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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
WOMAN is HANGED.
Mrs. Rogers Dies on GaIlOVvs fl
Murder of Her Husband

Mrs. Rogers Dies on GaIIOVvs for
Murder of Her Husband.
Despite all the desperate appeals
made for further respite, Mrs. Mary
Mabel Rogers was hanged at Windsor
Vt, for the murder of her husband
The woman, condemned for a cold
blooded crime that shocked the entire
State, made no confession on the gal
lows. She had previously told her
spiritual advisers it was no use to tell
people about others shortcomings.
The career of Mrs. Rogers has been
q remarkable one. A wife at IS and
murderess at 10, she was only % on
the day of her execution. In 1902,
having won the affections of three
men, she killed her husband, Marcus
H. Rogers, with the aid of another
admirer, Leon Perham, to the end that
she might marry third lover, Maur-
ice Knapp. Perham confessed and is
serving a life sentence. After chloro-
forming Rogers, Perham and Mrs.
Rogers rolled the body into the river.
where it was found. Perham made
complete confession, and both he and
Mrs. Rogers were found guilty of muir
der in the first degree.
Under the Vermont law the power
of Communication of sentence rests with
the legislature, and the law also pro-
vides that when a person is sentenced
to death a session of the legislature
must be held between the time of SEN
tence and the date set for the execu-
ton. At the last session of the legis-
lature various attempts were made to
commute Mrs. Rogers sentence, but
all failed. Then an attempt was made
to pass law abolishing capital pun
ishment in Vermont, but that also
failed. An attempt to secure a par
don for the woman shared the same
fate. A bill was introduced providing
for the appointment of a State COM
mission to look into the woman's san
ity. This bill passed the House unani-
mously. but was defeated in the Sen
ate The United States supreme
Court was then petitioned on an an
peal from the rulings of the Vermont
court, but the Supreme Court refused
to stay the sentence or the Vermont
court. The last woman to be exc
cuted in Vermont was Mrs. Emeline
Meeker, who paid the death penalty
at Windsor March 80, 1883.
Governor Bell was firm in his decis-
ion not to interfere with the sentence
and in his final discussion of the mat
ter said: Il know of no law that is
not as much for woman as for a
man. | consider that for me again
TO NEEDLE in this case would place me
as executive and the State of Vermont
and its laws in a ridiculous position"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
STRANGE DEATH IN COFFIN SUIT.
Men Who Engage in Fight struck
Down MNHferiOusIy.


Death from strange malady which
physicians say they have never before
seen or heard of has overtaken ten men
who were connected with the suit over
piece Of property given to an under
taker by a widow in payment for her
husbands coffin in Galveston. The belief
is widespread in that vicinity that the
deaths are Judgment from heaven. SO
terrifying have been the manifestations
of what is believed to be divine wrath
that even the county officials refuse to
have anything more to do with the case,
which probably never viii be adjudicat-
ed, at least in the present generation.
The case is that Of George E. Smith
against John Daley. Both men died
soon after suit was brought of the
strange disease which specialists were
unable to diagnose or treat. Then
Thomas Brick, the district clerk who
filed the suit, fell victim to the same
mysterious avenger. Three lawyers par
ticlpated in the widows coffin suit,
as 1t is called-Clegg Stewart, Forester
Rose and William L. Austin. Within a
lew days all three became i'll and died
OF the peculiar disease for which no rem
edy could be found. Then Judge Will
lam IL. Stewart, who tried the case
ana who but few days before had rem
dered decision in the case and granted
new trial, fell victim, and in a short
time expired Alexander BartlingcOck
and q. A. Sias were employed to survey
the land in preparation for the new trial.
Scarcely had they completed their task
when they fell i'll and died. j. F.
Simons, the district clerk laughed at
the fears of the superstitious, and made
preparations for the new trial. On
Thursday last he died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
SLAIN BY A WOMAN.
Terrorist's Revenge on SarahoH, Ex
Nnr. NIinisfor fnr. A arons.s..

Terrorist's Revenge on SarahOfT, Ex-
War Minister, for Atrocities
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of
the London Daily Telegraph, in a dis
patch sent by way of Eydtkuhnen,
East Prussia, says: Lieutenant Gen
eral Saharoff, former minister of war,
was assassinated. The government
had deputed General Saharoff to visit
the province of Saratov for the purpose
of quelling the agrarian riots there. A
woman belonging to the so-called fly
ing columns of the revolutionary move
merit called at the house of the Gov
ernor of Saratov and asked to see Gen
eral Saharoff She fired three revolver
shots at the general, killing him on the
spot When arrested the woman who
committed the crime declared that she
had executed a decree of the terrorists
section of the Social Revolutionists.
The news of the assassination of
Lieutenant General SaharOff. former
minister of war. had been preceded by
the most horrible stories of the man
ner in which Saharof had been repress-
ing the agrarian disorders. He cor
rallied peasants with CoSsacks and then
had them beaten with the soldiers
whips. In so doing Saharoff pursued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
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Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $40;
wheat, Nc ,, SIC to SSc; corn, No. 3
yellow, 45c to Acc; oats, No 3 white,
32c to soc; rye, No. ., Csc to G9c.
ilwaukee-Wheat, No. . northern,
SAC to Soc; corn. No. 3, 42c to 43c;
oats, standard, 30c to 32c; rye, No. l,
G9c to Tie; barley, No. ,, 53c to soc;
pork, mess. $3.50.
Toledo-Wheat, No. . mixed, SIC to
SSc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 45c to Acc;
oats, No. , mixed, SOC to 32c; rye, No.
., &c to 69c; clover seed, prime, SO.
Buffalo - Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to
choice, $500 to $500; sheep, common to
good mixed, $500 to 500; lambs, fair
to choice, $500 TO $500.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. red, 94c to 96c;
corn, No. 2, 52c to 53c; oats, natural,
white, SIC to 3Sc; butter, creamery, 21c
to 24c; eggs, western, 2Sc to 32c.
ChicagO-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $497; sheep, lair TO choice, $500 to
5000; wheat, No. 2, Sc to soc; corn,
No. 2, 45c to acc; oats, standard, 29c to
Bic; rye, No 2, Csc to 69c; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, 5000 to
$3.50; butter, choice creamery, pic to
DE; eggs, fresh, 25c to 29c; potatoes,
per bushel, 53c to 64c.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1925; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$50; sheep common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SSc to 90c; corn,
No. 2 white, 43c to 45c; oats, No. .
white, Sic to 32c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 05c; corn,
No. =, 41c to 42c; oats, No. >, Bic to
32c; rye, No. 2, &c to Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $5.05; sheep. $500 TO
$500; wheat, No. 2, 9Oc to Ole; corn,
No . mixed, Acc to 46c; oats, No. :
mixed, Bic to 33c; rye No. ., zoe to Tic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
National CnnitnI Notes.

Senator kittredge presented to the
PRESIDENT the other day eighty members
of the South Dakota Press Association.
Secretary Bonaparte has sent to the
Speaker of the House an urgency def
cheney bill calling for $1,OOO,OOO for the
navy.
Bills were introduced in the House by
Mr.. Smith Of Illinois for 1-cent postage
and by Mr.. Murdoch Of Kansas creating
commission to investigate railway cap
italization.
Representative Hardwick of Georgia
reintroduced joint resolution declaring
that it is the policy of the United States
to grant independence to the Philippines
as soon as stable government is estab-
lished in the islands.
Senator Beveridge introduced bill
providing joint statehood for Oklahoma
and Indian Territory and for New Mex
leo and Arizona. The bill is identical
with the one introduced in the House by
Representative Hamilton of Michigan.
Captain Frank Frantz. who recently
was nominated to be Governor of Okla
homa Territory, has issued a statement
objecting to the incorporation of a pro-
hibition clause in the measure providing
statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory.
Representative Morrell of Pennsylva-
MIA introduced a bill providing that all
persons desiring to operate automobiles
passing from one State to another must
obtain a license granted after an ex
animation under the direction of the in
terstate commerce commission.
Commander Cameron MGR Winslow,
formerly naval aid to the President and
now in the command of the Mayfower,
has been selected to command the new
protected cruiser Charleston, which will
go 10 the Pacific station early in the
year to become the flagship of the Pa
cifc squadron, taking the place of the
Chicago, which is badly in need of re-
no irc
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Short PersonaIs-

Dr. Glennon of st. Louis is the young
est archbishop in the world He is ~
years of age.
Shaban Bey, leader Of the Albanian
instruction against Turkey, has arrived
in this country to try to interest the
American board of foreign missions in
his project for boys school in AL
bania.
Mr.. Carnegie never smokes. No one
dares light cigarette in Skibo Castle.
He does not play cricket, is not devoted
TO riding, never followed the hounds in
his life, and does not shoot.
Railroad magnates are supposed to be
hard worked. but they are long lived.
James ]. Hill is 81, Marvin Hughitt is
GA, and E. L. Jeffrey, Roswell Miller
and Thomas Lowry own up to 81.
Robert B. Roosevelt, an uncle of Pres
ident Roosevelt, is going to make an at
tempt to have the scrub pines of Long
Island destroyed and supplant them with
more beautiful and useful white pines.
William II. lowering of Lafayette.
Ind, is said to nave the largest. most
complete and most valuable Sunday
school library in the world.
Lord Templemore, the father Of the
'se of Lords" sat in that body for
| E v-eight years before he delivered
his -.iaiden speech and his effort con-
sisted Of twenty-one words
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford
claims the distinction Of being the first
European who was allowed, by invita-
ton, TO meet personally the AIikado Of
Japan. The meeting took place in 1868.
TIE Duke of Abruzzi is reported to be
organizing an expedition to explore CEN
trail Africa.
Tie Shah Of Persia recently sent to
the COmtesse Anna de Bremond deco
ration, the oldest in the world-the
grand order of the Lion and Sun" 1t
was in honor of her recitation of some
of Omar Khayyam's poetry in Persian
last ummer at Ostend.
David Belasco some years ago receiv-
ed the following letter: 'Sir: Wishing
to go on the stage, would like to join
your force. Have been bricklayer f5r
FIVE years, but having failed III this
branch have decided to take ZIP acting,
the same being easier work. | am not
young, but six feet in ny stocking feet
Have studied elocution and am fond of
late hours"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
ERIE ROAD SUFFERS Loss.
Big Freight House Mt Buffalo De-
stroyed by Fire.

The shops of the Union Dry Dock
Company and the Erie railroads trans
fer and freight house on 'Ganson street,
Buffalo, were destroyed by fire, causing
loss estimated at $131 900. The dam
age to the dry dock company's plant
was comparatively small the buildings
destroyed being wooden structures aln
containing no machinery of great value.
The Erie freight house was an immense
building running parallel with the south
side of Buffalo creek and the north side
of GansOn street. 1t was about LOU
feet long and contained an unusually
large amount of east-bound merchandise
which has been piling up because of the
car shortage and the blockade of freight
of all kinds. Several large lake boats
anchored along the Erie dock narrowly
escaped being caught in the flames.
Burning embers were carried across the
river by a high wind and the towers
of Niagara elevators A and B caught
fire several times, but the flames were
put out before serious damage was done.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Chicago measure Of trade, usually

UlllbQQU measure of trade, uSualiE
are expected to reflect
some growth during December. | t the
total this week is doubly interesting in
that it largely exceeds the correspond
ing week last year and makes a rev.
high record for this city.
This evidence of progress is not
weakened by any present or approach
ing indication of diminution in activ-
ity. Iron and steel production shows
uneXampled cohesion; ore never before
was more eagerly secured against fu-
ture needs, and prices of both raw and
finished materials have acquired ex-
ceptional hrmness, Notwithstanding the
rapidity of recent advances. This sit
uation is not surprising when il is CON
sidered that the leading producers are
away behind their orders and that ca
into next year.
Operations in the diSributive
branches continue to be of unprece-
dented volume. The lack of adequate
transporting facilities has become a
subject of 81, alter anxiety With the
close of lake navigation.
Bank clearings, $236, 1862, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1904
by IL per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 81, against % last week
and % year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
OIL BOOTS WITH AMBERGRIs.
Alaskan Gold Hunters Scoop Fortune
from Sea and Do Not KnnrV Ii.


George Schaer, who has just returned
from Alaska, has discovered that he and
his companions creased their boats. oars,
masts and everything else that needed it
with ambergris, worth $50 an ounce,
and threw away more than they used, in
the belief that it was ordinary grease.
Schaer, being a proyident fellow, saved
five ounces in pickle bottle for future
use. The bottle was dropped into his
bag and forgotten. The other day, Gu
riosity to know what the stuff was led
Schaer to show it to a Seattle druggist,
who offered $73 for the contents of the
bottle, then the truth dawned upon him.
He says he and his companions found
the stuff in quantities in arctic waters,
but never dreamed of its value other
than as a good lubricant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
MERIwETHER SENTENCED.


Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr.,
who was tried by court-martial for
causing the death of Midshipman
Branch, has been sente ~eed to conine-
ment to the limits of the naval academy
at Annapolis for a period of one year
and to be publicly reprimanded by the
Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Bona
parte has ordered that the sentence be
carried out, but that so much of the
penalty as would debar the accused
from serving on any practice ship at
taehed TO the academy be RENTED.
Representative Broussard, of Louisi-
ana. who had a conference with the Sec
rotary regarding the case, after reading
the findings announced that he was en-
tirely satisfied with them AIidshipman
Meriwcther was acquitted of the charge
Of manslaughter and found guilty of the
other two charges-namely, violation of
the third clause of the eighth article
for the government of the navy which
prohibits midshipmen from engaging in
hsticuf1s and conduct to the prejudice of
good order and discipline.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
No Coal strike Next sprinr.

There will be no strike of the anthra-
cite miners next spring. A tacit agree
ment has been drafted by the represent
atives of the miners and operators. This
statement was made by one of the larg-
est individual operators in the anthra-
cite region and confirmed in substance
by an official of the United Mine Work
arS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Father Stays His Family

The bodies Of James Coulter, we'll
TODD farmer living near Shelbournc.
Ont. his wife and daughter and IL
year-old son were found the other dav.
The son had been slain with an ak. after
which the father shot his wife and
daughter. retired to his bedroom and
turned the weapon on himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

When flames from bonfire ignited
the dress of 5-year-old Rosie Szafran-
ski, in Chicago, her sister, Stella, 8
years old, beat out the blaze with her
hands. which were badly burned The
younger girl was taken to Provident
Hospital, where it is said her injuries,
although serious, may not prove fatal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Wheat in Good Condition.

The crop reporting board of the
bureau of statistics, Department of Ag-
riculture, submitting it's monthly report,
finds that the condition of winter wheat
on Dec. 1 was GAL. The acreage of
winter wheat was 81 81 900 acres, an
increase of 6 per cent over the area
sown in the fall of 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
sherrick VIII Restore Money.

Ex-Governor w. T. Durbin announced
at indianapolis that the balance of the
money due the State for ex-Auditor
David e. Sherrick, charged with embez-
element, had been collected and would be
paid on the request of the proper off.
Gals Sherrick is reported to be in a
condition of mental collapse and his trial
has been postponed until Jan. s.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Miners tn Recome Emn1nrer.

The Executive Board of the Western
Federation of Miners in Denver decided
to ask each of the 100000 members to
contribute SO to make up a $1,0O0,O00
fund with which to start a cooperative
company to mine for precious metals. It
is proposed in this way to combat the
blacklist of the Mine Owners Asso-
ciatinn.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
New York

~ ~ Holiday trade, begun
New York. earlier than usual, prom
Uses to break all records.
but retail trade in seasonable goods,
rejecting the irregular weather, fiuctu-
ates in volume. The wholesale trade
notes quiemess as the stock-taking
period approaches, but spring sales
continue encouraging. Industries re-
main active, iron nd steel and build
ing in all its branches especially so.
In the textile trades activity is still
feature. The recent large advance in
cotton and talk of Is cents for the bal
ance of the crop is a disturbing ele-
ment in future business.
Business failures for the week end
ing Dec Z number 203, against 1873 last
wee, 231 in the like week of 1904, 241
in 1903, 247 in 1902 and 223 in 1901.
In Canada failures this week number
81, against % last week and % in this
week a year ago.-Bradstreets Com
mercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

Physicians at St Vincent's Hospital,
New York, were surprised when, on
performing an operation for appended
It's on Timothy Keleher, they found a
pencil several inches long in the mans
stomach. Keleher had every symptom
of man suffering from appendicitis
The patient could not explain how the
pencil got into his stomach.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
STAYS MOTHER WITH FLATIRON
wisconsin Man COnfesses Killing
pn

wisconsin Man COnfeSSes Killing
Parent-Belieyed to Be Insane.
Mrs. Mary Kunz, aged 20, was found
dead in her home in Manitowoc, Wis,
having been killed by her son, J.
body was blood-bespattered and bad
Wenzel Kunz, with natiron. Her
ly mutilated. Young Kunz con-
fessed several hours later. He is
thought to be insane. Mrs. Ignatz
Kunz, a daughter-in-law of the aged
woman. discovered the body lying across
a bed in the same position she had left
her two hours before. The dead woman
had been bound and gagged with bed
clothing. Kunz, who as in the house.
was placed under arrest Immediately,
and when taken to Jail he broke down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
SILK skirts Not "A Necessity

Silk skirts are not necessity for
wives, and husbands cannot be com
PEELED TO pay for them, Judge Gates
ruled in a suit in the Circuit Court in
Kansas City. The suit was brought
about by Carleton Kings refusal to nav
a bill of $3.50 for a silk skirt purchased
by his wife.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Launching of the Idaho.

The battleship Idaho was launched at
the Cramp yards in Philadelphia in the
presence of a distinguished delegation
from that State. Miss Louise May
Gooding, the 13-year-old daughter of
Governor Frank r. Gooding of Idaho,
christened the big steel-clad. The Idaho
is sister ship of the Mississippi,
launched Sept. 80 and is of the first
claSS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

farmers to reduce the cotton acreage for
1906. The present estimated 21,O00,0OG
acres planted in cotton is regarded suf-
hcient under normal climatic conditions
to produce enough cotton to meet the de-
mands of spinners
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Admits $1,000 Theft.

Patrick Monahan, treasurer of Briggs
local, No. 1850, United Mine Workers.
was arrested in Scranton, Pa. for steal
ing $1,000 from the locals treasury. He
admitted his guilt and said he lost the
money in gambling and dissipation. He
was sent to Jail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19

The Senate or Tuesday passed bill
authorizing the Rock Island, Arkansas
and Louisville railroad to construct
bridges across the Ouachita and other
streams in Arkansas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Seven Injured in q Fire.

Seven persons were injured and six
firemen were overcome by smoke and
acid fumes during a fire resulting from
an explosion of peroxide of hydrogen in
the factory of Henry X. Wampole & Co.
in Philadelphia. Emma Rose, aged 10
years. an employe. was probably fatally
burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
GoosEBoNE SAYS MILD WINTER
Pennsylvania MonOgenarian Prophe'
sizes nf NnnfI,nr. u Came

sizes Oh w eatheE 10 COmes
Elias Hartz, of Reading, Pa, aged
80. the goosebone weather prophet,
helped to eat his first goose of the sea-
son the other day. Looking at the
breast bone after it was dried, Mr..
Hartz saw very little of the usual pur-
pie coloring and at once declared en-
phatically that the coming winter would
be very mild. Along about the holidays,
or during the early part of January, a
sharp drop in the temperature is indi-
Gated, but it will not last more than a
few days. The remainder of that month
will be mild. About the first of Febru-
airy severe cold weather with plenty of
snow, and probably a blizzard, may be
expected. Real whittier weather is pre-
dicted for that month and it may ex-
tend into March. The bone is perfectly
clear until the middle of winter, when
dark spot is shown. Then it again
clears and remains so until the closing
month of the winter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Young millionaire shoots Himself

Robert ID. Ballantyne, millionaire and
society leader, committed suicide at the
home of his mother, widow of John H.
Ballantyne, in Newark, N. j. He sent
bullet throug his right temple. Bal
lantyne was 80 years old and unmarried,
and was worth at least $5,0OOOOO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-19
Waterman Taken to Prison

Alonzo ]. Whiteman, known all over
the United States as the smoothest of
bank swiLdlers and confidence men, has
been taken to the prison at Auburn, N
Y, to begin a term of eight years and
five months for defrauding the Fidelity
Trust Company of Buffalo.