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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
VALUABLE FUEL IN WASTE.
Results of Experiments with Coal of
All Kinds Are Published.

Results of Experiments with Coal Of
All Kinds Are Published.
The results of the work done at the
United States fuel testing plant at For
est Park, st. Louis, from Jan. /, 1906,
to June 30, 1907, are presented in a
report issued by the United States Geo
logical Survey.
The scope Of the work during the
period covered has been largely restrict
ed to series of comparative tests made
under conditions as nearly uniform as
possible on bituminous Goals and lig-
mites from different fields of the United
States as representative of known ex-
tensive deposits. Chemical analyses
were made of samples of these fuels
collected at the mines by United States
inspectors sent out for that purpose,
and also of samples taken from the
cars, from the fuel as fed to the boil
ers, as fed to the producers, before
briquetting, before and after washing,
and before coking. Samples of briquet-
ted coal were also analysed and the re-
suits of the entire series of analyses
and tests are presented in the report.
The briquetting plant has developed
new possibilities in the utilization of
slack coal and anthracite culm as an
efficient fuel for combustion on loco
motives. Experiments are now being
extended to determine the value Of
briquetted coal for use in the naval
vessels of the United States.
The plant at Forest Park was dis
mantled in March, 1907. The sections
of steam, producer gas and briquetting
were transferred to a new gas plant,
erected at Norfolk, Va, and those Of
coking and washery to a new plant at
Denver. The principal chemical la
boratory of the fuel testing plant has
been removed to Pittsburg, but a
branch laboratory will also be main
tanned at Norfolk for the purpose o.
experimenting on the gases in different
portions Of the combustion chambers
of steam boilers and of gas producers.
The smoke abatement investigations at
public buildings will be supplemented
by more detailed experiments at the
Norfolk plant.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to S7.75; hogs, prime heavy, $500
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50 wheat, No. 2, 93c to Ole;
corn. No. ., Tie to 7Sc: oats, standard,
nc to 49c; rye, No. 2, nc to 7Sc; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 19c
to 22c eggs. fresh, lie to zoe; potatoes,
per bushel. 60c to 69c.
apolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $685.; sheep, common to prime,
$3.50 to $500 wheat, No. 2, Ole to
93c; corn, No. 2 white, 79c to soc; oats,
No 2 white, 47c to 4Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $685.; sheep. $500 to $4.25;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 96c; corn, No. 2,
75c to 76c: oats, No. 2, Acc to 47c;
rye, No. 2, Toe to TIC.
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $4O0 to $500; sheep, $500 to
$500: wheat, No. 2, 9Gc to 97c; corn,
No. 2 mixed, SOC to Sic; oats, No. 2
mixed, Acc to soc; rye, No. 2, 7Sc to 79c.
Detroit-Cattle, 800 to $40; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, 500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 93c to Ole; corn, No. 3
yellow, SOC to Sic; oats, No. white,
4Sc to 49c; rye, No. 2, 75c to 76c.
Observation-Disclosures, No. northern,
$1O7 to $1.09 corn, No. 3, TIC to Zoe;
oats, standard, Acc to zoe; rye, No. l,
76c to 77c barley, No. 2, lac to Tie;
pork, mess, $15.25.
Buffalo--Cattle choice shipping steers
$500 to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, 800
to $7.15; sheep, common to- good mixed,
$500 to $3.50; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 500.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $685.;
hogs, $3.50 to 500; sheep, $500 to
$4.65; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00;
corn, No. 2, SOC to soc; oats, natural
white, 55c to SIC; butter, creamery, 20c
to 24c; eggs, western, 19c to pc.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, 92c to
Ole; corn, No. mixed 70c to Sic;
oats, No mixed, 47c to 49c; rye, No.
2, 76c to TIC; clover seed, October, $6.37
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
HONESTY ouTwEIeHs HUNGER.
PenniIess Men Find Woman's Lost
Fortune and Return 1t.

PenniIess Men Find Woman's Lost
Fortune and Return 1t.
Mary Viotilla appeared at central sta
ton in Pittsburs the other day and dis
tractediy announced that she had lost her
hand satchel, containing the savings of
many years, two $50 notes, a bank book
showing $500 deposits, a passport and a
ticket to Italy. She intended to sail in
a day or two, and was frantic over her
misfortune, declaring that if the money
could not be found she would drown her.
self. A few minutes later B. r. Burgoon
and Il. j. Carter entered the station and
handed the satchel to Sergeant Charles
Lanker. The men explained that they
had been in the postoffice and had found
the satchel on a desk, where it had been
left by the owner after writing a letter
to her friends. The finders of the money
said they were both hungry, out of money
and looking for work, but concluded that
some one who needed the money more
than they did had lost it, and so turned
it over to the police. Later the owner
received it with tears of joy and insisted
on rewarding the finders with a present
of $50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
EVANS WARS NO MORE.
Fighting Bob" Goes on Retired List
After Forty-Eight Years Service.

Fighting Bob" Goes on Retired List
After Forty-Eight Years Service.
Far from grim war ships and the sea,
where he spent nearly half a century
In the service of his country, Rear Ad-
miral Robley d. Evans of the United
States navy reached the age limit of
81 years Tuesday and passed from the
ranks of the country's active sea fight
ers. His has been the longest service
but two years short of half century
of any man who has reached the office
Of rear admiral in the United States
navy.
All through the day the hotel at Lake
Mohonk, n. Y, where Admiral Evans
is staying was thrOnged with admirers
eager to congratulate him on his sixty
second birthday and to wish him many
more happy and useful years. Tele-
grams by the score reached him from
all parts of the country, all expressing
felicitation and affection.
In the evening q reception was held
in honor of the admiral and a hand
some loving cup was presented to him,
the presentation being made by DR..
Andrew S. Draper, commissioner Of
education Of the State of New York.
Admiral Evans in responding said "In
one respect at least naval officers are
exactly like any other worthy servants
Of the people-they are glad when they
have pleased their employers. 1t may
not be out of place for me to say that
during my forty-eight years of service
have done all in my power to uphold
the honor and dignity of my country,
and that l have loved the dear old flag
as 1 love nothing else in this world.
That have suffered severely under the
flag must be evident to anyone who
sees, but l would live my life over
again just as l have lived it if l knew
the suffering was to be a thousand
times as great. l go to the retired list
with a feeling that il is reward for
long and honorable service, and hope
to enjoy the rest and comfort it may
bring, unless some emergency shall call
me back into active service, when I
shall give all that remains of me to my
country as willingly as l have given
the best years Of my manhood"
President Roosevelt was unable to at
tend the reception, but he sent letter
expressing his high esteem for Admiral
Evans.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
NIGHT RAIDERS FIRE TOWNS.
Forced to Let Ffrebugs Escape in
Order to Fight Flames

oC1N W NASht idmcs.
Revenge for the arrest of several sus-
pected horse thieves is believed to be the
cause of the attempt to destroy the towns
of Lowry and Alaska, S. D., by night
raiders at an early hour Monday morn
ing. Both towns narrowly escaped be-
ing wiped ont by fire. All the buildings
are of frame structure and furnished
god fuel for the flames. The towns are
in walworth county on the river extern
sion of the Minneapolis and st. Louis
railroad and only a few miles apart.
Lowry was the first town raided. A gen.
eral merchandise store was fired by the
raiders and the flames spread rapidly to
adjoining buildings. Seven masked men
were seen riding away, but no attempt
was made to follow, for the town was in
danger of being destroyed. While the
citizens were fighting the fire telephone
message was received from Alaska asking
for aid and stating that the town had
been fired. Similar messages were receiv-
ed at Hoven and other nearby towns. Six
buildings were destroyed in each town,
including the Farmers State bank at
Lowry. The hotel at Alaska was one of
the burned buildings No robberies are
reported. The loss probably will reach
about 100000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

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Among the many causes to which was
attributed the business depression which
first manifested itself in March, 1907,
and which reached its climax in the panic
of October, was the high level of prices
to which pr ctically all commodities had
been forced.
Einanciers, manufacturers and mer-
chants were almost a unit in declaring
that prices must come down. But we are
recovering from the depression and, with
few exceptions, prices remain at their
greatest altitude
The most recent report of the Depart
ment of Labor and Commerce, covering
the movements of wholesale prices for the
past eighteen years, including 1907
shows that in spite of the financial and
market depressions coincident with the
last six months of 1907 prices, of commodi-
ties save in a few departments, such as
lumber, fuel and metal materials, were
higher at the close of the year than at its
opening and that the average price of all
commodities showed decrease Of only q
little over 1 point for the period, the ac-
tual decline being from 1919 to 1864.
The report shows that wholesale prices
considering the 25S commodities as a
whole, reached higher level in 1907 than
at any other time during the 1S-year
period covered. The average for the year
1907 was 81 per cent higher than for
1906; "A per cent higher than for 1897
the year of lowest prices during the 49,
year period, and 29.5 per cent higher than
the average for the 10 years from 1890
to 1899. Prices reached their highest
point during the 1S-year period in Oc-
tober, 1907, the average for that month
being IL per cent higher than the aver
age for the year 1907 and % per cent
higher than the average for December,
1905, the month of highest prices in
1906.
OF the 25S articles for which whole
sale prices were obtained, 172 showed an
increase in the average price for 1907
as compared with 1905, 35 showed no
change in the average price for the year,
and 81 showed decrease in price.
When the commodities are considered
by groups, all of the nine groups showed
an increase in price in 1907 as compared
with 1906. For farm products taken as a
whole this increase was greatest, name
ly 1919 per cent; for food. 4.6 per cent
for cloths and clothing, Sc per cent for
fuel and lighting, "a per cent; for metals
and implements, 81 per cent; for lumber
and building materials, 40 per cent; for
drugs and chemicals, S.3 per cent; for
house furnishing goods, 6.S per cent, and
for the miscellaneous group, per cent
Utica Globe.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
NOTIFY CHAFIN OF NOMINATION
Third Presidential Candidate Sounds
Keynote for Prohibitionists.


Eugene w. Chain, the Prohibition
candidate for President of the United
States, now knows, officially, that he is
the choice of his party.
He was formally notified at a mon
ster meeting and reception held in
Music Hall, Fine Arts Building Chi
cago. Dr. Charles Scanlen, the per-
manent chairman of the convention at
Columbus, came all the way from Pitts
burg to officially tell him that it was
So and in this he was assisted by Sam
uel Diekie of Albion, Mich. Clinton n.
Howard of Rochester, n. Y; A. A.
Stevens, Tyrone, Pa; A. G. Wolfenber-
ger of Lincoln, Neb., and Felix 7. Nc
Whirter of Indianapolis.
1t was mentioned in passing by the
speakers that Lincoln had felt itself
honored when a notification patty had
informed Mr.. Bryan of the great honor
bestowed upon him by the Democratic
party; that Cincinnati had experienced
the same self gratification because of
being the home of Mr.. Taft, but that
Chicago could feel itself nonored be-
yond all cities because 1t will be the
home of the first man ever to be elected
President of the United States by pro-
hibition votes.
If the speakers in notifying the other
presidential candidates dealt in optim-
isms and predicted certain victory for
their candidates, they did not Guido the
Prohibition speakers, for never once
during the entire evening was there
anything that would indicate that the
supporters of the movement dreamed of
defeat for their cause.
Never since the food" declared one
speaker, has water reached such a
high tide as at present, and it is now
touching the high places of the country.
1t will carry on its crest our candidate
and land him in the presidential chair
at Washington"
Like all other notifications, Mr..
Chains speech was looked forward to
as the keynote" Of the campaign. The
keynote" was the indifference-the
studied Indifference, it was termed
with which the two old parties had
treated the temperance question. He
said that at a later date he would send
a formal letter of acceptance to the
committee, in which he would discuss
at more length the issues raised in the
Prohibition platform and the lack Of
issues in the platform of their oppo-
nents.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01

The city council of Spandau, in Brand
enburg, Prussia, has inaugurated a move
ment to raise $1,625,OO0 as a national
gift for Count Zeppelin.
Advices have been received at the
Ambassador Riddle is making good inn
provement under the treatment at Kis-
lovodsk, whittier he went to recuperate
from the effects of his recent illness.
Capt Lumsden, who commanded the
British cruiser Gladiator at the time she
was lost in collision with a liner, has
been found guilty of default in not com
| plying with the rules of navigation, and
has been dismissed from the service.
The insular constabulary band, of Ma
Mia, is going to Australia as the guest OF
that government, to participate in the re-
ceptions of the American feet. The Phil
| ippine authorities donate the service Of
the band and Australia pays the ex.
| penses.
The presidential election in Panama
went off smoothly, the result being the
choice of Senior Abaldia. candidate OF
the opposition to the government, unan-
1 4AC SuppOl LSIo VA lAO kOfC1A-
ment remained away from the polls. Ths
| electors are to meet Aug. l, and their
decision will be certified Aug. IS in adj
vance of the meeting of the National
Assembly on Sept. 1.
In a desperate battle between Mexican
troops and Papago Indians at the Imacu-
lada ranch, near Cetrocolo, a mining
nineteen Indians and two soldiers were
killed. and five soldiers were wounded.
At the Quebec celebration the Prince OF
Wales proved himself worthy represent
alive of King Edward, appearing at the
various functions as a field marshal, an
admiral and as a plain English gentle
man. The military pageant on the plains
of Abraham was the greatest ever seen
in Canada.
At Frankfort-on-the-Main seven Ameri-
can turner's gained a sufficient number of
points in the all around athletics of the
international tournament to entitle them
70 figure in the prize list. The events
consisted of both apparatus and field
work, $50 points being the maximum
number possible to obtain
Thomas P. Mofat, the American con-
sui at La Gnayra, Venezuela, has re-
turned to this country on account of the
bubonic plague, which has isolated that
port from the rest of the world. The gum
boat Paducah came within five miles of
the harbor and the consul rowed himself
our TO this means of escape.
The Central American Court of Justice
Of Carriage, Costa Rica, has taken steps
to prevent the continuance of the revolu-
RON in Honduras or its spread to other
countries by acting on the complaint Of
President Davila OF Honduras that Sal
vador and Guatemala have violated the
terms of the treaty. The court has or
dered that the Salvadorean troops sta
toned near the Honduran border be with
drawn, and commanded President Cab
rera of Guatemala to prevent his people
from entering the territory Of Honduras.
In the meantime the life Of the movement
has been knocked out by the defeat of the
revolutionists in two engagements north
and south.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
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CHICAGO.

Inc indications of recovery in business
activity appear to be we'll sustained. Fur
Their decline is seen in the comparative
shrinkage in volume of payments through
me banks, and there is increasing demand
Tor industrial outputs and heavier opera
tons in general merchandise.
Dealings in leading retail lines run close
TO the aggregate at this time last year;
the buying being augmented by many WIS.,
itors who spend freely, and the early de-
mand for fall apparel and household needs
expands to seasonable proportions.
There is general expression of conf
dence in the outlook for extending con-
sumption. 1t is also made clear that
stocks throughout the interior are at an
unusually low average and that liberal
replenishment is likely, although that pro-
cess may be conducted gradually. Prices
generally stand upon an attractive basis
in staples and some heavy buyers secure
their needs in lines which continue under
curtailed production.
Encouraging agricultural conditions and
high values of the crops, rising pay rolls
at manufacturing centers and the inn
provement in iron and steel branches in
this section afford substantial reasons for
the healthier tone which now character
ICES commerce.
The total movement of grain at this
port, S,554.630 bushels, compares with
9,S2S.2 bushels last week and 9,49ol17
bushels in 1907 Compared with last year
there is decrease in receipts of 26.1
per cent, and increase in shipments of
276 per cent. Live stock receipts were
243035 head, against 267,S51 head last
week and 2I3,637 head last year.
Bank ciearings, $215,300,013, are &c
per cent under those of the corresponding
week in 1907. Failures reported in the
Chicago district number "a, against IL
last week and II year ago. Those with
liabilities over $1,000 number 6, against
3 last week and in 1907-Dun's Re
view of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican
national committee has made up his ex-
ecutive committee.
Mrs. Lloyd Osbourne, wife of the nov
elist, has fled suit for separate mainte-
nance at San Francisco, Cal
Alice tombstone, the actress, was grant
ed a divorce from her husband, Dustin
Farnum, the actor, in New York.
Thomas F. Gargan, a member of the
Boston transit commission, died in Ber-
lin, Germany. He was operated on the
previous week for stomach disorder.
The North German Lloyds line intends
to start before next spring an opposition
service to that of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, according to a story print
ed in the New York Times.
President Roosevelt has withdrawn
from settlement zone sixty feet wide
along the Mexican border in order to rem
der it more difficult to smuggle Asiatics
across the line into California.
The Rev. B. F. Dimmick, one of the
best-known ministers in the Cincinnati
and Ohio conferences of the Methodist
church, died at Delaware, Ohio, from a
complication of liver and stomach trouble
He was % years old.
A night Waterman or the estate Of E.
c. Convers, a New York millionaire, at
Greenwich, Conn, fought pistol battle
with three robbers who came to the coun-
try house in an automobile.
An attempt was made by two members
of the Passaic, y. j., school board to ex-
crude fairy tales from the public schools
there, but it failed. The fairy books
viii continue TO be read
From a dozen to a score OF persons
were killed in labor riots IN yigneux,
France, and the government has decided
TO arrest the labor leaders and possibly
to suppress the general federation of la
Dor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
NEW YORK.

While conservatism still rules purchas.
ing, the number of buyers in leading
northern and western centers is very
large, and there is distinct gain in the
iobbing distribution of fall and winter
dry goods, Shoes clothing, hats and milli-
merry. Optimism as to the future is noted,
and the practical completion of the small
grain harvests, especially of spring wheat,
and the advance of the corn crop toward
maturity have made for an accentuation
of the more confident feeling.
Southern markets are slower to feel
the impetus of prospective good crop
Yields, and the strike in the Alabama coal
fields seriously affects trade in and near
birmingham. Collections show signs of
improvement, especially where the early
crop movement has begun, but there are
a number of reports of tagging settle
ments, and payments as a whole are not
yet up to normal
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Aug. 20 number 236,
against $40 last week, 1873 in the like
week of 1907, 1876 in 1906, 176 in 1905,
and 1S5 in 1904. Canadian failures for
the same period number 80, which COM
pares with 81 last week and 10 in the
corresponding week of 1907 -Bradstreet's
Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
HEART is STITCHED UP.
Man with Lung Gone, Three Ribs
Broken and Pneumonia VIII Live.

Man with Lung Gone, Three Ribs
Broken and Pneumonia VIII Live.
With six stitches in his heart, to close
a gaping stab wound, with his left lung
consumed by tuberculosis, with three
broken ribs, suffering from pneumonia,
Luther johnson, a negro. is convalescing
rapidly in a hospital in Washington, con-
fident that in a few days he will be dis
charged. The operation upon the heart
was performed by DIR. Charles W. White,
visiting surgeon. The patient was brought
to the hospital by the police after an af-
fray in which he was stabbed. DR.. White
quickly determined that an immediate OPP
GRAFTON was imperative. To reach the
heart it was necessary to break three ribs,
which were laid back. The heart was
raised slightly and six stitches were TAX
en- in it. While the cavity was open 1t
was noticed that the mans left lung had
disappeared and that he had a slight at
tack of pneumonia. The operation was
performed in eighteen minutes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-09-01
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

The county commissioners of Blue
Earth county, Mimi, have voted 70 have
the county pay half the cost of repairing
bridges, roads and culverts damaged by
the recent floods. The cost is estimated
at $4,000.
A company is being organized in Bos
ton to operate aeroplanes or dirigible bal
looms between Boston and New York
According to the present plans the first
experiments will be made with small diri-
gibles, with a carrying capacity of two
passengers in addition to the operator.
The Commercial Association of Walker
Mimi has purchased ninety acres of land
on the lake to provide suitable sites for
factories. A fve-acre tract has already
been cleared and graded for box factory,
which will be erected this summer, and
negotiations are now under way for a
$4,000 boat factory.
NThe cooperative store, run at Harvard
for the benefit of the students, reports
sales for the fiscal year amounting to
100000 and the payment of a dividend
Of S per cent to the members. Similar
stores on the cooperative plan at Yale,
Cornell, Princeton and other colleges are
also in a prosperous condition.
As a result of disagreement between
the local branch of the International
brotherhood of Paperhangers and Night
Foreman Coyle of the Rhinelander Paper
Company. machines Nos. l and 2 at
Rhinelander, Wis, are shut down, it is
thought for an indefinite length of time.
Ten million feet Of logs are on their
way down Red Lake river and Crooks
ton is promised the opening of the
Crookston Lumber Company's big mill
again. VIII ich has been closed in the saw
ing department this year. Three million
feet of this drive is destined for the
Crookston mill and few more millions
viii be on their way later to add 10 this
trade