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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Interesting News Items.

Eight persons were killed and many
buildings were leveled by windstorm
in Mississippi.
The Cafe Martin in New York has
offered Count Boni Castellane the job
of head waiter at $4,000 a year.
With four exceptions, the Episcopal
clergy of the diocese of Nebraska have
signed an agreement that they will not
remarry any divorced person who has a
divorced wife or husband still living the
divorce from whom was secured from
cause arising after marriage.
William D. Carver, aged 30 years,
pittsburg, Pa, manager for McKeeyer
BROTHERS, mine owners and developers Of
New York and Chicago, killed himself at
his home.
Clyde Eyster of Watsontown, Pa,
night operator at the West Shore rail-
road station at West Point, y. Y, was
murderously assaulted Ey a man who
evidently intended to rob the station.
Chancellor Z. BenjaAin Andrews Of
the University of Nebraska has opened
war on tobacco ,:hewers among the stu
dents. rad th-.atened expulsion for those
found chewing and splitting in corridors
and classrOoms.
The Attorney General Of Texas at
Austin filed a motion in the District
Court asking that the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company furnish proof regarding all pay
n1ents made to Senator J. W. Bailey for
services.
At the opening session Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at Minneapolis
President Gompers said that enough Con-
gressmen had been elected and pledged
to the cause OF labor TO make it impossi-
bic for Congress to treat la5o-'s demands
as they had in the past. Nevertheless,
the opponents Of Gompers are eriticising
him severely because not single mem
Der who was on his blacklist was de-
feated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
SPELLING IN THE MESSAGE.

President Roosevelt Used Only Six
teen "RefOrmcdr' Words.
In his message to Congress, the first
since the adoption of the famous list of
800 words which the Reformed Spelling
Committee adopted, President Roosevelt
used only sixteen with the new spelling.
They are as follows:
Turnout for throughout.
Program for programme.
Thru for through.
Tho for though
Wisht for wished.
Unlookt for unlookec.
Thoroly for thoroughly
Supprest for suppressed.
Past for passed
DISGUST for discussed.
Exprest for expressed.
Altho for although.
Stopt for stopped
Thoro for thorough.
Thorogoing for thcroughgoing.
Demagog for demagogue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
GETS $6O,OOO,OOO A YEAR.
Income of John ID. Rockefeller Is Es-
timated by Henry III. Rogers.

Income of John ID. Rockefeller Is Es-
timated by Henry III. Rogers.
From authority that should be abso-
lutte, John d. Rockefeller's income was
told the other day for the first time au-
chemically. 1t will be S60,000000 when
the year 1906 closes. Henry II. Rogers
and John ID. Archbold were talking with
a prominent financier when the subject
came up of how fast the oil kings mill
ions were piling on one another. Said
Mr.. Rogers: II know for a fact that Mr..
Rockefeller's income this year will be
S60,000,0O0." Mr.. Archbold assented.
Mr.. Rockefeller's income every day of
the year is therefore $164,3S3.52. Every
hour of the twenty four John D. Rookie
Teller is sure that S6,S4O.9S is accumu-
lating for him. This is STA minute.
His fortune accumulates at the rate of
S1.9O every time the clock ticks
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18

onstrations in favor of the separation
law in churches. Pope Plus has direct
ed the priests to stand firm and not to
compromise with the government.
"Martyrdom rather than surrender" is
the edict sent from the Vatican. Each
side stands firm and declares there will
be no yielding. The clergy are deter
mined not to bend to the requirement
of the separation law that they make
the declaration under the public meet
ing law of 1881.
Value of French Churches.
Under the new French law, which Is
the cause of the war between the state
and the Vatican, church property valued
at $200,000,000 has been coniscated. Fer
any other but religious uses, however, it
has much less value. Recently an aban-
doned church which cost $4,000 was sold
for $3.50, or the value of the material
after the cost of demolition.
Many French Catholics feel that they
are simply being robbed of their prop
erty, but state and church have been
united for ages in that country and the
titles to the real estate and buildings
are by no means perfectly clear Some
of the land was originally set aside by the
state and some of the churches were in
part built by money raised by taxes.
In different centuries the questiolSsof
ownership has been disputed.
During the revolution of 1879 every
scrap of church property was taken by
the state and the entire priesthood driven
out of the country. In 1901 Napoleon
made new concordat. by which he did
not restore title to the property, but
gave an allowance of SS,000,000 a year to
the church and permitted it to use
churches, rectories and other buildings.
The republican motto, Liberty, equality
and fraternity" which the revolutionists
put over the churches in token of own
ership, was never taken down and to-
day still asserts the supremacy of the
state.
When the new law for the separation
of church and state was passed it. was
believed that title to all property should
lie within the state, but that the churches
could still be used for religious purposes,
ie "lay associations" or vestries be organ
lied to manage the properties. This plan
had to be abandoned when the Pope or
dered the French hierarchy not to agree
to the formation of ''lay associations. F."
They have obeyed implicitly and so the
national church of France of to-day has
no organized body which the state recog-
nizes The French ambassador to the
Vatican was withdrawn some time ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18

and which was reeogn zed by treaties
With most of the European nations and
with the United States. Leopold has
made will bequeathing to Belgium all
his sovereign rights in the State, and
Belgium is given the right of annexing
the State after a certain period of years.
The region is controlled by governor
general, who represents Leopold, and who
administers the territories of the State
in accordance with his orders. The bar
barous treatment of the natives has been
the subject of European comment for
years and some time ago a commission
of inquiry was appointed, two of it's
members being Belgians, but no report
has been made.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
WORLD WANTS AMERICAN WOOD
Exports Increase 33 Per Cent During
Nine Months of 1906.

Exports Increase 33 Per Cent During
Nine Months of 1906.
practically the whole world is asking
for American wood and its products"
says the bureau of statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and labor, in a
statement recently issued. The exports
of this character have increased 80 per
cent during the nine months of the pres
emit year over last year. During this
nine months the value of these exports
was S59,000,000. This total is raised
to SCI 100000 by adding shipments from
American ports to contiguous territory.
Ten years ago the total value of exports
of this class was S32,000000. The bulk
of the exports is classed as boards deals,
planks, joists and scantling and the next
largest is furniture.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
LEOPOLD AND HIS LOBBY.

Belgian King Said to Have In
nuenced Congressional Action.
Leopold H., King of the Belgians, who
is alleged to have maintained lobby at
Washington to prevent congressional ac-
ton touching atrocities in the Congo In
dependent State, is noted alike for his
wealth and his immoral conduct. He has
ruled in Belgium since Dec 10, 1865, and
is now in his seventy second year. The
Congo Independent State is the successor
to the Congo International Association,
which was founded by Leopold in 1882,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
CHICAGO.

BUSINESS generally exhibits no loss or
strength, although the period has ar
rived when a falling off in new de-
mands is natural. That the volume OF
production and distribution sustains
an unprecedented aggregate is affirmed
by continued gains in freight earnings
and by a total of bank exchanges this
week establishing higher record than
any heretofore. Eastern demand for
accommodation is responsible for the
prevailing firm discount rate. but the
return of currency from the interior
soon may make easier conditions in
money. 1t is noted that local offerings
of commercial paper have moderated,
indicating that financial requirements
are mainly provided for until the turn
of the year
Some heavy consumers find it more
difficult to obtain necessary supplies
and difficulties in transportation have
extended, making deliveries within a
reasonable time almost impossible.
Railroad efforts TO relieve tie conges-
tion are handicapped by tie severe
weather in some sections, yet it is seen
that new equipment is coming forward
more extensively and tends TO make
the outlook less discouraging to ship
pers.
Retail activity is much stimulated
by the presence of many visitors and
the demand for seasonable and Christ
mas goods steadily expands. Whole
sale orders for spring lines compare ia
vorably with those of this time last
year, and country advices testify to an
enhanced buying power and gratifying
Roadway in sales of winter merchan-
disc. Manufacturing operations meet
with no impediments, except such as
arise from scarcity of labor and ma
terials.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number twenty-siX, against twen-
ty-two last week and thirty-four year
ago.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Told In a Few Lines.

Harry >. Bell shot and Killed William
Roach, bartender, at Steubenville, o.
The executive committee of the, Nation
al Editorial Association met at st. Louis
in annual session.
The crew of the barkentine Bonny
Doom, that went ashore near Chatham,
Mass, has been saved.
The Democrats of Maine have gained
control of the Portland city government
for the first time since 1892.
Genevieye Benedict, 10 years old COM
mitted suicide by shooting at Bath, n. Y,
because she lost her mother.
A government force in Santo Domingo
killed twelve of party of insurgents at
Porto Plata and captured the remainder.
r. L. Darlington was found dead on
the floor of his office in the Century build
side the body and Q bullet had passed
through the head. harrington, it is said,
had been respondent for some time be-
cause of poor business.
\ contract has been entered between
the Canadian Pacific Railway and the
Vancouver Island Development Company
to clear 100000 acres of land in the Es-
quimalt and Nenaimo railway grant on
Vancouver island, recently acquired by
the railroad The work VIII cost in the
neighborhood OF S15.000,000
The Missouri Supreme Court denied
rehearings to William Spaugh, Jr.. and
W. E. Church, both under sentence to
be hanged on Jan. 10.
The steamer Carlton (BritiSh). Cap
tain Adams, from Norfolk for New Or
leans. ran ashore in coming up the Mis-
sissippi during dense fog.
According TO a statement Of Jailer
Fields at the Windham, Conn. county
Jail. Maoba Barberie, an Assyrian ped
der, who is held for trial at the next
term of the Superior Court on the charge
OF numbering his wife. has confessed that
he gave his wife poison while she was
under the influence OF liquor.
]. Howard Watson. editorial .sriter
on the Seattle Times. who was secretary
TO Gov Henry Mcbride died in Seattle
following an operation for appendicitis.
Three children of Titus Blessing and
Len Kellam. aged 16. were drowned in
Medimont lake at Wallace. Idaho. while
skating. Several other children who fell
into the water were rescued
United States Agent Dexter NJ. Rog-
ers Of the national bureau OF entomology
has announced the discovery OF large
number of gypsy moths in the State of
Maine and has declared that the finding
OF this dangerous enemy of forest trees
is full OF grave significance in view Of
the large timber interests Of that State
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
BANK ROBBED; ONE KILLED.
Chicago Youth with Revolver Over
Cashier.


i beardless youth of 20, who claims he
came from Chicago, walked into the j.
V. Brinkman bank in Great Bend, Kan,
the other morning, stopped before the WIN
dow OF the cashier, coolly took gun
from his hip pocket, and, aiming it direct
ly at the head of Cashier A. E. Taylor,
ordered him to hand over all the money
on his desk and then throw up his hands.
The cashier complied, handing over $500
in bills and the burglar ran from the
building. Dashing up an alley near to
the bank, tie robber made for the build
ing of the Wells-Fargo Express Company
and running up stairs FABRICATED himself
in room. For more than an hour he
fought off a posse of citizens who were
bent on lynching him, and then surren-
dered to the officers. Many shots were
interchanged, during which bud" West
fall, an employee of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press Company, was instantly killed and
several were wounded, but not seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
FRISCO WORLDS FAIR IN 1913.
City to Celebrate Pacific's Discovery
and Panama Canals Opening.

San Francisco proposes to have a
worlds fair in 1913. The project was
proposed shortly after the fire and is no
longer an uncertainty. Fifteen citizens
have formed a corporation to be known
as the Pacific Ocean Exposition Com
pany, which plans to give a mammoth
fair in 1913 to commemorate the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of the Pa
ciic ocean by Balboa and the completion
of the Panama anal. The joining of the
two ideas by the promoters seemed espe-
cially appropriate since it was after
crossing the isthmus that the navigator
first looked upon the Pacific. The or
ganization is capitalized at $5,000,00O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
WOMAN KILLS RANCHMAN.
Friends Say She Was Bothered by
His Attentions.

Miss Merle Clark, II years old, was
arrested, charged with killing John Leon
ard, rancher, twenty-six miles from
North Platt, Neb. Miss Clark is from
the East and has been making her home
on the ranch of her uncle near that of
Leonard The young woman does not
deny the killing, but refuses to discuss
the affair She was placed in the county
Jail. Her friends say Leonard was in
love with her and bothered her with his
attentions. 1t is claimed he threatened
10 kill her if she did not marry him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
CONFEssEs BANK ROBBERY.
Former Chicngoan Says He Sent Part
of Loot to Mother.

SdyS hC Stht ~ 4
of Loot to Mother.
Joseph S. Kearns, the former Chicago
dry goods clerk and newspaper man who
was captured at Great Bend, KaE., after
robbing Great Bend bank in broad day
light, confessed to having robbed the
Midland National bank at Newton. KAN
on the afternoon of Nov. 49, when he
locked the clerks and customers, six in
all, in the bank vault and escaped with
$500. Kearns confessed that he sent
part of the money secured in the New
ton robbery to his mother and sisters at
Ann Arbor, Mich. He spent some of it
in living at fashionable hotels in Chi
cago and New York and lost several
hundred dollars in a Chicago gambling
house. He probably will be surrendered
to the Newton officials for prosecution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
$4,000 BUILDINGS BURNED.
San Francisco Fire After Earthquake
Caused Loss of $3.50, 100000.

The report of the special committee of
the trustees of the San Francisco Cham
Der of Commerce on insurance settlements
after the big fire says; THE total area
burned was about 5000 acres, containing
$40 blocks and about $4,000 buildings /;
one-half of these were residences. The
amount of insurance was approximately
$235,0O0,0OO. The value of buildings
and contents destroyed in the fire must
have been about $350,000000. An i'm
mense sum of insurance money has been
paid into this city. The companies will
finally have paid undoubtedly in the
neighborhood OF so per cent of the amount
of insurance involved"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18

Iowa, was admitted to the bar the fol-
lowing year, and has practiced his pro-
fession since that time. Mr.. Cousins has
served in the Iowa Legislature and also
has been prosecuting attorney. In 1888
he elected presidential elector.
His home is at Upton. Mr. Cousins as
sunes the position made vacant by the
death of Robert Roberts Hit of Illinois.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Girl Dies as sleuth KpocI

Miss Ethel Ferver. % years old, com
mitted suicide by shooting in her apart
ments in Pittsburg as Detective George
w. Cole was seeking admittance to place
her under arrest for forgeries aggregat-
ing $1.40o and the theft of diamonds
worth $1,000 from her employer, Arthur
Span. beauty doctor"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
SENTENCES GILLETTE TO DIE.

Judge DevendOrf Acts I'm Case of
Grace Browns Alleged Slayer.
Chester E. Gillette, convicted of the
murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown,
was sentenced to die in the electric chair
by Judge Devendorf in Herkimer, \. Y.
Gillette showed no signs of weakening
Former Senator Mills, Gillette's counsel
moved to have the verdict set aside This
was preliminary to the appeal that is to
be made later. Gillette has been taken
to Auburn prison. He is to be electrocut-
ed during the week beginning Jan. %.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
1000 Ewes TO HAVE NO ADAM.
Chicago Woman Plans Refuge for
Sisters Who VIII Work on Ranch.


An Adamless Eden in Texas is the
dream of Mary r. Hayden, the Chicago
novelist. who is arranging to establish a
colony of 1000 women in Refugio coun-
ty, Texas. She has acquired title to
5000 acres and is at work on the plans
for her colony. Woman colonists may
have husbands if that condition cannot
be avoided, but the males must be a
mere notch on a stick so far as the af-
fairs of the colony are concerned. The
founder will endeavor to procure from
the Texas Legislature permission for
women to exercise the right of suffrage
in her colony, and all homes must be in
the name of the wife. Everything that
usually is undertaken on Texas farms
will be attempted, truck farming, fruit
raising, beekeeping, dairying, poultry
raising and other kindred farm and ranch
pursuits
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Student Has Arsenal.

The St Petersburg police searched the
lodgings of a student named Karkasni-
pup luHQ0IeW Su!pB9I 3 10 uos 'goE
found stock of rifles, revolvers and
bombs. a quantity of new explosive of
extraordinary force and plans for barri-
cading the city in the event of an armed
uprising.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Dcath come. to EmpIox..

Five men are dead as a result of acct
dent in the Illinois Steel Company's
plant at South Chicago in twenty-four
hours. One man was burned to death.
another was struck and killed by a
switch engine. third was asphyxiated
by coal gas and two others were crushed
to death by falling steel TASKS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Big Schooner Total Wreck,

The Assateague life-saving station re-
ported that the three-masted schooner
Florence l. Lockwood from Norfolk for
New York, with a barge of lumber,
stranded on Williams shoal. off ASA
league, Va, and is a total loss. Captain
Taylor and his crew were rescued by the
life-sayers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
sALToN SINK AGAIN FILLING.
Colorado River Breaks Bank and
Enormous Loss Is Feared.

The entire Colorado river has found
channel around the Hind Dam and is
flowing back into Salton Sink. Unless
the flood can be stopped soon the main
line of the Southern Pacific will have to
be rebuilt for 200 miles on higher ground
and a thousand people in Salton Basin
will lose their homes. Not less than S25,-
100000 depends upon the success of the
effort TO close the break
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
uomest.Le Strike Is Averted.

The Homestake strike has been avert
ed at Leadville, s. D., Superintendent
Grier granted the demands of the miners
for an eight-hour day for all men work
ing underground. The Black Hills is
the last mining camp in the West to
adopt the eight-hour day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
CuIberson Attacks Bonapsrte,

Senator Culberson attacked Charles j.
Bonaparte, the Presidents nominee for
Attorney General, as defender of in
dustrial combinations, because of a
speech by him in Chicago in 1899, and
the confirmation of all the members of
the new cabinet is held up.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
st. Louis Banks to Consolidate.

Announcement is made that negotia-
tions have been completed by which the
National Bank of Commerce will absorb
the Fourth National Bank in St. Louis.
The latter has capital stock of $1,000
600. n surplus of the same amount and
carries about $15,00O,000 in deposits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Two Die I'm Mine ExpIo.ion

In an explosion of gas in the Baltimore
mine of the Parrish Coal Company.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, two men were killed
and five injured. Five other men were
n that part of the mine where the explo-
sion occurred. but they escaped. As vet
{ is not known what caused the accident.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18

hook and ladder trucks were wrecked in
collisions with street cars, and fremen
hurt. boy was pushed into the river
from the Van Buren, street bridge while
watching disastrous blaze at Market
and Van Buren, streets and was drowned.
Dozens of girls were rescued from
flaming building at Both and Morgan
StrpptS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Too Much Poison saves Life.

After taking enough corrosive sublimate
to kill several hundred persons, Arthur
Freeman of Connellsville. Pa. will re-
cover. Freeman, while respondent, swal-
lowed so much of the poison that an i'm
mediate nausea followed and he was re-
lieved of almost all the evil effects of the
poison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Decision FavOrs Labor.

Judge A. l.. Sanborn of the United
States District Court decided at Madi-
son. Wis. in connection with the suit
of the AlliS Chalmers company against
the Iron Molders' Union, that men may
combine and conspire to better labor con-
ditiOns.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
R,shop C. G. McCabe Stricken.

Bishop C. c. McCabe of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, one of the best-known
prelates in America, was suddenly strick
en- with apoplexy in New York City while
on his way to take a train for Chicago.
The bishop was removed to a hospital,
and late reports were that he was rest
ing easily and in no immediate danger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Miss Anthony,s Home Burned.

The Susan B. Anthony house was de-
stroyoi by fire in Adams, Mass, causing
a loss vi about $4,000 The woman suf-
frage leader lived for many years in this
dwelling, part of which was built by her
grandfather, Humphrey Anthony, about
100 years ago, and part by his rather-in
law, Joshua Lapham, fifty years prior to
that.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Inmnr fron stenmcr.

h. I. Beckwith, a resident of New
London. Conn, committed Suicidr by
maping overheard from the STEAMER
Northwestern while the vessel was en-
route to Seattle. Jealousy is thought To
have been the motive.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
Truck Pusher GETS Fortune

David Sharpe, the elderly Omaha man
who has Just fallen heir to $50OOO0
estate BY the death OF brother. James
Sharpe, at Lafayette, Ind. is a laboring
man. He pushes big truck at the
freight depot of the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha road.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-12-18
seek Damages for scuttIed ship.

The sensational trial of Albert Lewis,
Charles ~ Hin and +. NJ. Howard, ae-
cused of scuttling the American ship
Agcnor in order TO secure the Insurance
money. is still in progress in Yokohama.
Counter suits for heavy damages have
been brought