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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
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e. II. Sothern, the actor, is soon to
| issue a book of his poems.
Anthony Trollope's son is about to pub
lish a careful biography of MoHere.
John Jacob Astor owns twenty-five au-
tomobiles and W. X. Vanderbilt four
teen.
The late George S. BoutwelPs will
provides that his daughter shall publish
his writings. He was once Secretary
of the Navy and Governor of Massa-
| chusetts.
Gov. John /. Cox of Tennessee worked
Oh a farm in that State for % cents a
week when a lad.
President Roosevelt will visit the Tus-
kegee institute and address the students
of that institution about Oct. 10.
James Henry Smith, the New York
millionaire, talks so little in business
or society that he is known as "Silent
jim"
Postmaster General Cortelyou is one
of the finest pianists in the country. 1t
is said that at one time he seriously
considered the idea of making music his
profession.
henry 1dluNe4l uODlHSOn, recently aD-
pointed superintendent of the Boston and
Maine railway, rose to his present posi-
ton from the shops.
George Wesley Atkinson, Ex-Governor
of West Virginia, and United States ex-
district attorney, has been appointed
judge of the United States court of
claims. He is a graduate of the Ohio
Wesleyan university.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the
Supreme Court, in a recent opinion on
stock gambling case. said that dealing
in futures was the ''self-adjustment of So
ciety to the probable" The "Autocrat
of the Breakfast Table" could have done
no better.
Capt. Thomas Perry, commandant of
the Pensacola navy yard, has been ap-
pointed president of the examining board
at Washington, d. c.
f. T. F. Lovejoy, secretary IF the
Carnegie Steel Company, win build
marble palace at Colorado Springs. Colo,
to cost approximately S2,000,000.
n. Kaumanus, an expert connected
with the German agricultural depart
ment, is investigating the conditions of
his countrymen in the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1928; hogs, prime heavy,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. ., 99c to $101;
corn, No. >, SIC to SAC; oats, standard,
29c to 30c; rye, No. ., 7Sc to 79c; hay,
timothy $3.50 to $500; prairie, 5000 to
$11O0; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
19c; eggs, fresh, 13c to lie; potatoes,
new, per bushel, 55c to zoe.
anapolis-Cattle, shipping. $500 to
5000; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to SJ.35;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No ,. 99c to $1.00; corn, No. 2
white, 52c to 54c; oats, No. white,
30c 10 32c
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c; corn. No. 2,
soc to SIC; oats, No. 2, 29c to 31c; rye,
No. 2, zoe to re.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, $500 to
$415; wheat, No. 2, $1.05 to $1O6; corn,
No . mixed, SIC to 54c; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to BE; rye, No. ., soc to
S3c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 99c to $1OO; corn. No. 3
yellow, 54c to 56c; oats. No. 3 white,
sc to 34c; rye, No. 9, 7Sc to SOC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern,
$1.05 to S1.09; corn. No 8, 52c to 54c;
oats, No. white, &c to 33c; rye, No. l,
Sic to S3c; barley, No. >, SOC to 52c;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Toedo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SOC to
S1.O1: corn, No. mixed. 4Sc to SOC;
oats, No. 2 mixed, SOC to 32c; rye, No. 2,
Sic to SIC; clover seed, prime, 500.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 5000; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1925; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $6.75.
New York-Cattle, S4O0 to $500;
hogs, $500 to 1913; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No ? red, $1.03 to $105;
corn, No. ,, Soc to Gle; oats, natural,
white, 35c to BIC; butter, creamery, 1Sc
to 19c; eggs, western, 15c to -"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20

A remarkable case of alleged dual iden-
tity has come to light with the arrest and
indictment by the grand jury in New
York of Thomas f. Wyckes, prominent
lawyer, on a charge of blackmail. Ac-
cOrding to District Attorney Jerome
Wyckes has been living a Jekyll and
Hyde life for more than three years. His
relatives claim that he had shown evil
dence of being mentally unbalanced. The
whole case is based upon a complaint
made by Edward Weston, head of the
Weston Electrical Instrument Company
OF Newark, y. j., who alleges that
WycSes under a fictitious name, wrote
him annoying letters demanding money.
The letters were signed Lewis Jarvis"
The District Attorneys investigation de-
veloped the fact, it was said in court,
that more than three years ago Wyckes
had an elaborate letter head, bearing
The name of Lewis Jarvis. engraved and
printed by a fashionable stationer. 1t is
also alleged that Wyckes called at the
pOstoftice and received mail from the box
indicated in the Jarvis letter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
CATTLE BARoNs CONVICTED.
Government Gets Decision Against
Men for Fencing Public Land.

The first of the governments eases
against the cattle barons" for illegal
fencing of the public domain has re-
suited in a conviction. Herman and
John krause, residing eighteen miles
north of Alliance, Sheridan county, Neb.,
have been declared guilty by a jury of
inclosing approximately $500 acres of
government lands. John Krause was
also found guilty of intimidating Theo-
dOre Osborne, Edward Milestone and
other homesteaders who settled on the
inciosed range. 1t was brought out that
John krause had killed one settler and
was acquitted upon trial, and that he
had threatened to Kill other homesteaders
unless they got off the land inclosed by
his fence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20

rotary of the Navy, who recently accept
ed the presidency of all the New York
City transportation lines controlled by
the Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany, was elected chairman of the board
of directors of the Equitable Life. He
will not assume the duties of president
of the transportation system controlled
by the Metropolitan, but viii devote all
of his energies and time to the manage
ment of the Equitable.
The purchaser of Mr.. Hyde's stock is
syndicate headed by Thomas +. Ryan,
head of the Metropolitan street railway
system, who is planning to build sub
ways in opposition to those of the Inter
borough company, of which August Bel
mont is president.
Mr.. Hyde sold sol shares of Equitable
Life stock The entire issue is 1000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Sparks from the wirea.

Fire at Oneonta, N. Y, caused $50
OOO damage Twenty horses persisted.
A wagon load of nitroglycerine was
deserted at Owensville, KY, by driver
because the firm he worked for repri-
manded him and 1000 people were plac-
ed in danger.
l.. l.. Pierce of Washington was made
president and w. X. Cooper of Spring
field, Mass, secretary-trea of the
employed officers of the Y. NJ. C. A. at
Niagara Falls
A cloudburst on Rhea, Ore. caused
the death of Mrs J. r. Nunemaker and
her youngest child and two children of
A. X. Cox, who were caught by the
water and drowned.
Henry Charles Richards, conservative
member of parliament for East Finsbury,
and well-known advocate of old-age pen
sions, died in London of heart disease.
He was born in 1851.
At the soldiers home near Dodge City,
Kan, Daniel Truax shot and killed Her
man Lutz and John Lee because the
latter had taken a supply of whisky
which Truax had brought from the city.
Mrs. Frank Lawwell IF Columbus, o.,
died at midnight OF tuberculosis, from
which she had been suffering for over a
year. Her child, David, who was suf-
fering from the scne disease, died in the
morning.
The South Bend Western Railway
Company, capital stock 100000, its OBJ
ject being to build an electric line to La
Porte, and absorb the Chicago and South
Shore line, filed Incorporation articles
at South Bend, Ind.
Gov. Herrick has par6oned John X.
Thurman, who was sent to the peniten-
tiary from Hamilton county, Ohio, Nov.
u, 1889, for murder in the second de-
gree. He served in the Civil War and
drew a pension of S24 a month. and left
the institution with 5000.
In memory Of the Harwick mine dis
aster of Ofer a year ago, in which 1S9
men were killed, about 1000 miners
and several thousand of their friends
gathered at the Springdale cemetery at
Pittsburg to witness the dedication of a
magnificent monument donated by the
miners of western Pennsylvania. Vice
President L. -. Lewis of the miners
union delivered the grafton of the day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
OUR RISE IN SEA POWER.
Second in Battleships and Cruisers
BuiIt and Building.

ana
Year by year for the last two decades
Brassey's Naval Annual has recorded
the pretty steady rise of the United
States from an all but negligible place
to a leading and commanding status
among the naval powers of the world
and the latest issue of that invaluable
handbook makes in our behalf the most
impressive showing of all. 1t was a very
few years ago that the United States
was contending with Italy, Japan and
Russia for fifth, sixth or seventh place in
the list. This year it far outclasses those
powers, and even France and contends
with Germany for second place with an
assured prospect of winning that conten-
ton in the near future, if, indeed. it has
not already done So
In all classes of vessels Great Britain
easily leads the world. In first class bat
tleships now in commission Germany
stands second by a small margin over the
United States, which is an easy third.
But in such vessels built and building the
United States considerably surpasses
Germany. At the end of 1906 we shall
have 10 to Germany's 20; at the end of
1907 we shall have % to her %. and at
the end of 1908 we shall have % to her
"A. That majority Of only one ship does
not apear great, but it's actual magni-
tude appears when we note the aggregate
tonnage of each feet, for our % ships
will have tonnage of 1873. SAT. while
Germany's "a will have only 256,557
tons. In the highly important class of
hrst-class cruisers American superiority
is much more emphatically marked. Built
and building, Germany has only seven
such ships, of 67,O64 tons, while we have
fifteen, of 1865 TONS In this class
France has a slight numerical superiority
over us, but is inferior in tonnage. her
sixteen ships measuring only 1878
tons. In battleships and cruisers of all
classes, built and building, our title to
second place among the navies of the
world SEEMS secure, with seventy-five YES
sells to Germany's sixty-nine, the ninety
three of France consisting so largely of
the smaller sizes as to fall much below
ours in actual strength.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
HELD FOR SHORTAGE oFs45,ooo.
Clerk of Smithsonian Institution Com
fesses to Embezzlement.


fesses to Embezzlement.
William w. karr, disbursing clerk or
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington, has been arrested on the charge
of embezzlement. The shortage in his
accounts is estimated at from S4o,Ooo
to $4,000. The arrest was made on
warrant sworn out by DR.. Samuel L.
Langley, secretary of the institution.
karr admitted his guilt The discovery
of the shorta ge was made when word
came from the auditor of the Treasury
Department that the Smithsonian In
stitution had overdrawn its account with
the government. DR.. Langley asked Tor
an explanation from Mr.. karr. and as no
satisfactory reply was forthcoming an
examination of his accounts was made.
This showed a large shortage VI the
sum involved it is thought that the gov
eminent will not lose more than Sl,ooO,
the remainder representing the loss OF
the Smithsonian Institution. Officers VINO
have been going over the accounts be-
lieve that the dishonesty of the disburs-
ing clerk covers a period of more than
fifteen years. The funds embezzled were
derived from the sale of valuable papers
which came into the possession of the
trustees. Instead of turning over all the
money which came into his possession by
this means, Karr retained much of it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
| Chicago.

- With the advent OF
ness conditions continue
to improve and prevailing strike trou-
Die is the only disturbing feature. The
Vlrulence of this has not abated. and
It's end does not appear to be in sight.
Manufacturing operations, however.
are NlgoroSuly carried on and other
important activities show no slackness
except in limited way in building
trade, owing 10 some check in the de-
livery of material.
Production of finished goods in all
hnes Is heavy, and orders are coming
IN freely. Wholesalers in staple mer-
chandise report very fair volume of
trade and larger deliveries. The re-
tail trade has been stimulated by the
weather, and has done a very good
business in seasonable articles ana
materials.
Money has been in fair demand
without change in rates. and bank ex-
changes show Il large increase over
those of the corresponding week in
last year. Advices from country points
are of a generally satisfactory nature.
though tempered by reports of heavy
rains and floods in certain sections
Harvesting is in progress and growing
in breadth steadily.
Live stock receipts We're much heav-
Ter in all classes, and especially i'm
sheep. Receipts of hides were ABR
100 pounds, against 3,52A327 pounds
a year ago. Receipts of cheese and
butetr showed large gains over those
of year ago. Receipts of wool
showed a decrease of over 100000
pounds.
Grain receipts were 5,416,214 bush
els, against 5.567,592 a year ago, and
the shipments 3.213,O29 bushels, against
3,3S4,274 bushels, being decrease OF
3.3 per cent. Board of Trade opera
lions We're upon a rather erratic mar
ket throughout the week and closed at
some decline in speculative values of
the two leading cereals.
Failures in Chicago district number
10, against Is last week and 30 a year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
SAYS ATHLETICS RUIN MEN.
President james of Illinois University
DenOuuces College Sports.


President Il. j. James, of the Univer-
sity of Illinois, after five years careful
investigation, says that the severe strain
undergone by college athletes largely un-
fits them for business or professional life,
leaving them unable TO play a mans part
in affairs, because of physical weakness
induced by overexertion. Nearly all foot
ball players, baseball men, and lawn ten
mis- experts, he declares, have weak
hearts, and are more liable to other forms
of diseases than men who take a more
rational interest in college sports. For
years President James has felt that col
lege athletics were being carried to dan
gerous extremes. He has always opposed
the excessive training necessary to COM
petition in college games. With the idea
OF aScertaining the actual effect of the
long training and the terrible effort neces-
sary to the contest, he began collecting
statistics regarding the health of famous
athletes and their accomplishments in the
affairs of life. These statistics will not
be ready for official publication before
next October, but President James says
they will undoubtedly cause much sur
prise to the men who declare the college
athlete develops into the vigorous man
who does things
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20

headed by Henry &. F'rick and Edward
II. Hartman.
In addition to that of James H. Hyde
the designations of FIVE other officers were
placed in the hands of the new chairman
of the board, Paul Morton. These men
were President James w. Alexander,
Second Vice President Gage E. Tarbell,
Third Vice President George p Wilson,
Fourth Vice President William II. Nc
Intyre and Financial Manager Henry
Rogers Winthrop.
None of these designations was accept
ed. Mr. Morton took them with the I'M
derstanding that if the report of State
Superintendent OF Insurance Francis
Hendricks discloses the unftness of any
of these officers to continue in the en-
ploy of the Equitable that the resigna-
tons will be accepted. Conditions of
the Hyde sale provide for naturalization
of the Equitable
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
FOR A MORSE REPUBLIC.
Plans for National Convention Are
Said to Be Under Way in Norway.

1t is understood that arrangements are
actually under way for a national con-
vention in Norway. and this, it is be-
lieved will inevitably result in the dec
laration of a republic. All hope that
King Oscar or Crown Prince Gustave
will yield to the request of the storthing
to place a prince of the house of Berna-
dotte on the throne of Norway has dis
appeared, according to a high authority.
The Danish royal family also has set
the stamp of disapproval on the accept
ance of the throne by a Danish prince.
According to well-informed persons Rus
STA and Germany will refuse to recOg-
nlze Norwegian government until King
Oscar consents to the disruption of the
union. Strong efforts ere being made to
secure similar action by other govern
ments including that of Denmark, apd
1t Is stated that these efforts are meet-
ing with encouragement. The Norwe-
gan press and people remain singularly
undemonstrative. Premier Nicholson
wants no demonstration, and refused to
permit large procession of Christianians
IN approval of the action of the storthing.
The premier said: 1T is too early to
claim victory which has not yet been
definitely gained. Our most serious diff
culties are probably ahead" King Os-
car is quoted as saying that he would
avoid war at any cost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
ILLITERATEs AND PAUPERs.
What Investigation of the Immi gra
ton Statistics Shows

ton Statistics shows.
Anyone who has the patience to plod
through the statistics of the bureau of
immigration can learn all he wants of
the illiteracy and poverty of our immi-
grants. Walter Wellman has done this.
Selecting a number of the most impor-
tant races-the English, Irish, German,
Scandinavian, Italian, Hebrew, japanese
and Russian-it appears that the Eng
lisA have the advantage over all others
in their average provisl on of cash, while
the Scandinavians have the advantage in
Gteracy. OF these same races the Ital-
ians are most poorly equipped with
worldly goods and also most illiterate.
Among the Scandinayians only one out
of 16S of the immigrants is illiterate. The
English show one out of 81, the Ger
mans one out of 80, the Irish one out of
81, the japanese and Hebrews one out
of five, the Russians one out of four
and the Italians two out of five.
Turning to cash, it appears that two
thirds of the English bring in over $50
each, one-half of the japanese, One-third
of the Germans, one-sixth of the Irish
and Russians, ole-seventh of the Sean
UNA ldIS, Ouc-uIALIl VI the I1eDIGNS anu
one-eighteenth of the Italians. Figuring
on a different basis, it appears that the
average Englishman brings in $66, the
German $40, the japanese S44 the Irish
and Russian $50, the Scandnavians $24,
the Italian SIG and the Hebrew $15. Al
though the Hebrews and Italians bring
in about the same average amount of
cash per person, the proportion of He
brews bringing in over $50 is twice that
of the Italians, but this is doubtless due
to the fact that the Hebrews bring their
families with them. The $50 or more"
is figured for heads of families, and this
makes a material difference in relative
rank in the two estimates.
These facts are worthy the attention
of all persons interested in the problem
of our increasing immigration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20

shares, so that Mr.
Ryan's h 0 / d i n G
constitute an actua
majority of only one
share. The pric,
paid was not def.
n it e ly announced
but is said to be les:
than $4,000, GOO. A
the outset of th'
trouble in the Equit
able Mr.. Hyde wa:
offered $1,000, 00(
for his stock con
troll by a syndicat,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Agreement BENEFITS Princeton.

The heirs of Mrs. Mary J. Winthrons
estate have reached an agreement by
which Princeton Theological Seminary
will receive $1,750,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Morton Is Made Chairman.

Paul Morton has been made chairman
of the Equitable board, with full powers,
and has received the designations of
Hyde, Alexanders and all the other fac
tional leaders in the society. Hyde has
sold a controlling stock interest TO a
syndicate headed by Thomas f. Ryan
and including large Standard Oil inter
ests, which will give over the holdings
to a board of trustees for the carrying
out of a naturalization plan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Kirkman Must Serve Prison Term

Captain W. G. Kirkman, of the Twen-
ty-ffth Infantry, recently brought into
prominence in connection with the suicide
of Mrs. Bessie Chandler, wife of a fell
low officer, is to serve a term in the
penitentiary in addition to dismissal
from the army. This is the sentence of
the second court martial which was re-
Gently concluded at Fort Niobrara.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Dry Dock for Manila FIoated,

The government dry dock recently
built by the Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrows' Point, and which will be
tOwed to Manila. was successfully float
ed Saturday. Miss Endicott, daughter of
Rear Admiral Endicott. christened the
new vessel Dewey" The Dewey is the
largest floating dock il the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
A. T. Patrick Held Guilty.

Albert I. Patrick, the New York law
yer found guilty of the murder of Will
liam Marsh Rice, an aged millionaire,
must suffer death es the penalty of his
crime. The New York Court of Appeals,
voting 4 to 8, sustained the sentence of
the lower court. The date for Patrick's
execution has not yet been fixed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Ann Arbor Road Is Absorbed,

At a meeting in the offices of the
United States Mortgage and Trust Com
pany in New York representatives of the
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
purchased control of the Ann Arbor Rail-
road for $5.5OO,OO0 The consolidation
of the two roads will be effected within
thirty days
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
FRANK G. BIGELow Is NO. AIT.
Will at First Be with Negroes and
Indians at Fort Leayeuworth.


Frank e. Bigelow, the former Milwau-
kee banker, began the serving of his ten
years sentence Monday at the federal
prison in Fort Leavenworth. After a
fairly good rest the previous night. he
ate sparingly of the meager breakfast
furnished all prisoners. Later he was
dressed, his hair being cut and a prison
suit given him. He was photographed,
measured by the Bertillon system and
examined by the prison physician. He
was given the prison number Air. With
allowance for good time he will be re-
leased i'll six years and four months. He
gave his age as So. He was searched
and some plain jewelry and small sum
of money was taken from him. He will
probably be assigned to a clerical posi-
ton, but at first will be thrown in con-
tact with negroes and Indians
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
whent harvest Wen Advanced.

The weekly government crop bulletin
reports improved conditions. with wheat
harvest well advanced, but corn back
ward in some important States
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Too Much Silver Closes Mint.

There is so much silver coin in the
subtreasury that Congress has not seen
tit to send any additional silver bullion
to Philadelphia for coinage. As result
Superintendent Lands has notified all
employees of the local mint that work in
all departments will be suspended The
supply of silver at the mint practically
has been exhausted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-06-20
Fifty Jews Slain by Cars Troops

For two days fierce rioting has been
in progress in the streets of Brestliovsk
Russian Poland, and scores of Jews have
fallen before the murderous fire of Rus
sian troops. The casualties are not yet
known, for the number of victims in
creases every hour. but it is believed at
least fifty persons have been killed and
eighty injured. Nearly all of those shot
wore TRyS