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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

The railroad rate bill was sent back to
conference by the Senate, the old con-
ferees being reappointed, with ins1ruc-
tons to insist upon the Senate amend
ments.
1t is reported in Washington that Gif-
ford Pinchot, chief of the forestry bureau,
will succeed Secretary Wilson rs head
OF the Agricultural Department in few
months.
The present army retirement law FOR
officers and enlisted men requires thirty
years service to entitle PERSONS retiring
under it to three-quarters pay. The SEN
are passed bill allowing officers and en-
listed men credit in competing their SER
vice for any service they may have had
in the navy or marine corps. The House
committee on military affairs authorized
a favorable report Oh this bill.
Postofiice inspectors are workins in In
d.anapoIis to locate the writer's of threat
ening letters to Speaker Cannon, for his
Supposed attitude on the purefdod bill.
Senator Kittredge of South Dakota
and Representative Currier Of New
Hampshire introduced in the Serate and
House respectively the copyright bill
which has been complied by the copyright
commission under the direction of Libra
rian Putnam Of the library Of Congress.
The bill IS intended TO be a compete re-
enactment of the copyright laws of the
United States with many changes in ex-
isting laws to make them WSre nearly
applicable to the needs of The present
time.
With a view to taking advantage Of
the experience Of European nations in
the administration of laws relating to
the manufacture and sale Of denatured al
cohol. the President has directed John w.
Yerkes, the commissioner OF internal rev
enue, TO 20 to Europe and examine into
the systems in force there preliminary to
the preparation Of departmental rules
and regulations controlling its use in this
country.
The Senate has passed the bin author
izing the government of the Philippine
islands TO change the weight and ineness
of the silver in the Philippine peso to
correspond with the rise in the price Of
silver. The bill did not cause debate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
REDS TO KILL RoosEvELrs
Police Unearth Nest of Eighty An
archists sworn TO Stay President.

Police Unearth Nest of Eighty An
archists sworn TO Stay President.
Plots to kill President Roosevelt were
unearthed by the police in Portland, Ore,
when they secured a confession from
Walter Sealaszkiwcz, in which he declared
there are eighty reds in the city who
have sworn to assassinate the President
at the first opportunity. The confession
followed the detention OF Sealaszkiwcz,
after he had sought to have members of
the band arrested. He claimed they had
assaulted and beaten him because he hal
objected too strenuously to misuse of the
society's funds. The anarchist in his
statement declares the assassins are or
gained and hold regular meetings in I'M
foreground chambers in the city, and that
the tln,e is almost ripe for the proposed
atta,k on the President. He appealed
to tie police to hasten the arrest of his
folTer comrades before they could accom-
plish their purpose He said the mem
Der who is to assassinate the President
Is to be chosen at the meeting of the So
cIety within a few days, at which lots
will be cast to decide on the lucky one.
Sealaszkiwcz offered to lead the authori-
ties TO the place where the bombs with
which the attempt on Roosevelt's life IS
to be made are being manufactured. The
police believe the anarchists story and
are making every effort to effect the cap
ture of the entire membership of the
band.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
AgricuIture Census o. IA.

The report of the Keep commission on
the agricultural census of 1900 sustains
the accuracy of the bureaus figures. The
commission is now preparing to probe the
affairs of the Interior Department, as or
dered By the President and suggested by
Secretary Hitchcock. No attention will
be paid to the land frauds. More indict-
ments have been returned against western
lumbermen, who have come into large
tracts of timber lands through illegal
practices. The Secretary is now after
cattlemen in South Dakota and other
States, who are accused with engaging
dummy settlers to enter upon home
steads and then turr the land over to the
cattlemen for grazing purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
THUG cnoKEs WOMAN TO DEATH
Mrs. Elizabeth Tresch of Peru, Ind,
Killed by Unknown Burglar.


Killed by Unknown Burglar.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tresch of Peru, Ind,
an aged woman, was choked TO death by
a burglar who entered her home and was
caught in tie act of committing thefts.
The city was in an uproar when the news
of the murder became known and offers
by citizens to track the murderer and
lynch him were made on all s,oes. The
city authorities and sheriff caused large
numbers of deputy sheriffs and special
policemen to be sworn in, and man
hunt, participated in by bundleds, began
shortly after daylight. Mrs Tresch's
neighbors heard her cries az the time OF
her encounter with the burgla- and sew
eral ran 10 her home. The man escaped
by rear door before the nai2i5ors could
get into the house. The woman was found
lying on the floor in a dying condition.
She regained consciousness Cor minute,
told of the encounter and sEt n became UNI
conscious again, dying a few moments
later. She was unable TO give descrip-
ton of her assailant. Mrs. TIesch said
she attempted TO stop the burglar in his
work and screamed when he turned upon
her. The man, she said, grasred her by
the throat and choked her Until help
reached the house
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

Just as the people of New York were
expecting TO take advantage of the new
law reducing the price of gas from 81 to
so cents per 900 feet, the constitution
atty Of the law was attacked in an in
junction secured by the gas company from
Judge Lacombe in the federal circuit
court, the company alleging that it could
rot manufacture and deliver gas at so
cents without loss. On the other hand.
application TO the State Supreme Court
by newspapers and organizations procured
orders restraining the companies from
refusing to supply gas at so cents and
from changing the slot gas meters so as
TO sell at 81. Some of the machines al
ready had been so changed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
BANKERS WIFE KILLED.
Machine, Struck by Street Cars IN
Kansas City, ExplOdes.

Mrs. G. II. Patterson, wife of the pres
ident of the Bankers Trust Company OF
Kansas City, was instantly killed when
the large automobile in which she was
riding with her husband, daughter and
the driver, L. A. Phillips, came into col
lision with two trolley cars at Fifth and
Harrison streets, causing the gasoline
tank on the machine to explode. The
other occupants of the automobile escaped
serious injury. Mr. Patterson and his
family were returning to their home, and
the driver was running their machine at
ordinary speed when a car doomed up IN
front and another approached rapidly
from the rear at point where there is
no roadway at the side of the tracks. The
two cars met at the point where the auto
mobile had stopped, and both hit the ma
chine. The explosion followed immedi-
ately, and Mrs. Patterson apparently re-
ccived the full force of it. One street car
was filed with people returning from
Electric Park, and some of them were
slightly bruised by the sudden impact.
The crews of both cars we're arrested and
taken to the police station.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
YOUTHS HELD FOR swINDLE.
Boy said to Have Planned Scheme
to Rob Express Company.


Louis Grossman, 19-year-old helper
on a wagon of the United States Express
Company, was arrested in New York
City, charged with having devised and
operated a system whereby he and his
brother William robbed the express COM
pany of nearly $1,000 worth of goods.
William also was arrested. The police
allege that tie goods were shipped to
Youngstown, Ohio, and that William
Grossman went there to receive them.
Most of them have been recovered. Ac-
cording to the police, Louis confessed the
details of the scheme. His story as told
by the police is that he pasted bogus la
bells over the original ones on all likely
packages coming to his wagon. These he
readdressed wv. Bennett, Hotel Savoy,
Youngstown, Ohio" where his brother
had gone to receive them. This contln-
ued, Louis says, until he misdirected one
package to Youngstown and it was re-
turned to the sender. Suspecting detec-
ton, Louis went to Youngstown and with
William brought the alleged stolen goods
to New York, where they were recovered.
In William Cheeseman's room, the police
say, they found 112 mems suits and much
other clothing. The two brothers were
held in 81 800 bail each.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
CHICAGO.

| a., The leading industries
1ll6dQO. disclose no loss of activ-
ity. Deliveries are upon
an unusually heavy scale. new demands
make a well-sustained aggregate for fu-
ture operations aud the movement of
commodities exceeds the high proper
tons OF year ago. Another run of
orders prevents a eurtaiment of ca
pacity in the pig iron, steel and car
bullulng branches. Construction makes
good progress in both bridge and track
work, this involving unprecedented con-
sumption OF mill output. New building
operations, particularly in business
structures, have become musually ex-
banded and supplies of lumber. Quarry
and planning mills products are drawn
upon 10 an extent which suggests some
further advances in cost With the
growing ease in the borrowing rate less
hesitancy Is seen in the disposition to
invest capital for the extension OF en-
terprise in manufacturing and trans
portation.
With the higher temperatures and
the vacation season at haad, there has
been a satisfactory stimulus to retail
traffic. Trade among the jobbing-
houses has assumed seasonal quiet, and
more attention is given to preparations
fer fall business, for which there are
good orders coming in. Mercantile col
lections show sustained Improvement,
and advices Indicate gratifying reduc-
,tion of stocks at country stores.
The total quantity of grain handled
at this port aggregated S.676634 bush
els, against S,S75,03S bushels last week.
Receipts Increased 90 per cent over
those in 1905 and the shipments de-
creased 1873 per cent. Lumber receipts
rose to "a, goo feet, against 4SO57,-
600 feet last week. Live stock receipts
continue disappointing, 267 ,1S9 head,
comparing with 2ST,510 head list week.
Bank clearings, S20T. 233,S53. exceed
those of the corresponding week in 1905
by S3 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
triet number u, aesiSst % last week
and 80 a year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
BIRTHDAY OF A PARTY.
Republicans Celebrate Fiftieth An
niversary in Philadelphia.

In celebrating the fiftieth anniversary
of the first Republican national conven-
ton as the golden jubilee" of their par
tvs birth the Republicans assembled in
Philadelphia kept well within the limits
OF strict historical accuracy, says the
Chicago News. The convention in Phila-
delphia fifty years ago which nominated
John C. Fremont for President was the
first in which Republicans from all the
Northern States were assembled. 1t prop
erly marked the official and formal en-
trance of the party into national affairs
Whether it is also to be regarded as mark
ing the birth of the party is a question
upon which not all Republicans agree.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Deny Earthquake LiabiIi,r.

Representatives of insurance companies
of New York have decided to deny Iiabil-
ity of losses caused directly o. indirect
" by earthquakes" in connection with the
San Francisco disaster. San Francisco
merchants are generally OF the opinion
that the companies will not be permitted
to avail themselves of the earthquake
clause. They argue that il would be alb
surd 70 claim that a building standing
safe and sound until reached by the
spreading flames was destroyed by the
earthquake
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
New York.

~ ~, Trade conditions are
! NUN lUlk. satisfactory, considering
the season of the year the
main point being that business in gem
eral is not only of average proper
tons, but is in many lines quite in eX-
cess of that of Il year ago General re-
suits have been satisfactory, especially
as regards demand for summer fabrics.
Fall orders for many lines of goods are
coming forward in goodly volume and
jobbers appear optimistic as . the out
look, Machinery is well employed the
country over. There is slightly bet
ter tone to pis; iron. Building is active,
hence the Eamense demand for hard
ware and materials in general is well
maintained though yellow pine displays
some weakness. Prices of commodities
in general are, however. close to the
record level. At San Francisco condi-
tons are steadily improving GRAD
streets Commercial Report
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
25-Cent Gas Tor Kansas City.

At a special meeting of the City Coun
Gil in Kansas City Mayor Beardsley sub
mitted an ordinance for a thirty-fve-year
f-,~1hise for natural gas to James A.
l1eming, formerly of Pennsylvania, and
to A. L. Wilson, lawyer of Kansas
City, the charge to be % cents per 1000
feet to householders and 10 cents per
1000 feet to manufacturers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Governor Pattison Expires.

John NJ Pattison, Governor of Ohio,
died at 20 O'Clock Monday afternoon.
The same evening, at his home in Eaton,
the oath Of Office as acting Governor was
administered to Andrew L. Harris, Lieu
tenant Governor. This changes the State
from Democratic to Republican, Gov.
Pattison being the only Democratic State
official elected last fall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Farmers Want BETTER Prices.

A movement for obtaining higher prices
for farm prodace through a national mar
getting association was started by mem
bers of the American Soc;ety of Equity.
a national farmers association, which
held two days session at the Great
Northern hotel in Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Recommendations NOT Liab9e.

Holding that a corporation cannot en-
ter into a conspiracy or commit a crime,
District Judge Dixon in Pueblo, Cclo.,
Sustained a motion TO quash the ndict.
ment returned by the grand jury against
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
and the Colorado Supply Company,
charging them with violation of the law
bearing on the truck system"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
burlington Road Guilty.

The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railway Company was found guilty by
jury in the United States District Court
in Kansas City on four counts of grant
ing concessions on packing house ship
ments for export. The conviction carries
with it a fine of from $1,000 TO $4,000
on each count.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Dies in Niagara,s Clutch.

Hundreds of helpless sightseers saw an
unknown man swept over the Horseshoe
falls at Niagara. He was first seen strug-
Cling in a boat against the current above
the Three Sisters. Then his boat was
capsized in the White Horse rapids. A
few seconds later he was carried over the
EDGE of the cataract
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
apicIs Trial OF Muth Ahductor.

In Philadelphia the grand jury found
n true bill against Kean, Freddie Muth's
abductor. He was given an immediate
trial and convicted in less than an hour.
Judge Sulzberger sentenced the prisoner
10 twenty years in the penitentiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Deadly Fight with Bali Bats.

On the baseball ground at Grassy Lock,
KY, John Karrich, aged 10, during dis
pute struck Il. B. Pickett, the same age,
with baseball bat, crushing his skull
and causing almost instant death. Puck
ett's elder brother rushed upon Karrich
with another bat and inflicted injuries
which may cause death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Cb,ef ar Ioaropes Gives Tn

Macaro Sakay. self-styled president,
and Francis Carton, vice president of the
Filipino republic, surrendered in Manila.
The authorities are much elated, as Sa-
kay was chief of ladronisn in Luzon, and
his action means an end of the campaigns
in that section.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

During the grand jury Investigation of
the Mutual Life at New York Walter r.
Gillette, former vice president OF the
company. told District Attorney jerome
of another irregular fund, of which S1O,-
coo remained in his possession. Gillette
at once returned this amount to the COM
pany. This had escaped the notice of the
Armstrong committee, and the new man
agement appeared 10 be IN ignorance of
IL
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Picked Out hx Roosevelt.

The President has sent to the Senate
the nominations of Herbert II. ID. Pierce,
row third assistant Secretary of State,
10 be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentisry to Norway, and Hunting
ton Wilson of Illinois, to succeed Mr.,
Pierce as third assistant Secretary of
State
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

A cockroach which ate arsenic used to
poison rats and afterward erawled into
> bag of oatmeal caused the death of Mrs.
:. {. Underwood in Kansas City, DR.
Walter NJ. Cross. city chemist, said. The
eockroach. he said, had eaten enough ar.
senic to poison the oatmeal which Mrs.
Underwood had for breakfast
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Dies After Saving Four

After rescuing four of his fellow work
men Charles Gasloli met his death in
st. Louis by waiting in a trench filled
with sewer gas until the last man had
been raised to the surface. Gasloli in
hailed so much that he barely retained
consciousness until he had been pulled
from the trench and he died while on the
way to a hospital
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
ON THE DIAMOND FIELD.
Progress of Clubs In Race for Base
Ball PennantS.

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
vorc. senten.ed 40 prixon

DIR. Jacob f. Force, former president
of the Northwestern National Life Insur.
anee Company of Minneapolis, was SEN
tenced TO serve three and one-half years
in States prison by Judge Brooks. Mr.
Force was convicted of grand larceny in
connection with the company's affairs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
mIock the sIashern in ohio

Jack the Slasher" has appeared in
Wooster, Ohio, and is cutting garments
by the wholesale. Recently a local firm
discovered number of coats cut across
the back. Later another store found
twenty fine overcoats slashed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Kick Patient to Death.

James P. Haughey, inmate of hos
pital for the insane at Mattewan, N Y,
who seeks release, says he saw two keep
ers kick an insane patient TO death. In
mates, he says, are punished by the in
lection of drugs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26

The Ryan Building annex, six-story
structure in st. Paul, was damaged badly
by fire which burned all day. The loss
on the building and stock is estimated at
S500,000 Several fremen were injured,
and Lieutenant w. A. Edwards may not
recover. Thirty-seven other firemen were
overcome BY heat and smoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
Los ANGELES HAS $780, 900 FIRE.
An Early Morning Blaze Destroys
Hardware store.

Fire broke out early Wednesday in the
twO-story brick building occupied by the
hardware firm of Holbrook, Merrill &
Stetson in Los Angeles street, Los An
geies, Cal, and ragged for more than two
hours before it was finally queiied by the
fire department, which turned out in full
force in response TO three alarms. The
building where the blaze started is in the
heart of the wholesale district and in the
immediate vicinity are oil concerns which
miraculOusly escaped from the flames.
The building occupied by Holbrook, Mer-
rill & Stetson was destroyed. The loss
is roughly estimated st $150,O00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Sknp,t VnlIeN in 0nnkc.

Specials from Sedrowoolley, Wicker
sham and Lookout tell of a distinct trem.
bling of the earth in the Skagit valley
Washington, supposed TO have been caus
ed by a huge landslide at some place in
the mountains. No damage was done.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Gotbam Bow Robbers Caupht

wheelock Harvey and Dave Neville,
youths said to be wanted in New York Oil
o charge of robbing the First National
Bank there of a large amount in cash
and securities, were apprehended in Fort
Worth, Tex, by local detectives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
T.. Cole for Governor

A. L. Cole of Walker was nominated
for Governor on the fourth ballot by the
Republican State convention IL Duluth.
MINI. United States Sen'tor Knute
Nelson was Endorsed for reelection by a
rising vote and with wild cheering.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Nine Killed and Forty Injured.

Nine men were killed and about forty
injured by terrific explosion on the
British steamer Haverford Of the Interna-
tional Navigation Company st Liverpool
1t is suspected that an Internal machine
was the cause, although a barral of naph-
tina may have blown up.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
ALL ON BOARD BLOWN UP.
Gasoline Schooner Argus Burns o
the Pacific and Crew Perishes.

Gasoline Schooner Argus Burns on
the Pacific and Crew Perishes.
The gasoline schooner Argus burned
thirty-fve miles off Destruction Island
and according to the account given by
Captain George E. Bridget of the steam
e. Asuncion, Pacific Oil Company liner,
in Seattle, it is not likely that the crew
will be saved. Captain Bridget believes
those on board were blown up in an ex-
piosion which caused the fire. Captain
Bridgett says that he went alongside the
Argus and found the vessels hull and
bow burned away. The Argus was bound
from Puget Sound to San Francisco with
a cargo of 100000 feet of lumber.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
spccial and Freirht Cr,.h

4 head-end collision between a Balti-
more and Ohio fast freight and General
Superintendent Loree's special at Whisky
Run, Ohio, fatally injured both engineers
destroyed both engines and most of the
cars
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Five Lumbermen Drovn

Five lumbermen We're drowned in the
Shoshone river, near Wapiti, Wyo.. while
attempting TO cross in a boat. The men
belonged TO gang working on a log lam
and had been warned by the foreman
not to tempt the trip.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Ohio Mine Strike Ends

The strike of the miners in Ohio has
been settled and the men ordered to 90
back to work. The settlement includes
the return of union men to the mines in
eastern Ohio.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Trade Activity Unabated.

Duu's Weekly Review of Trade said
activity continued unabated in all lines
OF industry and commerce; deliveries are
on an unusually heavy scale.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Georgia Breaks All Records.

The battleShip Georgia on her official
SPEED trial made a record of 1926 knots
an hour, not only exceeding by mora than
a quarter of knot the speed required by
her contract but establishing herself as
the fastest battleship of the United STATES
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Gettinw Around the Law.

standard Oil graft of millions in sell
ing lubricants TO railroads at excessive
prices. which the Independents say
amounts to Relating, has been disclosed
by the cancellation by the company of &
low-rate contract with the Pennsylvania
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-06-26
Airsbiu CIRCLES Copi.o1.

A youth in an airship of his own con-
struction circled the Washington monu-
ment and the capitol dome in Washing
ton. giving in a flight of twenty miles
remarkable demonstration of Perfect con-
troll of his machine.