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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
BIG DYNAMITE PLOT.
INTERNAL MACHINE DESIGNED
TO SINK GREAT SHIP.
Box Found with Explosive to BE Set
Free by Clockwork-M Motive Declared
to BE to Drive Every British steamer
froEn the Port.

Through the discovery at New York
of an Internal machine set TO explode 100
pounds Of dynamite within thirty-six
hours, plot concocted by the Malta
to blow up the Atlantic liner Umbria in
midocean was frustrated. The machine
was in 4 box the size of a small trunk
and it consisted of three sets of clock
work and 100 pounds of dyEeniIe. 1t
was delivered at the pier by two t2lians
and the machinery was ia motion when
discovered forty-hve minutes before the
Umbria sailed for Europe.
The attempt to blow up the Umbria
is said TO be part of a conspiracy to
wreck all the English owend steamships
on the New York run.
The Internal machine was discovered
through a letter mailed at the general
postofice with a special delivery stamp
on it, addressed 70 Captain Piper. the
deputy police commissioner. The letter
said the Malta was behind the plot.
Although the letter was signed, Cap
tain Piper thought the warning a hoax.
He decided TO take no chances, however,
and reported the matter to Inspector Nc
Clusky, who sent Detectives Mccarthy
and Farley to the Cunard pier. McClus-
ky also telephoned to Detective Gleason,
who is stationed there, and who had
Captain Watson, the dock superinten.
dent, and Mr.. Floyd, the acting agent of
the line, waiting when they arrived.
The detectives went on board and CON
suited Captain Duttoa Of the Umbria af
ter they had failed to discover the box
on the pier. Inquiry led to the belief
fbof I,,x- 4 sH.,I IL lat
ter had been taken ON the vessel. Cap
tain Dutton declared that he would not
sail until the box was found.
The box was found at the foot of the
first cabin gangway. 1t was of new
pine wood, forty inches long, ten inches
wide and twenty inches deep The top
was fastened down by an ordinary iron
paddock.
The detectives placed their ears near
the box. They could hear the ticking
and buzzing distinctly. They carried it to
a less public place and broke the lock,
The lifted lid disclosed three sets of
clockwork. All the wheels were turning
and ticking and buzzing industriously.
Beneath the clockwork was a large
quantity of brown powder. 1t had the
appearance Of dynamite and there were
at least 100 pounds of it.
The detectives and the officials of the
Cunard line decided to take no chances.
They carried the box to the end of the
pier, handling It somewhat gingerly, and,
attaching a rope to one of the handles,
tossed it overheard to render harmless
any explosive that it might contain.
The news of the finding of the box
spread swiftly among the 800 persons
on the pier who were there TO see friends
depart, and many Of them fled But few
of the passengers knew anything about
it, as the Umbria sailed soon after the
internal machine was destroyed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
BATTLES WITH A BULL.
Armed with Pitchfork a Farmers
Wife Holds Animal at Bay

Armed with Pitchfork a Farmers
Wife Holds Animal at Bay.
Armed with a pitchfork, Mrs. James
Morton, a farmers plucky wife, living
near Flanders, n. j., for nearly an hour
kept at bay vicious bull that had at
tackled and nearly killed her husband.
Two of the farmers children gave the
alarm and friends and neighbors rushed
to the field and drove the bull away.
While entertaining visitors Mrs. Morton
became uneasy over the long absence of
her husband, who had gone out to care
for his stock.
She heard dehorned bull, noted for
its vicious temper, believing, and, on
running to the field, she saw her hus-
band lying unconscious ON the ground,
while the bull stood over him.
Flourishing a pitchfork, the farmers
wife ran forward and drove tie prongs
four inches into the bulls side. As the
animal still continued its attack on her
husband, Mrs. Morton again and again
jabbed the sharp fork into it until the
animal turned and rushed at her.
With q blow on the head Mrs. Morton
made the bull pause. She was still stand
ing guard. pitchfork in hand, when, an
hour later, the rescuers, summoned by
the children, arrived Mr.. Morton was
carried to the house. where it was found
that several of his ribs were broken. He
also was severely injured about the head
and chest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
odds and Ends.

Robbers wrecked the safe Of the Bank
Of Assaria. Kan, riacd 1t aud escaped
on a hand ear.
Red Lake indians have refused TO sign
the treaty for ceding twelve townships
in the Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota. as provided in a bin passed at
the last fession # Congress.
The boilers Of the French steamer
Guadalquivir blew ~ as she WAS leav-
ing Salonica. European Turkey. and the
steamer broke in two. Fire then broke
out in the after part Of the vessel. Sew
eral Of the engineers were badly injured.
The passengers are safe.
Tie deeds 10 the property 81 the Ma
tional Military College, the buildings for
which have just been completed at Ma
son City. Iowa. At cost Of nearly sou
600. were presented by the local board
to the Sons Of Veterans Of the United
States. under whose direction the college
win be managed.
A young man named Ryan sfuonS
started from Lubbeck, Texas, six weeks
ago TO 20 TO bis home in Sterling. hAn-
He had a large sum Of money. BE was
last heard Of az Canon City, Texas,
where he was to take the train Since
then nothing has been heard Of Inn.
II il feared that be has been fcully dsaH
with.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
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The News ~

The Chicago laundry strike took the
starch out of everything.
Caleb Powers is to be tried the third
time for the murder Of Goebel 1t seems
like the thirtieth time.
AT all events the Cleveland boon.
seems to have had the effect of erowding
several other booms off the track.
1t isn't because he is particularly stuck
up that every Kentuckian has a grave
yard of his own, but as a matter Of econ
omy.
From the way the Macedonians are
acting the Sultan would be almost justi-
fed in thinking that they disapprove Of
his government.
After suffering for several days with
the toothache Mark Hanna decided that
there was nothing TO arbitrate, so he
went TO the dentist.
Perhaps the turkey stuffed with dol
lar bills that the New Jersey woman re-
ceived was some relation 70 the goose
that laid the golden egg.
II may be different in the South. but in
Chicago the colored preachers appear to
be able to give their white brothers a
few lessons in fighting vice.
Ex-Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis has a
most convenient memory However,
man with such past should be the hap
pier the more he could forget.
1t is said that the prctender Of Moroc-
co has been slain. He should be care
full. for pretenders have only nine lives
and he has lost at least FIVE Of bis.
A dispatch from Morocco announces
that the prefender 10 the throne has 50
far recovered from his recent suicide
that he was able TO be assassinaied in
new and sensational manner
Having a new batch Of powerful war
ships well under construction. Great
Britain feels that there is no reason why
il should not devote itself again TO the
glorious cause Of universal disarmament.
All things considered, the bitterest II
not the most terrible charge yet brought
By the anti-imperialists is this statement
Of a Philadelphia citizen who declares
that Gen. Funston cannot swim a stroke.
Farmers IN Maine have discovered gold
and are selling their farms az reckless
prices 10 spectators. 1t was up In Maine
that gold was TO be extracted from sea
water some years ago. az certain persons
who invested win remember
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Told in a Few Lines.

The barricadcd monastery of the Ca
puchins at Marseilles was taken by the
police, who arrested the friars and their
sympathizers within the building.
W. H. Pope. judge Of the Court Of
First Instance Of the Philippine Islands,
has resigned and owing to shattered
health. viii return to Santa Fe, y. NJ.
Miss Virginia Evans. daughter of Rear
ADMIRAL Evans. was married to Harold
Sewall of Boston at Toxic, Japan. The
reception was held at the British lega-
ton.
w 4 Roman. a wes'thy stockman Of
Gallinas. o. r., died in the hospital al.
Trinidad. Colo, from the effects of t=0
bullet wounds which he received while
riding on his range The shooting was
the result of a feud caused BY rival
claims for the free range.
Attorney General Knox has appointed
J. c. McReynolds of Tennessee assist
aut Attorney General Of the United
States. To succeed James NJ. Beck. re-
signed. Mr.. McHeynoIds is a Nashville
lawyer. AZ wears Of age. and formerly
lived in Washington as the private secre-
tary to Senator Jackson Of Tennessee,
who subsequently became an associate
justice Of tie Supreme Court Of the Unit
ed States.
Seven students belonging to the Poly
technic institute al Carisruhe. Baden,
have been sentenced to six months con-
fnelnezf in a fortress for acting as q
court OF honor. whose decisiOS caused q
duel between two students in which a
Russian Pole. Stanisiaos Goldberg. was
killed
Gov. r nnypacker Of Pennsylvania We
tced the I'm recently passed by the Leg
islature regulating the manufacture and
sale Of alum baking powder The Gov
ernor. n his objection 20 the bsl. says
It's passage Was evidently secured By the
Eianufac.ureT or vender OF some rival
baking powder with intent to obtain IN
unfair advantage
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
CANNOT BAR POOR woRsH1rER.
Court Renders Decision Against Aris-
tocratic Congregation.

Court Renders Decision Against Aris-
tocratic Congregation.
By a decision of the Circuit Court in
Kansas City the aristocratic members of
a church have no legal right to deny
poor worshiper the occupancy of seat
among them. The Congregation Gomad
Cheese. a Jewish synagogue congrega-
ton, was sued by Samuel Graves, a
pawnbroker and jeweler, for $65, the
value of a pew which he had agreed TO
sell to Ii. Jagota. shoemaker, and the
court rendered a judgment against the
congregation. Before buying the pew
from Graves, Jagota like all the poorer
members of the congregation, had occu-
pied seat in the rear of the church.
When Jagota with his family attempted
TO enter the aristocratic section where
his new pew was located he was met
by the president of the congregation, who
told him that he could not sit in that
seat. Jagota pushed by. determined to
assert his rights, but when he reached
his pew he found its entrance blocked
and barricaded with chairs. In the face
of this opposition Jagota abandoned his
claim to the pew and refused to pay for
it. ThereupOn Graves brought suit
against the congregation to recover the
amount he lost because he was unable
to deliver to Jagota the pew according to
contract
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
RUSSIA IS IN EARNEST.
Military Operations in Manchuria
Being RAPIDLY Pushed.

The Russians have reoccupied New
Chwang in force. simultaneously the
Russian squadron has arrived in the gulf
of Pe-Chi-Li. The Russians brought a
large number of guns with them and
have ordered a big sr~ply of beef on the
hoof. Large supple e provisions and
military stores are a4iving. The Rus
SLAMS have also occupied the forts at the
mouth of the Lao river and ordered an
other force to Occupy Tien-C hwang- Tai.
There are now $4,000 troops between
Port Arthur and the Lao river. 1t is
also reported that the Russians are con-
structing military works near Lao Yang,
on the road to the Yalu river above.
These preparations are regarded as an
extensive scheme on the part of Russia
to forestall action by countries opposed
to her plans in regard to Manchuria.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
BIG FIRE AT OTTAWA.
Two Thousand People Homeless and
Damage Reaches $5OO,OOO.

TWO Thousand HeOpie homeless ana
Damage Reaches $5O0,O0O.
At Ottawa, Ont, about $50 houses de-
stroyed. probably 1000 people homeless
and financial loss Of fully 100000 is
the result of the confagration which de-
vastated the area between the Ottawa
and Parry Sound Railway tracks on the
east, Albert on the north and the tracks
of the Canadian Pacific Prescott Line
and Third avenue ON the west. The
money loss is about half covered by in
surance.
Although it was first believed that an
iucendiary had started the fire, doubts
were afterward thrown upon this theory.
1t was said that the blaze was seen in
the grass before it seized the lumber
Between 1O.000.000 and 100000 feet
of lumber was burned. The buildings
destroyed We're dwelling houses and
stores. No lives are known to have been
lost
Because of an accident to the water
pipes it was nearly an hour after the fire
was discovered before water was thrown
upon the flames. Assistance arrived
from Montreal. but it was not required
Yhe military was called out to aid the
civil power in fighting the FIRE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
PUPILS co ON STRIKE.
OBJECTIONS in Two ParochiaI Schools
at Omaha.

Not only is Omaha's business almost
paralyzed by union troubles, but now the
public schools are threatened, for the
school children are striking. About fifty
took the initial step at the Holy Family
narochial school TO secure shorter hours.
They Immediately sent out pickets and
Induced about the same number to join
them from the ST. Philomenas school at
the afternoon recess. There is also a
union being formed 9f the children in the
public schools. and at KeIlom, Il graded
school, a waik-out is threatened if one
of the teachers is not removed. The
strike at the Holy Family Church school
was business-like affair. The school
has about fifty pupils. half of whom are
boys. There was a general secret con-
ference and it was decided that school
hours should be from $3.50 TO 11:45 in
stead of from 8 to L, and lis TO 3, in
stead of l to $3.50. Accordingly the boys
left the school at noon and agreed not
to return until their demand was grant
ed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
DEATH ENDS LONG SEARCH.
]. T. Toohey's Demise in Chicago Re-
veaIs His Wherenb outs to Brother.

Michael Toohey of Hamilton, Ohio,
after remaining forty-five years in ignor-
ance of the whereabouts of his brother,
]. t. Toohey, got news of him through a
Chicago press dispatch. His search of
nearly half a century was ended when
he read that John L. Toohey, million
aire of Australia had died at the Au-
ditorium Hotel in Chicago. Michael Too
hey went to Chicago. When he arrived
the widow and three daughters had start
ed for Australia with she body. Mr..
Toohey said that his brother left their
fathers home in Ireland for Australia
nearly fifty years ago, while he started
for America. He received a letter two
years later asking him to come to Aus
tralia, but he lost it and was never able
to learn his brothers address.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
GREAT BUFFALO FIRE
FLAMES CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE
AMOUNT OF $3.50, 900.
Mills, Elevators, Freight Sheds and
Cars Are Consumed = Fireman Is
Killed = Former Toledo Official Ar
rested for Alleged EmbezzIement.

The Diamond mills, owned by Church
III q Co., an elevator owned by the same
company, the transfer house of the Lake
Shore and Erie railroads and about forty
cars were destroyed by fire in Buffalo
A score of small houses in the vicinity
of the big blaze Were damaged by fires
started from sparks. and it was only by
the combined efforts of all the fire fight
ing apparatus and fremen in the city
that a more extensive confiagration was
prevented. The loss is estimated at $3.50
600 Lieut.. Clark was struck by the
coupling of hose which burst and was
hurled against a wall, fracturing his
skull He will die.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Alfred Knapp Trial Juno I6.

The trial of Alfred A. Knapp, the In
dianapolis "Bluebeard," has been assign
ed for Tuesday, June 16. at Hamilton,
Ohio. Knapp, who made written con-
feSsion of strangling Eve women and chill
dren, will be tried on charge of choking
his third wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp,
and throwing her body in the river.
Knapp repudiated his confession and de-
clared he wrote it only to get rid of the
police and newspaper men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
TRICK TO FREE MURDERER.
Discovered in Time, and Prisoner Is
Sentenced to Penitentiarv.

We
Thomas Kelly was sentenced to the
penitentiary by Judge Horton in Chicago
for fourteen years for the murder of
Thomas Tully. Kelly was a saloon-keep-
er and Tully was a switchman. The
quarrel was over 60 cents. Before the
case was brought to trial Assistant
States Attorney Carey discovered that
the name in the Indictment was Tallay,
instead of FULLY, and a second indict-
ment was necessary. A peculiar condi
ton o. affairs developed that led the
States Attorney TO believe some one had
tried to secure Kelly's discharge by hav-
ing the name of the murdered man APP
pear incorrectly in the Indictment. 1t
was learned that when the coffin plate
was made it was inscribed with the name
fully" which was correct. Then this
plate vas destroyed and one substituted
bearing the name Tallay. A sister of
Tully was brought from Ohio TO estab
lish his true name. Tully was 30 years
old and unmarried
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Rigamist Must serve Term.

At Topeka the Kansas Supreme Court
affirmed the sentence of bigamy of James
- Pendleton, alias Coda :. Lorris, a
Missouri man who went to Oklahoma,
wrote to his wife over an assumed name
that her husband was dead, mad a cake
Of ice buried in a coffin as Pendleton,
then went to Emporia and married a
young giii.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19

Elsie Barrett. who shot Bessie Palmer.
the actress, in their Chicago apartments
last JanuaPy. was found guilty of the
second count IN the indictment charging
criminal negligence. This means that
short Jail or house of correction sentence
wiz be imposed No sentence was passed
a. a motion for new trisz was made by
the defendants attorney.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
CIoudburst at JacksonviIIe, Fla.

In Jacksonville, Fla, the recent rain
eliminated in cloudburst and as a re-
suit one square mile of the city was
under water. Many citizens awoke to
find their homes surrounded by water,
and every railroad track entering the city
was flooded The food loss is estimated
at 100000. The rainfall for twenty
four hours is S4i inches.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
NEW INJUNCTION AT OMAHA.
District Court Issues Order Against
Sfrikiup Restaurant Morkers.

District Court Issues Order Against
Striking Restaurant Workers.
On a petition of attorneys representing
several of the largest restaurant owners
of Omaha three judges sitting in the
District Court granted an injunction re-
straining the striking restaurant workers
from interfering with the business of
the proprietors. The order is similar to
that granted by the federal court against
the teamsters. Fifty emergency deputy
sheriffs appointed recently, and who were
union strikers, were dismissed and nom
union men sworn in their places. The
union officers were charged with persuad-
ing non-union drivers to leave their work.
Eighteen of the largest laundries in the
city closed, locking out 800 laundry work
or
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19

Tyner has been in JAMES n. T1NkK.
the postal service forty years. He was
born in Indiana seventy-six years ago,
and went to Washington as a member
of Congress in 1863 He was Postmaster
General from 1875 to 1882. Ill health is
given as the cause of his resignation.
-:
p. G. Hanna Bey is generally regard
ed as the Machiavelli of Turkey for the
reason that when any important mission
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Twenty Hurt in Car Crash.

seriously. in a collision between two
south-bound electric cars at West Forty
third and Halsted streets, Chicago. One
woman was taken from the wreck into
shoe store 1t is feared she is fatally
injured Others were thrown about the
cars and sustained injuries from broken
limbs and bruises.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
FIND TRAMP AND kIDNAPED BOY.
Archie Davies, Missing for Months,
Found at Dawrenceville, Ill.

Archie Davies, the 13-year-old son of
o. L. Davies of Kansas City, and a
tramp who had kidnapped him, We're
found in the railroad yards at Lawrence
vile, ILL.,, by Sheriff Peter j. Carr. The
boy at first seemed to be afraid of the
tramp and could hardly be induced to
talk, but he finally said he is Archie Da-
vies. When captured the tramp swore
and commanded the boy to keep silent.
The tramp gave his name as Frank Will
mouth, and denied the kidnapping. Mrs.
Davies has travelled in search of her boy
for six months. 1t is said that this is the
second time Wilmouth has enticed the
boy and taken him all over the country,
forcing him to beg and steal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Four Negroes Killed in Race Riot.

There was arraee riot in St Tammdly
parish, about fifty miles from New Or
leans. An insolent negro was beaten
with an AK handle by IA white grocery
clerk The negroes armed and a pitched
battle with white citizens followed, in
which four negroes. one of whom was the
aggressor, were killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Mrs. Lillie,s Sentence Suspended.

Chief Justice Sullivan, Of the Nebraska
Supreme Court, has signed an order sus-
pending the sentence of Mrs. Lena Lille
until her case can be reviewed by the Su
preme Court, which will probably be in
September. In the meantime she will
remain in the Butler County Jail. Mrs.
Lille was convicted of numbering her
husband and given life sentence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
KLoND1KE oUrPUT is LARGE.

Yukon Advices Estimate Cleanup of
Various Camps at $25,oOo,oOo.
Yukon advices state the clean-ups now
in progress in Klondike, Atlin, Forty
Mile, Rampant and Nome camps will pro-
duce $25.000.000 gold. Heavy SHOWS are
providing a maximum of water, enabling
the miners to quickly wash out the inn
mense dumps piled up during the win
ter. The Klondike output is estimated
at S15,000,0OO. Hydraulic and dredging
outfits now being installed will greatly
augment the output of all these camps by
another season
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19

nue and 18th street. New York, and win
build large department store The
structure vii front $50 feet on 18th
street, covering the entire 9th avenue
block front south to 18th street. II will
he ten stories high. with basement and
subbasement. taking in more than 10000
square feet of retail selling space.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19

Clay Taylor, alias Prof. Plutte, was
arrested at San Jose. Cal. for supposed
designs upon the lfe of the President.
He has served three terms iii prison. 1t
is alleged that he wrote to the President.
advising him not to visit San lose. He
is also accused of recent anarohistic Ut
teranceS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
F1omes Dcstrov Karns and Thester

Shollenbarger Brothers livery barn
and the Bijou Theater We're destroyed
by fire at Hamilton Ohio. 4 number
of fine horses were cremated. Several
actresses were rescued from sleeping
apartments above the theater. The loss is
$4,000, with insurance Of $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-19
Mnrl, Trnin Ia Derni1ed

Twelve men, imprisoned in a derailed
work train on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road, were either killed outright or burn
ed to death in the debris near Port Ar
thur, Ont. Eight others were fearfully
burned and some of them will die. The
train was running at high speed when
1t was derailed. presumably by the break
inr of an axle