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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02

The busiest little railroad the world is the Panama
railroad. Having OF Al miles-this being the
length of the road-t does business than
roads whose line is ten times the length.
The history OF the construction of this road is
well known to bear repetition. Through almost i'm
penetrable jungle infested by poisonous reptiles and In
sects of all Sorts and compelled to nhale noxious at
mosphere produced by swampy conditions the engineers
podded their way and mapped out the for the
bed of road which they didn't know destined to
become the busesr little railroad In the world 1t is
familiar saying that for every tie laid upon the
bed Of this road human life sacrificed.
Now this road is changing its entire route and road
bed with the exception of few miles This is due to
of 1t being the wrong side of the canal and
would have to it times when water is turned
into it It's present route to remain Then again
many bridges would have to be built upon soil whose
sodiy not adapted to bridge building Of substantial
nature Lastly the present road bed Is land which
must be excavated for the canal
While the difficulties in building the road may
not be great IA the old road construction
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02

miles of it being built huge piles through the
marshy and dense jungle Some idea Of the difficulties
encountered the route may be drawn from the
fact that the largest railroad ebankment In the world
the route and will have 10 be crossed by this
road. 1t Is Gatun City and crosses valley for
distance of than a mile.
The volume of business this road taxes its carry
ing capacity to Its fullest extent Its passenger trains
always crowded and many the times when there
is standing room. On the line all
ond class attached behind while the first class
ones in front the locomotive policeman
rides all of these trains because Of the composite
tionalities of the patrons
In the freight line there is immensely Of traffic
The right way by night the rail entirely
given up to this branch of traffic. Ships coming into
port the Pacific side having cargo the Atlantic
leave it at the former port and their way. This
Is then transported by this busy little railroad
Atlantic side and reloaded into ships that take 1t to its
destination. The operation takes place the At
lanc size for the Pacific ports Thus the necessity may
be in this feature for canal-Willamport (Pa)
Grit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02

One Giant Craft Wrecked at Berkeley
and Another at Toledo.

One Giant Craft Wrecked at Berkeley
and Another at Toledo.
Three hundred feet above crowd of
10000 souls, gay one moment, dumb
with horror the next and then scream
ing in panic, the huge Morrell airship
tipped. split and exploded at Berkeley,
Cal, Saturday morning, tumbling from
its flight like bullet-stricken bird and
dashing its human freight to the earth.
In the sickening plunge downward one
of the miracles that sometimes shape
mems destinies occurred and no one
was killed outright. All of the six
teen bold passengers, however, includ-
ing the inventor, John Morrell, were
seriously crushed and mangled.
The torpedo-shaped hydrogen bag was
$50 feet long and thirty-six feet in di-
ameter. Below this hung six stripped
automobile engines which are tended
from running board. Aeroplanes
were also expected to add to the ships
dirigibility.
The machine rose eascily to its great
est height and then suddenly the giant
gas bag, containing $1,000 cubic feet of
illuminating gas, burst. The machine
began to settle slowly as the gas es-
capped, and it appeared that it would
settle to the ground without injuring
the occupants of the car. When it had
reached within seventy-five feet of the
ground the remaining gas was let out
with a rush, and the whole machine,
thousands of pounds in weight, dashed
occupants of the car were caught under
the heavy machine and all seriously
injured. Among the thousands watch
ing the ascent were many women, and
as the big machine collapsed and
dashed to the ground scoces of them
tainted
Captain Morrell, the inventor of the
airship, was picked up and rushed to
the hospital. His leg was broken and
he was thought to have sustained inter-
nal injuries. The inventor of the air.
ship had made claims for the dirigi-
bility and lifting power of his air mon
ster and had advertised its adapIability
for commercial use.
Falling in their disabled airship a
distance of more than 1000 feet into
the center field bleachers of Armory
Park, A. Roy Knabenshue and his two
assistants, Hess and Hamilton, barely
escaped death at Toledo, o., Saturday
afternoon because the powerful engine
that drives the ship suddenly stopped
and refused to start again.
Seeing that the drop was inevitable,
Knabenshue threw out Eli ballast,
tossed over the drag ropes, and, resum-
ing his seat in his basket, awaited the
crash he knew must come.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
NUBBrNs OF FARM NEWS.

The drouth in the Rio Grande valley
of Texas has been broken and people are
rejoicing.
Several farmers in Oklahoma are losing
cattle from a new disease and the State
veterinarian has been asked to investi-
gate.
The condition of winter wheat on April
/ indicated final yield of 493, S9s,O0
bushels, according to the government crop
report.
At a Shorthorn cattle sale in Wiscon-
sin recently forty-seyen head sold at an
average of SALT. The top price Of the
sale was $3.50. paid for 10months-old
bull calf.
In order to protect the water sheds in
the irrigation countries of the West the
government will restrict grazing on the
banks of streams supplying water for
irrigation purposes.
The Kansas Agricultural college has
sent nine samples o. seed corn to India,
an assortment of grain to Russia, besides
smaller lots OF seeds to Australia and
South America.
Around American Fork, Utah, sheep
shearing Is on and sheepmen claim that
the clip will be an average one. Con-
trary to other years, good share Of the
wool is still unsold.
According to the latest reports from
northwestern farms, the acreage Of fax
Is less than last year By 20 per cent.
The acreage of durum wheat in Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota, is less
than last year by 20 per cent. Spring
wheat wiz show an increase OF > to 10
per cent. In the coarse grains corn viii
increase 10 per cent, barely 10 per cent,
and there will be an increase OF 10 per
cent ia the acreage of oats
Eastern fruit buyers returning from
trips through one Yakuna. Wenatehee.
Proxser. Spokane and Columbia river and
Snake river valleys, declare that unless
the unusual happens the Spokane country
should produce the best crop OF diversified
fruit from orchards to berries in its his
tory.
Reports from crop observers along the
line Of the Northwestern road state that
with the exception of corn and fax, seed
ing was practically all done before the
RECEIPT storm occurred and the prospects
are fne. There is an increase of Is
per cent IN wheat acreage over last year.
10 per cent in barley and Is per cent
each in oats and speltz.
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Fighting Scale Insects.

In nothing do farmers more need ex-
pert advice than in the determination
of insects that threaten the destruc-
ton of their hard-raised crops. Espe-
cial study has been given to the cot
ton boil weevil, particularly malicious
in Texas and Louisiana. The investi-
CATION shows that dry weather Is de-
structiye to the pest, but the entomolo-
gists agree that the worst enemy to
the weevil Is the native ant, solenopsis
geminata- Climbing the stalk for the
possible nectar Of the blossom, 1t en-
counters the weeyil and selves him. The
rapid spread Of the ant is therefore
much to be desired by cotton growers,
and as a matter Of fact the tribe Is
advancing. Imported parasites have
been tried against the weeyil, but with
poor results. This native combatant is
best.
Another large field for the entomolo-
gists, both State and Federal. says the
Craftsman, is the study Of washes to
be used for the San Jose scale. the
enemy OF orchards from California.
where it first appeared, eastward to
the Atlantic border, where 1t now In
tests peach. plum, pear and apple trees.
Lime sulphur washes have been expert
mented with, the Bureau Of Chemistry
aiding essentially in finding the best
proportions and the best manner Of
application. An efficient formula IL
found to be so gallons of water, 20
pounds Of quicklime aud Is pounds Of
either -four or flowers Of sulphur. boil
ed together for one hour. Salt and
sugar have both been tried with the
above ingredients, but the bureau finds
they add nothing to the efficacy OF the
lime and sulphur. Various other In
furious grUwths on fruit trees are also
killed By this simple wash.
But better, because less trouble. II
the destruction OF the scale insects By
beetles and birds This subject has
received the careful attention Of the
biologists Of the department. The
cardinal and grosbeak are found to be
very fond OF the plum scale. which also
infests cherry trees. The black scale
Is now In California more serious
pest than the San Jose. and no less
than twezty-nins species Of birds ara
known to eat # They include wood
peckerx sparrowz vireos. wrens and
bluebirds. Indeed. ffty-sevea species OF
birds feed upon some scale insects and
their eggs who knows but that With
out the aid o. birds the various scales
Npuld roo us Of all our fruit1
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
THAw TO STAY IN ASYLUM.
Justice Morschauser Denies Appli-
cation to Release Whites Slayer.


Harry X. Thaw, the slayer of STAN
ford White, will not be released from
the lunatic asylum. This is the decis-
ion reached By Justice Morschauser of
the New York Supreme Court, in de-
cision filed on Thaw's application for
release on a writ of habeas corpus.
Both points brought up by Thaw's at
torneys are decided against him. The
justice declares that Thaw is now in
sane and should not be allowed at large
and he further declares that the COM
mitment to the lunatic asylum by JUS
tice Bowling after the last trial of
the case was entirely legal.
l am satisfied from the evidence adduc-
ed before me, says the justice, that the
mental condition Of Harry X. Thaw has
not changed and / find that he is now
insane and that it is so manifest as to
make it unsafe for him to be at liberty.
To review the volumnous evidence adj
duced on the hearing would unnecessarily
engthen this opinion. Thaw was commit
ted pursuant of section 454 of the code
of criminal procedure, which reads as
follows
when the defense is insanity of the
defendant the jury must be instructed, if
they acquit him on that ground. to state
the fact with their verdict The court
must, therefore, if the defendant be in
custody, and they deem lis discharge dan
gerous to the public peace or safety. order
him to be committed to the State lunatic
asylum until he becomes sane
The question of the constitutionality
of this law is assailed by the relator in
that he claims there was no notice given
to Tlhaw OF hearing upon the question
of insanity, that nc hearing was accorded
to him, that he has been deprived of his
liberty without due process of law, and
that the statute under which he was com
mitted does not provide a method by
which his mental condition, as then ex-
listing. could be legally ascerts ned, or
any method by which his SAINT, could be
shown.
The court holds that these conten-
tons are not borne out and that Thaw
was properly committed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
MORNING.

Awake. awake, from dell and brake,
The mist is thinly rising,
Be thou wise and ope thy eyes
To see the sun uprising;
The morning sun with slaating beam
Shines Ger the hillside and the stream
The lark upsprlngs, with dew on wings
And MARBLES out his lay:
From tiny throat his thrilling note
Welcomes the coming day.
o man, arise to higher things!
List to the song all nature sings!
Awake, awake, the day will break,
Though on thy bed reclining;
It will not stay, though lie thou may,
Grunbling or repining.
Come, lift thy heart to God above,
And bless and thank Him for His love.
Baltimore Sun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
BURROWS FOR CHAIRMAN.
Michigan Senator First Presiding
officer Of Republican Convention.

Michigan Senator First Presiding
officer Of Republican Convention.
Senator Julius c. Burrows, of Mich.
igan. has been selected as temporary
chairman of the Republican national
convention, which will assemble in Chi
cago June 16.
Temporary Chairman-Senator ]. O
Burrows, Michigan.
General Secretary-JSan R. Malloy,
Columbus, Ohio.
Chief Assistant Secretary-Lafayett
B. Gleason, New York, n. Y.
Assistant ecretaries-Charles Brooks
Smith, Parkersburg, w. Va; Ernest
Walker Smith. Hartford. Conn.,; PHILIP
NJ Heofolo, st. Louis, Mo. NJ. j. Tobin,
Vinton, Iowa; Charles NJ Harger, Abb
iene, Kan, and Allen Hollis, Concord
y. H.
Reading Cerks-Thomas W. William
son, Edwardsville, H., and George A
Wilson, Des Moines. Iowa.
Parliamentarian-A G. Kinds.
Washington. ID. c.
Official Reporter--M. ". Blumenberg
Washington, ID. G.
Messenger to the Chairman-Empsir-
dell Stone, Indianapolis, Ind.
Messenger to the Secretary--John II
jackson, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Sergeant-at-Arms-William +. Stone
Baltimore, Md.
First Assistant ergeant-at-Arms-Ed
2. Thayer, Greenfield, Ind.
Chief of Doorkeepers-Step r. Ma
son, Baltimore, Md.
julius Caesar Burrows, who is to be
temporary chairman of the Republican
national convention, has represented
the State of Michigan in the United
States Senate since 1895, when he was
elected to succeed Francis b. Stock
bridge, who did three years before his
term expired Mr. Burrows home is at
Kalamazoo. He was an officer In the
Union army and was appointed super
visor of internal revenue for Michigan
and Wisconsin in 1867. He was elected
u REPRESENTATIVE ~ thS 4 VI "a, = "
ty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses
and appointed solicitor of the govern.
ment Treasury Department by Presi-
dent Arthur in 1884, but declined the
office Ee was in the Forty-ninth, Fiji
tietl1, Fifty-frst, Fifty-second, Fifty
third and Fifty-fourth Congresses and
was twice elected Speaker pro TEN. OF
the House of Representatives during
the Fifty-frst Congress. His present
term of service in the Senate will ex.
pire March 3, 1911.
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sweeter face than any other woman.
had opiy- lust permitted her to pull
his arm down to their newborn babe !;
he remembered how he had looked for
ward to tSe time when she should be
up and about again; he remembered
that terrible call in the darkness Of the
light, when Amelia Ann had rushed
In to him, telling him to come at once.
He had gone almost as she spoke. He
was only just in time. AS he looked at
her, he understood that Sallie was
leaving him. She was past moving,
past speaking. Her eyes had implored
him. He had understood. He had re-
turned thanks from that day to this
that he had understood. Slowly, dis
tinctly, he had promised to be mother
as well as father to their child.
Now. as the wheels revolved about
him. as the great cranks rose and fell
methodically, as the belts ran swiftly
over the pulleys, he was appealing, in
his mind, to that wife who had left
him.
Lass" the old man murlnured,
drops Of sweat that were not due to
the exertlons of his body standing out
in beads about his brow, Il have done
my best; you know I have done my
BEST and If you are up there with the
angels you must know more. You will
know what / can't understand--you
will know where the money has gone;
you will know-though / can't see who
else could have taken it--that Rube
had naught to do with it, or you would
never bide comfortable among that
music and them crowns
The idea comforted Zick, quieted
him. There was, there must be, some
solution entirely generating RUDE that
his poor brain could not grasp.
He moved aside a step or two, to
where he could catch glimpses of the
sky through the dust-covered window.
Before him was little wedg< of blue
He looked up as often as he dared. He
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
SHORT NEWS NOTES.

The Ohio Supreme Court decided that
the county officers salary act is constitu-
tional
Four persons were hurt in ST. Louis
when q salvage corps automobile ran into
q milk wagon.
Fire which for time threatened to
destroy the entire town o. Goldendale,
Wash. did $4,000 damage.
Fairyland Park. summer amusement
place near Memphis, Tenn, and several
small buildings adjoining were destroyed
by FIRE.
The New York suffragists are planniag
canalboat trip throughout the State.
with speeches at towns along the route,
after the preset trolley suffrage cam
paigu is over
The arbitrator w0h have had under
consideration the controversy between the
Pere Marquette road and the Cincinnati,
Hamiiton and Dayton have awarded the
former road $1.364.3S
The Rev. Ira d. Williams. an itinerant
preacher. who was charged with mailing
a letter on the envelope OF which was an
inscription defaming President Roosevelt,
was acquitted By United States Commits
sioner Hinsdaie at Denver. COLO.
Some one in New York dropped $50
gold piece in a postal card s:ot machine
at the postotfice and secured a postal card.
but has not reported the loss.
Second Lieutenant Arthur r. Ehrn-
beck. corps Of engineers. L. s. A. has
been missing srom his station in Winda-
mao for g month. according % = dispatch
from Manila. and il IS feared he is dead.
At the Alsiine Cln5 in New York Had-
son Maxim predicted that dying machines
would play an important part in future
wars. he said they might be used to
carry bombs TO attack small naval rsS
sells. bur they could not be expected -
iamage battlesaips, COAST Notifications or
la-ge cities-
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PLANS ABOUT READY
FOR DENVER MEETING
Work on Auditorium Hurried Until
All that Remains Is the Placing
of the Seats.
RECORD THRONE IS EXPECTED
Ec--ccrats Say Requests FOR Places
Are Twice as Numerous as at
Any Other Convention.

Preparations for the national Dem
ocratic convention have been practi-
cally completed. Work on the new au-
ditorium in Denver has been hurried
until nothing remains to be done ex-
cept to place the seats in position and
allot the space to various delegs tons.
AS an Indication of what the attend
ance will be, the unusual demand for
seats is significant. Those in charge
of the convention for the national COM
mittee say the requests are easily cwice
as numerous as at any other conven-
ton the Democratic party has held.
All the delegations so far selected by
the various States have been provided
with headquarters and the printing of
tickets and badges has been attended
to. A special souvenir badge has been
prepared for the members of the ma
tional committee, and there also will
be a special badge for delegates. The
arrangements for doorkeepers and
guards in the auditorium have not been
fully made. This work will be more
comprehensive than usual this year.
Admission tickets to the general pub
lie will proside Cor seats in certain
specified sections, to which ticket hold
ers will be directed by ushers In this
manner the confusion and noise occa-
stoned by large crowd pressing to-
ward the most desirable seats will be
eliminated. 1t is expected that at each
session of the convention 1900 people
will be provided with seats. There also
will be limited number Of standing
room tickets issued
The members of the national commit
tee will hold a meeting in Denver in the
latter part of June and decide on the
temporary chairman. The decorations
for the convention will be the most
elaborate that have been attempted in
Denver. Electrical effects will be con-
spicuous and flags and bunting will be
used in a lavish manner.
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The fact that the hen is a consumer
as well as a producer has been too
generally ignored. Tie literature deal
ing with the virtues and achievements
of the hen tribe has consisted almost
entirely of a praise that has been ex-
travagant to fulsome degree. The
hen, unless kept under watchful police
supervision, Is a land pirste-a ruth
less pillager that has no more regard
for vested property rights than a wan
dering hobo. 1t is well-known fact
that the barnyard cackler after laying
2-cent egg will frequently sneak into
the kitchen garden and scratch up
S1.75 worth of peas, beans and lettuce.
And, as likely as not, she will follow
this UP by breaking into the straw
berry patch and eating 10 cents worth
of berries This is no warped and
preJudiced statement, and 1t is not an
overdrawn representation Of the de-
structive capacity of the INSCRIPTIONS
fowl. There was hen enthusiast some
years ago who declared that the hens
of the country every year pay off the
national debt. This wild statement was
at once accepted by millions of chicken
enthusiasts as an automatic truth. 1t
is, indeed, high time that the other side
OF the great national hen industry
should be investigated-Bal
American.
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The Iowa Experiment Station some
time since reported the results Of
years feeding test to determine the re-
lative economy for beef production Of
the beef and dairy types of cattle, q
question that is receiving much atten-
ton at this time. The results attained
are summarized as follows:
Dairy type steers showed a consid-
erably higher percentage of offal and
a lower dressing percentage.
Dairy type steers carried higher per-
centage Of fat on internal organs, there
by increasing the total weight of cheap
parts.
Beef type steers carried higher per
centage of valuable cuts.
Beef type steers furnished heavier,
thicker cuts; they were more evenly
and neatly covered with outside fat,
showed superior marbling in flesh, were
of clearer white color in fat and
brighter red In the lean meat; but
there was little difference in fineness
Of grain.
The low price paid for dairy steers
may be due partially to prejudice, and
to the lower grade carcasses; but it is
chiefly greater expense of carrying and
selling, due to "a actual inferiority in
the carcasses.
1t is neither profitable nor desirable
to feed steers Of dairy type for beef
purposes. They are unsatisfactory to
the consumer because they do not fur
nish thick and well-marbled cuts; they
are unsatisfactory to the butcher be-
cause they furnish low-grade carcasses
which are difficult to dispose Of, and
they are decidedly unsatisfactory to the
feeder because they yield him Uttle
or no profit, and both breeder and feed
er waste their time in producing such
a type of steer for beef purposes.
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ganiZer, and this is REV. DR. MANNING.
what Trinity parish, with its yearly
revenues of $1.0o0.000, its nine
churches, four semi-connected churches
and congregations of nearly 10000 per-
sons, needs There were only three
churches IN Trinity parish wien Or.
Dix became the rector in 1862, and the
parish is still expanding and destined
for continued growth. DR.. Manning's
career in the church has been one OF
rapid advancement
-
Did you ever hear of man who got
too much salary and asked to have it
reduced? Probably not. Probably you
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-06-02
Cold storage ERg..

The eggs stored In this country last
year amounted to 115.f61 $40 dozen, OF
which $4,000 dozen were stored In
Chicago. These storage eggs sold at
an average OF 16h cents dozen. a
little less than was paid for them
Under normal conditions they would
have sold for 10 cents a dozen While
In storage eggs are kept az a tenn
psratare slightly above the freezing
point. t-ey are never allowed to freeze
except when stored in bulk In tin cans
Eggs are placed In cold storage in
April and May and begin TO enter the
market In September.
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a n d learned h | s
trade In a job print
ing Office there. Be
ing ambitious. he
entered the govern
ment nervice and
was steadily adj
vanced until five
years ago he was
sent to the Philip
pines TO take charge
there OF the govern
ment printing. Sen
ator Cullom and
Congressman Ster-