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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
OPERATION MAKES BOY THIEF.
200 BurgIarious Grimes Since Aug
Record of busy Boy.


Record of Busy Boy.
Entirely calm. Edward Bridgeman. IA
years old, confessed in New York that
be has committed 200 robberies since
Aug. last-s"- about four a day on the
average. Young Bridgeman said. 100, that
he always worked in daylight and pass
ed his nights with his parents at home.
100 Ralph avenue, Brooklyn. This ex-
plains why his mother. utterly ignorant
of his wrongdoing, protested that Ed
yard is a good boy" This most indus
trious young thief has been in the hands
of the Brooklyn Childrens society. The
societys agents say they believe he is
mentally unbalanced. They do not call
him a kleptomaniac they think he has
never recovered from a surgical operation
that was performed on him, and that 1t
Is this that makes him steal. Bridgemar
was arrested on Aug. 5. Frederick b.
Hyde, 800 McDonough street, Brooklyn,
charged the boy with stealing some silver
spoons and a violin. Patrolman Farrell
caught the youth pa ~ning the loot. Judge
O'keefe found him guilty and paroled
him in custody of a probationary officer
until Oct. 8. Then Bridgeman said he
got busy" and kept busy until last
Monday, when he entered Abraham Ro-
senblum's house, 1910 F'orty-sixth street.
and stole numerous ar icles. The boy
PLEADED guilty in the children's court, and
then, with some pride, reeounted his rec
ord double century" of burglarious en-
terprises. Judge O'Keefe sent Bridgeman
to the house of refuge. The Brooklyn
police are inclined to doubt the boys
story, but only because they have no rec
ord of his robberies.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
PRISON CONGRESS IN CHICAGO.
Annual Session of the National
Prison Assoc. alton.

Annual Session of the National
Prison Assoc. alton.
The annual congress of the National
Prison Association attracted many prom
inent officials and students of criminol.
ogy to Chicago. The report of the com
mittee of preventive and reformatory
work advocated complete revision of
our criminal code. 1t is held that the
system of fees charged in the defense
and prosecution of criminals is wrong. 4
wealthy criminal should not be permitted
to pay for his defense dollar more than
the State pays in defending a criminal
without financial backing. In he opinion
of the committee one of the greatest So
cial evils of to-day is the privilege which
the rich have of escaping punishment for
their acts.
Warden butcher of the Colorado State
reformatory argued against having pris-
oners constantly watched by armed
guards. While admitting that in certain
cases it might be necessary, he thought
that the display of firearms in penal in
situations was fraught with grave dam
gers and with evil consequences The re-
suit of this policy was inevitably to mark
the criminal with ugliness and TO fill him
with resentment and hatred against all
who have a part~in the administration of
the criminal law. Throughout all the
addresses at the congress the prevailing
tendency was in favor of those methods
which Lead toward the reformation and
betterment of criminals rather than those
which are actuated by spirit of revenge,
and much attention was paid to the asso-
cations being formed throughout the
country for the purpose of helping e1-
conyicts to their feet
Attorney General Bonaparte, address
ing the Prison Wardens' Association on
Wednesday, advocated the death penalty
for habitual criminals mad for attempts
to commit capital crimes. He argued that
the primary purpose of punishment was
to assure obedience to the law, and that
in inhicting punishment the State looks
not to the past and not to the individual
who now suffers, but to all the in1iyid-
uals who may hereafter fear to disobey by
reason of the sufferings of the one now
punished. The habitual criminal, he said,
was a product of modern civilization, as
our ancestors would have hanged HIM for
his first felony. He did not favor hang
ing men for trihing offenses, but he would
have society cease to nourish and shell
ter its proved and inveterate enemies"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
NEW YORK

Retail trade feels the stimulus Of long
awaited cool weather, as does also fillsag
in order business from jobbers. On the
other hand, regular house trade has de-
creased in volume, now that the first rush
of fall trade is over, and shipping of
goods on orders is engrossing jobbeI>s' at
tention to a large degree. Advices as to
the real proportions of autumn trade vary
with the sections reporting. Collections
are still a matter Of complaint at many
markets east, west and south, the latter
section noting that the recent freer move
ment of cotton has only made for partial
improvement. Conditions in the shoe and
leather industry are irregular, The re-
striction of output Of sole leather is re-.
fected in firm prices for desirable grades.
Some dealers claim concessions in side
leather in the Boston market Shoe ship
ments from eastern Massachusetts, are
"A per cent less than year ago.
Business failures for the week ending
Sept. 20 number 166, as against 40 last
week, 100 in the like week of 1906, 1876
in 1905, 179 in 1904 and 1913 in 1903.
Canadian failures for the week number
SO, as against 40 last week and u in
this week a year ago. Bradstreet's Com
mercial Report
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

The Finnish Diet has opposed the de-
mand of the Cars government for an
appropriation of $4,000 to support the
military service of the Russian Empire.
The first military dirigible balloon built
in England made two successful trial
trips the other day, thus bringing Great
Britain into line with France and Ger
many in the matter of serial war machin-
cry The British balloon, which is sau-
sage shape and 100 feet long by 80 feet
in diameter, with capacity of 10000 cubic
feet. with car made of aluminium and
canvas, went up 30 the distance of 800
feet in the presence of a great throng OF
people and performed various eyolutiOns
with and against the wind, and returned
to the starting point. She dipped and
rose with the greatest ease and reached
pace of twelve miles an hour. At one
time the vessel turned around in its own
length. L. S. Cody, an American, is the
inventor.
The Zemstvo Congress at Moscow has
rejected the latest proposal of Premier
Stolypin for local self-goyernment, in
which persons of all ranks should coop
crate on equal terms The Liberals de-
manded that the suffrage be given to
women also.
The fourth member of the band of Rus
sian officials which tortured Maria Spiri-
donovo. the assassin of Gen. Lugenyosky.
has been killed by the Terrorists. who
vowed to avenge the sutferings of this
woman. who is now spoken of as the
Russian Joan of Arc.
Cardinal Domenico Svampa, archbishop
of Bologna, Italy. is dead. He was born
in Italy in 1851 and was created a car
dinal in 1894.
The Car and Czarine were on board
their yacht. STANDARD. when it went
ashore on the coast of Finland and re-
fused to leave the yacht until the tugbeats
and cruisers should have come to pull the
boat of.
The British Trade Union Congress has
adopted resolution demanding State
pension of S125 a week for everybody
over TO years of age. The Congress also
opposed the compulsory arbitration Of in
dustrial disputes.
Berlin bears with much satisfaction
that the rebel chief Morenga at last. has
applied TO the Governor of German
Southwest Africa fer a treaty ~ peace.
and that the Governor has consented. pro-
vided Morenga will give up his weapons
and remain in his own country
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
600 DROWNED IN FLOOD.
Stream Rises Fifty Feet and Japs
Are swept to Death.

Advioes of a terrible disaster due to
great foods prevailing in japan have been
received. The overflow of the River Oton-
ashigawa. running through the town OF
Fukuchjyama, near Kyoto, caused the loss
Of more than 600 lives in the river, which
rose more than fifty feet. The disaster
proved an exceptionally heavy blow to
Japan, because it came as a climax to
succession Of calamities on land and sea.
The troubles began with famine in the
northern part of the empire, when thou
sands faced starvation and many persons
died. While the government was doing
its utmost to relieve the famine sufferers,
Hakodate was burned, with a loss of 100
lives and nearly 100000 being left home
less. Strenuous efforts by the govern
ment were exerted to succor the surviv
ors. Then floods began in several parts
of the empire, with great destruction OF
property and the loss of more lives. Mean
time there was tremendous explosion 90
one of the battleships at sea, twenty lives
being lost, while in one of the best mines
o. the nation there was another explo-
sion that killed 100 miners. Public mourn
ing following these disasters had not ceas-
ed when news reached the capital of the
drowning of the 600 in the latest flood,
Despite its being already taxed almost tc
the limit, the government is relieving
those who survived the deluge but lost all
their property in it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
FINDS Remains of Mastodon

Word has recently been received from
Prof. G. w. Gilmore, who, accompanied
by Prof, W. T. Shaw of the Washington
State College and a party of scientists
from the East, is now in central Alaska,
that they have found a specimen of the
mastodon frozen intact in the great Muir
glacier, near the Chilkoot Pass. The
party set out on this particular errand
and their hopes were more than realized
when they discovered this large and per-
feet specimen imbedded in the great ice
field in very much the same position as
when overwhelmed by the frigid elements.
On some portions of the animal the hair
and flesh were still fresh, but crumbled
when exposed to the air. 1t is estimated
that the length of the mastodon from the
end of it's trunk to the tip of the tail
was about IS feet, and that when stand
ing on all fours the height must have
been nearly 40 feet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
CHICAGO.

ACTIVITY in the leading pro Iucine In
1 uus'rieS dlscloses no diminution. although
.ne aggregate of new demands has fallen
below the exceptional bookings al tb,s
time last year, Delay in agreement
upon the new rail specification holds mn
many contracts for steel mills and lessons
the demand for pig iron. but indications
are good Tor an early lifting of this tenn
porary embargo.
Other heavy manufacturing lines main
tain steady drawing upon capacity and
absorb large quantities of supplies. and
current deliveries of finished prodacss pre
remarkably large in machinery, hardware,
cars, furniture and footwear.
The course of prices affords some re-
lief 30 consumers of raw material and
receipts of the latter continue ample.
while values of leading outputs o. the
factories remain unchanged. Financial
conditions are paramount in considering
new enterprises and, while no decline In
the cost of borrowing may be looked for
soon, there is better feeling in the
money ms:Ret, which begins to have
salutarv effect upon business.
n most encouraging feature is the sus-
tanned enormous marketings of grain and
the rapid conversion of these and other
farm products into cash, all making sub
stantial addition to the circulation of
money, which must eventually stimulate
commerce and widen confidence.
Buying of necessares reflects satisfac-
tory Roadway, trade in the leading retail
departments being seasonably strong and
much augmented by liberal purchases of
many visitors from the interior. For
warnings of stable merchandise exceed
those at this time last year, and country
merchants operate freely
Western advices indicate prosperous
conditions throughout the agricultural
sections, and country stocks of merchan-
disc under gratifying reductions. CollecS
tions at most points are reasonably
prompt, while the record of defaults
again makes favorable showing.
Freight movements by both rail and
lake are much in excess of those year
ago, and the calls for cars to rush bread
stuifs, coal and lumber begin to overtax
equipment. The total movement of grain
at this port aggregated 16,9T7 6S1 bushels,
against 9,791,691 bushels last week and
9,621011 bushels year ago.
Bank clearings. $246,9 $50, exceed
those of corresponding week IN 1906 by
1S.5 per cent. Failures reported in the
Chicago district numbered 16, against %
last week, and 10 year ago.--Dun's Re-
view of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

As a result of the gathering of Wis
consin Republican politicians at the State
fair at Milwaukee it is positively asserted
that Senator La Toilette will be candi-
date for the presidential nomination next
year.
Frank G. Barnes, conductor of Lake
Shore Electric railway car. and Amos
Mierka of Fremont, Ohio, we're killed and
Samuel Jenes, the motorman, and thirty
passengers were Injured when the car ran
into an open switch at Woodyille road,
near Toledo.
A passenger train on the New York
Central road ran into freight car near
Utica, n. Y, the locomotive and one car
being derailed. The engineer, John Eber-
ice, was injured
Five cars on a passenger train on the
Alabama and vicksburg road were over
turned and the whole train left the track
near Forest Station, Miss. No one was
injured seriously.
An obstruction on the tracks Of the
Great Northern road near Wenatchee,
Wash, wrecked the oriental limited. Two
cars were destroyed BY fire andsone pas
senSer, a woman, and two walters on the
dining car were injured.
Albert Beaver of Newcastle, Ind, at
tempted to initiate DIR. Jekyll and Dir.
Hyde 50 well, after seeing performance
Of the play, that he soon began to expe-
rience the same difficulty in returning 70
his normal self as DIR. JekyH had. and
few days ago he lapsed voluntarily into
49, ~.,o--e.f 49,, ds@sor, If afr Hrdn" ard
since that time has been unable TO adopt
any other personality. He was taken to
the asylum for the insane at Richmond.
Ind.
Prof Kanichi Asakawa Of the depart
ment Of japanese civilization Of Yale has
eloped with Miss Miriam G. DingwaI OF
New Haven and they were married -
Xashington. .. G.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
IMMUNITY FOR THE ALTON.
I'm Resenting SIur On His Court
Standard OIL Is Hit by Lands.

I'm Resenting SIur On His Court
Standard OIL Is Hit by Landis.
Another broadside was direcaed
against the Standard Oil Company by
Judge Lands in the United States Dis
trict Court at Chicago Tuesday. Al
though immunity was granted the Chi
cago and Alton Railroad by Judge Ian
dis on recommendation of attorney
General Bonaparte, both the railroad
and the Standard Oil Company were
scored from the bench and subpoena
was issued by the court for James A..
Moffett, president of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana.
Mr.. Moffett was directed to appear
before the special grand jury that was
to have investigated the Alton road
and make good" charges made by di-
rectors of the New Jersey corporation.
The courts latest action is regarded as
one of the most drastic moves thar
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

have been made against officials of the
oil corporation during the entire liti-
CATION.
Judge Lands denunciation of the
tactics employed by the directors of the
New Jersey corporation after the inn
position of the 500 100000 fine on the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was
couched in language that could not be
mistaken. Sarcastic reference to the
Alton's position regarding rebates given
the Standard Oil Company were made
by the court.
In the pamphlet, distributed broad
cast throughout the country, the Stand.
ard Oil Company takes the position
that it is being prosecuted rather than
prosecuted by the government, and the
fat statement is made that other cor
porations are just as culpable of the
practice of rebating as is the oil con-
Germ. This is what Mr. Moffett has
been given an opportunity to prove.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
IG4z lSAI'g2;2ssS}IgRS
,sassse5s}SIss III <s2E,cGss
dGyR -sEGQG~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1925; hogs, prime heavy, 500
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 96c to 97c;
corn, No. 2, &c to G3c; oats, standard,
soc to 52c rye No. 2, soc to 90c; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $1,000; butter, choice creamery, &c
to Csc; eggs, fresh, fSc to Gle; potatoes,
per bushel, soc to 60c.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to $500; hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
$685.; sheep, common to prime. $500
to S475 wheat, No. 2, 93c to 95c; corn,
No. 2 white, Gle to 62c; oats, No. 2
white, 49c to SOC.
st. Lous-Cattle, $3.50 to %20;
hogs, $500 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.O0 to S1.01; corn,
No. 2, &c to Csc; oats, Ne. 2, 47c to
4Sc; rye, No. 2, sc to S3c.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $5.e5;
hogs, $500 to $6.95; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No 2, Csc to 99e; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 64c to 65c; oats, No. 2
mixed, SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, SSc to DOC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 500; hogs,
$500 to $645; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No.
yellow, CSC to zoe; oats, No. white,
SIC to 53c; rye, No. ., $50 to S9c.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. northern,
S1.0s to S1.10; corn, No. 3, Gle to &c;
oats, standard, sic TO 52c; rye, No. ],
SOC to 90c; barley, standard, 99c to $1.O1;
pork, mess, S15.5c.
Buffalo-Cattle, ehoice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1925; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 1926.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $6.45;
hogs, $500 to $6.70; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, s104 to $1.06;
corn, No. 2, TIC to roc; oats. natural
white, see to 5sc; butter, creamery, 25c
to CSC; eggs, western, 1Sc to 23c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 97c to
Csc; corn, No. mixed, 64c to 65c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 51c to 53c; rye, No.
2, SIC to Ssc; clover seed, prime, $l0.70.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
LAW COSTS s1,5OO,OOo.

Missouri lines Contend Two-Cent
Fares Cause Heavy Loss.
-2ccording TO statements made by OH
Gals of the various Missouri railroads,
the operation of the 2-cent passenger fare
law has cost the roads S1,500,000 during
the past three months. The law became
effective in Missouri on June II, and by
agreement the railroads decided to reduce
their fares and test the law until Oct. l.
1t is announced that the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe, Wabash, Missouri
Pacific. Burlington, Chicago and Alton,
and other trunk lines have joined to fight
the further enforcement of the law, and
will submit statements showing the effect
of the 2-cent fare law to Federal Judge
Mcpherson at Kansas City about Oct. 10.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
AUTOMOBILE ON The FARM.
1t Has Become Common Thing I'm
Nebraska and Kansas.


Nebraska and Kansas.
Western agents of automobile factories
assert that if the machines could be Sc
cured hundreds of autos could be sold this
summer TO the farmers Of Nebraska and
Kansas. As it is the residents of country
towns and the farmers are buying more
of the benzine buggies than the cities,
and there is scarcely a country Town in
Nebraska in which there are not more
automobiles in proportion to population
than in Lincoln or Omaha.
The prosperity of western farmers has
become an old story, and this prosperity
is going to be augmented this year by an
other big crop of wheat and corn and
oats. Most of the farmers in the State
could buy medium priced machine just
as luxury if they wanted to, but the
manner in which they have amassed their
money does not lead to exrayagances of
that kind.
When a Nebraska agriculturist adds to
his machinery collections he buys only
that which will be of use. That is why
he is just now turning to the automobile.
The favorite farm type is the runabout,
largely because of its low first cost The
prudent farmer figures that with a good
carriage horse bringing $3.50 to $3.50 each
on the market he is foolish to utilize
them in his pleasure jaunts and his jour
neyings to and from church. If he uses
his work horses to go to town or about
the country he deducts just that much
from their working capacity on the farm.
By using an auto he saves the horses
fresh for the farm work, he can trans
act his business quicker and get back to
the farm in a short time, 10 his financial
betterment.
The employment of the gasoline engine
on farms in the pumping of water for
stock and in running threshing machinery
and grinders and shelters has familiarized
him with this type of power and he takes
hold of an automobile proposition with
interest and enthusiasm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Ch,,aren Kirled by Mother.

Martha and Catherine, infant children
of Mrs. Catherine Thomas, an inmate of
the Cambria county almshouse at Johns
town, Pa, were found dead in their beds,
having been strangled.- Finger marks
were found on the children's throats Mrs
Thomas is said to have confessed to the
deed, saying she was afraid her husband
would take them from her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
Connanx accents Cut Fare.

Announcement has been made by the
Lincoln (Neb.) Traction Company that
it will comply with the order of the State
Railway Commission that it sell six fares
for % cents to adults and ten fares to
school children for p cents, to be used
during certain hours OF the day. The
commissions recent ruling places a val
uation on the plant of the traction COM
pany and the Citizens Railway Company
and limits their earning accordingly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

Food Commissioner Johnson of Ne
brasGa has announced taat packages OF
meat must hereafter have the net weight
stamped upon them. To start his cam
paign johnson ordered the county attor
ney of Douglas county to institute pro-
ceedings against the South Omaha pack
ing houses, where it is found that pack
ages of bacon and ham are wrapped with
paper aud cloth until or q per cent OF
the stamped weight is thus accounted for.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

produced. Incarcer-
ated in the State
prison at Columbus,
Ohio, serving a 10
year sentence, this
remarkable woman,
W h o S e meSlneric
o W er compelled
some of the shrewd-
est bankers in the
United States to do
her bidding, is shut
put from the world
around her by an
afliction from which
she viii never re-
cover. The Attic
ton came upon her
suddenly and the
doctors say it is in
durable. There has
been a complete ply
steal breakdown.
Practically alone
in the world, de-
serted by those who
had in the days of
her affiuence been
proud to call her
friend, the = DIR.
Jekyll of her past
always before her,
she is suffering as
only a woman with
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
WI TING FANG RETURNS.

Restoration of Chinese Leader as
Minister Mt Washington.
The reappointmeht of WI Ting Fang
to his former post as minister of China
at Washington is reported from Pekin.
Mr.. WI represented China at Washing
ton for more than five years. He was
recalled in November, 1902.
WI is dignitary of Importance. lie
represents the progressive element among
his countrymen. He studied law for four
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08
TRAGEDY COMES FROM POVERTY
Man Tries to Kill Hardworkins
Wife and Himself

Harry Chernock, a New York garment
cutter, attempted to kill his wife by stab,
bling her with a pair of tailors' shears
and then jumped from fourth-story
window, receiving injuries from which he
died. To support their 5-year-old son
and her husband, who was i'll, Mrs. Cher
mock went to work in a sweatshop for
small wages. When Chernoek saw his
wife growing pale and haggard from her
toll it preyed on his mind,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-10-08

Word from Chisholm. Mimi. on the
range. says that Paul Meliege. 30 years
old. was rescued from nine chamber
265 feet below the surface of the earth,
upsn which there had been q sudden
sf6klcs depression of 115 feet. When be
was dragged out by other miners, MelieSe
tainted from exhaustion.