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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
MOUNT RAINIER LOSES A PEAK.
Point Broken Off by an EarthquaL.,
and slides Down the Slope.

and Slides Down the Slope.
The earthquake felt at a number of
points in eastern Washington the other
day is believed to have broken off the
highest peak of Mount Rainier, tum-
bling it over the southeastern slopes of
the mountain into the valley of the
Natchez river. The earthquake was ac-
companied by loud reports. heard in
Yakima valley, 100 miles distant frc,1
the mountain. These reports sounded
like the firing of heavy cannon. State
Senator Ruth of Olympia and G. e..
Higgins, a cattleman owning ranges on
the southern slope of the mountain, state
that they witnessed the sliding off of the
mountains peak Ruth was visiting
Higgins ranch. They were surprised
by an earthquake shock and instructive
ly rushed to the door to look ut the noun
tain. They saw that the southeastern
peak had broken off and the entire mass
was tumbling down the slope of the
mountain TIE sliding of rocks was ac-
companleI by tremendous roar, which
Increased in intensity for some time. For
two hours it was impossible to see just
how much of the peak had broken loose,
as the track of the gigantic avalanche
was enveloped in dust The first great
slide was followed by others of lesser
magnitude, and for thirty-six hours the
roar was successive When the atmos-
phere cleared it was seen that where be-
fore was to be seen nothing but a daz-
zling white field of snow there was now
a broad black streak of bare rock. This
peak was known as Columbia's Crest,
being more thar 1880 feet high.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Internatiornl,. Ronnrt.

Special kilograms from correspondents
of the International Mercantile Agency
concerning the state of trade throughout
the United States are summarized as fol-
lows:
Interest and dividend disbursements at
Philadelphia Jan. / will aggregate So
100000, at Pittsburg 100000 and at
St Louis $4000.000 Al the Quaker
City" the wool industry fell behind %
per cent this year owing to previous
forced production and trikes, but the
outlook for 1904 is good
General trade prospects nj Pittsburg
for next year are for gains. Chicago re-
ports a fair outlook for next year, ST.
Louis an encouraging one, and ST Paul
one as good as this year.
Nearly all leading western railways
are suffering from lack of motive power
to move freight offered-the first instance
of the kind this year. Inquiries for
10000 tons of rails and structural steel
ut Chicago constitute one of the fea-
lures of the industrial week
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29

! Mrs. Carrie Nations show has come
TO grief in the Pennsylvania mining re
xions. Its effects were attached at York.
President Roosevelt and Commissioner
Of Pensions Ware viii deliver addresses
on the Gettysburg battlefield next Me-
mortal day. May 30, 1904.
A. Baumgartner, n prominent farmer,
eight miles west OF Newton. Kan. was
struck by Santa Fe train No. 2. two miles
west Of Burton, and killed instantly.
John Nelson was blown 10 pieces and
John Morris fatally injured by an explo.
sion Of dynamite at railroad eonstTuc'
ton camp near Oklahoma City, o. i.
A tragedy was enacted 5ns1 south Of
Huntington. w Va, when Kelly White
fred three bullets into the body Of his
wife, wounding her fatally. He then
killed himself.
An epidemic Of cholera has broken out
In Nagasaki. Japan. and the marine hos
pifal authorities In this country VIII from
now on exercise unusual vigilance in IN
specting and quarantining vessels from
the Mikados realm.
Because Charles Veal Of Whining
ton. Del. objected to his mother, Mrs.
Eliza DeGroff, marrying a second time,
he demolished the furniture in her home
Just a few minutes before the wedding
Vas scheduled TO take place
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Notes of National Capital.


The House committee on iptersta te
and foreign commerce viii take up the
pure food bill at the first meeting after
the holidays.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho introduced
a joint resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to acquire by annexation the island
Of San Domingo. the dependencies Of
San Domingo and Hayti
The Senate in executive session receiv-
ed the favorable report of the foreign
relations committee Oh the extension Of
the naturalization treaty between the
United States and Hayti.
Representative Williams Of Missssip-
pa introduced bill providing for the re-
funding to certain States of cotton taxes
paid in 1865. 1865 and 1867 and appro-
2riating S65, 900 900 for that purpose.
Lieut. Col c. Z. i. b. Davis, corps
of engineers, has been relieved from duty
as division engineer in the Philippines
and ordered to Detroit, Mich, in charge
of the river and harbor work in that vi
entity.
Agreement between the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad and the Boston Steamship
Company. tending to shut tramp vessels
from the hemp trade from the Philip
pines. has been admitted before the in
terState commission
Senator Pearose introduced a concur
rent resolution requesting the President
10 use the good Offices Of the United
States to induce the signatory powers Of
the Berlin congress Of 1878 10 convene
10 see that the provisions Of the treaty
which guaranteed protection and reforms
TO the Christian population Of the Otto
man empire may be faithfully Married
out
Mr.. Williams Of Mississippi introduced
a concurrent resolution in the House pro-
posing an amendment TO the constitution
10 giYe Congress power TO collect taxes
on incomes and providing that such ta1
shall not be construed TO be direct tar
within the meaning Of the constitution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
SERUM FOR TYPHOID FEVER.
Remarkable Cures Reported at a New
Tr~ York HosOitaI

York Hospital.
Remarkable cures of typhoid fever pa
tents are reported by Bethlsra hos
plral in New York, where serum inn
ported from Italy aid Switzerland is be-
ing used. Although the remedy has been
In use for more than three months it has
Just been made public. In that time
thirty cases have been treated at the hos
pltal. which is in the most crowded quar-
ter OF the east side. Not one of the
patients died and in some instances inn
provement set in before the fever had
run more than half its regular course.
The improvement was invariably perma-
nent and many patients were dismissed
from the hospital from two to three
weeks before the usual time. A small
quantity of the lymph is injected into the
body three times day, sometimes in the
thigh, sometimes in the breas The
operation is simple and practica y pain
less. Physicians in charge of the insti-
tuition refuse to discuss the subject fully.
pending the preparation of detailed
report on each case for the use Of the
medical profession. They admit the sue
cessful use of the new serum. but main
tain that the treatment is still in its ex-
perimental stage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
"BUzzER" GETS THIEF.
Student at Brown University Com
fesses to a Series of Stea1ings.


fesses to a Series of Stea1ings.
Poker playing among students of
Brown University, Providence. Il. l., has
led to the arrest of Ralph E. Bancroft
Of Stoneham, Mass, on the charge Of
larceny. He was put on probation after
the case was heard, but has been dis
missed from the university. Members of
the faculty declare that the card playing
which involved Bancroft did not take
place in the COLLEGE buildings Ever
since the college year opened students
who patronized the swimming pool had
been losing money and other valuables.
In most mysterious manner wallets dis
appeared from their clothing. Suspicion
narrowed down to Bancroft but as he
had led an exemplary life and was a
leader in religious meetings it was hard
ly thought that he could be the thief.
Various traps were set, but none proved
effective until the other afternoon, when
an electric 'buZzer' was rugged in the
office. At the other end of the wire was
pocketbOok. Bancroft was left alone
in the locker room and a few minutes
later the alarm sounded. A marked bill,
which had been placed in the pocket
book. is alleged to have been found in
Bancrofts shoe. He confessed that he
had perpetrated the long series of thefts,
the proceeds of which ranged from small
change up to S2J. and declares his losses
at cards had drawn him into trouble.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Told in a Few Lines
Bach ear has four bones.

EaGU ear has IUuI DoAcS.
The lower limbs contain thirty bones
each.
The sense of touch is dullest on the
back.
Make dressings instead of buying
them bottled.
over 10000 people In London live
in single room tenements.
WindmilIs in Germany are now used
10 produce power to drive electric mo-
tors
Trade follows the price current, not
the flag, nor sentiment. nor oneness OF
race.
The total expenditure for the navy
for the next fiscal year is S102. $751;
440.34
Six million operatives in the United
States annually sign pay-rolls aggre-
eating S3.o0O,OO0.OO0.
George B. Mcclellan never delivers
extemporaneous speeches. He always
reads kr0@ manuscript
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Neg York. Weekly e, :. REVIEW view Of Trade rad


Business is decidedly better than at
any recent date, and the improvement is
not c0nhned to activity in holiday goods,
although the best reports concern those
lines. Continued lower temperature not
only stimulates sales, but jobbers are re-
ceiving supplementary orders for sea
sonable goods, and collections are more
prompt. Building permits issued during
November exceeded the same month last
year, railway tonnage is heavy and sew
eral manufacturing branches are starting
idle machinery On the other hand. there
is no improvement of the situation in
the cotton industry, and fuel products
are restricting output.
Confidence is Increasing in the iron
and steel industry. and the feeling is be-
coming more general that prices will not
be materially lower, except possibly in
some departments that have not vet par
ticipated in the readjustment 1t is en-
conIaging to find some improvement in
the demand for pig iron. although no ex-
tenSive tonnage is expected to be taken
until 1904. The steel markets have been
uncertain during The week. owing to the
numerous meetings for the settlement Of
price lists and wage scales.
AT last it is possible to chronicle sub
stantial advance in quotations for cotton
goods, New England shoe shops have
many orders for delivery next month.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
VITAL ORGANS MISPLACED.
Man Lived with One Lung, Enor Gus
Stomach and Heart on Right Side.

Man Lived with One Lung, Enormous
Stomach and Heart on Right Side.
Surprising discoveries were made at n
post-mOrtem examination of the body of
William Allison, 81 years old, who died
in Bookings, S. D., after ten days i'll
ness, apparently from inflammation of
the stomach. The young man several
times during his illness said he had been
poisoned. The surgeons were astonished
to find peculiar displacement of the
internal organs. There was an opening
through the diaphragm, and the stomach
was nearly three times normal size, COM
pletely filing the left side of the thoracic
cavity, taking the place of the left lung
There was no left lung. The heart was
on the lower right side of the thoracic
cavity. The young man had never been
i'll, and this is the reason his peculiar
condition had not been disclosed. The
case is believed to be one of the most re-
markable in the history of surgery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
ILLINOIS BANKS ROBBED.
Burglars Get $4,000 at Tower HI
but Are Scared Away at Anchor,

Burglars Get $4,000 at Tower Hill,
but Are Scared Away at Anchor.
Burglars have blown open a safe in
the Tower Hill, H., bank and escaped
with $1,000 in cash. The thieves stole
a horse and buggy in which to get away.
Attorney General Hamlin is one of the
banks principal stockholders. The same
night n gang of safe-blowers that has
been robbing central illinois banks ex-
plOded dynamite and wrecked the bank
at Anchor. Just as $4,000 was exposed
the telephone bell in the office commenc-
ed to ring and frightened away the men
after they had secured little plumber. 1t
developed that the robbers previously cut
all the telephone wires leading out of
Anchor, to prevent communication to
nnfSide cities
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
lives lost in earthquake at Melazgherc. Al.
attic Turkey.
MAY.


May.
l Death of Luigi Arditf
8. Eight persons killed and 40 hprt hw
Grand Trunk train at Detroit. ~
5. Steamer Saginaw sunk or vi--,n,.
coast; over 20 lives iast TX nassar
drowned in wreck of Sloucester Fsbi.S
boat Gloriana on Nova Scotia coast
s. A. w. Machen, superintendent free 4.
livery ousted by Postmaster General Pavne
3. Discovery of plot to blow up steamer
Cmbria in New York harbor.
10. Great fire in Ottawa, Ont
l. Death of Poet r. III. Stoddard
IL. Great massacre of Jews In Kishinev
Russia.
%. Falling elevator in Pittsburc Kills
five persons and injuries u
%. Death of Max ORell M Paul Rlouetl
...... Eight persons killed aud six Injured IN
Paris-Madrid automobile race. Severe
storms in Kansas, Iowa and Oklahoma.
% Nineteen persons killed and as MANY
more injured by >tornadoes near Hastings
Neb.
&c. New York City celebrates 25Oth ami
versary of Incorporation. British steam
er Huddersheld sunk in collision and 10
lives lost
q. Eight trainmen killed In wreck near
Bryan, Ala.
2s. Feudists attack jail at Jackson. KY
and are repulsed. -. Presbyterian general
assembly votes for revision of confession OF
faith.
81. Great floods devastate Kansas, Ne
braska and Iowa. .... Big fire in Racine,
Wis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
TEST TAKEN BY II2, 1924.
Civil Service Examinations Given That
Nu-rber in Year.


Frank NJ. Higgins, chief examiner of
the civil service commission, in his an
nual report, says that during the last
fiscal year there were 112, 624 persons ex-
amined for the classified service of the
government and 40,423 appointments to
all branches of the service OF the ap-
pointments 24 ser ent were purely cler-
zeal positions, 3 per cent to professional,
technical or scientific positions, 38 per
cent to mechanical positions requiring no
educational examination, and per cent
to skilled labor positions not exactly me-
chanical in their character, but requiring
no educational examination. OF all those
examined nearly so per cent passed and
36 per cent of all examined were sue
cessful in securing appointments. The
report states that the conditions of en-
rloyment in the Philippines are improv-
ing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Six Arc Killed bx Gas.

Six persons were asphyxiated by illu-
minating gas in San Francisco and the
coroner concluded that the cases were all
accidental In most instances window
was open in each room in which gas
was escaping and the coroner called at
tention to the fact that it is popularity
supposed fatal result cannot ensue
where fresh air also has entrance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
ARRESTED FOR TOWER MURDERS
Peddler, Charged with Crime, Thought
TO HIVE TerrnriZad Diafrict

TO Rave IerroriZed District
Edward Meyer peddler, was arrest
ed at Sunburv, IA. Meyer who former
ly lived at Danviile, was arrested upon
suspicion of having murdered Clendennin,
a telegraph operator mt Browns Tower.
1t is believed by the police that he is re
sponsible for the series of murders and
robberies in the locality. Suspicion was
directed to Meyer by a brakeman named
Robinson, who resides at Jersey Shore.
According TO his story ne met Meyer at
Jersey Shore the day of the Ciendennin
murder going in the direction of Browns
Tower. When the news of the murder
was learned Robinson discovered Meyer
on Pennsylvania freight train and fol-
lowed him as far as Sunbury, on the
same train, when Meyer managed to
elude him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
CUBAN BILL PASSES.
THE TREATY GIVEN APPROVAL
BY VOTE OF 81 TO 10.
Reciprocity Measure Subject of Sharp
Debate-One Republican Opposes and
Nine Democrats Favor Convention

The Senate passed the Cuban reci-
procity bill Thursday BY vote of 81 to
Is. One Republican. Senator Bard Of
California, voted with seventeen Demo
Gratis in opposition to the measure, and
nine Democrats, Senators Bacon and
Clay of Georgia, Blackburn and Nc
Creary of Kentucky, Cockrel and Stone
of Missouri. Overman and Simmons of
North Carolina and German of Mary
land, voted with forty-six Republicans
for the bill Several Democrats were
absent, but paired against the measure
The opposition Democrats come from
States interested in cane and beet sugar
Industries and from tobacco growing
States.
The vote in detail was as follows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
SETTLES DEBT IN FULL.
Kansas Man Owing a Million and
Half SIX Years Ago Pays Up.

mar ok 1ears ago rays Up.
Grant Gillette, at one time one of the
wealthiest cattle men in Kansas, who
left there a few years ago owing about
$1,500000, will return to that State soon
and says he will settle in full every dol
lar he owes He has been residing in
Fostoria, Ohio, for some time Mr.. Gil
lette stated that when he saw a crash
was inevitable he executed deed of
trust and employed three attorneys to
settle his affairs, turning over property
enough to pay all Indebtedness and leave
handsome balance. He claims the
property was not handled right. He
paid over $4,000 on debts the day he
left Kansas, leaving him practically no
money. He has been very successful in
mining ventures i'll Mexico.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Sea Of Azof Diaannenrs.

The Sea of Azof, in Russia, is disap-
pearing and remarkable scenes are being
witnessed. At Taganrog the water has
receded to such an extent during five
days that the bed of the sea is visible for
thousands of feet. High winds hurled
clouds of sand shoreward, covering the
town. Vessels are lying high and dry
and the greatest confusion prevails in
the borbor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
ware Cut i'm Pittsburg District

4 wage cut of 10 per cent is announced
by the United States Steel Corporation
for the mills in the Pittsburg district and
will be followed by the independent man
ufacturers A total of $4,000 men in the
Pittsburg district alone will be affected.
resulting in the greatest suffering since
the panic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Mar Nordau a Target.

A miserably clad man fired two shots
at Max No,dau, the litterateur and vice
president OF the congress of Zionists, at
a Zionist ball at the Sale Charras in
Paris. One of the shots grazed Nordau,
while the second wounded a guest. The
would-be aSsailant was arrested. BE
gave his name as Chain Selik Louban,
and said that he was a Russian revolu-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Brave Woman Badly Burned.

Mrs. II. II. Mckay Wilson, whose
residence at 420S Westminster place is
i'll the heart of the fashionable section of
st. Louis, was dangerously burned about
the face and hands while trying to save
the life of her servant, Annie Crete, at
the risk of her own. The girls clothing
caught fire while she was tending the
furnace, causing injuries from which she
died in terrible agony
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
suncosed Murder Plot Fooled.

A plot 10 assassinate President Roose-
Welt and perhaps other men high in the
nations affairs is believed by the police
of Galveston, Texas, to have been dis
covered through the arrest of Charles
Pierzcn, who delivered an anarchistic
sneech in the streets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Explosion Wrecks Power House.

A battery of seven boilers in the power
house of the st. Louis Transit Company,
at Jefferson and Geyer avenues, eXplod-
ed, killing three employees, injuring six
and Wrecking the building. The boilers
let go Unexpectedly, the brick walls fell
Outward and the heavy truss roof drop
ped, covering the debris in which almost
twenty employees were imprisoned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
mac aood rhat cane Of II.

aHer marriage WAS very unhappy,
wasn't it,
"oh. no. she considers it very fortu-
nate
why. l understood she was di-
vorced."
Yes. and her divorce was the open-
ing of her stage career which is now
yery promising "-Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
War shin 1. Burned at Sea.

A dispatch from Copenhagen says that
the battlexhip liver Hvitfeldt was de-
stroyed by FIRE and sank. The liver
Hvitfeldt was built at Copenhagen in
1856. but was partly reconstructed in
1899. She was a twin-screw vessel. 24a
feet in length, with displacement of
3, 200 tons and OF ), 100 horse power.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Ice Locked steamer Is Safe.

The steamer Courier, ice-bound at
Hanging Rock and almost given up for
lost, has reached the Kentucky shore, a
break in the ice caused by rains giving
her clear channel. The boat is now in
comparatively little danger The river is
still ice-locked at Ironton, Ohio, and for
miles above and below.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
DooMs WOMAN TO HANG.
Jury at Bennington, VT, Convicts Mrs.
Mary A. Rogers.


Mrs Mary a. Rogers was found gull
ty in Bennington, VT, of murder in the
first degree in killing her husband, Mar
Gus II. Rogers. Aug. y, 1902. The YER
dict carries the death penalty. 1t was
shown at the trial that Mrs. Rogers met
her husband, with whom she had not
been living, on pretense of effecting a
reconciliation and, assisted by Leon Per
ham and Stella Bates, gave him chloro-
form. The body was then thrown into
HE WilliamoOsac river Love for an
other man and a desire to get her hus-
bands life insurance were the motives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Monte Carlo on Icy Sea,

Last summer, by express direction of
President, Roosevelt, the Department of
Justice ordered the Federal authorities
to prohibit gambling at Nome and other
Alaskan towns. Chatting under this re-
straint, the sporting element of Nome is
erecting casino on the ice of Behring
Sea, three miles from shore. The build
ing will contain gambling halls, thea
ter, saloon, dancing pavilion and hotel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Rinw In strikers. Homes.

The homes of FIVE striking coal miners
were wrecked at Newcastle, Colo. by ex-
plosions of giant powder. None Of the
inmates was seriously injured. Three
suspects under arrest have been taken TO
Glenwood Springs Tor fear they would be
knehed il placed in Jail there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
A1d.rman Gets On y Ear.

Alderman John j. Brennan, now serv-
ing his seventh consecutive term as a
member of the Chicago City Council
from the Eighteenth Ward, was sentenc-
ed by Judge Gary to one year in the
house of correction for procuring the
false impersonation of voters on the oc-
casion of the Judiciary election June ]
Ia 81
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29

home in st. Louis. They dragged him
out by the heels, and Mrs. Lends sat
on him while her sister ran for a police
man. In the interval Mrs. Lends
searched the PROSTATE burglars pockets,
recovering $135 belonging to her hus-
band and her sons watch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
Dyother and Childreu Peri.b.

Mrs. Harry L. Smith and her two chill
dren-Harry, years old, and Albert. 3
months old-were burned TO death in a
fire ~ their home ut Oaklane, a Phila-
ielphia suburb. They were asleep when
the FIRE started. The cause of the fire is
not known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-29
"Rinper- Murderer in Custody.

Emil Totterman, a Swedish sailor. is
under arrest in New York, charged with
the murder of a woman in a low sailors
resort. He is identified as the last COM
panion of the woman. whom he killed
after the fashion OF Jack the Ripper.