Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-21
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

Glenn H. Curtiss, American aviator,
won grand prize at Brescia.
Frenchmen favor an international
board of scientists to settle the polar
row.
Halley's comet was sighted by a
Heidelberg astronomer and is on
schedule time.
Edward H. Hartman was laid to
rest in grave hewn in rocky hill
side on the Hartman estate at Ar
den, N. Y.
The Dcke Of the Abruzzi reached
Marseilles after a record-breaking as
cent of the Himalayas Rumor says
he will go to Switzerland to meet
Katherine Elkins.
The New York World printed
story that the Department of Justice
will charge a number of railroads
with granting rebates to steamship
lines and will seek to impose $4,000
900 in fines.
Monday.
Pearys boatswain from the supply
ship Erik said Cooks stuff was APP
propriated by commander.
The Treasury Department fully ap-
proved of Collector Loebs drastic war
on rich society smugglers"
John w Castles, president of the
Union Trust Company of New York,
committed suicide with razor.
1t was asserted in Paris that Miss
Katherine Elkins herself delays con-
sent to her marriage to the Duke of
the Abruzzi
The President demands that the In
terror Department answer charges by
Senator La Toilette that administra-
ton of Indian lands in Wisconsin is
faulty.
Tuesday.
James j. Hill warned the bankers
of the nation that decline in agricul-
ture is menace to prosperity
The Northwestern road is building
277 miles of track to shorten the dis
lance between Milwaukee and the
Twin Cities
Taft in a speecT in Boston, on the
eve of his departure on his 10000
mile trip, made a plea for better feel
ing between the sections of the coun-
try.
Commander Peary in formal state
ment at Battle Harbor, Labrador, said
he will prove that DIR. Cook did not
reach the pole. He said he may not
disclose the proofs for six months.
Wednesday.
Fourteen national banks II Chica-
go reported S4O2,SO3, 900 deposits.
Government crop report for Septem-
drought reduced the corn crop prom
Use by 33S,OO0,O00 bushels; spring
wheat, oats and hay also show losses.
DR.. George A. Fritch of Detroit was
arrested ON suspicion in connection
with the death of Mabel Millnan of
Ann Arbor, whose dismembered body
was found in Ecorse creek, near De-
troit.
Thursday.
A prominent Washington CORE
spondent writes that President Taft
will attack the wooden schedule in the
new tariff law in his western speech
eS.
dward Henry Hartman, Napoleon
oil the railroad world, died at his
home in Arden, N. Y, surrounded by
r1fI &c 20 lu
of his demise is mystery.
Tabulation of the gain and loss ex-
hibits for 1908 of sixty leading life in
surance companies showed gains of
$34 100000 from excess interest earn
ings, an increase of 100000 over
1907.
Friday.
The Democrats of New York State
have united on a new declaration of
principles and ask many reforms
Twice as much corn was exported
from the United States in August as
for the corresponding month of 1908.
Commander Peary again wired that
Cook is an impostor. The captain of
Peary took Cooks stores.
The power of E. H. Hartman was
shown after his death when financiers,
knowing the stability of the properties
he upbuilt, advanced the prices of
stocks.
DR.. OK, cheered by thousands.
sailed a Copenhagen on the first
stage of his trip to New York, where
he viii arrive Sept 81. He seems
confident of victory in his controversy
with Peary.
Saturday.
Mrs. Jane Perrin, leader in the social
circles of Eastern cities. ended her
life in London.
Commander Peary officially notified
the government that he has taken
possession of the pole"
The attorney generals office advised
the Governors of New York and Penn
sylvania to prosecute the charges of
strike peonage.
The courts decree giving equal Gus
tody of the Frank ]. Gould children
to husband and wife six months in
year may cause odd complications.
Explorer Cook. en- route home from
Denmark. was given an ovation at
Christiansand, Norway. The King or
dered the fort to fire a salute in his
honor.
NUBBINS OF NEWS.
NO able bodied man in New York