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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

Exactly at II o'clock Tuesday 1909
men and boys Of all ages rlshed across
the line Of the coded Foct Hall reserya-
ton in Idaho and disappeared in a cloud
of dust in the mad rush for homesteaJs
and mineral lands Most of them were
mounted on horses and ponies, a majority
being heavily armed. Probably 1000
persons departed later with pack ami
mails. Before o'clock P0catello was
practically deserted Iany signs of
trouble were apparent befose the start
ing signal was given. In scores Of in
stances it was known that three or more
men intended to settle OH the same Iiece
of land. The boundary line of the ceded
portion of the reservation opened to set
Element was lined 4or miles with people
awaiting the hour of noon. PocatellO had
been surrounded by people. but the larg-
or proportion gathered ON the -hogback"
a mile southeast of the city and it was
from this point that the great rush took
place. 1t began at a whistle signal from
the Oregon Short Line shops
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
wHALEBAcKs TO CARRY OIL.
Product of Texas Fields to Be Con-
viewed Tn the Mississippi.

Product of Texas Fields to Be Com
veyed Up the Mississippi.
Whaleback steamers. the invention OF
Captain Alexander McDougall of Duluth
will be used for carrying Texas oil up
the Mississippi river. The St. Louis
Steel Barge Company. in which Captain
McDousall,is interesstd. is the firn that
viii take up the oil-carrying trade. The
company now has three steamers, two OF
the largest whalebaeks, engaged in car
rylng grain, but these will be converted
into Oil carriers. One of the boats will
be used in the gulf trade from Port Ar
thur 10 New Orleans and the others used
III river traffic In addition the new COM
Pany, which win be known as the Sharp
OIL Transportation Company. VIII have
twelve more whaleback boats built. Ar
engagements have been made with Beau
mont oil companies whereby pipe line
will carry the oil from the gushers 20
Port Arthur. At the beginning it is the
purpose to carry OF, only 100 miles up
the river from New Orleans, but later it
will be transported as far as st. Louis.
Each of the whale ecks will have a Ca
pacity of 1900 barrels of oil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

surveys Of that great submerged basin.
with its rich muck soil. its swamps ISL
ands and streams. have been made during
the past twenty years, so that the region
IS no longer unknown. Fishermen. trap
pers and hunters have traversed The
''glades' in every direction and have re
ported that, while they consist in the
main of vast morass of saw grass.
tropical trees and underground, they are
accessible. All are agreed as to the
wonderful fertility of the soil where it is
not submerged and as to its capacity for
yielding great crops of sugar cane, rice
and other products.
The prospects are now that from a land
of des1iation and waste the great swamp
region of Florida known as the Ever
glades is to be changed into veritable
galCen spot, for work is already in pro
gross whereby the transformation is to
be effected. The scheme is Of gigantic
proportion, for it is the intention of its
promoters to reclaim nearly or quite a
million acres OF the most fertile land to
he found in this country which is now
covered with water and rank tropical
growths of wild plants, at present inhab-
tied only by alligators, snakes and mud
turtles. and make it both habitable and
cultivable. BY opening canals and drain
ing the great basin it is expected that
nearly 1000 square miles of ricn land
will be added to the area of Florida. and
AZ the same time the State will be rid
of one of its greatest drawbacks.
While this enterprise is by no means
new one, the advances made in eng.
Ecerins science during the past quarter
of century have made the problem more
feasible than it was a few years ago.
and the work can be DONE it is said. at
minimum cost for so vast an undertake
ing. Operations have already been ,.e-
gun, and on the land reclaimed at the
north side of the great basin quite a
large tract has been cleared, upon which
profitable crops of sugar cane, vegetables
of all kinds, rice and corn have been pro-
duced without fertilizing the soil or pay
inc rnucb 0ttanfiot, fo tho c,,ltiva+iar,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
Washington Notes.


Rag time is barred from the popular
concerts Of the Marine Band at Wash
ington.
Ambassador Won Holleben of Germany
becomes dean of the diplclnatic corps at
Washington. succeeding Lord Pslnee-
i0 Philippine irsurr4ction;sis ezded except
in Mindanao. Acting Gov. Virgil, ca
bled civil rule can be established in every
island now.
Amnesty bill, which win free Estes q.
Rathbone and G. F. Nicely. convicted Of
Cuban postal frauds, has been, signed by
President Palma; it win free other Amer
leans also.
President Roosevelt opened national
convention Of American military sur-
geons. Over 26.OOO,Oo0 quinine pills and
100000 first aid' packets used during
Spanish war.
Twenty million dollars is to be distrib-
uted among the architects and builders OF
the country under the provisions Of the
omnibus public building bill just signed
by the President.
Scandal has been created in Washing
ton by'a Senator who is charged with
drinking too heavily at party. breaking
up the party and $500 worth OF brica-
brac belonging to his host.
Admiral Crowninshield protests against
the recommendation Of court Of inquiry
that three officers of the cruiser Chicago
be court-martialed for recent actions in
Venice. and the case win probably be
dropped
Army officers who gained distinction n
Cuba. Philippines and China have been
promoted By President Roosevelt John
c. Bates and George W. Davis have been
made major generals only two West
Pointers on list.
British mule camp at New Orleans has
been held legal by President Roosevelt;
right TO export arms and supplies always
maintained By United States.
Secretary Rect submits 10 Congress
text OF instructions given Gov Taft as
basis for negotiations with Vatican re-
garding friars' lands in PHILIPPINES.
In response 70 resolction adopt By
the Senate at the instance o. Senator
Hoar a few days ago. making inquiry as
70 whether there Is any law in force IN
the Philippines preventing natives from
coming to the United States. the PreSi-
dent sent q statement from Secretary
Root saying that the War Department
knows Of no such law or regulation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY LIMITED.

States has the fastest long-distance pas
senger trains in the world is substan-
tiated by these figures, it is also shown
that for shorter runs France and Eng
land have faster trains than America.
The figures show that the Empire State
express from New York to Buffalo runs
the 40 miles at the average rate of %
miles and a fraction an hour The new
twenty-hour trains between Chicago and
New York run al the rate of 40 TO ~
miles an hour.
The Europeans claim to have accom-
plished something iii getting up speed
is based on the performance of the Sud
express, which makes the 4S6 miles be-
tween Paris and Bayonne at the rate of
90 miles an hour, and on the work of
the East Coast express. which runs 393
miles, from London TO Edinburgh. at the
rate of 50.77 miles an hour while the
West Coast express runs from London
to Glasgow, 401 miles, at the rate of
60.1S miles an hour.
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7Fa5cllGIEy7672S

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
500 % S7.73: hogs, shipping grades,
S4.25 TO S7.55; sheep, fair to choice, Ss.t
TO S5.7j; wheat, No. red, Isc to 1Jes
corn. No. 2, G2c 20 G3c; oats. No. 2. 4Oc
TO 42c: rye. No. ,, JGc TO BIC: hag, tim
othy. $1,000 10 $3.50; prairie. SJ.5o 10
S1l.JO; butter, choice creamery. 2Dc =
dc: eggs. fresh, be 10 lJc; potatoes
new. soc 30 90c per bushel.
anapolis-Cattle shipping, $500 -
81. 80; hogs, choice light, $500 10 $40;
sheen common to prime, $50 70 $50;
wheat No. 2, 76c 70 re; corn. No. =
white 04c TO G5c; oats. No white,
42c TO 13c.
St. Louis-Cattie. $3.50 to $500; hogs
s3.cO to S725; sheep. $3.50 70 $3.50,
wheat, No. 2, 76c 70 re: corn. No. z,
59c to zoe: oats, No. 2, 43c to &c; rye,
No. 2, soc to soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, 500 to $40: hogs
$500 to 500; sheep, S5.25 10 $3.50;
wheat. No. 2. Sic 70 SIC; corn, No. 2
mixed. CSC to 64e; oats. No. 2 mixed,
44c 10 45c; rye. No. 2. 56e 10 SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 20 $3.50, hogs
goo 10 S7.05: sheep, $3.50 10 $500.
vheat No. 2, SOC to Sic: corn. No. 3
yellow. G4c 10 65c; oats. No. . white,
acc TO 47c: rye. Soc 10 Goo.
Toledo--W Wheat. No. mixed roc 30
soc, corn. No. 2 mixed, 62e to G3c: oats,
No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c: clover seed,
prime, s5.02.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. northern.
75c 10 T6c: corn. No. 3. Gle to G2c; oats.
No. 2 white &C TO 47c. rye. No. 1. sc
10 Sc barley. No. ?, roe TO Tie: pork.
mess. SI757.
New fork-Cafte. S375 - ST.: hogs.
800 IL 500; sheep $500 70 500.
wheat. 10 2 red. re to IS CON. NJ ..
cGe 10 Gle; oats. No. white slf - -
butter. creamery. zoe % 2lc, eggs. we>.
ern. 15e 20 17c.
Bnaai3-cattle. choice shipping sFefr<.
500 I'd $3.50. hogs. fair e psihe. s';ail
Ia S7.T:j. sheep fa,-- @ eaesse. go - .
SO. lambs. common 10 choice. ss.00 %
500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

Gangs Prospective victins Include
san of Senator Clark.


The Butte. Mont, police unearthed a
conspiracy to 10 wholesale kidnae4ag
business among the wealthy families of
Butte. The alleged leader of the band,
Sam" Consentine. IS under arrest An
attempt was made several days ago 70
kidnap Hazel GiRdrup. the I2-year-old
niece Of Harry Symens. one of the big
merchants OF Butte. A day later an ut
tempt was m&de TO steal the infant of
William Symoas. The description OF The
men the nurses gave TO the police led to
the arrest Of Censentino and the police
are searching fer three Others Consen-
tino is an Italian. 1t is alleged he tried
to induce Harry Keller, his employer. TO
Join the gang. Keller is said to have
pretended 10 fall in with the scheme and
thus learned all of the plans, which were
perfectly mapped out. Among those
whom 1t was proposed to kidnap and ao,d
for ransom were the youngest son of Sen
ator w. A. Clark. Mrs. Lulu f. Largey.
a wealthy woman who makes her home
in Butte and New York. and a number
of leading merchants. bankers and min
ing men
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

Just celebrated her BARNES coUTl:s.
S9th birthday and high tsibute was p@id
to the venerable lady whose life i:as
been eonsecrated to charity Her maine
originally was Burdett When her grand-
fathe- Aiied. leaving her s10,000O00. he
required that she assume his name. thai
Of Contts. Some twenty-five years ago,
when she was 81. she married William
Ashmead Bartlett. formerly Of Naw
Brunswick, " J. He assumed her name
and now as Mr.. Burdett Coutts he rfp-
resents Westminster ir Parliament.
The life OF the barouess since the inf
berltance OF her fortune has been chiefly
devoted 10 works of caafity and philan-
fbropv and for her dlsinterested efforsa
on l.ghaH OF the poor she was created by:
Victoria a baroness 81 her own right. shel
Is the only woman OF szeh distinction ..n
England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
From the fact that there
are labor disputes in SO
many nlaces il il evident
Chicago.

CHICAGO. are labor disputes in 50
many places il is evident
that the spirit OF unres. is at work. The
country is unusually prosperous with
many industries taxed beyond capacity.
Money is plentiful and the people haxc=
more Of it per capita than ever before.
Any willing man may find employment
and wages-on the whole--are higher
than Tor years. With these conditions IL
would seem that this should be a time
for contentment, yet it is not entirely SO.
Unreasonable as are some OF the de-
mands az the workingmen, there is sonte-
thing 10 be said for the general cause Of.
labor. An important consideration, AMI
one rarely given sufficient weight b. en-
ployers. who look askance at an increls-
ing wage scale. is the increased cost Of
living. Duns index figure, which is "a
pretty reliable guide. shows that while
the cost OF living in 1897 was 75.5, i is
to-day 1015.
The southwestern wheat movement IS
getting under way, and while Kansas
will have a yield considerably under the
average. the general outlook for grain
tonnage is good The government has
issued the first bulletin of the year bear
ing upon tnc new spring Nhtdl ttVF. -
is found as was the general expectation.
that there is much smaller area III
wheat than last year, the government
putting the decrease in Minnesota and
the D8llotas at 25ll,090 acres. This
does not mean that the northwestern
railroads will necessarily have less grain
to haul, and indeed with favorable wealth.
or the outlook is for heavier grain ton-'
mage than ever Practically all this
abandoned wheat land has gone into 9TH
er grain, and even yet farmers are plant
ing fax and barley in scattered places,
where seeding conditions were the worst
earlier in the season. From his time on
the reports from the growing spring
wheat will take precedence as the price
influence. The Northwest holds up web
in the general volume Of business. In
Minneapolis the bank cleai.ngs at ST.
450. 023.27 show a gain Of 1919 per cent,
which n especially gratifying IN the face
Of a decrease Of % in the total for the
country nj large.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
GAaAalXMtERCI !,
T.. T.. :.:l:;] HIN
sSgEi AND 80 s7a
IN! ~ ~
4FNANCLN.
! New York. II

7 mo diminution in suSi-
NpE IDTk ness is apparent from labor
L------@ controversies. owing to the
prosperous condition Of the agricultural
sections and the bright outlook Tor This
years crops Retailsdistribution of light
weight wearing apparel has felt the SUM
ulus OF higher temperature. Railway
earnings in May were ST per cent larger
than last year and 21.T per cent above
those Of 1900" X. q. Dun Il Co.'S
Weekly Review OF Trade thus sums ZIP
the business situation. Continuing, the
review says:
There continues 20 be wide discrep-
ancy between the amount of business Of
fered and the contracts closed in many
branches of the iron and steel industry
owing to inability of producers 10 assure
delivery at specified time. Contracts
rYnning we'll into next year indicate thar
the end Of activity is not near Pressure
is still most conspicuous for railway ana
structural supplies, and agricultural I'M
plement works are crowded with orders
Sales of Bessemer pig iron at Pittsburg
for delivery next year were recently
made sc $16.50, while immediate ship
ments command about So more.
Limited stocks are still the cause "
steadiness in all branches az textiles.
Holders are not urging sales, and buyers
show disposition 70 wait. Purchasers
of cotton goods are influenced by the
prospect Of ehearer raw material after
the new crop begins 10 move. Cotton
rose slightly ON a few unfayorahle wealth
er reports, but the outlook is very bright
in many States. Tardy deliveries EFF
sample pieces by the wooden mills has
caused complaint among the clothiers aud
fall orders are not placed freely. Wool
sells more freely at leading eastern mar
kets, and quotations are steady.
Bradstreet's says:
The effects Of the anthracite coal strike
are no loaeer localized, 1t Affects dis
tributive trade in a wider area. and high
err prices for fuel reduced the profits Of
manufacturers generally throughout the
East. Confidence in fall trade seems 10
be growing. Export business. notably
in manufactured goods, is certainly inc
proving, Cotton goods, and copper, min
eral oils and lumber are all moving free
~ Cereals, provisions and raw cotton
shipments in May were. however smaller
than year ago. Building activity is un-
impaired except where labor troubles IN
terfere Sugar reflected the active ,ie-
mand Of the past two weeks for canning
purposes in a fractional advance. Thc
peach crop outlook is certainly a good
one. Coffee struck what is practically
the lowest price record this year
Wheat, including -four, exports for the
week aggregate 3,400,314 bushels, against
4600,055 last week and 4,T9t ,10T in this
4. l. wv III.
1901 to date fifty weeks aggregate 24l.-
425, 449 bushels, against 204, 2Is,472 last
season. Corn exports aggregate 94,9Sl
bushels, against So, 254 last week and p
500, 254 last year. July 1. 1901. to date
corn exports are 26,0S2,0 96 bushels,
against 16S,9SS,737 last season.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
GIVES UP LIFE FOR CHILD.
Cleveland Man Makes Heroic Effort 20
Save His Nephew,

Fritz Engenit died at st. Clair hos
pital in Cleveland, having sacrificed has
life in an attempt, to save his sister and
her young son from the flames that de-
stroyed their home. Engenit's attempt
to rescue his sister and nephew was
recklessly heroic one. An exploding gas
oline stove had set fire to his sisters
dress. He beat out the flames with his
hands and attempted TO dash through the
burning room TO where the boy was, cut
off by the fire. Twice driven back. and
frightfully burned at each attempt, he
was compelled to desist and the child was
rescued from a window. What | did
was nothing" he told his sister at the
hospital when she tried to thank him.
What less could l have done?''
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
TRAINS CLIP RECORD
CHICAGO NEW YORK SERVICE
BEATS THE WORLD.
New Twenty Hour Specials Reach Des-
tinations with Time to Spare-Lake
Shore New York Central Trains
Make Flying Speed.

That the United States can operate the
fastest long-distance passenger AWAY
trains in the world was shown the other
day when the twenty-hour trains be-
tween New York and Chicago on the
Lake Shore New York Central rail-
roads rolled into the terminal stations
at New York and Chicago, three to four
minutes ahead of time in each case. At
the schedule time of twenty hours the
Lake Shore trains will make every day
an average speed Of 40 miles an hour.
This average speed is surpassed By some
foreign trains, but their runs are only
about half the $50 miles by the New
York Central and the Lake Shore.
The trip from New York was the means
of showing what modern motive power
as applied to railroad trains can accom-
plish. The Twentieth Century Linn
tied" on the Lake Shore-New York Cen
trail line kept up the run westward TO
Buffalo without hindraace, the train ar
irving there and starting over the long
stretch along the shores of the lakes
as had been outlined. The even pace
was kept up in the man until near New
Carlisle, when a freight train got in the
way and caused the loss of thirteen
minutes.
Long before the run into Chicago had
been completed, however, this lost time
had been made up, and when the engine
came TO a standstill under the she'd at
the Grand Central station it was two
minutes ahead of time
Railroad men have compiled some in
teresting statistics as to the relative
speed of trains in America and in Eu-
rope. While the claim that the United
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
FINDS LoNG-LosT DAUGHTER.
Father Discovers kidnapped Child Is
Now Mrs. n. Bloom.

Father Discovers Kidnapped Child Is
Now Mrs. n. Bloom.
kidnapped twelve years ago, when she
vas years old, Mrs. Nathaniel Bloom,
ia West Sixty-third street, Chicago,
was found the other day by her father.
When father and daughter met it was
discovered that she is married TO her
second cousin. Mrs. Bloom was Mary
Nathan Of Hoboken. n j.. and her kid
mapping in 1890 was a famous mystery.
Her father was wealthy, but the child
was never offered for ransom and finally
hope CT ever finding her was abandoned.
Nathaniel Bloom, her husband, met her
in Mrs. Greene's boarding house in Au
rora, Ill. Mrs. Greene, who is thought
to have been the kidnaper, is dead, but
detectives have been detailed on the case.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
HOLD UP AN OFFICE.
Fonr Masked Men Invade Santa Fe
Building in Chicago.


Driven into a small room under threats
of death. four employees of the commits
sary department of the Santa Fe Rail-
road system watched three expert safe
blowers blow open the large safe of the
company while another member of the
gang stood guard over them with two
reyolyers. SO experienced were the
craftsmen at their calling that within
ten minutes after their entrance 10 the
building they had shattered the door of
the heavy strong box, taken what money
was in the safe and escaped in the net
work of railroad tracks adjoining the
building. The scene of the robbery was
in one-story frame structure at Seven
teenth street and the Chicago and West
ern Indiana tracks in Chicago, and it
was shortly after 10 o'clock p m. when
scores of switch engines, with their crews
and many other employees. We're in the
immediate vicinity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

William Rush Merriam, director of the
census, who has beaten all records in
closing up the statistics of the twelfth
census, was appointed to the post of d.
rector in April, 1899. Few men, Wash
ington correspondent declares. could have
undertaken this work with better abil-
ity than the former Governor of Mime
sofa. In his varied career he has been
banker, business man, agriculturist, leg
islator, educator and statesman. Mr..
Merriam is native of New York and is
80 years old He removed to st. Paul
when lad.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

weeks ago, in which a big fish. the beach
of the Pacific ocean, black demon and
several gunboats were the leading fea-
lures. These signify to him a European
invasion. but he gives the American pe0-
pie little consolation by informing
them that in the approaching war the
United States viii win by neck DR..
Ecker says he predicted the assassination
of President Mckinley, but nobody would
believe him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
Conviction is Confirmed.

Walter Bourne, formerly deputy audi
tor at st. Paul, who is serving fifteen
years at Saltwater prison, was denied
new trial by the Supreme Court. Bourne
was convicted on two indictments, one
charging the Illegal use of county war
rants ard the other fraud in the use of
his official signature. The Supreme Court
confirms the conviction IN both cases.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
GIVES DAUGHTER AS PRIZE.
Kansas Farmer Adopts Novel Scheme
to Save His Wheat

-
to Save His Wheat.
Farmer James Woolsey has succeeded
in having his 500-acre wheat field cut
before the yellow grain grew musty.
But it cost him his daughter He gave
her as prize to the young harvester
doing the greatest amount of work in a
specified time. Willis Roadway, young
mechanic from Illinois, won. and he and
Anna Woolsey were married at Pratt,
Kan, the other day. The Woolsey farm
IS one Of the largest in Pratt County,
and the scarcity of harvest workers in
that section weighed heavily upon the
farmers mind. His wheat grew dead
ripe, and there was no one 10 help him
cut it. Then he devised a plan to offer
as bride to the h'rdest worker his 10
ycar-old daughter She was as dutiful
as good-looking. The men came by the
score. She was given the privilege of
rejecting any of the contestants she per
sonally disliked, and many We're thus
ruled out. The contest was spirited 1t
lasted three days, during which time Rod
way. working ten hours a day, cut 100
acres and wore out three good teams.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24

The clubs of the American League
Desperate Criminal Shot and Captured.

After desperate battle between local
officers, in which thirty or forty shots
were exchanged in chase of nearly a
mile, Lon Henderson, a desperate Grim
nal, wanted in indianapolis for various
nffenses, including tie shooting of three
officers, was brought to bay in Marion
Ind. Henderson did not surrender until
he had been shot several times by the
officers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-24
Alabama Town Is scorched.

The business portion of Alexander City,
Ala, a place of 1900 inhabitants, was
wiped away by fire, the loss reaching at
least $4,000, which the insurance will
not begin 10 cover. The flames began in
the foundry and machine works, and
spread from building to building until
the entire business portion of the town
was a mass OF flames.