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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
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Reports 1000 Japs Killed.


Toxic states that the only losses to
the japanese feet are the Hatsuse and
the Yoshino.
The japanese army in the field is es-
timated at 10000 to 100000 men,
against 100000 Russians.
Newchwang reports that a japanese
force Of 10000 met $4,000 Russians
east of Fenghuangcheng and retreated.
Admiral Hosoya, commanding the
third squadron, reports the landing Of
troops at a new unnamed place, proba-
bly, Takushan.
The japanese army advancing against
Mukden IVES defeated by a force Of Cos
sacks in !; battle lasting all day and
driven back upon Fenghuangcheng The
japanese were forced TO abandon four
positions. and reports in St Petersburg
state that the loss was heavy. The
Russians report light casualties.
The Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded
in a fog on the rocks near the entrance
TO vladirostok. The crew was saved,
but the ship is in a critical condition
A report from the naval commander at
Port Arthur states that two japanese
battleships struck mines of the harbor
May 10 One sank and the other. af
ter showing distress, was rghted and
steamed away, escorted by cruisers
Seventy thousand Russian troops are
reported to be advancing 70 relieve Port
Arthur The japanese are fastening
their operations against the fortress with
1900 men. advancing 20 within seven
miles Of the batteries. Each foot Of their
advance has been stubbornly contested.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
DID FUNSTON SWIM?
Kansas Text Book Comnliss,i ,ners Dis
credit the River Exhibit

credit the River Exploit.
Pupils of the Kansas high SCHOOLS will
no longer be taught that it was for
swimming the Bag Bag river in the
Phllppines and in the face of n hot fire
from the enemy that Gen. Frederick
Funston was promoted from colonel of
volunteers to be a brigadier general in
the regular army. The statement in
hansas histories that the little general
SWAIN this river AMI thereby earned his
promotion has gone unquestioned until
the other day. when q subcommittee Of
the State text book commission ordered
the account of the incident expunged
from the history, which has been re-
adopted for use in the high schools for
i've years. These commissioners served
notice on Mrs. Noble L. Prentis, who
is revising the history, which her late
husband wrote, that she must expunge
that section IF the work which sets
forth the statement that the colonel of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment swan
the Bag Bag river. When Gen. Fun
sion was promoted to the place he now
holds his commission declared in explicit
terms that his promotion was earned by
his action in swimming the Bag Bag
In the face of severe FIRE from the en-
envy. We will give credit TO the pri-
Yates, Trembly and White, to whom it
belongs" said Commissioner McCray
we are tired OF seeing the misstate-
ment that Funston ever swan the river
paraded before pupils in the Kansas
schools. 1t will be stopped now while
there are men living in the State who
know it is not true"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
RUSSIA READY FoR Losa War.


II
Russia is preparing for two year
war with Japan, aud if necessary an
army of 10000 men will be sent to the
Far East to oyerawe China, 70 guard
railway communications, relieve Fort Ar
thur and drive the japanese armies into
tbs sea. The war temper of the Russian
empire has been thoroughly aroused by
the succession of reverses in Manchuria.
Military men are no louder than civilians
in demanding revenge for the defeats on
land and sea. The cry is for more
troops" more troops" Plans are be-
ing hurried az the War Department in
st. Petersburg for the mobilization of
the entire body of Russian reserves
Official reports received at st. Peters
burg admit that the Russians lost 100
men, killed or wounded, in battle with
strong japanese force near Kinchou.
Brigadier General Nadein was one of
the Russians wounded
Al Toxic it is officially denied that
japanese army was repulsed north of
Fengwangcheng and pursued for fifteen
miles. Skirmishes are frequent in the
vicinity of Molten pass, but the Japan
csc say the soldiers defeated formed only
a small accommodating force.
Most European critics believe that
Japan's plan for enveloping Kouropat-
kin's arm. at Liaoyang has been relent-
lessly carried out. 1t is estimated from
the most reliable information at hand
that the Russians cannot put into action
above 100000 men. while the Japs will
be able to oppose them with fully l20,-
600 within few days. The expectation
is that if the Japs succeed in surround
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
NABs TWO BOLD rHTEyEs.


Buffalo Youth Secs Men Rob Employer
Tracks Them and Causes Arrest.
Buffalo has an office boy sleuth. By
using his eyes and his legs he has cap
tured and landed two diamond robbers
behind prison bars. Two well-dressed
men went to the store of Louis E.
ReiDsch, diamond importer at No. 3
Grand court, Mooney Brisbane building.
We've design for badge here" said
one OF the men. I'VE want you to make
II and In the, center of this letter 'C' we
want diamond" Reinsch took his Wis
itors behind the cage, where he dis
played his diamonds, and asked them
70 be seated at a table. Then Mr..
Reinsch opened his big safe and took out
nfteen packages of diamonds. One of
the men slipped a catalogue over toward
ne. packages and diamonds. All this
time Little Willie Brtch, the Office hoy,
was seated on a high chair watching the
proceedings. I'VE will be in tomorrow
afternoon said the smaller of the two
men, and they started toward the door.
The Office boy had figured it all out in
his mind. He whispered his suspicious
to his employer. Willie borrowed ten
cents for car fare and scooted after the
two men. He followed them down the
stairs. through the corridor and out on
Washington street. At Eagle and Eli
colt streets stood Sergeant MostberSer
and Patrofman Thomas McGreevy. Viii
lie ran to the policemen and asked them
OF they would help him catch two rob
bers. The thieves were caught and $500
worth of diamonds were recovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
ONE WEEK OFTHEWA
MARCH OF EVENTS IN THE FAR
EAST DURING SEVEN DAYS.
Russians, Disorganized by the YaIu
Battle, Seem to Have Stopped Rum
ming and Turned on the Japs, Who
Have Met with Severe Repulses.

Seven days have seen no little
change in the relative prospects of the
contestants in the far East. A week
previous the Russians were on the run
everywhere Disorganized by the dis
astrous battle on the bank of the Yalu.
General Kuropatkin's forces were sup-
posed to be lying in terror at Lao
yang. and considering an immediate
further retreat The Russian general
staff made what was considered
most natural declaration, that the army
would fall back not only to Mukden,
but far beyond it, TO Hardin, and the
general comment was that retreat nigh
even already be cut off. From numer-
Gus sources came reports of large
bodies of Japanese troops as far north
as Mukden.
1t now transpires that the Russians
never fed as far as I.iaoyang; that
they have not considered further re-
treat; that, on the contrary, they have
beer able to push their foe back to
within fifteen miles of Fengwang-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
ARRESTED IN RACINE.
WELL-kNOWN DOCTOR CHARGED
WITH COMMUNICATING.
Made Bogus Ten-DoI1ar Gold Pieces
and Spurious Nickels- Water in Lake
Superior Eight Inches Higher than
NOrmaI-Late News.


Captain Thomas L. Porter. of the
United States secret service, arrested Dr.
William T. Aubin, of Racine, Wis, on
a charge Of counterfeiting. The police
claim they found in the doctors posses
sion considerable bad coin and also
plate for making $10-gold pieces. Dr.
Aubin was taken to Milwaukee. For
about six years he has, with his wife,
Louise M. Aubin, been practicing medi-
cine in Racine. During the last four
weeks many bad coins have been passed
In Racine and the police have been work
ing or the case. but not until few days
40 were any of the coins traced to the
Aubin house. Merchants with whom the
Aubins traded found they had consider
able of the queer coin. Many bad nick
els were also found in the fare boxes on
street cars. One morning Captain Por-
ter arrived in the city and went to the
Aubin home, and after gaining admission
to the house went to a room where Au-
bin was at WORK and there found him
trying to destroy several of the coins
which he had already made After a
fight Aubin was captured and placed I'M
der arrest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Woman browns at Madison.

Cordoba Dean was drowned and Mil
dred Wood, Ethel Pringle, Myrtle Smith
and Alvaide Abbott were rescued with
difficult: as the result Of boating acct
dent to five nurses of the Madison sani-
tarium in Madison. Gustav Nobel and
George Hyland, fishermen, saved the life
of Miss Wood, plunging into the water
and recovering her body after she was
unconscious and nearly dead. Miss Dean
was taken from the water ten minutes
later, but was dead. Her home is in
Merrill, and she was % years old. The
nurses went boating on Lake Monona
for the first time this season. They were
in shallow water and when the brisk
wind took their boat out some distance
they became frightened and the boat was
capsized.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
All over the state.

Miss Anna Engel was fatally burned
at Fond du Lac while preparing some
varnish and turpentine on a hot stove.
preparatory to vanishing the floor, the
turpentine took fire and ignited her
clothes
Publication of a marriage license. is
sued at Milwaukee. stopped a romantic
elopement and marriage of Maude
Baker, Is years of age, and Seymour
KimbaIl. % years of age, Of Racine The
brides mother saw the names in q Mil
waukee paper and stopped the elope-
ment.
On receiving the news of Gov. La Fol-
lette's nomination by the regular" Re
publicans NJ P Griswold of Appleton,
bitter political enemy Of the Governor,
cut his throat.
Edward Williams of Chicago was held
in $1,000 bail on the charge of robbing
the Office of F. c. Arnold in Oshkosh.
The safe was broken into, but little of
value was secured.
Illinois buyers have purchased 400
acres of land eight miles north of Cri-
vitz. from the Skidmore Land Company.
and placed upon it 1900 head Of sheep,
shipped in from Montana.
August Better, Sr., Fred Better and
Benjamin RADIANT of Kilbourn, charged
with breaking into a car at Kilbourn,
were discharged.
Ollie Sathers. a former Minneapolis
newspaper man. fell into a cellarway, a
distance Of twenty feet, in GAINESVILLE.
with such force that he broke a blood
vessel and died almost instantly.
-Four young men, names not known.
said TO be from Racine. entered the sam
pie rooms of A. Sylvester, located at
Ives. broke all the chairs in the place.
wrecked the bar. struck and injured SyE
vester. fracturing his arm, and struck
and knocked stranger seaseless, using
rocks as weapons
In Milwaukee 14year-old Lille Seu-
besrh gave her life in a vain attempt TO
save her S-year-Old sister Lydia from
drowning. The little one lost her foot
ing on the bank OF an old stone quarry
and fell into the water. Her older sis
ter jumped into the pond after her and
both were drowned. The children were
fishing in the quarry when the accident
happened. Many persons have been
drowned in the same quarry and the
authorities are trying to have il filed
up
John NJ Roberts. one Of the first stone
cutters in southern Wisconsin. died sud
denly at his home in Racine, Of typhoid
pneumonia, aged n years
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
BUILDING TIE-uP ENDS.
Stone, Lime and Cement Drivers Reach
Agreement in Chicago.

agreement In Ch1CaGOs
Operations on building, sidewalk and
paving contracts representing millions
of dollars, which for two weeks have
been almost completely tied up by the
strike and lockout of stone, lime and ce-
ment teamsters, have been resumed in
Chicago. Building workmen made idle
by the tie-up of supplies, reported for
work within a few hours after the uaion
drivers, who ratified the agreement made
by their committee and the Stone, Lime
and Cement Contractors Association. AS
basis for the settlement Of the strike
and lockout, the union drivers were given
an increase of 60 cents week over their
former weekly pay, the CLOSED shop"
and liberal concessions in overtime al
lowances. To facilitate the immediate
general resumption of building and other
operations dependent upon the product
of the members of the newly formed
United Association of Building Material
Industries the contractors. after the set
tement was made, set forces of clel ks
to apportion to each job for which they
have orders reasonable amount of ma
tcrlal Only sufficient amount for i'm
mediate needs could be delivered to any
one place for several days until opera
tons were well under way.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
SEVEN DIE, MANY HURT.
Explosion of Fireworks Factory at
Findlay, Ohio, Claims Victims.

Two simultaneous explosions in the
fireworks and railway torpedo plant of
the Lake Shore Novelty Company, in
Findlay. Ohio working overtime on rush
orders, killed at least seven employees
Sunday, injured FIVE others beyond hope
of recovery and fifteen others badly Two
other persons are missing and are be
heved to have been blown to atoms. The
entire plant, which covered ten acres of
ground, was utterly destroyed. Not
single wall remains standing. So violent
were the explosions that the whole city
was shaken. The explosions took place
in the two drying rooms. In the maya
zines that blew up were great quantities
of potash and this was hurled into the
bodies of the men and women who were
injured, as result of which the doctors
fear blood poisoning may cause the death
of ten of those hurt less seriously. 1t is
surInised that some one in the drying
rooms dropped a large box of torpedoes,
thereby causing the explosion, but this
theory cannot be confirmed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
DEs lIA21gRS
..,,G;s9S1F gs%lNM
sN 80

Chicago-Cattle. common TO prime,
$500 TO $40; hogs, shipping grades,
800 TO $4.67; sheep, fair to choice, S275
to S.. 70; wheat, No. red, S1.03 TO $1.O6;
corn, No. 2, 47c to 40c; oats. standard.
Ale to 42c; rye, No. 2. 76c 10 re; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $l4.50; prairie. 5000 to
S1150; butter, choice creamery, 16c TO
1sc; eggs. fresh, he TO 15c; potatoes,
S100 to $115.
st. Louis-Cattle $3.50 to $5.65; hogs.
$500 to $500; sheep. $500 10 $3.50;
wheat. No. 2, $1O6 to $10S; corn. No. 2,
4Gc to zoe; oats, No. 2, 40c to 41c; rye,
No. 2. Csc to roc.
Cincinuati-Cattle. $500 TO $500;
hogs. $500 to S4.s5; sheep, S2C9 to
S4.25: wheat No. 2, $1.10 to S1.12h;
corn. No. 2 mixed, SOC 10 SIC; oats. No
2 mixed, 41c TO 42c; rye, No. 2. 7Sc to
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to S4s5; hogs,
800 TO 1870; sheep, $3.50 TO $500;
wheat. No 2, s1.05 to SLOT; cora. No. 3
yellow. SAC to 55c; oats, No white, 43e
10 45c; rye. No. 2. roc to Tic.
Milwaukee-Wheat. 10. 2 northern,
&C to CSC; corn, No. 3, Sic 10 53c;
oats. No. white. 43c to 44c: rye. No. /.
TIC to roc; barley, No. 2. CSC to G5c;
pork, mess, $11.00.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. s1O7 10
S1.09; corn, No. mixed. 52c 20 54c;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c: rye. No. 2.
69c to roc; clover seed, prime, $G.25,
Buffalo--Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to $5.25; hogs, fair TO prime. 800
to 1913; sheep, fair TO choice, 1913 10
$3.50; lambs. common to choice, 1915 to
ST.4O.
New York-Cattle, $3.50 to $5.25;
hogs. S4.p0 TO $500; sheep, $500 to
Sss5; wheat. No. red. $1O4 70 S1.O6;
corn, No. 2, SIC TO 5Sc; oats. No. white,
45c to 47c; butter, creamery. 1Sc to 2oc;
eggs. western. l5c to 1Sc.
apoiis--CattIe. shipping, $500 to
s5.35; hogs, choice light, 500 to S4-65;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 10 $500;
wheat, Nc. 2. s1.08 to s1.07: corn, No. 2
white, SOC to sic; oats. No 2 white, 42c
70 43c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Guilty of MILWAUKEE, Doodle.

The first of the Milwaukee boodle
trials ended with the conviction of Build
ing Inspector Michael Dunn, charged
with accepting a bride of $500 from
the Pabst Brewing Company for grant
ing a permit to erect warehouse which
did not conform to the ordinances. Dunn,
in defense, declared the money went to
Aldermen to take out of committee an
ordinance granting permission for the
building. The court refused to allow
bail pending arguments for a new trial,
and Dunn went to jail
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Throws Self Under Train.

Enos Roop of Irving Park, H., de-
spondent and probably insane, threw
himself in front of the engine of the
Chicago-St. Paul limited on the North
western road in Madison and was ground
to death. He was p years old and had
ONE to a Madison sanitarium for men
tai treatment. He was walking with his
father when the train came, stepped TO
one side in response to the fathers di-
rection and then threw himself under
the COW catcher.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Wieske Held entity.

The verdict i'll Eau Claire of the jury
in the case of the State against Vernon
Wieske, charged with killing his father,
was murder in the first degree. Michael
Wieske, an old man, was found dead in
his home about sixty miles from Au-
gusta, on M,'rch 4. His head had been
crushed in and the house had been set
on fire. On the preliminary examina-
ton, the son, Vernon, aged IS years,
pleaded guilty, but later changed the
plea.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
THEATRICAL MAN SHOT BY WIFE.
Mrs. Frank Burt of Toledo, o., Pain
fully Wounds Husband.

Frank Burt, theatrical manager, was
shot by his wife in Toledo Ohio. The
alleged jealousy of Mrs. Burt and domes-
tic difficulties had led to a separation.
Mr.. Burt was standing in front of Burts
Theater, when his wife appeared, drew
a revolver and fired, the bullet entering
his face. Mrs. Burt was arrested. Burt
owns two theaters in Toledo, and is
lessee of theaters at Lima, Youngs-
town and Bowling Green, Ohio; Fort
Wayne and Evansville, Ind; Erie, Pa,
and Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Burt was
released later on $1,000 bail. She is
repentant and would like to nurse him
if permitted. Mr. Burt is beHeved to
be out of danger, though his face may be
badly disfgured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
EIGHT DIE IN WESTERN FLOODS.
Colorado and Wyoming Streams Swell
Macy in Danger.


Eight lives are known to have been
lost in Colorado and Wyoming in raging
foods that were started by .cloudbursts,
and near Cheyenne many persons are
missing. Scores of other people are in
danger. Immense damage was done in
Colorado, along the Cache La Poudre
river. The dam at Lake Livingston
gave way before the food. The towns
of LivermOre, Laporte, Wellington and
part of Fort Collins were submerged un-
de. five feet of water. Five iron bridges
and two railway bridges have been
swept away and miles of the Colorado
lad Southern Railway track are washed
out. The Union Pacific tracks also are
badly damaged. Thousands OF acres Of
ranch and farm land are inundated and
great many cattle have been drowned.
Severl other streams are threatening to
overflow because of the rains
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Punishment Cor St. Louis swindler.

Arthur f. Mcintyre, president OF the
defunct Merchants Brokerage and Com
mission Company, one of the st. Louis
"get-rich-quick" concerns brought into
prominence by the downfall of e. J.
Arnold and John j. Ryan, was found
guilty of using the mails to defraud by
jury II the United States District Court
ana was sentenced to the penitentiary
for eighteen months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Woman Killed by Thugs.

Mrs William c. Gotshall, wife of the
president of the New York and Port
Chester Railway Company, was proba-
bly, fatally injured by stone thrown
by one of a gang of East Side roughs
in New York City while she was riding
in an automobile with her husband.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Fifty-three Filirinos Slain.

A report has been received stating
that a massacre had taken place near
Malabang. on the southern coast of Min
danao. Fifty-three Filipino men, women
and children, the families of employees of
the United States military government
at Malabang, were surprised at midnight
while asleep by the Datto Ais and a
band of Moros from the Rio Grande
valley, and slaughtered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

sacrifice a magnificent vessel to their
own stupidity.
There is some reason to believe that
the Japanese have now between 49,
coo and $4,000 men beleaguering Port
Arthur. where there is much smaller
Russian garrison. If the Japanese
really have concentrated so many
men at that point and are bringing up
siege guns. it must be their intention
to push matters. even at the risk Of
a great loss of life. To let the siege
or investment drag on until the Rus
sian Baltic fleet reached the Pacific
would be a hazardous matter.
Operations at Port Arthur do not at
tract so much attention as those in
land. far TO the north, where Gen.
Kuropatkin is facing the concentrating
armies of the japanese. Nothing has
been heard of the army under Gen.
Oku. which landed west of the mouth
of the Yalu, and was supposed 10 he
moving in the direction of Haicheng,
about midway between Newchwang
and Liaoyang. on the line of the re.l-
road.
Gen. Kurokfs whereabouts is better
known. Wednesday some of his troops
had reached a point about twenty
eight miles north of Fengwangcheng.
They were attacked, according to Rus
sian reports. by several regiments of
Cossacks and were driven back fifteen
miles. This was at first described as
n battle in which the japanese suffered
heavy loss. but it does not appear TO
have been much more than an affair
of outposts. signifying little.
This encounter throws a little light
on the position of the japanese, but
not on their plans. The Russians have
evacuated Newchwang. and presum
ably hold line along the railroad ex-
tending from Haicheng at the south
"a Mukden at the north. The japanese
somewhere 10 the east of that line.
According to Russian reports. $1,000
of them are still soGth of the Russian
troons that are covering Laoyang.
II is already a terrible war, and
there is every prospect Of long and
hard fighting still to come.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31

doubtedly serious, are not regarded as
affecting the present situation.
The disaster has revived the project of
sending the Baltic feet to the Far East
in June, and has greatly revived public
feeling at st. Petersburg. 1t also has
confirmed the Japs' determination to take
Port Arthur at an early date at any cost.
The most significant thing is Russia's
agitation of the Chinese scare. The
Russian authorities are seeking every
opportunity to press and otherwise
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Following is the standing of the clubs

Standings in the American Association
ar0 as follows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Heavy Loss for Russians.

While the japanese feet was covering
the landing Of troops near Kai-Chau a
fierce engagement occurred at Hsin-Yen
Cheng. Two thousand Russians were
killed or wounded. The Russians re-
treated and the japanese occupied both
Kaiping and Eai-Chau.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
Japanese Battleships Are Sunk.

Vice Admiral Togo has reported as
follows: "a report from Rear Admiral
Dewa says that the cruisers Kasaga and
Yoshino colhded during a fog off Port
Arthur. The Yoshino sank, only ninety
of her crew being saved. On the same
day the battleship Hatsuse struck a Rus
sian mine and sank"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-05-31
viii I.ay of 1000 Men.

About 1900 men will be laid off by
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company. the
sim being TO get down to the 1902 basis.
Continued shrinkage in business and no
expectation of early improvement are
the reasons for this big reduction in the
force just decided upon as unavoidable.