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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
FLAT BUILDING SET ON FIRE.
Incendiaries Imperi1 the Lives of 40
Persons at FindlaY, Ohio.

Incendiaries attempted to burn the fiat
of Mrs. William Shue, in Findlay, Ohio,
during the absence of herself and daugh-
ter. She resides in the Gibbs block,
Ehich contains eleven fats, all occupied.
1t is an old frame, on either side of
which is three-story tenement Coming
home at II, the daughter discovered
smoke issuing from the door cracks
Opening the door, she was enyeloped in
flames, which burned her most severe
ly. A burning ball of cotton, saturated
in oil and surrounding a half brick, was
thrown into clothes press through the
transom, which had been pried open. A
burning newspaper was also dropped on
the floor Nearly forty persons, many of
them children, live in the building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
BASE BALL SCORES.
Standing of the Clubs in Big League
Games.

The clubs in the National League are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Rrl;ance Win. Yacht RACE.

Reliance won the third and decisive
race in the international series for the
Americas cup. Shamrock III. becoming
lost in the fog and failing to cross the
line
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

The State Department in Washington
has received a cablegram from Minister
Leishman at Constantinople, in which he
says that riot occurred at Beirut iii
which seven Christians were killed and
several wounded. Two houses occupied
by Christians were pillaged by the sol
diery The panic was general.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
srRYcHNINE IN COFFEE KILLS.
Helena Man Dies Mysterious1y-Loo
Like Murder for Robbery.

Like Murder tor Robbery
E. McKelvey, clerk i'll a Helena,
Mont, dry goods store, died suddenly at
his home, after drinking a cup of coffee.
A coIpner's jury was summoned to in
quire into the manner of his death, and
sensation was caused by the testimony
of DIR. w. G. Riddell, who attended the
man, and who announced that Nickel
vey had died from strychnine poisoning
DIR. Riddell said that during one of his
lucid spells just before he died McKelvey
denied that he had taken anything. The
man is known to have had $50 in his
pockets when he left the store, but at
the time of his death only so cents was
found on his person
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Girl COMMITS suiclde.

Elsie bucket. a I6-year-old girl living
near Lebanon. H.. hanged herself after
being scolded by her father for receiving
xhe following lines from boy playmate:
..As long as the vine runs round the
stump III be your darling sugar lump"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

Dun's review OF trade says there is
reaction and readlastpfent in business,
following recent unhealthy speculative
excuses, and the caution win make for
steady and legitimate gains.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
De.trnctixe MEXICAN Hurricane.

San Miguel. Mexico, where Cortez
LANDED, was entirely destroyed uy hnr-
ricane, which caused great loss o. life
along the whole Mexican coasv.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Three Drowned in a Well.

Three persons lost their lives in well
al Neshannock. Pa. They were Joseph
Spencer. 50 years old, well-to-do farm
er; his son Walter. y years old, and An
gust Miller, % years old. They We're
overcome by black damp and fell into
ne water
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
EartIshnnkes in the West.

Specials from northwest of Denver tell
of earthquake shocks felt in Boulder,
LOveland, Longmont and Fort Collins,
Colo. The shocks caused doors and
windows to rattle and at Boulder the
houses shook quite perceptibly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Frie Road Diseharres Emp1ores.

The Erie Railroad Company has IS
sued an order for the discharge of all
employees over the age of 30 who have
been taken into employ of the company
since May !. 1901. The order is design
ed TO protect the older employees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
coffee Pot Kills women.

Mrs John Henderson and Mrs. Will
liam Shaffer were burned TO death and
their children narrowly escaped at Blue
Ash. Ohio The boiling over of coffee
extinguished the FIRE aud the gasoline
flowed unnoticed An explosion follow
ed the lighting of a match.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
President shaffer Drops Ont of Sight.

FrcsIuenL ShAHer DrOpA UNI OF SlHhts
Theodore Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers, is missing, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. He has dropped
mysteriously out of sight, and for several
weeks neither fellow officials at the local
office nor the members of his family have
been able to locate him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
United states Warns Colon bia.

The United States has warned Colon
bia That neglect TO ratify the canal
tre1fy unamended will result in meas
urAs that viii cause regret 10 the South
s-lerican republic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
shots FIy al Parry Home.

Guards surrounding the home of d. NJ.
Parry. nesS indianapolis, fought a .sitc;.-
cd battle with two unknown men. Numer-
Gus shots were fired. but the sentinels
escaped uninjured. The marauders fled
and I is not known if either of them was
ehn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Suspect Death by Murder.

The district attorney and sheriff at
Jacksonville. Cal. are investigating the
death of Mrs. Elvira Scales Greene. an
aunt of Bill Nye, the humorist. Mrs.
Greene's death recently was attributed
to gas asphyxiation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Reform in Consular Appointments

President Roosevelt has decided to MI
important posts in the consular service
hereafter by the promotion of men ex
perienced in the duties of such Offices,
reform which has been earnestly urged
for years by business men of the coun-
Try
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
KilIed in Auto Accidents.

Two persons were killed and a num-
Der injured as result of automobile &C
cidents at Detroit and GAINESVILLE. Bar
ney Oldheld had narrow escape from
deafh.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Five Iusult Kai.ert Caurht.

Three men and two women have been
arrested at Halle. Prussia, charged with
insulting Emperor William. The precise
nature of their offense has not been dis
closed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Missirv Man Rea,near,.

After being missing for some time
Theodore A. Shaffer, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron Work
ers, reappeared at Pougtkeepsie, n. Y,
to make a Labor Day speech, but again
disappeared Immediately afserward
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Majority of Powers Dissent.

Germany assents, but other powers
object, to a proposal Of Russia and Aus
tria that coercive diplomatic action be
taken at Sofia to sever relations between
Bulgaria and the Macedonian insurgents,
aid the plan is believed to have fallen
through.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Dir,ctors and Officers Not He1d.

Indictment for manslaughtez agaia 4
directors and officials of a New Jersey
trolley line, the result of a fatal acct
dent. was dismissed by Chief Justice
Gimmere, who held shat the deaths were
due to the carelessness or employees Of
the rad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Hurt bs Fall of Grandstaud.

Fifteen hundred spectators were
thrown into panic by collapsing grand
stand at Fort Leavenworth, Kan, TWEEN
ty-four being seriously hurt and twice
that number badly bruised. Three may
dio
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Two Die inanI nce.diarx Fire,

Two young sons of NJ. Epstein, living
with their parents over a junkshop, were
burned to death in Scranton, Pa, in a
fire which destroyed the building The
fire is supposed to have been of incen-
diary origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
Threatened to Shoot President.

4 man wso is said to have threatened
to shoot President Roosevelt was arrest
ed at Syracuse by the police and secret
service officers, but no pistol was found
ON him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

Perry s. Heath, formerly First Assist
ant Postmaster General, discovered in
Uinta County. Wyoming. while on re-
ce.s fishing trip ledge Of coal that
proves TO be the bigS-ss And ct It's kind
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

ever known in the State. The land has
been located and the find is regarded as
worth now without any development
whatever 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

~ 4 fight between fifteen French sol
s;ers and four Americans IN Pekiu the
French used hayonets. and two of rhs
Americans were seriously wounded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
CHICAGO.


confirmed in larger deal
ings recorded by various industrial lines
and a wider distribution of products.
Bank exchanges exceed those of the cor
responding week last year and reported
failures in the Chicago district are less
in number and significance. Country
buying remains very strong and local
demand is well maintained. Railroads
are liberal buyers on materials for re-
pairs and extensions and have placed
contracts for additional equipment involv-
ing large expenditures. Traffic, by both
rail and lake, exhibits no diminution in
volume and earnings Of railroads cen
tering here show steady gains.
The markets for grain and provisions
are fairly active. The monthly state
ment of hog products in store disclosed
10 per cent decline since July figures
but compared with August, 1902, there
is n gain of 81 per cent.
Trading in the cereals was more ani-
mated notwithstanding limited operations,
for foreign account. Quotations wese
moderately advanced in all the pits, corn
acting as leader Sales of flour are
fair and the market assumes stronger
tone on prospective business for the con
tinent and lesscned stocks in hands OF
domestic dealers. Live stock receipts
291, 500 head-are 16 per cent over
year ago. Receipts of produce increas-
ed in lard 0 per cent; hogs, II; -four, 16;
hides, II; sheep, 10; cattle and butter.
20; seeds, 80; barley. 80; wool, 40, and
corn. 315. Decreases are in dressed
beef. 16 per cent; broom corn, %; cheese,
40; wheat, 45; oats, 50, and rye, 70.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
TRIES TO BURN A FAMILY.
Agent of Secret Society Uses Torch
as His Weapon.

as His Weapon.
With a torch as his weapon some per
son, supposed to be the agent of a secret
society, sought revenge upon Joseph
Bova, a saloonkeeper, and endangered
the lives of thirty persons in st. Louis,
Their escape was due solely to Carlo
DaIraghi, 3 years old, who, awakening,
aroused his mother. The alarm was
sounded instantly and the inmates of the
blazing building escaped just in time.
The building, a two-story structure of
wood, was destroyed with its contents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

Hepry Eberle, sickly butcher DOT OF
Milwaukee, Wis, practically cleaned out
the local gambling houses. Every re-
sort felt his playing, and be cleared uD'
9E 500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

Edwin H. WeIburn was shot and kill
ed in the composing room of the South
ern Methodist publishing house at Nash
vile. Tenn He WAS the foreman of
that department and was killed by G. O.
Pe<tus a former empioye, VINO had been
discharged
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15
SAYS NAVY is WEAK.

Dewey Thinks Uncle Sam's Powers at
Sea Deficient.
Admiral George Dewey has contribut-
ed an article to the current issue of the
Navy League Journal in which he gives
the strength of the fleets that Great Brit
ain, France and Germany could assem-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-15

The assistant attorney general for the
Postofice Department has rendered a
decision depriving the commissioners Of
the District Of Columbia Of the frank
ing privilege, which they have hereto
fore exercised The decision Is based
upon the fact that they are not officers
Of the United States, but of q munici-
~~rs4w
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.


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postal
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weight 4o3
a
ball
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Crime Of
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found
street OF
haveso the
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to M ended
dreY he
And bit
adjoining is
of He afraid
Of He ought
time at Harvard or YALE
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
DER GERMAN COBBLER.
Mr. Voglesten Tells Him How to Make Money.
@t Copyright 1908 by c. B Lewis -

his face M una m says
VI" 4nex BE 1s 1ss %sn sss .masss" in T9 yssss. asks
der der M od s day . uns @ on s s yhs @
would buy that brick
n's @ a fs'%s %y
ii s1oo so aueek as nenr vhas'
s'. 5ss ss@ s;ss: $s:ss :: s.:: s:s ;s
all 1adund
% % t nn @ sss u sn sa @ e a s' @ he @ st n @
his being hard und beat him
himself for awhile und
tocks?"
You" kne eo,n ,soudt So e SGi
makes mefe last HH week I fro from NJ stoekss
like man. 80 49, snst ash sat easy es ash Rzss a s
bought for Is cents Ger dollar taken right
Do p9t What & called der ground % aoo ~
He smiles und hues und pooty
suen M ION de der ~; edas day. r. und dot
,ss vsss;n s Js look m
ut doors @ 1t bid G :s5 M He s Iss me
hands Dot vn $50
a''DS svhas ss dot %' watch @ all right asks.
pocket s iy OUT put 1 as S 's ssss @
Ss'sS @S, : ffs ns. ne Is; ts.:;* ASK:
con sna he III likes @ s to TG hs
for pellet offer him. Hans:" !
sDsS ssss him * a He sess szss ps m
nas %tnsF ee ana 5ss oat Of fsas ss for ego ms r% "
But don'tse you'd
$15?'
.o a, sss s Sns sn % ns a1e @ s s s @ y |
Vosleein
shall 800
I
vh und vhas all mistake
vhas al
"Und don't you'll nettngs?'
German und he knocks off SIS for
vcanyo 8 here
outside hafu something's
tonsin o
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
Encouraging and Discouraging.

j .
Horrihed by the indiscretion of Miss
Thaw Of Pittsburg in throwing her beau
tiful self and $15,00O,00O at a worthless
English earl, the Thomas Nelson Pages OF
Washington have decided to keep. their
budding daughter away from the strange
and ofttimes ruinous fascination Of a
foreign face and title. Not q single dips
lomatist or other foreigner was invited to
the debutante's ball Saturday night,
tho the Pages are in social circle in
which it Is customary to extend invita-
tions to members OF the foreign colony In
Washington
This is the best indication. of a revival
Of genuine Americanism that the country
has seen In a long time. If our 'sassiety'
people in the nations capital are actually
reaching such a stage of enlightenment
that they prefer their daughters happi-
ness and American sons-in-law to the
poor girls misery and titled foreign snobs
for sons law, there is a gleam Of hope
that America may yet be saved. But it
is a pretty tough commentary on our
girls that the only way to save them from
the foreigners is to keep them from meet
ing the gentlemen Of titles.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
Literary Notes,

The Maryland School for the Blind has
published Funk & Wagnall'ss Standard
intermediate School Dictionary in point
print for the use of the blind. It makes
eighteen volumes. This is the first COM
.plete dictionary for the blind ever printed.
Thomas z. Crowell & Co., New York.
have added two volumes to the Trent
edition Of Balzac's writings, containing
his Analytical Studies" Dramas and
"Repertory Of the Comedie Humaine.''
Crowell & Co. also announce the second
volume of their First Folio Shakspere,
to be published next month.
John Kendrick Bangs has become editor
of the metropolitan Magazine, which
Colonel Harvey Of Harper & Brothers
has bought. s...
Charles Egbert Craddock has written
'The Spectre Of Power" a story of the
struggle Of France and England for the
control Of this continent.
"The Conquest of the Southwest is the
title Of "a new novel which Cyrus Town.
send Brady is writing. for the Appletons'
Expansion of the Republic" series.
"Darrel Of the Blessed Isles" is the title
Of Irving Bachelors new novel which the
Lothrop. Publishing Company, Boston, will
issue next month
.'Toilers of the Home,'' is the title Of a
book by, Lillian Pettingill,, who depicts her
experiences as a house servant. after. the
manner Of the Van vorsts in ''The Woman
That Tolls" Doubleday, Page & Co., are
the publishers. II.
Dramatic adaptation of Dickins' novels
are all the rage In London and it is evi-
dent that Dickens has not lost his hold on
the popular appreciation. of his talents,
as some pretend to believe.
TheaAmerican Book Company has issued
"Some Useful Animals and What They
Do For U.s. by John Monteith, author OF
Familiar Animals etc, and Caroline
Monetith. The chapters on birds and the
evil Of wantonly destroying them are OF
special interest. The book is well Illus
trated. Price so cents.
Pierpont Morgan owns three copies OF
the First Folio Of shakspere
In Scotland, book, Wee Macgregor,' y
which was refused by several publishers
is on a boom Of $4,000 copies to the graft.
fication Of the publisher who took his
chances on it. The author is J. J. Bell
formerly q feature-writer on the Glasgow
Evening Times.
The Living Age of March IA contains a
notable paper on .'The Progress of Medi
cine Since 1S03,' from the Edinburg Re.
view. And the notable paper is Alexander
Stands Germs of the Waverly Novels .
Peter Dunno ("Mr, Dooley"), comment
ing on the report that he had been en-
gagged to write for the Harper publications
at 100000 a year, says he only transferred
the management of his syndicate matter
to Colonel Harvey head Of the Harper
firm, and he remarks: why didn't my
Chicago friends add another cipher or two
to the $4,000 and make me comfortable
|. for life 2"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
EATING THE OFFICERS LUNCH
Illustrated Bits.

The following amusing incident occurred
in a certain garrison. 1t is the duty Of an
officers servant to take his. masters
luncheon, tea and anything he may require
to him when he is on guard.
On this occasion the luncheon was
brought, but the officer was otherwise
engaged, and he let it stand to get cold.
Presently he called the bugler.
..Can you, he said, :" eat my luncheon
in the guardroom ?''
Yes, SIR answered the bukler.
'.Well, take it away and do so, will
you?''
Yes, SIR
B OF course the bugler entered the guard
room quite pleased with the treat. He
sat down and shared the lunch with his
comrades, all the while thinking the officer
meant him to eat it.
But imagine the agonized look on his
face when suddenly there came a voice in
the guardroom:
rs the bugler there?'
Yes. SIR
Tell him to bring my luncheon-I think
1T is warm enough by now.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
FARMING in NORTH DAKOTA.
Former Governor John Miller in Oppc


Former Governor John Miller in Oppor-
tunity. ..sy> .-~s.-.
There is no agricultural district in
which farmer of small means has been
able to start more advantageously than
in North Dakota. know hundreds Of
thrifty and well-to-do farmers to-day
who did not bring dollar into that state,
being young men who came there simply
to find employment. 1t Is quite possible
that the. opportunities fors establishing
home in North Dakota on small means
are not as favorable at the present time
as they were earlier in it's history owing
to the advance in the price Of lands. But
1t must be remembered that all other con-
ditions are in favor of opening up and
establishing homes more cheap1y than
could be done a decade ago owing to the
great reduction in the interest rates, in
the price of farm machinery, and nearly
everything that the farmer has to pur-
chase. An additional advantage at the
present time is that the market Is much
more accessible than when the country
was newer. He also has market for
the smaller products of his farm, such as
eggs, butter and vegetables. owing to the
growth Of small towns thruout the state.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-20
Two Kinds of Anti. Union Unions.

The majority of the labor unions Of Chi
cago seems to be riding to a. fall. They are
strike crazy. Strike first and discuss
terms afterwards, seems to be their rule
Let any hothead propose strike in one
of the new unions, and the proposition is
carried. Strikes have become epidemic in
Chicago. Not only that, but they are ac-
companied by mob violence, and such an
utter disregard of individual rights that
an indignant public cannot long continue
to sympthize with the promoters of so
much industrial and even political an
|archy. 1t is common talk that new man
ufacturing concerns keep away from Chi
cago on account Of its reputation for un-
warranted strikes and the lack of mod
Grafton that characterizes unions in that
city. The. extremists received some good
but futile advice yesterday from some of
the experienced men.
What do we find in Chicago to-day?"
asked James J. j. Linehan Of the Carpen-
ters union. st is strike, strike, strike
until the labor movement is in a state Of
anarchy, and where is it to end? If this
condition lasts, some of you who now
favor it will find yourselves called upon
to do police duty. A few men get together
and call themselves union, and before
! they are granted a charter even, they are
| in here with demands seeking your in
dorsement, and next day they are out on
a strike. I am not opposed to strikes
when properly considered and conducted,
but am unalterably opposed to many Of
the strikes which are now keeping us in
turmoil
| In way nothing can seem more absurd
than non-union union, which means an
association Of employers and employees.
Such an organization strikes at the root
of the regular unions, which are organiza-
| tions Of employees. partly, to deal with
employers. But If the union men keep
going around with strike balanced on
their shoulders, waiting for somebody to
knock it off, there will be such a revul-
sion OF public feeling that this new idea
of union instead Of division In the ranks
Of industry may become popular. There
are so many workmen who do not sym
pathize with tha union idea that the co..
operation Of long suffering employers and
the disgusted public might soon create.
Of what IS now looked upon as laughing
stock, very formidable anti-union move
ment. The newly started anti-union unions
are not the only kind Of arti-union unions;
some union unions are really such.
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