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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13

August Knoop, aged 50, was killed
while going to church at North Freedom.
He stepped in front of a train in the
double track.
Homer Curtis Hart, founder of the II.
G. Hart Implements works and a La
Crosse manufacturer since 1860, died the
other day, aged Ga.
Douglas Reinolsen, aged years, fell
into a tank of boiling water at the Amer
lean Mailing plant in Milwaukee and
was fatally scalded.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court render
ed decision by which Milwaukee county
is permitted to issue $450,OOO in bonds
for bridge in the city of Milwaukee.
The purchase of the Brown Corliss
Manufacturing plant at Milwaukee by
eastern parties is to end the strike of the
machinists, which has existed at the plant
for almost year.
The members of the La Crosse high
school faculty, assisted by the superin-
tendent and board of education. have be-
gun a systematic effort to eradicate haz
ing Letters have been sent to the par
ents of students asking them to lend aid
and influence.
The Wisconsin United Commercial
Travellers convention will be held in La
Crosse on June 10 and IS.
August Knoch. farmer, was struck
by a Chicago and Northwestern train
near North Freedom and instantly killed.
The Williamson Libbey Lumber Com
pany. manufacturers of sash, doors and
blinds and organized in 1866. has gone
into liquidation in Oshkosh. Its liabili-
ties are about 100000 These liabilities
will, however, be paid in full, the heirs
of the late d. L. Libbay founder of the
company, having agreed to pool their as
sets and take up the claims.
In the campaign being waged by the
State dairy and food department several
milkmen in La Crosse have been arrest
ed and fined for selling milk below stand
ard.
Attorney Olaf l. Rove of Milwaukee
has received the appointment of vice con-
sui of the new kingdom of Norway for
The State OF Wisconsin, thus changing
the headquarters of the vice consulate
from Madison to Milwaukee.
The Salmon Brothers gave dinner to
about 100 of the city officials of Beloit
since 1888. The Salmons have owned the
water works for twenty-three years and
have lately sold the plant to the new
water, gas and electric light company
Edward Glaltz of West Bend, one Of
the two United States deputy marshals.
has been appointed chief deputy to sue
coed the late Albion Johnston. William
Guy, an old-time conductor on the North
western road. has been chosen to the po-
sition made vacant by Glantz's promotion.
The board of commissioners appointed
by the Circuit Court in Kenosha decided
that the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
Railway Company must pay the Thomas
b. Jeffrey Automobile Company $50. sos
for little over two acres of land needed
for the right of way of the company to
Milwaukee. The Jeffery company de-
manded 100000, claiming it intended to
use the land for factory purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13

\ German agricultural paper vouches
for the truth of the statement that
the chief reason why peasants Of the
east refuse to use American or English
design plows is not from lack of cap
ital or familiarity with them, or simple
conservatism. but because many natives
firmly believe that nothing will grow
on the soil turned over by an American
plow
The explanation offered for this
seeming ridiculous superstition is that
the native with his crude implements,
has for centuries merely scratched the
earth's surface, and that when real
plow is used and the soil is thoroughly
turned over. a substratum IS turned up
which. having lain for thousands of
years unexposed TO the sun and air, Is
not arabic until the elements have hsd
time to work upon it
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
No Sauce for the Morocco Goose.

No Sauce for the Morocco Goose.
What is sauce for the goose should
be sauce for the gander, but when it
comes to diplomacy of the highest
grade the aphOrism does not seem to
hold good. Protection sauce, which sa-
vors the domestic policy of the United
States and Germany, and which Mo
rocco wished to indulge in. has been
vetoed by the representatives of the
United States at the Moroccan confer
ence, declaring for the open door.
While our own tariff is 80 per cent
and over, we refuse to allow anything
over 1919 per cent to Morocco, although
the delegates from that country declare
they must raise more revenue. SO the
infant industries of Morocco will be
put out of business by the machine la
Dor of the Unied States, mostly run by
cheap foreigners. Bul with a low tariff
there will be no trusts III Morocco, so
the Moors will be the gamers by the
seltishness of the protectionists, after
oil
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
prcAMrsr's STRANGE DEFENSE.
says He Forgot He Already Had "a
Wife When He Married Another.


Wife When He Married Another.
Edward T. Clegg. 81 years old, at one
time prominent and wealthy business
man q Amigo, was arrested in the Lex
ington hotel in Chicago by Detectives
Mullen and Burns on a charge of bigamy.
Clegg left Amigo several months ago,
and after travelling around for some time
temporarily settled in Sumner, Iowa,
where he met Miss Jessie A. Woodruff,
daughter of an Episcopal minister, whom,
it is said, he married last October Since
the first of the year they have occupied
a suite of rooms at the Lexington hotel
in Chicago. Word that he had married
again reached the ears of the first Mrs.
Clegg recently. A warrant for his ar
rest was sworn out and he was traced TO
his rooms. The second Mrs Clegg was
out visiting when Clegg was arrested,
but she appeared at the police station
later and was informed of the charge
against the prisoner. The police say
Clegg admitted he was bigamist, but
declared he was afflicted with apbasia at
the time of his second marriage; that
when he recovered his, senses he knew he
had done wrong, but he intended to main
tain the two homes as long as possible
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
swttzerland,s Fine Cows.

The little republic of Switzerland
has 100000 cows, all mixers. They
average 5000 pounds of milk year
per COW, with a total valuation of
$44000,000. Forty-twO per cent is used
for home consumption and the rest for
condensed milk, cheese and butter.
The cheese is made in some 1900 small
creameries, some of them cooperative.
The average price of cheese in 1908
was 10 cents per pound, of which the
United States imported $1,300000
worth
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
WISCONSIN is NOT Liberal.
Pays Its University Professors Les
than Iowa and Michigan.

Pays Its University Professors Less
than Iowa and Michigan.
That the University of Wisconsin pays
its professors less than the universities
of Michigan and Iowa was the substance
of testimony brought out by the legis-
latiye investigating committee. 1t was
testified, however, that the university au-
thorities make no deduction of pay for
leave of absence, which are frequently
granted, especially when the professors
have a chance to give lectures in other
cities. The University of Iowa, it n'as
testified by Dean Turneaure Of the col
lege of er gineering, pays 1920 for the
same services performed at the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin for $1,173. The Wis
consin professors. however, frequently
hold other positions which bring them
larger or smaller incomes ION the side"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Result. from Protective Tarin.

The revenues Of the government will
not allow Congress to Appropriate for
river and harbor bill If the tariff was
revised so as to produce more revenue,
Germany and other countries could in
crease their trade with us, our rivers
and harbors could be improved and
our war ships and merchant ships
would soon be able to get in and out
of New York harbor without running
on mud fiat. This is one of the re-
suits of protection, and another and
more important result to most people
is the trust high prices which the tariff
fosters. And yet the Republicans
stand pat and decline to disturb the
tariff schedules which do not produce
enough revenue for necessary improve
ments and keep the cost of living so
high that many people must economize
and even do without necessities. When
you are called upon next fall to vote
for Il Congressman to represent your
district, think of this and vote against
the stand-patter.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Marconi Wins Patent Case.

The United States Circuit Court at
New York has awarded to William Mar
conf priority as the originator of wire
less teiegraphy, as claimed in his suit
against the De Forest company. The
judges say Marconi was the first to de-
scribe and the first to achieve the trans
mission of definite, intelligent signals by
means of the Hertzren waves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
PREFER BEER TO $500 AID.
Manitowoc Fair VIII Refuse state
Money-WiI Allow Fakirs.

The County Fair Association directors
at Manitowoc will refuse the annual $500
State aid and return to the admission of
fakirs and the sale of beer on the
grounds. The last Legislature condition
ed State aid to county fairs on prohibit
ing fakirs and liquor from the grounds,
but the Manitowoc fair had a deficit of
$1,000 as a result last year and the assO-
citation will probably return to the old
policy. Charles +. Fechter who has
been named as secretary, was for years
treasurer, and c.. Muth, the new super
intendent, was president for six years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
BURNED STOCK is STOLEN.
BarabOO shoe Store Is Robbed of
Many Boxes of Footwear.

The remaining stock of the Howe &
Schey shoe store, which was destroyed
by fire in Baraboo, and which had been
stored in another building was stolen by
burglars. A window was broken and
many boxes of footwear which had NOT
been touched by the flames were carted
away.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13

The new Hawgood freighter, Abraham
Stearn, took her maiden dip at Superior,
in the presence of large crowd. Miss
Josephine Ross of Duluth was sponsor
The Stearn is a steel vessel of 6,65T.94
gross tonnage, go feet long, 80 feet
beam, depth 81 feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Blow safe i'm star Prairie.

The safe of the general store of Fee
lipaa & Anderson at Star Prairie was
blown open and robbed andA the posse
still is pursuing the burglars, who were
seen TO run away. Several thousand dol
lars and valuable papers we're taken from
the strong box. The whole store was
wrecked.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Snrro,N Escane Under Trnin

In Marinette a drunken woodsman.
name unknown. fell under the wheels of
a Wisconsin and Michigan train He was
pE>fed out by the conductor and brake
man after the wheels ran over the top
of his hat, taking it off and just scraping
his head.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
BRAKEMAN'S DEATH A MYSTERY
kewaunee Man Falls Into slip While
Loading Ferry.

Fred Whipple, brakeman on the Ke-
waunee road, was killed while assisting
in loading an Ann Arbor car ferry at Ke-
waunee. The manner of his death is not
certain, but it is supposed that he was
struck by car and then fell into the
slip. His body was recovered soon after
the accident
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
AsI,s niNorce from Insane 1Vifc.

On the allegations that his wife is
insane and indications are that she will
never recover, Gottlieb Hohnloser of La
Crosse has petitioned the court for a di-
yorce so that he may remarry and Sc
cure q housekeeper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Throws Self Before Train.

A man supposed to be c. Bostrom com
mitted suicide south of Elroy by throw
ing himself on the track in front of a
passenger train. He had a labor bureau
slip from Chicago in his pocket but no
money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
RAID PEsHTrGo RoBBER GANG.
Men Escape, but WagonIoads of Loot
Are Found.

The raid by Sheriff Packer of Menomi-
nee and Deputy Sheriff Seibel of Pesh
tigo discovered a large quantity of stolen
property, harnesses, canned goods, chick
ems and grain. at Nohlcheck's saloon, be-
tween Marinette and Peshtigo When the
officers appeared three men broke for the
woods. All escaped. One was wounded
in the arm. \ large posse will make an
other raid soon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
DRILLS SAVE BIG SCHOOL.
Six Hundred and Fifty Pupils at
Madison March Out at Alarm.

Madison March out at Alarm.
Fire in the Madison high school caused
a loss of $400. The building was emp
tied within minute and half and the
go pupils filed out in perfect order. The
blaze started from an overheated chin
ney. The children did not realize until
they were out of doors that the building
was on fire. There have been several fire
drills of late The building is nearly
thirty-fve years old and has been con-
demned repeatedly by citizens committees.
The students on the top floor have but
a single staircase, narrow and ladder
like
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13

AS the result of the popular clamor over
the fatal crossing, where many people
have been run down and killed, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul has agreed
to elevate its tracks in Milwaukee. The
expense will run into the millions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Rad Blaze at Baraboo.

Fire burned William Gusts restaurant
Howe & Schley's shoe store and w H.
Engleman's barber shop in Baraboo. The
loss is heavy. The insurance is about
$4,000. The cause of the fire IS not
known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
snn PiInf RndIv Hurt

w. II. Lee, a 500 pilot on the Belden-
vile Lumber Company's logging train,
was injured at Camp Five while making
a coupling. His head was caught be-
tween projecting logs
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
BREAK GRAND RAPIDS JAIL.
Two Prisoners Succeed in Daring
and Novel Feat.

John Mcpherson and Frank Murphy,
negro, broke Jail in Grard Rapids and
escaped. With a hardwood bed slat and
iron slugs made from hook. they pried
open the large steel door and cut a hole
through four layers of bricks. They then
let themselves down thirty feet with bed
sheets and blankets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Raise salary TO Get Candidntes.

Because, it is said, Kenosha politi-
clans have refused to accept the office of
assessor at the salary of $500, the City
Council ordered an ordinance increasing
the salary to $500.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Merrimack store Is Burned.

A store owned by j. l. Wood 4 Co..
at Merrimack was burned the other night.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss is probably $4,000, with little in
surance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Wisconsin
State News
OSHKOSH LUMBERMEN SOLVENT.
Williamson & Libbey Co. Promise
To Pay Every DnlInr IheN Owe.

Williamson & Libbey Co. Promise
to Pay Every Dollar They owe.
Thu Williamson & Libbey Lumber
Company in Oshkosh has issued state
ment declaring its solvency: The Will
hanson & Libbey Lumber Company is abb
solutely sound and in no financial danger.
Its assets exceed its liabilities by $780,
900. On account of a large amount of
maturing obligations, and because of the
large stocks not Immediately reducible to
cash, have called an advisory committee
to devise means for financing the COM
panys affairs until these assets can be
converted to advantage. Every dollar of
the Indebtedness of the Williamson 4
Libbey Lumber Company will be paid in
full"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
CLOTHES SAVED HIS LIFE.
Beioit Farmer struck by Train, but

BeIOit Farmer Struck by Train, but
He Escapes Without Scratch.
Abundant clothing saved the life of
John Halom, a farmer who was struck
by a Northwestern passenger train at
Beloit. His horse was killed and the
buggy demolished, but Halom was unhurt,
having on three suits of underclothes,
three shirts, two vests, one coat, one
overcoat and a heavy fur overcoat. He
rolled over and over for thirty feet, but
did not have scratch on him when pick
ed IN
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
whole Squares Devastated.

The tornado passed over in about
two minutes and during that period
several squares were devastated. A
conservative estimate places the num-
Der of buildings blown down at be-
tween thirty and forty. Among the
heaviest losers are the Meyer & Ne
vile Hardware Company, Tom Lyle &
Co., wholesale dry goods and groceries;
Josh Moore, wholesale dry goods and
groceries. The New Orleans & North
western Railroad lost it's freight de-
pot and other buildings were destroyed
The Mobile & Ohio depot is safe, as
well as the Southern hotel, but the
Grand Avenue hotel was considerably
damaged. From the business center
the tornado jumped to the east end,
where a number of residences were
blown down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
OWEN MILWAUKEE POSTMASTER

Appointment by President Ends
Hard Political Struggle.
The appointment Of David c. Owen as
postmaster of Milwaukee. which President
Roosevelt sent to the Senate Wednesday.
ends one of the hottest fights for that
position in many years. There were six
candidates for the position, and the Mil
waukee Congressman became badly mixed
over the situation. Finally Postmaster
General Cortelyou made the decision for
himself, picking Mr.. Owen. When the
Congressman later united on w. l. Greene
Mr.. Cortelyou refused to recede
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
CORSET STEEL SAVES WOMAN.
Defects Shot Fired by Jealous Man,
Who Inter Commits Suicide.

James McGraw shot and killed Ed.
Cameron, a saloonkeeper in Spooner, af
ter which he went to Mrs. McGraws room
and shot her. Her corset steel detected
the bullet and saved her life McGraw
escaped and an hour later appeared at the
home of Winsor Pleine, on the outskirts
of town, and asked permission to warm
himself, secured a butcher knife and stab
bed himself in the neck, causing instant
death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
TOOK WRONG MEDICINE.
La Crosse Man Nearly Dies from
Dose of StPychnine.

Mistaking strychnine for quinine, Law
renee j. Steer of La Crosse had a narrow
escape from death. Steer purchased both
drugs at the same time. placing one in
each vest pocket. After remarking that
it would be joke if he took the wrong
medicine he absent-mindedly swallowed a
dose of the poison. He will recover.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
KILLS SHERIFF. FOR THIEF.
Wisconsin Railroad Operator Shoots
Efficient officer by Mistake.

Efficient officer by Mistake.
Undersheriff John Z. Sealy was shot
and killed in Hurley by George Green
wood, a Wisconsin Central operator, who
mistook Sealy for burglar. Sealy like
wise mistook Greenwood for a burglar
who had taken refuge in the depot. Green
wood is held in Jail, but is expected to
be freed after the coroner's inquest. Off
Ger Sealy was one of the best known and
most efficient officers in northern Wis
cOnSin
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-13
Democrats Endorsed.


The railroad lobbyists ran up
against a stone wall when they at
tempted to coerce or corrupt the re-
form Legislature of Ohio. The rail
roads have a combination by which
they jointly pay their proportional
share Of the expense of the lobbying
in the different States, similar to the
plan of the life insurance companies.
When the chief railroad officials dis
covered that the Ohio reform Legisla
ture would be liable to pass a two-cent
fare bill one railroad sent its passen-
ger department man to the Ohio CAPT
tai, says the Peoria. H., Star, to lobby
against the bill. On his return he said
Il never ran against such game
before in my life. The Ohio house GER
tainly is crazy from the front to the
back door. 1t has the bit in it's teeth
and is running away with it. We
thought the members were going to
hold an investigation, but it looked to
me like a railroad funeral. When a
Pennsylvania man pleaded for time in
order to furnish statistics one represen-
tative told him they did not want sta
tistics, but what they wanted was a
two-cent fare.
"That settled him. and then Henry
Anthrop started in to tell them why
the railroads could not afford to carry
passengers for two cents Representa-
tive Freiner told him how it could be
done, The railroads would save
money declared the legislator, by
striking you and yom kind who are
hanging around this capital from off
their pay roll 1t is needless to say
that Anthrop took the count.
when C. c. Heinlein, also a rail
road attorney, came to bat, Representa-
before he had time to swing his stick
cane The people of Ohio viii have
a two-cent fare and railroad legisla-
ton or they will have no railroads,
was the final ball which WertZ shot
over the plate. Then the representa-
tive proceeded to tell us that the State
Railroad Commission was but part
and parcel of the railroad interests of
the State.
THE funny part of it is that every
one of the members is strictly honest.
If you were to give the poorest one
Of them 100000 the first thing he
would do would be to expose you on
the floor of the house."
As the Democrats 0ntrol the Ohio
Legislature, having a majority of the
Senate, and by combination with some
independent Republicans control the
House, there is for the first time for
many years a square deal for the peo-
pie of the State. The railroads have
discovered that the majority of the
members cannot be controlled in the
usual way that Republican legislatures
have been purchased. and the corrupt
lobby is knocked out of business. 1t is
seldom that evidence can be produced
of such corrupt deals between the rail-
roads and Republican legislatures, but
the above evidence is voluntarily given
by this railroad official and indicates
the rotten condition the Republicans
have fostered. No wonder the voters
turned the rascals out, and such rev
Citations as the above will lead the
voters to take similar action when
electing other legislatures, and especial
~ when electing Congress next fall
Shav's Wildcat Currency.
The New York Chamber of Com
merce has disapproved the plan of