his first orders after en-
tering office stopped the practice of the
employment of national bank examiners
for the private examination of banks.
He made a ruling levying a second as
sessment upon the stockholders of in
solvent banks where the first assessment
had been less than the law authorized
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The News ~

Ii IS not believed that Kitchener re-
ports all the things he regrets.
According to reports the Beers won
another battle tire other day; but that is
nothing for them.
Who now viii remember the Maine
since the stamp on the bank check no
longer serves 10 call it 10 mind?
Plate-glass factories should have a
prosperous season, for Americans are re-
ported buying gems freely in Europe.
The loud tearing sound heard over the
Northwest is due 10 the weather helping
the crops TO rip the mortgages Cff Of the
old farms.
One Of Chicago's bridges fell into the
river the other day. and st. Louis may
fud the same in its drinking water some
morning.
We are sorry for France If its ~,ieat
crop has been a failure. but U.lcie Sam
makes a specially Of attending to just
such cases.
Il seems hard that Chicago should re-
quire Dowie 70 take out a license. Must
our Eiiiahs be numbered and tagged be-
fore being allowed 10 do business?
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A Helena, Mont, special says: 20 del
uge of rain amounting TO a clOudburst
washed away nearly the entire town Of
DoTbin, twenty miles south of Helena,
and the Big Peck concentration there, ac-
eDrding to messages received in Helena.
So Ear as is known. there was no loss
Of life. The tracks and trestles on the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
were washed out. Nearly all houses We're
washed away and practically all the con-
centrator was carried off, a mass Of de-
bris. A great mass Of water poured
from the hills upon the town and struck
the buildings with terrific force. The
concentration alone is worth thousands
of dollars, and to this loss is added the
dwelling houses and other buildings Of
the rOwn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
HEAT sPoILs THE PAvEMENTs.
Bricks Thrown Into the Air From
Kansas City Streets.

During the past few days while the
sun was beating down with extraordi-
nary heat the brick pavements in han-
sas City have slowly expanded and
bulged out in the center, until, like vol
canoes. the streets have spouted bricks
into the air, sometimes to a height OF
ten feet. This has taken place on dozen
streets and the contractors have all been
notified to make immediate repairs. The
damage will reach $4,000. The con-
tinued heat had undoubtedly expanded
the bricks and as the curbinSs would not
give the outlet the expansion was up
ward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
COMRADES DIE FOR a WOMAN.
Elmer Johnson Murders Thomas

Elmer Johnson Murders Thomas
SpauIdiug, Then Kills Himself.
Sergt. Elmer johnson of the Seven
teenth Infantry shot Thomas Spauldin8
OF the same rank through the heart, then
placed the muzzle of the gun in his
mouth and sent a ball crashing through
his brain. The two men fought side by
side through the Cuban and Philippine
campaigns, occupied together the same
room in the army barracks at Columbus,
Ohio. and until recently were the best of
friends. Both began to show attentions
to the same woman, however, and bitter
enmity arose, supplemented by some diff
fculty over gambling resort of which
they were proprietors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16

Already plans are being made for the
marriage of Edith Patton 10 Gen. Cor
bin, which is TO occur in November. She
is wealthy. beautiful, and a Washington
society leader.
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his team from the mower. Then ne ias-
tened a rope TO his own neck and one 10
his ankles and made the other end Iast
to enc of the horses. BY some means ne
succeeded in frightening the animal anu
away it ran over rocks and stumps 1or
home The man was dragged In TINS
manner a distance of two miles and
when found was dead.
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DAWES HAS RESIGNED.
Wants to Wear the Senatorial MantI,
of William L. Mason.

Comptroller of the Currency Dawes
has entered his resignation TO the Presi-
dent TO take effect Oct. 1. Dawes re-
signs his Office in order to enter the Hi
nois Senatorial contest this fall.
In answer to inquiry Mr.. Dawes said:
81 have resigned because of my inten-
ton to be a candidate before the people
of Illinois for the United States Senate.
1t will not be possible for me during the
next year to make a canvass fer the
Senate and at the same time administer
to my own satisfaction the important, the
responsible office l now hold. / am in
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and rebated to the stockholders such por-
tions of the prior assessment as deter
mined by further liquidation had been
excessive. Comptroller Dawes also or
ganized a system of consolidation of in
solvent banks in the last stages of liqui-
dation so that at the present time thirty
seven receiverships are being admins
tered by two receivers, which greatly re-
duced expenses. One of the most prom
inent features of the Dawes administra'
ton has been the annual reports to Con
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ST. PauI Has Deep Mystery.

In st. Paul, Mimi, Mrs. l. c. Holm
book died in terrible agony at her home,
apparently from the effects of poison,
and at the request of the coroner \. w.
Miller, who was the last person known
10 be with the woman, was arrested. al
though no charge was filed against him.
The case is mysterious and the authori-
ties are investigating.