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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
TEN THOUSAND sTARvE.
Inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands
Are Fnmine. Stricken.

Inhabitants of the Cape Verde Islands
Are Famine Stricken.
The people of the Cape Verde Islands
are famine stricken. Letters received
in this country tell frightful tale of
loss of life, for in the island of Santiago
alone the dead number 10000 In spite
of the measures of relief that have have
been adopted the death rate continues to
be from 30 to 50 q day.
The Cape Verde Islands belong to
Portugal and are situated about 800
miles to the west of that African prom
ontory from which they take their name.
There are many islands in the group,
ten of which are of considerable size.
The largest and most important is San
tiago. The Cape Verde Islands owe their
origin to the action of submarine vol
canoes and all are very mountainous. The
highest elevation is reached in a volcanic
peak ISL feet above the sea, on the ISL
and of Fogo, and which is still active.
The total population of the group is
about 100000, nearly all of whom are
negroes, incident, but harmless. The
climate is unhealthy during the rainy
season, Although water is deficient, veg
citation Is luxuriant, yielding African and
southern European products. Sugar cot
ton, tobacco and indigo are grown and
the trade in archil, coloring substance,
monopolized by the government, has in
some seasons yielded f24,000. Several Of
the European domestic animals thrive
well. Turtles are abundant in the sur
rounding seas and whales are also fished
by British and American vessels. Amber
is found on the coasts and great quaint
ties Of salt, formed by solar evaporation,
is obtained on the lagoons along the
shores, especially on the island Of Lal
Each island is affected by the famine,
but the loss of life in Santiago is the
greatest. In spite of the thousands Of
deaths the Portuguese government has
not taken any steps for the relief Of the
stricken people and all outside aid has
come from the Board of Trade of Lisbon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

S. Dudley, of Sullivan County, for fair
IRE to protect the negro billiard last win
ter. Suit was brought under a law de
claring the Office of sheriff vacated for
such negligence. The lower court de-
cided that the law was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court did not pass on the
question of unconstitutionality holding
that the coroner had no interest in the
Office of sheriff. Two of the FIVE judges
diccnrtod
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Notea "a current Event..


Oil has been discovered on the Lawton,
o. T. townsite.
1t is announced that st. Louis hotels
can care for $4,000 guests.
A good flow of oil has been struck at
Toronto, Kan, at depth of 1000 feet.
Joseph A. Gill has been reappointed
associate justice of the Supreme Court
of Indian Territory.
The home rule party in Hawaii gained
an almost complete victory in the cleo
ton of local officers.
Reports show that both British i'm
ports and exports made good increases
during the month of October.
Bessie Knecht, the Sleeping girl"
who partially revived at Salt Lake City,
Utah, after forty-seven days, is dead.
The Coffeyville Bottle and Glass fac
tory Mt Coffeyville, Kan, win have it's
capacity increased TO a carload of bottles
per day.
The South Dakota law forbidding the
combination of insurance companies to
fix premium rates in that State has been
upheld as valid by the United States
District Court
The steel trust has begun campaign
of retrenchment by doing without the
services of numerous high-salaried off,
Gals. Prices on steel billets have been
reduced 81 per ton.
For the first time since American oc-
cupation took place. the Philippine ISL
ands have a balance of trade in their ia
vor-that is to say, the exports over
balance the imports.
Because he was too poor TO buy medi-
cine for his wife, who was dangerously
i'll, August Garaux. aged 6. jumped to
desth from the west Nimisilla creek
bridge near Canton, Ohio.
Harold H nm; pp. the 13-year-old son
OF Postmaster s. III. Knapp IT Clyde,
Kan, died from a kick by frisky colt,
received eight weeks ago. His skull was
mashed, aud although two pieces the size
OF a silver quarter were cut out, his
life could not be saved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Burning Bridge Imperi1s Train.

With the chicago liver due at That
point in ten minutes the big Pere Mar
ouette Railroad bridge spanning the
river at Lee, Mich. was discovered on
fire. Section men with the aid of a
haudcar stationed a danger signal just
as the Chicago-bolnd train neared a
curve leading TO the bridge, which top
pied into the river at this moment The
estimated loss is $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
RENEWAL OF A FLORIDA FEUD.
Three Murders Mark Beginning of a
War of determination.

The Richards and the Benefits, the
largest and most prominent families of
Bradford County, Fla. have again de-
clared war to the death. A feud which
has slumbered for years has broken out
afresh. Eight years ago the feud rose,
when three of the BENEFITS and two of
the Richards were slain. Recently when
Deputy Sheriff II. o. Richards went to
the home of j. S. Bennett, the present
he / OF, the family, to arrest him on a
charge of holding pretty orphan girl,
16 years old, in a state of peonage, the
three Bennett brothers came forth from
their house at Lawtry armed with guns
and shot him dead. A POSSE captured
the murd.rers in an abandoned turpen-
tine camp. Two killings have already
followed the murder of the deputy sher-
if. Each family has sworn to exter-
min re the other.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
CLIFF JEWELLERS MIpGETs.
DIR. McIntire Makes Important Dis
coveries About Extinct Race.

DIR. McIntire Makes Important Dis
coveries About Extinct Race.
Returning to Prescott, Ariz., from
Flagstaff. where he has been making
archaeological research into the extensive
cliff dweller ruins there, the Rev. ]. A.
McIntire reports the discovery of some
remarkable finds which will go far to es-
tablish the fact that the cliff jewellers of
Arizona. were liliputian in size. DR.. Nc
Intire brought back with him a skull of
an adult that is no larger than that of
an infant. The skull is in every way ma
tured, admitting of no doubt that it is
that of a person fully grown. That the
cliff dwellers were diminutive people is
further proven by some rooms of their
habitations which DIR. McIntire found to
be yet intact. Doors only eighteen inches
wide were feature of these.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
BUTLER, PA, THEATER BURNS.
Total Destruction of Prap' rty Is Es'
timat.sa ut $500, co.

Total Destruction of Prspi rty Is Es-
timatssa at 100000.
Fire broke out in the Park Theater
building in Butler, Pa, about $3.50 Fri
day morning, and by 8 o'clock property
valued at 100000 had been destroyed.
The falling walls buried a number of
firemen under a mass of bricks and burn
ing timber and Chief Jacob Burckholder,
Frank Ziegler, Charles Douglass and AL
bert Walters were seriously injured. The
fire evidently was caused by an explosion
of gas i'll the basement. Among other
structures burned were the buildings oc-
cupied by the Central Hotel. the Butler
Business College, the National Supply
Company, Dr. John NJ. Leighner, the
Butler County Recorder and Printing
Company, and William II. Rite, grocer.
The buildings were owned by Daniel
Younkins, James Thompson ard j. G..
Smith,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

The postoffice and general store at
Loweyville, Ohio, was entered and the
store completely ransacked. Stamps,
money and merchandise to the extent of
nearly $1,000 was taken. The office of
the McComb Elevator Company was en-
tered and the safe blown open with dy-
Mantle and a small amount of money
and some valuable papers were taken,
The bandits then went to Belmore. where
they broke into the saloon of Thomas
Thirts and ransacked the place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
OLD COUPLE BURN TO DEATH.
Man Is Suspected of Killing His Wife
and Setting Fire to Home.

nAan Is suspected or Killing HIS VIE
and Setting Fire to Home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith, 60 years
old, were burned to death in fire which
consumed their home. The couple lived
alone outside of the city limits of Grand
Rapids, Mich The fire was discovered
by neighbors, hut before any help could
be given the old people the building col
lapsed. There is a strong suspicion that
the fire was preceded by a murder and
suicide. The Smiths had not lived hap
PLY together, and only last Saturday
Mrs. Smith told a neighbor that she was
afraid of her husband; that he had
threa tened her, saying: "If it were not
for the law I'd murder you" Smith also
had told this neighbor that he intended
TO get rid of his wife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Sheriff Takes Railroad Cash

AS Paymaster Sweethen of the Penn
sylvania company was leaving the First
National Bank in Logansport, Ind, Sher-
if Beckley took from him a valise con-
tanning $4,000 and carried it to the
court house, where the money was poured
out on a table and nearly $4,000 of it
seized by the officer. The sheriff was
collecting judgments in favor of Thomas
Collins and George Lightheiser, who
were injured on the PENNSYLVANIA lines
and we're awarded damages in court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
MURDER MYSTERY IS DEEP.
Twenty-one Sti1etto Wounds iu Body
of Man at Minneapolis.

With tweuty-one stiletto wounds, the
frozen body of Salvador Battalia was
found at midnight on the Franklin ave-
nue. bridge in Minneapolis. A letter
was found on the body showing that tie
man had applied for admission to the
Masonic order. That robbery was not
the motive is clear from the fact that
about $50 was found untouched in his
pockets, while a loaded revolver in the
hip pocket showed that he had been
struck down without a chance to defend
himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Sultan Suffers with Cancer.

The Sultan of Turkey has cancer on
his lntestines, but is in no immediate
danger and can drag On a painful exist
ence for two or three years. His aggra-
waited condition recently brought on by
extra e1Iertions, caused him to call in a
Munich doctor, who advised him to have
an operation performed, but he refused.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Electric Combine

By reason ef trade agreement that
has just been reached, there now exists
what is TO all adrposes q worldwide cleo
trical trust. The largest three electrical
corporations in the world. the General
Electric of America. and the leading two
German concerns. have reduced compe-
tition TO an impossibility-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
GIVE DRUGS TO coNvIcTs.
Guards of Nebraska Peniteutiary AZ
cused by a Released Prisoner.

cused by a Released Prisoner.
Harry Lafferty. a released prisoner
from the Nebraska State penitentiary,
told the Omaha police shocking tale of
cocaine and morphine habits acquired by
the prisoners i'll that institution. Lafferty
says he himself acquired the drug habit
while serving a two-year term, and that
he finds it impossible to break away from
the practice since his release. He said:
Nearly every prisoner in the peniten-
tiary is confirmed drug fiend and most
all of them have acquired the habit since
going there 1t IS no trouble to have the
drugs smuggled in by friends from with
out, and often guard will slip it
through. As soon as a prisoner is re-
leased he Immediately sets about getting
drugs 70 his friends within. / intended
to quit as soon as / got out, so do others.
But by that time we are confirmed drug
tiends and cannot quit the use"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
TEN KILLED IN NINE.
Pennsylvania Explosion Sends Miners
in All Directions,

in All Directions.
"Hill Farm mine," the Inflated, near
Connellsville, Pa, has added ten more
victims to its black record Just as the
day shift had about completed its labors
and were about to leave the Ferguson
mine. q terrific explosion sent nineteen
miners who were working in the vicinity
flying in all directions, the roof fell in
and the men hosting themselves up rush
ed in every direction seeking means of es-
cape, but only nine succeeded in reaching
the pit mouth alive. Only four of these
are expected to survive. The force of
the explosion shattered timbers for two
miles round and was followed by fire,
which swept every room in the mine
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Kidnaned or in H:diur.

Somewhere in or near New York Hen
ry Baxter Kingsley, of Rutland, VT, is
either in hiding or imprisoned by kid
napers. For two days and nights the
entire police force has been searching un-
availingly for some clew as to his where
ahouts. For three days before the POI
lice were called his family and friends
had SougLt him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

Tom Horn, long renowned as scout
and Indian fighter, friend of Gen. Miles
and Buffalo Bill, and one of the most
noted figures of the mountains and the
plains, was hanged in Cheyenne, Wyo..
for the murder of Willie Nickel, 10
yenr-old sheep herder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
600 Die in Indian Flood.

A telegram has been received from
the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon. say
ing that. according TO reports received at
Madras. a food in the Palar river de-
stroyed half of the town of Nanizam
badl. i'm the Salem district. Two hun
bred persons were drowned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Mother of Guerrilla Is Dead,

Mrs. Caroline Quantrell died at the
Ohio !. o. o. f. home in Springfield, at
the age of so years. She had been at the
home three years, coming from eastern
Ohio She was the mother of the noto-
rious guerrilla leader, Col Quantrell
who with a band of border ruffians
burned and piliaged Lawrence, Kan.
Aug %, 1868, when 1873 persons were
killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Cotton Mill Wages Are Cut.

4 10 per cent wage reduction has gone
INTO effect in a majority of the cotton
mills of New England. In Fall River
$4,000 operatives are affected in Rhode
Island 10000 and in other places about
10000. Before the month is ended prac-
tically every cotton mill in New England
viii be working on the wage scale in
effect before March, 1901.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

Ehie Frankenfield, "a years old, died
in Tlfin, Ohio, from poison. the symp-
toms of which were that produced by
morphine. Whether her death was the
result of accident, suicide or murder is
a matter of conjecture. She ana her
sutton. Rolo Kirchner, were found in a
room at her boarding house, overcome by
the effects of the drug.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
tIerk Robs King Edward VII.

King Edward for the second time in
his brief reign has been robbed by a
clerk in the office of the paymaster OF
the household. On this occasion checks
amounting to $500 were illegally drawn
and cashed by Frank Lanham, who con-
fessed and was committed for trial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Exn1orers Given I'm n. Lost.

of Labrador brings no report of the party
headed by Leonidas Hubbard, Jr., of
New York, which started from Rigolet,
Labrador, Aug. l, to explore the interior
of Labrador. The coast is blocked with
ice foes and. snowstorms have covered
the country with snow TO a depth of ff-
teen feet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Hidden in the Bible.

In a raid on alleged counterfeiters in
the home of Salvatore Birindo, 2065
First avenue, New York, the officers
found the formula for making the bogus
metal written in a Bible. Four big sticks
of dynamite, weighing six pounds, coil
OF fuse and Illuminating caps were also
found The alleged counterfeiters were
held for trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
nenlore. Foot,,all Cannes.

At the meeting of the PENNSYLVANIA
conference Of the National Reform As
ISOLATION in Harrisburg, Pa, Rev. DIR.
Sylvester +. Scovel deplored the desecra-
ton OF Thanksgiving day by frivolous
sports and criticised Institutions OF learn
ing that encouraged football games on
-, .Sax-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

Tim Dalton was shot dead and his
brother-in-law, John Merriman, fatally
wounded in McKeesport, Pa, by negro
who Is known only by his nickname.
Dock The men had engaged in an
argument which led to a quarrel and the
tragedy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Kentnckian. i'm Fntn1 pusl.

Il. r. McCandless and George E.
Price fought a duel in Edmonton. Ky,
both using pistols at close range. Price
died instantly and McCandless was NOR
tally wounded. The cause Of the tragedy
i not known
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Princes. and coachman E1ope.

Princess Alice, wife of Prince Freder-
lex of Schoenberg Waldenburg, has elop-
ed with her coachman. News of the
elopement has just become public, al
though it occurred two weeks ago. The
police are in pursuit. but have not learn
ed the whereabouts of the couple.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Shoot. at Kings Tutor.

In Madrid an unknown man fired three
times with a revolver at Genor Briesta.
one of King Alfonso's tutors. The tutor
was slightly wounded. The attempt on
the tutors life is believed TO have been
the outcome of private quarrel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Forty Years ON the Bench.

Judges and lawyers of Chicago took
part in commemorating the fortieth ami
versary Of Judge Joseph f. Gary's ac-
cession to the bench. Judge Gary pre-
sided at the trial of the anarchists and at
the famous Leutgert case.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

charge of conspir
acy to extort a bride
from John j. Ryan,
made by the Post
Office Department.
The verdict Of mot
guilty" was received
by the crowd with
demonstrations that
could not be sup
pressed by the court
officers. The jury
at the first trial last
month was unable
=. a arnnn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
CARDS CAUSE FATAL FIGHT.
Denver Priest and a Friend Clash and
Both Will Die

Rev. Felix Nj. Lepore, pastor of Mt.
Carmel Catholic Church, and another
Italian named Joe Sorici were fatally
wounded in Denver in a fight supposed
TO have arisen over card game they
were playing in the priests apartments
in the church building. Father Lepore
was shot twice in the abdomen and once
in the face and Sorici was shot once in
the abdomen. There seem to have been
no eyewitnesses to the affair. Both men
were taken to st. Joseph's hospital,
where it is said they cannot recover
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
N;,t;on. Burned in Forest Fire.

Figures completed by State Land
Agent Ring on the forest fires which
have ragged through northern ana eastern
Maine during the past summer show the
losses to have been 100000. He says
much of this might have been averted il
the State had a force Of trained fire war
dams
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
CharCes of Cruelty Made.

Charges of cruelty to insane patients
in the Manhattan State hospital on
Wards Island, il New York, are made
hv Miss Elizabeth KnauSS of Waterloo,
who has just returned after spending two
weeks as an attendant in that institution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
One of Car Barn SIurderers.

Gustav Marx. slayer of Detective
Quinn in Chicago, has confessed that he
was implicated in the City Railway ear
barns murders as well as three other
murders. Three alleged accomplices were
named to the police.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Hame of Mrs. Eddy Is Robbed.

Pleasant View. the residence of Mrs.
Mary Baker g. Eddy, head of the Chris
tian Science Chunch. near Concord. \.
H.. was entered by burglars and many
articles of value. gifts TO Mrs. Eddy from
her followers. were stolen. The list of
goods taken included a valuable Bible
and a large silver loving cup.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

Young Corbett and Eddie Hanlon have
been matched TO fight in San Francisco
Dec. % The men viii meet at 1919
pounds for the featherweight champion
ship of the world. the battle TO be twenty
rounds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
WIN Present stock to EmpIoye..

The Mccormick Harvesting Machine
Company has announced that it viii PRE-
sent to all employees ~no have worked
for it for FIVE yeas stock in the Inter
national Harvester Company equal 10 5
per cent Of the total wages earned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

The Rome correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says that during the con-
ference at Windsor between King Victor
Emmanuel and King Edward a perma-
nent Anglo-Italian arbitration treaty was
annroved by both monarchs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
thirteen of Crew Lost,

The steamer Scotia arrived in Point
Arenas. Cal. with FIVE of the crew of the
French bark Francois Hoppe. which wss
wrecked near Point Reyes Thirteen Of
the crew are unaccounted for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Fail to Prove Common Law Marriag

Lille Belle Pierce lost her suit against
tie estate of the late Col. Luther E.
Imboden of ST. Louis, the jury declaring
that she was not the wife of Col. limbo
den Miss Pierce sought to establish
her claim as the common law widow of
Imboden, intending if successful to bring
suit to secure the widows share of the
estate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01

Troops under Gen Leonard Wood
have slain 500 Moros and wounded many
others in a battle lasting i've days. the
Americans having been led into an am
bash by treacherous natives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Ends Career in Cheap Lod xinr- House

William Vanderbilt Nissan. nephew
of the late Mrs. William II. Vanderbilt,
was found dead in chair in a sitting
room in the Planters Hotel, a cheap
lodging in Newark. n. j. Death was due
70 heart trouble.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
Iova Ex-Governor Expires

General Francis Marion Drake. for
mer governor of Iowa, died Of diabetes
after a brief illness at Centerville, Iowa
He leaves q large estate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
suDreuc Court Upholds sheriff.

The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed
the Judgment of the lower court in the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-12-01
GOVERNMENT LOSES CASE.

Miller and Johns Charged with Postal
Frauds, Are Set Free.
Daniel Voorhees, Miller of Terre Haute
and Joseph NJ Johns of Rockville, Ind,
were acauit.ed at Cincinnati Of the
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-10
BrutalIy Tortured.

A case came to light that for
persistent and unmereiful torture
has perhaps never been equaled.
Joe Golobick of Colusa, Calf
writes. "For Is years l endured
insufferable pain from Rheuma-
tism and nothing relieved me
though l tried everything known.
I came across Electric Bitters
and it's the greatest thing on
earth for that trouble. A few
bottles of it completely relieved
and cured me" just as good
for Liver and Kidney troubles
and general debility. Only SOC.
Satisfaction guaranteed BY Girls
ham Drug Co.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-07-10
Friday.

r H. Mathis came down from
Calvin yesterday and returned
this morning.
4 < X
The editors wife was quite i'll
today and yesterday. but is
growing better.
4 4 4
Charlie WATSON was here from
Calvin today.
4 4
Many interested patrons of
several schools were here today
before the School Board to have
disputes settled.
X X y
Ralph Mccain was here yester-
day from Catahoula Parish. He
is with the L. & A. surveyors.