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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
WRECK is DEATH TO Two.
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Express Leaves the Track.

Two men We're killed when the Adams
express section of the Federal express
on the New YORK. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad left the tracks while
crossing the Byram river bridge at Port
chester. \. \. After leaving the bridge
and running about forty feet the locomo-
tive and tender and two express cars
plunged down 77-foot embankment.
None OF the cars went over the break
ing OF the coupling between the tender
and the first car preventing the whole
train from being carried down into the
river Lawrence Kegan of Dedham.
Mass, engineer. and John T. Howes of
Boston. Mass, fireman, were killed. One
OF the guards on the money car was
slightly hurt. None CT the other guards
or train hands was injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Saws Husband Is Copyriuhted.

The divorced Canadian wife of man
who married a second time in Dakota
has objected to the use of her husbands
name by his second wife. She claims
matrimonial copyright on the name, and
the court in Toronto has issued an in
junction She also claims damages
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Preferred death to surgeon. knife.

Rather than undergo surgical opera
tons two persons committed suicide in
New York and vicinity Tuesday. Adolph
Mudra, having grown Respondent because
be feared he would lose his right hand
from blood poisoning and lacking the
courage to undergo the operation OF the
member. shot himself at his home. 42S
Esst Forty-ninth street, in the metrop-
oils. Peter Hutton of West Orange, y.
j., cut his throat in preference to having
a finger which he froze last winter am
putared. Two weeks ago Hutton had
to have a n,angled thumb cut of.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
First Prize to Minnesota.

In the Northern Oratorical League
contest in Ann Arbor, Mich, George
Jones, of Minnesota, won first place and
was awarded a prize of $780, His sub
ject was The American City" Chicago
and Michigan tied for second place and
the maroon representative, Thomas
Meek, was awarded second prize of $50
on percentage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
BIG LAKE TIE-UP is ON.
All Summer Idleness Is Begun by
Union Vote.


A tieup of navigation on the great
lakes, which may last all summer and,
vessel owners declare, will end the sys-
tenn of contracts with unions and estab
fish the open shop. was begun the other
night when the Masters and Pilots
Association rejected by an overwhelming
vote the offer of the Lake Carriers TO
pay last years wages aud the long
drawn-out peace negotiations came to
naught This stand of $500 men forces
To idleness about 100000 of other or
ganized vessel workers who have made
satisfactory agreements with the vessel
owners. Its effect on commerce in Chi
cago alone was emphasized by the can
collation. Of the marine insurance OH a
big feet and the taking out of what is
called a port cover to protect the YES
sells from loss when out of commission.
Provisional charters for over 100000
bushels of grain were Cancelled. 1t will
be sent by rail to the seaboard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Fire Fails to Hide Murder.

John Vangorder, bachelor, aged so,
and his sister, 40, were murdered in the
sitting room of their farm house near
Angelica. n. Y. Robbers ransacked the
house. piled papers in the kitchen and
fred them, but the blaze failed to spread.
The man was shot through the back and
the woman stabbed TO death with a
stiletto made from a file.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
warns of Yellow Peril.

The St Petersburg Novosti declares
that secret treaty exists between
japan and China The Novosti further
states that it is the duty OF all the pow
ers to take steps TO avert the present
danger of Chinese Intervention in the
war II suggests that the powers should
inform the Pekin government that they
win form 4 coalition army and invade
ard occupy Chinese territory on the GKst
sign Of q breach OF neutrality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Seventeen americans Slain.

Lieut. Winfield Harper and thirty-nine
men of Company + of the Seventeenth
United States infantry, were caught in
an ambush by several hundred Moros.
Two American officers and fifteen men
were killed and FIVE men were wounded.
The ambush occurred at Simpatom. ISL
and of Mindanao.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
SLEEPING YOUTH 4 BURGLAR.
He Wakes Up When Within Reach of
Booty, Runs Home and Tells Father.


Booty, Runs Home and Tells Father.
While walking in his sleep Hardin
Hughes broke into the postofiice in Al
bany, Mo-. early on a recent morning
and was trying to open a cash drawer
when he woke up. Frightened at his
predlcament, the youth ran home and
told his father, a Baptist minister OF
what had occurred. Father and son then
aroused the postmaster and with him
traversed the route travelled by the boy.
This is what they discovered: The SOM
nambulist left his bed. secured brace
and bit, and went to the postoffice. four
blocks away. Securing box, he climb
ed high enough to bore holes through a
door and turn the lock- Then enter
ing, he went to delivery window climb
ed eight feet into the private Off Q. and
bored three holes into a cash drawer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Boy Stays His Sister.

Word has been received from Moose
Lake, Man, that John Schuster, IA years
OH, murdered his S-year-old sister by
beating out her brains with a poker. The
hoy father, it is alleged, with the hope
of hiding the crime. buried the body. but
the matter became known to the North
west mounted police and they arrested
the hoy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
BUILDING THIRTEEN SHIFTS.
United States Leads in Number OF War
Vessels Under Construction.

'AAeNo ohttCS l<eAOS In NUM- DER OF w ar
Vessels Under Construction.
A parliamentary return issued iii Lon
dop giving the number of warships built
anG building for the seven strongest
nayiss in the world credits Russia with
only one completed submarine boat. This
is OF 10 tons and was launched in 1901.
Russia is credited. however, with four
teen others in course of construction.
The United States comes first in battle
ships building, with thirteen, including
the Idaho and Mississippi, in course of
construction. 1t is followed by Great
Britain, with twelve. The latter nation
is constructing seventeen armored cruis
ers, against eleven by the United States.
The third in order is France, with nine
armored cruisers building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

strong, occupying a hill near Tengshang-
Hong Sunday, mistook a detachment of
its own infantry, about 200 strong, re-
firing before the japanese troops, and
they fought against each other. In the
fight ITO were killed and seventy wound
ed and the Russian carts were STAN
peded, leaving their loads of stores be-
hind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

An explosion OF gasoline tank in the
freight yards of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road at Philadelphia, by which twelve
iremen were burned. was followed by a
riot among Italian emigrants. Assistant
Chief Waters of the fire department was
seriously burned. Railroad Detective
Conner was shot in the side by one of
The Italians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
100000 BLAZE IN CINCINNATI.
Fire Causes Big Loss TO Pounsford &
Co.'s Stationery Store.

No.'s stationery store.
A. fire in the old Thomas Wrightson
building in Cincinnati, starting from
spontaneous combustion i'll the basement
Of the Pounsford & Co.'S stationery
store, caused a loss of 100000 John ].
Fohling, the aged janitor of the Pouns-
ford store, who with his family occupied
rooms on the third floor, was overcome
by smoke and was carried out by the
nremen he may die. His son, aged IL,
rescued the daughter, aged 10. The prin-
cipal loss fell upon Pounsford & Co.,
estimated at $4,000 The building,
owned by the University of Cincinnati,
was damaged to the extent OF $1,000.
Both arc fully insured. Minor losses
were sustained by other occupants of the
building, and of the adjoining building,
including John Holland gold pen manu-
facturer, and Rudolph Wurlitzer, dealer
In pianos and musical instruments. These
losses were mainly from water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

A fire occurred in the building occu-
pied by Proctors One Hundred and
Twenty-6fth Street Theater in New
York, while performance was going on.
There was much excitement but the the
Jones, of Minnesota, won first place and
that no one was hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
NEGRO Mob Kills white Man.

A mob of negro citizens shot and
killed Rufus Bobo, white. in attempting
to arrest him on the charge of numbering
a negro woman at Sardis, Miss. His
brother, Mack Bobo, was arrested on the
same charge, and mob of 400 negroes
threatened TO storm the Jail. The sheriff
and three deputies disarmsi the mob.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
ACRES TO BE IRRIGATED.
Canada to Reclaim Land-15O Miles of
Canals To Re Ruilt.

The largest irrigation enterprise which
has been attempted on the American
continent is to be undertaken under the
auspices of the Canadian Pacific Rail
way near Calgary, Canada. and bids for
excavation and other work will be adj
vertised for at an early date in Chicago,
Winnipeg and other centers. 1t is pro-
posed to reclaim over 100000 acres of
arid land which will be used for grass
and grain raising. Actual work will be-
gin this spring. The main canal will
be thirty-five miles in length and sixty
feet at bottom, and will carry ten feet
deep of water; the secondary canal will
be 115 miles in length. To excavate the
main canal 250,O00,OO0 cubic feet of
earth and rocks will have to be removed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Death Sos Far off Cor Ouny.

Senator Matthew Stanley Quay. one
of the most picturesque Of the eastern
Republican leaders and the man who has
held Pennsylvania in the palm OF his
hand longer than quarter OF a century.
is DYING slowly. He is suffering with
asthma and serious liver complaint.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Poles 30 Buy 22O.OOO Aero.

The members of the Milwaukee COM
mission OF the National Polish Alliance.
after visiting the tract of 100000 acres
OF land near Escanaba, Mich, have de-
cided that its purchase be recommended
to the national alliance. The tract will
be used for the colonization of Poles
now working in eastern coal mines.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
whr the Mirrors were Remored.

The elevators in the splendid City Hall
OF Philadelphia were until very recently
embellished with handsome mirrors.
Business Wa SO delayed by the women
passengers stopping 10 inspect their hats
before leaving the elevators ar each floor
that the mirrors have been removed. The
improvement in the service Is very
marked
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Suicide of an Indiana Sheriff,

John c. Huffman. sheriff of Greene
County. Indiana. committed suicide by
shooting himself. He had considerable
property. but is supposed to have been
heavily indebted, especially as surety on
notes. over which faet he brooded. He
had been sheriff since Jan. l.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Confesses 10 Burninp Home.

According TO his concession to State
Fire Marshal HalleE5eck. Jacob Stalar-
ski of Toledo, Ohio. set fire TO his house,
and with his family nearly shattered
while waiting for his neighbors to dis
cover the fire. This. he thought. would
take away suspicion of incendiarism.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
KILL THEIR OWN MEN.

Russians Mistake Small Muscovite
Force for Japs--Kill 40.
Gen. Kuroki reports bloody enconn-
ter during the Russian retreat Sunday
when large force of Russians mistook
a small body of their own men for Jap
anese, killing and wounding $50 of them.
According to information given by a ma
tive, q body of Russian infantry 1000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Ends Her Life With Bullet.

Because of matrimonial misunder-
standings. Mrs William Morris Cruik
shank. wife of wealthy young real es-
tate dealer and herself member of
prominent Philadelphia family, shot her
self through the heart At her home in
Nsvr York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

The west-bound Twentieth Century
Limited on the Lake Shore Railroad ran
down and instantly killed four unknown
men near Elyria. Ohio. The men evil
IDENTITY were foreigners.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
JUDGE ALTON 3. PARKER,

Endorsed for the Presidential Nomina-
ton by New York Democrats.
Alton Brooks Parker, the New York
candidate for the Democratic nomina-
ton for President. is one of the best
known jurists Of the Empire State hav-
ing occupied high position on the bench
since 1885, when he became a member
Of the State Supreme Court. He was
born at Cortland, n. Y, in 1882 and was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
DEATH IN TEXAS ToRNADoEs.
Unknown Number Killed and Damage
to Property Is Heavy.

Considerable loss of life and immense
property damage attended a storm that
burst over northern and northwestern
Texas the other night. From Moran, in
Shackleford County, a dispatch has
been received that several persons were
killed by the storm. which took the pro-
portions of & tornado. There was an
other tornado, with loss of life in Parker
County, near Weatherford. Cordell,
Helena and Undertake all in Oklahoma.
were damaged severely by tornadoes.
The loss TO property and crops is heavy,
and information is scarce
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
REALLY BLOODY BATTLES.
Losses in the Japanese Russian War
Compared with Civil War,

In the dispatches from the japanese
Russian war are accounts of the battle
on the Yalu, showing losses ranging from
1000 to 1000 men on both sides. Com
pared with battles in the Civil War such
losses are as drops in a bucket" The
figures in the following list of the bloodi-
est battles of the Civil war in the United
States are from the Statistical Record
of the Armies of the United States" by
Capt. Frederick Phisterer They include
killed, wounded and missing:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
saves Traiu from Wreck.

An attempt was made to wreck the
Chesapeake and Ohio south-bound fast
fyfng vestibule train AZ St. Asaph June
ton, Va. Operator V. c. Davis ran
forward with danger signals and stopped
the train. Two railroad ties were across
the track and a stone wedged into the
switch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Burdich-Pennell Tragedy Recalled.

Albert A. Hartzell. attorney for the
widow of Mr.. Burdick. recalls tho Bur
dick-Pennell tragedy by publishing
novel having as the principal characters,
under fictitious names, those who figured
In the Buffalo affair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

Frank Stahl. the new chief Of police.
has demonstrated that ''joints" can Be
closed In Topeka As soon az he was APP
pointed chief. ths ''jointists" took to the
timber. Some of the drug store joints
have closed to s'invoica"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Railway Magnnte Saves Girl.

At the risk of his owa life Le-is Il.
Hill, vice president of the Great North
ern Railway and son of James ]. Hill,
saved the life of a 7-year-old girl, who
narrowly escaped being crushed under
the wheels of a heavy touring automo-
bile driven by Mrs. John Fitchett. in st.
Paul
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

Andrew McNally. President of Rand,
McNally & Co., and one OF the hest
known business men in Chicago, died
suddenly at his winter home in Alta
dena. Cal. just outside of Pasadena.
Death was caused by pneumonia.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
viii CurtaiI ShingIe Production

Representatives OF thirty-one single
manufacturing companies of northern
Wisconsin and Michigan peninsula, un-
der the name of the Northwestern Shin
gle Manufacturers Association" met in
Escanaba, Mich, and agreed TO curtail
the production of shingles until the price
of the product is raised to it's normal
level
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Reign of High Prices.

Labor Commissioner Wright has is
sued bulletin showing that the average
price of all commodities in the United
States in 1908 was the highest in the
last thirteen years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Rodv of Wentz IL Found.

The body of Edward L. Wentz, the
missing young millionaire of Philadel-
phia, has been found in the mountains of
Tennessee. he had been killed. instead
of being held for ransom, as was sup
nosed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
RraziIian FORCES Win C1ash,

A dispatch from Manaos announces
that an important battle has been fought
between the Brazilian forces and the
Peruvians near the river Chandles- The
Peruyians were completely routed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Severe Drouth i'm Texas.

Western Texas is suffering from one
Of the most severe drouths in its history.
Cattle are dying by hundreds and thou
sands are so weak that it is impossible
to move them TO q more favored terri
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
RECORD BY BATTLEsHIP IOWA.
Good Showing Made in the TargetPrac-
tice at Pensacola.

4 GUsdCO1Hs
Remarkable records were made by the
Iowa's guns in the annual record target
practice just completed at Pensacola.
The lowa's Pinch guns made forty.two
shots and thirty-sour hits. The best u
inch gun made eleven shots and eleven
hits. The hits per gun per minute for
the 12-inch guns were 0.75. This equals
the record made by the British ship
Ocean in 1902, when she broke the
worlds record, and in the case of the
Iowa the record is all the more credit
able because her guns are of an old
type. The Iowa's S-inch guns made i.20
hits per gun per minute, the best gun
making eight hits ont OF nine shots.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
cATTLEMEN FIGHT BEEF TRUST.
Stockmen of Twelve States Raise $780,
900 to War on Combine.

Cattlemen from twelve States and ter
ritories west of the Missouri river have
organized in Denver for determined war
on the meat trust A general staff to
direct the battle was formed and a cam
paign fund of 100000 provided. The
cattlemen will appeal to the interstate
commerce commission and to Attorney
General Knox. In order to supply evil
dence committees will be appointed to
employ experts to investigate the rail
roads, stock yards and packing houses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Defended British Rule.

His voice was for colonial aggression,
for the extension of the imperial gov
eminent, for war with Russia at Cabul,
with France on the Congo, with anyhcdy
anywhere who disputed or intended to
dispute the sentiment that Briton new
er, never, never is a slave.
The rescuer of Emin Pasha, the hold
er Of worlds medals and honors, mar
ried in Westminster Abbey, he was cor
daily detested by most Of his country
men who knew him. He published q
story of Major Barttelots in Darkest
Africa and the storm broke.
What if a cannibal feast had been
ordered as a contribution to the photo
graph album Of an English country
house? What if lust and murder, pill.
lage and rapine attended the course OF
this pioneer of English civilization? De
mortuis Anglorum nil nisi bonum. and
Stanley was put in the pilory not fer his
own sins-though he had enough OF
them-but for the sins of his enemies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Commits Suicide at His Home.

Edward A. Colt, well-known lawyer
of Detroit, formerly connected with the
Wabash legal staff there. committed sui
eide at his home. Financial troubles are
said 10 have caused the act.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Land at Two Points.

According to official information the
landing of troops from sixty transports
began simultaneously at Pitsewo and
Cape Terminal on the morning of May
3. 1t is also reported that troops are
being landed al Kinchow, but this is not
credited as the Russians are known to
have Notifications there. and it is not
believed that the Japanese had the dar-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Trio of Bank Robbers Couy icted.

George Keller, s T. Bulls and Thorn
az Murray were convicted at Tekamah.
Neb., OF robbing the Bank of Lyons,
Neb., OF $500. Sentence was deferred.
The men are said 70 have operated in
Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
drink and Cigarettes Cause Death.

In Laporte, Ind, Howard FogIe died
in terrible agony from meningitis
brought on by excessive drinking of pop,
eating popcorn and smoking cigarettes.
He was Is years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

adelphia hospital for dissection. When
placed on the table. and just as the knife
was about to be put to him. Cupsicl.
arose and wanted to know why he had
been 'undresSed y
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
wakes on D;ssec,;nv Table.

John Cupsick. a miner. was taken III
in HaSleton. Pa. several days ago and
later was pronounced dead by the doc
tors. As he had no family or friends
TO bury him his body was sent to q Phil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

Four Men Killed and Score Injured.
A mine explosion in No. 4 Big Muddy
Coal and Iron Company at Herrin. H.,
killed four men and injured twenty or
more. most OF whom viii die The cause
of the explosion is a disputed question.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

Two robbers held up Kinsley's restau-
rant in Chicago with revolvers and COM
PEELED the cashier to give up $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
Bars Cigaret Slot Machines.
Hold-t,p Men Get 1000.

The Minister of Inland Revenues has
refused TO permit cigarette slot machsres
in Canada.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17

Riu Eire in utica. Mich.

Dalny, the great Russian port north
Of Port Arthur, has fallen before the on
slaught of the Japanese.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-17
BOY II YEARS OLD SLAIN.
Child Found Near Waterford, n. Y,
with Head Crushed.

With Head Crushed.
Clement Robert I years DID, sor of a
Waterford, n. Y, saloonkeeper was
found dead in shed half mile from
his home, with his head crushed and a
stone near him covered with blood. His
clothing had been torn from his body,
and some efforts at mutilation had been
made by his murderer. The boy was
last seen near the scene of the murder
with a young man, who is held by the
coroner as a witness