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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
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The News ~

This is the time Mrs. Maybrick's free
dom is not a gold brick.
St Louis has the big show all right.
All it needs is p. I. Barnum as press
agent.
. A peculiar feature OF Mrs. Maybrick' 5
latest release is that she has been al
lowed 20 go free.
Between being free and constructively
free Mrs Msybrick probably notices
quite a difference.
II RusSia's Unsuitable demand for
trouble can be gratiied in no other way
IL might advertise for more.
BY It's activities on the Red sea and
the Black sea Russia is playing a kind
OF diplomatic game Of rouge ct noire.
One New York policeman shot an
other by mistake. 1t was certainly mis-
take II New York policeman hit any
thing.
No plan for the preservation Of the
worlds peace viii be complete that does
aot include soothing powders for hys-
terical editors and diplomats
1t is impossible to have weather that
suits Us all the year round II Is also
tine, come 70 think Of It. that the wealth
or Seldom suits rs even a small part II
the year although there is variety enough
20 satisfy The most exacting.
There was considerable excitement on
tie Chicago Board Of Trade the other
day over the rumor thar the corn croD
in southern Illinois was suffering severe
~ from growing pains. The natter Of
sending corn doctor down 10 lOak after
il was agitated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

darmes hurried up from every direc-
ton and vast crowds gathered about
the spot where the mangled body of
the Minister lay in his blood. For 100
yards the roadway was strewn with
the wreckage of the carriage and
pieces of the red lining of the Minis
ter's official overcoat. A few yards
from NJ. Won Plehve's body lay the
body of the coachman
Guarded by police the body remained
in the street until the arrival of the
official corresponding to an American
coroner, even in the case of the most
powerful Minister of the empire the
law requiring that this Formally had
to be observed before the body could
be removed. After this official had
viewed the body it was placed in
carriage, covered by robe and was
driven slowly to a little chapel adjoin-
ing the railroad station and then to
Plehve's magnificent town residence,
adjoining the Ministry of the Interior
The project Of police notified the EN-
peror of the tragedy Immediately upon
its occurrence. The Emperor, who was
at the villa Alexandria, at Peterhof
was greatly affected by the news, com
ing, as it did, after the bad tidings
from the seat of war, with fears of in
ternatlonal complications and the
strain incident upon the hourly expec-
tation Of an event so close TO the faith
er's heart.
Recent assassinations and attempts
at assassination of officials in Russia
include the following:
NJ Bogolepoff, Minister of Educa-
ton, Feb. %, 1901.
NJ. Slpiaguine, Minister of the Int
rior, April 10. 1902.
Prince Obolenskl, Governor of
Kharkoff (wounded), Aug. IL. 1902.
General Bobrikoff, Governor Of Fin
land, June II, 1904.
Viatsheshaff Constantinovitch Won
Plehve, Minister of the Interior, July
IS, 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

all the British authorities, it is assert
ed, unite on the point that there was
no justification for the sinking of the
vessel. 1t is felt in government cir
cles that the Knight Commander in
cident overshadows the Red Sea seiZ-
ures, which practically have been adj
justed, but which have failed to set
tie the question of the rights of neu-
trail commerce.
That the British government re-
CARDS the sinking of the Knight Com
mander as breach of international
law was confirmed by Premier Bal
four in the House of Commons. An
swering questions as to the destruc-
ton of the steamer and the seizure of
the Malacca and other vessels, the
premier said he hoped to be in a po-
sition to make Il brief statement re-
garding the Malacca soon. AS to the
sinking Of the Knight Commander, he
said he regretted that information
which reached me confirmed this re-
grettable occurrence" Mr.. Balfour
added: There is no question of loss
of life, but l am afraid there is a
question of breach of international
law"
The tension in the Russo British re-
latiOns was said in London to have're-
Taxed Thursday and a rupture is not
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
RUSSIA MUST KNEEL.
BRITAIN DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR
SINKING SHIP.
War1ike Order Goes to Envoy from
King Edward = England Will Use
Force to Get Redress if Necessary
Gear Receives J1timataD..

Russia must make ample amends
for the sinking of the steamer knight
Commander and for the seizures Of
British ships in the Red Sea follow
ing the recent agreement that such
seizures would be averted by the
cars government. Such is the decis-
ion arrived at by the British govern
ment. Preliminary to obtaining sat
isfaction the government sent instruc-
tions to Sir Charles Hardinge, British
ambassador to Russia, to protest ener-
geticaily against the sinking of the
Knight Commander by the Russian
Vladiyostok squadron.
The British note does not mention
the amount of indemnity Russia must
pay the owners of the ship and Brit
ish subjects having goods on board
the vessel, but all that is sought is
the establishment of the principle of
indemnity and an apology. A salute
Of the British flag must also be con-
ceded and the future protection Of neu-
trail shipping assured.
The attitude Of the British govern
ment is the result of thorough consid-
Grafton given to the reports from Sir
Claude Macdonald, British minister
at Toxic, and the examination of in
ternational law authorities by legal
experts.
The dispatches from Sir Claude con-
firm the reports that the Knight Com
mander had no contraband OF war on
board fer Japan. The government and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

William Zeler killed his father-in-law,
William Surkamp, with crowbar and
then stabbed his wife to death with
butcher knife in Omaha, Neb. The kill
ing followed a quarrel between Zeler and
bis wife.
TIE Methodist Ministers Association
Of Denver appointed a committee to in
4vestigate the labor troubles in Colorado
and fix the responsibility for the chaotic
conditions in the Cripple Greek district
and elsewhere.
Kan, chief clerk OF the Department Of
Agriculture, has been appointed by Sc
rotary Wilson as the representative OF
the department on the government bosrd
Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition to
succeed the late J. H. Bingham.
While riding on a raft down Cow c EEK
at Hutchinson. Kan, J. X. Rider feb INTO
the water and was drowned. re was
the FIRST victim OF the food He Iekyes
a wife and family. fs@ai
Roscoe Corrie, % years old, ITas
drowned while swimming in Cow Peek,
four miles north OF Hutchinson. lhan-
He tried 10 cross the swift eurFfI, but
was seized with cramp and "eAF down
in twelve feet Of water.
As a result Of raid by dePaty sher-
ifs on a gambling house ID fsnpais,
Tenn. Deputy Houston aiiie1st = dead
and Deputy Thomas J. AeDfrmou Is
movt.IIr wounded. Frequent ads have
bser made in crap games IehliT.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

Oliver Collins of Dora, Ind. was
stricken with smallpox three weeks ago.
A young woman who was supposed to
have had the disease was engaged to
nurse him. The father, mother and
brother Of the young man were attacked.
The nurse was then stricken with the
disease, the house was quarantined and
there was no one to assist the family
Harley Collins, son, who lives in Sway
zee, was notified Of the condition of his
parents. He started one night to drive
about the country in search of nurses.
After going for more than 100 miles
without success he came to Marion and
was given nurse from the municipal
hospital When the nurse and Collins
arrived at the Collins home the nurse en-
tered the house, found the mother dead,
the father unconscious and one of the
sons in critical condition. The woman
nurse and the other son were in help
less condition. Harley Collins could not
enter the house, but procured the assist
Rnce of doctor AID an undertaken to
care for the afflicted and dead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
STATUS OF STRIKE.
PACKERS TAKE AGGRESSIVE AT
THE CHICAGO YARDS.

Plan to Speedily Man Plants = Right
Hundred Live Stock Handlers Throw
Aside Their Allegiance to Allied
Trades and Return TO Work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

Col w. p Dockray died in Lawrence,
Kan. at the age Of 50. Before the Civil
War he was captain OF the merchant
marine. and during the war he was cap
tain OF the guuboat DeSoto. with the
bloekading squadron of the Atlantic He
has lived in retirements in Lawrence for
seventeen years. and for long time has
been unable to walk or TO help himself
in any wSy.
Preparations are bling made at Her
mosillo. Mxico. for the exer%3Sn BIZ
shooting of ten Mexicans, 1nder sen
tence for fAe murder and reiSbery OF the
Ms==eii brothers and Eioch Wood
worth on the Fl Tigre asO,st two
months ago. The Maxwells were pryrni-
nent business men who had come to So-
nora 10 examine some mines and Esd
employed Woodwork as a guide.
Plans hare been formulated FOR the
INCORPORATION Of the Atlanta and Pens.-
cola Railroad which viii build frosa
Andalusis. Ala. - Pensacola. aud form
a direct line from Atlanta To the latter
point. nsiag connection with the Central
Railroad 0f Georgia.
Word has fe=ched Aspen. Colo. that
100 sheen auned hy f. H. Lawson OF
Salt Lake city BAD been killed by Gun-
nissan Comfy cowboys Lawson had sew
eral thousand Sacep on tae ranges in
that vicinity one bunch was in Taylor
Park in charge of fhrse he-sle-s The
cowboys swecpet down upon The heriers
and disaraed shem Then they cut the
throats or about 800 az the sheep
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
FINE OF $40. 900 STANDS.
Supreme Court of Minnesota Uphoids
Game Decision.

Supreme Court of Minnesota Uphoids
Game Decision.
The Supreme Court has handed down
a decision affirming the decision of the
Jackson County District Court, holding
that fine of $4,000 assessed against
William Poole and William Kerr for
having illegally in their possession 1000
wild ducks was not excessive They APP
pealed on the ground that the fine of $40
apiece for the ducks was excessive. They
also attacked the constitutionality of the
statute prohibiting the killing and sell
ing of game for ~ermercial purposes.
The Supreme Court upheld the statute.
The men fined. it is claimed by Execu-
tive Agent Fullerton of the State game
and flsh commission. We're in the employ
of Chicago commission firm and had
crossed the State line into Iowa with
two wagonloads of wild ducks, with the
intention of shipping them to Chicago.
Mr.. Fullerton says there are other cases
against them which will now be pushed
to conclusion. Mr.. Fullerton said this
clique of illegal hunters was so carefully
organized that he and his assistants We're
under constant espionage. so that none
could leave his Office without the fact
being known to the hunters
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
SHOT DOWN WITHOUT CAUSE.
Details of the Murder of Two Ameri-
cans in Mexico.

Details of the Murder of Two Ameri-
cans in Mexico.
a letter received in Ell Paso, Texas,
Dy real estate firm from a mining man
operating near Aguas Calientes, Mexico.
throws some light upon the murder Of
way and Latimer several days ago. The
letter lays the blame upon the Mexican
authorities and says there is little chance
OF redress, as Gen. Torres, who is the
power In the Sinaloa district, will not al
low the American consul at Mazatlan to
send out true report of the affair. Ac-
cording to his statement Torres, the
alcalde, nephew of Gen. Torres, went
10 the city clerk and asked for a warrant
for the arrest of Way. This was refused
on the ground that the American had
done nothing. Torres left and made out
a warrant himself and sent two officers
to serve 1t. The warrant was issued only
for Way and when the officers arrived he
agreed to go with them provided they
would wait until he finished his break
fast This they refused and Latimer,
who was Ways cook, walked away from
the men toward the house. The officers
evidently feared that Latimer was going
for arms and he was promptly shot.
Way, when he saw Latimer fall, started
toward him and the officers then turned
upon him and shot him dead. The let
ter adds that great indignation prevails
among the the local Americans. Both
Way and Latimer had many friends in
I'll Paso, where they formerly lived, and
there is talk of forcing q rigid investiga-
ton through the State Department.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09

probable. Count Benckendorh, the
Russian ambassador to Great Britain,
informed Lord Lansdowne that if Rus
STA had committed a wrong she was
ready and willing to make full repara-
ton, but before any action could be
taken in the Knight Commander case
the Russian government must have the
opportunity of receiving the report of
the commander of the Nladivostok
squadron. Lord Lansdowne was not
disposed to press the matter unduly
and promised TO wait a reasonable
time.
In the House OF Commons Premier
Balfour said that the acute stage of
the Red Sea incidents had passed. and
that the Russian volunteer fleet vessels
would be withdrawn He laid down
the British view that no belligerent
war ships could issue from the Black
Sea and that the volunteer feet yes
sells in issuing therefrom. il they took
belligerent action, either had no right
to issue or no right to tak g such action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09


The Chicago packers at noon Thurs
day seemed to have won an important
victory in the big stock yards STRIKE.
the first emphatic gain that has been
made by either side since the general
walkout was declared in effect. Eight
hundred live stock handlers threw
aside their allegiance to allied trades
and at the noon hour began to handle
cattle indiscriminately, both for the
packers in the combine and for the in
dependent companies. Most of these
500 men went to work yesterday morn
ing TO handle the goods OF the indie
pendents," and they had worked on
this basis until u o'clock Thursday
This action on the part of the ham
dlers is regarded as most serious loss
to the cause of the strikers, and in
some quarters it is believed to be
forerunner of a stampede and a deser-
ton of the unions.
Following close on all announcement
that the packers did not care to make
further agreements with the union men
who quit work, operation of the plants
was continued with larger forces than
before, the employers formally an
nounced a system of delivery which
would do away with the drivers who
haul meat from the yards. Hereafter
the packers will do no teaming, but
will force the butchers to come with
their own wagons to take away their
purchases.
Though the big stock yards strike is
now well under way and the time is
about at hand when the police expect
serious rioting TO develop, turbulent
scenes failed to develop up to Thurs
day night, and the outbreaks of strik-
ers and sympathizers were chiefly con-
fined to hanging effigies in front of the
homes of persons in disfavor.
The packers kept their plants run
ming persistently, and Thursday after
noon reported that a satisfactory days
work had been accomplished The re-
ceipts of stock were large enough to
keep the nonunion butchers and han
dlers busy, 1900 cattle, 1900 hogs and
1900 sheep being received.
While the union leaders proceeded to
perfect what they regard as adequate
arrangements to keep the strikers in
line. rumors were continuous through
out the day that the~ranks of the mall
contents We're breaking Emphatic de-
mails were made by President Donnelly
and his confreres, but close observers
of the situation declared that the men
seemed to be losing heart, as was evil
denced, they said, by the fact that
picketing was less pronounced.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
FIGHT WITH WILDCAT.
Little Boy Has Exciting Encounter
with Vicious Animal.

with Vicious Animal.
Perry Maxfeld of Bloomfield, n. j.,
brother OF Theodore Todd Maxfeld,
well-known horseman, and nephew Of
Thomas Cakes, millionaire cloth manu-
facturer Of Bloomfield, had an exciting
encounter with a wild cat at Nashua,
Fla. Maxfeld was severely clawed by
the animal, and his hunting dog was
badly hurt. A farm hand saved Max
fields life by killing the cat with a club.
Young Maxfeld's father, John +. Max
field, owns an orange grove in Nashua.
Chickens, ducks and other fowl have dis
appeared from his hennery, and suspect
ing that q chicken thief was plrndering
them. the Maxfelds resolved to keep
watch, At midnight they heard COM
motion in the chicken house, and, armed
with clubs and pistols, went there and
discovered the cat. 1t sprang into a
tree, but shot from a pistol caused it
to jump. 1t landed on young Maxfield's
back, biting and clawing until his cloth
ing was torn to shreds. Maxfeld's dog
went to his assistance and saved its mas
ter from further injury. As it was fight
ing the cat George Pierson, farm hand,
attacked the wild beast with a club and
dispatched it. The wild cat was four
feet long, and is said TO be the largest
Of its species ever seen in Florida. Young
Maxfeld recently bad a battle with
iattlesnake, and was saved from death
by the same dog that saved him last
uaaE
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s'lI9E1P1ISRI1l3!7fs

According to census figures there are
in the United States 6,1S0,000 persons
10 years old or more who cannot read
or white. OF this number 100000 are
whites and 2,9S0,O00 negroes. The ma
jority of the white illiterates are foreign
born, but New York State alone has A.
600 natives who cannot read or write.
-
No branch of agriculture made the
gains in the last decade that fruit grow
ing did. There were over 3, 100000 acres
in orchard fruits reported by the last
census and at present there must be over
100000 acres devoted to that purpose.
IL value the fruit crop now ranks eighth.
III the year before the census the value
Of the corn crop was $S2S, 1926; hay,
$4S4, 256, 846; cotton, including cotton
seed oil, 1870, 708, 746; wheat. $369. 945,-
800; oats, $217, 09S, 5S4; potatoes, $11S,-
263,S14; vegetables, $113,S71 ,S42; fruit,
500. 301, 703. The apple is the most wide
~ distributed fruit grown in the country
and is found in every State, north and
south.
A special report of the census bureau
shows that 1,75017S children in the
United States are compelled to work for
their living. They form more than
per cent of the total number of workers,
and the boys outnumber the girls almost
three to one, the figures being 1854, All
boys and 49,, 767 girls. That the Amer
lean nation is not made up entirely Of
workers is shown by the total, 29,073,-
233, which is only one-half of the popu-
lation Of 10 years of age and over and
about two-ffths of the entire population.
Still, the proportion of workers has in
creased almost per cent over the former
statistics.
The last place to which a man would
be likely to go in search of history of
the growth of the electrical fre-alarm
system in the United States would be
to the reports of the Bureau of the Cen
sus Yet there is where he would find
an interesting and comprehensive discus
sion of the subject. The census reports
are not mere tables of figures. They are
a history of the progress of industry and
invention in the United States. Take
this bulletin on the fire-alarm system, for
instance One is told how, beginning as
early as 1889, inventors tried to apply
the principles Of the electric telegraph
to the transmission of fire-alarm signals,
but that it was not till 1850 that a sue
cessful system was found. The method
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
WARNS PRESIDENT OF DEATH.
Illinois Woman Tells Roosevelt He Will
Be Blown Up.


Mrs. Burgadine, of Mariposa, ILL.,,
German about 80 years OF age, was ar
rested at the White House by a secret
service officer and her sanity is to be in
quired into. She appeared at the Presi-
dents Office for the purpose of warning
him of supposed danger 10 his life She
was escorted to the office by John Wilkie,
chief Of the secret service. and made the
following statement: Il have come to
warn the President that he is in danger
of his life. / have had a vision, in which
an angel appeared TO me and directed me
to warn the President / didn't find out
from the angel just what is going to be
done to the President, but / know he is
not going to be shot The angel inti-
mated that he is to be blown up. | tele-
graphed the President year ago that if
he went to Chicago he would be killed,
but he went anyhow. The spirit has APP
peared to me again more angry than ever
before, and has warned me that | must
let the President know of his danger"
The woman declared she was the mother
of fourteen children and had photo
graph of her family with her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
r. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of Chicago
trade says: The week
Chicago.

Chicago. weekly review OF, Of Chicago
closes a month usually one of the dull
est in business circles, and few inn
portant bra lches have shown activity
exceeding or equal to that of year
ago. Stocks of general merchandise
throughout the interior experienced
satisfactory reduction and this encour-
aged improved orders in the selection
of full lines by country retailers. Lo-
cal conditions, however, were not con
ducive to better than a normal con-
sumption in necessities, due mainly to
the accumulation of labor troubles, cur
tailed production and consequent di-
minished purchasing power of many
wage-earners in voluntary idleness.
The situation may be slow in right
ing itself, yet indications are not lack
ing which present the outlook in a
brighter aspect Agricultural reports
reflect successful harvesting thus far
and the growing crops plenteous and
rapidly maturing
Aside from the interruption due TO
strikes the manufacturing industries
show no especial change, except some
effort to respond promptly to new de-
mands involving increased output. This
applies mostly in the manufacture of
farm machinery, electric appliances,
furniture and mill work New build
ing plans are more numerous than
those year ago and require consider
able quantities of material, thus pro-
viding much work for producers.
Grain shipments, 3,145,335 bushels,
are 10.7 per cent over those year ago
Foreign buying remained narrow and
the increased shipments are due TO
growing domestic requirements, stocks
OF -four being regarded in low condi-
ton. Compared with last weeks clos.
ing, prices advanced in wheat 3A cents
a bushel. in oats 21s cents and in corn
Il cent Receipts Of live stock, 1875,
279 head, are barely one-half the total
of same week last year. Sheep values
weakened 80 cents, but choice beeves
held steady and heavy hogs advanced
% cents a hundredweight
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
TREASURE TRovE IN CELLAR.
Gold and Valuable Papers Hidden by
CnIarado Man Ilisco.-cxad

Gold and Valuable Papers Hidden by
Colorado Man Discovered.
Knowing the eccentricities of her hus-
band. Carrot T. Quackenboss, who re-
Gently died IN Colorado Springs, leaving
his entire estate, valued at about $1O,-
OOO, to his son and stepdaughter, his
widow, who is nearly IS years of age, has
been searching the house for money
which she felt confident her husband had
been boarding for the past thirty years
The other day while digging in the cell
lar she found buried an old earthen jug
and tin box. When she broke open the
jug stream of gold pieces. ranging from
SO to $40, flowed forth until $1,000 was
heaped upon the ground. The tin box
also contained valuable papers, such as
deeds and titles to property i'll that city,
which will enhance the estate another
$4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-09
SEARCHES FOR NURSE
YOUNG FARMER DRIVES 100
MILES FOR ATTENDANT.

Mother, Father, Two Sons and Woman
Nurse Striker with Smallpox at once
in Dora, Ind.-CostIy Fire Sweeps an
Iowa Town.