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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19

At the conclusion of the testimony il
is expected will be heard two of the
most eloquent arguments for and
against a human life ever heard in q
New York court, when Jerome and Del
mls will both try to convince the jury
that his side has presented the strong.
est proof.
The ThawWhite tragedy does not
constitute new form of crime, nor
does it present any unusual underlying
causes. 1t differs only from innumera.
BILE commonplace murders in it's set
tings, in the environment to which its
principals were accustomed, in the
clothing and the jewels which they
wore
Yet, while the natural outgrowth of
sin must be the same in the case of the
rich as in the Door. it is undeniable that
the interest which mas narvaded the
trial Of Harry Kendall Thaw for the
murder of Stanford White is due pri-
marily to the fact that murderer and
victim were rich men. Beyond the
shadow of the Sing Sing death chair,
beyond the mound which covers the
clay of White. there is the glitter OF
the Thaw millions and the reflex OF
the extravaganza in which White, the
Petronius of our day, reveled.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
National capl,ar Npte..

Representative John Sharp Williams
of Mississippi introduced a bill in the
House for an investigation by the Depart.
ment of Commerce and Labor of the so
called paper trust.
The Indian appropriation bin was re
ported to the Senate. 1t carries $14,509,.
30. a net increase of $6,306, 1872 over the
bill as passed by the House.
The credentials of Jonathan Bourne
Jr.. elected to the Senate for Oregon for
six years beginning March next, were
received in the Senate and placed on file.
Nv a vote Of IS to 1876 the House in
committee of the whole on the agricul-
rural appropriation bill increased the ap-
nronriation for the bureau of entomology
from $75, 600 to $11S,SOO.
The oath of Office was administered in
the Senate TO Senator F. w. Mulkey Of
Dragon. elected to fill the unexpired term
of the late Senator Mitchell. Mr.. Null
key cceeds Senator Gearin.
Secretary Hitchcock announced the
tomnorary withdrawal for forest reserve
rurnoses of 597. 760 acres of unaopropri-
ated public lands in the State OF Oregon
west of the present Cascade range forest
reserve.
The House committee on claims decided
IA postpone action on bill for the relief
Of r. ]. Akin, assistant treasurer at the
subtreasury in St. Louis, who lost $751;
coo through the disappearance of this
amount from the Office of ID. 7. Dyer, the
paying teller.
The Senate committee on the judiciary
discussed the bill giving the government
the right to appeal in certain criminal
cases and authorized subcommittee CON
sisting Of Senator's Nelson, Knox, Spoon
er and Pettus TO perfect the measure and
report it to the Senate. The measure
Is the outgrowth of the ineffectiveness OF
the governments prosecution of Chicago
xeat packers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
CHICAGO.

Trade conditions in the Chicago dis
trlct, according to the weekly review is
sued by r. G. Dun < Co.. continue en-
couraging in spite of the snow blockades
and other unfavorable factors. Continu-
ing, the report says:
New demands for raw and heavy fin
lshed materials remain strong, with the
average cost for supplies a trifie higher.
More firmness appears in hides, leather
and lumber, and their absorption is larger
than month ago.
Railroad extensions involve much buy
ing of various materials for early use, and
new plans for buildings, track elevation
and other improvements exceed in amount
those of year ago. 1t is now certain
that the pressure upon capacity is to be-
come more extended in rails, pig iron and
car building The ship yards are unable.
to accept further orders for this years
delivery.
Distributive trade exhibits an expan-
sion which would be of notable proper
tions were transportation facilities AND
weather better.
Increasing numbers of visiting buyers
operate in spring and summer wares, cr-.
ders exceeding those at this time last year
in the textiles, boots and Shoes food pro-
ducts, mems furnishings. carpets and 9TH
er household needs. Marketings of the
principal grains show further increase,
those of corn being doubled, and the gen
eIal demand for breadstuffs and provis-
ions is stronger.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict numbered 20, against 20 last week.
and 30 a year ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19

with the evils that follow in its wake,
blackmail, perjury, SANDER, the pro-
curement of false testimony. extortion
and intimidation sprouted like poison
Gus weeds along the way of her nara
tive, while now and again names, re-
vealed or suggested, were Illuminated
by some swift turn or twist OF the
searchlight. Regulations shriveled and
withered into ashes under that glare.
For conviction, Attorney Jerome re-
lies upon the plain, uncentradicted
proof of the murder amid the glitter
and music of the Madison Square roof
garden: upon the testimony in rebuttal
calculated - impugn much of the de-
fense's evidence relating to White;
upon the contradictions of witnesses of
defense in the cross-exammation; upon
the testimony bearing upon the vicious
past of Thaw; and upon the expert tes-
timony of eminent alienists who exam
ined Thaw Immediately after the crime
was committed and have observed him
in court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
DElz lclAE'(;2sS[%[gRS
.sssstSeSIIS SSg RSSA- o.
0@EF2, 5000

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $7,05; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to 1920; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, Toe to 76c; corn,
No. 2, 42c to 44c; oats, standard, 36c to
Csc; rye, No. 2, &C to csc; hay, timo-
thy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500 to
S14.OO; butter, choice creamery, PC TO
32c; eggs, fresh, 23c to &c; potatoes,
35c to 45c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to $3.50; hogs, choice heavy, $500 10
1925; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
1925; wheat No. 2, 74c to Zoe; corn,
No. 2 white, 43c to Ace; oats, No. 2
white, SIC to 39c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1919;
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, 7Sc to Soc; corn,
No. 2, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2, 39c to-
4Oc; rye, No. 2, 64c to Coo.
Cincinnati Cattle, $500 to 1855;
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, $500 to
1925; wheat, No 2, nc to roe; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; oats, No. 2
mixed, 39c to Ale; rye, No. 2, 69c to
Tic.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, Tic to 79c; corn, No 3
yellow. 45c to 4Tc; oats, No. 3 white,
42c to 44c; rye, No. 2, CSC to 69c.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
soc to S3c; corn, No 3, 41c to 43ci
oats. standard, Csc TO 4oc; rye, No. !,
SIC to 69c; barley, standard, 5Sc TO soc
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $6.15; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to 81 80; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $40; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $S.15.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 5000;
hogs. $500 to $7.5O sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. , red, SIC to S3c;
corn. No 2, 54c to soc; oats, natural
white, 4Sc to soc; butter, creamery, &c
to 33c; eggs, western, 22c to 25c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, TIC to
7sc; corn, No. mixed, 43c to 45c;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 39c to Ale; rye, No.
Q Csc to roe; clover seed, prime, $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
ANoRk OF MANY
SrATt LEGISLATURES

The Kansas Senate passed the bill to
abolish capital punishment.
A bill to prevent the combination of
fire insurance underwriters for the pur-
pose of fixing rates arbitrarily was liz
PRODUCED in the New York Legislature.
The lower house of the Missouri Leg
islature passed bill prohibiting the man
ufacture, sale or giving away of cigarets
or cigaret papers under penalty of a
fine of from $50 to 5000.
Senator Littlepage of the West vir-
ginia Legislature introduced a resolution
to Investigate Standard Oil operations in
that State and ascertain whether the COM
pany has lobby at the capital.
1'he Missouri House OF Representatives
Tuesday passed the anti-tipping bill, SO
to 80. making il a misdemeancr, punish
able by a fine of s. to $500 to give a
tip to any wafer, porter or other SER
want.
The lower house of the Tennessee Leg
islature has passed a bill making it OBJ
ligatory for a judge, where death sem
tepce is returned with mitigating circum-
stances. to commute the sentence to life
imprisonment.
the lower house of the Minnesota Leg
islature at st. Paul adopted resolution
directing the Speaker to appoint COM
mittee to investigate the Minneapolis
Chamber of Commerce and the Duluth
Board of Trade.
A bill was introduced in the Indiana
Legislature to place a tax of So annually
on bachelors between % and 80 years
old. $50 between 30 and 40, and $40
over 40 years, the money to be devoted to
the school fund.
The California Senate struck out the
words whereas the President of the
United States is attempting TO interfere
in its resolutions on the Japanese school
question, and inserted instead federal
government and then passed the resolu-
items denouncing such interference as I'M
warranted.
State Treasurer Berry of Pennsylvania
in report to the Legislature has renewed
his charges that approximately 5000
900 was realized on the finishing of the
new capitol He says duplicate payments
Tor the same work were made to different
contractors to the amount of $3.50, 060
or more. and that specifications were am
biguously worded g as to prevent fair
bidding
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
All Aro,,ud the Globe.

Tue Norwegian bark ID. II. Morris was
drieen ashore off Chandelier island, Gull
of Mexico. Its captain and crew es-
capped.
Col Richard w. Blue, formerly we'll
known Kansas politician and attorney,
d;ed suddenly of heart disease at his
home in Bartlesville, /. T., aged 90 years.
Following the success of the Phiiadel-
mia upholstery weavers in obtaining an
II per cent increase in pay, the Cloth
and Dress Weavers' Union has decided to
ask for a Is per cent increase.
Alton Cameron, % years old, brother
;n-,aw of Judge William +. Connolly OF
the Detroit recorders coSrt, was shot and
instantly killed by a bartender at De-
troit.
Tbere were 417,573 emigrants from
italy in 1906. Two hundred and eighty
soven thousand and ninety went to the
United States. HISS to Argentina and
12.143 to Brazil.
President James Noroton of the North
eastern Metal Dealers Association made
nublic in New York a letter which he
has sent to Attorney General Bonaparte.
alleging that the copper trust has caused
a shortage in metal.
Suit for $4,000 was brought against
John Bryan, formerly of New York. a
millionaire author, at Springfield. Ohio,
bv Mary stentor, who claims that Bryan
broke his agreement to marry her.
g. NJ. Levy, third vice president of
tho Northern Pacific railroad, announced
o. the interstate commerce hearing a. Sc
attle that the Northern Pacific would
spend s73,0OO,0o0 for improvements
within the next eighteen menths.
The main building. watts and tanks of
the Cincinnati Reduction Company at
Anderson's Ferry. Ohio, burned. the loss
being $4,000 The plant is surrounded
By water from the floods and for half an
hour the fremen were unable to get to Il
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19

Chicago Great Western Express
Smashes Big Structure.


With three persons dead and twenty
five injured in the wreck of train No. .,
known as the Evening Express" when
it crashed into a grain elevator at Ger
man Valley, H.. ninety-six miles from
Chicago, and was almost completely
buried in the deluge of golden grain, train
No. z, carrying many of the injured TO
Chicago hospitals, crashed into a horse
and buggy in charge of Mrs. Anna Zeig-
Ter, at North Glen Ellyn. The horse was
instantly killed, the buggy demolished,
while Mrs. Zeigler suffered fatal injuries.
She was carried aboard the train and
placed among the sufferers being hurried
to Chicago. The wreck occurred in the
early morning when train No. D was
speeding at rate of sixty miles an hour
with nearly every one on board asleep.
Ninety-six miles from Chicago it jumped
the track and crashed into a grain ele-
yator. The side of the huge building
was literally ripped out and the grain
poured downward, burying the wrecked
cars. The dead include: Martin Cline,
engineer; two mail clerks and an uniden-
titled woman passenger. Several railroad
employees in the baggage and mail cars
wera reported missing. They are believ-
ed to be buried under the thousands of
pounds of grain which descended wien
the grain which descen ETAOIN j
the train crushed in the side of the eleva-
tor. The primary cause of the disaster
was wrecked freight car that stood on
the main track. When the Evening Elk
press" reached the station ten miles to
the east of German Valley the crew re
ceived orders to pass the wrecked freight
car by taking switch at siding hun
dred yards to the east. When No. 5 reach
ed the switch, it is declared, it was run
ming at high rate of speed. Instead of
passing on to the siding the big engine
grain elevator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
JUSTICE KILLED BY BOMB.
Revenge for Capture of Criminal
Believed go BE Motive.

Revenge for Capture of Criminals
Believed so Be Motive.
Robert Cortese. justice of the peace
in Paterson, n. j., who has actively aid
ed the police in the capture of Italian
lawbreakers, was fatally wounded in his
office by the explosion of an internal ma
chine sent to him by express. He died
at midnight. Justice Cortese was 4S
years old and of Italian descent. He
had been home to supper While he was
there his son Robert, who was in charge
of the Office, received the internal ma
chine, which came from Newark and was
delivered by an American Express wagon.
II had been prepaid and the boy accept
ed it and signed the receipt book. When
Judge Cortese reached the Office Robert
handed the package to him. The outside
wrapper was of paper, tied with strong
Irvine. Judge Cortese removed this paper.
Inside was another wrapping of paper
made fast with a strap, such as boys use
to put around school books. Robert says
he was watching curiously to see what
the little box contained. His father rest
ed the package on the desk and pulled the
end of the strap toward him, so as to
loosen the tongue of the buckle. The mo-
ment he did so there was the explosion.
hole six feet square was torn in the
floor and the desk was driven down into
the cellar and torn to pieces. The boy
was hurled into a corner and seriously
bruised and burned. Judge Cortese was
found lying between the doorway and the
hole in the floor. Both legs and arms
were broken, his face and body were torn
and lacerated and his back apparently
broken. Some of the flesh was torn from
the bones. He was removed to st. Jo-
seph's hospital, where his ante-mertem
statement was secured. From the fact
that the greatest force of the explosion
was directed downward it is believed the
Internal machine was filed with dyna-
mite.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19

community is necessarily intelligent and
nenbellicose." Lowell regards war as
survival affecting chiefly the boyish and
unthinking element of the nation. and
says that nature practices peace. whether
a nation does or not The Marian eli
mate is one of extremes, where consid-
cradle heat follows great cold. "a thinner
air blanket actually increasing the amount
OF heat that reaches the surface" though
decreasing its retention. 1t is thus
shown that the maximum heat is well
within the line required for reproduction
Of species. In fact the conditions put a
prszium on life of high order
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
Coiiseum Annex Rnrns,

Fire destroyed the Coliseum Annex in
Chicago and for nearly an hour the flames
menaced the Coliseum proper, Grace
Episcopal Church and several automobile
garages in Michigan boulevard. A two
foot fire wall was all that saved the Coli
scum Building from being reduced to
ashes, and historic old Grace Church
probably would have suffered similar
fate. The loss on the Annex is $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
The Late.t Ahout Mans.

That Mars is inhabited by beings Of
some sort has long been affirmed by the
greatest authority en- that subject, Prof.
Percival Lowell of the flagstaff ARE
observatory. Extended study of the sys-
TEN of Marian canals through the great
eye OF the telescope has now convinced
Prof. Lswell. according TO his new work,
MARS and Its Canals Macmillan Com
panyl, that it is an organized entity. with
regular connections over the entire sur
face of the planet He believes that fEis
fact indicates "a community of interest
ameag the inhabitants, and that such q
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
largest GIFT on Record.

John d. Rockefeller has crowned his
career in philanthropy by donation of
49,, 100000 to promote the cause of edu-
cation throughout the country. This
stupendous gift, The largest of which hu-
man history has any record for any pur-
pose whatever. was made to the general
education board, the body specially Gre
ated by Congress four years ago to ad-
minister the Rockefeller charities in the
cause of education.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
U. s. AsToNIsHEs INDIAN RULER.
Aga Khan, Mohammedan Potentate,
Pleased with Free Competition.

Aga Khan, NOLAN m edan POtentate,
Pleased with Free Competition.
Aga Khan, an Indian potentate, whose
title is Sultan MahOmed Shah, head OF
the Ismaili Mohammedans, sailed for
England the other day after a tour of
this country spent in studying economics.
The aga said, before sailing that he had
been rather surprised at the wonderful
things he had seen on this side of the
Atlantic, because the Americans he met
abroad had spoken disparagingly of their
country. This country has been source
of great interest and delight to me" said
he. Those who speak against it do
great injustice, for it is a place of great
possibilities and boundless resources"
He declared that the free competition and
freedom from interior taxes impressed
him very much. II always understood
that free competition" he said, resulted
in great wealth and great poverty. Here
l have seen much wealth, but have seen
very little poverty" Aga Khan is said
to be the ruler of 100000 Mohamme-
dans
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
TEN DIE IN sHIPwRECK.
Schooner Driven Ashore OF Cape
Hatteras Goes to Pieces.

Schooner Driven Ashore Of Cape
Hatteras Goes to Pieces.
A dispatch from Cape Hatteras says
the schooner which went ashore on Dia-
mond shoals on recent night has gone
to pieces. No trace of the vessel could
be seen and the crew in all probability
had persisted. The wind continued high,
with a very rough sea all night, and
there was no possibility of the life saving
crew reaching the schooner. Nothing is
known as to it's identity. There seems
to be no doubt whatever of the death of
the ten or twelve persons who were seen
elinging to the rigging of the ship fran
tically displaying signals of distress, but
whose rescue by the life-savers was pre-
vented by the terrific storm and noun
famous seas,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
Famous War Writer Dead.

Sir William Howard Russell, editor of
the Army and Navy Gazette in London,
is dead He was Sc years old He was
a famous war correspondent and in that
capacity served ON the London Times at
the battle of Bull Run. His account of
that battle, telling in biting sarcasm Of
the rout of the Union forces, won for him
the title of Bull Run" Russell.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
King opens Parliament

The second session of the second Brit
ish parliament of the present reign, which
promises to be full of interest and impor-
tasce because of the projected liberal at
tack on the House of Lords and the in
PRODUCTION Of an installment of home rule
for Ireland, was opened by King Edward
with imposing ceremony,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
Chauncey Dewey Gases Ended.

The Supreme Court of Kansas has dis
missed the cases against Chaancey
Dewey, the millionaire ranchman, and his
cowboys, Clyde Wilson and w. J. Nc
Bride, charged with taking part in the
killing of the Berry family in western
Kansas in 1903.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
Mrs. Thnv Ten. Her story,

Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. on the witness
stand in New York. told the story Of her
life. relating the wrongs she suffered at
the hands of stanford White. the love ard
kiR6aeSs of Harry Thaw. and the haprsz
ings Of the fatal night on the Madisoss
Square Roof Garden when she was aveng-
ed oy three pistol shots.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
May he barred from Mails.

President Roosevelt has asked Post
master General Cortelyou to refuse trans
mission thrcagn the mails to all news
papers publishing what he calls the dis
gusting details" of the Thaw trial, and
thus raises the question of how far press
Censorship may so.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
PRINCESS AIDS INJURED CHILD
BOY Run Over by Her Carriage TAX
IN nj In

hoy Hun over by Her Carriage TAX
en- Home by Kaiser's Daughter.
A little boy was run over by the car
riage of the young Princess Victoria
Louise, daughter of Emperor William, at
Potsdam, Germany. The princess stopped
the carriage, got out and was following
a person who was carrying the child into
n shop when policeman harshly ordered
her to move on. A servant told the po-
liceman that he was speaking to the prin-
cess. and she was allowed to take the
child, who was injured badly, to his home
in her carriage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
second Internal Machine Found.

A second Internal machine, timed to ex-
plode at S O'Clock the other evening. was
found in the residence of Count Witte
in st. Petersburg. The machine was of
poer construction, rs was the one found
in an unlighted stove of the counts house
the previous night.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
FIRE IMPERILs MANY LIVES.
Big Hotel In Syracuse Burns and
Guests Have Narrow Escape

Big Hotel In Syracuse Burns and
Guests Have Narrow Escape.
AT u 40 o'clock Sunday morning one
of the most destructive fires known in
Syracuse, n. Y, in years broke out in the
heart of the business section of the city.
The conhagration started in the Mowr2
hotel, six-story brick building at the
corner of South Salina and West Onon-
daga streets, which was completely de-
stroyed In the hotel were about eighty
family suites and a number of single
apartments. The guests rushed out into
the streets in their night clothing, leaving
their valuables behind. So far as is
known everyone was rescued. The loss
already sustained is not less than $780,
OO0
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19

Two boys we're killed by Illuminating
gas in their home in Jersey City and a
mac who occupied room in the same
house was so severely overcome that he
NAV not recover. The boys who lost their
lives are Thomas Meineke, aged IL. and
his brother William, aged II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
Is3 Go Down Mt Sen.

Loss of 1873 lives by drowning or freez-
ing is the result of a collision which sunk
the JOY Line passenger steamer Larch-
mont off Block Island, II. l. Survivors
had awful experiences in open boats and
on life RATS. Frozen bodies have been
found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-02-19
school Floor CoIIapses.

BY the collapse of floor on the second
story of a school building where an enter
tsiIment was being held in Woonsocset.
Il. L., 200 persons were thrown to the
floor below, but with the exception of
three all escaped severe injuries Twenty
five persons suffered slight injuries.