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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

Soldiers and spectators ran across
the field and assisted in lifting Mr..
Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge from under
the tangle dmass of machinery, rods,
wires and shreds of muslin. Mr.. Wright
was conscious. Lieut.. Selfridge was I'M
conscious His head was covered with
blood and he was choking when the SOL
diers eXtricated him.
When their wounds had been ban
daged Mr. Wright and Lieut.. Selfridge
were taken to the Fort Myer hospital.
1t was feared that Mr.. Wright was suf-
fering from internal injuries. He had
lapsed into a state Of semi-conscious-
ness by the time he reached the hospi-
tai Lieut.. Selfridge did not regain
consciousness. He was suffering from
a fracture at the base of the skull. At
ter an examination it was announced
that Mr. Wright was not seriously hurt
He is suffering from fracture of is
left thigh and several ribs on the right
side are broken. Both men received
deep cuts about the head.
Mr.. Wright announced several days
ago that he would take Lieut.. Selfridge,
who was secretary Of the Aerial Ex-
pertinent Association and an aeroplan-
list himself, in his next flight. At 3 IA
in the afternoon the aeroplane was re-
not rise as quickly as on previous two
men flights. Lieut.. Selfridee weighed
about 175 pounds. making the weight
greater than the machine had ever car
ried before.
After gliding over the ground on its
runners for thirty feet the machine
rose gradually, and had gained height
of forty feet when it passed over the
starting apparatus for the first time.
There was a siX-mile wind, and the ma
chine did not run as smoothly as on its
former flights, most of which were
made in calm weather. The aeroplan-
isl, however. apparently had control of
the flyer. which rose to a height OF
seventy-fve feet as it completed the,
second round. This height. was main
tanned on the third round While the
machine was turning at the southern
end of the field several thousand feet
from the spectators, something fell.
Immediately all eyes were on the
aeroplane and it was seen to turn over
on its left side, and, pausing a moment,
made a complete turn and then came
swooping to the earth in a cloud of
dust.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

Fire at Hinton, W. Va, destroyed the
stables of the Hinton Livery Company,
burning thirty-seven horses. Fifty vehi-
cles and other property were also con-
sumed, causing a loss of $4,000, includ-
ing $4,000 on the building.
Jail officials at Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
want Harry K. Thaw removed from the
lookup there They say his presence de-
moralizes the place and destroys disci-
pline, as he sleeps in the corridor and
has all the fixtures and paraphernalia of a
business Office"
Charles B. Roberts, Jr., victim of mys-
terious boardwalk shooting at Atlantic
City, is recovering from his wounds and
is believed to be out of danger.
The steamer .Monteagle has arrived at
Victoria, B. c., ahead of two other steam
ers with which it was racing. A large
shipment of silk had been divided among
three lines and the test of speed was a
race for trade.
John 3. Bapp of Seattle, Wash, car
ried Pearl Ruppell Of Portland. Ind, who
lost both her legs as the result of rail-
road accident, into the marriagelicense
Office at Newport, KY, secured a license
and the two were married.
The buildings on the famous -dethod-
ist-Evanselistic meeting grounds, or Ken
lucky Parsons Camp Grounds" eight
miles from Russellville, KY, were de-
stroyed by fire. The loss has not been
estimated.
rus. aged so, visited the New York City
Hall arm in arm, and obtained a marriage
License. After the couple had been unit
ed By Alderman Cavanagh, the bridegroom
was taken i'll, and physician was cali
ed to the brides home to care for him
Avidson, who is 6 feet inches tall, was
once wealthy, but lost fortune in min
ing ventures.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
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Chicago common to prime,
$500 to $3.50; hogs prime heavy, 500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $4.35; wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to STOP;
corn, No. 2 nc to 7Sc; oats, standard,
timothy $500 to $500 prairie, $500
to $11.00; butter, choice creamery 19c
to 23c; eggs, fresh 19c to 22c, potatoes,
per bushel, 64c to zoe.
Indianapolis-Ca Cattle, shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to 1913; wheat, No. 2, CSC to
$780, corn, No. white, 7Sc to zoe; oats,
No white, SOC to Ole.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $40; hogs,
$500 to $7.37; sheep, $500 to 1925;
wheat. No. 2, S104 to $105; corn, No. 2,
76c to Tie; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 49c;
rye, No. 2, TIC to 7Sc.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $400 to $7.35; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.01 to S1.03; corn,
No. mixed, SIC to S3c; oats, No. 2
mixed, sic to 52c; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to roc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to 1885,;
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 3
yellow, SIC to S3c; oats, No. white,
SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, 73c to Toe.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
S1O4 to $1.O6; corn, No. 3, TIC; to 7Sc;
oats, standard, 49c to SOC; rye, No. /,
Toe to 76c; barley, No. /, Coo to 6Gc;
pork, mess, $14.95.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $40; sheep, common TO good mixed,
$500 to S4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $500.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 mixed, CSC to
81 90; corn, No. 2 mixed, Zoe to soc;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 49c to sic; rye, No.
., 75c to nc; clover seed, October, S5.45.
New York-Cattle, 800 to 1925;
hogs. $3.50 to S7.20; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No red, S107 to $1l0S;
corn, No. 2, SEC to SIC; oats, natural
white, SIC to zoe; butter, creamery, 20c
to 23c; eggs, western, 19c to 23c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

44.4 per cent greater, with a decrease
of per cent in the average hours of
labor per week.
The retail price of principal articles
of food was 20.6 per cent higher in 1907
than for the period 1890 to 1890 Com
pared with the average for the same
power of an hours wage in 1907 was
6.S per cent greater
The report adds that the greatest in
crease in wages per hour was in the
manufacture of cotton goods, the in
crease being 1919. In the paper and
wood pulp industry there was an in
crease in wages per hour Of 101 per
cent; in the silk, wooden and worsted
goods industry GA per cent; in the glass
industry and street and sewer work an
increase of So per cent. The investiga-
tion made by the bureau covers those
industries in which the wages paid in
one year were 100000 or more
The report presents the retail prices
of thirty staple food commodities as
sold in sixty-eight localities in the
United States by LOLA dealers.
Retail prices of food in 1907 were
higher than in any other year of the
eighteen-year period above named, be-
ing AZ per cent higher than in 1906.
The average prices of twenty-nine of
the thirty articles included in this COM
pflation of prices were higher in 1907
than in 1906 The articles which show
ed the greatest advance in prices are
-four, SO per cent; butter, s per cent;
evaporated apples, rs per cent; milk
7.3 per cent; corn meal, 6.S per cent;
cheese, 81 per cent, and potatoes, ga
per cent. The only article which show
ed a decrease is tea, the decrease being
% per cent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
FACTS FOR FARMERS

A new industry in the western portion
of the upper Michigan peninsula is a
creamery which is being established at
Even. The plant, which is now being
erected. will handle 10000 pounds of milk
a day, making 400 pounds of butter.
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Wool Growers Association is Sc
lecting locations for the central ware
houses to be established by the associa-
ton. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Denver. St.
Joseph, Chicago and Omaha are each bid
ding for the national market.
Under an order from the United States
Court the Pillsbury-Washburn grain ele-
vators will be leased TO parties who Will
keep them in operation during the re-
Ownership.
During an electric storm near Crooks
ton, Mimi. lightning struck four stacks
of wheat belonging to John Wagner and
all were burned. The wind moved a
granary on the Thompson farm a dis
lance of ten rods without damaging it at
all, and Nick Welters' machinery shed
was demolished entirely by the wind.
Farmers were busy for two days moving
wheat shocks from the low places where
water was still standing.
At Fergus Falls, Mimi. reports from
Otter Tail county wheat fields are begin
ming to be received. little thrashing hav-
ing been done. o. E. Ralstad was in from
Dane Prairie township and reports an
average yield of % bushels to the acre.
Tyler Putnam reports 10, and a farm ten
miles southwest of the city showed an
average OF is. Mr.. Borst, who resides
four miles east, reports 81 bushels of vel
vet chat wheat per acre, and William
Wastoyer q bushels of the ordinary va
riety.
Lake county, s. D., is claiming an av-
ersge yield of Fifty bushels of corn per
acre.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
CHICAGO

business activity reflects further re-
coVery, although the failure record is dis
Iorted by one unusually heavy default.
Steadier conditions are seen in nrodpc-
non and distribution and the outlook is
gradually clearing, notwithstanding that
new demands in the eading industries in
ciude none of special influence.
Meters OF pig iron bought more freely
against future needs, prices being made
inviting, and there is increasing work at
foundries. FORCES and steel car shops.
building operations make seasonable
progress, while the new permits indicate
that an unusual quantity of materials is
to be consumed. More hands find en-
pioyment in quarrying, and prices for
stone, brick and cement become frmer.
Seasonable weather stimulated the con-
struction and outdoor activities.
Retail trade opens up encouragingly in
the principal lines. Visiting merchants
have increased in numbers from the
Northwest, and there is much buying of
general merchandise throughout the
Wholesale district. Staple goods are sold
TO an extent comparing favorably with
this time last year, and the absorption
is yet notable in the textiles, millinery and
footwear.
The 1arkets for grain, provisions and
hive stock denote improving consumption.
Notwithstanding the average cost again
is high and wheat around 81 bushel.
Bank clearings, $234, 496, 1893, make the
best showing in eight weeks, and exceed
those of the. corresponding week of 1907,
which included only five business days,
by 10 per cent.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 81, against 81 last week
and IL a year ago. Those with liabili-
ties over $1,000 number 8, against last
week and 3 in 1907.-Dun's Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
LIQUOR SALE UNLAWFUL.
Prohibitory Law Has Been Violated
for Quarter Century.

for Quarter Century.
According to a decision rendered by
Judge Smith Mcpherson of the United
States Circuit Court in Davenport the
Iowa mulct law system, under which sa-
looms are now operating, is Illegal. Judge
Mcpherson further declares the Iowa
mulct law is no license system and that
there has been no license system n Iowa
for the last quarter of a century, and for
that length of time there has never been
lawful sale of liquor as a beverage with
in the State of Iowa. He further holds
that no person to-day under any circum-
stances can lawfully sell liquor as bev-
erage in Iowa. The decision was made
in suit of the United Breweries Com
pany of Chicago versus the Civic Fedora
ton of Davenport. The compliments
charged the federation with conspiracy
and sought to enjoin them from abating
property on which a saloon had been
closed. Judge Mcpherson denied the ap-
plication for writ of injunction. Under
the mulct law Iowa saloonkeepers have
been paying 5000 annually as tax with
the understanding that it legalized their
sale of intoxicating liquors and gave them
relief from the old prohibitory law, which
is still on the statute books. The decis-
ion is the most sweeping ever made in
Iowa affecting the liquor question.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Forest Rangers an Economy.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs

Mrs. Harry Pearson, aged q, according
to her statement before she died. was
lured to lonely spot in Oklahoma City,
Okla, by Harry Parker, aged %, a grain
inspector from lola, Kan, who shot her
and escaped.
The twelfth annual meeting of the In
terstate Association of Live Stock SAM
tary Boards, meeting in Washington, vot-
ed to ask Secretary Wilson to lift the
quarantine regulation for preventing the
spread of Texas or tick fever among
cattle in several Southern States.
Not realizing their danger, ninety in
sane persons in the Long Island home at
Amityville, L. l., fought against being
removed from the burning building, but
all were finally rescued.
The War Department has given permits
sion for United States troops to partici-
pate in the fall carnival of the Knights
o, Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha, Neb., for the
first time since the order was founded
fourteen years ago.
A resolution condemning the sale OF
liquor in drug stores, except for medicinal
purposes, was passed by the American
Pharmaceutical Association in session at
Hot Springs, Ark.
At Niagara Falls the Old Time Teleg-
raphers' Association and the United
States Military Telegraph Corps held
their annual meetings Z. B. Saylor IT
Pittsburg being elected president of the
first organization an1 Col. w. B. Wilson
of Philadelphia heading the second.
Rev. Father Sierputowski. who created
a sensation at Duluth a year ago by lead
ing a revolt from the Roman Catholic
church and forming an independent con-
gregation, has written to Bishop McGol-
rick from Cleveland begging forgiveness
and stating that both he and Bishop
Tichey viii make submission to the bishop
of Cleveland.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
WRIGHT FLYER FALLS;
KILLS ARMY OFFICER
Aeroplane at Fort Myer Drops,
Causing Death of Lieut..
T. e. Selfridge.
INVENTORS LEG IS BROKEN.
Aviator's Condition Points to Re-
encyclopedias Blade Breaks
on Two-Man Flight.

After having drawn the attention of
the world TO his aeroplane ascensions
at Fort Myer, near Washington, and
establishing new worlds records for
heavier than-air flying machines, Or
vile Wright the other afternoon met
with a tragic mishap while making a
two-man flight The aeroplanist was
accompanied by Lieut. Thomas E. Self
ridge of the signal corps of the army.
In a fall of seyenty-ive feet Lieut..
Selfridge was fatally injured and died
soon afterward. Mr.. Wright was seri-
ously injured, but is expected to re-
cover.
While the machine was encircling the
drill grounds a propeller blade snapped
off and, hitting some other part Of the
intricate mechanism, caused the air.
ship to overturn and fall to the ground,
enveloping the two occupants in the
debris.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. 5 last, was

Stuttgart, Germany, on Aug. last, was
one of the severest blows yet struck at
aerial navigation.
A spectacular accident to a mammoth
airship at Berkeley, Cal, on May % last
resulted in serious injury to sixteen men,
who narrowly escaped with their lives.
The airship, the invention of Capt. J. A.
Morrel, was on its trial trip. In full
view of 10000 people it assembled 800
feet, when it suddenly burst and dropped
to the ground with its crew of sixteen
men.
One of the most remarkable escapes
from death in aeronautical history was
that of Gail Robinson, who sails the
Knabenshue airship, at Springfield, Ohio
July 10, 1907 Robinson fell 500 feet,
the only mark of his experience being a
small scratch. AS he neared the earth
the machine slowed up and he reached the
ground safely. When the people focked
to the wrecked balloon, thinking to find
Robinson a corpse, he was coolly lighting
a cigarette.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
KILLS GIRL AND HIMSELF.
Dora HeImer Shot Dead by Lewis
Turner After Quarrel.

In a fit of jealousy caused by his
fiancee accepting the attentions of an
other man, Lewis Turner, q years old,
wealthy and one of the best known young
men in La Grange, ILL.,, shot and instantly
killed Dora Helmer, "a years old, promi-
nent socially, in the Chicago suburb. Then
he turned the weapon upon himself and
fred a bullet into his own brain. He
fell on the body of his slain sweetheart,
and, taking her in his arms died while
impressing a farewell kiss on her lips.
The couple, according to their friends,
had been sweethearts for more than a
year and were engaged TO be married. Re-
Gently they quarreled, it is said, because
the girl went to the Wheaton horse show
with another young man of the village.
Village gossips made the affair a topic Of
conve- sation and this only widened the
breach between the young woman and her
fiance. Monday they met unexpectedly
and after a bitter alteration Turner drew
a revolver from his pocket and shot the
girl through the heart. Then he fired
into his own brain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

In a paper read recently before the
French Academy Of Sciences, Prof. Bor-
dass said he had obtained remarkable re-
suits by placing crystals Of corundum in
contact with radium for periods varying
from thirty to sixty days, the idea being
suggested by the fact that the glass in
which radium is inclosed takes on blue
tint. Thus treated, colorless corundum
became yellow like oriental topaz. Blue
corundum was converted into oriental sap
phire. Neither heat nor electricity affect
ed these artificial gems, (which experts
could not distinguish from those of nat
ural origin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
SENTENCED IN BRAZIL.
Members of I1I-Fated MagaH Expe-
dition Receive Light Penalties.

Members of IlI-Fated Masa1i Expe-
dition Receive Light Penalties.
A cablegram from the American consul
at Bahia, Brazil, reports to the State De
partment in Washington, D. c., he is in
receipt of the conclusion of the trial of
the flibustering expedition led by Sc
bastian H. L. de Magali into that re-
public in 1907. The expedition consisted
of eight men, under the leadership of
Magali, four of whom were young Ameri-
cans by the names of Samuel Parker,
Herbert Phannebecker, Everitt Wilson
and George Vice, all of New York. The
consul reports that Magali received
two years sentence, that Vice, who was
seriously wounded in the skirmish which
led to the arrest of the men, was aequit-
ted; that George Gordon, a Scotchman
and follower of Magali was sentenced to
one year, and that the remaining mem
bers of the expedition were sentenced to
Imprisonment for one year and five
months. The outcome of this case, it is
felt, must be gratifying to the families
of the persons, in view of the gravity of
the crime charged against them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
FORTUNE FOR DEPENDENTS.
Man Who Killed Brother Remembers
Those Widowed and Orphaned.

Dying in the Ohio State penitentiary,
where he was received two years ago to
serve twenty-five years for the Staying of
his brother, George Wagar, a member
of a wealthy family of Lakewood, a
Cleveland suburb, has written a will in
which his fortune of $4,000 is left to the
widow and daughter of his victim. The
form of his brother, riddled with bullets,
is said to haunt Wagar through the
nights In the delirium of the fever
which sent him to the prison hospital
several weeks ago he calls aloud that he
did not mean to kill him. Prison officials
say Wagar had them witness will in
which all his share of the big Wagar for
tune is bequeathed without condition to
the family of his victim.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
AIR ExAcTs HEAVY DEATH TOLL
German Scientist Probably First to
Die in Effort to Fly.

German Scientist Probably First to
Die in Effort to Fly.
The tragical mishap which cost Lieut..
Thomas E. Selfridge of the United States
signal corps his life Is the most recent
of many resulting from mans persistent
effort to conquer the air.
Lilienthal, a German scientist, and NJ.
Pitcher, another student of aeronautics,
probably were the first martyrs to the
cause of the heavier-than-air type of air
craft. The former was killed in the sum
mer of 1896 while experimenting With his
gliding machine" which is said to have
furnished the first model for the Wright
brothers. The latter met his death about
the same time in test of his own aero
plane.
On Sept. 3 last Charles Oliver Jones,
the Hammondsport On. " aeronaut, fell
to his death from his dirigible balloon
Boomerang while giving an exhibition
flight in Maine.
While it involved no loss of life, the
destruction of Count Zeppelin's mammoth
balloon by lightning at Echterdengin, near
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
WRIGHT MADE RECORD FLIGHTS
Ohio Aviator's Feats with an Aero
plane Startled the World,

Orville Wright, before the recent ac-
cidert put stop to the trials at Fort
Myer, startled the world by his feats with
his aeroplane and established records for
both one and two man flights. His great
est fight was made on Sept. u, when he
remained in the air for one hour fourteen
minutes and twenty seconds, covering a
distance of 51.3 miles. Leading up to
this he had made the following fights
Sept. 9-57 minutes 81 seconds; SO
miles.
Sept. 81 hour minutes Is seconds :;
$50 miles.
Sept. 10-E hour 5 minutes % seconds;
Al miles.
Sept. i'll hour 10 minutes &c sec
onds; 46.8 miles.
Wright's record fer flights with a pas
senger were:
Sept. &c minutes &c seconds; miles.
Sept. 12-9 minutes seconds; 6 miles.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Whisky Barrel His Bomb.

While playing in front of Henry Sche-
mabs saloon on East Fort avenue, Balti-
more. 5-yesr-old Joseph Martin placed a
lighted match in an empty whisky barrel.
An exposition followed. The child was
thrown fifteen feet in the air. and, de-
scending fell into the barrel His entire
body was terribly burned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29

The soldiers monument at East Liver
pool, Ohio, it is charged, is used by
''bootleggers' to sell whisky. 1t is de-
clared that if % cents be left in the
mouth of the big cannon at the foot of
the monument and the one leaving it
walks around the monument, on his re-
turn he will find half pint of whisky
in place of the coin.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
EURoPE's WHEAT CROP SHORT.
Harvest Completed and Totals Low
20. Dhird Con Senutiva Xear

Harvest Completed and Totals Low
for Third Consecutive Year.
The European reports to the Superin-
tendent of Agriculture in Washington say
that the wheat harvest over the greater
part of Europe is already completed. In
several countries reaping was hindered
and the crops seriously damaged by rain.
Prospects point to a smaller harvest than
last year in western Europe generally. A
moderate increase in the yield is expected
in the East. But while Russia probably
will reap a slightly heavier crop than last
year. there is no doubt that totals will be
below the average. This will be the third
year of serious shortage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Anarchist Leader Punished.

Alexander Berkman, now the active
leader of the American group of anarch-
lists. and who served long prison SEN
tence for trying to asSassinate II. C.
Frick. was arrested IN New York for
irving to stampede meeting of the IN
employed in Cooper Union, over which
James Eads How, tie wealthy hobo, was
presiding. Emma Goldman was present.
but she escaped arrest, although young
girl who aided Berkman was arrested and
fined. Berkman was sent TO the work
house for five days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-29
Son Hostage at Grocer's.

John Kovi, foreign grocer, adopted a
novel and effective way of collecting a
bill against a fellow countryman in Ma
hanoy City, Pa. When Adam Simure
sent his young son to the store to make
purchases the storekeeper seized the
youth and held him as a ransom for the
unpaid bill. The father became very in
dignant, but he paid the bill and the boy
was released