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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
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Gov. Hanly of Indiana never saw the
inside of a saloon in his life.
Senator Foraker has purchased a home
in Cincinnati. paying 100000 therefor.
John X. Harvey, recently reelected
Mayor of WalthaD,, Mass, was born in
log hut.
Senator Cockrell says he doubts if he
would care TO go to the United States
Senate again.
Capt Robert i. Howse new com
mandant of cadets at West Point, is a
native of Texas.
Secretary of War Taft has brother
who is an editor. The editor is tall,
lean and wiry.
Many English newspapers, including
the London Spectator, speak of Presi-
dent Roosevelt as a ''whig."
Mayor Mcclellan of New York has
been making an exhaustive examination
of the water supply of Boston.
Gov-elect Broward Of Florida is Of
Huguenot descent. His mother belonged
to good old New England family.
Major Gen. o. o. Howard. L. s. A,
retired, is the only living American Off
cer who has commanded 10000 men.
Frederick Vanderbilt disIikes society
and frequently absents himself from
home when his wife has house parties.
Joseph W. Folk Of Missouri will be the
guest of honor at the banquet Of the Mis-
sonri Society q New York on March IL
Senator's Lodge and Plat (Conuecti-
cut say government seeds are humbuc
Senator Pettus Of Alabama defends them.
Senator Thomas c. Platt Of New York
has been a delegate TO eight national
conventions ia succession. from 1876 TO
1904
Mayor Wells Of ST. Louis says BE has
had enough II public life aud VII. net
seek office again when his present term
expires.
United States Senator 2. G. Knox If
Pennsylvania SAYS the only way 70 be-
GENE a successful lawyer is TO study over
and over again
Former Gov. Morrill, Of Kansas has
begun his thirty-sccond term as superin-
tendent Of the Congregational Sunday
school al Hiawatha-
Gov. Hoeh Of Kansas has won imme-
date fame for his description Of the sun
flower State as 1.-THE Sich, juicy meat in
/ the national sandwich"
| Speaker George l.. Rouse Of the lower
house Of the Nebraska Legislature is the
first farmer TO hold that position since
the early days Of that State.
Marconi viii be 30 on April %. He
began his experiments with wireless tele-
graphy on his fathers estate near Bo-
logna nearly twenty years ago.
Consul General Gowdy has not been
in the United States since his appoint
ment. nearly eight years ago. He has a
6ne farm ia Indiana and would ike to
zee il again
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
In the National CanitaI.

Walter l.. Cohen. a negro. will be re-
appointed as register of the land Office
at New Orleans.
Senator Quarles introduced resoln-
ton requiring the census bureau to col
lect national statistics relative to mar
rage and divorce.
The Comptroller Of the Treasury has
decided that the law granting fifteen
days leave Of absence with pay to clerks
In first and second class postoffices means
fifteen days. including intervening Sun
days and holidays.
II was announced at the Office Of the
civil service commission that for tie pres
ent no more examinations will be held for
clerical and professional positions for the
Panama canal service, Ine applications
being far in excess Of it's needs.
Secretary Taft sent to the Senate a re-
port Of the commissary general Of the
army showing that the cost Of fresh meat
bought for the soldiers IN .ta Philippines
IN 1904 was 81 .055 ;43. the average
cost being 81 cents pound for beef
and g cents for mutton. Most Of the
supply was purchased from Australian
dealers. and Secretary Taft says Ameri-
can meats would have cost double this
amount
70 increase the effectiveness Of the
uavy's officers. Representative Foss GliD
introduced a bill shortening the term at
the naval academy until 1913 to three
years. with one gears sen duty, instead
On two. after graduation. and raising the
nee limit Of midshipmen entering the
academy from Is 70 II years. Two
oras4s Of vice admirals are created, and
: reserve list" on which captains are
/ r,locad for shore duty on reaching the
| age If 60 and commanders az 50.
The House committee on the Judiciary
vafed 10 postpone indefinitely further
consideration Of the bin prohibiting ths
use Of injunctions and restraining orders
10 Labor eisDuteA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28

The Senate Tuesday passed the rt,T-
tary academy appropriation bill and be-
gan consideration of the Indian appro-
priation bill. The bill for the govern
ment Of the isthmian canal zone also
came up, and an agreement was reached
to meet an hour earlier Wednesday in
order TO advance it. In response to a
question. Mr.. Ellsins, chairman Of the
committee on interstate commerce, ex-
pressed the opinion that il would be inn
pos ible to secure railroad rate legsla
ton during the present session of Con-
gress. Ex-senator Higgins finished his
preliminary statement in opening the fs-
Tense for Judge Swayne, and one Wit
ness was examined. The House passed
the Philippine tariff bill practically as it,
came from coplnittee and with little dis
cussion. I'VE river and harbor appropri
alton bill was taken up. but it was soon
laid aside. and several measures passed.
the most important of which authorizes
the Secretary of War to return to several
States Union and Confederate battle
flags.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
WORK ON BIG CANAL.
COMMISSIONERS REPORT ON
SITUATION IN PANAMA.
Work Found in Much Better and More
Advanced Condition than Was Antici-
pated = Engineer in Rochester COM
PEELED to Witness Horrible Crime.

Reports of substantial progress in the
actual work of digging the great isthnian
canal were brought to New York City
by Canal Commissioners w. B. Parsons
and ". II. Burr. who arrived on the
steamer Alliancia from Colon. Prof.
Burr said: The committee on engineer
ing of the isthmian canal commission re-
ports that it found the work generally
in much better and more advanced condi-
tion than anticipated. In the great Guile
bra cut the detail of construction that
will take The most time and most money,
the chief engineer has installed and has
at work three large American steam
shOyels and is erecting FIVE more. Four
thousand laborers are now at work on
different portions of the work and 1000
more have already been engaged in the
West Indies and Central America"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
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SHwGGaG N0ThBLET

Barop Gautsch, Austria's new premier,
began his career as usher in a school.
Arthur de Ferraris, noted Austrian
artist, is touring the United States.
The famous house at Highgate, Lon
don. where Coleridge lived, is to be torn
down.
Russia has lost in the death of DR..
Kilt rcusky, it's most distinguished sur
geon.
All of the writings Of the late Laf-
cadio Hearn are TO be translated into
German.
One hundred and ninety-four memo
rails to Bismarck have been erected in
Germany.
Emperor William has over 80 military
and naval uniforms. No other monarch
has so many.
Jose Echegaray, the celebrated Span
ish writer, has published more than
twenty dramas.
Kaiser Wilhelm pays his own private
railway expenses, and they amount to
some S23.000 year
The city Of Berlin has offered three
prizes for the best plans Tor monu-
n,ent to the late Prof. Nirehow.
IhSen * one CT tHE NV aNAAi''10 " ~
have enjoyed the doubtful privilege Of
seeing their own private letters in print
The residence of Samuel Taylor Cole
ridce in London win be torn down short
" 10 make way for modern structure.
1be children, grandchildren. great
| Grandchildren and great-great- grandchil-
5rep Of the dowager duchess Of Abercorn
number IDS.
prince Fushimi has learned one sen
| ton~e IA Esglish, Il offer toast to tn.
/ President OF the United States, ana it
always makes bit.
lord Alverstone, lord chief Justice Of
rneland. viii be the speaker al next
summers meeting Of the American Bar
Association
Comte valiant de Ia Croix, a we'll
Known musician. last male survivor Of
tie famous French family. is iii and in
want at Los Angeles.
II is and@vs,ooJ that Emperor William
viii male the count ron Buiow prince.
The Kaiser.s grandfather. the FIRST EN-
peror. conferred that title upon Bismarck.
SIR George Augustus Jervis sfsredyth,
who has succeeded 10 the Irish baronet-
cy of GreenhilIs. County Kildare. was
police constable and cabmar 20 Aus
| traiza.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
AFTER THE PACKERS.
Federal Authorities Deal Unexpected
Blow to Beef Men.

Federal Authorities Deal Unexpected
Blow to Beef Men.
After months of silent and secret prep
araticn the United States government
opened hoStilities Tuesday against the
meat packers. by serving subpoenas upon
heads of departments and other employees
of the various firms, commanding them
to appear before the federal grand jury,
which will convene in Chicago on March
20. A concerted attack was made by
deputy United States marshals in hf-
teen other cities than Chicago where
branch houses of the packing firms ara,
located, and before night 1S5 subpoenas
had been served.
The opening gun signalized the begin
ming of a determined prosecution of vio-
lators of Judge Grosscups injunction re-
Straiuing packers from certain acts
which would be in violation of the Sher-
man antitrust law. an order which re-
Gently was sustained by the United
States Supreme Court The Injunction
restrained the packers from compelling
their agents to stop bidding; from limit
ing supplies to agents or localities; from
lowering, fixing or raising prices, and
from dividing territory or enforcing uni
form rules as to credits and charges.
1t is the firm belief of the Department
of Justice al Washington that sufficient
evidence has been obtained as result
of the investigation conducted last sum
mer by agents of Commissioner Garfield
of the Department of Commerce and La
Dor TO insure the indictment. conviction
and Imprisonment of number of the
packers.
The law provides penalty of either a
fine not exceeding $1,000, Imprisonment
not exceeding one year, or both, for vio-
lations of the antitrust law. Punish
ment for violation Of the Grosscup in
junction would be at the discretion of the
court under contempt proceedings.
United States District Attorney Be
thea is understood to be i'm possession of
evidence supporting the charge that not
a single packing firm has kept within the
law during the last twelve months or
more. 1t may develop that the packers
have unwittingly broken the injunction,
for their employees number into the thou
sands and comprise men of all degrees of
intelligence
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
ROBBERS TORTURE AGED MAN.
Thieves Burn John Colin with Matches
to Get His Money.

Beaten, tortured with lighted matches,
and robbed of his small savings was the
experience of S0-year-old John Colin in
Chicago. Two robbers attacked him in
his house, 1880 Latin street and took
his money. Neighborhood gossip had
credited the old man with vague but
vast sums, hidden. supposedly, in his
house. He was sitting ut table count
ing his 'wealth"-S16 in pennies-when
attacked. Hand that over and dig out
the rest one robber commanded. This
is all | have" protested Colin. IF you
take it | Will starve." The thieves wasted
no time. but swept the money into bag
and then turned to their victim. While
one held the old man the other burned
him with blazing matches, but at every
demand for his wealth" Colin replied
You've taken it all" At length his
protests convinced the thieves and they
LEFT. Colin hurried to the new city POI
lice station and reported the robbery. A
lew minutes later two men were seen in
an alley carrying a sewing machine.
They were questioned and gave the
names Of Nicholas Wagner and Fred sn-
derson. They were identified by Colin.
According to the police the men had loot
ed the house of Thomas Cortell, and car
ried away more than $500 worth of furni-
ture, including the sewing machine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
FIND BARoN's MISSING SON.
Heir to Title Joins United States army
as a Private.


as a Private.
Arthur Reginald French, eldest son
and heir to the title and estates of Baron
De Freyne, a large land owner in County
Roscommon, Ireland, arrived in New
York on the Cunard steamer Umbria
on Jan. 10, went to the st. Denis hotel
and about three days later disappeared.
A few days ago Mr.. Clive-Bayiey, the
English consul, received letter of in
curry about the young man. it came
from Denver and was from Captain
William French of New Mexico, an I'M
Gle OF the missing man. There was an
exchange of kilograms between the con
sui and Captain French and cable mes
sages between the consul and LORD De
freyne. The result was that the police
were notified, general alarm was sent
out, private detective agency engaged,
the newspapers told and all the machin-
cry OF thorough search for the missing
helr TO reerage and large landed es-
tate put in motion. All this time Ar
thur Reginald French was up at Fort
Slocnm, on David's island, near New
Rochelle, clad in the simple and service
able blue uniform of a private in Uncle
sam army, a regularly enlisted man In
Company A, Eighth regiment. When
found he expressed surprise at the fuss
over his disappearance. He just wanted
little rough experience.
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WOULD END THE WAR
RUMOR THAT RUSSIA AGREES
TO PEACE TERMS.
Conditions as Reported Make Big Con-
cessions TO Japan-Czar Now Willing
to Give Up Liaotun& Peninsula and


A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that the question of peace has not only
been formally discussed, but the con
ditions ON which Russia is prepared
! to make peace has been agreed upon.
They are as follows:
l. Korea TO be placed under Japanese
suzerainty.
,. Port Arthur and the Liaotung pc
ninsula to be ceded to Japan.
3. Nladivostoli to be declared 4 neutral
port with an open door,
4. The Eastern Chinese railroad TO be
placed under neutral international ad-
ministration.
.. Manchuria as far north as Hardin
to be restored as an integral part of the
Chinese empire.
The difficulty lies in settling the
question of indemnity, upon which it
is known that Japan insists, but it is
thought that this difficulty is not in
superable.
The most trustworthy opinion at st.
Petersburg is that in view of the in
ternal situation and the enormous diff
Guilty in carrying on the war the peace
terms outlined will be concluded with
in a comparatively short time if the
indemnity question can be arranged,
but it is quite possible that Russia
will risk another battle before a de-
ciSion is reached.
The rumors that peace between Rus
sin and Ianon * npor ara accantad nv
the press of London as having strong
inherent probability. According TO
continental reports, the Emperor of
Austria has used his efforts TO per-
suade Emperor Nicholas to seek peace.
The terms as outlined may be regarded
as forming an extremely possible basis
for peace, as they are held TO include
more than Japan claimed before the
war
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
KANSAS TRUST LAW is UPHELD.
United States Supreme Court Sustaini
Verdict Against Grain Dealers.

United States Supreme Court Sustains
Verdict Against Grain Dealers.
The validity of the Kansas antitrust
law was upheld by the Supreme Court of
the United States In an opinion by JUS
tee Brewer in the case of Edmund j.
Smiley, plaintiff in error, versus the State
of Kansas. Smiley in 1900 was secre-
tary of the State Grain Dealers Associa-
ton, and the allegation in this case was
that he organized the wheat dealers in
the town of Bison, Rush county, into
trust to control the price of wheat at
that place. The Supreme Court of the
State sustained the prosecution against
him, and Justice Brewers opinion up
holds that verdict. He based his decis-
ion on the ground that the law was in
harmony with the power of the State to
control its own police affairs, and there
fore not antagonistic to the federal con-
ststution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
WOMAN CAPTURES A BURGLAR.
Attacked in Her Room, Mrs. Meyers
Has Struggle for Life.

Attacked in Her Room, Mrs. Meyers
Has Struggle for Life.
In desperate struggle with burg
lar, in which she sustained several knife
wounds, Mrs. Minnie Meyers of Chicago
stabbed an assailant and held him until
relatives came TO her assistance. AIRS.
Meyers, who is is years old, awoke to
lind burglar in her room. She screamed
for help and the man attacked her with
knife. Mrs. Meyers was finally able
to grasp the knife from the mans hands
she stabbed him in desperation and final
~ relatives who were attracted by the
commotion broke into the room. Inc
man, who was a negro, was beaten ana
kicked. Sergt. Sullivan and Policemen
Callopy and Ryan, who were passing the
house, rescued the man from the inturi-
| ated relatives. He gave his name as
William j. Benson. Mrs. Meyers was
Frustrated from the effects of her strug-
gle with the man in the dark room. Her
assailant had dragged her about the
1oor by the hair A cloth saturated with
chIoroform was found in the room after
Benson was arrested. Some stolen prop
erty was found in his possession.
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The royal carriage had just passed
the law courts and was approaching
the Nicolski gate, when two cabs,
driven at top speed, suddenly whirled
along in the wake of the royal equip
age. The cabs rapidly overlook the
Dukes conveyance, attracting little
attention. however. Just as the two
cabs were abreast the Dukes car
riage the bomb was thrown.
The deadly missile fell just be-
meath the royal carriage, explod-
ing almost the instant it touched
the ground. The roar was deafening.
Police and soldiery reached the scene
TO find the two men who are charged
with hurting the bomb wounded. A
mass of twisted, shattered wreckage
was all that remained of the Grand
Dukes conveyance, splinters of wood
and bits of steel having pierced his
mangled, torn body.
The Kremlin stands high above the
remainder of the city, and the explo-
sion of the bomb, spreading its death
and destruction, seemed to rouse
Moscow from end to end. Street
crowds formed in an instant, as II by
magic. Strikers and workmen fought
the police and, hearing that death had
come to their ''eyil genius" shouted
In Qualification and made threats or
attempting the delivery of the assas-
sins Through street after street riot
ran as the news of the assassination
spread.
Troops were deployed along every
anproach to beat back the mobs. Ar
rests were made wholesale from the
first Charges are made by the police
that students were behind the assas-
sinatien conspiracy.
Four times within few months
. Sergius' life has been attempted. he
was last shot at in the railway sta
ton at Moscow, being then in COM
pany with General Trepoff. Further
oppression followed this last attempt
| on his life. This served to fan the
hotbed of anarchy that has formed
at Moscow during Sergius' regime
there.
An era of bomb throwing, having fol
| its ultimate the extinction of the en-
tire house of the royal Romanoffs ant
ending with the execution of the Car
| is the program which the terrorist
have outlined to follow the assassina
| ton Of Grand Duke Sergius.
Grand Duke Vladimir is next L
dier' according 10 the edict of the so
/ cial revoluuonists, land then will fol
low in the order named: Governo
General Trepoff, Grand Duke Alexis
the Dowager Empress Feodorovna
Minister of the Interior Bouligan, Pre-
1 curator Pobyedonosteff and Nichola
IL. Gar of all the Russias."
The executive committee of the "Or
ganization of combat" has thus public
" announced through the Paris pres
that all Of their plans TO accomplisl
! the removal of the hated autocrat
have been made
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
WALK TO SHORE ACROSS ICE.
Passengers of Stranded Steamer in a
Perilous Trim.

Passengers of Stranded Steamer in a
Perilous Trip.
lce-bound in the steamer Naomi, four
miles off Muskegon (Mich.) harbor, and
with the prospect ahead of a weeks inn
prisonment, ten passengers, led by the
purser, performed the perilous feat of
walking to land. The party left the
boat, each equipped with a long pole,
and reached land three hours later, all
ing in badly exhausted condition and
suffering much from exposure. Two
women were in the landing party and
one, Mrs. X. r. Watson, was in seri-
Gus condition when rescuers reached her.
Besides being badly frozen, she was suf-
fering from the effects of fall. All of
the party were taken to homes along the
beach and restoratives applied.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28

be baptized and married; the Church of
st. Michael, in which most of them have
been buried; two monasteries, two bar
racks housing 5000 soldiers, monument
to the memory of Alexander H., the
emancipation of the serfs: the great bell
of Moscow the tower of Ivan and the
national treasury, in which all the relics
of the Romanoff dynasty are stored.
Moscow is the official capital of the
empire, although for reasons of conven-
fence the court meets at st. Petersburg
The palace in the Kremlin is therefore
always kept in readiness for the occu-
pancy of the imperial family. The Gar
spends a few weeks there every year
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
INcINERATE BABE IN FURNACE.
Engineer of Rochester Building Tells
Story of Murder.

q. w. McCaffery, engineer in charge
of an 1S7horse power boiler in building
on Furnace street, Rochester, n. Y, used
10 heat several business places, has in
formed the police taat about O'Clock
last Tuesday morning two men and a
woman entered the boiler room and while
one man covered lim with a brace of
revolvers the other threw a package into
the frepot on the red-hot Goals. The
woman uttered shrek as he did so, and
one of the men threatened her life. Nc
Gallery says he heard the scream Of a
baby as the package struck the fire. The
men waited several minutes and then
opened the furnace door again and raked
the bundle about on the Goals. Before
leaving the men threatened TO kill Nc
Gallery if he ever revealed a word of the
matter. McCaffery kept silent until it
preyed on his conscience to such an ex
tent he could keep quiet no longer. All
three of the party Were so disguised that
he could not give a good description of
them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-02-28
HoMEsTEADERs DISTRESS.
Work in Blizzard Weather to Perfect
Titles to Their Land.

-Four hundred homesteaders, who, last
August, ii the Rosebud land lottery,
drew valuable prizes, are now undergoing
fearful suffering trying to make the le-
gal improvements which must be COM
pleted by March 8 in order tc hold their
titles. Confident that Congress would
pass a special act giving them till June
to do this, hundreds of homesteaders
tailed to do the work. When few days
ago Congress turned down their bill, they
rushed to South Dakota from all direc-
lions to build their shanties and make
show of improving. The weather at the
same time turned cold, and through biz
yards, with the temperature 20 to 40
below, they have been hauling lumber
and provisions, hay and feed, putting up
the shelters for themselves and their
teams, that must also represent their title
to the property.
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thodox church. 1t is an imposing collec-
ton of buildings, rich with the beauty
of Muscoyite architecture, which stand
upon an eminence like a city within a
city, washed Oh all sides by the River
Yolga, and Enclosed by a wall nearly a
mile and a half long. In the group of
stately edifces are the ancient palace of
the Cars, the palace of the holy synod,
the Church of the Assumption, in which
every Car must be crowned; the Church
of the Annunciation, in which they must