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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
BIG RUSH OF HoMEsEEl<ERs.
Trails from Pierre, 8. D., Westward
Crowded All the Time.


The railroad building in South Dakota
is bringing in an unparalleled immigra-
ton. The trails leading west from Pierre
present a picture not unlike the rush
westward after the discovery of gold
Heavily loaded freighters, footmen, horse
men. covered wagons and carriages line
the road. New towns are springing up
in the night, and of these Midland prom
ises to be one of the best. Situated on
the extension of the Northwestern, be-
tween Pierre and Rapid City, and sur
rounded by an extensive population of old
settlers, it early gave promise of a good
town. The trains will not reach this
point for a month or six weeks yet, but
a considerable town has already been es-
tablished At present there are four gem
eral stores, one hardware, one furniture
store, two barber shops, newspaper, hotel,
restaurant, livery stable, blacksmith shop,
dentist and two doctors. 4 great ma
Jority of the settlers are coming in with
enough money TO fence and otherwise inn
Trove their farms. All crops put in this
year are excellent. Small grain is yield
ing heavily and corn is looking well. All
kinds of garden vegetables in abundance.
The farmer who goes there with a small
bunch of cows, a few chickens mad hogs
has an assured living. One settler has
field Of sugar cane that would be credit
to any country
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18

listed men similar to that at Newport be
constructed there At Honolulu he found
health conditions satisfactory.
At Yokohama the United States has
large naval hospital, over which the med
zeal corps exercises complete jurisdiction.
This was found in good condition and
work was in progress upon a new admin
istration building At Nagasaki and
Shanghai the sanitary conditions of the
hospitals where the sick sailors are taken
were found in fair condition, burt not as
satisfactory as the hospital at Yokohama.
Surgeon General Rixey passed some
time in the Philippines and not only visit
ed the hospitals of the navy but went
through the hospitals in Manila, and es-
pecially studied the sanitary conditions of
that city. The naval hospital at Cana
Gao, near Cavite, is declared to be in good
condition, especially from a sanitary
point of view. At Olongopo, which is the
proposed naval station for the Philip
pines, but which is still in state of in
completeness, the sick quarters were
found unsatisfactory.
At Paris and London the general Wis
led the hospitals. From the naval hos
pital at London. an institution similar to
the building this government is erecting
at Norfolk, he obtained information that
will be useful in the arrangements of the
Norfolk hospital.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
AVALANCHE OF MUD.
Russian Town Overwhelmed by
Mountain Landslide.

Mountain Landslide.
An avalanche of mud and slime over
whelmed the township of Kwareli, few
miles from Tifis. Practically without
waIsing the side Of mountain rising
over the district broke away and people
and cattle were buried.
At least 80 persons have been buried
alive. The streets are flooded six feet
deep with yellow mud. Acres of crops
have been destroyed and hundreds of head
of cattle
The township of Kwareh occupies an
area of about FIVE kilomerers in the val
ley of Tslaw, in the Caucasus. Similar
disasters, but of less magnitude, are fire.
quent in the valleys of the Transcaucasus,
but never before has such an avalanche
brought down such wholesale destruction.
Tiflis itself is a city of 100000 people,
For days the Greek priests in the mosques
have issued warnings of an impending
calamity. In the panic which followed
the landslide these warnings were recall
ed Many fled for refuge to the holy
mountain Avlabar, upon the summit of
which stands the white Church of St.
David
Kwarel is in the mountainous regions
Of the Caucasus, where the mountains are
cf semi-volcanic nature and where hot
sulphur springs abound. Disasters of the
kind occurring at Kwarel are so common
the people have learned to disregard them,
but it is comparatively seldom that towns
are destroyed, much of this region being
sparsely inhabited.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
6HO0kS
COLLEGES
. 49,
~N~N-~-~~~-~~O-

Simplifed spelling has been adopted in
the schools of Plainiield, n. j.
New Britain, Conn. raises the mini
mum salary from $3.50 to $400.
There are now SOB schools in Canada
for Indians, who number 107,637
In Milwaukee college graduates receive
800 more salary year than others.
Forest sanatoria for weakly school chill
dren have been established by the Berlin
municipality.
The New York City board of education
has adopted list Of 800 words with sim
pli6ed spelling.
The children of Kansas City spelled 10
per cent better than those of Springfield,
Mass. in 1916.
Russia devotes 20 cents a head to edu-
cation This is but half of 1 per cent Of
her total budget.
South Carolina is discussing public
high school system, recent legislation hav-
ing been passed in its favor.
In New Jersey the average annual sal
airy of the teachers is Sj6S.S3. an increase
Of sos over the preceding year.
An Iowa County Superintendent has
his teachers send in a report Of the plant
ing of trees and shrubs on the school
grounds to be kept and displayed in his
Office.
There are 21,0O0 colored teachers in tli'
United States, thus divided between til2
two sexes Men, 7,7o0; women, 1890.
II costs London $50 a year to educate
child in school. In Germany the average
cost is about S14, in New York about
S31.
Col. Charles r. Hall has been appoint
ed commandant OF the inf4ntry and cav
airy school. the signal corps and the staff
college at Leavenworth, Kan.
omaha's board Of education has in
creased the pay Of teachers in that city's
hools from a minimum Of $3.50 a year TO
$500 and from maximum Of S1G0 to
$500.
Prof. r. S. TAR Of Cornell university
will conduct an expedition TO Alaska this
summer TO study the Malaspina and Ber-
ing glaciers and make a reconnaissance
su-yey OF the bedrock geology of the r.
gien between Yakutat and Controller
bays
Renouncing fashionable society and the
profession OF law, Holton James, nephew
Of Henry jams, the novelist, as well as
nephew OF Prof. William James. head Of
the philosophy department. os Harvard,
and scion of one of the oldest and richest
families in the country, has chosen to live
the simple life Of a ccR herler and dis
p+nser Of milk on farm near Seattle,
Wash.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
RARE ACT OF ARMY FRIENDSHIP.
General Bell Steps Aside that Com
rade May Have High Rank.

In sacrificing promotion to the rank of
major general in order that friend may
have the coveted honor, Brig. Gen, j..
Franklin Bell, chief Of staff of the army,
has done an act unparalleled in magma
nimity and generosity in American mill
tary records. Brig. Gen. Jesse NJ. Lee, a
Civil War veteran. the only one left
among the higher officers of the army, is
TO be retired by law early next January.
There will be vacancy among the major
generals when Lieut.. Gen. Corbin retires
Sept. ID and Major Gen. Macarthur is
promoted to succeed him. Under the
usual operation of the regulations Gen.
Bell would be advanced to fill the vacan-
cy, thus giving him rank equal to that of
any other officer assigned to departmental
duty at Washington, a condition extreme
~ desirable. But he has arranged to
step aside in favor of Gen. Lee so that
the latter may retire with the higher
q DLy
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
FENCE KILLS THREE.
is CHARGED WITH HEAVY CUR
RENT OF ELECTRICITY.
Odd Freak of Lightning Causes
Deaths Near RushviIIe, Ind
Faithful Engineer Dies at His
Post to Save Passengers.

Three men were killed near Nashville,
Ind, bs coming N contact with barbed-
wire fence that had been charged with
electricity from the plant of the Indian
apolis and Cincinnati Traction Company.
The dead are Oliver Glore, white, and
William Pettiford and Reuben Boltright,
colored. The accident occurred near the
power house of the traction company.
Pettiford and Boltright were walking
along railroad track to a gravel pit
at which they had been working. Bolt
right started across lots through barbed-
-yre fence ahead of Pettiford. As he
touched the wire he screamed and hung
helpless. Pettiford received a shock in
trying to rescue him and came in contact
with the wire. Before the current could
Oe shut off his body was badly burned,
and both men We're dead. James Glore
was in tie crowd that gathered about the
Two bodies. He recalled the fact that
his brother in going to work used a path
near The fence. Investigation found the
body of Oliver Glore hanging to the fence
600 yards away. A bolt of lightning had
burned an insulator which allowed guy
wire leading to the fence to become
charged
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
(aa n Ne .n Side
{9lGgfS ~
The News -

The new Rate law is now under weigh.
The Cuban uprising has run out of
yeast.
The Sons of the Revolution are quite
active in Cuba.
Russia is looking for the sudden step-off
of Gen. Trepof.
Corn promises to be abundant and high
IA feet in Kansas.
Will the next presidential message be
signed ''Theodor Ruzyelt?"
Trust that the earthquake has no idea
Of making tour of the world.
When words are spelled by sound school
teachers will look for another job.
Small bills are needed" exclaims the
Washington Star. Right you are!
Henceforth we are supposed to begin
to Josh Billings our way through life.
Secretary Wilson is determined to make
the Chicago packers paste up or shut up.
Fifty-three job holders were assassinat-
ed in Russia last month. After all, that
is cheaper than undertaking them out of
their jobs.
The real trouble in Cuba seems to be
that there are not enough offices 10 go
around.
The time seems to be coming fast in
Russia when only the bravest viii dare
hold oaioe.
Worst of il is the Coal Trust won't let
US have coal enough to make it hot enough
for the Ice Trust.
The reason none Of the bombs are
thrown straight ia Russia may be because
most of them are thrown by women.
For the two New York chauffeurs killed
while going at the rate OF more than fifty
miles an hour a simple verdict of suicide
will be enough.
The scarcity of chorus girls in New
York seems in many cases 70 be equiva-
lent to a failure OF the peach crop.
Russian assassins who blow up inno-
cent children with bombs love their po-
litical theories more than humanity
With MuzaHer-ed-Din and Abdul Ha-
mid both on the sick list, the Emperor of
Morocco viii have to do double time
1t was naturally expected that a man
with double-barreled name ike Vocliar-
liarski would meet with a tragic fate.
In nineteen months the Chicago street
cars have killed 225 persons. And Chi
cago Is not the only city where the trolley
car Is an agent of death
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
FOIL A MURDER PLOT.
GERMAN SECRET POLICE SAVE
LIFE OF KAISER.
Anarchists Had Conspired to Assas-
sinate Emperor During Army
Maneuvers-Gen. Bell Steps Aside
that COmrade May Retire.

4 plot to assassinate Emperor William
during the present army maneuvers near
Breslau, Prussia, has been frustrated
through the activity of the secret police.
Three anarchists involved in the conspl-
racy against the monarch are now under
arrest. The prisoners are an Italian an
archist, Matacci; Pole of the name of
Landenberger, and Czech anarchist
FAMED Fliegner. Documents found in the
possession of the prisoners show conclu-
sively they were associated with the inner
circle of an international organization of
anarchists, and that the Kaiser's death
was plotted by this organization. The
plans for the attack on the Kaiser had
been carefully arranged and the plot was
discovered just in the nick of time. The
conspirators were only waiting an oppor.
tunity to get near the Emperor at the
army maneuvers. 1t is believed the kaF
ser had a narrow escape from death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
TROOPS USE CANNON.
MANY JEWS DIE IN A POLAND
MASSACRE.
Russian Batteries Fire on Jewish
Quarter Il. Siedlce-SoIdiera XIII
in Frenzy-Outbreak of PiIIaGe
and Slaughter PIannca BE furehand

A Jewish massacre surprising in
seriousness all previous ones in the vi
cinity took place at Siedlee, Poland,
Saturday and Sunday. 1t wascarefully
planned beforehand, the soldiers warn
ing all of the Christian population in
advance to hang out their ikons so
that they might remain undisturbed.
Saturday night some terrorists killed
two soldiers, and thereupon the Libau
regiment broke forth in unrestrained
fury. They began numbering Jews on
every hand, and continued the work
of slaughter all night Saturday night
and all day Sunday.
The CHASTITY work of numbering and
pillaging continued until an ea.ly hour
Monday morning when Governor Gen
eral Skallon telegraphed for permis-
sion to use the artillery. Four bat
teries then opened fire down Pienkna
Warsaw and Aiena streets, which were
inhabited by thousands Of Jews. The
destruction was horrible AS a result
of the general slaughter it is estimated
that fully 200 Jews have been killed
and 1000 wounded. There are 5000
prisoners in custody, great many of
whom are wounded.
Monday morning a squad of soldiers
were parading through the streets sell
ing pillaged watches and jewelry The
army officers openly countenanced the
selling of loot. The local governor,
Englke, took no steps to prevent the
outrage.
Six buildings in the big bazaar of
the city were set ON fire, adding an.
other terror to the killing and plumber
Ing. Hundreds of Jews assembled at
the railroad station awaiting means of
getting out of town. but Siedlce is sur
rounded by troops, who do not permit
exit or entrance. Field guns occupy
points of vantage on the principal
streets.
There seems no doubt that the terror
lists are responsible for provoking the
massacre by their fusillades from
roofs and windows on Saturday against
soldiers and policemen patrolling the
streets. Troops surrounded the houses
from which this firing came and poured
in volleys through windows and doors.
This was followed by a search of the
premises, which soon developed into
wholesale plundering and subsequently
into massacre and slaughter.
The trouble began on Plenka street
and spread rapidly to a large portion
of the town. Almost all the Jewish
shops have been looted. Owners who
defended their property were killed or
wounded. Any person seen leaving a
house or looking out of window was
shot without mercy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
SfmpIified Spelling Boom.

Close on the heels of President Roose-
velt's official Endorsement of the reform
cd spelling favored by the simplified
Rev. DR.. Walter w. Skeat, the noted
Anglo-Saxon scholaf of Cambridge, Eng
land and DIR. James A. Murray, editor of
the Oxford English dictionary, had joined
the ranks of spelling reform. Andrew
Carnegie, whose money endowed the work
of the board, expressed delight, but not
surprise at the Presidents attitude and
thought that this would settle the adop-
rion of spelling reform by the majority
of the English-speaking race The spell
ing board has received great mass of
inquiries for lists and primers of the new
spelling rules. Nevertheless the press of
England and largely of this country has
ridiculed numerically the Presidents ac-
ton. President Eliot of Harvard said the
new style did not appeal to him and he
thought it would be long time before it
would become popular. John Wanamaker
has adopted the new spelling for his adj
vertising and likewise S. Plaut & Co. of
Newark and the editors of a number of
trade papers. Prof. Matthews calls atten-
tion to the fact that the board does not
attempt such radical changes as newspa-
per articles would imply, as they have
gone no further than the 300 words listed.
Also to the fact that Editors Smith of
the Century Dictionary, Editor Funk of
the Standard and the editor Of Webster's
are all members of the simplified spelling
hoe Ri
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
TeIegraphic Brevitie..

Armogiues Sanchez, a Pulujanes chief,
has been captured BY native Filipino vol
unteers.
S. f. Kline, andry clerk, who went
to Atlanta, Ca, from Savannah, commit
ted suicide py cutting his throat with a
razor.
Mrs. Cassandria Artell, who was the
widow of DR.. john Haynes. director Of
the Ba5ylonian expedition IS dead in
Boston, Mass.
Three remaining vessels Of the Spanish
feet sunk at Manila BIZ Admiral Dewey
were sold in the Philippine capital as
iunk for S132.
Refusing to be cousoied for 40 loss Of
his wife, Thomas w. Lawson spends the
days beside the body, which he viii not
permit to be buried.
4 vendetta transported from Italy TO
Tampa resulted in the instant death of
Salvatore Cosenei and an unknown Ital-
ian recently arrived in Tampa, Fla.
]. Raynor Storrs Wells, member Of the
Larchmont Yacht Club and son Of the
millionaire president Of the Fairbanks
Company. now a prisoner at the navy
yard at Portsmouth, Va, win be discharg-
ed from the navy for The good Of the
service" at the expiration OF his sentence
for disobedience Of orders.
A meeting of about 80 public school
teachers wss held in San Francisco 70
protest against the reduction in salaries.
A committee was appointed to wait on
the board OF education TO demand the rea-
-
the disposition of $4,000 in the RELIEF
fund sent from the East for the benesis
VI teachers who were FIRE sufferers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
DIES TO SAVE PASSENGERS.


Remarkable HerOism of Engineer
Murphy ON Southern Railway.
Remarkable nerve aud herOism were
displayed by Hugh S. Murphy, 81 years
old, of Alexandria, Va. an engineer of the
Southern railway, who was pinioned un-
der his engine for an hour and five min
uteS and so badly scalded by escaping
steam that he died in half an hour after
release. The engine, pulling heavy pas
scnger train, jumped the track and upset
as it was pulling out of Washington, ID.
&. Murphy stuck to his post, reversed
the lever and brought the engine to a halt,
probably saving many lives. His legs and
right arm were caught underneath the
cab and, though he cried for help, it was
half an hour before he was discovered.
Though literally cooked by steam. he in
quired first for his passengers, then sent
a man for a jack and directed the efforts
to rescue him. He leaves a wife and
family
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
EsyNsEGfesYk.D2'g 2.

Count Tolstoi neither drinks, smokes
nor eats meat.
The Duke of Wellington is, by inherit
ance, a grandee of Spain.
The King of Portugal is said to be an
enthusiastic and able amateur painter.
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman. pre-
mier of England, is a noted French
scholar.
The total cost of the prince and pin
cess of Wales recent trip to India was
approximately 100000.
The public executioner of Austria wears
pair of new white gloves every time he
carries out a capital sentence.
A statue of Gen. Nicholson, the mutiny
hero, was recently unveiled at Delhi by
Lord Mimic, the viceroy of India.
Dr. Frederick Hegar, the foremost
Swiss composer, has retired from public
life after forty gears activity as a con
ductor.
King Edward is said to know little
Gaelic. 1t is probably merely smatter-
ing. as even Robert Louis Stevenson. a
born Scot could not master this difficult
tongue.
Sir Jonathan Williams. a retired ply
stefan of Great Britain, declares that the
ourest English spoken in the United
States is in Kentucky.
Herr Joseph ROuchett OF Ornoyasso
near Novara. is said to be the possessor
OF the biggest beard in Europe. Ii is
more than six feet long.
m I--,,o-,r
royalty to have a newspaper specially
condensed and written out for his private
reading. This was established thirty
years ago. Nothing which conacrns him.
whether pleasant or the reverse, is omit
ted
The Marquis of Graham, who vas per-
suaded recently by his fancee, Lady Mary
Hamilton. Britain's greatest hei.ess. to
run for Parliament. failing of election
is known nov as ''Marys Little lamb"
King Leopold Of Belgium has a mania
for building. lie spends almost as much
time ont Of his country as he does in It,
has several residences which he seldom or
never visits, yet he is constantly adding
10 them.
George Ieygues. the French minister
Of education. began life as poet. lie
has been reproached in verse for treason
to che muses. in preferring a political to
a poetieaT career. but his interest IL lit.
erature has remained.
DR.. Charles Robert Edward Won Hart
mann, the noted German philosopher. Is
dead. His most famous book IS said to
be "rfhe Philosophy OF the Unconscious.
Victor Emmanuel H. Of Italy frankly
detes,ed music. and said when the cannon
we're roaring at the battle Of Solferini !.
that IS the only music l have ever been
able 10 appreciate" His son. King Hum
bert. was Of much the same opinion.
In appointing his son, Lord Bruce. as
his private secretary, the Ear. of Elgb,
only followed the example OF the late
William f. Gladstone. who, when he be-
came prime minister IN 1880, appointed
Herbert Gladstone, then young man Of
20, to a similar position
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
PACKERS BUSINESS INCREASE.
GriIIing Has No AppreciabIe Effect
ON the Domestic Sales.

EHecI
on the Domestic Sales.
The output of products of the Chicago
stock yards packing companies for do
nestle consumption, for the first seven
months of this year has increased mate
rally over the volume of business for the
same period in other recent years, in spite
OF the severe grilling The big packers re-
ceived during most Of that time at the
hands Of federal State and city officials
and the newspapers of the entire world.
The report of the Department of Com
merce and Labor, made pdblic in Wash
ington, shows this to be a fact. The
figures of the trade movements of the
country are given for July and for the
seven months ending with July.
Shipments of packing house products
from Chicago, with comparisons. follow ::
July-1904, 136,660716 pounds; 1905,
1872, 490,724 pounds; 1906, 203,252,030
pounds.
First seven months-1904. 100000
600 pounds 1905. 1,3S0,0OO,O00 pounds );
1906, 1916, 436, 262 pounds.
The three largest items were G70,941, :
Go pounds of dressed beef, 510,712, 1863
pounds of cured meats and 24S,929, 252
pounds of lard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-18
FACTORY PRODUCTS GROW.
American Industries Show Larg.
Increase i'm Five Years.

American Industries Show "a Large
Increase i'm Five Years.
Unequaled prosperity in the manufae-
turing industries in the United States for
the calendar year of 1904 is shown in a
census bulletin just completed, which is
compared by the census bureau with
similar census for the year 1900 The
humber of manufacturing establishments
in the country, as shown by the last CEN
sus, is 216,262, an increase of 4 per cent
over 1900. Capital increased during the
five years from $S,97S, $50, 200 to S12.-
CSC, 265,673, or Al per cent. In the same
period the total value of products increas-
ed from $11,411, 121 ,122 to $14,SO2, 147,-
OS7. a gain of 80 per cent.
There has been an increase of 43 per
cent in the number of officers and clerks
employed by these manufactures and
gain of 81 per cent in the salaries paid
In the same time the number of wage
earners increased 16 per cent and the sal
aries 30 per cent. The number of wage
earners reported for 1905 was $40. 321
with an annual income of $2,611, 54O, $50.