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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Frorn Ear and Near.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Lester of Ottawa,
Kan. celebrated Sheir sixtieth wedding
anniversary there.
1t is reported in New York that eight
American archbishops have plaaned a
trip 10 Rome TO urge the Pope TO create
an American primate.
The intramural railroad at the St.
Loris woYlds fair has been completed
and is now being used in certain sec
! tions for switching freight cars.
Seven capitalists from Ohio and In
diana. headed by William Dolin. are con-
sidering the project of establishing a
poultry packing plant at Fort Worth,
Texas.
A duel was fought near Paris between
CAPTAIN Levi of the Fifth regiment of
Engineers and Captain de Malmoy, and
the former was wounded in the arm. The
duel was the result of an alteration over
the Dreyfus case.
A Rio Grande freight train was
wrecked at Adobe, Colo. and the discov-
cry that the spikes and fish plates had
been removed from two rails leads 10
belief that train wreckers intended TO
ditch the Pacific coast limited. which was
due at the time of the accident
The Union National and Colonial Ma
tional banks of Cleveland have consoli-
dated under the name of the former,
with Senator NJ. A. Hanna. who was at
the head of the Onion National. as presi-
dent. The consolidated capital stock is
81. 600 900. and the deposits $4,000, COO.
W. d. Ballantine and John T. Miller,
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
customs by furthering the Illegal entry
OF a non-exempt class Of Chinese at
Manila. have been acquitted.
While feeling her way IN a fog toward
her dock IN Newport. r. l., the Fall
River line steamer Priscilla bound from
New York for Newport and Fall River,
struck bottom one mile from tie wharf.
The shock was 50 slight that not one
OF the 200 passengers on board knew
that an accident had occurred The wat
er-sight compartments were closed imHse-
diarely, the passengers were landed and
the Priscilla was hoated at high tide I'M
injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
NEW GOVERNMENT IN PANAMA.
1unta Formally Surreuders Authoritv
Constitutional Convention.

1unta tormaIIy Surreuders Autboritx
Constitutional Convention.
The constitutional convention. the fir.
legislative body in the history Of the
new republic of Panama, met Friday ana
organized with G. b. Amador as tempo
rary chairman, and Nicholas Victoria.
temporary secretary. and then chose as
president Of the convention DR. Pablo
Arosemena. The vice president if DR..
Louis Deroux. who in the last House of
Representatives at Bogota said that IN
less the canal treaty was ratified Panama
was sure to secede. Heliodora Pa:ino
was elected second vice president Juan
brin was made secretary of the COM
mttee. and sent to the government house
TO potify the junta and the ministers of
the meeting of the convention. The mas
sage of the junta to the convention was
read by DIR. Eusebio Morales. 1t recited
the history of Panama up to the present
day, and explained the reason for seces-
sion. The Junta then surrendered the
power 1t had assumed to the new govern
ment. Special thanks were given to the
ministers who assisted in the preliminary
work. One of the first acts of the new
government was to continue the laws of
the temporary government. The actual
receipts of the government are INSULT
Gent for expenses, but the revenue from
the canal will give a large sum.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
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The 500 line is pushing its extension
from Brentwood, Wis. into the Lac
Court GRIZZLIES reservation.
Omcials Of the Missouri Pacific say
the corn crop in the territory Of the road
promises an immense business all winter.
President ingalls, of the Big -Four has
placed an order for forty coaches TO he
delivered by the Pullman company by
May /.
Right of way has been secured for the
extension of the Imperial branch Of the
Southern Pacific TO the Mexican line at
Calico.
East-bound shipments from Chicago
and Chicago Junction points show a de
cided increase for the last week as com
pared with those Of the previous week
The Louisville and Nashville has re-
ceived bids for the car wheels which will
be required by the road during 1904 II
is said that wheels sufficient to equip
1000 new cars will be ordered.
The Wichita. Oklahoma and Indian
Territory Company has been Incorporate
ed, with capital stock of $G000,O00, to
construct line from Wichita. Kan.
lUfOu-H AhiNuOuld anu tilf lnhldI tlii-
tory to Fort Smith. Ark
The New York Central is now com
pleting a pension plan under which en-
ployes will contribute ! per cent Of their
salary. which will form one-thirl Of the
fund to be created. the railway company
contributing the other two-thirds.
The Wichita, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory Company of Perry. O. T.. with
n capital stock Of $6.000000. has been
chartered at Guthrie. O. r.. to construct
a line from Wichita, Kan. through Okla
homa and Indian Territory to Fort
Smith, Ark.
The Missouri Supreme Court has re-
fused the writ Of prohibition asked for
by the combined ticket scalpers of St
Louis against the railroads to enjoin the
Circuit Court from enforcing injunctions
preventing the sale by scalpers Of excur-
sion tickets for worlds fair traffic.
One of the most important pieces Of
construction undertaken by the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe in recent years is
the projected cutoff between Isleta and
Texico. " NJ. as IL will shorten the
Santa Fe's time between Chicago aud
San Francisco and give Oklahoma the
main line. by way Of the Panhandle
division. to San Francisco. BY the
present route the distance between the
cities named is 2.577 miles. while the
new route viii be 577 miles shorter.
Aside from this advantage it viii avoid
the steep grades between Ranton and
Trinidad.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois is
preparing to supply its trains with emer-
sency surgical boxes. and the employees
are to be instructed in first aid to the
injured
According 70 the Railway Age, the
total railway mileage Of the United
States on Jan. !, 1904, was 209.S55
miles. the past year having added 5,723
miles.
Superintendent Frank Pechin OF ithe
Wisconsin division Of the Northwestern
road has announced that the company
win designate conductors who had been
in the service five years or more By gold
stripes on the arms Of their uniforms,
each stripe representing i've years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
VIRUS POINT AS TooTHPIcK.
Minnesota Farmer Gets Smallpox


Minnesota Farmer Gets Smallpox
Peculiar Way.
Henry Schoenberg, farmS
land Center, MIMI, was Ithe
detention hospital in st Hering
from an aggravated Emallpox.
He will possibly dil Giberg came
into the city SONG and called at
a doctors Office floor he noticed
a small spI one. and. securing
IT. picked Nth it. The splinter
was Ihad been used in inocu-
latip with smallpox in tests
u Tdoctor. The virus worked.
Is face and mouth are filled
Hules and he is suffering terrible
ut is the only case of its kind in
records of the health department.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

In the Senate Wednesday Mr.. Patter-
son completed his speech on the Panama
Canal question. He declared the Presi-
dent largely responsible for the revolt
in Panama, and announced his decided
preference for the Nicaraguan route. He
was followed by Mr.. Platt Comm, who
took this pronouncement for Nicaragua
as a text, saying it explained the mystery
of the opposition of Democratic Senators
to the Panama treaty. Mr.. Plat had
not completed his speech on the Panama
matter when the Senate adjourned. The
House passed the Hepburn pure food
bill ON a rising vote of POI to 6S. 1t
was amended to go into effect Feb i.
1904. Mr. Hull iowa, chairman of the
Committee on Military Affairs. reported
the army appropriation bill and gave
notice that he would cali it up Thursday.
A substitute by Mr.. Payne for the Hitch
cock resolution: calling oil the Secretary
of the Treasury to furnish the House in
formation regarding the number of car
riages furnished his department at gov
eminent expense, was agreed to. Mr..
Zenor Qnd.) was granted forty-hve min
utes for a speech on good roads.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
BID DOOMED MAN GooD-BY.

John Robinson, Executed at Kinks
Vile, No., Shakes Hands with 500.
A special from Kirksville, Mo-. says:
John Robinson was hanged the other day
for the murder of his father-in-law,
George Conkle. lie died declaring he
had made his peace with God and had
been forgiven for the murder. At his re-
quest he was allowed to shake the hands
of 500 friends, who came to say good-by
in the offices Of the Jail. When the line
had passed he was led back to his cell.
He passed part of the night in prayer,
then lay down and slept calmly until
awakened for the journey to the gallows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
GIANT ICEBERGs IN OHIO.
River Freezes Anew and Gor&es Cause
Isolated Towns 20 suffer.

RIVER Freezes Anew and Gor2es Cause
Isolated Towns 20 Suffer.
Dispatches from Ohio river points in
dictate that new ice is forming, while
the gorges between Evansville and Louis
vile are already firm and also those
between Madison and Cincinnati. The
same conditions exist for seventy miles
above Cincinnati. where the gorges are
almost continuous and at some places
icebergs thirty and forty feet high exist.
Navigation on the Ohio and tributaries
has been suspended for six weeks and
many river towns without railways,
which depend on the boats for mail, gro
ceries, fuel and almost everything, are
suffering. Only two weeks supply of
coal is available at Cincinnati
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
TO ESCAPE IS FATAL.
Deserter from u. s. Army Dies After
Being Shot by Guord.

Deserter from u. 8. Army Dies After
Being Shot by Guard.
Commodore l.. Warren. awaiting trial
al Fort Wayne, near Detroit. for deser-
ton from Company G, First United
States Infantry, now stationed at the
fort, died Tuesday from bullet wounds
received the previous day while trying
to escape. Warren and another prisoner
named Richardson. also awaiting trial
for desertion. dashed away from their
guard while they were returning from
doing fatigue duty Guard David Stan
ford fired and brought down Warren
with two bullets in his back, but missed
Richardson, who was captured by anoth-
er member of the regiment as he was
leaving the reservation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
MINE WORKERS MEET.
Fifteenth Annual Convention Begins
Sessions at IndianapoIi

The fifteenth annual convention Of the
United Mine Workers of America open
ed in Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis, Mon
day morning. Approximately 1000 dele
gates were present from the various dis
tricts of the country, Canada being also
represented. The convention was to
continue for ten days and be followed by
the annual joint conference between the
miners and coal operators of the States
Of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and western
Pennsylvania. 1t is at the joint confer
ence that the wage scale for the ensuing
year is fixed. 1t involves 800 operators
and 10000 miners.
Illinois, with $50, had the largest sin
gle State representation Early Monday
morning there arrived the Michigan del
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Strict Theater Law for Chicago.

The Chicago City Council rules that
the theaters cannot open till steel cur
tains, sprinkler systems and other safety
appliances are installed. after which the
managers will be given until Aug. l to
comply with the remaining provisions of
the new building code; theatrical inter
ests are in deep gloom, as the require
ments made by the Council are said to
mean that nearly all the playhouses will
be unable to comply for months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
BEARD Law Wrecks a Church.

An attempt to enforce laws against
the wearing of mustaches by men and of
hats by women has caused a rebellion in
the German Baptist Church at Jacobs
Greek. and the congregation, which was
once one of the strongest u western
Pennsylvania. has practically been dis
SnlVod
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
s.. louis Lawyer Passes Away.

James l.. Blair. former counsel general
for the st. Louis exposition. died in
Eustis, Fla. He went there in search Of
health. but the other day he was seized
with congestive chill, which he could
not shake of. He was under charges for
heavy embezziement
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
To Make Lynching No Murder.

Legal differentiation between lynching
and murder is sought by Senator III. j.
McLaurin. of Rolling Fork, who has in
troduced into the Mississippi State Sen
ate a bill providing that lynchers cannot
be condemned for murder. The State
records show no instance in which lynch
ing has been punished as murder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Fears operntioni Ends Life.

George Storm, a tobacco grower and
president of the Owl Commercial Com
pany, put an end to his life with a re-
volver shot while seated at his desk in
the company's Office in New York. ReIa-
tiyes and associates asclibe as the cause
of the act dependency at the prospect of
an operation for appendicitis, of which
he stood in great dread.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Freezes to Death in River.

Leroy A. Coleman. II years old high
school cadet, was skating on the Tidal
reservoir in the Washington Monument
grounds, Washington, D. c., when he
fell into the water. He could not get
out and waited for help with his face
just above the water. Meantime the
water around him slowly. CONCEALED into
ice ard when, three hours later, taken
out he was dead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Saved from sinking Steamer.

The steamer John H. Starin. of the
Starin Line, bound from New York to
New Haven with thirteen passengers
and freight ran into ice or some sunken
obstruction, while off Bridgeport, Conn,
and sunk on the mud flats after being
towed into the harbor. Her passengers
were taken off safely.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Fiftv Girls in Peril by Fire.

The Mihalovitch, Fletcher & Co. plant
in Cincinnati, used as a distillery and for
compromising liquors. was practically de-
stroyed by fire. Fifty girls employed in
the building had narrow escapes, owing
to the infammable nature of the con-
tents. Two firemen We're seriously in
jured by falling. The loss is estimated
at 100000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

Nine iiremen were trapped on the top
floor of the burning dry kiln Of the Chi
cago Consolidated Milling and Mating
Company in Chicago, and for time it
was feared that all of them would he
lost. They were rescued by hremen of
engine company %, who chopped
through the roof and dragged them out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Train Held I'D in Florida,

Fast passenger train No 16 on the
Seaboard Air Line was held up by four
white men one mile east of Sanderson,
Fla. Before they could get at the ex-
press safe four railroad officials and en-
ployes on the train attacked the robbers
with guns and succeeded in driving them
awaV
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Nv Theater Swent bv Fire.

Twelve hours before the New Nor
mar die Theater in Calgary, n W. T..
wa to open its doors for the dedicatory
per formance fire laid il in ruins. With
a six large stores were destroyed. and
practically the whole block was ruined.
The loss is estimated at $2S0,o00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Heavy Los. in chicapo Fire.

Fire in a six-story brick building at
122124 Market street, Chicago, caused a
loss of 100000 The blaze started on the
third floor, which was occupied by tailor
ing firms and clothing dealers, and for
three hours baffled the firemen, who were
hindered in the work by frozen hydrants
and icy pavements
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
sufFer in Pennsy1vauio Wreck.

The Pittsburg express on the Pennsyl-
vania Road was derailed at Prospect,
Pa, the entire train leaving the rails. 1t
is said no one was injured. 1t was a
bitter cold night, the mercury registering
20 below zero. and the passengers who
were tumbled out of their ,berths in their
night clothes suffered intensely from the
cold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Combine of Sash and Door Men.

The merger of the sash. door and blind
companies Of the Mississippi Valley has
been accomplished. The organization is
called the Western Manufacturing Com
pany. 1t has been Incorporated under
the laws of the State of Maine. Its cap
ital stock is 100000. OF thiS 100000
has ALREADY been subscribed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26


died at Eustis, Fla,
Saturday evening.
He had previously
been taken with a
congestive chill and
rev YER recovered.
Mrs. Blair and their
son Perry were with
him at the time of
his death.
Mr.. Blair, who
had been one of the
foremost lawyers
and reformers in st.
Louis. was charged
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
ConsuI ImperiIed bv Fire.

Or. f. c. Rieloff. German consul at
st. Louis; Prof. c. f. McClumpha OF the
University Of Minnesota and Hugh V.
Mercer of Minneapolis narrowly escaped
death by suffocation in the Deep Haven
Clubhouse at Lake Minnetonka. near ST.
Paul
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
oysters Scarce aud Higher.

Immense ice fields now covering the
oyster beds Of the Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries have made it impossible
for tongers and dredgers to work. and
the only oysters ohtainable are taken
from bedded stock. The prevailing scare
iy has caused a general advance in
prices,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
ACCUSED OF BEHEADINe SON.
New Jersey Mother, Believed to Be In
sane, IL Under Arrest.

sane, IL Under Arrest.
Mrs. Arthur Oswald was arrested on
the charge Of numbering her S-year-old
son at her home in Oakland. \. ]. She
is believed to be insane. The tragedy
was discovered by the woman's husband
when he returned home late the other
night. As he entered the dining room he
was Mortified to see the headless body
of his son lying on the floor. The head
lay near the boys feet. Near by lay the
body of his pet dog, which also had been
beheaded. Oswald found his wife lying
In bed with her young baby in her arms
She was singing softly to the infant.
Near the bed her two other children were
sleeping in a crib. The woman did not
recognize her husband nor seem to I'M
derstand what was said to her
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

Word has been received from Roby.
Texas, that Col Millsop. one of the most
prominent cattlemen OF western Texas.
was assassinAted by an unknown man,
who fred through a window of the Lacy
Hotel and riddled his victims body with
buckshot The assassin escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

The text of the negotiations between
Russia and Japan. printed in a Toxic
paper, shows that Japan insisted on the
integrity OF Manchuria and Korea being
preserved, and that both japan and Rus
STA recognize the open door in Korea and
China.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Reservoir Bursts; so Perish.

About thirty persons were drowned
and three hotels and 176 houses de-
stroyed as the result of the bursting of
n reservoir in Bloemfontein, Orange Riv-
err Colony. Hundreds Of persons have
been rendered homeless by the disaster.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

Fire among the wholesale establish
rnenfs aud warehouses IN the triangular
block formed by the junction Of Pearl
ana Erie streets. Buffalo. y. Y. caused
a loss estimated at $4,000 Five are
men we're Injured. one seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Caught After a Long Chase.

who escaped from the Hampden County
(Massl Jail on Jan. 9, has been arrested
at Utica. ~ Y, after long chase
through the Adirondack foothills
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Thirteen Children in Fifteen Years

Mrs. L. +. Anuis of Guthrie. Okla.
has been awarded the prize offered by
the farmers institute of Oklahoma TO
the mother Of the most children born in
Oklahoma. The territory is about fifteen
years old. and in that time thirteen chill
dren have arrived Mt the Annis home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Girl Receives Three wounds,

In South Norwalk. Conn, William
Carpenter, n years old, shot and seri-
ously wounded Miss Margaret Nevis, a
young girl with whom he had been keep
ing company. The girls condition is
critical. Carpenter has confessed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Indicted Banker Is Free.

William Martindale. former vice presi-
dent of the First National Bank of EN-
poris. Kan, who was indicted for mis-
application OF the banks funds after il
failed a few years ago. has been freed by
a decision rendered by Federal Judge
John f. Philips in Kansas City.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
German settler. Are Slain.

Advices from German Southwest At
rica say the Hereros are numbering set
tiers and burning homesteads over wide
areas. The German colonial troops in
the disturbed districts are insufficient to
deal with the natives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26

his mother had burned to death The
men were not outside the door when a
telephone message announced that the
aged mother of Cartnell had fallen into
an open FIRE and had been fatally burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
5UT MILLIONS.
yates Steel Corporations
I Shelby. Ohm. Rurus

Yates Steel Corporations
It Shelby, Ohio, Burns.
Med States Steel Corporation
a a $3.000000 loss by fire at the
pof the Shelby Ohio Steel Tube
Dhpany. The fire started from de-
Hective electric wire. The product of the
entire plant for the last six months was
destroyed within an hour, consisting of
100000 tons, making in all 25.000,000
feet of finished product. Officials of the
company say that portion of the tubing
can be worked over. The fire was con-
fined to the stock buildings, which were
entirely destroyed. The plant was erect
ed in 1890 and now covers nearly ten
acres of ground
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Meath of citizen Train.

George Francis Tain, the most eccen-
trio man of modern times, who earned
and spent fortunes. died from heart dis
ease in poor mans lodging house in
Nav York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
REPORTS 100, 900 HOMELESS.
Great Destination Prevail. in Mace
donna

douia.
The latest reports to the American
board from the relief centers in Mace
donia show that there are now 10000
persons homeless and without means OF
support f1r the winter. or this nun
Der about % COO are in McasStir visayet-
The Turkish government IS afforling
some RELIEF znd funds are coming frrfn
America and England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
sax.He kiIled an Jndian.

Dan H. Roby came TO Spring View.
Neb.. the other day and surrendered
himself to Sheriff Cottrill. saying that he
had killed one Jim Ramuss a half
blood Indian, in a fight about mile
north of the State line on the Rosebud
reservation. He claims self-defense.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
BURSTING PIPE SPREADS DEATH.
Twelve or Fourteen Men Killed by Ex-

Twelve or Fourteen Men Killed by Ex-
plosion in Johnstown Mill.
From twelve to fourteen men are dead
and at least twenty-five are injured, So
of them fatally, as the result of n
den fire at the Cambria Steel q
mill No. 2, in Johnstown, p
mense steam pipe directly.
CINE in the boiler room
ing down a large sea n
The woodwork o. fur
naces and bury Ken in
sight, bIS ed. owing TO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-01-26
Tariff Rates Left with Pnlma.

The Cuban Congress has given Presi-
dent Palma the right to raise duty rates
within limit Of 80 per cent, NJ his OWE
discretion. The move pleases Americans.