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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
NAY call CONGRESS.
Roosevelt Wishes Cuban Reciprocity
Treaty PoSsed

Roosevelt Wishes Cuban Reciprocity
Treaty Passed.
1t can be stated on authority, says a
Washington correspondent. that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has not made up his mind
definitely to call an extraordinary session
Of the Fifty-eighth Congress, but is con-
sidering the practicability of doing 10.
Vixen he was informed that it was the
intention of the Senate SO to amend the
Cuban reciprocity treaty as to make &C,
ton on it by the House of Representa-.
tives necessary, he informed several
members of the Senate that he would
hold himself free to call an extraordinary
session of Congress TO secure action for
Cuba. No definite time for the meeting
of the extraordinary session was mem
toned by the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt. the correspondent says,
is in earnest in his desire to have the
Cuban treaty ratified and made effective.
1t can be said that so strong is this de-
sire that he even has considered the adj
visibility of calling Congress together
this spring if the Senate should permis
the Cuban treaty to fail through lack of
a quorum. That, however is a contin-
gency which he considers Improbable. The
belief of the President and of his advis-
ers is that the Senate will take definite
action on both the Panama canal and Gu.
ban treaties at the present session. AS
surances to this effect have been received
from the leaders of the Senate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Told in a Few Lines.

The Seamen's Union of Germany has
established a pay office at Hoboken. n.
] for the convenience of its members in
the German steamers sailing from New
York TO European and South American
ports.
Seventeen sugar-laden vessels arrived
at San Francisco from Hawaii during
February. the total receipts for the
month being 51.S4S.900 pounds. The to-
tai receipts at the port'for the first two
months of the year foot mp 3T,3G5000
pounds. against 77.1T0.500 pounds for the
same period last year.
President Roosevelt received Halle
Erminie Rives. the Southern novelist.
Miss Dorothy Flynn. daughter Of d. T..
FLYNN. and Miss Maude De Haven OSau.
at the White House recently.
Patrolman James Frans, brother II
Chief of Police Frans of Kansas City,
No. was shot and seriously wounded by
two robbers.
Southland Brothers & Courts large de-
partment store at Marysvilie. Ohio, was
DESTROYED 10y FIRE. eatailing a loss on
stock aud building Of $4,000.
The plant Of the Franklin Baker Com
pany. importers of eocoanuts. Philadel-
phia. was partially destroyed by FIRE.
Loss $4,000. partially insured.
A Frenchman claims to have discov-
cred a process for the reduction Of
wood 10 4 molten condition.
Thinking caps win be more gener-
ally worn by both sexes Of all ages
than ever before
Some may take life easr, but the ma
jority consider that il has been forced
upon them
The average straig1t-ahead motion
Of the stars is now put at twenty-one
miles a second.
1t may be noticed at husking bees
that red cheeks follow the discovery Of
red ears :
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
BOYS ROBYOUNGL LADY
HOLD HER UP ON PROMINENT
CHICAGO STREET.
Miss Speck Uses Hatpin, but 1s Over
powered and Her Purse Taken
Youthful Hixhwaymen Arrested

Six boys, ranging in age from o to 10
years, are locked up at the Larrabee
street police station III Chicago on
charges of robbery. Miss Mae Speck, II
years old, was robbed of her pocketbook,
containing $40, in North Clark street.
She was suddenly confronted by six
youths. Give me that pocketbook and
hurry up" said one Of the boys. Il
will not" replied the young woman, and,
drawing a hatpin, she attempted ~ de-
fend herself. The odds were too great.
however, for the boys soon overpowered
her. When Miss Speck had recovered
the pocketbook and the boys had disap-
peared The police found them soon
afterward. Justice Kersten, after ques-
tioning the boys and their parents, de-
cided the only place he could send the
youths was to the juvenile court, and this
he did.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
LAsso SAVES TWO MEN.
Were Flpating Down River on Ice and
Young Man Comes to Rescue.

We're FIbatiar Down River ON Ice ana
Young Man Comes to Rescue.
cowboy named Wilson was made
hero the ether evening by his clever
use OF the lasso in ,rescuing two young
men, Frank Hanmitt and Harry Web
ster. from death in The Republican river
near Hardy, Neb. The river was swol-
len and flled with ice. An attempt was
made by the youths to cross in row.
boat, which was capsized in midstream.
For mile they succeeded in keeping
themselves above water by clinging to
cakes of ice. As the current carried them
nearer shore ropes were thrown them,
but the water completely numbed their
limbs, and they were unable to raise
hand Wilson was en- route to ranch
where he worked. ald was attracted by
the crowds. Riding his horse along the
bank parallel to the floating bodies he
hurled his lariat, which fell fair over
the body of Hammitt. Wilson drew it
taut, and winding the end about the POM
mel of his saddle turned his cow pony
and drew the body to shore, and then
repeated the performance with Web
ster.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
wH1rEcAPs TAR WIFE BEATERs.
Young Farmers Undertake Moral Re-
generation of Brutal Husbands.

Young Farmers Undertake Moral Re-
generation of Brutal Husbands.
band of whitecaps composed of 200
of the better class of young farmers has
undertaken the moral regeneration of
northwestern Ohio. The organization is
divided into three or four sections and
apparently has the quiet sanction of the
authorities. Since its organizaticn a few
weeks ago this band of whsscaps has
logged or tarred and feathered four men
and posted warnings to many more. Near
Trowbridge lived Harvey Eistadder,
worthless fellow, who speglected to pay
his debts and Vas in the lfal1it of beating
his wife. He was tieI to tree ard
logged William Irene of Portage. Ohio,
neglected his invalid wife and sick child
lie escaped from tie whiiecaps, who
were about to tar ard feather him. lie
has not been seer. since. rGhub'' Sissle
of Rollersvilie was severely logged for
getting drunk, chasing ais wife from
home in her night ROBE, and threatening
to cat her thrJat. Harvey Higgins, in
Lucas County, was both flogged and tar
red for drunkenness and child beating.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Lake Naviration Is Opened.

The steamer 500 City opened the nav
igation season between Chicago and st.
Joseph, and the Alice Stafford made its
first trip from Chicago to Muskegon and
Grand Haven. The Atlanta of the Good
rich Line crossed the lake a week before.
All the steamship lines are making prep
arations for a summer of big business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
EAST LOSING IN NUMBERS.
Proportion of Population on Atlantic
SeabOard Steadily Diminishing.

Proportion of Population on Atlantic
Seaboard Steadily Diminishing.
The census bureau has issued bulle-
tin on the geographical distribution Of
population in the United States. 1t shows
that almost SO per cent of the total pop
ulation lives in the country drained by
the Atlantic ocean and per cent in that
drained by the Pacific ocean. OF the
population in the region drained by the
Atlantic over SO per cent live in the sec
ton drained by the Gulf of Mexico and
almost 10 per cent in the area drained
by the great lakes. The proportion liv-
ing within the region drained by the At
lantic ocean is steadily diminishing,
while the part drained to the Gulf of
Mexico is becoming relatively more pop
ulous, as is the case, in still more
marked degree, in the great basin and the
Pacific ocean region.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Tyner Refuses to Resign.

James II. Tyner, assistant Attorney
General of The postoffice Department,
says he will rot resign, as was his inten-
ton, in view of the complaint against as
sistants in his Office. Investigation of
the "get-rich-quick" scandal will be con-
tinued by Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

of the levees, and hundreds of men at
each place are working to save the
leyees.
Appeals are pouring in from all direc-
tons for aid by those who have taken
refuge on high points along the river,
AID who are now surrounded by the wat
er. All local packets have gone strictly
into. the rescue business, but their capac-
ity is completely overtaxed, and they are
unable to respond to all demands that
are received
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
A SPECTACULAR EVENT.
The Dedication of the Buildings for
the St Louis Worlds Fair.

the st. Louis Worlds Fair.
The magnificent character of the cere-
monies contemplated for April 80 at st.
Louis has scarcely been touched upon.
The occasion is the celebration of the
Tooth anniversary of the Louisiana Pur-
chase and the dedication of the buildings
for the Worlds Fair of 1904. President
Roosevelt. accompanied by his cabinet
and the diplomatic corps, viii attend.
Former President Cleveland will deliver
the principal address. Cardinal Gibbons.
Bishop Potter and Bishop Hendricks will
represent three of the great church or
CARNATIONS at the ceremonies. The
Governors of many other States will also
be present. The National Commission
and Board of Lady Managers of the ex-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
BOILER ExPLoDEs AT TOLEDO.
One Man Is Killed and a Ton of Iron Is
Hurled Half a Mile.

In boiler explosion which wrecked a
large part of the East Toledo Mills of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company, one
mar was killed and two others were
burned so badly that they may die. The
dead man was John Thompson, water
tender, Of Findlay. 1t will never be
known how the accident occurred, as
Thompson was the only one near the
boiler. The top OF the boiler, weighing
ton, was blown through the air half
mile, and gouged a hole twenty feet deep
in the ground. Iron fiues by the dozen
were driven deep into the earth. Ore
end of the mill was blown out, causing
damage of $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Price of Lumber to Rise.

Purchases made by the Edward Hines
Lumber Company of Marinette and Chi
cagO place the concern in control of the
lumber market of the West. The com
pany closed contracts for stocks on the
Menomonie river which involve $4,000
600. The manager says the price of
lumber will be advanced on all grades of
pine from 80 cents to So thousand feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

Columbus Brewery Company in Colum.
bus, Ohio, but the banquet was not serv-
ed because of the probably fatal injury
of one and the serious injury of another
of the assembled guests. The breaking
of wooden cover over an exposed lie
vator shaft precipitAed Bernhart ~ b.
Ter and Fred Tieinheim into the s.saft,
the forme. sustaining a fraetareds Skull
and broken leg and the latter having
three ribs broken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Extra Session of ConCress.

The Fifty eighth Congress will be call
ed together in extra session some time
in Octob or November. This action
was decided on at the hite House after
the Democrats in tse Senate had made
it plain that the Cuban reciprocity treaty
would not be ratified unless it was re-
ferred to the House.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
TO Drop Woman Inspectors.

Commissioner of immigration Viii
liams Of New York has made a al ort to
the Treasury Department on the apioy-
ment Of woman inspectors. The report
points out many objections to these in
spectors, and Commissioner General Sar-
gent has reported to the Secretary of
the Treasury that their services are not
needed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Tobacco Land for Morgan.

]. p. Morgan is said to have purchased
for the American Tobacco Company al
the lands in the Vuelta Abajo district of
Cuba, upon which is grown the finest
grade of leaf tobacco used in the manu-
facture of the best brands of Havana
cigars. The tobacco is known the world
over for its delightful aroma.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Tilted Lover Kills Woman.

Miss Julia Toombs, % years old, was
shot and killed in Providence, r. L., by
William Stevens Morse, a rejected lover,
who in the last three months has been
twice in an insane asylum. Morse fred
four shots at her while she was on the
way I'd church and every shot took effect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
T,ounl sufFrape for Arizo,,a.

The results of caucusing in both par
ties rendered virtually certain the adop-
ton Of equal suffrage IN Arizona by the
Legislature Some time ago the lower
house passed an acknowledgements bill and
now the Council has passed duplicate
OF fhA bill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Latest Boxer Atrocity.

w. b. Bentley, a missionary who has
been in Shanghai number of years,
speaking Of the situation in China. said:
THE latest atroeity committed by the
Boxers was the murder of three mission
aries in the province of Chi Ii. The mis-
sionaries are focking into the cities, as
the country is no longer safe for foreign
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
PREFERS DEATH TO SHAME.
American Official in Luzon Tries to
Kill Himself.

Bartlett Sinclair, treasurer of RIA
province, Philippine Islands. attempted
to commit suicide by taking poison in
the office of the Attorney General when
informed that the government intended
to prosecute him for neglecting his office
and permitting the peculation of funds.
SinclairS books were found to be in
muddled state. The authorities had been
investigating for months a shortage of
several thousands, but it is not believed
that Sinclair embezzled any money. -Four
of his subordinates, however, have been
arrested on the charge of embezzlement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Finds storm Took 600 Lives.

The steamer Mariposa, from Austria
liza. brought details of the disaster
caused by the typhoon and tidal wave
among the Puamotus islands in the mid
die of January The French government
has investigated the disaster and found
mat between SOC and GOO islanders per-
ished in the storm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Killed by Fierce Politics.

Recorder ]. o. Brown. of Pittsburg
who rendered his resignation to Governor
Pennypacker the other day, died sud-
denly at his home there, The imme-
date cause of his death was nervous col
lapse, superinduced. it is believed, by
the unusually fierce poll ical warfare in
the county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Coal Rarons Found Not Guilty.

Judge Chetlain put an end to the pros
ecution of the coal operators indicted by
the recent special grand jury in Chicago
for illegal combination and conspiracy in
restraint of public trade on the ground
that the transactions which formed the
basis of the charges were interstate COM
merce. and, as such, were cognizable
only by the federal courts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
'ocNoNoccNONoC~0cNoNocSocSo
NEWS FROM
OUR COLONIES.
vNONONONON-cNON

From a commercial standpoint Porto
Rico has been a good speculation, for the
people of that island buy from us and
sell us about FIVE times as much mer-
chandise as they did before the Spanish
war. The following table shows the inn
ports from Porto Rico into the United
States and exports from the United
States to Porto Rico during the last six
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
MAN. TO BE TRIED.
United States Supreme Court Over
throws Technical Defense.


The Supreme Court of the United
States has quashed the writ of habaas
corpus granted by Judge Jackson of the
northern district of West Virginia in the
case of Ellis Glenn, alias e. r. Glenn,
and remanded the case for trial. This is
the man-woInan case which has attracted
considerable attention. The woman for
years mascueraded as a man under the
name of Ellis Glenn. She was tried for
forgery in Wood County, West Virginia,
at the May term of court, 1901, and the
jury disagreed. She claimed at that time
that she was the sister of ELLIS Glenn"
At the fall term of court when she came
up for retrial she claimed that she was
twice being placed in jeopardy for the
same offense and sued out a writ of ha-
beas corpus before Judge Jackson.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
SEEK PROOF OF PoLYGAMY.
Utah Officials Decide to Call Special
Grand Inry.

At the request of County Attorney
Westervelt three judges of the District
Court in Salt Lake City, Utah, decided
to call a special grand jury for the April
term to investigate ''sundry public Of
lenses alleged to have been committed
and various abuses alleged to exist with
in this jurisdiction" The public Of
lenses alleged to have been committed
refer to the charges recently made of
the practice of polygamy in the city and
county
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
River Breaks Through Levee.

The Mississippi River leyee broke
twenty-five mile above Memphis on the
ARKANSAS side. Water poured into the
valley and the residents fled to the high
ground. North and South Memphis res
licences and business houses We're
flooded
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Arr Figure for MinneapoIis.

Nine prominent citizens of Minneapolis
have purchased the fine allegorical statue
of the Mississippi now being finished in
Carrara marble by Parker G. Mead, the
American sculptor, at Florence, Italy.
1t is planned to remove the old city hall,
turn the site into a park and put the
statue in the center.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

committed suicide by shooting at the
Parker House in Boston. He was the
representative of a New York lace con-
Germ and had occupied O suite at the
hotel for a week. having been i'll with
the grip for four days of the time and
his self-destruction is ascribed to despon-
dency from the attack.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

Minister SQuiers has returned 70 Ha-
vana from a four days visit To the Isle
If Pines, during which he made note of
the reasons the American residents have
for urging the United States sovereignty
OVER the island. He found the Ameri-
cans 20 be extremely anxious for Ameri-
can sovereignty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
BREAK In THE LEVEE.
WA-sER BUSHES THROUGH HUGE
CREvASSE IN ARKANSAS.
Mississippi Mows Down Its Barriers
Thousands of Acres Inundated and
More Breaks Looked For-Outlook at
Points Lower Down Not Unfavors hIe.

The test of the great levees along the
Mississippi is at hand. The river now
at Memphis is the highest ever known.
AT North Memphis the situation is as
Stunning a serious phase. Hundreds Of
people are abandoning their homes and
every industry along Wolf river has been
suspended Street car service i'll that
part of the city has been abandoned and
skiffs are used. Several railroads have
been seriously ha,npered by the encroach-
ing waters and the Yazoo and Mississip-
pi valley has annulled many of its trains
because of washouts
The st. Francis levee gave way Mon
day afternoon at Trice's Landing. Ark,
twenty miles north of Memphis, and the
waters of the Mississippi river rushed
through three-quarter mile crevasse
with roar that could be heard for miles.
The leyee at Triee's had been threatened
since Sunday afternoon. A force of sew
eral hundred men had been doing all in
its power to save the entertainments and
it was hoped that the break could be
prevented. These efforts would have been
sufficient but for the unprecedented stage
of the river and the fact that the rise
has been at a rite more rapid than ever
before heard Of with the river in its pres
ent condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
WALKS HOME DESPITE WOUND.
Man with Scantling Piercing His Side
Makes Way Half Mile.

John Whitaker, owner of a small
sawmill west of Sandstone. Mimi, walk
ed half a mile from his mill to his home
with a piece Of scantling three feet long
sticking through his side. At the time
Of the accident he was operating his
mill and the scantling was thrown
against the circular saw and hurled
back against him, the end striking him
above the third rib and piercing his side
without fatal results. The scantiing was
extracted and the man probably will re-
cover
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

Abstract of anthracite strike arbitra-
tors report has been filed with President
ROOSEVELT Ten per cent wage increase
is adTised. and better working conditions
for miners. The latter are criticised for
ill-treatment of Iion-union workmen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Germnux Makes Appropriatlon.

The German Reichstag passed the APP
preparation of $4,000 for the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition, being the first in
staliment of S750,O00 to be expended on
Germany's exhibits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24

The Louisiana Supreme Court in an
opinion sustained the right of the Legis
lature % pass the Wilson law providing
for separate accommodations for whites
and negroes in street cars.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Frank E. Brady Is Sentenced.

Frank Z. Brady, formerly secretary
Of the Imperial Building and Loan Com
pany. which he wrecked. was sentenced
at Toledo Ohio, to fiee years in the pen
itentiary for altering the eompany's books
TO deceive creditors. Motion for new
trial was overruled. The case has been
aired in Toledo courts for over two years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
1RRIGATIoN WORKS PLANNED.
Property to BE Acquired in Five Lo-
calities and $7,OOO,OC0 Spent.


Secretary Hitchcock of tbe Tntarior
Department in Washington has ar6rte :
authority for the acquisition of properly,
rights of way, etc, prior to the construc-
ton Of irrigation works in five localities.
These projects are: Wyoming, Sweet
Water dam; Montana, Milk river; Colo
RADIO, Gunnison tunnel; Nevada, Truckee;
Arizona, Salt river reservoir. These
projects are estimated to cost 100000
and will provide for the irrigation of
about 100000 acres of arid land. In adj
dition thereto the Gray Bull reservoir
project is to be taken up Immediately.
The construction remains subject to the
feasibility of obtaining the necessary
rights and the adjustment of private
claims in such manner as to comply with
the act approved June IL, 1902.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
I. 8. Harlan Quits Office.

James s. Harlan. Attorney General of
Porto Rico. has resigned his Office and
sailed for home. He received great
ovation as he boarded the steamship.
Mr.. Harlan win resume his law practice
in Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Nonunion workmen orrauize.

The independent American Mechanics
Union. formed and Incorporated by non
union men, with the object OF resisting
the agcrcssions of organized labor. has
fled articles with the Secretary of State
In Indianapolis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Uuite 70 Re.ist Eirht- Hour Dav.

After one failure of the bituminous
coal operators and miners to agree on a
scale the operators met in Philadelphia
and agreed to grant a fair increase of
wages. !" but to resist the eight-hour-day
demand even if their action resulted in
strike
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Hettv Green Is HoneIess.

Hetty Green ia a New York interview
declared she does not want home be-
cause personal property taxes would
have To be paid: business keeps her jour
neyins between that city and Chicago
and taxes can be avoided.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-03-24
Fnvors License in Hamnshire.

BY vote of Oh to 107 the New
Hampshire House of Representatives
put itself on record as in favor of IL
cense law in preference to the existing
prohibitory system, which has been in
force since 1913.