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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
TRAGEDY Az cRooksroN, MINI.
George BundahI Kills His Sweetheart
and Fatally Shoots Himself.

and Fatally Shoots Himself.
A Crookston. Mimi, dispatch says:
George Bundahl, laborer, SO years old,
shot and instantly killed Carolina A.
Moen, 10 years old, and turning the gun
on himself, sent two bullets into his
brain, either one of which would have
proved fatal. He never regained con-
seriousness to relate any of the details of
the affair. The crime was discovered. by
Mrs. Simpson, at whose house the shoot
ing took place. She had left the house
about half an hour before. On her re-
turn she found the Aoen girl lying on the
door and Bundahl unconscious nearby.
The circumstances surrounding the ira
gedy point to the theory that the shoot
ing was the result Of a sweethearts'
quarrel. and it is generally supposed that
ne asked her to be his wife, was met
with Hat refusal. and rather than ac-
,ept such a situation determined to end
the whole affair without further ado.
and did so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The first river tragedy Of the skating
season. resulting in the drowning of two
Young women in the Mississippi. Oc-
CURED at the foot Of Olive street, 81.
I.ouis Miss Mary Galleano. I6 years
cid. and Miss Angie Cafferats, IL years
old, were the victims.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

New union railway station will I've
erected in Washington. TO cost $1,000
COO. 1t will be located at Massachusetts
and Delaware avenues There wiz also
BE- plaza park. The government VIII
pay the Pennsylvania Railroad $500,
coo and the b. & o. $500 900.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The State Bank of Weber, Kan, was
dynamited and robbed of $500 in cash.
The robbery was not discovered until late
the other day. The robbers dug hole
through the stone vault large enough to
admit a man and blew open the steel
chest which contained the money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Woman Gets Poisoned Candy.

Rat poison sprinkled over a box of
mixed candy was sent through the North
Adams. Mass, postoffice to Mrs. c. \.
Beers, woman living in Clarksburg,
The woman detected powder in the
box when She opened the package, and
had it examined. The chemists say that
there was enough poison in the box TO
kill dozen persons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Remains Point to a Murder.

The finding of the decapitated body Of
John Wax of Pittston on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad tracks near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, points to a murder, there being no
marks on the body such as would have
been evident had Wax been killed by the
ears. Wax worked during the coal strike
and had been repeatedly threatened with
bodily harin
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

the lines of those which have been an
nounced by various railroad companies
Among the new features, however, is a
provision to the effect that employees
who have reached the age of 81 years.
after twenty-five years in the service of
the company, may retire on half pay
for one year, after which the regulation
pension is TO be paid to them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
COAL MINERS ASK ADVANCE.

Bituniinons Workers Want 90 Per
Cent More Wages.
The bituminous Goa. miners of the
country are preparing to ask for an in
crease Of from Is to 20 per cent in
wages At the coming session of the ma
tional convention. w. D. Ryan, of Illi-
nois, ssss his district will ask for an
increase and the Indiana and Ohio lead
5ars say they will ask the same. The
last increase the soft coal miners re-
ceived was at Columbus three years ago.
1t was from Is to 20 per cent. The
miners have had a statistician at work
for months on figures on which they will
base demand for an increase.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Two Rrother. Asphyxiated.

John Bachman, aged "a years, and
William Baehman, aged 10 years, broth
ers. were found dead in their room in a
hotel at Allentown. Pa. They had been
asrhyxiated by illuminating gas. 1t is
supposed they blew out the gas when
they retired.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
victims of ExpIosion in Mine.

Four bodies have been recovered from
the Little Redstone mine, two miles
above Fayette City, Pa, where an cxpla-
sion occurred. There may be another
victim beneath the pile of debris in one
of the entries The dead are victims of
their own carelessness, it is claimed by
the mine officials. because they deliber-
ateIy passed danger signal while car
rying naked lamps.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Six Firemen Crushed 40 Deatl..

Six Brooklyn firemen are believed to
have been killed by falling wa!l at
the cocperage plant of the Arbuckle su-
gar refinery. The bodies of Battalion
Chief Coppinger and the assistant fore
man have been recovered. Others We're
buried under hot bricks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
rn Extend Ol,lnhomn HALLWAY Limo.


The Missouri Kansas and Texas Rail
road Company has let the contract for
fifty miles of the extension from Coal
gate, l. T., to Oklahoma City, this con-
tract covering the distance between Coal
gate and Ada. l. r. This line viii strike
both Violet and Shawnee, Oklahoma.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
ocean yes.e1s in Collision.

News was brought by the steamer Tar
tar of disaster in the Malacea straits,
az a result of which sixty lives were
lost The steamer Bunsang was in col
listen with the steamer Kiangyan in the
straits and the Kiangyan was sunk, sixty
sailors and passengers being missing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
| New York.

- ~ holiday quiet. except ia
Christmas goods, which sold freely.
many packing and shipping departments
being still engaged ON this class of work.
which could not be completed at the spe-
Gifted time. Industrial undertakings are
interrupted in many cases by the taking.
of inventories, while other plants arc
closed because fuel cannot be obtained
Orders still come forward freely, and
the new year will open with m6se bust
ness on the books than ever before
Prices of commodities are firmly held BY
the steady domestic demand. and there
Is Il good export movement of the lead
Ing staples. In this as in many other in
stances, however. there is still the draw
back of inadequate transporting faeili-
ties. which restrict shipments TO the 5, a.
board
Il. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review II
Trade makes the foregoing summary of
the industrial situation, and. continuing
the review. says;
Financial conditions are satisfactory
Railway earnings thus far reported for
the month of December surpass last
years by per cent and those Of 1900.
by 11.6 per cent.
Quiet conditions in the iron and steel
industry. unaccompanied by any sign Of
weakness, testify 10 the healthy tone and
suggest a bright outlook for the coming
year Furnaces and mills will extend tho
season of idleness beyond the usual time
not because ordcss are lacking, but in
order TO accumulate moderate supply
of coke. The situation in regard 10 snip
ments from Connellsyille has not improv.
ed, very large amount of business
will be carried over into next year, prob
ably more than in any previous season.
New contracts have come forward more
slowly of late, mainly because of the I'M
certainty rs to date of delivery, ALTHOUGH,
pnere are prospective purchasers who
still anticipate better terms in 1903.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Mother and Children Burned.

-Four persons were burned TO death in
the house of julius King of Pierceteld,
~ Y The fire had gained such Roadway
before it was discovered that Mrs. NJ. j.
MeGovern, Kings eldest daughter, and
her three children, who were sleeping en-
the floor, were not able to get out, and
all were killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
E;xe ractories Are Gutted.

IN fire which shot through hve fac
tosies ia the river front district of Brook
lva. y. y. three iremen were killed.
three were badly injured. and more than
x4O0.oso damage was Ssne.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

Henry and ROBBERS.
Crawford, were also
myths. but the plot
was SO skillfully ~.
ranged by the wonl-
an thar the courts
accepted the contest
placed in their name
and for twenty
years they were
made to appear ~
disputing the will by
attorneys from tie
highest to the low
not ontrt. e No.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
enI,nrhan Lines for Omoba.

Articles of incorporation of the Omaha
and Council Bluffs Street Railway Com
pany. with 4 capital stock of $15,oo0.000,
have been filed in Omaha with the Coun-
ty Clerk. The articles provide for sub
urban lines to Blair. Plattsmouth, Wa
hoo and Lincoln. Neb.. and Griswold,
Iowa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
stntistics of AgricnIture.

The Agricultural Department bulletin
reports winter wheat acreage of United
States for 1902, 2S,5S1, .26, with ILL.,
1854 66 bushels production; corn acreage,
"a. 043, 613: production, 2,t23, 64S,3l2.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
r.o.a Of $50. 200 At Newark.

Fire did $4,000 damage TO the Goerke
Company's department store, the estab-
lishment of the Paris Cloak and Suit
Company and the Ray Tailoring Com
pan- liz Newark. y !.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Attemnt 40 Drnnmite a Town.

The little town Of Moorefield, w. Va,
is terror stricken over n series of violent
explosions which turn out to have been
an attempt to wreck the business section
of the town. Ten sticks of dynamite
were used, ard as result the residence
of George Kuykendall, adjoining the
eourt house, and George B. Eherly's
store are ALMOST wrecked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
SUICIDE IS COFFEE LOSER.

Oswald Weber, Jr., OF New York, Takes
Poison After Market Slump.
Oswald Weber, Jr., who had been spec
ulating heavily in coffee. committed sui
eide at the Grand Union Hotel in New
York. He was found dying, having
drunk two ounces of prussic acid. He
lived only few minutes after the arrival
Of the ambulance surgeon from Bellevue
hospital. Weber lived in Brooklyn With
his aged father, who is an invalid and
whose support he was. He was heavily
long of coffee when the market broke
recently and was badly pinched.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
rorperv After Chicaro Theft.

Detectives are searching for q fashion
ably dressed woman accused of passing
forged money orders which We're stolen
from station No. " at Chicago Oct. 13.
The woman secured $50 and merchandise
from East St. Louis dealers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Eirht Fan with scaffoId.

BY the breaking of scaffoid on the
big ice house in course of construction
by the Peoples Ice Company in Erie.
Pa. eight men were preeipitated 10 the
ground. distance of thirty-hve feet.
Three were seriously. if not fatally. in
lurexi
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Boy Santa Claus Loses Life.

Forest Gale, 15-year-old boy attach
cd to the Salvation Army. was burned
fatally while playing Santa Claus to 800
poor children of Hamilton. Ohio. The
accident occurred at the Salvation Ar
my's hall, where the annual Christmas.
entertainment for the poor was in prog
resS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
wor,an Kills Assa;Iant.

At Olivedale, hamlet near Bradford.
Pa, Mrs. Edward Burdiek shot John
Ryan dead in defense of herself. Ryan
entered the woman's house during her
husbands absence. A coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict of justiiable homicide
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
INDIA Halls EDWARD.
His Accession to Throne Celebrated in
Magnificent Style.

Tile viceroy, Lord Curzon of Kedles,
ton. made his state entry Monday into
Delhi, the capital of the Moguls. This
constituted the official opening of the
Durbar held to celebrate the accession
of King Edward as Emperor of India.
1t was a splendid pageant, prob ably I'M
paralleled in its magnihcence.
At the head of the elephant procession
rode Lord and Lady Curzon on the state
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

While trying to cross the Cumberland
river at Gainesboro, Tenn, in a canoe
Miss Verdi Rich, Miss Hattie Rose and
Walter Rich were drowned, while Rufus
Bailey and Alfred Crowder had narrow
escaNes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

A severe blizzard sweps many North
western States. delaying railroad .razic
and causing much hardship James ].
Hill narrowly escaped being snow5eand
on Dakota prairie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
pro,,irent NI;nnesotn Man Dies.

F5rmer United States Senator Dwight
VI. Sabin Of Minnesota died suddenly in
his apartments at the Auditorium Annex
in Chicago Ex-senator Sabin was a
native of Illinois. being born at Maniius
Anril 25. 1S45.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

where the battle fol
existence has even
been d G $ p erat Z.
again attract atten-
ton to 4 people
w h o 5 e sufferings
have been many,
Starvation no W
stalks about the
land and before
spring thousands of
l'inlanders Will
have persisted be-
cause of a lack of
food Eox-nrnnnont
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Hague Tribunal Will Arbitratc.

The allied powers have practicaIIy
agreed to accept The Hague tribunal for
arbitration of the Venezuelan dispute.
Details Of arrangement are not made
public. Negotiations on that line aad
for cessation OF hostilities are still in
nrorresS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
100000 FIRE AT BATTLE CREEK.
-Adventists Suffer Loss by Burning of
Review and Herald Building.

Review and Herald Building.
Adventists sustained 100000 loss,
with insurance one-haS, in the burning
of the Review and Herald building, at
Battle Greek, Mich. The structure
WIS five stories high and had 10000 feet
of HOOr space. The fire caunght through
defective wiring and spread rapidly. y
dozen men were at work in the book
room, but were Obliged to flee by the
FIRE escapes. The fire apparatus was en-
firely inadequate to cope with the flames.
Fourteen large presses and twelve job
bcrs We're among the articles burned.
Valuable book plates, worth from $780,
600 TO $4,000, We're in the building,
stored IN vaults, and may be safe. The
Review and Herald is the official organ
of Tie Seventh Day Adyentists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
killa Mnnwith His rist.

haywood Hail landed heavy upper
cut on Addison Hupp's neck in a saloon
fsShs at Gr.sysville. Chic. Hupp died in
srantly. The young men belong to
wealthy fafnilleS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
o,,ol,es the world Around.

Andijan, in Russian Turkestan, has
been again shaken by an earthquake.
The number of victims now reaches
800. Shocks have occurred at Quay
aquil. Ecuador. and Bagneres-ie-Lu
chon. France
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
GETS LITER ABOUT BURGLAR.
Pennsylvania Preacher Told to Pay
$500 or BE Killed.

$500 or BE Killed.
The Rev John B. Shellenberger Of
Bannerville, Pa, the mj:dster who re
Gently shot burglar Who died later I'M
identified in the county jail, has received
an unsigned letter which, it was narrat-
ed in the text had y cen written ny one
of the burglars eanaly. The letter de-
clared that the man Mr.. Shellenbergcr
had killed had been the only support of
a family in dire aced, and that he had
been forced to crime by the sufferings Of
his wife and children. 1t ended with a
bitter inyective against the minister. He
was ordered to deposit $500 in a box in
an isolated place under threat of death.
Shellenberger will go armed until the
writer of the letter is discovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
slain By a Bartender.

During a eight in saloon in lounss.
town. Ohio. Edward Kaden. who was
tending bar. attempted to eject party
IF men. when one of them. Patrick Mul-
rihill, assaulted him. kaden drew a
revolver and shot MulvihiA IN the meek.
Ths victim died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Bank in Kansas Robbed.

The State Bank of Weber. Kan. vas
robbed of 81. 800 after the safe had been
blown open with dynamite. The robbers
dug a mole through the stone vault large
enough to admit a man and then blew
open the steel chest which contained
the money
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Exnrrss Hi.s an Enxine.

The Santa Fe overland train No. )
crashed into light engine sidetracked
at Siam. a station between Dandy and
Needles, Cal. killing Engineer Charles
Hayward and badly injuring Fireman A..
ArkiflS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

Gas caused tragedy that comes lear
wiping ont M family Of Josephine Ma
honey. gathered ~ her home in CRacago
for 4 reunion T'NSa are dead Fad two
others snft,sring from Fumes and shock
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
OkLAHOMA'S AWKWARD SHAPE.
x AZ SA s

~ PPoNENTs the admission of Oklahoma Territory statehood
VI there
The present boundaries the Territory
especially little
be
on to adjacent States Statehood
uhu the existing Indian Territory
Land mas 5000 square miles Oklahoma 3S5s
$1,000 miles Oklahoma
internal division of Indian In of
FARMING prosperity Oklahoma a
Indian Territory
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The appraisal of the estate of the late
John sherman. formerly Secretary Of
State under President Mckinley and
United States Senator for Ohio, shows
that he left personal property worth al
together 1868 360
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Laura BiGgar Is Acquitted.

Jury ut Freehold. \. j., acquitted
Laura Biggar of charge of conspiracy to
secure whole of Bennett estate. and con-
victed DR.. Charles c Hendricks and
Samuel Stanton. who were tried as CO.
cunSpirators.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
AtIat.ta PIayhouse Burns.

Fire broke out in the Star Theater at
Atlanta, Gs., and that building. together
with the contents, is total loss. The
building is four stories higS and is in
the business section of the city,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The strike Of the Illinois Central Rail
road freight handlers in New Orleans has
been declared of and the men have gone
hack to work on the old conditions. but
without discrimination
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

Carl Theodore Francis Bitter has iseeE
appointed chief of sculpture OF the Lou
isiana Purchase Exposition, taking the
place of Frederick w Ruckstuhs re-
signed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Stabbed in sheeD-kiIlinr Pen.

In the sheep-killing beds Of Nelson
Morris & Co. at the Union Stock Yards,
in Chicago, two boys at work there
quarreled, and one of them plunged a
knife in the others breast, killing him.
The victim was James Lurshut, 10 years
old. His assailant, Peter Lenkz, is II
wears old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Fatal MING Fire in Russia.

Fire in a coal mine At Bschmut- Eka-
torsmossav province. Russia. imprisoned
100 nsnecs. Twenty have been resc;sed,
but i Is seasse the others are dead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

John Num- was shot AID kSled al his
home in Lincosz Center. Kan. Ivy his son
in-iaw. David Shirk TAe killing IS said
by the family Of the dead Sslan 10 have
isecn the result Of family qllnrrg-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
INSANE ACT OF ILLINOIS MAN.
Attempts to Murder a Woman ant
Commits Suicide

Commits Suicide.
G. L. Beck, a laundry worker, employ
cd at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
fred two bullets into Mrs. Georgia Al
bin. shot and instantly killed himself at
Orlando Housc. The shooting was the
result of jealousy. The woman will re-
cover. Beck left this letter: Il here say
that love this girl or l would not kill
her. She is my love. She has wrecked
my life. that is why take my life and
her own. She has wrecked my life and
has gone with another. so that is why l
take her life. VIII you please send a
dispatch to my father His address is
.. II. Beck, Neogo. Ill"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

feer IN Paris reads
like 4 romance and
who fled to avoid
punishment for her
lnisdeeds, was mp.
pretended u Mad
rid recently. togctll-
er with her accom-
plices-her husband.
Frederic Humbert,
Eva Humbert and
Roman, Emil and
Marie d'Aarignac.
They were taken
hack to France for
trial.
The N . ~ 4, A. f-s
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
Fatalities of a i.eS.

There has been AZ, unusual series of
fatalities in Greater New York in one
day, niue persons meeting death by VIC
lence
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

Burglars blew the safe Of the Enoree
Manufacturing Company at Enswee Mills,
s. C.. lad secured 5000. Fart e which
belonged to the local postotnes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
lsenainns for Its Em nIoves.

The STANDARD Oil Compaay has an
nouncsd general pension plan Tor the
lenefis of its employees. The plas IS on
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The remains of Mrs. Jessie Benton
Fremont have been eremated at Los
angeles in accordance with her express
ed desires
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06
HUNGER IN FINLAND.
Failure of the Grain Crop Is Attend
ed by Much Suffering.

narrowing tales OF misery now com
ing to the world from Finland, that
bleak. forbidding dependency of Russia
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-06

The Philippines constabnlary captured
man named Balghadia, Prime Min
ister' of the northern Katipunan Society,
with the seals of the organization. mem
bership blanks and valuable records, The
Katipunan is revolutionary society.