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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
TERROR AT JACKSON.
Troops Fire at Providers Who Sup
poSedIy Aftempt Attack IN Tail


At Jackson, Ky, Tuesday night mob
made an attempt, it is believed, TO at
tack the jail in which Curtis Jett and
Tom White, indicted for murder, are
held, and was repulsed only after a des-
perate conflict. Another report had 1t
that the troops fired on a company of
men who were approaching the jail and
thai the citizens turned out and indiscrin-
mate firing continued all night
This, with the statement that nom
combatants were panic-stricken all
through a night of horror and that the
militia to some extent was demoralized,
is the information which the telegraph
brought from Jackson. The newspaper
correspondents were prevented from send
ing details by fear of assassination,
which has been threatened openly in case
they sent out anything to which friends
of either side in this deadly Kentucky
feud objected.
Opinions differ as to whether the at
tack on the jail was for the purpose of
releasing Jett and White and giving them
a chance TO escape or was planned for
the purpose of lynchiug the prisoners.
There was firing at intervals all night
by the soldiers and irresponsible mem
bers of the community, but daylight
brought the comforting assurance that
nobody had been hurt. The night was
intensely hot and the sky heavily over
cast Jackson boasts no street lights and
soldiers and citizens passed one another
IN inky darkness. The calm that has
hung ominously over the locality for sew
eral days had intensified the anxiety.
Early in the evening about sixty armed
men were noticed in Jackson. At mid
night the providers began to sneak across
the street from the bank south of the
Jail. The guards commanded them to
halt. They refused and in reply fred
several shots. The guards returned the
fire. The providers then ran about hun
dred yards farther and fred again, and
the guards poured three volleys at them.
Moving objects were discovered on the
north side of the Jail and the guards
fred again and killed a COW. A few mo-
ments before the firing a flash of light
ming revealed a squad of men in the hills
in the rear of the Jail. 1t was suspected
that concerted attack was to be made
on the Jail and the troops prepared to
fight, but a terrific storm was raging
and it was absolutely dark, so that no
further demonstration was made.
Since James B. Marcum was shot and
killed on the court house steps at Jack
son as result of the Hargis-Cockrill
feud, anarchy has reigned in the county
of Breathitt. The arrival of the troops
Quoted things to some extent, but the
undercurrent of fear has been flowing
ceaselessly.
Tuesday several of the newspaper cor
respondents put on uniforms of the mi
litia, thinking that the garb might save
them from being picked off at a distance
by. revengeful feudists who have declar-
ed that no news shall be sent out of the
MI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

ument commemorating the event was I'M.
yelled in the presence of many thou.
sands FROM Freeport and vicinity.
At Pontiac the monument to the sol.
diers and sailors of Livingston County
was dedicated late Wednesday afternoon.
President Roosevelt arrived shortly after
8 o'clock. He was escorted from his
train to the shaft. The monument is
ffty-six feet high and stands on base
fourteen feet square. The shaft is sur
mounted by a bronzeN soldiers figure at
parade rest. The base of the monument
bears military and naval relief emblems
and tablets commemorative deeds of Liv-
ingston's soldiers and sailors.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
BIG RAILROAD PLAN Rg-rvsc.
Omaha the Center of Proposed Trans
continental System.

Private adviees from New York indi-
cate that the project for the construction
of railroad from Omaha to the Gulf of
Mexico on the south and Omaha to the
Canadian line On the north has been re-
vived and is in affair way to be carried
through The specifications and esti-
mates of cost are now before the syn
dicate of New York and Omaha capital
lsts back of the project and it is given
put that representatives of the syndicate
Will soon pass over the proposed route.
This syndicate, it is said by Omaha mem
bers of it, is also tentatively interested
in proposed road passing through Oma-
ma 9TH Chicago and Denver as its ter
MIMI The Omaha promoters of the pro-
Ject are members of the National Irri-
gated Homestead Company, of which
William A. Paxton, president of the
South Omaha Stock Yards Company, is
the head
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

To make the hi-centeHnial of the birth
Of John Wesley netsbie in southern
Methodisu, the board Of missions. ia ses-
sion ST st. Louis, decided 10 undertake
the raising Of $4,000 during the year
70 be used for home and foreign missions
The yearly number Of deaths per thou
sand Of population in Idaho Is GO: IN
Oregon. s. 70. in Washington. a.6S Com
pare these figures With the death rate in
New York. which Is l6sS and with
Massachusetts. which Is Is. l6-both be-
ing typical Eastern States with a low
death rate-znd il VII be seen that these
ere the most healthy States in TIE Union.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
PRESIDENTS HoMewARD rRln
Roosevelt the Guest of Many Iowa and
Illinois Cities,

President Roosevelt finished his trans
Mississippi tour and early Wednesday
morning he entered Illinois on the last
stage of his long journey from the ma
tional capital to the Pacific coast and
back again. Wherever the train stopped
the President was greeted by an enthu-
siastic crowd. Following are the Illinois
cities TO be visited by the President
Wednesday in the order in which they
were reached: Freeport. rockford, Ro-
chelle, Aurora, Joliet, Pontiac and
Bloomington.
When the special train bearing Presi-
dent Roosevelt and party arrived in Den
nison, Iowa, the home of Secretary Shaw,
the presidential party and other distin-
guished guests were driven through the
city past the homes of Secretary Shaw
and Congressman Conner through cheer
ing crowds and returned TO the station,
where they found a crowd of not less
than 10000 people assembled The Pres
ident was introduced by Secretary Shaw,
who was received by the people of his
home with loud cheering The Presi-
dent spoke for nearly twenty minutes
and paid special tribute to the Iowa
members of the cabinet and Congress.
On the platform aside from the regular
members of the Presidents party were
Senators Allison and Deliver, Secreta.
ries Shaw and Wilson, Congressman
Conner, Editor Rosewater of the Omaha
Bee and a score of distinguished Iowans
AT independence, where moments
stop was made. President Roosevelt paid
a tribute to Iowa's sons and daughters
and said he believed in the future of
this country because he believed in the
equality of the men and women compos-
ing it, A few minutes stop was made at
Manchester. where the President was in,
troduced to a big crowd. Five-minute
stops were made at Webster City, Cedar
Falls, Waterton and Iowa Falls.
Day of Declarations.
One of the features of President
Roosevelt's visit to Rockford, H., was
the dedication of the memorial building
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
WOMAN ESCAPES BURIAL ALIVE.
Mere Chance Saves Mrs. James Wal
tiers at Lewisburg, Pa.

By the merest chance Mrs. James Wal
GERS of Lewisburg, Pa, escaped being
buried alive. She had been suffering
from heart trouble for several months.
Early on recent morning, after calling
her husband to her bedside, Mrs. Walters
lapsed into Inconsistencies. In a few
minutes respiration apparently ceased,
and all efforts to revive her failed. An
undertaken was sent for and two women
began to prepare the body for burial.
They had about finished their task when
one of the women observed that Mrs.
Walters breathed when her arm was
raised. A physician restored the wom-
an to consciousness. Her condition later
greatly improved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Three Men Cooked AIive.

At Pueblo, Colo, while a gang of la
borers was digging n trench near one of
the blast furnaces of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company's steel works a bosh,
or vent, at the base of the furnaces was
opened without warning and molten iron
and blazing gas poured out upon them.
Three of the men were literally cooked
alive. The men are Austrians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
STEAMERS COLLIDE IN FOG.
Liner japan and Admiral Crash To-
gether Near Two Harbors.

With the arrival at Duluth of the An
Choir line steamer Japan it became known
that two big lake steamers collided in
fog off Two Harbors. Were it not
that both vessels were under check be-
cause of the bad weather it is probable
both would have gone down. The yes
sells figuring in the accident were the
Japan and the Admiral. As related by
men from the Japan, the accident hap
pened at $50 o'clock in the evening. The
Japan was feeling her way slowly toward
Duluth. Fog whistles were sounded fire.
quently. Suddenly out of the mists ahead
of the liner loomed the steel prov of the
Admiral. An instant later the ships
struck
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Guilty of Murder. but Insane.

Henry Stegald, who was charged with
the murder of Frank Bowen, a grain
buyer, has been found .dty by a jury
in the State Circuit Court at Sioux Falls,
S. ID. The jury declares that Stegald
was insane at the time of the commits
sion of the murder. Stegald was agent
for the Illinois Central Railroad at Bon
claire and had an alteration with Bowen
over demurrage charges.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
MACK snaIlpox IL Rarinu.

A black smallpox epidemic is raging at
Vermillion. Ohio. The disease is spread
Ing rapidly and all the schools, churches
and other places of public gatherings
have been ordered closed and the vii
layers are panic stricken. Health Officer
Greene has resigned his position and the
city officials are doing the work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
FINDS A WILD, WHITE TRIBE.
American Reports Discovery of Curl
ous People in Mindors Island.

ous People in Mindora Island.
Lieut.. II. B. Barton of the Philippine
constabulary has reported to the War
Department the discovery by himself of
strange tribe of white men in the in
terror of the island of Mindoro. He en-
deayored TO communicate with these peo-
pie, but they appeared to be wild and
fled into the mountains on the approach
OF his party. In his account of the at
fair Lieut.. Barton says the people have
compilations as light as that of any eau
casion and straight, light hair and blue
eyes. The discovery will be reported 20
the chronological bureau and an effort
made to trace the origin of these people.
1t is supposed that they may be the de-
scendants of sailors shipwrecked many
generations ago. An expedition is TO be
fitted out under Gov. Off1ey of the prov
ince Of Martinique to investigate the race
and its conditions
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
NIanila Cashier be- Cnught.

Not far from Seattle. Wash. Deputy
United States Marshal John Stringer has
arrested Edward l.. Waite, who is want
ed In Manila Cor embezzlement Waite
left Manila NJ =, taking with him. it is
alleged, $1,000 from the Col Newberry
Bank. of which he was cashier.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Burgiars Fire a Wire Mill.

Burglars broke into the Office of Kidd
Bros. & Burghers, steel wire mill, at
McKees Rocks, Pa, and, finding nothing
of value after dynamiting the safe, set
fire TO the plant. The main building, a
Icing frame structure, was completely de-
stroyed, entailing a loss of about $780,
600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

A general strike of textile workers
was begun in Philadelphia Monday, and
involves about 10000 operatives. OF the
600 firms engaged in the textile industry
only forty-seven have granted the de-
mands of the union, and their plants,
employing about $4,000 hands, are in OPP
Grafton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
ChiIdren Burned to Deal n.

Three children of Benjamin Van Hou-
tin were burned to death eight miles
southwest of Clinton, Ind. The father
was at work on his farm when the house
caught fire from defective fue. A son.
ID years old, went to the rescue of his
little brother and sister. He was unable
to reach the children, who soon burned
TO death. The boy who tried to save
them died of his burns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Am Nrnine Is FIraawepr.

Maine the other night was burning
from one side to the other and in almost
every section. Thousands of dollars
worth of property and valuable timber
land were destroyed hourly by forest fires
and there is little prospect fer changed
conditions until rain has soaked the
ground and woodlands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Plot TO Aasaa,inote FoIlr.

A detail of sleuths have been securing
St Louis for three men, who are believ-
ed to have entered into a conspiracy to
assassinate Circuit Attorney Joseph w.
Folk for $1,000. That they failed to
carry the plot into execution is believed
to be due to the fact that the circuit at
torney has been closely guarded by detec-
tives. The conspirators were heard dis
cussing their plans in a restaurant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Takes Half Pint of Poison.

John Howell 65 years old, committed
suicide at Middletown, Ohio, by drinking
half pint of carbolic acid. Local doc
tcrs have never before known of a case
in which a person was able 10 swallow
one-third as much of this poison. How
ellis stomach was completely burned out.
i'll health and growing blindness caused
his suicide
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Rennrt ON state OF Trade

waiting on crop and labor developments;
iron situation bettered by lower prices;
May railroad earnings reported by Dun's
az l2.S per cent over 1902.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Farmer, RIov ont a Dam.

The Chengwatana, Mimi, dam was
blown out by a party of disguised men.
They overpowered the two watchmen
and exploded four charges of dynamite,
destroying two of the main gates. Feel
Eng against the dam has run high among
the farmers for months past and several
anti-dam meetings had been held of late.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Windstorm Brings Death.

A cyclone started about three miles
south of Welsh, La, and swept every
thing before it for a distance of two
miles. The two-story house of S. E. Car
roll, wealthy farmer, with all the out
buildings and barns, was wrecked. Ed
Blrgess, a hired man, was killed and
Carroll and his wife seriously injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
KILLED AT FIANcEEs HOME.
Prof. John F. Hicks Victim of I'm
known Assassins.

Prof. John f. Hicks, assistant botan-
list of the Ohio agricultural experiment
station, died from the effects of a pistol
shot fired by an unknown man as he was
leaving the home of his fancee, Miss
Mary Gill of Wooster, Ohio. AS he was
about to leave the house Hicks saw an
unknown man run across the lawn Miss
Gill screamed and Hicks pursued the
stranger. A struggle followed, in which
Hicks was shot in the groin. The stran-
ger escaped and his identity has not been
learned. Mr.. Hicks came three years
ago from the st. Louis botanical gardens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
k,n.a. wa,t. e5.ooO lfrn-

T. h. Gerow, State employment agent.
saws Kansas viii need at least $4,000
men and 1000 teams for the wheat har-
vest. His estimates are made from re
ports received from evers township in
the State. There are no idle men in
Kansas. SO it viii be necessary to import
harvest hands.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Twentv Hnrt in Street. Car Wreck.

In San F-3-cisco an electric car on
Fillmore straer got beyond control while
descending the steep grade between
James and Haight streets. At the cross
ings it ran into a Haight street cable car
filled with passengers. About twenty
persons were hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

The city CT North Topeka. Kan. wat
wiped oT the nlzp By FIRE and foods Two
hundred and fifty residents persisted aQd
property loss reached 5000. COO Sur
vivors tell OF terrible scenes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

steamer CHINA reached Port Huron,
Officers of the vessel reported having
passed a three-masted schooner disman-
tied off Thunder Bay Island, Lake HUI
! ron- The schooner's spars were hanging
over her side, and there was no sign of
life aboard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
BASE BALL SCORES.
Standing of the Clubs in Big League
Games.
( the American League
TAKEN AS CoUNTERFEITERs.
Two Are Arrested in Hot Syringe,
Ark, with Extensive Plant

William Brock and his wife, Mary
Brock, were arrested at Hot Springs,
Ark, and placed in the county jail on
charge of counterfeiting. Brock was ar
rested while in the act of passing So
bill in a saloon. Mrs. Brock was arrest
ed in her apartments at 80 Park ave-
nue., where several thousand dollars in
50 bills, together with the plates and
the full eounterfeiting equipment, were
found. a large number of the bills were
unfinished. They are excellent counter
feits. Brock violently resisted arrest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
shot in Levee Resort.

William II. Robinson of New York
was shot and seriously wounded By aw-
renee Curtis, bookmaker. in a resort in
the Chicago levee section. A quarrel
between two chorus girls, companions Of
-he men. was taken up by escorts. Curtis
and both women were arrested.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Looks on Murder as Jest.

Laughing, as if murder and suicide
were jokes, Charles E. WOLF, a contrac-
tor, while talking to Mrs. Louis p. Mel
son at the corner of Grand and Chouteau
avenues, st. Louis, suddenly drew a re-
velver and shot her twice in the head
and then sent a bullet into his own brain.
At the hospital it is believed both will
die
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Held in Mud Until Drowned.

Charles Lynch. stockman. aged .,
living in Union County, S. D.. met a
horrible death. lie became mired in the
soft bed of Lewis creek and was held 8
prisoner until the rising waters passed
over his head
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Cruiser Tacoma Launched.

The cruiser Tacoma was launched at
the ship yards of the Union Iron Works
at San Francisco. in the presence of sew
eral thousand people, including a dele
CATION from the State of Washington.
Miss Julia Naomin Harris, of Tacoma,
christened the vessel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
ovnrland Trnin nerniled.

Overland passenger train No. % was
derailed at a point about a mile south of
Rincon. Cal. -Four cars plunged down
an embankment forty feet high, two of
them being partly submerged in the sea.
About forty people were injured. some of
them seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

Fire ~ Racine destroyed the Racine
Boat Manufacturing plant and Standard
OIL tanks and on. and damaged the prop
erty Of the Case Thrashing Machine
Company. causing a loss Of over $3.50, 0oQ
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Terrific Cyclone in Georgia.

Eghty-five persons were killed and for
ty fatally injured at Gainesville Ga, by
a cyclone. Many were crushed to death
in a eollapsing cotton mill. All but six
of the dead are whites.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Day of Dedicntious.

One of the features of President
Roosevelt's visit to Rockford, H., was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Rnnk Safe Ia Drnamited.

Thieves blew open the safe of the
Gold-Stabeck bank at Vesta. Mimi, with
dynamite and made a big haul, securing
81, 900 in currency and $4,000 in notes,
The robbers stole a team of horses and
,aade their escape. They are believed to
be amateurs,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
psva.tafion bv Flood

Flo7d 1t DeS Moines made 6,ooo PEG
PIE homeless and fwenty-three deaths are
reported. The State capitol was thrown
open TO refugees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
American Fleet TO Visit Kiei,

The Navy Department has announced
that the European squadron would visit
kiel The battleship Alabama viii join
the European squadron, consisting Of the
Chicago. Machias and San Francisco. ar
Lisbon. Thence the squadron VIII pro-
cee1 north TO kiel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
AnonIexv Strike. Gen. McCook.

Word was received at the War De
partment in Washington that Maj. Gen.
Alexander McCook, U. S. A., retired,
was stricken with apoplexy at Dayton,
Ohio, and is in a critical condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Train Kills Three in Carriage.

A passenger train on the Pennsylvania
Railroad at T. In, Ohio, struck car
riage containing two young men and two
young women. AS a result three viii die
and the fourth is badly hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Returns Valuable Violin.

Jaroslaz Kocian, Bohemian violin VIZ.
tuoso, has returned TO owner $4,000 in
strument he had taken to Europe, after
playing on it and weeping over it at
New York hotel
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Advance for Freight Handlers

Freight handlers reached a settlement
with the Lake Shore Road. being granted
an advance in wages slightly in excess of
4 per cent. Other lines are willing to
give a similar raise, which, it is said. the
men are ready 20 aecep..
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

recently CVlnpleleu
by w in ne b a z q
County to coinmem-
crate the deeds of
valor of soldiers and
sailors who enlisted
from this county in
1S61-5. In the pres
ence of 10000 peo-
pie the President
unfnrled the flag
over the building.
President RooSe-
welt and party ar
rived in Freeport at
s O'clock and imme-
diately afterward
We're driven to the
site Of the Lincoln
Douglas debate in
1850
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Gives Up Temperance Work.

Lady Henry Somerset, president of the
National British Women's Temperance
Association, and president of the World 5
Women's Christian Temperance Union,
has resigned from the former Office and
will, for Ne present at least, do no more
work
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
nrowued bv siukinu eteamer.

a Mississippi River excursion steamer
Mt Hannibal, No., was crushed against
n bridge pier when carrying 200 passen-
gers, most of them women and children,
who were thrown into a panic of fear
The boat sank and four people were
drnMned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Find Lost NIacnate,s Body.

The remains of Superip tendent B. f.
Egan, of the Great Northern Railroad.
who was lost in the mounrcins of Mon
tana. while hunting Nov. 4, have been
recovered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

Expectation of manufactures in April
was larger than in any preceding month
in the history of trade with two excep-
tions-March and May, 1900
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Heais a Neg,-o Repubiic.

Advices from Liberia announce that
Arthur Barclay was recently elected
president of that republic. He was for
merly secretary-tressurer of this little
independent nation on the west coast Of
Afriea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Rni1dinr Collansc., Fivc Tninrc,f.

4 two-story brick building collapsed
in Topeka, Kan. These FIVE sleeping la
borers we're injured: ~ q. Charles
burv. Edward larsen. Joseph jackson.
John Thomas and Carl Johnsoa. Il is
believed all VIII recover