Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Recent mishaps to battleships. some
ST which are more serious than the pub
nc has learned; the scarcity of expert
enced line officers and of thoroughly
trained engineer officers, and the untrain-
ed condition of a large part of the en-
listed personnel are factors giving Secre-
tary Moody and other officials of the
Navy Department much anxiety. Acct
dents and wear and tear ON the ships
have practically disabled the North At
iantic battleship squadron. which was
declared the most powerful squadron
that ever flew the United States flag.
The Names injuries destine her for sew
eral months repairs. The Iowas in
juries will cause her to be placed out OF
commission. The Massachusetts requires
thorough overhauling. The Indiana
has been detached from fleet duty. for
which she is ne longer we'll suited and
sent TO the new coast squadron Rear
Admiral Evans recently declared that
midshipmen assigned to the ships of the
Asiatic squadron were so inexperienced
they were unable to properly instruct en-
listed men, and their inexperience was a
source of great danger to the feet.
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NEtN-stN HNEHidu HEFASuitNElStS Will
soon arrive in New York. They will cross
the continent and make a trip Of 10000
miles to study methods of farming and
stock raising. Among them will be
feudal land barons. scientists in the gov
eminent service and students of agricul-
ture The party will be met in New
York by j. l.. Schultz of the Agricultur-
al Department. Two special ears have
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travel by southern route to California.
up the Pacific coast and return to the
Atlantic through the northern tier of
States. The trip has been arranged to
enable the visitors to inspect the great
wheat regions of the West, the orchards
of the North, the stock farms of the
South and West, and the packing houses
of Kansas City and Chicago. The tour
will occupy nearly two months. At Chi
cago the stockyards and packing houses
viii be studied for the better part of two
days, and some little attention viii be
given to the large factories which turn
out modern farming implements.
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Minister Conger reports TO the State
Department from pekin. under date of
March l., that an attempt has been
made in the district of Kutien, about 100
miles west of Pekin, to reorganize the
Boxer movement. but was promptly sup
pressed b, the energetic action of the
viceroy, the famous Yuan Shib Hi. who
stood like a rock against the Boxers in
1900. Several soldiers lost their lives in
the attempt to arrest the criminals. Sew
eral of the criminals were killed, ten 9TH
ers were arrested and are to be behead-
ed and their heads exhibited where the
organization started.
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For the first ts..e in the history of the
government the imports have exceeded a
billion dollars in a year. The record was
made in the twelve months ending with
March. The total exports for the same
time amounted to $1,414. 1S6954, against
$1.001, 596,6S3 of imports. giving an ex-
cess of exports of Sab 100,2T1. Should
the exports of April, May and June avs
erage as high as those for March, they
would bring the total expectations for
The fiscal year past the $l,500,000 600
line. The increase of imports is largely
in manufacturers material.
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Officials Of the Department of Agri-
calture familiar with the food tests be-
ing conducted by DIR. Wiley say the pink
complexion taken on by the young men
who are the subjects Of the experiments
is not due to chemicals in The food but
to the complete elimination Of all mpuri-
ties from the blood brought about by
eating pure food alone. Up to date, II Is
said, the chemicals have been shown to
be absolutely harmless. and in scvera
cases they have been found beneficial.
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Former Speaker Henderson has def
mtely arranged to join the colony of re-
tired statesmen who establish themselves
In New York. He will become president
Of a land company in which Gen. Gren-
vile M. Dodge is interested. His salary
will be $4,000 year.
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The organization of an international
building laborers' union, made up of I'M
skilled laborers in The building trades
throughout the United States and Can
ada, was perfected at the convention Of
representatives of the laborers.