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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17
Horse Eats Rat and Dies.

A big horse, owned by Thomas NJ
Walden of Evansville. swallowed q
large rat and an operation was resort.
ed to in the hope Of saving the life
OF the horse. Blood poisoning devei-
oped and the horse was killed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17

against such furious storms that which
recently swept the city that which the mem
orabe day of Sept g. 1900, caused the death of
than 5000 persons and destroyed property worth
than $17000000 That the latest great assault of
CRY waters did not the loss of single life with
in the city due to the prompness and energy with
which the people of the stricken city in 1901 set to
work to provide effective barrier against another
awful calamity.
The Galveston wall is Of the triumphs of
REINFORCED concrete construction 1t extends along the
citys water front 1883 feet (three and onethird
miles), and It's top is seventeen feet above low
of the gulf 13 feet higher the highest
point reached by the flood that driven the
city by the hurricane of Sept 1900 The wall proper
is five feet thick at the top and sixteen feet thick
its base the front being and the back
1t Is built foundation of piles that driven
fortythree feet into the ground the side
foundation being faced with sheet piles twenyfour
long that provide seamless surface against undermin
ing waters In front of the wall for twenyseven feet
seward massive bed of granite rtprap three
feet thick provide further protection to the founda
ton The wall ITSELF calculated to resist by its weight
the shock of and the hydrosatic pressure
is backed by sand filling extending inland far enough
to provide walk thirteen feet wide next to the
and driveway thirtyeight feet wide The surface of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17

The lumber pliers of the Waschmuth
Lumber Company. of Bayfield,, went
on a strike. completely tying up the
plant, employing 500 men. They de-
mand $3.50 per day of ten hours and
were getting 1925.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17
Use First Military Wireless.

The first military wireless message
Sparta and St Paul Wednesday night
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17
slayer of Neiehbor surrenders.

Ben Barker. after having shot and
fatally wounded Henry Boutin, a
neighbor, at Bayfield,. gave himself up
and requested that he be taken TO the
Washburn jail for protection The
tragedy is believed to be due to
family quarrel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17

Quarreling Is always expensive. but
some people never realize II until they
take the account to court to havs u
tabulateds
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-08-17

CCUPYING the east end of an island some
thirty miles long and from one to three
miles wide. with its original ground sur
face less than five feet above the Gulf of
Mexico. the City of Galveston is provided
by nature with practically no protection
against such furious storms as that which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

have been presented and which he would have refused to sign" From other sources, too came the rumor. that Faure was murdered on account of his attitude toward the Dreyfus case and that Mme Steinheil was the agent of the conspira- tors It was we'll known that other and open attempts had been made at various times to asSassinate Faure.
 Another Paris newspaper, FAmorite, de- clared that Faure had had warnings that his heart was weak, and that he chose to commit suicide rather than to continue ill fear of blackmailers, etc. Other papers claimed that the Stenheil trial was post poned until February 16 of this year, in order that the ten-year statute of limita- tions might then prevent inquiry into the mode of Faure's death.
 Grewsome details, that need not be touched on here, were plentifully given toward substantiating each of the various accounts of the tragedy. The general impression still, in many circles Is that Faure did not die a natural death and that the official reports given out con- corning the affair were untrue But whether the President of the French re- public was lured to the Steinhel house and was there murdered or killed himself because of political or other troubles, or whether in truth his deIth was natural none of these theories may ever be sat- isfactorily proved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
MARRIAGE HAS
 HAPPY SEQUEL

Munich, July 1.-The romantic marriage of Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria, grand daughter of the Prince Regent. had a happy sequel today. Sixteen years ago the princess, a Roman Catholic, chose to marry Protestant lieutenant. Baron Siegfried Auf Buttenheim, who was ban ished and it was ordered that her hus- band should be arrested in case he should return to Bavaria.
 The pair went to Vienna, where the princess pleaded with her grandfather Emperor Francis Joseph. who finally all lowed her husband to enter the Austrian service and gave the princess residence and an allowance
 After the baron had been promoted to the rank of captain he was transferred to the reserves and the couple lived quiet ly in the provinces with their children. The princess dropped her royal title and was known as Baroness Auf Buttenheim They were often visited by the Austrian Emperor. who eventually succeeded in inducing Archduchess Gisela, Princess Elizabeth's mother. to pardon her. At the same time he intervened with the Prince Regent, who has now softened his heart and invited the banished couple to visit the Bavarian court with their children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
NEW WORK FOR BALLOONS.
Constable Makes Ascension to Spy on
 Auto Speeders.
St. Louis Dispatch to the New Yorl

St. Louis Dispatch to the New York
 Times.
 A new field of usefulness for the bal loon was opened up recently by Capt H. E. Honeywell and John Berry, two St. Louis aeronauts, who took a county con- stable aboard their craft that he might scan the county highways and plan his next swoop on automobile scorchers.
 The constable was John Mueller. who has been waging a relentless war on automobile speeders. This afternoon Hon. eywell and Berry made an ascension in Honeywell's balloon, the Dauntless. They sailed over St. Louis at a high altitude, and as they reached the open country they allowed the balloon to float close to the earth, with trail rope hanging over board after the French custom of bal loon tourists
 Mueller had spent the hot afternoon chasing scorchers without getting closer than the gasoline smell. He saw the bal loon and hailed it a blessing Calling several farmers, he grabbed the trail rope and they hauled the craft close to the ground. lie got permission to ride in the car. and scrambled up the rope and into the basket
 Ballast was thrown out and the Daunt- less scared above the tree tops. where the constable could command view of the principal roads used by the autoists as sneedWays While too far away to detect the numbers on the machines, he found that the motorists had been dodging him hv changing their usual routes through the county. Then he descended and con- tinued his labors from the ground
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
FUGITIVE WILL
 RETURN FOR TRIAL

St. Louis, July 1.-According to an Republic this morning. Ellis Wain- wright, millionaire brewer and fugitive from justice since 1902, is to return from Paris, France, and face charge of bribery. The report has 1t that former Governor Joseph w. Folk, who as circuit aattorney obtained Vain wright's indictment, will be hired by the state as a special prosecutor in the case.
 The trial, if 1t takes place, will re- vive the famous poodle crusade which brought Folk into prominence. Vain wright is accused of having signed two joint notes with Henry Nicolaus and Charles H. Turner for s75.0OO and ESQ.,, 900 each. the proceeds of which are alleged to have been used to bribe members of the Legislature to pass a franchise bill for the St. Louis and Suburban Railway company. Nicolaus successfully fought an indictment on this charge and Turner has since died
 Wainwright was in Cairo, Egypt, when a bench warrant was issued for him on Januay 2s, 1902. It was stated then by his friends that he would has ten here to refute the charges. He journeyed as far as Paris and has been there ever since, bribery being one of the crimes for which the extradition treaty with France does not provide.
 As a result of the disclosures in the suburban and other franchise deals 2l tr1., A,.x, indicted in 1902. Several turned state s evidence but eight were sent to the penitentiary, of whom one, Louis Deck CT, Is still in prison.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Lapses of Great Writers.

From Harpers Magazine.
 A work of the imagination is to be judged by its success in its own field and not by its failure in some other field into which its creator has inac- vertently strayed or consciously ill., truded. Were writer to set out to furnish a scientific description of the valley of the Susquehanna, he would Justly draw upon himself contempt and derision were he to represent the flamingo as disporting in its waters or palms adorning it's hillsides. Yet these were contributions made to the flora and fauna of the region by Campbell in his Gertrude of Wyoming. Whatever value we attach to the poem as poetry is not affected in the slightest by his action. As regards this same truth of fact it would also have been better had Kingsley in his Westward Ho re- trained from supplying Virginia with the palm. It would furthermore have been better if Thackeray had not al lowed George Warrington, in narrating his escape from Fort Duquesne in the autumn of the year, to observe that he had fallen in with hunters who were making sugar from the sap Of the maple.
 Lapses of this sort may impart mo- mentary amusement to him who Is aware of the actual truth; but If he has an atom of sense they will not de- tract from either his enjoyment or ap- preciation of the work wherein they are found. It is exactly the same with the linguistic errors into which he falls who with insufficient equipment sets out to tell the story of the past in the language of the past. The mistakes he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
WHITE HOUSE IS
 ID BE REMODELEO RooseveIt'S Tennis Court Will
 Be Cleared Away MANY CHANGES PLANNED Something Over $5o,ooo Will Be Ex- pended This Year for Improve
 ments and for Taft's New
 Office Building.

Washington, July 1.-Destruction of the far-famed White House tennis court, where played the so-called Roosevelt tennis cabinet" to make room for addi- tional working quarters for the executive clerical staff, began today when the ex- cayators marked off the ground for pick and shovel.
 This is the beginning of the renovation of the White House and the further im- provements ordained by President Taft. Only few hours now and the evidences of the normal life of the executive resi- dence will have given place to the splash of the whitewash brush, the odor of new paint and the rasp of the carpenters saw.
 Mrs Taft and the young people will leave Saturday evening for the summer quarters at Beverly and in the absence of the family will be pursued the task Of concealing with fresh paint and paper and new upholstery the age of the old man. sion which has sheltered every presiden- tial family since John Adams days.
 Each succeeding administration orders a renovation of the executive residence.
 
 elaborate The Tafts, however, have de- cided to have it done on less ex- tensive scale. The cost of the present Improvements will be but a little more than sone-tenth of that of the changes made by the Roosevelts during their first year in the White House. Seven years ago about $5OO,OO0 was spent in remod- cling the interior of the White House proper, and in erecting the east and west wings, including the present executive office building. President Taft will ex- pend not more than 315,0Oo for extraordi- nary improvements fin the main building and s4o,OOo in increasing the size of the office. It was this office that doomed the tennis court.
 The remodeling done during the Roose- welt term will be accepted by the new ad- ministration unaltered. Operations will be limited largely to the recovering of walls, the upholstering of furniture, painting, decorating and the purchase of draperies. Repainting of the exterior in the char acteristic white will be confined to patches.
 Both in the White House proper and in the new offices no attempt at gran deur will be essayed. Provision will be made, however, for better accommodations for the scores that flock to the White House daily to see the President. spe cal waiting room will be provided for congressmen and senators, but it will be in marked contrast to the gold armored chamber that Congress provides for the Presidents use when he goes to the capitol at the end of each session.
 The Presidents efforts at public economy are shared cheerfully, it Is said, by Mrs. Taft So far in the direction of simplicity and economy is she willing to go that her present intention Is not to avail herself of the customary privilege of purchasing china of new design to be handed down to posterity as "the Taft set" She be- lieves she Is able to get along well enough with the dishes already at the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
A Postal Savings Bank.
Hollidaysburg (Pa.) Correspondence Pl
 nlalIalaia N nrth A m eI.ican

HolidaySburg lPa.b correspondence Pnll-
 adelphia North American.
 The serious illness and impending death of Samuel Sparr. postmaster at Williamsburg, has revealed situation without parallel in the history of the postoffice department. For the last five years many Hungarians and Italians em- ployed in the quarries have been depos- iting their savings with the postmaster, believing that they were depositing with the government.
 Some months ago the present post master was taken seriously i'll and has not been able to attend to business His increasing weakness, the clamors of the depositors for their money and his ina bility to repay it, led to an assignment by Mr Sparr. It is thought his entire indebtedness to the foreigners will ap- proach s25,00O.
 In 1904 about the time the unauthorized postal savings bank was organized in the Williamsburg postoffice. Levi Sparr was postmaster and Samuel Sparr assistant. Levi was absent from home great deal and Samuel attended to the business. The first receipts given to the foreigners bear the signature of 'Levi Sparr, post master, with the letter 'S' below the signature. They also bear the stamp of the money order department. 'M. O. B., with the date of issue.
 Later on passbooks were issued to depositorsdepositors They were kept like a regular handbook, containing the cred
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

is sure to make will not impair percep- tibly the worth of what he has accom- plished. They will indeed never be suspected by the vast majority of readers. It is only indeed by some wretched pedagogues like myself that they will ever be recognized at all. Even to such the main regret they cause Is that writers should take up or rather waste time in efforts to secure for their works sort of orna- ment which, if genuine, would be of slightest value, and which can be trusted to turn out almost universally to be spurious.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Notice.

l have seen in the papers, and it has been brought to my attention by friends, where one Charles w. Hill was arrested on March for gambling under rather unique circumstances.
 Several days ago when this case came up for trial said Hill forfeited his bond. I deem this notice unnecessary for friends who know me, but for acQuaint- ances and the public in general wish to state that there are two men by this name in Birmingham and tue man referred to in press notices is not Charles W. Hill of c. w. Hill & Co.,, POI Woodward build- ing.
 We are consulting and contracting en- .ineers and sell boilers, engines, travelling cranes and structural work and ~will be glad to have your inquiries.
 CHARLES w. HILL.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
kentucky's Wet District.

Lexington. Ky, July 1.-Kentueky now has but "A counties where liquor can be sold in all parts. At midnight Ashland, in Boyd county, became dry when B sa- looms closed their doors for three years. This is the most prominent town in east ern Kentucky and had supplied liquor to large mountain territory. Catlettsburg. in the same county, which recently went wet by one vote, still has saloons run ming
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Order of the Golf.

Sentiment and business are pretty much divorced at the auction mart. Consa- quently when old Serjeants' Inn was brought to the hammer yesterday the legal fraternity was content to let the speculator have his way. It mattered not that the sergeants at law used to have their home at the Fleet street end of Chanmery lane, and that there they jealously guarded the rights of the Or der of the Golf. That order belongs to the past. Lord Lindley, indeed, is be- lieved to be its only surviving member. Moreover, the satellites of the Inns of Court have long since had their day. One after another they have disappeared, save and except in name. At least one of them has been ploughed up to make room for new streets. Others have be- come the quiet retreat of solicitors and their clerks. who doubtless find that bills of costs add up more easily within their recesses than in noisy main thorough fares. Altogether these small inns have lost the halo which once clung around them, and like Serjeants's Inn, have resolved themselves mainly into questions of site values. Of this particular prop erty, which was put forward as being "all meat and no bone," it should be said that it is part of the estate of the late MT. Serjeant Cox, and that the Bishops of Ely draw the comfortable sum of f1S0 a year from 1t in perpetuity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

it's on one page and the debits on the other They all bear the M O. B." stamp and the signature of Samuel Spar, postmaster. The foreigners say they be- lieved they were lending their money to the depositors. They were kept like ings system in Italy and Hungary
 The Sparr savings bank" was very popular, and during good times the post master is believed to have had as much as $45,G0O on hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Political Horizon ls Cloudy.

Berlin, July 1.-The political horizon does not as yet show any signs of clear ing. The members of the federal coun- ell. who themselves are not unanimous in supporting the policy of Chancellor von Buelow, were in conference today with the leaders of the various parlia- msntary groups forming the new major ity. There Is a possibility that tenn porary compromise will be effected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
Charged With Stealing.

New York, July Max Walk, all legged to be the chief of band accused of stealing $200,000 worth of goods from the Adams Express company within the last three years, was ar rested today. Five other men charged with participation in the thefts are awaiting trial
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02
A Quick Process.

"Didnt you telephone us that your wife was ready to go with us when we started?"
 "Yes, but she's upstairs now changing her mind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

S, A,
 ran ids whe you can.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-02

Trousers made from materials and tasty pat selected by good dressers-even though they could not raise the necessary "wherewth" to take them when completed-garments that hang properly from the waist, drape gracefully the bottoms that fit perfectly around the shoe tops high class tailors have contributed to this fine showing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-16
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The committee appointed by the
Calais Board of Trade to interest man
ufacturerS in the Calais shoe factory
were present at meeting of citizens,
owners OF the shoe factory, members
of the noard of Trade and Messrs.
Stone and Bachelor Of the firm of
Thurell, Bachelor CO., shoe manufac-
turers at Lynn, Mass, held at the Of
flee of Fl. +. Eaton q Sons Monday ar
ternoon. The meeting was called for
the purpose of hearing aud discussing
the proposition of the company named
which in the main was as follows: Ihe
citizens of Calais are asked to SUBJ
scribe $ll06G TO the capital stock OF
this company. If this amount can be
raised here thea this company will
consider the matter of transferring
their business to Calais. The propo'
sition was favoraoly received by the
citizens and at a meeting of the Board
of Trade held Monday evening sol2i-
tors were appointed and Tuesday the
work of securing subscriptions to the
stock was taken up, the committee
meeting with flattering success.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-16
SMALL GAME SEASON
is WITH US AGAIN.

Portland. Me-, Sept. 15.-The small
game hunting season in Maine has ar
rived and sportsmen throughout the
State are cleaning up their firearms
and stocking up with ammunition.
The open time on plover and snipe is
already in effect and the law on ducks
was off Sept. 1. Wednesday saw the
opening time on ruffed grouse, or part
ridge and woodcock.
The big season opens Oct. I when
the law on deer is off and continues
until the 18th day of December On
moose it begins Oct. - and continues
until Dec /. The law as regards the
number of deer that may be killed by
one hunter is the same as it was last
vear-two deer of either sex to one
hunter. Only one bull moose may be
lawfully killed under the moose law.
A bull moose must be over year old
to be legally slain.
Caribou are protected by law at all
seasons of the year. The law doesn't
go off these animals until Oct. Is, 1911.
Bears, wolves and wildcats may be
killed at all seasons of the year. Last
year bears We're not as plentiful as
usual but it is expected that they will
prove more numerous this season.
Open season on mink, sable and
muskrat and fisher begins Oct. Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-16
Prince Of Braganza WEEDS
Miss Anita Stewart.
Ceremony Performed in Historic
Dingwa|I Church.
Bride Daughter Of Wealthy Family
OF New York City.

Dngwall, Scotland, Sept. 15.-Miss
Anita Stewart, daughter of Mrs. James
Henry Smith of New York, became the
bride of Prince Miguel of Braganza
at nobn today i'll tee little Roman
Catholic church of St Lawrence. The
congregation of this church is made
up of descendants of the clans who
belonged to the faith in the days OF
Mary Queen Of Scots. The chapel it
self was beautifully decorated with
flowers, while the rustic arches that
led up to the church were covered with
flowers and inscribed in Portuguese
with The words God bless the prince
ard his beautiful bride" The avenue
leading from Tulloch Castle also was
spanred by several arches and gay
with the American, Austrian AND
Portuguese Gags and The colors of the
bridegroom. ruby and blue. The arch
ut the end of the avenue bore the
words in English:
Long life and happiness to the
prince ana princess"
The wedding party arrived at the
chapel in rotor ears. The bride was
accompanied by her mother and her
brother, W. r. Stewart .Jr., who gave
her away. Snc was unattended by
either bridesmaids or pages. The prince
arrived in the company of his younS-
cr brother, Prince Francis Joseph, who
gUppcrted him throughout the ccrc-
mony. Bishop Chisholm Of Aberdeen
oiIiciatcd His assistants were FIR.
Frazer of Dingwall and FIR. MacDon-
aid # lilcnfinnan.
The ceremony was followed ny the
celebration Of a Low Mass, after which
the bishop pronounced the Pop"'s
blessing and general bencdiction
The music wa; rendered by the Choir
listers of the chapel accompanied by
the band Of the Seaforth Highlanders.
The brides dress was of snow white
chiffon over soft satin. The chiffon
was cmbellished by long lines of en-