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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
MAKING TONS or MONEY.
Coins for the FiIipinos Being Turned
Ont at Our Mints.


The work Of making money for the
Philippines has begun at the San Fran
cisco mint. The order. which came from
the East with the dies for the new
money was to the effect that It was to
be coined as fast as possible. Two
shifts of men will work in the coming
and in the melting and refining depart
ments. One force will work from s n. m.
to 4 p. M. and the other from the last
named hour until at night
The government has ordered So. co.,
600 in pesos-coins about 3I5 cents
above the standard Of the United States
dollars.
The first Filipino Coin was a pretty
piece of money and was greatly admired
by the officials of the mint. On one side
II bears the inscription United States of
America. 1908" around the national
shield. On the reverse side is a statu-
esoue woman with flowing hair about TO
strike an anvil in forge. The words
zone Peso Filipinas" circle the figure.
The Filipino peso said Assistant
Coiner Frank A. Pedlar. is equivalent to
the Mexican dollar. which contains 416
grains Of silver. Our dollar piece has
but 4I2Is grains of silver.
~The Mexican dollar IS the CONNER
cial money Of the Philippines and the
reason ii is necessary to make special
coin for those people is that We cannot
compel them to use IN trade money which
Is below the commercial standard Of
that section"
The San Francisco mint IS not TO make
any Of the subsidiary coins FOR the Phil
.s...- rT-hass viii hs rrr7a - the
Philadelphia and New Orleans minis.
At tie present rate Of working il win
take the San Francisco mint something
like three years to coin the $75.oo0.o0o
ia pesos for the Philippines
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
DIE IN BURNING BuILDING.
Flames Destroy Apartment House
Bringing Death and Injury.

Flames Destroy Apartment House,
Bringing Death and Injury.
Three persons met death, two were
probably fatally injured and many more
less seriously hurt in a fire which de-
stroyed the Westchester apartment build
ing. ~ 10 5025 Cottage Grove avenue,
Chicago. Twenty-seven families were
rendered homeless. Two bodies were re-
covered, and the third is supposed to lie
beneath the water and wreckage which
MI the basement The blaze is believed
TO have started in the laundry in the
basement Of 5017 Cottage Grove avenue
beneath the grocery owned By A. T.
Flynn. Within a few minutes flames
were shooting up threc air shafts and
spreading to the fats above. Many per-
cons living in the building had ropes be-
meath their beds or in places where they
were accustomed TO sleep. But for this
precaution, it is believed, more lives
would have been lost in TIE hlaze. Many
OF the occupants Of the structure say
tina ihey feared fire and had supplied
then elves with ropes as a means of es-
cape. The building was erected in 1893
as hotel. There are twenty-five fats
In the building. 1t was valued when
built at $4,000 The structure was al
most entirely destroyed and Mrs. Fran
ces Chave, the owner, estimates her loss
at $4,000. The loss on the contents is
estimated at $15, 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
SCHOOL LIGHTS TO MEET.
Interest of American Educators Now
Conferred on Boston.


The interest of educators in every part
of the. country is focused on Boston,
where on July the most important con
yention in the history Of the National
Educational Association, if not in the
history of education in America, will be
opened by President Eliot of Harvard
Never before has convention at
tracted such widespread interest among
the big" men engage in teaching The
program Of the great conference has just
been announced. The convention will
be opened Monday evening in Mech an
les Hall by prayer by DIR. Edward Ev-
erett Hale. Addresses of welcome will
be made by Gov. John L. Bates of Mas
sachusetts and Mayor Patrick A. Col
Inns of Boston. To these addresses AL
bert G.. Lane and Commissioner w. T.
Harris will respond in behalf of the as
ISOLATION. President Eliot of Harvard
will then formally open the conference
and will deliver possibly the most sig
nifcant address of the meeting. His sub
ject will be The New Definition of the
Cultivated Man." Following this adj
dress Z. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
of the University of Nebraska, will
speak on THE Jeopardy of the Culture
Element II Edgcsst,io1.
The topic fGf discussion at the Tues
day evening meeting will be Manual,
Trade, and Technical Education" Those
who will speak on this subject are Cal
yIn NJ. Woodward, Washington Univer
city: Robert III. Thurston, Cornell Uni
versity; Thomas NJ. Ballet. Springfield,
Mass, and Henry S. Pritchett, president
of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Boston.
The Wednesday evening topic will be
"School Gardens, City Schoolyards. and
the Surroundings of Rural Schools" The
speakers will be Orville 7. Bright Chi
cago; Charles r. skinner Albany; Gov
Ayeock of North Carolina, and Henry
L. Clapp Boston.
The Thursday evening program is an
nounced as follows:
"The Teaching of Civics and Good
Citizenship in the Public Schools "-R.
w q. yelling. New York City.
THE Justification of City Expendi-
ture on Parks and Parkways; Material
for Public Education "-Nathan Mat
thews. Jr. Boston. Mass
1.-The Nature Study Movement'-L.
Fl. Bailey, professor of general and ex-
perimental horticulture, Cornell Univer-
sity. Ithaca, \. Y.
Education in the Southern States
viii be the topic of the closing session
of the convention. 1t will be handled by
Gov. Aycock, Wallace Buttrick. New
York: Edgar G. Murphy. secretary Of
the Southern Education Board, and the
Rev. Charles t. Walker of Augusta, Ga.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
PASSING OF THE VETERANS.
Unprece Tented Number of Deaths of
Old Soldiers.


The interesting discovery was made
1T the pension office the other day chat
last fall the pension roll reached the
highest point in the history of the coun-
try. bearing the names of more than
100000 pensioners in the months Of
July and September. After September
it fell off steadily, and Commissioner
Ware states that the decline was due
to deaths amoag old and feeble veterans
in the fall and winter, caused by the
scarcity of fuel resulting from the coal
strike.
For ten years there has been lot of
speculation as to whether Uncle Sam
would ever have 100000 pensioners on
his war list. Year after year the figures
grew larger. but there were always plen-
ty of authorities to declare that the high
water mark had been reached and that
steady decline was due Commissioner
Ware called on the chief clerk of his de-
partment the other day to make up a
statement of the pensioners on the rolls
for each of the months of the present
fiscal year. On June 30, 1902. when the
last report was made, the pensioners
numbered 999. 446, the greatest number
ever recorded up to that time The chief
clerks compilation showed more than
100000 for the month of July, the ex-
act total being 1001, 494. In September
it was 1000, 49,, but from that point it
began to fall. and on March / of this
year there were only 997 ,414 pensioners
on the roll.
Commenting on il, Commissioner Ware
said: ''The pension roll has vibrated
across the million line twice during the
last ten months The last report shows
the pension roll several thousand below
the million mark The probabilities are
that the number Of pensioners viii linger
in the neighborhoOd of 100000 for
year or So. after which the decline viii
begin. When once il gets started il viii
20 down very rapidly. | estimate that
the deaths among the pensioners this
wear will exceed $4,000, while the in
crease in the way Of new pensions viii
not be as much. 1t has been forty-three
years since the Civil War began, and the
average age of the old soldier is more
than co Years"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
snark. from the wire..

Russian police discovered a religious
sect the belief of whose members is that
they should bury themselves alive if they
do not die before they reach the age Of
30 years.
The official building of Great Britain
at the St Louis exposition Is TO be re-
production of the Kensington palace OF
gancry, the choice Of Sir Christopher
Wren as an example Of English garden
architecture.
4 committee from the War Depart
ment at Washington Witnessed test Of
the MCLEAN guns in Cleveland. The
results are said to have been satisfac-
tory. The one FOUNDER machine gun
showed a firing speed Of ever 800 shots
per minute.
James r. Mooney. president Of the
American Oak Leather Co, the Cincih
matt Coin Co, the Queen City Silver
Co the American Starch Co. and other
concerns. fell down q stairway II the
Grand Hotel al Cincinnati, fracturing
several ribs.
In a collision between two Easton ave-
rue street cars in St Louis one person
was killed, one probably fatally hurt and
ten others injured.
Germany's pig iron production for
March was So. 224 tons. an increase over
February Of IOS,s75 tons, and over
March, 1902, Of 161.S75 tons.
Not only are American mowers. har-
vesters and hayrakes in use in all the
farming districts Of South Germany. but
cur smaller agricultural implements, such
a forks, garden and lawn rakes. hoes,
shorelE. spades and hand potato diggers
have Also rapidly grown "a favor. and
are now On sale n nearly every local
hardware store.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
short News Notes.

Work has begun on one section Of an
electric railroad from Cincinnati to Chi
cago.
All school teachers in the Philippines
have been included in the government
classified civil service.
Betsy Clark died Of old age in Spring
field. Ohio. in her sse e5sA year. She was
a native Of kentu,ky.
F. r. Nordine, President cf tnt roy1=..
Danish commission which ice-ssiy inves-
tigated ST. Thomas, says tie commission
viii propose an Extensive reduction in the
insular budget. h. which he Is confident
favorable balanre Of expenditure IS OBJ
taiaable.
Germany's foreign oAice has granted
The exequator Of the Cuban consul gen
eral. Seaor yolez. al Hamburg. He is
the first Cuban consular officer 10 be APP
pointed to q post IN Germany
Henry c. Wilson. formerly chief clerk
IN the ordnance department al the Unit
ed States army building IN New York
was pat on frisi IN that city en- 3 charge
Of ATTEMPTED ext0rtion. IL IS alleged that
b. collected $500 from q firm Of con
tractors for the use Of government boats
to I'll IN Rikers Island. though the gov
ernment had granted tsseir free use Ia.
Benj. T. Whitmore was indicted OF q
charge OF having taken part IL the at
kezEpted sxtcrtioa.
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Bakers at Albany, y. ", have inau-
gurated a movement to abolish night
work.
Schenectady. n. Y, has S,S56 trade
unionists, an increase of over 5000 in
two years.
Electrical workers in Ohio met in
Cleveland recently and formed State
association.
In Austria wezlen are employed as
bod carriers, and receive from % to 80
cents a day.
Bricklayers and masons employed on
State contracts in Holland receive
cents an hour.
Blast furnacemen in Lancashire, Eng
land, have been given notice of reduc-
ton of 314 per cent.
Laundry workers at San Francisco,
Cal, win insist on nine-hour day, with
no decrease in pay.
Iron and steel workers in Wales have
been granted an increase of ~ per cent,
dating from April l.
Of the total number of skilled work
men in printing trades in Germany, %
per cent are organized.
Textile operatives III England have
formulated a new wage schedule calling
for an increase in wages.
A movement has been inaugurated in
Germany for the restriction of night
work in some laborious industries.
Peoria, H., painters demand 40 cents
an hour and a forty-four hour week. in
stead of 81 cents an hour and forty
eight-hour week.
Wages of Brooklyn union bricklayers
are 63 cents an hour. Eight hours CON
stitutes n days work during five days
of the week. and on Saturdays work
ceases at noon The union viii make
no demand for change of existing condi-
tions.
A meeting Of business men of Yer
mont was held in Rutland TO form an
organization to be known as the En-
ployers' Association of Vermont, similar
to a business mems organization formed
in Ohio. The objects Of the organiza-
ton will be: To protect lis members in
their rights to manage their respective
business as they shall deem proper; the
adoption Of system whereof. members
NAV ascertain who is and 5sho IS not
worthy Of their employment: the iDves-
tigation and adjustment by proper Off
GERS or committee Of the association Of
any question arising between the mem
bers and their employees when such ques-
finn shall be submitted TO the associa-
ton for adjnsJhsnf; TO endeavor to make
X possible for any person to obtain en-
ployment without being obliged to join a
labor organization; to protect its mem
bers against legislative. municipal and
their political encroaehmsuts-
In Chicago the wives aud sisters Of
members of the Amalgansatssa Society Of
Carpenters and JoiDers have fcrmed a
wonans auxiliary. which is the iirSt or
ganization Of its kind in the country, at
least il the cSrpenter trade.
Another new poss::stssSesI labor pzrfy has
been started IN Greater New York. II Is
q branch Of the United Protective
League of Labor Of the United States 81
America" which was organized June 10
1900. and has It's headquarters in WaEh-
inxton. d. C.. Richard J. Waldron,
financial secretary Of the Amalgamated
Painters and Decorators. ID the organ
izer for the b0rDnEhs Of Manhattan.
Richmond and the Broux-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
SELL FORGED PAPERS
DISCOVERY OF a WIDESPREAD
PLAN IN NEW YORK.
All Arrangements Made for Whole
sale Business in Fraudulent Nat
uralization versict of
Coroner's Jury Is NoH-Coin N ittaI.

Three Italians arraigned before United
States Commissioner Shields in the fed
eral building in New York are, so the
secret service agents say, the leaders Of
a plot to forge thousands of naturaliza-
ton papers. This would include the forg-
ing of the United States seal, the sigma
ture Of Commissioner Alexander and the
naturalization certificate itself The pris-
oners are Roberto Bunaro, foreman of
laborers; Rocco Figulio, printer, and
Giuseppe Caparelli, foreman in the de-
partmFnt of sewers. According to the
secret service men Bunaro is the bank
er in the plot. A small printing estab-
hshment in Hoboken was purchased and
IN this Office which was run in Figulio's
name, the plates were made and forgeries
committed The establishment was then
moved to New York and the certificates
circulated. The secret service men say
the certificates had been sold from So
to S1O0 each to Italians and that at least
1000 have been issued. Commissioner
Shields held Runaro in $4,000 bail and
Figuho and Caparelli in $1,000 each TO
await the action Of the grand jury.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
SLAUGnIER OF JEWS
SHOCKING ATROCITIES REPORT.
Ed FROM KSCAINEFF.

Horrible Details of Fiendish Barbar-
titles by Russians - Woman Disem-
boweled in strcct = Children Flung
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
Tb,. and That.

II has been seGni-0fticially announced
that King Alfonso las ratified his conf
dence in the ministry gince the elections.
The Spanish cabinet, therefore, will not
resign unless the senatorial elections are
adverse.
The report Of an accountant working
under instructions from District Attorney
Jerome In New York shows that there is
no foundation for the scandal in conncc-
ton with the management Of the Met
ropolitan Street Railroad.
The grand jury returned a true bin
aaainxt Otto Mous0n. Gmstave Rau and
William Smith. seamen Of the British
bark Veronica. from Ship Islgad Miss,
who were indicted on the chgrges u muir
der and arson. The Yeroniea was burn
ed at sea Dec. -. The prisoners are
charged with numbering Captain shaw
and six members Of the eres'.
Bubonic plague is increa,ing in Can.
ton. Honan. Shuntak. Ye0n-Knng and
YuengShan. The famine Is Increasing IN
Kwangsi and an American missionary
reports that the body Of a victim mas
been eaten.
The closing up Of the Gro;fo az
Louries in connection with the dispersal
Of the congregations threatens 70 result
In seveSe financial loss 10 that iocaiity
through TIE stoppage Of the piigTlnases.
A delegation from LourV3es which waltea
on Premier CoEnbes was assured that the
Rrctto wfIl not be closed until the courts
have passed on the matter This was
considered equivalent 20 a continuanee or
the groffo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
DE4s lSAGfS9EZETS
.,..s9,sasI Sssxs, L E<s&sl--,-GO-.
e0 51ss Ea'.>ss "a, a. x o..

| Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime.
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades.
| $3.50 to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. red. Use to 79c;
corn. No. ., 45c to 46c; oats. No. ,, Bic
to 33c: rye, No. ?, 49c to 50c; hay, tim
othy, $3.50 to $500; prairie. $500 TO
S13 90: butter choice creamery lSc to
2lc; eggs, fresh, lie to lac; potatoes,
4oc to Ole per bushel.
Indianapolis,-Ca shipping, $500 10
S5.25; hogs. choice light, 500 to SG.55:
sheen. common to prime. $3.50 10 S4.25;
wheat, No. 2, re to 73c; corn. No. ?
white, 44c to 45c; oats, No. = white, 33c
TO 35c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 TO $500: hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2, Toe to 7Gc; corn. No. .,
42c to 44c; oats, No. 2, &c to 34c; rye,
No. ., 47c TO Acc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to S5.25;
hogs. $500 to SG.27; sheep, $3.50 10
"a. rs: what No. ., Toe to 7Gc: corn.
No. 9 mixed. 46c 20 4Ic; oats, No. 2
mixed, 35c to 36c; rye. No. 2, sc TO SIC
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to SG.40; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. ., Toe to re; corn. No. 3
yellow. 4Gc to 47c; oats No white,
CSC 10 soc; rye, No. ., 52c to 53c.
Milwaukee-W Wheat No. northern.
soc to SIC: corn. No. 3, 47c TO 4Sc; oats
No. . white 34c to BIC; rye. No !. Sic
to 53c; barley, No. 2, 5Sc TO GOc; pork,
mess, $3.50.
Toledo-Wheat. No. 2 mixed. T3c TO
Toe; corn. No. mixed. 43c TO 44c; oats,
No. . mixed. &c 10 33c; rye, No. =, bic
to BE: clover seed, prime. $40.
Bnffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to $40 hogs. fair to prime. 800
10 $3.50; sheep. fair 10 choice 500 TO
$500: lambs, common TO choice, 800 to-
S7.35.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $40;
hogs. 500 to SG25: sheep. $500 to.
81. 25: wheat. No red. SIC to S3c; corn,
No. 2. 52c to 54c; oats. No. 2 white.
4Oc to Ale: butter. creamery. 20c to 22c;
eggs. western, 14c to lGc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
EXPLOSION WRECKS CLUB.
Building at Hartford Badly Damaged
and Guests in n Panic.

An explosion at the Hartford Club, at
Hartford, Conn, wrecked part of the
building, and panic was caused. There
were one or two dinner parties and the
reception and reading rooms were well
hlled. Suddenly there was a roar in the
Kitchen and the whole building seemed
to be lifted. The boiler attached to the
range had exploded The brick waIl was
blown across the lawn 100 feet, barring
the main entrance to the club. Over the
kitchen were the grill room and billiard
hall. These were filed with men who
were thrown in heaps with tables. chairs,
pictures and glasses. The supports of
the floors were broken, but did not go
down. Not q whole piece of glass or
crockery was left in this part Of the
building, and in the main part doors
were blown off and elegant furnishings
damaged. The main dining room. the
private dining rooms and the pantries
and basement are a mass of wreckage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
FATHER SHOT DOWN BY SON.
Ohio Business Man Killed as a Result
nf E-...;I.-


of Family Quarrel.
John f. Moebus, GO years old, one of
the best known business men of Hamil-
tol, Ohio, was shot TO death by his son,
Edward c. Moebus, in the latter's store.
The tragedy was the result of a family
quarrel of long standing, which became
acute when the father, who was a wild
over, indicated a purpose TO marry
woman much younger than himself. The
wounded man died an hour after the
shooting. The murderer was arrested
and held without bail. There have been
disagreements between Edward Moebus
and his father for years" said Mr.. An
drews, his attorney Domestic mat
tiers Of which / cannot speak recently
made them acute. This afternoon the
elder Moebus entered his sons store real
ly to quarrel, nominally to inspect the
ledger. After looking at the book ne
said: Ed, if you interfere in my affairs
again | will kill you The son request
ed him to leave. He refused and a scuffle
followed. in which the father drew
penknife which he had already open in
his pocket. Edward seized a pistol from
desk and fred in self-defense."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
BEATEN TO DEATH WITH BIBLE.
Effort to Cast Ont Devils Results in
Arrest for Murder.

beaten 20 death with a Bible in the
hands of a kuEuna, or native sorcerer.
The victim was i'll in bed and after be-
ing treated by regular physician sent
for kuhuna, having more faith in the
native medicine man." The kuhuna de-
clared that the patient was possessed by
devils and proceeded to cast them out by
beating him over the head with Bible.
The wife of the sick man was also in
duced to do some beating and then the
kuhuna resumed operations. The man
died as result of the beating. The ku-
huna has been held for manslaughter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
WESTERN UNION LOSES.
Telegraph Company Hit by Decision
in Pennsylvania.

The United States Court of Appeals
in Philadelphia held that the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad had legal right to remove
the poles and wires of the Western
Union Telegraph Company from thes rail
roads right of way. The decision af
firms a judgment of the West Penhsyl
yania United States Court and reverses
a judgment of the New Jersey United
States Circuit Court. The Pennsylvania
court refused to grant the petition foI
an injunction sought by the Western
Union Telegraph Company against the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and the New Jer
sey court granted the Injunction.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
TORNADO HITS THE WEST.
Wind Wrecks Many Buildings at Mer.
riII, Iowa, and Horton, Kan.

A tornado with force enough to twist
one of the main elevators of the Franz
Heese mill from its foundations, demol
ish small buildings and crush in plate
glass fronts, visited Merrill. Iowa. News
has reached Topeka from Horton, Kan.
of the visitation of tornado at that
point. The Union Hotel was unroofe6
and the livery stable of George Sprague
and the blacksmith shop Of Moose Bros
blown away. Several smaller buildings
near, of little value were also destroyed
One or two persons were injured, but ii
is thought not fatally.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
Lake VesaeI siuka in Huron.

The explosion of a lamp in the engine
room of the steamer Pfohl in the middle
of Lake Huron caused fire which after
an eight hours fight caused the crew Of
the vessel to take TO the lifeboats. The
Pfohl sank within an hour. The vessel
was abandoned almost within sight of
Goderich, Ont. No lives were lost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
Rapker Hurt in a Runaway.

c. +. Dickerman, wealthy banker;
his daughter, Mrs. Z. Porter Fraker, and
his daughter-in-law, AIRS. A. E. DECKER
man, and the coachman, Henry Simpson,
were hurt at st. Paul in runaway acct
dent Mrs. Fraker's spine was so af-
fected that paralysis set in, and it is
feared that she may be permanently in
jurea. A street car frightened the horses,
causing them to run away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-26
Gov. Ynte. sirns Bins.

the Mueller municipal ownership street
railway hiI hut objects to many features
of it The Torrens law amendment bin
making compulsory the registration of all
land titles of decedents has also been
signed by the Governor.