Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-15
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
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Sunday.

Sunday.
The French cabinet decided not to let
President Castro land until he has apollo
gized and paid certain claims.
Sperry's Atlantic feet of American bat
tleships passed Singapore in communica-
ton with crowds of spectators.
Gas consumed in New York costs 6S.32
cents per LOCO, according to the public
service commission, and the Company is
making Bis cents per 1000.
Great Britain, informed by the United
States that interference in Hayti affairs
is not wanted, put the safeguarding OF
her citizens and her interests on the
American government and her charge and
has been told to keep hands off.
In letter TO William Dudley Foulke
President Roosevelt characterized as de-
liberate falsehoods the charges that there
was any graft in connection with the
purchase of the Panama canal and vindi-
Gates Charles p. Taft and Mr.. Robinson.
Monday.
Congress opened and adjourned early
out OF respect TO dead members.
Pat Grove, famed as kidnaper, has
reformed and become an evangelist.
The receiver for the Fidelity Funding
Company of New York says loss of ST.
100000 will fall largely on Roman Catho-
lie churches.
The Chicago council awarded the city
hall contract to the Noel Construction
Company of Baltimore for 1920, 900,
which is lowest by S141 600
Mrs. Florence Maybrick and her moth
err, Baroness Won Roche, won suit at
Richmond, Va, setting aside deeds they
gave years ago for lands worth millions.
Charles A. Ekstromer, Swedish vice
consul at st. Louis, who won publicity by
a controversy with President Roosevelt,
ended his life and is said TO have been
short in his accounts with a business firm.
Tuesday.
Francis d. Hirschberg was shot dead
in his ST. Louis home and mystery sur
rounds the firing of the fatal bullet.
girl of - and policeman were kill
ed, three others were mortaly injured
and two more seriously wounded in bat
ties between police and followers of re-
ligious exhorter in Kansas City.
President Roosevelt's final message TO
Congress was the most vigorous of his
series and his plea was for reform in
many lines and positive declarations of
policies deemed best for the country.
Wednesday.
Illinois has been a State ninety years.
Pu vi, 3-year-old son of Prince Cnun,
was inaagurated Emperor of China.
Nord Alexis, president of Hayti, was
deposed and saved from the mob by the
tri-color of France, Gen. Lcgitime being
proclaimed.
mysterious blast of dynamite opened
the levee at Pine Bluff, Ark, in violation
of the governments orders, and the city
is believed to be relieved of immediate
danger.
Inquiry into Paris murder mysteries
shows that King Sisowath of Cambodia
was a sutton of Nine. Steinheil at the
time the French government negotiated an
important treaty with him.
]. D. Archbold on the witness stand in
New York admitted that Joseph {. Sib-
lev, former Congressmer, is the Dear
Joe" of the letters road in the recent cam
paign and an employee of Standard Oil.
Thursday.
Rioting broke out in Port au Prince
when President Alexis fed and twelve
men were killed.
Estella Stout, who killed a picture
agent in defense of her sister, was exon
Grated by coroner's jury in Chicago.
British House of Lords got commit
tees report that the upper house be re-
formed and qualifications made, in part,
the basis for admission.
f. 0. Kellogg by questions indicated
thar the export trade in oil was greater
in 1871 than now, thus attacking one of
the chief defenses of the Standard COM
pany.
Mystery surrounds the ownership of
consignment of rare laces, robesNand vest
ments. appraised at $1,000, but really
worth $4,000. which was seized by Chi
cago customs officials.
Friday.
Dutch ships have begun blockade of
Venezuelan ports.
The steamer 500 City, long in the ex-
cursion business out of Chicago, sank in
a storm in the Gulf of st. Lawrence and
all the members of the crew are believed
certain to have persisted,
A special primary fraud grand jury
found deplorable conditions in some
wards, expressed doubt if there has been
an honest election in Chicago in years and
scored certain county officials who ham
pered the investigation.
Saturday.
J. j. Hill says great opportunities lie
in the West for the man who will work
and be patient.
Fifty or more lives have been claimed
by storms on the upper Atlantic coast
within few days.
A long prison term was given the
Southe~S; .::Ga who dressed as a negress
10 lure women from home.
The United States deficit is likely 10
reach 500, 100000. and retrenchments are