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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
NEW YORK.

Despite Irregularities IN crop and
weather conditions, midsummer influ-
ences in trade and industry and con-
servatism in placing orders ahead,
business is of fairly good volume for
the season of the year and shows a
perceptibly steady advance toward nor
NAL proportions. In retail trade clear
ance sales are universal, but there are
numerous reports that reduced pur-
chasing power offsets the stimulus of
fered by this means of inducing buy
ing. Wholesale trade for immediate
delivery and jobbing business in sum
mer goods is of light volume. Fall
trade reports are still relatively the
best of any branch. Still, there are
reports of quiet in the Southwest, and
Chicago seems to be the most active
market in the country, with the North
west coming next as regards favorable
reports.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with July
Is were 206, against 1872 last week,
215 in the like week of 1908, 1T in
1907, IS in 1905 and 165 in 1906. Ca
madam failures for the week number
Sc, as compared with q last week and
2S the corresponding week of 1908
Bradstreet's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
BIG ARMY ON STRIKE
| AS INDUSTRY REEVES
Twenty to Thirty Thousand Men
in Pittsburg District Quit Work
as Resumption Comes.
MINE AND MILL ARE CRIPPLED
Disorders at McKee's Rocks Quelled
by State Police After Thirty
Men Are Injured.

Between $4,000 and 10000 workmen
coal miners, tin and sheet plate
workers and members of various steel
crafts-are on strike in western Penn
sylvania, eastern Ohio and West Vir-
ginia A majority of the idle men are
in the Pittsburg district. Except the
strike at the plant of the Pressed Steel
Car Company at McKee's Rock, where
rioting resulted in the shooting and
beating of thirty persons, the strikes
are orderly.
The conflict between capital and la
Dor in the Pittsburg district is unique,
turning prosperity. Assumptions have
been ordered in all trades, and men
who have been without work for many
months are being afforded employ
ment On the other hand is the pres
ent unrest of the workmen. Solutions
of the causes leading up to the strikes
are varied. In several instances the
men claim that their employers, TAX
L
ed idleness, are offering them low
wages for their work The officials as
sert conditions do not warrant higher
remuneration at this time. Other
grievances are the alleged violation of
the eight-houd workday, recognition of
organized labor, controversy over
the use of so-called safety" powder
for coal mine blasting and better
working conditions generally. In the
strike of the United Mine Workers
against the Pittsburg Coal Company
over $4,000 miners employed in the
mines in the Pittsburg district are
out. The men claim various violations
of their working agreement
Steel workers, unorganized, to the
number of about $500, are in conflict
with the Pressed Steel Car Company.
The men say the wages paid are too
low. Rioting and bloodshed has re-
suited during this strike, and further
trouble is feared. The Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers is engaged in strike
against the American Sheet and Tin
Plate Company, a subsidiary of the
United States Steel Corporation. Over
1000 men, it is estimated, are out.
The trouble is over the "open-shop'
policy recently declared by the COM
pany. Three thousand members of the
Tin Plate Workers Association en-
ployed by the American Sheet and Tin
Plate Company at New Castle quit
work to-day. The wage scale expires
at midnight and the men will join the
strike of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton. 1t is said that the tin plate
workers strike will affect plants in
different portions of the country, add
ing from 5000 to 10000 to the ranks
of the strikers. The trouble is spread
ing to the Independent sheet and tin
plate plants, and from present indica-
tons there is apparently no hope or
effort toward an adjustment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
BREAK COL. SMELLS WILL.
Jurors for Second Time Set Aside
Last Testament of millionaire.

The third contest over the will of
Col Thomas Smell, of Clinton, III,
the eccentric old man who died leav-
ing an estate of 100000 and cutting
his only son off with an annuity of
$50, was ended Friday when Jury
decided that Col Smell was insane at
the time he made the will. This de-
cisfon sets aside the bequest of sew
eral thousand dollars to Mabelle Smell
Mcnamara, the aged colonels affinity.
The jury was out little more than
an hour and took but one ballot, which
resulted eleven to one for the contest
ing son, Richard Smell. The dissent
ing juror changed his vote without the
formality of second ballot.
The first trial of the contest result
ed in verdict that Col. Smell was
insane, but higher court set aside
the verdict and remanded the case for
another trial If the will had stood
the legal heirs would have received,
all told, annuities aggregating $4,000,
and not exceeding $1,000 in any sin
gle case, while the residue of the for
tune would have been held in a weird
trust agreement for heirs yet unborn.
On the date set for final distribu-
ton, in the terms of the will, the es-
tate would have grown probably to
$100,000,000 ne
The Smell will case will go down in
American court annals as furnishing
one of the most amazing instances of
the depths to which women have de-
scended to gain money. The most
sensational feature of all three hear
ings of the case was the introduction
of letters from nearly score of wo-
men, young and old, all of whom pro-
fessed to love the aged millionaire
madly. To cater to a degenerate ten
dency which appeared to be one of
Col. SHELLS senile vagaries, the women
interlarded their letters with imprint
able obscenities. The more vulgar the
tone of the letters the better pleased
the old man appeared to be, and it
was found when the letters were ex-
posed that he had formed the habit
of marking them with his impressions.
Scarcely letter was written to the
doting old man by any of the women
which did not demand gifts and
money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
SEVEN KILLED AND "a HURT.
Hundreds of Pedestrians Have Mar
row Escapes When Building Falls

Hundreds of Pedestrians Have Mar
row Escapes When Building Falls.
In one of the busiest sections of
Philadelphia and at a time when thou
sands of pedestrians were passing, the
five-story brick building at the north
east corner of 18th and Market streets,
which was being reconstructed for the
United Gas Improvement Company,
collapsed with terrific roar early
Thursday afternoon, burying or pin
ming beneath the ruins thirty-two per-
sons, seven of whom are dead, one
missing, one fatally injured and TWEEN
ty-four more or less seriously injured.
Those killed were workmen employed
by Sax & Abbott, contractors. The two
lower floors of the building had been
torn out and the three floors were
shored up by heavy timbers. Steel
Orders were bracing the snoring. 1t
is supposed that by moving one of the
Orders the entire structure was loos-
ened
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
CURRENT NEWS NOTES.

During the fiscal year ended June
80, 1909. 27S.Ss4.41S pounds of coffee
were imported, according to customs
report at New Orleans.
Col. S. Ivomik. of the Russian army,
was shot and killed at Nikolskoye,
Siberia. for rebuking two soldiers who
failed to salute him properly.
The body of an unknown woman.
who Ii is believed was murdered, was
found in the hallway of a tenement
house in East 18th street. New York
City.
Harry Bands. Pittsburg policeman.
is in a serious condition as a result
of being stabbed with hatpin by a
neg sss-
Philippe H. Roy, former speaker of
the legislature of Quebec. and presi-
dent of the Bank of ST. John. was
found glilty by jury of classifying
returns on the banks condition.
Mulai FL Kebir. younger brother of
Sultan Mulai Hafid. has been pro-
claimed Sultan of Morocco by the
tribes among whom he has been q
refugee for many months. according
II dispatches from Tangier and Fec.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
DON CARLOS, PRETENDER, DEAD.
Was Claimant for Throne of Spain
Followers to Recognize Alfonso.

Was Claimant for Throne of Spain
Followers to Recognize Alfonso.
Don Carlos of Bourbon, who waged
war for the throne of Spain, to
which he claimed the right of success.
sion, died Sunday at Varese, in LON
hardy, Italy, following long illness.
Don Carlos of the house of Bourbon
had a strong following in the north
of Spain, where he took up arms in
1872 to enforce his claims. He then
assumed the title of Charles VIII. and
chung to his position until 1876, when
he was conquered by the forces of
Alfonso XII, who had been proclaimed
king at Madrid. Following his de-
feat, the pretender withdrew to
France, where, as the senior male heir
of the Bourbon house, he had a right
to the throne in the event of the
restoration of the monarchy. His heir
is his son, Don Jaime, now an officer in
the Russian army.
Carlos pretensions to the Spanish
throne were based on the ground that
Isabelle, daughter of Ferdinand VII.
wao was Don Carlos granduncle, and
Christina, mother of Alfonso XII, ow.
ing to the Salic law, were debarred
from succession. A recent report in
Spain, when it became known that
Carlos was desperately ill, was to the
effect that his followers would recog.
nize King Alfonso upon Carlos death.
Senior Llorens, Carlist deputy, said
that when Carlos died his supporters
would organize the religious element
of the party into a Catholic party SIM
liar to the German Centrists in the
Reichstag.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
.N%RE96f%j0zs1/

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to 1882; sheep, fair to choice, $4.25
to $40; wheat, No. 2, $125 to S1.30;
corn, No. 2, Tic to nc; oats, standard,
SOC to sic; rye, No. 2, sic to SIC; hay,
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $14.0G; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to 26c; eggs, fresh, tic to 21c; pota-
toes, new, per bushel 65c to SIC.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $780, hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 10 $50; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 TO s615; wheat, No. 2, $130 to
$1.33; corn, No. 2 white, 74c to 75c:
oats, No. 3 white, 53c to SAC.
St Louis-Cattle, $500 to s715;
hogs, $500 to 1926; sheep, $500 to
$40; wheat, No 2, s1.27 to $1.30;
corn, No 2, nc to 74c; oats, No 2, 55c
to SEC; rye, No. 2, soc to SIC.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs,
$40G to $50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat No. 2. $1.3O to s1.4O; corn, No.
2 yellow, 74c to 75c; oats, No white,
53c to sac; rye. No. /, SIC to SIC.
Wheat, No 2 northern,
$1.31 to $1.35; corn, No. 3, 66c to 69c;
oats, standard, 55c to SEC; rye, No. /,
79c to SIC; barley, standard, roc to
72c; pork, mess, 1885
Buffalo - Cattle, choice shipping
steers, $500 to $500; hogs, fair to
choice, $500 to $500; sheep, common
to god mixed, $500 to $3.50; lambs,
fair to choice, $500 to 1870.
Wheat, No. mixed. s1.3S
to s1.40; corn, No. mixed, Tic to
72c; oats, No. 2 mixed, sic to 53c;
rye. No. 2. Sic to S3c; clover seed,
$685..
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 to 1925;
hogs, $500 to 1886; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, s1.30 to $1.35;
corn, No. mixed, re to 75c; oats,
No mixed, SIC to sac; rye, No. 2.
SAC to SEC.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $780,
hogs, $3.50 to $40; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. red, s1.40 to SLAP;
corn, No. 2, nc to roc; oats. natural
white, SIC to 5sc; butter, creamery,
21c to 23c; eggs, western. lie to
&c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
BARES BLACK HAND CKIME.
Youth Of 10 Confesses He Killed
Rich Grocer.

Rich Grocer.
Tony Baffa, an 18-year-old Italian
boy who has been in this country only
three years, has confessed in the coun-
ty Jail, in Chicago, the murder of
Giuseppe Fillipelli, a grocer at 1877
Greenwood avenue, that city, at the
same time laying bare for what is per-
haps the first time in criminal his
tory the inner workings of those Ital-
ian societies, known collectively as
''The Black Hand" whose business is
murder, mayhem, kidnapping and ex-
tortion.
The organization to which young
Baffa belonged was called by its mem
bers the "Loguisto,' an ironical trans
lntion of which is "The Society of JUS
tice." Its other members, according
to Baffa's confession, were Antonio
Nude, Rafaelo Nude and Pasquale
Nude, three brothers; Joseph or Giu-
seppe Caro- and a man called Ernesto,
whose surname Baffo does not know.
All of the men are laborers. Their
purpose in banding together, Baffa
says, was extortion by means of
BLACK Hand" letters, and there was
no crime they were not willing to
commit to accomplish their ends.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
RICH WOMAN A sMUGGLERp

Indictment Returned Against Mrs.
Fremont B. Chesbrough..
An indictment for smuggling was
handed down by the federal grand jury
in New York against Mrs. Fremont B.
Chesbrough of Detroit, owner of the
Chesbrough coastwise line of steamers
running out of Boston. The true bill
was due to the discovery of a double
bottom in one of the trunks which
Mrs Chesbrough brought to this coun-
try with her on the Kaiser Wilhelm
H. last May. Wearing apparel APP
praised at several thousand dollars
was found in this hidden compartment
A $4,000 necklace was turned over
to the customs officials by Mrs. Ches-
brough's attorney. The woman is ill
in a sanitarium.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
sAFE-cRAcKERs ROB PosToFFIcE
HuntIey, Ill.,, Strong Box Looted of
$500 I'm Cash and Stamps.

HuntIey, Ill.,, Strong Box Looted of
$500 in Cash and Stamps.
Safe-crackers blew open the safe of
the postoffice at Huntley, Ill.,. on the
Northwestern railroad, some time in
the night and escaped with about $500
in money and stamps. The robbery
was a daring one, the interior of the
store being wrecked by the force of
the explosion. Postmaster e. H. Cook,
of Huntley, was the first to discover
the theft when he went to his drug
store in the morning. The postottice
was located in the back of the store
and the robbers had been thorough in
their work of footing. No one, appa-
rently, heard the sound of the explo-
sion and the men worked with little
fear of discovery. The robbers stole
horse from the barn of John Kelly
and drove about three miles east,
where they tied the animal. No further
trace of them was found.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
CLERK IS $4,000 THIEF.
Clayton T. Zimmerman, Jr., 90 Years
Old, Clears Up Mystery.


Old, Clears Up Mystery.
Clayton T. Zimmerman, Jr., clerk
on salary of sos month in the
'outmoney" Office of the Adams Ex-
press Company, in Chicago, was ar
rested Monday for the theft of the
package of $4,000 in currency which
disappeared mysteriously the previous
Tuesday, battling score of detectives.
Zimmerman confessed taking the
money. He is 20 years old.
Handling close to $1,000,000 a day
in the Office of the express company
turned the young mans head, and
when he saw an opportunity to hold
OUT small fortune, he admits, he
secreted the $4,000 package and went
on about his work. Zimmerman plan
ned to keep the money hidden for six
or seven years and then build himself
little home He has a sweetheart
and expected to get married in few
years. The young clerk also intended
to plant" a portion of his fortune"
in small farm or in city real estate,
but he did not figure on using any of
the money until the company had
time to forget its loss" All the money
but S1v was recovered.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
JURY FREES ELLA GINGLES.
Acquitted of Theft, but Verdict De-
clares Stories of Attacks Untrue.


clares Stories of Attacks Untrue.
I'VE, the jury, find the defendant,
Ella Gingles. not guilty. We further
find the charges made against Miss
Agnes Barrette to be unfounded and
untrue With the foregoing double
tipped verdict the jury in Judge Bren-
tano's court in Chicago wound up the
famous Gingles case-the case of COM
mon larceny which swelled into one of
the greatest psychological puzzles in
legal annals and made regulations
tremble with weird charges of white
slavery and amazing stories of psy-
chopathic nature.
The verdict at once was release
for the girl from the charge of steal
ing lace and a vindication of the po-
sitlon taken by the State, which was
that Ella Gingles lied in her terrible
story of mistreatment at the hands
OF Miss Barrette. her accuser, and
Miss Barrette's associate. The deci-
sion was reached after seven hours
OF deliberation, during which FIVE bal
lots were taken, the first being eight
10 four for acquittal. From the time
of entering the jury room the jurors
were agreed that the story told by
the girl against Miss Barrette was I'M
true.
The point upon which the four
jurors who at first stood out for con-
viction turned in their voting was
a doubt as to whether Ella Gingles
really stole two pieces of lace valued
at not more than $50 which Miss
Agnes Barrette said the girl took from
her Irish lace store in the Wellington
Hotel. The decision resulted in attor-
neys for both sides rejoicing in the
fruits of victory-a situation novel in
any court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
LAND FILING IN WASHINGTON.
100000 Applications Expected for 3

100000 Applications Expected for 3
Indian Reservations in West.
Twenty-Five thousand men and wom-
en- are expected to file applications for
lands in the Occur d'Alene, Spokane
and Flathead Indian reservations. In
Spokane alone 1000 applications are
expected, while the list at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, may exceed that num-
Der. 1t is estimated that 100000 men
and women will file for lands, many
applying for all three reservations,
making a grand total of 100000 appli-
cations by August 5. From $4,000 to
10000 applications from veteran SOL
diers and sailors are expected. 1t is
believed that one applicant in fifteen
viii be able to secure a homestead
worth taking up.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
JEFF DAVIS DAUGHTER DIES.
Mrs. Hayes Last of President of
Confederacy's Family.

Mrs. Hayes Last of President of
Confederacy's Family.
Mrs. j. Addison Hayes, "a years old,
daughter of the late Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederacy, died
Sunday at her home in Colorado
Springs after an illness of six months.
Her husband was president of the
First National Bank there. mrs.
Hayes. the last of the family of the
President of the Confederacy, after the
death of her sister, Miss Winnie Davis,
made a trip south few years ago.
when she was made ''the daughter of
the Confederacy" in her sisters stead
Her mother. widow of the Southern
President, died in New York about
two years ago. Mrs. Hayes is survived
by two sons. Jefferson Hayes Davis
and William Hayes. and two daugh-
tiers. Lucy and Mrs. Virginia Webb,
wife of DIR. Gerald B. Webb. Jefferson
Hayes Davis bears the name of his
grandfather through special act Of
the Legislature.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
worker. Summing Hawaii.

Officials of the Department Of Com
merce and Labor have reached the
conviction that the unemployed are
not so anxious TO work that they win
endure conditions Of labor in the plan
tations of Hawaii. This appears to be
borne out by the report Of territorial
commission which has been visiting
our larger cities in an effort TO engage
farm laborers. Finally a band of men,
willing to accept the jobs was got to-
gether in New York and put aboard n
train for San Francisco. but when the
train got there only three OF the re-
cruits was on It
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
SCION OF RoTHscHILDs DEAD.

Reported to Have Killed Himself
Because of Love Affair.
Baron Oskar Rothschild, the young
est son of Albert Rothschild, head of
the Austrian branch of the Rothschild
house, died suddenly in Vienna. 1t
was reported that he committed sui
eide because of an unfortunate love
affair. Baron Oskar was II years old.
He returned to Vienna two days ago
after eight months spent in travel.
during which he visited the United
States. The Rothschild family deny
that the baron committed suicide.
They say his death was caused by
apoplexy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
rro.en in own Ice Prant.

Frozen to death in his own ice plant
was the fate of Morris Grosh, 48 years
old, OF Lockland, Ohio. Grosh had
been working outside his plant and the
heat, which was over 100 degrees. be-
came unbearabIe. He walked into a
cold storage-room. The sudden change
in temperature was too great shock.
He fell TO the floor OF the room and
was found dead two hours later.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
SCORES See Girl. Dror

Jennie Hagelin. 81 years old. and
Bessie Christensen. % years old. were
drowned in the Mississippi River at
Minneapolis. Scores Of people saw
them drown and also saw Emil Sim
iars swim. fully dressed, TO the middle
Of the river and save Elizabeth Hage-
IN. Is years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
G9NsM1ERClAl
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SSA - AND sjs<la
CHICAGO.

The usual indices of trade activity
continue to reflect accommodating
strength and better disposition toward
Increasing active capacity in manufac-
lures. Weather conditions favor the
growing crops and marketings of farm
products are well sustained. those of
live stock showing considerable in
crease. The markets for breadstuffs
remain quiet, but packing is more ex-
tended, and there is good absorption
of provisions for both domestic and
export consumption. High tempera-
lures stimulated demand for season
able needs in the leading retail lines
and there is ample reduction of mer-
chandise stocks here and at interior
points.
Wholesale trade in the principal sta
pies promises to show expansion. Buy
ers come forward in large numbers,
and the demand is strong in textiles,
clothing. footwear. fod products and
furniture. Compared with this time
last year, there is larger forwarding
OF goods to country stores, while cur
rent bookings indicate gain in deliver
les to be made of fall and winter
lines. High prices and reasonable as
surance of great crops make remark
ably prosperous position in agricul-
ture, and this encourages more effort
In the distribution of finished prod
ucts and farm needs.
Bank elearings, $3.50 ,2S6,S2S exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1908 by 14.7 per cent and compare
with $24S, Asa, $50 in 1907.
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number 20. against 20 last week,
30 in 1908 and 21 in 1907. Those with
liabilities over $4,000 number IL,
against last week, 10 in 1908 and 5
in 1907."-Dun's Weekly Review of
Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

J. H. Wilson, manager of the mems
department OF the Minnesota State
free employment bureau. states that
there are more men from Eastern
States looking for work at this time
than there have ever been during any
previous year. Most OF them are farm
ers and Mr.. Wilson is sending about
seventy FIVE a week to farms in Min
nesota, North and South Dakota ana
Wisconsin for general work.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

The striking miners in the Kansas
district TO the number OF 5000 we're or
dered back 10 work by President Lew
il of the United Mine Workers of
America. pending the outcome Of
conference between the managers and
the union, requested by the former.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Message to show Filinr Time.

The Postal Telegraph Company has
begun sending the filing time on mes
sages filed without charging the send
err 1t was compelled to do so by de-
cision of the Court of Appeals in
Baltimore
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27

1t is expected that the opening OF
the Western reservations at Flathead,
Couer dAlene and Spokane will cause
a great Western rush Of settlers. Much
interest is being shown in this matter.
and the W>tern railroads anticipate
being taxed TO the utmost to care for
the traffic.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-07-27
Bl..t wound. seven soldier,

The explosion of hundred pounds
of powder in the barracks of Battery
A at Fort Russell, Wyo., injured seven
soldiers. three fatally, and destroyed
the building. The injured men were
preparing blank ammunition at the
time Of the explosion. the cause of
which IS unknown.