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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
POWER CT NEW POISON.
vapor from rhres Grain. of cyanid

Vapor from Three Grains of Cyanide
of Cacodyi Will Kill 1housands.
Prussic acid long has been supposed
TO be the most deadly poison. but now
I-ascelles Scott of Little Ilford, Eng
land, makes the startling statement that
the substance known to scientists as di
methyl arsine cyanide, or more shortly
rs cyanide of cacodyl. is hup'-sds, even
thousands, of times more poisonous than
pure pgussic acid Scott declares that
Whit Of this deadly poison would kill
large room full of people. and the
yapor from three grains diffused into the
air of Drury Lane Theater would suffice
to Kill every person in the audience
Fortunately for mankind" says Mr.
Scott, this poison is so deadly that the
criminal who attempted to use it would
IN all probability kill himself. 1t is a
white powder which melts at SO degrees
and boils at 40 degrees. When exposed
to air it gives off a slight vapor. to in
hale which is death. knowing its prop
critics. took every preeaution to make
my experiments in open air. yet in spite
of my care. and ! have been accustomed
TO dealing with such things all my life
some of the fumes must have escaped
for | was i'll for a week after that ex-
pertinent"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

More thar twenty persons were in
jured. some of them fatally. when two
cars on the Broadway line colided in
st. Louis. Both cars were north bound
and travelling in fog so dense that it
was impossible to make out an object as
far as a block away. The accident oc-
CURED while the front ear was station
airy, owing to a quarrel between the con-
ductor and passenger over a fare. The
second car was coming at high speed
through the fog, the motorman. Chris
topher Juergin. ringing his gong None
of the 100 passengers on the two cars
knew that the accident was impending
until the crash came. The second car
crashed through the rear of the front one
until it reached almost the middle of it.
The dozen or more passengers on the
rear platform of the front car were jum-
med together under the rear car Motor
ran Juergin caught the full force of the
collision. He was cut and bruised and
his back was broken
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
This and That.

Two children Of r. Symanietz Of St
Anna. MINI, burned to death while their
parents were temporarily absent.
The st. Louis Star an afternoon news
paper which has hitherto supported
Roosevelt, has come out in favor OF Can
non or Hanna for President.
The family and friends OF Henry Ha-
zelton. the St. Louis lace importer who
disappeared at Paris. France. believe he
was murdered and his body thrown into
the River Seine.
After having been blind for five weeks,
Miss Hattie Huxley OF Barnard, Kan.
suddenly recovered her sight. During
her blindness her mother had been over
come by grief because of the affection
and died.
BY reason OF a defective gas fixture
in their room at Joseph Toucl s. boarding
house, Kansas avenue, Kansas City,
Kan. James Ward, bridge builder
Is dead and his roommate, John Max,
was made quite III.
The six-story building occupied BY
James n. Dillingham; & Co, manufac-
turers Of bobbins and shuttles, at Phia-
delphia, was almost completely destroy cd
by FIRE. Loss $4,000; partly insured
George Schaefer is in Jail in st LOUIS
charged with the murder Of his father.
II Is alleged that he poisoned soup OF
which both his father and mother par
took. The latter was made very SICK
but recovered.
Jacob Meyers was fatally stabbed By
Joseph Curry, an Italian laborer, during
a quarrel In a hotel at Duncannon, "a
After the stabbing, Curry was chased oy
3 rosss and to escape be jumped into the
dyer and was drowned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Notes of National Capital.

Congress may pass law to preserve
the big trees in Calaveras Grove. Cali
fornia.
About 100000 will be expended in i'm
proving the dam across the Ohio at
Louisville.
] II. Causten. of Washington State.
has been appointed collector of customs
in Porto Rico
Representative Haskins, OF Vermont,
introduced bill amending sections 1871
and 1882 of the revised statutes relat-
ing to participation in contracts and in
terest in securing positions or other adj
vantages from the government By mem
bers Of Congress and employs Of the
government, by making it apply to mem
bers of Congress elect.
Secretary Shaw has appointed James
Fl. II. Cansten, of the State OF Washing
ton, collector Of customs for the collec-
tios district of Porto Rico. with com
pensation OF $4,000 per annum.
Senator SmooG has filed with the Com
mittee on Privileges his second reply TO
the presentation made by Attorney Tay-
ler The reply places on record detailed
denial Of assertions made By Mr.. Tayler.
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Jones
viii recommend to the President the IS
suanee Of a proclamation opening to set
Element the tract Of land in Nebraska.
ten miles long and five miles wide,' adjoin-
ing the Pine Ridge agency. across the
line in South Dakota.
Representative Sibley, Of Pennsy!va-
MIA, introduced a bill providing that no
officer Of the government shall in behalf
Of the United States OF America pur-
chase or enler into contract for any ma
teriaI or article Of whatsoever kind or
nature manufactured or 10 be msnufae-
tured by convict labor"
The House committee on iEsular az
fairs ordered q resolution to be reported
to the House AUTHORIZING :s> quarter
master generai Il the army to bring 600
school teachers from Poyto Rico 70 the
United States ID, attend the summer
schools OF various universities Tie
teachers are 10 pay for their Subsistence
N the boat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

The entire population of the little
town of MoundvilIe. in Tuscaloosa Coun-
", Alabama, was reported annihilated in
tornado which swept that part of the
State at o'clock Friday morning. On
Gals of 1.-The Alabama Great Southern
Railroad at Birmingham received a mes
sage by way of Selma from Conductor
Capehart of north-bound passenger
train, dated at Akron, saying that when
his train reached Moundville shortly be-
fore 3 o'clock in the morning he was I'M
able to pass because of wreckage on the
track. He says the entire north end Of
the town of MoundvilIe was wrecked by
the tornado and that practically the en-
tire population Of the place was killed.
Moundville is a town of about 300 PEG
Pile on the line between Hale and Tusca
loosa COUNTIES 1t is seventy miles south
west of Birmingham and about fifteen
miles south of Tuscaloosa
A tornado struck the suburban town
of North Birmingham and demolished or
damaged thirty-six houses, most of which
were negro cabins. A number of indus
trial plants were also slightly damaged
by having stacks blown down. The store
of Posey Bros was destroyed. There
We're a number of narrow escapes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
DGES llAl[33gRS
:. .G,41slf SS5g5N IgulP 2$l=7 -GN .
s4 Ssss s g.
--fLs S%SSS

Chicago-Cattle. common TO prime,
$500 to 1925; hogs. shipping grades,
50. 90 to $500: sheep. fair TO choice, SO
to "a. 40; wheat, No. red, SSc 10 ODE;
corn. No .. 44c TO Ace oats, standard,
soc to 4Oc; rye No. ?. SO, to SOC; hay,
timothy. $3.50 to $3.50; prairie $500 to
$11.00; butter choice creamery, DE to
21c; eggs. fresh, DC to 26c; potatoes,
Toe to SIC.
anapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500 to
$500; hogs. choice light. $500 to 500;
sheep. common to prime, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat. No. ., Ole to 93c; corn, No.
white. 43c to Acc; oats, No. white,
soc to 40c.
st. Louis-Catte, $3.50 to S5.2j, hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep. $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2. 9oc to Ole; corn. No. :,
42c to 43c: oats, No. ?, SIC to 39c; rye,
No. 2, 4Sc to Acc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 800 to S4.S5;
hogs. $500 to $515; sheep. 500 to
So. 70; wheat. No. ., 96c to JSc; corn.
No. . mixed. Acc to Ale; oats, No. ,
mixed. Ale TO 43c; rye No 2, 62c to CSC.
Detroit-CattIe. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to A.23;
wheat, No. 2. 93c to 94c; corn No 3
yellow. 44c to 45c: oats. No. 3 white,
Ale TO 42c; rye, No. 2. Gle to 62c.
Wheat, No. 2 northern.
Soc to SEC: corn, No. 3. Ale TO Abe; oats
No. 2 white. 40c to Ale; rye, No. l. 59c
to Gle: barley, No ,. 65c TO CSC; pork,
mess, $12.50.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed. 9Oc to
92c: corn. No . mixed 45c to 46c; oats.
No. 2 mixed. 29c to Ale; rye, No. 2 3Sc
10 soc; clover seed, prime, $500.
New York-Cattle $3.50 to $500;
hogs. $500 to $500 sheep, $500 10
$3.50: wheat. No 2 red. 93c to 94c; corr
No. 2, 55c to SEC; oats No. white
46c to 47c; butter. creamery, zoe to &c;
eggs. western, 29c TO Bic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
ACCUSED OF TAKING s,oo, 900.
Treasurer Goggin of Nashua Trust Co.
Lost Money Aiding Friend

= OO&eln Oh @NaSHEa rust To-
Lost Money Aiding a Friend.
John +. Goggin. treasurer of the
Nashua Trust Company. was arrested in
Nashua, \. H.. charged with embezzling
sum of money from the bank The
amount is placed between $4,000 and
100000. The Nashua Trust Company
did not open its doors Monday and the
institution is in charge of the State bank
commissioners pending a further exam
nation. Goggin was held to the grand
jury i'll $4,000 bonds. He made no
statement. but it was said that his down
fall was not caused by speculation. but
by having given assistance from time to
time 10 a friend Goggin is one of the
most prominent bank officials in New
Hampshire. He is about 40 years old
and has family. In banking circles
the hope was held oct that the defalca-
ton would not result in the permanent
closing of the bank. The Nashua Trust
Company has capital of $4,000 and
usually carries deposits running from
$6OO'OOO to $650.000 in the savings de-
partment. The bank also had check
deposit department. the deposits in which
VIII swell the total to about $1,000,0OO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
ENTOMBED IN A MINE.
Explosion Causes Disaster in PennsyI-
vauia Coal Shaft.

Explosion Causes Disaster in Pennsyl-
vania Coal Shaft.
Between 125 and $50 men were en-
tombed Monday by an explosion in the
shaft of the Harwick Coal Company
near Cheswick, Pa. Many were killed
by the explosion or suffocated by gas.
About 200 men are employed at the
mine, $50 working inside and the remain
der on the tipple. The men on the tipple
were badly burned by the explosion.
With a loud report and an upheaval like
an earthquake the woodwork Of the tip
shaft were filled with debris. rocks and
for those in the mine.
The mine is one mile from Cheswick
and was opened about two years ago.
The company is allied with the Allie
gheny Coal Company, and it is said was
operated by Cleveland capitalists Su-
perintendent Sheets telephoned to ]. r.
Morris, manager of the Pittsburg Tool
and Drop Forge Company at Cheswick
for assistance and the works there were
closed and the entire force of men, num-
boring seventy-ive, was sent TO the scene.
The shaft was 220 feet deep. In the in
side of the mine the headings had not
been made more than half mile.
The scene at the mouth of the pit was
pitiable Hundreds of wives and chill
dren surrounded the shaft, crazed with
grief. awaiting news from the entombed
men.
Whether the explosion occurred at the
far extremity of the mine and the con-
cussion killed the men or whether it oc-
CURED nearer the shaft and imprisoned
them was not known. Half a dozen men
working near the mouth of the pit on
the tipple were caught in the wreekage
As soon as he heard Of the accident
Superintendent George Sheets telephoned
TO Cheswick and Springdale for assist
ance. Gangs of worknen were sent in
response and physicians hurried TO the
scene to take care OF the injured.
CIeswick is a small town about fifteen
mile. north of Pittsburg
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Odd. and E-sa

Wa Ting Fang. formerly Chinese min
lister al Washington. has been appointed
vice president OF the Chinese board Of
foreign affairs
AT the dedieatory exercises Of the new
Clark University Library at Worcester,
Mass. DR. G. STANLEY Hall. president of
the university, announced gift of SlO0,-
600 from Andrew Carnegie.
]. A. McBefh, his wife and 5-year-old
daughter and his brother-in-law, Bert
West. were burned TO death in a Ere
which destroyed the furniture store Of ].
A. Ostertag, in Bsllinger. Texas. The
property ioss Is $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
FIFTEEN FALL TO Deaf
Cage at Strattsn's Indcpe nd
NiCfor. Cnln In Terri hi

| Cage at Strattsn's In1epend
Victor, Colo, in Terribly
As the result of an AZ
! CURED in STATIONS -
~ Re engine. and the
was drawn up into
", where it became lodg-
The strain on the cable
- part. and the cage shot
%shaft Two of the occupants,
jackson and James Bullock, had
Zine entangled in the timber rods near
e top of the gallows frame. Jackson
WAS, crushed to death by the sheave
wheel falling upon him. while Bullock
had a marvellous escape from death. but
received painful injuries. The other men
were hurled to death down the 1,500-foot
shaft
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
INDIANS YHRIArEN TO RAID.
Say They Will Leave Nothing Alive
but Birds aud Snakes.

Runners-in from TeXanna. |. T.. report
an uprising among the full-blood Indians
of the Cherokees and ask the protection
of the officers for the whites who live in
that country The Cherokees belong to
the Ketoowah band. which has opposed
the government in the allotting of lands.
They have left their homes around Poor
mans Gap and gone to Greenleaf noun
tains, where they threaten to raid and
leave nothing alive but the birds and
snakes" Runners are going constantly
between the Ketoowahs and the Snakes
and they are trying to get their forces
together. If this is done bloodshed is
feared. The Snakes and the Ketoowahs
led the uprising in 1896
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
FOR GREAT UNIVERSITY.
Southern Presbyterians to Unite TIVE
GchnoIa of

Southern Presbyterians TO Unite Two
Schools of Atlanta.
The special conference in which the
Presbyterian synods of South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Tennessee. Alabama,
Mississippi and Louisiana were repre-
scented voted to establish a great Pres
byterian university at Atlanta. The vote
was IS to 3 Oh the proposition TO recon-
mend the consolidation of the Columbia
Is. c. Theological University and the
Southwestern Presbyterian University at
Clarksvile, Tenn. in one large institu-
ton at Atlanta. Atlanta citizens have
pledged S250,000 for the new institution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

The Senate Monday heard further dis
cussion ON the question of appointments
to office made during congressional re-
cesses, listened to speech on the 18th
milan canal question by Mr.. Morgan and
passed number of bills. a resolution
asking for specific information concern
ing the nomination of w. u. Crum as
collector of customs az the port Of
Charleston, S. c.. was passed a reso-
luton asking for similar information con
corning the nomination of Brig. Gen.
Wood and other army officers Went over
until Tuesday Mr.. CHberson intro
duced the Democratic resolution calling
on the President for information CON
corning the Panama situation. 1t Went
over under the rules. The House passed
the army appropriation bin carrying APP
proximately $T3.000.000 a resolution
calling on the Secretary of State for in
formation as to the number of carriages
maintained by the government for the
State Department was adopted. Repre-
sentative Mann introduced a bill appro-
priating 100000 for the purchase of a
site and the erection of public building
at South Chicago. Secretary Shaw trans
mitted an estimate for an appropriation
of 1914 300 desired by the War Depart
ment for the erection of buildings on the
recently acquired military reservation
near Indianapolis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

Fire destroyed six blocks of frame
business houses at Sour Lake. Texas.
and got into the Cannon tract in the oil
fields. doing considerable damage. The
loss is placed at 100000 The fire was
got under control with the assistance OF
aid from Beaumont.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
yurv Holds Eight ResponsibIe,

Mayor Carter II. Harrison, Fire Chief
Musham, Building Commissioner George
Williams, Manager win ]. Davis and
Edward Loughlin, William Sallers.
James f. Cummings and William Nc
Mullen have been held responsible for
the Iroquois Theater hre in Chicago by
the coroner's jury in sweeping verdict.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
MANY Entom bed in Mine.

Between $50 and 100 miners are be-
lievcd to have persisted in the Hsrwick
mine at Cheswick, Pa. as the result of
a terrific explosion. supposed to have
been caused by fire damp. Selwyn NJ.
Taylor. the Pittsburg mining engineer.
who was the first TO enter the mine after
the explosion, was killed by gas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Give. s1ight to President.

The kentucky House of Representa-
tiyes has refused to adopt a resolution
inviting President Roosevelt TO address
the Legislature. This action was taken
after resolutions had previously been
adopted extending such invitations to
Senators Hanna and German, William
Jennings Bryan and others.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

The body OF Miss Sarah Schaefer.
teacher of Latin in the Bedford Undl
high school. was found in a carriage
house there. She had been attacked and
robbed and the body was mutilated, The
appearances OF the shed Indicated q ter
rife struggle. Miss Schaefer came from
Elkhart year ago and was greatly ad-
.ns.-p1
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Chicago.. Mayor Is Released.

Mayor Harrison of Chicago, by order
of Judge Tuthill in habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. was discharged from the Gus
tody of the sheriff. was declared to have
no part of>bame for the lroquois disas-
ter. and the coroner's jury was censured
for having gone beyond the evidence and
the facts in holding the Mayor to the
grand ir1rV
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Lover Dies in Her Arms.

A party of young people. among whom
was Lewis Flicker, a farmer, started
from Anoka. Mimi. on a sleigh ride to
Blaine The young woman accompany
ing Flicker had her arm around him and
after a long silence on the part of young
Flicker she discovered TO her horror that
he was dead. The coroner decided that
death was due to heart failure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Children Die in Flames.

Three small children of Henry Feisin-
ger of Rockport, Ohio, We're burned to
death in a fire that destroyed the farm
house. Mrs. Feisinger. aged 80, was ia
tally burned in attempting to rescue the
children. who were sleeping in a room
above the summer kitchen.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Passengers in Darlington Wreck

Passenger train No. u on the Bur
lington collided head-on with an extra
freight at Ashland, Neb. Engineer Gra-
bill of the freight train was instantly
killed. Two passenger ears were thrown
from the track and a number of people
injured. but none seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

isfy the bequest Of his will, which a
rected that $250.0O0 be given TO the
Methodist Episcopal Church. A liberal
estimate of the total values of the estate
is said to be 100000 The bequest TO
heirs amounts to S250,000 and their
claims take precedence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

The time of the Senate Tuesday was
again divided between consideration of
the Panama question and other subjects.
Mr.. Stone of Missouri spoke TO reso-
luton directing the Senate committee on
foreign relations TO make an inyestiga-
ton into the Panama revolt. Mr.. Hey
burn of Idaho spoke in support of a reso-
luton prohibiting railroad companies
from taking up land in a solid body in
lieu of land in forest reservations. The
resolution presented by Mr.. Tillman ask
ing for information from the Secretary Of
War concerning the appointment of Gen.
Wood and other army officers was taken
up and passed without debate. Repre-
sentative Boutel of Illinois addressed the
House for nearly two hours in reply to
Mr.. Williams stand pat speech of a
few days ago Mr. Williams replied to
Mr.. Boutell. The speeches were made
while the urgent deficiency bill was IN
der consideration. A resolution calling
on the Postmaster General for inf0rma-
ton relative to the number of carriages
maintained by the government for the
Postofice Department was passed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
100000 for Naval Y. NJ. c. A.

Rear Admiral II. c. Taylor. chief of
bureau of navigation, has returned to
Washington with news that John D..
Rockefeller and others have begun a
movement which will supply 100000
for the establishment of a naval y. NJ.
c. A. in Philadelphia, similar TO the in
stitution in Brooklyn founded by Miss
Helen NJ Gould
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Tribesmeu Slay English.

The English foreign Office has received
news Of the massacre of a British expe-
dition under the auspices of the East
Africa syndicate by Turkhana tribesmen
in the neighborhOod of Rudolf lake, East
Africa. Several white men were muir
dered
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Murderer 4. Executed.

Pleasant Armstrong. who murdered
Minnie Ensminger near Hames, Ore.
Christmas morning. 1902. was executed
in the Jail yard at Baker City. Arm
strong maintained his nerve until the
last and made an address to the crowd
saving lie was sorry for his crime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02

A serious epidemic of typhoid fever
nrevails at I.eadville. Colo. according 10
claude E. Copper. secretary of the Den
Yer hoard OF health. Mr.. Copper says
there are 500 cases of the disease at
I.eadville now and he expresses the be
lief that it undoubtedly win spread
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
Savinus Are Sweet AWAY.

Collapse of the Indiana National Bank
at Elkhart, Ind. has proved. the ruin of
many depositors, whose savings have
been swept away. Only $4,000 is found
in the bank TO pay over 100000 de-
noSitS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
MURDERS BY DIVINE BEHEsT."
Isaac Hall of DunlSirk, n. ", Kills His
Sister and Surrcndera.

Miss Hannah Hall. 80 years old, was
murdered at her home i'll Van Buren,,
\. Y, by her bro;h her, Isaac Hall, who
gave himself up. Hall, who is 33 years
old declares that lie obeyed a divine be-
hest when he killed his sister. He at
tackled her while she was asleep, first
shooting her. Then dragging the wound
ed woman through the house, he cut her
throat and finally placed her neck across
a chopping block and severed the head
from the body. Hall and his sister lived
alone, both parents being dead. Hall
was religiously inclined and there is no
doubt that he suddenly became insane.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-02-02
: Makes $50 Sick,

IN. $50 cases of typhoid fever
Heem reported in Columbus, Ohio,
Nhere have been nineteen deaths from
q disease The health authorities claim
'fhe prevalence of the disease is due to
contamination of the water in the Scioto
river at the west side pumping station by
leakage from a sewer at the Columbus
State hoSnitaI