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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

Snakes Waste Little Time Eating.
serpent will go for weeks. some
times even for months. without feed
ing. Then it may take three rabbits or
ducks, one after the other, at single
meal and afterward become torpid
while digestion proceeds. When. after
sufficient period of fasting, it gets
disposed to eat and rabbit happens to
be introduced into its cage, it may
plainly be seen that the rabbits pres
ence is quickly noticed by it. The
snake will begin to iaove slowly about
till it has brought itg snout opposite the
rabbits muzzle Then. In an instant, it
viii seize the rabbits head in its
mouth. simultaneously eoiiing its pow
erful body around it and crushing it
to death at once.
The action is so instantaneous that 1t
is impossible for the rabbit to suffer
Certainly It can suffer no more than
when killed by poulterer. The snake
does not Immediately uncoii its folds,
but continues for a time to hold its VIC
tim tightly embraced, sometimes rock
ing itself gently 10 and fro. Then IT
slowly unwinds its huge body and once
more takes the rabbits head in its
mouth and swallows it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
NOTICE TO PROPERTY HOLDERS.

An order from the Health Department
tn the Chief of Police inStructS him 10
have all the offal and rubbish scattered
along the alleys aud stored between the
stables. sheds and outhouses bordering
the alleys. removed by the city teams,
the expense To be charged against the
property from which such offal and
Publish is taken. This order goes into
effect Nav 10th. and also applies 10 all
manure piles found in the alleys after
May 18th.
Signed. d. SAUFRHERiNG.
Health Commissioner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
How Air Act. ON Mereury.

When the air around US becomes con-
densed-shrinks into a smaller volume
1T becomes heavier, puts greater pres
aure on the surface of the mercury and
makes it ascend in the tube; then the
mercury is said to rise When the air
expands-swells into larger volume
1t becomes lighter. the pressure on the
mercury is less, the mercury sinks in
tie tube and the barometer is said to
fall. Therefore every change OF height
of the quicksilver which we observe is
d sign and measure OF change In the
volume OF air around Us.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

ERASMUS COLE, ex-Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, died
last Tuesday. He was a prominent
figure in public life from 1S47 until
1892. Members of the legislature in
1866 joined in asking him to become a
candidate for the position of Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and
among the names of those who made
the request was Hon. w ID. McIndoe,
of.this city. The funeral took place at
Madison on Thursday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

THE Milwaukee Free Press is the
poorest gun of all that is carried on the
battle ship Half Breed" either that or
the marksman is so ALFRED poor that
he can't come within seeing distance
of any mark that he tries to hit. The
PILOT bases its statement upon the
many shots fired from that gun at Hon.
Neal Brown and Senator Kreutzer.
The gunner might as well fire blank
cartridges; the effect would be just the
same
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
CITY NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Manecke were
were presented with girl baby on
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. James and
daughter are now occupying their own
home al S15 LaSalle street.
The plant of the Wausau Excelsior
Co., was forced to close down for few
days last week by the breaking of line
shaft.
Men wanted, to peel hemlock bark,
by the month or by the job. Apply to
or address Barker & Stewart, Wau-
sau, Wis. st
Before you paint get booklets How
to Paint" and Attractive Homes. !"
They give full information about High
Standard liquid paints, and positive
proof of their superiority. Free at r
Hoffman's, 112 Scott ST.
A man picked up by the police Satur-
dag night, sleeping in box car, proved
to be Andrew White, woodsman that
disappeared from one of Sexmith's
camps about six weeks ago and whom
it was supposed had been drowned in
the Eau Claire river.
Louisa Salzeider, aged eighty-five
years and five months, died Wednesday
at her home in the town of Easton, and
was buried on Saturday. She had been
i'll for twelve days and the cause of
death was wearing out of the vital
forces of nature, due to her extreme old
age.
Rains are now coming thick and fast;
they are warm and are bringing out
the foliage so rapidly that one can see
a change in natures garbin about every
five minutes. Last nights rain was
heavy and the best one had this season
for the trees, grass, and last and not
least, for the farmer.
W. Waterhouse was elected a dele
gate 10 the head camp of Modern
Woodmen which meets in Indianapolis,
Ind, on the 10th of June. The election
took place at the state camp which was
held in Lacrosse last week and was a
deserved compliment to Mr.. Water
house who is hard and effective
worker in the ranks of the order
Meals screen enamel is especially
prepared for screen painting and is of
the highest grade obtaineble and made
BY reputable firm 1t is made in diff
ferenr colors, can be applied by an in
Experienced person, dries quickly, has
handsome gloss and withstands ex-
posture to elements. For sale by r
Hoffman, ll9 SCOTS st.
The Stevens Point Journal in its
write up of the High School meet
held in this city lost Saturday, says;
after the events the teams were en-
tertained at a jubilee supper at the
Bells house. The hnys were very
much pleased with their Grip, the meet
and their entertainment They left on
their return at 7:45 and reached here at
$50, spending five delightful hours
at junction City en- route"
The Art and Literature department
Of the Ladies' Literary club viii give 8
Dickens party at the residence of Mrs
ID. l.. Plumer. the evening of MAY 25th
Husbands are invited and all are
earnestly re- tested to dress appropri-
ata IN n chat cter in Dickens works.
PROGRAMS
Quotations from Dickens = =
s,ssnh III ais life - 49,. Kate ;. HGrEer.
- So r--,-s. YsE.r~,e.-v ,,sS Sz.r,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

The assembly Saturday advanced to
a third reading a bill which prohibits
the sale of game at all times and allows
spring shooting. One member who
voted against it on account of the first
section remarked in speech that the
bill would operate against the reputa-
tions of a great many hunters, and that
many of those who in other years had
returned from their trips through the
north with something to show for their
efforts, would now return to civilization
empty handed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
shnnla Enrth Beeome Flat.

a scientist says that III the earth
was nattened the sea would be two
miles deep all over the world" And
an Oklahoma editor gives out the fol-
lowing: "If any man is caught latten-
ing out the earth, ahoot him on the
spot. and don't be too blamed psrticu-
lar what spot. There's whole blamed
lot OF rs in Oklahoma that can't swim. =
-Kansss City Journal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

AMONG the notable speeches last
week in the legislature was that made
by Senator A. L. Kreutzer against the
appointing of commissions. 1t was
timely and to the point.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

IT is the opinion of many that La
Toilette has already commenced his
next fight for the governorship of Wis
consin and that the railway commits
sion and the primary election bills will
be the principal planks in his platform.
This time he is figuring to have legis-
lature that will back him up from
"Soda to Hoe" Still there are some
who have been known to count their
chickens before they are Matched.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

Beecher had said that Spurgeorl owed
his popularity no more 10 his CalTinism
than a camel owed fits excellence to tta
hump. II replied" said SpuFgeon,
that the hump was a store OF TAT on
which the camel lived on long 55S1y-
ney and that It's value depended on ihl
hump"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

GOVERNOR LAFOLLETTE has again
turned out to be a ''populist," if the
stalwart press of the state is to be re-
lied upon. These charges should be
probed to the bottom by the legislature,
and if the Governor is found guilty of
such a henious offense, he should be
compelled to stop at the Hotel Pfster
for one month, or until such time as
he can be trusted to do the bidding of
the stalwarts. Eli, Mr. Pfister?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
Crossing the Bar.

Tennyson's famous poem, Crossing
the Bar" was written, says the present
Lord Tennyson, in the poets eighty
first year, ION day in October when
we came from Aldworth to Earring
ford. Before reaching Farringford he
had had the moaning of the bar In his
mind, and after dinner he showed me
the poem written OUT THAT Ia the
crown OF your LIES work" said his
son, who was the first man after the
poet to read Crossing the Bar" and
who passed the first criticism upon 1t
in such fitting and generous language
"It came in moment" said the poet,
and he explained the pilot as the d.
vine and Unseen who is always guild
ing u.s. A day or two before he died
the poet, calling his son to his bedside,
said, mind you put Crossing the Bar
at the end OF all editions OF my poems"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

Mrs. GROVER CLEVELAND does not
want her husband to run for the presi-
dency again. Mrs. Cleveland is a
woman of very good judgment and the
ex-president will do well To heed her
advice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

STATE SENATOR MCGILLIvRAY is
being dressed down very thoroughly by
the Milwaukee Sentinel. The senator
appears to be very angry which is suf-
ficient evidence that the Sentinel must
be INVITING on facts
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

THE Merrill Advocate has let loose
its dogs of war again upon Gov. LaFol-
lette, but the PILOT will wager that the
Advocate will be tearing its neither gar
ment to get on to the La Toilette
wagon next year
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

Customer-Bu that umbrella looks 70
very cheap and common that tho price
you ask Is ridiculous.
Dealer That's the beauty OF that
umbrella. It's made OF the very best
material, but made to look az tx II
wasn't worth stealing Philadelphia
Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12

Once give your mind TO suspicion and
there win be sure to be food enough
for IT, In the stiIlegt night thu afr iE
HIIed with sounds for the wakeitTl Sar
that Is rszclved to listen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
sl4.66 To The Dakotas

May and ~. 1903 the above rate will
apply from Wausau 20 all points in
South Dakota and in North Dakota on
the Chicago, Milwaukee a. St. Paul raj l.
way. For additional information, ask
nearest agent of the Chicago, Milwan-
kee q St. Paul railway, or write to +.
A. Miller general passenger agent,
Chicago Wv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
Excursion Tickets 70 Northeast Wis
consin Track and Field Meet, at
Appleton, Wis.

Via the Noath-W estern Line. viii be
sold At reduced rates May Is and Is
inclusive. limited to return until May
Is inclusive. Apply TO agents Chicago
4 North Western Ry. q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
one-war second-class colonist Rates

one-way Second-class Colonist Rates
On the FIRST and third Tuesday Of each
month up to and including Sept. 18th,
oae-wav second class colonist tickets at
greatly reduced rates wiD be sold BIZ
The Chicago. Milwaukee * St Paul R'y-
70 many points in Western and Sovzh-
western territory For further inter
nation and rates please call q. ossse-,.
IT. r. GooSaIcH, Agt-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-05-12
@amsan gi1nt.
TUESDAY, MAY u, 1908.

ublished weekly and entered at the Post Office
at Wausau as second class matter.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
DECLARE STRIKE OFF,
Shipbalders IndOrSe 1ction of
Committee.

meeting OF the executive committee Of the
local unions OF the boiIermakers and iron ship
builders of New-York and vicinity was held last
night In German Odd Fellows Hall No 80 81
Marks Place, to take action on the recon-
mendation Of the Civic Federation regarding tn.
shipbuilding strikes. a committee OF the Civic
Federation. which included Marcus NJ Marks
and Professor John r. Commons. had con-
ference with the executive COMMITTEES first
About midnight 1t announced that pending
negotiations for settlement Of the original
strike of the bOilermakers in the Townsend
Downey yards all the sympathetic strikes or the
boilernakers Wee declared OF, and the mon
would return to work to-day.
Delegate MOlloy of the boiIermakPrs said last
night:
The strikes in the Townsend Downey yar1s
remain pending negotiations for settlement
which will take place to-day. No discrimination
between union and non-union men will taxa
place In the mean time
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
o'CoNNoR LECTURES MEN ON GRAFT" p"
Says He Will Hound Policeman Out Of De-
partment If He Accepts Bribe

With his strong Jaws clicking at intervals when
he was making Captain John w. OConnor, Of the
Tenderloin, gave new talk to his last night
at the o'clock rollcall, and incidentally he
touched on graft He said in part
We going to work together, but We are 60
ing to work in the right way. 1 going to
tell you men to out and do so-and-so and then
sit in my office ana wait for results. going
out too, and II you don't do your duty then l will
know the reason why. | want each and every .one
Of you to cooperate with Inspector McCllisky
In his work Of purging this precinct of crooks.
There has been some talk about graft in this
precinct. don't know whether there is any graft
ing going on here now or not. don't know that
there has been any in the past, but want to give
it to you Straight-thereN be none OF 1t while I'm
in command here II I hear Of taking
hrfbe for anything. no matter what it's I'll
hound him and I'll Worry him. and I'll keep at him
the department.
Captain O'Connor was asked later what action
he going take in regard to the alleged
gambling houses 81 going to make every ef-
fort to get evidence against them.' he re-
piled "and hope to do SO. With the assistance
Of Inspector McClusky, District Attorney jerome
and my own men, / think can clean things I'D
in pretty good shape"
Inspector McClusky was in the Tenderloin again
last night with six or seven men. He called the
West Thirtieth-st. station and after q talk with
Captain OConnor went out again. Captain O'Con-
nor went out shortly after and said he was going
10 work with the inspector. The detectives said
last night that as the result Of the raid made by
Inspector McClusky the crooks were fighting
shy of the district and were preparing to leave
town.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
LONDON METHODS TRIED.
Traffic Handled Successfully at
Canal and Broadpay.

Iondon methods Of regulating trafhc' "hicn
Cantain Piper studied on his trip ABROAD hao
tbeir first demonstration here yesterday
rrbroushout the day seven patrolmen OF the
Broadway SQUAD were stationed at Canal-se'
"a p-oa6uay With nod gesture they
do,or,Ad the vehicuIar traffic flowing east and
rgest until the stream flowing north and south
had moved a while, when the process was re-
versed according to the most approved Aoliooii
methods.
Although yesterdays experiment was COM
nIete success several hours elapsed ana much
upprintabIe language was uttered before the
drivers and truckmen began to appreciate why
their teams should be held up at the nod OF a
natrolman while rival teams travelling in OIL
rection at right angle to theirs were permitted
sereneJv to push forward In London the gloved
hand Of a bobby" merely raised aloft is sufi-
cient to give the most reckless driver pause. If
he failed to notice the Suecoat's warning, prob
ably he is hailed before magistrate bright
and early next morning, and is either neaFlly
fined or has his license suspended.
The Nev-York Jehu at first blush did not
take kindly to the innovation to the awful
power and discretion vested In a plump patrol
man No better informed. apparently, were the
pedestrians who lined the sidewalks Of Canai-st
and Broadway to watch this strange spectacle
q team of powerful draught horses and driven
by a man whose muscles were equalled only by
his gift of repartee, and tagging 1t by q mere
gesture of his hand.
As the day advanced harmony began to show
itself and the obvious merits Of the system to
become manifest.
For the first days trial the experiment was
considered. by many a marked success.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18

Of a majority in interest Of the eapital s'ocN
present" and therefore, II the Union Paclnc
shall be enJoined from voting its SSO,oVV'oo'
Southern Pacific stock at the annual meeting the
Keene party would be able, they oene'e' Oy
combining with the pool proxies the proxies Oh
independent shareholders, to elect ne" Ooaiu
of directors, even though the Union Pacinc ~
terests should refrain from voting their addi-
tional holdings of Southern Pacific stock wnicn
Constitute with the S00.OOOOO0 q clear majority
OF the outstanding stock of the company.
II Is suggested by friends of the present South-
ern Pacific management, however, that the m
terpretation placed by the Keene party on the
sentence relating to the quorum may not De
sustained by the courts II the holders OF
ma jority in interest OF the capital stock pres
emit" they say. to constitute a quorum no
meeting at which even three shares, out or the
total 197S402, shall be represented would ne
without a Quorum-or, practically. there wouid
he no such thing as mo quorum; consequently
the sentence defining a quorum. in the charter
would be absolutely without point or power.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
ERTN,S SONS PARADE.
Mayor L6p PreUented 6g Much
Work from Taking Part.

TAe scns Of ireland made merry from cary y
urarx uA4a has Gt night yesterday, ana Stses -
vas. ali over one thing was agreed ca. InGA MAO
Hsse another glorious March H. A line OF Sfeen
{ etr.sehed from East Tvveney-hsl.-st4 Where Grand
Hnr.haa Eurke met hls personal stan. to SulAef
Fzasasn River Park, where the grand marsnai anu
FAsAnsAs reviewed the procession.
sseysr Low sent, On March Is. q eecHlaNo -,
4aks part in the parade. When the oeies1Iio
.11.a AZ htrn st the City Hall some Gays previous
"A March Ii and asked him to head the proceSsso p
he kcld the representatives that he was auuIe 49,
he ~vesAd be ehle to>do 20, and tnat tnss -, SO
count On It. the same as last year Ine AS -
vork runs pglinx up. however. and on MsfoH
,..Ins tbs fIt would be fmprscticable for MIN ~ 0
sn the parade he sent declinAton 70 -ne -.
ayers at the same time expressing ms ~ -.
he would not be able to take part Inc So -,
considerably surprised and annoyed YESTERDAY w.
he saw that IL had been made to apPear
had disappointed the pSraders at the ies' .-
At fi1o G. m the grand marshal met his ,'~- sSal.,
conslRttne Of William II. Lynch, nrHt e1S, - II
o'Hars second aid. and Thomas Kelly 80
Ohm. Michael P Kane, Philip Coyne' !onh Le
no1 eater I croty John J. Scsnlon ana Fetei ."
EaREerty special aids. and an hour later' - -,
Nv the Catholic Protectory Band and escoiu " "
The Bibsrnian Rifles and County sIso H'ei'
Fortyefourth-st-
The parade started at 2:5 p. m An Immense ~
crowd had collected st the starting point aho aios
FIHth-ave, and the police were busy keeplns -
the Sidewalk that the pdIdoetS- nd
AZ the Archhishop's house Maolson-saHeeL HeLaeeS
Fiftieth-st. fully three thousand peope 90 na-
All snxIoue to see the Archbishop reVae" tne pa
rede. ~s.A +ns narade
AZ the mounted policemen who headed tne Ia la n
.,11es-Nd the Grchbishop accompanied by John "
Crimrnsas and priest, came out on Ie
fre residence. each company OF naiIlua pog peSg,1
ii gave the Archbishop and his party q nHi
salute. ,. -. ,r corr-
znSnd of the military and after II came INC o
societies There were about fifteen tnoue@NO my
me parade moved north along Ffftn-sye: 70 70
Nadia NAV
Fifty-fourth-st west TO Fifth-aye, up e.
70 one-hendred-and-twenty- -sixtn-S%' aCioSS ~
Second-sSe. to Sulzer's Park. ..-, --.-
After the parade the Irish NGtional EesuHsl a
held The crowd was said to be the largest ever
aaRexnbleG at the park.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
TO EXTEND S. P. POOL.
Decision of Membcrs-Importance
of a Comma.

ofcial announcement was made yesterday
that q majority Of the members Of the Southern
Pacific pool had given their consent to the ex-
tension of time for the existence OF the pool to
April 10, and that the extension had accordingly
become operative. 1t was declared in Wall
Street. however that some Of the minority mem
hers were decidedly averse to remaining bound
bv the pool agreement beyond April l, the date
at which, according to the original arrange
roent. the pool was to expire by Limitation, ana
that these interests would demand that their
stock be returned to their control by the pool
manager, their purpose being to vote it in favor
Of the present Southern Pacific management
The interesting point has been raised by the
Keene party that according to the charter or
the Southern Pacific company, a majority OF the
stock actually represented at meeting OF
stockholders, and not majority Of the entire
outstanding stock constitutes quorum for the
transaction Of business. Section Of the char
ter reads In part Each share of stock shall
entitle the holder thereof to one vote, in person
or by proxy, at all meetings OF the stockholders.
The holders of a majority in interest Of the
capital stock present. in person OF by proxy,
shall constitute quorum" If the comma which
follows the word present" had preceded that
word it would have been beyond question that
majority Of the entire capital stock must be rep
resented at a meeting in order to constitute a
quorum. AS the punctuation stands, however,
a quorum apparently consists OF "the holders
New-York tribune., 1903-03-18
PAREELLITE SENTENCED YESTERDAY.
Also Sent to Jail Last st. Patrck's Day.

James HsnIey, elderly man, Of good appear
snce reluctantly admitted In the Court Of Special
Sessions yesterday that he was of the Parnell-
ties who with Charles Stewart Parneli and Nichae
C Dsvitt. was sentsnced for term in prison in
1879 for conspiracy against the British Govern
meRt. Eanley UP for sentence before the court
charge of obtainnE money under false pre-
tences. and was sentenced 10 one year in the pen-
tentiary. II is court record that in the same
court year ago. St Patrick's Day, HanIey
sentenced for like term for a similar offence He
served ten months on the first term. being liberated
for good behavior.
When asked by Justice -Hoihrook IL he had been
ARRESTED and Sent to prison in England Hanley
reiuctan antiy said: 'T arrested with Parnell and
Davftt, but Ii was not for any sim