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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

The young republic Of Couani sitaat-
Cd on the Brazilian coast, north 81 the
month Of the Amazon. IS asking recogui-
ton from this government It IS the
most northern land IA Brazil. Il adjoins
French Guiana, IS a triangular DIT 81
land and has an area az about 800 square
miles. The probabilities are thar Bra
9iI viii not seriously object TO the seces-
SION 81 the people 81 that region. It IL
q fertile tract, bot the government does
not derive any revenue fberefrom. Its
capital town. Canoni, IS fifty miles from
the coast The woald-be republic has
not seag1rt-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Noted Horse Sold for SO. 600.

One Of the largest sums ever paid for
a horse in this country was that given
by Harry Payne Whitney at the sale Of
the stable Of his late father, William
c. Whitney, in Madison Square Garden.
New York. Monday night The price
was $4,000, and the horse was the
noted stallion Hamburg. James X.
Keene. the famous horseman and Wall
street operator, was Whitney's only com
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Ii is estimated that 15,000000 votes
will be cast for President IN November.
The vote in 1896 was f3,923,37S, and in
1900 ii was 1861 500. II the estimate
Of 100000 votes should prove correct,
over 4 million more votes viii be cast
this year than were cast four years ago.
There has been a large increase in the
number Of votes. and there viii proba-
bly, be no larger number Of stay-at-home
voters this year than there was Ia lSOo
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

The biggest land deal in the history of
Mississippi closed in jackson when 600,-
600 acres of pine timber lands in the
Pearl river and Harrison counties were
sold by Comstock Brothers to the Ed
ward Hines Lumber Company of Chi
cago. The price is not stated, but it is
understood to be about 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
FOR DEEP WATER CANAL.
Section Will Be Built at the Mouth of
the Illinois River.

The first positive step taken in CON
nection with deep water route between
st. Louis and Chicago is the building of
a ship canal at the mouth of the Illinois
river. The canal will be fourteen-foot
channel and supersedc all plans and
schemes which have heretofore been pro-
posed and submitted as means of soly-
ing the navigation problem in the Mis-
sissippi and Illinois rivers. By order of
the War Department the Mississippi riv-
err commission has caused to be made
surveys, plans and specifications for the
st. Louis Alton canal and these will be
finally formulated at a meeting of the
commission to be held in st. Louis on
Nov. 10.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
The Wursf Ever.

The bologna sausage makers employed
in 165 wslrst shops in Chicago agreed the
other evening to strike for recognition OF
their union. Eleven hundred men, ex-
pert in separating sausages from their
bark. joined in the movement. The
meeting decided on linked action against
the manufacturers, whose trade agree
ment with the union has expired. TIE
employers decided to run open shops.
The union wants the shops closed tight
as the bolognas. The wurst is yet to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
sLUGs TWO, RoBs SAFE OF s4oo.
Bandit at Hegewisch Attacks a Rail-
road Agent and His Helper.

4 highwayInan wearing red bandana
handkerchief Tor a mask and armed with
revolver and billy" entered the small
frame depot OF the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company 1T Hegewisch, H., and,
taking Daniel Dakes, the agent, by sur
prise, thrust the revolver into his face,
forced him to open the safe and stole
$500 Placing the money in small
gunnysack. he struck Dukes on the head
and ran ont the door. Dukes fell to the
floor unconscious As he left the station
he accosted David James, IS years old,
employed in the depot as Dukes assist
ant. James, realizing that something was
wrong, grappled with the highwayman,
but was knocked unconscious by a blow
from the billy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Tony FsNlst'S restaurant at St Louis
was robbed % S4.100. The police are
now looking Tor Henry Stetten. allas
henry StegGer. who WIS employed in the
cafe part Of the saloon aud Is now miss
Ing. sgiIe money Nvas kept ia a small ex-
press safe behind the b.lr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
$3.50 Persons Killed and InjuredI I

The report of the interstate commerce.
commission shows another disastrous
year of railway accidents. The figures
include reports received up to June 80.
the end of the 1iscal year, and for the
total number of persons killed as 3,7ST,
While those injured numbered 31,343.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Dynamite Aids jealousy,

Mrs. Gertrude Sachs. a young widow,
was killed and two boarders in her house
In Central City, Colo. seriously injured
by an explosion in the kitchen range
Victor Frank is accused of having placed
dynamite in the fuel and has been ar
rested on a charge of murder. Jealousy
is said TO have prompted the act.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Nebraska Stockman Missing.

Paul Kennicott, said to be wealthy
stock raiser Of Wood Lake, Neb.. and
who left home nearly two weeks ago
with several car loads of cattle shipped
to the Chicago stock yards, is missing,
and a brother, Joseph Kennicott, fearing
that he has met with violence, has asked
the Chicago police to look for him. He
had considerable money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
WOULD SPANK YOUNG LOVERS.
Fittsbnrg Judge Gives Recipe to Pre-
vent Youthful Marriages.

Judge j. Albert Evans in quarter ses-
sions court in Pittsburg gave a whole
some recipe for children who get mar
ried. His remarks We're called forth
when Charles Lingenfelser. II years old,
presented himself to answer a charge of
desertion made by his wife. who is only
10 years old. Judge Evans dismissed
the case because he did not think either
of the parties had money to pay the
costs. He added that when children Of
that age wanted to get married their
parents should give them good spank
ing. Lingenfelser said he earned So a
week.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
MULLIGAN's SON BLAMELEss.
Grand Jury Finds No Evidence Con-
Meeting Him with Poison Case.

In Lexington, Ky, the grand jury re-
ported that it had been unable to find
any evidence to connect James J. Multi
gan with the attempted poisoning of the
family of Judge James H. Mulligan. The
jury reported after long and exhaustive
review of the case. in which all members
of the Mulligan family had testified. The
grand jury then returned an Indictment
against Lewis Mitchell, the negro who
confessed he placed poison in food, on
the charge of malicious attempt to poi
SON"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Thousands Lost i'm Wreck,

A Vienna dispatch to the London
Standard gives rumor current in that
city to the effect that Cunard steamer
from Fiume, with 2,200 immigrants on
board, has sunk off the Spanish coast
A fierce storm was raging at the time
The Standard has no confirmation of the
report. but gives it for what it is worth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

yellow men and the white When the
Japs won that fight the great lesson
was taught-that education. study,
training and patriotism viii achieve
Just as great results for yellow man
as for white man.
The Japanese galor is admirable. but
no greater than that of the Soudanese.
the Afridis, or the various other 'fuz-
zy-wuzzies' that the English have al
ways crumpled up. The difference is
that the fuzzy-wuzzies did not piece
out their yalor With anything else.
They We're not disciplined; they were
not educated; they We're not forehand-
ed. They We're only brave. ana that
alone was not enough, Courage is the
foundation Of soldier but something
must be added to foundation to make
a satisfactory house.
While there are no great racial or
chronological lessons to Yentai. other
than those already taught by Liaoyong,
the battle has been laden with strateg-
ical and historical Importance Had
the Japs been whipped it is entirely
within reason that Port Arthur would
have been relieved. The Nipponese
would have come out ef the war de-
cidedly second best. even though their
mastery of the SEA prevented invasion
of their own territory.
When the news of Kuropatkins de-
cisive defeat reaches Port Arthur. it
cannot fail seriously to impair the
morale of the city's defenders. Were
any other man but Stoessel in COM
mand Of the town we might fairly ex-
pect it to be surrendered forthwith.
But even with Stoessel there it doesn't
seem as though the garrison can hold
out much longer. StoesseI will strpass
even the high estimate put upon hin,
by his admirers in all parts of the
world if his flag is floating over Port
Arthur month from now.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
ALLEGED FoRGER is ARRESTED.
George w. Spoo1man Captured After
Chase All Over the Country.

George w. Specimen, with several
aliases, is under arrest in Mansfield. o.,
charged with numerous embellishments
and forgeries, by which railway COM
panies We're the chief sufferers. The
Wheeling and Lake Erie Company,
American Express Company and the
Baltimore and Ohio Company have all
had detectives looking for him. A de-
tcctive employed by a Baltimore bonding
company finally captured Spoolman, af
ter trailing him over a large part of the
country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Cars Too Hazardous, Drives.

Mr.. and Mrs James Wheeler of Hor
ton, Kan, will visit relatives in Iowa,
but owing to the numerous railroad acct
dents refuse TO go on the cars. Mr..
Wheeler has purchased a span of good
horses and light wagon and viii drive
to Iowa. He is a wealthy land owner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
PHOTO KEY TO GOVERNMENT JOB.
Applicants Now Must Present Pictures
ON Taking Examinations.

The civil service commission has issued
an order that every applicant for gov
eminent position mist attach his or her
photograph to the examination papers.
The photograph must not be more than
three years old, and it must be accom-
panied by an official certificate that it is
a good likeness. The photograph and
samples of the applicants handwriting
will be sent for comparison to the chief
of the division to which he is assigned.
The order followed the discovery that
many applicants for civil service posi-
tions were employing dummies" to take
the examinations for them. The fact
that many appointees were unable to hold
the positions assigned to them aroused
suspicion, and investigation revealed the
dummy system
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Explosion Hurts Miners.

In an explosion in mine No. 5 of the
Union Pacific Coal Company at Rock
Springs. Wyo.. seven miners were cut.
bruised and burned. The explosion was
caused by miner carrying a can Of fifty
pounds Of powder coming in contact With
a live wire
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
ROBBERS AWE A CANDIDATE.


UHt I1tIIih' ; NdsH Is SaVtus
An attempt was made the other night
to blow the safe of the Peoples State
Bank in Lakota, n. D., two explosions OF
dynamite awakening the citizens, who
turned out with shotguns and revolvers.
Several hundred shots were fired and the
bandits forced the guests of the Grace
Hotel, near by, to keep inside the build
ing on penalty of being shot. Among
the guests was e. Y. Sarles, the Repub-
ican candidate for Governor. The bank
safe was wrecked, but the alarm was
given before the inside steel chest could
be blown, and although there were thou
sands Of dollars in the bank not cent
was secured. There were five men in
the party of robbers and all escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Drives Aid from DYING Son.

With SO strong a faith in Christian
Science that she could look upon her
little son. crushed almost shapeless by a
heavy wagon. and plead with the ambu-
lanea surgeons 20 withhold their aid, Mrs.
Minnie Hopkins hurried TO the First
Church of Christ, Scientist in New
York, and knelt to save his life by
prayer. As she prayed the child died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Geisha Girls to BE Deported,

Seventeen GeiSha girls from Japan.
who have been appearing at the worlds
fair. viii not be allowed TO make a tour
Of the country. but are 20 be sent home.
This decision has been reached at the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
'Big stick" Awes San Domingo.

A few days ago San Domingo declined
to pay S4,500,000 awarded by a commits
sion to Americans whose interests suf-
fered in the revolution. The ''big stick
was brought into play quietly. That gov
eminent was told that the United States
would seize q couple of customs ports
and collect the amount of the BILL San
Domingo will pay.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
TENEMENT FIRE KILLS FOUR.
Incendiarisn is Suspected in Holo-
caust in New York.

Four persons We're suffocated and ff-
teen We're overcome by smoke in a fire
which Quilted fve-story brick double
tenement house at - Moore street, Will
lamsburg, n. Y. Two of the injured, a
boy and a girl, probably will die. Incen-
diarism is suspected. The fire originated
in the basement and ran up a dumb wait
er shaft, causing the crowded flats to fill
rapidly with smoke. Firemen and police
did heroic work and soon rescued more
than a score. fifteen of whom were al
most suffocated. Several fires occurred
in the neighborhood during early hours
the same day, all of suspicious origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

a storm of protest in Kansas. Prof. VIA
cox says he did not make such a state
ment but said inferior natural advan-
tages in that section had led to disoon-
tent and willingness to adopt radical
views Of things.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Number of United States Employees.

According to the census bureau report,
issued the other day at Washington, the
United States has total of 2T1, 100 en-
ployes in the executive branches. The
average annual salary in the government
offices at Washington is given as 1912,
average age of employees Al, and average
period of service ten years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
WESTERN UNION AGAIN LOSER.
United States Supreme Court Stands
on Chicago Decision.

The United States Supreme Court has
refused to review the decision of the
United States Circuit Court, sitting in
Chicago, in the suit of Charles Swan
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company. The Circuit Court held that
a telegraph company must give the send
er of a message timely notice of an OBJ
struction after the message is filed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
waIcott,s Shot KiIIs a Man.

Nelson c. Hall, colored, was killed and
Joe Walcott, the colored pugihst, was
shot through the right hand by the acct
dental discharge of a revolver In the
hands of Walcott. The accident occurred
in the ante-room of the Union Park hall
on Washington street. south end, Boston,
where a dance was in progress.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Driven down the coast by northeast
storm. the Nova Scotiaa schooner Weat-
worth was ghrowa 0pon Chatham bar OF
Chatham. Mass IN the nsor2ing the ljfe-
savers foaa3 that the vessel had been
smashed to pieces ID the terrific surf. 1t
i believed that not soul on board sur
vIved
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Anto Kills One, Hurts Three.

An automobile. going at high speed in
the darkness, plunged over an abutment
for a new bridge over the Mad river,
seven miles north of Springfield, Ohio.
instantly killing Vernon Middleton and
injuring three others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Rains Cause Halt in Battle.

Heavy rains and sodden roads forced
a truce on the Russians and Japanese at
the Shakhe river and the long battle
came to an end with the Russians de-
feated. Both sides are extending their
lines for the new conflict when the roads
dry IN.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Released Under Heavy Bond.

Myrtle Eberly. who, according to the
police. admitted killing Thomas. Lane Of
New Dorp. Staten Island, \. Y, at St.
Louis. because he refused to Keep a
promise to marry her, was released on
$4,000 bonds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
pennermint Crop Is small.

Reports from the principal peppermint
producing sections of southwestern Mich
igan indicate that the crop is small and
as this section produces about - per cent
Of the worlds supply Of peppermint oil
the price Of that article IS likely TO rise
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
lie Teru, for Horse Thieves.

Representative NJ. W. Veneer win in
troduee a bin in the next Indiana Legis-
lature making the crime OF horse steal
Ing punishable with life Imprisonment.
1t Is asserted that Indiana Is being fairly
overrun with horse thieves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Liaoyang But it does not anywhere
equal the first conflict in interest. Lao
yang was the first square stand up
fight on big scale with equal num-
bers and modern weapons between the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
4o7.5o1 ChicaSoans Register.

Four hundred and seven thousand fve
hundred and one Chicagoaas have regis
tered in the two days Of registration this
fall preparatory 10 the presidential cleo
ton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Roosevelt Acts in Gen. slocum Matter.

President Roosevelt has discharged
three steamboat inspectors in New York.
ordered necessary changes made in the
laws affecting excursion steamers in any
way and instructed Secretary Metcalf of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
to adopt the suggestions of the commits
sion of inquiry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
British 10 occupx Chumhi Valley.

proposing 10 occupy Chumbi Valley. the
key To the country. until the entire
amount Of the s., 10000 Indemnity sie-
mandea hsS been paid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Fire in Chicngo Theater Rui1ding.

Presence of mind on the part of Hay
market theater employees in Chicago pre-
vented panic during fire in the build
ing in which several fremen were in
iured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
I.;re I.oss in Arrentine. Kan,

A loss of 100000 was caused by the
burning OF three buildings of the United
States Zinc and Chemical Company at
Argentine. Kan. Thousands of fish in
the Kaw river We're killed by escaping
acids and chemicals
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
Insoec.ior oH;cia1 Reuov,.,,

official is discharged by President Roose-
Welt and replies with an attack on G. B.
Cortelyou. who, he says, disapproyed
safety recommendations made to him as
Secretary Of the Department of Com
rnarlee
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Walter FiNuev. fermer cashier Of the
Second National Bank IL Belair. Nd.
pleaded guilty t. mes false report
of the banks inar : and was sentenced
10 jail for 1--WE years. Finney had Sc
cured about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Thomas Noonan and james E. Cum
mings. business manager and stage car
penter, respectively. Of the Iroquois thea
fer in Chicago, are 70 be tried in Peoria,
III. The decision WIS made By Judge
kerSten.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
f.-,sa,Ie Against scorcbers

Pittsburg millionaires have joined in a
crusade against the automobile scorcher.
and have offered a reward of $50 for
each one arrested aud convicted of ex-
cceding the speed fixed BY law in Pitts
burg.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

More Than 100000 men are believed to
have been engaged in the fighting at Yen
tai Another fierce engagement has de-
veloped twenty-seven miles southeast Of
Mukden
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
$4,000 Russians surrender.

The Japsnese army has administered
another crushing dezSat 70 the Russians.
$1,000 of whom have surrendered. The
Saws were driven back twenty miles,
have 1900 wounded and lost seventy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
sew 100000 Baudits Ala Japs.

The london Daily Telegraph's CORE
spondent in travelling between Sinmintin
and kinchau interviewed Chinese ban
dit chiefs, who affirmed that 10000 brig
ands were engaged actively at the thea
ter Of war. The chiefs added that these
briganas were cooperating wltr the Jap
aneSe. and that they were excellent
hardy fighters. well armed with modern
weapons. Their chief. Chinsosan. is a
fayorife II caurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

The reported statement by Prof. ". c.
Wilcox OF the State University Of Iowa,
that the people Of western Kansas are
crazy more than half the time" raised
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

The Wisconsin supreme Cmrt re1-
dered decision hDldjng Lar the Beneyo-
Tent Protective Order 81 Eiks is not
benevolent organization md shat any
property il holds s. nos exempt from
4a~4tfnn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

Two Representatives Of the British cot
ton growing association are about to
visit she West Indies ID inquire into and
report On the present method IF the cul-
ovation - cotton. and sllse 70 give adj
vlee to the planters with regard q the
selection at plants and their suitability
80 a. eT-~---~ ssas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

IloDis MazeHtaF. aged -, residing in
Hartford, Conn. was she1 70 delih at
the slaughter house ~ Wilson's station,
three miles north 81 Hartford lie weat
IL the slaughter house wstB q rabbi 10
butcher beef The rabbi had an alter
a tion with an unknown hunter, who,
aiming his gun at tae rae0i. sAot Ma
zrF.far
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25

West-bound Santa Pc ~ eager tFala
No : w8s wrecked anoH; SIS miles below
Albuquerque. y. 81. by the spreading ~
thu rails. Two baggage ears. mail car
and 4 tourist sleeper gvegs pied up N
the ditch. 4 negro tramp was crushed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-10-25
OVER 10000 FALL IN BATTLE.

Appalling Slaughter Leads 20 Demands
for the Wars End.
Field Marshal Oyama, in a report to
the Mikado, estimates the number of