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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
WHEAT HITS 81 MARX
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE IS
SCENE OF UPROAR.
Both September and December Lines
Touch High Representations Put
i'm Trades-Foreign Demand and

Wheat hit the dollar mark in Chi
cago Monday with apparently the
Board of Trade in a brain storm"
The even figure was reached by both
September and December lires, with
the trade spreading wider and wider.
Foreign buying orders swelled the de
mand.
The opening trade in wheat was the
widest in the history of the Board of
Trade. Brokers who have been on
Change for twenty or thirty years say
they have never witnessed anything
equal to the excitement of the first
-ifteen minutes of trading. There is
no way of estimating the volume of
business transacted within that per-
ied. Leading houses traded in millions
and millions of bushels. Orders to buy
at the market We're filed without re-
gard to price Opening sales ranged
from % to 81 cents for July, % cents
to $1.001a for September and 06Is
cents to $1.03 for December delivery.
Those figures tell the story of the
market.
TO what extent this speculative craze
will be carried no one can tell. The
development of bullish enthusiasm,
seasoned operators assert, has been
more sudden and far-reaching than
ever before in a corresponding period
Foreigners, thoroughly frightened over
the prospect of a shortage the world
ever, are buying in competition with
the spectators on this SIDE Profits re-
sulting from the rise so far aggregate
millions of dollars and enormous sell
ing by Spectators who wanted to take
their money out of the market was in
strumental in subduing the confagra-
ton shortly after the opening, the Of
ferings being heavy enough to supply
the wants of buyers for the time being.
Crop Losses Are Heavy.
Underlying the present speculative
craze is the belief that there will be
serious shortage of bread supplies
the world over this season. owing to
heavy crop losses both in this country
and Europe. The present indications
are that the United States and Canada
will have a greatly reduced exportable
surplus. The weather in the North
west still Is so cold as to retard the
work of seeding. and each day of delay
row means a further reduction in the
acreage.
Little wheat has been seeded in Min
Heapolis and North Dakota north of
Fargo. Only about two-thirds the
crop has been seeded on the Preston
and Dalrymple farms in the Red Riy-
er valley and the owners say they will
not seed any more. This means heavy
spring wheat shortage in this country.
Such wheat as is seeded in the south
ern part of North Dakota and in South
Dakota is laying unsprouted and much
will fail to terminate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
CASHIER ENDS LIFE.
COLUMBUS PoSToFFIcE OFF,
CIAL FOUND SHORT.
Report Is that Cash Box Is Shy
$12,0OO-Suspcctesi Man Blows
His Brnins out-Merchant Kills
Sweetheart and Himself.

w. C. Wallace, cashier of the Column
bus, Ohio, postoffice. shot himself through
the head at his home and died at the
Protestant hospital. Wallaee's accounts
at the postoilice are short. it is esti-
mated, about $4,000. Inspectors began
an examination of The books Of the post
Office, starting on Wallace's the other af-
ternoon. The cashier did not show up in
the afternoon, and Postmaster Krumm
went to his home to learn the cause of
his absence. Wallace saw him coming
and shot himself as Mr. krumm entered
his door. 1t is said Wallace called up
friend when the examination Of the ac-
counts of his Office was started and adj
mitted that he was short. Wallace re-
signed his cashiership in 1903 to run for
auditor, but was defeated and lost his
home, which was mortgaged to meet cam
paign expenses. He was greatly worried
over his loss, and it was at first thought
it was because of this he had shot him
self. He was subsequently reappointed
as cashier
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Environment VS.. Heredity.

Supt. L. f. Jenkins of the New York
Gerry Society for the cure of dependent
or hayward children, in a recent address,
asserted that the records Of the society
showed that environment had an all-con-
trolling influence in the development of
human character. He said they kept
track of all cases in which infants of
bad parents had been adopted by good
people, and that they had yet to find
where one had gone wrong. He could
mention hundreds of instances of children
who did not possess the wicked character
istics of their parents, simply because
their surroundings have had greater in
fuence over them, and he pointed out
that some of the greatest criminals have
children living who are honest members
of society and well-known citizens.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

At Rose Pine, La, a block of business
houses and two dwellings were burned.
Loss $4,000.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Ma
tional Stove Company, Lorain, Ohio.
Loss 100000, covered by insurance.
Peter Savage and Joseph Chonowsky
were sentenced to three years imprisoa-
ment in the eastern peniteEtiary at Phil
adelphia and to pay a fine of $500 and
costs for wrecking with dynamite the
Welsh Congregational church at Ed
wardsville, Pa,
c. L. Schroeder. representing the En-
9ire Molding works of 40 Onion Park
place, Chicago, was beaten into insensi-
bility at San Diego by thugs after be-
ing robbed of $500 and gold watch.
The Kentucky law inficting the death
penalty for criminal assault was sustain
ed in a terse opinion fled by the Court
of Appeals affirming a death sentence
imposed on Harrison Alexander colored
Fire destroyed eighteen buildings in
Leesville, La. in which were located
twenty-five business firms. including the
First National bank and the Leesville
National bank building. Loss s200.000
with insurance Of about $4,000
The safe in the postoffice and store Of
Thomas Van Eaton at Eatonville, Wash,
was robbed OF 81 900 in school warrants,
SIS in cash and $1,000 worth of mort
cages and other valuable papers.
Fred Marchant. a wealthy farmer who
was shot by Saioonkeeper George Kirby
at MilIedgeville. Fayette county, Ohio,
died and Kirby is in the county Jail
charged with murder. He says he was
drunk.
At a meeting at Birmingham, Ala. of
Alabama commissioners to the jamestown
exposition it was determined to call of
the proposed exhibit OF the State, for
which the Legislature recently apprcpri-
afed $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
LOVE LETTER TRIPS A PASTOR.
He Writes 1t to Girl, brt tails 1t to
County Official by Mistake.

He Writes 1t to Girl, bp. nails 1t to
County Official by Mistake.
A fervent love letter to Miss Della
Goodrich, formerly his assistant, has
brought about tn downfall of Rev. De
Witt Maynard Carpenter, until the other
day the well-beloved pastor of the Apos-
tolic Holiness Union church in Harring-
ton, Del. By mistake the pastor put
the letter in an envelope addressed to the
recorder of deeds instead of a marriage
notice. The recorder notified the trus-
tees of the church A meeting of the
trustees was hastily called and the pastor
was notified to appear. Instead of doing
so he forwarded his resignation and left
Harrington by the first train. Mr.. Car
penter leaves a wife and two children
in Harrington. Last fall as Mrs. Car
penter entered the house after an absence
she found the assistant pastor sitting on
the pastors lap, and this incident led to
Miss Goodrich's departure. Now the
trustees of the church have formally de
posed Mr.. Carpenter and elected Mrs.
Viola Carpenter, his wife, as his sue
cessor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Brief News Items.

Fire on one of the export piers at the
foot of North Twelfth street, Brooklyn,
did 100000 damage.
Superintendent Sands Of the naval
academy posted an order providing for
an escort Of midshipmen for President
Roosevelt at jamestown. -Four companies,
the pick Of the brigade, will form the
escort.
The big repair shops of the New York
Central and Hudson River railroad in
the Melrose yards New York City, were
burned. with a loss of 100000
Fire destroyed the plant OF the Port
Blakeley Mill Company 81 Port Blake
ley. Wash. the largest lumber manufac-
turing establishment on the Pacific coast.
entailing a loss of $4,000. The mill
will be rebuilt at once
John w Gates is going Into foreign
grouse shooting. With his .on. Charles
G.. the famous Spectator has leased for
FIVE years the 1000 acres Of woodland
upon the hunting preserve Of the Marquis
de Augans. in France.
James IT. Lehnemann, who is alleged
by the government 70 have been connected
as general manager with the attempt OK
the Yacht Frolic to import Chinese inn
properly from Newfoundland to the Jnlt7
ed States. has Surrendered himself al the
Office of the United States district attor-
neg in Boston.
Department heads Of the United States
mint in Denver and three government
AGENTS are checking up the coinage OF
the mint. The gold coins from the Dem
yer mint have been found to be unde,t
value in fneness of geld and the govern
ment has begun action to discover who
IS responsible for the discrepancy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
TEEz llA'[S2lEzI5RS
,sxss1s'1se9SsS IL G$@)~,-GN.
0zt.922 5000
>o~~~o~-~~N~

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.75 wheat, No. 2, 92c to Ole; corn,
No. >, soc to SIC; OATS standard 43c to
45c; rye, No ,, 7Sc to roc; hay, timo-
thy, $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, dc to
23c; eggs, fresh, 13c to Ice; potatoes,
5Jc to Toe.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 5000 hogs, choice heavy, $500 to
S6.55; sheep. common to prime, $500 to
$5.25; wheat, No. ., S2c te Sic; corn,
No. 2 white, sic to 52c; oats, No. 2
white, 42c to 44c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to 1925;
hogs. $500 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$6.25; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn,
No. 2, 52c 10 Ole; oats, No. 2, 43c to
45c; rye, No. 2. 67c to Csc.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $500 to 1913;
hogs. S4.00 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No 2, 9Gc to 9Sc;. corn,
No. . mixed. 53c to 5Jc: oats, No. 2
mixed, 43c to DOC rye. No. ?, 74e to &c.
Deroit--Cattle $500 to $40; hogs,
$4O0 to $3.50 sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. ,, 96c 60 99c; corn. No. 3
yellow, 54c to SIC; oats, No. 3 white,
Acc to 46c; rye, No 2, 74c to 76c.
Milwaukee Wheat. No. northern,
95c to 99c; corn. No. 3, zoe 10 52c;
oats, standard, 43c TO Acc; rye, No. 1,
7Sc to soc barley, standard, Sic TO Soc;
pork, mess S1G.70
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.90 to 5000; hogs, fair TO choice, $500
to $6.7j sheep, common to good mixed,
800 to 1913; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
New York -Cattle. $500 to $500;
hogs. $500 to $500 sheep. $500 to
5000; wheat, No. red. CSC to 99c:
corn, No. 2. 5Gc to Sc; oats, natural
white. 4Sc to 49c; butter, creamery, 23c
to 25c; eggs, western, 15c to lie.
Wheat, No. . mixed S3c 70
97c corn, No. mixed, SOC to J2c;
oats. No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c: rye. No.
., re to 7Jc; clover seed prime, $500
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
4 NATIONS WOULD DIVIDE EAST.
Japan, Russia, France and Grea
Britain Seek TO Shut Ont Others.

Japan, Russia, France and Great
Britain Seek TO Shut Ont Others.
NJ. Kurino, the japanese minister, in
an interview in Paris, is quoted as max
Ing the important statement that the Sc
ries of treaties between Great Britain,
France, Russia and Japan, guaranteeing
the territorial status quo in the re- East,
implied an engagement to prevent other
countries from acquiring territory there.
Minister Kurino denied that the Franco
japanese entente was in any way aimed
at the United States, adding: Japan,
in sp.se of the San Francisco incident,
has always been most sympathetic to the
United States because she was the first
to treat the Japanese people on footing
of equality. If Japan could obtain adj
vantages from an understanding with the
United States it is entirely probable that
the government at Toxic would not hesi-
tate to negotiate with Washington" Con-
tinuing NJ. Kurino said that as Germany
had no possessions liz the far East, Kiao
Chou being simply leased Chinese ground,
a treaty with her similar to the one be-
tween Japan and France would be use
less.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
PICTURES WARN WORLDS END.
Whole Maryland Community Excited
Over Strange Phenomenon.

Intense excitement prevails at Han
cock, Nd, and many persons are prepar-
ing for the end of the world, as the re-
SILT of a series of remarkable pictures
representing scenes that look like heaven
and hell that have appeared on the walls
of a room in the house of Emory Lopp,
in Morgan county, West Virginia, two
miles from there. Some persons who
have viewed the pictures say that no
human hand could have placed them
there. The whole neighborhood is arous-
ed over the strange affair, and crowds of
people are visiting the house. The super
stitious believe that the pictures foretell
some catastrophe, probably the end of the
world. The pictures appear in distinct
outline on the four walls, showing pits
of flame and demons, while others show
angels and beautiful scenes, supposed to
be heaven. Lopp is at loss to under
stand the mystery, and has abandoned
his home. A thorough investigation of
the matter will be made By skeptical
persons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
HARVESTER TRUST is NEXT.
Alleged Combine Must Face Trial in


court.
Attorney General Bonaparte has an
nounced his intention TO prosecute the
so-called harvester trust for alleged vio-
lation of the Sherman law, charging that
it is a combination IN restraint of trade
and commerce. The attention of the At
torney General was first directed to the
harvester trust last December, when Sen
ator Hansbrough Of North Dakota intro
duced resolution directing the commits
sioner Of corporations to make an investi-
cation of the International Harvester
Company and its allied concerns for the
purpose of ascertaining whether the Orices
and output of farm machinery were con-
trolled by any combination of individuals
and whether there existed competition be-
tween local dealers. The commissioner
OF corporations instituted an inyestiga-
ton. AS a result the Attorney General
has decided that the alleged trust shall
be brought into court. According to ON
cial figures, Illinois has invested 39.4 per
cent of the capital for the whole COUNTRY
The value of farm implements manufac-
tured in Illinois in 1000 was SIT ,424.OO0,
as against Si9 1896, 900 for the rest of the
country. The capital of the international
Harvester Company is S1O0OOO,OO0
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
pi.a.ter TO French Shin.

A dispatch from Monteyideo an
nounees that the French transport Mari
times steamer Poitou. from Marseilles
April for Buenos AyreS, has been
wrecked off the coast of Uruguay. One
hundred or her passengers and crew are
said 10 have persisted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Children Find Missing Mother

Mrs. Robert Garee, who disappeared
from Steubenville, Ohio, ten days ago,
was found by her three children in a
cabin in a mining settlement. Mrs.
Garee says she went there to be away
from the world and alone for a while.
The letter revealing her hiding place was
written by her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Cigar Famine Is Likely.

Clear Havana cigar manufacturers of
the United States are confronting the
most serious situation since the Weyler
edict," is the statement made in an ar
ticle in the most recent number of the
Tobacco Leaf by a writer who has con-
Quoted an extensive investigation in Cuba
for that publication. Exhausted stocks
and short crop are given as the reasons.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

Dispatches from Berlin state that the
German government has ordered pa. 900
men of the army reserve and territorial
army TO join the eolors for a fortnight's
service. to receive training with the new
field gun and modified rife. with improved
ammunition. The number of men sum
moned for duty is 5000 more than were
called out for training in 1906. The mill
tary authorities are displaying unusual
activity in other directions. Military ma
neuvers on the largest scale. involving for
trasses as well as troops, are being pre-
~ v-al
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Thirty-one Die In Wreck

Thirty-one persons were killed in the
wreck of the Shriners' special train on
the Southern Pacific coast line at Honda,
Cal. OF the two-score or more injured,
many ere terribly hurt and probably will
die. The train was running sixty miles
an hour when it struck a defective
switch.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
SPANISH HEIR is BORN.
Prince of the Asturias Arrives Amid
National Rejoicing.


A son was born Friday to the King
and Queen of Spain. The baby will
he named Alfonso and is heir to the
Spanish throne The arrival of the
royal babe caused demonstrations of
the widest joy throughout the city and
nation. Cannon We're fired, bells we're
rung, flags were flung to the breeze
everywhere, while cheering thousands
gathered about the palace gates and
thronged the streets. Madrid took on
holiday appearance. All business was
suspended and the day was given over
to feasting, speechmaking, parades,
games, and other joyous amusements
The arrival of the little heir to the
Spanish throne was attended by digni-
fed yet ancient ceremonies which have
been handed down by the custom of
centuries. The christening takes place
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Jury Finds Tate entity.

Edwin Tate. Familiarity known as ed
die Tate. the gentleman burglar" was
convicted before Judge Kersten in Chi
cago on charge of burglary. The jury
fixed his punishment at Imprisonment in
the penitentiary, but recommended elem
ency. Such a verdict is rarity and was
taken to indicate degree of INDIGESTION
upon the minds of the jurors which they
unloaled upon the court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

In Kansas City fire destroyed the FIVE
story University studio building at the
northwest corner of Locust and 9th
streets. causing a property loss estimated
at S250,oO0. One life was lost, six per-
sons are missing and may be buried in
the ruins and fifteen were more or less
seriously injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

William d. Haywood. secretary and
treasurer of the Western Federation of
Miners. was placed on trial Thursday in
Boise. Idaho, charged with completely in
the murder of former Gov. Frank Steu-
nenberg at Caldwell, Idaho, Dec. 80,
1907
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Rnx Died of Exnosure.

Science came to the aid of the inves-
tigators into the mysterious death of
4-year-old Horace Marvin, Jr., and lent
convincing evidence that the child met
his end from exposure on the marshes
after wandering away from home at Kits
Hammock, Del, and not at the hands
of kidnapers
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
President Commutes Sentence.

Attorney General Bonaparte has rec
commended that the sentence of John Will
lam January, alias Charles w. Ander
son, the modern Jean Vatican, be COM
muted TO three months from the date of
his rearrest, and that he be pardoned at
the end of that time, or on July 10, 1907.
The President has approved the Attorney
Generals recommendation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Pcrish in nlaninr shnft.

According 70 DISPATCHES fnm Torreca.
Coahuiia Mexico, ninety HFes were lost
in dre which occurred ID the CoSneshas
snast Of The TevL-@ss gronp Of eoaaer
miaes in the eoNn Of Nrlariena- STATE Of
Durango. One hundred and seven men
were working ii the mine. eni il IS be-
'.eyed but seventeen Of them escaped.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

A tornado overturned farm house
south of Parker, s. D., Sunday night.
A lamp which was burning set fire to the
bed clothes and burned TO death the wife
and young son of Ole Sangstead The
husband and father was injured seri-
ously.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
HEROIsM IN DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
One Kills Comrade in Soldiers
Home, Then Ends Life.

William Parks, AZ years old, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, an inmate of the National
Soldiers Home in Washington, shot and
wounded James Leslie of Chicago, 80
years old, also an inmate, so severely that
he died few hours later, and afterward
committed suicide. Parks. had been drink
ing, and, entering one of the wards of
tse hospital, was directed to leave by one
of the nurses, Sister Paula. Parks drew
revolver and was about to shoot when
Leslie stepped in between them, receiv-
ing the bullet intended for the nurse.
While Leslie was struggling with Parks,
a blind inmate grappled with the latter,
but was unable to hold him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
RIVER is CHANGING IT'S COURSE.
Stream i'm Indian Territory Cutting
Channel Two Miles from Old Bed.

IN Inutan
Channel Two Miles from Old Bed.
Just below the Iron Mountain bridge
across the Grand river at Fort Gibson,
1. r., the Grand river has begun cutting
the bank in such a manner that if ex-
IRENE measures are not taken immediate
ly the course of the river will be changed.
The mouth of the Grand at Hyde Park
will be a thing of the past. The Grand
will empty its waters into the Arkansas
several miles below the Frisco bridge
across the Arkansas river, and that road
viii have to build bridge across the
Grand river. Some work has already
been done to prevent this. 1t would ruin
thousands of acres of excellent farm land,
and would leave the pumping station that
furnishes Muskogee's water supply on
dry ground. The mouth of Grand river
would be two miles below its present con-
fuence with the Arkansas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
serum for Meningitis.

DIR. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller
institute, New York City, while declining
to discuss the reported discovery of
serum for the cure of spinal meningitis.
has admitted that experiments have been
conducted very successfully with the
serum in the treatment of monkeys. al
though it has never been tried on a hui
man being.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
Woman Kills son-in-Law.

Angered because her son-in-law, Frank
Albright. had come home drunk and run
the family away from home by his violent
actions, Mrs. Matte Connally of Hunts
willie, Ala, killed the man by shooting
him with a shotgun as he lay in a drunk
en- stupor on his bed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21

of Dover, Del, has
been found on his
fathers farm, but
the mystery sur
rounding the death
of the lad will
never be solved to
the satisfaction of
the hundreds of
Delaware people
who aided in the
search when it
was thought the
child had been
kidnapped for ram
som.
A physicians ex-
animation of the
body leads to the
belief that the boy
died a natural
death, but the
father and hun
dreds of others re-
fuse to believe the
theory, declaring
the kidnaDer S,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
RooseveIt,s Four Maxims.

Jacob Riis, in a recent address at
Philadelphia, said that President Roose-
welt had placed his policy in four hither-
to unspoken maxims, as follows:
1. Fit yourself for the work God has
for you to do in this world, and lose no
time about it.
2. Have all the fun that is coming to
you.
5. Go ahead, do something and be will
ing to take the responsibility.
4. Learn by your mistakes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-05-21
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
MURDERS HIS FAvoRITE CHILD.
PhiIadeIpbian Did Not Want TO
Voo.-x a. Alamo

Leave The "OrIU AIODe.
After a written declaration that he was
afraid he would soon die from heart
trouble, and that he did not want TO
leave the world without his favorite child,
Hazel, 3 years old, Francis NJ. Schults,
IS years old, took the little girl to a
secluded spot in Fairmount Park. Phila-
delr hia, and there murdered her by put
ting bullet through her head. Then he
gashed his throat with a razor. He was
discovered few minutes later by park
policeman, with the dead child clasped in
his arms. He was taken to a hospital,
where the doctors say there is little
chance of his recovering.