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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03

"scrimmages'' and downs" have paid
the yearly tribute to the game.
"Debrutalized" football, declared a
sport even for children, has listed but
one less victim in the forty-two days
Of the present season than last year
The record year was in 1905, when
! public outcry arose against the sport
that had killed twenty-four and in
! jured 200 players.
The death list of 1907 cannot be
computed until month or more after
the season has ended. Internal inju-
ries, partial paralysis and other causes
have always added a gloomy chapter
to the football post season. Concus-
sion of the brain and fractured skulls
disabled six of the victims now listed
only in the injured column. Spinal in
| jurieS not now deemed serious ended
the football career of others. Not for
many years may the final tabulation
be made upon the football victims of
1907.
The revised rules of the game have
not fulfilled the hopes of their franz
ers. While the deadly mass plays have
been eliminated they have been sue
ceeded by evolutions in which the
speed and combination plays have
proved almost as hazardous to the an
tagonists.
In the uncertain imitation of high
school boys and other amateurs the
rapid work has wrought havoc to the
players Broken and dislocated bones
have become common incidents of the
| field, which in many cases have not
even been made public by the players
! who have left the gridirons for the
surgeons table.
| In the university teams the list of
injured has decreased but slightly by
the reformed" rules Swarthmore,
Princeton, Yale and other universities
have contributed scores to the list of
! injured, and many with broken bones.
The reformed" game has been
abruptly ended in several smaller cit
les in which players have been serious
ly injured or killed. Mayor Cochrane
of Columbus, Ind, took the lead when
he ordered football in any form pro-
hibited after Earl Ruddell, high
school player, had been killed The
| precedent has been followed by other
city officials who have been unable to
discern the VdeDrutallzlng' Of The pas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
NEW YORK.

While the number of cities report that
the tone of affairs has taken a turn for
the better actual business, taking the
country as a whole, shows an increased
degree of quiet both at wholesale and re-
tail, working out of the continued scare
ity of currency at some points, of lessen
ing activity in industries and of the con-
tinuance of unseaSonably mild weather,
with its natural effect upon distribution
of winter goods.
{ Business failures for the week ending
Nov, 81 number 263, against $50 last
week, 212 in the like week of 1906, pa
in 1905, 1913 in 1904 and 167 in 1908.
Canadian failures for the week number
30, as against 40 last week and p in
this week a year go.-Brndstreet's Com
mercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

The national mining congress, in ses-
sion at Joplin, Mo-, adopted resolutions
favoring stricter federal control of min
ing lands.
Attorney General w. Fl. Dixon Of Colo
RADIO began action in the District Court
at Denver to break up the so-called gro
GERS trust.
Fire did 100000 damage in Parsons,
Kan. The biggest losers are Kress 4
Co, $4,000; Cooper Lumber Company
and Dodge-Bryan Lumber Company, $780,
600 each.
Mr.. Hitachiyama, the champion jap
anese wrestler, gave private exhibition
for President Roosevelt in the historic
east room Of the White House. The Pres
ident greatly enjoyed the feats Of strength.
Animal protection, child labor, Juvenile
Courts and other matters relating to the
care Of children were considered at the
annual convention Of the American HUI
name Association in Boston.
A dispatch from ST. Paul, Mimi. say5
that the Great Northern railroad viii
lengthen the running time Of its two east
bound transcontinental trains four hours.
No change will be made in the scheduis
Of the west-bound trains.
The fourth blaze within twerty-four
hours discovered in the II. Fl. Johns Man
vile Asbestos Company building at oi4
North Broadway, St. Louis, resulted IN
fire that swept through the TWO upper
stories. Loss $4,000.
III. II. Hubert, who IS said to be the
official representative Of the deposed enn-
peror of Korea, is stirring up sentinens
in San Francisco against the japanese
proposal to raise taxes on imports 10
Korea to the same basis as Japan. Inc
San Francisco chamber Of commerce has
resolved to bring the matter to the at
tention of Congress, as the trade treaty
between America and Korea would 30 VIC
lated By the change.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03

is less than % knots an hour. This
means that the Mauretania will be at
least ten per cent faster than her sister
ship.
The new turbine speed marvels are
the wonders of the world. If one vessel
of this type can lower the Atlantic rec
ord and two weeks later another can
cut that record by ten per cent, there
is the possibility that a third may be
built that will be ten per cent better
than the second, and that means that
the trip across the Atlantic will be re-
duced to less than three days.
The Mauretania is 90 feet longer
than the Great Eastern. Her gross ton
mage is $4,000. The Mauretania is
slightly larger than the Lusitania, be-
ing greater in depth by some or 6
inches She is therefore some 300 tons
heavier than the Lusitania. The ex-
treme breadth is SO feet, and the maxi
mum draught 81 feet 6 inches. Two
rows of gigantic yentilator cowls rem
der the external appearance of the
Mauretania somewhat different from
the sister ship.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
Express Companies, Agreement.

Before the New York State Public Ser
vice Commission a representative of the
United States Express Company admit
ted that his company, together with the
Adams and American express companies,
had formed and maintained community
of interests" without which their stocks
would be worth less because the COM
panies concerned would be at the mercy
Of the railroads. The hearing was brought
by certain shareholders of the United
States Express Company, who want to
get the laws amended so that the directors
in such common carriers may not be self
perpetuating, as is now the case. The
compliments say that the United States
is virtually controlled by its presumed riv-
ais, neither of which has held a meeting
20 elect directors for years. Two direc-
tors were shown to be officially connected
with the Adams and American, contrary
to the articles of association.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
WORK OF IRRIGATION.
New Plans Adopted Contemplate
Many improvements.

In the irrigation division Of the Ag-
ricultural Department the three main
lines Of work will be. as heretofore, dis
semination Of practical information,
scientific and technical investigations,
and reporting on irrigation conditions
In certain districts. In view of the fact
that probably about 100000 acres of
land provided with water for irriga-
ton will be available for settlement at
the close of 1908, 1t is believed that In
no other way can more good be done
than in supplying practical information
through publications and expert adj
vice to the new settlers on this land,
and 1t is therefore deemed advisable
to broaden the scope of this work so
as to make 1t valuable to every class
of farmers dependent upon irrigation
and to every project, whether public or
private.
The scientific and technical investiga-
lions will be continuation and extern
sion of what has already been done
Prominent features of the work will be
to determine what becomes of the large
quantity Of water which is annually
spread over cropped soils, involving a
study of evaporation, seepage and dis
tribution Of losses, with a view to Sc
curing higher economy in the use Of
water; the relation of irrigation water
to quantity and quality of crop and the
adaptation of methods to different soils
and crops, and study Of the more
technical features of the measurement,
conveyance, storage and distribution of
water on farms, and the various de-
vices used for pumping.
In the study of irrigation conditions
in different localities emphasis is to be
laid especially on possible improve
ments Of present methods which will
lead to a more economical use of water.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
1E4z ZsIAE'g22IlsRS
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Chicago-Cattle common to prime,
$500 to $685. hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $4.75; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1913; wheat, No. 2, SIC to Ole;
corn, No. ., 56c to 57c; oats, standard,
43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, 74c to Toe; hay,
timothy, $11.00 to $16.5o; prairie, $500
to $14.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 21c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 24c; potatoes,
per bushel, 45c to 54c.
Indianapolis-C Cattle, shipping, $500
to $3.50 hogs, good to choice heavy,
/ $500 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, Ole to 92c;
corn, No. 2 white, soc to SIC; oats, No. 2
white, 45c to 46c,
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000; hogs,
$500 to $40; sheep. $500 to $4.65;
wheat, No. 2, 96c to 97c; corn, No. 2,
56c to sic; oats, No. 2, 44c to Ace; rye,
No. 2, Toe to roc.
ncinnati-Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to $500, sheep, $500 to
So 20. m mhssi, Soc to soc; oats, No. 2
mixed, 46c to 47ci rye, No 2, Sic TO S0c,
Detroit-Cattle, s4oo to $500: hogs,
/ $500 to $4-75; sheep, $3.50 to S4oo !;
wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn, No, 3
yellow, Csc to Gee; oats, No. white,
Sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, 79c to SOC.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1.O2 to $1.04; corn, No. 3, Soc to Coo;
oats, standard, 4Sc to soc; rye, No 1,
SOC to Sic; barley, No. 2, 94e to 95c );
pork, mess, $12.97.
Buffalo Cattle, choice shipping steers,
81 100 to 1925; hogs, fair to cnoice, $500
to $50; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs fair to choice,
$500 to 500.
New York-Cattle $500 to 5000;
hogs, $500 to 1925; sheep $500 to
S.. 40 wheat, No. 2 red, 97e to Csc;
corn, No. 2, 63c to 64c; oats, natural
white, sic to 53e; butter, creamery, 25c
to 27c; eggs, western, 25c to 30c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, Doc to
96c; corn, No. 2 mixed, o0c to Gle;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 4Sc to 49c; rye, No.
2, roc to Soc; clover seed, prime, 1920.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
DENIED WAGES, TAKES BABIES.
Nurse Girl Kfdnaps Children to
Enforce Demand for Pay.

Nurse Girl Kidnaps Children to
Enforce Demand for Pay.
Declaring that S15 was due her in
wages and that she had been unable to
collect the money, Lorine Myers, is years
old, nurse girl, kidnapped the two little
sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert johnson,
1903 Page boulevard, st. Louis, and left
a note saying that they would be returned
to their parents when the money was
paid. Mrs. johnson found the note, read
ing, "When you settle with me I'll give
back your children" a short time after
the girl left the house with the little
ones, and at once notified the police.
After search lasting many hours the
girl and the children were found in Web
ster Grove, suburb, and Miss Myers
was placed under arrest. Later she was
set free at the request of her employers,
as she did not mean to kidnap the chill
dren
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
HANDY, RAIL cHIrrs. DIES.
General Manager of Lake shore
Rail Road and Allies Expires.

General Manager of Lake shore
Rail Road and Allies Expires.
Edward A. Handy of Cleveland, Ohio,
general manager of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern railway, the Lake Erie
and Western, Indiana Illinois and Iowa,
and Lake Erie, Alliance and Wheeling
roads, died in Passavant hospital. Chi
eago. Mr.. Handy's death was due to
pneumonia contracted while he and his
wife were in Chicago on a bussness trip.
He was taken to the hospital from the
Auditorium Annex. Mr.. Handy was 81
years old, and had been in the railway
service since 1873 He was born in
Barnstable, Mass, April 4, 1855, and was
educated in the Massachusetts Institute
Of Technology. His first experience as a
railway man was as assistant engineer OF
construction of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe, but he was soon promoted to
the position of engineer of bridges and
buildings. He served also as locating en-
gineer of the Mexican National. In 1891
he entered the service of the Lake Shore
and rose from the position of chief engi-
neer to that of general manager.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
To Train Children,s Attendant..

The Department of Public Charities has
recently established at Randall's Island,
children's attendants. Its purpose is the
training of attendants for the care of
sick and defective children. Every ap-
plicant must be between the ages of q
and 45 years, and furnish satisfactory
evidence that she has had a good common
school education, together with a physi-
clans certificate that she is in good
health. The course of instruction will
be prescribed by the medical board OF the
New York City Cnildren's hospitals and
schools and win cover a period Of eigh
teen months. UPON completion of their
course, they viii be given certificate Of
proficiency.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
s12 n Week Means pri~ation.

The report of DIR. Lee Frankea, man
ager of the United Hebrew Charities of
New York, before the State conference of
charities and correction, tells of the re-
cent investigation of actual living condi-
tons in the big city. This shows that
the $2-a-day man, who is also the $600-a-
year man, if he have an average family of
wife and three children under working
age, spends more than he earns for the
necessities. Rent for two and rarely three
rooms is about $154; his food costs $27O
for the year, of which his share is 22la
cents a day, or half cent above the min
imum for physical efficiency fixed by
Prof. Underhill of Yale; for fuel apd
light there is only $50, and perhaps So
is spent for daily papers So for club or
church dues, leaving final balance Of
SO, or % cents a month, for recreation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
INSISTS ON LOW FARE.

Oklahoma Notifies Road 1t Must
Comply with the 2-CeDt Provision
The first act of the Oklahoma corpo-
ration commission was to notify the Fort
Smith and Western railroad to comply
with the 2-cent fare provision of the con-
stitution until otherwise ordered by that
body. The railroad company has thus far
refused to establish the 2-cent rate. I'm
der the constitution failure to comply
with an order of the commission subjects
the corporation to fine of $500 for each
day of violation. The commission also
received and filed complaints from the
Midland Valley and the Wichita Falls
and Northwestern railways, stating that
they cannot make a profit on 2-cent fares
and asking for the re-establishment of the
3-eent rate. The latter road is only thir-
ty-three miles long.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
UNCLE SAM A CAPITALIST.
As Shipbuilder Outranks All
Others In the United States.

As q Shipbuilder Outranks All
Others In the United States.
The United States government main
tains nine navy yards, representing a
capitalization OF more than 100000. oo0
and employing nearly 1900 men, In
Guiding officers. The total wages paid
In the navy yards of the government Ia
approximately $1O.0o0,o00 annually,
the cost of materials used oeing about
100000 annually and the value Of
the products, depending upon the num-
Der of. vessels built, runs well up into
the millions every year. In 1905 the
output of the government yards was
over S17,OO0,0Oo.
As shipbuilder the government out
ranks all other ship owners in the
United States In 1904 the government
launched 10000 tons of battle ships
of more than 1000 tons burden each
While only 81 per cent Of all vessels
launched that year were the property
of the nation, these vessels constituted
2T.7 per cent of the total tonnage
launched that year These same YES
sells represented also more than half
the value of all vessels over five tons
launched, the contract value of the
government ships being $39,51S,6OO.
Despite it's own facilities for building
and repairing warships, only one gov
eminent yard has been used in recent
years for turning out modern up-to-
date battle ship.
All told, the government owns fif-
teen dry docks where vessels of the
navy undergo most Of their repairs.
All but two of these are located on the
Atlantic coast. Another dock is being
completed on Puget sound, giving three
on the Pacific coast In addition to
the naval dry docks there are thirty
eight in the United States owned by
private corporations or individuals. In
time of war the navy should find no
trouble in taking care of its smaller
vessels, but the big battle ships would
have long distances to travel on either
coast, in event of injury, before finding
adequate docking facilities.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
FIRES ON AMERICAN FISHERMEN


Canadian Patrol Captures Them
After a Lively Chase-Set Free.
The Canadian patrol yiglant fred
shat at American fishermen Tuesday af-
ternoon and captured them with their
boats after hard chase en- Lake Erie.
The patrol came upon two fishing boats
and gasoline launch near Old Hen ISL
and. There were four men in the boats.
The fishermen were ordered to surrender,
but instead of giving themselves up they
hurried aboard the launch and set out for
American waters at top speed Then the
government vessel gave chase. 1t was a
lively run for a time, but when the Wig
liant sent a shot after the Americans,
which came dangerously near them, the
men on the fishing boats surrendered.
They were taken aboard the Vigilant and
kept prisoners for some time. They were
finally taken to other boats fishing on the
American side and given their liberty. The
fishing boats, however, were retained by
the Canadians.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
seven-Year Record.
*lncomplete.
ALIENS RETURNING HOME.
Foreign Laborers by the Thousand
Taking Passage at New York.

EoTelSu LdDoTerS Dy the 1nouSauu
Taking Passage at New York.
Foreigners are swarming back to
their old homes this year in numbers
that have never been approached in the
history of the country. Steamship men
at New York declare that before wiater
is far advanced 100000 aliens will have
returned to their native countries, car
rying with them close to S100,O00,O00.
There is heavy steerage travel to Eu-
rope late in every fall for two reasons.
One is the low fares fixed by the winter
steamer schedules and the other is the
winter lack of work.
The great majority of travellers con
sists of an army of laborers who come
in the spring to engage in outdoor
work. and return when frost forces
suspension of operations. A great num-
Der of these hail from Italy, and as
rule they are employed in railroad con-
struction and mine work. They are
able, during the open season, to earn
more than enough to pay their travel
Ing expenses anu 10 meet tne cOSl VI
living during the months of idleness.
This year the panic has served to
greatly increase the number of travel
ers. 1t is not alone the men who have
been thrown out of work, but those that
fear winter of idleness in the mills
that swell the total Their action will
probably have a strong effect on next
years immigration. All the winter
they will tell their neighbors stories of
hard times in America, and that view
of conditions here will be thoroughly
spread through Europe. If there should
be no pronounced depression the labor
shortage next spring will probably be
greater than it has been in the past
two years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
llVerS are Al on near lhe Hood Stag,


The eighteenth annual meeting of the
Mississippi commercial congress adj
iourned in Muskogee, Okla, to meet in
San Francisco next November. A resolu-
ton indorsing the parcels post was voted
down amid great applause. Resolutions
we're passed fayoring the establishment
Of postal savings bank for an appro-
priation by the government for better
roads, and for the appropriation by the
government of not less than $500,000,00O
for the improvement of rivers and har-
horS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
CONNECTS HAVE A SCHOOL.
College Graduates Among Prisoners
Cnnsfifufe. EacuIfx In Sing Sing.

College Graduates Among Prisoners
Constitute Faculty I'm Sing Sing.
The departure for Auburn of Philetus
VI. Helfer calls attention to remarkable
educational work under State auspices
for convicts in New York prisons. Mr..
Heller has introduced among the loo
or more prisoners in Sing Sing course
ranking rather above the grammer grades
and below the high school courses. A
competent corps of instructors was OBJ
tanned among the prisoners. The faculty
consists of nine members, all of whom
are college graduates. The dean is a
Cambridge (England) man. while one Of
the members is an Oxford man. Column
bia has three representatives and Cornell
one. The Cambridge and Oxford men are
serving sentences for forgery, a crime
which seems to appeal to the educated.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
corteryou to the Merchants.

Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou adj
dressed the Merchants Association of
New York in its new building on the
financial situation. and was eheered to the
echo when he said that if the boarded
cash were returned to the channels of
trade there would be a complete resump-
ton of business in twenty-four hours.
He warned them against ill-considered
financial legislation, saying that panic in
legislation was worse than panic in bust
NJ.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03

Accused of Keeping Blind Pigs
The murderer of f. s. Jefferson, who
was stran gled near his home IN Burling-
ton, n. j., is still at large. 1t is thought
that revenge may have been the motive.
Jefferson had appeared as a witness
against foreigners arrested for running a
speak easy" and it is said they had
threatened to get even with him. As a
direct result of the murder of e. s. JEFF
ferson, Policeman George Gusrang was
murdered by mysterious stranger, who
afterward attempted to commit suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03

The jury in the Steve Adams murder
case was discharged in Rathdrum, Idaho
being unable to agree on a verdict after
having been out for twenty-one hours.
The jury stool eight for acqmttal and
four for conviction. Adams was tried for
the murder of Fred Tyler in the Marble
Greek district of Shoshone County, Idaho,
in August. 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
UNCLE SAM LOVES A LOVER.
Tender Official sympathy Goes Ont
10 ForIorn Filipino ExiIes.


Never again can it be said that the gov
eminent at Washington has no sympathy
for lovers. At present sweethearts and
wives are favorites with Uncle Sam, who
will give them chance to join their hus-
bands or fiances now teaching school in
the Philippines. The governor general
has cabled from Manila that he needs
300 new teachers, and the department
of insular affairs announces that a spe-
cial examination will be held during the
holidays to fiji the vacancies. This ex-
animation will be open to the wives
fiancees, or other women who are near
relatives of those already in the service
or candidates for positions as teachers.
The age limits are 20 and 40 years. The
bulk of the appointments will be made
at the entrance salary Of $1,000 year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
Three Young Skater. DROWN.

Ella Swift, aged IA years. Merle Nett
Ter, IA, and Frank Hartfelled, Is. were
drowned in Little Greek at Mason City,
Iowa. The two girls We're skating to-
gether, when the ice broke and they went
beneath. Frank Hartfelled attempted
their rescue, but was unsuccessful. The
bodies of the two girls were recovered
and searchers are now dragging the river
for that of Hartfelled.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-03
Cuts Wage. of 10000 Men.

Ten thousand men employed on the Pa
eifc Coast extension of the Chicago. Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad already
have had their wages reduced % cents
4 day and have been notified of further
reduction of % cents day on Dec. 1.
These reductions are the direct result of
aging off of men by western roads, by
mining companies and by other industrial
Embellishments