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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Short Personals.

The venerable Thomas Wentworth
Higginson obtained his title to Colonel
in the civil war.
Gen. Booth, commander of the Saliva
ton army, when on shipboard ignores the
dinner table, and his staple food is rice.
Gus Carson, grandson of Kit Carson,
a resident of Oklahoma, is credited with
knowing more about quail than any ten
men in the two territories.
Col. Andrew Jackson of Nashville,
Tenn, has sold the old Washington
chair, priced relic of President An
drew Jackson. TO the Mount Vernon As
ISOLATION for 1900.
The late Gur Boothby, who wrote
many novels, called himself mechanical
author He composed through phono-
graph and rarely used pen, pencil or
typewriter.
Anthony Hope has written book en-
titled "a Servant of the Public" in
which he portrays the relations between
the "Philistine" AMI the artist. 1t Is
said that the artist endeavors to exhibit
all sides and take none.
w. Fl. Dedman, leaving Portland for
Eugene. Ore, wired to a liveryman
there: Meet Dedman at $3.50 train to-
day, sure The operator corrected the
spelling little, and the traveller was
net at the station with a hearse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
QUAKE SPREADS DEATH.
Violent Shock in CaIabria, Italy, De-
stroys Towns and Ends Liyea

Violent Shock in CaIabria, Italy, De-
stroys Towns and Ends Lives.
Earthquake shocks in the province of
Calabria, Italy, are reported. with an
estimated loss in life of 100 The towns
Of Martirano, PizZo and Montcleon di
Calabria were almost entirely ruined.
Hundreds of persons were injured In
the Pizzo district buildings fell into
cardboards at the touch of a finger. The
prison at Monteleon di Calabria col
lapsed, killing several men.
The greatest damage appears to have
been done at Stefaconi, where the dead
are said to number close to the century
mark. Almost every house in the town
was wrecked, burying the people in the
ruins. The villages of Piscopio and
Triparni were destroyed. At Martirano
all the buildings have collapsed, incIud-
ing the barracks of the gendarmes
Pizzo, Monteleone, Martirano and the
other places mentioned in the dispatches
as having been damaged or destroyed by
an earthquake are towns in the extreme
southern part of Italy. They are stu
ated on the Peninsula of Calabria, which
for the most part is rough and noun
famous. The region is reached by rail
road running southeast and south along
the coast from Naples to Reggie en- the
route to Sicily. Pizzo is a town of about
10000 inhabitants and is located direct
ly on the line of the railway POO miles
from Naples. 1t is built on a sandstone
rock on the coast. Monteleone is
mountain town of 1900 inhabitants and
is situated some miles from the coast
Martirano is also a mountain town in
the interior of Calabria. 1t has less
than 5000 inha bitants.
Vesuvius, which has been in extreme
activity during the last ten days. is only
125 miles from Catanzaro, while Mount
Aetna, the loftiest volcano Of Europe,
towers in Sicily only ninety miles away.
The Lipari Islands, just west of the Gala
bria department, contains the volcano
Stromboli, threatening and active always.
Since the eruption of Mont Pelee on
the Island of Martinique, Mother Earth
has been in much sore travail, manifest
ed at thin points of her crust. Her
rumblings have been manifested IN Guat-
emala with volcanic eruptions and shocks
that have destroyed 5000 lives and FIVE
cities: in Hawaii with sudden spurts
from Mauna Loa, the largest crater in
the world; in Java with flames and mud
flow from Krakatoa and the killing Of
many natives; at Simla. India, with an
earthquake that engulfed 10000 people;
BY explosions on the crests of the Alas
kan island and peninsula volcanoes,
whose flames may be seen sixty miles at
sea any night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
TOGO'S SHIP SINKS.
MIKASA is LOST WITH NEARLY
800 MEN.
Vessel Which Led Fleet to Victory
Over Rojestvensky DESTROYED by Fire
While with Fleet-Members of Other

Admiral Togo's flagship, the Mikasa,
which was destroyed by fire and the
explosion of her magazine at an early
hour Monday morning, was lying at
anchor in the harbor of Sasebo at the
time of the disaster. Hundreds of
lives, including about 300 members of
her crew and men from other ships
who went to the rescue, We're lost 1t
is hoped the vessel can be repaired.
The little town, which has risen to
prominence since the outbreak of the
recent war; had passed quiet Sunday.
In the harbor were several warshipS
that had taken part in the humiliation
of the formidable navy of Russia The
quiet of the night was violently dis
turbed little after midnight by Il
severe shock
A crowd assembled OH the coast,
only to discover that a terrible disas-
ter had overtaken the beloved Mikasa,
the flagship of Admiral Togo, who led
his men to victory in the life-and-death
struggle in which the nation had just
been engaged. The absence of the adj
miral from the ship at the time of the
explosion and the hope that the vessel
can be repaired are the only redeem
ing features of the calamity There is
deep feeling Of sympathy throughout
the nation for the victims of the dis
aSter.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight on Sunday. Before
the officers could be rescued the fire
reached the aft magazine, which ex-
ploded, blowing hole in the port side
causing the ship to sink.
Naval men are at loss to under
stand how the flames could reach the
magazine so soon, despite the steel
bulkheads and compartments and the
efforts of the crew to quench the blaze
The Mikasa was a frst-class battle
ship of 1920 tons displacement. She
was built in England and was launched
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dent of the Southern Pacific Railroad
has been threa tened, and Marquis Ito,
president of the privy council, has been
stoned by a mob but neither was in
jured. National troops, called out for
service in the war, have been put ON
duty in checking the disorder, the po-
lice force having proved unequal to the
task.
After inc attack on the office of the
Kokumin Shimbun, the government or
gan, Tuesday, mob attacked and
burned the official residence Of the
minister of home affairs, which stood
between the Mobiles Club and the I'm
perial Hotel and faced Hibiya Park,
which was the storm center throughout
the day.
Threatening demonstrations occurred
in the neighborhood of the official
homes of Premier Katsura and Baron
Komura, foreign minister, who is now
in the United States, but the police
succeeded IN preventing injury to the
occupants or damage to the houses.
The destruction of the home minis
ter's residence was intensely dramatic.
Throughout the day series of demon
STATIONS took place in the neighbor-
hood Of the building, and late in the
afternoon the mob attacked the house.
swept the police away and battered
down the gates. The police and serv-
ants resisted stoutly, but the mob
surged forward and entered the house.
One of the mob leaders carrying an
armful of burning straw gained the
rear of the structure and succeeded in
setting it on fire. The police reserves
charged the crowds, using their swords
freely, but the mob rallied from sew
eral quarters and stoned the firemen
when they arrived. The members of
the minister's household were rescued
and escorted to the Imperial Hotel
Accurate figures of the casualties in
these encounters are not Obtainable.
1t is known, however, that one man
was killed, that fourteen were MORALLY
wounded by sword thrusts and that
many persons were bruised with
stones and injured in the brushes.
A member of the mob which burned
the home minister's resid ence said to
a correspondent of the Associated
Press:
"We burned the house for the pur-
pose of attracting the attention Of the
emperor. We want him to refuse to
ratify the treaty. We believe that
those surrounding him prevent him
from correctly understanding the popu-
lar attitude toward the disgraceful,
humilating peace"
An imperial ordinance establishing
martial law in Toxic was issued. 1t
is reported there is rioting at Chiba, a
town with a population of 10000,
twenty miles east of Toxic. The pre-
fectorate sbuilding and the court house
are reported to have been burned. The
government has suspended the further
publication of the Niroku. a newspaper
printed in Toxic.
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.40, hogs, prime heavy,
$500 to $5.S7 sheep, fair to choice, $500
10 $500; wheat, No. >, SOC to SIC;
corn, No. =, SIC to 54c; oats, standard,
25c to 26c; rye, No. 2, Gle to 63c hay,
timothy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie. 5000 to
S11.O0; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
zoe; eggs, fresh, 16c to lie; potatoes,
per bushel, 43c to 52c.
polis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
$3.50; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to $500;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to S4.25;
wheat, No. ,, SOC to SIC; corn, No. 2
white, 53c to j4c; oats, No white,
25c to 26c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $50; hogs,
800 to $50; sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ,, SIC TO SIC; corn, No. ?,
SOC to SIC; oats, Ne. ., 24c to 26c; rye
No. =, 5Sc to G0c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No ,, SAC to S5c; corn,
No. : mixed, 54c TO 56c; oats, No. =
mixed, 25c to PC; rye, No. >, JTc to
HSc
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ,, soc TO Sic; corn, No.
yellow, SOC to sec; oats, No. 3 white,
25c 70 26c; rye, No. ,, Gle to G2c.
Wheat, No , northern,
S3c to Soc; corn, No 3, 53c to 54c;
oats, No white, pc to 2Sc; rye, No. l,
6Oc to 62c; barley, No. =, 49c to SOC;
pork, mess, $15.40.
Toledo-Wh heat, No. 2 mixed, Sc to
S6c; corn, No. mixed, sic to 53c;
oats. No. mixed, 30c to 32c; rye. No. ,,
54c to &c; clover seed, prime, 1851.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.OO to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S5.75; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1928; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to S7.3j.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs. $500 to $610; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat. No. red, Soc to SIC;
corn. No. >, 59c to toe; oats, natural,
white. Bic to 32c: butter, creamery, 19c
to Die; eggs, western, zoe to DC.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
ADMIRAL TOGO.

ships, and thirteen destroyers, was met
by Admiral Togo in the Mikasa. The
clash came when the Russians were pass
ing Asushima island, at the narrowest
part of the straits, midway between
Japan and Korea. There Togo gave
battle.
The Russian feet was formed in two
lines, the cruisers and small ships on the
west the battleships on the east. Togo s
feet swung around from behind the isl
and of Tsushima and attacked the Rus
slams from the west. The Russian for
nation was fatal Between Rojest-
vensky's light battleships and Togo were
all of his smaller ships, and his heavy
gun fire was blanketed at tie beginning
of the battle
As the afternoon wore along Togo
crowded the Russian feet nearer and
nearer the japanese coast. The battle
ships Borodino and Kniaz Souvaroff
were sunk early in the fight. After sun
set the japanese torpedo boats attacked.
The Russian feet was practically wiped
out before Sunday morning. One battle
ship and three cruisers surrendered on
Sunday.
Togo sunk or captured twenty-five Rus
sian warships. Only the little cruiser
Almaz and few destroyers escaped to
Vladivostok. Vice Admiral Rojestven-
sky, seriously wounded. was taken pris-
oner. as was Rear Admiral Nebogatoff.
Rear Admiral Voelkersam and Rear Ad-
miral Enquts were killed.
More than 5000 Russian sailors were
killed or drowned, and more than 5000
were taken prisoners. Togo's battleships
and cruisers escaped practically unscath-
ed. and he lost only three destroyers in
the battle. About 200 of his men were
killed and wounded. The Mikasa bore
scarcely a shell mark.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
CAR TO PAY $500, 900, 900
Secret Treaty with Japan Exacts Trib-
ute from Emperor.

Secret Treaty with Japan Exacts Trib-
ute from Emperor.
According to special dispatch to the
New York World from London it is
known perfectly well at the japanese
legation in London that a secret treaty
has been made between the Gar of
Russia and the Emperor of Japan, de-
spite the usual diplomatic denals.
1t is reported also that Russia agrees
in the treaty to give Japan a free hand
in China, though this point is not so
certain as the other. The compact was
made without the knowledge even of
Baron komura and NJ. White.
1t provides that the Gar of Russia
the Car. not the empire-shall pay
$500, 100000 indemnity to Japan in five
years. less the amount which Russia
will pay Japan for her care and mainte-
nance of Russian prisoners of war, $780,
100000 as provided in the treaty of
Portsmouth.
The special says that the plan of pay
ing secret indemnity was suggested by
Emperor William at the famous Baltic
conference as a way to save the prestige
of the empire and yet to end the war
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
Sparks from the Wires.

Thieves raided the residence of Jose
Aymar, a millionaire lawyer Of New
York, and took booty worth 100000.
The wife Of Admiral Dewey has given
a flag captured by her first husband at
Orchard Knob to the State of Alabama.
Gov. Hoch of Kansas may issue requi-
sitions on Gov. Folk of Missouri for the
arrest of members of Quantrells guer-
rilla band, as a result of brutal utterances
as to the massacre in 1863 at Lawrence
made at a recent reunion Of the band sur
yiyOrs.
The population of the State of Massa-
chusetts is 2,99S,95S, according to a pre-
liminary report made by the State bureau
Of statistics. This is an increase of 1885,
775 over 1895, when the last official CEN
sus was taken. Bostons population is
500, 59S, an increase of 96,G7S in the last
ten years.
Arthur Woodward and Talcum Wood
ward, negroes, were lynched at Silver
City, Miss, by a mob of fifty persons.
The negroes were in custody Of Marshal
Jackson, who was boarding train. when
the mob appeared and took possession OF
the prisoners. They had assaulted An
drew White, a farmer, and seriously
beaten him.
Major Gen. Charles Miller of the Ma
tional Guard of Pennsylvania, seventh
richest man in the United States and a
Standard Oil magnate, returned to Phila-
delphia from Europe with his second
wife. for whom he divorced Mrs. Miller
No. 1 after failing to put her in an in
sane asylum.
Lake Collins, aged 80 years, of Mil
ford. Del, was crushed to death at Ches-
ter, Pa. Collins was a passenger on the
Delaware river steamer Penn, and while
reaching for a package which was being
thrown to him from a wharf fell between
the wharf and the boat. As he was de-
scending the boat moved into the dock
and crushed him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
DIES FOR ANOTHER'S CRIME.
Real Murderer of Ohio Maiden Con
fesses After Thirty Years.

In letter to Frank Dyer, his employ
er, near Minot. n D., Charles Herzig,
a harvest hand. confesses the murder of
young women in Ohio thirty-One years
ago, for which an innocent man later
was executed. 1t is presumed that Her
zig has committed suicide, although
search for his body has been futile. In
the letter he explains that he was the
slayer of Lizzie Grombacker, in the early
'IOs, when she was living near 1Oungs-
town, Ohio, and that Charles Sterling,
tramp, was convicted on circumstan-
tai evidence and hanged for the crime.
lie says he can endure the wretched life
no longer and is about to shoot himself.
The murder of Lizzie Gr0mbacker occur
red in 1874, and Charles Sterling,
tramp, was hanged for it in 1877. Ster-
ling maintained his innocence to the end.
The crime caused intense excitement
through Ohio. Miss Grombacker was
about IL years old and beautiful. She
was found in the bushes between Youngs-
town and Poland with veil tied tight
ly around her throat Sterling was seen
in the vicinity during the day and was
convicted on purely circumstantial evil
dence. He was tried twice, the jury
disagreeing at the first trial.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
POWDER MILL BLOWS UP.
Rand Works Near Uniontown, Pa, Ex.
pIodes killing Employees.

plodes killing Employees.
With a report that could be heard for
a radius of ten miles the Rand Powder
works located at Fair Chance, Pa, six
miles east of Uniontown, Pa, blew up
causing, it is believ |, over thirty deaths
and a considerable financial damage.
The explosion occurred in a car Of
powder and was followed a few minutes
later by another and heavier one when
the flames ignited the large magazine
The conclusion of the second explosion
knocked out the telephone and telegraph
wires and all communication with the
scene of the explosion. Persons within
a radius of fifteen miles heard the explo-
sion and knew that the powder works
had blown up. Every vehicle in the sur
rounding vicinity was pressed into SER
vice and hundreds of people were soon
gathered about the ruins aiding in the
work of rescue.
A passenger train on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad from MOrgant0wn to
Connellsville, which was passing the
works when the first explosion occurred
was almost thrown from the track by
the conclusion which broke all the win
dows and caused Il panic among the
passengers, several of whom were injur-
ed by flying glass.
The conclusion was like an earthquake
to the county round about and in the
surrounding towns caused great excite
ment, which was not lessened by the
fact that the communication on the troll
ley line was broken off several miles
from there
1t is probable that the cause of the
explosion of the car of powder will never
be known Ali the men who were work
ing about it are believed to have been
blown to pieces.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
THROWN FROM TRACK
TROLLEY CAR is OVERTURNED
AND PASSENGERS HURT.
Failure of Brakes to Work Is Cause
of Disaster Near Pittsburg-Boy in
East Orange, n. j., Charged with
Sending Bomb to Capitalist.

Sixty passengers were injured, six Sc
Tiously, by the overturning OF a trailer
attached to traction car nn the Home
stead division of the Pittsbnrg Railway
Company near the Glenwood bridge
Pittsburg, Pa. The most seriously hurt
were taken to the homeopathic hospital
where they will be compelled to remain
for some time. The others were able to
proceed to their homes after having their
injuries dressed. The accident was caus-
ed by the failure Of the brakes to work
properly. The ear and the trailer were
crowded. many of the passengers being
wOrkmen on their way to The various
plants in the vicinity. At Hays juno
tion there is sharp curve The first
ear rounded the curve. but the trailer
carrying sixty passengers. was thrown
from the track on its side. A scene Of
confusion followed. as the upset car was
dragged along considerable distance
before the motor could he stopped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
MENACING FOREST FIRES.
They Are Burning at More Than 100
oints ia Maine.

oints ia Maine.
Forest fires are burning at hundred
different points in the northern Maine
woods and the situation causes renewed
apprehension lest there be serious loss.
Reports from all sections agree that the
woods were never before so dry. Only
extraordinary vigilance on the part of a
big force of fire wardens and the lack
of wind has saved the timber land own
ers from an immense loss and it is fear
ed that unless rain comes soon thou
sands of acres will be doomed.
The fires are being held in check to
some extent. but the result is in doubt
A high wind would make the efforts of
the wardens of no avail. Enormous
tracts of land would be burned over and
hundreds of settlements menaced. 1t is
a question of which will come first, rain
or wind.
From the northeastern part of the
State along the line of the Bangor and
Aroostook railroad, the reports state that
the fires there have for the most part
been subdued. But they are rapidly in
creasing between the east and west
branches of the Penobscot and through
the country north of Katahdin.
1t is almost impossible to tell Just
how serious the situation is on account
of the smoke, which hangs in dense
clouds over immense territories. Condi-
tons are worse than in 1902, when thou
sands of acres, as well as entire villages.
were wiped out.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
STEAL $4,000 IN SILKS.
Daring Burglars at Quincy, ILL.,, and at
Two Villages of Iowa.

Silks worth $4,000, the proceeds Of
three daring burglaries committed in
Quincy, H., and Keota and SIgourney,
Iowa, are supposed to have been ship
ped to Chicago by members of the "silF-
burglar" gang, which has been operating
in the smaller cities of Illinois, Iowa
and Wisconsin and which, it is supposed,
makes Chicago its headquarters. WORD
has been received of a daring burglary
committed at Quincy, in which Z,ooo
yards of silk was stolen. The burglars
gained entrance to a large store py
blowing off the locks on the doors. Iney
carried valises and in these the oolts
of silk cloth were deposited. They were
seen escaping and posse started IN
pursuit, but soon gave up the chase.
The night before the police were notihed
of large silk robbery at keota, Iowa,
in which silks valued at S4.OoO were
stolen. The men in this instance also
used valises. A few days previous TO
this robbery the men made rich haul
at Sigourney, Iowa, only short distance
away. The police are of the opinion
the men are former members of a gang
of which Bloomington Red" arrested
in Chicago and now serving term Tor
burglary, was the head.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19
CHICAGO.

I
- strength and has attain
ed such unusual magnitude that any
specific recession is readily discerned
and invites comment which has only
a temporary basis. This weeks de-
Velopments reflect diminished activity
IN the grain markets, due to smaller
offerings and low prices for wheat.
Other leading branches exhibit con-
hnued improvement, particularly those
which absorb great quantities of raw
material. Prices have commanded at
tention and where changes occurred
these We're responsive to expanding
demands upon future production.
The reatfirmation of sos ton was
promptly followed by heavy commit
ments for rails, Chicago roads alone
securing nearly 100000 tons for deliv-
cry before July, 1906. Northern pig
iron assumed firmer tone on good
buying, and an advance in cost of
structural shapes has not interrupted
the wide demand for prompt shipment
from mills. Building needs sustain
higher quotations for suitable lumber.
while recently noted advances are vet
conspicuous in hides, leather. wool
and footwear
The total movement of grain at this
port aggregated S,007,516 bushels,
against 10.131,5 6S bushels last week
and 9,427,022 bushels IA year ago. Re
ceipts decreased pa per cent. but the
shipments gained 11.4 per cent owe, the
corresponding week last year. Ather
movements of commodities have re-
manned large, notably -four, dressed
beef, dairy produce, iron ore, fuel and
lumber. Railroad traffic shows rapid
expansion and western earnings main
tain dy gains. Equipment, how
ever, is inadequate for prompt for
warding and shippers complaints are
frequent.
Bank clearings, Sis, 267,O62, exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1904 by 1873 per cent. The general de-
mand for money has extended and
rates for prime mercantile paper range
from Az to 5 per cent Failures re
ported in the Chicago district number
10, against % last week and 23 year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-09-19

in 1902. The battleship was 400 feet
long, had speed of over eighteen knots
and carried a crew of 935 officers and
men, She was heavily armored and
carried four twelve-inch guns, fourteen
siX-inch guns, twenty twelye-pounders,
and a number of smaller rapid-fre guns
She had four submerged torpedo tubes
The Mikasa won a lasting name iii
annals of naval warfare on May y. At
noon on that day Admiral Rojestvensky
with fleet of thirty-six ships, including
eight battleships, three coast defense
ships. three armored cruisers, five pro-
tected cruisers, four hospital and repair