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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
GOOD LUCK BRINGS TRAGEDY.

Man Who Made 100000 Loses Mind
and Kills Mother and Himself.
BewiIdered by good fortune which came
to hi.n in a business way in the last year,
William NJ. Rhodes, Al years old, in a
moment of temporary alteration of the
mind. shot and killed his mother and then
ended his own life in the Franklin hotel
one of the most exclusive apartment
houses in Providence, Il. l. In the last
year Rhodes cleared up more than S2O,-
600 profits in his real estate business.
The constant worry and pressure of his
accommodating business worked upon his
mind to such an extent that he had lately
been respondent and threatened suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
FENCES ON PUBLIC LANDS TO GO.
President Directs Order for Their
Destruction AnriI I.

President Directs Order for Their
Destruction April Il.
By direction of the President, Secre-
tary Hitchcock has issued az order to
Commissioner Richards of the general
land Office at once to notify al special
agents and receivers and registers of
local land offices that the act of Feb. %,
1885, for the summary destruction OF lille
gal Enclosures and Instructions existing
on public lands will be rigidly enforced
after April 1, 1907. This order means
that all fences inclosing public lands in
violation of law must be removed before
April 1. If they are not taken down by
that time they viii be torn down by rep
resentatives of the government. In his
letter to Secretary Hitchcock, the Presl-
dent says he believes the law should be
modified so as to allow by lease the tenn
porary Enclosure of public lands for graz
ing purposes, and expresses the hope that
the Senator's and Representatives inter-
ested will realize that the order means
that such modification must De made at
the present session.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
TRACK SINKS; TRAIN WRECKED
Portland Express Perched, Immova-

Portland Express Perched, Immova-
BILE, Shelf I'm Canyon.
The north-bound Portland express, the
first fast passenger train on the Southern
Pacific railroad between San Francisco
and Portland, was wrecked two miles
north of Comstock, Ore. Engineer Wech-
land was killed and Fireman Long is
missing. The passengers were uninjured.
The accident occurred on a recently filed
trestle which had been undermined by the
torrential rains of the last few days. The
track has sunk behind the rain so that
it cannot be moved in either direction,
and it is now perched on a shelf en- the
steep grade of the canyon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
FLOODS DRIVE oUT HUNDREDS.


Indiana Flee to Hills.
High waters and threatened foods are
reported from different parts of south
western Indiana along the Wabash and
White rivers. At Taylorsville the bot
toms are under water, and the 700 inhab-
itants of the town began moving out At
the confluence of the Wabash and White
rivers IN Knox county the low,ands are
under water, with the rivers rising, and
farmers are fleeing with their families.
Both the White and Patoka rivers nave
left their banks and are flooding thou
sands of acres OF land. Farmers began
driving their live stock to the hills. Much
corn in the bottoms, still ungathered, will
be ruined Traffic on all railroads OPP
Grating in the western section of Ken
lucky and on several lines in other parts
OF the State is demoralized as result
OF heavy rains. The creeks and rivers IN
the southern and western portions OF the
State are out of their banks. In ard
around Henderson the Illinois Central,
Louisville and Nashville, and Henderson
railroad tracks are under water so that
trains cannot pass. Many trains have
been annulled entirely. Constant rain in
the Mohawk valley, New York, has raised
the Mohawk river to food stage and ex-
ceedingly high water prevails throughout
the valley.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

During banquet of the National So
ciety at Washington, attended by more
than 200 scientists, explorers. statesmen
and diplomats. President Hubbard pre-
sented to Commander Robert z. Peary
the Hubbard medal for having reached the
farthest north point on his recent polar
expedition. The president compared
Pearv's exploit. with its lonesome periIs
and hardships. unsustained by associates,
to the conditions prevailing in war. where
men mist have the sense of divided re-
sponsibility, and said that Peary's deed
counted for all mankind. rejecting credit
on bis country as well as himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
shots Three and Two Die.

Frederick r. Martin. until recently city
salesman of the Portland. Ore, branch of
the Pacific Biscuit COMPANY, shot and
slightly wounded his wife, shot to death
Miss Emma Helms. his sister-in-law, and
then sent bullet into his own head.
Family troubles are alleged to have been
the cause of the deed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
bank Wrecked by Romh.

A bomb hurled in the Fourth Street
National bank, the leading financial in
stitution of Philadelphia, by mau sup
posed to be Robert Steele. formerly of
Chicago, completely wrecked the interior
OF the building, blew the thrower to
atoms, killed the cashier, manned eleven
other persons. two probably fatally. and
caused panic in the vicinity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Z. sheldon of Nebraska demanded

that "conspirators
against the COM
mon good" be pros
ecuted and sup
pressed. He advo-
Gated strict laws
against lobbying, a
primary law, legis-
lation that will end
ring rule in Ne
braska, regulation
of railroads by
means of a State
commission a II d
lower railro "a d
~ u
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Robber Kills Aeed Woman

Mrs. Wilhelmina Kundy, 10 years of
age, who lived with her son at 216 West
Fairfield avenue. st. Paul, Mimi, was
found in the cellar of the residence Dead
with her head beaten to a pulp. In the
living room upstairs a box built into the
wall, in which $500 in money, the prop
erty Of the son, was kept, had been
broken open and rifed of its contents
There is no clew to the murderer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Eugene Anderson of Amityville. n Y,
finished ride of thirteen years on the
water wagon the other day. the prize of
his long abstinence being S1,000,000 left
him in trust, to be delivered when. in the
opinion of the trustees. he showed suffi-
cient control of his appetite for drink
He is now 30 years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
GIVES CAUSE OF CAR SHORTAGE
Lane Thinks Roads Accepted Most
Profitable Traffic.


Profitable Traffic.
In report submitted to President
Roosevelt Interstate Commerce Commits
sioner Franklin X. Lane defined the cause
of the car shortage in the Northwest and
the resulting coal famine in North Da-
kota.
1T is fair inference" the report says,
from all the testimony that the real
cause of the coal scarcity in North Da-
kota was such an abundance of west
bound traffic at the head of the lakes that
cars were not available in the> congested
State OF that terminal for the carrying
of coal to North Dakota-a comparative
ly short haul for a low-class commodity"
In his letter of transmission to the
President, Mr.. Lane says that the report
will be followed in due course by the spe-
cial recommendations of the commission
as a whole to whatever legislation, if any,
may be deemed advisable.
Referring to the report that the coal
shortage was due to the presence of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

a fight for reform
in the West on an
Il nprec c q e nted
scale, writes a
Chicago correspon-
dent. laws radi-
cal, some of them
perhaps revolution
airy in character,
are urged. In Mis-
souri,. Michigan,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
sizing Sex In Brain Power.

The Columbia university department of
psychology, in a series of tests on the
male and female students has found
that the women surpass the men in visual
memory. rate OF perception and sensi-
tiveness to pain. while in auditory mem
orv and speed of movement the man was
superior As to fatigue, perception of
weight and logical memory the men and
women mere found TO be about equal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
CIothespin Inventor Dead,

Raneom Witherell, who lied the other
day at Northampton, Mass aged 90
years, was the inventor of clothespins. At
Is he engaged in the basket business and
he invented many contrivanceS. including
what was claimed to be the first bicycle.
clotheSpins and hammockette chair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

trust or combination between dealers in
coal which fixed prices in the Northwest
and refused to sell to outsiders and sir
regulars" the report says
THE commission has gained indisputa-
bic proof of an agreement between coal
dealers to maintain prices and to boy
colt all who do not so agree; but there
is no evidence at all justifying the CON
tention that this combination is chargea-
bic with the coal shortage prevailing,
nor that the railroads were party in such
a way to such a conspiracy"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

The German Society of Wireless Teleg
raphy announces that it has recently sue
ceeded in holding telephone communica-
ton without wires Between Berlin and
Nauen. a distance of twenty-four miles.
Prof. Slaby says that the problem of
wireless telephony is now solved, and
that the time is coming when a man will
be able to speak wirelessly with friend
in any part of the woric
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Percy Martin of Atlanta, Ga, was ar
rested in. Huntington, w. Va, by Chief
of Police Dawson, charged wiki being
one of the bandits who recently held up
Seaboard Air Line train eighty miles
south of Richmond. Martin an hour after
his arrest confessed his guilt. He deliv-
cred to the officer $500 diamond ring
which had been taken from one of the
passengers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Fierce Billiards In Russia.

Enormous loss of life and immense
damage to property have been wrought
by terrible billiards. which are raging
through southern Russia. In one prov
ince from which incomplete reports Lave
been received 100 deaths have occurred.
due TO the storms.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Rnrieh Rnhx MAY Live.

That child. l day old. had been buried
alive was the discovery made by the po-
lice of Springfield. Ohio. Officers ex-
humed the little one, and there is a
chance that it will live. although it was
under ground for an hour. The baby
was buried under eighteen inches of
bricks, stone and dirt. When released
it began crying furiously. Mary Bailey,
II years old, student, is the mother.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Phone Merger ON Coast.

Announcement is made that the Pacific
States Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany and the Sunset Telephone md Tele-
graph Company have been merged, and
that their properties, reaching every part
of the Pacific slope. will be caken over by
the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Company. The new corporation has been
capitalized at $50.000,00O.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

ed guilty to embezzling $4,000 and re-
ceived sentence Of four years in the
penitentiary fled motion asking that the
verdict be Sc aside and the case reopened.
1t is alleged that ar the time he pleaded
guilty Anderson was sick and that his
mind had become weakened " years of
illaaSS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
u,pdrest~ of Lives Lo.te

Hundreds of lives are believed to have
been DESTROYED by a series of great tidal
waves which are reported to have devas-
tated the south coast of the island of
Ceylon. following submarine earthquake
1000 miles southeast of the island.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Gas Company short 100000.

A shortage of 100000 is said TO exist
IN the accounts of the Dayton Gas Light
and Coke Company. W. j. Munster, ex-
pert accountant of Cincinnati. is the man
credited with disclosing the alleged defal-
cation. which may possibly reach double
these figures. 1t is alleged that the
money was used for political purposes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
pespairs of Law Enforcement.

John HILL Jr., of the Board of Trade.
alleging that it is almost impossible to
have the laws enforced against the rich in
Illinois, has appealed to Gov Deneen,
Attorney General Stead and States At
torney Healy to prosecute the grain ware
house owners accused of secret pooling.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Man Loses Prize for Moae.,x

John Darrough, a 64-year-old veteran
of the Civil War who resides in Omaha.
is not drawing a pension to which he is
entitled because be is too modest to strip
for the necessary medical examination.
Darrough is an invalid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Hill Gets His Orders,

4 telegraph order to James ]. Hill
commanding him to do something imme-
diately TO relieve the coal famine in the
Northwest was sent by members of the
interstate commerce commission, sitting
in Chica 90
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
rncifir Main steamrr Mrcc,,nI

A dispatch from Pescadero says that
the Pacific Mail steamship City of Pan
anna. which left San Francisco on Dec 81
for South America. has been wrecked near
Waddell Beach. about sixteen miles be
low Pescadero. The ship had rassen-
ger list OF seventy and crew of thirty
or more
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
MANY BLACK HILLS MINES CLOSE
List Includes All Those of the Bald
Mountain District.

Mountain District.
New Years day saw the complete
closing of all the mines and mills in Bald
Mountain and four mills in Deadwood,
). ID. For the first time n. over sixteen
years there are no mining operations in
the Bald Mountain district, one of the
most important producing districts in the
Black Hills. The mines will be allowed
to fill up with water, as neither the OPP
orators nor the unions will make any con-
cessions. The ushering in Of the strike
was greeted with great rejoicing st Terry
where the miners paraded the streets
with band, shouting and cheering.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
GIRL SHOT BY STRANGER.
Enters House Quietly, Fires Four
Times and Leaves.

Times and Leaves.
Wrapped from head to foot in a white
sheet and wearing a white mask, an I'M
identified man walked into a farm house
near Gerhard, Mimi, the other night.
pulled 2 rifle from under the sheet, and
fired four times at Mollie Thorson, alone
on the farm while her father was at Fer
gus Falls. The stranger then turned and
walked calmly from the place. not utter
ing word. This is the story told by
Miss Thorson. found several hours later
with two bullet wounds in her body. She
will recover. Neither she nor her father
could give the officers any clew to the
identity of the mysterious stranger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Champion Denounces Whist

Mrs. A. NJ. Sims. holder of the wom-
ans national whist championship. de
nounced whist playing at the Sunday ser
vices of the University Place Church of
Christ. Des Moines, Iowa, and said she
never again would touch cards.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Gas Kills Family of SIX.

Through some unknown manner. but
probably by way of sewer pipe. illumin-
ating gas entered the house of George HI.
Devino, a grocery clerk at Winooski, VT,
during the night and asphyxiated the en-
tire family of six persons, the father.
mother and four children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
MUCH FISH HAS MUCH TONGS.
Owner Receivers Property from Stur-
geon in Lake Michigan.

Eeoh In Lake MichiSan.
A sturgeon weighing 800 pounds was
caught off the Lake Michigan shore at
Hammond, Ind, by Patrick Kaddon and
three fishermen. 1t is the largest stur-
geon ever caught in Lake Michigan, ac-
cording to fishermen. Incrusted in it's
gills were pair of tongs that are identi-
fled by Ed Much, a veteran fisherman,
as his property. Much while fishing over
two years ago three miles cut with his
three sons captured monster sturgeon
and tried to land it with pair of tongs.
The fish upset the boat and for four
hours the men hung on to its bottom I'M
til rescued by the South Chicago live
saving crew
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
New York Annrchistx Arrested.

Alexander Berkman, who last summer
was released from State prison, after
having served fourteen years for an at
tack on Henry c. Frick. Emma Goldman
and two others were arrested by detec-
tiyes, who broke up an anarchist meeting
on the east side, New York.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
police shoot % in Hattie.

In a collision between the police and
the people at Pergamino, province OF
Buenos AyreS, Argentina. six persons
were shot and killed and seventeen
wounded The people made demouStra-
ton against the municipal authorities and
the fi-ht followed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Love Lettcrs in Bank snfe.

Mysterious letters from more myste-
riouS woman are now figuring in the case
of the crippled Farmers and nrovers'
National bank Of Wayneshurg. Pa. and
Cashier Rinehart of the bank has defed
the United States authorities to ply into
what he says IS his private business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Mrs. Lulu Brandenburg keefe. - years
old. wife of William Keefe proprietor of
Z brokerage establishment. killed herself
in Hamilton. Ohio. While her husband
was talking TO travelling man she step
ped UP to him. kneeled and shot herself
through the heart.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Holds standard OIL comp.nx

Judge KeneSaw NJ. lands of Chicago
overruled the contention of the Standard
Oil Company that the new -ate law par
doned all ofenses committed under the
Elkins act and held it FOR trial under
1925 counts charging the receipt of ille-
gal rebates.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Fined Under ..niue Laws ;,

Boston's classic bean pot is ABOVE the
law, judges have decided. discharging PER
sons arrested for baking beans en- Sun
day. hut fninS others who were accused
OF violating the old blue laws
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Three Die i'm Hotel Ere

William Winter, aged 30, his wife and
John OConnor were suffocated in a fire
which destroyed the American hotel in
Delhi. y. Y. The other guests escaped
by leaping from the windows in their
night clothing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Fireman J. c. Seufert. buried for
twenty-seven hours under the walls of a
New York warehouse and given up for
dead. confessed his sins to priest
through a tube, and finally was rescued
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
CorteI>ou Hr- Re.tred,

George h. Cortelyou has announced his
retirement as chairman OF the Republi-
can national committee Harry s. New,
vice chairman, viii become acting chair
man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Forcea INTO Bankrpn,cv

ton and long a leader in politics and
/ business, has been forced into bankruptcy
/ by misplaced confidence in his friends
his liabilities being about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

4 pension system auectlng more IMAM
10000 men viii be put into effect by
the Santa Fe Railroad Company. The
minimum pension payment provided for
is $50 a month. The maximum IS SO.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
nnat sinlx. rhir,nen NJ

During a storm the G;rsek sailing boat
Urania went on the rocks near Ancona.
Italy. and Was wrecked Thirteen OF the
members OF the crew were drowned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Persia's Ruler Dies.

The Shah of Persia died after long
illness. but the news was kept secret from
the people until an official announcement
was made to them Wednesday.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Senator Bailey was defeated Y 100
votes in special Democratic primary held
in Travis county. Texas. TO secure an ex-
preston as 10 his reelection.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

The interior of the city hall at New
Bedford. Mass. erected in 1889. was
burned. The city records were saved
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
BeIek - Held.

Herman Belek was held to the grand
5ur.' in Chicago without bail for the
deaths of Ella. Rose and Mary Erzal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Three persons we're injured by bomb
hurled from a New York elevated station
at a fruit dealer who had been active il
prosecuting q woman
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Great Fire nj BangkoI<.

The Chinese trading quarter Of Bang
kok has been devastated by fire. 1t is
estimated that the loss will amount to
about S3.00O.000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Rank Presidents wounds Fat,I

Arthur +. Davis, Mayor of Fayette.
Mo.. and president of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of that city, who acct
dentaly shot himself while looking for
burglars in mis- residence. died of the
..-,,.pH
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
CARELESS OPERATOR DECEIVER.
Man Responsible for Recent Wreck
NIisstates His Age.

NIisstates His Age.
1t has developed that John Lynes an
1S-year-old telegraph operator at Vol
land, Kan, whose failure to deliver the
chief dispatcher's order caused disas-
trous wreck between Volland and Alta
Vista, deceived the Rock Island officials
concerning his age in his application for
employment. Lynes made the statement
that he was born in 1888. The fact that
he was only Is years old did not become
known to the officials until he mad made
sworn statement after his arrest.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15

Eleven stores and the Masonic Hall
at Sharon. Ga. were destroyed by FIRE.
The loss was $4,000. partially covered
BIZ insurance.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
THREE FIREMEN ARE KILLED.
Buried Beneath Walls of Burning
Warehouse i'm New York

BurIeU Beneath Wits OF BurnIHS
Warehouse i'm New York.
Three fremen were killed during a fire
that burned out the interior of Hills pa
per warehouse on Roosevelt street, New
York. Just before the third floor of the
fve-story structure fell all the men were
ordered out of the building. Firemen
Campbell. Siefert and Lennon, who had
been working within the walls, failed to
respond and a subsequent roundup of the
freighters established that the three were
beyond doubt buried in the ruins. The
monetary loss was about $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
Goilty Plea Due 20 nInex.

The attorneys for William :. Ander-
son, former assistant Keller in The First
National bank of Kansas City. who Plead
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
DAM FOR LAKE ERIE TALKED

Raising Level Considered by Inter
national Water Ways Commission.
Having disposed of the Chicago drain
age canal question and the international
boundary line ON Lake Erie, the interna-
tional waterways commission will next
take up the question of damming the
lower end of Lake Erie so as to raise the
level of the lake While no definite plan
has been submitted to the commission,
the general scheme in view is to build a
great dam or regulating works at the
lower end of Lake Erie or somewhere in
tha Mo 90 ro river
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
MANY RADICAL MESSAGES.

Governors Urge Vigorous War on
Trusts and Graft.
-Four remarkable messages sent to
Legislatures by the Governors of West
ern States announced the beginning of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-15
College Presidents Son IA Suicide.

William Fleetwood of Sycamore. H..
sop of the president OF the Presbyterian
college there, committed suicide in Man
deyille La