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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Mates of the National Cap,tai.

Canal legislation at the present session
of Congress is regarded as extremely inn
probable.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
of Charles s. Francis of New York as
ambassador to Austria Hungary.
Gen. Wood cables Secretary Taft that
reports regarding the Mount Dajo battle
sent from Manila were unfOunded.
United States delegates TO pan-Ameri-
can congress favor Drago doctrine, which
forbids forcible collection of private debts
by nation.
Otto G. Heggen of Des Moines, Iowa,
has asked the President to annul his nat
uraljzation as an American citizen. He
writes that he is impelled to do this be-
cause the constitution which he swore
TO support when he took out his papers of
naturalization is not now interpreted N
the light in which he read it.
In submitting TO the Senate and the
House of Representatives the report Of
the members Of the International water
ways commission regarding the preserva-
ton Of Niagara Falls. President ROose-
Welt sent a recommendation that a law
b enacted along the lines Of. the recon-
mendations of the report. The report
of the commission has been published.
President Roosevelt has decided to re-
appoint w. c. Bristol a. United States
district attorney for Oregon. While TIE
nomination was pending before the Senate
some charges bearing on Mr.. Bristol's pro-
fessional ir tegrity were brought 10 the
attention Of the President and the Depart
ment of Justice.
lengthy conference was held at the
White House between the President, Sec
retaries Root, Taft. Bonaparte and Net
calf. Senator Knox, Solicitor General
How and United States Attorney Heney,
special counsel in land fraud cases. 1t
is understood 10 have related to the case
If W. c. Bristol, United States attorney,
Cor fully accepting fees.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
The Largest Steamship.

The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria is the
newest addition to the Hamburg American
line, having just been completed at Stet-
tin. She is the largest steamship ever
built, having a total displacement of 49,
600 tons. There are eight decks above the
water line, one more than the Amerika.
She has an la carte restaurant, eleva-
tors, fifty private cabins, gymnasium,
electric baths and palm garden. She is
700 feet long and 7S feet wide, and has
passenger capacity of $3.50, besides a
Grew of $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Close on the heels of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company's suit to recover over
100000 from former President McCur-
DIV and his relatives, a complaint was
served in an action against McCurdy, his
son-in-law, Thebaud, and Charles H. Ray
mond of Raymond & Co, to recover 81
250.O0O paid to the Raymond firm as
gratuities. and that these payments were
brought about by a fraudulent conspiracy
between the three defendants. Eight ac-
tons in all have been begun against the
former president his son, Robert II. Nc
Curdv; Thebaud and Raymond
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

While on the way up the Ohio river
from Cincinnati to Pittsburg with twelve
empty barges the boiler of the towboat II.
NJ. Hoxie of Pittsburg blew up and the
boat sank within five minutes off Port
land, Ohio. John Moran of Pittsburg, a
fireman, is missing and is believed to be
drowned, while Joseph Wheeler, another
fireman, was scalded by steam and will
Il 10
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Great Wheat Crop Promised.

Winter has lifted his embargo from
the fields and the winter wheat crop
stands forth a strong, likely youngster,
ready to try for records of the past, even
if he should not reach or surpass them
Present conditions foretoken a big yield,
and unless there are disasters between
this and the garnering time the crop of
1906 will be fit mate for that of last
wear.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

President O'Brien of the ST. Louis
board of assessors has started a war on
TAX dodgers and to raise the personal
property assessments of the wealthy gem
orally. lie began when the confidential
agent of Col. Ed Butler appeared TO
swear to the colonels return. Mr.. @ Brien
told him the only way Col. Butler could
set his personal property return on the
books was by making his own affidavit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
APACHE cAPrIvEs ARE ANGRY.
Governments Refusal to Let Them
Reioin SHINY CnuSes Trouble.

The nature of the trouble that has been
brewing among the Apache captives at
Fort Sill, incident to which is the threat
of the Indians forcibly to break away
from the post, is explained at the War
Department in Washington as the result
of the refusal of the authorities to let the
Indians go on the road with a wild west
show. These Indians under their Old chief
Geronimo have been technical captives at
the army post for many years past. Last
year many of the Indians were permitted
to join a wild west show which Travelled
over the country. When they came back
to the post it was found that many Of
them had learned to gamble and had
picked up other bad habits. This year
permits were refused except in the case of
Geronimo himself
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Volcano Destroys Towns.

Scores of persons were killed when
earthquake shocks RACED houses and
churches in the vicinity of Mount Vesu-
vius. The city of Bosco Trecase was
buried in lava, the inhabitants fleeing in
a panic and leaving their household goods
behind. Other towns are threatened with
destruction
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
START BANK RUN IN REVENGE.
Saloon Interests in Ohio Town Cause
$4,000 to Be withdrawn.

Because the officials Of the bank at
Lynchburg, Ohio, signed the petition for
an election to decide upon ousting the sa-
looms in the~village the faction opposed to
ousting saloons organized a run on the
bank, Nearly $4,000 was paid out in
one day. Most of the money is being de-
posted in the bank again because it was
found the institution was able to meet all
demands
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
woman Takes balloon Trim.

After a successful balloon trip. during
which they covered the fifty miles between
Pittsfield, Mass. and SomerS, Conn. in
three hours, DIR. Julian i. Thomas of New
York and his wife and Charles Levee, n
professional aeronaut, have returned in
safety. 1t was Mrs. Thomas first trip
of the kind and she declared she enjoyed
il thoroughly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

4 genera! increase in wages for all the
elevated railway employees in Chicago will
he asked as the result of the action taken
at meeting OF the union. The changes
asked for range from ~ to 8 cents an
hour, according to the class of labor An
eignt-hour day instead of a twelve-hour
day is to be demanded for ticket agents
and platform men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
CouuIe Jumps into River

John and Eva Faulkner man and wife.
of Chicago, attempted suicide together in
Norristown, Pa, by jumping into the
Schuylkill river. They were rescued by
employees of the Norrstown Electric Lig1n
Company and committed to Jail that they
might receive the proper care and nourish-
ment pending an inquiry into their sanity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Turns Burglar to Best Rival.

In order 10 drive a rival real estate
dealer ont of business, r. II. Butterfeld,
a prominent wealthy man in Stevens
Point, Wis, hired two burglars TO steal
valuable indices from the office Of Robert
Mcdonald. The burglars confessed and
RutJerheld was convicted of burglary. He
has been sentenced to prison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Building Collapse Fatal.

One person was killed and two others
slightly injured in the collapse of build
ing in Pittsburg. The building was a
five-story brick structure on Liberty ave-
nue. in the center of the city. 1t was
being RACED and the victims were laborers
employed on the work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
SURGEONS MAKE Rad Roy GOOD.
Operation Removing Pressure on
Brain Transforms Lads Nature.

Surgeons at st. Vincent's Hospital in
Toledo, Ohio, have transformed Harold
Hurley, the bad boy, into Harold Hurley,
the good boy. a few days ago Harold,
aged -, who was slated for the Lancaster
Reformed School, was taken to the hos
pital. Seven years ago he sustained a
fracture of the skull. Gradually he be-
came bad. The surgeons removed the
pressure of the fractured skull from his
brain and the bay has been changed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Cremated Inv Molten Metal

August Ilirsch, ~ years old, was burn
ed to death and several other workmen
narrowly escaped serious injury in the
plant of the Illinois steel mills at South
Chicago when large crane broke, drop
ping a pot of molten metal and scattering
II over The floor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Bubonic Plague on Coast.

Four cases of bubonic plague on a
steamship from Bombay are being de-
tanned at government quarantine at Phil
adelphia and are pronounced genuine
buboni by the quarantine service at this
port and an expert from the bacteriolog-
ical laboratory at Washington.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
"cHINA NEAR D1sRurTIoN."
Vice Consul Murphy Says Interven-
tfon May Be Needed soon.

wee ConSuI Murphy says InterNeh-
ton May Be Needed soon.
Allen W. Murphy of Berkeley, CAL,
who has been vice consul at Tientsin,
China, for more than three years, has ar
rived from the Orient on tine transport
Sheridan. Speaking of the situation in
China, Mr.. Murphy said: There are un-
doubtedly strong disruptiye forces at work
in China, with no real government to con-
troll them. a crisis may arrive at any
moment demanding the Intervention of an
armed force for the protection of the for
eign residents. The boycott on Ameri-
can goods, which was not considered seri-
Gus at first, has certainly taken on a seri-
GUS aspect, and the agitation is by no
means over. In the north the boycott was
suppressed by Yuan Shih-Kai, viceroy of
Chill province. In the south the move
ment has received a degree of encourage
ment from the official class"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Fire Kills Men and Horses.

The large stock yards. including barns
and stables, of y. c. Ruby & Co, breeders
of thoroughbred horses, were practically
destroyed by fire in Pendleton. Ore. More
thar 100 high-bred animals were stabbed
within the Enclosure and it is feared many
have been burned TO death. Two men
known to have been asleep in one of the
barns are missing. The monetary loss is
not known.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Pcrishes i'm Omen Boat at Sea.

Five survivors of the coasting schooner
w. +. and w. L. Tuck. which they aban-
dOned off Cape Sable. were landed at Var
raouth. \. s, by the American steam
uawler Spray, together with the body of
Charles Wilstead, the steward of the yes
sci, who persisted in the ships long boat
after many hours of exposure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Get a Long Gas Lease.

The lease of the business and plant Of
the Cincinnati Gas and Electric Com
pany for ninety-nine years to A. S. White
and associates of New York was ratified
by the board of directors of the Cincin-
natl concern.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
striking Miner shot Near Home

John VESSEL, a striking miner, was
shot and killed while going from his home
to an outbuilding in Greensburg, Pa. 1t
is not known who fired the shot VESSEL
it is alleged, had promised TO go to work
the following morning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Gen. sickIes Under Knife.

Gen. Daniel f. Sickles has had to sub
nit to an operation on his eyes for the
removal of a cataract and for several days
has been confined TO his New York home.
Gen. Sickles was reported to be resting
comfortably, the operation having been en-
tirely successful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
shoots Three and Is Killed.

A. L. McKneely of Brooks, Ga. shot
and killed his nephew, Robert Morrow,
seriously wounded s. \. Putnam, neigh
Dor, and 12-year-old boy and was killed
by ]. T. Hinson while in the act of aim
inc q gun at Mrs. HinSon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
vespvius kinS 500 per.on..

Deaths in the eruption of Mount vesu-
vius are estimated at 500 Hundreds
more are injured and the homeless num-
Der 100000. The panic-stricken natives
continue to flee by tens of thousands
from the region of the volcano.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Angry Roy shoots I1ather.

Chided for breaking the rules Of his
fathers pork packing establishment and
sent home. Edwin WyerSuSS, 16 years old
twice shot his parent Frederick L. Wyer-
kuss Of St. Louis, one bullet taking effect
;n the breast and the other in the right
list The father may die.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Flectrocution for New Jarsav

The New Jersey House has passed the
Senate bill abolishing capital punishment
by banging and substituting the electrocu-
ton chair. A special building is to be
erected at some place remote from the
popular cenrers of the State in which TO
conduct the executions.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Riv Fine Cor PoIificoI Gifts

Tie Maryland Senate has passed the
corrupt practices act. with an amendment
providing fine Of 100000 for campaign
contributions By corporations and requir-
ing party chairmen to render an account
to the courts of all money spent in cleo
tinns
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Crn,nded NIarket place Crnshea-

Ashes from Mount Vesuvius crushed a
crowded market place in Naples, killing
or injuring more than 200 persons. The
eruption. after lul, broke forth again
and there are no signs Of relief for the
devastated region.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
,,,earn IN Murder Mystery

The body of Christopher Sven. a farm
- h connection with whose disappear
s,,ce an Feb. / twenty-four suspects were
arrested early in March, was found in the
river at Sioux Falls, 5. y. Ii is thought
that Sven walked into the river while in
toxicated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Big Liner on Fire.

Fire in the hold of the steamship An
tonic Lopez. lying in New York, caused
damage amounting TO $4,000. Three fire.
mpu were overcome by smoke and one is
in a serious condition. Much valuable
shipping property was menaced for time.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Nnckinac straits Are Omen

The Straits of Mackinac are open tc
navigation for the season of 1906. An
easterly gale blew for twenty-four hours.
The heavy seas have completely broken
the ice fields. Open water extends from
Bots Blanc light to Waygoschance
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Eighty students suspenaed.

Eighty students of the Hamilton, Ohio,
high school, including most of the senior
class snd sons and daughters of prominent
citizens, have been suspended by Supt.
Joyce. These students declared a holiday
and walked out in defiance of the faculty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
sick Woman Beaten TO Deotb

Because his 9-year-old son, Thomas, did
not cook meal quickly enough to please
him, John T. Kennedy of Baltimore, Nd,
beat him. His sick wife tottered from her
bedroom to the kitchen and was so badly
beaten that she died soon afterwards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
New York.

| NOH lUi ID, WHICH mas Stlliuldteu Ie-
tail trade except in a few
sections still affected by heavy rains
and bad country roads, an excellent, in
fact almost ideal, winter wheat situa-
ton, q little more animation in the iron
rlarket, continued activity in nearly all
lines of inquiry. heavy railway earn
ings, increased bank clearings and the
surprisingly little adverse effect of the
coal miners partial shutdown are the
significant features presenting them
selves this week. Business failures in
the United States for the week ending
April 8 number 151, against 40 in the
like week of 1905. In Canada failures
were Il, as against % a year ago
Bradstreet's Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
woman Suffrage in Rhode Island.

The woman's suffrage bill, providing
that women as well as men may partici-
pate in the election of presidential cleo
tors, has been passed by the Rhode Island
State Senate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Mayor-elect Becker of Milwaukee re-
fused 10 allow his name to be used as
candidate for Governor, declaring that his
present ambition is TO give the Cream
City a clean. business adminiStra ton.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Pittsburg is in a panic over the spread
of typhoid fever. Ninety-six new cases
were reported to she health department
in one day and in response 10 the public
elamor the city physician started OUT
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
chicago Jury Frees briggs

Joseph ('Jocko'O Briggs was acquitted
in Chicago of the murder of Hans Peter
son, the tobacco dealer who was slain dur.
ing the holdup of his store.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
rrisnn Nom - I.inn

John 4. Linn, clerk of the Circuit
Court in Chicago, pleaded guilty to con
spiracy to defraud Cook county and was
sentenced to an indeterminate term.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Gorky Comes to America.

Maxim Gorky, Russian author and
revolutionist, has arrived in New York
and was met by thousands of his country
men. He discussed affairs in Russia and
attacked Count White as a weak man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Loses Nickel and Kills Winner

Angered because he had lost cents in
n game of craps, John Waters, Jr., a ne
gro, % years old, shot and killed Stephen
Green. also negro. - years old, the
killing occurring in barn on North
Prince street. Lancaster. Pa.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Iuoortant Decision in Kaps.s

The Kansas Supreme Court at Topeka
ruled that the Kansas City Live Stock
Exchange is an illegal trust and that all
mortgages made through its members have
no standing under the law.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
STEEL INDUSTRY GOES WEST.
S5,0OO,0O0 PLAN, 20 Employ 5000
Men, VIII BE BufIt at Tacoma.

A steel plant costing $5,0O0,000 and to
give employment to 1900 men will be
built at Tacoma, Wash. Alfred II, Ner-
rift of Duluth. Mimi, founder of the
Duluth iron works, and J. VIII Smith of
Los Angeles. owner of mines in the Lake
Superior region, viii contribute onefourrh
of the amount needed to construct the
Tacoma plang. Henry Hewitt and other
Tacoma capitalists are also heavily in
terested. A railroad will be built by the
steel company to coal lands owned by the
company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

The Senate Tuesday listened to a
speech by Mr.. Bailey on the railway rate
bill, in which he advocated his amendment
for the non-suspension of the orders of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
pending a review by the Supreme Court.
The chamber was crowded while he was
speaking, and he was given remarkable
demonstration when he sat down. A sig
nificant remark by Mr.. Hale indicated the
possibility of an understanding and an
early vote on the measure. For seven
hours the House had under consideration
the postoffice appropriation bill but only
in a few instances were the provisions dis
cussed. During the debate on the special
appropriation for railway mail pay bitter
words were exchanged between represent
atives from North Carolina, Arkansas and
Kentucky, but all were within the rules
of the House. A humorous speech was
made by ]. Adam Bede (Minn.), and
Charles A. Towne On. " spoke in be-
half of the jamestown exposition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
AERoNAUT HAS CLOSE CALL.
Collapse of AeropIane Lets Daring
Occupant Fall Into Water.

Charles X. Hamilton, New York aero
naut, barely escaped with his life in an
accident at Atlantic Beach, Fla. He made
an ascent in the Ludlow aeroplane. When
al the height of 200 feet the monster aero
plane buckled to the strain of the rope
and commenced to fall. 1t turned COM
pletely over, but righted itself within a
few feet of the water, and the young aero
naut landed feet downward amid the
crashing bamboo framework
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
NAB CROOK WITH NEW SCHEME.
Police Arrest Man Said to Have
Planned Novel Bank Robbery.

Joseph G. Knorr, formerly bookkeep-
er of the Columbia Savings bank in
Pittsburg. was arrested in the bank as he
was in the act of getting Mt the books.
lie is said to have confessed he intended
20 copy the signatures of small deposJors
whose bank books we're balanced seldom,
and then issue checks on their names
through smaller banks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
operation ON Gould Heir.

was operated upon for appendicitis in the
New York home Of his parents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

with a corps of police on crusans
against filth. All tenements. lodging
houses, hotels and places whele peopls
congregate win be visited.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth will
be the guests OF King Edward ia London
when they go to Europe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Former Mayor Gustav Tafel was struck
by a street car at Cincinnati. Ohio. and
seriously injured, being unconscious for
several hours. On account of his age his
condition is regarded as very serious.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17
Deatb EndS Three-Monthx, Tr,n.

Mrs Louis Griffin, who has been in
trance in Boulder, Colo, since Jan. >. is
dead. She never awoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

In the Senate Wednesday the session
was almost entirely devoted to consdera-
ton of the conference report on the In
dian bill. There was sharp controversy
between Mr.. Tillman on one side and
Messrs. Teller and Clapp on the other over
an amendment inserted by the Senate,
which provides for the ratification Of the
disbursements of $1S6000 of the loyal
Seminole fund by Special Agent J. f..
Jenkins and Administrator 4. j. Brown.
The South Carolina Senator commended
that the Indians had been defraudpd No
conclusion was reached when adjourn
ment was taken. After nearly ten days
of general debate, with the postoftice APP
preparation bill as the vehicle for the dis
cussiOn of a vide range Of topics, the
House reached the consideration of the
measure itself late in The day, an hour
being given TO reading It. Not in years
has there been so much talk On any one
appropriation bill under the fiction Of
general debate" as in this instance.
There were a number of lively exchanges
between the members during the day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

The United railroads of San Francisco
are negotiating for control of all rail-
ways Of Oakland and vicinity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

Francis hossuth, the Hungarian leader,
IS suffering from an attack Of govt, which
is complicated by heart trouble.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1906-04-17

There are GO vacancies for teachers n
the elementary schools of London.