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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10

daughter of the President and wife of
the member from the Cincinnati dis
trict, and the new Persian minister in
his variegated uniform.
The scenes on the floor We're inter-
esting. Such veterans s s Serene Payne,
the floor leader; John Dalzell, w. P.
Hepburn, James S. Sherman and
james A. Tawney congregated in little
groups to exchange greetings. Speaker
Cannon held an informal reception in
his private room, Republicans aud DEM
ocrats calling to pay their respects.
There was an absence of floral trib-
utes on the floor These hitherto had
been a feature of the opening of Con-
gress. but a rule of the House, adopted
at the last session. forbade such tokens.
New Members Interested.
Although the veterans of the House
We're perfectly at home, the 121 new
members evinced deep interest in ev-
erything. They arrived early and at
once set about making acquaintances.
The absence of old war horses, such as
General Charles H. Grosvenor and Rep
resentative Babcock, who went DOWN
to defeat in the last elections, was
commented upon. and their familiar
figures were missed.
The biennial lottery for seats was
conducted in the usual way. AS has
been the custom for years. Representa-
tive Bingham of Philadelphia, father
of the House, was allowed to retain
his seat, which is directly in front of
the Speakers desk John Sharp Will
Jams. the minority leader. also was
given the privilege of choosing his
place on the Democratic side. Both
he and Speaker Cannon were given
ovations when they made their appear
ance in the chamber, but the occupants
of the galleries did not confne their
applause to these two men.
Those who expected that the Presi-
dents message would be read Monday
were disappointed The fact that the
Senate adjourned Immediately after
converting out of respect to the mem
DRY of Senators Pettus and Morgan of
Alabama, who died during the recess,
prevented the presentation of the COM
munication from the chief executive.
The House, too, mourned two of its
members. and adjournment was taken
until Tuesday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
IN THE SPORTING WORLD.

The racing season at San Francisco
has opened.
Joe Cans attributed Battling Nelson's
refusal 10 meet him to fear.
Andrew Carnegie gave PittsDurg free
football game on Thanksgiving day.
Lean and Jevne fattened their aver
ages in the billiard tournament at st.
Louis.
Tweaty runners contested for the Y.
NJ. C. a. Thanksgiving cross-country
event
Fred Book was elected captain of next
years Washington university football
eleven.
The Eastern Jockey Club announced
that it would materially increase the
value OF next years stakes.
Indications we're that there win be a
postponement Of the Tommy Burns-"Gun-
ner'' NOR battle in London.
Rosimiro. at to 1, took the feature
race at Benninss on Tuesday, 70 the
great discomfort Of form players.
Attempts were made to arrange for a
bic wrestling carnival at st. Louis, the
participation Of stars of the mat game
being sought.
So many entries were received for the
auto show that the st. Louis Automobile
Club will have to build a temporary adj
dit "a to the Jai Alai building to hold its
exhibition
A swimming carnival at the Central
Y. VI. C. 4. attracted unusual interest
because Of the excellence of the events
DAILY and De ORC scored victories in
the st. Louis balk-line billiard contest
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
EURDS LOOT AND BURN
IN LAWLESS ORGIES
Many Villages in Armenia Are
Plundered and Then Put to
the Torch.
SPARE THE PEOPLES LIVES.
Erzerum, Belts, Van, Kharput nd
Draibeker Scenes of Specula-
ton by Vicious Hordes.

Constantinople advices say the law
less activity of the Kurdish tribes il
the Armeno- Kurdish districts of Ere
rum, Bitlis, Van, Kharput and Diarbekir
is causing lively concern at the Porte,
particularly as the foreign embassies
are interesting themselves and are urg
ing that prompt measures be taken by
the government to prevent a possible
massacre. Under the protection of the
notorious Ibraham Pasha, who IS
known as the ''despot of Kurdistan,'
Kurdish horsemen are making raids
without discrimination, Turkish villages
suffering equally with Armenian home
steads on the plains around Diarbekir
and Jezireh- Ybn-Omar.
Sixteen villages have been pillaged
and burned within the last month in
these districts and eight villages in the
Sert district have met With the same
fate. Several of these villages were
composed entirely of Moslems and in
most cases the lives of the inhabitants
were spared, though they were deprived
of all their possessions.
The pinch of hunger already is being
felt, as everywhere, there is scarcity
of food, fodder and fuel. The mission
aries are doing their best to mitigate
the misery but outside help is urgent
ly needed if the danger of a severe
famine is to be averted.
The movement in favor of autonomy
Is gaining ground in Asia Minor as the
popular disaffection against the Con-
stantinople government is very strong
But at the same time there is great
degree of loyalty among the Moslems,
and this constitutes powerful support
to the present regime. Mass meetings
are being held at which the removal Of
Ibraham Pasha is being demanded.
The Porte has ordered troops from
Kharput and Rieppo against the refrac-
tory Kurds, and it will endeavor to in
duce Ibraham Pasha by friendly per
suasion, to come into Aleppo. Some
of Ibraham's villages were snelled re-
Gently by Turkish troops and sixty
Kurds We're killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
THE NEW CHINATOWN.
Oriental Quarter Arises on the Old
Site in San Francisco.

Site in San Francisco.
San Franciscos new Chinatown
which has arisen on the ruins of the
old is ready for occupancy and is rap
idly filing up with merchants and
tradesmen who were scattered to the
four winds by the terrible earthquake
and fire of year and half ago. All
movements looking toward the trans
fer of the Chinese to less desirable
part of the city failed utterly, and the
new Chinatown has risen on the site of
the old under the shadow of Mob Hill
and touching shoulders with the finan-
cial district In the first flush of hope
after the catastrophe several plans
were evolved for moving Chinatown out
toward Telegraph Hill or to some suit
able part of the Mission district. The
site of old Chinatown was needed for
the expansion of the financial district.
of the Getty beautiful" dream Chi
nese firms and wealthy Monaghan indi-
viduals owned much of the property in
Chinatown. They were satisfied with
the site of their quarter. 1t was near
the big hotels patronized by eastern
tourists, and it was not too far from
the water front whence their goods
came. The Chinese refused to sell and
straightway set about rebuilding.
TT ere is reason why Chinatown
was rebuilt before the other parts of
the burned area, even before Market
street had been repaved. The Chinese
property owners had no trouble in get
ting ready cash. They did not try to
borrow from San Francisco banks or
even from New York money lenders
The first steamer to China carried long
letters describing the situation In
closed were drafts on the treasurer of
the company which backed the San
Francisco firms. The return steamer
brought the gold that was needed and
the Chinese could tell their contractors
to go ahead
The building department and the
health authorities insisted that the new
Chinatown be built according to law
and the new Chinatown has, of course,
lost such picturesqueness as was found
in the dirt and the squalor and the
tumbledown effect of the old buildings.
To Offset this, however, there will be a
heavy gain in healthfulness.
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DG4s lLEAg2E2ss'%{l5RS
sNyQ Do 90 3 -


Chieago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $685.; hogs, prime heavy, 500
to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 9Tc;
corn. No. 2, 5Sc to SOC; oats, standard,
doc to 46c; rye, No. 2, roc to soc; hay
timothy, $1100 to $3.50; prairie, 500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 24c
to 26c; eggs, fresh, 22c to 26c; potatoes,
per bushel, Acc to 53c.
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
S4.00 to $4.65; sheep, common to prince
$40 Otto S4.65; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 Ole to ODE;
corn, No. white, DOC to 56c; oats, No. 2
white, 46c to 47c.
St. Lous-Cattle, $3.50 to 5000 hogs,
$500 to $50; sheep. $500 to 1928;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 2,
SIC to 5Sc oats, No. 2, Ate to 4Sc; rye,
No 2, Toe to t9c.
Cincinnati--Chttle, $500 to $3.50 Z
hogs. $500 to $5.10 sheep, $500 %
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 9Se; cern,
No. mixed, SOC to Coo; oats, 30. 2
mixed, Acc to 4Sc; rye, No. 2, roc 20 Sic.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to 500 hogs,
800 to $4.60; sheep. $3.50 to 500;
wheat, No. 2, 99c TO S1.00; corn, No. 3
yellow. 64c to 65c; oats, No. 3 white,
sic to SIC; rye, No. ., Zoe to soc.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern.
sf.O6 to $1.0S; corn, No. 3, 59c to Gle;
oats. standard 40c to SOC; rye, No. l,
Sic to S3c; barley, No. 2, 99c to Sl.00,
pork, mess. s12.07.
Buffalo, Cattle, choice shipping steers,
800 to $625; hogs, fair to choice, $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, common TO good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair % choice,
$500 to 500.
New York-Cattle, S40O TO 5000;
hogs. $3.50 to $685.; sheep, $500 TO
$500. wheat, No. 2 red. S1.00 to $1.02
corn. No. 2, &c to Csc; oats, natural
white. SIC to SIC; butter, creamery, DC
% 27c: eggs. western. &c to Sic.
ToIedo-Wheat, No. mixed, 96c to
9Sc: corn. No mixed, SIC to 56c;
oats. No. mixed. 4Sc TO 49c; rye. No.
., roc to soc: clover seed, prime, $9.57.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
CHICAGO.

urrner progress appears in the effort
10 place credit upon satisfactory basis,
and the banking conditions reject distinct
ADVANCE toward resumption Of cash pay
merits. Encouraging replies from the in
terror indicate a general desire to act
carry IN restoring the normal status, and
Win this favorable tendency spreading
the monetary outlook assumes AN encour~
aging aspect
Trade conditions reflect no notable de-
velopment, but the tone is better, and
with the necessary adaptation to events it
Is expected that improving demand will.
come in due course.
Liquidation in securities and commodi-
ties is not yet at the point of exhaustion,
but this is not any longer disturbing
factor, and there are Increasing currency
shipments TO move crops and provisions
and more renewal of loans upon satisfac-
tory evidence of solvency. Defaults thus
far have not reached distressing proper
tons, nor has the stoppage of machinery
and reduction of workmen been as great
relatively as was feared.
Although the business indications may
be regarded as improving. there is yet a
very conservative feeling extant. New
enterprises and consequent increase of OBJ
legations are given little consideration
and contracts made at this time are con-
fined to absolute requirements
Colder weather would stimulate more
active movement of seasonable goods in
both retail and Wholesale branches, but
the Thanksgiving trade here and at coun-
try stores has been equal to expectations
Manufacturing discloses no particular
change aside from slower demand for
furnace and finished products. Rail mills
have bookings assuring steady work for
seven months ahead, and the wire mills
remain busy.
Leather remains in fair request for the
shoe factories, but hides are absorbed
slowly, Notwithstanding lower prices, and
dealings are more limited in lumber and
building material.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number %, against Sc last week and
% year ago. Those with liabilities over
5000 number IL, against IA last week
and 6 in 1906.-Dun's Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
DATA ON WATERWAYS.
Commission in Washington Con-
siders Plan of Big Scope.

commission IN washington Con-
siders Plan of Big Scope.
The inland waterways commission,
in session in Washington, considered
plan for the development of water
ways looking toward the restoration
Of navigation not only on the Missis-
sippi River, but on other waterways
In various parts of the country. The
commission has been encouraged in
this movement by the various water
way conventions that have been held
recently.
The commission is working on pre-
liminary report which it will make to
the President outlining the general
scope of its plan and which it expects
later on to supplement by statistics,
which it has collected relating to the
decrease in water transportation and
the inadequacy Of railroad transporta-
ton. The proposed lakes to the gulf"
channel movement, which is already
under way, will receive first attention
from the commission, which has made
two trips down the Mississippi River
investigating river conditions, rates,
both rail and water, terminals, ports
and the general question of river trans
portation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
MAN PERIsHEs IN FLAMES.
L. Lieberhardt Burned to Death

l.. Lieberhardt Burned to Death,
While Employer aud Wife Escape.
Leonard Lieberhardt teamster. was
burned to death in fire which destroyed
the livery stable owned by Fred Fink in
Downers Grove, Ill. Six horses housed
in the barn suffered a like fate and the
building and contents were consumed,
practically nothing being saved from the
flames. The loss "a estimated at $1,000.
The fire was discovered shortly after 1
o'clock by the village marshal, William
Banker, who hurried up the stairs lead
ing to the rooms occupied by Mr. Fink
and his wife and aroused them. Mr.. Fink,
who is nearly 20 years old, had barely
time to seize few clothes and help his
wife from the room before the flames
broke into the apartment from the hay
loft which adjoiped it. Banker sought to
rouse Lieberhardt, who slept in an adj
joining room, but was driven back by the
flames. From the position of the bofy
when it was recovered it is believed that
the man was overpowered by the smoke
while trying to escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10

this trip was 80 $40 miles, while ON
the former journey the best day was
only eighty-two miles.
Weston's stride is almost a shuttle.
He takes two or three steps of ordin-
airy length and then falls into a dog
trot. But it is not a dog trot 1t is
a little trick to relieve the strain upon
the leg muscles. And it gets him over
the ground amazingly fast. He walks
with as little effort as possible, leaning
slightly forward and frequently zig
tagging. At times he Is apparently
forced onward by his weight, falling
from one foot to the other without vis-
lille effort
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
RRIEF NEWS ITEMS

President Gompers Of the Americas
Federation Of Labor in an address at Nor
folk, Va, enjoined industrial peace.
The Matin Of Paris has decided to or
ganize an automobile race from New
York to Paris. BY way Of Chicago, Alas
ka. across the Boring straits, through ST.
IBERIA and Russia.
4 decree was rendered by Chancellor
Stout at Gallatin, Tenn. in favor OF the
State against the Standard Oil Company,
upbolding a bin to revoke thu license OF
the Standard and to prevent il from do
ing Business in Tennessee.
At its final session the Presbyterian
Brotherhood Of America elected Charles
S. Holt Of Chicago president and pieke3
Chicago as the headquarters
With the resumption Of the POLITICAL
campaign in England the shrieking sis
terhossl," as the woman sufragists are
known. is actively pursuing the threat
ened plan Of upsetting all liberal meet
ings.
New York's federal building. which con-
tains me New York postofiice, is con-
de,nnea in unmeasured terms By Con-
gresham Richard Bartholdt OF Missouri,
who i a member of committee appoint
ed to investigate the postal facilities Of
that city
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
CONSUMPTION IN ARMY
Or MORE PAY TO MEN.
Enforced Service Faces American
People, Declares Adjutant
General Ainsworth.

Unless radical measures are enacted
to induce men to enlist in the United
States army, CONSUMPTION must be re-
sorted to, declares Major General F. C.
Ainsworth, adjutant general, in his an
nual report
Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts ON the part of the War Depart
ment and the recruiting officers says
General Ainsworth, at has been found
impossible wholly to make good the
losses, to say nothing of increasing the
enlisted strength to the authorized linn
it. If present conditions continue there
viii be nothing for the government to
do but meet this competition by mate
rally increasing the soldiers pay or
to evade competition altogether by a
resort to CONSUMPTION"
Never before has such suggestion
come from an officer clothed with the
authority to make recommendations.
The idea of compulsory enrolment of
individuals for the military service has
been held abhorrent to republican prin-
ciples and the absence of such law
is one of the most forceful arguments
used in attracting desirable immigra-
ton from Europe.
Officials of the War Department an
ticipate that the possible necessity for
such action outlined by General Aims
worth will prove efficacious in securing
consideration by Congress of the in
crease of pay bill. 1t is with the great
est reluctance that army officers enter
tain the thought of CONSUMPTION, but
generally they agree with General
Ainsworth that it either npust come to
that extremity or more money must
be provided for the soldier if the stand
ing of the army is to be maintained.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
PEDESTRIAN COMPLETES
GREATEST WALKING FEAT
Edward Payson, 90 Years Old,
Tramps from Portland, NE.
to Chicago.

Edward Payson Weston ended his
long tramp of 1924 miles from Port
land. Me. TO Chicago. covering the dis
lance in 24'days. 10 hours and 10 min
utes.
Remarkable indeed is the endurance
shown by Weston, the aged athlete who
at 90 has repeated his feat Of forty
years ago in walking from Portland,
Me-, to Chicago, and has broken his for
mer record by twenty hours. De
Quoting the four Sundays on which he
did not walk, the actual time required
IN covering the distance was twenty
five days. His longest dey's walk ON
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Oklahoma corporation commission
notified ali Oklahoma railroads that a
go per cent reduction in coal rates will
90 into effect Jan. 2.
The Louis Lipp Company's plumbing
manufacturing establishment at Winton
Place, a suburb of Cincinnati, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss $4,000.
Suffers Harlem River Park, an up
town Coney Island on East One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth street, New York, was
totally destroyed by FIRE. Loss 100000.
To show the gratitude of the country
for good government the Havana cham
Der OF commerce has unanimously decided
to give banquet to Gov. Magoon.
Harold j. Clark. a salesman of st.
Louis. enlisted in the marine corps at
the federal building and was sent to The
Mare Island navy yard. Clark's uncle
is Capt Clark, commanding the battle
ship Texas.
Ernest Thompson Seton is in New
York after seven months in the Canadian
Northwest, where be gathered informa
ton about the country, people and ami
mails. The author-explorer almost lost
his life 10 canoe accident
Blanche Kerfoot has told the Oakland
(Cal) police that Klemschmidt, the stu
dent under arrest in connection with the
death of Frank Bellows, Chicagoan, at
tempted to compel her to commit suicide
and also that Bellows and RieEnschmidt
had an interview the night before the
former was found dead.
In the trial OF twenty-seven men Of
the Eleventh Nicholas /. regiment at
Odessa, on charges OF zlutiny and ingub-
ordination two sergeaats and one private
who had destroyed a picture of Emperor
Nicholas were sentenced to death and at
once shot: nine other men were sent to
the mines for life and twelve sent to the
mines Tor ten years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
LOAN CHURCH FUND ON SALOON.
Directors Thus Invest Presbyterian
Minister Insurance. Money.

Directors Thus Invest Presbyterian
Minister Insurance. Money.
The cry of tainted money is stirring
the ranks of the Presbyterian clergy, car
ed forth by the alleged fact that 10000
of the ministers insurance money-rhe
Presbyterian Ministers F'und-has been
invested in a saloon property on Market
street, Philadelphia at "a per cent for
two years. This saloon property is own
ed by a wholesale liquor dealer. Indlg-
nant protests against the transaction were
voiced at the meeting of the Ministerial
Association, and it is probable that those
responsible for the investment will be
compelled TO cancel it. j. e. Neff, the
treasurer of the Presbyterian ministers
fund, who made the loan, declared that
he hesitated and had his own misgivings
when the investment was first offered TO
him, but that as business proposition
the transaction was so sound that he had
laid it before his finance committee and
clearly explained all the features of the
case
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

Gov. Folk made an address at the open
ing of the Miners Congress at Joplin,
Mo.
The Aero Club of New England was
organized at Boston with tlirty-seven
members.
The interior of the Albert Theater at
Berlin, N. H., was burned out. The loss
is 100000.
The necessity of Department of Mines
in the national cabinet was urged at the
Miners Congress at Joplin, Mo.
Walter Damrosch. director of the New
York Symphony orchestra, has announced
concert at which he will apply the
Wagerian theory of the invisible or
chestra.
The Commercial Club Of st. Paul re-
ceived letter from John d. Rockefeller
in which he declined an invitation with
thanks, to banquet which It was pro-
posed to give in that city in his honor.
The Trans Mississippi Commercial
Congress at its meeting in Muskogee,
Okla, decided to meet next year in s,an
Francisco. A resolution was presented
asking Congress 20 vote to improve the
Missouri river.
The Pennsylvania railroad has placed
orders for the construction Of 200 all
steel cars for its passenger equipment,
which is the result OF long period of
inquiry and experiment.
Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston has as
sured labor union officials that there win
be no discrimination in the city depart
ments against any man because Of his
labor organization affiliation.
The Supreme Court Of Mexico has at
frmed the sentence Of death against @. T.
Richardson. William Mason and DR.. c. S.
Harle, charged with conspiracy to muir
der in connection with insurance frauds,
and the men are to be shot Dec 6 At
Chihuahua
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
DEGREES COMBINATION RULE.
Justice Brewer Sees Danger from
Boil Es.pffaI and Labor.

Justice Brewer Sees Danger from
Boil Ie.pifaI and Labor.
Justice David ]. Brewer of the SUI
preme Court of the United States spoke
at the Mount Pleasant Congregational
church in Washington on "Our National
Opportunities" While he dwelt espe-
cially upon the power of Christianity to
uplift the masses of the people and of its
efficiency in bringing the immigrants who
swarm to the United States into harmony
with American institutions, he incident
ally took occasion to speak of the infa-
ence of special interests upon the welfare
of the people generally. High and low,
rich and poor" he declared, should be
protected. We can never cone TO the full
measure of that truth so long as we per-
nit any group of fnanciers, any persons
or corporations, to crush the individual,
nor can we allow any labor organization
to dictate any course we should follow
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-12-10
Greater pitt.burg Lesnlinea.

The fight over the consolidation of
Pittsburg and Allegheny ended In the Su-
preme Court when Justice Moody handed
down the decision sustaining rhe Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania. which had up
held the consolidation which majority of
the people of the two cities voted under
a legislative act. The consolidated city
has an area Of thirty-eight square miles.
an estimated population of $4,000. and
will contest with Boston the sixth place
among American cities for population. a
position also claimed by Baltimore