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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
SCANDAL AT FRISCO.
Relief Committee officials Have APP
prapriated Many Goods,

AtCAtC1 OAlClaAS nave - D
propriated Many Goods.
The police and military authorities at
San Francisco are ferreting out persons
who nave abused the free supplies priv
ileges. Detectives are assisted by numer-
Gus anonymous letters. telling of the
boarded stores These letters are, in al
most every instance. found to state the
truth. \ letter came saying that certain
member of the relief committee had not
neglected to look out for himself. The
detectives found at his home, so they
say. store of provisions, tents and bed
ding sufficient TO last for many months.
The detectives also seized at the home
Of a woman $500 worth of military blan-
kets, bedding and clothing.
The records of Coroner Walsh disprove
the widely circulated stories that many
persons were shot and killed as ghouls by
soldiers during the great fire that followed
the earthquake of April Is. OF all the
bodies handled by the coroner. only one
was found in which death was due 10 gun
shot wounds. This exception was Heber
Tildeh, killed by a civic guardsman who
had the mistaken idea that an automobile
in which Tilden was riding was used for
looting
My office has reports showing 35s
Deaths" said Coroner Walsh. I'm the
time of great excitement we heard of
many cases of shooting. but the fact that
we never got the bodies convinces me that
the stories were false. In all the 35S
cases. with the exception of Tilden, death
was due to fractured skull crushed body
or asphyxiation."
The majority of householders are still
subject TO the inconvenience of cooking
their meals on stoves erected in the street.
Samples of water taken from the taps at
various points in the city were found to
be so full of bacteria that sewer pollution
was indicated. City Chemist Gibbs still
urges citizens 10 boil all water used for
drinking purposes under any circum-
stances. II is now admitted that the sew
erS have broken over the mains and it is
also feared that the reservoirs have been
polluted owing TO the number of people in
camp at the water sheds.
j. W. Roberts. superintendent of con
struction at the new postoffice, has COM
pleted his report on the fire and earth
quake. His report, sent to Washington,
shows the loss to the building will run
beyond $500,000 OF this at least $780,
600 was caused by explosions of dynamite
used to raze the walls after the fire had
done its work.
All glass in the building was broken,
costly marbles were torn from the walls,
doors were blown down and in some cases
oak panels were torn out. The building,
already rocked by the great earthquake,
was badly damaged by the conclusion of
the explosion.
Twenty-three thousand children will be
without school accommodations. Thirty
of the largest buildings have been de-
stroyed by fire, and it is impossible to re-
place them At once.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
The shopping Fever.

Unhappy the woman who does not
love to shop! The rich woman may
find her pleasure in choosing the best
and most beautiful of the many things
offered for her inspection. The woman
who must reckon carefully her expen-
ditures may taste the joy of economic
ing-the satisfaction of making the
ends meet by virtue of her own clever
continuance and calculation.
Even to buy spool of thread or a
card of buttons brings one into the
cheerful gaieties of human life. Wheth-
err in city department store or in eoun-
try shop, one is likely to find bit of
friendly gossip, a kindly smile, and the
well-meant effort TO please, for the mu-
tual profit of buy er and seller.
But the indulgence in the shopping
habit may go too far, and end in dis
aster. A woman died recently in New
York who had spent two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars in four years,
in shopping for its own sake She never
opened the numberless packages which
contained her purchases. There were
piles of them in every room. The poor
woman had gone mad over shopping.
She barricaded her doors to keep out
not only every curious friend, but any
intrusive idea which should interfere
with her mania.
The bureau drawer or the closet filled
with useless but taking spoils from
the bargain counter testifies to the
slight lapses from sanity made by even
the sanest of shoppers. II always keep
one. of my worst bargains hung up in
plain sight" said a certain wise wo-
man. "as a remedy in my next attack
of the shopping fever"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
A Chance for Reform.

If there is any truth in the state
ment of the small boy whose speech is
reported in the Washington Star, the
political situation in some parts of our
country needs looking into. The his
tory class in one of the public schools
of the city had just concluded a recita-
ton the other day, when the teacher
took advantage of a few spare minutes
to test the knowledge of her pupils con-
corning the form of the district gov
eminent.
In whom is the governing power of
this city vested?" was her first ques-
ton.
Silence reigned for a moment. Then
little Tommy's hand went up. and to
the teachers Well Tommy the fol
lowing answer was vouchsafed:
The governors of the district are
three missionaries, two taken from civ
ilized life, and one from the Injun
corpse"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

Why Home Happiness is Marred:
There is not that sympathy and com
radeship existing between women and
their husbands that there should be-
Most Of the foolish persons who, with
out attempting TO put matters right in
their own homes, bewail their misfor-
tunes or endeavor to show others the
paths of happiness are miserable
solely because of their selfishness.
People to-day think only Of themselves
the husband of his dinners, his sport,
his pleasure; the wife of her dress, her
shopping, her idleness. One does not
consider the needs and desires and am
billions of the other. The man looks
upon 1t as his function to earn money ;;
his wife to spend 1t as soon as earned.
Home soon loses its significance when
this stage is reached.
Man usually tolls TO secure a home;
1t is the woman's duty to make that
home more than mere storehouse of
furniture. He provides the materials,
and it devolyes upon her to use those
materials to the best advantage to
make sure that their home shall be
in truth a home, haven of rest and
peace after the rush and toll of mans
daily work.
1t is undoubtedly the part of good
wife to interest herself heartily in all
that concerns her husband to give him
full and intelligent sympathy always,
and in everything, and TO believe in
him. The woman who looks well TO
the ways of her household has her full
work cut out for her She must be
able to realize responsibility, and bear
1t fifty; not one who considers it the
chief object of her existence to enjoy
herself. She should be able to hold
her own and take her place in society
without yielding herself a willing slave
to It's capricious dictates.
A woman may be thoroughly prac-
teal and domesticated, yet never be
in danger of degenerating into domes-
tic drudge whose whole soul is OBJ
sorbed in her dustbin and saucepans.
But to be a comrade one must be able
to do more than merely minister to the
needs Of the body; there must be men
tai sympathy, understanding and re
sponsiveness.
The woman who makes the heart of
her husband to rejoice will not only
order the affairs of her household wise
ly, she will also keep in touch with
the broad issues of life and pay proper
attention to the outside interests which
appeal to him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
onia MarcnmOnts What strange fate Is

tonia Marcnmont? What strange fate Is
thisT"
1t was strange, yet true, that TEMPS
had never dreamed of associating Antonio
with the pretty little society woman whom
he saw so frequently, although the SINH
larity of name might have led him to do
so. There was certainly wide world of
difference between that girl who lived in
the bleak north country and Lady Betty
Marchmont.
Tenby could not at the first outset rec
oncile his memory of Antonia with the
surroundings and the kind of life lived by
all those many people among whom he
now moved. He felt irritable and almost
uneasy at the thought of her coming to
London. He had tried so hard to forget
her this last year or two, and he had al
most succeeded in doing So
Even when he had gone north on his
frequent visits of duty to his uncle, Sir
Maurice Tenby, he had always managed
to avoid coming in contact with Antonio.
Her home lay not many miles distant,
and Gerald could well remember the day
when Antonio had been almost a daily
visitor at Mill Cross Court
There was nothing to take the girl there
nowadays-at least, that was what he said
to himself, savagely, for he did not sup
pose that Antonio would care to waste
much time in paying visits to an old man,
and since the marriage of Bertha Tenby,
her girl friend, and the sudden disap-
pearance of Hubert Tenby, there had been
no one to share Sir Maurice's solitude.
Gerald only went to Mil Cross because
he was obliged to go, but he hated going
There was an atmosphere of sorrow in
the old place heavy as a pail, and, though
his uncle was always courteous and seem
ed much interested in his doings, Gerald
Tenby never could rid his mind of the
feeling that the proud man in his heart
secretly resented his coming.
ITO be continued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

The total length of railways in Japan
is now over $500 miles The gauge is
3 feet 6 inches.
The Western Pacific railway has issued
a circular letter asking contractors
throughout the United States to submit
bids for the immediate construction of 40
miles of roadbed and track. This section
is to begin at the point where Nevada and
Utah join and run to Deeth. a small set
Element on the Humboldt river.
A corporation has been formed for the
purpose of constructing an air line rail
road between New York and Chicago and
il is expected that the road will be in
operation in five years. The distance will
be 742 miles about 300 miles less than
that of any other road. The ears will be
propelled by electricity and will average
about 10 miles an hour, making the trip
in ten hours.
Several railroads in this country make
their own wooden legs. says a railway
surgeon. The roads kill, on the average,
5000 people a year, and injure 10000.
With the killed we've nothing to do, but
the injured, at 10000 per annum. run up
to the enormous total of 100000 in FIVE
years. or 100000 in ten years. Why buy
wooden legs for all that armyT Some
of our railroads, in order to curtail ex-
penses, have their own wooden-leg mills.
The new railroad station being built
at Leipsic which is to be completed in
1914. at an expense of $31 100000. will
h. the largest railroad station in the
world, covering an area of 920.51S square
feet. Both the great South Station, AZ
Boston. and the Union Station, at st.
Louis will have to acknowledge them
selves outdone in size by the mammoth
station of this German city.
Work on the construction Of the rail
road to the summit of Mont Blanc. Swift
zerland has begun. Although this road
will be less than twelve miles long it will
take five or six years TO complete it.
One hundred and fifty millions of dol
lars is a large sum for any industry to
earn in one year. and yet this sum. great
as it is. represents not the gross earn
ingS but the increased earnings of the
railroads in this country last year. What
the business Of the people Of America
amounts 10 may be imagined from the fact
that they paid $1J00OO.OO0 more money
for freight charges in 1905 than they did
in 1904. II takes grpsT many tons Of
freigh AT an avcraS" charge of ! cent
per ton per mile to piie up S150.0500O0. |
and that. as above noted. is not the |
amount Of business done ba merely the |
increase Of tFat business in 1906 as com |
pared with 1904.
1t costs 13 cents TO 20 by trolley cars |
from Toxic to Yokohama. the port Of the /
japanese capital. Cars start every five
minutes from ) in the morning to II az
night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
Health and Beauty Hints.

To whiten the hands rub them first
with lemon juice and afterward with
dry salt
Ingrowing toenails should be scraped
thin in the center of the nail and then
cut there and at the corners.
Don't fill your bedroom with knick-
knacks and draperies. Have it as plain,
clean and dust free as possible.
Soft soap is yellowish-green jelly,
made with olive oil and caustic potash.
Hard soaps are made with soda, not
potash.
Sleep is one of the strongest founda-
ton boards of health and a magic aid
to beauty and happiness, and a little
attention to the pros and cons will
prove well worth while.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

One of the fads of the Princess of
Wales is to impress upon every one in
Great Britain the Importance of learn
ing to swim.
The first public statue of Queen Al
exandra has just been commissioned.
George W. Wade will execute it and
the destination of the work is Hong
Kong.
The Countess of Jersey is described
as being clever, cultivated woman
who reads and thinks and who has
been one of the most energetic of So
ciety globe trotters.
Mile. de Rosen, daughter of the Rus
sian ambassador, when she makes her
debut in society will receive from the
Czarina the badge and title of Titular
Maid of Honor to Her Majesty.
The women of the Minerva Club of
New York are working to have hazing
abolished in the colleges. They have
obtained Endorsements from almost ev-
cry president of all the prominent uni
versities and are now framing a bill
making hazing a crime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
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The last day Of the general debate on
the railroad rate bill in the Senate Thurs
day brought out much criticism of federal
judges. Mr.. Tiilman. by citing individual
cases, attempted to show that the power
of granting temporary injunctions should
be taken from the inferior United States
courts IN Interstate commerce commission
cases. He was followed by MeSSrs. Ba-
con. Bailey, Teller and Foraker The
army appropriation bill, carrying about
$T4,000,000 was passed. The naval APP
preparation bill, which carries nearly
S100,000,000, was taken up in The House.
Mr.. Foss (IlL) explained the measure
and the general debate which followed at
once took on other lines. The tariff again
forged to the front. with ;he prices of
steel rails abroad as the main object of
interest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
saueaking Boots.

Nothing Is more annoying, both 20
oneself or ones neighbors than to be
the unhappy possessor of a pair of
squeaking boots. 1t is peculiarly exas-
perating to have ones presence herald
ed in such marked fashion. And yet
the remedy is simplicity itself. By
merely driving peg into the middle of
each sole all squeaking will be at an
end.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

The Senate Friday entered upon rausid-
GRAFTON of the amendments, to the railroad
rate bill under the ffteen-minute rule.
The measure was changed so as 10 in
clude OH pipe lines as common carriers,
not excepting the one on the lsthmus of
Panama. A proposal b. Mr. Foraker to
exclude refrigerator cars from the opera
tions of the measure was voted down as
was an amendment by Mr.. MeCum5er
making the requirements concerning these
cars more stringent than in the original
bill. The Senate adjourned until Mon
day. The House spent the day consider
ing the naval appropriation, bin. Mr..
Burton (Ohio) delivered speech against
what he termed the needless enlargement
of the navy, while Mr. Butler (Pa.) and
Mr. Calder On. " supported the bin.
Other speeches, covering a wide range of
subjects. wore made by Mr. Flood (Na.),
Mr.. Clark (Fla.) and Mr.. Shackleford
(Mo.).
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

The Senate was not in session Stature
day. General debate on the naval appro-
priation bill terminated with the close of
Saturdays session of the House one par
agraph of the bill being read in order {,
make it the continuing order before the
House adjournment. International arbi-
tration, the reduction of armament, a
carefully prepared address on the achieve
ments of the navy and n defense of the
naval program for 1907, together with
speech in favor Of a monument on Kings
Mountain battlefield were the features of
the legislative day. Those who addressed
the House formally were Mr.. Bartholdt
of Missouri. Mr. Johnson of South Caro-
lima, Mr.. Webb of North Carolina, Mr..
Tirrell and Mr. Weeks of Massachusetts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
III. Private Opinion.

Say. pa" queried little Tommy
Toddles. what does this paper mean
by the powers that be-"
1T probably has reference to your
mother and grandmother, Tommy re-
piled Mr.. Toddles. with a sigh long
drawn out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

Nearly the entire time of the House
was taken up Wednesday by two PROPOSE
tions-first. whether the Navy Depart
ment should 90 into the open market and
purchase anchors. chains and cordage, or
continue to manufacture these articles,
and second. whether the cost Of transports
ing coal from Atlantic and gulf ports To
the Philippine Islands, in American bot
toms. should be limited 70 So or S6 per
ton. Mr. Grosvenor's substitute amend
ment giving the Secretary of the Navy
the right TO purchase in free markets
should It be demonstrated that this could
be done more cheaply, was adopted. 20 to
76. The reading of the naval bill was
continued until adjournment. The Sem
ate spent the greater part of the day
again in the consideration of the question
of divorcing the production of coal and
other commodities from their transporta-
ton. and closed that branch of It's work
by adopting modified provision TO- naIly
offered by Senator Elkins. but originally
suggested by Senator McLaurin.
National Capital Notes.
The House committee on territories de-
cided TO make a favorable report on two
bills by Representative Cushman 5f Wash
incton. regulating fishing in Alaska One
bill prevents aliens from fishing in Alas
kan waters, and is said to be aimed espe-
cially at the Japanese.
President Roosevelt has signed the bills
passed BY Congress making an extra APP
preparation Of 100000 for Mare Island
navy yard, at San Francisco. and making
an appropriation of $4,000 to meet emer-
gencies in the Postofice Department in
the State of California.
At the late session Of the Playground
Association of America President Roose-
welt. who recently was chosen first vice.
president. was unanimously elected honor
ary president Of the organization.
The Senate committee on Dostofsces
and postrOads voted TO report favorably
the nomination OF Benjainin F. Barnes,
assistant secretary 70 President Roosevelt,
to be postmaster Of Washington
resolution extending Inc thanks os
the country 70 Gen. Horace Porter. for
mer ambassador 10 Paris. for bis enter
prise in securing the body Of John Paul
Jones. was presented 20 the House by
William Alden Smith of
Michigan.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has sub
nitted 70 the poStOfiice committee % the
Senate and House A. Washington a bill
for issuing postal notes al all
money order and many smaller Offices
rom denominations ranging from 1 cent
% $50.
Secretary Shaw conferred with mem-
,ers Of the Senate committee on finance
a measure he desires Congress
o enact at this session permitting the
Treasury Department 70 hold IN reserve
;100.00OG0 In gold bullion iustcGd OF
'50.O0000O as provided by the present
aw. The pGrpose is one of convenience
nd to give greater elasticity in the hands
ing Of reserve funds.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

The House devoted Tuesday to the ma
val appropriation bill and accomplished
the reading for amendment of the first
fifteen pages. Several topics were dis
cussed including the difficulty of obtain
ing enlisted men in the navy, the location
of the naval training station on the great
lakes, the cost of smokeless powder, and
finally the unnecessary expenditure Of
100000 a year for chains for ships. THE
last matter was under consideration whe
the House adjourned. Aside from few
minutes devoted to the reception of TIE
Allison amendments to the railroad rat
bill and half hour given TO routine bust
ness, the Senate devoted its entire ses-
sion to the Intellectual consideration of
the ElkinS amendment prohibiting COM
mon carriers from engaging in mining
coal or in the production of other COM
modities in competition with shippers, and
adjourned in a state Of great confusion as
TO the exact subject before it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15
Couldn't Help IL.

Have You tried that new oil for
your backacheE"
NO, I'll stick to my porous plaster
for a while. "-Cleveland Leader.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

Congressman Williamson of Oregon,
convicted in the land fraud cases. took
steps 10 bring his rise before the United
States supreme Court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

In the House Monday forty-fve mpor-
tant bills. covering a wide range of sub
iects. were passed. The Senate sper
most of it's time on a single amendmer
to the railroad rate bill, and ended b..
adopting substitute instead. The provis
ion under discussion was Senator Fora
ker's prohibition Of the granting of re
hates, passes. drawbacks. special passen-
sel rates, or determinations in accommo-
dations TO railroad patrons paying equal
rates. Senator CulberSon finally secured
the adoption of the following substitute:
THAT no carrier engaged in interstate
commerce shall directly or indirectly issue
or give any free ticket, free pass, or FREQ
transportation TO any person except to the,
officers. agents, employees and attorneys:
exclusively in the service of the carrier
issuing the same, or to ministers of re-
ligion, inmates of hospitals, eleemosynary
or charitable institutions. Any carrier
violating this provision shall be deemed
guilty of nnsdeme1nor, and shall for
each offense pay to the United States a
penalty of not less than 500 nor more
than $4,000"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

President Roosevelt has written Col.
Cecil Lyon of Texas that he win not
hunt wolves this spring, as people make
too much sport Of his hunting trips.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

The youth sOws the wild oats, but
it is usually the old man who has to
do the reaping.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-05-15

More wives would respect their hug
bands if they were not So well ac-
0uainted