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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22


1SS3-The House of Assembly in Jamaica
passed a bill abolishing slavery. ;.
The American Anti-Slavery Society
was organized in Philadelphia.
1SS9-The Wing national convention as
Harrisburg nominated William III.
Harrison for President. Pope Greg
ory XVI. issued bulletin for abol-
ishing the slave trade.
1S41-First through train ran from Boz
ton to Albany.
disqualification of fremont Temple In
Boston.
1S46-Santa Anna proclaimed President
of Mexico.
iS4S-Ferdinand of Austria abdicated
and was succeeded by Francis Joseph.
1S52-Louis Napoleon became Emperos
of France.
1S56-Christ Church, Montreal, de-
stroyed by fire.
1S59-Province of Queensland Austria
liza, established.
1S61-Confederat Congress passed q
bin admitting Kentucky into the
OSAANoNAASNs
1S62-Gen. Banks expedition sailed for
New Orleans
1S63-Gen. Longstreet raised the siege
of Knoxville.
1S64-Treason trials Of members of the
Knights Of the Golden Circle begun
in indianapolis.
1S65-Habeas corpus act restored in the
Northern States.
1S6S-Al disputes between Mexico and
the United States settled by treaty
-. Loretta. small town in Cali
fornia, destroyed by an earthquake.
1S76-First cremation in the United
States performed at Washington, Pa.
1S77-Theodore Roosevelt appointed col
lector of the port of New York.
1S79-Steamer Borussa of the Canada
and Mississippi line foundered at sea,
with loss of POO lives.
1884 Science Hall of the University of
Wisconsin, at Madison destroyed by
fire. The presidential electors met
in the several States and cast the
vote which elected Cleveland and
Hendricks
1S90-King Kalakaua Of Hawaii landed
at San Francisco.
1897 Attempted assassination of tire
Sultan of Turkey.
1S99-The Canadian steamer Niagara
wrecked in Lake Erie, with loss Of
sixteen lives
1902-Germany and England joined in a
naval demonstration against Ven
ezuela.
1904-Armored cruiser Tennessee launch
ed at Philadelphia. Close of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at st.
Louis.
1905 Senior Palma elected president of
Cuba. French Senate voted in IA
vor of the separation of church and
state.
1907-Se Secretary Taft visited the En-
peror Nicholas at st. Petersburg. -.
Norwegian Parliament conferred ths
Nobel prize upon President Roosevelt
in recognition of his services in end
ing the Russo-Japanese war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
TAYLoURs AND sMYTHs.
They Were the Commonest Trade
- - rhf~so@nfh Ceufurv

They Were the Commonest Trades
In the thirteenth Century.
The manufacture Of leather in the
thirteenth century seems to have been
important. showing that leather jer-
kins and breeches we're commonly
worn. We have 10 skynners, 40 bar
kars. 6 saddelers. 3 cordeweners, 16I
souters (shoemakers) and glovers.
The surname feuster is a trade name
denoting a maker Of pack saddles
The commonest trades are taylour
and smyth, since one lived in almost
every village The taylours number
407. of whom 40 are called By the
Latin name Of cissor. In addition TO
PSI smyths, several are specialized.
There are two arusmytLs. three loke-
smyths. tree goldsnsyths. FIVE fsroCrs
(shoeing smiths) and SIX marshalls
(farrIersl.
The wryghts wrought both In wood
and METAL. The number cataiogued Is
1s6. OF whom 81 are called By the Latin
name faber (Frrench favreJ. one Of the
few cases In which the Latin transla-
ton OF a trade name has become com
mon surname. The wryghts trade, Ike
ehat Of the smyths. was specialized.
The arkwryght made the great arks
or chests In which the clothes or meal
we're stored. and we ind a plowwryght.
wheeiwryghf- two shippewryghts.
eleven cartwTyghfs. and two glass
wrTghts (giaziers1. who were probably
concerned With the windows Of
thurches- Glass windows in houses
we're rare
The bakesters are few (dfteenl. sug-
costing mat families baked sheir OVID
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Facing the Enemy.

Major Cary, who died few months
ago in England, was the leader Of the
search party which rode through the
African bush to find the body Of the
Prince Imperial of France. 1t was
with Lieutenant Cary of the Ninety
eighth Regiment that he went out on
the fatal ride in the Zulu War. Ellen
Barlee gives an account Of the tragedy
in her life of the prince, and alsa men
lions a little incident of his boyhood
which is curiously prophetic of the
spirit he showed In his last fight
The prince was a bright, joyial
youth, with high spirits "The Dear
Boy he was called in camp. When
the corps of volunteers under Cary's
command found his body in the tall
grass it was seen that he had received
seventeen aseagai wounds, all in front
When the p-,nce was a small boy he
was attacked by a deep-seated abscess
in his back. An operation was order.
ed. and the little fellow submitted
bravely. Something troubled him.
however, which at last he confided TO
his father.
The abscess being in his back, he
would have a wound behind.
"If a scar remains, he said, per.
haps my enemies some day Will think
ran away
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

Society was formed. and planting was
done on the dryer portions OF the
square.
To the visitor Ii seems hard to be-
lieye that this bower of beautiful fiow-
ers and shrubs, the artistic and care
fully-arranged beds and the gracefully
waving ferns and tender tropical plants
are thriving on what was at one time
the most uncultivated and widest plot
OF unsightly marsh ground in the Dis
trct OF Columbia. Such, however, Is
true. Previous to the reclamation Of
the tract now comprising the gardens.
it was the lowest piece of ground In
the city, and for this reason was often
a basin which received the many over
flows of the Potomac before the river
was dashed to its channel by the long
sea wall which stretches from the up
per wharves down to the farthest point
Of land included In the arsenal reser-
walton.
1t was just eighty years ago in Had
dington, Scotland, that Mr.. Smith was
born. Early in life he decided to make
the study of plants his vocation, and
after spending some time in Lord FL
chos famous gardens in his native
town he went to Kew, where he gradu-
ated in 1852. Having planned to try
his fortune In the United States, he
spent some time In Edinburgh In the
study of American conifera. and re-
fused fiattering offer In that city. Ell,
tering instead Dundassies famous gar.
dens in Philadelphia.
From there he was called to Wash
ington to reclaim eleven acres of
swampy wilderness at the foot of Capt.
toll Hill. and make of them a garden
of which a nation might be proud
Compared with botanical parks of
other cities, these gardens Seem small,
until one realizes that, whereas the
other parks usually comprise all The va
rieties of trees and miles of drives in
the same Enclosure with the conserva-
tories and gardens, in Washington the
trees are scattered over the mall and
the grounds of the library, the Capitol
and the Smithsonian Institution, and
the parks are quite separate affair.
Then If the hothouses also seem In
adequate to represent a nation, 1t must
be remembered that only the rare va.
rieties are encouraged here and that
every plant is interesting and worth
while from scientific standpoint, while
the common specimens and duplicates
| together with the flowers are housed
in greenhouses across the street.
In the garden Conservatives the
plants are grouped and labeled for re-
search work, and many are the students
and writer's who have been benefited
by the opportunities presented.
To the ordinary individual wandering
through, 1t seems a bewildering array
of varied and luxuriant foliage that is
quickly seen, and that is all, but LET
Mr.. Smith accompany you, and the
magic Of his knowledge and the charm
OF bis description make of it verita.
bic fairyland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

Officers of the Chicago and Northwest
ern railroad have sent out inquiries ask
ing for figures on 1900 tons of steel for
elevating its tracks into the new terminal
The Chicago and Northwestern has or
dered from the American Locomotive Com
pany 10 Atlantic type locomotives and -
six-wheel and - ten-wheel switch en-
gines.
The organizers Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor have formed n railway en-
ployes' department in the hope of bring
ing into the federation the big railway
unions.
The Rock Island Company, which Il
the holding concern for the Rock Island
railroad and its numerous branch lines,
with mileage second only to that of the
Union Pacific, aud which has been the
most formidable competitor Of the Har-
riman system, has now been brought I'M
der the Hartman spell Evidence of
this was made public when IL became
known that the banking house Of Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. had been engaged to act as
the fiscal agent for the Rock Island pco-
pie, as that banking concern finances
all Of the Hartman enterprises.
The Chicago and Alton railroad will
soon be in the market for 30 locomotives,
and the Chicago. ROCK Island and Pacific
is buying 30 locomotives
The Minnesota railway and warehouse
commission has denied the application for
depot st Holman. on the Duluth. Mis-
sabe and Northern railroad.
The Ann Arbor railroad has placed a
contract witt the Lackawanna Steel Com
pany for 40 miles Of rail joints. Prices
are being asked on 1000 IONS Of steel
for a yiaduct ia Denver. TO be built by
four railroads. which viii use II in com
mon.
serious strike was threatened by the
locomotive railway engineers Of the Penn
syivania railroad west Of Pittsbusg, a
vote having showed ~ per cent in favor
Of a strike If the railroad officials per-
sisted 10 their refusal to recognize the
Board Of Adjustment Of Individual griey-
ances.
At Brainerd, MINI. the Northern Pa
eife Railroad Company Is making a prac-
teal test Of creOsoied blocks az paving.
The company has been putting in 40
square teef OF blocks IN tnr center OF The
main platform at the depot. where il re-
ceives all the heavy traffic Of tie express
trucks.
There are $4,000 miles OF main rail-
way tracks to-day. Very nearly oae~ffth
of that. or 214.ooO miles. is in operation
in the United States. No other country
in the world makes a ciose approach to
us in this field. The German empire.
which Ieadl all the other countries of
Europe. has 33fD0 miles of railway. or
less than a sixth Of that Of the United
States. Next TO Germany in railway mile
age come. III this order. European Rus
sia. Auslria-Hungary France and Great
Britain and ireland. England was earlier
IN the field 10 the building Of railways
than was the United Statss out the entire
mileage Of main track In the United
Kingdom is 22.0o0 raiIes-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

the fact that negro soldiers did the
shooting but also tyes che identity of
some of the leaders. Every member of
the companies concerned in the raid
was discharged without honor. and
many of these were veterans with ex-
cellent records.
The President recommends that The
members of the companies not actually
taking part in the raid. but who by a
conspiracy of silence shielded the real
offenders. be restored to the service on
condition that they tell all they know
about the affair and help in fixing re-
sponsibility for the crime. The Presi-
dent appends to his message a great
number of documents showing the negro
soldiers guilty of the murders commit
ted in the raid on the white inhabit-
ants of the Texas town.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
PENSIONS ENGINEER FIRE HERO
Northern Pacific Road Lays on Jim
Root. Oldest Man in Seryfc1


Jim" Root of Washburn, oldest engi-
neer on the Northern Pacific railway sys-
tenn, has been laid off, but. although he
has ceased to work he will continue to
draw his pay the same as though he was
running an engine He is now 73 years
old. Root won fame for his heroic deed
in saving the passengers on his train from
being roasted alive when they were caught
at Hinckley during a forest fire years
ago. Root at the time was running a
train between Duluth and st. Paul. He
ran his engine to the town of Hinckley.
which was found to he in ashes. All of
a sudden the winds famed the forest fires
into roaring furnace of flames and the
train was completely surrounded by fire.
Root stuck to the throttle while the fire
man welded water from the engines
water tank and kept throwing it upon
him and the cab to keep them from burn
ing The smoke was suffocating and the
heat terrific. but the members of the crew
kept TO their posts until the train reached
Skunk creek, where all escaped to the
waters and were saved.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

with all the most noted statesmen and
members of the cabinet since his ap-
pointment. He has shown all of them
his gardens, and very many Of them
have returned. drawn not only by the
beauties of nature, but also by the
quaint humor and dry wit Of this vet
eran employee Of the government
The Botanical Gardens were orig
inally part Of a grand scheme OF
George Washington for national col
lege and museum. He selected the
present site in opposition to a land
owner, David Burns, who, according to
Washington, wanted to sell land of his
own in another part of the city fol-
the purpose. The place was formerly
a swampy wilderness, and 50 1t re
NAMED until 1922. when the Botanical
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

The Postotfice Department has issued
an order under which users OF large
quantities Of postage stamps may have
them perforated with letters to iden-
tif, heir ownership and prevent pilfer.
ing. The perforation must not be over
i-32 inch In diameter. and the perfo-
rated letters must not occupy space
more than one-half inch square. Such
privilege. If taken advantage Of. Will
make 1t impossible for Office employees
TO steal stamps and sell them to stamp
brokers. CT dispose Of them In other
ways.-Popular Mechanics
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
NO CHANGES IN STAFF.
State Officers VIII Retain Same EN-
pIoyes as I'm the Past.

plOyes as In the Past.
The Inauguration of the State officers
next month will bring no changes in the
official force of men who are conducting
the affairs of the State now. Col. o. G..
Munson will be retained as the Governors
private secretary and Ralph Thurber of
Richland Center will continue to act as
executive clerk. A. t. Torke will remain
as Assistant Secretary of State. Henry
johnson will be reappointed as deputy
State Treasurer. 1t is also understood
that Attorney General f. l.. Gilbert will
reappoint A. G. Titus as his first assist
ant. There has been more or less talk
that Insurance Commissioner Beedle
would select another deputy in place of
Nj. W. Waite, but this was denied wnen
Beedle declared he would reappoint Waite
as deputy insurance commissioner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Fireman Has Narrow ESCAPE.

Mahlon Zearfoss. fireman on the
Great Northern line. had a miraculous
escape from death while out oil his run
from Superior. He was on the tender of
the engine, and in some way slipped while
his train was going about forty miles an
hour. He suffered internal injuries and
his back was nearly broken, but the doc
tors at the hospital where he is confined
say he has good chance of recovery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
FRANKS COST U. S. sac ,544, oar.
Postoftice Department Reports on
Free transmission of Mail.

The cost to the government during the
fiscal year ended June so. 1908 by reason
of the transmission free through the mails
of departmental penalty and congression-
al franked matter, was So. 544,04T. ac-
eording to the annual report of the third
Assistant Postmaster General. This fig
ure includes the MATTER carried by the
Postoffice Department for itself and the
postal service Added TO this is ST.
100000 for uncompensated service in the
matter. of publishers of newspapers and
periodical
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
WILL NOT HANDLE DRUG.
Appleton Pharmacists Refuse to Dis
tribute Free Anfi-Toxin

Appleton Pharmacists Refuse to Dis
tribute Free Anti-Toxin.
Appleton druggists have combined in
the matter of distributing free antitoxin
to INDECENT persons, as provided by the
State health department. and each has
signed statement refusing to handle the
diphtheria preventive. They claim that
the State is attempting TO use them and
their stores without showing willing
ness to pay for service rendered. and for
that reason they will refuse TO handle
any of the free antitoxin. I'VE do not
care to enter into competition with our
selves" said one druggist after the decis-
ion not TO handle the antitoxin had been
made
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
PLACED TIES ON TRACK.
Attempt Made to Wreck Milwaukee
Road Train Near Milton Junction

On recent evening an attempt was
made to wreck a Chicago, Milwaukee and
st. Paul passenger train just south of
Milton, by piling a dozen or so railway
ties on the tracks. The accident occurred
shortly after o o'clock. Aside from q
shaking up, no damage was done as the
ties were piled so loosely as to throw the
engine from the tracks. The engine was
slightly injured. This is in the same To-
cality where on March 81, 1907, John
w. Towan was shot by would-be train
wrecker who was caught tampering with
the de-rai switch on the tracks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
STATE FAIR PROFITS SMALL.
State Board Gets Little Better than
an Even Break for 1905

Even Break for 1905.
The 1908 State fair will only little
more than break even. Figures given out
by the State board of agriculture show
the expenditures to have been S101 ,91S.
as follows Premiums. $40 ,537 speed pre-
NUNS, $3.50: attractions $13.400
judges. S1.lJ6: expenses in preparation.
$S.195: advertising. S7.SJ6: permanent
improvements. S13,324 Receipts so far
scheduled total $100.725. as follows:
Gate receipts. S42.z25; grandstand, S15.-
500: privileges. $1,000; appropriation
from State. $4,000; miscellaneous, $751;
600. In the latter classification a few
thousand dollars is yet to be received
which will bring the receipts about ST.
600 over the expenditures. This will be
added to the surplus of ST. 600 which the
board now has on hand.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Think Gedney Murdered for Money.

According to the notice sent to the
family of John Gedney of Onalaska, who
was found dead at Minneapolis. Mr. Ged-
ney was shot dead Mr. Gedney has been
in business at Onalaska for ten years
He is a man who carried large sums OF
money ca his person. and the theory that
he was murdered for his money is gem
orally believed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

William J. Bryan his guest. Col.
MOODY. and two other hunters were ar
rested al Moody's game preserve mar
Galveston, Texas. for violating the game
law. The law allows a hunter 10 Kill
only twenty-five ducks. while the four had
10 between them MOODY and the oeher
two aEnfeT> pleaded guilty. bat they PSo-
tested Mr. Bran was innocent, as he hasS
killed Only dfteen mallards-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

Il do not sentence you in the spirit
of bitterness, but we must teach the les
son that chauffeurs must have due re-
gard for the value of human life" said
Judge Brace of Milwaukee in sentencing
William Boston to the reformatory for
two years for running down and causing
the death of Matthias Kurath. an art stu
dent
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
KILLED by Interurban Car.

While walking along the Green Bay
interurban tracks at Kaukauna, Fred
Nitz. aged 45. was struck by north
bound ca. and instantly killed. Nitz
stepped from the track to allow the car
to pass. but was hit by the step handle
and hurled several feet from the tracks.
Nitz is survived by a wife and four small
children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Los. Of steamer Confirmed.

There Is now no doubt that the steamer
d. NJ. Clemson went down with ali hacds
near whnefSh Point. Lake Superior.
Twenty three hatch covers have been
washed ashore and their description con-
vinccs the Provident Steamship Company
that they belong to the missing boat The
steamer had a crew Of twenty-five men,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

After two trials in Circuit Court and
one in the Supreme Court. the suit Of
Mrs. Cecilia Chopin Of Kaukauna against
the Combined Lecks Paper Company for
5000 for the death Of her husband. has
been compromised for $4,000. The hus-
hand was killed in the Combined LOCKS
paper mill two years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
RUBY WAS NOT IN BOX.
Woman Alleges Ellsworth Obtained
$1,000 Under False PretenseS.

Mrs. Kate Kennedy. residing in the
southern portion of JaneSville. caused the
arrest of Elmer F. Ellsworth, a nursery
man. on the charge of having obtained
money under false pretenseS. Mrs. Ken
needy alleges thar she loaned Ellsworth
$1.OO0 ON the security of ruby which
was supposed 70 be of equal value. This
ruby was encaSed in small box. secure
ly locked that she had had in her pos
session about year, One day she open
ell the box and found in place of the sup
posed valuable ruby a piece ef red glass.
Ellsworth says that Mrs. kennedy's
charges are groundleSS,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
TRUSTED CLERK GUILTY.
Thomas w. scott, Long in Service,
Convicted of Robbing Mails.

Thomas w. Scott, one of the oldest
railway mail clerks in that district, whose
run has taken iim through New Rich
mond from st. Paul to Duluth over the
Omaha for years, has pleaded guilty to
charge of enlightenment and has been SEN
fenced to serve fifteen years in the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth. Complaints
of losses of money and valuabes trans
mitted through the mails have been nu-
merous all along the line for years. Sus-
picion conferred on Scott. and he was
caught through the medium of decoy let
ter containing IS in currency mailed at
Saltwater, Mimi, Scott admitted taking
the letter
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Big Haul of Fish.

Thomas Dory Of Peshtigo had q well
come surprise when he lifted a net which
had been placed in the water simply to
catch fish for his own use. The net was
filed to the top with bullheads. Six bar
rcls Of FISH had to be taken out with dip
nets before the net could be lifted.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

bread. There are twenty-six butchers
(deshewer, bocher or carnifex), whence
Labouchere, while the Surname potter
shows that this trade was in existence.
The fysshers (forty-three) were opu-
lent. being taxed twelve times as much
as laborers.-London Notes and Que
rios
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
REWARD FOR w1FE's CAPTURE.

Millionaire Coal Operator Offers
$4,000 for Woman or Escort.
. W. A. Stone. a millionaire coal opera
tor OF Unioutown. Pa, has offered a re
ward of $500 for the capture of his wife
or Emery Martin. leading merchant Of
that place. and detectives are conducting
a systematic search for the woman and
man. On Dec. = Mrs. Stone left her hus-
band and family. the coal operator alleges.
and Martin left the same day. Since Mrs
stones disappearance her mother, Mrs.
Engie, has committed suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22

An amusing incident occurred IN one
OF the New York courts the other day
The lawyer for the defense was making
a very lengthy cross-examlnation Of an
old lady when he was interrupted by
the judge With the remSrk. Il think
yon have exhausted this stiffness"
@Yes. judgs," she exctdmed, II do
-asa vorv rnucst exhausted"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Nah AlI.uea rrnin wrecLer

William Fiddler. who resides at Mil
ton. was arrested and taken to James
willie on a charge of having attempted TO
wreck train No. 14S on the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Paul road on Dec. ,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-12-22
Nerroex 70 Test Jim Crow. Law.

Negroes to Test Jim Crow" Law.
Three wealthy negroes were arrested in
Muskogee. Okla. for violating the Jim
Crow street car law. Their arrest was
followed by a mass meeting of eolored res
idents. who declare they viii carry the
case to the Supreme Court TO prove the
law is unconstitutional.