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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Car will send 100000 troops to
re-enforce Kuropatkin's shattered armies
in ManchuriS.
The attitude oe the Manchurians and
Chinese toward the advance of the Jap
anese forces is one Of welcome.
1t is rumored that the japanese cap
tured Fengwangcheng May 4. and that
the losses on both sides were heavy.
In the battle of the Yalu on Saturday
and Sunday tie Japanese had a thou
sand casualties. Many Russian prison
ers are held at Antung.
There is no exaggeration in the state
ments that the Gar is taking the war
tef~ihly to heart. His appearance has
undergone a great change. He looks
rinched and plainly is painfully wor-
RED.
1t is stated that Gen. Oku has landed
three Japanese divisions, or 5000 men.
on the Yalu river for the purpose of adj
vancing against the Russian main force.
According TO a telegram received from
Chefoo the garrison at Port Arthur hes
been reduced to 1000 men, and all the
important documents, money and field
runs have been removed to Mukden.
The State Department has received q
eable9ram from United States Minister
Griscom at Toxic confirming the press
reports Of the landing OF the japanese
in the L.ao-Tung peninsula. about forty
miles above Port Arthur. The location
AZ given in the japanese dispatch Is Kin
shan
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
JAPANESE HEROES HoNoRED.
Decorations for Living and Dead Who
Blocked Port Arthur.

The casualties in the attempt of the
japanese fleet to block Port Arthur,
which took place on May 3, are one Off
GER, Commander Takayangi, command
ing the steamer Yedo Maru, and six men
killed; four men seriously and five Off
GERS and eleven men slightly wounded.
Fourteen officers and seventy-four men
are missing and eight officers and thirty
six men were rescued uninjured. All the
officers of the blocking ships, including
Commander Takayangi. who was killed,
have been decorated and granted annui-
ties by the Emperor.
Every supplemental report received
from Gen. Kuroki, commanding the first
Japanese army. increases the Russian
casualties in Sundays battle at Chiu-
tien-cheng, on the Yalu river. The jap
anese have buried about 1,4O0 Russians
and have 503 of the enemy's wounded in
the field hospitals. 1t is estimated that
the tota! Russian casualties exceed .. 500.
Over 800 Russian prisoners were sent to
Matsuyama.
The official report of the Japanese cas-
ualties shows that the guards lost one
officer and twenty men killed and bad
seven officers and 100 men wounded.
The second division lost one officer and
eighty four men killed and thirteen off,
GERS and 305 men wounded. The twelfth
division had three officers and seventy
six men killed and FIVE officers and 263
men wounded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
KING OF HOUSEHOLD
HUSBAND iSLeGALt Y ACKNOwI-
EDG-D MONARCH.
Ohio Court Holds that Alan Is isot
Obliged TO Receive His Noshcr-;n-
Law as Visitor Killed Nv ri -
ing Negroes.

The Supreme Court of Ohio has de-
creed that the husband is the head of the
family. He may choose any reasonable
place or mode of living and the wife
must conform thereto. The husband
may decide who shall be visitors at the
home, even if the wife OWES the home.
In the Erie County case of the State of
Ohio against Oscar W. Green this ques-
tiOn was brought to the attention of no
fewer than four courts. 1t all grew out
of a domestic quarrel. Oscar Green did
not want his mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha
Hebblethwaite, to visit him and his wife
at their home. He gave the mother-in-
law notice to that effect. But Mrs. Heb
blethwaite came just the same. The SON
in-law met her at the door and refused
to allow her to enter. Mrs. Hebble-
thwaite caused the arrest of Green. He
was found guilty in the police court and
fined $40 and costs for assault and bat
terry. The Common Pleas Court affirm
ed the finding and the Circuit Court re-
versed the action on the ground that
Green was the ruler of his castle"
The prosecutor carried the case to the
Supreme Court and that court has said
the Circuit Court was right.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
RUSSIANS In A TRAP.
PORT ARTHUR IS INVESTED BY
TWO JAP ARMIES.
isut of from the World, Russians Ex-
pect to Hold City for Year-Mikado's
G0,000 Men Land from Sixty Trans
ports and Seize Railroad.

The Russians seem to have aba dom
ed Port Arthur to its fate, and Gen.
Stoessel and his men must either sur
render or die. The japanese Invading
armies swarm at will over the narrow
neck of the Liao-Tung peninsula. They
have cut the wires and blockaded the
railroad back OF the doomed fortress.
AleAieff and the wounded were hurried
~ shipped north. just before the way Of
escape was closed. Admiral Togo has
reduced Port Arthur's fleet to a nullity
Two big Japanese armies. believed to
number not less than 10000 men, have
landed on the I.iao- Tung peninsula north
OF Port Arthur, seized the railroad and
put the Russian fortress in state of
siege. One army landed on the west,
the other on the east coast of the pc
ninsula. 1t is reported that one army
will march north and attack New
chwang. Port Arthur has been isolated
and left to its own resources, and yet
all this the Russians seem to accept with
great stoicism. These events have been
expected since the outbreak of the war
and the authorities appear to he re-
lieved now that the blow has fallen.
They assert that the fortress of Port
Arthur is impregnable and amply pro-
visioned to stand a siege for a year and
that it can hold out until the time comes
to relieve it.
While the landing was proceeding on
Thursday. the Japanese ships, consisting
of the battleships Mikasa. Hatsuse, Shi-
kashima, Yashima and Fuji, and the
cruisers Iwatc, fdsumo and Asama,
made a demonstration off Port Arthur to
prevent the possible egress of Russian
torpedo boats. A number of Japanese
torpedo boats were observed off Miado
Island, i'll Pigeon bay.
Upon the mountainous banks of the
Yalu, Kuropatkin fears that the victori-
Gus Japanese will turn his flank and
the stage is cleared for one Of the great
est sieges and assaults of modern war
fare
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

ing TO land Immediately under an in
trenched position, from which the Rus
SLAMS could inflict severe injury on them.
Complete details of the landing are
lacking owing to the interruption of COM
munication No resistance was made,
the few Cossacks who observed the
movement retiring when the warships
shelled the shore preparatory TO disem-
barkation. Ten thousand men were put
ashore Thursday, and the disembarka-
ton was proceeding at the time that
communication ceased. 1t is believed
that there are over 10000 now on land
preparing for forward movement.
Two Japanese regiments were hurried
westward to cut the railroad ana tele-
graph communication. One of these fired
on q train conveying the wounded from
Port Arthur.
1t was because he was convinced that
Port Arthur was about to be cut off that
Viceroy Alexieff, accompanied by his
staff and Grand Duke Boris, left hastily.
On Thursday several train loads of sick
and wounded and other ineffectives we're
dispatched horthward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
DE4s ElAaTlgRS
,sat;zs3zlE Es&lNcM
s'sNy y

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $40; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.92; sheep, fair to choice, 81 rs
to $500; wheat, No. red, $1.02 to Sl.O4;
corn, No. 2, Acc to 4Sc; oats, standard,
4Oc to Ale; rye, No. 2, Tie to 73c; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $14.50; prairie $500 to
S11.00; butter choice creamery, Ice to
1Sc; eggs, fresh, 13c TO 15c; potatoes.
9Sc to $1.05.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500 10
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 to $3.50;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $d.5Op
wheat. No. 2, $1.00 to $102; corn, No. y
white, 47c TO 49c; oats. No. white, 4Oc
to 42c.
St. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 1913; h9gs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat No. 2, CSC to $1.03; corn. No. 2.
so. to 52c; oats, No. 2, 41c 20 43e; rye,
No 2, 67c TO Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to S5.05; sheer, $500 to
S4.25: wheat, No. 2, SLOT TO CLOS; corn,
No 2 mixed, SIC to 53c; oats, No. 2
mixed. Ale to 42c; rye, No. 2, 76c to 7Sc.
Detroit--CGttle, $3.50 TO $4.S5; hogs,
500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04; corn. No. 3
yellow. Sic to 53c; oats, No. white, 43c
TO 43c; rye, No. 2, zoe to Tic.
Wheat, No. 2 northern,
94c to 9Gc; corn, No. 3, Sic to SIC;
oats. No. white. ABE to SIC; rye. No. J,
nc to 74c; barley, No. 2, 63c TO 65c;
pork. mess. S1140.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
"a 10 10 S325: hogs. fair to priine. 500
70 $500; sheep, fair 10 choice, 1913 to
81. 90: lambs, common to choice. 1919 to
So.
Toledo-Wheat. Nc 2 mixed. 09c to
s1.O1: corn. No 2 mixed. BE TO 54e;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2
zoo to re: clover seed. prime. Se.35.
New York-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs 500 TO $500; sheep. $500 to
a. d. wheat No. 2 red. $104 to $l.O6;
corn. No. 2. 55c to SIC: oats, No. 2 white,
4sc to 46c: butter. creamery, 1Sc TO zoe:
eggs. western, 15c to 1Sc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
AFTER THE MEAT TRUST.
Stock Raisers Propose TO Fight 1t by
Building Packing Houses.

The meat trust is to be the object Of
several attacks in the West during the
next few years. The most important
is that engineered by the stock raiscrs,
who propose to fight it by building indie
pendent packing houses at competitive
points.
Cattle owners are to contribute to the
capital stock on the BASIS of 81 for
each head Of stock owned by them,
while sheep and hog men are to put up
% cents for each piece of live mutton
or pork owned by them. The object of
this movement is to secure better
price for the live stock and at the same
time a lower price for the consumer.
Three years ago live beef sold for
$3.50 a hundred. while dressed beef
brought $3.50. Now dressed beef is
up to $3.50 while on the hoof cattle
bring $3.50 on an average. The stock
men say that the packers are getting too
big a slice of the profits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

w. F. Harbaugh, for many years pres
ident Of the Missouri State Grange. died
in Liberty. Mo, at the age Of 70.
In order 10 accommodate his arr treas.
ures, Pierpont Morgan has bought the
house adjoining his English residence at
Princes Gate for $4,000
The Pennsylvania Railroad Union sta
ton at Harrisburg, Pa, was damaged by
fire TO the extent of $4,000 to 100000.
All the records Of the company, lpclud-
ing highly valuable blue prints, are in
cluded in the loss The fire is supposed
TO have originated from crossed electric
wires.
New York is to have literally en-
lowed conservatory OF music within o
few months, IL nothing occurs to change
present plans James Loeb, a SON Of the
lato Solomon Loeb, il is announced. wiz
give $4,000 as a nucleus OF such an
endowment and ten Of his friends Il "a
also understood, viii each subscribe 500
&C.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

educated in the public schools Of his ma
tive town and in the Cortland academy
and Cortland Normal school. From the
normal school he went to the Albany law
school, and after his admission to the
bar practiced for several years at Kings
ton. He was surrogate Of Ulster County
from 1877 to 1885, when he became a
justice of the Supreme Court. In 1889
he became a member of the Court of
Appeals and since Jan. 1, 1893, has been
chief judge of that court. Judge Parker
has always been influential In the politics
OF his State. He was a delegate to the
convention that nominated Grover Cleve-
land for President in 1884 and in the
following year was rendered an appoint
ment as First Assistant Postmaster
General. In 1885 he was chosen chair
man of the State Democratic executive
committee
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
RUSSIANS ON THE RUN.
All in Lower Manchuria Fleeing .flre
| Ear North.

In a turmoil of hurried fight the Rus
slams were reported evaeuating New
Chwang Sunday evening. They dismm
tied the forts, loaded the artillery OH
trains and Communicated all possible
means of transportation for troops to
the north. They will rush on to Harhin
800 miles farther from the japanese van
guard. and will establish there new
base, thus practically abandoning all
that part of Manchuria from which the
japanese urged before the war that they
should withdraw.
Already Gen. Kuropatkin. convinced
that he cannot check the Invading army
swarming against him from the Yalu
and the LaioTong peninsula, has with
drawn the general staff from Laio- Yang
to Mukden. He is now convinced that
he cannot hold the country. and, it is
reported, is preparing to concentrate his
strength at Hardin before more disasters
oyertake him.
1t is reported that there has been Sc
we've fighting at Feng-W Wang Cheng. in
which the japanese were victorious
They took many prisoners. The Rus
SLAMS are retreating toward Haicheng,
thirty-two miles east by north of New
chwang, and are evacuating the western
side of the LaioTong peninsula.
The Japanese landed 10000 men at
Kin-Chau bay Thursday and Saturday,
10000 at Fou-Chau bay and 1000 at
Pitzewo. They occupied the towns of
Wa-Fung-Tien and Pu-Lan-Tien and de-
stroyed several miles of the railroad.
The isolation of Port Arthur is COM
plete. Sixteen japanese warships pro-
tected the landing of troops at Kin-Chau
bay directing a sweeping fire over the
narrow isthmus before the soldiers dis
embarked.
Refugees from Newchwang are return
ing there armed to resist brigands, who
are said TO be across the river near Yin
Kow. waiting an opportunity to erter
Newchwang and pillage between the
evacuation of the Russians and the en-
trance of the Japanese
Shanghai advices say that the jap
anese have captured Dalny. This is the
port on which Russia spent $20,000.000
in the hope of making il the great COM
Inercial center of the Orient. 1t is forty
miles from Port Arthur on the cast
coast of the Laio-Tong peninsula.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Fortune Awaits Him.

Penniless and friendless, George Will
liam Miller, son Of the late Charles Nil
Ter of Williamsburg, n. Y, is roaming
throughout the West, ignorant Of the
fact that 100000 Of his fathers money
awaits him at home.
For four years detectives have traced
young Miller back and forth over the
country. AT the beginning Of that time
his father cut off his weekly allowance
and told him he would have to make his
own living Young Miller started for
California, but shortly after his father
changed his mind and inaugurated a
search for him. Till the time of his
death, three weeks ago, the father never
gave up the quest and then he reme-u-
bered him handsomely in his will. The
will cannot be probated until tho missing
man 10 fo7ynd
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
The GILLESPIE MURDER rRIAL
Remarkable Indiana Tragedy Now
Being Thrashed Out.


No murder trial in southern Indiana in
recent years has attracted more atten-
ton than the one which is now or in
Rising Sun. and in which the authorities
are striving to brps to justice the muir
derers of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie The
prominence and wealth of the accused
| and the singular circumstances surround
ing the tragedy. make il most remarka-
Bile and unusual case.
! Miss Gillespie was shot while standing
| in the nsrlor OF her hcme on the evening
of Zee. s, 1908. One of the most popu-
lar mud prominent society women of
Rising Sun. q member of one OF the old
est and waalthiest families of southern
Indiana, the murder of Miss Gillespie
created sensation throughout the entire
country. This was increased when the
murdered woman's twin brother, James
Gillespie. was placed under arrest charg-
ed with the crime. Held with him as
accessories are his sister, Ms. Belle
Seward, and Myron V. Barbour and his
wife, Mrs. Carrie Barbour.
Behind the murder of Miss Gillespie
Is the story Of a family skeleton and
that story the officers of the law have
not been able to bring out. Noted
throughout Indiana for their pride and
haughtiness, the members of the Giles
pie family have lived up to their repu-
tation since the tragedy. Those llnpli
Gated In the murder treat the authori-
ties with disdain, while the other rela-
tives maintain a forbidding silence. 1t
has developed, however that although
James Gillespie entertained deep affec-
ton for his sister at one time, he had
during the last three or four years of her
life hated her 6ercely. Miss Gillespie,
1t is known, had severely criticised the
conduct of Mrs Carrie Barbour and
this led to violent quarrel between her
! and her brother, James. who, thereupon,
went to live with the Barbours. opposite
his own home. The fact that the moth
| er. Mrs Gillespie, had left her dough
ter the bulk of her property intensified
the family feud.
The most tangible evidence against
James Gillespie is that he is one of the
two men in Rising Sun who own a dou-
ble-barreled shotgun of u caliber. The
bullet taken from Miss Gillespie's tenn
pie was No. 4 bird shot the kind used
in her brothers gun, a supply of which
had been given the latter a few dNys
previous to the tragedy by Myron Bar
bour. On the night OF the murder two
men were approaching the Gillespie
home from opposite directions. Both
saw the fash of the gun and heard the
report, but no one passed them while
they ran to the spot. They heard the
click of an iron gate In the darkness.
The only iron gateway in that vicinity is
i'll front of the Barbour residence.
Lined up on both sides in the case are
the most brilliant criminal lawyers in
Indiana and the trial bids fair to be
great legal battle
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
CAR CALLS RESERVES.
Imperial Ukase Orders Ont Troops In
Six Provinces.

Six Provinces.
An imperial ukase issued in st. Pc
tersburg calls out the reserves Of sew
eral districts in the governments of Pol
tava. Kursk, Kharkoff, Ryazan, Kaluga
and Tula. with the view of the compile
ton of the units TO be sent to the far
East from the military districts of Kieff
and Moscow.
There is a complete absence Of Off
cial information The authorities are
as silent as the grave concerning Gen.
Kuropatkin's plans, only declaring that
his tactics win be indicated. The re-
port of the appearance of the enemy at
Kwantiensien, on the Mukden road, from
the Yalu, causes some disquietude. II
the japanese could get on this road,
above Liao-yang. the Russian position
there would be threatened. The St Pc
tersburg papers seem more concerned
about the effect of the japanese sue
cesses upon the Chinese than about the
ultimate result of the campaign.
According to advices from the north,
cables a Pekin correspondent, the native
Chinese are becoming excited, owing to
reports which are reacking them Of con
tinued success of the japanese arms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
RUSSIA SEES HER DANGER.
Gravity of Situation at Last RecoS
nized at ST. Petersburg.

Gravity of Situation at Last RecoG-
nized at ST. Petersburg.
The London Daily News correspon-
dent at st. Petersburg says that the ex-
IRENE seriousness of the situation is at
last fully recognized. The Japanese, it
is understood, are making a desperate
effort 10 overwhelm Gen. Kuropatkin by
force of numbers before re-enforcements
can be brought up along the trans-Sibe-
rian railway. For this purpose every
available man is being hurried up from
Korea, only a small occupying force be-
ing left there for the moment. But two
divisions of the Third japanese army are
about TO be landed in Kor.c immedi-
ately to replace to some extent the d.
visions pushed on TO the front.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Food Value Of Peanuts.

The Department Of Agriculture re-
ports most interesting experiments made
By Prof. Poffa Of the University OF Cal
ifornia, upon men engaged in hard man
ual labor most Of the time and students
working to support themselves While
pursuing their studies. The professor
SAYS: Nuts are the cheapest source OF
enerxy, peanuts ranging far ahead" The
price. go cents per 1000 Galleries Of en-
ergy, Is at a less cost than any animal
food, or potatoes at 90 cents a buahsl
Peanuts deserve special mention becaua-
shs chsapest domestic nut containing the
highest percentage Of protein, with max-
lmum fueI yalus and minimnm refuse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

James Lynchehaun, the escaped Irish
convict, who was freed from the pursuit
of the British government by a decision
of the United States Supreme Court, has
been found in Indianapolis. He had
been in hiding since his release after his
preliminary hearing a few months ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Tongue cut Ont to silence Him.

For some time bsnd of negroes have
been committing depredations in and
about Hawkinsville, Ga William Thorn
as, an ordinarily well-behaved negro,
was inveigled into joining them. Regret
ting his error, he talked of quitting the
band. Fearing he would tell what he
knew Of item, the band captured him,
carried him into a swamp and cut his
tongue out He was dying from loss Of
blood when found, and as he did not
know how to write he died without be-
ing able to tell who his assailants were.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Fear Cannibals Have Him.

). Z. Werner, a former missionary,
who went to the heart of Africa for
members of the tribe of pygmies for the
worlds fair, was last heard of Feb. %,
the date of his arrival in Congo. Be
cause no letter has been received from
him since that time grave fears are felt
by exposition officials that he has been
cantured hv cannihals
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
SHOT ESCAPING ON LADDER.


- anu dA1S AIOIu "A NOOIs
Georgel Hartle, an alleged forger and
ex-convict. made desperate attempt to
escape from an officer who was guard
ing him at Emergency hospital in De-
troit where Hartle was being treated for
bullet wound in the leg. received while
resisting arrest April Is. Hartle pre-
tended to be unable to use the leg. Mon
day, however he crawled ont of bed.
dressed himself and succeeded in reach
ing window from which a ladder led
down to a one-story building adjoining.
AS he started down the ladder the officer
discovered him and ordered him to halt.
Hartle ignored the command and Officer
Green fired. breaking his shoulder blade.
Hartle continued down the Nladder and
reached the roof Green fired again as
the escaping prisoner neared the edge II
the building, wounding him in the ABIDE
men, Hartle fell from the roof to the
ground after the second wound, fatally
injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Rookbinders Omit Work.

Eight hundred bookbinders quit work
in Chicago, tying up that branch of the
printing business in about sixty shops.
The strike was called after all but two
of the employers affected had offered to
make an agreement with the unions.
Two of the largest frms-the II. R.
Donnelley & Sons Company and Rand,
McNally & Co.-refused to sign the
closed shop agreement
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
African Explorer Is Dead.

Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, African ex-
plorer, died in London II pleurisy. after
a for1night's illness. He was Ga years
old and Welshman by birth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
SLAIN IN wIFE,s SIGHT.
Kansas City Printer Murdered in His
Home by Two Neuroes.

Clarence Meyer, aged %, printer,
was terribly sla shed and killed in his
home in Kansas City some time during
Tuesday night According TO Mrs. Meyer,
who reported the matter to the police,
two negroes entered the house at 2
o'clock in the morning. While one held
the woman to prevent her giving the
alarm, the other struggled with Meyer,
slashing him with a razor on the head,
throat and body. Mrs. Meyer became
unconscious and did not recover until
many hours later. when she found her
husband dead. The house had been ram
sacked