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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

the Chicago drainage canal and for pow
er, in addition to navigation purposes,
through the Erie and the Wclland canals.
The effect of this withdrawal of water is
to injure both the American and the
Horseshoe falls in nearly equal proper
tons. While the injury will be percep-
tible, it may not be destructive or disas-
trous.
IF the falls are to be preserved it must
be by mutual agreement between the two
countries As step in that direction we
recommend that legislation be enacted
which shall contain the following pro-
visions, viz.
The Secretary of War to be authorized
to grant permits for the diversion of 49,,
500 cubic feet per second, and no more,
from the waters naturally tributary to
Niagara falls. distributed as follows: Nj
agara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manu-
featuring Company, $500; Niagara Falls
Power Company, $500; Erie canal or its
tenants Tin addition to lock service) 3,
400 Chicago drainage canal, 10000
Suitable penalties for violation of the law
to be prescribed.
THE foregoing prohibition to remain
in force two years and then TO become the
permanent law of the land. if in the
meantime the Canadian government shall
have enacted legislation prohibiting the
diversion of water which is naturally trib-
utary to Niagara falls, in excess Of &c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

CHAs. S. FRANCIS from Cornell. where
he achieved distinction as an oarsman,
repeatedly winning the single scull college
championship on Cayuga lake, and N
1876 capturing the intercollegiate cham
pionship on Saratoga lake, creating a
record that still stands. He learned the
printers trade in his fathers Office and
then became a reporter on the paper,
finally step by step rising to the manag-
ing editorship.
On the death of his father in 1897 Mr.
Francis became sole owner of the paper
He was married just after his graduation
to Miss Alice Evans, daughter of a Cor
nell professor. He has always been an
active Republican, and after his resigna-
ton as minister to Greece Senator Platt
and former Gov. Black unsuccessfully
urged his appointment as ambassador to
Italy. Mr.. Francis is an alumnus trus-
tee of Cornell University a director of
the United National Bank of Troy and
of the Albany Trust Company, a regent
of the University of the State of New
York, member of the Sons of the Revo-
luton and the Society of the War Of
1912 and vice president of the New York
Society for the Preservation of Scenic
and Historic Places and Objects
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

writ of habeaS corpus. directing the
production of Mr. Perkins before JUS
tice Greenbaum. The writ was grant
ed.
This proceeding takes the case from
the jurisdiction of the magistrate and
carries it directly to the supreme Court,
which. however. is not the highest court
in the state. there being an appellate
division and a court of appeals still
higher, to which the case might be au-
pealed.
In the petition in which Mr.. Perkins
asked for q writ of habeas corpus he
declared that he is Imprisoned and re-
strained of his liberty" by the detec-
tive and that he is not committed by
judgment of any tribunal. In his petit
tion Mr. Perkins declared also that his
Imprisonment and restraint are illegal
and that the warrant is void in that
no evidence of any crime or act justify
ing his arrest had been submitted to
Magistrate Moss and that the magis-
trate was without jurisdiction to issue
the warrant.
The charge is based on contributions
by the New York Life Insurance Com
pany TO the Republican campaign COM
mittee in 1904 Contributions of the
New York Life to the Republican cam
paign fund in 1904 were made in the
form of payments aggregatmg SIS. 102.-
so from George w. Perkins to Cornelius
n. Bliss.
Mr.. Perkins before the Armstrong in
vestigating committee on Sept. IA last
testified concerning a check dated Dee.
80, 1904, signed by Treasurer Randolph
and Assistant Treasurer Shipman and
reading: Pay to the order of j. +.
Morgan & Co, S4S,702, So
THAT was money" said Mr. Per-
kins. paid 70 Cornelius n. Bliss on ac-
count of the Republican campaign fund
of last year. We had agreed to pay
him $50,000-as much as that-Mr. Nc
Call had-if he wished it, That was
all he finally called for and it was paid
in that way as cash to him.
This check for the campaign, drawn
to the order of j. F. Morgan & Co, has
no significance whatever The money
was ordered paid by the president and
a check was drawn that way undoubt-
edly. This is the first time / have seen
it. 1t was the most convenient way to
pay the money to me, or a convenient
Nyav
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

Franklin c. HoIlister, part owner of a
printing establishment. She was a
quiet, home-loving woman, a member of
the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church,
and generally admired and respected.
Her assailant, captured within a few
confessed and in the jury's finding was
accepted at his word. Mrs. HOLSTER
left her home to sing at the funeral of
a friend. Her body was found the fol
lowing morning near II carpenter shop
owned by Ivens' father The same day
Richard Ivens admitted the crime. In
the confession he said ne had dragged
the woman into an alley, attacked her,
and added murder to his crime by
strangling her to death with copper
wire.
In court, Ivens declared his mind
was blank concerning the crime that
he did not remember making confess
sion. An attempt also was made to
establish an alibi.
When the clerk of Judge Smiths
court had read the verdict Ivens was
apparently the most Indifferent person
in the courtroom. Give me a light"
he said, and pulled cigar from his
pocket and lit it.
Attorney FOltZ. chief of counsel for
the defense, Immediately asked for &
new trial
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Rrief News Items.

Gen. Rafael Reyes, president of Column
bia. will resign owing to i'll heann.
The Union station at OwingsviIle. KY,
burned. destroying an immense amount Of
whisky and beer.
A prize orchid from the collection of
II. T. Pitt sold at auction in London for
$4,000, a record price.
Three deaths and one case of severe
illness from eating impure candy are be-
ing investigated in northern Vermont.
f. St. George Banwell. seller of the
Crown bank. Toronto, pleaded guilty to
stealing $4,000 of the banks funds.
Kirke /. Bachman. son OF the Rev.
Robert L. Bachman of Knoxville, Tenn,
dropped dead in a Utica y. " cafe.
Frederick E. and Charles E. II, Burch
of Minneapolis have invented an ice au-
towobile and win try TO reach the north
poe.
The Rev. S. Harrington Little, an
Episcopal missionary in China. denied
Gen. Corbin's assertion that the mis-
sionaries are responsible for the trouble.
The Rev. Hunter Corbett, for forty
three years a Presbyterian missionary in
Cnlna, Sald IN 81. raul tudl the udHScF
of an anti-foreign uprising in China was
real.
Frank u. Wilcox of Syracuse, y. Y,
who is fighting high Royal Arcanum
rates. has enjoined the order from ex-
polling him, pending settlement of his
suit.
After being badly injured by falling
from the signal tower at MorristOwn, n.
Y, James Scales, signal operator, crawl
ed up the stairs and set signals against
az trains before going to his home
Capt David Van Horn Of the bark
Helen Wyman collected $1,000 demur-
rage from the German government for
an enforced wait Of fifty-two days for
wharfage in German Southwest Africa.
Because he was unwilling to repudiate
certain parts of his writings which were
disapproyed, Father George Tyrrell. the
author. il was learned at Washington.
Withdrew Feb. - from the Society of
Jesus. OF which he was member for
years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
LAW TO SAVE FALLS.
THE WATERWAYS COMMITS IoN
MAKES REPORT.
Commerce About TO Spoil Beauty of
One of the Worlds Great Won
Observation-Disclosures Legislation De-
pending on Caaada lis Urged.

If Niagara Falls is to be preserved
as one of the wonders of the world,
immediate action by the United States
and Canada is required, according to
the findings of the American members
of the International Waterways Com
mission, which has for the last year
been studying the conditions of the
falls and in the tributary great lakes.
This report. signed by Gen. o. H.
Ernst. chairman, and the other Ameri-
can members of the commission, has
been made public by Secretary Taft.
The report says:
The total quantity of water to be taken
from the river by works now authorized is
$4,000 cubic feet per second. OF this
amount 100 cubic feet is to be taken on
the American side and the remainder, a.
200 cubic feet, on the Canadian side. That
is 81 per cent of the average discharge
and 33 per cent of the low water dis
charge of the Niagara river will cease to
pass over the falls when these works are
completed and in full operation. The
quantity to be diverted is more than dou-
bic the quantity which now passes over
the American fall, which at the average
stage is about 1880 cubic feet. The
amount thus far actually diverted is but
1880 cubic feet per second, and has had
an appreciate effect upon the falls.
In return for the impairment of the
falls thus far authorized the State of
New York will receive practically nothing
for the 342, 900 horse power authorized on
that side, and the Queen Victoria Mag
ara Falls park will receive an annual
rental of $4,000, or an average of 60
cents per horse power for the 415,000
horse power authorized on the Canadian
side. These figures do not include the
5000 horse power being developed by the
electrical railway, nor the power develop
ed by the Hamilton company with water
from the Welland canal.
The report closes with the following
summary:
",1he glory of Niagara falls lies in the
volume of its water than in its height Or
in the surrounding scenery.
I'm addition to the water diverted at
the falls water naturally tributary to the
Niagara river is being diverted through
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Telegraph BrevitIe..

f. Fatrell. waiter on the United
States army transport Logan. committed
suicide by jumping overheard.
Alton B. Parker predicts that Theo-
dore Roosevelt and George h. Mcclellan
will be opposing candidates for the presi-
dency in 1908.
Two iremen were killed in the collision
of a double-header freight with passen-
ger train on the Grand Trunk near Sar-
MIA, Ont.
Midshipman Minor Meriwether, Jr.,
has for the second time offered his resig-
nation from the naval academy to Secre-
tary Bonaparte.
A man believed to be French spy was
arrested in Essen. Germany. after offer
ing soldier money to secure a plan Of
mobilization in the Essen district.
The Department of Commerce and La
Dor has issued bulletin on the develop
ment of the island of Formoss, taken
from japanese government publications.
The total loss in the nineteen Russian
provinces during the agrarian troubles
last year was S15,500,000 and not $780,
100000 as reported.
Mrs. Robert $. Osgood Of Chicago,
while dining at the Waldorf-Astoria the
other day, found pearl in an oyster.
The gem is said to be worth $500.
A cablegram received at Wilmingt on,
Del, announced a fatal accident to Leon
ard Bright Roth, aged 20 years, at Roch-
dale. England. He was the nance Of
Miss Pauline W. Bancroft. daughter Of
John Bancroft. secretary and geuesai
superintendent of the Joseph Bancroft &
Sons Company of Wilmington, and was
to have been married in June.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
NO CANAL LEGISLATION.

No Bill on Isthminn Waterway
Likely to Pass This Session.
Canal legislation at the present SEES
sion of Congress is regarded as eX-
tremely Improbable, even by the mem
bers of the Senate committee. which.
for two months, has been meeting near
ly every day to Investigate conditions
on the isthmus of Panama and pre-
pare itself to report a bill. Several
weeks ago it was decided to postpone
temporarily the Investigation of criti-
cisms that had been made against the
management of canal affairs and to
devote the time to a discussion of the
type of canal to be constructed. The
committee is divided on this subject.
and there is no indication that the
witnesses called and the testimony
taken have tended toward harmonic
ing the views of the members.
Advocates of the lOck-level canal
proposed by the minority of the board
oc consulting engineers apparently are
confident that this plan will be follow
ed. They have pointed out that if no
agreement is reached Dy Congress the
President, in his message transmitting
the two reports of the board, has given
notice that the administration will pro-
coed with the construction of the lock
canal
Engineers who have been before the
Senate committee have not agreed as
to the feasibility of constructing at
Gatun the three locks proposed by the
minority plans, and on this has hinged
largely the examination of the engin-
GERS. All of the advocates of the sea-
level project were outsr N against
the safety of the locks d. It point,
but the friends of the minority plan
have been greatly encouraged by a
,cablegram from Chief Engineer Ste
vens, declaring that there could be no
doubt concerning the success of the
Gatun locks.
In view of the fact that the House
Committee ON Interstate and Foreign
Commerce is not inclined to accept the
testimony taken by the Senate commit
tee. it is believed that the house will
rot be ready for several weeks to take
nm canal legislation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
CONVICT SLABS AN OFFICER.
S1ashes Two other Prisoners at JEFF
fersOn CITY. Mo-. Penifeutiary.


ferson City, Mo-, Penitentiary.
When tie convicts at the penitentiary
In Jefferson City, Mo-, were called for
breakfast Monday morning Guard J. w.
Woods of Macon, Mo-, was bounced upon
by colored convict and stabbed three
times. Woods died instantly. Other
guards killed the convict after every at
tempt had been made TO capture him. The
convict's name was Sonny" Anderson,
sentenced from st. Louis in 1904 to serve
four years for assault to kill. He had
been on what is termed the cranky list"
for several days and had been kept in
CELL tie was taken out Monday morning
with the other prisoners, but soon after
ward Guard Woods was ordered TO put
him back into the cell. Anderson refused
to obey, and when the guard seized him
by the arm and attempted to force him
into the cell he drew knife. Other
guards and several convicts rushed to the
rescue of Woods. Anderson was slashing
right and left and severely injured two
other conyicts, one of them-Wllliam
Sheridan-sentenced from st. Louis to
ferve ten years for murder, being so seri-
ously injured that he probably will die.
William Rockwell, sentenced from Pettis
county for robbery, was stabbed, but not
seriously wounded. Anderson then seiz-
ed hose and directed a stream of water
on those who attempted to capture him.
Droppag the hose he threw buckets and
anything on which he could lay his hands
and made his way into che yard. 1t was
found impossible to capture him alive, and
guards shot him to death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
SAFE BLOWERS KILL CONSTABLE.
sodus On. W Officer Surprises Men
at Work and Is Slain.

sodus On. VI Officer Surprises Men
at Work and Is Slain.
Edward Pullman, constable and night
Waterman at Sodus, n. Y, was murdered
by burglars whom he discovered in the
act of riding the Knapp bank of that vii
lage. The burglars first visited the Rome,
Watertown and Ogdensburg railway de-
pot, where they blew open the large safe,
stole small safe and ransacked the ex-
press packages. They secured only
small amount of money. Then they went
to the Knapp bank. They were drilling
hole in the safe when discovered by
Pullman. Although FIVE men were engag-
ed in the job Pullman entered the bank
and gave battle. A fusillade of shots fol-
lowed, during which the constable was
shot and killed. After the shooting the
robbers fed, leaving the drill in the safe.
When Pullman did not reach his home at
the usual time the family became alarmed
and search was made, but it was not
until two hours later that bank en-
ploye found the body. The robbers were
traced to Rochester, where they separated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
An Around the GIobe.

Joseph Louzon, captain of the Indian
agency police force at White Earth,
Mimi. was shot and instantly killed by
Joseph Chounard.
John Wood, aged Fl years, of Troy,
Pa. and Miss Rose Maddox of Corning.
n. Y, were instantly killed by an Erie
railroad train near Corning.
The President has pardoned George, S.
Richards. an ex-army officer who was
tried on the charge of duplication Of pay
accounts in the Philippines.
An advertisement in Washington
paper asks the return of a watch and
pin marked Ethel, to the White House.
Miss Roosevelt is the loser.
William Hammel, convicted of the
murder of Filipo Totalano. was sentenced
by Judge Brown at Dayton. Ohio. to be
electrocuted on the night of June 2S.
Gen Frederick Dent Grant pledged the
family's support to the right in govern
ment at the dinner in honor of the 3O5th
anniversary of the birth of Priscilla
Grant in New York
Adolph Friedman, aged 80 years, was
instantly killed and FIVE other men were
seriously injured by an explosion at the
Printz Depressing works, in the extreme
southwestern section of Philadelphia.
Cashier Charles s. Hampstead, with his
revolver, put to light a man who entered
the First National Bank at Salem, Pa.
and. displaying bottle. which he said
contained nitroslycerin, demanded money.
Fire at San Francisco partly DESTROYED
the building occupied by Cunningha m.
Curtis & WEIGH. the Union Lirhograph
Company and the Louis Roesch Print
ing Company. The loss will exceed $500
600.
Juan Francis Sanchez. ex-secretarv Of
state of Santo Domingo. praised the work
done by Mr.. Dawson in the republic and
said that, should the treaty fail. the
money should go to the republics cred
itors.
Judge Fred King of New Orleans. in
an injunction suit brought BY an EN-.
ployer, decided that a union has right
TO keep picket line about business
house and to persuade workmen to quit. 30
long as it does not use violence.
The worst storm of the winter visited
Salt Lake City, Utah, wrecking new
buildings and demorali2ing street car SER
vice. Telegraph service also was Grip
pied
Joseph kolaski, a young Slav, was shot
and killed at Monongahela, Pa. by JAS
per Freeman, Waterman at the general
store of the Ellsworth Coal and Coke
Company when detected in the act of
robbing the store.
The congregation of the Peoples church
at Omaha gave special prayer service
for Rev. I. ]. Mackay Of All Saints
Episcopal church, who recently espoused
the Sunday saloons, which he declared
were the poor mans clubs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
National Capital Notex.

Senate will amend Hepburn rate bill
so as to provide court review feature
and president will agree.
Many Senators admit that they are
confused on the rate bill, so many plans
of settlement being offered.
Juan Francisco Sanchez. late minister
OF foreign affairs of San Domingo. under
the Morales administration, called at the
State Department to see Secretary Root.
but was unable to see him. He saws he
is here on a mission for Morales which
he cannot discuss until the mission is ac-
complished.
The State Department received from
the Christian Herald, through the Red
Cross and has forwarded to the American
embassy at Toxic $4,000 for the relief
of the japanese famine victims This is
a total of $4,000 which the Christian
Herald has forwarded to the department
for this purpose.
Senator La Toilette introduced a bill
making it the duty of the interstate COM
merce commission TO prescribe the maxi
mum number of hours above which
common carrier shall not require or per-
nit employees 10 remain on duty. The
post OA tut DAif - ~ PtNAipAf hHC oellC7
Nv of employees and travellers upon rail-
roads.
Representative Fowler, chairman of
the House committee on banking and cur
rency, introduced a bill giving authority
TO the Secretary OF the Treasury to de-
nosit public funds in national banks with
cut requiring security and upon which
the banks shall pay interest at the rate of
2 per cent per annum Such deposits
are TO be distributed equitably among the
hanks. of all funds in excess of $4,000
600. which amount is TO be retained as
the working balance in the treasury.
President Roosevelt was guest at
dinner at the home of Representative and
Mrs. Longworth the other day. Others
present were Speaker and Miss Cannon
and Miss Marjorie Mott.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
UElz LAEAg;a2EzgRS
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Chicag o--Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1928; hogs, prime heavy, $500
TO $6.37; sheep, fair to choice. $500 to
$685.; wheat, No. ?, S3c TO Sac; corn,
No. ., Ale to 42c oats. standard 2Sc TO
Soc; rye. No. >. G2c to 63c; hay, timo-
thy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie $500 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery 23c to
&c. eggs, fresh, 13c 20 15c; potatoes,
Acc to 63c.
anapolis--Cattle, shipping $500
to 1918; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 TO
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, SIC to S5c; corn,
No. 2 white, 4jc to 46c; oats, No. 2
white, SOC to 31c.
st. Louis-rCattle. $3.50 to 5000;
hogs, $500 to $6.40: sheep, $500 TO
$3.50; wheat, No. ,, Sic to 89c; corn,
No. ,, 40c to Ale: oats. No. ,, 29c to
soc; rye, No. 2, 63c to 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to S5.25;
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
1913; wheat, No. ., SIC to SSc; corn,
No. mixed, 46c to 4Tc; oats, No. 2
mixed, Sic to 32c; rye, No. ,, Csc to
zoe.
Detroit-Cattle, S4.00 to $3.50 hogs,
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat No. ., SIC to SIC; corn No. 3
yellow. 46c to $50; oats, No. white,
32c to 34c rye, No. >, 64c to 65c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. > northern,
Toe to 79c; com, No. 3, Ale to 42c;
oats, standard, soc to 31c; rye, No. 1,
64c to t6c; barley, standard, 52c TO 54c;
pork. mess. S1G.2J.
Toledo Wheat. No. mixed, SIC to
Sc corn, No. , mixed, 44c to 45c;
oats. No. mixed, Bic to 33c rye. No.
2, &c to &c; clover seed, prime, $7.S7.
Buffalo-Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 TO 1913; hogs. fair to choice, $500
TO $6TO sheep, common TO good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 1925.
New York-Cattle. 800 to 1851;
hogs, $4O0 to $50; sheep. $500 20
$500; wheat, No. 2 red Sic to SEC;
corn, No. ., 49c 10 sic; oats, natural
white 36c to BE; butter, creamery, 24c
to 27c; eggs, western, 13c to 15c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03

Believing that a majority of the won.
en- of New York have come to realize tbr
deadly menace of the evil of street noises
of the city, the members of the Wesr
End Woman's Republican Club have he
gun 9 movement to organize public sen.
timent to fight this evil. Their eforts
are directed particularly against thu
bowling huckster. They say that tho
women in the homes rarely have an mn
interrupted hour of quiet and rest
throughout the day
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
Dynamite Jury Disagrees.

In Wapakoneta, Ohio, the jury in the
case of Isaac Shelley, who was indicted
for attempting to dynamite the bulkheads
of the Grand reservoirs a year ago, failed
to agree after being out fifty-two hours
and were discharged by Judge Mathers.
1t is said the jury stood to in favor
Of the defendant The fate of three 9th
ers under bond for the same crime de-
pended on the result
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-03
SLEEPING OPERATORS SPARED.


ChHFSeS iOr big w recks
The Canon City, Colo, coroner's jury
which has been investigating the Denver
and Rio Grande wreck at Adobe returned
a verdict which is as follows: THAT the
collision was due to the carelessness and
negligence of S. +. Lively, operator at
Swallows. That said negligence was not
willful or malicious. That said Lively
was asleep when No. passed his station
and failed to so report when asked by the
chief dispatcher. That Night Operator
Vandeusen should not have deserted his
post of duty. That no criminal prosecu
ton should lie against Lively or the rail
road by reason of said collision. That a
change in signal methods should be adopt
ed requiring trains to remain at message
stations until stop signals are changed
and the engineer has ascertained from the
agent that there are no orders for him.
That block-signal system be installed
or that the Denver and Rio Grande sys-
TEN doubletrack its roadway"