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Lewis Nixon. who became the leader
of Tammany by his election as chairman
of the finance committee of Tammany
Hall, is naval constructor. noted as
the designer of the Oregon while he was
in the governments service. He is a
graduate of Annapolis and was one Of
the honor students sent abroad TO study
naval construction in 1882 In the navy
he rose to lieutenant. when he resigned
He is owner of the Crescent shipyard at
Elizabethport, \. j. He joined Tam
many ten years ago. ran for Alderman
once, and. being defeated, declined fur
Their nominations. At the Kansas City
convention in 1900 Croker wanted TO
run him as New York's candidate for
Vice-President. and last gear he was
one of the men talked of for the Tam
many nomination for Mayor, which final
iy weEt to Shepard. Mr.. Nixon is 40
wears old
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Within a short time Lake Erie will
award a contract for 1000 box cars.
A bill to license ticket scalpers has
been introduced in the New York Leg
islature.
The Wabash has begun operating
trains over its new Toledo line from
Montpelier to Toledo.
1t is said the Lake Erie will appropri-
ate for improvements an aggregate of S.
100000, with possible addition of 81
100000
William A. Russell has been appointed
city passenger agent for the Illinois Cen
trail in st. Louis in place Of William e.
Bryan, resigned
The new Toledo Belt Line is almost
completed, and consists of about thirty
one miles of main line and several
branches that run into the city.
The Choctaw company has signed a
contract with the citizens Of Guthrie,
Ok, to build to that city at once from
Hartshorn, a distance Of 40 miles.
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
has secured control Of the bridge across
the Missouri river at Omaha. and all the
tracks Of the Omaha Bridge and Termi-
nal Company.
Officials OF the Alton road believe that
the establishment Of its fast train ser
vice between Chicago and Kansas City
will secure for it much larger share Of
west-bound travel.
Gross earnings OF the Chicago Great
Western Railway maple Leaf Route for
the second week OF January show an in
crease Of S31.511.2T over the correspond
ing week Of last year.
Reports fled by the New York board Of
railroad commissioners show gross earn
ings OF New York railroads for the year
ended Dee. 81 at S27GG76,101, as com
pared with $2470S7.719 preceding year.
New terminals to cost not less than
81. 500. 900. a new depot to cost 100000
and an immense. steel yiaduct to cost sew
eral million dollars are 20 bc.built by the
Northern Pacific and the Great Northern
at Seattle.
Records Of wrecks iB the United States
during December show that approximate
ly 122 locomotives. l,123 freight cars
and twenty-one passenger cars were de-
stroyed or so badly damaged that they
will have to be rebuilt
James J. Hill. president Of the Great
Northern road, IS reported 70 lie reaching
ont for the feet Of government traits
ports plying between the Orient and san
Francisco. This would give Mr. HIS
interest practically monopoly OF the
shipping Of the Pacific coast
The Louisville and Nashville the
Southern Railway and other roads OF
the South are moving cotton On Hat cars
something the railroads have not re-
sorted to for twenty years. This is due
10 the great scarcity u freight cars. The
railroads prefer not 10 move cotton on
aas cars. as Il abrogates the Insurance.
In order 10 carry out thu newly adopt
"a plan for lettering the traffic facilities
II the Grand Central station end 70
make the PARK avenue tunnel as safe as
-,,ssible. the Nex York Central Railroad
-ompanv has bought the two city blocks,
and in addition strip seTenty-fFe feet
wide running through about seven city
blocks.
In eannection with the talk shat Rock
TsIand mag double its capital sfofls with
! view TO building 70 the Pa'.ihe. i Is
Interesting 70 note that the present earn
mrs ii the road on its present mileage
alone woeld - more than sufficient "a
meet the dividend requirements 81 per
re,s+ an ansb'e capital
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-04

He went to the door and unbolted it.
1t opened outward, and when he
pushed it struck something that had
been blown against it, He pushed a
little harder: the door opened a crack
and the man looking over Jeff's Shout
der, said
1.-The houses left. for one thing"
They pushed hard against the door
until JEFF could squeeze through. He
looked down at his feet
"Hilda"
At his feet, her long, fair hair swept
about her by the wind, lay Hilda. One
arm sheltered the baby that jeff had
never seen; it moved and cried, but
Hilda lay motionless, her white, up
turned face CHASTITY beneath its coat
ing of dust. Jeff took the baby from
her arms and gave it to one Of the
men: he then stopped to raise Hilda.
Mart sprang forward to help, but JEFF
pushed him asidef and, unassisted,
carried her to the house and put her
upon the bed. His face was as color
less as hers as he rubbed his hands
and called her by all the old endear-
ing names she had been accustomed to
hear from his lips.
mo use, jeff; she's gone; you can't
bring her to-" said one Of the men, in
the hushed tones one uses in the pres
ence Of the dead
"She is not dead! She must not die!"
contradicted Jeff. "Hilda! Hildaw
There was more determination than
despair in the cry.
Il can feel her pulse" he cried, hope
fully, a few moments later. At last
she opened her eyes, but there was
no look of recognition in them. After
awhile the dazed. bewildered express
sion left her face, and her lips parted
in a smile as she looked at Jeff. He
motioned the men from the room and
dropped upon his knees beside the bed.
'Hilda, how could you leave me
soT"
A troubled look came into the child
like blue eyes.
"They did tell me-Mart's woman,
anu AllC All you
me was to work. And sometimes | felt
that the work was too hard, so l
thought l would go away till l was
once more strong and could work for
you"
They lied, Hilda! 1t was you l
wanted, not your work! Where were
you when the cyclone struck"
She wrinkled her forehead little in
anxious thought.
Il was home. l went out with baby,
and / turned this way and walked a
long time; then | saw the cyclone COM
ing and was so afraid" She shud-
dered. and jeff patted her hand reaS-
suringly Then l run. oh, run
miles, miles! Then the wind took me
up, ard then-I forget till l saw you.
JEFF
Mart put his head in at the door.
"The roof of the barns gone, and the
harvester's missing. and every bundle
of wheat's been blowed GALAXY west.
and all that was standin' is fiat 1t
was terrible cyclone. now | tell
you"
jeff turned happy face, and Said.-
"Not terrible cyclone. blessed one:
1t brought my wife back to me. Farm
and Fireside.
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WIT THAT AvERTED A RIOT.
John Brougham's Well-Timed Joke
Gained a Turbulent Crowd.

John Brougham's Well-Timed Joke
Gained a Turbulent Crowd.
''1'hera nave been a good many sto-
ries told of the quick wit of actors who
have turned an accident or panic or
. row into joke" said Tom Leigh,
the old-time actor "A good many of
the stories are fakes. | suppose" he
continued. but some are true. and
there are lots that have never found
their way into print. The press agent
wasn't as numerous or as clever in the
old days as he is now.
Il remember an instance in which
John BrOugham carried off most diff
ficult situation by a clever bit OF inn
proviSation and saved the old Winter
Garden from the disgrace of a riot. 1t
was the first nighs On which he played
bis burlesque columbus there and the
house was filed with bis friends.
Among the most enthusiastic of
these friends were a great crowd of
Feu,ans. headed by Mahoney. the man
who had just then been elected presi-
dent &C the IRISH republic AT the old
Feulau he 19uayters In 18th street
There was a jolli6gation in honor of
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VIRUS FOR THOUSANDS.



Within twenty-four hours the entire
population OF Ease Boston barred its left
arms to the inspection Of or operation by
physicians with vaccine virus. and the
authority of the board of health to com
pei its use. Every inhabitant of Noodle
Island, as the section is locally known,
who could not show a comparatively re-
cent vaccination scar, was compelled to
submit to incubation, and when the doe
tors quit work they counted up and found
they had vaccinated more than $4,000
persons. This is probably the worlds
record for such an event.
The sensational stories sent out from
Appleton, Wis, regarding the condition
in that city from smallpox are not wholly
justified by the facts. a Milwaukee dis
patch says. 1t was reported that the dis
ease had made its appearance ia the fam
lily of DR.. Rodermund, who gained con
siderable notoriety last year by his ac-
tons in trying to maintain his theory
that smallpox is not a contagious disease.
This IS not truc. There is a case of scar
let fever on a mild type in the family and
it was this which gave rise TO the rumor.
There are several score of cases OF
smallpox in and about Appleton, but in
thS regard the city is in no worse con
dition than number Of others in the
northern part of the State.
At KokomO, Ind, a mob gathered at the
home of William Somers at Greentown,
stoned and threatened to burn the build
ing unless Isaac Murphy, smallpox sus-
pect in Somers' charge, Immediately left
town. The crowd poked under the door
a white cap notice signed vigilance COM
mittee," and containing a threat TO hang
Murphy to the nearest tree. Murphy had
been captured Friday night after a 200
mile chase, pursued by officers from n
dozen towns. and had been taken in by
Somers, an immune. When the mob APP
peared Somers fired on them. The mob
bombarded the house with rocks upntil
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insanity increases.

According to statistics compiled by
Judge w 2. Lyon, president of the State
board of control, the insane in public
institutions of the State last year increls-
ed $40 and the chronic insane 100 The
ratio of the increase in the number OF
the insane. the Judge believes, is about
the same as that of the increase in popu-
lation. A the beginning of this year
there were 5.044 insane persons in pub
lie institutions of the State This shows
an increase of 1S6 during the past IF
teen months
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-04
Less than Fignres Of State Board.

The Secretary of State has completed
the compilation of the returns of local
assessors showing the total valuation of
all taxable property in the State. Accord
ing to these returns the valuation of ali
property is $10S2, G21 ,09i. or $354662,-
906 less than that fixed by the State
board of assessment last fall. For the
purpose Of levying the 1-mill tax for
school purposes the State tax commission,
sitting as the State board of assessment
and equalization last fall, fixed the value
of all taxable property at $1,43G, 2S4.000,
an Increase of over 100 per cent more
than it was in 1900 From the returns
of the local assessors it is apparent that
the State board of assessment will have
more work next fall in eQualizing the as
sessments Of the various counties.
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EXPLOSION cosrs SIX LIVES.
had Accident Occurs in the New Yorl
RaDid Transit Tunnel,

Rapid Transit Tunnel
BY an explosion OF nitragelatin meant
for use in the rapid transit tunnel at
Forty first street aud Park avenue. New
York. the hotels hospitals ana other
buildings in the immediate neighborhooi
w,re wrecked Six men were killed and
a hundred men. women and children were
injured. The loss to property cannot we'll
amount to less than $1.000.000.
BESIDES the appalling list Of those who
were attended by physicians and whose
names were given 10 the police, there
we've HUNDREDS of others. many of wht =
were slightly cut by fragments of fal.-
ing glass, and, after attending to their
wounds in drug stores. went to their
homes. great many went on trains
from the Grand Central station all ever
the country. The exact number Of the
hurt will never be known.
Fortunately the explosion occurred at
the noon hour Not more than 4 hum
dred persons were in the main waiting
room of the Grand Central station. The
tirand Union Hotel and the Murray Hill
Hotel lost all of their windows and glass
partitions, and practically every front
window in the Grand Central station was
shattered. The great clocks ON its front
towers We're blown from their cases Ar
ter the explosion the Grand Central sta
ton presented somewhat the appearance
Of dismantled castle. with the big win
dows only ragged holes. Thousands OF
windows, some Of them seven blocks from
the shaft. fell in fragments 1t was the
shower of broken glass and falling debris
that injured the greatest number.
Immediately after the accident the sub
contractor for the tunnel work Mt the
point Of the explosion. Maj. Ira A. Sha-
Ter and several Of his subordinates were
arrested by order af District Attorney
Jerome. who made 4 personal survey Of
HE accident
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all OVER PIE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER.
DOM.
Maniac Tries to Murder Woman
War Between Gates and Chippewa
Counties-Ass Report Taxable

An impenetrable shroud Of mystery still
surrounds the identity of the insane man
who attacked Mrs. A. Bonesack Of the
te,.n of Campbell with . butcher knife.
Had he not been prevented serious blood
shed would undoubtedly rave flown. The
man came out of the woods near the
house ON the farm without so much as one
word of explanation TO the men of the
place. whom he passed. and headed for
the residence. He entered unannounced
and Mr.. Bonesack. who was present With
his wife. although thinking it strange.
said nothing more than the common salu-
tation of How do you do?" The stran-
ger paid no heed. but walked up to the
stove to warm himself, and then spying a
butcher knife took it up and made for
the woman Mr.. BoneSack intercepted
him and overpowered the man after a
desperate struggle. He is now in Jail!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-02-04
FROM SONGS OF TWO.

We thought when Love at last should
come
The rose would lose its thorn,
And every lip but joys be dumb
When Love, sweet Love, was born;
That never tears should start to rise,
No night o'ertake our morn,
Nor any guests Of grief surprise
When Love. sweet Love. was born.
And when he came, o Heart Of minel
And stood within our door.
10 joy our dreaming could divine
Was missing from his store.
The thorns shall wound our hearts
again,
But not the fear of yore,
For all the guests of grief and pain
Shall serve him evermore.
Arthur Sherkurne Hardy.
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STILL PlLlNG UP.
Uncle Sam Is Putting Aside Tidy
Sum at Washington.

Uncle Sam Is Putting Aside a Tidy
Sum at Washington.
1t was supposed that the reductions in
TAXA ton made at the last session Of Con
gress would restore certain degree of
equilibrium to the finances The pros
perity Of the country has been so great.
however, that revenue has continued to
pile up from the sources OF taxation
which were left in force. and the redue-
ton OF expense in the Philippines, cou-
Piled with the defeat of the river and har-
Dor bill, has kept expenditures within
narrower limits than were counted upon
last spring. If the present rate Of sur
plus revenue should persist as compared
with the corresponding period Of last
year, there would be a surplus of not less
than $100,000,000 for the fiscal year end
ing on June 30 next. This, indeed, is
the actual estimate of Secretary Gage
in his annual estimate. Such an exhibit
is remarkable, in view of the estimated
reduction of S40,000,000 in revenue made
by the act dealing with war taxes. How
little net effect this reduction has had
upon the revenues may be Judged from
the following statement showing the re-
ceipts from all sources except the post
Office during the last three fiscal years:
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him. One child seized his hand and shook
it. She was favored with a fatherly ca
ress. He was then escorted to the wat
ing room, where Alderman Fowler, as
representative of the Council, presented
the admiral with a copy of resolutions,
and Mayor Harrison extended to him
Chicago's greeting
Accompanied by committees from the
Hamilton and other clubs, the admiral
was driven to the Auditorium Annex.
Bands of music, companies of army vet
Grams and naval militia followed his car
riage. Two bodyguards of detectives that
always protected the late President Nc
Kinley rode and walked before and be-
hind the carriage.
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COLD WAVE AND SNOW.
Severe Storm and Zero Weather De-
seconded Upon the Country.

Severe Storm and Zero Weather De-
seconded Upon the Country.
Cold weather settled over the States Of
the central West Sunday and the open
winter froze shut. Through the North
eru States high winds and heavy snow
preceded the cold wave, in many parts
of the district amounting to a blizzard.
Through Kansas, Oklahoma. Indian Ter
ritory and Missouri the cold was unac-
companied by snow and much suffering
resulted.
The range cattle IN Nebraska, western
Kansas and Oklahoma suffered severely
and many are dying. The long period
of extraordinarily mild weather took
them far from shelter and measures for
their protection were to some extent neg
lected. The winter wheat in this section
was damaged, as there was insufficient
snow covering.
The severe cold which had been dwell
ing for days in the Dakotas, Montana
and Northwestern States, swooped down
upon Chicago Sunday. In eighteen hours,
from 6 in the morning to midnight, the
mercury took a tumble of approximately
80 degrees, making temperature below
-
early Monday morning it fell more stead
lily. With the severe cold came a high
wind from the Northwest.
Reports from Kansas, Missouri. Ne.
braska, Oklahoma, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin tell of almost deplorabe conditions.
The weather for several days has been
the seyerest known to many parts this
winter. Cattle on the western ranges
are suffering and the losses to their own
ers are expected to be unusually large.
Grover +. Locke. aged 10, son of S.
Locke, a stockman and broker of Hunt
ington, Ore. was frozen to death in the
blizzard His horse refused to face the
storm, and young Locke started to travel
the remaining distance to his fathers
ranch on foot He had gone only short
distance when he fell face downward in
the snow. His body was found by a
searching party.
A glance at the following table shows
how +bo cities euffarpd from cold.
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The Cyclones Mercy

CO HE heat rolled up in waves from
the sun-soaked land into an at
mosphere already surcharged
with heat For q number of hours the
birds had ceased song and twitter. The
sharp chr-r-r Of the grasshoppers ard
the steady click. click Of the harvester
seemed to voice the misery caused by
the sitting air. Not the slightest breeze
Fufied the broad expanse of ripened
wheat; not a motion except of men,
machine and horses. White streaks of
lather showed on the horses wherever
touched by a strap of leather, ard
though they Jagged miserably at their
work the driver was too eneryated by
the heat to urge them to a liyelier
gait.
A tall, broad-shouldered young man
walked toward the team and held up
one hand with a gesture of command.
Take the horses, Mart, and put them
in the shadow OF the barn; they'll get
sunstruck if you don't look out. Well
quit, all of us, until it cools off u lit
tie"
He walked slowly toward the house
and threw himself down in the shafFe
Of the porch The other men loung%d
IN the shadow Of the barn.
Good thing JEFF Cooper thinks SOME
thing of his hosses," muttered MATT.
He don't care for anything but Whit
costs him money. No wonder his vile
left him"
Where did she goY' asked one Of tile
men, laziiy.
Nobody knows, unless she wellt
back to her folks"
What did she 90 for?' questioned
the man again.
Got tired of workin' like a beast, Il
guess. All Jeff married her for was 10
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Had Found His strong Point.

A member Of the bar not richly en-
dowed with intellect after years of
briefiessness married a rich widow.
She died. Again he sought a bride
with a large dover and again became
a widower Then he thought he would
He approached an old friend, who had
meanwhile become judge of the Su-
preme Court, and asked what in his
opinion would be the wisest course for
him to pursue. stick to the probate
and matrimonial" said the judge.
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Two Counties at War.

The Gates County Board and the Off
GERS of Chippewa County will doubtless
have a question to settle in court, unless
a settlement is reached shortly. ". f.
O'Connor. register OF deeds for Gates
County. arrived in Chippewa Falls re-
Gently and announced that he was ready
10 begin the work of transcrbing the rec
ords of the counties. The announcement
caused universal dissatisfaction among
the Chippewa County officers who We're
certain that the work of going over the
old records and making copies for the
new counties belonged TO them and as
it amounts to considerable financially,
they have refused to permit an outsider
to do the work. The Gates County
Board. it seems, authorized the work
done. while, it is claimed. the Chippewa
County officers had the right TO do the
work and were waiting until the settle
ment commissioners had adjusted affairs.
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vile. Pa. but when he was = years old
the family moved % Buffalo and there
ne lived mkt 1880. Then he went to
Iowa and established the Riverside Lead
ct. The next year he went to Kiowa,
Kan, where he established the Kiowa
Herald, practiced law, became city at
torney and was appointed postmaster.
When Oklahoma was opened Flynn WAS
one 81 the 'booInFTs" President Harri-
son made him postmaster Of Guthrie. In
1892 ne was elected delegate 10 Congress
and thar position he has since held. being
one OF the most popular and clever young
statesmeu at Washington.
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Koeh 5 theory of
the non-interconl-
municability Of con
sumption between
the COW and man.
Is. according 10 her
physician, getting
well.
a healthy COW
was innoeulatel
with serum erom a
coLsumptiye pa
tieDt; this disease
was later develop
ed in Miss King by
inoculation from
the COW. and then
the young woman
was cured. it IS
said. The first two
stages OF this series
Of daring expert
ments utterly dis
prove, according to
the doctor, Prof.
Hoch's theory of
u 0 n-intercommuni-
cability; the third.
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Too Proud to Ride in Patrol.

an insufficient supply Of the filthy lucre"
at his command with which to pay the
fine imposed upon him by Justice Cook,
in whose court he was found guilty Of
stealing a fur laprobe and a whip Viii
liam Vendenberg of Appleton appropriate
ed the last dollar he had to his name, for
the hire of a livery rig in which to ride
to the workhouse and serve out term of
thirty DAYS.
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The whir"
theaer In daily New
The wr around the basin with incredible speed So is
spectators they e be riding around picket fence slightly tilted In order
going full speed the cOred sreaks flying
with lightning speed.
bicycle York,
daily exhibitions wooden bowl"
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still according to him. demonstrates his
own mastery over the most dreaded of all
diseases.
Tie treatment consists Of inspiration
Of a bacteria-killing yapor The patient
sits in an alright chamber. the atmos-
pheric pressure is reduced and the vapor
forced iNto the mouth through tube.
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Sunday night a gale, carrying heavy
snow. was raging through Michigan,
with a blizzard in the upper peninsula,
and the thermometer was dropping rapid
IL from the straits to Memphis Illinois
escaped the worst of the cold wave but
low temperatures are reported from all
over the State