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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

iel-William III. of England, son Of
The Conqueror,' died in England.
Born in Normandy in 1856.
l49S-Ba=tholomew Columbus, brother Of
Christopher Columbus, laid the foun-
dation of San Domingo.
iSi5-Argentina discovered by the Span
iar0S, and settled by them in 1853
i563-The plague appeared in London.
1609-Hudson discovered Cape Cod.
l6o3-The great Dutch Admiral Won
Tromp killed in an engagement near
Texel
l696-Frontenac invaded the Onondaga
country.
11O1--A general treaty of peace was
made with the Indians at Montreal.
lIJ9-Allies defeated the French at bat
tie of Minden. Grown Point taken
from the French by Gen. Amherst
1790-Date of issue of the first American
patent.
1702-Death of Gen. Burgoyne. the Brit
ish general who surrendered his army
to Gen. Gates at Saratoga. :. Gen.
NAVhNSSaA otSt, fstuQ AdlElOi dll0
friend of George Washington, dieG In
Charleston. Born in Baltimore, 17i3.
1797-Sir jeffrey Amherst, the British
general to whom Montreal surren-
dered, died. Born Jan. 30 1T17.
1902 Bonaparte declared Consul Of
France for life.
1S13-Plattsburg, n. Y. taken by the
British.
lS15-I.ichard Henry Dana, Jr., author
of Two Years Before the Mast"
born in Cambridge, Mass. Died in
Rome Jan. Z, 1882.
1S19-Herman Melville, writer on South
Sea life, born in New York City.
Died there Sept. 2S, 1891.
1S21-William Floyd, one of the signers
of the American Declaration of indie
pendence, died
1S23-Oliver p. Morton, the war Gov
ernor of Indiana, born in Salisbury,
Ind. Died in indianapolis, Nov. i,
1877. Thomas f. Meagher, who COM
manded the Irish brigade in the
American Civil War, born in Water
ford, Ireland. Died near Fort Ben
ton, Mont, July /. 1867.
1S31-Construetion of the new London
bridge completed.
1S46-President Polk vetoed the river
and harbor bill on the ground that
it was unconstitutional.
1S51--Steamer Pampero left New Or
leans carrying a flibustering expedi-
tion against Cnba
iS5S-Queen Victoria sanctioned EN-
press of India.
l862-The President ordered droft Of
100000 men to serve liz the army
nine months. Victoria. II. O., in
corporated as a city. j. Gen. Halleck
ordered Gen. Mcclellan to evacuate
the peninsula of Virginia.
adopted constitu-
sional amendment allowing soldiers
to vote.
1s72-King Haakon VII. of Norway
born.
1S75-Andrew Johnson, seventeenth
President of the United States, died.
Born Dec. 90 1903.
1S76-Senate acquitted Mr.. Belknap.
Secretary of War, on charge Of sell
ing Official positions.
1SS5-Conviction of Louis Riel. leader of
the rebellion in the Canadian North
west.
1S99-Sir James David Edgar, speaker
of the Dominion House of Commons,
died Born 1871
1S99-Elihu Root succeeded Gen Alger
as Secretary of War of the United
States.
1900-Dr. Charles Tanner suspended
from the House of Commons
1903-Cbaries NJ. Scbwab resigned the
presidency Of the United States Steel
Corporation and was succeeded by
William Ellis Corey.
1904-Robert f. Pattison, Ex-Governor
of Pennsylvania, died. Born Dec. 8,
1880
1905-The japanese captured the Island
of Saghalin.
1907--The Morocco tribesmen attacked
Casablanca. Augustus Saint eau
dens. sculptor, died. Born Jan. 8,
1854
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
FIRE DESTROYS DEPOT.
Chicago q NORTHWESTERN Freighl
Shed at Neenah a Complete Loss.

Chicago q NORTHWESTERN Freight
Shed at Neenah a Complete Loss.
bad fire, which threatened the large
lumber yards and many homes in Neenah,
totally destroyed the Chicago s. North
western freight depot. 1t is presumed
that spark from a passing locomotive
started the fire which gained great head
way before the fire department arrived.
The building was valued at $1,000, COW
cred by insurance. The records were
saved, but a considerable quantity ii
fright was destroyed. Will Mason,
fireman. was seriously injured by falling
walls which gashed his head. Five load
ed freight cars which partially burned
prevented the blaze from spreading to
the nearly lumber yard and gas plant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
wAnDERs, INSANE, WITH $4,000
Milwaukee Man Forgets Name and
Strays with Big Sum In Satchel.

His mind unbalanced by work and
heat, Norman c. Bassett, aged 80, man
ager of a department of the Allis-Chal-
mers plant, wandered for several hours
about Milwaukee the other night until
a patrolman took him % the police sta
tion. He carried a satchel which was
found to contain $4,000 in money, bonds
and other negotiable paper when opened
at Emergency hospital. Bassett talked
incoherently, was unable TO tell the police
anything about himself, even his name,
and imagined be was in a foreign city,
pursued by thieves. He is being kept at
the hospital until relatives in New Eng
land are heard from. Bassett is a bach
elor, an enthusiastic golfer and a man Of
means.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

Ihe authorities Of Shattucx school.
FarSault, MINI, have been notified by
lse War Department that .he institution
has again been selected as an honor school,.
This distinction gives the commandant
Of the school the privilege Of recommend
ing one graduate TO the Secretary Of War
for a commission in the regular army as
second lieutenant
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
COAST ABoUNDs IN FISH.

the whole Country.
The excessive coast line Of the terri
tory seems everywhere abundant with
halibut. which has become almost a
luxury IN the East. There the fishing
Is done at great hazard and at long
distances from markets, while In Alas
ka the fisherman leaves his home in
the morning and returns in the even
ing with the fruits OF bis labor
AsIittle or the coast OF Alaska and
IN many places among the numerous
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
ANGRY WOMAN SHOOTS.


Maddened by the taunts of her husband
that she was becoming too intimate with
their hired man, Mrs. Cora Ripple, aged
40, shot her husband, Louis Ripple. in
the stomach with a 32-caliber revolver.
The Rupples live on farm four miles
west of Chetek. They have quarreled
frequently. The hired man, Alex. Davis,
a youth of 20 years, owned the gun with
which the deed was committed. Mrs.
Ripple says that she feared violence from
her husband and took the gun from Da-
Wis trunk, laying it in the cupboard be-
hind her, ready for use il case she need
ed it. Ripple is about A years of age.
and the chances are that he will die
nom the effects of the woung. The wom-
an and Davis were arrested.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
MOUNTED NURSES.
fhey May Become a Feature of the
English Army.

Fhey Mny Become a Feature of the
English Army.
Army nursing may be revolutionized
as the result of a course of training
instituted at the North London Riding
School, where the Islingtcn Drill Bri-
gade Girls Yeomanry, twenty-five
strong. Is showing what mounted horses
could do in the field.
The innovation will be brought I'M
officially to the notice of the British
military department at the next annual
show Of the navy and army, and 1t is
believed the army medical corps will
give the idea more than passing con-
sideration. The work Of the girls bri-
gade is revelation to every army Off
GER who witnesses 1t.
They are trained to all the arts of
nursing before being advanced to the
brigade service. In this their work is
to bind up the wounds Of any soldier
found helpless in the field. hoist him
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
JOHN FOX Is SENTENCED.

Former Cab Driver Guilty of Obtain
ing Money Under False Pretenses.
,sphn Fox, for many years a cab driver
in the Milwaukee tenderloin diestrict and
well known among the sporting element
at that city, pleaded guilty in municipal
court in WaukesEa TO charge of obtain
ing money under false pretenes and was
sentenced to one year in the county jail.
The complainant was S. B. Beckwith,
the aged owner of the 0vitt block, WHO
alleged that Fox successfully worked"
him through false representations. This
is the second time Fox has served time
on a similar charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
PASTOR FEARS GAY sEAsHoRE.
La Crosse Minister Rejects Call by
Atlanta Cifxr Con nrenra tor,

La Crosse Minister Rejects Call by
Atlantic City Congregation.
Rev. John W. Hoag q La Crosse has
refused to go to Atlantic City, n. j., be-
cause, according to a letter to the con-
gregation of the First Baptist Church
which offered him a handsome salary to
become its pastor, there is too much gay.
ETY. to be found in the city and he did
not think he could trust himself in It's
atmosphere. "The atmosphere is not Of
the best for me-" he told the congraga-
ton, and gasp for breath ensued.
There are some things in your city
which would cause me constant WORRY,
he continued, and then there was sud
den ejaculation did you ever!
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

State Geologist D. W. Willard Of the
North Dakota Agricultural college, re-
ports extensive work being done on the
soil surveys b the State this summer.
There are several parties engaged In the
work under his direction and they are in
operation al differeat ;sar-s Of the State.
Besides The work heing done Ia the Red
River valley there axe four crews at
Mina4. williston- bismarck and Diekin-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Doukbobor. right Poisce.

Ten Northwest mounted police made a
raid on the Doukhobor compound near
Yorkton. Saskatchewan. TO arrest twelve
ringleaders Of the band Of hundred con-
fined there by the government The en-
tire Doukhobor band fought fierceiy for
three hours with cordwood sticks and 9TH
err weapons, but were hammered down.
Six men and six women were sent to the
Northern penitentiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
WHIPS HER HUSBAND.

CheteI< Woman Runs AmucI< on
Streets and TerrOrixes Village.
Ilasca Smith, supposedly insane wom-
an, had Chetek stepping lively to her own
tune the other night when she drove her
husband and everyone else whom she met
off the streets with horse whip. When
she had cleared the streets of people she
hitched up the family horse and turned
the streets of the town into a racetrack.
smashing all local records The vaude-
vile continued until the horse fell ex-
hausted on the street, when the woman
was taken care of by her husband and
friends
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

United States secret service agents r.
R. McSIanns Of Milwaukee and Thomas
Porter of Chicago arrested Hugo Ru-
do'Ph. Albert Donnerstag and AdolDh
ZaeSarias. charged with e0unterfeitins.
Spurious FIVE. ten and twenty dollar gold
PISCES were found in possession OF the
prisoners in Rhinelaader Plaster Of paris
d.es and a quantity Of metal we're als0
eeized.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
BLAcKMA1LERs TRY AGAIN.

Second Threatening Letter Received
by Glen Flora Postmaster.
A second attempt to blackmaif Post
master II. c. johnson of Glen Flora has
been made by the same parties who engi-
neered the deal of a week before. A let
ter was received by Johnson telling him
II place $175 at the appointed place or
his machine shop and automobile garage
would be blown up. Sheriff Keid and
deputy True lay in wait all night for
the blackmailers, but none of them put
in an appearance. The village is greatly
agitated over the affair.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

There has been decided Improvement
in business conditions ia Shebeygan.
Many Of the pla-ts sIIca have been
working on ~flOrs hours and with de-
creased fotee are planning to operate on
regular 35urx with full forces. The hotels
report fnat they are well 6lled up with
CONNER hai travellers. which is an indica-
ton that business IN general is improV-
iag earoughout TIE country.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

you've read his novel Is 1t love
story
-Yes. it's intended 10 be- Ihere,s a
young naval oiEscer in ii and cad and
an idioTsc chnmp''
But what's the hero iikes~
I'm telling you. The hero is all
three o. themL--Philadelphia Ledger.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

The summer school at the school for
the blind in Faribault. MINI. has opened.
There is an enrolment OF fifteen mea.
The work during the summer is Of an
Industrial nature. such as hammock max
ing. carpet weaving and broom making.
This gives the men a self-supporting
trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
FIRE SWEEPS FOREST.
White Pine Woods of Black River
Summer Resort Destroyed.

summer AAcSOEL DGStEOyG0s
Fire, supposed to have been started by
berry pickers, broke out in the midst Of
the forest near Sheboygan and destroyed
almost totally the last remaining tract
of the white pine woods at the Black
River summer resort, and threatened the
entire stretch of cottages along the beach.
A strong north wind famed the flames
and despite the efforts of the farmers to
check the fire, it spread rapidly. The old
Wilson cemetery. for sixty years a land
mark of Sheboygan county, was swept
by the flames, and the Wilson homestead,
built in 1890 is in ashes. The woods is
owned by William Moenning and the
Forest Preservation Society. 1t was once
intended as site for the government
naval training school.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Knee Broken I'm Rescue.

Charles F. Kimbali of Racine had his
left leg broken and narrowly escaped be-
ing drowned He became wedged between
the piling on a bridge protection and in
extricating him from the piles and to
save him from being drowned his left leg
was broken above the knee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

f. f. Weyethauser, son Of Frederick
weyernauser Of 81. Paul. is now at the
head Of big lumber merger being organ
ized at St Louis. with capital Of $780,
10000, by 100 dealers of the middle
West.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
GETS BRoTHER's FORTUNE.
John Hennessy Falls Heir TO $4,000
Mt ST. CrOfx.

COAAh AhChhGSAS 10 F@VtVOV
at st. CrOix.
John Hennessy of La Crosse has come
into the possession of $4,000 as a result
of an article which app AIRED in a news
paper. Hennessy left Ireland when he
was Is years old. following his brother
Timothy, who had come to this country
two years before. That was ffty-seven
years ago. John Hennessy never saw
his brother Timothy from the time he
left the old home, and not hearing from
him, gave him up as dead Recently John
Hennessey noticed in the papers that law
yers were looking for the heirs of one
Timothy Hennessy. Entering into cor
respondence with the lawyers, Hennessy
learned that he was the only heir to $780,
600 His brother. Timothy Hennessy,
was logger on the st. Croix river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
FIRE Loss AT OSHKOSH.
Icehouse., Owned by Consolidated

CO., and Residences Destroyed.
A loss of about $4,000 was entailed
By destructive FIRE in the ice houses
belonging TO the Cooperative Coal and
Ice Company in Oshkosh. Two build
ings containing large quantities Of ice
we're destroyed along with much Of the
ice, residence owned byst the company.
another occupied BY Gustave Kieckhefer
and family and that occupied By Charles
Willis The loss on the Kieckhefer home
is about $500. fully insured The loss
on the Willis home is about 5000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Girl Resorter Is Drowned.

Bessie Grossie of Milwaukee was
drowned at Lapointe summer resort on
Madelain Island. near Bayfield,. She
was in rowboat washing hammock
and fell out. She was spending the sum
mer at the Grossie cottage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
CUTS OUT sPooNING.
North Fond du Lac VilInge Council
Stared TO Action by Complaints.

NDFth FOhU uu Ihc NIEfnKe IOuncEI
Stared TO Action by Complaints.
The young people of North Fond du
Las must be in their homes at . o'clock
ia the evening during the summer months
and at s o'clock in the winter, or they
Will be arrested. The village bonrd has
decided that there are too many young
sters roaming the streets nights and has
viii be rung from the engine house The
passage Of the eurfew ordinance is due
plainiy to the frequent complaints that
have reached the council of numerous
cases Of ''spooning" in various parts Of
the village at questionable hours of he
n.ght
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Traction Sale brings saso. 900.

All the property of the Winnebago
Traction Company was sold in Oshkosh
for $4,000 under foreclosure proceed
iRgs. TIE purchasers were Oliver c..
Fuller, Fred G. Best and Russell l..
Smith. all of Milwaukee. II is the pur-
pose to reorganize with Clement C. Smith
of Milwaukee as president
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

George Smith, who was arrested at
Freeport, after having stolen $500 from
the safe at the American House. in Ia
Crosse. plead entity and was sentenced
to eighteen month"; at Waupun. William
Doe, who pleaded guilty 70 attempted
robbery, was given ike sentence.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

Under the provisions of the Aldrich-
yreeIand currency bin the Atlanta Ma
tional Currency Association was organ
lied by eighteen North Georgia banks,
having capitalization Of $S.J00,O00.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
ENDS LIFE WHILE DEsPoNDENT.
Woman Believed TO Have COMMITTEES
Suicide by Drowning.

Suicide by Drowning.
District Attorney Foulke has been mo-
wife of George Klink Of the village Of
Eureka, who drowned the other day and
is believed to have committed suicide
while temporarily insane. Both Mr. and
Mrs. Clink have been i'll nearly all win
ter and Mrs. Clink was subject to melan-
cholia SPELLS Size left her room during
the night and was traced to the Eureka
bridge on the Fox river. The river was
dragged and her body recovered. She was
40 years old and is survived by her hus-
band, two daughters and one son.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
MAY PROSECUTE MAYOR.
Executive Charged with Leasing
Building for Illegal Purposes.

The Kenosha Civic Federation, through
its president, III. II. Maddox, has filed
a complaint against Mayor Matthias }.
Scholey with Court Commissioner Buck
building to be used for immoral pur-
poses. The building IN question is the
famous -Four Corners" resort in the
town of Pleasant Prairie, two miles west
of the city, which was destroyed by lire
recently. The fire is supposed to have
been of incendiary origin, and District
Attorney Baker has ordered the arrest Of
several persons, who will be held pend
ing an investigation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

The Old White School Alumni Assoc
citation met the other day at Stevens
Point, Wis, to celebrate the fftieth an
niversary of the founding of the school.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
sew Drain cempany organi.ed.

The La Crosse Grain Company has
been Incorporated with a capital Of $780,
600 TO succeed the W. H. Pierce ElsTa-
to- Company. The new company will
continue 10 operate a line Of elevators
alo,g the Southern Minnesota Railroad.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

Fire destroyed sl4e entire row OF basi-
ness structures ia G zhole block Of the
business part II Herrick. s. D.. cntailing
Z loss Of 81, 600
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

Mrs. Matthew Cullen. Middleton. was
Instantly killed. and her 4-year-old daugs-
ter fatally injured in grade crossing
accident on the Milwaukee road eight
riIes wess Of Madison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18

r. j. Hume. 4 prominent citizen OF Fan
Claire. and his wife and child were
drowned in Lake Sebasan0n
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
HURT WHILE AUToIEa.
Machine Is struck at Grade Crossing
In P0rferviIie.

in PorferviIie.
| G.. G. Carter and wife Of Eau Claire
and c. E. Kent, a resident of Rock Creek,
in coming to Eau Claire in an automobile,
collided with a Milwaukee and St Paul
freight train at the grade crossing at
Porteryille. Mrs. Carter jumped to safe
ty, but Mr. Carter sustained serious in
jury by being thrown against the train
The automobile was completely demol
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-08-18
Keno.ha sian Drowned.


John Decent was drowned while bath
ing in Pike river, in Kenosha.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-29
DUNN 6 CO.'S REVIEW.
Best News of. Progress Is From thu
 West and South.

New York. February 2S.-R. c. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Business holds the ground recently re- covered from the point of greatest depres- sion. but reporH of further progress are sporadic. Geog1 tiphically the best news is received fromSthe west and south, and more idle machinery has resumed at tie steel mills than in any other leading in dustry. Many manufacturers find orders scarce, and there Is much complaint of high prices. while in jobbing and whole sale departments the large attendance of country merchants is not accompanied by the customary volume of business Deal CTS operate most conservatively, providing only for urgent needs. but low stocks sup ply a strong statistical position that must eventually produce activity in all depart ments. Considering the storms and holi- days, February compares very favorably with the month preceding.
 Contracts for finished steel products continue small in size, but are more num- erous, and the aggregate tonnage of new business is larger for the month of Febru- ary than in the previous month, which in turn was slightly better than December. Quotations are not materially reduced in order to obtain contracts, list prices rul- ing steady and if concessions are made they do not appear in reports, so that the markets remain nomnally unchanged.
 Dry goods jobbing houses are attended by many outside buyers, producing the appearance of normal seasonable activity, but purchases are only for pressing needs With raw cotton higher than it was a year ago and cotton goods cheaper. the producer is more inclined to curtail output than to cut prices still further. Inquiries continue to come from China, but little export business is accomplished, and that is done at private terms, probably be- low regular quotations. Many buyers