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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

Think It Over.

There is food for much serious re-
Election in the reported stagnation OF
the sash. door and blind business in the
east The reason assigned for lack of
demand for the product of the mills is
that many strikes in the building trades
lines have stopped activity in building
and lessened the demand for sash, doors
and blinds Here is something worthy
of the attention of both employer and
employe. There has been no friction
between the manufacturers of sash, door
and blinds and their employees. Every
thing has gone smoothly, and yet many
of the men employed in this industry
face winter of idleness. Why? Be-
cause there has been friction between
contractors and their employees in the
building trades. There have been
strikes. To recoup themselves, en-
ployes have demanded higher wages
and contractors have charged higher
prices. What is the result? Lessened
activity 10 building The goose that
lays the golden egg. which in this in
stance is the man who has been knocked
senseless. He is not dead but uncon-
scious and will not recover until he is
assured that the danger of serious de-
lays from strikes, while his building
is in course of construction, is over.
Then he will wake up again, his money
will come out of the safety desposit box
and he will let contract for the build
| ing that might under other circum-
stances, have been erected several
months before. Both the contractors
and their striking employees have lost
sight of two things. First, that the
man with the money seldom has tC
build until he gets good and ready and
| that he will not let contract while he
feels that prices are usually high Of
| fears loss from labor troubles. Second
that many others are affected by 9
strike besides those directly interested
! The disastrous effect of the building
trades difficulties upon the sash, door
and blind industry is the best evidence
| of this.-Fond du Lac Reporter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

THE Review Of Reviews is keeping up
its reputation as the best interpreter of
the news of the day among our monthly
journals. The November number deals
with the postal investigation, the fall
elections, the recent exposures of high
finance" in trust organization, the Pan
anna canal situation, the award of the
Alaska boundary tribunal, the protec-
ZIONIST movement in England, and the
issue in the far East between Russia
and Japan Contributed articles de-
scribe Men and Issues of the New
York City Campaign just closing;
''The Nations Print Shop and Its
Methods, Including review of the
famous miller case' and its outcome
and the whole question of the status of
labor unions in the Government Print
ing Office; The Fort Riley Maneuvers,'
which began on October Is; "The New
Springfield Rifle and the Improvement
in Small Arms" tGalvestion's Great
Sea Wall'' and ''The Rebirth of the
Japanese Language and Literature, y
a history of the movement for the adop-
ton of the Roman character in writing
and printing, in place of the Chinese
systems of picture writing. DIR. George
F. Kunz writes an authoritative
account of the discovery of radium,
and the uses and properties of that
wonderful element. In this number
also appears the defence of Russia's
policy in Finland, which was addressed
last month by Minister de Plehve to
Mr.. w. I. Stead. Altogether a typi-
cally live number q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03


1T looks very much to the rest of us as
though Senator Spooner was playing
the Stalwarts for suckers in his pretense
of an open avowal of opposition to Gov.
LaFollette. The dependence of the
Stalwarts upon Senator Spooner affords
only unneeded Evidence of the utter
hopeleSsness of their cause Senator
Spooners mere say-so can not turn the
tide against Gov. LaFollette, and If
Spooner's publicly declared opposition
were as all-potent as the Stalwarts seem
to think, so long as he withholds his
magic utteranee, the Stalwarts had
better get busy themselves and reso-
lutely set about LaFollette's undoing.
The utter stupidity, inactivity and hope
less detection of the Stalwarts is pitiable
and provoking in the. extreme. The
governor has discredited himself aud is
naturally in public disfavor, and if the
opposition would only spend half the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
McGregar & prinz, of Fond du Lac

McGregar & Prinz, of Fond du Lac,
are preparing to open a billiard hall on
Scott street, in the McCrossen building
They will also have cigars and tobacco
for sale.
Every gents form is tailor's model
to u.s. We fit them perfectly with fleece
lined underwear that is perfection 1T
self. A complete line to select FROM
Seim Bros.
Last Saturday was a great day for
electricity, for it seems that the whole
world was more or less disturbed in the
evening; the northern lights were beau
tiful to behold.
Gustav Edmond and Miss Lydia
Peterson were united in marriage
Thursday afternoon at the Swedish
Lutheran church on Scott street, the
Rev. Kalstorm performing the cere-
mony. They departed the same day
| for St. Paul and Minneapolis for visit
with relatives and will return later and
take up housekeeping.
| Fred Petrie, more commonly known
as "Buckshot," was up before Judge
| Miller again yesterday morning on ac-
count of intoxication the night before
He informed the Judge that the reason
for his over indulgence was that it was
| his birth day. The judge asked when
he last had a birth day and was in
| formed July 4th of the present year
He was fined
The "Ten Nights in a Bs.r Room
company, that gave an entertainment
in Wausau recently, came near being
sent into Kingdom come" last Sunday
morning. The car in which the troupe
travels was on side track at Hay
ward, Wis, and the car moved out on
TO the main track. one of company
| waking, rushed oui asd just had Tins
10 set the brakes and seize a lantern
and stop a freight train, that would
have smashed the car into kindlinf
wood. Ii is believed that Hallowe'e Ell
party loosened the brakes.
A farmer living in the town of castor
entered the store of Chas. Williams or
Scott street Friday and walked ava.
with mackinaw jacket, sweater an6
five pairs of socks. He returned late
and was accused by Williams OF tn
theft and at the same time Rober
Wagner recognized him as the sam
j fellow who had that morning attempted
10 purioin some shirts from Charlie
Wegner's store. The man was arrested
but was later allowed TO go nnprose
euted because of his telling where tn
goods were secreted. They were foun'
| IN the farmers wagon box
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Editor Birds Troubles.

IT appears from dispatch from San
Juan, Porto Rico, that Hobart Bird, the
fearless editor of The San Juan News
at last has been crushed. After fierce
attact upon the government, the plant
of The News was seized by banking
firm on writ of attachment to satisfy
promissory note. The editor is in
Jail and The News has been suppressed.
The American public is informed,
through the medium of the Associated
press, the correspondent of which at
San Juan is the private secretary OF
Gov Gen. Hunt, that Editor Bird has
made an appeal for writ of habeas
corpus, but it is rumored that the writ
will not be granted. Bird will have to
serve his term in JAIL The News was
the organ of the Socialists, anarchists
and Federals of Porto Rico, who are
provoked at the loss to them of giving
publicity to their views"
1t has been suspected for some time
that the reports from Porto Rico that
''ar rchists" were rampant in the
i ID needed qualification. Now 1t
pears that Bird is an anarchist"
Why? Because he has fearlessly ex-
posed and denounced the corrupt, ty-
rannical carpet-bag government that
has been imposed upon the island by
the administration at Washington, The
American people recently have had OPP
portunity to Judge of the character OF
Republican federal office holders The
federal service in every department is
given over to graft" What must it
be in the detached possessions" where
freedom of the press is denied?
1t has been disclosed that smuggling
and grating" have been rampant in
Porto Rico and the Roosevelt ad minis
tration stands convicted by its own
acts in protecting these rascals. 1t
will be recalled that suits were dis
missed against carpetbag smugglers by
orders from Washington. Editor Bird
has been active in exposing this con-
dition of affairs. Being an American
of good old Democratic parentage, al
| though he was Mckinley Republican
| in the mistaken belief that liberty was
to be extended to the territory acquired
from Spain, he has protested vigorously
against the arbitrary and corrupt acts
of the Republican carpetbag grafters
that have been sent to Porto Rico. his
reward has been Imprisonment and
persecution by the American officials.
For the time young Bird has been
crushed. But the rascals that he has
been pursuing need not think that by
imprisoning Editor Bird they have sup
pressed the truth. They may feel Sc
cure in the protection of the admins
tration at Washington, out they will
yet have to reckon with the American
people Milwaukee News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
TEE Milwaukee Journal is pursuing

TIE Milwaukee Journal is pursuing
its usual tactics. 1t is apprehenSive
that Neal Brown will be the next demo-
cratic candidate for governor of Wis
consin and let us say there would be
no trouble of his securing the nomina-
ton if he wanted it-but he does not.
The Journal is after some one that
could be defeated, hence is "agin'' Mr..
Brown, and in its issue of Oct. 2Sth,
says that Mr.. Brown was an active
worker against w. j. Bryan during the
last presidential campaign. No one
knows better than the Journal that the
statement is a faisehood, pure and
simple.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

THE President has issued a call for
congress to meet in extra session, to
act on the Cuban treaty, on Nov, 9th, as
follows:
'By the president of the United
States of AmerieS-A proclamation:
where's, by the rresosStion OF the
senate of March 10, 1903. the approval
by congress of the reciprocal COM
mereial convention between the United
States and the republic of Cuba. signed
at Havana yn Dec II. 1907. is necessary
before the said convention shall take
effect; and
Whereas, il is important to the pub
lie interests of the United States that
The said convention shall become opera
tive as early as msy be.
Now. therefore. |, Theodore Roose'
Welt, president Of the United States OF
/ America by virtue of the power vested
in me hy the constitution, do hereh,
nrorlsim and declare that an extra
ordinary occasion reqaiFes the con
vening of both houses of the congress
of the United Statss az their respective
chambers in the city of Washington Of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
PERSONALS.

John Manson returned from the
East yesterday.
Mrs. Fred Genrich visited in Grand
Rapids the past week.
Gust. Ringle, of Edgar, Sundayed
at his home in Wausau
Mr.. and Mrs. s. NJ. Quaw visited
in WATERFOWL last week.
Jacob Mortenson, of Oak Park, H.,
visited in Wausau last week.
DIR. l.. +. Spencer returned home
from the far East last Saturday.
Miss Edith Lang expects TO 90 TO
her home near Minneapolis next Satur-
day.
W. b. Scholfield departed for
Kansas City last Friday, on business
and pleasure.
Arthur McEachron is home on a
visit from the n. w. Military Academy,
Highland Park, Ill.
Miss Jessie Kenyon and Miss Sadie
LaDu spent the past few days In Urand
Rapids and Mosinee.
Mrs. j. w. Bishop aud daughter,
Miss Rena, arrived home from Mill
waukee on Saturday.
Mrs. B. A Benson, who had been
visiting in Chicago, returned home the
after part of the week.
Dan Kenyon who is now at James
town, Dakota, is at home with his
family for weeks visit.
Miss Katie Alexander returned
from Stevens Point on Thursday where
she had been to attend wedding.
w. w. Albers and j. HI. Kueblei
we're among those who attended the
consistory in Milwaukee last week
Rev. and Mrs. B. b. Gibbs. who
have been in the East, the latter since
last July, returned to the city last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Sagstetter who
were married Thursday at Grand
Rapids. returned home last evening
and will go to house keeping on Grand
Ave.
Chester Bishop came home from
Houghton. Mich, iasl Saturday where
he IS attending mining school. He hai
been quite sick and comes home to re
cuperate.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Harger ant
| Miss Gertrude returned from few days
| visit at WATERFOWL last Sunday, Where
they had been to attend the 5Sth ANN
versary Of Daniel Jones.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

Fred Gillian came down from
Amigo, where he is with the B. Heine-
mann Lumber company, and spent
the past week at his home in the city.
He returned on Saturday.
Mrs. r. H. johnson went to Mil
waukee last Friday to visit with her
daughter, Marie, who is perfecting her
self in kindergarten work in that city
She returned Eorle last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Mylrea, OF
Houghton, Mich, arrived in the city
Saturday for few days visit. They
will return home this evening While
in the city they were the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. f. A. Gooding.
%. f. Wells, Supt of the Training
School for teachers, attended the con
ference of teachers at the Northwestern
University at Evanston, Ill. A brief ac-
count of the conference is given under
the head of Training School Note"
| in this same issue of the PILOT. Mr..
Wells spent Sunday in Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
EDITH HARVEY, Sec'y
What at first GLANCE appears to be

What at first glance appears to be d
simple problem in arithmetic is now
puzzling the minds of the people Of
this country, and has spread like wild
fire from coast to coast. Even news
papers have taken up the problem edi-
torially, and many ream of paper has
already been consumed in attempts at
its solution. Students of mathematics
have tried to solve it by methods OF
arithmetic and then have resorted 10
Algebra, but the results have been
unsatisfactory and do not prove up"
Here is the problem
Mary is "A years old Mary is twice
as old as Ann was when Mary was as
old as Ann is now. How old IS Ann
Simple, isn't its Some have claimed
it a catch in GRAMMAR. By cutting out
modifying words they have made il
read, Mary is when Ann was" and
Mary was as Ann is which is IN
/ grammatical Try IT,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
ZIEGLER. WIS. NoY. 2. 1903.

Saturday evening, Oct. 81, collee-
ton of young people assembled at the
school house in district No. two, town
of Hamburg, and organized the Cres-
cent Literary society. After the adop-
ton of the const;. ltion the following
officers were install !! President, MIR.
F. Janke; vice-pres., Miss Clara Zas-
trow; secretary, Miss Edith Harvey;
treasurer, Mr. +. Miller; marshall, Ed
ward Brandt Then the president APP
pointed the following as members OF
the program committee Mr., K. e.
Haberstich, Misses Augusta and Be
linda Voigt, who drew up bill of ex-
ercisesn for the next meeting Ehe
meeting then adjourned to Saturday
evening, Nov. eth.
EDITH HARVEY. Sec'y.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03


The following editorial was published
in the Record Herald last Sunday and
deserves careful reading. 1t indicates
the new spirit that is animating sue
cessful public men in their attitude
toward the high school, the poor
mans college :"
In these days of occasional clamor for
the adjustment of the high school as a
part of our common school system it is
refreshingly instructive to weigh the
sentiments embodied in the address by
Congressman Henry Sherman Bou-
tell at the Fisk celebration at Evens-
ton yesterday.
Congressman BoutelPs address was
timely plea for the public high school
as training school for good citizens"
While there is an occasional spasm of
protest against the maintenance of
high schools at public expense, it is
well to bear in mind that all the pro-
gressive nations of the world now
stand committed to the principle of
carrying free public instruction beyond
the elementary grades. Each nation is
striving to perfect as rapidly as posi-
BILE the system of secondary education
tics and the genius of its people.
The thing to do with the American
public high school, then, is not to Grip
pie it or diminish its usefulness, but to
increase its efficiency as training
school to prepare young men and
women for citizenship. The question
to be asked, in the opinion of Congress
man Boutell is. How shall it best
serve the needs of the people?
If the high schools of this country are
to be the training schools of good citi-
zens, the attendance at these schools
must be largely increased. How can
this attendance be increased?
Mr.. Boutell gives as some of the
reasons for this small attendance the
expense incident to high school course
and the lack of interest engendefed by
the elementary schools. Books aud APP
parltus, in his opinion, should be
furnished free, and transportation com
panies enjoying public franchises should
be required to carry public school pu-
| pills free. Interest in the elementary
schools should be stimulated by giving
greater time and attention to physical
| training, music. games and nature
studies. Better facilities for play and
outdoor diversion should be provided
To provide against the apparent neces-
sity for becoming wage-earners, which
confronts many boys, Mr.. Boutell
suggests to wealthy men who love their
country and its institutions the wisdom
of setting aside trust funds for the edu.
cation of deserving young men. He
also invites consideration of the wis
dom of establishing high school schol-
arships from the public revenues.
In addition to supplying these
agencies for stimulating attendance
the course of studies in our secondary
schools should be altered and enriched
so as TO make it more efficient in train
ing young men for the duties of citizen
ship, more attention should be given tc
the study of municipal, county, state
and national government and to train
ing in the art of clear expression.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

time, wasted in lolling around. the
Ptister hotel, in discussing the party's
situation with the Republicans in the
back towns and rural sections and form
a definite plan and organize, La
complished AS it is, however, La
Toilette is likely to realize all his pur-
poses. and another inglorious and
humiliating defeat only awaits the Stall
warts Waukesha Dispatch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

THERE are elections today in the
states of New York, Ohio, Kentucky,
Mass, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Cali
fornia, Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota.
1t is thought Mcclellan will be elected
in New York City. In Ohio the repub-
licans are betting that they will carry
the state by $4,000 liz Kentucky the
democrats will win by about $4,000,
other states will, it is predicted, go
about as formerly, on off years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

BABCoCK is going to have rough sail
ing ia the Third district next year to
secure the nomination of his party for
Congress. He made a great splurge
last spring and planted himself, bull
like, on the LaFollette r. Z. track and
when the LaFollette train came along,
he tried to buck it off the track. Today
Babcock is a much sadder but wiser
man and the chances are that he is
billed for oblivion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
For Thanksgiving Day

a rate of one fare and third for the
round trip has been authorized to points
within one hundred and fifty miles on
the Nickel Plate Road, good returning
to and including November both, 1903.
LaSalle St. Passenger Station, Chi
cago corher Van Buren, and LaSalle
Streets, on the Elevated Loop. City
Ticket Offices III Adams st. and Aud
itorium Annex. Phone Central 2057.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
NEAL BROWN. L. A, PRADT. O. s. GILBERT
ABSTRACTS.

We have the only abstract of Mara
thon county We have thoroughly
qualified abstractor and make abstracts
at reasonable prices. We are respons.-
! ible for all abstracts made by us and
guarantee that they show the condition
Of the title properly as it appears on
record.
An abstract of title is useful if you
desire to sell or mortgage your prop
erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
ing defects in your title that can be
easily remedied and yet might be sut-
ficient to spoil a sale. II yon desire an
abstract of the title to your property,
call and see us.
Wausau Law & Land Ass0ciat'n
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

Noy. 9, next at IL o'clock noon to the
end that they may consider and deter
mine whether the approval of the con-
gross shall be given to the said conven-
ton. ~
'.All persons entitled to act as
members of the tifty-eighth congress
are required to take notice of THIS
proclamation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
Ma&&sa1& pilot.
TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1908.
ublished weekly and entered at the Post Ofhcs
at Wausau as second class matter.

MRS. BOOTH TUCKER, celebrated
throughout the world first for her work
with the Salvation army and later as
one Of the originaters of the Christian
Volunteers of America, was fatally in
iured in a wreck on the Santa Fe rail
way system near Marcelin, Mo, at an
early hour Thursday morning. She
died on a train bearing the wounded
just as it was pulling into the station
at $50 a. m
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03

Advocate expect to be backed up by
anybody in its trucking, fawning, dis
reputable policy? Certainly not, and
unless that paper and its hackers. at
Merrill, can vote as they talk, can be
independent and consistent, they need
expect nothing but contempt from any
sensible voter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-11-03
HOUSE TO RENT.

Rooms to rent for small family. Also
furnished rooms torrent. Prices reason
abse. Enquire Of Mrs. james Single,
AS South Fifth Street. II