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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
ASK s2e, 100000 OF HARTMAN.
U. r. Stockholders Demand Action

U. Il. Stockholders Demand Action
to Share of Stock Profits.
Four stockholders of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company have addressed let
ter to the directors of that company ask
ing that the company institute proceed
ings to recover from Z. II. Hartman
some of the money which they allege Mr..
Hartman has derived in profits from the
sale of stocks to the company. 1t is also
requested that similar action be taken
against any directors who may have real
lied profits by sales to the company. The
shareholders who make the request are
all residents of Connecticut. The amount
sought to be recovered from Mr.. Harri-
man by the stockholders is placed at
S26. 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Attempted Escape Prevented.

In a mad attempt to escape Jail in Den
yer, where he is awaiting death, Giuseppe
Alto, the condemned murderer of Father
Leo Heinrichs, made use of a razor blade,
with which he slashed the neck of a
"trusty" who was cleaning his cell, and
endeavored to get away. The "trusty,"
despite his cut, sprang after Alio and
pinioned him, and he was quickly over
powered with the help of Deputy War
don 8
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
New York H.. 100000 Idle.

Declaring there are more than 100000
unemployed men in New York and that
the awarding of subway contracts would
offer the most immediate relief, the Cen
trail Federated union voted to ask Gov
ernor Hughes to investigate the real stat
us of the city's debt and Comptroller
Metz's reason for delaying subway con-
StructiOn
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
SET FIRE TO APARTMENT-HousE
Denver Incendiaries Cause Panic In
Crowded Building.

Denver Incendiaries Cause Panic In
Crowded Building.
Panic caused by fire early on a recent
morning in the new Barnard block, at the
corner of West Tenth avenue and EIev-
enth street, Denver, and used principally
as living apartments, came near resulting
in a wholesale loss of life, evidently the
plan of incendiaries. The blaze was dis
covered by policeman. When the alarm
was given a rush for the open was made
and people became wedged at the rear
door so that it was impossible to open it.
Many persons were overcome by smoke
and lay PROSTATE when the firemen arriv-
ed. Many others, unable to get out of
their quarters, were overcome. All were
rescued, no one being severely injured
The property loss was small. This fire
was the tenth discovered in the building
within the last few months.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Farm Help Badly Needed.

So badly do the farmers of Lancaster
county, Pa, require help on the farms
that the Farmers League of Lancaster
county has issued an appeal to the unem-
ployed of city and town to go to the coun-
try for work. and an appeal has been sent
to the bureau of labor and immigration at
Washington asking that able-bodied immi-
grants be directed to that county.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
FORTUNE FALLS TO A TRAMP.

But Wanderer Vanished Before
News of $4,000 Legacy Came.
A search has begun for James Moran,
who came to Greenwich, Conn, as
tramp several weeks ago, obtained employ
ment as a general handy man in the
garage of Allen Asten & Co., and two
weeks later disappeared as silently as he
came. The desire to find Moran is oc-
casioned by the fact that New York
lawyer has been in town looking for him
and announcing that the hobo had fallen
heir to $4,000 left him by his father,
who had recently died.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
LoAFINo ON STREETS is LEGAL.

Supreme Court of Missouri Renders
Decision Affecting Pickets.
The Missouri Supreme Court has de-
cided that city ordinances prohibiting per-
sons from lounging or loaing on street
corners are unconstitutional. The case
came from st. Louis, where Jacob Gloner
was fined for standing on a street corner
doing picket duty during a strike in 1903.
The Supreme Court ordered the defend
ant released, holding that the city had
no right to pass an ordinance prohibiting
persons from standing on streets who
are not obstructing traffic of interfering
with other persons or with business.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

and convincing of the guilt of Mr..
Walsh, but in pronouncing sentence the
court declared that he was moved by
the age and former standing Of tne
defendant to impose the minimum pun
ishment, believing that the short term
would serve the purpose of the law as.
fully as a sterner Judgment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

1t pays TO advertise IN this paper.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
POWDER BLAST SHAKES TOWN.
Three Killed and Six Injured by
Explosion in Indiana Mil.

Three Killed and Six Injured by
Explosion in Indiana Mill.
Three men were killed and six injured,
one fatally, by the explosion of one of the
ten press mills of the United States Pow
der Company at Coalmont, Ind. The
dead are "Crede" Simmons, George Cor
by, ST., and Lon Smith. Charles Myers
was fatally hurt. All were employees of
the powder works and were in the wheel
house, which blew up. Nothing is known
as to the cause of the accident. The men
had been at work but short time when
the explosion came. On account of the
distance between the buildings none of the
other nine mills blew up. The force of
the explosion was heard and felt for miles.
All windows in Coalmont were destroyed
and several buildings were damaged.
Plate glass windows in Linton were brok-
en-. Physicians went to Coalmont from
surrounding towns, as soon as the explo-
sion was heard. and rendered what assist
ance was possible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
KILLS WIFE WHILE ASLEEP.
New York Man, Dreaming of Burg
lars, Fires on Spouse.

New York Man, Dreaming of Burg
lars, Fires on Spouse.
With a brand-new revolver under his
pillow, Hugh Hollis, Jr., a private .secre-
tary in the service of the Treasury De-
partment in Washington, dreamed of
burglars and, while sound asleep, shot
and killed his wife at an early hour the
other morning. He was exonerated from
all blame by a coroner's jury few hours
after the shooting. Hollis family consist
ed of himself and his 24-year-old wife,
Evelyn; his wife's mother and an IL
months-old baby. Hollis purchased new
revolver and spent some time after office
hours in target practice. He was soon
to join a local revolver club. The last
conversation he had with his wife before
retiring was about the good score he had
made on the range, as he cleaned his
gun, reloaded it mad placed it under his
pillow
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Fire Closes Mine.

Fire, supposed to have been caused by
crossed electric wires, destroyed the coke
washer, tipple, engine-house and chemical
laboratory of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company's mine at Sopris, Colo, entail
ing a loss of $4,000 ard throwing 800
men out of employment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
NInrringe Secret seven Years.

BY the filing of his will and the sub
sequent appearance of his widow at the
Philadelphia city hall as Administrative
for his estate it was disclosed that Will
liam Fisher Lewis. society leader, scion
of noted Quaker City family and known
in two continents as ''the ideal bachelor"
had been married for seven years without
tie knowledge of either his family or fel-
low club members.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
1,nco,n.. opera,or I. Killed.

De Witt Fuller of Hancock, n. T.,
who. it is said, was private telegraph OPP
orator for President Lincoln during the
Civil War. was killed on the Erie tracks
at Narrowsburg Mr.. Fuller was 20
years old and was employed by the Erie
as a telegraph repair man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Hypodermic injections of serum SINH
lar to that used in the treatment Of diph-
iberia are being successfully employed in
scarlet fever cases in New York. accord
ing to doctors in hospitals on the east
side. 1t has been employed with graft
flying results in both Germany and
France.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
POTATO RAIsERs IN TRUST"


Long Island Farmers Seek to Regu-
late Sales in New York.
As result of meeting held by several
hundred Long Island farmers it is stated
that an association for handling practical
ly the entire potato output of the island,
estimated at 100000 bushels per annum,
will shortly be formed. Sentiment at the
meeting was, it is stated, strongly for
closer watch over the output on the part
of the farmers, who say that as the grow
ers have no means of keeping in touch
with the markets most of the output is
shipped to New York, thereby over
crowding the market and depressing
prices.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
POSSE Robbed OF Cnn.

A posse consisting of the crack shots
Of the town started from ochelata, Okla.
in SIN effort TO find the outlaws who
robbed bank at Tyro. Kan. of s.. 500
They found the robbers. but did not cap
tlre them. They were "capturcds in
stead and released minus several good
rifles and horse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
House vote. Back Motto.

Under suspension Of the rules the
House of Representatives Monday passed
the bin providing for the restoration of
the motto, in God We Trust" on gold
and silver coins of the United States, re-
Gently removed by the Presidents order.
The bill was passed by vote of 255 to 5.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
sou-in-Lav shoots Banker.

DIR. J. A. Lovett, a wealthy banker of
Liberty, Texas, and who is said to be an
uncle of Judge X. s. Lovett of New
York, chief counsel for E. II. Hartman
and the Southern Pacific, was shot and
probably fatally wounded at Smiley.
Texas. The shooting was done by j. G.
Beavers. a son-in-law of DIR. Lovett, dur
soov
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
EmbezzIer Sent to Prison.

James Simpson, former paying teller
of the Farmers and Mechanics National
Bark of Philadelphia, who was arrested
last December charged with embezzling
$4,000 from the institution, pleaded gull
ty in the United States District Court,
and was sentenced to five years impris-
onment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Rix Rubber MiIl. Close.

The Alice rubber shoe mill and the
Melville rubber boot mill of the United
States Rubber Company closed in Woon-
socket. r. l.. for an indefinite period. The
closing is announced as the annual spring
shutdown for stock taking and repairs
About 1000 employees are affected.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Il
and the persistent
foe of authorizations
in foods and drugs,
have forced him
into an intolerable
position, SO that it
may not be surpris-
ing if he quits the
d epart M e II t Of
Agriculture.
When the pure
food law went into
effect DR.. Wiley
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Held In by Lone Highwnymap.

The Oriental Limited, the crack over
land train on the Great Northern system,
was held up near Rorners Ferry. Idaho
by lone highway man. Both mail clerks
were bound and a considerable amount
of mail matter was rihed. No attempt
was made tc blow open the safe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Governor Hughes of New York viii
not interfere in any way with the execu-
ton in the week beginning March so of
the death SenSence upon Chester Gillette
Of Cortland. convicted of the murder of
Grace Brown. in the Adirondacks in July.
1906. and now in the death cell at Au-
Nurn prison
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Fire at Natche. XIII. Three.

Eight persons are dead. another is
badly injured and property valued at
$4,000 is mass of wreckage as the
result of an explosion of gas in the base
n.Snt Of the fye-story building occupied
by the Natchez Drug Company at the
corner of Main and North Union streets.
hatcher, Miss.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Roommate Held for Murder.

Joseph Gailloux, 81 years old,
plumbers helper. was found dead in
Lowell, Mass. His body was badly mutt
lated. A former roommate, NAPOLEON
Rivet, 26 years old. has been arrested.
Two years ago Gailloux turned over a
$1,000 life insurance policy to Rivet.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Mann Elts "A. Drug Habit.

Representative Mann of Illinois. by
request, introduced bill in the Housr
which makes il unlawful 10 send from one
State to another any habit forming drug
except on the original prescription or
written order of physician OF veterinary
surgeon.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

The fire starting in a biscuit factory in
LYONS. France, which spread to buildings
covering twenty-five acres, was brought
under control when 100000 damage had
been done.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
ESCAPED CONVICT is SHOT. .
Joseph Bassanell Killed in Pistol
Fight with North Dakota Sheriff.

Joseph BassaneII Killed. In PISTOL
Fight with North Dakota Sheriff.
Sheriff Beck of Mclean county in
pistol fight with Joseph Bassanell, one of
the convicts who escaped from the North
Dakota penitentiary the other day, shot
and killed him after an exciting chase
across country. The battle took place
sixty miles west of Bismarck. When Bas-
sanell and Alfred Woolens broke Jail a
posse was formed at once and the man
hunt began. The men were followed I'M
til Woolens was captured fifteen miles
west of Mandan. A few hours later the
Mclean county sheriff trailed Bassanell
to a bit of woods and in the fight that
followed the convict was shot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Gain. by Church Rame.

Bernard Satisfy, Newark N. j. ex-
pressmau, wen S-story dwelling house
at a rattle held in the Anse Russian Jew
ish temple with dollar he offered 10 do
nate to the church. The rabbi persuaded
him to use the dollar for A rattle ticket.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Packers Must Pay Fines.

The case of the packers, involving large
fines for rebating, was decided adversely
TO the defendant companies by the United
States Supreme Court. Unless a rehear-
ing should be granted, Armour & Co., Mel
son Morris & Co. and the other concerns
involved must pay the penalty.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
N,s,;na Mail Packets Found.

A cabled inquiry to Japan has ELECTED
the fact that the fifteen registered mail
packets which disappeared in January,
supposedly while in transit on the steam
ship Celtic between Liverpool and New
York, have turned IN at Yokohama and
have been forwarded to the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
NEW FLAG DESIGN ANNOUNCED.
War Department Issues Circular Let
ter Telling of Pattern Approved.

fer Telling of Pattern Approved.
Because of a general Misrepresentation
on the subject of the change in the ma
tional flag necessitated by the admission
of Oklahoma to the Union of States, the
War Department in Washington has
found it necessary to issue circular let
ter announcing that a design already has
been adopted to go into effect on the
Fourth of July next. In the approved de-
sign the field, or union, of the flag consists
of forty-six stars. arranged in six rows,
the first, third, fourth and sixth rows
having eight stars and the second and
fifth rows having seven stars each.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
ninoi. Investigation Goe. On

Illinois State Investigators visited the
former home of William Hamblin, n
houseboat on the Mississippi River at
Quincy. and observed the surroundings in
which the boy lived before he was sent
10 Pontiac
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Decline i'm WOODEN Proft..

Although the American Wooden Com
pany reports net profits of over So. 40O.-
600 in 1907, this was decrease of over
100000 from the returns of 1906. The
surplus is 100000 and the number of
stockholders has increased 45 per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
shaver Of Girl i. Hanged.

Morris B. Holmes, % years old. was
hanged in the Allegheny county, Pa. Jail
ward Thursday. Holmes stabbed Nancy
Miller. his sweetheart, to death with
butcher knife, March %, 1907, at East
pittShnru
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Reports from Fairbanks, Alaska, say
that rich gold strike has been made on
Vault creek, on the Isabelle group of
claims. Five pans picked at random from
four feet of gravel yielded an average of
$11.16 to the pan.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Mrs. Charlotte L. Noyes, a wealthy
young widow, was shot and instantly kill
ed at her home in Los Angeles. Cal. by
W. p. McComas. a mining engineer, who
has been friendly with her for several
months McComas alleges the woman
dashed cupful of sulphuric acid in his
face.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Because she remembered the voice of
man whom she had several times seen Wis
iting her coachman, Mrs. Luke Often of
New York recovered property that was
stolen from her home and had the thief
placed in jail.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
travelling Man Cut. Throat.

Grant Cox. a Bloomington (Ind.) trsv-
cling ran. was found in a steamship
shed in Galveston, Texas, with his throat
cut. 1t was a case of suicide. A razor
was found near the body.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
F.m.le Anarchi., sil.ncea.

Emma Goldman was silenced and
dragged from the hall by the police when
she tries to address West Side crowd
in Chicago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
P,ovman Leave. sea, 100000.

The will of James Oliver, the plow
man. has been fled for probate at South
Bend. Ind. and places fortune estimat-
ed at S63.OO0.O00 in a trust fund for his
heirs. with his son. Joseph D., as the
chief beneficiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Mrs Selma Mattson, charged with kill
ing her husband, Mikoli Mattson, at
Chisholm, Mimi. Jan. IA last, by sinking
an ak into his skull was acquitted by
jury after deliberations lasting but fifteen
minutes
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Corset Lacing Kills woman.

Mrs. Carl Gunkie OF Bingham. Utah
laced her orset so tightly that she
crushed her lteart. caused the blood TO
shoot TO her lead. and fell TO the floor
in swoou. Mrs Gankle was dead be-
fore the doctor arrived.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

ley, of Kentucky,
ives elected to the
United States Sen
ate, defeating for
mer Gov. Beckham,
who was the Dem
ocratic candidate.
The balloting in
t b e Legislature
had been going on
l.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
pr,..,,. Murderer Must Die.

Giuseppe Ala. who killed Father Leo
Heinrichs in st. Elizabeth's Roman Cath
ollie church in Denver. Feb. %. has been
found guilty Of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
x,,,.r K,IIed nv His own Cun.

While hunting ducks on Reservation
iate. a few miles southwest of Sioux
CTS. Luther +. Peterson, aged 81,
hardware dealer of Wayne. Neb., was in
stantly killed by the explosion of his gun.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Youth and Revolver Work Havoc.

A youth elected from an IL" train at
SD street and Stony Island avenue. Chi
cago. killed a special officer. wounded a
citizen and then shot himself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
Theft Charge AGAINST Clubman.

D. lie Roy Dresser, New York mer-
5Gnt and society man. who failed for
,1teo,e00 after the crash OF the Ship
iailGins combine. is charged with steal
~ $1,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

4 highly sensational rumor was cur
reut that Gov. Hughes had received let
tiers threatening his life unless ne desist-
ed in his crusade against race track gam
bling. When the Governor was asked
about this he would neither confirm nor
DENY it.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
La Toilette Denounces system"

Senator La Toilette in speech
against the Aldrich bill scathingly' de-
nounced the speculative side of banning
and intimated that Morgan and Standard
Oil deliberately brought on the financial
Ht1t.rv
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
BRADLEY GETS THE ToGA.

Former Governor of Kentucky Elect
ed to United States Senate.
After a contest remarkable both for
Its length and its political bitterness
former Gov. William O'Connell Brad
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

Two American Powder Company mag
azines in South Acton, Mass, were ex-
ploded by lightning. No one was hurt.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

One man was killed and several injur-
ed in the wreck of passenger train No.
10 on the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
way two miles south Of Alyord, Texas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24
WAR ON DR.. WILEY.

Enemies VINO Are ACTIVE.
According to Washington report
the enemies Of Dr. Harvey w. Wiley,
the originator of the poison squad"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-24

The Julius Weis building. Common
street and Varieties place, Nov Orleans.
was burned and several adjoining build
ings were damaged. The Weiss Duildng
was occupied principally by lawyers AMI
reaI estate FIRMS che loss IS estimated
at 100000
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-23
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2s, 1908
PROHIBITION AMENDMENT

While DO Il parties pledged them
selves in state convention to the sub
miss on of prohibition amcn1mgnt
j. is the opinion OF many of the best
ros ed politicians in he state that
II VIII b. defeated in the senate by
dGou, the same vote as before The
Parkersburg Sentinel says:
The master mechanics of the Re
publican party of West Virgin a
nave issued their orders that the
Ies!5 AZURE mSst not submit the pro
hibition amendment. But these or
ders were unnecessary, the matter
had already been attended to. and
the time lock set against the amend
ment. n ''ct the subject was taken
up and as. ose of on election day
There Will be no prohibition amend
ment this year"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-12-23
A NoTRE DAME LADY's APPEAL

To all moving sufferers of rbeu-
matism, wether muscular or OF the
Joints, sciatica, lumbagos, backache
pains in the kidneys or neuralgia
palms. to write to her for a home
treatment which has repeatedly
cured all OF these tortures. She
feels 1t her duty to send 1t to all
sufferers Free. You cure yourself,
at home as thousands will testify
change OF climate being necessary.
The simple discovery banlshes uric
acid from the blood, loosens The
stiffened joints, purifes the blood.
and brightens the eyes, giving elias
ITCHY and tone to the whole system.
II the above interests you, for proof
address Mrs. M. Summers, Box r,