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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Wnshinpfo1s Notes.

A son OF Admiral Sampson las been
appointed a cadet in the navy.
Russia and Germany have given fresh
assurances to the United States On
China.
President Roosevelt hereafter is tofeivc
out the only information concerning cab
met meetings.
Commander John W. Hawley tolG the
naval committee OF the House the en-.
listed men Of the navy did not nave
enough to eat and many deserticns were
on account OF this
Gen. Hughes declined to tell Senate
committee on the Philippines whether
the surrender Of Manila was prearfang-
ed.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica have lepu-
dated protocols negotiated lass String
concerning the Nicaragua canal. New
treaties must be made.
President received Boer ENJOYS as pri-
vate citizens and told them the Ufitcd
States cannot and wiz not interfere IL
the struggle in South Africa.
Colombia, Nicaragua and Costa Rie2
are believed to har,i formed a e5mllina-
ton 70 make the United States pay -
exorbitanf price for rbe privilege q pslli@-
ing an interoecanlc canal.
The Observation-Disclosures mission W.
be raised 70 an embassy ~ 1913, as5<Fl-
denee ~ the eordial relations exi4ting
between Austria Hungary and the Lpiiea
States.
House Republicans have agfeHn lspen
a banking cil which throws ap'- Dans-
ers The responsibility u protecting the
gold reserve and in other ways ieorS p
ICES the monetary system.
The House camtnttae % pl5iie Sn1s
bas ordered a faT0Fa0.c EeQori o. 'he
bill 10 acquire tac giant ,sec trace g
California. The Secretary OF tie late-
rior Is authorized . purchase il for lot
over $4,000 OF to resort to conden4na-
ton proceedings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
SPEAKS WARMING OF DRoUGHT.
Hundreds of Farmers Hear TnfalIt Pre-
dict SiN Years Of Earrnir,.. fcu- 80 q.

Hundreds of Farmers Hear InfaIIt Pre-
dict Six Years of Famine for State.
dispatch from Harper. Kan. says
that an alarm amounting am@ng the more
superstiticus 10 almost panic has spread
because of what are believed to be the
prophetic inspired words of a 5-weeks-
old iafant. The child began talking 1t
the age of three weeks. Its words were
clear and ircisiFe, and it has kept re
peatins item ut irregular intervals dnr-
ing wakefulness ever since. They are:
six years of famine in Kansas" The
sentence is taken by many to be a mes
sage from the Deity, to be disregarded
by hearers at their peril Already q mum
Der of farmers are leaving the State,
firm in the belief that a long drought is
approaching. The child shows unusual
signs Of Intelligence, is well formed, and
of normal: growth, but parrots the words
like photograph. 1t can say nothing
else. The father, John Shelby, is la
boring man. Hundreds have travelled TO
Harper arid waited for hours to secure
confirmation OF the story from the baby's
liDs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
BOY KING Is A wEAKLIasG.


-Alf'nso's Foreign Tour Reported
abandoned for This Reason.
The London correspondent of the Biz
mingham. England. Post learns from a
trustworthy source that King Alfonso Of
Spain is not only physically. bur mentally
weak. In a dispatch to his paper the
correspondent says: The bright intellect
he displayed as a child has been unac-
countably duiled. de was never strong
but his physicians hoped he would out
grow this physical ailment las he mp
preached manhood On the contrary, his
condition has lately become worse, and
the project of a foreign tour has been
abandoned There are well-informed
folk who doubt whether Alfonso viii ever
reign The regency is likely to be in
definitely extended"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
'5r10l2r7L572S

ChicagO-Cattle, common 10 prime
$3.50 10 $3.50 hogs. shipping grades
S. rs to 500. sheep. fair to choice $500
10 $3.50; wheat No. red. So 70 Sic
cora. No. 2, 5Sc 10 Soc: oats, No. 2 4lc
TO 43c; rye, No. 2. sc 10 J7c; hay. tim
othy. $500 to $i4.O0; prairie. $3.50 20
$3.50; butter. choice creamery. pc To
2Jc; eggs, fresh, Re 10 l4c; potatoes,
re 10 70c per bushel.
ianapols-Cattle. shipping $500 to
1913: hogs, choice light. $500 10 $Gl0;
what, No. 2, S3c 10 SAC; corn. No =,
sheep, common TO prime, S2.50 TO 800,
white, G2c 20 G3e; osts, No. white,
44c to 45c
st. Louis Cattle, $3.50 to sG.55. hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $3.50 70 $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, S3c to SIC; corn No 2,
zoe to Gle; oats. No. 9, 43c to dc; rye,
MOI 2, CSC 10 07c.
incinnan-Cattle, $500 10 $500 hogs.
$3.50 to SG55; sheep. $225 10 s5.25:
wheat. No. 2, SOC to Sc; corn, No. =
mixed. Gle to 62c; oats, No 2 mixed,
44e TO 4Jc; rye, No. 2, 64c TO Goo.
I,etroit-Cattle, $3.50 to 500; hogs.
$500 to S610: sheep. $3.50 20 $3.50.
what, No. .. SIC to SIC: corn. No. 3
ye.Eow. zoe 70 Gle: oats, No. . white,
4gc. to 57c; rye, 62c to 63c.
Toledo Wheat. No. mixed. sc 70
Sac corn. No. 2 mixed, Csc to GGe. oats.
M. 2 mixed. 43c 10 44c; rye. 80. .. Gle
70 &c; clover seed, prime. 1886
Afilwaukee-W Wheat. No. northern,
roe 10 76c; corn. No. 3. 5Sc 10 5gc. oats.
No. 2 white, 44c to 45c; rye, No. !. SIC
to Toe; barley. No. 2. Csc 70 Gle pork,
mess, s15.17 n
Blifalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 10 sG.10; hogs, fair to prime 500
70 $3.50; sheep. fair % choice $50 70
$3.50: lambs. common to choice, s3TJ 70
$G.Ts.
New York-Cattle. S3.75 70 $500. hogs,
$500 10 $G.25; sheep. ESQ to $780,
wheat. No. 2 red. s5e to SIC; corn, No. 2.
Csc to 69c; oats, No. 2 white, Sic TO 52ci
butter. creamery, &c 70 2sc; eggs, west.
err. BE 10 BE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

President Roosevelt has decided 10
spend week il April trout fishing in
the Allegheny mountain streams in Gar
rety County, Maryland, sixty miles west
Of Cumberland.
Henry ]. Baker. formerly paying teller
il the city treasures office OF Buffalo.
was arrested. charged with grand larceny
IA the first degree ~ appropriafing 800
on Nov. l.. 1900. Of funds entrusted TO
his care. Louis III. Eekhert. former
back tax collector under City Treasurer
Gerst, surrendered himself and was in
formed that be had been indicted for
grand larceny IN the first degree for APP
prOpriatiEg $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

Pennsylvania suffered enormously A
Pittsburg the food was the worst since
1884. and two-thirds C lower Pittsbueg
and Allegheny were submerged. Street
ear traffic between the two cities was
abandoned SATURDAY. and scores Of nils
were forced TO shut down. Il some
places the wSter covered the second
doors Of buildings. and many structures
collapsed under the great pressure. The
tracks Of several railroads we're flooded,
AID traffic had 70 be abandoned. The
damage may exceed SI.000.o00.
In northwestern Pennsylvania the
property loss occasioned nv the hoods
will probably total S5.0o0,0nl
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Shot by St. Louis AIderman.

Thomas: (''Snake'0 Kinney, member of
the house: of delegates from the Fourth
Ward entered a restaurant at Union
Market, St. Louis, and after few words
shot and seriously injured Daniel Shea,
who was lat breakfast. Kinney was ar
rested and admitted to bond in 5000.
Politics caused the trouble
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

lashes in punishment should be laid on
in public or private. Puryear's views are
these: The whipping should be done in
private, only the officials designated by
the law to be present. am against pub
lie whipping posts, such as they have in
Delaware, yet believe their system has
improved the condition of society. Whip
ping petty thieves would doubtless be a
good thing"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Find BODY of 4 Youur Girl.

The body of a girl about 10 years Of
age has been found in the woods of Eau
quier County, Va. 1t had apparently been
lying propped against a tree for about
two months. There was a pistol wound
under the left eye and also a severe free
ture on the forehead. probably made by
the pistol
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Mksr1RY ~ LoDGER's DEATH.


e7A@o'lC dR4SU ID Arouse JKAeFS
Within a Few Feet.
John Henderson of Minneapolis, Mimi,
was foune dead on the third fo0F of the
Helping Hand Institete in Kansas City,
with bEllet hole IN his head. The the
DRY IS that he committed suicide. The
previous evening Henderson reported TO
the police that two negro women had
robbed him OF S90a The police detained
him till midnight and then sent him to
the Institute. There he was directed 10
cot en- the rgrer floor. and this was
the last seen Of him alive. A dozen lodg-
ers slept near sFhere the body WIS found.
They reported having heard a noise, prob
l.abjy a shot. during the night. bnt no in
vestigation WIS made Two negroes who
slept at the Helping Hand were arrested
ron suspicion of knowing something ab9at
the mans death. The women who rob
bed him have also been taken in charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
News of Minor Note.

r. B. Elvee and Robert Cluth were
killed by a G. & \. w. train, Chicago.
State Department will insist that the
kidnapers of Miss Stone be exterminated.
The Rock Island Railroad shops recent
ly destroyed by fire at Horton, Kan.
are to be rebuilt at once.
The health department of Germany is
soon to begin to eXterminate rats, as a
precautionary health measure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

meeting King Edward, and remarked
that he would cut a pretty figure in
knee breeches"
Mr.. Hogg is in London promoting a
Texas oil deal. He was elected Attorney
General of Texas on the antitrust plat
form, and later. as Governor. was the
most bitter enemy in the country Of
trusts, driving the Standard Oil Com
pany out Of Texas and originating strin-
gent legislation against trusts. When he
left the Governors chair seven years
ago he is said to have had just $50 but
since has amassed u fortune OF $1,000,
coo In oil lands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
shot fnr Crne1tr tn Fne.

Cabling from Johannesburg, the CORE
spondent of the London Daily Mail cites
the first reported cases where British
troopers have been shot for misconduct.
The correspondent says two irregulars
who were convicted by a~court-martial of
shooting a Boer after he had surrender
ed were shot at Pretoria
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Bank Wrecked, but Not Robbed.

Burglars wrecked the State Bank of
Nemaha, Neb.. with dynamite, but were
frightened away before they secured any
plumber Citizens were aroused by two
explosions. and gathered at the bank, but
the men had made their escape on a
hand-car. The outer deer of the safe
was blown off, and the building was CON
siderably damaged
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Merger Appeal to Congress.

Attorney General Douglas of Mime
sofa has appealed to Congress in the
Northern Securities case. With the back
ing of the Minnesota Legislature. which
voted approval of his course. and OF the
Minnesota delegation in both branches
at Washington. he hopes for an amend
ment to the judicial acts which will
change the anomalous position in which
Minnesota is now placed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Indi,nn Cnnitn,s New Yono,.-

Indianapolis claims the distinction Of
the first American-born child to be named
after Prince Henry The board Of health
has received 4 return Of the biyth of
Prince Henry Proeschell. The baby was
born just about the time the special train
bearing Prince Henry Of Prussia pulled
into Indianapolis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
New Trial for Jessie MORRISON.

Jessie Morrison. who was convicted Of
second-degree murder for the killing of
Mrs. Clara w. Castle of Eldorado, Kan,
about n year ago, has been granted a
new tria: by the Supreme Court. The
court held that there was error in the
impaneling OF the jury which tried Miss
Morrison
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

and their hero soldier boys have long
since passed away
This aged veteran comes of a long line
of fighting ancestry which extends back
to the French and Indian wars of the
early colonial days. Hiram Cronk was
born in Frankfort. Herkimer County. y.
Y, April %, 1900 His father, James
Cronk, and two brothers also served in
the war of 1912. James Cronk's father
was Kosper Cronkhiten, who served un-
der Washington in the Revolutionary
War, and Kosper's father was James
Cronkhiten, a captain in colonial New
York regiment in the French wars.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
BARGE ADRIFT FOR A MONTH.
Cardenas Picked Up by Tug Cuba After
Many Perils.


The coal barge Cardenas arrived in
port at Newport News, Va, in tow Of
the tug Ccba after being adrift for TWEEN
ty-nine days, encountering five stiff gales,
surviving every peril, 10 be picked up by
the same tug from which she parted COM
pany one month before. The Cardenas
went as fIr south as sixty miles west of
Bermuda Hand then drifted and sailed
back as FIR as Fire Island light. where
the Cuba picked her up and brought her
to the p0r- for which she was originally
bound. The Cardenas and Matanzas
were coming light from Providence for
Newport News in tow of the Cuba when
the two barges broke away from the tug
during a heavy storm. The Matanzas
dropped aachors, and they held. but the
Cardenas was blown away and started
on her lor;g drift.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

ieNee TO winch he
had been invited by
the American am
bassador when he
found it would be
necessary to wear
the regulation dress
of knee breeches,
sword, etc. Mr..
Hogg, who is six
feet tall and weighs
400 pounds, said if
he could not wear
an ordinary dress
suit he would fore
go the pleasure Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

The steamer Providence was capsized
by a squat at Lone Landing, Miss, and
twenty-one Of its passengers and crew
drowned. An Illinois Central limited
train ran into cyclone 13j miles from
New Orleans, and was BADLY damaged
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Big Loss for Roers.

Lord Kitchener in a dispatch from
Pretoria, reports the discovery of a Boer
magazine in cave northeastward of
Rietz. Orange River Colony. containing
10000 rounds of rifle ammunition. hun
dreds of shells and fuses. 200 pounds of
powder. a Maxim gun, helios, field tele-
graphs and quantities of stores.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Timber Trn,ts Rnrninc.

Fire has broken out in the cedar brakes
near Marble Falls, Texas, and great
tracts of valuable timber are being con-
suraed. Everything is as dry as finder
and there seems to be no way of cheek
ing the flames. Few people live in the
path of tile fire and they have had ample
warming
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Negro Lvncbed iuf Arkansas.

A negro, giving his name as Horace
Mccoy, accused Of attacking a white
woman and uegress, was hanged by a
In0h at FOREMAN. Ark
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Beaver Falls Block Burned.

The E9lold block was destroyed by
fire at Beaver Falls. Pa. The loss on the
building is $4,000. OF the tenants, Smith
Il Finklehor, trousers manufacturers,
lose 100000; McPherson's wire mat fac
tory, 5000; McCandless Brothers. gro
Gerry, $500, and Edward Keyser, feed
store, $1,000. The losses bring the total
to S75.00G.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
FREIGHT AND MAIL COLLIDE.


Mail Agent Imprisoned in Overturned
Car Narrowly Escapes Death.
At I o'clock Monday morning a Nor
folk and Western freight and a Cincin-
matt. Hamilton and Dayton mail train
collided on a crossing at Ironton, Ohio,
the engines side-swiping each other. The
crews jumped and escaped. except Mail
Agent w. T. Stewart. who was impris
oned in an overturned mail car. Ihe
wreck caught fire. and the fire depart
ment was called out. Stewart wrenched
the lock off and leaped through the door,
escaping badly bruised All mail, includ-
ing registered letters, burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
rnr,nre.i H. Rnh,,.-.

Three masked men broke into the
house OF Henry Smith. a wealthy re-
tired farmer at Ssxonburg. Pa. hrutally
murdered the old man and tortured Mrs.
Smith in a iendiSh manner. They ran
sacked the house and took $500. and
after destroying considerable property.
eSraned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Ten Thousand Mel, on Strike.

Ten thoEsand freight handlers ia Bos-
ton have gone out on strike, primarily
against working beside non-uaion team
StCrs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Killed in a Mimic BATTLE.

Stewart Hill. aged years. died in
Denver from the effects OF a bullet
wound in the breast received while en-
gagged in a mimic Indian battle. James
Butson, aged l. years. IS under arrest
charged with murder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
No Hope for Mrs. Maybrick.

The Baroness de Roques denies the re-
ports th&t her daughter. Mrs. Florence
MaybrieE, viii be included in the eoro-
nation amnesty. The officials of the
United States embassy add that there is
no possibility of any action in Mrs. May
bricks cs.se IN the near future
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Railway Wreck in Texas.

A Southern Pacific train was wrecked
near Maxon. Texas, and it is feared
forty persons were killed or cremated.
Fifteen dead have been accounted for.
Twenty-eight were injured. The engineer
was racing to make up lost time and
struck a broken rail at curve.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
osd-Time Minstrel Dies.

Neil Bryant, an old-time minstrel. died
in Brooklyn. He was ~ years old
Bryant was the oldest of those who in
augurated black face minstrelsy. With
his two brothers, Daniel and Jerry, he
travelled all over the world and they oe-
came famous as the three Bryants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

In ls25 he married Polly Thornton. a
grandnisee Of Matthew Thornton. a sign
Ct Of the Declaration Of Independence.
Eleven children were born % them. FIVE
q whom are now living. One OF Mr.
Cronk's Sons was killed in the battle Il
Shiloh. during the Civil War. His wife.
who was his faithful companion for sixty
years. died ia 1885
or late years be has been feeble and
has required d guardian. He lives on n
little farm. and his daughter and son-in-
law i've with him. The daughter is 70
years old.
Pxtrouize those WHO advertise.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Anothe. Ronth Rehels.

Herbert Booth. son of Gen. William
Booth, is reported to have rebelled
against his fathers policy and TO have
resigned as Communicated of the
salvation Army in Australia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
War Cloud in Far East.

In a dispatch dated Shanghai the cor
respondent of the London Standard says
that Chinese merchants coming from
Port Arthur declare they have been or
dered to remove their families from Port
Arthur because preparations were being
made there for war with Japan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Indians TRY TO Take a Fort.

E. L. Kepner, the Hudson Bay Com
pany's manager at Port George arrived
at Quesnelle, j. c.. and stated that the
Indians were cndeavoring TO take posses,
SION of the fort. Attorney General
Eberts forwarded instructions to send
several specials to the scene of the trou-
llo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Excitement in an ohio Town.

A. Liberty Center, Ohio. over loo shots
were exchanged bstween the citizens and
gang OF robbers that were attempting
60 loot the Citizens National Bank. No
one was hurt, as he shooting was ar long
range after the robAers were being cnas-
cd toward Toledo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
FOUR HAVE BEEN MURDERED.
Finding Of Bodies in the River Arouses
Beaumont. Texas

Beaumont, Texas,
The finding of the body of G. B. Pear
son in the Neches River at Beaumont,
Texas, stripped to the Undertaking and
with his Head crushed in has convinced
the police ithat robbery and murder are
being committed by persons in that Vi
cinity. When Pearson was last seen
alive he wore a suit of good clothes and
had 500 or 800. Within three months
four bodies. including that of Pearson,
have been taken from the river. and in
every case there were evidences of vio-
lent death and no valuables were found.
In two of the cases the bodies were not
identified.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18

The Bank Of Newcastle. Ky, was rob
bed of $500. lot OF jewelry belonging
10 Isaac w Kelly. its president, and
$500 worth Of stamps deposited by the
postmaster. Citizens were aroused, but
were held at bay until the six burglars
made their escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Collide Near Pittsburv.

A local passenger train on the Ale
gheny V&lley Railroad met in a head-on
collision with heavy Through freight at
Edge Gift. Ps. Both engines are report
"a wrecked. The crews saved themselves
by inmnilg
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
RICH CITIZEN is UNMAsKEn.
J. A. Alexander of Casa, Ark, Found
to Be a Fugitive.

j. A. Alexander of Casa, Ark, Found
to Be Fugitive.
James Huddleston. who for ten years
has been leading citizen of Casa, Ark,
under the name of J. A. Alexander, was
arrested the other day by deputy Unit
ed States marshal as a fugitive convict
from Paris. Texas. Huddleston has adj
mitted his identity and has accompanied
the officer to Paris. Huddleston was con-
victed in 1890 for passing counterfeit
money. He fled to Casa and had become
the richest citizen in the town and one
of the most respected. His life was ,ex
emplary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-18
Radical Decree Of Emnress.

The Empress Dowager of China has
issued a most radical decree. She con-
dennis practice of foot binding. declaring
that hereafter feet OF Chinese maidens
shall be allowed TO grow naturally: also
advises men of rank and means to send
their sons abroad to study.