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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
DEATH PENALTY TO BE STOPPED

Legislators See EIectrOcution at Sing
Sing Before Framing Bill.
Antonio Strollo an Italian who killed
Antonio Torseilla in Van Cortlandt Park
New York, last August, went to death
in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison
Monday with a smile after CHEEKY good
by to those who had been summoned to
witness the execution. Strollo showed
the most extraordinary composure. The
execution was witnessed by three New
York Assemblymen. 1t is said that a bill
is being prepared which provides for the
abolition of capital punishment and that
the Assemblymen came to see the manner
in which capital punishment is carried
out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
NO MORE WOOD IN 20 YEARS.


u. s. Official Warns of Timber Fam
inc and Asks Preservation.
Announcing that there was no issue
before the American people so important
in his judgment as the conservation of
natural resources, urged on Congress by
President Roosevelt, Clifford Pinchot,
forecaster of the Department of Agricul-
ture, told 1900 persons at a meeting of
the American Institute of Electrical En-
gineers in New York that a timber fam
inc in this country was imminent. I'm
less there was a great change in public
sentiment, he said, ne country would
have to face in a few years the problem
of how to do without wood. At the pres
ent rate of consumption, he said the trees
now standing could supply timber for
twenty years. There had already been
set aside in the West 165,000,000 acres
of forest lands protected by the govern
ment. But this represents only one
fifth of the timber the people of this ma
ton own" added the speaker, land steps
to protect all such property from the
rapid destruction now in progress cannot
be taken too soon."
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
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Chcago-Cattle, common to prime
$500 to $500; hogs prime heavy, $500
to 1882; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. ., 94c to 97c;
corn, No. >, Sic to 62c; oats, standard,
sic to 52c rye, No. 2, SIC to S3c; hay.
timothy. $3.50 TO $3.50: prairie, $500
to $500; butter choice creamery, 25c
to 2Sc; eggs. fresh. zoe to 22c; potatoes,
per bushel, 65c to re.
Indianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
TO 1913; hogs. good TO choice heavy,
$3.50 to $4.60; sheep, common to prime,
$500 to $50; wheat, No. q 99c to
$1.00; corn. No. white, BIC to SOC; oats,
No. white, J1c to 53c.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to S610: hogs,
$500 to $500 sheep. $500 to 1913:
wheat, No, 2, $1.01 TO $1.03; corn, No 2.
Gle to Csc; oats, No 2, zoe to sic; rye.
No. 2. S3c to Sac.
Cincinnati-Cattle. 800 to 1925:
hogs $500 to S4S2; sheep. $500 to
1925; wheat. No. ., 102 to $1O3 corn,
No. > mixed, Gle to 62c; oats. No.
mixed, 53c to 54c rye. No. 2, Soc to SC.
Detroit-Cattle. 800 to $500; hogs,
H1.OU u Ff-'lOs Suttps CIV W fND-JV
wheat, No ,, 99e to S1.00; corn, No. 3
yellow, 63c to 64c; oats, No. 3 white,
SIC TO soc; rye. No. =, Soc to SEC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
LOS to $1.10: corn, No. 3, Sc to 60c
oats. standard. 52c to 53c; rye, No. l.,
Sic to SIC; barley, No. 2, 93c to 95c;
pork. mess, S11.90.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$500 to 500; hogs, fair to choice, $50
to $500; sheep. common to good mixed,
$500 to 1923; lambs, fair to choice.
$500 to $3.50.
New York-Cattle, $500 to 5000;
hogs. $3.50 to 1925; sheep, $500 TO
$500: wheat, No. red. 99c to 500;
corn. No. 2, 64c to 65c; oats. natural
white. SIC to G0c; butter, creamery, 27e
to 29c: eggs. western, 15c to 21c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, CSC to
$1.O0; corn, No. . mixed, Gle TO 62c;
oats, No. mixed. J2c to 54c; rye. No.
2, Sic to S2c; clover seed, prime, S1i.s5.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
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'zFNANCAL,


Trade conditions in Chicago for the
week are summarized by Il. G. Dun &
Co. as follows:
Seasonabie weather and the removal of
difficulties in forwarding heavy freight
and grain brought more general activity
and trade advances encouragingly in the
leading lines of distribution. Buyers
from many sections have crowded the
wholesale district and their purchases in
creased the business thus far negotiated
for future delivery of the principal sta
pies. An active demand also developed
for prompt shipment of textiles. food pro-
ducts, footwear and furniture. Sales of
millinery and notions show distinct inn
provenent, and there is less hesitancy in
men and women's wear than was felt
throughout last month. Local shipping
rooms are under great pressure in getting
out goods for the interior and the quanti-
ties increase right along, although rail-
road returns show a smaller aggregate of
tonnage than year ago.
Mercantile collections reflect further
ease in financial conditions, and there is
less anxiety as to credits, the drastic elm
ination of weak concerns making the out
look less clouded. March payments
through the banks swell the volume of
clearings considerably over recent figures,
and there is additional release of funds,
but the offerings for discount remain
moderate and choice commercial paper is
quoted at q per cent. Shipments of cur
rency usually rise about this time but
deposits stand exceptionally high, and the
investment for Improvements is not yet
fairly started, although there will be bet
ter demand soon in preparation for spring
work on the farms and resumption of lake
traffic. Building permits for business
structures during February were 81 in
number, and $1,317,S00 in value, against
SO in number and S1,0S1 300 in value in
February, 1907, the gain being gratifying
in view of the late drawbacks.
New bookings in iron and steel are not
significantly large. but the fact that de-
mand shows recovery creates a better tone
In the industrial branches. Factories in
this district have more machinery active
and increased numbers of hands employ
ed, and the prospects brighten for an
early starting up of some furnaces and
mills. Foundrymen find orders coming
forward and they would be heavier buy
ers of pig iron were prices more settled.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 49, against 80 last week
and 10 year ago. Those with liabilities
over $1,000 number IS, against IA last
week and in 1907.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
TWO SLAIN IN BARRIcADE.
Negro in House Battles with Officer.

Negro in House Battles with officers
Found Dead After Fight.
Barricading himself in a small house
on the Gibbons farm, two miles south of
Rocket, Texas, a negro named Willie
Williams desperately resisted arrest on a
charge of unlawfully carrying arms. A
double tragedy was the result. Consta-
BILE McAlpin and Deputy Sheriff Hick-
man went to the house to arrest Viii
lia.ns. When they walked up to the door
and called for him the negro began shoot
ing at them with a revolver. The Off
GERS exchanged shots with him until their
ammunition was exhausted. When help
arrived the house was riddled with rifle
bullets. 4 charge on the house was then
made and the door was broken open. Will
liams and a negro woman were found
lying dead on the floor. The opinion OF
the officers is that Williams killed the
woman and then himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
To Improve Factory Conditions.

Miss Anne Morgan, daughter of J.
Pierpont Morgan, and several other
wealthy society women, are leading a
movement, intended to be of national
scope, to improve the condition of work
ing women and men in large cities. To
this end they have voluntarily assumed
the duty of factory inspectors in New
York City and vicinity. examining close
~ into the hygienic and social conditions
prevailing. The purpose so far devel-
oped is not to remedy existing conditions
by influencing legislation, but to work
by private influence on the individual
manufacturing firms il whose workshops
are found abuses or unsatisfactory con-
1itionS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
TECHNICALLY FREES SCHMITZ.

Release Ordered Ground that In
dictment Contained Errors.
BY a decision of the State Supreme
Court of California former Mayor Eu-
gene Schmitz of San Francisco will, after
confinement in Jail for eight months on
the charge of extortion from restaurant
keepers, be enabled to regain his liberty.
In ordering the discharge Of Schmitz the
court finds that technical errors were
committed in drawing up the Indictment
upon which Schmitz was convicted. The
decision practically nullifies Ruefs plea
of guilty and invalidates the remaining
four extortion indictments against the for
mer Mayor and Ruef. THE decision dem
Onstrates," said Schmitz, what l have
always claimed-that l was removed from
Office and railroaded TO prison"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
SOCIETY MAN AS A BANDIT.
Son of Respected People Shot in an
Alleged ittempt at Robbery.

Son of Respected People Shot in an
Alleged Ettempt at Robbery.
A sensation was caused in Dillon,
Mont, when it was disclosed that Emery
Pulver, well-known society man, whose
parents are respected people, was shot
and fatally wounded while participating,
it is alleged, in the robbery of Henry
Cahill, a saloon man. Cahill was going
home early when he was accosted by two
highwaymen and dragged into an alley.
He shot one of the bandits through the
stomach. The other man felled Cahill
and robbed him, after beating him into
insensibility. DIR. II. A. Bond was awak-
ened an hour later and found young Pull
yer PROSTATE at his door, where he had
been carried by friends. Three arrests
have been made
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
FIRE DRILL SAVES 1900 PUPILS.
Cleveland Disaster Comes Near Be-
ing Reneafed I'm Grand Rauids

Cleveland Disaster Comes Near Be-
ing Repeated in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, Mich, was threatened
with a repetition of Cleveland's disaster
on an even larger scale. Fire broke out
in the laboratory of the Central nigh
school while 1,200 pupils were in the
midst of the morning work. The signal
for the fire drill was given and the chill
dren marched out in perfect order. The
building was emptied in TWO and one-half
minutes. The Central high school is over
crowded and the stairways inadequate and
fears of a possible panic have long been
felt, but the fire drill proved effective.
The fire did comparatively little damage.
That there was no panic in the school
was probably due to the fact that pho
tographer had been taking fashlight pic
lures in the corridor a few minutes be-
fore the fire broke out and the children
had been warned not to be alarmed. When
the fremen came and drill began they
thought. therefore, that it was for an
other picture, and all of them marched
out quietly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Now GnId Mininr Cnmn Rrsh.

Prospectors by the hundreds are leav-
ing daily for Dulzora, the new mining
camp thirty-ive miles southeast of San
Diego, Cal, which promises to rival
Cripple Greek in its palmiest days. Talk
of $4,000 surface ore is heard and the of
fetal report of c. e. Anthony, assayer,
shows one sample running $7.461 to the
ton. Other samples reduce the average
to $1,000. Nevada prospectors diseov-
cred the new gold field and they kept it
a secret until they had located many rich
claims
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
blow n. GoIdHeId Miners,

by the decision of Judge Harrington
of the United States District Court rem
dered the other day in the suit of the
the miners union, blanket injunction
against the miners is enforced. This is
decided victory for the mine owners.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Memorial wearing ont.

Frank DeLong, superintendent of the
statehouSe grounds in Columbus, Ohio,
called the attention of Assistant Adju-
tant General Kaufman to the condition
of the granite statue of the Mckinley
memorial, which has commenced to show
signs of wear, though unveiled but a year
and half ago. The steps are all COM
mencing to chip and from one of them
piece has broken out about four inches
wide by eight inches long.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Commit. Murder and End. Hi. Life.

While under the influence of liquor in
Avon, Conn. John ]. Lynch. 30 years
DID, shot and instantly killed his mother
in-law, Mrs. Catherine Dittman, then
shot and fatally wounded his wife. and
finally put a bullet in his own head, kill
ing himself instantly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
ICE MEMS JAIL TERM is CUT.
Released After Serving 81 DaXs of
Six Months, sentence,

released After Serving % DaXs OF
SiNsMOnths' Sentence.
Judge Brough in the common Pleas
Court in Toledo, Ohio, issued an order re-
leasing from Jail r. G. Lennon, K. A.
Beard and Joseph Miller, the ice men
sentenced to six months Imprisonment for
violation of the antitrust laws. The
motion for suspension of sentence was
made several days ago, and there was
also presented to the court a petition nu-
merously signed asking that the men be
given their freedom. Counsel for The
prisoners and the prosecuting attorney
agreed that the court had authority to
suspend sentence if it was thought the
ends of justice had been served. 1t was
argued that the families and business of
the prisoners need them and that they
had been sufficiently punished.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Averbuch In Pauper's Grave.

The body of Lazarus Averbuch, an
archist who attempted to slay Chief
Shippy in Chicago and himself was killed,
was buried in the potter's field at Dun
ming, Ill. Forty undertakers had declined
to give the body burial. No friend of
the young man. not even his sister Olga.
was present at the burial, which took
place during driving rain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Weighted Body Found I'm River.

At the bottom of Moosup river was
found the body of a man in a bag with
heavy weights. Salvatore Catageilo OF
Moosup. Conn, was arrested on COM
plant of his wife, who said she believed
her husband had murdered a man known
as Peter" Search revealed a bloody
ak and bloody clothing alleged to be
Peters" and the body in the river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Farmer shoots Wife; Kills Self.

Brought to bay by officers who were
about to arrest him for attempted wife
murder, Charles f. Hillsgrove of Concord.
n. II, farmer, shot and killed himself.
A few hours earlier he had shot his wife
in the breast at the home of a friend
Mrs. Hillsgrove will probably recover. A
quarrel following the refusal of the wom-
an to return to live with him resulted in
the shooting
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
CHICAGO Firemen Iniured.

Eleven fremen were seriously injured,
several families were rescued and panic
was caused in the heart of the Maxwell
street district of Chicago at ) a. m. Mon
day when fire, starting from an unknown
cause. swept through Apollo Hall, go
to 262 Blue Island avenue, completely
destroying the structNe with a loss or
SS5 600
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
LARGE OHIO SCHOOL BURNS.
Structure Us Destroyed Just as
Pupils Are AssembIinE.

Structure Us Destroyed just as
Pupils Are Assembling.
The union school at Napoleon, Ohio,
the largest building of the kind in the
State. which was completely remodeled
only last April had cost the county S110,-
600. and was attended by 500 pupils,
was destroyed by FIRE Tuesday. \ posi-
bic repetition of the Collingood horror
was ayerted by only quarter of an hour
in the time of the starting of the fire,
as the children were on their way to
school and some were playing in the yard
when it was discovered. At 9 o'clock,
when the pupils should have been in their
seats, the main part of the building was
mass of flames. Before the fire de
partment could get a stream on the build
ing the flames had gone to the attic,
dropped to the floor below, attacked the
east wing and were roaring up the big
central tower. The bell fell inside of
fifteen minutes. The building is a total
loss
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
RnrrIar i. Fatally shot.

Joseph Miles. 20 years old. burglar,
was shot shortly after l O'Clock Friday
morning by Michael Geary. private
Waterman. and died several hours after
ward. Miles and a companion were loot
ing the cash box in the grocery of Juda
Horodesky. 5136 State street, Chicago,
when Geary came upon them. The other
robber escaued.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Immigrant outflow Continues.

The record of the transatlantic steam
ship lines show that for the first forty
five days during the present year the
number of incoming foreigners was D.
$50. while those returning for the same
period reached a total of STAB. The
incoming figure is 249 per cent less than
for the corresponding period in 1907,
while that for the outgoing travel was
263 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
-rIes to XIII King Haakon

A Swede, apparently insane, fusilladed
the royal castle in Christiania, Norway,
with a Remington rife. The man was
promptly seized by the police and dis
armed. At the police station he declared
that it was his intention to kill King
Haakon. King Haakon and Queen Maud
were absent from the castle.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Ends Life in n Station.

Abraham FEEDER, 40 years old, 256 Wa
bansia avenue a wigmaker, who was ar
rested March 6 on suspicion of having
conspired to set fire to his home, commit
ted suicide in cell in the Rawson street
police station in Chicago by hanging him
self with a handkerchief from an upper
bar of his cell.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
No Ronds 20 Aid Idle.

Despite a plea by Mayor Guthrie. the
councils of Pittsburg refused to issue
bonds to the amount of S7J0o00 for
street repaving, it being proposed to have
the city do the work, dividing it among
the unemployed. a second committee
recommended that 100000 be raised by
direct taxation, and both branches will
act on this tomorrow.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
saloons to Close at 7P. NJ.

The excise board in Lincoln. Neb
adopted rule providing for all daylight
saloons. beginning with the new munich
pal year in May. The hours for opening
and closing are a. m. and I p. m. and
the license fee is 10 be $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
wanders Far; Comes to Senses.

While wandering aimlessly along
Broadway. st. Louis, not knowing what
city he was in. V. II. Simonson. a sales
man for the Yawman & Erbe Manufac
turing Company of New York. who dis
appeared from Paterson, n. j., suddenly
recovered ais senses and made inquiry to
find where he was lie at once reported
at the branch office of the company in ST
Iouis
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17

Count and Countess Szechenyi have
given Lieut.. William Kennel of New
York a set of amethyst waistcoat buttons.
cuff buttons and shirt studs, presumably
for his courtesies wsen they were obtain
ing their marriage licenses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
CATS TO FIGHT PLAGUE.
FeIines Will War on Rats that Carry
In1acfS Raarino naadIv GRrma

FeIines Will War on Rats that Carry
Insects Bearing Deadly Germs.
Yankee cats will fight the bubonic
plague in India. For this end the Saliva
ton army workers of Minneapolis are
rounding up" all stray felines and will
send them to the far East. These cats
are expected to catch the rats whica car
ry the feas that bear the plague germs
about. A member of the Salvation army
in the Punjab district last year made the
discovery that cats are immune from the
insect. Thousands of cats were at once
imported from England, and two cat
farms were established at Gnjerat. The
decrease in the death rate was wonderful.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Manuel seek. German Bride.

1t is reported that negotiations are
afoot to bring about the marriage of King
Manuel of Portugal and Princess Victoria
Louise, only daughter of Er9ero- Viii
liam of Germany. The proposal will be
made when the Kaiser makes his prom
ised visit of coincidence to the queen
mother. Amelie.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
D.erot, Banker a Suicide.

Ellwood L. Hanee, first vice president
of the Union Trust Company of that
city and former postmaster of Detroit,
shot and killed himself in his home.
Friends say he had been greatly depress-
ed over his own financial affairs. Mr..
Hance's health also had not been good.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Couple Found slain I'm Hotel.

Harry Adler of Pueblo and woman
supposed to be his wife were found dead
in a room in the Waldorf hotel in Den
yer. Both had been shot to death. From
appearances it is believed that the man
first killed the woman and then shot
himself in the head.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Four KILLED by Tunnel Gas.

Twenr> lone railroad laborers were
overcome by gas in the Pennsylvania
Railroad tunnel in Baltimore. Four died
and ten were so badly affected that they
were taken to hospital. The others re-
vived. Three of the dead are negroes,
the other is a white man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
POORHOUSE HIS REWARD.

Doctor Gives Away Fortune, Fore
seeing Impending Death.
DR.. John Wellesley. well known in
Worcester. Mass, as a cancer expert and
a philanthropist, has applied for admis-
sion to the poorhouse at the age of SO
years. A year ago DR.. Wellesley decided
that he could not live longer than six
months. Therefore he gave away all his
property, retaining only enough to keep
him during the half year. The amount
has been used and as he has no relatives
and nothing on which to live he asks the
county authorities to care for him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Cuts sheep shearing Record

The worlds record for shearing sheep
by machinery was broken near Phoenix
Ari., Tuesday by F. Him, who SHARED
325 sheep in nine hours. The next high
est record was made by J. Bowdle. who
sheared 800. The shearing plant en-
ploys thirty shearers and the plant also
made worlds record, shearing 6,5T2
sheep in nine hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Suspended Haxcr XIII. Self.

The body of j. S. Mcintosh, aged %.
was found in an unused room of the Mani
toba Agricultural college in Winnipeg
Investigation indicates that he shot him
self as the result of being suspended for
participating in a hazing ceremony.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
KIN. Wiz, At,.mpt. suicide.

Charles Elchinger, a saloonkeeper, shot
and killed his wife in ST. Louis and at
tempted TO shoot himself. but failed. Each
had been married before and each had
three children. The quarrel arose be-
cause the two sets of children did not get
along together.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17
Kills Wife. Children and Himself.

Warren Mckay. a native of Canada,
killed his wife and three children at his
home in Tenino, Wash. and then COM
mieted suicide. Mckay had been suffer
ing from a cancer, which preyed on his
mind
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17

DIR. Wilson L. Gill, president of the
American Patriotic League. announces a
plan to establish correspondence between
children of the public schools of this and
other countries. He thinks it will be an
aid toward universal peace.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17

A special from Guadalajara. Mexico,
says that the act of a half-witted man in
locking the rear door of a church at
Ocotlan while services were in progress
resulted in q panic and the trampling to
death of two men and six children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-17

Oscar s. Straus. Secretary of Com
merce and Labor, at banquet in Boston
made plea for the fullest freedom of
commerce, for equal opportunities 10
litically, economically and individually. :