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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
roRNADoEs SWEEP KANSAS.
Buildings Blown I>own, Church Is
Wrecked and People Hurt.

a tornado struck Stafford, Kan. at .
O'Clock Thursday afternoon, injuring sew
eral persons and demolishing several
houses. The storm came from the south
west, passed over the business part OF the
town without damage, first striking two
blocks east of Main street. Here the
home of Fred Tanner and the parsonage
of the Congregational church were de-
molished. The Quaker church was blown
down, the debris falling upon the home OF
Mrs. Ella Granger, which was also de-
stroyed. Mrs. Granger was injured, but
not seriously. Mrs. Ed. Gleisburg saw the
storm coming and ran into the yard to
rescue her child, which was playing there.
Before she reached him she was picked up
and hurled against telephone pole across
the street. She was seriously injured. The
child was unhurt. The storm then lifted
but struck again in the northeast part OF
the town, demolishing several houses and
damaging others. Four miles west of
Stafford another tornado blew down sew
eral farm buildings and seriously injured
X. +. Silvers, who saw the storm com
ing and sought shelter in a granary hlied
with wheat. This storm passed two miles
east of Hudson, where other small dam
age is reported. The sun shone brightly
while these storms were wreaking their
havoc. Another tornado is reported at
Bushton, thirty miles north of Stafford
Several residences and other buildings
were blown down. No one was seriously
injured. At least seven tornadoes were
seen east and northeast of Great Bend
The school house in district 81, vacant at
the time, was demolished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
HAS HAD NUMEROUS DISASTERS
SAN Francisco Suffered Several
AenNN Lnsses In Former Nnnrs

SAN Francisco Suffered Several
Heavy LOSSES i'm Former Years,
Fire has caused great loss in San Fran
cisco on number of occasions. Con
structed chiefly of wood. the city was Wis
tied in its early years by five serious con-
iagrations, entailing total loss of &c.,
100000. These occurred in December,
1919; May, 1850; June, 1850, and May
and June, 1851.
Many earthquakes have visited the city.
but they have usually been slight and have
caused Gttle damage. The most serious
was that of Oct. p, 1868. but even then
the property loss was not great There
were few large stone or brick buildings
in existence there at the time. or the
damage to life and property probably
would have been greater
The last earthquake that occurred in
San Francisco was about the middle of
January. 1900. Several distinct shocks
were felt early in the morning. CAUSING
the vibration OF buildings all over the
city. The chief building affected was the
st. Nicholas hotel, which was severely
shaken. The walls collapsed in certain
parts Of the structure, patrons we're
thrown out of their beds and furniture
was destroyed.
In 1894 there was a severe seismic dis
turbance in Los Angeles, which was felt
throughout the city and for a radius of
several miles all around. No actual dam
aye was done. bat this was the most se-
we're shock that ever has been felt in
southern California.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
From Ear and Near.

Fire at Portland. Ore, destroyed the
top story of the Chamber of Commerce
building and caused the death of Homer
II. Hallock.
Grass island, a military reservation in
Gray's Harbor. Wash. has been placed
under control of the Interior Department
to be disposed Of.
Simon Hendricks. 90 years old. of Los
Angeles, Cal, is recovering from two
broken ribs. He married at so and when
DC years old his seventh child was BON.
Andrew Carnegie has consented to give
library building to Stetton university at
Dc.and. Fla. under the usual conditions
The Rev Dr. Edward Lathrop. presi-
dent of the Vassar College board Of tlus-
tees, died in New York. lie was ~
years old.
The st. Lawrence Manufacturing Com
pany's planning mill, box and sash and
door factory at Roncevert. w Va, was
burned, entailing a loss of $4,000.
The st. Louis, Rocky Mountain and
Pacific Railroad Company has bought
100000 acres of coal land in Cofax
county, New Mexico.
FIRE IN the walker block IN ST. Baui,
Mimi, damaged the building and contents
TO the amount of $4,000, several firms
being badly crippled.
The corporation of McGill university at
Montreal decided to confer the degree Of
Ii. ID. on Andrew Carnegie 4 special
convocation will be held for the purpose
on May /, when Mr.. Carnegie will visit
Montreal to address the Canadian Club.
Suit against the Home cooperative
Company of ST. Louis. formerly Of Kan
sas City. was fled in the fedora court in
st. Louis by William G. Shirley of Den
YER, representing 143 plaintiffs, asking
that the court take hold Of the 8ssets and
wind mp the affairs of the concern.
Capt Duncan Kennedy. who command
ed the cruiser Colorado, died in Guanta-
namo, Cuba, following an operation for
appendicitis.
Dust explosions endangered the lives
of a score of fremen battling with blaze
that almost entirely destroyed the Third
Intermediate School in Cincinnati. Ohio.
Loss $4,000.
The first annual debate between the
George Washington university and the
University OF Cincinnati at Washington
resulted in victory for the former. whose
debaters sustained the affirmative Of the
question THAT the effect Of capitalistic
combination. called trusts is defriments.
TO the interests Of wage earners."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
SURGERY MAKES BOY COOP.
Remarkable Operation Performed
PhiIadeipIia EncorriEibIe.

Remarkable Operation Performed
ON Philadelphia Encorrigfbie.
An operation performed seven weeks
ago on Sturgeon Welty. an 11-year-old
Philadelphia boy, to make him good has
been pronounced entirely successful. Since
his discharge from the medico-chirurgical
hospital on March he has not done a sim
gle malicious act. his parents say. Before
DR.. Ernest La Place, chief of the surgical
staff, bored hole in the boys skull 10 re-
store his lost conscience he was never good
more than an hour at time. DIR. La
Place says: This operation. coupled with
that on the Hurley boy at Toledo, cannot
fail TO be of Infinite value TO science.
Thousands of people who are supposed to
be constitutionaIly bad-among them
some famous criminals. no doubt-may be
only suffering from abnormal pressure on
the center of morality. or seat of con-
science as ii is sometimes called, which is
toward the back of the head two inches
above the right ear. Holmes, the famous
archmurderer of Philadelphia, executed
few years ago. had / understand, just
such trouble as that which young Welty
has been relieved of. If examination of
every person arrested for any offense
should be instituted in jails and prisons
and operations performed when necessary
there is no telling what a decrease might
ensue in the work of the turnkey and even
the executioner." Dr. La Place perform
ed the operation on Welty at a clinic of
medico-chi students. The boy was thor
oughly bad. He had fallen from hayrick
in childhood and hurt his head at the cen
ter of morality. He became so bad that
he had to leave his home at Nazareth, Pa,
year ago. His e. ndfather at Moores-
town took charge of him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24

Torn and shattered by the earth
quake, which was followed by devas-
tating fire, San Francisco is a city of
ruins. Hundreds, perhaps thousands,
of lives have been snufTed out and mil
erty are lost. Where stood its stateli-
est buildings are piles of twisted steel
and ruined stone. The homes of many
families were wrenched into fragments
and the lives they sheltered taken.
Swiftly the seismic visitant came,
and as swiftly did it go. Behind was
Il trail of dead and dying. And after
that the flames. Nature, that rolled
great piles of stone and marble, fur
nished Il dismal and dreadful after
math in n tempest of wind. The wind
famed the flames and the flames speed
lily completed the horrifying work Of
the earthquake.
Night added to the horror. and rs
darkness fell the Sky was Illuminated
by the brilliant cOnfiagration. There
was no light in the city except the light
that meant the destruction of homes
and the loss of life The final dying
out of the fires leave only barren
sand dune dotted with the blackeaed
ruins of what was a great city.
Ten Square Miles Burned.
Ten square miles of the heart of the
city were burned over. the water sup
ply was cut off because of the twisted
and broken mains, and the frantic res
idents, aided by Federal troops fought
the flames with dynamite in am effort
to save the remainder of the city from
destruction. The property loss at this
hour is estimated at $200.000,00O
General Funston, in command of the
United States troops at the Preside.
declared the city under martial law as
soon as the extent of the horror be-
came apparent, and the troops and pO-
lice worked together to save life. pro
tect property and recover the dead. The
earthquake shock destroyed so many of
the fire engine houses that the depart
ment would have been virtually power
less even had the water supply not
been destroyed.
The saturnalia of crime and looting
which began when the soldiers sacked
the saloons broke out afresh with the
darkness, and unnumbered, untold
crimes were committed on every side
No historian will ever describe the tor
lures which the homeless suffered
none dare attempt to recount the
agonies Of those who sought the ruins
of their homes and missing members Of
their household; none may think Of the
woe and doom of those buried beneath
the wreckage or consumed ny the re-
morSeless flames.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
LADRONEs RAID ARSENAL.
Filipino BriGands Make Daring At
tack at MalOIOs, LuzOn.

Filipino Brigands Make Daring At
tack at MaIOIOs, LuzOn.
Forty ladrones raided the headquarters
of the Philippine constabulary i'll Malolos,
capital of the province of Bulacan, Island
of Luzon. They captured twenty rifles
and escaped after killing three men and
losing one Of their own number. The
exploit was one of the boldest the ladrones
have made since American occupation.
Malolos is only about twenty miles from
Manila, and the raid caused considerable
surprise among the Americans there. En-
tering the city early the brigands were
not discovered until they reached the con-
stabulary headquarters in building in
the center of the town and fronting on
the residence of Gov. Sandico. A sentry
challenged them and was promptly killed,
following which the ladrones rushed up
the stairs of the building. In addition to
the offices of the constabulary there is an
arsenal in the building, where rifles and
ammunition are stored A few of the con-
stabulary defended the quarters, but they
were outnumbered in the fighting. Two VI
the defenders were killed and the brigands
then proceeded to raid the arsenal. They
had secured about twenty rifles when the
noise caused by the fight frightened them
away. They fed, leaving one of their
number dead in the building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
DEt5 l!Alg2S2Ez>ERS
s,ssszze95 3Se sEsRoM-
80 - g e.
I'D. SrGGGAc

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$4.O0 to $6.15; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $6.77; sheep, fair to choice. $500 to
$3.50 wheat. No. ., SSc to S9c; corn,
No. ,, 45c to Ale; oats, standard, Soc 10
Bic; rye, No. ,, 62c to 63c; hay. timo-
thy, $3.50 to $13.50; prairie. $500 TO
$1,000 butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
$2Oc; eggs, fresh, 14c to lie; potatoes,
J5c to 64c.
anapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to 1919; hogs. choice heavy $500 TO
$6.65; sheep, common to prime. $3.50 TO
$500; wheat, No. ,, Ste to SSc; corn,
No. white, 47c to 4Sc: oats, No.
white, Bic to 33c.
ST. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 5000:
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ,, SIC to 95c: corn,
No. >, 43c to 45c; oats, No. >, 30c to
&c; rye, No. ,, &c to 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 800 10 S5.31;
hogs. $500 to $675 sheep, $500 TO
$3.50; wheat No. ,, SOC to SOC corn,
No. 2 mixed, Acc to 4Sc; oats. No.
mixed, &c to 34c; rye. No. =. &c to Csc
Detroit-Cattle. $500 to $500; hogs.
$500 TO $3.50 sheep, $3.50 to $500:
wheat, No. ,, sac to Sic; corn. No. 3
yellow, 47c to 49c; oats. No. 3 white,
33c to 35o; rye, No. . 64c to 6jc.
Miwaukee-Wheat. No. . northern.
nc to Sic; corn. No. 3. 45c to 47c;
oats. standard. Bic to 33c: rye. No. l.
6:}c to 65c; barley, standard, &c to dc;
pork, mess, $16.30.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. SIC to
Soc; corn, No. mixed. 44c to 46c;
oats, No. , mixed. Bic to 33c rye. No.
,, G6c TO 61c. cove rseed prime, SIP.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to $3.50: hogs. fair TO choice. $500
to $3.50; sheep, common to good mixed.
$500 to $500; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 10 $7.20
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red, $50 to soc:
corn, No. ,, 54c to sic: oats. natural
white, SIC to 39c; butter, creamery. 2Oc
to 31c; eggs, western, 1Jc to lie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
PEN PICTURE OF THE CITY.
Discovery of Gold Made San Fran
cisco the Metropolis of the Coast,

Discovery of Gold Made San Fran
cisco the Metropolis of the Coast.
San Francisco is one of the oldest
cities on the Pacific coast, It's first settle
ment dating from 1176. when two Fran
ciscan monks established an Indian mis-
sion which they called San Francisco de
Asisi. A small trading village grew up
in the place, but it had not made much
Roadway when the Americans took pos
session in 1886. When gold was discov-
cred in 1913 in California the town began
to grow with tremendous rapidity and it
quickly became the metropolis OF the Pa
cifc coast, a position which it has since
maintained
The city has an area of about fifty
square miles, occupying the end of
tongue of land, which has the ocean on
one side and the bay of San Francisco
on the other. The site is billy. Most of
the eminences within the city limits are
covered with fine residences. Communi-
cation is afforded by a system of cable
and electric railways, which extend in all
directions from the ferries at the foot of
Market street.
San Francisco's population at the pres
ent time is close to $4,000, about one
third of the inhabitants being of foreign
birth, including some 14,000 Chinese.
The city does a large business with the
Orient and its harbor is visited by craft
from all parts of the world The bay of
San Francisco is one of the finest in the
world. Entrance to the bay, which ex-
tends into the land about forty miles and
has width of from six to twelve miles,
is through the famous Golden Gate.
The city, because of the excellence of
its harbor, has virtually a monopoly of
the commerce of the Pacific coast of the
United States. Fifty ocean steamships
ply regularly from San Francisco to the
Orient and ports to the south and north.
The exports from the city aggregate
$75,00O,O00 annually. The citys career
was unimportant until the discovery of
gold in 1S49 was followed by the great
rush of 40. Inside of a year the popu-
lation increased from 1000 to at least
10000 To this day most of the dwell
ings are of wood, but there are many fine
business structures of steel, stone and
brick. Included in the public ediices are
the custom house, the mint, sub-treasury,
city hall, stock exchange and a score of
theaters and places Of amusement. The
Palace hotel, which contains 900 rooms
and cost upwards of $3000,0OO, is the
largest structure in the city.
San Francisco vies with any city of its
size IA the country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
CITY OF CHURCHES.
Golden Gate City Noted for Its
schools and Church Edihces.

Golden Gate city Noted for Its
schools and Church EdiHces.
San Francisco has 125 churches and
chapels. In schools the city leads other
municipalities on the coast. The city
maintains sixty-five buildings which quail
fly students for admission to the State
university at Berkeley. The number OF
educational institutions supported by
public or private funds is extensive.
''Nobb HILL as the California street
hill is known. is crowned by the homes of
the wealthiest and most prominent citi-
zens. There are houses there which rep
resent investments of from $2,000,O00 to
100000.
Market street, the principal business
street. extends southwesterly from the bay
and divides the city into two sections.
The streets are well paved. and the side
walks are principally of artificial stone.
Kearney and portions of Market street
constitute the fashionable promenades.
Golden Gate Park is the chief pleasure
ground. 1t covers 1850 acres. and was
converted from a tract of barren sand
dunes
San Francisco's climate is ideal. the
summers being cool. OF the six or more
railroads that have their terminals in
San Francisco only one enters the city.
The resi- ferry their passengers from Oak
land. San Francisco has been incorpo-
RI ted as a city since 1880.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
COAL STRIKE Is FELT.
Thousands of Railroad Employees
Forced Into IdIeness.

Thousands of Railroad Employees
Forced Into IdIeness.
The coal strike has made itself felt al
ready in hundreds of homes in Chicago
and other cities throughout the West.
Thousands of railroad employees, shop,
yard and train men, have been forced into
idleness by the dropping of coal tonnage
on railroad lines. The blow has fallen
heaviest upon the employees of those roads
which handle large quantities of fuel and
have little new traffic to develop. While
the strike has caused widespread idleness
it only is the beginning, and more serious
effects on railroad employees are expected
it the trouble in the mining regions con-
tinues thirty days longer. The Chicago
and Northwestern railway has laid off
about 500 trainmen, but has not changed
its passenger service The Chicago and
Alton, which traverses the Illinois coal
fields, has dropped $50 employees, and
others will be added to the idle ones if
production of fuel is not resumed soon.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois. another
coal road, also has suffered. Officials of
the company were not prepared to give
exact figures except for shopmen. Of
these mechanics 400 now are idle. Cur
tailments in the yard and train services
have been made to an even greater extent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
Short News Notes.

In his Arbor Day proclamation. Gov.
johnson of Minnesota pleads for the pres-
ervation of the State flower the mecca
sin.
The De Forest wireless telegraph sys-
TEN succeeded in sending 572 words out of
1000 from Coney Island to Ireland. a dis
tance of 1920 miles.
Tna great Methodist missionary conven-
tion at Huron. $. d., closed with adj
dresses by Bishop Hartzell, Bishop Vim
CEN and many other prominent workers
in mission fields.
Two daughters of Alex VI. Henry.
ranchman, were killed by jealous Mexi-
can named Ramon, near Couchee. Texas.
Ramon escaped.
Attorney General Hadley of Missouri
is said TO be planning a campaign against
railroad companies operating parallel lines
when his Standard Oil case is finished.
J0hn Stead. colored laborer. was kill
cd and two other negroes were injured ~
The collapse Of a bathhouse on the beach
fron; in Atlantic City. n. J.
7. d. Overton, aged -. was shot and
killed at the Beaumont, Texas. rice mill
By a. Mold, night Waterman. aged 20.
Mod alleges that Overton had grossly
insulted him and attempted to shoot him.
Andrew Carnegie visited Joel Chandler
Harris at Atlanta. Ga, and showed his
liking for the author Of "Br'er Rabbit
by hugging him when hey met.
The grand jury at Charleston, W. Va,
refused TO return indictments against
Mine Superintendent Miner and Mine
Boss Townsend, whom the coroner jury
held guilty of manslaughter in the Detroit
mine disaster.
\ bulletin issued by the census bureau
giving the statistics Tor the manufacture
Ing Industries of Kentucky for the calen-
Gar year 1904 shows the number of estab-
sishments as 3.T27 capital, S14I, 2S2, AIS;
wages paid. S24S3S, 6S4 value Of pro-
ducts, $3.50, 753,96S.
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WOMAN TACKLES MEN.
Pennsylvania Amazon Knocks Out
Two in Fight Over Yellow Cur.

Mrs. Carrie Mason, known as the ANA
zon of Huntington county, Pa, was taken
from Lewistown to Huntingdon in irons
the other day and placed in Jail as the re-
suit of a chapter of troubles over a NANCY
yellow dog. The woman's son found the
dog and took it home. The owner tried
to recover it. and the woman gave him
terrific thrashing. Constable Rogers then
went after the dog and he also got
thrashing. Then Policeman William
Stratford and Deputies Alton Fields and
Arthur Field We're sent with warrants for
assault. When Stratford started to read
the warrant to the woman, she hit him
with a Ratchet and cut off his right ear.
The deputies then combined forces and
overpOwered the woman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-24
Interesting News Items.

The plant of the Bliss-Cook lumber
Companv at Blissville,eC Ark. burned.
Loss $4,000.
New York anarchists viii educate the
two sons Of Johann Most, as tribute to
their dead leader.
After a courtsbip Of seven days, Mrs.
Eleanor s. Beale, a wealthy New York
widow and society woman, was married
in Helena, Mont, to John g. Flynn. a
former star of the University Of Mime
sofa football team.
4 new order received from the War
Dapartment at the Columbus, Ohio. bar
racks officially announces that the finger
print and photograph system Of identif-
cation has been adopted and VIII 20 into
effect by Sept. l or as soon afterward as
possible. This viii give the army practi-
caIlv the Bertillon method Of identifica-
ton. which has been used so effecfaally
throughout the United States in the iden-
ti6cafion Of criminals.
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Rusiness condltions gem
CHICAGO

bllIpd00 efally eAniii'
rounded activity, the only
drawback being the inability TO reach
solution of the coal mining troubles.
With ideal weather there has been FUR
Their extension of activity, particularly
widespread assumptions OF farm work
and lake navigation. Retail trade makes
an exceptionally good showing in the
sales of Easter wares, millinery and
fashionable apparel having been liber-
ally bought.
Wholesale dealings in staple lines re-
main satisfactory for this period and
heavy shipments are yet made to the
interior of country store and agricul-
tural needs. Manufacturing branches
are under the pressure of increasing
demands adding to the assured activity
of future months, this being a conspic-
uous feature of the iron and steel lines,
while more effort is made toward larger
output of the FORCES, foundries car and
machine shops. New building work has
become much extended and this togeth-
er with heavy construction about TO be
started furnishes employment Tor larger
forces of labor and involves the con-
sumption of materials in enormous
quantities.
Mercantile collections throughout the
western territory remain reasonably
prompt and the final distribution of
general merchandise makes Seasonable
Roadway. Raw material markets re-
fleet easier supplies, but the demand IS
strongly sustained.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 26, against 30 last week
and % year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.