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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-03
CHAPTER XXI.

As Balgonie left the presence of Gen.
Weymarn a sudden light broke through
the darkness of his mind-an unlocked
for thought-and hope suddenly inspired
him and a prayer of thanks to heaven
rose to his lips therefor. No prisoner
was actually designated by name in the
written order of the general!
Thus in lieu of the Cossack Jagouski
he would demand that Natalie Mierowna
be given into his custody, and with her
he would escape, quit Russia and the
service of the Empress at all risks
He had no papers-no leave of alb
sence, or passport; but as the epaulet
is an all-powerful badge in Russia. his
uniform and his saber would be pass
ports enough. For the rest, he must
trust TO his own love and courage and
to his knowledge of the country. But
then there was the Cossack escOrt-how
was he to rid himself of it? The same
kind heaven which favored and inspired
him now would not fail TO do SO, he
hoped. when the crisis came.
While his best horse was being sad
died and accoutered he consulted the
map of Russia. There was no way for it
but to ride. at all hazards. toward the
frontier OF Finland. They would there
be safe beyond pursuit-safe among the
hospitable Swedes. who are always hos
tile 70 the grasping and aggressive Rus
slams
At last he saw his way clearly, as
he thought. through Niborg from Schlus-
selburg northwestwArd in safety. He
put all the money he possessed about
his person, filed his cartridge box with
ammunition and bucklei on his saber
by this time tomorrow" he NUT
tered. sas he glanced ut his watch. the
game will have been won or-lost.''
1t was considerably past the noon of
an October day when they set out for
Schlusselburg, and ere long the rain be-
gan to fall heavily, soaking the hussar
finery of the Cossacks OF the guard: but
Charlie Balgonie rode silently on at their
head. needless Of the blind torrents and
the believing wind. though he little knew
that SIS the darkness increased, and the
early night drew on. that the waters
of the lake and river we're rising fast.
and that peril of which he had no
conception. already menaced the exist
ence OF Natalie. But her voice seemed
to be ever whispering in his ear:
carl. Carl. my beloved Carl. come 10
nv aid-save me-help me, il you love
meT'
When they were midway TO SehluSsel-
burg the wagon driver fell awkwardly
from his seat. and broke his right arm.
What was to be done nowl No Cossack
OF the guard would condescend 10 sup
ply his place. and for more than an hour
the party remained halted in desolate
spot, near a pine wood. while looking
about TO capture the first peasant. serf
or civilian OF any kind whom they might
meet, and press him into the service.
A skuIking and somewhat sulky boor.
in a fur cap and canvas coat, leather
leggings and bark shoes, who had been
sleeping under great tree, was ere long
discovered, dragged forward. and. with
sundry threats, commanded to mount
the shaft and act as driver. which he did
with a reluctance he was at no pains to
conceal
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The man who said he did not see
what good his life insurance would do
him until he was dead must have been
a hopeless object for the suave attack
of the agent. Like him is the farmer
of a Fifeshire village of whom Y. G.
tells.
He had been advised from time to
time to insure his house against fire.
The agent, Sandy M'Lery, could never
get the old man TO listen TO the familiar
argument that his house would never
gang on fire"
The unexpected happened, however.
and the neighbors were astonished
when the old man instead of trying to
save his goods. ran wildly up and
down the village. crying:
..Whaur's that mon, Sandy. moo?
vhsur.s that insurance chiel? Ye can
never get body when we're needin'
him .,
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How to Fold a Letter

Il see you have lots of applications
said the advertising manager to the
Business house manager who had ad-
vertised for a typewriter and book
keeper.
From all over New England" said
the business man, jamming his pockets
full. But what some of the girls who
answer are thinking of l can't imagine.
Here is one girl who will come fifty
miles to take place at S. a week.
Can you tell much as to their quail
fications by their letters:"
Can I? Well, rather For instance,
there is the writing; there is the spell
ing of the words; there is the way the
letter is put together; there is even the
way the letter is folded. Ever think
that letters are folded so as to save
time nowadays
Mo- said the advertising man. Its
all | can do to get the stamps put on
Fem. My stenographer folds 'em all
right, guess. How should it be done?'
Easy enough, simple enough, but
folded wrong often enough" sid the
business man sententiously. If your
typewriter knows her business she
takes the sheet and folds it up from the
bottom toward the top, leaving the
proper width for the envelope, then
over from right to left and from left
to right-so. Then when your letter is
opened it is right side up. Seey'
Il see,s murmured the advertising
man. "And how many applicants fold
their letters that way?"
''Oh, three or four out of a dozen
perhaps. Quite a commentary on bust
ness as she is taught. eh?" remarked
the business man as he strolled away.
Springfield Republican.
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The Man who Wanted to Act.


A letter of application received at
the super agency bureau from an as
piring young Booth was precisely as
follows:
Dear Sir:-I am a young man 70
years of age and would like to know If
you have emmy chance fore me your
company.
II have bin working at a good thrad
fore about pig years and my pairance
do not know about me workeing at the
bushes at al, my patience keep both
ering me to go upon the stage. But
hope you do not think l am stage
struck. Is al the same to me if l get
position ore not, I'll tell you why J rite
this letter, we have good deal of
friends, and relations to our house,
they al say saim thing that l am fool
ish fore workeing at the thrad | am
workeing at. We have a quartet to
home and l am the tenner singer they
al say base a splendid voice for sing
ing they have trubeied SO that ] go and
learn the vaudiVal thrad. We have
an awful jollie fanilie at home we are
Gather singing ore telin each jokes to
make each other laugh
Il am willing to take and learn to
emmy kind of position for the starte in
your company so as to learn the thrad
to satisfy my pairence. l have plaid
with the Sarstadt Amature Damatic
Club in takeing anchirs ore Hebrew
comedian part l am quick and active
on my feet and hand. If you now
emmy company let me now and will
refir the letter to them. Pleas let me
here from you soon as posiable.-From
an article on "Supers," in Leslie's
Monthly
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BANDIT TRIO HANGED
CHICAGO cAR.BARN MuRDEREES
DIE ON SCAFFOLD.
NieSemeyer, Marx and Van Dine IKE
cuted in the Order Named - Chief Is
Carried to the Gibbet = Young Des'
peradoes Pay Penalty Cor Grimes.

The Chicago car barn bandits were
hanged Friday morning, one at a time.
in the county jail They were taken to
the scaffold at hesf-hour intervals be-
tween 80 o'cioci and noon, and by ]
O'Clock the black collins had been shout
dered out Of s side exit and carried away
TO morgues.
Niedemeyer, the boastful, was the
most craven of the three. He was car
RED, limp and half unconscious, TO the
gallows, and the trap was sprung as he
was sitting ON a chair. His death was
more horrible than that of either Of his
companions No clergyman accompanied
him to whisper words of consolation to
him at the last. and his death struggles
marked an excess OF agony not equaled
in Chicago executions of many years.
Van Dine was the last to be hanged
The possibility that his mothers pleas to
the Governor might result in a reprieve
led Sheriff Barrett TO delay his execution
until after both Niedemeyer and Marx
had been cut down and wheeled away to
the Jail hospital. He died. like Marx,
with prayers on his lips and prizes: on
either side of him as he dropped
| Aside from the pitiful spectacle OF
i Niedemeyer's last moments the execution
was devoid Of more than the usual awful
scenes. Marx and Van Dine said moth
ing to their attendants either on the
death march or on the scaffeld, and they
died quickly.
Niedemeyer, as he was wheeled along
the corridors, tried to beat his head
against the walls and wrest himself loose
| from his shackles, and the guards were
forced to hold him until he was strapped
| in his chair. 1t was nine minutes after
the trap fell before his heart stopped
| beating, and he was in commissions for
that length of time.
Guilty of Many Crimes.
Although the bandits confessed to the
commission of upward of a score of muir
ders, only eight have been fastened upon
them certainly by the police and the
States Attorneys Office. 1t is believed,
| however, that Niedemeyer had been in
volved in other crimes and that Marx,
possibly, was guilty of murders other
than those unearthed in Chicago
The red career of the automatic trio
began when the members were school
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State Items of Iuterest.

Sparks from a passing train set fire to
grass in the Beaver Dam Lumber Com
pany's yard at Cumberland and a dis
astrous fire was narrowly averted.
Mrs. William Hagen of Horton1 lille.
while returning home in q buggy with
her husband after visit with her sister
in Appleton. suddenly dropped ON her
husbands shoulder and died minute
after. Heart failure was the cause.
Frank Malzacher committed suicide in
La Crosse. He had planned the act for
some time, but waited until the birth Of
his son. that he might leave his property
20 the child. The babe is now four weeks
old. Malzacher decided the property TO
the child and then hanged himself
Mrs. Henry SeIbach, whose home is
near La Crosse. had her first ride on
railroad train the other day. when she
accompanied her son-in-law TO Viroqua
Mrs. Setback, who is 63 years of age
was born in New York. Her parents
moved west in 1853. They came by
steamer TO Milwaukee thence by team TO
their present home.
The congregation Of the First Baptist
Church In Racine held a jubilee meet
ing, the occasion being the clearing of
the church society,s Indebtedness. When
Rev. NcKillop, formerly of Waukesha,
took charge Of the church, there was an
Indebtedness Of 81. 400.
The townships of Neenah and Menasha
have just passed resolutions which limit
the speed Of autos. The resolution says
that no automobile shall be driven faster
than four miles an hour while crossing
public highway or over the crest Of a
hill No, automobile shah be driven over
twelve miles an hour upon any highway.
Land in the heart Of chicago's bust
ness district is claimed by. Reuben Irish.
heir OF Gideon Irish. who. he says.
bought the land from the government in
1898 Irish lives at Shawano. The
Montgomery Ward building. several ho-
tells and other Michigan avenue property
are included in the claim.
Thonrns Lennon. 81 years OF age. was
instantly electrocuted on pole near a
sub-station. between Oshkosh and Nee
nah Lennon carried with hiTn porta-
BILE telephone. by which he notified the
engineer that he was on the pole
Through a misunderstanding. thinking
Lennon had said ''all right, the power
was turned on.
Postmaster ". B. Tscharner Of La
Crosse has received a letter that may
throw some light on the identity Of the
unfortunate woman whose scalp and hair
were bro.Ight TO the surface Of the Mis-
sissippi some days ago by clam hook.
The letter is from a Waupaca woman
anI states that last October a young
lady was stopping at a ST. Paul hotel
with her parents, and disappeared. She
was a sleep walker and the letter sug-
gested that the color Of the hair indi-
Gated that perhaps it was from the head
OF this young girl
Prof. Dornbush. principal OF Lincoln
school 10 Appleton. who resigned recent
b, has rented farm near GravesvilIe.
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TWO YEARS STRIKE.
Which Has Involved No Disorder-A
Remarkable Labor Fight.

Remarkable Labor Fight.
One of the most remarkable struggles
in the history of labor. not only in the
State of New Jersey but in the United
States. is that of the Glass Bottle Blow
ers' Association against the George Jonas
Glass Company. at Monotola. 1t has last
ed two years and has cost many thou
sand dollars.
Four hundred men and boys were cali
ed out and placed on the payroll of the
association. In a report furnished by
the association il is stated that in the
two years no striker has returned TO
work Yard laborers and help are still
on the payroll. Children have been com
PEELED TO attend school and report week
". Numerous suits have been instituted
In court, but the association claims that
in no case was disorder shown on the
part of the strikers.
The officers of the Jonas Company say
that they are running their works as
usual employing about the same number
of hands Instead of running all the fur
mares with skilled blowers. bottle blowing
machines have been substituted for two
OF the furnaces. The town is without
turmoil OF any kind. and the strikers still
maintain their headquarters opposite the
Jonas works. The officers of the asso-
citation say they are determined to win.
sud will fight TO the bitter end.
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mates together. Niedemeyer, being the
rinaieader. guided the others in a series
of petty robberias, some of which came
10 light and resulted in minor punishment
being given to the offenders. Before Van
Dine became trough rider all three
were wont TO frequent boys club which
hel5 meetings in vacant school building.
X was there that they became proficient
In pistol shooting threug h unceasing tar
get practice.
The boldest and bloodiest of the raids
and the one for which the trio were con-
victed was that at the Sixty-hrst and
State street car barns of the Chicago
City Railway Sunday morning at )
o'clock. Aug. 80. Without warning Van
Dine, Niedemeyer and Marx entered the
barns. killed Frank D. Stewart and
James B. Johnson. wounded William B.
Edmond and Henry Biehl and escaped
with So, 257 of the company's money.
1t would have been months, possibly.
before Niedemeyer, Roeski and Van
Dine could have been arrested had not
Marx murdered Detective Quinn about
the middle OF November and then, after
he was arrested. confessed all the crimes
he and his companions had committed.
Policemen by the score were put out on
the trail of the three men, and finally
through information given the depart
ment by an Indiana school teacher they
were located in "dug-out' near Millers
Station Ind.
OF tile first posse Of police who tried
to arrest them Detective Driscol was
killed and Detective Shealan was shot in
the head by Niedemeyer. Re-enforce-
ments were then summoned and scores
of armed men were sent from Chicago
to the scene Meantime the three men
had left the dugout. captured an engine
on the Lake Shore Railroad, killed John
Sovea. a brakeman, and had fed east
with it, They abandoned it soon, how
ever. and. after hiding behind corn
shock not far from Tolleston. surrendered
to half dozen farmers with shotguns.
All Of them were wounded. Roeski eS-
capped, but was captured exhausted in
one of the way stations along the road,
and is now serving life sentence in the
Joliet penitentiary
Van Dine. with Niedemeyer's consent
and approval made confession to Chief
of Police O'Neill soon after his arrest.
in the presence of many witnesses. 1t
was this confession that resulted i'll their
conviction
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The above diagram shows how the
Missouri explosion happened. No. i, the
turret; 2, interior of turret 3, the breech
of the twelve-inch turret gun, showing
how the back draft blew the fash back
to the powder piled mp for the next
charge; 4, the hoist down which the
flame swept that ignited the 1900 pounds
of powder il the handling room 90: g
is the hoist communicating with the mag
azine. and the cross shows the point the
flames reached before they met the
water by which the magazine was food
ed and by which the ship was saved from
being completely destroyed; Z, torpedo
tube; s, the magazine.
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Knowing how necessary it was 10 con-
ciliate this new acquisition, Balgonie
asked him a few questions. with stern
ness, but yet with politeness-
The serf was singuiarly handsome
young man. with eaglelike eyes and an
aquiline nose, that was almost hooked
he was without his mustache. which
seemed to have been recently shaved of
but he had curly red beard, with a
complexion of well-nigh Asia6c dark
ness.
Trust me, dear Carl lvanovitch.' y
said he, in low and impressive ycice,
that was strangely familiar to Baigonie.
MY disguise. find, is complete indeed,
when 1t deceives even you; but speak in
French"
Your disguise-yoursY
sYes-I am Apollo Usakor," he added
through his teeth.
(To be coptinuedD
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Farmers Face Crop Loss.

George McKerrow, State superinten-
dent of farm institutes and president of
the State board of agriculture, said the
unusual beckwardness of the present sea-
son is alarming the farmers of the State,
and if it continues much longer will cost
them thousands of dollars in crop losses
and delayed work. During the last thir-
ty-fve years, he says, only three seasons
have been as backward in Wisconsin as
the present one. The alternate freezing
and thawing has already caused much
damage to grasses and winter grains.
The farmers of the southern part of the
State are getting short of hay and other
coarse foods for live stock, despite their
large supplies last season. and unless
grass comes soon some stock is likely to
suffer
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Loss ON Canifol Binding.

AS required by law. State Insurance
Commissioner Host has ascertained and
fixed the.amount of damage to the CAPT
toll building and contents by the recent
ire and filed his report with State Treas
urer Kempf The commissioner fixes the
loss on the building at $179,425 and on
the contents at $5,621. The expert who
now makes such low estimate made a
preliminary estimate Immediately after
the fire and fixed the loss at 100000.
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Escane in Scant Attire.

The Palace Hotel in Waterloo was de-
stroyed by fire and the guests escaped
with difficulty in their night clothes. A
fire was discovered early in the evening
and apparently extinguished, but it broke
out again hours later and the hotel was
consumed. 1t was owned by Charles
Woelfer of Lake Mills and managed by
II. Reinxe, formerly Milwaukee hotel-
keeper. The loss is about $4,000
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how S,,e Npew.

This is much less exaggerated than
YOU may at first be inclined TO suspect
Mrs. De Style-Did you notice that
lovely baby we just passed?
Mrs. lie Grande-Yes; | think it's
mine.
Mrs. De Styles ii possibleS
Mrs. lie Grande-Yes, I'm sure it Is.
I recognized the nurse.
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| NSf York.

~ Advices to the Interna-
N6V IOIk. tional Mercantile Agency
------I indicate continued prosper
ity OF general trade, Notwithstanding set
backs due to unreasonable weather. Com
ditions in the South are especially salts
factory, jobbers reporting excellent sales,
with orders considerably in excess of a
year, ago This improvement is note.
worthy in dry goods, where spring bust
ness is promising
Conditions in and about ST. Louis are
specially favorable and continue to re-
feet the exposition demand which is
contributing great activity to varied lines.
Excellent spring trade is noted in hats,
caps, boots, shoes, clothing and kindred
branches
The outlook for iron and steel is not
so bright as it was week ago. owing to
depression existing in some lines. Fail.
ure of the United States Steel Corpora
ton to exercise It's option ON pig iron
has had depressing effect On that mar
ket, In billets the demand is good for
early work, few contracts being made
for business delivered later than July J..
Ia finished products prices hold firm. The
market in general, however, rests upon
solid basis. but affords little promise
of thorough spring revival until railroad
buying begins.
Seeding throughout the Northwest is
fortnight late but actual work is now
well under way. Merchants generally
are prosperous, making little complaint
concerning the backward spring. The
outlook for general trade in this section
is very encouraging.
In Canada the incident % chief impor-
lance has been the Toronto fire. The
property loss, although estimated at $10,4
| 100000, is not likely to reach that fig
ure. Railroads are becoming gradually
relieved of embarrassments incident to
winter blockades, and earnings in conse-
| quenee are improving. The wooden in
dustry is somewhat depressed, owing to-
| the preferential tariff. The largest plant
in the dominion was offered this week
| for sale
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Coed Hazed and Made Captive.

Dragged from a sick bed, tossed in a
blanket and suspended prisoner for sew
sral hours to the beams of the dormitory
attic in Chadbourne Hall. Miss Isabel NJ.
Menzies of GAINESVILLE is nov seriously ill.
Ten athletic young co-eds of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, her assailants, are
under investigation by the faculty and
are in danger of expulsion. The hazing
resulted from Miss Menzies' betrayal Of
number of the girls who played prank
on Miss Jessie Martha Meyer, mistress
of the hall. The co-eds, with whom Miss
Meyer is not popular, procured q number
of tomato cans. tied them on a long
string, put pebbles in them and strung
the collection on the fire escape outside
Miss Meyers window. Miss Menzies is
said to have joined in the practical Joke.
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Judge Emory Speer in the federal
court at Savannah. Ga. sentenced Harry
Olsen to Eve years Imprisonment and to
pay a fine OF 5000 for kidnapping one
OF the eight negroes deported from Sa-
vannah on the Russian bark Alice TO
Bristol. England.
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CHICAGO.

---J AiAtl say w lNi TIE iANOiA-i
BILE change in the agricultural outlook,
due TO copious rains throughout the
grain belt and to continued poor demand
and low shipments. the sharp fall in
values of breadstuffs which occurred
was not unexpected. recent quotations
having maintained an average too high
to stimulate satisfactory consumption
Farm advices assumed an improved Tone,
and trade conditions acquired added
strength from better general demand
in both the producing and jobbing lines.
Retail activity showed gain over the
previous week in the fashionable depart
ments. and in household replenishings
and foods. Wholesale business main
tanned satisfactory proportions. the Sc
lections he;rg good in furniture, notions
and textiles Other goods having a
steady sale were footwear, clothing and
women's wear. City purchases Of staples
were fair, and country mercl ants antici-
pate increased depletion of their stocks
when spring farm work ends. Mercan-
tile collections we're less prompt on locsh
bills than for interior. but fewer defaults
were noted. Railroad traffic has disclose
ed no material change in the movement
passenger carrying and Immigrant travels
Grain shipments, 1,522,393 bushels,
are the lowest recorded this year. and 6S
per cent under corresponding wee. OF
1903 Aside from the speculative fea<
ture the market was very dull in the
absence of the leading buying factors.
Little improvement seems probable until
renewed demand appears from abroad.
| Compared with last weeks closings val
ues declined in corn Az cents, in wheat
cents and in oats 19s cents. Receipts
of live stock, 2S6,963 head, compared
with 243,611 a year ago. Heavy heeves
gained cents, but the poor quality caus-
ed decline Of 20 cents in hogs.
Failures reported in Chicago district
numbered 81. against 80 the previous
week and 10 for the same week OF 1903
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Cotton Operations in Massachusetts,.
More than 100000 people in Aassa
chusetts are dependent upon the cotton
mills for their living.