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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

The figures of the immigration officials
show chat the number of immigrants
coming to this country during the year
ending June 80, 1907, was the largest in
the history of the country. reaching
1.2S5, $40. OF these over 1.0o0.OO landed
at the port OF New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Twenty persons suffered injuries when
Denver and Rio Grande passenger train
No. D. west bound, was wrecked at Fern
leaf, about twenty-five miles west of
Pueblo, Colo. Among the hurt were Alice
s. Coleman, Ann Arbor, Mich. ID. d..
Sturgis, Chicago; S. o. Greiner, Evans
vile, Ind.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

The British House of Lords has passed
the bill legalizing marriage with de-
ceased wife's sister, ending a fight which
has been before Parliament for seventy
FIVE years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Under certain conditions l viii return
to Kentucky. not only to testify in the
trial Of Caleb Powers, but to submit
myself to trial before jury in my native
State on the charge of numbering Gov
Goebel" This proposition was made in
signed public statement by William S.
Taylor former Republican Governor of
X aptualv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
MoTHER-IN-LAw CHOP WOOD.


Redslsn Commits Suicide Because
Brides Parent Refuses to Work.
Because his mother-in-law would not
share her home with him and his bride
and chop all the wood, Sioux warrior
named Red Shirt, who resided in the ex-
IRENE northern portion of the Rosebud
reservation, South Dakota, near White
river, committed suicide by shooting. 1t
is one of the few cases on record of a
Sioux Indian ending his own life. Red
Shirt was well known among the whites
residing in the southern part of Lyman
county, adjacent to the reservation. He
always had been accounted a joyial In
dian.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Fire Ruins Jan seaport.

Fire started in the flimsy native struc-
lures of Hakodate, Japan, and before it
could be got under control nearly 20 per
cent of the city was in ashes. With the
exception of the American, all the con-
sulates were burned Great distress pre-
walls among the people.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
$1,000 oraercd 20 auit WORD.

Work on the Panama canal is receiving
a serious cheek through the scarcity Of
funds Four thousand men have been
laid off on the new line Of the Panama
railroad. and it is stated that the depart
ment Of municipal engineering has been
ordered 10 lay OF 1900 more
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
I.nsf Nine nar.. Fonna Aiixe.

William p. Edwards. an expert ac-
countant of Utica. \. Y, who lost his
way in the Adirondacks nine days ago.
and had teen given up for dead. was
found alive near Big Moose lake BY a
party OF searchers- Edwards experienced
terrible Aardships. .subsisting almost
wholly Oh blackberr;es md leaves.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
steamer sinks Tug, Five Drown

The tug Gerry of Wilmington. Del,
was sunk in a collision with the British
steamer Barnstable in the Patapsco river,
off Sparrows Point. Five men of the
twenty-five on the boat are believed to
have lost their lives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Fight ON War Toys Fails.

Rabbi Levy, president of the PittSburg
Peace Society, has returned from long
tour OF Europe where he went TO try to
get the teymakerS to cut out warlike
toys. lie failed and returned home much
siiSSllSted
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Brol,en Rain Causes Accident.

Twenty-one persons were injured, none
of them seriously, by the derailment of
north-bound train on the Southern rail-
way at Red Hill, nine miles south of
Charlottesville, Va. The entire train ex-
cept the engine and tender was over
turned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Everybody works these days. poor old father
Mother has quit taking in washing, and so has sister
Ann, and no more is the pipe of clay doing overtime
between the teeth of the old Press wires
ryng the news all the United States that labor
so in the country districts North
East South and West, the cry is going up that there
are not enough farm hands to gather crops. Wheat
cotton oats, hay everything is suffering for want of
harvesers or careakers Women obliged to get into
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
bomb rhrower. in chicago.

Bomb thrOwerS who demand tribute
from the boss gamblers continue their
operations in Chicago. damaging 4 build
ing near John f. O'NaIley's saloon On the
North Side. This was the second cxplo-
sion near his saloon in , month.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Alexander wept because there wers
no more worlds for him to conquer, .
said the here wershiper.
"Yes," answered the stceptic; but
in so doing he did not display great
valor so much as limited knowledge
of geography Washington Star.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

The Chicago and Alton railroad has
passed to the control of the Clover Leaf.
BY the change Edward Hawley gets re-
venge on f. II. Hartman and the Rock
Island interests escape prosecution by the
government for controlling a competing
line
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Fund. for Crop Moving.

Secretary Cortelyou announces that he
will not wait for the monetary stringency
10 become acute. but will commence max
ing weekly deposits of government funds
TO relieve the market during the crop
moving season.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Heavy Frost in North Dakota.

A special from Cando. in the northern
part of North Dakota. tells of severe
frosts in that section of the State Tues
day night. which did much damage TO late
grain. especially to fax, which has just
commenced TO blossom.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Goea Crop Prospects.

According TO figures gathered and col
lated by Chicago business concern there
is little ground for the unfavorable crop
predictions which have been made from
time to tirssa These figures show all
crops f;isy UP to the average for this sea-
son, With the exception of the corn crop,
whi1h was injured in certain sections BY
tie unfavorable weather OF late spring,
out even this is simply backward. and
with suitable weather may yet give nearly
or quite a full harvest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Twelve members of the furniture trust
pleaded guilty in Oregon and were fined
by Judge Wolverton total sum of $500
the two concerns which were prime NOV
ers receiving the highest fines, of 500
each. This is the first prosecution against
trusts in Oregon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
broker and chauneur kired.

\ Boston stock broker and a chauffeur
were killed and four other persons were
injured near Narragansett Pier. r. l.,
the automobile in which they were riding
overturuing and striking a stone wall.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Tar ana Feather a Street..

Tar and feathers have replaced cab
hayes as unique pavement for the main
thoron.hfare OF Athens. y. Y. Susque-
hanna stree. The feathers were placed
OF the new tar pavements as a joke. The
cahbases were FIRST planted as hint 10
the village for new pavements-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
BASE BALL STANDINGS.
Games Won and Lost by Clubs in
Principal Leagues.
NATIoNAT

NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
rnlean snner. s1nn. ono FIrc.

Fire of unknown origin, which started
in the upper stories of the Moreton Truck
and Storage building in Toledo, Ohio.
caused a loss estimated at about S15000o
TO S2O0oo0. The building was occ'.pied
by the international Harvester Company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Misxourt Paciic Ina,c,.a

The grand jury at jefferson City, Mo-,
has returned fourteen indictments against
the Missouri Pacific railroad, on the
sharge Of not complying with the new
sighf-honr telegraph Law. applying to all
,fices which handle train orders where
more than one operator IS employed. The
sompany all along has contended that this
law is unconstitutional, and the case viii
BE fought into the court of last resort
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
American Girl Cause. str,ke

The employees of the telephone office at
Fort William, Ont, have struck because
an American girl, Miss Ora Hudson of
Decatur, H.. has been appointed as chief
operator. The linemen threaten to go
out in sympathy with the young women,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

A runaway box car caused the death OF
four men and serious injury Of another
man near st. Louis. The car colhded
with three loaded cars on spur track Of
the Missouri Pacific railway. The loaded
ed cars then ran into hand car on which
the five men were riding.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

4 double murder for which the Black
Hand is held responsible was committed
in Coaldale. Pa. Frank Peknolas and
Samuel Ambrose were attacked by sew
eral men and stabbed to death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Murder and suicide.

Charles f. Andrews OF Elkhart, Ind.
killed linda Ethel Blaine of Dogansport in
their room at the Saratoga Hotel in Chi
cago, then committed suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
MAN THOUGHT DEAD RETURNS.
Kidnapped just Before Wedding, Es-
capes in Mexico from Captors.

capes ia Mexico from Captors.
Like one risen from the grave Frank
Montgomery, % years DID, has returned
to the home of his parents in Lancaster,
Pa, after an absence of more than
year. Montgomery left Lancaster last
August for Gapland, town in western
Maryland, to wed Miss Malvina Castle.
He states that while walking along the
street he was felled by blow on the
head. When he recovered consciousness
he was in a strange country in the Gus
tody of four men. They finally entered
Mexico and one night last June Mont
gomery escaped near the town of Alamo.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
CInemntorranhn and Vision.

The police of Berlin, Germany, are
making war on the numerous moving pic
ture shows in that city because the doc
tors say they are injurious to the eyes,
especially to those of the young.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Lion Goes on Rampage; Panic.

Several women and children were in
jured during panic at a Cleveland pleas
ure resort as the result of lion attack
ing its tanner. The beast injured the
tanner severely before it was subdued by
attendants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
Powder BIast Kills Two,

Two men were blown to pieces when
three tons Of nitroglycerin exploded with
terrific force at the Dupont de Nemoures
powder works at Sobrante, on the bay
shore. sixteen miles north of Berkeley,
fSal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
East Indians Refused Papers.

United States District Attorney Dew
lin recently received several applications
for naturalization from natives of British
India. Attorney General Bonaparte has
ruled that they cannot be classed as white.
and therefore are ineligible to citizen
ship.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
INSANE WOMAN STAYS BY ACID.
Patient at Nebraska Asylum Kills
Attendant with CarboIEc.

jay Gallogly, attendant at the Bailey
sanitarium in Lincoln, Neb., died Monday
morning from the effects of carbolic acid
thrown in his face in the night while he
slept by an insane patient named Irene
Nickel. She has been kept handcuffed
because of her frenzies, but secured her
freedom in some way and took the acid
from the medical chest. Gaining entrance
to the Mans room, she threw a large
quantity in his eyes, nostrils and mouth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Secretary of State Root is taking a
course of exercise under William Muldoon
to restore his health. which was much
broken doSn from overwork.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Suit has been fled in the Fifty-third
district at Austin. Texas, TO oass the In
ternational Harvester Company of Amer
lea from Texas for alleged violation Of
the antitrust statute and to collect ST.
1o0,150 penalty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

\ boiler on the coal barge Patterson,
which plies between New York sud Bos
ron. exploded at Lang's docks in Hobo
ken. killing NJ. Hopkins of Boston, the
engineer. and six other men.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
N.niacs Firht for Liber,x

Three hundred madmen in an insane
hospital connected with a New York State
prison battled with guards for liberty.
One was killed before the uprising was
ended.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

The general strike of union hatters,
which was expected to involve about 90
coo men in several cities. has been avert
ed by compromise settlement and new
set of rules has been signed by the unions
and the manufacturers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

The revenue from minor miscellaneous
products was $SS6,052, a decrease Of
$40, 400 from the previous year.
The aggregate receipts from all sources
for the fiscal year of 1907 were $780,
ga, 022, an increase of S2O,561, 2S4 over
the receipts of 1906.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

In 1904 the census bureau started out
to ascertain whether the country is get
ting better and it now announces that,
better or worse, the ratio of persons in
prisons to the entire population has de-
creased since 1890 Out of every million
Americans there now are 1000 in prison,
not including trust magnates, while in
1890 there were 1867 The census ex-
perts point out that this decrease may
mean only an extension of the probation
and parole system. In 1880 s per cent
of the prisoners were women; in 1890 Z
per cent, and in 1901 per cent. Colored
persons were more common among the
prisoners in 1904 than they were in 1890.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
TRAMP EVIL COSTLY TO ROADS.
Hobos Cost Railways of Country
$25,OOO,OOO Year.

F@o,UUU,UUU ear.
The Pennsylvania railroad, from it's
Pittsburg office, has sent out an official
communication calling on county justices
of the peace, borough Burgesses, and all
other officers of the law to assist in put
ting down the tramp evil by Furnishing
those caught stealing rides on trains.
Some startling figures are shown, among
them that yagrancy is costing the rail-
roads of the country not less than $685.
100000 yearly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Every amateur ball team has a star.
who, according 10 bis admirers. really
belongs In the major leagues.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

Some men stand just inside the door
ready TO grasp opportunity By the baeh
Of the neck whsn Il kupckA
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
UNCLE SAM GETTING RICH.
Internal Revenue Receipts Show q
Great Increase.

Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1907, show a large
increase over the figures of the previous
year, according to a report just issued by
the internal revenue bureau.
Following are the figures of the receipts
and increases from the various sources of
internal revenue:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03
FACTS ABOUT !: /:
-: THE CENSUS.

Uncle Sam is a successful publisher.
He issues annually the horse book, !"
which has an enormous circulation. Over
a million copies of the book have been
printed, and still the public demand for
it is not satisfied. Another edition of
100000 copies of this famous volume, the
fall title of which is Special Diseases
of the Horse" has just been ordered. This
makes over a million copies ordered, bit
before the demand is supplied these will
be exhausted and Congressman will find
it necessary to go down in their pockets
to have copies of the book printed for
constituents after using their congress
sional quota An idea of the magnitude
of the work may be formed from the state
ment that the first edition of 361 600
copies if laid end to end would cover a
space fifty miles long and if piled up
flatwise would make 1OS piles as high as
the Washington monument.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-03

the fields and farmers wives and daughters work
ing side by SIDE with the men of the families. Percy
Hoppergar of the wealthy farmer has had to lay
his racket, golf sticks, fishing tackle and
cigarettes to get busy tying wheat hauling hay and all
mental tasks He has to work every bit hard
his mother sister, right out in the hot too side
by side with them This shows what straits
are being put.-Cncinnati Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
GRAY TO RESIGN
 AS ALDERMAN
The Lieutenant Governor Will Prob ably Be Succeeded In the Council
 By Harry Jones.

Lieut.. Gov. Henry B. Gray will tender his resignation as alderman within a short time, according to rumors and state ments he has made within the past few days.
 MT. Gray has stated since his return from New York that he expected to re- sign as alderman shortly.
 Harry Jones, who has been a member of the Board of Aldermen for a number of years and who lives in the same ward as Mir Gray, is spoken of as his success sor. MT. Jones stated at the last primary that he would not stand for reelection.
 Both Mir. Gray and MT. Jones have rep resented the Eighth ward for some time in the council. and MT. Jones is recognized as one of the best aldermen that has ever occupied seat on the board. He is chair man of the fire committeee of the council and has done much towards bringing the department up to its present standard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
NEW CROSSING AT
 POWELL AVENUE
Southern Will Put In New Frogs In Response to Numerous Complaints
 Recently Made.

The Southern railway will shortly relay its crossing of the track of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company at Powell avenue and Twentieth street. One of the crossings at that street is in bad shape and very rough. The mat was taken up some time ago with the superintendent's office of the Southern, and "a promise was made that the cross ing would be relaid as soon as possible. It was stated yesterday that the material was ordered two or three months ago and would be in Birmingham within short time.
 This is probably the toughest crossing in Birmingham and numerous complaints have been made about it. One of the crossings is maintained by the Street Rail- way company and was relaid several months ago, but the one which the South ern is supposed to keep in repair has been rough for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

tend, we would have 75,000, GOO. There are greater things on beyond than we have eyer dreamed of.
 NOW there are four words which char acterize all the international work to- night, and the first of these is organiza- tion, which is life and power" In illus trating the uses of organization he told how his little boy once tried to climb a tree while he stood by. The lad kept clawing and scraping but could not get up while the father merely laughed. Papa" he said, cant you stop laugh ing and give me boost?" And the boy was soon in the top of the tree. He likened the Sunday school organization to boosters.
 At the same time he believed in de- nominations, but made a plea for them to help each other and not hinder. Long enough we have bit each other, not with clubs of wood, but with mighty clubs of sarcasm. There are so many things which we hold in common that there is no time for denominational squabbling.
 The second word in the string of four is Cooperation Here l have two hands which have lived together. worked to-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
Peayce Carries Conbention Around
 World % See Sunday School Work
S1,5OO,OOO OFFER OF L. & N.
 REJECTED BY THE MINORITY

It was stated yesterday on good author ity that the offer of the Louisville and Nashville railroad of s1,50000O for the Chattanooga Southern had been refused by the minority stockholders. In all prob ability, it was stated the Louisville and Nashville would relinquish all claim on the Chattanooga Southern.
 The Chattanooga Southern is the line that parallels the Alabama Great South ern between Gadsden and Chattanooga, and it would have made an important con meeting like between the Louisville and Nashville's lines at Gadsden and the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and the Western and Atlantic, the former of which is controlled by the Louisville and Nashville and the other leased It would give the Louisville and Nashville con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11

nection from Birmingham to Chattanooga via the Mineral to Gadsden and the Chat tanooga Southern to Chattanooga.
 It was announced some months ago that the Louisville and Nashville had pur- chased the Chattanooga Southern and would shortly take it over and operate it as portion of the Birmingham division Later the statement was made that the minority stockholders had refused to sell their stock and would fight a sale of the majority stock in the courts.
 It was then that the Louisville and Nashville made an offer of $1,50O,000 for the entire stock. which was considered by the minority holders and refused. The message from New York stated that 1t was commonly reported there that the Louisville and Nashville would make no further effort to get the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
FIND OUT
The Kind of Food That Will Keep You
 Well.

The true way is to find out what is best to eat and drink, and then cultivate a taste for those things instead of poison- ing ourselves with improper. indigestiblq foods etc.
 A conservative Mass. woman writes:
 'I have used Grape-Nuts years for the young and for the aged; in sickness and in health; at first following directions carefully, later in a variety of ways as my taste and judgment suggested.
 But it's most special. personal benefit has been a substitute for meat. and served dry with cream when rheumatic troubles made 1t important for me to give up the coffee habit
 Served in this way with the addition of d cup of hot water and little fruit 1t has been used at my morning meal for six months. during which time my health has much improved. nerves have grown steadier and gradual decrease in my excessive weight adds greatly to my comfort Name given by Postum Ce- real Co.,. Ltd, Battle Creek Mich. Read the little hook. "rhe Road to WellvilloLs in pkgs There's . Reason"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-11
NEW CORPORATIONS.
Zinc and Lead and Drug Companies
 Take Out Papers.

Declarations of incorporation were filed in the office of the probate court yes- terday by the following:
 The Birmingham Zinc and Lead com pany, with capital stock of $4OO0 and it's principal offices in Birmingham.
 The purposes of the corporation are to own and operate mines and mills, to manufacture and deal in articles made of lead and zinc and to exercise all the rights and powers conferred upon bodies corporate under the laws of the state of Alabama.
 The following officers were elected: J. R. Adams, president; w. C. Phillips, vice treasurer,