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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

High value is accorded to the recent
attempts to put the artificial production
of nitrates from the atmosphere ON a
commercial basis. according to a state
ment by Sir William Ramsey in the Lon
don Times. This scientific achievement
is expected to greatly enlarge the worlds
supply of grain. Sir William shows that
the air over each square mile Of the
earth's surface contains enough free nj
trogen to afford plant food for over sixty
years of the worlds consumption. In
Norway works are now erected which .ill
produce large amounts Of nitrates of cal
ciun for direct use as manure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

two on each side. are the free" ribs,
aud in all probability Eve was made of
one of these. A man could manage to
struggle through life without his free
ribs, and have no doubt that ere long
some corset manufacturer will require
women to have hers removed In order
to lengthen her waist and to reduce its
girth. To break a few of the asternal
ribs (ten altogether) is nothing; to
break some of the sternal fourteen in
number) ones is far more serious
New York Press
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Wisconsin
State News
~~N~~N~N~N
BURNS IN LAKE.
Goodrich steamer Atlanta Destroyed
south of sheboygan.

south of sheboygan.
The big Goodrich steamer Atlanta, val
ued at S150,000 and laden with heavy
cargo of shipping, was burned to the
waters edge Sunday. That night the
charred wreck of the steamer which had
carried thousands of tourists to the north
ern lake resorts Eas beached OF the coast
twelve miles outh of Sheboygan. Vessel
and cargo are complete loss. One life
was lost and ifty-nine members of the
crew and two passengers had experiences
which turned some of the hairs in their
heads gray. When all hope of reaching
land with the burning steamer had been
abandoned the crew and two passengers
took TO the lifeboats and were later pick
ed up by the tug Tessler and still later
by the Atlanta'S sister ship, the Georgia,
and were brought to Sheboygan. suffering
from the mental strain and nervousness
to which the trying ordeal of facing an
awful death for several hours had sub
jected them. Only to the fact that there
was almost no sea and little wind was it
due that there was not frightful loss of
life. L he one man drowned was Michael
Hickey. who leaped to death in the waves
in his terror
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

beginning of the awakening, which the
events of the last two years have quick
ened into movement the outcome of
which cannot be accurately foretold.
While it would be wrong to infer, as
is so often done. that there IS no such
thing as a national mind in China, it is
true that the present renaissance is not
general throughout the empire. In 9th
err words, there is not yet that unity of
sentiment among the vast hordes in the
empire which is necessary for the sue
cessful issue of any great nationalist
movement.
But China is an immense empire. 1t
has an area equal to more than one and
a half times that of Europe. China
proper is about one-half the size of the
United States without Alaska and the
island possessions, or about seven times
the size of France. Communications,
for the great part, are in the condition
they were thousand years ago. There
are roads, which are not good except
ing where they parallel the Grand
Canal, and the numerous waterways,
some of them artificial. Excepting for
about 500 miles in the north-in the
province of Chill, and also excepting
the Russian Manchurian Railway-Chi-
ma is without means of rapid transpor-
tation. News does not quickly reach the
interior, and, indeed, the interior of
China is terra incognita even to those
who profess to be we'll informed
Awakening I'm the Cities.
1t is not in the interior that the
awakening manifests itself, but in the
populous cities along the coast or not
far inland. The educated youth of
those cities are leading the great move
ment. The Chinese are proud people,
and the humiliation of seeing the West
ern nations boldly demanding and seiz-
ing territory ostensibly for naval sta
tions, but really for exploitation, has
given way to indignation and ambition.
This manifestation first asserted it
self in the Boxer uprising; its latest
phase has been the boycott against
American goods and a growing hatred
or foreigners. Young China demands a
change of conditions, and as the Man
chus, the ruling class, are an infinitesi-
mai part of the whole population, the
central government has found it neces-
sary to placate the clamor in order to
preserve the dynasty from being over
| thrown.
One evidence of this is to be seen In
the dispatch of a commission to tour
the world and bring back the latest
ideas in manufactures. industry and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Drainage Canal Decision.

After innumerable delays the Supreme
Court of the United States has rendered
its decision against the demand of the
State of Missouri for a perpetual injunc-
ton to prevent the city of Chicago from
emptying sewage into the drainage Canal,
whose waters reach the Mississippi
through the Desplaines and Illinois rivers.
1t was held that on account Of the canal
being flushed with 100000 cubic feet of
fresh water from Lake Michigan. the
Illinois had been actually improved in
stead of harmed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
"wa1ches7 ON Board shin.

On board al ships a series of
watches are established, so that work
is shared equally among the sailors. To
aid this object also the crews are divid-
ed into two divisions, starboard and
port. A ships day commences at noon
and there are seven watches. The
watch which is on duty In the forenoon
one day has the afternoon next day,
and the men who have four hours rest
one night have eight hours the next.
This is the reason for having dog
watches" which are made by dividing
the hours between 4 p. m. and s p. m.
into two.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
WOULD FORM krLaouRN COUNTY


Deiis City Backs Project for Cutting
Up Adjacent Territory.
The kilbourn Business Mems ASsocia-
ton is backing movement to make
new county out of parts of Adams, Sank,
JuneSu and Columbia counties. with Kill
bourn as the county seat. The subject
will be discussed at a banquet TO be held
soon, and it is expected that the project
will be presented in a favorable light.
If such measure should go through the
next Legislature it would materially affect
several cities in that part of the State.
t. Nj. Brewer, leading business man of
Kilbourn, will present the matter before
Il meeting of representative men of sur
rounding towns soon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27


special interest
the The
been gathered
The Dreadnaughts
will
twelve reench
accomplished
lifted which
she slid fast
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
THE HUMAN RIBS.
Man Has Twelve Pairs and Woman
Has just the Same.

A man who had been sick said he
was so thin he could count his ribs.
When l heard this statementsI ask
cd, How many did you countP he
was unable to answer. Several friends
were standing by, and the query was
put to them. Not a man could tell the
number OF his ribs. One bright chap
said in all seriousness than a woman
has one more rib than a man, because
man lost one in the fashioning Of wom-
an. And, do you know, this belief IS
common? Suddenly spring the question
on any acquaintance you may happen
to meet in the days journeS-ng- Tn
less he be a medical man he viii in all
probability be unable to answer.
h 1t is an anatomical fact that man
has twelve pairs of ribs and woman
the same number. The four short ribs,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
HANGS WITH sUsPENDERs
Kewaunee Man, seeking Emplo,

kewaunee Man. seeking Employ
ment, Commits Suicide.
William Pilgrim of Kewaunee commit
ted suicide al Two Rivers, using his sus-
penders, which he tied to bedpost. The
act was committed at the home of
Charles Dedrichs. where he had been a
guest for several days. He was an uncle
of Mrs. Dedrichs. The body was dis
covered when a member of the family at
tempted to wake him for breakfast. 1t
had been cold and lifeless for several
hours. The coroner deemed an inquest
unnecessary. Pilgrim was 80 years old
and had visited Two Rivers in the hope
of securing employment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
BOILER CRASH is Fatal.
Henry La Fayette. Engineer. Is
Killed at Fond du Lac

Henry Ia Fayette. who has been an
engineer of the o. c. Steenberg Com
pany in Fond du Lac for the last fifteen
years. was killed by an explosion of an
exhaust pipe ON the boiler The factory
had just started and it was noticed that
the boiler room was full of smoke. On
going in workmeu found La Fayette lying
under the boiler. and he died shor; time
after. The management of the factorr
would not make any statement The vic
tim was about A. years of age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
BIG boats FOR MISSISSIPPI.
Navigation to Open April 1, with
NoNv Line Of Steamers

Navigation to Open April 1, with
New Line of Steamers.
With the approach of spring the boots
plying the Mississippi are being put into
readiness. The Diamond 10 packet line
will begin operations April /. One of the
largest boats ever built on the river is
nearing completion. 1t is a steel craft,
800 feet long, with a beam of 80 feet,
while the hull will be 8 feet deep at stern
and bow. The boat will cost $150,O00
and will be used in ferrying. One of the
finest pleasure crafts will be the Wander
er H., now being bull. for G. A. Lamb of
Clinton at cost of $4,000. Official
navigation on the upper river opens about
Nav 10.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
FIRST WISCONSIN RATE RULING.
state Railroad Commission UphOlds
ManitOSOc Shippers Protest.

Plumb & Nelson, Wholesale grocers,
have won a signal victory in the first de-
cision by the State Railroad Commission.
1t is against the Wisconsin Central and
St. Paul roads. The Manitowoc firm com
planned that the freight rates were higher
from Manitowoc to Keil, Chiffon and
Plymouth than they were 70 these places
from Milwaukee. a much further distance,
handicapping Manitowoc merchants ma
terially. The ruling is said to establish
a new basis of rates from ManitowOc to
Hilbert Junction on the Central and
thence south on the st. Paul.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
lost soLn1aR ~ RoMANcE.
Charles SonReberg EnlistS and Then
Gets FurIough TO Marry.

Behind the wedding 81 Charles r. Son
Heberg OF Fort Sheridan, I'll and Miss
Martha Bittner of Milwaukee lies an IN
teresting tale of an interrupted romance.
The wedding had been set for Aug. l,
1909. but on July % the groom went to
Chicago, presumably 10 participate in
an amateur boxing tournament. When he
failed to return the police were appealed
to, but search revealed nothing. A
week ago Sonneberg returned TO Milwda-
kee. Vie said that he was on a furlough.
de had enlisted in the regular army dur
ing his stay in Chicago, The wedding
was held on the day Sonneberg returned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
MAY KILL THE PAPER TRUST.

Federal Supreme Courts Decision Is
Hard Blow to General Company.
1t is thought that the decision of the
Supreme Court in the paper trust case
will be the deathblow of the Generals
Paper Company. 1t was believed that Il
favorable decision would be rendered.
Practically every print mill in Wisconsin
will be affected and it is now believed that
the mills will be forced to go back to the
old method of having statesmen on the
road instead Of disposing of their prod
uct through a central agency. The manu-
facturers still claim that the General
Paper Company is simply selling agency
and NOT a trust
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

14T0-Battle of Stanford.
152i-Magellan discovered the Philippine
Islands.
1549-Thomas. Lord Seymour, behea led.
1566-David Rizzio murdered.
1569-Battle of Jarnac
15S9-Walter Raleigh made an assign
ment of his patent to Thomas Smith
and Others
1624-England declared war against
Spain.
165S-Treaty of Roeskild signed.
1669-Msmorable eruption of Mt. Etna.
1676-Attack on Groton, Mass, by In
dams.
16TS-Ghent surrendered TO Louis XIV.
1702-William III. of England died. Sue
ceeded by Queen Anne.
1T09-First London daily paper APP
peared.
1710-Danes driven out of Sweden.
1732-Kouli Khan usurped the Persian
throne.
175O-City of London shaken by an
earthquake.
1759-Treaty between Russia and Swe-
den for neutrality of the Baltic.
1765-Stamp Act passed by British
House of Lords
1T6S-Six students at Oxford expelled for
Methodism.
1T93-French National convention aboI-
ished Imprisonment for debt.
1T96-Napoleon Bonaparte married to
Josephine Beauharnais.
1T99-Massacre of Jaffa.
1S01-Aboulir surrendered after san
culinary conflict with the French.
1S12-John Henry's plot to dismember
the Union discovered.
1s14-Lord Wellington captured Bor-
deaux.
1S25-Pasturing cows ON Boston CON-
mon forbidden.
1S30-Petroleum discovered in Ken-
lucky. Bottled and sold as a med
icine. First gold from Georgia mines
received at the mint
1S41-Steamer President wrecked; 100
lives lost.
1S4T-Battle of Vera Cruz.
1913 RevoIution in Vienna. Flight of
Prince Metternich.
1S5O-Party professions in ireland pro-
hibted
1S54-Alliance of England France and
Turkey against Russia.
1S5S-Siege of Lucknow began.
Confederate constitution adopted.
1S62-Battle Of the Monitor and Merri-
mac in the James River. Generals
McCulloch and Mcintosh killed in
battle at Pea Ridge, Ark
1S63-Prince of Wales married Alexan-
dra Of Denmark.
fS64-General Grant appointed comman-
der-in-chief of forces of the United
States.
1S6T-Steamer Mercury sunk in Arkan-
sas River; % lives lost.
1S7O-First woman jury in America as
sembled in Wyoming Territory.
1S71-Rise of the Commune in Paris.
1S75-lIoody and Sankey began series of
notable revival meetings in London
1S7S-Outbreak of cholera in Arabia.
1SS1-Assassination of Alexander III. of
Russia.
1SS3-Ship Navarro foundered off Spurm
Head, England; 60 lives lost.
1SS4-Coal mine explosion at Pocahon-
tas, Va; $50 miners killed.
1SS4-Osman Digna defeated by General
Graham at Tamasi, Egypt.
1SS5-Coal discovered in Dakota.
1SS5-United States hotel burned at
Steubenville, Ohio.
1SS6-Knights Of Labor strike on Mis-
souri, Pacific Railroad.
1SS6-Anti- Chinese convention in San
Francisco.
1SS9-Party of French tourists murdered
in Yellowstone Park.
1S92-Business suspended in Northwest
by violent blizzard.
1S95-Harry Hayward convicted of muir
der of Catherine Cling in Minneap-
oils. Queen Liloukalani of Hawaii
sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Chinese asked Japan for peace.
19O4-Lynching Of Richard Dickerson at
Springfield. Ohio. Mob burned ne
gro quarters.
19O5-Cassie L. Chadwick found guilty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
woman Arerts TWO Suicides

Sheriff Leitz's wife has frustrated two
attempts of suicide by prisoners in the
Kewaunee jail She compelled James
Flynn to take an antidote for poison. She
cut down Oscar Flaherty while he was
trying to hang himself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
INSANE OVER SONS DEATH.

KenOsha County PiOceer Merchsut
Cuts His Throat in IA Barn.
Michael Schlax, aged 62. one of the
most prominent residents of the western
part of Kenosha County. committed sui
eide in a barn near his home in the vii
lage of Wilmot by cutting his throat from
ear to ear. Schlax had been temporarily
deranged from worrying about the death
of his son three months ago. Schlax had
been in business in Wilmot for thirty
years. He was to be examined for his
nit
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
BOY HORSE THIEF SAYS GUILTY.
Martin Verhagen of Kaukauna Not
to Make Insanity Defense.

Martin Verhagen, aged IS, who stole
horse and cutter from a liveryman in
Kaukauna two months ago and was cap
tured at Clintonville several weeks after
wards, pleaded guilty at Appleton and
was given an indeterminate term Of not
more than three years at Green Bay.
Verhagen acted strangely while awaiting
trial and refused TO plead, but a brother
induced him to take his sentence. As
the Green Bay reformatory is crowded
Verhagen will be held in Kaukauna for
some months
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

William Allison of
birthday
He
delegate the
presidency. nearlyh
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
ssJnck the Clipper, Caught.

John Radtke, 10 years old and alleged
to be a Jack the Clipper" was arraign-
ed in the District Court in Milwaukee on
a charge of assault and battery preferred
by Anelia Gill. He is said to have cut
off her braids with a pocket knife several
weeks ago. Because of the age of the
defendant the case was transferred to
the juvenile court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Boxcar Robber Postal Thief.

James Williams, who, with Perley
Way was bound over to the Circuit Court
on charge of stealing goods from box
car at Eland, has confessed stealing $50
from the postoffce at Whitcomb IN
January
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

The Supreme Court has dismissed the
case against United States Senator Clark
of Montana, brought to cancel the pat
ents to II 900 acres of public domain. on
the ground that they we're obtained fraud
ulently.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
SHIPPERS WOULD USE PULP.
JanesvilIe May Get Railway Feeding
station as Adjunct.

There is possibility that large stock
feeding station may be erected in con-
nection with the new Northwestern yards
IN GAINESVILLE. Western shippers are
making inquiries as to price and quantity
of beet pulp the local factory can furnish
them and have secured options on several
pieces of land adjacent to the new yards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
ROADS FIGHT 2-cENT RATE.
Answer Filed i'm Wisconsin Denies
3 Cents "a Mile Is Remunerative.

The railroads have made answer to the
complaints filed with the railroad com
mission in regard to 2-cent passenger fare.
They deny that 3 cents per mile is excess
Sive and claim the present rate of fare
charged is unremunerative. 1t has been
reported on what has seemed good author
ity that the railroads had determined to
fight the 2-cent fare agitation in Wis
consin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

John Russell of Menasha had hut
One Relative in America.
John Russell, the lonely resident on
the island at Meuasha veteran of the
Civil War, and probably over 80 years
old, is dead. He died without a person
near. He was at one time proprietor of
the Gehring hotel and had been there for
thirtytwo years. The only known rela
tive in this country is a niece, who is sup
posed to live in KenoSha
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
E1aer,s Son "Ahead of snow

Paul Il. ]. Benjamin. son of the Rev.
A. J. Benjamin, presiding elder of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Sheboy
gan, and opponent of theaters, has be-
come advance agent for Olga Nethersole.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
No Quitting.

Marryat-You don't believe in d.
vorce, then? Mugley-No, sir; I've got
too much sportin' blood. Marryat-
What has that TO do with it? Mugley
Il believe in a fight to the finish
Philadelphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Killed in Palmyra Mills.

Louis Koch was instantly killed while
working in Carlin's Touring mills in Pal
myra. He was walking under the shaft
ing when his clothing caught. He was %
years of age and leaves a wife and three
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

A pretty girl is more liable to be-
come a grumbler than her brother.
People smile at the girl and stop the
boy for fault finding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Georre y. ereen Acnultted.

Former State Senator Green of New
York was acquitted Thursday at Wash
ington Of the charge Of conspiring to
defraud the government in connection
with postal supplies, the government hav-
ing been unable TO establish a business
connection between Green and George w.
Beavers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Hangs Himself TO Door Hinge.

John Gillig, Sr- aged 20, a retired
merchant, who for thirty years conducted
the postofhce at Big River, committed
suicide by hsnging himself to the upper
hinge of his osdroom door at the home of
his son in St. Paul.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

world, has not been lost on the Asiatic
races generally. They belieYe the white
warrior is not invincible, and that 1t
Is possible Tor them to compete success
fully with the Occident IN manufac-
lures and Industries. The full scope of
the agricultural, mineral and manufac-
turing resources of the Chinese Empire
Is not known even liz China, but the
possibilities are believed to be astonish-
ing
To-day the Caucasian races virtually
are masters of the world; but what po-
sition will they occupy when the TWEEN
ty-first century dawns? THE Power
that controls the Pacific will be master
of the earth is a phrase that has come
to be regarded as automatic
A short time ago it was generally be-
lieved that Japan was destined to be-
come the dominant Power IN Asia. That
prophecy before the sso-Japanese
War had been made for Russia, yet if
the straws show the direction of the
wind. both prophecies will have to be
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
WOULD ALSO BRAIN WIFE.

ShebOygan ParOIed Insane Farmer
Tries TO Repeat Ramni<er Murder.
Because he read how William Ramaker
murdered his wife with club, Carl Har-
man, a farmer living near Sheboygan.
seized his wife and attempted to brain
her with a piece of stove wood, according
to the police. Herman has been an in
mate of an asylum at Oshkosh, and his
wife is also on parole from that institu-
ton. 4 few years ago Herman and his
family attracted attention by claiming
that they and their cattle were bewitched.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
Lad Killed in Cave-In.

Theodore Moss, aged 16, was killed at
the new paper mill in Marinette by a
cave-in. He was nearly buried by earth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
TRICKED WITH PASTE GEMS.

Men Believed They Were Buying
Stolen Diamonds at Bargain.
Two Neenah men appeared in Mari
nette recently Offering alleged stolen dia-
mcnds for sale. They managed to dis
pose of a number of them there and at
Menominee and now the purchasers find
they have nothing but paste diamonds.
The fake stones were substituted for real
gems during the sale. The men made
$500 on the deal The purchasers cannot
begin action, having bought what they
supposed were stolen gems.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

"Say, father, what Is nobody?"
"a nobody, my son. Is prominent
woman's husband Rams Horn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27

Marion, the largest city in Ohio to
hold local option election, vert wet By
= majority of 462.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-03-27
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The pre- 8 tt g e
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