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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
GEES LOSS OF FORTUNES.
Torrey Thinks Many VIII Be Swept
Away Within Next Few Years.

IOrFey Ih1nls many VIII BE sweep
Away Within Next Few Years.
II believe that within the next twenty
years many of the great fortunes in this
country will be swept away either by a
social revolution or by the coming of
Christ" DIR. X. A. Torrey uttered this
prediction in the course of sermon at
the gospel tent, North Clark and Chest
nut streets, Chicago. The trend of his
arguments was that wealth is no protec-
ton for the sinner. II would rather be
the poorest man on earth with the assur-
anee of life in the hereafter" said DIR.
Torrey, than the richest man who has
no hope. Just think of the thousand
things which might happen that would
make paupers of the Rockefelers, the As
tors and the Vanderbilts. One moment
William II. Vanderbilt was worth $780,
100000. The next minute he fell forward
out of his chair dead, not worth cent"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
BOY. Sind e.2, 1000 an Pay Checks.

Boys frnd <<<,VVV IN ray thecks.
The $4,000 worth of pay cheeks for
the miners and coke men of the Carbon
Coal and Coke Company which were lost
a few days ago near Trinidad. Colo, were
found by boys and returned 10 the COM
pany. Charles Macomber. a stage driver.
who was arrested on suspicion of having
stolen the package. has been released
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
rnn kiIed in s2Oo.non irtre

Two fremen killed and $4,000 fire
loss was the record of blaze started at
an early hour Monday in the ]. 1. Case
Company's big Offices and warehouses in
Fargo, n. d. William II. White, driver,
and George NJ. Hartman. nozzleman, were
killed by falling walls.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
rich Man Killed i'm Cr..h.

Joseph H. Eekstein. wealthy lumber
man. was instantly killed, and his wife
and Supreme Court Justice and Mrs.
Alfred Steckler we're injured when a West
Shore engine struck the automobile in
which they were riding near Engle-
good. y. ].
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
Lnui.xtne strike i. On.

Union men employed by the Louisville
Street Railway Company went on strike
for an increase in wages aud the rein-
statement of several discharged men, Fe =
cars were run, and these were loaded with
police. The strike has also suspended in
terurhan service.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

Willie Mrs. Russell Sage is doing a
noble work with her money, II s said ny
those close to her personally thai she IS
d-tsrn.ined that in her giving she shall
do so upon her own initiative. She viii
seldom take a suggestion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

The government announced an issue of
S5o,Ooo.0O0 in Panama Canal bonds and
of certificates of Indebtedness to total
Of S1ooOo0.000. if needed, 10 end the
money stringency. An especial attempt
will be made TO secure the cid of small
investors. President Roosevelt appeals to
the people TO do their share IN clearing
the situation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
woman slain, Losger. Held.

Mrs Bessie Carter, - years old. was
found murdered in the basement of her
residence in the French quarter Of New
Orleans. and four men roomiRg in the
same house are held by the police. Ex-
animation indicated that burglars had
been in the house.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
DYNAMITER GUILTY OF ASSAULT
Youth, Who Sent Internal Machines,
to Get JafI Sentence.

to Get Jail Sentence.
Kemp " Bigelow, the youth who sent
Internal machines through the mails to
Gov. Buchtel, David ii. Moffat, the mill
ionaire banker and railroad builder, Law
renee c. Phipps and other wealthy men.
and also planted quantity of dynamite
at the rear of the residence of Edward
Chase, was found guilty by a jury in
Denver of assault, the extreme punish
ment for which is six months in the
county Jail. The charge on which Bige-
low was tried was attempted murder.
Bigelow claimed that he had no intention
of harming anyone. but hoped to make
himself a hero by warning those to whom
he had sent the machines that he had
overheard a plot to kill them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

Half q million sportsmen in Germany
kill annually 10000 head Of red and
falIow deer, 100000 roebucks 4OOo'OoO
hares, 100000 partridges aud 4Oo'Ooo
wild duck; In all, some 2o'oOoVU
marks, or 100000, forming nearly
per cent OF the to.aI meat supply OF
Germany.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

As result Of the financial stringency.
the Lorain. Ohio. yards of the American
Shipbuilding Co, are practically closed.
About GOO men have already been laid of
at the Bay City yards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
say. Drink Cost aIgh Once.

Frank NJ. Eddy. former Minnesota Con-
gresham. made his first appearance as a
Temperance lecturer when he addressed an
attentive audience At the Metropolitan
opera house in Minneapolis. He said that
drink had prevented him from becoming
Governor of Minnesota.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
eHoULs WORK ON DEAD AUToIsT
VaIuabIes In Pockets of Man Killed
Taken by Thieves.

When Archibald Lees, coroner of
Ridgefeld Park, y. j.. began his inves-
tigation of the fatal collision of loco
motive and an automobile at Harrington
Park station on the West Shore railroad
he ascertained that the pockets of Joseph
III. Eckstein, owner OF the automobile,
had been robbed while he lay dead near
the tracks. Not only had a gold watch
and considerable money been taken from
Mr.. Eckstein's pockets, but everything of
value had disappeared from the demol-
ished automobile.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
SALOONS DIE IN OKLAHOMA.
Statehood Puts Total of $50 Dram
shops Out of Existence.

SHOPS Out Oh EAhstehcc'
When ~ O'Clock came on Saturday
night approximately $50 saloons in Okla
homa closed as the result of the State
wide prohibition provision in the State
constitution. The greatest number OF sa-
looms in one town was sixty-hve at Okla
homa City. where the fixtures OF each sa-
loon had an average value of about ST.
300. The only breweries in the State,
two in number, were in Oklahoma City.
An idea of the traffic cut off may be
gained from the statement of an expert
enced saloonkeeper. He said the gross in
come of each saloon in Oklahoma would
average $40 day, making total of 3d.
$4,000 paid annually for alcoholic bev-
erages by the people of one-half tie new
State, Indian Territory having had fed
eral prohibition for many years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
p,rL sneu In Ptttsburr.

Within the period Of FIVE minutes Pitts
burg was plunged into seni-darkness from
bright morning sunlight shortly after 8
O'Clock Wednesday, due to the over
spreading of a heavy cloud laden with
particles of dust.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
Ala for InIaud water way.

Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
says President Roosevelt approves his
pan TO have Congress issue 100000, 600
in bonds for inland water ways.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

Rebecca Chavez, aged 9, daughter of q
farmer of Belden. " NJ, was sent to an
asylum after it had been proven that she
had beaten two playmates TO death Her
condition was the result of an attack of
spinal meningitis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
Jame.town show Next Year.

The directors of the jamestown exposi-
ton unanimously accepted committee
report favoring keeping the exposition
open next year. provided $4,000 can be
raised BY popular subscription
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

News reached Tacoma, Wash, Nov. 5
that a volcanic eruption in September
destroyed the new Mccullough and Perry
peaks, which had appeared in the Aleu-
tan Islands. The news was brought by
the officers of a United States revenue
cutter, which had left the islands about
three weeks before.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

When about to depart for Sioux Falls,
where he was TO have entered a plea Of
guilty to the charge of illegal fencing Of
land. George r. Mcpherson. stockman
% Hereford, s. n, died of the inirmities
of age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
cen. Booth Refurn. Home

The venerable head of the Salvation
army. Gen. William Booth, sailed from
Nee York for EnslAnd Friday, having
wmpletek an extensive farewell tour Of
dis country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

Harold Wilson. Is years old of Clinton
County, Pennsylvania. has killed i've
bears this season. He killed three on Sat
uraay in FIVE minutss, a mother and two
dig cubs. and Gen days ago be Jagged two
more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

With China's rich agricultural soil,
which can grow any known vegetable and
fruit, it would seem 10 be only question
Of time when the Chinese will produce
their own sugar from home-raised bee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
KIN Rear I'm City Limits.

A black bear was killed inside the city
limits of Duluth, Mimi, by James Brues-
haber.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
Nebraska Never So Prosperous.

Gov. Sheldon. in his Thanksgiving proc
lamation declared that prosperity in Ne
braska had been unparalleled. Crops, in
dustries and rural expansion, he declared.
called for public gratitude and thanksgiv-
snr
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
Russinns Hang 900 Hutineers.

Two hundred mutinous soldiers were
hanged, but the unrest among the troops
uuartered in Vladivostok has not abated
and it is predicted that there will be an
s,fher outbreak
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
TWO BLOWN THROUGH ROOF.

Many Hurt and House burned by
Gas Explosion in Pittsburg.
About twenty-five persons were injured,
two fatally, and a dwelling house was
torn to pieces, when an explosion of nat
ural gas occurred in house in Pittsburg.
In the fire which followed two 6remen
were severely burned. Two persons who
were blown through the roof by the ex-
plosion are not expected to recover. They
are Mrs. Sarah Grossman and Jacob
Bergerman. Apparently gas had been
leaking in a kitchen stove all night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
rwensy-Four Business Houses Burn.

Fire destroyed twenty-four business
buildings and their contents. including
the Sabine State Bank in Many. La. Loss
100000, insurance $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

The fish population Of the Nile Is
said to present greater variety than
that of any other body Of water. An
expedition sent from the British Mu-
scum not long ago secured 5000 speci-
mems.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
POOR BOY is LEFT BIG FORTUNE.
Chicago Member of Family May Com
test the Haskell Will.

test the Haskell VIII.
George ii. Silveria, n poor Portuguese
boy, may become the possessor of the es-
tate of one of New England's old fami-
lies by the will of Miss Eugenia l.. Has
kell. She bequeathed the house, heir
looms and family portraits to the youth
she had befriended The filing of the
will caused sensation in the Buzzards
Bay section. The Haskell family was
wealthy, and moved in the best social
circles of Baltimore and Philadelphia. J.
W. G. Haskell of Chicago, former trunk
manufacturer, may contest the will.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

At Morr-stown, n. j., thieves discov-
cred by telephone that A. r. Whitney was
away from home and robbed bis house
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26
FOUND DEAD IN HALL.
Chauffer Detained by Police Pending
an investigation.

an investigation.
Frank MISSIONER, machinist, was found
dead in the hall of the Werckerling block
in Cleveland with a bullet hole in his
head. T.. NJ. King, chauffeur, is detained
by the police pending an investigation
King summoned the police, saying West
over came from an unoccupied room on
the third floor. He claims to have been
at the bottom of the stairway when he
heard the shot, and told the police he be-
lieved Westover committed suicide. The
police found the revolver in another room.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-11-26

Asparagus is the oldest kzssn plant
used for food.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16

IS made By sphysieisn snd ehem-
is,-cleanly, pure and seseptsbls
20 the most dehcsss stomach. A
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16
BUILD CLUBS FOR
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
Three Houses to be Put up for the
Use of Oregon Short Line Men.

Salt Lake City. May Ito provide
comfortable houses where men, when
off duty, can find opportunities for
rest, study or recreation, the Oregon
Short Line will shortly erect three
clubs at Pocatello, Montpelier and
Glenns Ferry, Idaho.
Poca:ello is to have the largest of
these houses. the estimated cost of
which is $4,000. The building. Sc by
20 feet and two stories high, will pro-
vide ample space on the first floor for
a large lounging room, card, billiard
and pool rooms, library and reading
rooms. Books, newspapers and mag
azines will be supplied for the men.
Rolling partitions between the library
and billiard rooms will make it posi-
BILE to throw them together for use as
lecture hall. Toilet and bath rooms.
with tubs and showers. and thirty-one
bedrooms will add to the comfort OF
the men. In addition to the bedrooms
on the second floor. there is to be a
large classroom. where instruction will
be given in practical subjects to men
who wish to improve their positions
The Montpelier and Glenns Ferry
houses. although somewhat smaller
than the house at Pocatello, will have
the same equipment and amply provide
for the number of men who will use
them.
Membership in the clubs is of course
limited to employees of the Oregon
Short Line. The object in building
these houses is to recognize and en-
courage good service by affording ev-
cry means that lies in the railroads
power to provide for reasonable recre-
alton and opportunities for rest and
comfort. 1t is not only the men who
will benefit by these clubs; the rail-
road expects to receive dividends on
its investment in the shape of better
service.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16
MURDER or An AGED An koNett
Mtlli0NAfHg.

The May American Magazine con-
tains the true and complete history of
4 famous murder. The article is call
ed The Patrick Case. Complete-in
which an ingenious conspiracy crum-
bled. and famous murder was ex-
poEed." Arthur Train, assistant dis
trict in New York county, is the au-
thor.
Mr.. Trains account OF the murder
itself is simple, but dramatic. Here
was the aged millionaire Rice-alone
with his valet Jones in a New York
apartment house. If he survived a
day. longer he would dispose of a
quarter OF \ million dollars-donars
which the eonspirators Patrick and
Jones had their eyes on. Something
must be done TO prevent Rice from
disposinH of this money. What then
happened Mr.. Train describes as fol-
lows:
That night Mr.. Rice slept quietly
until eight o'clock Sunday morning.
DR.. Curry called and found him in ex-
cellent condition, having eaten a
hearty breakfast. His heart was a
trine weak but il was sound. His
organs were all working normally; he
felt no pain. The doctor left without
prescribing any medicine. stating that
he would not return unless called, and
expressing his opinion that the patient
would recover. This was about eleven
O'Clock, and Jones Immediately has
tened TO Patrick's house and reported
the conversation.
ut was clear that Rice's death would
not occur before Monday morning He
might live to pay over the two hum
bred and fifty thousand dollars. The
success OF the conspiracy demanded
that Rice should die that aisht
Jones's story IL that Patrick sup
piled him with some o1alic acid which
was to be mixed with powdered am
monia and diluted in water. on the
theory that II was preferable to chloro-
form since II would not require Jones
presence in the room at the moment
Of death. Jones said that he endeavor-
ed TO administer the mixture to the
old man, but that he refused TO take it,
Jones had already procursi the chloro-
form from Texas, as has been stated,
and had turned il over to Patrick
He says that that afternoon he pro-
cured this from Patrick. who told him
how TO administer il. This was few
moments after six o'clock. Rice was
sleeping soundly. The colored woman
who did the housework was absent for
the day and the rooms were deserted
He saturated a sponge with chloroform
constructed a cone out Of 4 towel,
placed the sponge in the cone. put the
cone over the sleeping mans face and
ran out of the room. On or about the
moment of Rice's death two elderly
ladies. friends of the old gentleman.
called at the house with cakes and
wine. to see him. The elevator man
rang the bell of Mr. Rice's apartment
again and again. but could elicit no
response. and the ladies'. much dis
appointed. went away While the bell
was ringing Jones was waiting. he
says. in an adjoining room. until the
cone saturated with chloroform, which
he had placed over the face of his
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16

sons stay in the west were spent at
Castle Hot Springs, Arizona, a noun
tain resort twenty-seven miles from
any railroad. The trip to this place is
made in an old-fashioned four-horse
stage coach, which is driven by an old
driver who has been in that particular
business for perhaps forty years.
Castle Hot Springs is a most beauti-
full place, surrounded by mountain
scenery of SURPRISING grandeur. To
reach the place the stage coach must
pass through numerous canons, and
around steep slopes. The springs is
a delightful health resort, with one of
the finest climates in the United
States.
From Castle Hot Springs Mr.. Claw
son went to Phoenix, the capital and
chief town of Arizona, where he stay
ed for three weeks. Phoenix is sort
of oasis in the midst of desert, and
through successful irrigation, all kinds
of vegetation grows there, including
some very unsightly weeds along
some of the principal streets. Phoenix
is a place of some 5000 inhabitants,
and is very poorly kept and dirty
place. The citizens there do not seem
to worry much about the external ap-
pearance of their city. 1t has always
been a wide-open town, gambling go
ing on without and restrictions until
the passage of an anti-gambling ordi-
nance early in February.
Mr.. Clawson says he found the Win
ter so mild in Arizona that during his
ct in he
occasion to wear his overcoat only two
or three times.
From Arizona he went to southern
California. Here he found very rainy,
disagreeable weather. During his stay
there was rainfall of twenty-seven
inches, while the average for a CORE
spending period is from eight to four
teen inches.
Mr.. Clawson spent few days in Los
Angeles and San Jose, and later went
to Santa Clara, where he visited Henry
Baldwin's family. Before leaving
California he visited San Francisco.
81 never saw a much more pitiable
sight" said Mr.. Clawson in describing
that city. 1.-The people are showing
wonderful industry in rebuilding the
Town. are upOH
of ruins, and it will be many years be-
fore the scars of the terrible earth
quake will entirely disappear. The APP
pearance of the city is beyond all COM
prehension to one who has never seen
it."
From California Mr.. Clawson went
TO Washington. spending some time in
the city of Seattle. This city, he says
is a most wonderful place, doubling
its population every few years. II
now claims a population of upwards
of 5000 and is booming right along
IT is built among some picturesque
hills, and has severl beautiful little
lakes within the city limits. A worlds
fair is to be held there in 1909. but as
yet nothing has been done toward
clearing the grounds.
Before returning home. Mr.. Clawsor
visited his daughter in Galesburg. Ill
The spring was about three weeks
earlier there than here this year he
says.
Mr. Clawson says ne enjoyed the
entire trip very much but is glad tC
get back to Warren in greatly improv-
ed health.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16
AN OHIO VISITOR
Il AND HIS COMMENTS
He Likes Arizona But Calls Attention
to Few lmperfeetions Which ne
Must Have Seen Through Twisted
Lenses.

Mr.. c. c. Clawson of Warren, Ohlo'
who recently visited Phoenix, mas re-
turned to his home town and has CIV
en- the Warren Weekly Tribune NJ
tie interview that was undoubtedly
meant to be entirely complimentary
but he has made one or two state
ments that really call for mllu pIo-
test in the interest of justice. Inc
first statement is that the town is d
poorly kept and dirty place. IL must
be admitted that there are some vacant
lots that need cleaning and sometimes
the weeds on the outlying streets are
somewhat ahead of the chaln gang
but when the street mileage is taken
into consideration, the econoiiicdi
management of the city etc, after az
ter some years OF accumulatlhg III
debtedness, the town Will snow up
in general as clean as most places ana
a lot cleaner than some Ohio villages
of the same size. 1t is too bad that
Mr.. Clawson saw only a few of these
dirty spots and entirely overlooked the
handsome flower gardens ana green
lawns of the Capitol grounds, the
court house plaza and the city plaza
saving nothing of private properties
of the well kept and daily flushed gut
tiers of the business center etc. There
is a moral to be drawn however, by
the local government and that is that
the visitors will more quickly note the
faults than the virtues and greater ef-
fort should be made to eliminate the
former.
The other unfortunate comment of
Mr.. Clawson was that gambling was
unrestricted until its recent elimina-
ton. Gambling has always been re-
stricted in Phoenix by license and by
the prohibition of playing by minors.
Following are Mr.. Clawson's remarks
as he was quoted by the Tribune:
Auditor c. c. Clawson returned on
Saturday from his western trip, much
improved in health. and much pleased
over his trip.
Speaking OF the weather here on
Saturday Hr. Clswson Esid, Why, this
is a typical nice winter day in Ari-
IONA"
The first few weeks OF Mr.. Claw
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16

sleeping master. should effect his
death"
quite sure himself whether the bell
was not the creation OF his own over
wrought brain. At the end OF half an
hour he returned to the bedroom. se-
moved the cone from Rice's face. and
saw that he was dead. then after burn
ing the sponge and the towel in r.
kitchen range he opened the windows.
Strengthened the rooms out. called The
eloator man, asked him to send for
DR.. Curry. and telephoned TO Patyick
that Rice was dead"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16
ose uss OF WORTHLESS sToek

wildcat mining ssocks are nss Al
together useless-or worthless. esther"
said a New York broker who handles
cleap mining stocks the other azy as
he hung up the telephone receiver
Here's a man who just offered me $50
for enough mining stocks TO have a
face value of $4,000 He wasnT par
ticular what stocks he got n they only
had a paper value Of $4,000. 1 closed
the deal and shall make money on II.
too. What did he want with sEh
stocks? Well. i haven't the slightest
doubt but that he is getting ready TO
go into the bankruptcy court and want
to show his creditors where the money
has been dropped We often get such
requests aud are usually able TO Al
them"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-05-16
AN OVERSIGHT.

When Chappie got up the other
morning he wandered around his
apartments in his pretty pink pajamas
the very picture of woe.
whats the matter, sir?" inquired
his valet
81 don't know, Alphonse," he groan-
ed. 81 passed a most unhappy night.
Alphonse looked him over carefully.
"Oh. sir" he exclaimed. 81 know
what was the matter. The trouserines
of your pajamas were not creased. You
must be more careful, sir. Those |
had prepared for YOU were hanging
across the foot Of the bed."-The Bo-
hemian.