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penses that his strong box is pyerflowlng.
and he is perpleXed as to how to dispose
of an enormous and constantly increasing
surplus The growth in the United States
treasury fund is unprecedented, and Sec
rotary Lyman J. Gage confessed himself
overwhelmed. and is only too glad to sur
render the shovel to Leslie NJ. Shay of
Iowa.
Never before in the history of the Unit
ed States has a Secretary of the Treas
ury been confronted with such problem
as Mr.. Shaw must face. At time when
the other great countries of the world
find themselves a the end of their in
tellectual resources to devise means for
stosping the tremendous and constantly
growing deficits, the United States aetu-
ally is at loss how to dispose of its
enormous surplus, quantity which is in
creasing in leaps and bounds.
The available cash balance is now
about S175.000.000, exclusive of the
$50. 100000 in the reserve fund. The
excess of receipts over expenditures for
the past six months has been nearly $40
100000, more than double the excess for
the corresponding six months of last
year; and this despite the reduction or
abolishing of the internal revenue taxes.
The amount of gold. free of all demands
outstanding. and held in the treasury
amounts TO S71 100000 in coin. Besides
this there is S43, COOS 600 in gold certif-
Gates.
The only means by which the Secretary
may hold down this surplus is by the re-
duction of the national debt. This debt
is in the form of bonds. Secretary Gage
bought hack S43. 100000 worth Of these
bonds. hut neither he nor his successor
tiares go much farther. He cannot buy
them except at a premium, as the holders
are satisfied with their security. and it
would be considered bad policy for the
Secretary to bid against himself by rails
ing the market for bonds.
The only relief res1s with Congress.
which may further reduce the internal
revenue and thus keep in circulation mill
ions of dollars which would otherwise
soon be tied Vi, in the national treasury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21

Engine No. 92l has loaded weight of
100000 pounds, drivers S4l4 inches in
diameter, cylinders L. 25x2S and has
tender capacity of $4,000 pounds of coal
and 1000 gallons Of water.
The Santa Fe has issued an order that
no one addicted to the use Of cigarettes
shall be given employment by that com
pany. and a number Of cigarette smokers
working on the railroad have been dis
missed.
When opened the new route Of the Van
dalia from Toledo..to St. Louis will be
450 miles in length. Between the same
two points the Wabash mileage will be
437 miles and the Clover Leaf 454.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul
will build at It's West Milwaukee shops
100 ore cars Of 100000 pounds capacity
and 500 fftrsfoot furniture cars.
Gross earnings OF the Illinois Central
railroad for the month of December were
SO, 394,11S. against S3,267 ,706 the month
previous, an increase of $126,4i2.
The new Chicago Florida through pas
senger train service of the Eastern lii
nois and Louisville and Nashville roads
has been inaugurated.
Hereafter locomotive numbers on the
Great Western will appear only on the
engines. and the name of the road on
the tenders.
The Peoria and Northwestern Nload. an
extension of the Chicago and Northwest
ern from Nelson to Peorig, mas been com
pleted.
The ST. Lonis. Eiisboro and Southern
Railroad Of st. Louis. with a capital
stock Of S1.00O,o0o. has received a char
ter.
The November statement Of the earn
incs of the Denver and Rio Grande shows
substantial gains ia gross aud net earn
ings-
The Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton
has under contemplation the building OF
a new passenger station at Cincinnati.
The Buffalo I'D Susquehanna Railroad
is planning an vtenSion Of its line which
win bring the .oad into Buffalo
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St Paul
has decided to double-traek the La Crosse
division. a distance of 1911 Jniles.
The east-bound all-rail shipments OF
-four. grain and provisions continue to be
heavy from Chicago.
Unlimited tickets are now things Of
the past 90 all roads operating east Of
Chicago
One hundred and fifty thousand freight
ears were built IN this country last year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
MARVELLOUS FEAT OF
CHILLING" BY THE co.

The greatest prairie land filling"
known to railroads in the West is under
way on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad at a point known as
Sugar Creek" near Ottumwa, Iowa. A
valley seventy-one feet deep. between the
crests of two hills 1900 feet apart, is
being filled up. The work will require
32S,OO0 cubic yards of grading and will
not be finished for year, although begun
in June last. At the top of one of the
hills three steam shovels dump clay in
the cars, which a dummy engine pushes
out upon the high, portable iron bridge,
where they deposit their loads into the
valley With one end supported upon the
hill and the other upon trestle work the
bridge is moved along as the work adj
vances. When the grading is completed
it will be 30 feet wide at the base. To
provide for the spring flood waters which
rush along Sugar Greek" two thirty-five-
foot arches have been constructed One
hundred and fifty men were employed in
their construction. Besides the stone the
arch work contains 100000 bricks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21

One Of the new, big compound loco
motives put in service by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way recently made record run from
Chicago to Milwaukee. Fast mail train
No. 81, engine 921, Engineer Ivens, with
six sixty-foot mail and express ears, left
Chicago at 1915 p. M, twenty minutes
late, and reached Milwaukee at Hap
p. M, two minutes late, making the run
from depot to depot, eighty-fve and two
tenths miles, in eighty-seven minutes,
with one stop. Considering the slow time
in the two terminal cities, the slow-downs
for five railway crossings, the run was
remarkable one and is the fastest ever
made between the two cities. Edgebrook
to Stowell, seyenty-two miles, was Gov
cred in siXty-ive minutes (sixty-siX and
one-half miles per hour, and Wadsworth
to Western Union Junction, nineteen
miles, in sixteen minutes (seventy-one
and one-quarter miles per hour. The run
in detail was as follows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
ROUTED BY DlsInFEcTAnTs.
Cleveland Gets Rid of It's Awful
Scourge of Smallpox.

After being scourged with unusual Sc
verify by smallpox. Cleveland. Ohio. is
now free from all traces of the pestilence.
The result has been brought about by the
use of formaldehyde as a Ciisinfectant.
The process employed has been a thor
ough fumigatioa of all Infected locali-
ties with formsljehyde gas. the process
being repeated as often as the authorities
thought DecessarS. judged from the virI
lence of the epidemic in any given To-
cality.
In discussing the effects Of the syste-
matte work Of disinfecting conducted by
the health department, DR. Friedrich said
that for FIVE years previous TO last Sep
TENDER the city had never been free from
smallpox Between January and Sepfem-
Der OF the past year LOO cases were
developed. The public health officer
noted that IN every case where the for
maldehyde gas system had been used as
4 disinfeetant no further cases We're r.
ported from that immediate neighbor
hood. He therefore recommended the
thorough and systematic disinfcction of
every house and every structure within
the neighborhood where eases Of smallpox
we're under treatment
When the task was nearly COMPLETED
there were only twelve cases in the city
and since September not a single new
case has been reported that found its ORR
gin in Cleveland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Masl,inntnn Notes

House coinage committee has agreed
upon a bill to maintain silver at a parity
with gold.
House committee on agriculture decid-
ed to grant public hearings on oleomar-
garine tax bills.
Senate committee on military affairs
exonerated Gen. Corbin aud Col. Ifels-
tand in the hemp inquiry.
There is a growing sentiment in Con
gress to adopt some plan to relieve the
President from the opportunities Of office
seekers.
Congressman Cooper explained that the
present civil government in the Philip
pines is not affected by the new Bill con-
corning the islands.
Commercial Gable Company is facing
lively contest IN the Pacific cable matter
before Congress. Seven bills on Pacific
cables art pending
Representa::ve eyering Of Massachu-
sets has Introduced . biiiii providing
salary Of $4,000 a year for ex- Presidents
OF the United States.
J.. & said that President Roosevelt has
brought a majority Of the Senators TO
support his plan II granting tariff con
cessions 10 Cuban sugar and tobacco.
Cuban merchants have appealed to Sec
rotary Root to have Congress enact
law giving the island tariff concessions.
II is declared II this Is not done the IL
dustries Of the island viii be ruined
House committee on rivers and harbors
heard delegations fr9m the Chicago
drainage canal and other organizations
who explained the necessity Of deepening
and otherwise improving the Chicago
river.
Gov. W. N. Crane 0f Massachusetts,
i said to have been selected as the sue
cessor Of Secretary Long According 20
the program. the change j. not TO be
made until after the adjournment Of the
Massachusetts, Legislature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
BLEW UPTHE MAINE.
SPANISH OFFICER CLAIMS TO
HAVE DONE THE DEED.
UnIikely Story Comes from Omaha
Rraga Says He Wanted Revenge
Upon Heavy Explosion of
NitrogIycerin Near Marion, Ind.

A remarkable story is published in an
Omaha paper regarding the blowing up
OF the battleship Maine The report says
that information has come from the Pine
Ridge agency that q Spaniard ON a ranch
had confessed while drunk to blowing up
the ship. saying that he did SO ii the hope
of causing war between the United States
and Spain. The tale goes on to the eff
feet that the Spaniard was once an Off
Ger "a the Spanish army in Cuba. and that
during Weyler's campaign he became an
gered at the brutal treatment accorded
prisoners, and said SO. Wegler at once
ordered him under arrest The Spaniard's
name is said 20 be Manuel de Silva
Braga. He was discharged from the army
after Il court martial. The blowing up
Of the Maine was done to get even with
Weyler Braga knew all about the har-
Dor and was familiar with explosives.
His first idea was to blow mp Spanish
ship, bat finally decided upon the Maine
as the best calculated to get Weyler out
of power. Dressed in his army uniform
he had no trouble in passing the guards
IN the fortihcation, and with his own
hand he touched the button that destroy
ed the Maine. Instantly he changed his
clothes and escaped ON schooner as a
sailor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
banker cantured in Piftsburv

After a search covering 3 period OF
several months word has been received
BY the Chicago police Of the arrest in
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
TELEPHONES IN USE. 2.27s,7l7.
Hello Business Has Grown Till Now
Half a Billion Dollars Is Invested.

Hello Business Has Grown Till Now
Half a Billion Dollars Is Invested.
The Electrical Review containsa study
of the present telephone situation, in
which it is shown that the amount invest
ed in the telephone industry in the Unit
ed States is nearly $500,000,000. This
estimate includes both the lines and in
struments of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, generally call
ed the Bell Company, and of the opposi-
ton, or independent companies.
All the States in the Union, with the
exception of Nevada, Rhode Island and
Utah, have opposition telephone ex-
changes, the total number of exchanges
of this character being 2.S14, and the
number of telephones connected to them
being 70S,717. The largest extension Of
the independent telephone business is in
the State of Ohio, which has 226 eX-
changes and 155,6G4 Independent tele-
phones.
The Bell interests have an invested
capital of $500, 900. These interests
operate 1000 exchanges. to which are
connected 1,0S0,000 telephones. The Bell
companies are now handling a total of
very nearly 2.000,000,000 calls year,
and are operating a total of 1854. 202
miles of wire, and employing $4,000 peo-
pie.
There are 2,27S,717 telephones in use in
the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
RICHARD CROKER ABDIcATEs.
The New Leader of Tammany Halt Is
Lewis Nixon.

Richard Croker is nc longer the leader
of the New York Tammany hall. He
has retired from the craftsmanship OF the
Finance Committee and viii soon sail
for Enrope to be gone for m indefinite
period. Lewis Nixon. his successor. wa
elected at a meeting held Saturday night
Mr.. Nixon, the new head of the tiger
organization. says he is not going 10
be a figurehead. He is about 40 years
old. and one Of the strongest men in
New York Democracy. He IS the head
Of 4 ship-building frm-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21

S Chicago
cS<S mankind
DIR Loeb delivered address the Amer
of
These
Fngation Life of Unfezed Eggs Uhn by Potassium
Cyanide"
Dr. Loeb maintained that his experiments death be caused the
His object anu the activity this and he claims that he
sea a
ton of potassium cyanide and abandoned for several days
egg IN
results
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Chicago business main
tains a good volume. as is
eho,vn Nv n ya;n of 1ng
Chicago.

C-I SHOWN by gain OF Ao.D
per cent in bank clearings. The advance
made by the Underwriters association
in insurance rates was not expected, but
the insurance men claim the heavy losses
in the classes Of property affected justify
the change.
This never is an active season of the
year in real estate, but there is less ac-
tivity than there was twelve months
ago. There is less eagerness on the part
of owners to sell and more inquiry by
men who have money to invest and who
are coming to the conclusion that they
can do better in real estate than aHr-
where else.
The government crop report indicated
a total wheat yield in 1901 of 67S.6GI, 400
bushels, the greatest ever known in tho
country, but this does not reach the
amount estimated by some Of the pri-
waite statisticians. May wheat closed at
S21h cents. loss Of three-fourths Of q
cent for the week The crop prospects
viii soon become a point of vital con
cern to the New York stock market, "a q
decreased yield this year Will raise the
question Of a reduction in the earnings Of
the railroads, whose business will be
chiefly affected by short crops.
Prospects for the Brazil coffee crop are
not satisfactory, owing TO continued
drought Eggs are scarce and some Of
the large houses have been heavy buyers,
but the Eastern apprehensions Of a cor
ner are not entertained here Sugar con
tinues low, and authorities in the trade
think prices will rule low
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
ElIAT(D7612S

Chicago-Cattie, common to prime.
So 100 to $3.50; hogs, skipping grades,
81 % to $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice. $500
TO $47J; wheat, No. red, SAC TO Soc;
corn. No. 2, Gle to G2c. oats, No. 2. dc
to 45e; rye, No. 2. &c to 66c; hay. tim.
othy, $500 to $1400; prairie, $3.50 TO
$500; butter. choice creamery. 20c ~
23c; eggs, fresh, &c to 30c; potatoes,
Tie to 77c per bushel
Indianapolis-C Cattle, shipping. $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice light, 800 to 5000:
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 TO $3.50:
wheat. No. 2, SSc TO soc; corn, No. =
white, new. &c to Csc; oats, No. 2 white,
49c to soc.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 500; hogs.
$500 TO $500; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, Sac to SIC; corn. No. 2.
Gle to G4c; oats. No. .. 47c to 4Sc; rye,
No. 2, &c TO Csc.
Cincinnati CATH, $500 to $50: hogs,
$500 to $685.; sheep. $2.21 TO $3.75;
wheat, No. 2. Ole to 92c; corn. No. z
mixed. &C 10 G7c; oats, No. 2 mixed,
4sc 10 49c: rye, No. 2, 69c TO zoe.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 10 $3.50. hogs,
$500 TO $500; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. 2, PIC TO 93c; corn. No. 3
yellow. G5c to G6c; oats. No. white,
40 70 5Oc; rye. Csc to G0c.
ToIed0-Wheat, No. mixed. S6c 10
Sc: corn. No. 2 mixed 63c TO G4c; oats.
No. 2 mixed. 4Te to 4Scs rye, No. 2. 52c
10 &c: clover seed, prime. 500
8iilwEukec-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
re TO rs: corn, No. 3, Gle to 62c: oats.
No. 2 white, 47c to 4Sc: rye. No. /. 65c
10 GGc; barley, No. 2. 04c to 6Jc; pork.
mess, s1G.T0.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
e. 90 to 1919; hogs. fair 10 prime, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair TO choice. $3.50 to
$3.50; lambs, c0Inmoa to choice. S375 %
$500.
New York-Cattle, $y.T5 70 $3.50: hogs,
500 to $500; sheer, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. W. 2 red. Soc 10 Doc; corn. No. =.
CSC to Coo: oats, No. 2 white. 33e 10 J4c;
butter. creamery, &c 10 23c; eggs, west
ern, 25e to 33c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
MRS. DENNIS TELLS STORY.
Washington Woman Fails to Civ.

Washington Woman Fails to Give
Clew TO Her Assailant.
Mrs. Ada Dennis, the Washington
woman who was murderously assaulted
On the night of Dec. S, was able Sunday
for the first time to make a statement.
The police have been hopeful that
what she would say would throw some
light on the motive for the crime or lead
to the discovery of the perpetrator, but
Mrs. Dennis statement contained moth
ing that would give any clew in either
direction.
She said she remembers nothing imme-
1iately preceding the attack upon her,
and said the blow was struck while she
was asleep. Nor had she the remotest
idea who committed the assault nor the
motive for it.
Mrs. Dennis said she had not been out
of the. house during the evening of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
MURDERED AND PUT IN WELL.
Aged Man in Kansas Robbed and Two
Women Are Arrested.

Aged Man in Kansas Robbed and Two
Women Are Arrested.
At Ottawa, Kan. John Booth. an old
man, was murdered AMI his body thrown
into a well on the premises Of Mrs. Me-
Coy, a block from his home. Booths
skull had been crushed with an ak and
the body put into the well head down
ward. Clots of blood and a bloody ak
We're found near the well and what APP
peared to be blood stain was found on
the kitchen floor Of the Mccoy house.
Mrs. Mccoy and a daughter have been
placed under arrest. They say they know
nothing about the murder and that Booth
was not at their house that night. The
Kansas City authorities have been noti-
fed to arrest another daughter who is be-
lieved to have left for that city on an
early train. Booth received 500 the
previous day. His pockets had been ri
ttad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
A REMARKABLE SITUATION.
Uncle Sans Overlooking Treasury Too
Much for Mr.. Gage.

As with private individuals, most gov
ernments are chiefly concerned with de
yising ways and means TO make the in
come of their treasures sufficiently great
to meet the outgo.
Italy is practically bankrupt and her
people are driven to the verge of desper-
alton and rebellion by the pressure of
taxes. The German Emperor is at his
wits ends to devise means for raising
the money necessary for the carrying out
of his pet schemes. Even rich old John
Bull is finding difficulty in raising the
wherewithal to meet his current expenses,
so great is the expenditure caused by
the South African war.
With Uncle Sam the anxiety arises
from an exactly opposite cause. His in
come is so much greater than his eX-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Ohio Rank in Trouble.

The Euclid Avenue Trust and Savings
Company, at 81 and So Euclid avenue,
Cleveland. made an assignment Friday
to Attorney Frank II. CHM. The lat
ler's bond was fixed at S250,000 by Judge
Bloch of the Insolvency court. The as
signee states that the bank has been I'M
able to realize upon its assets rapidly
enough to meet the unusual demands, and
that no creditor win lose a dollar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21

night of the assault and that before re-
firing she had locked the doors to the
front and back parts of the house. The
latter she occupied as bedroom. The
police are more mystiiied than ever over
the affair.
Mrs. Ads Dennis, famous modiste
of Washington, was found in an uncon-
scious and seemingly dying condition in
her home, in Washington. She had been
assaulted by an unknown, who had at
tackled her with piano stool. Mrs.
Dennis condition has much improved
and the attending physicians now believe
she will recover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Will Gail the Legislature.

Gov. Van SAINT Of Minnesota has an
nounced that he would call an extra ses-
sion OF the Legislature for the middle of
February, probably about the 18th. While
the session is called specifically to con-
slider the report of the tax commission.
it is considered likely that the recent
railroad developments will come in for
considera ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Poolroom Is Terrorized.

Two young men of slight build, with
haudkerchiefs tied across the lower por-
-tion OF their faces, entered Harry r.
Chicks pool room at 90T Baltimore ave
nue. Kansas City, and with drawn re-
Yeivers commanded the proprietor, cash
Ter and three other employees who were
in the place to lie down ON the floor, Sc
cured about $3.50 and escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
Blast Kills Three.

A big blast of dynamite killed three
men and fatally injured a fourth at the
Bluestone quarries of Keeling & Ridge
in the mountains, a mile from Councils
vile, Pa. The injured man had re-
markable escape from instant death. He
was hurled a hundred and fifty feet down
the steep face o1 the quarry cliff aud
struck a bank of soft dirt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-01-21
ACTRESS ROBBED OF CHILD.
Mrs. Laura Richards Reports Daugh-
ter's Abduction in St. Louis.

Mrs. Laura Richards Reports Daugh-
ter's Abduction in ST. Louis.
Mrs. Laura Richards or Kline. as she
is known among vaudeville actors, claims
that her little daughter Sallie has been
abducted by some one anxious TO make
money from the child s talents. On re-
cent afternoon Sallie was sent out from
their temporary home in St Louis TO buy
bread. She has not returned. Her moth
er has reported the matter to the police
and fears she never will see the girl
again. She says that less than six
months ago her little son BERTHE Richards,
half brother to Sallie, mysteriously dis
appeared and has not since been heard of.
BERTHE and Sallie were members of the
Kline trio of juvenile performers, who
have appeared in Eastern vaudeville
houses during the past two years and
We're attractions of St. Louis summer
gardens last year. Mrs. Kline says they
earned $50 week each,