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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
-. Of Nationa1 capitaI.

Mr.. Merou, tie Argentine minister,
called at the State Department to pre-
sent to the Secretary the new minister
from Uruguay. Don Eduardo Aceyado
Diaz.
According to the testimony of Captain
Bronson. superintendent Of the naval
acadamy. the United States viii have
naval officers enough in 1907 to man all
naval vessels.
Representative Watson. Indiana. is de-
termined 10 have Congress pass his bill
recurring an educational test for all inn
migrants.
Senator Beverage enlightened Presi-
dent Roosevelt on the situation in the
far East. The President sent special
invitation to the Senator
Bills have been introduced in the
House BY Delegate Kalanianole Of Ha-
wall appropriating $4,000 for build
inc at Hilo. 100000 for building at
Honolulu. $225,Oo0 for revenue cutter
and authorizing contests of election In
Hawaii.
Senator Gallinger introduced bill for
the establishing and organization OF
corps of trained nurses in the United
States navy.
Commander William II. Switzerland,
United States navy. on ME own request
has been relieved from duty as hydro
praDher and assigned 70 command the
new cruiser Cleveland now at the New
York navy yard
The Senate Committee on Indian Al
fairs reported fayorably on the BIZ 70
proyide for the opening ~ settlement un-
der the homestead law Of ne remaining
norton Of the Coiville Indian reserya-
ton in the State OF Washington.
The House COMMITTEES on Foreign AZ
fairs authorized a favorable report on
The bi4 creating cousulates and proyid-
inv for coasai At Mukden and Antung,
China
The House Committee on Industrial
arfs and Expositions heard Harvey ".
Seott editor Of the Portland Qregonian
ara presideut OF the Lewis and Clark
PROPOSITION Company. in support Of de-
girsd appropriation Of S2.12J,fSOO for the
axnoSitjon which Is 70 be held at Port
land Ore. in 1905. The appropriation
ala was advocated before the COMMITTEES
nv Representative Cushman. James and
Humphrey. Of Washington. and William
son and Hermann, Of Oregon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
VERDICT FREEs WOMAN.
Lulu Prince Kennedy K rainer Acquit
ted of Murder of Hu.houa

Lulu Prince Kennedy K ramer Acquit-
ted of Murder of Husband.
Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy Kramer, on
trial second time for the murder. in
January, 1901, of her first husband, Phil
lp II. Kennedy, was found not guilty
by a jury in Kansas City. At her first
trial Mrs. Kramer was convicted and
sentenced to ten years in Tie peniten-
uary. The case was reversed. and during
her release on bond last February she
married John Kramer. an attorney who
had defended her brother, VIII Prince,
later convicted on a charge of consplrng
with the defendant to kill Kennedy. Mrs.
Kennedy killed Kennedy, who was local
agent for the Merchants Dispatch
Transportation Company, q month after
they has been married. He had refused
to live with her. bringing suit to have
the marriage annulied on the ground that
he had been forced into it. The first
verdict was reversed "a a techniealIty.
Mrs. kennedy's defense was emotional
insanity, and evidence was preseLtas, TO
show that her grandfather and great
grandfather died in insane asylums In
New Hampshire and Connecticut.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
COLD WEATHER is COSTLY
A City's Expenses Go Up, as the Mer-
curry Goes Down.

A City's Expenses Go Up, as the Mer-
curry Goes Down.
Every time the mercury hangs about
zero for three or four days, the ex-
penses of New York are increased by
millions of dollars, says a writer in that
city.
Public and domestic economy in this
latitude is adjusted for winter tempera-
ture of somewhere between 20 and 80 de-
grees. If the ordinary expenditures of
the people of this city are estimated at
about S3,500,000 normally a day, the in
creased cost of living in extremely cold
weather is probably more than half
million dollars a day. IN addition to
this, there is an enormous loss from the
incapacity of thousands to work at all or
to do their accustomed full days work.
The increased cost of food alone is
enormous with a fall of 20 or 20 degrees
below the ordinary winter temperature.
The most expensive foods are then con-
Sumed in increased quantities, and hun
dreds of thousands increase their con-
sumption of alcoholic drinks under the
false impression that they thus keep
warm.
The consumption of fuel in zero
weather is increased somewhere be
tween % and 40 per cent. To the or
binary householder who heats his own
house it may be increased 80 or IS per
cent. Lone houses in the suburbs in
crease their fuel consumption in very cold
weather by nearly 100 per cent.
It is impossible to estimate the wear
and tear of extra clothing in cold wealth
err, but with all the hundreds Of thou
sands who cannot stay indoors at such
times the item aggregates a large sum.
The increased cost of local transpor-
tation. whether the power be steam, cleo
tricity or just mere horses, is very inn
portant item. The fuel necessary to gen
crate increased power Of one sort or an
other is one element of this cost Horses
must be better fed with the most ex-
pensive kind of provender, and the wear
and tear of rolling stock is greatly in
creased.
New York bill of repairs for the two
recent cold snaps must be greatly beyond
the normal Plumbing repair bills alone
have probably exceeded those of the
three summer months.
The waste of water alone is another
considerable item. Doctors bills are
trebled and quadrupled for thousands
Even the item of domestic breakage is
considerably increased in cold weather.
and there is large loss from damage to
perishable food.
What is true of New York applies to
other cities in the area covered by the
recent cold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
DEEz lAs2IS5RS
..,,ss;tseS1T SS&RcGN-
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs. shipping grades,
$500 to $500; sheep, fair TO choice, go
to $40: wheat. No red, S9c to 93c;
corn. No. 2, 45c to dc; oats, standard,
40c to 41c: rye, No. ,. BIC to 59c; hay
timothy, $3.50 to S12.5G prairie, $500 TO
S11O0: butter. choice creamery, l0c to
22c: eggs, fresh, Doc TO 2Sc; potatoes,
Soc TO 92c.
ianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
S5.15: hogs choice light $500 to S490i
sheep, common TO prime, $3.50 TO 500;
wheat. No. ., 92c to ODE; corn, No. 2
white, 43c to 45c; oats, No. white,
39c to Ale.
St. Lonis-Cattle, $3.50 to S525; hogs,
800 TO $500; sheep, $500 to $40;
wheat. No. >, SOC to Ole; corn, No. :,
acc to 43c; oats, No 2, 39c to 4Oc; rye,
No. 2, 4sc to 49c.
Cinc;nnati-Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to S5.97; sheep, 500 TO
$500; wheat No. 2, 96c TO 9Sc; corn,
No. Q mixed. 45c TO Acc; oats, No. 2
mixed. 40c TO 41c rye, No. 2, Csc to 6fc.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $425;
WuEuT, NO. Jfgt. W PtNs NbtHf ~fNf -
yellow. 44c TO 45t; oats, No. white,
Ale to 42c: rye, No. 2, Gle 20 &c.
Wheat. No. 2 northern,
SEC to $50; corn. No. 3, 4fc to 43c; oats.
No. 2 white, Ale to 42c; rye, No. ], 64c
to G6c: barley, No. 2, 65c to &c; pork,
mess, S12.75.
Toledo--wheat. No. mixed, 00c to
92c; corn, No. mixed. 45c to 46c; oats
No. 2 mixed 39c to Ale; rye, No. ?, ose
to 60c; clover seed, prime, S6.15.
Buffao-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$3.50 TO $3.50: hogs. fair to prime, $500
to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice 500 70
s4.25; lambs. common 10 choice, $40 10
&C. 40.
New York-Catle. $3.50 to $5.15;
hogs. 800 TO $5.15 sheep, $500 to
"a ~. wheat. No. . red, 90c TO 93c; corn,
No. ., SIC to 53c; oats, No. white,
arc TO 4sc: butter. creamery, 20c to 22c;
eggs. western. zoe to BE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
THE BEcHTELs.

less new evidence should be discovered,
he would press the charges no further.
With the acquittal of Mrs. Bechtel, the
case, as far as the murdered girls fam
lily are concerned, is ended
Renewed interest, however, has been
given the tragedy by the recent state
ment of ex-Mayor Schaadt, counsel for
the Bechtel family, in which he declares
that the mystery surrounding the death
of the pretty mill girl will soon be clear
ed up. 1t is intimated that detectives
have traced Mabel Bechtefs movements
on that fatal Monday night in October.
Witnesses are ready to testify that they
saw the girl on that evening. while the
commonwealth claimed that her corpse
was lying in her own home. The detec-
tives are now gathering evidence prepar-
atory to making several arrests.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
MRS. MAVERICK FREE
HER PRISON DOORS OPENED sY
SPECIAL ACT.
Liberation Is Finally Granted Ameri-
Can Woman for Whom Two Conti-
nents Have PIeaded-Present Abode
Unknown.

Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper, OF Lon
don. says that Mrs. Florence Maybrick,
the American woman who was serving a
life sentence for having poisoned her
husband, has been released from the
Aylesbury female convict prison on spe-
cial license after nearly fifteen years
Imprisonment. Her mother. Baroness De
Roques, the paper says. had visited her
the previous Saturday. and evidently
was the bearer of important news. The
governor of the prison on Sunday confer
red with the prison officials with a view
TO arranging for the departure of the
prisoner, which was carried out very
quietly.
Present Whereabouts Unknown.
Where she now is remains mystery
which no one in authority shows any in
clination to clear. Reports from various
sources conflict aad help to confuse those
eager to learn the truth. The Londor
Daily Mail prints story that Mrs. May
brick is now in Liverpool and that the
following conditions attach to her release
from prison: That she will not appear
on the public stage or write a book of her
experiences and shall in no way endeavor
to attract public attention to herself. 9th
er newspapers announce Mrs. May brick S
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
PLAN BIG IRRIGATION WORKS.
oklahoma May Get Water Supply
from ReserYoir at Medicine Bluff.

oklahoma May Get Water Supply
from Reservoir at Medicine Bluff.
The Interior Department in projecting
an immense irrigation scheme for the
Southwest, the territory of Oklahoma in
considering the location of territorial
penitentiary and the city of Lawton i'll
preparing for a permanent water works
system have centered upon spot famed
throughout the United States by reason
of its location near the historic old Fort
Sill and the peculiarly of its formation.
That spot is Medicine Bluff. which is
solid wall 300 feet high and forms the
south bank of Medicine river. Here the
department plans to build an immense
dam for the purpose of irrigating south
western Oklahoma. The territory desires
to locate its prison there that the granite
Quarries may be worked for building
stone with which to erect all State build
ings. The city of Lawton hopes to get
a permanent water supply for a water
works system and for operating the large
ore-reducing mills and smelters
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
MANAGERS FACE PANIC.
Amusement Business Para1yzed Z
II I=<.=...-s-

Amusement Business Para1yzed Ee-
scause of Iroquois Theater Fire.
Six thousand stage folk are stranded
in Chicago, it is estimated by agents.
With the number being increased daily
through the closing of theaters and at
fractions in neighboring cities and States,
Chicago is the center of the greatest
panic that has overtaken the amusement
business in its history in America. Show
ing serenity puzzling to the public and
even to those in close touch with the
theatrical profession, managers, agents,
actors, actresses, chorus girls, stage me-
chanics, bill posters and members of
other crafts identified with the mimic
world are awaiting want
Idle groups stand about in hotels and
besiege the agencies. Hunger stares
from the faces of some, scarcely con-
cealed by jaunty pride of bearing. They
hide fear as they hide their own person
alities on the stage. They spurn offers
of engagements at "panic salaries" They
murmur unpleasant criticism about some
of the alleged benefits planned in the
name of the profession. Its a case of
the survival of the fttest, and probably
the starvation of the rest" said one old
time manager
Millions in amusement investments
have been and are being swept away and
ii is predicted there is worse to come.
When the end arrives names long con-
spicuous for managerial enterprise will
be heard of no more and the players
ranks VIII be depleted by the retirement
of scores of mediocre performers, com
PEELED to seek other work The collapse
following the Iroquois Theater disaster
is not local in scope There are the same
discoura gements in varying degrees
throughout the country and the stranded
employees of attractions driven on the
rocks are seeking refuge in New York
and Chicago. AS the greater number of
companies are disbanding throughout the
middle West, Chicago is feeling the re-
suits worse
OR the four big producing concerns in
Chicago in the field of melodrama two
have closed all their attractions and the
others have called in most of their shows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
RAW OARS PART OF DIET.
Fond Du Lac JeweIer Able to Live on
NTnv.ft,


90 81 Month.
Il could easily subsist on 81 month,
was the statement made by Henry Lobb,
the North Fond iu Lac Wis jeweler
who has been experimenting in dieting
for several months At the present time
he consumes, as a d4-.y ration, one gal
lon of milk, rav oats such as are fed
to horses and corn In order to aid di-
gestion he puts his victuals through a
coffee grinder and sometimes soaks them
in water. He drinks all the water he
cares for. In the summer time he eats
fruit and takes salt, but no pepper and
no sugar. He eats but two meals day.
1t was for the benefit of his health that
MIR. Lobb began his strange diet, and he
has become fond of it. To aid him in
his purpose his wife has taken, in large
measure, to her husbands bill of fare,
on which she is improving in health. Mr..
Lobb has gained in weight to the extent
of over thirty-fve pounds in few
months, and states that the stomach trou-
bic with which he used to be afflicted
has left him entirely.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09


The Boston Americans are very much
In demand this year for exhibition games.
Pat Powers was recently chosen presi-
dent of the Eastern League for the
twelfth successive time.
Arlie Latham, the one-time famous
National League player win again UNI
pire in the Southern League next season.
Bill Dineen thinks that Boston will
win the American championship over
again. and that Pittsburg will win in the
National.
Marvin Hart has fought his way to
the top of the pugilistic ladder and TO-
day stands formidable opponent for
any of them, barring the mighty Jeffries
Mccormick, who has been signed by
the New York Giants for the outheld, is
a frst-class hitter. He led the Eastern
League in batting last season with the
splendid average OF 1862. and scored los
rms. He is also one OF the fastest men
in the country in getting down to first
base.
Wind shield" records are a thing Of
the past. according 10 the rulings Of tie
trotting magnates. No owner IS ss:aely TO
take fEp trouble 10 h+tfAh 4tCHIAS Nr-
hind devices which will make the time
valusless for record purposes. 1t IS ike
IL TOO. thar the dust guard and the pace
maker IN front Of the trial horse will be
little used in future
The process Of rejuvenating Young
tSrffo Is gong on IN Chicago The ola
Australian fighter is being put in condi-
ton FOR another 20 IN the Windy City,
having shown in battle no. long ago
thar he c911d sin fight a bit
out OF the Snltan's domain has come a
wrestler who bids fair to become the
greatest mat artist the world has ever
seen. Ahmed Madraln is his name. I'm
ike most OF TIE TURKISH wresflers who
have visited this country. he Is not q
giant. Though Of large proportions and
remarkably strong. Maarali Is not a
freak either in size or strength. The
Turks first appearance outside his ma
i've country vas in England
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
TO SAVE THE DANISH ISLANDS.
Association Formed in Copenhagen to
Pre11ar,A Sale of Poaaeaaiora.

Association Formed in Copenhagen to
Prevent Sale of Possessions.
The Danish Atlantic Isla nds' Associa-
tom has been formed in Copenhagen
with the object of arousing the nations
interest in its outlying possessions and
preventing the diminution BY sale or 9TH
erwise of territory under Danish sover-
eighty. The movement originated at the
time of the proposed sale of the Danish
West Indies to the United States and
has been strengthened by the reports
that Canada desired to purchase Green
land. Many members of the Danish no
bility are among the leaders of this agi-
tation for The retention of the Danish
West Indies, Greenland, the Farce ISL
ands and Iceland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Former Mayor Ames Released.

The prison sentence over DR.. Albert
A. Ames, former Mayor of Minneapolis
and central figure in one of the most sen
sational stories of civic corruption ever
recorded in che United States, has been
removed. The verdict in the lower court
which sert the "a Mayor to Saltwater
penitentiary "a. oyerthrown by the SUI
preme Court CT Minnesota on the ground
Of lack of proof.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
THOUGHT DEAD; RETURNS ALIVE.
James Pratt, Supposed Drowned Two
Years Ago, Reappears.

Two years ago in April friends of
James Pratt saw his coffin lowered into a
grave at Bemidji, MINI. Pratt arrived
in that city the other day alive and well.
He was supposed to have been drowned
and a body which was recovered from
Lake Bemidji was identified as his. On
the morning of the accident it happened
that Pratt left for the Pacific coast. He
did not write his friends and was thought
to be dead until his appearance. Nothing
concerning the identity of the man buried
in his place can be learned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Chicago.

fewer in number and liabilities. Other
favorable developments have impaired
strength in various branches of trade and
augur well for the near future. The pro-
tracted cold weather forced unusual CON
sumption of actual necessities January
clearing sales have made a gratifying re
duction in stocks carried, manufacturing
lines disclose additional resumption, and
prospects are better for early activity in
new building and improvements.
East bound shipments are heavier than
for both the previous week and year ago.
-four and grain showing best, while there
Is also moderate gain in hog products.
Farm products are marketed more freely
at profitable prices, promising liberal
buying of supplies for use throughout the
interior Adviees indicate that country
stocks of merchandise are in n depleted
state, suggesting immediate repenish-
ment. Wholesale dealers received large
orders for spring delivery, the demand
being well distributed.
Grain shipments including 1,oOo.496
bushels Of corn, aggregate 3,l44o92
bushels, gain of SO per cent over CORE
spending week of 1903. Cash buying has
shown best in the coarse grains, but there
was also improvement in the demand for
wheat from the millers. Compared with
the closing a week ago, advances appear
in corn cents and in oats | cent. Not
withstandng largely augmented hog
packing, the buying of provisions has re-
manned good and values closed higher
in lard 10 cents and in pork . cents
Ribs were in fair offering and declined
215 cents. Receipts of live stock. 49,
433 head, are per cent under year
ago.
Receipts compared with corresponding
week of 1903 increased in wool ? per
cent, barley per cent, cattle per cent
dressed beef 10 per cent, butter IA per
cent, cheese 1S per cent, wheat 10 per
cent, rye 40 per cent. -four 6S per cent
and lard 80 per cent, and decreased in
hogs 3 per cent. sheep IA per cent, corn
20 per cent and oats 45 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
CATTLE CHEAP BUT BEEF DEAR.
Wilson Tntimates that Packers Are
Reaping Enormous Profits.


Either the farmer is getting too little
for his beef or the consumer is paying
too much. says Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson in Washington. The
packers are the retailers. and through
their hired men, or agents. are getting
enormous profits. Fat cattle are not so
dear as they were few years ago. and
there are good reasons why they should
not be. Yet the retail price of beef is
about the same as when cattle on the
hoof were selling at fancy figures. Beef
should be 20 per cent cheaper to the
consumer than it is now. Enormous
profits are being made by some one be-
tween the producer and the consumer.
continued Secretary Wilson, and he left
no doubt of the some one being the
beef trust.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
MANY spINDLEs TO STOP SOON.
War Scare Adds to DulIuess in the
Cotton Industry.

Cotton Industry.
Although New England manufacturing
companies are not in the cotton market
for raw material in large amounts at
present quotations. no big corporation has
entirely shut down its mills. In many
mills there is some idle machinery, and
toward spring it is expected many more
spindles will have to be stopped. 1t de-
velops that the unusual cost of cotton is
not the only impediment to tae success
of the cotton industry. The fear of
war between Japan and Russia has killed
the demand in China and other countries
in the Orient for cotton goods, and most
of those mills which engaged in the ex-
port trade with that part of the world
are looking for markets elsewhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
RoBs TO BURY HIS CHILD.
Man Arrested at Kansas City Given
Liberty by Soft Hearted Police.

Man Arrested at Kansas City Given
Liberty by Soft Hearted Police.
Charles Gartman was arrested in Kan
sas City in the act of robbing public
telephone box of So. What are you
crying about, you big baby?'' asked po-
liceman when he saw tears gather in the
eyes of the prisoner as he was being
searched at the station. There is a
dead baby at my house." the man an
swered in voice broken by sobs. land
my wife is sick l did not have cent
to bury the child" Investigation proved
Gartman's story true, whereupon the
captain released him and told him to go
home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
MRS. BECHTEL FREE.
Jury Says Mother Did Not Aid in
Killing Her Daughter.

After a trial extending over a period
of nine days, Mrs. Catherine Bechtel,
charged with being an accessory after
the fact to the murder of her daughter,
Mabel Bechtel, i'll Allentown. Pa, on
Oct 26 or 81 last, was acquitted.
Although freed of the charge of COM
plicity in the murder, Mrs Bechtel is
still held as the principal in the tragedy
and her three children, John, Charles and
Myrtha. are under Indictment as Access
series before and after the fact. All
these cases have been continued until
the April term of court, but District
Attorney Lichtenwalner said that UNI
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Fugitive Cashier Captured.

Lee Deford, cashier of the failed bank
of Almont, Mo, accused of embezzling
$21, 900 of the banks funds, has been
captured in Council Bluffs. He has been
sent to the Gallatin (Io.) Jail. A delay
TO Deford's train gave officers time to
reach the station in Council Bluffs before
he arrived
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
Rec.iver for Texas Companies.

Kirby Lumber Company and Houston
Oil Company, the two largest companies
in Texas, have been placed in charge OF
temporary receivers because 100000 in
terest is not paid to the Maryland Trust
Company. A brief run on the Houston
National Bank savings department fol-
lowed the announcement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-09
rbirtv p.ri.b on the De.ert

Thirty bodies Of men who persisted in
the Nevada desert from thirst and hun
ger have been found bye body of sur
veyors who are an advance party of the
new San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt
Lake Railroad. They died while attempt
ing to cross the waste area that stretches
n distance of eighty miles from Las
Vegas to the California line.