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fenced to two years in the Eastern
penitentiary, and served seven months
Of the term.
Mr.. Yerkes was then liberated
through the influence of political allies
and was later pardoned by the Gov
ernor.
Following his release, Yerkes made
an attempt to regain lost prestige, but
the outlook was too unpromising and
one day he disappeared and for years
wa heard of no more He left his
wife, said to be young and pretty, al
most broken-hearted in a desolate
home. She had faithfully stood by
him during his preliminary incarcer-
alton in Moyamensing prison, and sac
rificed what little of the fortune that
remained to buy him delicacies and
comforts.
On His Financial Feet Again.
Yerkes made his way to the North
west, speculated with some success In
Dakota lands, and bought and sold
real estate in Fargo. Finally he &C.
cumulated the golden chrysalis from
which he hoped to emerge a full-blown
fnancier and capitalist He therefore
informed the world that Charles T.
Yerkes was still alive, was not
ashamed Of the past, and had full con-
fidence in winning success in the fu-
ture.
1t was with such flourish that he
opened an office in Chicago. He did
a banking and brokerage business,
speculated now and then, lost heav-
ily for a time and then made large
gains. With a satchel full of cash he
returned to Philadelphia, where a sep
aration from his wife was effected.
Then he married Mary Adelaide
Moore, the handsome daughter of
Thomas Moore. retired capitalist.
From Philadelphia Yerkes returned
to Chicago, where he fought his way
into the ring Of street railway promo
tiers. In few years he and his asso-
ciates were in full possession of most
of the lines. But their methods of ac-
curing franchies were questionable.
Charges were made that legislators
were bought and the press of Chicago
became so hostile that Yerkes pur-
chased a newspaper to defend him
self.
Domestic DupIfcity.
Meantime his second wife entered
into his plans TO increase their social
prestige. She was in sympathy with
his ideas of art She fell in with his
plans of building a magnificent home
in New York, and then by their liber-
atty to art and artists gain for them
selves a niche in New York's Four
Hundred. This was in 1897, when he
was forced by expiring franchises to
get out of Chicago with a fortune
amounting to $10,O00,O0O Everything
was roseate for the wife, who saw no
obstacle to fulfilling her highest am
billions in the social world, and at his
death inheriting an immense fortune.
But even before this Mr.. Yerkes had
met in Cincinnati a strikingly beaud-
full girl, not yet out of her teens. She
was dressed attractively and had an
ambitious mother. While the daugh-
ter smiled her way into the heart of
the great financier, the mother, more
versed in the ways of the world, saw
In Yerkes' fancy a way to make the
future comfortable, and before many
days had passed she and her daughter
were comfortably ensconced in one of
New York's finest hotels.
From that moment the star OF the
wife began to wane, and that of the
graceful girl, who soon began to &C
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Miserable Luck,

II was awfully exasperated yester-
day." said Mrs Flippendyke.
What happened?"
why, you see, l had been owing
Mrs. Dullson a call for months and
months. Well, along in the afternoon
I saw her starting away, all dressed
up, and thought to myself, Here's
my chance So l hurried across the
street to leave my card, and-and-'
did you find when you got there
that you didn't have any?'
mo, it wasn't that Just after I
had pushed the bell button she came
home, and, of course, there was moth
ing for me to do but go in."-Chica-
go Record Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

In view of complaints TO the Post
office Department of the brittleness of
postage stamps and their tendency to
curl and be detached after being af-
fixed to letters, an investigation was
ordered, and it was found that the
trouble was due IL the hard gum used
in summer and which is affected by the
cold, dry atmosphere of the winter sea-
son. All such stamps supplied to post
masters have been directed to be with
drawn by them until the summer
months, and in the meantime new SUD-
plies are being forwarded them coated
with a softer gum, which IS not affect
ed by winter weather.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Trouble in simpIon Tunnel

The SimplOn tunnel, the completion
Of which last year was hailed as one Of
the greatest engineering feats ever ac-
complished, is seriously threa tened.
Doubts are beginning to be expressed
whether the masonry supporting the en-
tire central roof will be sufficiently
strong to bear the enormous pressure Of
the ,, 145 yards of solid mountain lying
above. Furthermore the water difficult
ty, serious before, has become aggravat-
ed by the winter SHOWS. These have in
creased the inflow to such an extent that
the completion of the works, of rail lay
ing. installing telegraph wires. and so
on, has been practically stopped for the
present.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
IMPARTIAL RESTRICTION CT IMMIGRATION.
By Bishop Henry C.

Dy DlSHUp HeHFy Z. POfIcF.
The questions which now confront
the American people are two-fold:
Whether there should be any rest1c-
ton to immigration, and If so upon
what that restriction shall be based.
Self preservation, we are wont to say,
Is the first law of nature The Ameri-
can republic exists for the illustration
and propagation and the maintenance
of certain ideals of civic government
and of personal freedom. The inva-
sion of a race which would destroy
these would be a sufficient ground for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Civil service reform has taken deep
root. Almost three fifths of the thre,
hundred thousand positions in the
executive civil service of the ma
tional government are open TO
competition whenever they fall va
cant; and large part of those
TO which appointment is made
without competitive examination are
either of such a nature that they can
not be placed in the classified list, or
such that it would be unwIse TO bring
them into the system. \ large and in
creasing number of States have adopt
ed the merit test for filling clerical and
other positions in their own govern
ments and in city administration. Last
year the National Civil Service Com
mission examined. through its agents.
almost one hundred and fifty thousand
candidates. and more than forty thou
sand of them were appointed to posi-
tons. Moreover, within a few years
changes in the regulations have great
ly diminished the opportunities to
ey2de the law by letting candidates
who had not passed an examination
into the service by cunningly concealed
back DOORS" 1t used to be urged that
the present system creates an office
holding class, and that there is not
sufficient rotation in Office. Statistics
show that this is not the case, for the
rate of change is sufficient TO make
complete renewal Of the personnel of
the civil service every ten years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
when the Tempest Comes.

When the tempest comes
With his thunder0drums,
An you're in the tempest's way,
No use to sigh
For the wings to fly
You must march to his drums that dayl
You must rush along
As he screams his song
For you won't have time to stay;
But-heed this word
Ere his drums are heard:
"You keep out the tempest's wayT
Atlanta Constitution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

DlAls 10 OllC VI int
publican leaders of
Iowa, and has rep
7 e S e II t e d the
Eighth District in
Congress sin C e
1881. Prior to en-
tering Congress he
was solicitor of
the treasury in the
Harrison admins
tration, and he
was a presidential
electOr at largo i'm
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

GEN. CHAFFEE- ed more reS0Iute-
ly than ever in China when he was
in command of the United States mill
tary force sent to help quell the Box
ers. There was a long delay and
much discussion among the allied
commanders, and finally Gen. Chaffee
delivered this ultimatum: II am or
dered to go to the relief of the United
States legation at Pekin. leave with
my troops for that city at once. If
the allied troops do not move, | will
go alone with my United States sol
diers.'' 1t did the business. The al
lied column moved on to Pekin in a
rush, rather than a march. Gen. Chat
fee will bear with him into his re-
tirement the good will of the entire
country. There is no better example
than he of the American soldier at his
Sturdiest and best. His qualities as
man add lustre to his merit as a mill
tary hero, and he will be honored
wherever he goes.
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Senior Pedro Alvarado. the mining
king of Mexico, is to erect a monument
to the memory of his late wife, which
will be composed of marble embossed
by two tons of silver.
-
William Peters Hepburn, who intro
duced in the House his railway rate
bill. is one of the distinguished Re-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

fast food. An in
innate friend of
the Peabody's said
that several letters
had been received
by the former Gov
ernor within the
last week or two
calling his atten-
ton to the manner
of the death of
former Governor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

A new type of siege gun has been
completed by the ordnance department
at the Rock Island arsenal and has
been shipped to the Sandy Hook PROV
ing grounds for a test. The new
weapon throws a sixty-pound proiec-
tile. This is five pounds heavier than
the projectile now thrown from the five
inch siege guns, which are to be re-
placed with the new model if the gun
proves satisfactory. The chief charac-
teristic of the new gun is its long re-
coil 1t is said that this gives a steady
carriage, and that the carriage will not
jump when the gun is fired, as is the
case with the gun now In USE This
will permit of a more rapid fire, as it
will not be necessary to place the car
rtage in position after each shot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

rests the of righteousness
and race which by its religious standards would
assault these would strike at the foundations of the repub
lc therefore restriction immigration has in it the
essential equality Of equity.
l believe that law which would bear equally
upon all those various and peoples that knock
Ing at doors would command the sympathy of the
republic and the the upright men, but any pro-
POSED legislation must have in the essential notes of
equity and absolute freedom from racial prejudice.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

The inquiry into operations of the
reporting section of the Department of
Agriculture by the Keep Commission,
under the Presidents order, has been
made public. 1t finds that the bureau
Of statistics has habitually underesti-
mated acreage and crops other than
cotton, and that its figures have been
generally inaccurate. This is the bu-
reau over which John Hyde was chief.
The commission recommends in its re-
port to the President that the methods
be improved or the service discontin-
ued.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Divided on Religion.

A curious diversity OF religious be-
lief is observable in the family of Lord
Stanley Of Alderley. The last previous
holder of the title, a brother of the
present peer, died In the Mussulman
faith and was buried according to the
rites of Islam. Another brother be-
came a convert to the Roman Catholic
faith and is now a domestic preIate to
the Pope. One Of Lord Stanley's
nephews is a Buddhist, and a brother
in-law. now dead, was an atheist
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

If the human race were built on
plans that meet daily requirements
men would have two more legs that
they might constantly be kicking
themselves, and women would have
six more pair of hands that they
might keep up with the work the chill
dren make around the house.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

first American am
bassador to Japan.
1t was further an
nOunced that Da-
vid E. Thompson,
former ambaSsa-
dor to Brazil, will
be sent to Mexico,
and Lloyd Girls
com, former minis
ter to Japan, will
be sent to Brazil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

vice in the Confederate army during
the rebellion, was later Attorney Cen
eral of Tennessee, and occupied other
public offices in his home State. He
has been a commissioner of the Phil
ippines and Governor General for two
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Retaliation by Congress to punish
railroads for disseminating the issuance
of passes is threatened. Members,
some of them classed among the lead
ers, are frankly discussing the form
this retaliation shall take. Strangely
enough there seems no disposition to
punish the railroad by uniting in the
passage of a strong railroad rate regu-
lation law. The plan which receives
most favor is to reduce the apprOpria-
ton for the transportation of the
mails. The railroads yearly receive
from the government about S5O,OOO,-
600 for carrying the mails. Under the
plea of using money for extending the
rural free delivery service, it will be
proposed to reduce this amount by
$10,000,O00, Congressman taking the
position that whatever the railroads
gain by cutting off passes should be
so much money saved to the govern
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

listic tours was
that called Throw
Out the Lifeline"
Although the great
singer evangelist
has been ofttimes
credited as the au-
thor, the man who
wrote the words
and music was
Rev. E. S. Ufford,
who now lives in
Springfield, Mass,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Mccall and will
serve at least Until
the election is held
in April next, is a
retired N e r. hant
and fnancier who
was president of
the rapid transit
commission which
built New York's
subway. He was
born in Ireland
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
CANAL CRITIC QUITS HIS JOB.

POuItney BigelOw No Longer Pro-
fessOr at University.
POultney Bigelow, who recently criti-
csed conditions in Panama, Las resigned
his position as special lecturer on in
ternational law at Boston university.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

my neck collection of black beetles pinned to
my shirt front and grouse in my hair should have been
refused admission. Why, then, is be allowed
to commit such public outrage? sat behind
hat decorated with the two wings of gull
fciay REDEEMED at the points produce tl
sor of being freshly pucked from live bird Both ladies
evidently regarded by their neghbors ridiculous
and vulgar but that hardly enough when the ofense
which produces sensation of physical sickness
persons of normal humane sensbility.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
Senator Bale

Senator Bailey of Texas, whose cleo
ton to succeed German as leader of
the Senate minority was conceded. an
nounced his unwillingness to take the
place, saying that he had not acquired
the art of being agreeable under all
circumstances"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

DR.. Charles A. Eastman, as a Chris
tan and a Sioux, appealed to the Pres
byterian women's board of missions in
New York to respect the natural spirit
uality of Sioux women.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
PROFIT SHARING SCHEMES FAILURES.
By John A. Rowland

1 know a man who has a farm worth $4,000
which for ten years he has been letting out to
tenants. He has had the place stocked with the
best dairy equipment possible, and in letting out
the place has eZacted of the tenant that he pur
chase one-half the stock and the equipment, the
tenant and owner dividing equally on the profits
Here is one Of the best possible examples of a
profit sharing scheme but from the point of view
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes, formerly
Miss Rose Pastor. who was once a eli
garmaker, met fashionable New York at
Sherry's. where her mother-in-law. Mrs.
Arson Phelps Stokes. gave a cOtillon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

yate forty four
years ago, and is
the second man
of this rank who
has risen to the
command of the
United States
Army. The gen
eral has proved
himself fully
equal to every
occasion. but act
cd moro rpSOlufp-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

1t is announced that the exports of
Germany to the United States during
the year 1905 from all the American con-
sular districts amounted to 1925, 724,-
321, an increase of S14, 4S4, 096.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Prof. Koch writes from Uhehe that
he has found delightful climate in
the part Of German East Africa tray
ersed by him. The air has a splendid
tonic quality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
A Concession,

Aren't you afraid of the influence
of the railroads?"
YES" answered Farmer CorntosseL
"But 1 must say that l would not
like TO discourage EN- entirely. They
do beat walkin'." -Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
THE CHURCHES NEED UNITED ACTION.

I\CV
No man can look at the divided state of Gods
heritage and be satisfied. He must see, If he can
see anything, that division is weakness and that
the time taken to defend indefensible positions is
worse than wasted, because it takes the strength
force and attention needed for important Chris
tan work. We hear Of consultations, trusts,
mergers on every hand in the business world,
but there is no place where a merger or a con-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Plain living high thinking and useful effort real riches
Never adopt the base motto, "all is fair in trade"
have men, infexibe principle upright
square who have gone under but again from all
their losses failures with conscious integrity do
not believe that every has his price" When any
complains that he has to hunt the streets with candles
at monday to find honest apt to think that
his neghbor would have quite much difficulty
himself making the discovery. If you think there is
not honest living you had BETTER for appearance
sake, put off saying 1t until you dead yourself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

If you like babies, never notice
them when their mother is present,
unless you want to see her get out her
handkerchief and wiring their noses-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Former Governor James H. Peabody,
of Colorado, and family recently were
the victims of poison put in break
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

The situation at Washington is not
so complex as to puzzle Il man of or
binary intelligence. Public questions.
even those approaching the Importance
of vital issues. are seldom considered
on their merits by the lawmakers of
this country. Legislation at Washing
ton is political game. Parties strive
for advantage in elections more than
for public welfare. Individual Sena-
tors and Congressman contend for
those interests which they serve. That
a Congressman is a Republican or
Democrat signifies less than ever be-
fore. That he is a representative of
some great interest tells the bigger
story every time. For those reasons
legislation partalles little Of statesman
ship. Congressman seldom become
great men in popular estimation. Sue
cess is measured by The points made in
the game played. In seeking points in
the game they play one against the
other, being more DESTROYS of securing
personal advantage and benefit for the
the interests they serve, than of repre-
senting the people who elected them.
It's all in the game.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which met at Washington,
included a number of state governors.
members of Congress and delegates
from at least 300 commercial organiza-
tiOns. A permanent organization was
effected and the declaration was made
in favor of an annual S5O,O00,0OO river
and harbor bill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

The same vices which are huge and
insupportable in others we do not feel
in ourselves.-La Bruyere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

1t is better to suffer wrong than to
do it, and happier to be sometimes
cheated than not to trust.-Johnson.
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That the division of religious effort has enormously
emphasized the the sectional in church life
successful contradiction. Too often victory has
sought for form of faith, name church organization
rather than the What the churches need is
united action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Of who might reasonably expect cent income
the value of his farm the whole scheme has been
failure He finds that in the of most of his
the idea that the tenant compelled to share profit
at the stumbling block to the tenants efforts The
tenant overoos that he has the of land
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Gov. Carter Of Hawaii has withdrawn
his recommendation for the reappOint-
ment of Judge w. J. Robinson by cable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
THE HUMANITY OF woMAN's DRESS.
By George Bernard Shaw

On Saturday night 1 went to the opera. A
lady came in and sat down very conspicuousy
In my line of sight. She had very black hair
and stuck over her right ear the pitiable corpse
of large white bird, which looked exactly as If
some one had killed it by stamping on its breast
and then nailed it to the lady's temple. The
spectacle sickened me. 1 presume that If l had
myself at the doors with dead snake
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

ago and came to the United States in
1851. He was for number of terms
president of the New York Produce
Exchange and served several years
as president of the Chamber of Com
merce
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1t is stated that Winston Churchill
is to receive the sum of $4,000 down
and royalties for his biography of his
father, the late Lord Randolph Church
i'll.
-
Mr.. Akiopi is soon to bring over 300
families from Japan, who viii settle in
Bee county, Texas, to engage in tea
farming and silk culture.
-
Julien Tiersot, the noted French au-
thor, is at present lecturing in this coun-
try. He is librarian of the National
Conservatory in Paris and author Of
several works on music.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
THE CURSE OF III GOTTEN WEALTH.
BY Rev. Or. Madison c. Peters

Business success does not bring happiness.
Man cannot live by bread alone" by estates and
dollars, If he could he would only be an animal.
What the world wants to-day is men who will
amass golden thoughts and golden deeds, and
not mere golden dollars Good men don't work
for money, they work for character Character is
perpetual wealth, and by the side Of him who
has it the millionaire who has it not is a pauper
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30
THROW OUT THE LIFE LINE"

How the Famous Song, Now Sung in
2z Languages. Was Written.
Perhaps one of the most popular
songs or hymns which Ira D. Sankey
made famous during his great evange-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Lieut.. Gen. Chaffee, who will retire
from the service next spring, began
his military career as a cavalry pri-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Contentment abides with those wha
have but few wantA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

AS a town grows older, it becomes
more and more expensive Cor a man to
b satisfactory father.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-30

Idaho, and threatening him with a
similar fate. Peabody had incurred
the enmity of a certain portion of the
miners element while at the head of
the State administration.
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Mr.. Casasus, the new ambassador
from Mexico, is said to look much like
the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst of New York.
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Alexander E. Orr, who was appoint
ed president of the New York Life In
surance Company to succeed John A.