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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $780, hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to $685.; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, $109 to $110;
corn No. 2, 60c to Gle; oats, standard,
49c to soc; rye, No 2, Toe to 76c; hey.
timothy. $500 to $1,000; prairie, $500
to $11.50; butter, choice creamery. 25c
to 28c; eggs, fresh, &c to Bic: potatoes,
per bushel, zoe to SIC.
Indianapolis-Ca Cattle shipping, $500
to 500; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500; sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to $500; wheat, No. 2, $109 to
$1.10; corn, No. 2 white, 60c to Gle;
oats, No. . white, Acc to Ole.
st. Louis--Cattle. $3.50 to $40; hogs.
$500 to $6.75 sheep, $500 20 $500.
wheat. No. 2, S1.16 to SLY; corn, so. 9,
60c to Gle; oats, No. ., SOC to ole. rye,
No. ., 76c to nc.
Cincinnati--Catte, 800 to 1925
hogs, $4C0 to $500 sheep. $500 to
-5.25; wheat, No. 2, S1.14 to $1.15; corn.
No. 2 mixed 63c to 64c; oats, No. 2
mixed, sic to 53c; rye, No. 2. soc to Sic.
Detroit--Cattle, $500 to 1926; hogs,
$500 TO S6.40; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat. No. 2, S1.09 to Sill; corn, No. 3
yellow, CSC to 64c; oats, No. 3 white,
53c to sac; rye, No. 2, Use to Zoe.
Milwaukee-W Wheat, No. northern,
S1.0S to SLIP; corn, No. 3, Gle to 63c;
oats. standard. 51c to 53c; rye. No. /.
75c to 76c barley, No. /, 65c to 66e;
pork, mess. $3.50.
Bufalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers
$500 to 500; hogs, fair to choice. $40e
to 500; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to $40 lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $3.50
New York-Cattle. 800 TO $500:
hogs. $3.50 to $700; sheep $500 tc
$500; wheat, No 2 red S1.10 to SLIP;
corn. No. .. 67c to 69c; oats. natural
white 55c TO sic; butter, creamery. PC
to Bic; eggs, western, zoe to 33c
Tole9o--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, SlO9 to
Sill; corn. No. mixed, Gle to G3c;
oats. No mixed, J0c to 52c; rye, No.
Q. re to 79c clover seed, $3.50.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
MISSING IN oRPHANAGE FIRE.
Haskell Memorial Home Consumed
Young Lad "A Hero,


The Haskell Memorial Home, three
and a half story brick orphsnage located
on the western boundary of Battle Creek,
Mich, was destroyed by fire early Friday.
Three of the thirty-seven little inmates
were missing when the roll was counted
in a cottage on the orphanage grounds
after the fire. The missing: McFerney,
Lena, IA years old Quotent, Cecil, IS
years old Goodenow, George, years old.
In the panic that followed when the chii-
dren were awakened by the first alarm
seven little girls jumped from a third
story window, but it is not thought that
any of them were fatally hurt, though
Ruth Rolf, II years old, was seriously in
jured in the back. James Armstrong. II
years old, made a hero of himself by
standing on a shed under the window
from which the girls had to jump, direct
ing them how to make their fall as easy
as possible and actually catching two of
the smaller girls in his arms. Mrs. r,
$. Owen. who, with her husband, was in
charge of the institution, fought her way
down the main stairway while it was a
mass of flames, carrying a 6-weeks-old
baby in her arms and with two small chill
dren clinging to her skirts. The fire
started in the north wing, and spread
rapidly through the entire structure. The
properly loss will be smout $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
POLITICS RULES IN
NOTED MURDER TRIAL
Tennessee in Bitter Fight Over
Staying of Senator Edward
w. Carmack.
BRINGS STATE PROHIBITION.
Factions Line Up on Guilt of the
Accused Men and Battle Will
Be to the Finish.

"Our State is passing through the
have fallen into the habit of 0istrust,
suspicion and accusation" These words,
uttered feelingly by Governor NJ R.
Patterson of Tennessee in his second
inaugural address, had reference to the
trial Of Colonel Duncan NJ. Cooper.
Robin Cooper and John Sharp, former
sheriff, who are charged with the muir
der of Edward w. Carmack, who repre-
sented his State six years in the Uni
ted States Senate The sentiment
echoed back from every part of the
State, and more than ever it focused
the mind and the thought of Tennessee
on the stirring drama that HIS been
going on at Nashville. The trial Is
more than a battle for the forfeit or
saving of life. In the background is
great political play, wherein the char
acters clash and tense feelings ere at
odds. What the end may be nobody
knows, but into the words of Governor
Patterson here quoted are read Eot only
a statement of fact, but a prophecy
each watcher of the play his own
prophet
BY common consent it is agreed that
Statewide prohibition would not have
been brought about at this time If Car
mack, its most conspicuous champion.
had lot fallen victim to the bullets of
a man who had opposed him and his
cause. 1t was the Staying of Carmack
that brought this unexpected climax 10
the bitterest fight the State lad ever
known. On Jan. IL the Senate passed
by 20 to Is bill prohibiting the sale
of liquor within four miles of any
schoolhouse in the State. The next day
the Fouse Endorsed the same bill, 60 to
&c. Governor Patterson vetoed the bill
and, with more posltiveness tLan be-
fore, each house voted to place it on
the statute books where it stands to-
day, effective July l next. Governor
Patterson gave as his reason Tor blue
penciling the measure that it was hos
tile to the doctrine of self-government,
that it set aside the recorded will of
the people, that it would destroy prop
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
CHICAGO.

Sustained gains IN the volume of
payments through the banks and in the
larger use of money indicate that fur
Their progress is made in commerce. The
record of trading defaults again is sat
isfactory. Chicago steam roads furnish
exhibits OF earnings showing a closer
return 10 former high gross, and the
steady decrease In idle cars testities TO
returning prosperity for he transpor-
tatfon interests. The planning and
financing of new projects involving
heavy construction are pushed towar1
early initiation, and the outlook is good
for increasing employment of machin-
cry and labor. Unfavorable weather
has interfcred with outdoor work. and
retail trade fell short of a normal az
gregate. but larger outputs appear in
iron, steel and wood working
Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number twenty-seven. against thir-
ty-tive last week. thirty-two in 1908 and
TWENTY-FIVE in 1907. Those with liabili-
ties OF more than 5000 number five.
ssainst seven last week, six in 1908
and seven in 190T.-Dm's Weekly Re
view.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
ROOSEVELT vEToEs CENSUS ELL
Sends Message Urging Appointment
by Competitive Examination.

The President sent a special message
to the House Friday vetoing the census
bill. The message said in part:
II herewith return without approval
II. r. 1864, entitled An Act to Pro-
vide for the Thirteenth and Subsequent
Decennial Censuses. l do this with ex-
IRENE reluctance, because l fully real
ize the Importance of supplying the di-
rector of the census at as early date as
possible with the force necessary to the
carrying on of his work. But it is of
high consequence to the country that
the statistical work of the census shall
be conducted with entire accuracy. This
is as important from the standpoint of
business and industry as from the sci
entific standpoint. 1t is therefore, in
my Judgment, essential that the result
should not be open to the suspicion of
bias on political and personal grounds;
that 1T should not be open to the rea-
sonable suspicion of being a waste of
the peoples money and q fraud.
Section of the act provides in eff
feet that appointments to the census
shall be under the spoils system, for
this is the real meaning of the proyis-
ion that they shall be subject only to
examination. The pro-
viso is added that they shall be selected
without regard to political party affil-
iation. But there is only one way to
guarantee that they shall be selected
without regard to politics and on mer-
it, and that is by choosing them after
competitive examination from the lists
of eligibles provided by the Civil Ser
vice Commission"
There is unquestionably large and
influential sentiment in favor of pass
ing the bill over the Presidents veto.
If the veto were overridden the, bill
would, of course, remain as it is and
appointments outside of civil service
rules would stand, which would be a
very grateful condition to many men,
bers of Congress, who believe in as
many personal appointments as pos
sible.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
TAFT PRAISES CANAL WORK.
Organization, Progress and Spirit Of
Employees Are Satisfactory.

PresiGent-elect William H. Taft and
party left Colon Sunday evening on
board the United States cruiser North
Carolina for New Orleans. accompanied
by the cruiser Montana. Just previous
TO embarking Mr. Taft gave out the
following:
Il am not prepared now to make
statement as to the results OF the trip
to the isthmus, except TO say that we
have found the work progressing in
most satisfactory way; the organiza-
ton better than ever before: the esprit
de corps excellent, and the determiina-
ton Of all. even the humblest laborer.
directed TO the building of the canal.
am sure this has Impressed itself upon
every one of the board of visiting en-
gineers as it has upon me. With ref
erence to the type of the canal and the
continuance of the present plan, the
engineers promise that they will be
able to hand me their report by the
time we land at New Orleans"
Mr.. Taft and party reached Colon
from Panama at 5 10 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Governor Melendez and
large gathering of the Panama Rail-
road and the isthmian canal commits
sion employees were present at the dock
TO bid the President-elect farewell.
Lieutenant Colonel Cocktails, chief engi-
neer of the canal, accompanied Mr.. Taft
on the North Carolina. He will pro-
cecd to Washington to discuss the MAJ
ter of appropriations necessary for the
completion of the work. As the tug
which transferred the visitors to the
cruiser moved away the crowds cheered
Justify Mr.. Taft, looking the picture
of health, bowed and called out laugh
ing, Keep your eye on that subterra-
mean lake at Gatun.'
During his visit. which lasted ten
days, Mr.. Taft. accompanied on many
occasions by the special engineers who
came to the isthmus with him, visited
every section of the canal. His intlu-
ence was eXerted also in bringing about
better feeling between various fac
tons that have been opposing each 9th
er since the last election.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
GOVERNOR INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Haskell of Oklahoma Charged with
Conspiracy to Get Indian Lots.

conspiracy to Get Andlan Lots'
Governor Charles n. Haskell of Ok
lahoma was indicted by the Federal
grand jury, which reported Wednesday
afternoon, for conspiracy in connection
with the scheduling of Muskogee town
site lots. The maximum penalty is
$4,000 fine and two years in the peni-
tertiary.
Six other men. prominent in the af-
fairs of Oklahoma, were indicted nj
the same tire. They were C. w. Tur-
ner, A. u. English. +. B. Sewers, W. X.
Eaton, w. T. Hutchings, and j. w.
Hill. all of MuskOgee. English Is now
at Los Angeles, Cal. Bond in each
case was fixed ut 5000.
The indictments were returned under
Section $40 of the Federal Statutes
which reads as follows: IF two or
more persons conspire either to com
nit any offense against the United
States or TO defraud the United States
in any manner and for any purpose,
and one or more Of such parties do
any act to affect the object Of the con-
spiracy, all the parties TO such conspir-
acy shall be liable to a penalty of not
more than $4,000 fine or to imprison-
ment not to exceed two years or to
both fine and Imprisonment, at the dis
erection of the court."
The men will be brought to trial i'm
mediately, their case being heard be-
fore Judge Campbell at this term OF
court.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
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In basket ball game the University
of Chicago won from the Iowa Univer-
sity by a score of % to 10.
At Glasgow the Canadian curriers' de-
fcated the Glasgow province players Ia
a twelve-rink match at Cress Myloff. The
score was 219 to 152.
Mason City. Iowa, will have horse rae
ing next season. A number of the lovers
of harness horses got together and guar
anteed purse of 5000 for races.
The Milwaukee club is negotiating with
st. Paul, and it is practically settled that
Jack Flynn. who played field and first
base for the Brewers last year, will come
TO St. Paul.
Once again is George Slosson the cham
pion 1871 billiardist of the world The
old master defeated George Sutton 500 to
32S and for the tenth time in i4is life
holds a worlds title.
Jimmie Potts, of Minneapolis. defeated
Percy Ballard. of Grand Forks, in a
wrestling match at the latter place He
took the first and last falls in % and II
minutes. Ballard got the second fall in
171A minutes.
Oscar Gunderson. of Chippewa Falls,
Stabilized new American ski jumping
record by making 125 feet. which is theee
feet better than the previous record Gun
derson also made one jump of 126 feet.
but failed TO stand up when be landed.
Jack Barry, outfielder, with New York
and St Louis National League base bali
teams last year, has been purchased by
the Milwaukee American Association
team.
W. H. Lyon. With McCarth- up. ma.ie
new track record for fye-eighths of a
allie at the ThunderboIt track. Sasan-
rsh. Ga. He did the distan,e in
.03 30.
At Grand Junction. Tenn Manitoba
Rap. a pointer. the property Of Thomas
johnson. of Winnipeg. Man was de-
elared the winner of the championship
stakes of the United States field trials.
the national championship Of the year.
Ii is now practically assured .hat s..
Paul Is TO witness the only Marathon
race run in the Middle West. The Roose-
velt Club has secured an option on the
services of Dorando Pietri. the famous
Italian runner. and he viii appear in st
Paul in race against Corey Longboat
or Shrubb.
High-class sIgsss harness holsca Ter rae
ing purposes and Development aga
scarce article this winter \ gisl- IL -..o
Kentucky Horse Breeders Association
track viii show that there re- no1 -
many horses in training there ncw as
there usually are at this seaso-. aa.l tae
trainers, as a unit, complain lhs. cool
horses are scarce
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

erty. impair State revenues. Increase
the burdens of taxation and undermine
the public morals by making tae people
evasive, deceitful and hypocritical. An
swering this attitude. the Legislature
promptly put a clincher on the cause of
prohibition by passing a bill forbidding
the manufacture of intoxicantS in the
State after the 1st of next January.
The State Anti-Saloon League held
its convention almost within stones
throw of the court house. Speakers
there laid stress on the "martyrdom of
Senator Carmack." Attorney General
Jefferson McCarn. representing the
State. has indicated he does not wish
and will not have on the jury, if h.
can avoid it. any man addicted to the
use of intoxicants unduly.
The trial OF the indicted murderers
of Carmack is going to be one of the
most bitterly contested in the history
Of the entire nation. On every hand
there are charges of a packed jury.
Charges. countercharges and afiidavits
few thick during the selection of the
jury. and ii was necessary to bring
hundreds OF talesmen up for examina-
ton before the necessary twelve meE
could be found.
While n large number OF talesmen
have been examined and excused as in
eligible, much of the time has been con-
sumed in passing upon the character
of prospective jurors. especially as re-
Iates to their habits Of drinking or b
stinence Ii will be the endeavor OF
the defense, it is predicted. TO show
that the shooting of Carmack was done
in Self-defense
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
FOURTH GIRL is SLAIN.
Finger Marks of Large Hand Show
How Murders Were Committed.

For the second time within fort
night and the fourth time in little
more than two years, the strangled
body of girl, young and attractive,
was found in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, fin
ger marks about the throat made by n
gigantic hand showing the manner Of
her death.
For the fourth time since the series
of murders began. the police are COM
pietely baffled in their efforts to appre-
bend the murderer, and the women of
Dayton, terrified before. NO longer ven
ture out unescorted even in the day
time. At least two of the murders, all
of which followed atrocious mistreat-
ment, were committed in the broad
light Of day, and in spite of many ar
rests it is known that the slayer still
walks the streets of the city. At any
moment his maniacal lust for blood
may come upon him aagin, and any Of
Dayton's daughters may be his next
victim.
The latest victim was Lizzie Fulhart,
IS years old. Her body was dragged
from a cistern in the rear of vacant
house, but marks on her throat and
body showed the manner of her death.
The young woman, who was very pref
ty, came there on Jan. 20 to look for
employment. and was staying with her
aunt, Mrs. Samuel Deeters. The body
was found by Charles o. Weaver, a
contractor. Around the head was n
burlap bag, ard the indications were
that the girl had been lured into the
unoccupied house and murdered, after
being kept a prisoner no one knows
how long, and that finally her body was
carried to the cistern and hurled in.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

There are 1000 deaf and dumb Jew
ism children in Greater New York, ac-
cording to latest statistics.
Chauncey W. Depew. in New York
declared f. II. Hartman was the biggest
railroad man in the world.
Hawaii has set up a quarantine against
queen bees that are unhealthy. The mails
will bar such consignments.
Representatives of leading independent
steel manufacturers met at PittSburg and
decided TO fight the proposed reduction of
the duty on steel.
Two young women of Dayton. Ohio.
vic were attacked by an unknown man
in that city, defended themselves with
hstpius. They drove eff the assailant
Trinity church Of New York has de-
cided TO abandon the field as a tenement
house landlord and improve its property !:
has created an evangelical department.
headed by the Rev. William Wilkinson.
and has employed publicity agent.
]. Il. Morgan purchased from Miss vir-
cinia Taylor Wise Of Richmond the sword
worn By Gen Washington when he re-
signed his command in 1TS;S Il is under
stood Mr.. Morgan viii preSens The relic
10 the Mount Vernon Association.
At the Burns dinner in New York An
drew Carnegie paid & tribute 10 the mem
orv of the poet. saying he was one Of
The most extraordinary beings ever born.
Representative james +. Watson Of In
diana asked Vice President Fairbanks to
~iye !; consolation dinner 10 the Re
publican members OF the Indiana delesa-
tion who were defeated for reelection.
The lesson committee of the Episcopal
church ut Philadelphia took iSSIe with the
Union of American Hebrew ConSrega.
lions on the assertion ''rhat tbs is not :
Christian country" resolution was
passed protesting against any attempt 4
remove from the statutes references &
..the Lords day or SUNDAY
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
would Fumigate All Laundry

A bill introduced by Assemblyman
Eaumann in New York provides that
Iaundries may receive washing only when
confined in cloth bag properly tied, and
must subject the contents of the bag to
a heating fumigation of not less than 20
degrees for not less than twenty minutes
before emptying the bag.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
BEING TRIED FOR GIRLS MURDER
Woman Is Accused of Causing the
Death of Her Stepdaughter.

A jury was secured in the District
Court in Devils Lake to try Mrs. Mary
Wright on the charge of numbering her
stepdaughter, Beulah, aged 16 years. The
alleged murder occurred on farm near
Deer Rick, N. D., last summer. The
State claims Mrs. Wright strangled the
girl and then smeared carbolic acid on her
lips to make it appear case of suicide.
Mrs. John Beegel testified that she saw
the girls body shortly after her death
and that there were finger marks on the
face and black and blue marks on the
neck On the day before the girl was
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

With the completion of the steel bridge
over the HolSton River at Kingsport.
Tenn. the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
Railway. the new coal carrier. was com
pleted between st. Paul. Va. and Bostic.
y. c. The first coal shipment over this
road viii be carried from the Clinch5eld
properties in Virginia into the Piedmont
section Of North Carolina
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
hundred. Perish i'm boat Fire.

The famous feet of flower boats which
sank in the typhoon of July ana were at
once rebuilt were destroyed by FIRE in
Canton. China. The ferocity of the
flames created panic among the floating
population and prevented the rescue of
life and the salvage OF property More
than go corpses so far have been re
covered. many being mandarins.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
LEWIS ELECTED MINER HEAD.
OffciaI Count Shows John III. Walker
Fell 1920 Behind i'm Votes.

Official Count Shows John III. Walker
Fell 1920 Behind in Votes.
Thomas L. Lewis was reelected presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America over John II. Walker of Illinois
by a majority of 1920, according to the
official report of the national tellers in
Indianapolis. Lewis vote was S3.037,
Walkers 66,IeS. No one received a ma
jority of votes for either Vice President
or Secretary Treasurer The vote for
Vice President follows; D. w. Van Horn,
Indiana, 1896 John Dempsey, Pennsyl-
vania 30.901 Sam Pascoe, Illinois, 81
AIS; E. S. Mccullough, Michigan, 1907 ;
C. T, Gilday, Pennsylvania. GALS: w.
H. McCloskey. Missouri, 6.S23: ]. w.
Murray. Illinois, 18Th. The vote for
Secretary Treasurer was: Edwin Terry,
Iowa, ~. 795; John Fahy, Pennsylvania,
AZ, 359; John W. Hartline, Pennsylvania,
1886: Joseph Pope, Illinois, g. 1913 ;
John Fogg Indiana. 11,945. The conven-
ton will elect a Vice President and Sec
rotary Treasurer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
SUICIDE CALLS WORLD DEBTOR.


Decent Grave Asked by Unidentified
Man to Square Accounts.
1.-THE world, debtor, in account with
Edward Melian, creditor. To one life,
ruined; to carboIic acid, 10 cents; to hell,
one eternity This account may be
squared by giving me a decent grave"
This is all that remains to tell of the
identity of man who died by his own
hand in clearinghouse in Cleveland.
The inscription, written on a torn and
dirty scrap of paper. was found on a
chair in the suicides room. The man
who died was not of the clearinghouse
type He was fairly well dressed. His
thin face was that of a man of refine
ment
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
probe Land Fraud charges.

AT the request Of James X. Garfield.
Secretary Of the Interior. the Seminole
Connty grand jury. directed by Charles
Moore. assistant States attorney general.
began inquiry at Wewoka. Okla into an
alleged violation Of law whereby 200 or
more citizens Of the Seminole nation have
been deprived Of their lands il an alleged
fraudulent manner.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
DR., Veto voted Down.

A new victory for prohibition was won
when the Tennessee State Senate. on the
Governors veto. passed by vote of 20
to II the bill prohibiting the manufac-
ture of intoxicants in Tennessee after
Jan. /. 1910. The house the next day
took the same action and OVERRIDE the
executives disapproval.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16
wants sriIeage Graft Stopped.

Representative Cox (Ind) proposes
that the mileage. at the rate Of 20 cents
a mile, now allowed 10 United States
Senators. Representatives and delegates
in Congress. shall be withdrawn. By
means of bill introduced by him Mr.
Cox desires to have the mileage section
of the statutes repealed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-16

Catulle-Abraham Mendes. the noted
French poet. was found dead in the rail
way tunnel at St. Germain. near Paris.
The cause and circumstances of his death
are yet unknown.