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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

FORTY MILLIONS LOST.
Careful Estimate of Recent Flood
Damage In the West.


Damage In the West.
In seven fearful days the waters of
prairie slope racing into the lower Mis-
souri, river have brought to the middle
West the greatest loss in life and prop
erty of all its history. Hundreds of lives
and perhaps $40,0O0,000 of property have
been sacrificed. Farmers, manufacture
ers, towns, cities, railroads, have all
shared in the tremendous damage-and
because fire was seldom present there is
no recompensing insurance to make the
blow lighter, writes Charles Moieau Har-
ger in Lesles Weekly. The Kaw val
ley of Kansas is like an outstretched
hand. The finger tips are 200 miles from
the end of the wrist, where is situated
Kansas City, Mo. They are. too. 500
feet higher than the city, and down their
converging lengths flow the prairie
streams. As the river joins the Missouri
il makes a turn to the south, and in the
bend is Kansas City, Kan, the big sister
of the. Missouri town. The latter has
$4,000 people; the former 10000. In
the former are the stockyards, the pack
ing houses, among the largest in the
world; carshops, manufactures and
wholesale warehouses and grain eleva-
tors. Sixty miles westward, at the join
ing of palm and wrist. is Topeka, the
capital of Kansas. OF its $4,000 people
nearly one-third live on the level ground
north and south of the river rather than
on the high slopes where is the state
house and where are the beautiful homes
of leading citizens.
Over a stretch Of the richest country
in the West, where wheat stood waist
high and corn was peeping through the
ground, where alfalfa fields were in
bloom and oats was beginning to wave
200 miles long and three to five miles
wide, the valley is swept clear Not less
than $10,000,000 viii be the farmers
less. The towns will lose another ST.
100000; Topeka. $3,000,000; the rail-
roads. $4,000 900. And all because it
rained up among the fingers of the prairie
water basin.
The towns will suffer most from the
food. The farms will recover quickly.
On many Of the submerged acres a crop
of corn will yet be planted and harvested.
The wheat is not all gone. Not more
than one-twentieth Of the Kansas crop
is directly affecte2-probably not that.
There has been much stock drowned.
many farms made desolate; the blow
is a fearful one Only the food Of 1874
compares with it. But the West is stout
hearted. buoyant; it will heal the scars
and recover.
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per escape who looks for dressy attire
The goods themselves are tempting;
enough; they always make a powerful
bid. But when one considers them in
connection with the blends of old-time
styles with up-to-date fancies, their pos
sibilities stand out with a strength that
is likely to overwhelm the shoppers res
oluticns as to going home with some pin
money III her purse for another trip. A
great many silk gowns are made on the
shirt waist suit order, and in these there
is little danger of being deceived as to THE
ultimate cost Of the gown. Perhaps the
dresses embeliished with laces, embroid-
cry and hand-stitching AMI with bands
of contrasting satin or silk will be more
satisfactory after summers end has been
reached. That should be thought of, for
if the present inducements are to be kept
up, half the shoppers will be impover-
ished before their fall allowances are in
hand.
If midsummer tailor suits can be con-
sidered as a shadow cast before by fall
tailor styles, the revival of severity is
not near. Talk has been heard of it for
some time, but there seems little sub
stance behind it. Indeed, the latest out
put is indicative more nearly of contin-
uance of considerable elaborateness rath-
er than of return to unadorned beauty.
Current types were sketched for this de-
piction. The oress of the first large pic
ture was blue linen, with finish of white
linen braid, appliqued rings and white
French knots. The walking suit was tan
galatea with braid and tassels of darker
brown linen. Next it is shown a self
banded heavy white linen. This Is as
near severity as can be found but its
whiteness gives it character that would
be lacking in coIored stuff, and that
nine out of ten women would miss. So
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

A poem dedicated 10 the Union was
read at reunion of Gen. Morgan's rebel
raiders at Lexington. Ky, at which Gen.
Basil Duke and other Confederate lead
ers were present.
The late President Garfield was ac-
cused by Senator Dorsey with nominat-
ing Stanley Matthews TO the United
States Supreme bench in return for a
campaign contribution from Jay Could
and G. F. Huntington.
A British syndicate started campaign
to shut borrowers from the Southern
States ont Of the London money market
until the repudiated Confederate bonds
were paid
Nineteen persons. including ex-Mayor
Thomas Hoyne Of Chicago were killed
in a collision on the Rome, WATERFOWL
and Dgdensburg Railroad near Albion.
y. Y.
Gladstone withdrew his famous Suez
canal resolution because Of opposition in
the Britisl. Parliament.
The general strike Of teieeraphers was
reported broken. 800 operators resuming
work in NSw York
Capt. Webb. the famous English swim
mer. was drowned IN the whirlpool rapids
at Niagara.
Seventy excunsionists were drowned
By the collapsing Of pier in the Pataps~
60 river. near Baltimore. I'D.
Over $50 persons died Of cholera az
Cairo, Egypt, and II In Chibin.
Part Of the Island Of Isenia, in the
Mediterranean. WAS destroyed By earth
quake and 1000 persons killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

small ores. 1t encourages centraliza-
ton in business. 1t creates and nour-
ishes monopoly. Every great trust and
coordination i'll this countr.. is either
me direct offspring or foster child of
the railroad
THE plan developed and consum-
mated in building up the Standard Oil
monopoly, the anthracite coal gruss
the elevator combination and the beef
trust are Indicative of the power of
the railroads in combination. There is
not an important trust in the United
States which does not have the assist
ance of the railroads in destroying its
competitors in business. 1t is manifest
that any trust legislation TO be effec-
tive must go hand in hand wife a con-
troll over railway rates by the Federal
Government on interstate commerce
through an enlargement of the poweTs
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion and a like control of railroad
rates on State commerce by each Of
the States through a State Railway
SOmuliSSlOu.
If Governor LaFollette means what
he says he is cnt of place in The Re-
publican party. He is being denounced
as a Democrat and a socialist in edi-
tolials in leading Republican papers.
If he is a wise man he will soon recog-
nize that it is as hopeless to reform
the Republican party as to cultivate
fish on dry land, md will join the
party that is not sustained by protec-
ton pap, and that is fighting the bat
ties of the common people against the
trusts. If he is not wise man and
does not mean what he says, he will
continue TO call himself a Republican
and to talk anti-Republican theories,
or he will, when he gets.'what he is
after, stop such talk and be called "a
gutter" as is Governor Cummins.--
Byron II. Holt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

The population Of Chicago is 2, 231 600
according to the new city directory.
Three alleged Illicit distillers were ar.
rested in the Ozark region Of Missouri.
At Delphos, Kan, Dick Benson, "a bar
Der, drank bay rum and died in great
agony.
The Southwestern Grain Journal has
started a campaign for lower freight
rates on Kansas grain.
United States Minister Wilson reports
that the bubonic plague has spread 20
nearly all the seaports Of Chill.
Tboaas Lowry Of Minneapolis and J.
]. Hill Of ST. Paul now virtually own all
Of the thick vein coal lands Of southern
Illinois.
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles re1res from the
army on account Of age and, il is said,
viii engage In the oil business in Texas
with former Gov. Hogg.
Or. II. Z. Perry Of AIilledgeville, Ga,
has been appointed superintendent Of the
new Kansas State insane asylum az Par
sons. b. the State bosrd Of charities.
Bids for $4,000 chGpei and a s15.-
900 dairy building at the Kansas Agri-
cultural College have beer @siected be-
cause TOO high. New bis are asked for.
Judge James =. CAN'T Of the Supreme
Court Of Missouri, has formally an
noanced himself a candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor Of Mis-
souri,.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
FORTY YEARS AGO.

The Army of the Potomac reached
Front Royal, in the Shenandoah valley,
but Gen. Meade, its commander, found
that the rebel army under Lee had fled.
a record passage for screw steamships
between Liverpool and New York was
made by the City of New York, which
arrived in nine days
James b. Eads of St Louis submit
ted plans at Washington for an iron
steamship to be built in his yards at the
fermer city duplicating the New Iron
sides
Gen. Shackeford's troops overlook
Morgan's raiders near New Lisbon, o.,
and prepared for battle.
Samuel j. Tilden, Senator Morgan and
Judge Pierrepont reached Washington
to urge the suspension Of the draft in
New York City.
Ewel's rebel brigade was routed at
Wappings Heights, Va, by the Third
and Fourth Maine regiments under Gen.
Spinola.
The erection of the famous swamp
Angel" battery at Charleston, $. c., was
begun by Union troops, a lieutenant be-
Ing arrested for making a requisition for
men eighteen feet tall' TO work in the
deep mud
Gen. Morgans raiders burned the de-
pot at Campbell, Ohio, tore up the rail
road tracks, plundered citizens and killed
their stock.
Rebel troops under Pegram defeated n
body of Union soldiers near Lexington,
Ky, and martial law was declared in
that city and all able-bodied citizens or
dered to enroll themselves for defense.
Brutus j. Clay was nominated for
United States Senator from Kentucky to
succeed the famous John j. Crittenden,
who had died few days before.
Gen. John Morgan and the commits
stoned officers of his rebel army were
sentenced to the Ohio penitentiary until
e Confederates should surrender Col.
Straight and his men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
MIDSUMMER TAILORING

because of the season, at prices much re-
dueed from those of spring. Shoppers,
who perhaps didn't intend to look at
shirt waists, gaze at these garments and
recall that for several winters past the
wearing of thin shirt waists within doors
has increased. Then for purchases and
an unexpected lessening of their capital.
It's the same in fancy waists and separ-
ate bodices. They're always an allurlng
array. and just now they somehow seem
all the more attractive for being in com
petition with the daintiness of elaborate
shirt waists. There's newness in this
showing. too-wlien wasn't novelty to be
located in fancy waist fashions. And
where newness is. there the pin money
goes. But this is IL be said in defense
of separate .eaist buyers; these purchases
not only are fine for wear now. but if
iadicio1sly selected, they'll be just as
serrsceable months from now. In suclt
G 9cumstances a woman may spend si-
/. g,oss heE iaSt cent with clear con
sciencs. Separate bodices 81 extremely
elaborate character are TO be had, bur
majority Of all are moderate in their
establishment when compared with the
highly wrought effects that are SO Inn
pPeSSiye in summer fashions. Samples
OF them sre contributed 10 this depletion
by the c-tist. That Of the small picture
was white China silk and white silk pas
semepterie. First in the group IS heav-
ily embroidered white linen waist and
below il is s white FrenSh null bodice,
with fancy collar arrangement or silk
passementerie with stole effect. co-d and
taSsels. In the upper rigb. hand corner
-. . x-As@a he~s<rs hs1tra errhroiSerel
in light b s.e. and beneath Il red pcngee
with white embroidery collar. As these
sketches indicate. the collars very often
nearly the whole thing in fancy waists.
And what variety Of beauty Is n them.
Once IN the stores. seeing's believing.
Summer silks hardly VIII let the shop
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
CHAPTER XxII.

The detective paused impressively.
Then he resumed:
From the day Mile. Rosalie entered
Mr.. pardon's service under false colors
she commenced to plot and plan. She
tried 10 inveisle him into making love 70
her, but she failed An artfui woman,
gentlemen, is this Mile. Resale. other
wise Mrs. Stanmore. They don't make
them much artfuller in these days. Fail
ing. she took great pains TO entSngle him.
so that for her own purposes by and by
she might make ii appear that he was
her lover The unluc&y gentleman was
a sleep walker; had been so from child
hood. and il was an infrmity he could
not cure himself of. Well, one night
Mile. Resale happened 10 SEE him in
this state. What did she dos Why. she
slyly slipped her pocket handkerchief into
his pocket; and on the next day, when
he found il there, he couldn't for the life
of him remember how il came upon him.
That was her frst move.
Her second saove was the mtroduc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
rHIRrY YEARs AGO.

Thirty thousand Carlists we're reported
under arms in Spain, and the French
government refused TO recognize them as
belligerents.
Mrs. Eliza Webb Young, seventeenth
wife of Brigham Young, filed suit at
Salt Lake City for divorce and 100000
damageI
A kullux band raided and burned n
farmhouse in Owen County. Ky, and
killed negro servant, while President
Grant was asked to pardon members OF
tn at society convicted in North Carolina.
A competition Of reapers and moving
machines at the Vienna exposition was
won by Americans, the British and
French exhibitors declaring it useless
to enter.
A clique to advance the price Of gold
to 125 was formed by Jay Gould the
Treasury Department being short Of the
metal at that time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
How Friends Are Provided For.

Another assistant attorney has been
appointed to represent the government
In suits and cases before the Spanish
treaty claims commission. There are
ten other attorneys holding the same
positions. Some of these attorneys are
in Spain, some in Cuba, and others
elsewhere supposed to be looking up
facts and testimony. How long the
commission will be doing business Is
unknown, but 1t is safe to say it viii
continue at the job as long as there is
an appropriation available. Congress
made a provision that the President
should continue the life of the COM
mission for periods of six months
until he was certain the commission
had finished its labors. The appoint
ment by the President of an additional
attorney indicates one of two things
either there must be more business
before the commission than was ex-
pected, on such a soft snap, with large
salaries and an ample travelling ex-
pense fund. is a loadstone that attracts
Republican politicians, and the mag
netism is 50 great that they cannot be
shaken from their hild when once fast
to it, A little strenuous advice by
thoroughbred reformer might hasten
matters. or Congress might stop the
supplies, which would have an imme-
date effect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
OUR IMMENSE APPLE CROP.
Few Persons Have Any Conception of
Its Size aud Value,

ITS size and value.
Few people have any conception Of the
enormous volume and value of the apple
crop of the United States. The exports
of apples last year from the United
States were 2.543. 759 barrels. All of
-hem went to Great Britain except 146,-
641 barrels to Germany and 94,692 to
other countries.
The census of 1900 showed total of
210.000000 trees in what are known as
commercial orchards-that is, orchards
maintained to sell fruit TO the regular
trade. This does not include the millions
of trees in the back yards Of the towns
and villages throughout the country. The
increase during the last ten years, since
the census of $780, was 75,0000O0 trees
more than 40 per cent-and the yield
of 1900 from the commercial orchards
alone was more than It's 100000 bushels.
BY districts the north Atlantic States
have 20,500,000 trees, the south ATTAIN
tic 100000, the northern central States
92,O00,000. the southern central States
31,O0O,000, and the rest of he country
100000. Out of the total number of
trees in the United States, the north and
south central districts have 123, 200, 900,
or nearly three-ffths of the whole. These
are divided among the principal apple
bearing States as follows:
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ninercnce in PraYerS.

Little Alice always said her prayers
regularly before going 10 bed. One
night. however, as she rested her head
ON the pillow, she remarked, in ques-
tioning way:
Mamma. my prayers are 50 much
longer than the one nurse says in the
morning. Can't / say hers when I'm
tired?"
Does the nurse pray in the morn
ing?" asked the mother, with puz-
zled look
Yes" said Alice. Sweetly. "She
saws. Lord, have got 10 get up?'"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

President Franklin Pierce visited the
various government departments at
Washington without previous announce
ment, supposedly to discover whether
employees were doing their work proper
ly.
President Franklin Pierce refused to
move out of the White House while re-
pairs were being made, and the effects of
the late Vice President King were sold
at auction.
The Governor and Legislature of Mas
sachusetts donated one days salary to-
ward the Washington monument fund.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
sEvENTY.F1yE YEARS AGO.

Sam Patch made his famous jump
from the high rocks at Passaic falls into
the basin below.
A machine for printing figures on cal
leo was exhibited for the first time to
English cotton goods manufacturers.
Over 1900 slaves were reported to
lave been received at Rio Janeiro, Bra
I'll, within two years, while $500 more
die6 SG shipboard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
TEN YEAI,s AGO.

Thousands Of unemployed silver min
ers we're fed at public expense in the
streets Of Denver. Colo.
The Citizens National Bank Of Con
norsville. Ind. closed rs doors the Louis
vile CKy.l City National Bank, two
Manchester n. H. banks aud the bank
Of Bradford & Charch Of Chicago
France practieSliy declared war on
Siam by blcckading TIE latter's coas. ana
breaking Of diplomatic sateresarse.
Siam yielded 70 ali demands made By
France in Tonquin, and the Iatter's prae-
teal declaration Of war was recalled
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

David Gitchell Of Philadelphia was
seized by Briaish warship's crew while
on board an American sloop between
Philadelphia and Alexandria, Va.
The blockade of the Eibe river was
begun by England in the war against
France
Lord Kilwarden. chief justice of the
Court of Kings bench, was killed by
Irish revoiutionists at Dublin.
Three Americans-Augustus Topham,
Joseph Hudson and Thomas Hodginson
were kidnapped from the American ship
Charles Carter off Cape Henry by the
British frigate Boston, Topham later es-
Gaping by swimming ashore.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

1t will be noticed from the above ia
bles that there is a great difference in
the bearing capacity of the apple trees of
the country. Missouri has nearly twice
as many trees as Michigan, and yet
Michigan raises nearly 80 per cent more
apples than Missouri. This is explained,
like many other things, by the charac-
ter of the trees and the amount of cult
walton given them. New York undouht-
eddy has the best apple trees i'll the
country, and the returns of her apple
harvest show it-William E. Curtis in
Chicago Record Herald.
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almost that of fine velvet and by clinging
in the folds Plaided weayes are appear
ing in attractive new weaves, indicating
as possible a run of them in the fall A
new feature in them consists of embroid-
cred designs upon the goods, circles, dots
or like oft repeated figure. The impress
sion given by these goods is one of I'M
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-11

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .201, 1876
The crops of the fifteen leading States,
in order Of productivity, for the last three
years have been tabulated from the re-
ports submitted to the United States
Department of Agriculture ON Aug. l of
each wear as follows:
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ConvaIeScent-

Look at Br'er Williamson clutches,
wild his head tied up en- his arm in a
sling"
Yes; he's des UP from settlin' de
race problem. Constitution
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MID : SUMMER MODES.
LATEST NEW YORK IDEAS le
WOMEwS FASHIONS.
Endless Opportunity Provided for
Those Who wsuid Dress Elabor.
ate1y-New Novelties in Goods and
Striking Designs for Costumes.
New York eo-, poadence:

INDLESS opportu-
nifty is provided for
those who would
dress deliberately in
midsummer. Even
now, when new fan
cies are scarcer than
at any other time
of the year, novel
ties appear for those
whose purses admit
of purchasing well
on in the season.
Two new weaves
for immediate use
in evening or snowy
afternoon dresses
are chiffon velvet
and chiffon sateen.
They are character
lied by a softness
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Total ..207, 402, O04 126, 1852, 1913 161, 7s9, ST5
Barrels 50, 1S4,001 4, 250 732 5S,929, 95S

Apple trees are peculiar and require
certain kind of soil and climate to -four
ish, hence there is great irregularity in
localities of production and enormous
yields in spots. Thirty-five counties in
the United States have more than AGO.
600 each. Illinois has three of those
counties. The most productive counties
are as follows:
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PREPARING FOR 1904.

@Yes, I'm very fond OF boiled harn.
but my wife won't have il on the
table any more"
What's the matter. doesn't she
Ike ItT'
-Oh. yes. but her pct dog doesn't
Washington Star.
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in great numbers. They're thought 70
fit nicely the old-time fashions revived
in dresses
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-07
SPORTING NOTES

Sockalexis. the Indian, is again ou, for a position on some New England team.
 Nearly all the big teams picked ur good money in the southern exhibition games.
 Left handed pitchers are not so very much in evidence in either of the big leagues this year.
 As an all round first base man Harr, Davis of the champion Philadelphia Athletics is rated among the best.
 The New York Americans will re, quire the patronage of half million people in order to pay expenses this year.
 ''I think that Wright of the Cleve. lands has the most speed of any pitcher in the country" says Cy Young. "He has wonderful curves too" game with the New York Americans A change from Boston after many years service has benefited the v.T eran.
 Bowerman has confidence in Mathew son. He says that if no accident be falls "Matty" he will come pretty near leading the pitchers of the National league
 Frank Noodles" Hahn shows rare form as a first base man in practice and expects to turn his attention to that department of work when his pitching days are over.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-08-07
THINGS THEATRICAL.

McCarthy's If I Were King" has been translated into German.
 "A Chinese Honeymoon" has passed Its six hundredth performance in Lon don.
 Kirke La Shelle has arranged to pro duce Arizona" and "The Bonnie Brier Bush" in Australia this summer.
 Fanny Herring. a noted actress of the sixties and seventies. recently eel. ebrated her seventy-second birthday.
 Stephen Phillips Ulysses" will be produced at the Garden theater, New York, by Charles Frohman on Sept. 2S
 A new musical comedy, "Winsome Winnie" by Edward Paulton and Ja- kobowsky, has been secured by the Shuberts.
 A letter recently received from Mime Duse indicates that she has given up the idea of forcing D'Annunzio's plays on the public.
 The marriage of Miss Marie Derrick son, who recently resigned from John Drew's company. to Francis O'Neill of New York will occur in Wilkesbarre Pa, in June.