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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
More Scandals.

In addition to- the gigantic scandal
in the Postoffice department which is
seriously Gripping its usefulness. in
which the public are so much interest
ed, the era of loot appears to have
become epidemic and has spread to our
new possessions.
In Manila smuggling by some of the
quartermasters, who are in command
Of the transports. has been discovered
and in Porto Rico a number of officers
of the army and navy and some high
civil employees have been convicted of
the same offense. In the latter cases
a serious scandal had been developed
which involves the administration for
under the instructions of two members
of the cabinet the convicted officers
have been allowed to compromise the
cases against them by paying fines.
This extraordinary favoritism would
probably have never come to public
knowledge If some native Porto Ric-
ans had not been convicted of similar
crimes and are now serving long SEN
fences in the penitentiary. The injus-
tice of placing one set OF culprits be-
hind the bars and allowing the others
to go free because they had official in
huence and were officers of the United
States, created a great sensation
amongst the Porto Ricans. They had
f0ndly imagined that the laws of the
United States would be strictly en-
forced against all alike and that the
era of compromising felonies had pass
ed away with the retirement Of the
Spanlards The friends of the Porto
Rieans who are undergoing confine-
ment in the penitentiary for smuggling
are now demanding that they be par
doned
A statement issued by the Treasury
Department says 1T was directed by
the President that Secretary Needy
and Postmaster General Payne should
Investigate the entire subject upon
their arrival at Porto Rico. and that
The cases should be dealt with in ac-
cordaHce with their recommendation.
The recommendation was that all
criminal proceedings should be dismiss
ed and discontinued upon the payment
Of the civil obligation. as above stated.
In accordance with this reeommenda-
ton the Attorney General directed the
United States attorney for Porto Rico
to dismiss the pending cases and 10
present no more cases TO the grand
jury Until be was Otherwise Instruct
ed The cases involve certesa officers
Of the army and navy, ard certain e.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONclSELY
CONDENSED.
Plans Canal for Yachts-Painful Ac-
cident to Kaukanua Boy-Young Man
Shot by Jealous Riva1-New Rail Line
Projected-saws Ont of Jail

Eighty thousand dollars has been sub
seribed by citizens Of Madison for the
building of parks and pleasure drives.
The latest plan in the movement to make
Madison the most beautiful city in the
Northwest is TO build a pleasure yacht
canal mile long connecting Lakes Men
dota and Monona. For this purpose an
additional sum of SD. 900 has been rails
ed by voluntary subscriptions. The lead
ing spirit in this last enterprise is John
NJ. DIN, an attorney, VINO was once the
prohibition candidate for Governor. he
is wealthy and has formed the Madison
Park and Pleasure Drive Association,
which has constructed macadam road
ways for forty miles around the four
lakes near Madison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
Has Spartan Fortitude.

Julius Goetzman, aged 16 years. en-
ployed as third hand at the Thilmany
pulp and paper mills in Kaukauna. sui
fered painful injury by which his right
thumb was completely severed and the
cord attached to the length of eight
inches was pulled out. Young Goetzman
showed remarkable fortitude during the
accident, never once finehing or crying
out while the cord was being drawn out
and severed. He was engaged on the
reminding machine and was trying TO
throw off the friction clutch when his
hand slipped from the lever and was
caught in the gearing.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The automobile bin, that seeking 70
regulate and register automobiles and TO
hold the owners liable for accidents, is
slated for killing in the Senate. The
judiciary committee after careful consid-
GRAFTON Of the bin framed by the Assem-
bly, judiciary as a substitute for the Mol
denhauer bill by unanimous vote decided
to report i for indefinite pogtponement.
The present laws. the members say. are
sufficiently elastic 70 meet every case.
The provision regarding the liability for
injury Is said 70 be merely declaratory
Of the common law. The great objec-
ton is. however. that Il would reguit in
hardship 10 livrfies which rent antomO-
bilos. because by holding the owner OF
the machine liable. irrespective Of the
negligence Of tie driver. and allowing the
latter 70 escape. It would drive them ont
3f business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
HOW cow-sELLs ARE MADE.

Factory In Little Connections Town
Manufactures Most of Them,
Cow-bells that chime on the Western
plains. sheep-bells that tinkle a. the
big American sheep ranches. bells for
grazing horses and mules. and, accord
ING to Popular Mechanics, all kinds of
bells fer the fs1Ea and ranch are made
in one factory. which stands on a hill
side street in little town in Connect
cut.
To several great cattle ranches Of the
West were sent recently lot Of bells,
tuned in sets OF an octave each. so that
the belI-bearers among the shifting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
s,ws His wav ont of Tail.

A prisoner from Gates County, confin-
ed in Jail at Barron awaiting trial on
the. charge of burglary, sawed his way
out with hacksaw, evidently Struggled
to him by parties Gu the outside. He
gave his name as Thomas Meyers and
admitted to fellow prisoners during his
confinement that he had escaped from the
North Dakota penitentiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
sbot bv an yu.,nown Rival,

William Weisner, son of a well-known
farmer of Caledonia, while sitting with
Miss Mary Petura the other evening
on the porch of her home was wounded
by shot fired by one of three young
men driving past in a buggy The bullet
struck a tree, glanced and then hit Wels-
ner in the forehead, causing a serious
but not necessarily fatal wound. Jeal-
ousy is believed to have been the cause
of the attempted murder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

President ~ j. Earring and other off
cials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and ST.
Paul road have been looking over the
territory between Shullsburs and Dur
buque, Iowa, in connection with the new
proposed short line between Milwaukee
and Kansas City. BY building road
from Dubuque to Shullsburg, the line
would be shortened about forty miles.
The officials suite that nothing definite
had been done in the matter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
PoI;ce Chief Exonerated.

After an all-night session the Racine
police and fire commission exonerated
Chief of Police Fred Pfster from all
charges preferred against him by Chair
man David Evans of the Council police
committee Pfster was charged with
habitual drunkenness, in competency and
protecting immoral resorts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

Dixon Hotel wss Quilted by Ere at
Grand Rapids The fire started from the
furnace. Joseph Whitney. the lumber
man. Architect Chandler Of Racine,
George \. Wood and others escaped By
jumping from third-sfory windows. WHIT
ney was dignity injured Many guests
lost all their baggage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The Senate committee on State affairs
have offered n prize picture to any per-
son who can fathom the meaning Of the
opening sentence Of section / Of bill
202S. The competition is free for all.
This is the sentence: The Board Of
Supervisors Of any town in this State
where street cars propelled by steam or
electric power now are. or which may
hereafter De in operation on any street
or road whore street ears are in opera
ton within the iOan as aforesaid" Ae
a help in figuring out the puzzle the next
sentence Is given. IT is: The cost If
erecting aud maintaining such lights 10
be paid from the tax 70 be received by
said town from any person. persons,
company OF corporation for or upon ac-
count Of 50 operating n street railway
therein" Answers 10 the puzzle may be
sent 10 Senator Hatteu, chairman of the
committee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
POVERTY.

Ihe people call him rich; his lands
Stretch very far and very wide;
They call him rich, yet there he stands
lll-clad and bent and hollow-eyed.
The people cali him rich; his gold
Is piled in many a yellow heap,
But he is all alone and old,
And when he dies no one viii weep.
They call him rich, but where he dweIls
The floors are bare, the walls are
bleak;
They call him rich; he buys and sells,
But no fond fingers stroke his cheek.
They call him rich; he does not know
The happiness of standing where
Sweet winds across the meadows blow
And toss the verdant pillows there.
-Harper's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
Appleton Strike OFF.

The paper mill strike in the Kimber-
ly-Clark Company mills was definitely
settled at the meeting of the brother
hood in Appleton. The proposition of
the company was accepted and the strike
declared off
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The bill Of the coal Investigating COM
mttee has given the committee on GLAZING
one of the most difficult of the many
knotty problems that il has been con-
fronted with. The members are divided
Between love and duty. Their friendship
for the members makes 1t difficult for
them to Carrie Nation" the bill, as one
Of the members put 1t. On the other
hand. they feel their duty to the State
requires that the AK should he brought
forth and tendery used. Members Of
tho coal investigating committee feel
quite hurt at the thought that the claims
committee should find cause for hesi-
fancy. Senator McGilliyray says the
committee worked hard and faithfully
and has kept the bills down TO the low
est possible figure, but other members
cannot be Convinced Of the necessity Of
charging $lG.40 for a round trip to Mil
waulSee which ordinarily costs but $500
The committee has not acted yet, but
when it does it is more than likely that
it will refuse TO pay SlG40 for the rail-
road travel and viii cut it down to the
actual cost, $3.50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

Lesnder Cboate Of Oshkosh has pur-
chased foT $4,000 the property Of the
Little Wolf River Telephone Company
Of Wisconsin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The sailor is always glad to see a
lighthouse, but it's different with The
actor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

Famous Marquand Rug.
Thirty-eight thousand dollars was
the price paid for Persian rug at the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05
5<lEl'IlI|;EEnz5=N0
lE TT p's9T ( 0fIE Al.

The new divorce bill presented by the
Assembly judiciary committee is design
ed TO operate as check upon the divorce
tendency. but its method of operation is
such as to make L very doubtful whether
it will not work the other way. This
is because Of the provision which virtu-
ally penalties the faulty party. that is,
the one against whom the Judgment for
divorce runs The party securing the
divorce will be privileged to marry inn
mediately, bur the party against whom
the judgment runs cannot marry within
one year. There is some doubt as to
whether this distinction will not rather
tend TO induce parties desiring divorce to
hasten the action in order to become the
party plaintiff and then seek TO manu-
facture line of testimony against the
defendant calculated 60 insure the divorce
for plaitnin in place of for defendant. 1t
is a well-known fact that the party
against whom the Judgment runs is not
always the guilty party, or the one whose
actions have resulted in the breach lead
ing to separation. The law is a copy of
laws in other States. however, but how
successful their operation has been is not
quite clear. There is further provision
in the bill, that has been generally over
looked, to the effect that parties prevent
ed from marrying in the other States
where the divorce was granted shall not
be allowed to marry in Wisconsin for
the purpose of evading such laws. The
effect of this will be 10 greatly strength
en- the divorce laws OF the other States
and particularly those States like New
York. where the courts have the power
TO direct that one or The other of the
parties shall not marry again.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The FIRST saw mill Of tAs season 20
start opened at Ia Crosse. II was the
G. L. Colman plant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

While the Senate has killed the State
park health bill. designed to relieve con-
sumptiyes, Assemblyman Karel's meas
ure to provide Stdte sanitarum is
meeting with greater favor. The reason
for the killing of the Senate measure,
Senators explain, was that the bill was
loose and vague II sought an appropri-
alton without outlining for what purpose
the money was to be used. and, one SEN
ator said. ito pass the bill and make the
appropriation would be simply to give
someone n large sum Of money biudly."
The karel bill is rapidly gaining in favor
and the only reason likely to prevent its
passage viii be that the funds will not
permit Of an appropriation of 100000.
While Mr.. Karel was requested and urg-
ed to present the bill by many physicians,
since its Introduction he has been left all
the work to do and has received little
help from the doctors who were clamor-
ing for the bill. Mr. Karel has statis-
ties TO prove that from 1900 to 1900
persons die every year in Wisconsin from
consumption. Prof. III. l.. Russell, the
hacterioogist of the university, is great
ly interested in the bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-05

The parental school bin is having a
very rocky road TO travel through the AS
sembly committee ON education and the
probabilities are that it will fail by the
wayside. The measure was framed and
is fathered hy the Children's Retirement
League and has the Endorsement eff many
of the women who came to urge the pas
sage of the compulsory education bill.
While that measure win be passed. the
members of the committee are unable to
accept the arguments of the supporters of
the bill as meeting all objections to the
parental school measure. The two bills
represent extremes. The committee has
been willing TO 60 to tie extreme outlined
in the compulsory education bill, largely,
because there has been legislation along
The same line before. There has never
been anything like the parental school
measure. 1t is opening a new field, aud
while there are many strong arguments
in favor of it they fail to fully cover the
ground. The passage of both bills would
be taking toe big a step. the members
say. More than that they believe that
the operation of the compulsory attend
ance bill viii correct many of the condi-
tons which led to the presentation of the
par. ltal school bill. At any rate they
say the one measure ought to have
"a 80. Al y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-20
STREET RAILWAY EXTENSION
South Saltwater Would Like Line
. COMMITTEE Appointed.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
saltwater, Mimi, April 20.-Citizens
would like to have the street railway ex-
tended to South Saltwater. and a commit
tee has been appointed from the CONNER
cial club to present the matter in forci-
BILE light to the officials. This committee
consists of w. E. Easton. ]. D. Bronson,
M. L. Murphy. A. A. Ewart and J. G.
Armson.
Theodore Nelson has been brought to
the penitentiary from ST. Louis county to
serve ten years for robbery in the first de-
gree.
The Mountain Belle left last night with
a tow Of lumber for Muscatine. The
Clyde cleared to-day with lumber for P.
]. Seipples of Dubuque and logs for zim-
norman & Ives of Gutenberg.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gordon died last night
from la grippe. aged IS years. She had
lived in Saltwater twenty-five years. Her
husband and two children, Mrs. John
Swanson and w. J. Gordon, are the imme-
date members of her family.
Mrs. E. Weinschenk, aged 63 years, died
this evening at the Lake Elmo sana-
forum, where she went for an operation
She had lived in Saltwater many years
J. o. Holen has not retired from the
grocery business. as reported. The firm
of J. o. Holen & Co. will continue to carry
on wholesale and retail business. The
senior members trip to Europe is for rest
and recrea ton. -.- 1914 g.
Carl Larson, a young married man, is
being examined for insanity. He has been
treated at the city hospital for some time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-20
will be found Of preventing suicidal COM


THE first object of the Northern Sc
curities plan was to give the community
of-interest idea permanent form. Ship
pers wanted stable and reasonable rates,
while stockholders considered themselves
entitled to fair returns:
- There is no question but that these
objects be secured by less objection
able and by more legal methods.
"The device possessed highly dangerous
possibilities. Carried to the extreme, it
would place the whole railroad system Of
the United States in control of very few
men: in fact, single master mind might
control the whole. .-za : e.
Such a FEASIBILITY is staggering. If
power Of this sort fell into the hands Of
men not to be trusted, what would be the
consequence? And how would the masses
Of voters in the United States view the
growth of power within the United
States rivaling and capable of defying the
national government 90"
TT is quite unnecessary to go further.
The Northern Securities company, if sus-
tanned by the courts, would certainely
have resulted, first, in Wholesale mergers
Of railroad and other corporations; then
speculative boom of unknown dirnen-
sions would have followed. and this would
just as surely have been succeeded by
violent political disturbances and stock
market reactions the consequences OF
which no one could predict -.
There can be no doubt now that sober
second thought has the sway, that this
decision has saved the country from seri
Gus financial and political excuses.
- 1.-THE Northern Securities decision will
tend to strengthen minority properties
and to check the growth Of that system;
while the restoration Of securities that
have been Withdrawn from the market is
likely to encourage and increase stock ex-
change activity" .. - f.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-20
A GUEST OF LABOR
President Roosevelt Accepts the In
vitation of the Labor Unions
of Butte.
His Stand in the Pennsylvania Coal
Strike Appreciated by West
ern Laborers.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Butte, Mont, April 2O.-President
Roosevelt will be the guest of Butte's la
Dor unions during a portion of the time
he expects to spend here May 27. He
has accepted the invitation of the Silver
Bow trades and labor assembly to eniov
the hospitality of organized labor, and
the occasion OF his visit promises to be
noteworthy in the history of local unions
The committee appointed by the as
sembly is composed of Frank Doyle J. w.
Dale. M. r. Dempsey. Joseph Corby F.
W. Cronin. J. e. McNally. B. T.. King,
W. M. Holden, Barney Lindsay and NAL
colin ellis. had several meetings during
the week and formulated an invitation
Immediately upon the receipt of the
message, Private Secretary Loeb drove
ten miles to where the president was and
laid the matter before him. When Mr..
ellis arrived at Cinnabar, Secretary
Loeb had returned and Informed the la
Dor representative that the president was
pleased to accept the invitation.
+ In communication to President
Roosevelt asking him to be the guest of
the local unions. it was stated that Or
ganized labor commended his stand in
the Pennsylvania coal strike. This evil
IDENTIFY appealed to the president and he
did not hesitate to comply with the
wishes Of Butte's working men.
: In all probability preparations will be
made to entertain the president at Co
lumbia Gardens, though definite arrange
ments have not yet been made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-20
THE MO. DOODLE CASES
Ten State Senators Likely to Be In
dicted for Bribery or
Perjury. = - ~~7."

st. Louis, April 20--Attorney General
Grow was present to-day during the -ses-
sion Of the st. Louis grand jury and as
sisted Circuit Attorney Folk with the in
vestigation of this end of the Legislative
Doodle deal. The Cole county grand jury
has taken a recess until April 81, and this
leaves the attorney general free to come
here for a time.
1t is limited that at least ten state SEN
ators will be indicted for either perjury or
bribery before the inquiry is concluded
here and in jefferson City.
The most important witness summoned
before the grand jury to-day Is Cashier
Webb of the bank of Steelville, who was
ordered to bring the check books and rec
ords of the concern, to show the deposits
made by Senator Farrss (who has been
indicted in Jefferson City, and the checks
issued by him.
Attorney, General Grow stated that he
had found no trace of Lieutenant Gov
ernor Lee. nor has he any idea of the
whereabouts of Daniel J. Kelley of New
York. Requisition papers for Kelley have
been sent to Detective Tracy. and should
reach him not later than to-day.
One Senator Shows Up. -
Jefferson City, Mo-, April. Ex-senator
Buell. Matthews Of ST. Louis county is
among those for whom indictments have
been returned by the Cole county grand
jury, and he is here arranging for bond
Circuit Judge HAZEL has fixed. the amount
of bond at $1,000 Senator Matthews de-
clares he is innocent Of any crime. for any
vote he cast and he asks that the public
withhold criticism until he comes u trial
when he will establish his innocenA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-20
HE DIED INSTANTLY.
John Molesworth Intended to Be a
Murderer as Well as q
Suicide. HI
He Planned to Wipe Out a Family
Because His Love Was
Rejected. 5
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
5 Houghton Mich, April Undetermined
to kill his sweetheart. Miss Eliza Mahar,
who spurned him, and her family, John
H. Molesworth.s baker, "a years old,
went to theirahome In Hurontown, near
Houghton, Saturday night After firing
three shots as Mrs. Bridget Mahar, the
girls mother. :. Wordsworth turned his
weapon on himself and sent two bullets
into his brain. dying instantly. Mrs.
Mahar is so years old and is seriously tho
not fatally wounded. =.
Wordsworth met and became infatuated
with Miss Mahar, aged "A and good look
ing. in Lee Brothers bakery and confec-
tionery store at Hancock, where both were
employed. After marked attention he was
Tilted for being drunk last Christmas. He
later went to Chicago and sent letters
threatening to kill the family unless Eliza
married him; blaming the mother and
brother for interfering.
He arrived In Houghton on the early
Chicago train Saturday night and went to
the home of Mrs. Mahar, who was alone.
He was friendly and inquired for Eliza
and her brother James. Cordially shak-
ing hands with Mrs. Michael Shea,
neighbor, who called, and, having asked
for and received a drink, Wordsworth
turned on Mrs. Mahar and said he in
tended to kill her for running his life.
At the first shot Mrs. Mahar fell to the
floor. wounded in the left hip, begging for
mercy. Mrs. Shea fed, screa ming for help.
AS Mrs. Mahar crawled on her hands and
knees toward the Kitchen door and down
into the cellar. Wordsworth sent two shots
after her. which went wild. Thinking
he had killed her he shot himself twice
behind the left ear.
Absence from home saved the girls life,
for Wordsworth vowed he would kill her.
Molesworth's parents are said to live in
Baltimore. Md, and he had a divorced
wife in Chicago. Beyond a severe shock,
owing to her advanced age, Mrs. Mahar's
condition is not critical.