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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
CHICAGO.


and confidence returning in various sec
tons where interior merchants had hesi-
tated in filling up stocks Transactions
both in jobbing and retail lines reached
large aggregate. the buying being well
distributed in dry goods departments
woolens, wearing apparel and footwear.
The factories are steadily employed, va
rious plants working day and night.
Railroad earnings show continued
gains and more satisfactory charters
stimulate activity on the lakes. Mer-
camille collections are good. with fewer
failures reported for the week III Chi
cago district.
Grain shipments for six days, 5,790,
DAT bushels. including 3,S03,390 bushels
of corn, largely exceed the corresponding
period of last year Demand has been
steady, the best support coming from
abroad The markets for breadstutfs
show reviving strength and large sales of
-four were closed both for domestic and
foreign consumption. Compared with
the closing of a week ago, prices are
higher in corn "A cent, oats Is cent and
wheat ~ cents, the latter also standing
II cents above a year ago. Live stock
receipts, 290,914 head. are 4 per cent
over the corresponding week of 1902 The
shipping demand was fairly good, but
the heavy supplies forced a decline in
values Choice beeves and sheep closed
20 cents a hundred weight lower. Hogs
suffered the worst fall-T5 cents, due to
lessened needs of packers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
suLTAN's COSTLY SLEEP.
Pays 5000 n Night to the Men Who
Watch over Him.

Pays 5000 n Night to the Men Who
Watch over Him.
Sleep that costs 5000 a night seems
pretty expensive but that is what the
Sultan of Turkey is now paying for the
privilegs Of more or less tranquil repose.
The money is received by the members
of the special military staff which guards
Abdul Hands bed room, and which
consists of two generals, colonel, a
major, a captain and several soldiers.
For their nights work each of the two
generals gets 30 Turkish pouDds-or
about S235-the colonel $40, the major
S25. the captain $50 and each soldier
81. the entire amount aggregating slight
" over 5000 in American money. The
officers and men get their fees every
morning Immediately they have been re-
lieved, and don't have to wait for it Ike
some pretty big nations TO whom Abdul
Hamid owes money.
This expensive night guard of the Sui
tan has been maintained by him only
since the recent assassination of the royal
couple of Servia. OF course, the timor-
Gus ruler of Turkey always has been
particularly well guarded at tight, but
the murders al Belgrade scared Abdul
Hand almost ont of his wits. and he
Immediately determined th.lt he would
surround III. bed chamber with the most
vigilant men who could be secured, and
make II 70 their interest To protect him.
The command Of the speci.u night guard
ii entrusted to eight Of The Saitan's most
trusted generals. two os whom are on
duty every night
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
DRAW KNIVES ON GAMBLERS.
Ohio Farmers, Anxered by Losses,
Wound Proprietors of Games.

Ohio Farmers, Anxered by Losses,
Wound ProprietOrs of Games.
The Redwood (Ohio) tri-county fair
ended in a bloody riot between the gam
bling element and eight or ten citizens
and farmers from Pharisburg and vicin-
ity. Several of the farmers played nu-
merous gambling devices and left be-
tween $500 and $1,000. No sooner had
this occurred than a mob gathered, which
finally swelled to nearly 1000 Infatuated
farmers and citizens, who attacked the
gambling paraphernalia and its proprie-
tors with knives, clubs, axes and ham
mers. Cart Algower, a saloon-keeper,
was cut and pounded in the face and
head so badly that it is feared he may
die. Peart Taylor of Columbus was
chased for several miles by a crowd of
angry farmers, who stoned and dubbed
him until he finally reached the depot
just as the train was pulling out. After
smashing up all the machines on the
ground the mob went into the town and
broke up ten or twelve games which
were being run in the saloons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
FLOOD LOSS is GREAT.
TWO JERSEY TOWNS SUFFER
DAMAGE OF 50, 100000
Paterson and Passaic in Terrible
PIight-Other Places Fare as BADLY
Thousands Are Homeless-MiiIs Are
Closed and People Idle.

The people of Paterson, y. j., now
realize the extent of the great flood
which began Friday. Nearly two entire
wards, taking in the manufacturing sec
ton. have been under water. Monday
morning thousands of men, women and
children employed in different mills and
factories found they could not go to
work on account of those plants being
shut down. Hundreds of these people
have also been driven from their homes
and have neither food nor shelter
The heaviest damage in Paterson was
to the manufacturers. At present it is
impossible TO give an accurate idea of
The total loss, but conservative estimates
are about 100000.
The health authorities have difficult
task before them in devising means to
prevent an epidemic of sickness in the
flooded territory The people who were
forced to leave their homes will not be
allowed to return until the districts are
in sanitary condition.
Passaic Conditions Better.
The flood conditions in Passaic and
vicinity were considerably improved
Monday. The high water mark at the
Dundee dam. which was 91la inches at
midnight, had fallen two feet in the
morning. Wellington was under water
and several hundred persons took refuge
in the public schools. -Four or five hun
dred residents of Wellington are being
I sheltered in the town hall and school
buildings at Passaic.
The loss from the food in Passaic is
estimated at about 100000, without
any insurance This does not include
the loss to workmen who are thrown out
of employment temporarily or the loss
sustained by manufacturers by the inter-
ruption of business. Nearly every mill
is closed.
At Duttonville fifty or more houses
were washed from their foundations and
many overturned and wrecked.
Trolley connections between Passaic
and Paterson have been restored.
Owing to the interruption of railroad
traffic by the floods, New York City has
been suffering from its most serious milk
/ famine since the big blizzard of 1888.
| Conservative estimates are that only one
tenth me normal supply is being distrib-
uted and several days must elapse before
conditions are again normal.
! Reports from all sections on the coast
! show heavy seas. with some damage to
Water front property and small shipping.
1t is estimated that the havoc wrought
! by the flood near Trenton. \. j., will
cause loss of nearly $1,000,090, Nine
bridges. each built at cost of from $50
600 to 100000, which spanned the river
at various points between there and Eas-
ton, were carried away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

USE LIQUOR; LOSE JOBS.
Railways Practically Issue Ultima
tunl to Ia ain En ployes.

Railways fracfIcaIly lssue Ultima
tum to ii ain Employees.
Railroads throughout the country are
waging war against the use of intoxicat
ing liquors and tobacco by employees en-
gagged in operating trains. The fat has
gone forth generally that employees who
drink, or who FREQUENT places where liq-
uors are sold, are not safe men to entrust
with the lives of patrons nor with the
valuable property transported By the rail
roads. Total abstinence is essential to
service in the operating department of
every railroad centering in Chicago, and
Sc far as know If every important rail-
road in the Ulited States.
The rules v hich have recently been in
augurated against the use of tobacco
are not as STRINGENT as those against
liquor, but generally they prescribe the
use of tobacco while on duty and when
about stations and on the property of
the railroad companies. AS for the
cigarette, the order against it is almost
as severe as that against whisky.
The revolution which is being effected
In these respects is shown in the new
rule books which many of the manage
ments Of the Chicago roads have just
issued. Without single exception these
books contain the following, or rules
which are similarly framed:
1.-The use of intOxicants by employees
while on duty is prohibited. Their ha-
bitual use, or the frequenting of places
where they are sold, is sufficient cause
for dismissal"
1.-THE use of tobacco by employees when
on duty in and about passenger stations
or on passenger cars is prohibited"
While the rules are now practically
the same on all roads, some are more Sc
we're than others in their enforcement.
Not all the railroads assume to say
whether an operating employe may drink
when off duty, while henceforth not a
few, the Rock Island for example, will
discharge men Tor frequenting saloons
whether on or off duty.
The reform has been brought about
solely with the idea of increasing the
safety in train operation, and officials de-
clare that the prohibitions have decreas-
ed wrecks and accidents fully % per
cent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
VALUE OF COTTON LANDS
How They Compare with the Acreage
Under Wheat and Corn.

Under Wheat and Corn.
The traveller from the North or West
accustomed to the grazing lands of those
sections, and not understanding the ag-
ricultural conditions of the South, often
expresses surprise at what looks to him
like very poor soil. which he sees in the
billy and pine-clad sections of much of
the South He wonders how cotton rails
ing in these districts can support the
growers, but he little understands the
conditions. The cotton crop of 19O1-O2,
including the seed, was worth $530,OOO,-
600. 1t was produced on less than "a
100000 acres, or an average value per
acre of over $22. The total wheat crop
of the same year, produced on 43,2O0,00O
acres, was worth 1922, 100000, or an
average of 1919 per acre; and the corn
crop of the same year, raised on 94,OOO,-
600 acres, was worth SLOT 100000, or
an average of S10.S2 per acre. The cost
of raising cotton was, doubtless, more
per acre than the cost for wheat and
corn. but the difference was hardly as
great as the difference in the value per
acre. On the richer lands of the South,
where a bale per acre can be raised by
good cultivation, the value per acre
would be from $40 to $50, according to
the price of cotton, which would match
the high yields of wheat and corn IN
the western farm districts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
FUGITIVE is KILLED.
A BLOODY AFFRAY ON BOAT TN
PHILIPPINE WATERS.
FIeeing Censtabu1ary Officers At
tackled by Crew, Who Wish to Sc
cure Rooty-BaHk at Berwick, Ill,
Robbed by Expert Burglars.

The crew of the boat in which John
ston and Herman, the runaway Philip
pine constabulary officers, accompanied
by one constable started from Guibal
for Cagayana Island, attacked the out
laws OH nearing the latter place, killing
Johnston and wounding Herman and the
constable. Herman killed four OF the
crew and the other two jumped over
board. He then put back 10 Negros,
where he sent guns ard ammunition TO
the police, and abandoned the boat OFF
Nabalva, Bayauan. where he was in
hiding when the last was heard of him.
The police took the boat, recovering a
number of constabulary guns, anlmuni-
tion and some money. They also buried
Johnston, whose body was found in the
boat. 1t is presumed that the crew in
tended to kill the outlaws and take their
money and arms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
ATTACKS BOARD OF TRADE.
Federal Court Says Chicago Institu

reueral Court Says Chicago lnstltu-
tion Violates the Statutes.
Judge Shiras of the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals in st. Paul, in
decision in the case Of the Board of
Trade VS.. Christie Company, Kansas
City litigant, declares that the Chicago
Board of Trade is little more than
bucket shop. The language of the court,
concurred in by Judges Vandewenter and
Sanborn, is as follows: The evidence
clearly establishes the fact that the Chi
cago Board of Trade maintains IN its
exchange a place wherein transactions
coming within the inhibition of the stat
utes of Illinois are permitted and carried
on and the preparation of and sending
out of quotations of prices based on
forbidden transactions are intended to
aid the members and outsiders as well
in engaging in speculative gambling on
the rise and fall of the market in plain
violation of the statute"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

Telegraphic advices from correspond
ents of the International Mercantile
Agency throughout the United States are
summarized as follows:
Merchants generally are not anticipat-
ing requirements with the freedom here
tofore noted, partly on account of wealth
er and crop conditions and in part be-
cause of industrial slowing down.
Financial advices at larger centers in
dictate that neither imports nor bank
loans are being curtailed and that in
aebtedness abroad is increasing. james
III. Eckels, former Comptroller Of the
Currency, sends word that Increased
western bank loans. compared with last
wear. are not due to the banks carrying
speculative accounts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
BIG FRAUDS IN LAND OFFICE.
Washington Authorities to Withdraw
Montana Acres from Entry.

The Great Falls, Mont, land Office
has received instructions from Washing
ton to withdraw from entry under the
desert land law all lands in the district
lying south of the Missouri river. The
order affects approximately 100000
acres. The officials were instructed also
TO suspend, pending investigation, all
desert entries upon which patents have
been issued. These orders are the result
of report made by Special Agent Chad
wick, who recently was sent to that city
by the Interior Department to investi-
gate the charges that gross frauds were
being committed in the district. The re-
port is said to have been Il sensational
one, sustaining practically every charge
made by United States Senator Gibson
of Montana.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
IGlE ll2g2E[[g7S
.s.ss,ssS IES%l~cGN4
sf59'- - Z: -: e.

ago-Cattle. common to prime,
$500 10 $50; hogs. shipping grades.
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, 500
to 1888 wheat, No. red, soc to Sic;
corn. No. ,, 43c TO 44c; oats, standard.
35c to BIC; rye, No. >. 32c TO 5}c; hay,
timothy. $3.50 to s12.5O; prairie, $500 to
s11.5O; butter, choice creamery, lSc to
poe; eggs, fresh, &c to l9c; potatoes,
52c TO zoe.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 TO $3.50; hogs.
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to $500;
wheat. No. 2, SEC to SIC; corn. No. 2.
Ale to 42c; oats. No. ., Sac to 35c; rye,
No. 2. 53c TO 54c.
Cincinnati--Cattle. $40 10 A65;
hogs. $500 TO $3.50: sheep. $500 to
Sc. 80. wheat, No. 2. Sic to SIC; corn.
No. . mixed, 46c to 4Sc; oats, No. 2
mixed. &c to CSC; rye. No. ,, &c to 63e.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 10 $500; hogs.
800 TO $3.50; sheep. $50 to S3-25;
wheat. No. 2, SIC 20 Sic; corn. No.
yellow. 47c TO 4Sc: oats, No. 3 white,
SIC 10 Csc: rye. No :. 55c to sec.
Wheat. Nq > northern,
Sic TO SIC. corn. No. 3. 46c to 47c; oats.
No. 2 white. 3sc to soc: rye No. !, 5jc
10 &c: barley, No ., G3c 10 G4c; pork.
mess. S1100
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed, Sic to
SIC; corn. No. mixed. 47c TO 4sc; oats.
40. 2 mixed, &c To Csc: rye. No. :, 54c
to &c; clover seed, prime. S6.T5
Buhalo-Cattle, cloice shipping steers.
$3.50 to $3.50; hogs. fair to prime S4o
10 $500; sheep. fair 10 choice S3.21 TO
$500; lambs, common 10 choice, $500 to
5000.
New York-Cattle. 500 to $500;
hogs. 800 70 $3.50; sheep, $500 70
$500: wheat. No = red. SIC to Sic; corn
No. .. 52c to 53c; oats, No. 2 -yhite'
ace to t3c; butter. creamery, 1Sc to Zoe
eggs. western. 2lc to 25sc.
Indiapabolis-Cattle. shipping. 500 to
s4.75; hogs, choice light. $500 TO $500;
sheep, common to prime. $50 to $50;
wheat, No. 2, soc 10 Sic; corn, No. z
white, 45c TO z6c; oats, No. white,
37c TO Csc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Attempt to Poison Troops.

made TO poison the garrison at Camp
FL Paso, Cripple Creek, Colo, and that
it was so successful that every man in
the command, with the exception of
three who were absent. was laid on his
back with cramps and diarrhea. Alto
gether sixty-eight men were down, but
all of them have recovered. 1t is be-
lieved poison was placed in the water
tank of the mine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
TELLS CT NAcARoN1 WHEAT.
NJ. A. Car1cto Shows Strength of Mar
ket tc Minnesota Dealers.


Nj. Carleton, cerealist of the De
pa-tment of Agriculture at Washington,
gave an address on macaroni wheat be-
fore the Grain Dealers National Asso-
citation in Minneapolis He declared the
market for this variety of wheat was
much better this year than had been sup
posed, the price at New York and Gal
weston being half a cent above the price
Of Turkey wheat He estimated the
American crop of macaroni wheat this
year at 5000, 900 bushels, against 1000
600 last year and 100000 in 1901. Twen-
ty-two mills are now grinding macaroni-
III. S. Grimes of Portsmouth, Ohio, was
elected president by unanimous vote.
John w. Snyder of Baltimore was chos-
en- first vice-president and l.. Cortelyou
of Kansas second vice-president. The
directors named include Captain J. L.
Rumsey Of Chicago and ii. 5. Halliday
of Cairo, ILL.,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
| New York. |

SAYS
There have been no Developments of
Importance in the commercial world. AS
a rule, there is more caution in making
contracts, especially among manufactur-
ers. Uneasiness regarding the financial
situation recedes as the season advances
without producing any monetary pres
sure in connection with crop moving.
Manufacturing news is favorable except
where the raw material markets are un-
settled or labor struggles cause trouble.
Latest returns of foreign commerce at
this port are unsatisfactory, exports
showing a loss of $1,1SS,646 compared
with the same week last year and inn
ports decreasing S2,577, 124. Bank ex-
changes at New York for the week were
Dig per cent smaller than last year
while at other leading cities there was
gain of "A per cent.
Reduced dividends and curtailed pro
duction in the iron and steel industry
show that conservatism is increasing and
that there is no disposition TO disguise
the fact that business is not progressing
without Interruptions. Yet there is moth
ing alarming in the situation and few
years ago the contracts now in sight
would have assured full occupation for
all plants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Wrecks Newspaper Plant.

At an early hour the other morning a
mob entered the office of the Journal at
Kensai, n. D., and spilled several cases
of type in the street. The interior of the
Office was wrecked. The work was done
so quickly that Editor c. 4. Allen did
not uisctve the havoc caused in his
Office until some time after it had oc-
Cured he had been fighting a lawless
alamant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
sirn Treaty with China,

The State Department in Washington
has been informed that the American
Chinese commercial treaty and the jap
anese- Chinese treaty had been signed at
Shanghai. The cablegram was sent from
Shanghai and was signed by Minister
Conger, Consul General Goodnow and
Mr.. Seaman, the three commissioners
who negotiated the American Chinese
treaty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Socialist. Riot in Spain.

\ socialist demonstration OF 10000
v,orkmen took place at Bilbao, Spain,
daring which a serious collision occurred
between the demonstrators and the cleri-
Gals. with the result that four persons
were killed ant Twenty-Five injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

The average quality of spring wheat
is $50, as compared with ST. one year
ago.
oat crop of about 1871 100000 bushels, or
an average of 2S.4 bushels per acre, as
compared with 345 bushels one year ago,
25.1 in 1901 and a ten-year average of
2TS.
The following table shows for each of
the ten principal oat States the averages
of yield per acre for the last three years,
with the ten-year averages:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
BEL1TTLEs ALASKAN FARMS.
United States Senator Dietrich Not
Much Impressed by Visit.

Much Impressed by Visit.
; c. II. Dietrich, United States Senator
from Nebraska, and member of the SEN
ate committee OH public lands, has arriv-
ed in San Francisco, after a four months
visit to Alaska. His object in visiting
the territory was to familiarize himself
with the conditions there. He does not
attach much Importance to the glowing
re ports of Alaska's great agricultural
possibilities that have come here for
years past. He says that the expanding
of many thousands of dollars at the gov
eminent agricultural experiment station
at Sitka has not established facts about
the agricultural possibilities of the terri
tory that lave not been known for fifty
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Modmou Beateu to Reath.

Frank Elgin, territorial patient from
Payne County, in the asylum for insane
persons at Norman, Ok, died there the
other day, it is alleged, from the effects
of a beating Oct by ]. w. Sewers, an
attendant Sewers has fed, and a war
rant for his arrest, charging murder, has
been issued.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
Ex-Congressman Jumps Bond.

Ex-Congressman d. r. Nelson of Ten
nessee forfeited a bond of $1,000 by fail
ing to appear in the District Court in
Coffeyville, Kan, TO answer the charge
of secreting mis- brother, John Nelson.
from the county officers, and a reward of
5000 has been offered by the county COM
missioners of Montgomery County for
the ex-Congressman's arrest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
DIES IN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE.
Husband Gives Life in Vain Effort to
Save His Bride.

W. w Potter and Mrs. Otis Guern-
sey of Ainsworth, Ind, drove to Cedar
Lake, Ind, the other day to get married.
At night the couple registered at the
summer resort hotel. In the morning at
3 O'Clock the hotel caught fire and the
newly married couple persisted in the
flames. Hetzler, the proprietor of the
hotel, barely had time to get his family
and guests out of the house. He forgot
to awaken Potter, but the latter was
seen to carry the woman down the
stairs, which, however, collapsed under
their weight. The bodies were found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20

The Marquis of Donegal is the happi-
est man in England. An heir was born
to him the other day. The marquis, who
is in his eighty-second year, married Miss
Violet Turning of Nova Scotia, who is %
years old The marquis has been mar
ried twice before without having issue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
SAYS IT'S CURSE OF CHURCH.
Dependence on Mii1ionaires Declared
BLIGHT of tho Raptista.

There was a warm time in the Baptist
Ministerial Association meeting in St.
Louis over a proposed revision of the
constitution TO give voting privileges in
the association only to those churches
which have contributed something to
missions during the year. This was vio-
lently opposed by Rev. DR.. Boyd, who
said: ''rhe curse of the Baptist Church
to-day is its dependence upon million
aires. The church was meant for the
common people" He added: IF you in
troduce this money basis into the church
you will go to hell, where you belong"
Peace was finally restored.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-20
SAFE BLOWERS LOOT BANK.
Four Men Enter the Farmers' State
Iuatitutiou at Berwick, Ill.

Four men drove into the little town Of
Berwick, H., early the other morning
went to the Farmers State Bank. picked
the lock of the front door, drilled the
door of the vault and forced the cOmbi-
nation obtaining $500. The explosion
awakened q number OF residents of the
:own. who appeared on the scene and
Were covered with guns in the hands of
the robbers, who held their pursuers at
bay until they had loaded their booty
into the rig and driven east. Surround
ing towns were notified. ". c. Tubbs,
president of the bank, says the loss is
covered by insurance.