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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
ARTHUR AN IDEAL HOST.
Most Distinguished of the Presidents
Personally and SOCIALLY.

Personally and Socially.
Upon its social and personal side
Mr.. Arthurs presidency was one to
the White House were done with
graceful dignity such as had never yet
been known there. The President had
lost his wife some years before, but
his sister, Mrs. McElroy, an accom-
plshed woman of great social charm,
frequently presided at official func-
tons. The diplomatic dinners were
rescued from the smothered ridicule
with which the foreign ENJOYS had al
ways viewed them, and the famous
epigram of Mr.. Evarts suddenly lost
its point.
AS for the President himself, he
must pc regarded as the only man of
the " orld in the best sense of that
term who has ever occupied the White
House. Jefferson might perhaps have
been cited as another instance, were
it not that during his first term he Gull
tivGted an ostentatious boorishness
such as would have been impossible
in thoroughbred. President Arthur.
however, was an ideal host to both his
puhlic and his private guests. OF
handsome presence, courteous, witty,
tactful and possessing innate SAVIOR
faire, he was living refutation of the
taunt which Europeans sometimes
level at US, to the effect that eminence
in American politics is unattainable
by one who is gentleman at heart.
Mr.. Arthur kept his domestic side
of his menage a thing entirely apart
from his official life. Coarse-minded,
peeping correspondents, male and fe-
male, found scant material here for
vulgar paragraphs of kitchen gossip.
There were published no foolish, naus-
eating chronicles of the daily doings"
of the White House. The Presidents
children were not photographed and
Photographed, and made the subject of
q thousand fiat and fatuous stories.
Beyond the veil of self-respecting priv
acy, which was drawn before the Pres
ident's personal affairs few ever pene-
trated. The only tale that reached the
public was one that made even the
Paul PIys Of the press ashamed Of
their own curiosity.
x became known that in one If the
Presidents private apartments there
was hung the portrait of a woman,
before which every morning, by Mr..
Arthurs personal order, great masses
OF cut flowers were heaped. Here was
rarely promising hint for the greedy
Journalist, eager to give his next dis
patch from Washington a touch OF
sauce piguante. With vast ingenuity
and bringing all the resources of the
press TO bear, the secret was ferreted
out at last, and the portrait was found
to be that of the Presidents dead
wife. it was very characteristic OF
the man who, TO the world at large,
was always the practical master of
affairs, with just suggestion of the
viveur about him, that he should in
private have cherished this delicate
sentiment which did him so much
honor ookman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
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Prof. Oppenheim of the University of
Pennsylvania is writing a book on inter
national law.
Indiana's new United States Senator,
James A. Hemenway, is a product of
her common schools.
Courses 10 the history of modern art
will be introduced at Dartmouth college
under the direction of Homer Eaton
Reyes.
BY the will Of the late Prof. A. s.
Wheeler of the Yale law school the uni
versity is given his valuable library on
Roman law.
The new tuberculosis dispensary,.
Johns Hopkins hospital at Baltimore, for
which Henry Phipps Of Pittsburg gave
$4,000, has been formally opened.
DR.. A. L. Peterman, educator. lecturer
and author, may be the next president of
Graham college, Graham, Va. He lives
at Nashville.
For the first time in many years the
board of trustees of Cornell is without
a member of the Sage family. Henry
Manning Sage resigned the other day.
President Scott of Franklin cooe ,e,
Laporte, Ind. who has served thI.ty
six years. will retire in June, and a
$4,000 endowment will be raised for
his benefit. No college president in the
United States has served such length
Of time.
Menie. an Eskimo boy, is one Of the
most interesting pupils in the New York
public schools. He was brought from
Greenland by Lieut.. Peary.
Cornelius f. Rumsey of Riverside.
Cal, has presented the University Of
California a collection Of 800 objects Of
art, brought from Chiriqui, Colombia.
Elihu Root. lawyer, man Of affairs and
former cabinet officer, was born in one
Of the buildings of Hamilton college. New
York. where his father was a professor.
John W Widge0n, a Baltimore negro.
is attracting attention by the quality and
extent Of his scientific atfainments. He
holds a position at the Maryland Aead-
envy of Sciences.
The anthem. Union and Liberty"
composed by Prof. II. w. Parker Of the
musical department Of Yale for the in
augurati0n exercises. viii be sung by a
chorus Of 500 voices.
For the first time the Lavoisier gold
medal has been awarded by the French
Academy Of Sciences to an Englishman.
Prof. Sir James Dewar. +. Il. s., receiv.
cd it for his researches on the liquefac-
ton of gases.
George F. Grimsley. assistant State
geologist Of West Virginia. has been Sc
lacted by the Carnegie institute Of Wash
inSfon. ID. c.. as one Of the eight con-
f-ibutors N a voluminOus economic his
tcry Of TIA United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Standard Oils Phenomenal Profits.

In the % years of its existence, the
Standard Oil Company has paid $780,
0G5000 in dividends on it's S10000C,0O0
of stock. This $496, 065, 600 is consid-
erably more than one-ffth of all the
money-gold, silver and paper-in the
United States.
The $496,06j,000 hitherto distributed
does not represent the total profits of
the oil trust. What its surplus and I'M
divided profits are no one outside of the
innermost hierarchy of the oil kings
knows. Nor is there any means of know
ing how much is spent each year in lob
bying and in influencing legislation, in
crushing competition and strengthening
the grip of the trust on its monopoly.
By far the largest part of the Stand
ard Oil profits have been accumulated
in the last nine and a quarter years.
Prior to 1896 the total dividends paid
amount to less than $130,O00,00O. Since
that date the profits have been on such
a scale that the total is astounding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Thirty Years Ago.

London reported that EuropeaR
troops had been withdrawn from Yo-
kOhama.
French correspondence to Americans
newspapers declared that the prospect
of constitutional government in
France was imminent
The presidential electors bill, provid-
ing that no State could be disfran-
chised without the joint approval Of
both houses, passed the Senate.
The force bin was being fought over
in the House, the habeas corpus clause
being especially condemned by Repub-
licans.
The United States Senate passed the
civil rights bill and the House APP
proved the force bill.
The House adopted the so-calle6
Louisiana compromise resolutions.
The United States Senate passed
Colorado and New Mexico annexation
bills, with amendments conditioning
their effect.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
CHAPTER vIII.-tCon.inued.,

What wonders have you wrought,
John Smith,
You know that story of Cripps the
carrier and his sister. Some folk be-
heved 1t. and some bereaved it. l did
neither of the two. but resolved to get TO
the bottom of il. This was what | did.
a brave regiment of soldiers having new
iy returned from India, was ordered to
march from London to the Land's-end
Tor change Of temperature. They had
not been supplied. of course, with any
change of clothes for climate, and they
ieit 1t little, but were exhorted not to
De too particular. Two companies were
10 be billeted at Abingdon, last evening;
ana having, of course, received notice of
that, L procured authority TO use them.
Ihey shivered so that they wanted work
ana There Is nothing, Your worship, like
discipline"
vi course, | know that from my early
Gays. Will you tell your story speed
ily?''
Sir, that is just what l am doing. /
Drought them without many words to
the quarry, where ten times the number
OF our clodhoppers would only have SHOW
eled at one another. Bless my heart!
they did work. and with order and ar
rangement. Being clothed all in cotton
they had no time to lose, unless they
meant to get frozen; and it was a fine
SIGHT L assure your worship, to see how
tbey showed their shoulder blades. being
Skinny from that hot climate, and their
Drown freckled arms in the white of the
Drift, and the Indian steam coming out
OF them! In about two hours all the
ground was clear, and the trees put
away, like basket-work; and then we
could see what had happened exactly,
and even the mark of the pickaxes. Ey-
cry word of that girl was proved to a
title. L never heard finer evidence. We
can even see that two men had been at
work, and the stroke of their tools was
different We shoveled away all the fall
en- rock, and mould, and stumps, and
furze-roots; and, at last, we cane to the
poor, poor innocent body, as fresh as the
daylight.
- can hear no more! You have lost
no child-if you have, perhaps you could
spare it. Tell me nothing--nothing
more! But prove that it was my childr'
Why. you are only fit to go to bed
Here, Mary! Mary Mother Hookham
Curse the bell---I have broken it! Your
master is taken very queer, Look alive,
woman! Stir your stumps! A pot of
hot water and foot-tub. Don't get
scared. He will be all right. Hold his
head up. Let me feel. Oh, he is not
going to die just yet. Stop your cater
wauling. He will know us all in o min
ute again. He ought to have had q deal
more spirit. | never could have expected
this. l smoothed off everything SO nicely
just as if it was lady"
Dld you. indeed! i have heard every
word said Widow Hookham sternly.
lou locked the door, or l would have
mad my ten nails in you, long ago! Poor
GEAR! what is scum like you? And
after all, what have you done, John
Smith 2"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Twenty Years Aqc,

Presldent-elect Cleveland and party
unostentatiously left Albany for Wash
ingtOn.
Much difference OF opinion devel-
oped over the conviction by court
martial Of Judge Advocate SWAIN
The Pacific Man subsidy was re-
stored by Senate appropriation Of
$4,000 for carrying foreign mails.
General Butler had broken through
the lines Of the mabdi's troops that
had surrounded him and reached
Korti.
Lord SaIisbury's motion to censure
Gladstone was adopted by the House
Of Lords. but similar motion was de-
feated in the Commons
Physicians in attendance on General
Grant in New York announced that the
patient was nearing the end.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSE.f
CONDENSED.
Hurt for Stunning Work-Indiana Man
Msrries Early and Often-DownfalI of
Trusted Man Attributed to Gambling
High Price for Cabba9es.

Three employees of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul road at Milwaukee
hitched their hand car to the rear end
of freight train 10 save themselves ex-
ertion. All went well for a time and
then the speed became so great that the
men lay down and held on with closed
eyes. The hand car began TO jump and
finally IT sailed along through the air.
Later the was crash and the three
men We're thrown into a snowbank. Ply
sicians believe they will recover. Rein
hold Berthold of Waterfowl sustained a
compound fracture of the left leg. Au-
gust Braunschwieg of Milwaukee has a
broken shoulder blade and a gashed face.
The third man escaped with sprained
wrist
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14


pany be 'throttled'' Then came
charges in the newspapers Of attempt
ed bribery of legislators. The Stand
ard Company announced it will accept
no more oil from the Kansas field.
This, instead of bringing the State
to time seems to have had the eff
feet of uniting the people on the prof.
ect for refinery to be owned by the
State.
-
DR.. Charles A. Eastman is now on the
Pacific coast collecting material for his
history of the Sioux. The work is being
done under direction of the Interior De.
partment.
-
DR.. William Osler, who has enun-
ciated, in his farewell address in this
country, the sentiment that while a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Forty Years Ago.

Gold dropped to 1897 in New YORK.,
a fall Of five points, on the news of the
Wilmington occupation.
1t was reported that Lee had gone
South to operate against Sherman,
leaving Joe Johnson in command al
Richmond.
Governor Vance. OF North Carolina,
issued a war proclamation that the
struggle for freedom shall never be
given up
The SG00000,O0O loan bill passed the
United States Senate.
President Lincoln signed the law
prohibiting officers or attaches of the
army or navy from interfering with
the elections in the several States.
Much excitement was caused in the
North by reports that Lees army was
preparing to evacuate Richmond.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Fifty Years AGO.

Nicholas l., Emperor of Russia, died.
aged 80 years.
Several men We're killed in riot i'm
a saloon in New York City.
The House passed bill reducing the
duties on imported goods.
The Russians, after battle of three
hours, were driven back from the
French lines to Sevastopol.
Executions occurred almost daily in
Hungary, the country having been in
an unsettled state since a war with
Austria.
One hundred and fifty thousand per-
sons were out of employment in Liver
pool.
The sword worn I leral Jackson
was presented to Congress.
The Calcutta railroad opened for
passenger traffic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
ALand of Mystery.

The Great American Desert once SO
called. the wild solitudes of the West
ern mountain ranges. and the snow
wastes OF the Yukon, have yielded up
their inmost secrets; but the Ever
glades. In the southernmost interior OF
our southernmost State, are to-day al
most as little known of white men as
when the early navigators first chart
ed the contour OF the Cape of the
End of April.-Century.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Dice Cause His Downfall.

Benjamin A. Glover, cashier of the
Peoples Telephone Company in Supe-
rior. is charged with having embezzled
$500 and is fugitive. Glover perform
ed his duties faithfully fo.A six years.
The young mans infatuation for dice and
gambling is said to be the cause of his
downfall. Glover complained of illness
and asked for few days vacation, stat
ing he would go to his brothers home
at Minneapolis and rest up a while. He
remained away several weeks. This led
to an investigation of his accounts, with
the result above stated. Glover, who is
% years old. came to Superior from West
Bay City, Mich.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Four Wives in a Year.

1t is believed that Ira Meyer, who will
be prosecuted for alleged bigamy by Ce-
ella Goodman Meyer of GAINESVILLE in
Iowa, has been married four times.
Meyer came from Indiana to attend
school. After living with his alleged wife
for a few weeks and not being able to
get $1,000 life Insurance left by her
father, he suddenly disappeared, and two
months later is said to have married
leila McCarte of Keokuk, Iowa. Mrs.
Meyer No. says that Meyer was mar
ried before he met her, and that a wife
followed No 3
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Wisconsin Author Dies.

Mrs. Sarah Huff Moody of Richland
Center died suddenly at Chicago, where
she had gone to undergo q nOperation.
Mrs. Moody was woman of well-known
literary ability. having written much for
newspapers and magazines. She was a
graduate of the Wisconsin university and
had taken a special course in literary
work in a Boston school. She was pres
ident of the Federated Clubs of Rich
land Center and was leader in the sew
eral women's clubs here.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

penniless. He was carpenter by trade
and after several years of economical
living saved enough money to enter
the lumber business. He was always a
Democrat until that party threatened
to revise the tariff on lumber, when he
went ovN to the Republicans. Since
that time he has been AN ardent work
er for the Republicans and was elected
to the Indiana House of Representa-
tlves in Democratic district by ma.
jority of over three hundred.
-
James Hall, the Newcastle ship owner,
whose death has been recorded, was part
owner of the first steam collier. He also
was philanthropist of original views.
-
Gov. Hoch, country editor with
high ideals, elected to the governor
ship last November began the big fight
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

try in 1884 as professor of clinical
medicine in the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Five years later he was given
the same profeSsorship at Johns Hop
kins, an Office he is just now resign
ing. His Theory and Practice of Med
icine" is a textbook throughout the
world. He is now IS years of age.
-
NJ. Losman, chairman of the Society
of Scientific Research in Antolia. during
recent journey in northern Syria found
a silver coin, known to be the oldest in
the world. 1t revealed a perfect Ara
mean inscription of Panammu bar Rerub,
king of Schamol, who reigned 500 B. G.
-
Sir Henry A. Blake Governor of Cey-
lon, says that Singalese medical books
of the sixth century described sixty
seven varieties of mosquitoes and 424
kinds of malarial fever caused by mos
quitoes.
Simon Lake. inventor OF the subma-
rine boat bearing his name, will live
abroad. being Disguised with his native
country.
John II. Langton, manager Of a New
York hotel, can call half his patrons
from all over the United States by their
names.
District Attorney Dickson Of Mojave
county, Ariz. lost his hands some years
ago in an explosion, but this does not
interfere with his business. He uses a
typewriter, striking the keys with two
short sticks attached to his arms
-:
The late George Land Shoup. first
Governor of Idaho and United States
Senator from that Sste, weighed 300
pounds. was over 6 feet in height, and a
noted Indian fighter.
-
Henry Waters. a noted art collector.
will build his new art gallery in the most
aristocratic part Of Baltimore The struc-
ture and contents will represent 5000
90
Capt. Samuel Bartlett, an arctic nayi-
gator. is resident inspector of the ship
now building at St Johns, \. f., for
Lieut.. Pesry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Cabbage at sea a Ton.

Cabbage growers near the city of Ra-
cine, who have held product since No
vember, are now receiving 500 per ton.
But four weeks ago they were offered
only from IS to $12 per ton, and during
the fall only $3.50 to $3.50 was paid by
commission merchants. Hundreds of tons
were held in cold storage waiting for
prices to go up. There is a large demand
for the cabbage from the eastern com
mission houses
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14


born at Arlington, Mass, in 1868, was
educated at he public schools of Bos-
ton and in tile Boston University Law
School. In both his State and Sen
atorial races he defeated popular Re
publicans in Republican district, and
In both his Congressional campaigns
he defeated Eugene n. Foss, brother
of Congressman Foss, of Illinois. The
charge of murder made against him by
Mr.. Hearst grew out of the death OF
a man in Boston twenty years ago,
while the man was being elected from
a saloon owned by Mr. Sullivan's IA
Their. The elder Sullivan was pun
ished for the offense, but Congressman
Sullivan, then IL, was allowed to so
free.
Thomas CARLYLE once told DIR. Joachim.
The well-known violinist. II don't care
generally for musicians; they're an
empty, wind-baggy sort of people"
-
Ananias Baker of Rochester. Ind,
Representative from Cass and Fulton
counties, in the Indiana Assembly,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

who startled that
body of lawmakers
by telling the
House of an at
tempt of the cigar
cite trust to bride
him, is sc years old
and is a native of
Virginia. He is a
veteran of the Con-
federate army and
went to Rochester
shortly after the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

of murder, shock
ed the House of
r e resentatiyes,
represents t b e
Eleventh AIassa-
chusetts District.
He is a Democrat,
served two terms
in the State Sem
ate, and is now
serving his sec
ond term in Con-
greSs. He was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Child Burned in Bed.

While Mrs. William Brennan Of Pal
myra went out for pail of water, the
bed in which her child was sleeping
caught fire in an unknown manner, and
the baby was burned to death before the
mother returned. An inquest resulted in
a verdict of accidental death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

man of 40 may be
useful, one of 60
years of age has
ceased 10 be so, has
been recertly cho-
sen regius profess
sor of medicine at
oxford university,
and goes now 10
assume his new du-
ties. He is a Ca
madam by birth
and education, and
came to this coun-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
len Years Ago.

Invitations for the marriage OF Anna
Gould TO Count DC Casteaane were
issued
The House voted a $4,000 appro>
priation TO pay bounty on sugar pro
duced In the United States.
Postmaster General Bissell. OF CieVe-
lands cabinet, resigned. W. l.. Wilson,
succeeded 10 the portfolio.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

now on between
the State OF Kan
saS and the Stand
ard Oil Company.
He started it in
his message by
asking the Legs
lature to establish
a State refinery.
This he followed
with a speech de-
handing that the
Standard Com
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Killed in Schoo1xard.

The 14-year-old daughter of Ed Vigue
was instantly killed at Coll by falling
limb. She was playing near q school,
where choppers had been working during
the noon hour, and hardwood bough
fell on her head, causing instant death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Extremes

How far is Sabbath days jour.
ney, pop%
lit depends on whether il is being
made by a chauffeur or messenger
boy, my son-'-Yonkers Statesman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Congressman John "A. Sullivan,
whose violent alteration with Con-
gresham Hearst, involving charge
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Il is possible to laugh at trouble
but tAe laughter doesn't mean It
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Two-thirds OF the dignity we en-
counter in our daily walks is merely
blufY.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Henry Waters. noted art collector.
will build his new art gallery in the most
aristccratic part Of Baltimore. The struc-
ture and contents will represent 5000
90
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

Capt. Samuel Bartlett, an arctic navi-
gator. is resident inspector of the ship
now building at St Johns, \. f., for
Lieut.. Pesry.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14

The late George Land Sboup. first
Governor of Idaho and United States
Senator from that SEte, weighed 300
pounds. was over feet in height, and a
noted Indian fighter.