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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
LONG SEARCH FAILS.
DISAPPOINTMENT MEETS FAITH.
ER IN PORTLAND, ORE.
Man Who Had Hunted for His
Daughter for Thirteen Years
Finds Only Her Double-St. Louis
Tailor Watches Himself Die.

Thirteen years anxious scanning of
every strange girls face, hoping against
hope it might be that of his long-lost
daughter, has found climax in Portland,
Ore, in that bitterest of disappointments
confidence that the missing one has been
located rudely broken by finding it is only
a chance resemblance. Albert Giants, for
merly of San Francisco, now a discour-
aged, prematurely aged man. is the dis
appointed father; Loretta Ronald, who
came to Portland after the San Francisco
fire, is the double of what Mr.. Giants
daughter is supposed to be, if still alive.
Loretta Giants, niece of Albert Giants and
cousin of the lost girl, is the one who
thought she recognized the missing daugh-
ter in Miss Ronald and who arranged the
meeting that for a day cheered her uncle
with vain delusion. Albert Giants early
in 1893 had a wife and beautiful 2-year-
old child in San Francisco. The wife
died, Giants had to go east Immediately
after TO settle his mothers estate. and
he gave the girl babe into the keeping of
woman who knew the family slightly.
When he returned woman and child were
gone. He has seen neither since.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
KILLED BY BLOW OUT.
Fatal. EXPLOSION OF GAS IN
FURNACE.
Three Men Die, Two Are Badly
Overcome and Nine Others Made
Unconscious-Rain Saves Crops
and Abates Forest Fires.

Three men are dead, two are in seri-
Gus condition and nine others We're made
unconscious 10y blowout of accumulated
gas at the f liza furnaces of the Jones x
Laughlin Steel Company at Soho, Pa.
Flames shot up and enveloped Andrew
Marsley in the deadly fumes and he fell
over unconscious. His brother George
went TO his assistance. but he, too, was
overcome. and Michael Boise, who follow
ed him. also was rendered insensible. In
spite of their realization that the same
fate awaited them, each of the eleven men
remaining attempted TO succor those first
attacked and every one in his turn was
overcome. BY this time knowledge of the
accident had reached the workmen below
and the gas was shut off. On the way
TO the hospital the three named died. The
others were resuscitated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
wrecked the entire Pacific coast Ii

wrecked the entire Pacific coast line
of South America Thursday night.
So widespread and so great is the
disaster that it was impossible as vet
to gather more than the most frag-
mentary details, but enough is known
to make it sure that the catastrophe
ranks second only to that in San Fran
cisco. As was the case in San Fran
cisco, famine threatens the tens of thou
sands of survivors of the earthquake.
The earthquake caused such terrible
immediate damage that all communica-
ton was stopped between Chile and the
remainder of the world. The most ter
rible rumors were afioat in Argentina
and Brazil as to the extent of the Chi
lean disaster, some reports being to the
effect that not only has Valparaiso
been largely destroyed but that the
earthquake has caused sweeping loss in
life and property from one end of Chile
TO the other. According to some of these
reports, Chile is said to be land of
wreck, deSolation and death from the
southern to the northern boundary.
Ships Lost in Harbor.
Following the first shock, which came
without warning and was Of terrific
force, a tidal wave swept IN from the
ocean. Many vessels were borne aloft
by it and hurled high and dry ashore
where their wrecks are now lying. Just
above the city one steamship lies near
ly half mile inland, her plates rip
ped and torn by the rocks and her hull
half buried in the sand.
The damage to the shipping is be-
yond computation. At the time of the
catastrophe the harbor was filled with
shipping from all ports of the world,
many of the vessels being laden with
rich cargoes. More than half of them
are ashore and most of the latter it
will be impossible to float again. Scores
of seamen lost their lives as the great
tidal wave swept the vessels ashore,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
CRUsoE's ISLE SUNK.
Reports of Destruction of JuaI
Earnnndax


Fernandez.
Robinson Crusoe's island is no more.
The famous island is reported TO have
been wiped out of existence by the great
seismic disturbances which wrought such
damage throughout Chile. The island of
Defoe's castaway has always popularity
been supposed to be Juan Fernandez, 400
miles off the Chilean coast. The adven-
lures of Alexander Selkirk Scotchman,
who lived a solitary existence there for
four years, are regarded as having been
the basis for the tale of Robinson Crusoe.
1t is this island which is now supposed
to have been destroyed. The news comes
from Callao on the authority of steamers
arriving there, which report the disappear
ance of the island. As the island was
probably within the sphere of the seismic
upheavals its reported disappearance is
laid TO that cause. Juan Fernandez ISL
and was a desolate tract and rocky strip
of land eighteen miles long and six miles
wide lying in the Pacific ocean off the
Chilean coast. 1t has been the seat of
small German colony of late years and
few Chilean inhabitants have also made
their home on the island. No intimation
of what has become of the islanders is
given in the reports saying the island has
been destroyed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
DE1z ZslEA.'lsa2y&%l5RS
x.A.GslslfS sSsX RalPSsl>- M
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~NN~NNN~~1

Chicago-Catte, common to PRIME
$500 to $685.; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
$685.; wheat, No. 2, Tie to re; corn,
No. 2, 4Sc to 40c; oats, standard, zoe to
Gle; rye, No. 2, SOC to SIC; hay, timo-
thy, $1,000 to $1,000; prairie, $500 to
$3.50; butter, choice creamery 1Sc to
22c; eggs, fresh, 16c to zoe potatoes,
46c to SOC.
Indianapolis-C shipping, $500
to $6.O5; hogs, choice heavy, $500 TO
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 69c to roc; corn,
No. 2 white, sic to 52c; oats, No. 2
white, 30c to Sic.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $640;
hogs, $500 to $3.50 sheep, $500 to
$3.50 wheat, No. 2, 69c to zoe; corn,
No 2, Acc to 47c; oats, No. 2, 29c to
zoe; rye, No. 2, 63c to 64c
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 Ito $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
S4.75; wheat, No. 2, zoe to Tie; corn,
No mixed, SOC to sic; oats, No.
mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2, 59c to
Gle.
Detrolt-Cattle, S4UO TO S0.VO; nOgsy
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, Tic to re; corn, No. 3
yellow, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 3 white,
SIC to 32c; rye, No. 2, sec to Sc.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 5000; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S6.45; sheep, common to good mixed,
S4.O0 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to SS.25.
New York-CattIe, $500 to $61O;
hogs, $500 10 $G.75; sheep, $500 to
s5.25; wheat, No 2 red, 76c to re;
corn, No. 2, SAC to SIC; oats, natural
white, 36c to BIC; butter, creamery, 1Sc
to 23c; eggs, western, 15c TO 19c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Tic to
75c; corn, No. mixed, SIC to j4c;
oats, No mixed, Bic TO 33c; rye, No.
2, soc to SEC; clover seed, prime, S7.15.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. northern,
74c to 76c; corn, No. 3, 4Sc to 49c;
oats, standard, 34c to 35c rye, No. /,
SIC to 5Sc; barley, standard, 53c to sac;
pOrk. mess. $3.50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
0,2O5 DIE IN A YEAR.
Grand Army Ranks are Being Rap
idly Depleted by Grim Reaper


idly Depleted by Grim Reaper
The report of Commander-in-Chief Tan
ner, presented at the annual G. A. k. en-
campment in Minneapolis, covered all fea-
lures of the work during the last year.
The total membership is declared in the
report of Adjt. Gen. Tweedale to be 23o,-
S25, an increase of 3,36S during the last
six months. The losses by death for the
year ended Dec. 81, 1905, were 9,20o, or
800 per cent. In the preceding year the
loss by death reached exactly the same
percentage. The receipts from the per
capita tax are declared insufficient. The
suggestion is made that the tax be in
creased from 315 cents to 5 cents per an
mum. The grand review was not without
its casualties, two men falling in the
ranks and dying later. The first was
Thomas A. Martin. senior vice command
er of the department of the Potomac. He
fell exhausted in the march and died on
the way to the hospital. The other death
was that of Col. Charles w. Keeting of
New Orleans, for the last ten years com
mahder of the joint departments of Louis
lana and Mississippi. and who headed
their division in the parade. He was over
come by the heat and exhausted and died
an hour after reaching the hospital. The
total casualties are: Five deaths, eight in
Jured, and 100 prostrations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Told In a Few Lines.

Navarro Reverter, Spanish minister of
finance, has announced that there will
shortly be established line of steamships
running direct from Figo to New York
President r. A. Eiadfield and the other
officers of the British Iron and Steel in
stitute gave a reception in London for
the members of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers.
w T. Swinburne and S. w Very have
just been commissioned rear admirals and
the former has been assigned as command
er in chief Of the Pacific squadron. sue
ceeding Rear Admiral G. F. Goodrich.
After paying debts amounting to ST.
100000. Ferdinand Schumacher, the 'oat-
meal king" who failed recently at Akron.
Ohio. has $1,000 left, and this money
was ordered returned to him by the court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
RAILROAD STATION OF VALPARAISO

and for miles along the coast in the
city the beaches are strewn with dead
bodies and all kinds of wreckage
The misery of the Chilean inhabit-
ants is almost indescribable 1t must
be remembered that it is mid-winter
there and that the rigors of the climate
add to the suffering of the thousands
who have been made homeless.
Two Severe Shocks Felt.
There were two distinct shocks in
Valparaiso, the second one causing
most of the damage. Scores of houses
crumpled up like so many card struc-
lures. while others were engulfed by
the chasms of the earthquake. and hun
dreds of men. women and children
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

feet that large part of Valparaiso
has been blotted out, with an appalling
loss of life and the destruction of mil
lions of dollars worth of property,
while frightful damage has also been
caused to other towns and villages for
hundreds of miles up and down the
coast in Chile and Peru, by the sue
cession of earthquake shocks which
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

were blotted out of existence. The city
became a raging sea of flame fires max
ing Roadway in a dozen different sec
tioRs. most of the city which escaped
the earthquakes ravages being doom
ed by the flames The fire-fghting
forces of Valparaiso were powerless
against the tremendous extent of the
flames and little could be done to check
their onslaught
An extremely large number of per-
sons in Valparaiso who were not killed
instantly by the earthquakes effects
suffered injury from tumbling walls,
and the list of the MANNED and wound
ed will probably run into the thous-
ands. The scenes in Valparaiso have
probably never been approached in the
western hemisphere except at San
Francisco, the city being an utter in
ferno of death, suffering and desola-
ton.
Crossed the Andes.
From the few details of the earth
quake obtainable it appears that the
disturbance passed south along the Pa
ciic coast and cross the Andes at
Buenos Ayres. During the night the
volcano of Tupungato was heard roar
ing, and the people fed TO the churches
to pray for safety. AT San Juan, in
the Andes, high winds accompanied the
shocks.
The shock around Los Andes was
severe, and it is feared that the town
has been destroyed. The shocks also
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

caused considerable damage. though
the loss of life was Insignificant.
There have been shocks of less VIC
lent nature in other years. The recur-
ring disturbances have caused some of
the residents of the city to build with
a view to earthquake resistance. but
in the main the towns structures cut
side of the business center are frail
In one densely populated section the
streets are tortuous and narrow and
the dwellings are so built as to offer
weak resistance TO an earth disturb
ance.
In view Of the visit of the earth
quake so closely following the San
Francisco disaster it is interesting to
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

night. There is a certain season of the
year when they are of more frequent oc-
currence than at othr times.
The Gillian has built homes and other
buildings with a view of minimizing the
DANCE. from the seismic disturbances. The
buildings are one-storied affairs. built OF
light material, covered generally with
clay.
Calculation by Chilians has been that a
serious earthquake is due every ten years.
but the records show that but once in 80
years has there occurred destructive
disturbance. The country, it has been
said. although q constant subject TO
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
One of Hocb,s wives Exnires

Mrs. Michael Fetzer, who was one of
the many wives of Johann Hoch, recently
executed in Chicago, died suddenly in
Hamilton, Ohio, of stomach trouble. She
married Hoch in Cincinnati, when she
was Mrs. Doess. Hoch deserted her in
two months, taking her money, amounting
to S1,100.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
G AAXM tE=RCLAl
J,S ssss IT AND &sas ,Ela
ASs -sNN>sssss " <=sfss
1FNANCAL

IlllCdgO. ments IN commerce renee
sustained progress, season.
aDle stimulus appearing in manufact-
ures and distribution of necessarles-
Aside from exciting conditions in pig
IRON, other leading Industries find de-
mands we'll sustained, heavy conStruc-
ton and transportation show augmen
tatlon, while dealings In the staples
steadily expand and furnish excep-
tlonal activity among jobblng branches
in fall and winter goods. Fine wealth
err and an enormous influx of visitors
have brought gratifying increase Of
business to State street. Money circu-
lates freely, trading defaults are small.
and the purchasing power of the peo-
pie makes favorable comparison with
former periods. Advices from the trib-
utary territory point to the strong f.
nancial position of the agricultural in
terests, and wholesome influence noted
in enlarged country store operations,
depleted stocks of merchandise. An
other strengthening element is expand
ed deposits of country banks and abll-
ity to take care of crop moving needs
to a greater extent than heretofore.
The markets for grain and provisions
present lower average eff values and
leSsened demands, but this is not sur
prising IN view of the plenteous sup
plies. In other branches of activity
conditions maintain much strength. De-
mands for finished products of the mills
and factories show equal absorption,
and this involves additional pressure
upon facilities. Railroads order not
only liberal tonnage of rails, but also
much required rolling stock and mis-
cellaneouS material.
Bank clearings, $2O0,475,62S, exceed
those of corresponding week in 1905 by
11.2 per cent.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number IS, against "A last week and
so year ago.-Dun's Review Of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
To Live ON Lonely Isle.

Like a Robinson Crusoe, but without
a Man Friday and with a certainty of
rescue. Alfred j. Klein will spend three
months on Kerguelen Island, south of the
Indian ocean and half way between TaS-
mania and the southern end of the CONT
mont of Africa. He is being sent thither
nv the Museum of Natural History for
,-asaar~h
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Bridge Falls and Two Drown.

A wire suspension footbridge across the
Juniata River near Williamsburg, Pa,
gave way as Chester Robinson, his wife
and two small children were crossing it
and the wife and the youngest child were
drowned Robinson had his 4-year-old
son Ralph in his arms at the time and
succeeded in reaching shore with him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

Mrs. Jennie C. Rhoades of Toledo,
Ohio, has come into possession of 1912
600, the estate of her uncle, the late G. S.
Navarro, who left her his property be-
cause she was faithful to him when his
other relatives deserted him as an idle
Mnnderer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Criminal Hunts Himself.

DIN Z. Farr was arrested in Livings-
ton, Mont, upon advices from McRae
Ga, where Farr was the cashier of the
Citizens bank. He is charged with defal-
cation. Farr was travelling under the
name of W. w. Williams, claiming to be
a detective in the employ of the Georgia
bank in a hunt for the missing cashier.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Train Kills Three i'm Auto.

Three automobilists were killed and an
other fatally injured at Allaire crossing
on the Pennsylvania railroad near AS
bury Park, \. j., when an express train
crashed into the automobile of ]. George
Laffargue, a piano manufacturer of New
York City Mr.. Laffargue, his wife and
Mrs. Charles Lurch were instantly killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Chile Begins Work of Relief.

Chile has turned to the organization of
relief for the earthquake sufferers. The
government will ask Congress for an APP
preparation of $100O00,000 for the re-
building of Valparaiso. The cities of the
country, led by Santiago, are taking eff
fcctive measures to aid the victims.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

Two men lost their lives in a fierce fire
which broke out in the sail loft of a ship
chambers establishment in Buffalo The
dead are Captain James Robertson, a vet
eran lake captain, and Charles Johnson,
a sailmaker.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

seriously affected the towns of Rosario,
Aranas, Rioja, San Luis, and Tucuman.
The disturbance was felt at some points
in the Argentine republic.
The earthquake occurred about :
o'clock Thursday evening, and it was
of such tremendous violence that the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
"AMERICAN CITIZEN" EXPELLED
Russian Trouble Maker Forced from
OdeSsa=Meyer Makes No Protest.

Russian Trouble Maker Forced from
Odessa-Meyer Makes No Protest.
An American citizen named Gibson has
been expelled from ODESSA Russia, and
under a police convoy was taken to the
western frontier by order Of the governor
general. Ginson was temporarily arrested
a few months ago as an alleged political
provocative agent. On a similar charge
he was rearrested a few days ago, which
resulted in his expulsion from the coun-
try. Ambassador Meyer was informed of
the action taken by the Russian authori-
ties, but said he saw no reason to protest
against it. Ginson is Russian Jew
who recently took out citizenship papers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Cattle Men Unite for Fight.

The Cooperative Live Stock Company
has been incorporated in Topeka, Kan.
to do a general live stock commission
business at Kansas City, Chicago, St.
Louis, Omaha and st. Joseph. 1t is said
that the company was organized for the
express purpose of fighting the National
Live Stock Association. The incorpora-
tors are Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and
Texas cattle raisers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
SpaIding Asks an Accounting.

Charles w. Spalding of Chicago, the
former Globe Savings Bank president who
served term in the penitentiary for en-
bezzlement has filed a bill for accounting
with the University of Illinois, claiming
that he turned over to the trustees prop
erty valued at $4,000 when he only
owed S231 .367.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
NEAR BILLION DOLLAR SESSION
Total Appropriated by Congress for
1907 SST9,5S9,1S5.

According to a statement issued by
Thomas p. Cleaves and James G. Courts
chief clerks of the Senate and House com
mittees on appropriations, Congress at its
last session appropriated for the fiscal
year 1907, $S79,5S9, 1876, an increase
of $50. 404. 5000 over the sum appropri-
ated for 1906. OF the net increase, S42,-
447.201 was for the Isthmian canal. The
new offices and employments specifically
authorized number 6,934, at an annual
compensation of $6,615,S70; and those
abolished or omitted number 5.2S5, at an
annual compensation of S4,010, 100, net
increase of 1919 in number and $500,
761 in amount
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Believe Frye Is Goddard"

People of Hurley, s. D.. believe that
Prof. c. ii. Frye, who returned TO his
family in Chicago after an absence of
thirty years, is the &C. II. Goddard" who
lived many years in their town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

Mahala Lewis, a negress said to be
100 years old. died in Ottawa, Kan. She
could tell many incidents in the life of
George Washington, whom she insisted
she had seen many times Mrs. Lewis
was native of Virginia and was unable
TO read or write.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
SEES DEATH AGONY MIRRoRED.
Man, Wife and Babes at His Side,
Watches Effect of Poison.

Surrounded by his wife and two small
children, Otto Radeck stood in front of
a mirror in st. Louis, and watched the
palIor surmOunt his face and the agonized
contractions of his muscles until he
dropped to the floor dead from the eff
fec;s of carbolic acid he drank with suici
dial intent. He denied to his wife that
he had taken poison and she stood by his
side too frightened TO move until after
her husband was dead. Radeck came
from Hamburg, Germany, two years ago
and has been employed as tailor. No
motive for the suicide is known by his
family
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Comn.ny sues for Nillions

The Mutual Life Insurance Company is
suing members of the expenditures COM
mittee under the McCurdy regime TO re-
cover millions alleged to have been wroAg-
fully expended
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
~.w YORK Gets sO-Cent Gas

Justice Giegerich at New York granted
peremptory writ of mandamus compell
ing the Consolidated Gas Company 10 sup
ply gas to consumers at 50 cents a thou
sand feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Released Prisoners Rearrested.

James Blackburn, u. ID. Kelley, james
Wallace and Nicholas Gardner. Indian
Territory outlaws. were arrested at the
Lansing tKanl penitentiary gates afte,
serving six years. They will be taken to
Missouri and tried for robberies there.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28
Revolutionary Plot Revealed.

\ plot TO counterfeit Venezuelan coins
10 finance a revolution and overthrow
President Castro has been revealed in
New York by the arrest of four men, one
of them former manager of the Orinoco
Corporation, S10,000.000 concern hold
ing a concession in Venezuela.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-08-28

Fettered by Assailant, She ReGains
Consciousness and Escapes.

CAAcESu ny assa1Iaht, She hcSahhS
Consciousness and Escapes.
Ella Van Sickle of indianapolis, 13
years of age, who started from the home
of a relative to her home at late hour,
was found bound hand and foot near the
railroad tracks in the northeast part of
the city, several miles from her home. Po-
lice had searched for her all night. The
Van Sickle girl says she was seized by
a strange man. A handkerchief saturated
with chloroform was thrust into her face
and she soon lost consciousness. She says
when she first recovered consciousness she
was lying on the railroad tracks and saw
the headlight of an approaching locomo-
tive. She managed to throw herself from
the tracks, and again became unconscious.
She did not recover again until a railroad
conductor found her. Miss Van Sickle
told the police she had received threaten
ing notes from an unknown man.