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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
NATIONS In ACCORD.
TREATY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND
JAPAN COMPLETE.
Details Received In Washington
show Settlement of Many Ques-
tions-Bank i'm Akron, o., Closes

The State Department in Washington
has received a complete translation of the
the new treaty of commerce. navigation
and fisheries between Russia and Japan,
and thus has obtained possession of its
important details. All the questions be-
tween the two governments have been set
tied. except the delimitation of the from
tier between Russian and japanese pos
sessions in the Island OF Saghalin and
the settlement of the Japanese claims for
maintenance of Russian prisoners of war.
The treaty follows closely the convention
in force before the war and provides for
mutual most-favored nation treatment in
stead of tariff; liberty of residence and
travel: equal rights before the courts:
ownership of personal property and the
right to transmit the same liberty of con-
science and the burying of the dead, and
most-favored nation treatment as to the
ownership of land not now open to for
eigners in Japan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
OUTLOOK is BETTER.
FINANCIAL STORM SEEMS TO
HAVE PASSED.
Upheaval Among Eastern Banking
Institutions Takes On More Hope
ful Attitude Despite Crashes in
Pittsburg-West Is Reported Solid.

The financial gale in New York,
which created excitement in the East.
and occasioned uneasiness in other sec
tons of the country, seems to have
passed. The trouble that started in
New York spread to Pittsburg but
prompt and effective action taken by
the clearing house association and the
directors of the stock exchange there
COPIED with it effectually.
The trouble in Pittsburg was precipi-
tated by the announcement of the EN-
barrassnent of four concerns i'll the
Westinghouse string of interests, which
were unable, owing to the abnormal
stringency of the money market, to Sc
cure sufficient liquid collateral to meet
maturing loans. Receivers were APP
pointed for the embarrassed Westing-
house concerns. 1t was stated tlat these
concerns are entirely solvent, ard that
creditors would be paid in full. The
Iron City Trust Company also went into
the hands of receivers. Its assets are
estimated at 100000 and liabilities at
$1,700,OOO
The transition from unrest to reas-
surance in New York was due to action
taken by ]. p Morgan, James Stillman
and number of the most influential
financial interests in the city, who CO
operated in an effort to bring order out
of the chaotic condition into which
the financial community had fallen. A
committee was formed to protect trust
companies. After a thorough canvass
of the situation Secretary Cortelyou
pledged government assistance to the
extent of $25,000,O00.
Financial conditions in Chicago re-
manned practically unaffected by the
scare in the East. Financiers connected
with the leading institutions in the city
gave out statements declaring that the
furry had not and would not be felt to
any appreciably serious extent by the
banks there. Conditions similar to
those existing in Chicago were reflected
in every important financial center
throughout the West. Reports from
over a large area say that not only have
conditions not been disturbed by the
excitement in the East, but that large
and important offers of assistance have
keen made by western bankers to their
troubled confreres in the East.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
GERMAN BALLOON WINS.
POmmern Covers 900 Miles to
Atlantic Coast in - Hours.

Pommern Covers 900 Miles to
Atlantic Coast in - Hours.
Germany won the second interna-
tional balloon cup contest from France
by the narrow margin of five mikes,
unofficial figures. Third place also
went to Germany, while America had
TO be content with fourth honors. The
single English entry was ninth and
last
The race is pronounced by experts to
be the most remarkable in the history
of aeronautics. All racing records were
broken, both for length of fight and for
the time spent in the air. The worlds
non-competitive endurance record was
also shattered, although tae worlds
non-competitive record for distance still
stands by a big margin.
The German balloon Pommern landed
at Asbury Park, n. j. The balloon had
covered 900 miles in an air line from
st. Louis in ferty-two hours, an aver
age of nearly twenty-one and one-half
miles an hour. This established a rec
ord for the race, the winning balloon in
last years initial race starting from
Paris covering an air line distance of
only 402 miles. Mr.. Erbsloeh ana his
aid, Prof. Clayton, thus carry off the
international aeronautic cup and a cash
prize of $1,000. The result OF the con-
test was determined by the number of
air miles covered in the flights. The
French balloon HIsle de France made
a remarkably game fight for premier
honors and came down in New Jersey,
but few miles from the Pommern. The
Pommern made an extraordinary fight.
When it came down it was in excellent
condition and could have added several
open ocean not been ahead.
The reports show that an extremely
wide area of country was covered by
the balloons, the points at which the
nine contestants landed being separated
by long distances. Besides the two bal
looms which came to earth in New Jer-
sey, two more descended in Virginia,
while two others landed in Maryland.
One of the contestants descended in
Ohio, another in Delaware, while Major
H. B. Hersey reached the earth in On
tario. Major Hersey used the United
States, the same balloon in which he
won the race with Lieut.. Lahm last
year. He was eighth
The victory of the German balloon
means that the race next year will be
held under the auspices of the German
Aero Club The International cup, which
is the gift of James Gordon Bennett,
must be won three times by the same
club to be held permanently.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
FOOD PRICES TO SINK.
SUCH A MOVEMENT NOW
THOUGHT PROBABLE.
story that Cudahy Has Reduced
Price OF Meat starts Talk of
General Decrease-PIea of Gaynor
and ~ eene Denied.

Reductions in the price of foodstuffs
in general are likely to come in the near
future, according to opinions expressed
by Chicago jobbers and meat packers. and
inspired by predictions credited to Ed
however, no general move just now to put
lower prices into effect. Mr.. Cudahy, it
is reported in dispatches, said that his
company had reduced prices 10 per cent.
AS soon as the financial conditions be-
come more settled | look for further de-
clines in the price Of live stock" said
Michael Cudahy, president of the Cudahy
company. There is an abundant supply
and reduced prices to the retailer and
consumer will very probably follow. Re
ceipts, which have slightly fallen of dur
ing the recent disturbance, will be all the
heavier when the furry is past. l think
the Omaha report that 10 per cent de-
crease had already been made is errone-
Gus. In fact, if it were so | think | as
president would DE aware of it.. A. A.
Sprague III. Of Sprague, Warner & Co.
held out some hope of a general cut in
prices. Everything is so high now that
it seems a safe prediction that prices will
20 lower" he said. II look for cheaper
foodstuffs if there is any appreciable
change in the present level of prices. Just
at present, however, quotations are fairly
stable and | know of no general move
ment toward lower cost Of living"
whether foodstuffs are to go lover all
depends, of course, on supply and de-
usand," said Franklin MacVeagh. In
many lines Of merchandise handled by us
there has been a short supply. There is
at present no general outlook for lower
prices that | know Of. Here and there,
of course there will be minor fluctuations
Cereal products have gone up tremendous
ly, and there is some doubt whether
these prices can be maintained. That
dauands On SnaculafiOu -
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
PLEADS FOR PORTO RICO.
Native Says Constitution should Go
with Flag.

WIN rag.
Porto Rico wants the American consti-
tuition as well as the American flag. and
will not regard the United States as
just nation until it has the former as well
as the latter. This information was con-
veyed to the delegates to conference of
the Indians friends at Lake M0honk-
n y, in a speech by Jorge Bird Airas OF
Fajordo, Porto Rico. After picturing the
woes of the Porto Ricans through inva-
sion by the buccaneers. the French, and
the Spanish. he said Naturally the ma
tive element never feared any wrong from
nation to which their eyes had more
than once been turned in their dreams OF
liberty. Therefore, they accepted their
fate as Providence. But in the course of
time, when they found that they were de-
MED American citizenship, and that the
American flag was there as a sign, of con-
quest. or, perhaps, as an emblem OF pro-
lection only, while the constitution had
remained at home. depriving them of its
benefits, a natural discomfort began to
awaken, and it must be said that it has
not disappeared yet, and will not dis
appear until complete justice has been
done. One of the arguments set forth by
those who completely lack reason and
seek some excuse for the abnormal situa-
ton which involves the present political
status of Porto Rico, is the great differ
ence which exists between the two people.
A policy TO hasten the Americanization of
the island is a great mistake. 1t is not
possible that country densely populated
and having more than four centuries of
existence can be changed in a short period
of time. Why not let the two races in
termingle? Let the two tendencies strug-
gle and either one win or both be recast
in one of new shape and character. The
Latin wit and vivacity, together with the
tenacity and foresightedness of the Amer
lean, may develop new type of which
the nation may in the future have reason
to he proud'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Spark. from the Wires.

A mouse seldom lives longer than three
years.
Centipedes are eaten in some parts Of
South America.
Australian jewelers. rent engagement
rings to their customers.
John Bull figures ont that his coun-
try has been successful in 50 per cent of
the battles in which it has engaged.
Allan A. Ryan, son of Thomas F.
Ryan. will, it is said. build summer
home at Suffern, \. Y, to cost 81 co.,
600
A physician in Portland, Me-, estimat-
ed that 2,04S teaspoonfuls OF tears, or
two gallons IN all, We're shed in one night
by the audience that heard Savage's
Madam Butterfly in that city recently.
New York City is making marvellous
growth in the direction of cheap amuse-
ments. There are now 400 one-eent, FIVE
cent and dime places of entertainment,
where there was not one ten years ago.
Eighty-two per cent Of the workers en-
gagged in the paper box industry Of the
United States are women. Among to-
pacco ana cigar operators tWo-tDFdS are
women and Of the bookbinders more than
half
William Ellis Corey refused to allow
his actress wife to see her father at the
Corey home in New York and Charles
Henry Gilman relieved his mind of fifteen
minutes worth of plain talk.
Henry Banaka, farmer who lived near
Netawaka, Kan, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head with a re-
volver. No cause is given. His brother
drowned himself few years ago.
Kentucky, with population Of 50 to
each square mile has only S1-10 milea
Of railroad line for each 100 square miles.
and 14-5 miles for each 10000 inhabit-
ants. Indiana. with a population OF 10
for caek square mile, has 1872 miles OF
railway per 100 square miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

The Moorish bandit Raisuli's triumph
ant conclusion of negotiations for the ran
som of his prisoner, Caid Sir Harry Mae
lean, for $150.000. has greatly increased
the prestige of the bandit chieftain. The
British government has agreed to pay a
fortune as ransom.
The capture of Gen. MacLean. com
mander of the Sultan's body guard and
next TO him the most powerful man in
Morocco. was the most spectacular and
amazing of all the feats performed by
Raisuli. 1t was made while the COM
nGnder was bearing peace offerings to
the outlaw, in sight Of his stronghold.
Up to the time OF his capture by the
brigand Caid MacLean was considered
inyincible by the persons of the Moroccan
court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
The CostIiest Electric Line

Details Of marvellous electric railroad
now projected from Milan to Genoa, Italy.
are given by L. B. Ward in the October
World To-day. Although only eighty-fve
miles long the road will encounter such
a mass of tunnels and bridges that the
cost will average over 100000 a mile. To
avoid all grade crossings 372 bridges and
10 tunnels are TO be constructed, one tun-
mel being twelve mAes long. 1t win take
SIX years to compssts the line Electric
locomotives of 1000 horsepower will be
used, with a 1900 horsepower current
generated by water power, giving a speed
Of eighty miles an hour
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

The Cunard line steamer Lusitania ar
rived at Queenstown Thursday evening
She has broken the best previous eastern
record. The best previous record from
New York to Queenstown was ) days
hours and 10 minutes. This the Lusita-
MIA made herself on her last run from
New York. Her time of passage has been
4 days % hours and As minutes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
s,.., proa,. 8rens Records

The report of the United States Steel
Corporation for the third quarter of 1907
shows net profits of $43,S04.2S profits
of the first nine months of the year great
est in the history of the corporation.
Grosscup and SampseII Indicted.
Federal Judge Grosscup, Marshall r.
SampSell and others have been indicted
at Charleston, H., for criminal negli-
Sence tending TO produce manslaughter in
trolley wreck last August.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
ro CREATE NEW POSTAL JOB.
Director of Posts Recommended in
Report of Commission.

Report of Commission.
The creation of the Office of director of
posts is regarded as the most important
recommendation to be contained in the re-
port of the congressional postal commits
sion. the main points of which have been
decided upon. Other recommendations
will relate to reforms in the bookkeeping
and Office methods of the Postofice De-
partment Objection by the country mer-
chants is understood to have decided the
commission to eliminate any reference TO
the establishment Of a parcels post
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Told IN a Few Lines.

The mattresses used in the German
army are stuffed with little rolls Of paper
and are said to be a great improvement
on straw.
Government crop report contains nc
surprises for the trade except for the
claim that the spring wheat quality is
slightly better than last year.
The rebuilding Of San Francisco has
been hampered greatly by the very higb
wage schedule. The rates exceed by .
dollar a day tho maximum scale ia New
York
A report from Consul L. l.. Harris says
that the raisin and fig crops Of Smyrna
have been very seriously damaged by yio-
lent thunderstorms, accompanied by hail,
in the latter part Of August
Gov. Hughes in speech at Empire
State day at the jamestown exposition
said no one can be permitted TO put pri-
yate interest above public advantage in
the government Of the future.
By digging canal from the Rio
Grande not far from It's mouth to the
Mississippi the United States would enjoy
an inland waterway 5000 miles long. The
cost Of the work IS estimated at 5000
600.
Experiments made by German scient-
lists show that butter keeps best when
preserved with flom TO per cent OF
salt. If the proportion Of salt is higher
than that the results are less satisfactory.
A mild winter, says John Peterman,
Buffers hornet nest prophet. The hor-
nets are building high in the air. If
the signs are for severe cold, trey Duiid
on the ground, where the snow drifts over
them to protect the larvae from the cold.
If they select place high for their nest,
they prophesy a warm, open winter The
corn husks, too, tell Of a mild winter, says
the hornet nest prognostieator. They are
thin and few.-Punxsutawney tPa.l
Spirit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
A Floating front Pond.

One of the novel features of the steam
ship Amerika of the Hamburg American
line is a tank in which fish, principally
trout and carp, are kept alive and served
to customers in the restaurant when or
dered. The tanks are of zinc, and the
water is supplied with oxygen by pump
ing air through perforated pipes extend
ing into the water. More than 500 fresh
trout and 80 carp were sold on a recent
trip from Hamburg 10 New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
worId.s oldest Paper Quits,

The Pekin Gazette, the worlds oldest
newspaper and China's official bulletin
for memorials and edicts, has been super
seeded by a modern newspaper. which
besides printing the memorials and edicts
also will publish editorials. The first Of
the editorials significantly reviews the
Japanese constitution and otherwise the
paper shows influences.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Faur killed nv n Blast.

No. mixing mill of the Atlantic
Dynamite Company'S factory. six miles
west of Ashland. Wis, blew up. Two
hundred pounds OF nitroglycerin exploded.
Arnold Husband. So years old, Ole
wieks. aged IL: Peter Wicks, IL, and an
unidentified man were killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

Every bank in Oklahoma was closed
Monday. A holiday of six days was pro-
claimed by Charles Filson, acting terri
torial governor This action was taken
because the banks of st. Louis and Kan
sas City refused to forward cash to the
banks OF the Southwest, having decided
temporarily to retain all of their cash to
meet their own needs. There is no un-
easiness in the territory.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
-. ccn,raI Facc. strtke.

1t is reported that the conductors,
brakenen and other employees Of the New
York Central railroad have been holding
SECRET meetings for several days looking
10 a demand soon for increases in wages.
II is further reported that il such de
snauds are not granted a strike VIII -
ordered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
six hundred KILLED in Earthqunke

The number of fatalities Que to the
earthquake in Calabria. ItaIy. is now esti-
mated at 600. King Victor Emmanuel
has donated $4,000 from his private
purse, which. added to the amounts given
by Pope Plus and the government, brings
the total of the contributions for relief
work to $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Divorce Figures in big Total.

The speed of the divorce court mill
during the last two decades will be strik-
ingly illustrated by forthcoming census
report. which will show that from 1887 to
1906 100000 unhappy married couples,
or 100000 luckless individuals, have
aired their troubles in the divorce courts.
OF these mismated pairs, two-thirds have
been successful in having the bonds Of
matrimony broken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
eight Hundred Are Idle.

The steel plant of the United States
Steel Corporation in Columbus. Ohio.
closed down indefinitely Saturday, throw
ing 500 men out OF work. The furnaces
viii run long enough 10 convert the ore
on hand into pig iron. which viii be
shipped 70 some other plant of the steel
frtfS-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Canada Fines Road $4,000.

In Toronto. Ont. Justice Riddell inn
posed fine of $4,000 on the Michigan
Central railway for the explosion of a
ear of dynamite at Essex Center on Aug.
o. which resulted in the killing of two
men and in serious injury to about forty
others. TIE dynamite was shipped as
powder.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
FARMERS HEAD LOSES OFFICE.
National Convention Gusts President
of American Society of Equity.

]. A. Everitt, president of the Ameri-
can Society of Equity, the farmers or
ganization, that extends to every State in
the Union. has been ousted from Office b.
the national convention and declined to
be a candidate for reelection. The OPP
position was so overwhelming that Everitt
was beaten at every point, and, seeing
certain defeat, announced that he would
not be candidate for the presidency or
any other office. Formal charges of using
the organization to advance his personal
interests and of neglecting its duties were
in the hands of his enemies, but were not
presented TO the convention.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Ground Table" writer Freed.

Maximilen Harden, editor Of Die lei
kunft, was acquitted in court in Berlin
of the charge of libel brought against him
by Count Kuno Won Moltke following a
trial in which disgraceful orgies involving
men close to the throne were described.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
FIGHTS FOR RIGHT OF STATE.
Attorney General of Minnesota Con-
tests Fine of Federal Court.

tests Fine of Federal Court.
Attorneys Thomas b. O'Brien and
George L. Simpson of Minnesota have
filed in the Supreme Court of the United
States a petition for a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of Attorney General
Young of that State. Mr.. Young was
enjoined by the United States Circuit
Court of Minnesota against taking any
action looking TO the carrying into effect
of the new Minnesota railroad rate law,
and in the face of the injunction insti-
tuted a suit in State court praying for
a writ of mandamus to compel the rail-
roads in the State to observe the law.
Judge Lochron then summoned Mr..
Young before him and imposed a fine of
500 on the charge of contempt of court.
placing him in the custody of the marshal
until the fine should be paid. Mr.. Young
seeks to secure a release from this pen
alty
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
CASHIERS SUICIDE CLOSES BANK
Savings Institution at Akron, o.
shut by Order of the Directors.

shut by Order of the Directors.
The Dollar Savings bank in Akron,
Ohio, was closed by order of the directors
until after the funeral of Fred A. Boron,
the cashier. who killed himself by shoot
ing at his home Sunday night. In the
meantime a further investigation of his
accounts went on and movement is also
on foot to have the other banks of the
city take this institution over. The Clear
ing House Association of the city will an
nounce a policy in reference ito the saw
ings accounts of the city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Fir.t rassengcrs Knled.

In the first wreck fatal to a passenger
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad
Company has had in its thirty years Of
existence. two persons were killed and
twenty-five injured near Dallas, Texas.
Some Of those injured may die.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Three Hurt IN Steel blast.

Three men were injured at the open
hearth furnace No. at Homestead steel
works, Pittsburg, by the explosion of hot
metal and ciuders. The men were sitting
the mass from the cinder pit, when it ex-
ploded, making terrific conclusion,
breaking the windows in houses in the
yicinity
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

-Four persons. including one Of the
robbers. were killed when .. gang of Rus
sian bandits attempted TO rob a treasure
train on the Dorpath- Waiz railroad. The
bank official who had charge Of the money
fought OF the assailants and saved his
cash
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05
Bir Loss I'm Nome Ere

Fire at Nome. Alaska, caused prop
erty loss of about 100000. The Second
avenue Office building of the Pioneer Min
ing Company, the best structure of the
kind in the town, was among those de-
Stroyed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-05

Washington's new $20,000O00 Union
station, which in dimensions and archi-
lecture takes rank with the most preten-
tious government buildings and which is
a welcome relief after decades of railway
accommodations that would have disgrace
ed city of one-third the size, was open
ed Sunday.