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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
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Reclamation projects proposed and IN
der way by the government provide for
the retaining of ,303, 900 acres of arid
land at a cost of $37 ,02S,571
The wholesale grocery house of the
G. w. Adams & Sons Company in
Louisville was destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000, insurance about 100000
DR.. Maurice Fishberg of New York,
a special immigration inspector, declares
that immigrants are ''doctored up" tenn
porarily in Europe, in order to enable
them to enter America.
Equity proceedings to prevent the pro-
posed merger of the Western Life In
demnity Company and the Security Life
and Annuity Company, both of which
have agencies in Philadelphia, were in
stituted in the United States Circuit
Court in that city by stockholders of the
latter company.
Only through the serious illness Of
Mrs. Cora Sampson, prominent charity
worker Of Toledo, as the result of an
operation for the removal of large strips
of skin which she gave in the hope OF
saving the life of a boy who had been
burned was it learned that she was
the one to come to the little sufferers
aid.
An increase of 10 per cent in the
wages of the 10000 operatives employed
by the American Wooden Company was
decided upon by the concern in New
York. The thirty mills of the company
are at various points in New England,
and it is estimated that the advance
means 100000 additional compensa-
ton to the operatives each year.
William A. Inskeep, formerly mem
Der of the Board of Education OF Column
bus, Ohio, indicted by the United States
grand jury for using the mails to pro-
mote the recently exposed lottery scheme,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
serve one day in the Franklin county jail
and fined $50 and costs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
THE WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS.
How the President and His Family
Spent the Holiday.

How the President and His Family
Spent the Holiday.
The custom of distributing turkeys
among the clerical force of the White
House, which was inaugurated by the
McKinleys, has been followed by the
Roosevelts. Eighty fine, fat birds
were this year required to go around,
each one bearing a card on which is in
scribed the words, "a Merry Christmas
from the President" Though. as a rule,
they do not have a tree, the Roosevelts
inherit from their Dutch ancestors a
generation for the spirit and sentiment
of Christmas and the day is given up
entirely to festivities. The four younger
children hang up their stockings, as a
matter of course. On the morning of
Christmas day, after breakfast, Mr..
Roosevelt leads the way to the library,
which he calls the study" where the
gifts are laid out on tables. He and
his wife distribute them and a general
romp usually follows. In the afternoon
the children go 10 two or three tree par
ties, one of which is at the house of
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, the Presi-
dents lifelong chuIn, while another is at
lue TeSNIeuCe Oh MI. uOOSeFclL y CtuSA
sister, Mrs. Cowles.
Every Christmas thousands of gifts
from total strangers reach the White
House. They are not wanted and people
would do much better not to send them.
When of considerable value they are re-
turned to the donors, otherwise they
are accepted politely, with a note of
acknowledgment. Not one out OF hun
dred of them is seen by the President
and in former administrations they were
commonly consigned to the attic, where
at the time of the recent reconstruction
of the mansion. an immense quantity Of
old Junk thus accumulated was found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

After three days of riot and slaugh-
ter in the streets of Moscow the
spirit of revolution is blazing out in
other parts of Russia. At Odessa,
Kieff and elsewhere the strike is on,
and call for an armed rebellion has
gone out.
In Moscow the fighting continued
without interruption. The strikers
were driven from their intrenchnlents
by the Cossacks and dragons, only to
fall back on new barbados, scattering
into new thoroughfares and extending
the zone of battle. Five thousand
persons were killed and 1900 wound
ed in fights in Moscow between revolu-
tionists and COssacks. Leaders of the
Russian revolutionists assert armed
forces are being assembled to fight
the soldiers and that civil war between
organized bodies of troops will begin
soon.
Frightful execution was done with
the machine guns. They were trained
on the crowds, and innocent women
and children who were fleeing for their
lives fell beneath the hail of bullets.
Thousands are reported killed or
wounded. In one instance the machine
pieces stationed at the Monastery of
Passion were trained Oh persons who
were seeking escape from the pursuing
CossackS. Hundreds are reported to
have fallen, and the hospitals are filled
with the dying and injured.
The strikers in Moscow appear to
have become disorganized, and their
attacks were often turned into unruly
routs. Thousands were driven outside
the walls and the fighting caused ter
ror in the suburbs. Once a mob of
revolutionaries swirling around a
street corner surrounded a small squad
of Cossacks. The soldiers used their
knouts and knives, but were dra gged
from their horses and trampled under
foot. Twenty Cossacks were killed
The revolutionary leaders are still
untamed, although on the whole the
skirmishes went against them. The
constitutiOnalists assert that the strik-
ers have lost the day, while the gov
eminent officials point to the fact that
although the strikers have sought to
capture the railroads, trains are still
running between st. Petersburg, Mos
cow and Eydtkuhnen, and the tram
ways and electric lights are still in
operation.
In Moscow the military seems to
have triumphed, but out in the prov
inces the danger is said to be grave
and outbreaks are looked for at Odessa
and other points that will be even
more sanguinary than the bloody street
conflicts in Moscow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
ALLEGED "BAD MAN, DEAD.
s'BIaclS Jack" Gallagher, Said to

E'BIaclC Jack" Gallagher, Said to
Have Been Union SIuEger, Dies.
"Black Jack" Gallagher, alleged union
slugger, prize fighter and all-arounG
''bad man." according to the police, is
dead in Chicago. He died of cOnsump-
ton at his mothers home. Gallagher
first came into publicity when he was
arrested on the charge of assaulting At
torney A. G. Allen in 1903. Mr.. Allen
was counsel for a number of corpora
tons involved in labor struggles. Gal
lagher was not convicted of the smuggling
Later Gallagher was charged with hav'
ing a part in the murder of Constable
julius Biedermann, killed at Blue Island
in 1904, but Gallagher again was acquit-
ted. Several indictments are pending
against him in the Criminal Court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
MODERN GOLIATH is SLAIN.
Missouri Giant Is Killed with Stone
Thrown by Small Boy.

Mitchell Shadrick, a giant seven feet
tall, was almost instantly killed four
miles west of Columbia, Mo-, by Henry
Jonas, Is years old, who brought him
down with stone no larger than a wal
nut thrown from a distance of forty
feet. Shadrick had struck at younger
brother of Jonas and, it is claimed, pick
ed up club with the intention of as
saulting the latter. The boy picked up
n small stone and threw it at the giant.
1t struck him behind the left ear and
after running about in a circle for sew
eral minutes he fell dead. No scar was
found on the body of the giant. There
was no coffin in Columbia long enough
to contain the body of the victim and it
was found necessary to make one to
order. The friends of Jonas refer to
the encounter as the fight between Da-
Vid and Goliath.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
CHRISTMAS MAIL.
Records Broken This Year by an
Avalanche of Gifts.

Avalanche of Gifts.
An avalanche Of parceled happiness
tumbling down upon Uncle Sans mail
distributors during the week preceding
Christmas nearly buried the service past
all recovery. In New York City several
clerks were made seriously i'll by over
work during long hours, and no doubt
like conditions prevailed elsewhere.
In the field of foreign mail alone the
pressure has been so great as to break
all former records. The Etruria brought
into New York the heaviest Christmas
mail ever landed at that port She had
$500 bags and "A packages of parcels
post. The mail steamer was obliged to
make two trips down the bay to remove
the mails. The st. Paul brought 1907
sacks Of Christmas mails.
The American liner PHILADELPHIA car
ried out 1926 bags of Christmas mail.
1t was the largest dispatch of mail in
the history of the port. In fourteen
days outgoing steamers have carried
away Sale. 669 The Philadelphia took
the great bulk of Christmas money sent
by emigrants to the ''old folk" 1t had
60,331 international money orders,
amounting to S7S5, 400.
Great Britain got 1922, 1913, the great
er part being billed to Ireland More
than sol 900 went to Italy, and nearly
$4,000 to Germany. Sweden got near
ly as much, while 100000 went to Rus
STA. Hungary and Austria got S129, 900,
$4,000 going to Austria. Denmark got
$4,000, Greece $1,G55, Belgium 1881,
the Netherlands $1,665. Switzerland &c.
900 and Lunenburg SS43
All this is but a brief mention of
little bit that has been going on in one
locality. All around us similar work
has been carried forward in varying de-
grees. 1t is safe to predict that if one
could see the grand total the figures
would produce the greatest amazement.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
FIELD LEAVES s1,625, 900.
Estate of Late Son of Chicago Mer-
chant Is Placed I'm Probate.

Marshall Field, Jr., of Chicago left
no will and letters of administration
have been granted to Arthur d. Jones
and Stanley Field by John d. Casey,
assistant to the probate court Judge.
Marshall Field. ST., was appointed
guardian over his three grandchildren,
Marshall Field I'LL, Henry Field, 10
years old, and Gwendolin Field, years
Old The personal estate, the court Is
informed, is valued at about 81 AGO. 900
and the real estate at about $4,000.
Although Mr.. Field is made guardian of
the children, the direct supervision of the
estate will fall upon Stanley Field and
Mr.. Jones. Bonds were furnished by
the administrators to the amount of ST.
100000, with Marshall Field and John
G. Shedd as sureties.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Showing Districts
with Loyal Troops in 3loodshe

Twenty-four railway cars were de-
molished and all the soldiers in them
were killed or badly injured when
rebels blew up train with troops sent
to quell the rebellion in Livonia, near
Stockmannskof, railway station. The
rebels also wrecked with dynamite
one or two trains sent to give assist
ance. General Andronikoff and many
soldiers were killed.
A rumor is in circulation that the
insurgents in CORTLAND have seized
Windau, Friedrichstadt, Pratzenburg,
Holdingen And other places, and that
popular tribunal at Kopenhouzak
has executed several officials
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
MAY CLEAR CALEB POWERS.
Wounded Man Declares He Knows
Who Shot Kentucky Governor.

Wounded Man Declares He Knows
Who Shot Kentucky Governor.
Charles e. Ehler, on cot in the coun-
ty hospital in Bakersfield, Cal, suffering
from wound presumably self-inficted.
has admitted to Supt. Buckrens that he
has information as to the killing of Gov.
William Goebel of Kentucky which, he
alleges, would clear Caleb Powers, for
mer Secretary of State of Kentucky,
now under sentence of death for COM
plicity in the murder of Goebel. Ehler
says If the ex-Secretarys execution were
imminent he would give the testimony,
but for the present would not declare
himself fully, because it would impli-
cate Others"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
RUssIA's MISERY.
Conditions MS They We're In France
Before the Revolution,

Before the Revolution.
Russia is still in the throes of riot
and disorder and rebellion. Count White
Is meeting with little success. He is
called a dictator and has the confidence
neither of the Cars government nor Of
the masses. The troops at Riga, the
capital of Livonia, revolted and started
hres which destroyed much of the city.
In series of riots at Mitau, the CAPT.
tai of Courland, 300 persons were killed.
In southern Livonia the revolutionists
liberated the prisoners and killed the as
sistant district governor and his secre-
tary, throwing their bodies into the river.
Landlords are being butchered on their
estates and the great country houses
are being pillaged and burned. Idle
workingmen in st. Petersburg have
pawned everything and thousands are
starving. Children are dead of hun
ger and their bodies are unburied. Rus
sia's condition is like that of France
before the revolution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

were rescued. being carried down lsd-
ders when nearly overcome by smoke.
The Fl. III. Juelg Piano Company, 1905
G street Northwest; p. III. Heiskell Jr.
d Co. on G street, the Hodge & Nc
Dowell Co., and Hendrickson & Co., the
commission houses of Isaac Wallerstein,
Joseph Ferraro, and Ellis & Co. were
the losers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
STUDENTS HooT PRESIDENT.
Nicholas Murray Butler object of
Hostile Demonstration.

"AcHOAas murray butier ODJect Oh
Hostile Demonstration.
The remarkable spectacle of an entire
college student body in open rebellion
resulted at Columbia in New York from
the faculty's refusal to permit football
and other intercollegiate competitions
More than 1 300 students gathered in one
body Kissed President Nicholas Murray
Butler, hooted members Of the faculty
and half-masted the university flag. The
underclass cane sprees were made occa-
sion for this expression of disapproval,
unprecedented in college annals. TIL
members of the faculty present at first
were inclined to smile at what they
thought was a piece of childishness, but
as the demonstration continued and grew
in bitterness they realized the depth Of
the student dislike for their president.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
AS the season draws to
New York.

iiO Vi IL. / q NAOSC AAOAAuely Ouy1uS
gains force, and early
predictions of unprecedented bust
ness are being fully realized. Re-
tail trade in heavy winter goods still
drags, owing to unseasonably mild
weather. Recorder business in jobbing
lines adapted to holiday needs is more
than ordinarily active for a usually
quiet stOck-taking period, and some
lines, especially dry goods, are really
active, despite the approach of the
turn of the year. Spring business re-
ports continue excellent and far in ex-
cess of previous years, though holiday
influences tend to somewhat restrict
immediate new engagements.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending Dec. 81
number 235, against 226 last week, 249
in the like week of 1904. 243 in 1903,
166 in 1902 and 210 in 1901.
Failures in Canada number SO. as
against 80 last week and 81 in this
week a year ago.-Bradstreet Com
mercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Battles in 11oscow Streets.

A desperate battle ragged in the streets
of Moscow, $4,000 soldiers attacking the
people who had built barbados in the
streets. Five thousand persons were
killed and $4,000 wounded A plot to
seize the railway and imperial banks and
establish a provisional government has
been discovered by the Governor Gen
eral, who summoned the military and
machine guns
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Wreck Causes Big Loss.

-Four persons were seriously injured
and more than 100000 worth of freight
and rolling stock was destroyed in a
wreck on the Pennsylvania railroad near
Hartsdale, Ind. A fast through freight
train running nearly sixty miles an hour
in a dense fog dashed into an open
switch, derailing the locomotive and six
teen cars
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Arrest Indian for Murder.

James Parker, a young Omaha Indian,
is under arrest in Pender, Neb., charged
with killing Bryan Preston. another
Omaha Indian, son of White Weasel,
well-knOwn Omaha redskin. Preston has
not been seen for several days, all eff
forts to find him proving futile. One
theory is that the two Indians got into
drunken quarrel and that Parker dis
posed of Preston by killing him and put
ting the body under the ice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Killed with Red Hot Poker

The body of George Beluchi, an Ital-
ian shoemaker was found in his home
in Cincinnati, death having been caused
by a red7hOt poker which was thrust
into his abdomen. His money was I'M
touched. The police are looking for a
woman acquaintance of BelHchi and her
male companion, who disappeared after
having had quarrel with the shoe
maker
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Killed Chewing Dynamite.

Little Elsie Diggins, aged 6, was lit
orally blown to atoms in Newcastle, Pa,
when a piece of dynamite which she had
picked up and was chewing exploded.
The girls head was completely severed
from the shoulders and parts of the
Skull, none larger than a dime, were af-
terward picked up several yards away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

By an explosion of dynamite in the
thawing house of the War Eagle and
Center Star mines at Rossland, B. c.,
John S. Ingram was killed and several
others were seriously hurt A substa-
ton of the electric light plant was wreck
ed and the town was in darkness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02

United States District. Attorney Bax-
ter of Omaha has received instructions
to designate the Nebraska State peniten-
tiary as a Federal prison in place of
Sioux Falls. tc which city the govern
ment has ent its prisoners since 1886.
The change was made principally by rea-
son of the superior location of the Lin
coin institution.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
End Troubles in Death.

Fred S. Harrow of Saratoga and his
wife, each about 30 years old, are dead.
the result, it is believed, Of a mutual
agreement carried out by shooting in
their rooms in Albany, N. Y. A letter
in the hands of the coroner leads the po-
lice to believe Harlow shot his wife, then
killed their pet dog and finally shot him
self.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
UE4E TA9[2;2s1I{5RS
ssss4,sSs5s9}{g ES~.6=.
S}&Sse9 - SeSa..

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1915; hogs, prime heavy, S4OG
to $5.17; sheep, fair to choice, $3.Go 10
5000; wheat, No. g SEC to SIC. corn,
No. 2, 4Sc to 49c; oats, standard, 29c to
30c; rye, No. ., &c to Csc; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, $500 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, pic to
24c; eggs, fresh, zoe to 26c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping $500
to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$5.15; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SSc to soc; corn,
No. 2 white, 42c TO 43c; oats, No. 2
white, Bic to 32c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs, $400 to $50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SOC to Ole; corn,
No. 2, 40c to Ale; oats, No. 2, 30c to
Bic; rye, No 2, &c to CSC.
CincinnGti-Cattle, $500 to S4S5;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$515; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 93c; corn,
No. 2 mixe1, 45c to Acc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 33c 10 34c; rye, No. 2, zoe to re.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, SEC to SIC; corn, No. 3
yellow, 45c to Acc; oats, No. white,
32c to 34c; rye, No. >, &c to 67c.
M.lwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
S2c to Sac, corn, No. 8. Ale to 43c;
oats, standard, 3Oc to 80; rye, No. I,
Csc to 69c; barley, No. 2, 53c to sac;
pork, mess, $1347.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC to
S8c; corn, No. mixed, 45c to 46c;
oats, No. mixed, 3Oc to 32c; rye, No.
., &c to 69c; clover seed, prime, $500.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to 1925; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to S5.O5; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $7.75.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, Ole to 93e;
corn, No. ., SOC % sic; oats, natural,
white. SIC to Csc; butter, creamery, PIC
to 25c; eggs, western, &c to SOC.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
wild Train in Railroad Yards.

With the engineer lying senseless In
the cab and the other members of the
train crew left in the tunnel where they
had fallen, a train ran wild through the
busy railroad part of New York, crossed
a drawbridge safely and finally was
wrecked by collision with a switch
engine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
NJ. p. Goes to Prison.

Hugh Watt, the former member of the
British Parliament charged with melting
hired agents TO murder his divorced wife,
Julia Watt, and Sir Reginald Beau
champ, was sentenced to FIVE years. penal
servit1Ide
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Stays Partner and Then Dies.

William Wilson, a cattleman, was
shot and instantly killed by J. D. Hen
derson, former partner, in the lobby of
the Lewiston Hotel in Denver. Hender-
son then turned his pistol upon himself.
fired bullet through his breast and died
in the arms of a policeman who had
caizad him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Sick for Thirty-six Years.

Barbara Scheiderer, wealthy woman.
died in Marysville, Ohio. She had been
sick for thirty-six years. Miss Scheider-
er leaves her estate to her sisters, Mrs.
Braun of Marysville and Miss Lizzie
Berger of Missouri.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Two Rectors Flee from Mob.

During the excitement incident upon
the assembling of a crowd of nearly 500
parishioners belonging to st. Casimirs
Polish Catholic church in st. Louis to
protest against the appointments by the
archbishop the Rev. Father TheOphile
Pudlowski, the rector, and the Rev. 81
mon Zielinski, the assistant rector, fled
from the parsonage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
First Hcroixm Medal Awarded.

George Poell of Grand Island, Neb., a
locomotive fireman who saved a child's
life and lost his leg in doing so, is the
first man to receive a medal for heroiSm
under the recent act of Congress, and
President Roosevelt, IN a personal letter,
mid 4 high tribute to his bravery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Mother Robbed Dead Girl,

Mrs. Susan Lease Of Lima was ar
rested in Bellefontaine, Ohio, on COM
plant of her son-in-law, Everett Conn,
who charges that upon their return from
the funeral of Mrs. Conn Mrs. Lease
gathered towels, sheets and other articles
and carried them away from his home.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Henry HarIand Stricken,

Henry Harland, American novelist,
who wrote "The Cardinals Snuff Box"
and other books, died at San Reno,
Italy. His American home was at Nor
witch, Conn. and he also had a London
residence. Mr., Harland wrote under the
pseudonym of Sidney Luska He was
born at st. Petersburg in 1861.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
skull Harder than Bullets.

After firing three shots at his head,
a man who registered at a Bowery house
in New York as Hegger Lesser was
taken to a hospital suffering from three
superficial scalp wounds. The mans
skull is so thick that though the three
bullets struck squarely they were defect
ed and did little harm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Gear Refuses Ministers, Plea.

Former Gov. William r. Taylor Of
Wisconsin who was swept into power
by the granger" movement and who
first established the principle of State
control of railroads, is beggared by spec
ulation and has entered a semi-charita
BILE home for the aged near Madison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-01-02
Girl Is Killed by Trai,

Jennie Holland. aged 10, was killed
and Mrs. John Pultz, wife of the cash.
Ter of the College Corner National Rant
was fatally hurt by Cincinnati. Chi
cago and Louisville train at College
Grove. Ohio, while waiting for Mr.
Pultz's train Both of Miss Hollands
legs were cut cf.