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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
REVENUES DROP OFF.
BEECHER's BROOKLYN CHURCH
IN FINANCIAL STRAITS.
Famous Old Plymouth Is in Debt
and Must Soon Have Big Lift
Explosion Opposite WaIdorf-As-
tOria Hotel Kills Laborers.

Historic Plymouth church has come to
such financial straits that meeting was
held the other night in Brooklyn to de-
wise ways and means to increase the
revenues, which have so dwindled as to
show deficit in the last year, against
surplus thirty years ago, when Henry
Ward Beecher was paid a salary of
100000. The meeting was in no sense
reflection on the ministration of DR..
Hills, but rather an Endorsement of his
untiring efforts in the face of extraor-
dinariy adverse circumstances. The old
Brooklyn Heights families who were the
mainstay of Plymouth have disappeared
through death or removal This was in
part the explanation made by Deacon
). V. White, who presided over the
meeting. at which DR.. Hills, Gen. HOra-
ito G. King and Col. William c. Beech
er were the most striking figures. The
deficit in the Plymouth exchequer from
1900 to 1905 was $4,000. For the pres
ent year it has been 81 900. Benjamin
f. Blair, who read the financial state
ment outlined a plan which he believed
would bring in greater revenue. There
are now forty-siX pews he said, which
are expected to produce S11 900, but pro-
duce only $1,000, because occupied by
strangers who do not contribute. DIR.
Hills said his salary was $4,000 and
he received about $4,000 from a syndi-
cate which prints his sermons. He ex-
pressed willingness to bear his share
of the burden
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
THEATER FIRE KILLS FOUR.
Tenants of Building Are SuffOcated
hY SulclCe n I.nraiu. Ohm.

Tenants of Building Are Suffocated
by Smoke at Lorain, Ohio.
-Four lives were lost in fire which
destroyed the Overlook theater in Lorain,
Ohio. The dead are: James Dwyer, %;
Mrs. William Marsh, "a, and her two
children, Grace, aged years, and Cliff
ford, aged months. The Marsh FAM
lily had apartments in the front of the
building on the third floor. William
Marsh was stage manager for the the
alter. Dwyer, another employe of tae
theater, slept in the basement, where
the fire originated, from which escape
was cut off Mrs. Marsh and her chill
dren We're suffocated by the smoke which
poured up the narrow stairway. The
loss on the theater, which was COMPARE
lively a new one, is $50, 900. The loss
on the entire building is $4,000. The
theater was owned by the Ver5eek
Amusement Company of Oil City, Pa,
and leased by H. H. Dykman of Elyria.
Ohio. A dozen persons living in the
building had narrow escapes from being
suffocated. The fire department did not
have ladder sufficiently long to reach
the windows where the imprisoned per-
sons We're and William Schultz, q mer-
chant, climbed to the top of the longest
ladder, raised and held a second ladder
to the window where the frantic men and
women were waiting for help. They
climbed down the improvised escape and
Schultz stood in his perilous position for
thirty minutes while the descent of the
tenants was made over his body. Eight
persons were rescued in this manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
DEE lSAl2EzETS
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $625 hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $500; sheep. fair to choice. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, SIC to SSc: corn,
No. 2, 45c to 47c; oats, standard, 29c to
Soc; rye. No. ., Csc to zoe; hay. timo-
thy, $3.50 to $500; prairie. $500 to
$3.50; butter, choice creamery, 21c to
23c; eggs, fresh, 20c to 26c.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping $500
to 5000; hogs, choice heavy $500 to
So. 10: sheep, common to prime. $3.50 to
$3.50: wheat, No >. SSc to 90c; corn.
No. white, 42c to 43c; oats, No.
white, Bic to 32c.
st. Lous-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000;
hogs. $500 to $500; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ?, soc to 92c; corn,
No. ., 40c to 41c: oats, No. ,, SOC to
32c; rye, No. ,, &c to Csc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $475;
hogs. $500 to $5.12; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat. No. ., 92c to 93c; corn.
No. mixed. 45c to Acc; oats. No 2
mixed, 33c to 35c; rye, No. ., zoe TO Tic
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat No. ., SIC to SIC; corn. No. 9
yellow, 45c to Acc; oats. No. white,
32c to 34c; rye, No. 2, CSC to 69c
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
S3c to Soc; corn, No. 3. Ale to Acc;
oats, standard Doe to 32c; rye. No. l,
69c to zoe; barley, No. 2, 53c to soc;
pork, mess, $1,000.
Toledo-Wheat No. . mixed, SIC TO
SSc; corn, No. mixed, 45c to 46c;
oats. No. mixed, Doc to 32c; rye, No.
., &c to G9c; clover seed, prime $500.
BuGalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $5.25; hogs, fair to choice, S40C
to S5.25; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 a $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat No. red. SOC to Ole:
corn, No. >. soc to sic; oats. natural.
white. 37c to 3Sc; butter, creamery, 21e
to DC; eggs. western. pc TO 2Sc.
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Short Newa Notes.

William II. Davenport. aged 1S. found
er Of the w. II. Davenport Firearms
Company. died in Norwicha Conn.
Sigmund Schwabacher Of San Francis
co has paid $1,000 duty to customs off
Gals in New Yoik for the release of
eleven trunks and a box Of gems.
Theodore Watts-Dunton of LONDON,
the poet, novelist and critic. was mar
ried Oct 30 to Miss Clara Reich. who
has acted as his amanuensis for fifteen
years.
Attorneys for Mrs. Eleanor Lockhart-
Flower Of Pittsburg, who represented
her in a suit to contest the will of her
father. Charles Lockhart, the Standard
Oil director, has brought suit for $780,
600 for fees.
Annoyance regarding numerous petit
tons asking for the appointment Of an
American cardinal is said to have caused
the Pope TO say that it is improbable
that Archbishops Ireland, Farley or
Ryan ever will wear the red hat.
Rear Admiral Abraham Bruyn Has
brouck Lille U. S. n, retired, died at
his home in New York He was retired,
with the rank of rear admiral March 3,
1903.
The American National Red Cross. at
its first annual meeting at Washington,
elected Secretary Taft president Judge
Lambert Tree Of Chicago was elected a
member of the central committe.
The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals at Philadelphia ordered new
trial for Albert c. Twining, convicted
Of making false entries while director
of the First National Bank of Asbury
Park. Twining is now under sentence
of six years in New Jersey.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Odds and Endaa

An atom of matter is probably a
crystal of electricity.
The total commerce of Abyssinia is
about S9,5000,000 year.
National bank notes are one-sixth of
the money in circulation.
Japanese and Germans have the
same average brain weight.
New Orleans and Galveston now ex-
port more wheat than New York.
The birth rate in Berlin declined
from 4G per 1000 in 1876 t. % in 1902.
A shell from a 12-inch gun makes its
fight of nine miles in forty-two sec
onds.
The banking capital of New York
City has been doubled within FIVE
years.
More than 100000 worth of
sporting goods We're sold in the United
States last year.
Clean plaster ornaments by dipping
in cold starch. brushing the powder
off lightly when dry.
Ded iShAhS, Aol 100 HeaNy, makes
excellent dish towels, as it has no
limit-wash thoroughly before hem
ming.
A statue of the Sumer1an King
David, found at Bismya, Babylonia,
recently, is believed to date back to
$500 B. c.
There has been noticeable expan-
sion in the foreign trade of France
during the current year. as shown by
the official statistics.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
aNsE2eegk5e s2 :,

Sir William Watson has beer sppoint-
ed chairman of the Cunard Steamship
Company, vice Lord Iverclyde.
Krantz, the Car of Russia's chef, is
by tradition and position gentleman,
and has the right of wearing a sword.
The Khedive of Egypt is not only
monogamist but a teetotaler, and does
not smoke-not even an Egyptian cigar
cite.
The King of Bavaria receives 81 ,350-
600 a year, the King of Saxony $4,000
and the Grand Duke of Baden $780,
600
The King of Greece is the greatest
linguist among monarchs. He reads
twelve languages and speaks most of
them.
Pref. Cerebotani, a Frenchman, has
perfected an apparatus which will trans
NIT the peculiarities of a mans hand
writing or drawing, enabling him to sign
checks 1000 miles away.
1t is understood that King Edward
will confer on the Mikado the decoration
Of the Order of the Garter, which will
be conveyed TO his majesty by special
mission, headed by Prince Arthur Of
Connaught.
The King of Italy is not only one Of
the most enthusiastic of royal motorists
but. perhaps. the only one who has quail
fed by passing a severe practical exam
nation. He is clever mechanic and
repairs his cars.
The young crown princess of Germany,
who is popular has set Il new custom.
that of carrying a stick while walking.
Her royal highness has a large collec-
ton of sticks from which to select to
match the costumes she wears.
Lord Radstock, although a peer Of the
realm, is not a lord of parliament. He
is an Irish peer, the title having been
conferred on his grandfather, a distin-
guished admiral, who won a nave vic
tory off the coast of Lagos in 1891
The German Emperor recently receiv-
ed a peculiar present. consisting of
pair of scissors valued at $500 1t took
the engraver five years to engrave the
emperor's portrait and a number of his
torical buildings on the shears.
King Leopold of Belgium is said to be
the most frugal of monarchs He rises
at 6 and works until o o'clock in the
evening, when he eats little bread with
marmalade, perhaps an apple, and drinks
a cup of tea. He often omits luncheon
/ and his dinner in the evening rarely con-
| sists of over two courses.
King George of Greece, while strollins
about incognito, failed to answer the
challenge of a sentry and was fred at,
1 but escaped with a rent in his overcoat.
Next day he summoned the sentry to
| the palace. thanked him for his devo-
| ton. and presented him with one Of the
minor military orders.
Emil Zerkowitz, the noted Hungarian
author. who has been commissioned as
special envoy by his government with
the purpose Of establishing important
commercial relations between that coun-
try and this, recently arrived in New
York He has a boy named George
Washington Zerkowitz. who was born
on Feb. 30. 1903.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26


Speaker before national conference
said America treats child toilers same
as Russia does.
Postmaster General Cortelyou, in an
nual report, called Chicago postofice no.
table example of lamentable deficiency
in certain essentials; deficit held less i'm
portant than efficiency.
The Philippines tariff committee of the
Merchants Association Of New York,
at the War Department made an argu-
ment for modification Of the Philip
pine tariff on cotton goods.
Events in the West Indies and South
America are watched with anxiety by
the administration; trouble in Venezuela,
Santo Domingo and Brazil.
Senator Foraker's bolt of President
Roosevelt's rate program and threat to
tie up statehood bills is believed to be
part of his political policy.
A petition from ex-Queen Liliuokalani
asking for the payment Of 100000 900
to her has been presented to the Senate
by Vice President Fairbanks.
Luke e. Wright, Governor of the
Philippine Islands, had a conference
with the Secretary of War concerning
matters in the archipelago.
The first bill passed by the Senate
was a measure authorizing the Rock
Island. Arkansas and Louisville railroad
TO construct bridges across the Ouachita
and other streams in Arkansas.
Strained relations between Secretary
Shaw and Surgeon General Wyman
caused by threatened abandonment of
marine hospital service, against which
charge of gross extravaganza has been
made.
The House committee on interstate
and foreign commerce neid its first meet
ing. As copies of the various railroad
rate measures introduced were not avail
able the committee gave them no con-
sideration.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

ANi-C n 19CotoA@s anu luleI tuSdSth
with his father in the hardware bust
ness. He took an interest in Republican
politics from the time he was old enough
to vote, and by his ability as an organ
izer soon came to be recognized as a
factor in north town politics. He was
employed in the sheriff's office for sew
eral years, and later was chief clerk in
the north town Office. In 1894 he was
elected north town clerk on the Repub-
lican ticket and in the fall of that year
he was elected to the State Legislature
from the Twenty-6rst Senatorial Dis
trict. He served in the Thirty-ninth
General Assembly, and in 1896 was re-
elected to the House and served in the
Fortieth General Assembly. In 1898 he
was elected to the State Senate from
the same district, and served as Senator
in the Forty first and Forty-second Cen
eral Assemblies.
In 1902 he was nominated for State
Treasurer by the Republican State con-
vention, and served until Jan. l, 1905
Mr.. Busse has been considered as one of
the Republican leaders in Cook county.
He is now engaged in the coal business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
RUSS BARBARITIEs TOLD.
Revolving Tales of Atrocities on
Teutonic Landlords


Frightful stories are coming from the
interior of Courland Province, Russia.
where desperate fighting has occurred
between the troops and insurgents. Re-
voting tales are told of the barbarities
practiced on the German landlords, who
are more detested by the Let's than
are the Russians. In a fight near Tukum
fourteen dragons were killed and SIX
teen wounded 1t is estimated that the
insurgents lost 800 men killed. A squad
ron of cavalry was ambushed and badly
cut up near Grossantz and limped into
Mitau with its wounded.
Despite the statement in St. Peters
burg that two army corps are being sent
to the Baltic provinces it is learned tb2t
no such number of troops is available.
The government has sent two regiments
from st. Petersburg in reply to the fran
tic appeals for re-enforeements, but it
is considered too dangerous to deplete
the garrison of the capital any further
during the present crisis and the gov
eminent can only await the arrival of
Cossacks and other troops, which are
being hurried forward by Gen. Line
witch from Manchuria. Meanwhile, the
governments fear is that the rebellion
which is extending southwark to the
Polish frontier may arouse the Poles to
an armed uprising.
Reliable details regarding the estab-
lishment of the so-called Republic of
kharkov have arrived The workmen's
socialistic organizations, joined by 800
troops. took possession of the city and
with the aid of militia armed with pixies,
revolvers and axes established a govern
ment or federated council" as the eX-
ecutive committee was CT He'd This
council issued DEGREES which the authori-
ties were unable to resist
The council turned off the electricity
from houses on the ground that it only
benefited the rich. While allowing it to
burn in the streets, where it benefited
the people, and declared war on the
thieves, who had been terrorizing the
city. When a robber was captured he
was placed under a triphammer with the
threat that it would be dropped unless
he revealed the whereabouts of the
booty This usually was effective in
each case and the recovered plumber
was returned to its owners. Two notori-
Gus robbers were hanged in the public
square.
The cable companies in New York re-
ceived notice Tuesday that telegraphic
communication with st. Petersburg had
again been severed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
CHICAGO.

UlllbQQU. lbeen favorable, ana less
than the usual slowing up
at the year end appears in the leading
industries. New commitments do not
equal recent high records, but there is
satisfactory volume of forward book
lngs and no diminution in current pro-
duction and distribution. Mill, fur
mace and factory outputs exhibit in
creaslng activity, due in part to an
effort to overtake old orders. Re-
eelpts of iron ore have stopped for the
season, but stocks obtained for winter
consumption make the greatest ton
mage ever stored here. More consid-
GRAFTON was given to plans for future
construction, and those adopted assure
undertakings of unusual magnitude in
railway ship building and factory en-
largement, involving enormous outlaws
during next year. Other encouraging
developments appear in building inn
provements for mercantile purposes.
These factors impart further strength
to the future course of trade and sun
port the prevailing advanced cost of
materials. Prices this week for raw
and finished products were without no.
table change, except another rise in
copper and a slight decline in packer
hides. Smaller arrivals of corn affect
the total movement of grain at this
port, but other movements of commodi-
ties and increasing earnings of west
ern railroads testify to a continuance
of unprecedented traffic.
Retail trade has steadily advanced,
the buying being well distributed. and
Christmas goods hitherto have not been
so freely bought, indicating that all
former records will be largely sur
passed. Mercantile defaults are fewer
in number, and collections generally
make good exhibit.
Bank clearings, $221, 645,O64 exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1904 by 1912 per cent. Failures re-
ported in the Chicago district number
%, against 81 last week and 90 ~ear
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Thirty Persons Killed In Riot.

Serious anti-foreign riots among coolie
labOrers in Shanghai resulted in thirty
persons being killed and several Euro
peans being injured. 1t is said the NOV
ing causes for the outbreak were the
anti American boycott and a general feel
ing of hostility to foreigners. The Ger
man consul was stoned and the American
vice consul and several other foreigners
were injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
CHICAGOAN's GEMS STOLEN.
Mrs. James Morgan Loses $4,000
in Jewels in Pasadena Hotel.

Jewels valued at $4,000 were stolen
from the room of Mrs. James Morgan
OF Chicago at the Hotel Green, Pasa-
dena, Cal, the other night. This is the
second big robbery that has occurred
in this fashionable hotel in year. While
Mrs. Morgan was at dinner the thief
gained entrance to the room and stole
the jewels, including two valuable dia-
mond rings and other smaller stones.
Since the robbery last year the manage
ment of the hotel has employed women
guards, who patrol every floor. None of
the guards or employees of the hotel has
any clew to the thief's identity and spe-
cial detectives have made but little head
way. Mrs. Morgan has offered $500 re-
ward for the return of the jewels. Mrs.
Morgan is the widow of a prominent
Chicagoan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
FOOTBALLS INITIATE FRESHMAN.
SandbaS Student, Who Thought He
Was Joining Fraternity.


Going to be initiated into Greek let
ter fraternity of Dickinson college, Car
Isle, Pa, with anticipations of fortunes
that might equal the Spanish inquisi-
ton, George A. Weaver, a freshman in
the law school, was prepared for rough
treatment. When he awoke in an alley
after an hours Inconsistencies from a
sandbag blow, bleeding and relieved OF
his money, without even having got in
side the fraternity house, he concluded
that his initiation had not only been I'M
duly premature, but altogether too siren
uous. As Weaver was passing West
church alley two men accosted him. One
grabbed him by the arm and put his
hand over his mouth. Aren't you start
ing a little early, boysF he spluttered
between the mans fingers, thinking the
lnltiatory ceremonies were commencing
sooner than he had expected. The an
swer was blow over the forehead with
a sandbag, which knocked him uncon
scious. The assailants dragged Weaver
into the alley, rihed his pockets, got S26,
and eSca ned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
ORE SHIPMENTS INCREASE.
Seasons Record Shows 100000
Tons Over ANY Preceding.

Seasons Record Shows 100000
Tons Over Any Preceding.
The ore shipping season of 1905 has
closed with a record exceeding by more
than 100000 gross tons that of the
banner year of 1902. There have been
forwarded by water from the Minnesota,
Michigan and Wisconsin ranges of the
Lake Superior region to lower lake ports
total of 33,400,000 gross tons, an
amount which would have been larger
had it not been for the disastrous gales
of the closing days of November, which
curtailed the movement. Official figures
from all ports are not yet available.
Approximately, the record stands as fol-
lows: Duluth, S,S08, 443; Two Harbors,
7,779,S50; Escanaba, 5,225,000; Superior,
100000; Ashland, 100000; Mar
quette, 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Gem Importations Grow.

Imports of diamonds and other pre-
cious stones have reached the remarka-
BILE total Of $37,0OO,000 at the port of
New York for the present year. Not
only has the annual increase of from
$1,000,000 to $1,500,000 been kept up,
but the banner year of 1904 with $780,
092. 275 worth of gems, has been beaten
by nearly S11000,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Ready for Another Rattle.

Thomas w. Lawson, in a notice to
those participating in his bear pool in
copper stocks, admits a loss of SO per
cent. due to the recent rise, but refuses
to abandon his fight and puts in all mis-
personal fortune, $11.6O0 900. for an
other attack on the system
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Gives Church to All Creeds

DR. August Schmidt, a German physi-
clan in st. Louis, has given money for
the erection of church in South St
Louis in which all denomina tons will
be equally free to worship. There will
be no sermon, no choir and no collection
nlate
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Woman Killed by Burglars.

Mrs. Morris Natal, II years of age
and the wife of a wealthy resident of
Asbury Park, was attacked by burglars
while alone in her apartments and so
badly injured that she died a few hours
later. Diamond earrings were torn from
her ears, rings We're taken from her fin
gers, and finally she was left bound and
qopoe6
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Tilted ON His wedding Doy

Miss Nora Whitlock, a well-knOwn
Omaha girl, married Willard Teeters of
Lincoln Monday, the day set for her
marriage to William Neuman of Blair.
Neuman and his best man came to
Omaha for the wedding, only to receive
telegram from the girl telling of her
marriage to the other man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
BOfnnicaI.

There's nothing that makes a
would-be society woman madden than
to find her name left out OF the report
of some swell function she attended"
Unless it's to find besides that her
rivals name is n."-Phiiadelphia
Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26

Lester home was destroyed By fire ana
The six children of the three couples, who
lad been left there in charge of a maid,
were burnel. to death. Mrs. Lester was
perhaps fatally injured in attempting to
save her child. All the children were
under years of age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
PRECEDENT Defends Morton.

President Roosevelt AMI Attorney
General Moody have come out in defense
of Paul Morton in connection with the
Santa Fe rebate case, holding, in letters
which are made public, that there were
no grounds for legal action against the
former cabinet member
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
Soldiers NJassacred Inv Mon

Soldiers killed 100 persons at Krassno-
jarsk, Russia, and wounded several hun
bred. One hundred soldiers were mas
sacred by a mob in Tukum Courland,
and troops in revenge killed or wounded
mAnY ncasOnts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-12-26
philadelphia subway openS,

The Market street subway from the
Schuylkill river to the city hall in Phila-
Gelphia was thrown open for public in
spection by the Philadelphia Rapid Tran
sit Company. 1t is estimated that fully
$4,000 persons took advantage of the OPP
portunity to walk through the tunnel.