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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
All Over the State.

The vault in the burned Sank county
court house was opened the other day
and the records found in good condition.
Oscar Kohler. brought to Madison
from up north on a charge of embez-
cling lodged by the Jung Brewing Com
pany of Milwaukee, changed his plea to
guilty and was sentenced. He was a
salesman.
The body of Mrs Hattie Kerr of Wau-
wegan. H., who disappeared few days
ago, WAS found by two young men in
the outskirts of Milwaukee leaning
against a tree in a small wood. Inves-
tigation revealed the fact that death was
due to carbolic acid poisoning. The WON'T
an was the wife of c. c. Kerr. an en-
ploye of the American Wire and Steel
works at Waukegan, and had been suf-
fering from nervous prostration for two
years.
Robert Simpson. aged Is. employed
in the packing room of the Rock County
Sugar Refining Company al GAINESVILLE.
committed suicide in the presence of 200
work-men.
Harold Ellis of Baraboo, aged 4 years.
was accidentally shot in the mouth by
Walter Jones, aged s. The ball lodged
in the back of the head causing probably
fatal injury.
Otto Schoenwalzer of Waukesha. -
wears old. brakeman on the Wisconsin
Central was fatally injured while switch
ing in the Burlington yards. He has a
wife and two children.
OBLIGATORY exercises of the SOC. 900 IL
a
gle ID Beioit college We're held Thurs
day. Among the speakers were Horace
White of New York City. who was D
member of the class Of 1852. and Libra
rain Thwaites of the Wisconsin State
Historical Library.
Further inquiry develops the fact that
the victim of the murder 1T Kenosha is
not John When. the county charge who
was at first thought TO be the man. ard
no clue to the identity Of the unfortunate
can be secured One Charles Rem. who
answers 10 the description and age Of
the murdered man. left Manitowoc sew
erai years ago and may be the victim.
The health authorities Of the village
of PardeeyiHe have closed Music Hall.
It's place of public gatherings. and III
conjunction with the boards Of health of
the surrounding towns have Elected an
organization for the purpose Of stamping
out the smallpox. If which disease a
number of cases exist in the vicinity of
the village.
Upon the success of a skin grafting op-
Grafton depends the life of 12-year-old
Helga Larson of La Crosse, whose breast
was terribly burned in lamp explosion
Twelve inches of skin were taken from
her father. Gjert Larson. who Is 4 veal
thy farmer of Pleasant Ridge. and four
INCHES from hospital nurses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
One hundred Years Ano.

The first benefit TO the United States
resulting from the war between En-
gland and Spain was the opening OF
the port of Havana to American yes
sells.
Stocks had risen and 4 per cent in
London owing to Frances oyertures
for peace.
The expectation of corn was pro-
hibited from the Swedish and Prussian
ports.
The contemplated siege of Gibraltar
by the French and Spanish fleets was
decided on positively.
Bonaparte authorized the Pope to
invite all the bishops and clergy, who
formerly took the constitutional oath,
to abjure its obligations.
The Spanish Governor of Mexico
sent to Spain for aid to suppress seri-
Gus disturbances in that colony,
English ships captured a Spanish
vessel with 100000 and a valuable
cargo of indigo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
SLAv RESERVES IN BATTLE.
Soldiers on Way to Seat of War Loot
Smolensk and Engage Regulars.

Soldiers on Way to Seat of War Loot
Smolensk and Engage Regulars.
Two hundred Russian reservists, on
their way to the far East, were killed
and hundreds wounded in a battle with
the local garrison at Smolensk. Russia.
AS a result, six officers committed sui
eide.
Reservists, to the number of 5000,
We're moving on to the seat of war, when
the train stopped at Smolensk. They inn
mediately started to plumber the town.
They broke into homes, stole provisions
and whatever they could find in the way
of valuables. Townspeople formed mobs
and tried to stop the onslaught of the
soldiers, and riots followed.
The Governor, seeing the local police
were helpless to restore order. called
out the local garrison. The soldiers at
tackled the reservists with rush Wild
fighting between the two forces followed.
Before the reservists We're conquered,
200 were killed outright, and several
hundred wounded. The colonel command
ing the reservists and five of his officers,
who had been unable to prevent the out
break, committed suicide from shame.
The battle ragged several hours. The
streets were filled with mob of excited
people, who were afraid to take part in
the conflict either way. The soldiers from
the garrison, called suddenly from the
post, marched into the city in double
quick step. The reservists prepared for
the attack, and when the Cars regular
men charged, they were met with stern
resistance. Driven back, they renewed
their onslaught, and their superior num-
bers, after several of these movements,
bore down on the reservists, and the lat
ter fell back. When the line fell back
the ground was strewn with dead, dying
and injured men. The shattered body of
reseryists was ordered back on the train,
and the journey to the far East resumed,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

An increased acreage of % per cent
of broom corn is reported from Okla
homa this year. Woods County, Okla
homa, was the banner broom corn
county last year. The growing OF
broom corn in Oklahoma is not con-
fined to Woods County by any means;
on the contrary, the neighboring coun-
ty of Woodward is almost as big
producer. and the crop is becoming
a main one in Garfield, Grant, Beaver,
Dewey, Comanche and Kiowa. Illinois
growers are viewing the increased
acreage of Oklahoma with alarm, and
the acreage this year in that State, al
though extensive, is not so large as
usual. mainly because the growers can
not compete on the market with Okla
homa broom corn. In 1900 only the
States of Illinois, Missouri and Kansas
were ahead of Oklahoma In growing
broom corn, and the Territory has sur
passed all but Illinois since that time.
The yield per acre in oklahoma is
usually from a fourth to half ton of
the cured product.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
NO MORE "TIRED FEELING "
Southern Doctors to War on the Hook
Worm, Which Causes 1t.

Worm, Which Causes 1t.
Medical and scientific men are deeply
interested in the warfare that is being
waged against the hook worm in Porto
Rico The worm is a minute parasite
which causes an aggravated reduction of
red corpuscles in the blosd CT the vic
tim, producing a feeling Of inertia, takes
away his ambition ard renders him lazy
and shiftless. Ninety per cent of the
rural population of Porto Rico are af
fected with this facilitating malady and
the strong aversion to work among the
poor whites of the Southern States
is explained as being due to the preva-
lence of book worm among them.
A commission was recently formed
for the purpose of investigating the dis
ease in Porto Rico, where it had reached
alarming proportions, and of taking meas
ures to stamp it out The Porto Rican
government made an appropriation of
$1,000 to cary on the work and repre-
sentatiyes of the marine hospital at
Washington We're made members of the
commission. The commission went into
regions where the people were most af-
fected by the disease and established
camps for the systematic tre3tment of
the sufferers. Reports received from
them indicate that fine progress is being
made. Many cases are noted of men
who, at the beginning of the treatment,
were scarcely able to walk, but who are
now at work practically cured. Physi-
clans in the South have lately become
familiar with the disease and will apply
their knowledge to stamping it out among
the 0noor whites y CamDs will not be
established, but ctlse government will as
sist local practitioners in the effort to
eradicate the strange affection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
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Premier Balfour is getting feshy. He
has been slender heretofore.
1t is understood that Admiral Alexieff
will be appointed Governor of Moscow.
Israel Zangwill is confident of the sue
cess of his scheme to colonize Jews in
South Africa.
An international fund has been started
to carry on the work of the late Prof.
Finsen of Sweden
The late Louis de Moulin, Denmark's
prolific novelist, used to write half
dozen stories at once.
John Hare. the well-known English
actor denies that he contemplates retire
ment from the stage.
Field Marshal Sir Henry WyIie Nor
man, who died recently. once refused the
office of viceroy of India
Felix Weingartner may shortly retire
as conductor of the symphony concerts
Of the Royal Berlin Opera orchestra.
Al f. Jaurett, the French editor ex-
pele,l from Venezuela by President Cas-
tro, VIII make his home in New York.
Edouard Won Hartmann Is the. first
German philosopher who has lived to see
one Of his works reach its eleventh edi-
ton.
The late George Gissing an English
novelist, left an estate worth S5.265. And
yet he received good prices for his writ
ings.
Premier Balfour sleeps twelve hours a
day, and, while a VIGOROUSLY lazy man,
is one of the best golf players in Eng
land.
Haydn's house in Vienna, where he
wrote THE Creation" and where he
died, has been purchased by the nsunic-
patty.
The story that Graham Murray. secre-
tary for Scotland, woIsd succeed Lord
Miner in South Africa IS denied in Off
cial circles.
Baron Won RiedeI, who has just re-
signed the portfolio Of minister Of finance
III the Bayarian government. held it for
twenty-seven years.
One of the most extreme vegetarians
is the well-known Russian sculptor,
Prince Troubetzkoi. who places meat eat
ers with cannibals. He taboos eggs and
milk also.
Maxim Cork attended the perform
aace Of one Of his plays at Helsing-
fors recently. and was accorded a tumH.-
tuons reception. showing that one Rus
sian is popular in Finland
Lord Ellsmere Of England. a we'll
known writer nuder his pen name Of
Charles Granville has issued his FIRST
novel bearing has fult title.
The Rev John WATSON Gan Maclaren,
sill retire from the ministry within a
year. He has been pastor Of a Liverpool
church for twenty-five years.
The Gar has a brother, an uncle
four first cousins. ten second. thirteen
third. and great uncle. His FIRST and
second cousins are imperial highnesses.'
Alfred De RotiseIiild Of The famous
banking family has a private circus at
his country seat. Ha:ton house. in Eng
land The ring is about 100 yards in
diameter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

ment of the United States. and Congress
man Binger H. Hermann. formerly land
commissioner for the United States, is
similarly indicted. United States Dis
trict Attorney Fall has been removed
from Office by the President on the charge
of shielding persons who have done
wrong. Other indictments will follow
and it is promised that the affair viii be
as sensational as the postoffice scandals.
For several years there have been stories
in circulation to the effect that such
move was coming. Secretary Hitchcock
has been conducting an investigation and
says that now that indictments have been
found there will be a vigorous and fear
less prosecution. Mitchell is charged
with accepting money to the amount of
thousands of dollars to use his influence
on behalf of various parties with Binger
Hermann, at that time land commission
er, to patent claims which the latter, it
is claimed, knew to be Illegal Her
mann is indicted for these fraudulent
transactions.
Senator Mitchell, who has for many
years been one of the foremost men of
the Northwest, declares that he is irno-
cent or wrongdoing, that perjury has
been used against him and that his hon
orable dealings in the matter will be
clearly established He is about 20 years
of age, a native Of Pennsylvania and
his right name is John Nipple. Shortly
before the Civil War he had family trou-
BILE for which he was not to blame and
went West, changing his name to John
III. Mitchell He practiced law in Cali
fornia and Oregon and as long ago as
1872 was elected to the United States
Senate, making him in point of priority
of service one of the veterans of the
Senate. He was defeated for re-elec
ton in 1879 and in 1885 was again elect
ed, as well as in 1891 In 1897 he was
defeated, but four years later was again
chosen, his term to expire in 1907.
Binger Hermann was long a member
of Congress before he was made land
commissioner by President Mckinley.
He was again elected to Congress a few
years ago after retiring from the land
office. He has been prominent in Oregon
politics for forty years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Thirty Years Ago.

Garibaldi refused the pension grant
ed him by the Italian Parliament he
cause of the low condition Of the ma
tons finances.
A wage conference between anthra-
! cite operators and miners at fIazleton,
Pa, resulted in disagreement and a
coal strike was threatened.
The Illinois Central Railroad Com
pany refused to renew an agreement
with the other roads entering Chicago,
which had been in force a year, pro-
hibiting the issuing Of free passes.
Geenral Sheridan assumed command
of the Department OF the Gulf at New
Orleans and made plans TO suppress
the lawlessness in Louisiana, due to
rival claimants to the State Govern
ment.
The Piu Indians were reported to be
on the warpath in Indian Territory,
and Vinita citizens believed the sack
ing of the town was imminent.
Alphonso XII. was proclaimed King
of Spain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
How to Raise Turnips.

This is a South Carolina mans way:
The way that l make beginning IS
first to sow in August in rye the patch
that l wish to cultivate in turnips the
next year Then in the spring after
the rye is harvested | turn said patch
with No. 13 pillow. oliver chill If pos
Sible; then run a smoothing harrow
over it till level. Then in two weeks
haul out lot manure and stable manure
and scatter broadcast oter it. Then
pillow with ordinary pillow. l make
rule TO pillow my patch over every time
plow my crop, up till the LIST of Au-
gust. l have never failed to get
stand of turnlps when ground is pre-
pared in this way Then when it is
prepared in the above manner l sow
the seed the last of July or first Of Au-
gust broadcast over the ground thus
prepared. Then l harrow the seed in
thoroughly with a side-harrow. | had
one-quarter acre in last year that was
prepared in this manner. and l sold
$12 worth and had plenty left TO feed
cows and hogs on. | have a half acre
prepared in the aforesaid manner. and
expect 10 sell $50 worth this fall I
am renter. and have lived on the
same landlords land for twelve years
Some 1--WE years ago | sent to the seed
men for turnip seed to sow and divided
the seed with my landlord. and he,
knowing l was successful in raising
turnips. requested me to SOW his patch
that he had prepared after his own
fashion. | scattered the seed for him.
then scattered the seed ON my own
on the same day. The result was that
he did not get turnip, while mine
we're successful So you can see that
to be sure of crop. the land must
be cultivated right before the seed are
sown If any of the readers DOUBT this.
there is way that l can ccnvince
them. Readers, commence In time for
next year IL you are fond Of turnipA"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
SeYenty-fiye Years AGO.

Wine duties in Prussia were reduced
one-half, as the vintage had been
scarce the previous year.
A proclamation was issued by Gen
eral Bolivar convoking a constituent
congress at Bogota to form a consti-
tuition for Colombia.
Raised printing for the blind was
invented by Charles Barber, a French
man.
The term "Philistines" was applied
by the Liberal party of Germany to the
Conservatives.
Methodism was introduced into Ger
many.
General Guerrero resigned the presi-
dency of Mexico. The new government
settled under Bustamente, the former
vice president.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
forty Years Ago.

The Juarez government of Mexico
offered large bounty to volunteers
from other countries who would enter
its service
Hood, having been forced to evac-
uate Decatur, Ala, by General Sted-
man, who occupied the town, was be-
ing closely pressed on his retreat
At a mass meeting of Chicago citi-
zens a committee Of thirty was named
to devise methods of cleansing the Chi
cago river.
The trial by court martial of several
persons arrested in Chicago for treason
commenced at Cincinnati.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

ed for more details. The State Depart
ment also informed the German ruler
of the affair, and assured him that ev-
erything was being done to arrest the cul-
prit.
The statue of Frederick the Great
was unveiled in November in the pres
ence of the President and a large num-
Der of army and navy officers and the
diplomatic corps. The monument is a
bronze replica of marble statue erected
in Berlin. The figure is seven feet high,
and the only Inscription on the base is
the title: Frederick the Great" For
the pedestal and for the expenses of the
unwilling Congress appropriated the sum
of $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Fifty Years Ago.

The French Chamber passed a law
authorizing a loan of 500,000,e00
francs. n
The cities of Brooklyn and Williams
burg, New York, were united under
one municipal government and called
Brooklyn.
A special message from the Presi-
dent was read in Congress, explaining
his reasons for vetoing the river and
harbor bill.
General Castillo defeated President
Echenique and entered Lima in tri-
umph.
The English admiral Fanshawe was
making vigorous efforts to stop the
slave trade in Cuba.
Prussia decided to open its coasting
trade to England.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
WISCONSIN Youth a Hero.

Isaac Fluno has received letter from
Thomas X. Hayson, captain of the post
corps at Siasi, Philippine Islands, telling
of the heroic work of Arthur Fluno, a
CORNER Appleton boy who is teaching
there, during recent hurricane which
visited the island Among other things
the letter says: ''Mr. Fluno stayed in
the surf for three hours assisting to land
women and children. This is only one of
the many things that might be said of
his conduct that night" Fluno was for
merly a Lawrence university student
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Former Mayor a Suicide.

Ex-Mayor Joseph Villas. aged 20 years,
committed suicide in Manitowoc by fir
ing bullet through his brain. The body
was found in his bed several hours after
the deed had been committed. Mr.. Villas
had suffered for years from az incurable
disease and this is assigned as the reason
for the act. Mr.. Villas was well known
throughout the State, having been promi-
nent in politics. He served one term in
the State Senate and was draft commits
sioner during the Civil War.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
pardeeviIle suffers Heavy Loss.

The fire at Pardeevile caused dam
age of $4,000. The fire started in the
building occupied by the Pardeeville
Hardware Company, completely destroy
ing it. w. A. Hall, an aged man who
had apartments over the store was rear
ly suffocated. Keith Brothers grocery
store also was destroyed, and the build
ings occupied by X. W. Langdons jew
elry store and Fred SCOTS meat market
were damaged. The losses are fully COW
cred by insurance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Two Kinds of Poison Kill.

Miss Anna A. Waters of Fond du Lac,
- years old, died as the result of drink
ing six ounces of chloroform and a guam
tity of carbolic acid. After taking the
poison she screamed and her mother ran
to her room Physicians We're called,
but were unable to save her life. The
young woman was handsome and ac-
complished and had recently inherited a
small fortune from the estate of Anna
Amory, her aunt. Her father is Ella G.
Waters, president of the Yellowstone
Lake Boat Company, Yellowstone Ma
tional Park
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
BOMB FOB ROYAL GET.
Stranger Tries to Blow UP Statue OF
Frederick thu. Great af ca nifaI

Frederick the Great at Capital.
International excitement was occasion
ed the other day by an attempt to blow
up the statue of Frederick the Great,
presented to the United States by En-
peror William of Germany and erected
in the arsenal grounds of the War Col
iege III Washington Because the explo-
sive was contained in a light hand bag,
the sides of which burst easily, no dam
age was done to the shaft. although win
dows in adjacent buildings were broken.
Secret service men and the Washington
police are searching for a stranger who
attached the bomb to the fence surround
ing the base of the statue.
Immediately after the attempted out
rage the German embassy asked for and
received confirmation of the affair from
the State Department. The news was
cabled to the Kaiser. who promptly ask
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
twenty Years AGO.

Earthquake shocks were expert
enced in Austria, Spain, and other por-
tons Of. Europe.
A Pittsburg newspaper, after ex-
planning who he was, quoted Andrew
Carnegie as favoring socialism.
Earthquake shocks were felt in
Maryland, Virginia and New Hamp-
shire
The Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company inaugurated sweeping cut
in tolls.
The betrothal Of Princess Beatrice
to Prince Henry Of Battenberg was
announced to England by Queen Vic
toria.
The explosion of dynamite at an I'M
derground railway station created
great excitement in London.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Log Jam Broken by a Bear,

a log jam on the banks of the Mani
towish was broken IN peculiar manner.
A brown bear WAS noticed by old man
Buck prowling around the skids, and
later was observed crawling over the
piled hp timber. Gradually bruin worked
his way down to the key log and attack
ed it frantically Instantly the mass of
logs broke. The bear was crushed to
pieces. Later it was learned that the
key log was filled with honey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

A Wit of a stockman is going to
save his cattle the trouble of chewing
their cud by providing them with pre-
d1gested hay and grain. Who'd "a
thought he cud do that?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17
Ten Years Ago.

Motions to quash the Debs conspir-
acy indictments were argued before
Judge Grosscup In Chicago.
Chicago packers were Informed OF
an embargo placed on American cattle
by Belgium.
Many ships were wrecked, lives lost,
aud land properly destroyed by a
storm which swept Great Britain and
the continent
The Delevan House. Albany, " Y.
ore OF the most famed hotels in the
United States. burned. several fatal
tiles attending the fire.
movement was inaugurated at a
mass meeting in Chicago 10 have the
State assume the restoration and care
of the Lincoln monument at Spring
field.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

good egg is alive. The shell is
porous and the oxygen of the air goes
through the shell and keeps up sort
of respiration. An egg soon becomes
stale IN bad air or In dry air charged
with carholic acid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

though they were a
shock to the people
at Washington and
elsewhere who had
no idea that Senator
John 81. Mitchell of
Oregon was so deep
" involved as to
render his indict-
ment poss j b ] e.
Mitchell is under
Indictment by a
federal grand jury
fer conspiracy to de-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

sheep do not make the most persist
ent grubbers unless they get short of
grub. Well-fed sheep do not kill hazel
brush, like half-starved sheep do
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

A bull or a ram can be made to
work for living by the use of tread
power. Such animals would be ali the
better for the exercise, and the power
would be obtained without cost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-01-17

The man -.ho tries to work in i'll
hitting shoes knows how it is himself
when he tries to work a horse with
an iIl-ftting collar on.