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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
AuOver the State.

There was light frost on the lowlands
the other night, but no great damage was
done.
Chippewa Falls was surprised the other
day by the sudden appearance or n,la-
dreds of thousands of whip-poor-wills-
4 bolt of lightning STRUCK George
Iadd's barn on his farm west of Cumber
land, burning the building and feed and
hay.
ID. Nj. Maxcy of Washburn has been
appointed receiver for the John a. Jacobs
Lumber Company pending bankruptcy
proceedings.
Mrs. Jennette Gage, a resident of RAJ
cine over fifty years and sister of Ste
phen Bull and Mrs ]. /. Case, died the
other day, aged 80 years
The creamery cold storage and ice
cream factory of the Superior Creamery
Company in New Richmond was destroyed
by fire. The total loss exceeds $1,000.
Michael Schmitz who fell from the top
of a warehouse in Fond du Lac and frac-
tured his neck. is still alive and con-
scious although no hope is entertained
for his recovery Peter Ferguson suf-
fered dislocation of the neck and is now
at St. Agnes hospital He viii recover.
Fifteen minutes after being thrown into
a barbed wire fence and severely cut be-
cause of the fright of his horse, Haiver
Peterson. Cato farmer reached nome 10
ind his large barn " flames, win the
fire threatening the dwelling and granary.
The loss is nearly $1,000 and insurance
less than $1,000.
4 traction engine owned by \. +. Ba-
con of Friendship broke through bridge
falling into eight feet of water. The en-
eineer and fireman both went in with it.
No one was seriously injured.
The man killed by a Wisconsin Central
train at Clarendon has been identified as
Harry Harley of Barron. where his wife,
one child and parents reside lie LETT
home in search of work. going TO Mime
apolis.
Charged with the authorship OF and
conspiracy in the writing Of threatening
letters 10 August Lipperr- August Goeth-
ke. farmer of Liberty. his daughter
Anna and her sweetheart. OTTO Leubke.
are held in $500 bonds
Elmer Zimmerman Of Brodhead acct
dentallv shot his sister-in-law, Mrs. Clint
Zimm4rman. in the head. She is in
serious condition. He was aiming at some
chickens.
Albert Raason died in a dentist; chaR
At Glenvood The young man had zone
to the dentist to have two teeth extracted
ara passed away under the influence Of
ehlor0fOFm.
Articles Of Incorporation have been fled
and approved in the Office Of Commission
er of Banking Bergh for the Security
State bank Of Baldwin. The capital stock
i $4,000 and the incorporators are +. ].
Cave. Joseph Young. W E. Webster. An
drew Olson, " o. Johnson and other
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RABIES IN KEW ENGLAND.
A Mad Dog Scare Now Covers Three
Whole states.

A Mad Dog Scare Now Covers Three
Whole states.
For more than a year a mad dog scare
has prevailed in Massachusetts. Rhode
Island and Connecticut Il originated at
Whitinsyille, X. L., July 20, 1905. when
a black cur dog afflicted with genuine
rabies bit many other dogs of that vii
lage and then ran over to Grafton, where
he continued his work until he was shot.
From that day the hydropholia idea has
prevailed
At the roundup il was found that no
less than As dogs had been bitten by the
black cur. All the dogs known to have
been bitten were straightway placed in
strict quarantine. and every dog in the
two towns. Whitinsvlle and Grafton. was
provided with a muzzle. East Douglas
village. followed suit. The scare was con-
tinued when a couple of weeks after the
first outbreak a greyhound went through
Grafton Center and bit twelve more dogs.
At that point the real alarm began. Be-
fore cold weather the seeds of a magnif-
cent mad dog scare were well sprouted
Proceedings began early this year The
situation was aggravated by the appear
ance in spots of a dog epidemic which
veterinarians pronounce similar to black
diphtheria. This disease has been espe-
cially prevalent in northern Rhode ISL
and 1t passes under the name of black
tongue and, while manifesting its symp-
toms much earlier than rabies, is almost
identical in its effect on the dog. The
main difference is that, as the name sug-
gests, in black tongue the tongue becomes
dark colored and swollen and eventually
is stricken, like the rest of the body. with
paralysis. -Four days is about the dura-
ton of a case. and veterinarians say it
always ends in death. That genuine
rabies is widespread to-day in southern
New England seems certain.
Attleboro has banished dogs Of what
ever size, shape or color from the streets,
even though muzzled and on leash
Springfield has subjected its dogs to much
the same restrictions which prevail in
Providence, where dogs of respectable be-
havior may be towed The smaller places
are following the example set by the large
ones.
In the meantime the dog catchers are
reaping a harvest. The Providence dog
officer gets dollar a head for every ami
NAL he kills and in the past three weeks
has disposed of some 800, for whose TAX
ing off the city provides the gas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

Told in "a Few llinea.

Memphis, Tenn. Republicans have de-
manded that President Roosevelt run
again for President.
Justice of the Peace William Duff a
farmer aged so years died from the effects
of a gunshot wound received in an alter
cation with four Italians at Newcastle
Pa.
The United States cruiser st. Louis.
built by the Nefe & Levy Shipbuilding
Company, was placed in commission at
rhe League Island navy yard PhiladeI-
phia.
Ezra Meeker. the Oregon pioneer. is
retracing the famous old Oregon trail in a
wagon. lie crossed it ffty-four years
age.
Millionaire Wells. who enlisted ia the
navy. has been sentenced at Norfolk. Va.
to ten days in double irons on bread and
water for disobeying orders.
Army men have urged the War Depart
naent at Washington 10 adopt the German
manual Of fencing as superior to thar
used in the American army.
\ survey Of the gunboat Nashville SEP
to the Navy Department from The Boston
navy ward shows that $4,000 viii be re-
quired for the repair of that vessel
Theft Of food for starving family Is
held no crime by Justice Phillips Of Ma
rion. Ind. who discharged John Robinson.
who took two bushels of wheat 10 keep his
wife and babies alive.
The anti-ritualiSsie movement has aeaf~
asserted itself in England. Pictures. vest
mentS and ornaments have been removed
from Malvern Link church, near WorceS-
tershire and destroyed.
Or. Charles W. Wilson Of Montreal. a
delegate 10 the convention Of the British
Medical Association in Toronto. was sent
TO jail for a week for atlemptisg to hug
aud kiss pretty girl ia hotel He was
intoxicated and was knocked down by the
girls father.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

The old plan of opening Indian reser-
vations was to line all the homeSeekers
at the edge of the coveted ground and
to let them race for the prizes. The
results of these PUSHES have been some
thing terrible to contemplate. There
are suits still pending as the result of
disputes growing out of the first Okla
homa opening, in 1893 Men who had
killed fast horses in getting to valu-
able claims found their rights disputed
by ''sooners," who had crept on the res
ervation, despite all the efforts of sol
diers to keep them off. Gun plays were
made, and the struggle for lands was
nothing short of bestial, bringing out
all that was worst in the natures of the
men engaged. The weak had no chance
against the strong, and the many evils
of the system were so apparent that
the government officials made up their
minds never 10 have another rush for
public lands.
Richards the Inyentor.
W. A. Rich rds, commissioner of Inc
general land Office, and former governor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

years and practically the entire north
front of the Abbey, which faces Farlia-
ment square, and is therefore nearest
the highway traversed by the motor
buses passing between Charing Cross,
Victoria and Pimlico, is to be refaced
The surface stones will be largely re-
placed by new ones
This extensive restoration Is necessi-
tated in great measure by natural
decay, with which in recent years the
dean and chapter. for lack OF funds.
have not been able to cope. In the
opinion of more than one expert, how
ever. the vibration caused by motor
vehicles is accelerating the work of
nature and the detrimental effects of
the London atmosphere,
Quite recently large piece Of stone
on the north front broke off and fell,
and scaffolding is now being erected
along that side preparatory 70 begin
ming the needed work Of repair
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
MINERS WANT COAL MINES.
Socialists Planning for the Control
of the Anthracite Industry.


Although the general public is giving
little attention to the prospect there is,
in the anthracite coal regions Of Pennsyl
vania, well-defined Socialistic movement
for obtaining public control of the great
industry of anthracite coal mining, the
output of which is more valuable than
that of the gold produced by the entire
world.
Socialists throughout the region are
now organized as they have never been
before, and are directing their efforts to-
ward the organization of the mine work
ers, who, being most vitality interested in
the plan, can control by the vote they
command the political power of the re-
gion, if properly organized for such a
purpose.
The anthracite mines now employ some
10000 workers and produce 100000
tons of coal year. The labor cost of
producing this coal is about $1.76 ton
and at this rate the public ownership of
the mines would permit the public owner
ship officers in charge of them to expend
for labor alone over 100000 yearly.
Aiming at ultimate public ownership
of the anthracite coal mines, the Social
lists and the union workmen expect to
make such showing at the fall election
that while they may not win their object
Immediately, they will take decided step
toward doing it and place themselves
in a position to win greater and still
greater power at each succeeding election.
The great majority of the mine work
ers are foreign born workers from the
provinces of southern and southeastern
Europe. This class could, with proper
organization, control the political desti-
MES of the anthracite district and they
are now being trained by the Socialists.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

minds in the country were seeking
some way In which the game could be
beaten. One clover chap conceived the
idea of registering several times under
the same name But this plan was
frustrated when Commissioner Rich.
ards devised a card index for filing all
the names after registration. Thus the
names that were similar had to come
together, and the scheme of the willy
one was exposed. If man registered
under false names he courted a long
term in prison, for proof of his right
name had TO be made at the time of III
ing on his homestead. The very sim
plicity of the plan makes detection
easy.
AS to the absolute fairness of the
scheme, many tests have been made.
For instance, at the opening of the Uin-
tab reservation in Utah, there were 3d.
900 soldiers registered by proxy. Mr..
Richards kept careful check of the sol
diers who drew lands. There was an
exact proportion of soldiers drawings
something like one successful appli-
cant out of every six registered. The
names of the soldiers were mixed with
the others, so that the exact ratio of
their drawings proved that the chances
of success run in proportion to the to-
tai number Of claims and the total num-
Der of registrations. When the regis
tration is high, the chances of success
are small. The Crow reservation OPEN
were only 10000 registrations against
$500 claims for distribution. So each
mans chances of drawing something
were between one in two and one in
three. At the Uintah opening last year
there were over $4,000 registrations
against $500 claims, so the chances of
success were much smaller.
Encouraging the HOmeseeker.
Gals to keep the registration as low as
possible. This is with the idea of en-
couraging the bona fide homeseeker and
excluding the born gambler, who mere
ly wants to take chance" In the
hope of drawing the magic first number
out of the big box. The first number
is the prize desired by every one of the
thousands who register In these land
drawings. At the Grow opening there
was a standing offer Of $4,000 for the
first number. In the eager crowd that
gathered about the drawing booth on
the opening day there were men of all
walks of life who had taken chances
in the hope of securing No. /. But the
first name drawn from the box by the
proud youth who had been selected to
act as emissary for the goddess of
chance was that of Owen b. Williams.
Of Custer, Mont.-a "squaw man." Tru-
ly, opportunity never knocked more I'M
expectedly than on the door of the
"squaw mans" shack on the Big Horn.
But that is merely sample of the
strange freaks of fortune in these land
drawings 1t Is this element Of chance
that makes these government lotteries
such fascination to so many people
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
PIomIns lilly lind.

HiHy land ought never to be culti-
waited, but kept in grass. Sometimes a
farmer has nothing but hills, and II he
raises crop Of grain II must be on
tins kind OF land. In blowing hilly
ground one should never pillow up and
down the hill unless he wants his soil
carried away with the food and great
bitches washed In the field. Always
blow around the bill, beginning at the
base and winding up the land at the
top. In this way the soil Is thrown 20
that ii acts as a barrier to the water
and will not wash away The other
day / saw a hill that had been pioyved
in an ideal manner. II had been In
grass and the farmer had commenced
at the base and .plowed round and
round IT. throwing the thick inverted
sod down the hill and leaving a space
at the corners Of his land that drained
the bill nicely A recent heavy rain
had not damaged Il in the least. for all
the water had drained or from the cor
uers Of the land. The com should be
nlaDfed in the manner the hin was
broken. Never plant corn up and down
a hill, for a dashing rain viii wash il
out. Then IL the corn Is planted the
way the land was broken there will be
no harm done the land in cuitivating II.
If you have to cultivate the corn plant
ed I'D and down the hill, ii simply
makes matters worse for the soil Is
loose8ed up to be carried away.-Agri-
cultural Epitomlst
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

With the public drawing for Sho-
'hone Indian reservation lands at Ian
der, Wyo., came the sixth test of the
governments lottery system.
At the opening of the Crow reserva
ton in Montana recently the system
worked TO perfection. Sixteen thou
sand persons were registered in two
weeks, and In the presence of a large
crowd, these names were drawn from
box at the rate of about 1000 per
day, and the names of the prize win
Hers announced. In fact. since the first
trial of the so-called lottery system at
the secOnf Oklahoma opening. there
has not b@en single valid objection
raised against this method of throw
Ing Indian lands open to white settle
ment, and the plan Of distribution will
doubtless continue in effect until there
are no more of Los acres to distribute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
sorry He spoke.

He-I read to-day in q newspaper
that the best emergency ration" for
lifeboat men who have been out for
many hours in the cold without food is
chocolate.
She-well. as we are going out IN
boat. Fred, we might meet some OF
these poor men. Don't you think you'd
better 90 back and get four or five
pounds OF chocolate creams ?-Y onkers
Statesman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
Big Profits in Fancy Apples.


Stories are coming east Of the large
profits made by fruit growers in east
trn Washington state. in the Wenat-
shee valley the prosperous condition Of
orcharding has increased land values
to as high as $3.50 per acre for the raw
land with water rights. Orchards In
full bearing range all the way from
$500 to $1,000 per acre. The boom Is
the result of a very favorable season,
when good apples have been selling at
81 a box at shipping stations. One or
the situation. The region is described
as more like great orchard village
than an ordinary farming section, the
farms being small and the houses close
together, with telephones, electric lights
and other Improvements common. The
orchard work is carried on In a very
thorough manner, with the land kept
thoroughly cultivated and cleaned. The
trees have long growing season and
apples fruit at five years from setting.
The apples produced here are Of very
fine appearance and have peculiar,
waxy skin, which finds favor with the
buyers. The actual flavor Is not equal
to the best apples produced in the east,
but the Washington apples are careful
liz graded and packed and sell close to
the top Of the market prices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
WILL QUIT SERVICE.


United Stat Express VIII Adam
don West shore Cities.
Opened two months ago, the offices and
service of the United States Express
Company, which established branches on
the west shore of Lake Michigan in the
city of Manitowoc, CheSvygan and Port
Washington. will be discontinued. From
the start. it is said the express company
was operating at loss because its SER
vice embraced boat transportation, the
National and American companies hav-
ing exclusive rights ON the Northwestern
and Central railroads.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
How to Cut Seed Potatoes.

Round potatoes. with few eyes, such
as Carman, are best cut by hand. as
machine cutting leaves some pieces
without eyes In cutting the seed. leave
sufficient body with each piece to fur
nish abundant vital food to support the
sprout until it has time to take root in
the soil. The size of the pieces is more
important than the number of eyes. All
perfect terminating sorts, such as
Green Mountain and W. W. Mammoth,
may be safely cut to one eye. All i'm
perfect or blind-eyed sorts as Living
ston, Seneca to the piece.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
FIRE DESTROYS sANITARIUM.
Lightning Strikes building, Which
is Burned to the Ground.

DR.. payne's Sanitarium in Williams
Bay. formerly known as Hotel Green,
was burned to the ground, having been
struck by lightning. This was formerly
one of the most prominent summer hotels
on the lake, but was leased last spring
by DR.. Payne of LaPorte, Ind who Occu-
pied it as a sanitarium. Most of the pa
tients were in Walworth when the fire oc-
Cured The building was owned by the
estate of the late DIR. Green of Marengo,
ILL.,. Mrs. Hattie r. Lacy of Chicago be
ing one of the heirs and the local man
ager of the property. The loss on the
building is estimated at $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

A crowd of children called on Mayor
johnson of Cleveland to make a formal
protest against rule of the police pre-
venting them from playing on the streets.
The Mayor decided that where play
grounds are not provided for the children
they have a perfect right to the streets
of the city for their sports, as long as
they do no damage to person or property.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

taking TO supply me with idols and
undertaking to sell them as fast as
possible. There is no competition for
this line of business here, and hence
wish to be the first in the field and ma
tives are such bigoted people who will
sell their souls, If possible. to worship
an idol of their own."-Kansas City
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
BULLET IN HIS HAT.

Deputy Game Warden KIeiSt of
kenOsha Has Narrow Escape.
Deputy Game Warden Michael Kleist
of kenosha narrowly escaped death in
the town of Pleasant Prairie. Kleist was
hiding behind a haystack when a bullet
whizzed through his hat. He arrested the
men who fired the shot or a charge of vio-
lating the game laws, but insisted that the
shot at him was an accident. He made
no appearance against the men on any
other charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
CIoudburst Does Damage.

A cloudburst visited Seymour, resulting
in considerable damage to the town and
surrounding country. The railroad tracks
of the Green Bay and Western railroad
between there and Green Bay we're wash
ed out in several places, tying up railway
traffic A number of cattle are reported
to have persisted in the storm. The streets
in the city were filled with between two
and three feet of water. No human lives
u,apa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
Tamworth swine.

The Tamworth, much despised and
ridiculed breed of swine, Is making
reasonably good Roadway in the Unit
ed States. Why shouldn't it? The one
crime that it has committed Is growing
a long snout. But snout and head,
taken together, weigh less than the av-
erage head of other breeds If Tam
worths could produce the long side and
short stub head at the same time they
would certainly do so to please the
American people, but Tamworths can
not violate any law Of conformation.
The law of correlation says that short
head cannot so with very long body.
Why do not more people grow Tam
worth pork? If they would once try 1t,
like the Gauls on first tasting the wines
Of Italy, they would want more, says
Orange Judd Farmer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
Roaming stock Market

Following the Hartman killing in
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific stocks
which was said to have netted the longs
something like $2J.000.000, trading be-
came active all along the line. Many of
the railroads and industrial stocks made
new high records. 1t was apparent that
al last the general public was regainfng
confidence and was buying.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
WISCONSIN GETS TIME.

State Given Extension of sixty Days
in Which TO Select Lands.
The commissioner of the general land
Office has grasted an extension of sixty
days to the State of Wisconsin in which
it may make selection of public lands
IN countries north of township 33 for for
estry purposes. 1t appears that Wiscon-
sin vas not able, for some reason, to
make its selections within the ninety days
fixed by the Presidents proclamation and
the time limit for making selections by the
State has been further extended sixty
DAYS.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11

A gain Of four pounds per head In
weight and Of ten cents per pound in
price is quite worth while when you
remember that II can be done on about
the same amount of feed. 1t IS wise
to caponize every cockerel not wanted
for breeding There is very little pain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-09-11
pHYsIcIAN is AxpHYx1ATED.

DIR. William n. Cheever of kenosha
Found Dead.
DR.. William K. Cheever, one of the
best known physicians of Kenosha, was
found asphyxiated at his home. Mrs.
Cheever, the widow, and DR.. Homer
Cheever, brother, had also been over
come by the gas. DR.. Homer Cheever has
recovered from the effects, but the con-
dition of Mrs. Cheever is reported as crit
zeal. DIR. Cheever had retired at the usual
hour and a gas heater used for heating
water for the bathroom had been left
burning in the kitchen of the house. In
some unknown manner the fame became
extinguished.
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New $4,000, 900 Copper Company.

The Cananea Central Copper Company
Aas been incorporated under the laws of
Minnesota, with capital stock of 100000
600. to exploit 5000 acres of mining land
about the Greene consolidated mine at
Cananea. Mexico. The 100000 shares of
stock. at SO par, were promptly over
subscribed.
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scope OF the Eight-Hour Law.

The opinion was rendered by the De
partment of Justice that the law limiting
to eight the hours of labor ON public
works does not apply to vessels under CON
struction in pr ate shipyards, or to sup
plies contracted for by the quartermaster
general. This is based on the theory that
such industries are not, properly speaking.
public works."