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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
GROWTH OF CHURCHES.
Eleven Million More Protesting Christ
ians than in 1890.

Statistics complied by Rev. DIR. II. K.
Carroll and Rev. DR.. d. L. Leonard up
set the popular impression that the PEG,
pie of the United States are not as re.
ligious as they used to be, and show that
the membership of the Christian churches
is increasing more rapidly than the popu.
lation of the United States, notwithstand
ing the enormous immigration, which now
amounts to three-quarters of a million a
year.
According to the calculations of the
census bureau, the annual increase in
population is 1,S7 per cent, while the in.
crease in church membership for the yeal
1904 was a trife more rapid, being 1872
per cent. The net gain of all Christian
denominations was 49, commune
cants. a slight falling off from the gain
in 1908. There was an increase of 2,31G
churches and 1874 clergymen during the
year.
The increase in communicates from
1890 to 1904 was 11,004,411, or 1850
per cent. while the increase in population
was 17,749,750 or 1884 per cent.
The following table will show the nu-
merical strength of the several largest
denominations in the United States in
1904 as comnared with 1890:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
PROMINENT LAWYER SHOT.
Former Illinois State Senator Berry Is
the Victim of an Assassin.

Former State Senator Daniel ). Berry,
who has been a prominent figure in Hi
nois politics, met his death at the door
Of his office i'll Savanna, at the hands of
an unknown assassin.
Berry was shot at the door Of his Office
in the corridor of the Opera House block
Three shots were fired, one of which
entered the back of his head, apparently
causing instant death. Another shot hit
him in the arm. A third bullet was found
imbedded i'll the door casing of the office.
As quickly as possible after the discov-
cry of the tragedy a Gordon Of citizens
was formed around the opera house in
the hope that the escape of the assassin
might be prevented, but no person who
could be suspected of the crime ap-
peared.
1t was reported that solution of the
mystery might never be sought because
of the scandal which it would bring
upon two prominent families of Savanna.
Two men were named in whispers at
the secret session presided over by the
coroner of Carroll county, as possible
suspects. One was a man whom Berry
had at one time prosecuted successfully
for serious crime The other is one
of the most prominent citizens of Sa-
wanna, whose jealousy was said to have
been aroused by the lawyer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
World Has Been Anxiously Expecting
Naval Combat.

With Rojestvensky's fleet finally at
sea and a naval combat within the
possibilities at any day, and the Jap
aneSe armies north OF Mukden advanc-
ing on the Russian positions, the war
in the far East again assumed mo-
mentous interest
Rojestvensky's fleet left the friendly
shelter of the bays along the French
IndoChina coast on May IL or 10.
The fact was officially reported to the
French admiralty. The Russian vice
admiral left sixty-three transports and
GOLFERS behind him, and these have as
sembled near Saigon. All this seemed
to indicate that the Russian vice ad-
niral had started on the final stage of
the voyage that would end either with
battle and disaster with Togo or at
Vladivostok.
The Russian feet was last sighted
on May 16. 1t was then $50 miles
from the Indo-China coast and 700
miles south of the island of Formosa,
steaming northward slowly. From
where the fleet was sighted it had the
easy choice of three routes: Either
north of Luzon into the Pacific, or
through the Bashee channel and
thence northward east of Formosa, or
between Formosa and the China coast.
Or, as suggested by French naval Off
GERS, Rojestvensky may divide his
fleet, thus making Togo's problem
doubly difficult.
Togo still continues to battle the
scrutiny of the merchant shipping of
the far East. His whereabouts have
not been discovered From Toxic
comes word that the japanese fleet
ultimately will be REINFORCED by four
battleShips and two cruisers from
among the Russian ships sunk at Port
Arthur. 1t is asserted that the battle
ships Retvizan, Poltava, Peresviet and
Pobieda and the cruisers Bayan and
Pallada can be put in fighting shape
by an expenditure of 100000 each
$4,200O00 for the six-or less than the
cost of one first-clas battleship. If
this report be true, Russia'S task of
regaininG control of the sea in the far
East will be made increasingly diff
cult.
The la nd campaign has developed to
the point where a battle is imminent.
Field Marshal Oyama has spent two
months in reshaping his campaign
plans. He has brought up $4,000 fresh
troops and is now said by Russian off
GERS to have more than 100000 men
ready for the advance, which is to cap
ture Kirin and Hardin. isolate Vlad-
ivostOk, and perhaps drive the Rus
slams west of Tsitsihar.
The war may be said to be entering
its most dramatic stage. Both Russia
and Japan seem about TO stake their
military and naval resources in de-
cisive combats. If Rojestvensky's ar
mazda is scattered and sunk and Line
vitch'S army defeated and cut off from
the railroad, Russia's cause will be
lost, for the Cars naval resources for
the present decade are exhausted. and
without command of the sea he is
helpless against Japan. If, on the other
hand, Rojestvensky is victorious and
regains command of the sea, Japan's
unbroken series of victories from Port
Arthur to Mukden will be of little
value to her in the final settlement.
Oyama or Linevitch. Rojestvensky
o. Togo-upon their fortunes on land
and sea depends the fate of the war
and that fate may be decided within
the ensuing few weeks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
COLLAR BUTTON IN NEW ROLE.
Reunites Brothers Who Had Not Seen
Each Other for Twenty Year,.

A collar button lying ON the sidewalk
at Forty-third and Halsted streets. Chi
cago, caused the meeting of Fred and
John Holbert. brothers. who had not seen
each other for twenty years. Fred, the
older of the brothers, who is a stock
raiser near BOLTON. H.. had taken n load
of cattle to the stock yards and was
waiting for a car when he saw the col
lar button. John. the other brother, who
lives in Denver, had just finished visit
at the stock yards, and he also went 10
the same corner to get on car. He,
too, saw the collar button. and, as both
reached for the button Mt the same
time, their heads bumped It's a won
der you wouldn't look what you're do
ing" said Fred. The same to you, sill"
said John, rubbing his head. 4 moment
later each recognized the other. Both
landed in New York from Liverpool
twenty years ago. After searching for
work in the eastern city several months
and meeting with little success John
went TO Colorado and Fred came to Hi
nois. The brothers said they would have
the collar button cut in two pieces and
made into watch charms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
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ChicagO-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $685.; hogs, prime heavy,
$500 to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. ., $1.03 to $1.0S;
corn, No. 2, 54c to SIC; oats, standard,
29c to soc; rye, No. 2. TIC to 7Sc: hay,
timothy, $3.50 1880; prairie 5000 to
S11.OO; butter, CT pice creamery, 2Oc to
bic; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes,
1Sc to 23c.
polis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$625; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to $545;
sheep. common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ,, 96c to Csc; corn, No.
white, SOC to sic; oats, No. white,
3Oc TO 32c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to SG.25; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to S5.25;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn. No. ,,
49c to sic; oats, No ?, zoe to Bic; rye,
No. 2, zoe to 72c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to S5.45; sheep. $500 to
$4.35; wheat. No. ., $1.O3 to $1.O5; corn.
No. . mixed, 52c to 54c; oats, No. ?
mixed, SOC to 32c; rye, No. >, soc to
S3c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $685.: hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ?; S1.04 TO $1.06: corn, No. 3
yellow, 53c to soc; oats. No 3 white,
33c to 34c; rye, No. 9, 7Sc to soc.
Milwaukee-W heat, No. y northern.
S1.05 to $1.10; corn, No. 3. sic to 53c;
oats, No. 2 white, Bic to 33c; rye. No. !.
79c to Sic; barley, No. =, SOC to sc;
pork, mess, S12.j5.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 99c to
S1.O1; corn, No. . mixed. 4Sc to Soc
oats, No mixed, Doc to 32c: rye. No. =,
Sic to SIC; clover seed. prime, 500.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $625; hogs, fair to choice. $500
to $3.50; sheep. fair to choice, $3.50 to
$500; lambs, fair to choice $500 to
S6.75.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $500.
hogs. $500 to 500; sheep. $500 to
1928; wheat, No. , red 97c to 99c.
corn, No. ,, soc to SIC; oats. natural.
white, Soc to &c; butter, creamery. zoe
to pc; eggs. western, 15c to 1Sc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
ROWS RACE WITH DEATH.
Boy, Aged IA, Pulls Boat Seventeen
Miles tic Secure Help.

George Bohn, aged IA, of St. Paul,
rowed a seventeen mile race with death
on the Minnesota river. Temporary vic
tory is his, and if Matthew G. Taylor
lives he will owe his life to the boy.
Alone with his companion, who was
bleeding to death from a severed artery
in the leg, Bohn bound a willow twig
about the limb, partly stopping the flow
Of blood, placed his unconscious COM
panion in boat. and rowed three hours
on a dark night down the river to Fort
Smelling. Arriving early in the morn
ing, almost exhausted, young Bohn tied
his boat to the bank and staggered up
the bluff 10 the post hospital. where he
secured two physicians 70 attend Taylor
The latter was taken to the fort hos
pltal, where the artery was tied up. He
IS IN precarious condition, physicians
fearing he cannot survive the loss of
blood. Young Bohn and Taylor went up
the Minnesota river on a fishing and
hunting trip. They stopped seventeen
miles from Fort Smelling to pitch their
tent for the night. While whiting a
tent stake Taylor cut himself with his
hunting knife. The blood flowed SO fast
that he soon became unconscious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
OkIahoma,s 5000 Tornado Cellars

As a result Of the tornado at Snyder.
Okla, inhabitants of the New Country
in Oklahoma are digging 5000 tornado
cellars. City officers and town boards
are urging the construction Of such caves.
and some towns have passed ordinances
requiring the digging of caves. At Hin
ton. Okla, the following official public
notice has been published:
ION nights when clouds look at all
dangerous. sentry will be stationed in
the bell tower. provided with repeating
shotgun. If there is apparent danger he
will ring the beLf and fire a number Of
shots in quick succession. Also any per-
son who sees a storm coming when the
sentry is not stationed will be expected
to fire a gun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
NAVY OF PANAMA DEDICATED.
Steam Yacht. Its Only Vessel. Formally
Christened in New York.

Christened in New York.
Representatives of the Panama repub-
lie have formally dedicated their navy
at shipyard in South Brooklyn, y. y.
The force afloat consists of the steam
yacht Orienta, commanded by Captain L.
L. Loyelace, formerly of Kansas City.
The yacht was recently purchased from
New York man for $500 and has been
thoroughly overhauled preparatory TO
taking up the duty of guarding the east
ern coast of the isthmus. For the occa-
sion of hosting the Panaman ensign,
the Orienta was in gala dress and large
party went aboard, headed by Carlos
Arosemena, secretary of the legation.
Luncheon was served on board, after
which the flag of the republic was
brought from locker and raised by Sec
rotary Arosemena. The emblem consists
of four squares, two of white, one in
the upper left and the other in the lower
right-hand corner, and two squares, one
each of red and blue. In one of the
white squares there is a single star of
blue and in the other red star. The
Orienta left for Colon Friday Arriv-
ing there, she will be fitted with two g.
FOUNDER guns and two automatic rapid
firing guns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
REFORM IN CZAR'S EDICT.
No Doubt Exists as to Commences of
Emperor Nicholas Broad Policy.

No Doubt Exists as to Commences of
Emperor Nicholas Broad Policy.
There is little room for skepticism as
10 the genuineness of the broad policy of
imperial reform after the remarkable
steps sanctioned by Emperor Nicholas in
the imperial rescript modifying the re-
strictive DEGREES in nine of the western
governments of Russia, giving the Poles
greater freedom for acquiring farming
lands and purchasing landed properties
and industrial premises and giving per-
mission to introduce the Polish and Lith-
uanian languages in the primary and sec
ondary schools where the majority of the
inhabitants are nOn-Russian. Almost at
one sweep the whole burden of the vexa-
tious restrictive laws in Poland and the
Baltic provinces has been removed and
the privileges for which the natives have
been fighting for years are restored.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
ALIEN HORDE ALARMS.
President Prepares to Bring Problem
Before Congress and People.

Before Congress and People.
President Roosevelt has taken up the
immigration question and is preparing to
call it to the attention Of Congress and
the country, writes Washington CORE
spondent. The President believes that
one of the most serious problems now
confronting the American people is how
to deal with the hordes of undesirable
immigrants Europe is pouring upon our
shores. During the fiscal year which
ends June 80 next all immigration rec
ords will be broken. In those twelve
months well ON toward a million steerage
passengers will have arrived in the Unit
ed States, looking for homes or work.
The greatest number arriving in any pre-
vious year was S57, 046, during the twelve
months ended with June, 1908. For
1904 the total was S12S70 and fer 1905
it will be between 100000 and 100000.
These are appalling figures. They are
the more appalling when they are analyz-
ed and their significance more fully I'M
derstood. They mean that in a single
year there pours into the country null
titude of humble people equal to or great
er than the present population of aAy one
of eighteen States of the Union. 1t
means that if all these newcomers, poor
of purse and most of them poorer yet
in qualifications for citizenship, were to
assemble in one place they would alone
make a city exceeded in population by
only New York, Chicago and Philadel-
phia. 1t means that to every eighty
men, women and children in the United
States at the beginning of the year one
is to be added during the twelvemonth
from the steerage of the transatlantic
steamships. 1t means an increase of
about 20 per cent in the number OF men
in the United States whose means of
livelihood is such that they are officially
classed as "laborers" in the census re-
ports-and this 20 per cent increase in
single year is reached by reckoning that
only about one-half of the new arrivals
will Join the ranks of workers at the
ho++o,o IF the industrial ladder
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Escaped Convict Surrenders.

An escaped convict, Furbie Howard,
voluntarily returned and surrendered
himself to complete his penitentiary term
in Sioux Falls, S. D. He is 20 years
old, and June 4 last was sentenced to a
year in the penitentiary for attempting
to smuggle saws to his cousin, an inmate
of the county Jail. On July "a he made
a daring escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
OREGON PUTS IN WHIPPING POST.
State Begins Adding Twenty Lashes to
Wife Beater's Puuishmeut

The whipping post law passed by the
session of the Legislature January last
for the punishment of wife beaters has
gone into effect in Oregon. The new
law provides that a man convicted of
wife beating may be punished with whip
ping, not exceeding twenty lashes, but
this is only an additional punishment and
not the exclusive punishment for the
crime. According to the statute the
whipping is conducted within the walls
of the county or city Jail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Cut in Wheat Crop Estimate,

H. V. Jones, the Minnesota crop ex-
pert, has returned from his inspection
trip throughout the Southwest His re-
port on conditions shows 100000 bush
els less than the governments conditions
on May 10. His highest estimate of the
winter wheat crop is 425,000,000 bushels
and his lowest. in view of possible ad.
verse conditions, 375,000,000 bushels.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Hint at Death of Peter,

The entire Servian press, with the ex-
ception of two government organs, has
Joined in the opposition and is carrying
on a violent campaign against the dynas-
~ of King Peter. The Narodni Listy
warns the King to leave the country if
he wishes to save his life. The Opposi-
ton compares his majesty with a tramp
who was never meant to stay in one
MIA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
MOROCCAN CLASH COMES.
French Plan to Establish Bank ans
Germany Has Reform Program.

Germany Has Reform Program.
The clash between Germany and
France over Moroccan affairs already has
been made. The French plans for Mo-
rocco, while not yet complete comprise
the establishment of a bank for taking
over the customs revenue and financial
administration of certain departments,
including the army, and fixing Il definite
ratio for Moorish silver. The plan does
not contemplate the administration of
Mosque property or schools. Persistent
reports from Fee say that Count Won
Tattenbach-Asholdt the head of the Ger
man mission to the Sultan of Morocco,
will submit to the Sultan a definite pro-
gram of reforms. The Sultan will be en-
couraged to take the initiative, being as
sured that Germany is prepared to invest
considerable money in Morocco in vari-
Gus undertakings.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30

Russia has warned the United States
that behind the japanese plan to have
the Emperor of Korea visit Toxic is a
plot to keep the Emperor in Japan and
put on the throne in Korea some one who
will be ruled absolutely by the japanese,
making Korea virtually a japanese pos
session. Russians claim the Japanese
have gone so far as to erect a palace in
Toxic in which the Korean Emperor is
to live. The japanese minister at Wash
ington denies that there is any plan to
detain the Emperor in Japan. .
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Three Perish in Hotel Fires.

An exploding lamp set fire to the Pal
ace Hotel in Austin, Pa, and Michael
Kemper and DR.. Benjamin were burned
to death. Several other inmates were
scorched, but escaped by jumping from
windows. The loss is $1,000. A hotel at
Hulls, near there, burned at about the
same time, a man of the name of Adam
Forepaugh perishing in the flames.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Four Shot in Church Row.

States church, few miles from Cor
dova, Ga, was the scene of a shooting
ARRAY between Oscar and o. Brasfeld on
one side and Thomas Collier and Charles
Milligan on the other. Both Collier and
Minigan were fatally injured while the
Brasfelds are in a precarious condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
az. The hurtful influence or
OlllGdQU. the protracted teamsters'

OHlOuQU. the pTOlFdcleu tedHStcio
- strike again seriously af-
tected business in the distribatiye
Dnes, and broken weather also was an
ADVERSE factor. Notwithstanding these
hindrances, deliveries improved and
accumulations of delayed freight were
reduced. While labor troubles have
sWelied the ranks of idle workers, the
tendency to further spreading dimin-
lshed, and there is no direct lnterfer-
ehce with manufacturing operations.
and other important activities. Earn
lngs OF western railroads have kept up
close to recent gains. indicating that
transportation continues of the highest
aggregate
win farmers busy filling the soil, it
is not surprising that the marketing Of
grain exhibits a sharp falling off and
poorer demand may account for shin
mentS from this port, 1914 per cent I'M
der those of the corresponding week
last year. Country stores are seen to
be making satisfactory sales of season.
able wares, and, although mercantile
defaults show increase, collections oc-
casiOn little complaint. Manufacturing
as a whole has not encountered any
retrogression.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number SO, against 10 last week
and "A a year ago.-Dun's Review Of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Three Injured in St. louis Fire,

The wholesale hay warehouse of Geo.
II. Caruthers burned in st. Louis. en-
failing loss of $4,000 and two firemen
were injured by a falling wall. Michael
Ratican may die. Lieut.. J. F. Scarritt
escaped with painful bruises. In speed
ing to the fire the automobile of Chief
Swingley collided with a fire engine, and
Chief Swingley's son was badly bruised.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Pupi1s Punished for Riotinp.

Severe reprimand and punishment was
melted out by Judge Mack in the Juvenile
court in Chicago to boys found guilty of
melting school strikes. Three were sent
to institutions and one was allowed his
liberty only on probation. The boys
started the riots at the Hendricks school
and threw stones at non-union drivers
who delivered coal to the school building
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Refine to Amend Confession.

The Presbyterian general assembly at
Winona Lake. Ind. upheld the orthodox
creed of the church when it voted down
a proposition presented as an overture
from the Nassau. n. Y, preshyter pro-
viding for a brief statement of faith in
place of the Westminster confession.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
Adverse Maatl
| New York.

HOH 1Ulh. IlouS are leaulng source
of complaints this week.
but clearing skies, now reported
throughout large area of the country,
bid fair to reinforce existing optimistic
views as to late summer and fall trade.
Cold or rainy weather, except in a few
sections, has affected general trade,
further retarded an already late corn
and cotton planting season, given rise.
to rather less optimistic winter wheat
crop reports and bullishly stimulated
grain, pork and cotton prices
The great barometer of trade and in
dustry, the iron trade, is less active for
the cruder forms despite price conces-
sions, but the disposition in usually
well-informed quarters is to regard this
as an instance of the general breathing
spell which is noted in many lines Of
wholesale business.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May IS
number 191, against 15S last week, 215
in the like week in 1904, 155 in 1903,
152 in 1902 and 1872 in 1901. In Canada
failures number II, as against IS last
week and II in this week year ago.
Wheat, including -four exports for
the week ending May IS, are l.512, $50
bushels, against S99,355 last week. l.
225.763 this week last year. 5,293,313
in 1903 and 5.1S4,S39 in 1902 From
July l to date the exports are 5000
900 bushels, against 124 ST. ,O64 last
year. 49,GS3,031 in 1908 and 224,999.-
100 in 1902. Corn exports for the.
week are 1,6SS299 bushels, against l.
SOS, 800 last week, 1887 a year ago,
1,S141 1856 in 1903 and 90,969 in 1902.
From July l to date the exports of
corn are 73195,6S5 bushels, against
1867, 443 in r"04, 6O,192 in 1908 and
24,335, $50 in I -Bradstreet's Com
merCial RpDOrt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30
The Deadly Automobile.

Since Jan. / last CD persons have been
killed and 1913 injured in automobile ac.
cidents in and around New York. All
through the country similar accidents are
of frequent occurrence. In one week al
Philadelphia there We're four fatal acct
dents; at Chicago during the same period,
FIVE. and at Pittsburg three. And so the
list goes on.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-30

Vadvostok which the esiege
ss only stronghold in the
and Amur Bay and founded 1861 important
at Vladvook
miles
The harbo had been mined for distance miles, while the
miles
have q leaStf