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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
DIPLOMATS IN pupegoN.
Will Not Ruin Their Feathers and Gold
Lace at INAUGURATION.


The man who is TO sit in the presi-
dental chair for the next four years will
be called upon TO decide a rather deli
cate question. This concerns the status
of the diplomatic corps on great national
occasions, such as the induction of a
President into office.
At the last Inauguration the most fer
vent advocate of American freedom and
contempt for insignia of rank would
have to confess that the foreign diplomat
had a just cause for grievance. They
We're provided haphazard With seats on
the grand stand, but no effort was made
to get them through the crowd to obtain
the places according to the law of preee-
dence. This grand stand was an open
platform and, as the last Inauguration
day combined a Kansas cyclone with
Dakota blizzard, the foreigners had an
unhappy time They wore their most
gorgeous uniforms and received great
damage to their apparel, not to speak of
the physical infirmities brought on by the
eA posture.
The late Lord Pauncefote loosely re-
marked that his appearance at the irau-
guration cost him nearly $500, part of
which went to replace ruined feathers
and trappings, and the remainder for
doctors bills.
The seats Of the President and Vice
President and of the cabinet officers and
Supreme Court justices were sheltered
and this caused much dissatisfaction to
the diplomats. Indeed, it is freely stated
that if they cannot be assured of eourte-
GUS treatment hereafter they will form
no part Of the pageant which will be a
part of the inauguration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
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The Toronto, Canada, Trades and La
Dor Council has recommended the es-
Enlistment of an independent labor par
ty to be known as the canadian Labor
League"
Masons, in the Eibenstock district OF
Germany receive from s TO cents an
hour, carpenters from to cents an
hour and day laborers from 40 to 90
cents day of twelve hours.
The barometer of the Baldwin locomo-
i've works in Philadelphia would go to
prove a lettering business outlook. Il
feel" says an official of that company,
athat we are on the verge of much in
austrial activity. A number of the big
railway companies have bids out for
the construction of locomotives. 1t is
evident that we win soon have to take
on some of the men who were laid off.
About half of the force was dropped, you
know. Indeed, the prospect for plenty OF
work ami better industrial conditions is
cheering
There is a shortage of labor in Okla
b,ma: wages are good aEi many men
could find employment. as the Interior
Department is proceeding with impor-
tanS IMPROVEMENTS in that territory.
Tho Central Trades Council of Mobile,
.la.. has adopted a novel scheme to form
n Molaen's auxiliary. An entertainment
has been arranged to take place on the
night the new auxiliary is to be organ
lied. Admission TO this entertainment
for a man coming alone will be % cents;
if he brings with him his wife, sweet
heart. mother, aunt, sister or cousin he
will be admitted free.
Because. Notwithstanding hard times,
the employees of Messrs. Narrow OF Mill
wall. on the Thames, would not take time
and a quarter for night work and in
sisted on time and a half" the building
of twenty-eight destroyers and torpedo
boats for Austria win be done at Trieste,
instead of on the Thames. The loss TO
the workmen is about S1,000,0cSs
A referendum vote Of the membership
of the CigarMakers' International Union
lust taken decided that no convention
viii be held this year. 1t has been eight
years since the last convention Amend
r,ents to the constitution are adopted hy
the referendum and the officers elected
the same way
The strike OF the cotton spinners at
Fan River. Mass. threatens to ruin the
city. the mill men and TIE strikers Twen-
tv-f7vf thousand men are involved The
strike began many weeks ago. and the
loss in wages IS about $4,000 a week.
The loss 10 the city IS computed az 81
o0o.oOo 1t Is calculated that 1a.to0 OF
the old operatives. or about half the
whole number. have left the city-soue
10000 getting werk in other mills and
1900 returning 10 Canada. The Cana
dams viii come back readily. but some
1900 az those who have gone TO other
New England mills viii. il IS expected,
remain there.
Old papers for sale at this odacs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
FLEET Is WIPED OUT.
RUSSIAN WAR VESSELS AT PORT
ARTHUR DESTROYED.
Japanese Fire from 2O3-Meter Hill
Sweeps the Harbor While Togo
Guards the Exit -Mikado's Guns Will
Shell the Inner Forts.

The Russian squadron at Port Ar
thur has been wiped out. Under the
deadly fire of the Japanese naval guns
mounted on 203-Meter Hill, ship after
ship was destroyed until the once form
liable fleet has been reduced to a lot
of hulks. Official documents made
public in st. Petersburg indicated that
the Port Arthur squadron consisted OF
five battleships, two cruisers and fif-
teen minor craft, gunboats, destroyers
and the like. According to special dis
patches from Toxic and Shanghai, Civ
ing unofficial reports, the crews of all
the Russian war vessels at Port Arthur
were landed and apparently no effort
was made to move the ships. The Jap
anese next turned their attention to
these had been destroyed the guns
were directed against steamers and
transports in the harbor. Passing
steamers report that the most power
full ships of Togo's fleet have been ~
ing off the harbor. effectually prevent
ing any attempt at flight ON the part
of the Russian sailors during the bonn
bardment.
With the fleet out Of the way, it is
evident that the next move by Nogi
will be to turn the deadly naval guns
on the forts lower than 203-Meter Hill
paving the way for the occupation OF
the city.
Mail advices to Japan describing the
capture of 203-Meter Hill state that the
Japanese drenched the timber works OF
the trenches With kerosene and started
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
thirty Years AGO.

Many thousands Of miners were idle
In the LAckawanna valley Pennsyl
vania, and misery and crime prevailed
to an alarming extent.
The managers of the western rail-
ways at a meeting In Chicago voted 10
abandon the free pass.
President Grant made hrs sixth an-
nual message TO Congress, and recon-
inended return TO specie payment.
The United States Supreme Court i'm
denying to a litigant the right to col
lect from the government for cotton
brought from the Confederacy, and
seized by Union troops, held the Con-
federacy to have been a conspiracy.
The striking from the budget by Bis
marck Of the appropriation for leg1-
ton at the vatican precipitated a row
in the German reichstag.
Reports that the Gar was III and
insane were sent out from London.
The famous Washington safe bur
glary" case was dismissed on a techni-
cal ruling. which declared the grand
jury which indicted the defendants
had been illegally drawn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

to. The ultimate fate Of Ithe wreck has
since that time been a matter of more or
less interested discussion, especially in
Havana. And not long since Joseph de
Wyckoff, as representative of a company
formed for the purpose, signed contract
with the republic of Cuba to raise it and
remove it from the harbor. He paid So
600 for the privilege, and as a guarantee
of the seriousness of his intention.
The vessel will be surrounded by a
water-tight circular cofferdam, construct
ed of double walls of timber (planks laid
fat, securely bound together, the whole
resembling a bottomless tub or barrel.
This will be built in place and then sunk
until a solid stratum is reached. The
sinking of the cofferdam will be accom-
plished by weighing it on top with about
1000 tons of ballast To guard against
possible leakage under the dam, the area
about the base of the outer wall will be
filed with clay and sand encased Sin
sacks. This structure once sunk, large
centrifugal pumps will be put in opera
ton, which vii! be capable not only of
unwatering the dam, but also of sucking
out the soft mud from within and around
the vessel, thus exposing the entire hull
to full view.
The next step will be to remove such
human remains and personal effects as
may be found, after which all weighty
and valuable articles. such as ammuni-
ton, arms, cannon. coal. detachable ma
chinery, etc, will be taken out. 1t may
be, too, that at this late day we shall
know for a certainty whether the explo-
sion which sent the Maine to the bottom
of the harbor was caused by a Spanish
mine from the outside or by an internal
explosion. The preliminary work thus
accomplished, it viii then be patched and
fioated on its own bottom, if its condi-
ton will warrant such a course.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
WISCONSIN'S RECORD.
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Death of Orson E. Woodbury. Dis
tasteful Couple Get Tar and Feathers
Depot Restaurant Is Robbed-Lays
Murder to Liquor.

Orson f. Woodbury.. a famous anti
slavery man. died at his home in Madi-
son, at the age of so. Mr.. Woodbury.
was a celebrated song writer in his day,
and among his compositions was the
great campaign melody of 1S40 ''Tippe-
canoe and Tyler Too" Another honor
claimed by Mr. Woodbury. was that he
was one of three meu who gathered at
Berlin, Wis, in 1854. and held the first
Republican meeting IN the State. At the
breaking out of the sivil War Mr.. Wood
bury lived in st. Louis, but his opinions
against slavery were so radical and his
declarations against secession so emphat-
&c that he was compelled to leave the
city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
One Hundred Years Auo.

British West indian ports were
closed to all American commerce,
Napoleon and his wife Josephine
We're crowned at Paris 10y Pope Plus
VII.
The governor of Hayti ordered
duty o. 81 per gallon Oh all liquor inn
ported into that island.
The elector of Salisbury suppressed
in his states the tax imposed on Jews.
The legislature of South Carolina re-
iected by single vote the bin pro-
hibiting the importation of slaves into
that State.
The first accurate map of Virginia.
prepared by James Madison, was com
pleted.
BY treaty concluded between the
State of Georgia and the Greek Indians
the Okmulgee River was named as the
boundary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

The President has appointed Richard
T. Morgan of El Reno. Okla. TO be regis
ter of the land Office at Woodward, in
that territory.
Thomas Powell was convicted at Pauls
Valley, /. T., of the murder of Rufus
Choat, prominent farmer living near
Nebb, two years ago.
Two hundred and seventy-fve glass
workers at the Huntington, w. Va,
tumbler works and the Union glass plant
struck for a 10 per cent increase of
wages.
Supreme Chancellor Shively of the
Knights of Pythias of the World has
approved the proposition to make eigh-
teen years the age limit for admission to
the order.
The price to be paid for the eleven big
exhibit palaces and other property of the
St Ledis Exposition Company by the
Chicago House Wrecking Company is
$2S6.000. They cost S15.000.OO0.
Andrew Carnegie's $4,000 library.
presented TO the borough of Duquesne.
was formally dedicated at MeKeesport.
ra-. and turned over TO Burgess f. W
Pirl BY Thomas Morrison. a nephew Of
Mr.. Carnegie whom he appointed TO
represent him.
A shortage Of between g., 900 and
S25. 600 has been discovered in the First
National Bank az Msdilla, L T. One of
the bank officers IS missing
Seven men were arrested in Akron, O..
on suspicion 1f being connected with
three inceudiary fires. which resulted IN
a loss CT S75.uo0 BY the Dickson Trans
fer Company and $4,000 by the Sum
mift Lumber Company.
Chief Wilkie Of the secret service IS
sued notice regarding 4 new counter
felt $40 United States Buffalo note. It
i Of the series Of 1901. check letter d
and plate Ne. Ia. bat has ffinsy paper
and coarse silk threads, and a period IS
used between wv ashingfon~ and ID. 9"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Seyenty.fixe Years 400.

The United States government sent
a commission TO Georgia to discover
the true boundaries of the Cherokee
and Greek nations in that State.
The British government abolished
the right of "suttee' or immolation OF
widows on the funeral pile OF their
husbands.
Extensive cotton factories were
being erected at Calcutta, India
Twelve slaves, who mutinied on the
schooner Lafayette, were tried by the
United States court of Louisiana.
Russia ordered all her troops to
eyacuate Erzerum and all territory an
nexed to Russia by the treaty of
Adrianople.
]. X. Mitchell, of Philadelphia, in
vented a method by which India rub
Der could be made into thin and almost
transparent sheets.
London papers were urging parlia-
ment to repair the cloisters and in
terror of Westminster Abbey, which
was in sad state Of dilapidation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Twenty Years 400.

Science hall at the University OF
Wisconsin at Madison burned, with
loss of $4,000.
The third plenary council Of the
Roman Catholic Church al Baltimore
closed.
The Washington monument at
Washington, D. G., was completed.
The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company's lines were completed to
Dallas, Texas.
The Halifax O. 50 chamber OF
commerce voted to open negotiations
looking toward reciprocity treaty
with the United States
The presidential electors met in the
several States and cast the vote which
elected Cleveland and Hendricks
Reports that cholera had broken out
on the French feet blOckading For
mOsa were sent out from London.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
War News in Brief.

Russian Cossacks surprised the Jap
anese near Lidiae9un. and captured eight
guns.
The japanese lost 5000 men in the
ssorrning Of 203 Meter Hill. at Port
Arthur.
Japan has protested against the action
IF Spain in supplying Russian warships
with coal
Reports srom Manchuria indicate that
Gen. Kuropatkin IS planning to assume
the offensive.
The Russian shore batteries at Nladi-
vostcx fired on and sunk one Of their
cwn torpe8o-bOat destroyers.
Fighting continues on both tanks Of
The Russian army in Manchuria. and
there Is heavy artillery firing On the
Russian center and right.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Given Tar and Feathers.

John Pauline and his housekeeper. liv-
ing near Pipe lake. We're stripped of their
clothing and tarred and feathered by a
band of fifty masked men. When the
regulators arrived at the house they de-
manded that the inmates come out. Not
being obeyed. they broke open the door
and dragged the pair 10 trees, where
they We're bound. Both the man and his
housekeeper We're ordered to leave 1.-THE
place. The couple had been considered
nuisance for some time and neighbors
took this heroic means to get rid of
them. Pauline has had six housekeepers
IN one year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
FORTY Years AGO.

The taking of evidence at the trial
of several persons for treason at In
dianapolis, Ind, involving tie knights
of the Golden Circle, closed.
The first fire alarm box in Chicago
was placed at Polk and Canal streets.
Sixty natives of the Southern States.
residents of New York, were arrested
and examined as to their knowledge
of the dynamite plot to destroy the
city.
President Lincoln i'm a message 10
Congress urged the curtailment of the
increasing circulation Of State banks.
Presidential electors met in the sew
eral Union States and cast the ballot
that reelected Abraham Lincoln.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

a furious fire, which was famed by Q
strong gale The Japanese advance
was very slow. They were obliged to
make roads with bags of earth. 1t
was a sudden decision to make night
attack that brought victory to the Jap
anese. Nothing is officially known as
to the extent of the Japanese casual
tipS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Bandits Rob Restaurant

Two desperadOes entered the depot res
taurant IN Abbotsford and got away
with $40 in cash, all the money there was
IN the till. They fired two shots at the
proprietor, who tried to resist. and fore
ed the customers to sit still on penalty
OF being shot After Tobbing the till they
backed out of the room and ran off. firing
SHOTS at the house as they went TO IN
timidate the people in the restaurant.
The proprietor was badly cut in the face
by e blow from the butt of revolver.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Blames Liauor for His Murder.

Arthur Woods, who shot Street Car
Conductor Ole n. Bendz in Superior, be-
cause the latter refused to deliver M his
money, was sentenced TO the State peni-
Tertiary at Waupun for life. Just before
ne was taken to the train by Sheriff Me-
hinnon the prisoner said: Probably my
crime justified the punishment, but /
nope you viii believe me when | say that
nave not the faintest recollection of
what transpired on that awful night. 1
remember coming in contact with some
one. | recolleet there was a tussle. hut
surely there was no murder in my heart
1t was liquor that did the deed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Fifty Years Ago.

Admiral Hamelin resigned command
of the French Black Sea fleet.
The United States steam frigate
Susquehanna arrived at Acapulco TO
coal and water.
The conference of Roman Catholic
bishops at Rome adjourned.
Austria concluded a convention with
the western powers, defining its future
policy in time of war.
The people of Mexico completed
three days balloting and unanimously
decided that Santa Anna should con
tinue as governor.
The Panama Herald published a
statement that treaty had been rati-
fed between the United States and
Ecuador by which the latter coded to
the United States the Galapagos group
for 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Suicide by Burning.

Henry Dardis, a well-known character
OF haclne, committed suicide in the
Springfield house in Springfield by setting
nfe TO his bed. The flames were smoth-
ered with difficulty and the house saved
from destruction. Dardis died of his in
Juries. Previous to setting the bed on
hre he took large dose of morphine. He
said he was tired of life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Jumps from the Train

Hugo Donnerstag. convicted at Rhine
lander of manslaugllter in the third de-
gree and sentenced to four years in State
prison, escaped at Oshkosh from Under
Sheriff Dolan and Deputy Shepard. by
jumping on moving train which they
had Just left. Donnerstag was convicted
of killing his father.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Ten Years Ago.

The annual report Of Secretary or
the Treasury Carlisle, showing a deii-
cit Of about 100000. was presented
% Congress.
A railway train was held up near
Fort Worth. Texas, and $4,000 taken,
rom the express car safe
Vale won the championship Of the
East by beating Princeton at New
York, "A to o.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
MAINE TO BE RAISED.
Hulk of Ship over Which Two Nations
Went to War Is to Be Floated.

Word comes from Havana that an at
tempt win shortly be made to reaoat the
battleship Maine, whose destruction
brought immediate death to nearly 800
men and precipitated the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. Some months ago the United
States government informed Cuba that it
had relinquished any and all claims there
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

OF course there is no such thing as
mercy in war. bEt we would just like to
know how many times tsle Japanese in
tend 70 sink the Russian battleship Ret
Sisan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20
Cost of tho Baltic FIeet.

This Baltic feet that has occasioned
such eommotion by sinking a fishing
smack IN the North sea is one Of the
largest armadas that ever went 70 sea
and one Of the most powerful. 1t IS COM
handed by three rear admirals, Roiest-
vensky, Falkersen and Enkoist, and an
enormous amount Of money has been ex-
pended ia its construction. armament and
equipment. The money value Of the feet
Is of itself very large. Some idea Of
its cost may be obtained from the fol
lowing table:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

Old RaRAEs for sale at this 0s'cs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-12-20

where additions arr being made on the
building.
William Stewart, Frank Witzisteiner,
Edward Christensen and William
O'Brien were held in $500 bonds each
for assault with intent to sill andrew
Goggins. former 0mro resident. now
OF Oshkosh. After dance Goggins was
followed from the hall. kicked into in
sensibility and left lying on ice in the
middle of Fox river.
The bursting Of fues 81 one Of the
boilers Of the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon
Company in Racine caused considerable
damage. Peter Swenson and John Me
Carthy. employees. narrowly escaped be-
ing killed. Escaping steam filed the
shop. which, together with the fire alarm,
caused panic among the men.
John Nolan. one Of the best known
miIlwrights in the Fox River valley. was
found dead on Waterworks Hill in Apple
ton. The body was discovered by Miss
Reuter-. little Green Bay girl. who is
visiting Appleton relatives. 1t was care
fully covered with an overcoat Friends
and relatives are at a loss to know the
cause Of death
The comfy po0rhouse near Marinette
was partially DESTROYED by FIRE. causing
81 .nsOj loss. The inmates fed IN terror
and one man who was sick was rescueI
with dimeulty. The old people were drfv-
"a out II. the cold weather AMI suffered
nom exposure scr some time until shell
ter could be provided for them.
Charles Nietnann. the Socialist organ
- ,-,a former secretary If fhe f.sssf,-af
Labor Unioa. who was arrested on the
charge Of abandoning his wife and three
Children. Was released By Judge Giblin
az Sheboygan after his wife had reisn-
bssrsed the city Tor $14-25 -elief funds
grs ntea her b. the city and paying the
cots Of the suit
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
INVITATIONS FOR GOVERNOR.

Gov. Davis has received Invitations
to- deliver addresses at meetings III
two states outside Of Arkansas. and
accepted both invitations. One of
the invitatione was from committee
in charge OF Democratic rally 10
he held a. Dallas October -. The
governor IS expected TO respond TO a
toaa5 at banquet at the Hotel Cliff
ia the evening. The letter OF invita-
ton states that preparations are be
ing made for ;he greatest Democratic
Gathering ever held in Texas Ihe
other invitation came from The citizens
of NeeleyviIIe. Mo, who viii bold g
barbecue October s. Gov. Davis was
asked 10 he present and deliver an
address,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
kesass
~ Sts SSiS 40
Declares He VIII Fight the Case
Through White County Circuit
Court

Iudsonia. Sept; 3o.-Johu V. Rob
orts, the former mayor Of Searcy and
late Democratic nominee for the leg
isia turc. who was adiudg2d guilty by
& jury Of violating the grave. is out
ON bond Of $1,000. having appealed
fl ON Justice Smiths court to the cir.
cUit court.
Roberts saws he eXpects To fight
the case through The White county cir
q change Of venue to Woodruff county.
Roberts. DR.. and Mrs. Li@hrlle and
Roberts sisters returned to Searcy
this morning. Roberts says he will
so right Oh with his law practice, and
will leave searcy Saturday or Sunday
for fIeber. Clehnrne cornjv. whore
he has several eases in court.
Il expect to @o ri&ht an with my
law practice" said Roberts, ''as il
nothing had happened. and am sire
will finally he acquitted of the
charges against NE
Waher Grcsorv who ,urnc1 states
evidence, is said re have left night
before last fer Dallas. Tex, 10 visit
Young Burton. i'Ie insurance detective
who has been with him since his con.
fession several weeks ago. Is IS ru=
nored the insurance companies will
take care of young Gregory. and that
he will not return to Searcv until the
lightle- Roberts appeal cases come up
in the White county circuit court
next January.