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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
All over the state.

4 million trout fry have been planted
in the streams near Spider Lake.
Mrs D. L. Powell, wife of Postmaster
Powell died of pneumonia at Dousman,
aged go years.
Burglars robbed the saloons of Tom
Baker and Jack Lindoo in Iadysmith,
securing about $50.
Ten minutes after receiving word that
her brother, William Mickey, had been
killed by train at Sherwood Mrs. j.
Bruehl of Appleton dropped dead.
John Mickey, Calumet County farm
er, was struck and instantly killed by a
Northwestern passenger train at the
crossing between Dundas and Kaukauna.
Two horses were killed and the vehicle
was demolished
While engaged in razing the Pfeffer
building, an old landmark Of Manitowoc.
workmen unearthed a tin can believed to
contain a considerable amount of money.
The house was built in the early SOS
and relatives Of the family will be given
u chance to claim the property.
Notwithstanding that the Outagamie
Traction Company which is TO build a
new interHrban line TO Seymour, is stop
ped by an injunction from building on
Oneida street in Appleton, the com1 any
feels so certain that the bar viii be
withdrawn that it is proceeding with
work on all other parts Of the line.
Matthew Hogan of Appleton has re-
ceived news Of his brothers death in
South Africa. They We're to meet in
Appleton in four weeks. after a separa-
ton OF over fifty years.
Ernest Russell was brought to Bayfield,
from Madeline island with his hand
nearly blown off, his face badly lacerat-
eG and his sight destroyed By the pre-
mature explosion Of dynamite. He was
taken to tie Ashland hospital
". 5. Allen of Plymouth gave him
self up to police officials in Manitowoc.
saying that he had forged paper for S22
from his former employer in that city.
Plymouth officers. when notified. refused
to take him and he was released
Mrs. Mary Stoeckle Of Racine. step
daughter Of Mrs. Anna Soens. who eom-
mitted suicide on Memorial day. waS ad-
judged insane and taken to the State
hospital at Oshkosh. The shock Of find
ing her stepmother's body unneryed her.
She may recover.
Michael ". Noe OF Racine and his
bride, in order 70 escape the wedding
reception, boarded an interurhan car for
Kenosha, but upon their arrival st that
place the groom found that he had left
his pOcketbook at home. Their Keno
sha friends were attending the wedding
reception at Racine and in consequence
the groom knew nobody. 50 the couple
walked back TO Racine. twelve mileA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
our Food Fishes.

The total catch of food-hAes in the
United States and Alaska, as shown by
the last canvass, was 1888, 81 ,224
pounds. valued at S45.521, 165. The num-
Der of men employed was 214,056 and
the capital invested was So, 261 $40. The
salmon pack of Puget Sound alone in
1901 exceeded S4.5O0O0o, an amount
more than four times as great as the
entire silver output OF the whole region
drained by Sic Columbia river. The
salmon outpus OF Alaska for 1903 is vSt-
ued at $1O.oOO.O00. which exceeds by
more tain s.. 10000 the amount which
Alaska cost US: sad if we add to the
salmon the value Of cod. halibut and
other fisheries OF Alaska. the total great
Iy exceeds ali the other resources Of
Alaska combined
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
HORROR UNSPEAKABLE.
Burning of the Slocum Spectacle Be-
xnud Words to Ex nresaa-

Burning of the Slocum Spectacle Be-
yond Words to Express.
The disaster wholly matches in pitt
fulness and horror the Iroquois Theater
fire in Chicago last December 1t was
appalling in its immensely, dramatic in
its episodes and deeply pathetic in the
tender age of most of its victims.
As in the Iroquois fire most of the
victims were women and children. They
were members of the Sunday school of
ST. Marks German Lutheran Church
bound for their annual excursion up Long
Island sound, happy, gay, care free, and
full of joyous expectations of their day
of all days in the year.
They went to their death with bands
playing, flags whipping in the breeze, and
under as fair sky as was ever youch-
safed to q picnic crowd The 400 chill
dren were singing. dancing, and wav-
ing handkerchiefs and flags in answer
to the salutations of those on shore or
from passing steamers.
The scenes during and after the ca
tastrophe were the kind that make the
heart sick. Mothers hugging their chill
dren to their breasts in love and terror
were forced to choose between certain
death in the flames and almost equally
certain death in the water
Some, made frantic by their sudden
peril, threw their babes into the whirl-
ing waters of Hell Gate, hoping doubt
less for improbable rescue, while many
were not allowed the poor privilege of
choosing, but were forced overheard by
the mad rush of the panic stricken pas
sengers in their efforts to get away from
the flames.
1t was spectacle of horror beyond
words to express great vessel all in
flames, sweeping forward in the sun
light, within sight of the crowded city,
while its helpless, screaming hundreds
were roasted alive Or swallowed up in
the waves women and children with
their hair and clothing on fire; wailing
children and old men trampled under
foot or crowded over into the water
and the burning steamboat, its whistle
roaring for assistance, speeding for the
shore of North Brother island. with a
trail of CHASTITY faces and clutching hands
in the tide behind, gray haired mothers
and tender infants going down to death
together
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Thirty Years AGO.

Congress defeated the Eads SILL
100000 scheme for the improvement
of the mouth of the Mississippi River
by Jetties. and passed the Fort St
Phillips Canal bill, providing for
snip canal connecting the river and
Gulf of Mexico.
Electrical, wind and rain storms. oc-
curing simultaneously in Illinois, New
York and Michigan, did much property
damage and cost a score Of lives.
Rochefort, Paine and Benedict,
French communists, who had toured
the United States, sailed from New
York.
A committee Of the Brooklyn IN. "
Board of Education, after taking testi-
mony of principals and teachers on
report of superintendent Fields OPP
posing mixed classes" recommended
the abolition of coeducation In the pub
lie schools.
President Grant In an unofficial
communication to Congress, declared
In favor of the resumption of specie
payments and the repeal Of the legal
tender act, an attitude opposed to his
party In the House.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

The mileage OF the railway system Of
Mexico now aggregates 10,07S miles.
The Southern and Louisville and
Nashville will erect a joint brick and
stone passenger station at Decatur, Ala.
Negotiations have been reopened by
the Memphis Freight Bureau to induce
the Cotton Belt to continue its Memphis
business.
American capitalists will build n rail-
road between Cul,acan, State Of Sinaloa,
Mexico, and Topia, State of Durango, a
distance Of about seyenty-fve miles.
1t is rumored that the passenger de-
partment of the Erie is giving favorable
consideration to plan to equip the road
with it's own sleeping and parlor cars.
The new steamships which are being
built by Mr.. James J. Hill for the traffic
between Puget Sound and the Orient
will each carry $1,000 tons of freight.
The Lake Shore and Michigan South
ern has established a new sleeping car
service from Chicago TO Charleston, w.
Va, in connection with the Ohio Cen
trail.
The Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
ST. Louis and the Louisville and Nash
vile have entered into a 64-year agree
ment by which the terminals, switches
and other facilities of the two roads
are to be used in common.
Amended articles Of incorporation Of
the Kansas Central, Oklahoma and Gulf
Railroad have been fled at Guthrie,
changing the name Of the company to the
Dominion and Calf. and increasing the
capital from $20,000,0O0 to $50,OOO,OOO.
Shipments of -four and grain all-rail
to the East last week from Chicago were
the largest in a month. Flour increased
1896 barrels for the week, and 59,241
barrels over last year. Grain increased
10000 bush is, and was 1,770,OO0 bush
els over last years. In the provision
traffic there ,sIs a gain Of 645 tons for
the week, and 500 tons over last year.
The Louisville and Nashville is said
to have purchased land in Atlanta Ca,
under the stipulation that freight ter
uinals TO cost $4,000 be erected there
on.
The Southern Pacific passenger de-
partment reports that % .904 homeseek-
ers arrived IN California during the
months of Iarch and April, an increase
OF 2,000 over last year.
The railroads having refused to com
ply with the laws Of Missouri requiring
railways TO furnish free return transpor-
tation to shippers of live stock, the COM
mission of the State has ordered hear
ing on the complaint OF a shipper, and
will test The law before the courts.
President ingalls, OF the Big -Four and
President Stevens OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio have negotiated a contract for q
period Of years By which the Chesapeake
and Ohio will secure important trackage
privileges in Cincinnati, including free
ertry Of freight trains into the Central
Union station district.
Reproductions in actual size Of all the
different models Of engines since the
FIRST theories Of Sir Isaac Newton are
TO be exhibited in the transportation
building at the st. Louis fair. Each
LOGON tive will be manned By an engi-
neey and fireman costumed In the garb
Of the era in which each machine AvxA
bhed-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Twenty Years Ago.

The Emperor OF Germany gape
state banquet at Berlin in honor Of
the Czarina. While en- route to the
function Prince Bismarck was sur
rounded by mob of workingnen and
booted.
The Republican national convention
In Chicago nominated James G. Blaina
for President and John A. Logan for
Vice President OF the United States.
Five States Of Mexico declared war
on President Gonzales because OF an
Objectionable revenue stamp tax.
The Bankers and Merchants Tele-
graph Company was merged into tbs
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company.
An attempt OF William II. Wander
bilt TO dominate the Rock Island man
agement was answered at the annual
meeting when his candidate for d.
rector was defeated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
forty Years Ago.

Major General John G. Fremont.
having accepted the Presidential noml-
nation at the hands of the anti-Lincoln
Cleveland convention, resigned his
army commission.
General Fisk at St Louis, Mo, Is
sued an order forbidding the prosecu-
ton in the State courts for harboring
fugitive slaves.
Provost Marshal General Fry recon-
mended to Secretary of War Stanton
that the $500 financial exemption
clause of the draft act be repealed.
Secretary of the Treasury Chase adj
yertised for sale S75,OO0,O00 per cent
bonds of the United States, to meet
the wars demands.
The national union convention which
nominated Abraham Lincoln for Pres
ident and Andy Johnson for Vice Pres
ident of the United States at the sec
ond days session convened at Balt-
more, Md.
The Atlantic and Great Western and
the Michigan Southern Railroads ar
ranged TO carry passengers from Chi
cago to New York with only one
change OF cars
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
0Se hundred Years 400.

Vaccination for the cowpox was in
PRODUCED with great success in Persia.
The Bank of Cape Fear, with
branches, Incorporated the mother
bank at Wilmington, n. G.
The first session of the Court Of
Common Pleas was held at st. Louis,
Mo-. the Supreme Court was organ
lied, and postmaster appointed.
The Harmonists, a religious sect.
settled IN Pennsylvania
John Stevens, of Hoboken, n. j.,
bailt a steamboat with twin screw
propellers and engine supplied with
hue boiler.
Aaron Burr was proposed as the
Federalist candidate for Governor Of
New York
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Fifty Years Ago.

Riots occurred at Brooklyn, n. Y.
between the advocates of streetpreach-
ing and the Catholics, when many pen
sons were killed and wounded, quiet
only being restored by the militia.
The city of Omaha, Neb-, was laid
out.
Gold was discovered at Plainfield.
n. H., In the Connecticut valley.
Albumen paper was introduced for
use In photography.
A reciprocity treaty was concluded
between the United States and Great
Britain respecting Newfoundland fish
cries, international trade. ere.
-Four British steamers attacked and
destroyed the ships. doekyard and
stores at Uleaborg.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Trains KIN Three Mem.

Patrick Davie, aged 60, section boss,
and Lynas Marsden, aged 30, laborer,
were killed at De Soto by wild train
on the Burlington on a sharp curve be-
fore they could remove their handcar.
Davie had been in charge Of that sec
ton since the road was built nineteen
years ago and leaves a wife, three sons
and three daughters. John Kendall,
aged IS, was Killed by north-bound
passenger train at midnight. He was
walking from La Crosse to Lyndville to
visit daughter and went to sleep while
resting on the track.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

this miserable scan
DIAL ought to be al
lowed to stew in
their own grease
There is no evi.
dence before you
that possibly viii
serve to hold this
woman ON a charge
of extortion. l gee
ommend that she be
discharged"
Il agree with
YOU" said the mag
istrate. There is
not a scintilla OF
evidence before me
in this case. Han
nah Elias, you are
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
ALL OVER THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BADGER
DOM.
Two Escape from Jail by Clever Ruse-
Credits Are Property and Taxable
Woman Is Determined Suicide-Three
Men Killed by Train.

John Fletcher and Charles Brandon
worked neat scheme on Deputy Sheriff
William Roeseler at Juneau. When
Roeseler commanded them to turn in
for the night, Brandon asked for drink
Of water, and as he went to get 1t, he
slammed the door behind him and it
locked. The turnkey then entered the
cage TO unlock the door for him, but he
no sooner turned The key than Fletcher
jumped upon him from behind and threw
him to the floor The two men then
forced him inoo the cell and locked the
door upon him. An examination Of the
door lock revealed that Fletcher had
prevented the door from locking by hold
ing the catch back with a piece Of wire.
The men We're in Jail for robbing few
elry store at Neosho last February,
where about $500 worth of jewelry was
taken. They were arrested in Milwau-
kee and the jewelry was found in their
possession
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
man never hugs delusion nard
enough TO choke it TO death.

Yorker who disappeared last Norem-
Der. and who is believed TO be IN the
vicinity OF that city.
Willard II Myers. bookkeepev for The
National Safe Deposit. Savings and
Trust Company Of Washington. has lis
appeared Snd is alleged to have stolen
the proceeds Of stocks. valued al ST.
600.
Elmer E. Leavitt was acquitted Of the
charge Of the larceny of $lO0.0o0 at Pos
ton. He was accused OF making false
representations TO national banks TO Sc
cure a loan for Lamkil & Foster. II
which firm he was member and which
SION after went into bank-.z.cy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Hold. credits May Be Taxed.

Taxation of credits is not legally dou-
BILE taxation, according to a decision of
the Wisconsin Supreme Court. 1t is
blow to the contention of the State tax
commission, which advocates abolishing
the taxation Of mortgages and other
ceedits, which it asserts are simply
fiction Of property" The Supreme
Court says they are property. The case
was w. G.. Kingsley against the City of
Merrill, to recover 1914 taxes on $4,000
in notes and mortgages
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Forces Her Own Drowning.

Mrs. L. A. Miner of South Milwaukee
committed suicide by drowning herself
in a cistern containing so little water
that she had to force herself into it to
suffocate. Her husband, who was editor
of the News and had been member
of the Legislature, died three weeks be-
fore, and she had been respondent since,
though left In excellent circumstances.
A draft for $1,000 insurance money pay
able to her arrived at the First National
Bank the next moring. She was Sallie
Evelyn Russell Of Hillsboro, ILL.,, where
she married Mr. Miner in 1885.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

200 Beers and some Zulus, Swazis and
Kaflrs. will give exhibitions Of the sort
of warfare which so long bafiied the Eng
lish in South Africa. At the close of the
fair ali of the party excepting Gen.
Crnje. will settle in Mexico. The bat
tie Scared Beer leader will return at
once TO his farm in the Transvaal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

Mr.. Rand, l want to say that when l
issued a warrant in this case it was on
the assurance that there was ample evil
dence to hold this woman. No such
evidence has been produced here. 1t
ought never to have been brought into
court
The plaintiff, whose condition of mind
was lamentable, first said the woman
had made threats and then admitted that
on many occasions he had given money
to her willingly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
snarls f-or, the wire.

\ toEnado in oklahoma resulted in the
death II MrS Thomas Payne in the town
IF Walters Considerable damage was
done.
CnaiS Jett. under Hf, sentence for
the murder of Attorney J. B. Marcum
ot Jackson. has been taken to the prison
at Frankfort.
An unidentified man was shot and in
stantly Killed by Frank W. lronside, a
Butte. Mont. saloonkeeper. Ironside
claims the man was attempting TO hold
HIM up.
Salt Lake police ars searching for
Henry Baxter kingsley. . wealthy New
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Attemnt to BLOW In Mi1I.

-Four torpedoes were found in the rags
at the Fox River Paper Company plant
in Appleton, which would have wrecked
the machines and part Of the building
surely had they not been found in time
by the fireman. They were railway tor
pedoes Of the largest type and were in
a pocket which was about to go into the
digester machine. The mill is not in the
strike and the torpedoes are believed to
have gotten there by accident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Fire in spooner.

Fire destroyed block and a half of
business houses in Spooner, and after
three hours of fighting the fremen, as
sisted by fremen from Superior, Rice
Lake and Shell Lake, were only able to
check the flames by using dynamite. One
block of the south line of Main street
and about a half block on the north
side of the street was destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $60,000 The fol-
lowing business houses were totally con-
sumed: Breen & Foran. saloon: G.. n.
Dernell, restaurant; P. S. Vosen, sa-
loon; j. W. Eiss. dry goods; Rivkins
Brothers, dry goods and groceries; j.,
". Essick, barber shop; Nj. B. Cortham
dentist; @. H. Dexter, groceries and dry
goods; E. L. Ganzke, clothing Lemmer
& Pelman, drugs; G. e. Stratton, sa-
loon; Birloh & Kanitz, barber shop;
Sophia Lighthiser. hotel; H. j. Bieloh,
saloon; Filkiason & Mcdonald, saloon
III. j. Meyers, clothing; G. n. Richert
jew eler; Spooner Drug Company and G..
II. Wehlin, baker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Normonism in England.

England is now being stirred up by the
Mormon peril There are at present
5000 Mormons in England, most Of them
belonging TO the well-to-do middle classes.
Churchmen are now busy denouncing
them and organizing a strong crusade
against them. Parliament win also be
appealed to to prevent their dangerous
teachings from being spread cut among
ths people Of England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

an. Magistrate OHmen also expressed
chagrin at being made party to such
a sham. After her discharge on the
criminal action Mrs. Elias was rearrest-
ed in a civil action, but was released
on $4,000 bail. which was put. up in
cash.
Mr.. Platt and his attorney, Lyman u.
Warren, had been on the stand for near
ly an hour when Assistant Attorney
Rand turned to the court and said:
"Your honor, l think the parties to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
soER HERO AT ST. LOUIS.

Cronje, with 200 Beers, Gives Exhi-
billions of South African Warfare.
Prom fighting the real battles of the
Tronsvaal republic to mimic warfare at
the ST. Louis worlds fair is a long jump,
but 1t has been taken by Gen. Piet Ar
noldus Cronje, known to fame as the
lion of Paardeburg." 1t was at that
place that he surrendered his beleaguer-
ed army after a bombardment of seven
days Cronje was then deported to the
island of ST Helena. being released soon
after the close of the war. At the St
Louis exposition Cen. Cronje with about
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
Takes Sentence for Wonlan,s Sake.

EFOHIHtAH3
Con Shehan has been sentenced to fif
teen years to Waupun for burglary. This
is the longest sentence ever Imposed by
Judge Smith in the Superior Court in
Superior. Shehan got the sentence large
~ because the court thought him q bad
character. Before leaving for prison he
said: Rather than drag into the case
woman that could prove my innocence, !
thought to take few years in prison,
but l got it much harder than l ever
dreamed | would" Shehan is about So
wars old
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
nine HUNDRED DIE.
Awful Horror on New York Ex.
cursiOn Steamer.
FIRE AND WILD PANIC
TsrOr-Stricken Sunday School Children
Leap into the Sound.

Blaze Spreads with Fearful Rapidly
and Frightful Scenes of Panic Ensue-
Children = Hurricane Deck Crashes
Down, Crushing Hundreds : Crowds
Jump Overheard, Only to Be Drawn
to Death in the whir1pooIs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

William A. Banahan, evidently de-
mented, was taken in charge by the Bal
timore police and locked up in an IN
sane asylum. Among his possessions
was n letter from his mother. Mrs. Ella
RanahaN. president of Our Lady OF
I,ourdes branch of the Ladies Catholic
Benevolent Association OF Rayenswood,
IlirniS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

Ladas won the English Derby, and
the student days ambitions Of Lord
Rosebery, its owner, to marry the rich
est girl in England (Hannah de Roth
schIld), TO be Premier. and TO be own
er OF Derby winner were all real
lied.
Adjutant General 0rendorf ordered
all companies Of the illinois National
Guard to be prepared TO be sent 10 the
coal mines IN Peoria and La Salls
Counties TO suppress strike disorders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21
AWFUL RACE FOR LIFE.
The Run to North Brother Island Was
Horribly Dramatic.

Horribly Dramatic.
The race TO North Brother island was
horribly dramatic. 1t was made while
the flames. which had been famed into
a fuzzy by the strong head wind were
consuming hundreds of persons. old and
young. The scene vas enc of frightful
panic, with women and chndren jumping
overheard and being dashed by the chan
ne, whirlpoolS against the vessels sides.
Women and children We're crowded to-
gethsr on the hurricane deck.
The after rail gave way and the pas
sengerS who had crowded against it were
pushed suto the river. Mothers and chill
iren became separated and frantically
sought each other, while in several cases
fathers md mothers. gathering their
children together, jumped with them into
the wster-
Lizzie cLadren. holding each other by
the Land. jumped together and were af-
terward found clasped in each others
arms Men fought with women TO es-
cane. resulting in the trampling un'ter
foot Of scores of children.
man never hugs a delusion nard
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-06-21

her freedom amid
dramatic seen e s.
Disguised, with the
hollowness of the
case made out by
Mr.. Platt and his
lawyer, Assistant
District Attorney
Rand withdrew and
asked the court to
diScha rye fhe Wom-