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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
TRAP THIEF IN TUNNEL.
officials of Lamar Copper Refining
Comuany Sururtse Robbers,

A plot to rob the Lamar Copper REIN
ing Company at South Hammond, Ind,
by tunneling into che plant, failed the
other night when the noise made by the
robbers was heard by officials of the con-
Germ. The thieves had dug tunnel more
than 100 feet in length and leading into
the plant for the purpose of stealing sew
eral hundred pounds of lead and silver
bullion stored in the refinery. A stolen
hand-car waiting on nearby railroad
track was to bear the robbers and their
loot to safety in Chicago. II. Thum, sup
erintendent of the plant, and his assist
ant, s. Church, surprised the thieves at
work. The superintendent and his assist
ant were delayed in the Office of the plant
and were preparing to leave the building
when they heard footsteps and several
whistled signals. Frank Chambers, night
Waterman, was summoned and the three
started to scout" As they approached
high fence two men sprang out OF the
shadows and ran. Upon investigation the
opening of the tunnel was found under the
fence. The three men waited and soon
man was seen emerging from the hole. He
was captured and confessed to a plot to
rob the refinery. He refused to give his
name,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
Toledo strike Injunction.

United States Judge Taylor of Toledo
granted a sweeping injunction against the
merlbers of the machinists' association
on strike at the Pope-Toledo Company,
forbidding them from interfering in any
way with the company's business or en-
ployes. The company complains that the
local authorities had refused to give
proper protection from the strikers. The
injunction forbids any sort of threat or
persuasion to induce employees to quit the
company's service, and prohibits strikers
congregating near the plant. While the
strikers continued to use the threat of
a national sympathetic movemeLt, the To-
cal branch of the National Metal Trades
Association sought to influence public
opinion by large advertisements in the
papers contending that the strike was not
a question of wages or hours. They say
they are prejudieed against no man be-
cause a member of the union.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
FRAuLEIN kRuPP MARRIED.
Although KAISER Was Present, Sim
pIfcity Marked Ceremony


At Essen, Germany, in the little chapel
erected especially for the purpose on the
magnifcent grounds of the Krupp man
sion, the religious ceremony was per
formed which made Bertha Krupp, the
richest woman in the world, the bride of
Lieut.. Gustav Won Bohlen und Hal
bach, a penniless German noble. The
civil ceremony. which legally made the
couple man and wife was performed Sat
urday afternoon.
Although the ceremony was performed
in the presence of Kaiser William, rep
resentatives of many noble families and
aristocratic personages generally, sim
plicity was the keynote of the whole we'd
ding. Mingled with the aristocratic and
royal wedding guests, also, were deputa-
lions of workingmen representing the EN-
ployes of the great Krupp industries
Fifty workingmen were in the wedding
party and they attended not only the
church ceremony, but the wedding ban.
quet. From the Krupp mansion the we'd
ding party passed on foot to the chapel
Kaiser Wilhelm, who arrived on a special
train just in time for the ceremony, took
his place near the altar and the service
began. When the ceremony had been
concluded, Kaiser Wilhelm. wearing the
uniform of a field marshal, saluted the
bride, kissing her on both cheeks. He
then congratulated the groom and spoke
to Nine. Krupp.
A simple wedding banquet was served
in the dining room of the Krupp man.
sion. In an eloquent speech in which he
dwelt upon his friendship for the late
Baron Krupp, Bertha's father the Kaiser
proposed the health of the young couple
After the banquet came an unusual cere-
mony which illustrates the sentiment of
the Krupp family in always recognizing
its humble origin. Bertha Krupp's great
grandfather, founder of the family. was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23

Exhaustive reports compiled by

Exhaustive reports compiled by
agents of the Department of Agricul-
ture bring out the fact that the total
of the leading grain crops of the coun-
try falls but 100000 bushels below
the stupendous yield of last year, when
the corn crop went into first place in
the history of this or any other coun-
try, and oats followed close to the high
record.
The important development of the
last month was in oats. Close and spe-
cial investigation has been made TO as
certain the real facts which last month
placed this crop so far behind that of
last year, the shortage, according to the
September figures, being 160,000,000
bushels. The investigation discloses
that the unfavorable oat crop condi-
tions that were month ago thought to
be important have been found to be
confined to comparatively limited areas
of the leading productive States. Short
straw often disclosed heavy grain, this
fact having been brought out in the
thrashing and marketing. These and
similar facts warrant a raising of the
estimate of yield by 100000 bushels,
thus bringing the yield within 10000
600 bushels of the big 1905 crop.
Losses to the spring wheat crop
Northwest and beyond the Rockies have
served somewhat to offset oats in the
effect on the grand total of grains. De-
spite the reductions in the estimates of
spring wheat, the total wheat crop
stands but little short of the bumper
yield of 1901, when the total yield was
74S,OO0,0OO bushels. The winter wheat
crop, however, must be given the credit
for the big aggregate, as the spring
wheat yield is only moderate, fully 49,
100000 bushels behind last years.
The corn crop shows but little change
during the last month, the weather
having been in the main favorable for
bringing the new crop on nicely. The
weigh-up of the smaller crops shows a
gain of 100000 bushels of barley and
of nearly 100000 bushels of rye.
In the report on spring wheat the
shortage is shown to be not an unmrXed
evil. AS will be seen by the table be.
low, the three leading States that are
tributary to the big mills that supply
a good part of this country and Europe
with flour will have to draw on the pie
thoric winter wheat crop for supplies
to reinforce their needs if they are to
keep up their former records. 1t is
claimed that these mills will grind
about 150,000,000 bushels of wheat an
nually, and that the seeding require
ments are 21,000,000 bushels more.
This would leave a reserve of only
100000 bushels for farm, mill, eleva-
tor and other stocks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
NAVY TO GUARD PRESIDENT.
Strong Convoy viii Escort Him tC
the Isthmus of Panama.

A squadron of war vessels more formid-
able than the entire maritime strength Of
several South and Central American re-
publics will convoy PresidNt Roosevelt
when he visits the Isthmus of Panama.
Two big battleships and a cruiser are to
be detailed as the Presidents special es-
cort or bodyguard or whatever it may be
called; and the chief magistrate of the
United States and the commander in chief
of its army and its navy will enter the
port of Colon with all the majesty and
impressiveness pertaining to his high Of
fee.
No real danger to the President is ap-
pretended as reason for sending a
squadron to Panama with him, for the
bonds of good will between this govern
ment and our sister republics to the south
have been UNNECESSARILY strengthened
within the last few months and should
the President make the tour of all Central
and South America he undoubtedly would
be received everywhere with great acclaim.
The President of 100000 of people,
however, it is pointed out, owes it to his
country to surround himself with every
protection, especially when making jour-
ney by water that will take him farther
away than any other executive he's ven
tured during his term of office. There al
ways are present the natural dangers of
the sea and should anything befall the
vessel in which President Roosevelt en-
banks there will be the other ships close
at hand to prevent calamity.
Furthermore, it is explained, the Pan
anna trip takes on an official character
that fully warrants a demonstration
which some might call display, but which
really is in keeping with the dignity at
taching to the executive Office. For the
President of the United States to pay
even semi-official visit beyond the boun-
diaries of the States without as much of
an escort as would accompany a flag off,
GER of the navy on similar errand would,
it is declared, appear picayunish in the
sight of other world powers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
@a he - Side
( ,S(6ssf{ ~
The News ~
Taft's words carry some weight.

TattS words carry some weight.
Soon Senior Palma will join the great
army of the unemployed.
Senator Plat thinks he has enough
trouble outside of family circles.
The suicide of the Policy King" Al
Adams. reminds us that, after all, honesty
is the best policy.
Lightning struck a magazine in New
England last week. Unfortunately, it was
powder magazine, and not one of the
pesky, 10-cent, undertaking variety.
Defaulting Banker Stensland got into
his new striped suit as quickly as he could
change his clothes.
The fact that Zion City owes more than
100000 may account for Brother
Dowies layin' low and sayin' nothin'.
An American balloon won the interna-
tional race in Paris. Which shows that
we even excel in locomotion by hot air.
Banker Stensland says he was glad to
see the Stars and Stripes again, but it is
rather certain that, in the course of time,
he viii grow rather tired of the stripes
part.
Dowie is about TO say farewell to Zion
City. although impartial observers must
admit that Zion City said good-by to him
first.
If the promoters of the new language
can ever get hearing at Oyster Bay,
Esperanto may be adopted as the official
tongue.
Trouble with the defaulting bank Off
Gals is their tendency TO put off killing
themselves until after they have spent the
money.
Jonah Kalanianaole is running for
Delegate from Hawaii There are lots
Of other Jonah" candidates who are not
labeled.
How viii an opinion of the Supreme
Court of the United States look when it
is spelled according TO the method of Josh
Billings
The wife of chewing gum magnate
has secured q divorce. The penny ma
chimes will have to work harder to raise
the alimony.
A man in Dayton, Ohio, was run down
hy a locomotive while watching an airship.
All the same. It IS safer to watch an air
ship than TO ride in it
A Civil War veleran who SAYS he mar
ried Cassie Chadwick in 1862 charges her
with being a bigamist. Those who have
seen her viii think il hardly possible
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
Trying to Corner Cofree Market.


Three States and the federal govern
ment of Brazil have authorized a scheme
for the vaiorization of coffee in the hope
of stopping the downward movement of
the price of that commodity which has
been going on for the past three years.
The object is to maintain the price to the
grower by establishing a minimum quota
ton, at which it is to be upheld by pur-
chases of coffee on account of the States
concerned and by fixing the value of the
standard coin. The interest on loan of
$75,000,000 to be used for these purchases
is to be guaranteed and paid by a tax
on every bag of coffee shipped, and the
proceeds of the loan are to be. held in
gold against Ehich paper money is to be
issued The scheme has not met with the
approval of the Rothschilds, who are the
chief financial reso2cces of the Brazilian
government. Lord Rothschild in an in
terview, says it is most impracticable
scheme for raising the price of world
product, and that even if coffee could be
cornered, a few consecutive good crops in
Brazil itself would destroy the effect of it,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
short News Notes.

The Mayfield wooden mills at Louisville,
KY, were damaged S3J0,000 by fire.
Two trolley cars collided head on at
Trenton, n. j., and several persons were
injured.
Baron Paul Won Mathies, a private
chamberlain of the Pope, who recently
became a priest, was received at Rome
by the Pope, who created him monsig-
more and appointed him a priest at Gin
cinnati.
Prodigal as the Rothschilds wore and
are, nearly all Of them have one trait in
common. They will give thousands VIM
out moments hesitation; they will not
be feeced a penny after half an hours
discussion.
The convocation of the second peace
conference at The Hague is being urged
By Great Britain and also By Russia, the
latter wishing to show that the internal
situation in that country is again becom-
ing normal.
Members Of the Lithographers' Inter
national Protective and Beneficial Asso-
citation of the United States and Canada,
who have been on strike at New York
since last August in support Of demand
for a forty-eight-bour week, viii have the
support Of the International Federation
of Lithographers of Europe.
Because confinement Of bees in a show
window was held cruel, as the bees had no
chance to take exercise, g. X. Stevenson,
Pittsburg grocer, viii send them out to
the country for fresh air.
Fx-Gov Magoon Of the Panama canal
zone while on the isfhmus organized a
police force Of Jamsica negroes, who, he
saws. are ficient. They are all proud
Of being British subjects
Judge Anderson in the federal court at
indianapolis has set Nov. II as the date
for the hearing of all demurrers in the
suit of the United States against the Ma
tional Association Of Retail Druggists and
oth.4s charging illegal restraint of trade
ami unlawful prevention Of competition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23

where she lived from 1917 to 1861, dur
ing her husbands terms as Senator and
Secretary of War.
Mrs. Davis was always a southern
woman in spirit and temperament and
strongly impressed with the confederate
cause, and was of great assistance to her
husband in the trying times of the Civil
War. During the first years of Mr.. Da-
Wis Imprisonment his wife was not per-
mitted to be with him, but later she re-
manned with him at Fortress Monroe.
She acted as his amanuensis when he
wrote his Decline and Fall of the Con-
federate Government" and since his death
in 1889 had published extensively in
newspapers mad magazines. She was also
the author of simple but touching biog-
raphy of her husband, entitled jefferson
Davis-A Memoir by His Wife"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
Less Poverty in New York.

That extreme poverty is growing less in
New York City despite the great increase
in population may be proved in various
ways. In the matter of the number OF
arrests for vagrancy the figures are start
ling: In 1897 such arrests numbered
$500: in 1898 they fell off to 1000; in
1899 they were but 800; there was q
slight decrease in 1900 and in 1901 the
number fell to 1900; in 1902 only 4.30C
unfortunates were gathered in for vag-
rancy and the number gradually decreased
until last year, when it was but 400.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23

the village blacksmith. Among the build
ings of the Krupp works still stands the
humble smithy with the anvil at which
this ancestor worked a century ago. A
bronze bust of the first Krupp stands or
the spot where he toiled as a laborer. II
was to this spot that the bride made q
pilgrimage to place a wreath on the
bronze bust of the former blacksmith.
After paying this tribute to the brides
forefather the couple started on their
honeymoon.
In arranging her rousseau, the bride
showed the same devotion to simplicity
as in all the details of the wedding. The
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
mia Sugar Trnst Ruin segnIr

Receiver Earle for the wrecked Real
Estate Trust Company decided to insti-
tute proceedings against the American
Sugar Refining Company TO compel it &c
give up large sums said to be due as a
result of violation of the anti-S Sherman
trust law, the charge being conspiracy
This grows out of the fact that one Of
the assets of the trust company is the
sugar refinery at Philadelphia, built BY
Segal, whose borrowings involved the late
President Nipple. The sugar trust holds
a majority in this refinery, which has new
er been operated The government may
aid in the prosecution
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
(,hicdUI

T Commercial operations
bDle110 show more activity in re-
- Spouse to the colder wealth
err and urgent needs in manufactures
and construction. Difficulty in getting
necessary material is more evident in
some lines, but the most disturbing
drawback is inadequate railroad facili-
ties for the prompt forwarding of COM
modities. Consumption of raw and fin
ished materials is on a basis which
quickly absorbs available supplies, and
it is not surprising that the trend of
cost is upward, advances being estab-
lished this week which are notable in
pig iron, light rails, plates and the mi
nor metals. particularly copper.
A further rise in cotton affects the
market for textiles, the leading grains
have declined and provisions and live
stock have turned dearer; all apparent
ly having a natural momentum, the in
dications rejecting very slight specula-
tive influences.
The distribution of general merchan-
disc maintains unprecedented volume.
Freezing temperature Immediately slim
ulated active buying of heavyweight
apparel, footwear, household and other
necessaries.
The creation Of new wealth fore
Swallowed by the government crop re-
port this week, and the practical as
surance of ample bread supplies, add
ed to the confidence which pervades
business circles, and it is now seen
that there is more disposition to enter
into commitments involving great out
lays of money. New building plans ex-
coed in value those of a year ago, fac
tory extensions will provide much work,
and the construction of a new pas
Senger station to cost $20,000,000 in
the near future is an inducement to
others to make an early start upon
necessary extension of terminals. Iron
and steel activities exhibit no diminu-
tion, and the new work included an
increasing number of orders for rails,
pig iron, cars and steamships. Re-
ceipts of iron ore are running ahead
of those at this time last year, but the
gain in surplus stocks is yet small.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered %, against % last week
and % a year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
Prison Burton's Fate.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has denied the petition of former
United States Senator Burton of Kansas
for a rehearing in the case in which he
is under sentence of Imprisonment and
fine on the charge of accepting an attor-
ney's fee in a case in which the govern
ment was interested while he was serving
as Senator The effect of the decision
will be the immediate Imprisonment of
Burton
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
SUITOR HELD AS POISONER.
Young Man Accused of Giving Dead
1y Drug to Girl.

Orson Broka, a young farmer, has been
arrested by Sheriff John of Napoleon, o.,
on a warrant charging him with murder.
Miss Jennie Dicker, said to be Broka's
sweetheart, took poison and died a few
days later. The warrant was sworn out
by John Miller, brother-in-law of Jennie
Dicker. He alleges that Broka bought
the arsenic for the girl with the knowl-
edge that she would attempt self-destruc
ton. The young man was given hear
ing before Squire Mulcahey, and was
held to the grand jury under bond of ST.
600, which his father furnished. The par
ents of Miss Dicker and Broka objected to
the young people marrying.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23

Great Falling OF i'm American Ex-
ports to China and Japan.


marked characteristic of the export
trade of the United States in recent
months is a reduction in the value of ex-
ports to China and Japan. The total value
of merchandise exported to China in the
eight months ended with August, 1906,
is only $22,00000O, against $42,000,0OO
in the corresponding months of 1905, and
to Japan $21 100000 against $50, 100000
in the same months of 1905; while to
Asia as a whole the exports are only
$5S,OOO,000, as against $95,000,000 in the
corresponding months of 1905. The cause
of this startling reduction in China the
report gives as two abnormal conditions
of demand, namely, the Russo-Japanese
war practically closing the northern part
of China to importations, resulting in I'M
usually large orders Immediately after
ward, and the order of the Chinese pro-
vincial governments for copper for coin
age, the United States being the largest
copper-producing country in the world.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
BANDITS HOLD UP A TRAIN.

Colorado Passenger Halted, but At
tempt to Dynamite Safe Fails.
Two armed men boarded the engine of
Denver & Rio Grande passenger train No.
5 at Malta, Col. and at the point of re-
volvers forced the engineer and fireman
to uncouple the express and baggage cars.
They then forced the engineer to pull the
cars several miles up the road. When
the train stopped the bandits went to
the express car. and, covering the mes
senger with their weapons, attempted to
blow open the safe. They succeeded in
getting only about $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23

Canadian Rescues Launch Party at
Niagara, PeriIing Own Life.

Canadian Rescues Launch Party at
Niagara, PeriIing own Life.
AT the risk of his life, Albert Green
wood ventured out in his launch into the
Niagara river so near the falls that its
sound could be heard plainly, and, bat
thing with the swift current which threat
ened to suck him over the falls, rescued
four men and six women from that fate.
The party was in Captain G. B. Lenz's
launch, which had struck a bar and brok-
en- its rudder. The anchors would not
hold, and the little craft was swept down
the river by the current. The passengers
shouted for help and waited for the death
which it seemed nothing could avert At
last one of the anchors caught on ledge
near the Canadian shore and held, al
though in momentary danger of breaking
away. Greenwood saw the party and put
out in his launch to the rescue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
MURDERS FAMILY OF FIVE.
Man Shoots Farmer and Clubs Wife
and Three Children


Jodie Hamilton, farmer, was arrested
at Houston, Mo-, and has confessed that
he murdered Barney Parsons, Mrs. Par
sons and their three children, aged II, 4
and 1 year. There was strong talk of
lynching, which became so pronounced
that the prisoner was spirited away by
the officers. Parsons had recently sold
his crops to Hamilton, and, with his fam
lily, had started to move to north Missouri.
Hamilton met them on the road. and a
quarrel followed, resulting in Hamilton
shooting Parsons and then clubbing the
other members of the family to death with
the butt of his gun. He placed the bodies
in Parsons wagon and hauled them to
the Big Piney Creek, mile away, and
threw them into the water. The bodies
were discovered the next day by fisher
mon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
10000 Gotham Pupils Dull.

W. II. Allen, representing committees
on the betterment of the physical condi-
ton of school children, said that a large
percentage of the school children in
Greater New York are physically unable
to take the education which the city is
trying to give them. He said that 49,, 900
children in the public schools are so de-
fective that they are now blocking the
progress of the other pupils in the schools.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-10-23
Ohio Plumbers Are Indicted.

Sensational returns were made by the
grand jury in Lima, Ohio, in the inlict-
ment of eleven plumbing concerns on
charges of conspiracy against trade"
Several prominent men were included
among the individual true bills returned,
which are based on the Valentine law and
similar in every respect to the so-called
bridge trust cases, in which convictions
have already been made.