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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
CHICAGO

Measured by continued heavy payments
through the bank the volume of COM
inerce maintains expansion. Money con-
uitlons have tended toward further ease,
but While borrowing has moderated slight
ly. trading defaults exhibit an increase.
although there is nore of special signi6-
canoe. The important deyelopments this,
week are found mainly in the course of
prices. most raw materials having adj
vanced TO higher level, especially in the
metal division, which is led at this time
by basic iron and steel.
Distributive operations were stimulat-
ed by the improved weather. Leading re-
tail trade made a satisfactory adsance IL
seasonable lines. and the mail orders in
wholesale branches compare favorabiy
with those of year ago for dry goods,
clothing, boots and shoes and hardware.
Country merchants report satisfactory
disposal of spring goods, and with the
higher temperature now prevailing a
strong demand has SET in for lightweight
apparel. The markets for breadstuffs re-
fleet extending purchases for Europe, ana
a sensational rise IL wheat values and
the principal coarse grains adds substan-
tally to the wealthfof growers, crop mar
ketings being remarkably heavy.
Bank clearings. S26T, 754.S45. exceed
those of the corresponding week in 1906
by 26.4 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number PC, against 10 last week
and % a year ago.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
Race suiciae Sir. Rooseyelt.

An article in a recent number of the
Review of Reviews by DIR. Cronin on
THE Doctor in the Public School," up
holding small families, has drawn from
President Roosevelt letter to DR. Shaw,
editor of the Review of Reviews, protest
ing against such teaching. DIR. Cronin
makes the statement that physical defects
go hand in hand with large families,
whether of the rich or of the poor, but
this the president says is not true. In
proof of his position the president points
out the fact that athletes are most apt
to be found in fair-sized families, and he
points to the vital statistics of Massa-
chusetts showing that the average Amer
lean family has so few children that the
birth rate has fallen below the death
rate. He reiterates his belief that tLe
tendency of well-to-do families to die
out means the elimination instead of the
survival of the fittest, and he declares
that our country could not continue to
exist if itypaid heed to the expressed or
implied teachings Of such articles, which
furnish excuse for every unnatural pre-
vention of child bearing, and for every
form of gross and shallow selfshness in
American social life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28

ranks of the civic reform forces, and
in the work of retaining the san
Francisco government from the sway
of graft and Doodle, and to make what
ever reparation he could for his wrong
doing.
Abraham Commonly called "Abe'')
Ruef, who pleaded guilty to accepting
a bride, was for years a conspicuous
figure in the political life of San Fran.
cisco. He made, Schmitz mayor. he
controlled the Republican and Labor
party machines, and he was dictator
of the police force and of the saloon
element. Ruefs father was we'll off
in this worlds goods and gave his son
a good education. The confessed Grim
inal is fair Greek and Latin scholar
and has an intimate acquaintance not
only with German, but with French
Spanish. italian and Portuguese. His
linguistic abilities account in part for
his political success. He began life as
a lawyers clerk and made rapid prog
ress in the profession, and it is said of
him that had he not abused his mani
fold talents he would have made a
name and a place for himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
BioSraPEa ioe LLkJdRits


Justice w. II. Moody is the blond bach
elor Of the United States Supreme Court
Charles Law Watts. a 16-year-old boy
of Kent. England, weighs 373 pounds and
is still eating.
Theodore Gill. the worlds greatest au-
thority on fishes. works for the United
States government for 81 a month.
Joseph Lang, the public executioner of
Vienna, wears heavy gold watch chain
and massive watch, which is held in his
pocket by thief proof hook.
]. =. Nannetti. NJ p. for the college
division of Dublin and mayor of that
eity. is working printer. and is fore
man of the Freeman's Journal
George 1rolope. an English actor of
considerable note. has forsaken the stage
and will enter the Catholic priesthood.
lie first appeared in The Sign of the
Cross
Chief Appah of the ties holds com
missioner Leupp responsible for every
thing. Being told that Congress makes
the laws. IF you let them make such
law You are no account in your JOB,
exclaimed the old chiee
Stewart Edward White. the author,
has left his bungalow in California whore
he has been for the last two years. and
Joined the authors colony in New York.
Lord Kitchener. the famous English
general. and his brother. in boghood days,
used to have to drive pigs to market.
They were sent off without Breakfast and
had TO do without that m,al on their
return if the pigs remained tnsold.
Chief Pleasant Porter of the Greeks
declares that the act Of Congress hand
ing over Indian territory TO Oklahoma
was the death knell Of his race. He
predicts that in 100 years there will not
be an Indian in the United States.
Louis y. Parker, the dramatist, was
born in France his father was an Amer
lean, mis- mother an English woman his
first language was Italian, and be was
educated in Germany.
Henry Odds, assistant biologist of the
laboratory at Washington for thirteen
years. has been studying the music Of
birds and has written an elaborate bro
chure on the subject.
Rear Admiral Bronson, when be re-
linduishes the Asiatic station to become
chief of the bureau of navigation in
Washington, will have the honor of COM
handing the entire new Pacific fleet. just
as Rear Admiral Evans now commands
the Atlantic feet
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28

Later details of the bond robbery of
the Trust Company of America came to
light through the examination of Loan
Clerk Douglass confederate, Broker Dem
nett. 1t was found that the actual value
of the bonds taken was not less than
100000, and that Douglass had laid
aside 100000 more for convenient alb
straetion on the morning that suspicion
caused his sudden departure. Douglass
and his associates had raised about $780,
600 in cash and loans on the stolen col
lateral. 1t was admitted by the trust
company officials that they had paid out
$165,000 to recover most of the bonds
which had been placed with various brok
ers, and that the actual loss would be
$4,000. considering the S25.o90 bond of
the loan clerk. The effort 20 connect
prominent Boston man with the deal was
not successful, although it was believed
that third party assisted in the nego-
tiations.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
FIRE ON ALAKE BOAT.
STEAMER NAOMI is DESTROYED
AT NIGHT.
hut Passengers Are All Taken OF
I'm safety-surgery ms Moral Up
lifter-Other News.

-Four members of the crew persisted and
Fifty passengers were rescued by the light
of the moon in midlake early Tuesday
morning when the steamer Naomi was
burned to the waters edge. The passen-
gers were taken from the burning boat by
small boats from the steamers Stratford
and the Kansas of the Crosby Line. The
Naomi was owned by the Crosby Trans
portatiOn Company, and was bound from
Grand Haven for Milwaukee with large
passenger list and a heavy cargo Of pack
age freight She left the east shore port
early in the evening. The four men who
persisted were coal passers, who were
burned to death in the hold. One pas
senger J. NJ Rhoades Of Detroit, was
perhaps fatally burned. The loss on the
Naomi. which was commanded by Cap
tain Thomas Trail, is estimated at S225,-
600 A barge attracted to the scene by
the fire put a line on the burning hulk
and towed it into port. The fire started
near the kitchen, between decks, and
spread so rapidly that the whole ship was
in flames before the crew could get the
FIRE apparatus connected. 1t is consid-
cred almost miraculous that the passen-
gers escaped
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
MARTYR TO YELLOW JACK.
Soldier Who Was Experimental o
Now N Homeless CriupIe

Now a Hopeless Cripple.
After offering himself without hope of
remuneration upon the altar of medical
science that further research might be
made in the prevention and cure of yell
low fever, John r. Messenger of South
Bend, Ind, who is still less than 80 years
old, is now practically a confirmed in
valid He is suffering with myeitis or
inflammation of the spinal marrow as the
result of the experiment made and he is
unable to go about except with the aid
of wheelchair.
The sacrifice was made while KisSen-
ger was soldier in the United States
army. The young man enlisted during
the Spanish war and was mus
tered into the service as member of
the Indiana militia. At the close of
hcstilities, when mustered out of the
volunteer service. he and companion
John ]. Moran, enlisted in the regular
army.
At this time the War Department was
endeavoring to stamp out or abate yellow
fever in Cuba. DR.. Walter Reed spe-
cialist in the disease, was selected head
of the board appointed to make the tests
researches and experiments. His assist
ants were DR.. James Carroll. DIR. Jesse
w. Lazear and Aristides Agramonte
Cuban physician, who, having had yellow
fever. was declared an immune. After
experiments, during which DIR. Lazear
died, the physicians were convinced that
a variety of mosquito was the cause of
the disease They wanted, however, to
test the theories for the prevention of
the spread of the disease and its cure.
Hence it wN necessary that others be
inoculated by submitting to the bites of
the disease-bearing insects. The govern
ment volunteered more assistance. A
camp, named in honor of the dead ply
stefan, was established, and Congress APP
propriated money to reward those risking
their lives in the proposed experiments.
1t was not necessary TO call for volun-
teers Messrs. Messenger and Moran
came TO the front and offered themselves,
first stating in black and white that they
did not want pecuniary reward, and that
it should not be offered to them.
Kissinger was the first to be inocu-
lated. He was bitten by five mosquitoes
which had become infected by biting yell
low fever patients. His sufTerings were
terrible. Three days after being inocu-
lated with the disease, or Dec. s, 1900.
his life was despaired of, but he appar-
emily recovered under the greatest care.
Moran had to be infected twice before
he was attacked but he did not have the
disease in its worst form.
But the after effects were different in
the case of the two young heroes. Moran
seemingly suffered no i'll results. For
time Messenger appeared to have recov-
cred completely, but subsequent develop
ments prove contrary conditions. He re-
turned to his army post and served until
his enlistment expired. Last fall be be-
gan to lose strength, and he has daily
grown more enfeebled. His legs have not
the power to carry him and they are in
such condition that he travels about the
house on his knees and uses a wheelchair
out of DOORS Eminent physicians who
have examined Messenger say that his
trouble is the result of the yellow fever
experiment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
New York Strike Riots.

The principal steamship lines having
decided not to grant the demands of the
longshoremen for higher wages, strike
breakers were set to work loading the
ships next due to sail and the ocean liners
got away on time. though only partly
loaded This greatly angered the strikers
and many clashes occurred in the streets
along the docks. Several lines came to
terms with the men and this encouraged
the other strikers. Riots also occurred
in connection with the strike on the
Havemeyer sugar refinery in Brooklyn.
strike breakers being attacked as they
left the factory the other night The POI
lice were on hand and charged the rioters
with clubs.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28


born at Galesburg on March 4. 1913,
and received his education in old Lom-
bard University. Later he attended
the Albany Law School. where he was
a student with President Mckinley,
and he was but a youth when he step
ed from the classroom to shoulder a
lnusket in the war for the Union. En-
listing in the One Hundred and Sec
oEd Illinois as private, he saw SER
vice in the same brigade with Presi-
dent Harrison. and subsequently, march
ed with Sherman to the sea. Before
the end of the conflict he had been
breveted major for gallant and merito-
rious service.
When the war closed, Mr.. Conger
practiced law for a time at Galesburg,
but in 1865 he went to Dexter, Iowa,
and there began farming and stock
raising, and also entered into the bank
ing business. Naturally he took an in
terest in politics, and successfully was
elected treasurer of the county, and
then State Treasurer. In 1884 he was
elected to Congress- and served three
terms. In 1891 he was first appointed
minister to Brazil. and was reappoint-
ed in 1897, and the following year he
was transferred to China. and while
there Mr. Conger performed notable
service.
He was in Picking during the siege
following the terrible Boxer uprising,
and after the capture of that city by
the allies he conducted the negotiations
on the part of the United States. Sub
sequently he was head Of the commits
sion that negotiated the new CONNER
cial treaty with China, which went
into effect III 1902.
M. Conger was appointed ambassa-
dor to Mexico in 1906, but his health
failing, he resigned the post within a
few months and went to live at Pasa-
dena, where he was seized with his IA
tai illness.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
DEE Zlat23ERS
$3.50 sGsl~SGN=.
e@t. -]S4lGe

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.35; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to SCAT: sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.10; wheat, No. ,, 96c to 97c; corn,
No. ., 52e to ode; oats, standard. 45c to
47c; rye, No. .. soc to Sic; hay. timo-
thy, $500 to $21.00: prairie $500 TO
$500; butter, choice creamery, 2le to
pc; eggs, fresh, be to 16c potatoes,
53c to Tic
indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $500
to 5000 hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $500 to
1925; wheat, No. ., SIC to Sic; corn,
No. . white, 51c to 52c oats, No. 2
white 42c to 44c.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to $6.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. ?, 94c to Doc; corn,
No. ., 53c to 5Jc; oats, No. ,, 43c TO
44c; rye, No. ,, Toe TO 76c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. S400 to $j65;
hogs, $500 to -~$6.55: sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, 95e to 96c; corn,
No. mixed, 53c to 55c oats. No. 2
mixed, 43c to 44c; rye No. ., 74c to 76c.
DeLfOll~-Ndltle. HfsbO W PDstV hoIoT
$500 to $3.50: sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No 2. Ole TO Ole: corn, No. 3
yellow. a4c to BIC; oats, No. white,
Acc to l6c rye, No. ,, roc to soc.
Milwaukee Wheat, No 2 northern,
97c TO 99c; corn, No. 3, 51c TO 3;'c;
oats. standard 43c TO 45c rye, No. |,
soc to S2c: barley. standard, SIC TO SIC;
pork. mess, S1615.
BuTalo-Cattle choice shipping steers,
$3.50 to 5000 hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $6.7J; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York Cattle. $500 to 5000;
hogs. $500 to 500; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red. $1.00 to $1.Ol;
corn, No. .. 59c to Gle; oats, natural
white. 4Sc to zoe; butter, creamery, 23c
to &c; eggs. western. lac to 16c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 95c to
97e: corn. No. mixed, 54c TO 56c;
oats. No mixed 47c to 4Sc; rye No.
., &c to 7Jc; clover seed, prime, $40.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
MEN OUTLAW CARDS.
TAKE MEAN REVENGE WHEN
SIGHTED BY WOMEN.
Husbands and Fathers of MelIette,
$. D., Have Ordinance Passed For
bidding Playing of Bridge Whist
Jap Girl Slaves Discovered.

The husbands and fathers of Mellette,
s. d., have arisen in revolt against the
game of bridge whist and have passed an
ordinance making it a misdemeanor for
any woman to play the game. and impos-
ing punishment of S25 to S100 fine and
several days in JAIL The men declare
their women folk were so infatuated by
bridge that they were neglecting their
household duties. Mothers even sighted
their babies to play bridge and husbands
were given no attention at all by their
wives. The women are angry over the
passage of the ordinance. They say they
have as much right to pass the time play
ing bridge whist as the men have to play
poker. The town marshal so feared the
wrath of the women that he resigned.
The town council appointed another man
in his place who promises to arrest any
woman he finds playing bridge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
LIFE TERM FOR MURDER.
Boy, Aged 10 Years, Pleads Guilty
md IL Sentenced.

Boy, Aged Is Years, Pleads Guilty
and Is Sentenced.
John Stapp, 10 years old, who pleaded
guilty in the Juvenile Court in st. Louis
to the killing of Mrs. Otillia Kraus, was
sentenced to serve niiety- years in
the penitentiary. He received the sen
tence with the same unconcern he showed
when told of the victims death two days
after he had stabbed her. At the coroner
inquest it was brought out that Stapp
had planned to rob Mrs. Kraus, and on
the afternoon of May / went to her hus-
bands grocery and called for 10 cents
worth of cheese. AS she handed him the
purchase he grabbed her around the neck
and stabbed her in the abdomen with
cheese knife and fed. He was arrested
the following morning and admitted the
deed and told the police that he wanted
"beer money" He was taken to the
Lutheran hospital, where the woman lay
dying, and was positively identified by her
as her assailant. Mrs. Kraus died the
following day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
short News Notes.

Three trans Atlantic liners which
locked at New York within twenty-four
hours added 300 immigrants to the
great influx of aliens.
King Carlos Of Portugal will visit Ar
gentina after his trip to Brazil early
next year, according to cable dispatch
from Lisbon.
The colored organization, Elks Of the
World Of Louisville, Ky. has filed
suit 10 require Secretary Of State Nc
Chesney to file their charter in the State
Department
Dean Henry r Wright Of the academic
department Of Yale college has announced
his resignation. lie is 20 years old and
will accept a Carnegie fund pension.
Richard Mcbride. premier Of British
Columbia. is the youngest prime minister
in the British Empire. being only 80,
and be achieved the premiership four
years ago.
Some Cleveland Democrats have start
Ell an Olney boom in various parts Of
The country. They admired Richard
Olney as President Cieveland's Secretary
of State and they now recall that Mr..
Olney did not bolt Bryan either in ls9o
or 1900
With the report at Washington that the
appointment of an internal revenue col
lector at Toledo was TO be placed at the
disposal of Taft and Burton, this was
regarded as due notice that Senators For
AXE and Dick might expect no further
recognition from the administration.
Secretary Taft, upon his return from the
West Indies. refused TO have anything to
say about this or any other political sub
ject.
Books that mock at religion are c!as-
sifed as menace 10 Christianity by Mgr.
Bruchesi. archbishop Of Montreal who
has formally protested to the city author
tiles against their admission to the public
library.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
RUFF PLEADS GUILTY.
Confession of FriscO's Political Boss
no~r;Ros

Confession of Frisco's Political Boss
Terrifes Grafters.
The amazing court confession of
ABE" Ruef, political boss of San Fran
cisco, CAL, and the county for years,
when he was arraigned for trial be-
fore Judge Dunno on charges of graft
and extortion, and his plea OF guilty,
has caused the most profound sensa
ton in San Francisco and throughout
the State.
In the ranks of the grafters and
boodlers, and especially among the mil
lionaire bribe-givers who have bought
and sold public rights and franchises
for years and corrupted scores of pub
lie officials, Ruef's startling surrender
and his explicit promise to expose those
responsible for the existing vicious con-
ditions, created terror amounting to
panic.
While Ruef did not go into details
in his remarkable statement to the
court he declared his desire to join the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
FRUITS GOOD, THOUGH LATE.
Reports show Crops One Month Be-
hind in Growth, but Normal.

Reports Show Crops One Month Be-
hind in Growth, but Normal.
Reports from the fruit growing regions
showed that while the Northern States
will be late in putting their crops on the
market, they have escaped with lighter
loss due to cold than the southwest sec
ton of the country Advices from the
various States were as follows: Michigan
Fruits and vegetables one month be-
hind normal condition. Growers look for
average yield Indiana-Fruit, grains and
vegetables in good shape. Crop will be
four weeks late, Kansas-Fruit crop
killed by cold. Tender garden plants de-
stroyed, but growers have replanted. Mis-
souri-Practically entire fruit crop de-
stroyed by cold. Oklahoma and Indian
Territory fruit crops will be al
most nothing. Bush fruit, grapes and
strawberries suffered seriously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
octopu. Breaks All Records.

The submarine torpedo boat Octopus.
under trial at Newport, made three speed
runs With Captain Mark and other mem
bers of the naval board as passengers,
during which she broke all records by
making an average speed of ten knots an
hour and a maximum of 1915 knots for
one mile. A feature of the test was the
use for the first time of submarine bell
with which the Octopus is equipped. and
by means of which connection was kept
up with the receiving apparatus on a sur
face boat constantly during the submer-
sion
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
On. rhou.ana Miner. ce,.. W.,

A long-threatened strike of miners at
Treadwell. Wash. was put into force May
.. when over 1000 men, members Of the
Western Federation of Miners, laid down
their tools. The strike was called after
the management had refused to arbitrate
with the workers. The questions involved
were the abolition of the blacklist and
the right to board elsewhere than at the
company's mess, which latter is said TO
have yielded large profit to the corpora
tion The property is being guarded BY
soldiers and deputy United States mar
shalS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-28
FIND LoNG-MIssrNG ERIE BONDS.
Treasure Indicating Owner Slain in
1874 Dug Up in Cleveland.


Erie railroad bonds worth S116,I40,
and 1913 in blackened gold coins were
found when the rusted tin box which
Contractor B. w. Hollingsworth recently
unearthed in the ruins of the century old
Ohio City Inn, at 2S11 Detroit avenue
n. W., Cleveland, was forced open. The
original owner of the treasure was George
c. Moran, who mysteriously disappeared
in 1874. A heap of charred bones, found
several days before the box was dug up
by Hollingsworth in a bricked-in fireplace,
now seems to substantiate the theory held
that Moran was murdered. The Erie
Railroad Company made a systematic Ell
fort to locate the bonds during the three
years from 1876 to 1879. Practically
every newspaper in the country carried
advertisements for the lost bonds, which
were of the issue of 1856. Originally
they had a par value of $4,000. Accu-
INFLATED interest. dividends and market
rises have brought their value up to
$116,7 40.
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MRS. EDDY WORTH MILLION.
Affidavits Filed to show Estate Has
Not Been Looted.

Not Been Looted.
Two affidavits were filed in Concord,
n. H., by the defense in the suit of Rev.
Mary Baker G. Eddy by her next friend
against Calvin A. Frye and others which
for the first time discloses the fact that
her fortune will easily reach S1,00o,000.
The first of these affidavits is made by
Fred n. Ladd. Mrs. Eddy's private sec
rotary, who AYERS that on March 6 he
turned over to the trustees under the
deed of trust executed that day bonds of
the par value of S7SS,776, a promissory
note of $4,000 with some interest due
and the savings bank books on which was
due SS.614. The value OF the real estate
holdings is not touched upon.