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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-30
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Ibsen takes great interest in the Russo
japanese war,
Martin Hume, novelist, writes equal
ly good stories in Spanish as in English
NJ. Caesar Decock, the oldest and one
of the greatest of Belgian painters. is
dead at 81.
Kubelik, Bohemian violinist, is said
to have made over $500,0o0 in the last
three years.
Pope Plus wants to reduce the allow
ances or incomes of the cardinals, but
his wishes may be defeated by the oppo-
sition.
NJ. Turc. an engineer in the French
navy, has devised a new form of craft
with the idea of minimizing the pitch and
roll of ocean vessels.
Vice President yelado of the republic
of Salvador is on a vacation trip in the
United States.
Sarcastic is go years old now, and has
played on the same violin since he was
l. years of age.
Russia has lost one OF her most learn
ed astronomers in the death OF Theodore
Bredikhine.
Ne explorer before Stanley found ex-
ploring 4 lucrative vocation. He left
nearly S1.O00.000.
Gabrielle d'Annunzio only gives his au-
tograph when the one who soicits it buys
copy of his works.
George Frederick Watts. the English
artist who 6ied recently. rarely worked
from a living subject
-.
Colun Wallace of 0ughtersrd, Ireland.
He is los years OF age.
Mary Queen OF Scots. although she
left but one child. has descendants in
every court in Europe.
The late George Frederick Watts al
Ways said the ethical value and infiu-
ence OF pictures was greater than that OF
sermons and lectures
NJ. Paul Dupny. editor OF lie Petit
Psrisien. which has the .argest circula-
ton of any paper in the world. is visit
ing the United States
Ex-Empress Eugene may be seen al
most any fine day taking long rides in
a motor car in Paris.
Jules Verne says the great bulk OF his
work has been done By writing three
hours before breakfast
Viennese newspapers assert that the
late Theodore Herzl owed his early
death chiefly 70 ovsrwork
Nine. yeuve. Is years Old in 1919. was
guest OF honor the other day when the
memorial 10 the French on the field OF
Waterloo was unveiled. a
Joseph Chamberlain frSf wore his
famous moaocie in private theatricais
many years ago. He liked il so much
- has struck 70 1t ever since.
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GRADE CROSSING WRECK
Four Persons Killed and Twenty-Five
or More Injured in Chicago.

Four Persons Killed and Twenty ave
or More Injured in Chicago.
-Four persons dead, one fatally injured
and twenty-five or more hurt is the toll
of human life and suffering exacted by a
Chicago grade crossing Wednesday,
Three street cars. coupled into one train,
carried their load of living freight on
the tracks of the Chicago Great Western
Railway and were crushed and crumbled
before a fast-moving passenger train
The motorman, Michael Ryan. proved
the hero of me catastrophe, for he stuck
to his post, vainly trying to stem the
coming disaster, and his life may be the
forfeit. Following the collision the crew
of che passenger train and the conduc-
tors on the street car were arrested.
Three cars filed with people going to
tie Hawthorne races were running on the
Consolidated Traction Company's Forty
eighth avenue line. Struck By the loco
motive, the motor car was splintered, and
Motorman Ryan. still clinging to the
brake lever. was hurled into the air and
fell fifty feet from the scene of the i'm
pact His skull was fractured and he
was unconscious. The second car also
was wrecked and the debris was scat
,ered over IOO reef, ana men ana women
were thrown to the street or under the
broken timbers and twisted iron. Three
women and one man were killed and were
found pinioned beneath the wreckage.
This was the third railway disaster
within few weeks in or near Chicago
which has claimed a large list of victims.
The total fatalities in Cook county for
the last six months. due to steam or sur
face railway accidents, are shown by
the following table:
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issued q similar manifesto, but at that
time there was nothing like as many
political offenders undergoing punish
ment. 1t may be that somewhere in
the archives of the government there
are records to show how many eXiles
there are, and where and how they are
situated. but so far as the general pub
lie is concerned it can only guess at
the number of beneficlarles of the
manifesto.
Nicholas II. has always been cred
tied with progressive ideas. held in
leash to some extent by bureaucratic
methods and the traditions of his
house
His grandfather initiated a liberal
policy in 1856 a policy that reached Its
highest fruition in 1861 with the lib
Grafton Of the serfs. and which would
have eliminated, many European
statesmen think, in the granting of
constitution to his people but for his
death at the hands of Rusokoff, the
bomb thrower in 1881.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-30
The Old Home Hand.

'TiE Old Home Week in Hebron, Ned,
where they keep open doors,
4 mining camp my prison here, West
ern city yours.
Ger stream and mead they homeward
speed, tho we our steps must
stay;
And sit thinking here Of you, and keep
ing holiday.
From west and north and south they
come, one magnet for them all;
Where'er the scattered children are they
hear the mother call.
New England by the seaside or New
England on the hills,
They wander wide, yet with her pride
tiIeir bosom fondly thrills.
Mind you the brook, the valley, the
school house where they'll meet;
The woods, the pond. the pasture hill, the
staid old village street.
The West is big and lonesome, and we
are too far away
From the dear host. those we love most,
who gather there to-day.
That aged figure. bent and gray, whom l
in fancy see,
Reviewing old familiar scenes, once part
OF you and me;
He would remember us, the boys whose
ways he tried to mend.
The Master then we named him, we
should call him now the friend.
The lads we played and hunted with, the
girls, too, will be there,
\ spell laid on their spirit and sur
cease given to care;
While strange will be the light they see,
the deepened lines they trace.
Reminders of the tieeting years, in many
dear old face.
The West is big and lonesome, Ned the
fortunes which we seek
Look poor and cold beside the gold they'll
quarry in Home Week.
| hear the voices calling and the friendly
eyes | see,
The old home hand across the land
reached out to you and me.
Youths Companion.
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Note. of current Event..

Jacob Tugant, aged 20, an inmate OF
the soldiers home at Hampton, Va,
committed suicide upon being refused g
drink of liquor
The stockholders Of the Wells-Fargo
directors and the directors reelected the
former officers.
TIL commission appointed to select a
site on the great lakes for a naval train
ing station returned to Washington and
will formulate a report.
Earl NJ. Shaw. 20. son of the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury. has been appointed
clerk in the insolvent division Of the
Comptroller Of Currency Office.
Michael D. Callaghan. a former race
horse trainer, and Thomas Eagan. a
racing stable attache. were burned 10
dear n AT Saratoga, y. Y, By an explosion
of gasoline.
A petition il bankruptcy was fled in
the United States District Court At vii
mingtOn. Del, against the Diamond Steel
Company by counsel representing a large
number Of creditors.
willie Munger. alias Frank Davis.
colored. was hanged in Ebensburg Pa,
for the murder Of Laura Davis. He rad
confessed to killing two women
Howard r. Wallace and James r.
Winchester have been named temporary
receivers Of the Diamond State Steel
Company 81 Wilmington. Del.
A stormy meeting Of the Big Five Min
ing Company IN Denver has ended 10
suits being brought By President William
F. Daniels and Secretary NJ 6. Merrill
for $4,000 each for defamation Of char
acter against DR. q. II. Sufa. Boston
ssockholder. who charged them with mis-
mans cement and branded the company as
a scheme to defraud stockholders.
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WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Automobile Buries Man in River Men
Charge Paper Mill People with Hav-
ing Blacklist Small Boy Saves
Brother from Drowning.

]. Z. NieherIink Of the Nordberg
Manufacturing Company was thrown
from his auto into the Kinnickinic river
in Milwaukee with the machine on top Of
him. but was dug out without suffering
serious injury. He was crossing the
bridge at First avenue in his car. when
the machine hit rail and flew through
the side of the bridge into the river be-
meath. His head struck the bottom and
he stuck there, with the machise on top
Of him. The water at this point IS shall
low, which fact doubtless saved his life.
" n H. Kueck and cattle herder
saw the accident and went TO the rescue.
They were able TO lift the machine. which
IS a light one. off the body and pull it
from the wafer
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Men Charge blacklist.

While all of the paper mills in Apple
ton are now running with full crew of
men, most of whom are the former en-
ployes who were on the strike. none of
the officials Of the Appleton Brotherhood
of Paper Makers have been reinstated in
their old positions With the exception
of President James Toland. who has gone
east. the different officials applied with
the balance of the members of the union,
but in not single case was one Of them
taken back. 1t is understood that they
will not be able to obtain Il position in
any mill in Wisconsin. as there appears
to be an agreement between the manu-
facturerS on the Wisconsin river and
those affected by the strike in Appleton,
that these men are ont for good.
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GOING BACK TO RUSSIA.
The Government Is Appealing to Sub
iects in America.

A slow but steady exodus of Russians
and Russian Slavs out Of the Pittsburg
district has set in These men have
been working as laborers in the mills.
mines and coke fields. Twice a week
special cars, and occasionally a special
train, are run to accommodate the for
eigners, many of them subjects of the
Car, who wish to so to New York and
thence home. The Pennsylvania also
carries a large number.
1t is said that the Russian government
Is calling back all Russians who have
not been naturalized to serve in the army.
Special inducements are held out; in
some cases the passage across the ocean
is paid by the Russian government. 1t is
said all Russians in the United States
remaining subjects of the Gar must reg
lister with the Russian consuls, so the
Russian government may call on them.
The Russian consuls in the various
American cities are reported TO have sent
out agents to look up these people and
induce them to return for military duty.
But the Pittsburg district is not the only
field for such activity. In the West and
the Northwest many Russians are EN-
ployed on farms, and some of these, toe,
are turning their faces homeward.
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odds and Ends.

Green McCurtaia was reelected Gov
erncr OF the Choctaw Ns ion in the last
tribal election.
Thomas s. Lippy. millionaire, amateur
athlete and philanthropist. is president
OF the Seattle Y N. c. A. branch
At the convention of the Twenty
ninth Illinois Senatorial district, held at
Dixon James Bremen of Sycamore was
nominated.
f. f. Matthews, Democratic NOMINEES
for Congress in Oklahoma. says he will
kiss every baby in the territory to win
the election.
Deer Park. Nd, is becoming a popu.
lar resting point for st. Louis travel
from New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington.
The steamer Miowera brings news &c
Victoria, B. c.. of terrific storm on the
southern Australia coast, which paralyz-
ed all shipping for a while.
Thirty-three passengers and four train
men were injured in a collision between
two Louisville and Nashville passenger
trains near Horse Cave. Ky.
1t is announce, that the New York
Central has acquired control OF the To-
ledo Railway and terminal property. gen.
orally known as the Toledo Belt.
In 1899 the railways OF the United
States performed services equal to car
rying 1881. 49,. 613 passengers and 123,-
667 .2257. 153 tons of freight one mile.
John F. la Toilette was chosen at
Portland. Ind, By the Jay County Re
publican central committee as candi-
date for judge TO sueeeei George w.
Bergman. who committed suicide. The
candidate is a brother Of Assistant Unit
ed States District Attorney Jesse j. NJ.
La Toilette Of Indianapolis
The Rev. Arthur p. Kelley. recently
ordained deacon in the diocese of New
Hampshire. has accepted a curacy az s..
Mary's Church. Roland avenne. Balri-
more.
The Rev Ne-z.7 JoynerihaS been quite
successful IN his efforts in raising the
memorial professorship u Bishop Quiu-
ssrd for the ehair of Theology AZ Sew&-
nee. during his visit through west Tea
nessee-
D. c. Edwards. through the Laurel
county. ksasacSy. Csreai- Court aas re-
strained each member o- the elevcaga
sissrsct Republican congressional commit
Zee from certifying u tas, domination Of
as o9reaeEs. DR. GalsreT dz-tex.
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placed in the state rooms, but to this
day most of them remain in the base
ment.
So much was said about the matter
that many speeches were made in Con-
gress about the extraordinary waste
of the public money and the lack of
regard by the President for the por-
traits of the Revolutionary fathers.
The dislike of President Roosevelt for
the early Presidents was shown up by
Hon. Malcomb Patterson in a speech
delivered at the last session Of Con-
gress, in which he quotes from the
Life of Thomas H. Benton" and other
works of President Roosevelt. Prob
ably the opinion there expressed by
the President led him to order those
portraits banished to the lower regions
of the White House.
We are living in strenuous times
nowadays
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-30
FREEDOM FOR ExILEs.
Gar Issues Sweeping Manifesto o
Day of Christening His Heir.

Gar issues sweeping Manifesto On
Day of Christening His Heir.
The Car Wednesday issued a
Lengthy manifesto on the occasion of
the christening of the heir to the
throne The manifesto announces the
following reforms:
Abolishes corporal punishment among
the rural classes and for first offenses
among the sea and land forces.
RENTS arrears due the State for the
purchases of land and other direct inn
poses.
Sets apart $1,500,0C0 from the State
funds for the purpose of forming an in
alenable fund for the benefit of landless
people of Finland
Grants amnesty to those Finlanders
who have emigIated without AUTHORIZE
ton.
RENTS the fines imposed upon the
rural and urban communes Of Finland
which refused to submit to military con
scription in 1902 and 1903.
RENTS the fines imposed upon the Jew
iSh communeS in the cases of Jews avoid
ing military service
Provides for general reduction in SEN
fences for common law offenses.
The general effect of that part of
the decree granting amnesty to po-
litical offenders Will be felt from one
end of the empire to the other for
there is not a district, or hardly a
commune. that is not represented by
an exile beyond the Ural mountains.
1t would be hard to estimate the
number of prisoners affected, but there
are thousands of them. most of whom
We're sent away as a matter of public
policy from the Muscoyite standpoint,
and comparatively few of them are
charged with neutrality-suspicious. hot
per cent The reason for this is that
thepolitical homicide is usually punish
ed capitally, and rarely reaches ST
IBERIA. The usual allegation against
political agitator is that he is a sus-
picious person. or that he has con
spired against the government, or that
he has read and distributed seditious
literature.
Many of the Siberian exiles who
have, according to their respective
grades, more or less freedom of action,
will elect to remain on the farms
which they have made fruitful, but
on the other hand, thousands will find
their way back.
1t is recalled that in 1856. after the
Crimean war, the Gar, Alexander H.,
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Only Forty Years Ago in Japan.

Only forty years ago there were in
Japan feudal lords. very much like
those of the time OF King John of
Runnymede fame. The Samuraf held
the trader with unfeiened disgust,
and was prone to use his sword on
the least provocation. 1t was the Sam
urai's right to cut off the head of any
body below him in social rank Euro.
peans who live in japan to-day car
hardly be made to believe that such
were the facts of 1850. Before the
revolution there We're castles just as
there are now in India. There were
the Ella. Under the old regime it was
their business to slaughter the cattle
and remove the dead. and on that ac-
count they We're deemed ''despicable.
bestial. half-hIman."
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rhe white House Reorgnnized.


When President Roosevelt had
warmed IN his predecessors seat for a
whi!e there was kitchen cabinet coun-
ell held. and it Was determined TO re
organize the White House. 1t was too
old-faShioned. and did not have the IA
elites for entertaining that modern
progress and a strenuous President re-
qulred., Ii was agreed that the people
who visit Washington and are intent
on sightseeing should. when they came
to the White House. not be allowed TO
enter at the main entrance, but only
through the basement. As one of the
kitchen cabinet said. the basement was
good enough for the common people
any way,
Congress was ordered to make the
necessary appropriation and did ar
propriate about half million dS.sarS
for the improvements a trust archi-
tect named McKim was employed uu-
der the direction of the President. for
Congress had authorized Mr.. Roosevelt
to personally expend the money. and
the work began and was rushed to
completion All the grand old rooms
were Quilted. the historical pictures of
the early Presidents were too old fash
ioned and were relocated To the base
merit and portraits Of the Roosevelt
family were installed in their place.
Washington. - father OF his couatry,
was turned to the wall for a time. and
Adams, Jefferson, Monroe and Jack
son did not any more look down from
their historic places.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution protested az this dissertation.
and public opinion. urged on by their
patriotic ardcr. forced President Roose-
welt to order some of the portraits re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-30

Doesn't it sound ridiculous to say:
The hand that rocks the cradle is the
hand that rules the world? What does
that mean, anyway"
We'll the hand usually belongs TO
a nurse or servant girl. and you know
lie Standard and Times.
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Not So strenuous.

Tess-You're stin engaged to Jack,
| suppose
JesS-of course. He's just dear.
Tess-And does he love you as much
rs evers
JeSs-Graeious. No How could
h-.2 You know. he broke his right arm
the other day.-Philadelphia Press
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Father Dies Because son Married.

Despondent over the secret marriage of
his son, who was his sole support. julius
Fritz. 40 years old of La Crosse, COM
mitted suicide by drinking whisky mixed
with paris green. Robert Fritz. the son,
was married the other morning and left
on wedding trip to Milwaukee. The
father learned of the marriage through
the evening papers. Robert Fritz is em-
ployed by the Milwaukee road
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The time to prepare for war is
when all is peaceful remarked the
Old gentleman with the gold glasses.
That's what" rejoined the young
man in the wide trousers and Stingy
coat. I'm on my way right now 10
procure > marriage license
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Found Dead Near Courthouse,

Frank Caloud, Il farmer residing near
Sarona, was found dead near the court
house in Shell Lake. The coroner's jury
held an inquest and rendered a verdict
of death due to heart failure He was
about 50 years of age and is survived
by a wife and several children.
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Fiye-Year-OId i'm Hero Role.

Oscar Smith. 5 years old, dived from
a dock in Sheboygan into twenty-five feet
of water to rescue his S-year-old brother,
who had fallen in. He was not strong
enough to hold his brother above water.
and both were nearly dead when rescued.
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Haste.

Hes liar. and I'm going 10 tel
him so right away.
You'll have to wait ten or fifteen
minutes He's engaged now
NO, sfr. I'm going right back 70
my Office. and do it. There's teie-
phone there Philadelphia Ledger.
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The postoffice in Juneau was entered
the other morning by professional burg
lars, who broke open the safe and Sc
cured about $500 in stamps and money.
NJ clue to the thieves has been discov-
cred.
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Trolley Car Is Buried.

A Broadway trolley car containing
eleven passengers was Buried under
six telegraph poles which crashed into
the top and wrecked the car. The pas
sengers had remarkable escape from
injury, and only the motorman received
slight bruises.
The roof and one-half of the top
story of Sommers Bros Tailoring
Manufacturing Companys este blish-
ment were blown away. Probably the
heaviest loss suffered by a single con-
Germ was at the Niedringhaus rolling
mill The big smokestack was blown
down aud half the plant was demol-
ished, entailing estimated damage of
$4,000. Six employees were injured in
this plant. Part of the roof and two
cupolas were blown from the Roman
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good
Counsel. The side of the Backus Stove
and Range Company plant was blown
In.
A concert was in progress in FEES
tival Hall, at the Exposition. during
tAlC hCdby SlOLIi Ill the even
ing. when suddenly there was fash
of lightning, and Immediately all the
lights went out \ panic was only pre-
vented by a womantS voice taking up
the strains of America, the others
joining in. Other familiar songs fol-
lowed, and the audience left the build
ing singing. but without excitement
In the Chinese village, on the Pike,
$50 Cinnamon, just arrived, were being
watched over by immigration officers
temporarily when the storm struck
The celestials became panic stricken,
and the officers were forced to draw
revolvers to subdue the excitement
Lightning struck near by, and one
Chinaman was severely shocked, while
another jumped from the roof of the
building and broke his arm. The band
stand in the Plaza at St Louis was
struck by lightning and was burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-30

Be child: live simply and nat
urally. and keep clear Of entanglsng
alliances and complications OF al
kinds
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DEATH IN a TORNADO.
LIFE AND PROPERTY DESTROYED
IN ST. LOUIS.
Sudden Storm Wrecks Many Buildings
in Exposition City, Then Crosses River
Into IIiinois-woman Killed in Her
Home in Venice.

A storm which assumed the proper
lions of small tornado swpt over a
block and half of the residence dis
trict of North st. Louis Friday. caus-
Ing the death of one person, the slight
injury of probably fifty, and damaged
property to the extent of 100000. The
storm then jumped across the Missis-
sippf River into Illinois, near Venice.
where one person was killed and ten
injured and considerable property dam
age done. Trees were blown down
and number of houses unroofed. Mrs.
NJ G. Beal, of Venice, H., was killed
by the falling debris of her home.
which was blown to pieces. John Ell
lington. at St Louis, was killed III the
destruction OF part of the Madison
Cooper Works