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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
relegraphic Brevities.

The worlds biggest dry dock has been
completed at the Boston navy yard.
The Elkins Tanning Company's plant
at Elkins, W. Va, was burned. Loss
100000
Richard E. Murphy of ST. Joseph. Mo-.
confessed to Washington police to elnbez-
cling 1926 from the Merchants bank Of
St Joseph.
Investigation of the books of Captain
Charles w. Knapp of Boston, agent of
the Union Selling Company Of New
York. who has been missing for four
weeks. show he is about $4,000 short in
his accounts.
"Oklahoma" Cooms. notorious burg
lar. again broke jail at Billings, Mont.
and with Walter Williams. also in for
burglary. effected his escape. Both had
been given fiye-year terms.
The old New York Casino theater,
which was partially destroyed by FIRE
several weeks ago, is 10 be remodeled.
One change will be the lowering Of the
oarauet focr to the street level.
Admiral A. s. Barker. eommander-in-
ehief 90 the North Atlantic fleet. hauled
down his flag on the kearsarge and was
placed on TIE retired Its of the navy.
Rear Admiral Evans succeeds Admiral
Barker in command of the feet and has
elected the Maine for his flagship.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
News of Minor Note.

In a freight wreck on the Santa Fe
road, near Ration, n. NJ, two workmen
were killed.
The steamship Caledonia of the An
Choir line. Glasgow to New York, made a
thrilling trip of $50 miles through fields
of icebergs, many of them Of majestic
height.
The contribution of S25, 900 from an
unknown philanthropist toward the ex-
pense of a new building for the German
Theological seminary at Bloomfield, n.
j., was announced.
Lieut. Morton. dismissed from the ar
my at St Louis after failing to prove
charges against his superior officers, says
the papers were burned and will appeal
to President Roosevelt.
Fred f. Cooley Of Oakland. Cal, aged
% years and a graduate Of Berkeley
university, was found dead on Big Nose
curve on the New York Central, about
thirty miles from Schenectady.
While taking a fashlight photograph
in a saloon. Albert Butler was instantly
killed and William Coffee, w J. Murray
and NJ. Levy were seriously injured by
an explosion Of powder a Omaha. Neb.
In Butte, Mont the jury in the case
Of Mrs Elizabeth Morrison charged with
the murder Of Richard Fiunegan. return
ed a verdict Of mansl0uGhter and recon-
mended that she be sentenced to three
years imprisonment.
As the result Of a saub from 1Irs.
Anna NJ Weightman Walker over the
long-distance telephone. Mrs. James Wis
ter at Philadelphia decided 20 begin her
contest Of William Weichtnan's will dis
posing Of SG0OO0000 at once.
A bill was introduced in the New York
Assembly to incorporate "Phipps
houses The measure incorporates a
society composed Of Henry Phipps. John
w. Arbuckle Robert IS. De Forest.
George p. Mcclellan, Isidor Straus and
nine Others 10 build tenement houses IN
New York AMI other cities Of the State.
The income l. to be distributed among
the charitable and benevolent corpora
tons.
The Ziegler relief expedition to search
for Anthony Fiola. the Brooklyn explor-
er. who SET out for the north pole two
years ago. will leave New York May
3 for Tromsoe. where the steamer Terra
Nova is fitting out for the trip.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
NIAGARA FALLS IN DANGER.
Time Coming When Commercialisn
May Destroy Great Cataract.

Niagara Falls are doomed Children
already born may vet walk dryshod from
the mainland of New York State reser-
walton TO Goat Island across the present
bed OF Niagara river" With this start
ling prediction Alton d. Adams opens
ar article in the March number of Cas-
sief's Magazine. This writer declares
that certain economic, Industrial and po-
iltlcal forces are working strongly to-
ward this result, and that their course
can be stayed only by the strong arm of
the government. 1t is not so much to
their extraordinary height as to their
great volume of water that the falls owe
their beauty and grandeur, and as Mr.
Adams shows that any diversion of the
water OF the great lakes reduces by just
so much the amount that goes over the
Niagara cataract, it matters little as to
this result whether water is taken from
Lake Michigan at Chicago or whether it
is diverted from Niagara river near the
uppec rapids and then discharged into
the gorge below by means of canals.
pipe lines or tunnels. n4ither process, it
is declared, will dry up the falls if it be
allowed to progress sufficiently far.
According TO the measurements of
United States engineers in the years 1899
and 1900, the FORMAL discharge of the
Niagara river for mean level in Lake
Erie is 222,0O0 cubic feet per second. but
this sinks, at times, to as little as 165, $40
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
OCClDENT TO ORIENT.
New Era in Transportation Facilities
Across the Pacific.

ACFOsS the
The Great Northern Steamship Com
pany in placing in service between Seat
tie and Yokohama, Nagasaki, Kobe.
Shanghai and Hongkong the American
built steamships, the Minnesota and the
Dakota, makes a new era in transporta-
ton facilities between the United States
and the Orient. These magnificent steam
ships, with their superior facilities in
handling immense freight cargoes and
the luxurious appointments for passenger
travel have given an impetus to our ORR
entail trade. The North Pacific route to
the Orient is rapidly becoming a popular
one, and now that the Minnesota and
Dakota have been put in commission,
further greater increase in our trade
with the Orient as well as increased pas
senger travel to Asiatic ports will be in
augurated. The first sailing of the Min
nesota, in addition to carrying the larg-
est cargo to the Orient ever carried by
any ship in the world, as well as an ex-
tensive passenger list, augurs well for
the future. The Minnesota sails on its
next voyage to the Orient on April %.
The accommodations of the Great
Northern Steamship Company in connec-
ton with the facilities afforded by the
Great Northern railway to Seattle, the
sailing point of the Minnesota, makes
this route a popular one from Occident
to Orient.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25

ing immersed in alcohol. 1t was wrap
ped in sheet, with packing of straw
and hay. All present were immediate
ly struck by the resemblanc of the
head to that on the medalions and
busts of the admiral AS was antici-
pated, no uniform, decoration, or
sword was found, as all such articles
had been accounted for after the
burial
Paul Jones (his real name was John
Paul. was of Scotch birth, but he
made his home in Virginia when u
years old He entered the revolution
airy navy as lieutenant on Dec %,
1775. In command of the sloop Provi-
dence, and later of the Alfred, he cap
tured many British merchantmen
along the coast from Cape Breton to
the Barbados.
In November, 1777, Jones sailed for
Europe on the Ranger, harassed the
coasting trade of Scotland, attacked
the town of Whitehaven. His crew
plundered the house of Lord Selkirk.
but Jones bought the silver plate and
restored it to Lord Selkirk
After capturing the British sloop
Drake and taking it to Brest Jones
found himself without a ship. the
Ranger being ordered home. France
gave him a fleet of five vessels. He
rechristened his flagship the Bon
Homme Richard The battle between
the Bon Homme Richard and the Brit
ish frigate Scraps is historic in naval
annals Jones captured the Scraps
with it's fifty guns and 800 men.
King Louis XVI. of France present
ed Jones with sword of honor Con-
gress voted him a gold medal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
1GEz ElAsgR%l5RS
80: e

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. ?, S1.13 TO $1.13.
corn, No ., Acc TO 47c oats, standard,
30c to 32c; rye, No. /, 76c to TSc; hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $13.50; prairie, 5000 to
S11.00; butter, choice creamery. 2Sc 10
BIC; eggs, fresh, 15c to 16c; potatoes,
16c to 23c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to 1918; hogs.
$500 to S5.55; sheep, $3.50 to S5.75.
wheat, No. 2. $1.07 to S109; corn, No. 8
yellow, 49c to sic; oats, No. 3 white,
&c to 34c; rye, No. 2, S5c to Sec
Wheat, No. 2 northern,
SLOT to $1.0S; corn, No 3, Acc to 4sc,
oats, No. white, Bic to 33c; rye, No. /,
SIC to S3e; barley, No. 2, soc to SIC;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Toledo-Wbeat, No. 2 mixed. s1.O3 to
81. 10; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to SOC:
oats, No. mixed, 30c to &c; rye. No. 2,
Sic to SIC; clover seed, prime, $s.15.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $500; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to
$615; lambs, fair to choice, $500 TO
1925.
New York-Cattle. $3.50 TO $3.50;
hogs, $500 to 1913; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red. S1.O6 TO $1.O7;
corn, No. ?, 52c to 54c; oats, natural,
white, 35c t. 36c; butter, creamery, 20c
to &c; eggs. western, I5c TO 1Sc.
Indiana polis-Cattle, shipping. $500 to
$685.; hog,,. chcice heavy, $500 to S5.65;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 10 $500:
wheat, No. 2, $1.O7 to S1.0s: corn, No. 2
white, 47c to 49c; oats. No. white,
29c 10 Bic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 10 $3.50: hogs
$500 to $3.50: shees. 500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ,. sl.O0 10 S1.01; corn. No. ?,
4jc to 47c; oats. No. 2, 29e to 3lc; rye,
No. 2, zoe to re.
Cincinnati--Cattle. 800 10 $500;
hogs. 500 10 $3.50; sheep, 500 70
Sj.25; wheat, No 2, S10S TO SL1O;
corn, No. mixed. 4Tc to 49c; oats. No
2 r4ixed, Doe to 32c; rye, No. 2, SIC to
Soc,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
FRUIT CROP BADLY DAMAGED.
Ahnorma1ly Cold Weather Records in
Southern and Central States.

Reports from the south and central
States show that killing frosts prevailed
Sunday night as far south as Kentucky.
tennessee and Georgia, and il is feared
that the fruit crop in those States has
been ruined Frost was reported in
northern Florida, fact unprecedented in
the annals of that State. Throughout the
fruit belt of Michigan and Illinois there
was heavy frost, and in some localities
cherry and plum trees were stripped OF
blossoms. Wind accompanied by severe
cold stripped many trees in Indiana, as
indicated by reports received at the Pur-
que experiment station. The loss to
trult growers in that State alone is esti-
mated at 100000. The loss in apples
Is also heavy. 1t is said that another
frost like it would practically ruin the
entire fruit crop. The fruit in South
Carolina and West Virginia is thought to
De entirely ruined. At Cairo. ILL.,, it is
estimated frlly 80 per cent of the fruit
crop Is ruined and the early vegetable
crop that is disposed of for the most part
IN the Chicago market is regarded as
totai loss. The cold was general in the
Northwest. In southern Kansas, Arkan-
sas, Louisiana and Alabama abnormaliy
low temperatures were reported, but
there was no killing frost. In southern
Kansas there was a light fall of snow,
changing to rain later
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
TO HOLD UP COTTON PRICES.
Planters in the South Organize to Re-
duce the Acreage.

Once the Acreage.
The cotton growers of the South are
organizing for the purpose of keeping up
the prices of the commodity by curtail-
ing the number of acres devoted to it's
cultivation. The normal cotton crop of
the South, writes William E. Curtis in
the Chicago Record Herald, is about TO-
100000 bales, and it pays a reasonable
prof. if middlings, that is the average
grade, sell anywhere above s cents Ten
cents a pound is the ideal price, and al
lows the planters to live in the greatest
luxury. Middlings are now quoted at
about ~ cents, which leaves only a
small margin of profit. If the crop this
year is all gathered it will run as high
as 100000 bales, but about 10 per
cent of II is still left unpicked in the
fields, end it is calculated that 12,000,-
600 or 100000 bales are already gin
ned and ready for market.
In order to keep the price at 10 cents
it is proposed to withdraw 100000
bales OF the present crop from the mar
ket and reduce the acreage cultivated
20 per cent next year. To do this it is
necessary to organize the farmers. Con-
ventions have been held in all the cot
ed to canvass every one of the counties
in which cotton is grown. They are cali
ing the farmers together and comforting
with them, explaining the situation, per-
suading them to join the Southern Cot
ton Association, which is organized to
promote the general welfare, and the
Cotton Planters Holding and Commits
sion Company, which is to provide the
ways and means to hold back 100000
bales of this years crop from market
Harvie Jordan, president of the associa-
ton, is directing the movement, in which
not only planters are engaged, but bank
ers, merchants and other business men
whose interests are involved in the cot
ton crop-and there are few people in
the Southern States whose interests are
not.
A big convention which was held in
New Orleans ia January sent a commits
sion to Washington to confer with the
President and to ask Congress to appoint
a commission TO discover means by
which the exports of cotton may be pro-
noted At present about 60 per cent Of
the normal crop is sent to foreign coun-
tries, and about 40 per cent is consumed
or borna
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
MACHINE TO STRETCH BOY.
Missouri Athletes Hope to Make Him
Tall Enough for Naval Academy


Luther Welsh, the central high school
pupil In Kansas City whose appointment
as a cadet to the naval academy at Ann
apolls depends on his ability to attain a
height of feet inches by June 20, is
now within one-tenth of an inch of the
coveted mark. His body has been lit
orally stretched more than an inch since
the early part of January. Prof. Y. Z.
hothweil, director Of the Kansas City
Athletic Club, is responsible for the
young mans growth. This was accom-
pished by a process of stretching the
BODY with the aid of a machine. The
subject is placed on the machine in
horizontal position. The body reclines
suplnely with the muscles relaxed. The
operator then applies a slight pressure to
the legs, stretching the body from the
hips downward. A like force is then
applied to the head and shoulders, pull
ing out the upper part of the body.
welsh was appointed to Annapolis by
Congressman Cowherd. He must attain
the required height before the entrance
examination in June
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
Operations on Land.

The operations on land during the
week have consisted only of incense
quential outpost affairs. 1t is an
nounced that the main part of Line
vitch's army has reached Kirin. If the
japanese armies are making any prog
ress in the great enveloping movement
that is supposed to be taking place
east and west of the railroad, the Rus
slams have not discovered the fact,
neither has the war Office at Toxic re-
vealed it.
The internal situation in Russia
seems to be developing from bad to
worse Strikes continue at most OF
the industrial centers, and the agrarian
outrages keep troops in motion in all
parts of the empire. There are indi-
cations that the Gar and his immedi-
ate advisers are not little perturbed
over the outlook. This is evidenced
by the imperial rescript issued Thurs
day appointing a commission to draw
I'D a scheme of land reform by which
the peasant may be given increased
holdings, with an opportunity to pur-
chase his land outright by gradu-
ated system of payments.
The Russian Minister of Finance has
promised the workmen that commits
sion is at work upon scheme for the
betterment of their condition, to in
clude State insurance against sickness,
the right to form unions, and the re-
moval of criminal liability for strikes.
These reforms are promised for the
indefinite future. There is danger,
however, in the procrastinating habits
of Russian officialdom. and while
commissions are dailying with the
problem of discovering the minimum
of reform needed to calm the storm,
the people themselves, with less study
and less procrastination may be devils
ing the maximum of reform they pro-
pose TO exact from a government that
has kept them out of their own so
1nnn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
NEwsBoYs KILLED IN FIRE PANIC
Four Lose Lives I'm Crush Caused by
False Alarm at Indianapolis.

Four Lose Lives In Crush Caused by
False Alarm at Indianapolis.
Frenzied by false alarm of fire, sew
eral hundred eager newsboys, struggling
to obtain their share of free tickets to a
local theater, which were being distrib-
uted by a travelling representative of
patent medicine company, stampeded in
narrow stairway in the Masonic Tenn
pie n indianapolis, crushing the life out
OF four boys and, it is believed, fatally
inJuring several others. 1t is alleged by
a witness that one of the boys, in the
endeavor to hasten the exit of those who
received their passes, shouted Fire"
Immediately those at the top faced about
and with almost superhuman strength
began to force their way to the bottom
OF the stairs. Shrieks and physical en-
counters followed for a few seconds.
when from some cause those near the
top fell headlong upon the struggling
mass at the bottom. Immediately police
men from the central station, who re-
sponded to riot call. began the work
OF rescue. -Four of the boys were dead
when extricated from their position at
the bottom of the stairs. Others believed
to have been fatally crushed were taken
out as fast as they could be disentangled
from their frenzied companions, who
fought and chung to each other in desper-
alton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
JAPs CAUSE SCHOOL RIOT.
White Pupils in Omaha Revolt Against
Presence of Yellow Students.

Three hundred pupils of Lowell school
in South Omaha revolted as the result
of the presence of two Japanese boys in
the school. The two japanese are sons
of non-union employees at the packing
houses, who were brought to the city dur
ing the strike a year ago. Their pres
ence in the school has caused trouble for
some time and Monday eliminated in
actual revolt when large number of the
larger pupils lined up and refused to per-
NIT others to enter school for the regular
sessions. A force of police was called
and it required an hour to restore order,
which was not done until 100 pupils had
been sent home. Further trouble is
feared
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
Standing of the American League:
INDICTED FOR BEING TWINS.
Sisters So Much Alike Authorities Can
No. Tell Which Stole Child.

Mrs. Pauline Dorder Wolfe of Gin
clnnati and her twin sister, Mrs. Philip
pine Fisher, were indicted at Portsmouth,
Ohio, on the charge of child stealing.
After Mrs Wolfe had pleaded not guilty,
it was learned that she and her sister
he'd been indicted because they looked so
much alike the authorities could not tell
them apart, but wanted to be sure of
getting the right one Both were in
Portsmouth when the offense charged
was committed. Mrs Fisher has not
been arrested. The child is in charge
of the police at Portsmouth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
InterestIug News Items.

Activity of the Soufriere volcano in the
island Of St Vincent has subsidized.
The old Vanderbilt homestead az New
Dorp, Staten Island. has been leased for
a poultry farm.
J. p. Cudshy, manager Of the Cudahy
packing plant at Kansas City. No, vas
injured in polo game.
New York is sending out $50 inspeo-
tArs for the health department to make
q health census Of the city.
The bones Of Capt. Hicks, notorious
pirate hanged on Bedloe's Island, are be-
hevsd so have been unearthed at Bed
ssss Island. New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
TROOPS LIVE ON MONKEYS.
United States Cava1rymen Lost in Min
danao JungIes Fare Well.

Lost in the jungles of Mindanao,
troop of United States cavalry subsisted
Tor nineteen days on the flesh of mon
keys. The troopers were finally found by
scouting party sent in search of them
and showed almost no i'll effects. Sergt.
John Gavin of the Fourteenth cavalry,
who arrived in San Francisco on the
transport Sherman, said: 81 was with
Gen. Wood in Mindanao, fighting the
Moros. L was on scouting duty, and
when Troop was lost l was sent to
lind them. The men had two days ra-
lions with them when they went into the
mountains and the supply of food soon
ran out. The jungles abound with mon
keys and the men shot and ate the ami
mails rather than starve. They soon be-
came accustomed to the food, and for
nineteen days lived on monkey flesh
alone"
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TO ONE KIND DEED, $50, 900.

Rich Chicagoan in Will Rememb ers
Denver Girl Who Helped Him.
Because she was kind to an aged and
helpless stranger, Miss d. Hansen, now
Mrs. Walter G. Owen of Denver, will
receive $4,000 from the estate of A.
Grinnell, wealthy Chicagoan, who died
recently at Jacksonville A member of
the Chicago law firm of Reed & Reed
told Mrs Owen the other day of the be-
quest. In 1895 Miss Hansen saw an
aged man fall ON an icy pavement in
Denver. She ran to his assistance and
had him taken to a hotel. Grinnell, the
man whom she had helped, remembered
her in his will
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
NEVADA PLAGUE is DEADLY.
Tonopah Residents Flee in Terror from
Mysterious Disease.


Hundreds of people focked into Reno,
New, on the Virginia and Truckee train
the other night, fleeing from a sickness
prevalent at Tonopah. Every train for
a week has been crowded. Gov. Sparks
mas appointed a special commission and
sent the members to Tonopah. The men
Wlii cooperate with the physicians OF
the camp and at once begin a campaign
TO check the disease that is moving
down people at the rate of from five to
twenty-five each day. Thursday twelve
bodies were stretched out on slabs in the
only undertaking establishment in the
camp. An equal number at least were
dead around the town. The disease
strikes without warning. The healthy
are the most susceptible and in from
twelve to twenty-four hours are dead.
the bodies blackened by the mysterious
poison that saps their lives away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
PAUL JONES BODY FOUND.
Moved from Paris Cemetery Where L
Was Ruried in TOO

Was Buried in 1892.
The body of Paul Jones, the famous
admiral of the American revolution,
buried in the old st. Louis cemetery
in Paris more than hundred years
ago, has been found, after a search
lasting for five years. The body will
be brought to the United States by an
American warship. possibly the flag
ship of the European squadron.
Paul Jones died in poverty and neg
lect n Paris on July Is, 1892. All rec
ord of his burial place was lost years
ago. General Horace Porter, the
American ambassador, began a search
for the body five years ago. After
many false clews it seemed certain
that the famous admiral had been
buried in the old cemetery of ST.
Louis, square of ground long since
covered with buildings.
General Porter employed a large
force Of workmen and tunneled and
cross tunneled beneath the Easements
of the buildings. The body was found
to be well preserved, owing to its be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
DIAMOND RoBBER coNFEssEs.
Burglar in Cleveland Says He Picked
Pockets in Other Cities.

Alexander Alfredo has confessed COM
plicity in the daylight robbery Of jew
elry store in Cleveland and has turned
States evidence. He declared that Mike
heegan and Jim Forbes known as the
gentleman burglar" were the chief pro-
moters of the robbery. Previous to
coming to Cleveland" Alfredo said, 81
picked pockets in New York City, Chi
cago, st. Louis, New Orleans, Baltimore
and Washington, d. G. In Chicago l
associated with Jim Forbes" Forbes,
who was arrested with Alfredo, fur
nished bail and disappeared. He is sup
posed to be in Chicago. Keegan is in
custody. The gang secured diamonds
worth $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-25
license i'm South Dakota.

Elections were held in a majority of
the cities and towns of South Dakota
Tuesday for Aldermen and members of
the boards of education and in some
places for Mayor. Assessor and justices
of the peace. Party lines were not close
ly drawn, but the question of license or
no license to sell liquor was the issue in
most instances. License carried in more
than two-thirds of the cities and towns.