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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22

1t is-reported on good authority that
J. p Morgan & Co. have upderwrit-
ten SIS 100000 of the $60,000,000 of
bonds to be issued by the Chicago
Great Western Railroad.
The 500 Railroad Company has let
the contract for the construction of
220 miles of track from Moose Lake
on the Duluth line to Thief River
Falls on the Winnipeg line.
conditions for the month of May than
in the corresponding month of last
year are indicated in preliminary re-
ports of the principal Western rail
roads.
The stockholders of the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company have been
called to q meeting at which plans for
the merging of twenty-one subsidiary
lines under one corporation will be
executed. This will not affect the
Iron Mountain lines. however. When
this is done the stock of the COM
pany will~be increased from 100000
coo to $240,000,000, or about the total
of the capital stock of the lines in
volved.
The new train service which the
Burlington and Northern Pacific sys-
TENS have combined to put in force
between Chicago and Seattle to make
close connection with the Peunsylva-
MAS eighteen-hour flier from New
York is expected TO result in the trans
mission of mail and passengers from
New York to Seattle in four days The
actual schedule time for this service
is ninety-five hours and thirty-five min
utes for coast to coast The Burling-
ton and Northern Pacific also has put
on another train leaving Chicago at
night and due to reach Seattle in sew
enty-two hours.
The reorganization committee for
the Seahoard Air Line Railway has
completed most of the details of its
plans. the main points being elimina-
ton of the voting trust. no foreclosure.
fixed charges TO be reduced % per
cent and no assessments on stock.
The reported refusal of the Havlev
interests now in control of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railway, TO sell to the
Pennsylvania has given color TO the
rumor that they are preparing to buy
connecting links which will make that
system a trans-continental line to COM
pete with the existing trunk lines.
A general strike OF the $50 machin-
lists in the shops of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad was ordered as a pro-
test against the introduction of the
piecework system in the erecting de-
partmens Of the Mount Glare shops in
that city A strike had been on in
that shop for some weeks. and the
company officials refused 20 reinstase
the men who went out.
The Pennsylvania Railrc,ss has Is
sued a statement showing that out of
41.65s.54S passengers carried during
1905, not one. was killed in train
wreck and only 102 were injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
RRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

The Florida Senate has passed a
bill providing life imprisonment for
kidnapers.
The attorney general of Oklahoma
announced at Guthrie that he is pre-
pairing a motion to have dissolved the
Frisco-Rock Island merger.
Twenty-nine graduates of the army
medical school at Washington, d. c.,
were given their diplomas by War Sec
rotary Dickinson at the graduating ex
ercises.
Miss Mary Louise Phillips of Han
ford Cal. is the first woman since The
class of 1903 to be awarded a gold
medal for the best scholastic record at
the University of California.
Notre Dame University is interest
ed in the statue of Rev William Corby.
c. S. c.. to be erected on Gettysburg
battlefield as he appeared administer
ing absolution to a regiment just going
into battle.
Texas competition has put the on
ion-growing industry in the Bermuda
islands out of business, according to
dispatches from New York, where
many who formerly owned onion
farms in the Bermudas are arriving.
DIR. Gould. Of the Norwegian hospi-
tai in New York, amputated leg and
foot, then sent them to the morgue
with a properly made-out certificate
describing their death. The coroner
insists this makes it necessary for bim
to hold an inquest.
Stephen Barno, whose back was
broken by falling from seahold In
New YORK. win leave the White Plains
hospital completely cured. 1t is one
of the few cases where a patient with
shattered vertebra has completely re-
covered.
Rear Admiral Giles 3. Harder, com
handing the Asiatie squadron Of the
pacific feet, with his staff and the
captains of the ships composing the
SQUADRON. were granted an audience
with the Emperor and Empress Of
Janan in Tokyo. The officers we're pre-
sented by Ambassador OBrien.
Three posses in automobiles from
Wonder. New. are searching the
desert In the vicinity Of Dixie Hot
Springs in an effort to find Calvin
Harris. a Chicago mining man, who
escaped from the authorities Of Won.
der in a demented condition. Last
Thursday Harris was found wander
ing on the desert Suffering had driven
him insane.
Anna Held. before sailing for Eu-
rope. said she probably would retire
fs.-a the stage after the present sea
son. She is said 70 be worts $1,000
600.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
ARSENIC is FOUND IN BREAD.
Rich Indiana Woman Thinks Poison
That Killed Farmer Was for Her.

Rich Indiana Woman Thinks Poison
That Killed Farmer Was for Her.
The presence of arsenic in the bread
sample sent to the food and drug la
boratory of the State Board of Health
by former Congressman John c.
Cheney of Sullivan, Ind, has been es-
tablished by test just completed, and
on the strength of the discovery prep
arations are being made to investigate
the cause of the recent death of Spen-
Ger Spriggs, living in Haddon Town
ship, Sullivan County. In addition to
the bread samples, a sample of flour
was sent to the laboratory, but this
has not yet been tested. Spriggs and
Sam and Howard Whitfield are said to
have been poisoned May "a, the symp-
toms being ptomaine poisoning. The
two WhitfieIds recovered, but Spriggs
died
Mrs. Flora Haddon believes the poi
son was placed in the bread in order
to cause her death. Spriggs lived on
her farm. Mrs. Haddon had told of
receiving three anonymous letters re-
Gently on which were pictured skull
and crossbones, telling her to leave
or she would be killed Mrs. Haddor
was recently defendant in sui
brought by Frank Crawford, postmas
ter in the Hawaiian islands, involving
land valued at 100000. The jury de
cided in her favor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
NEW YORK

Reports from leading industries are,
on the whole. favorable. so far as
booking of future orders is concerned
Iron and steel are active in finished
lines, though output is still below nor
NAL in some districts. Some wage ad-
vances are reported and assumptions
of blast furnaces are reducing the
floating labor supply. \ There is re-
ported a widening demand for cotton
goods; print cloths have regained the
loss of few weeks ago; wooden goods
trade reports are of good business
booked or pending. and WOOL though
less active than of late, is still very
strong at high-leyel prices The leath-
er trade is active. with high prices
ruling in sympathy with hides and
skins. which are apparently scarce.
Eastern shoe orders are fair. Ship
ments are "a per cent larger than a.
year ago, but smaller than in any
previous year back to 1902. Building
trade reports confirm earlier predic-
tions of a record spring construction
in an enormous total far SURPRISING
all previous monthly records ever com
piled.
Business failure for the week end
ing with June 10 in the United States
were 1877, against 191 last week, 253
In the like week of 1908. 161 in 1907,
10 in 1906 and 175 in 1905. Failures
which compares with 29 last week
and "a in the like week of 1905
Bradstreet's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
BUILDING FALLS, KILLING FOUR.
worLmeu Buried Alive in Collapse

WorlSmen Buried Alive in Collapse
of stove Plant at Detroit.
A siX-story storehouse at the plant
of the Peninsular Stove Company, Sth
and Fort streets, Detroit, collapsed
shortly before noon Saturday and four
workmen were buried in the heap of
wreckage. Three bodies have been re-
covered. A number of persons were
injured The store house was thirty
two years old and had been used by
the stove company for warehouse for
more than twenty-five years. The up
per floors of the building were well
filled with the finished product of the
plant. With no warning the top floor
suddenly sagged and then gave way
with a crash. Each of the lower floors
sank in turn under the burden of fall
ing stoves and debris. A fire which
was discovered in the basement OF the
ruined building was soon extinguished
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
WHOLE NATION PAYS
HOMAGE TO WR|GHTS
Aviators in Washington Receive
Aero Club Medals from
President Taft.
THOUSANDS ATTEND CEREMONY
Governors Send Laudstory Messages
Which Are to Be Given to the
'Conquerors of the Air."

The achievement of man-f1ight, for
which men have striven for raore than
1000 years, was celebrated in Wash
ington Thursday. After receiving ho-
mage from the. rulers of Europe, VIII
bur and Orville Wright, of Dayton,
Ohio, on that day received their first
public recognition by their fellow
countrymen. In the east room of the
White House President Taft presented
to the inventors the gold medals
awarded to them by the Aero Club of
America to commemorate the inven-
tion of the first successful flying me-
chine.
The event was one of national inter
est The governors of the various
States sent laudatory messages con-
graduating the Wrights on their sue
cess. These, together with the resolu-
tions adopted by the numerous scien-
tific organizations and letters written
by prominent scientists, have been put
in book form and will be presented to
the Wrights.
The Wright brothe9, after being en-
tertained at luncheon by the Aero
Club of Washington, proceeded to the
White House. They were presented to
the President by Representative Her
bert Parsons of New York, who told
of their great achievements. In pre-
senting the medals, President Taft
spoke briefly. More than 1000 invita-
tons had been sent out for the White
House ceremony.
At its annual meeting last year the
Aero Club of America, the pioneer avi-
alton club in the United States, elect.
ed the Wrights to honorary member
ship and decided to award to each a
gold medal. These were procured at a
cost of $4,000, obtained through the
subscriptions of its members. The
medals bear the likenesses of the two
brothers on one side and an inscrip-
ton on the reverse side.
Wilbur and 0rville Wright, accom-.
panied by their sister, Miss Katherine
Wright, were met at the station by a
delegation from the Aero Club OF
America. The Wright brothers were
taken to the Cosmos Club, where they
were entertained
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
>QlZ9 &N1s
OF
gP@R1R

Jack McKerroR trotted a mile in
2:1SA at the Detroit fair grounds.
Five motor cars are engaged in
a race from New York to Seattle,
1000 miles.
1t took Frank Gotch thirty-fve min
utes and thirty-fve seconds of stiff
wrestling to down Henry Ordemann
twice in their match in Minneapolis.
King Edwards Minoru won the En-
glish Derby in a driving rain with
Louviers second and William "
third Sir Martin, the American
horse. fell and was out of the race.
Olambala, owned by T. G. Greener,
won the Latonia Derby at Cincinnati,
heading The Peer by over four
lengths. Fifteen lengths behind came
Plate Glass, the only other starter.
DR.. Burgan, Hamline's famous ball
coach, broke his arm while giving an
illustration of how catcher should
block a slide-in from third base
Pitcher Ed Fierke hit the coach in
such way as to snap his wrist bone
One of the most brilliant and most
desperate wrestling bouts ever wit
messed on any stage in the country
was seen in st. Paul when Ed Adam
son. of Chicago. and Walter Miller, Of
St Paul, wrestled for three solid hours
without a fall
Presidents Ebbets OF the Brooklyn
ball club says he would like to buy
two stars from the worlds champion
Chicago Cubs and would gladly pay
s25. 900 for them OF. if necessary.
would give President Murphy blank
check and permit him to name his
own figures.
Mike Twin Sullivan foughta TWEEN
ty-round draw at San Francisco with
Kyle Whitney. Sullivan out5oxed
Whitney and was aggressive. but was
knocked down in the nineteenth
round, and this prevented him from
getting the decision.
The sale of MelTa J., a mare having
a record at private trial OF 2:0Sl4. 20
James Trantor, New York, for 1000,
furnished a surprise 10 the talent at
Fasig-Tipton horse sale at Readville
race track. The mare had been en-
tered for about $4,000 in stakes in
races at the grand circuit this season
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
BOY AVENGER IN WRECK PLOT.
Youth Whose Fathers Hay Is
Burned Endangers Lives of 800.

Youth Whose Fathers Hay Is
Burned Endangers Lives of 300.
The Grand Trunk train wrecking
mystery of two months ago was solved
the other day by the confession of Will
lie Osborne, 15-year-old lad living
near Griffith, Ind. He admitted he
had attempted to derail the train out
of revenge for the burning of a stack
of hay belonging to his father, William
Osborne, and for which the company
had refused to pay Three hundred
passengers on a Chicago-bound vestl-
buled flyer were saved from death or
injury when the engineer of the New
York Limited on the Grand Trunk saw
a tie on the west-bound track just out
of Griffith two months ago and notified
the railroad officials at Griffith in time
to save the west-bound passenger train.
The tie was found fastened on the
track, and many tramps were arrested
on a suspicion of intended robbery.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
CHICAGO.

Further evidences of the improving
state of business generally are seen
in lower record of failures aud
new high fve-day exhibit of heavy
payments through the banks. The of
fetal report and other advices indi-
cate that the crops make seasonable
progress. the growing condition being
entirely favorable. Unsettled weather
here retarded fill activity in the lead
ing retail lines, but considerable de-
mand developed in the wholesale
branches of general merchandise and
shipments BY dry goods houses were
larger than usual at this period.
Transportation of freight and pas
sengers show expansion. There is a.
notably increased marketing and out
go of grain, and heavier movements
occur in finished products Of the mills
and factories and in lumber, wool and
building materials.
Improved demands strengthen the
conditions in iron and steel, and this.
causes more drawing upon capacity
of furnaces. FORCES. foundries and car
shops. Railroad needs come forward
quite freely now and are of more va
riety and extent than recently noted.
The effect stimulates preparations for
extended enterprise in manufacturing
and more hands find unemployment.
Numerous bookings strengthen opera
lions in pig iron, rails. equipment.
brass working and furniture Heavy
consumers find the cost of supplies
rising, and this induces wider buying
to protect future requirements. The
markets for raw materials are amply
stocked. except hides, which decreased
in variety and have firmer prices for
the better qualities Industrial pros
poets would be brighter with an early
settlement of tariff revision. but much
encouragement is derived from the ex-
cellent outlook in agriculture, values
of the principal farm products assur-
ing an accession of wealth to advance
manufactures and distribution
Bank clearings aggregate S275.10S.-
All for five days and exceed those for
six days a year ago by 27.6 per cent.
The total for the corresponding week
in 1907 was $246.S44,613.
Failures reported in the Chicago
district number 81, against 25 last
week, p in 1908 and IA in 1907. Those
with liabilities over $4,000 number 4,
against last week, in 1908 and
in 1907.-Duns Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
|: W ork Of Congress
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Having completed consideration of
items of the tariff bill that had been
passed over under objections by Sena-
tors during its second reading the ad.
journment of the Senate Saturday
marked an important period in the
progress of the measure. When the
bill is again taken up it will be upon
its third reading for the final disposi-
ton of items upon which the most
pronounced objections have been made
In completing the second reading Of
the bill, works of art, over twenty
years old, and collections illustrating
the progress of the arts over one hun
dred years old, which were placed in
the free list by the committee on
finance, were retained there after an
interesting debate by vote of So to
10. The starch industry received pro
lection by a reversal of the recommen-
dations made by the committee by
which tapioca and sage -four will be
subject to duty of l cent pound
when not imported for food Crude
potash, potash carbonate, caustic pot
ash and radium were placed upon the
free list. The House was not in ses-
sion.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
Saturday.
ALL AROUND THE GLOBE

The telephone is now used 10 dis
patch trains on the Cincinnati division
of the Big Four railroad.
Christopher Schayland, secretary OF
the Nebraska Staoe Board of EQualiza-
ton. was run down and killed by an
automobile near the State capitol in
Lincoln.
In a debate at Asheville, N c.. the
Rev. ]. L, Cooke of the sanctified sect
contended that the earth was fat and
the Jury gave him the decision over
S.e Roy Henry, a high school student
Reading of 1900 900 words of testf.
mony was necessary by Judge Chat.
field of the federal court in New York
before deciding ST. Paul copyright
case. The court decided against a St.
Paul publishing firm that sued for in.
arrangement of copyright.
Newberry ID. L.awson of New York
who was sailing master of the victort
nus cup defender Reliance. has brought
suit in New York for q share of sssS.
600 which the Chinese government
paid General Frederick T. Ward and
CyruSlIawton for the suppression OF
q rebellion in 1859.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
SHOWS DECREASE IN SMALLPOX
Government Surgeon Urges More
Care in Vaccination.

Government Surgeon Urges More
Care in Vaccination.
THE experience of Germany, where
compulsory vaccination has been in
force for thirty years, proves conclu-
sively that smallpox as existing in the
United States is entirely unnecessary"
Epitomized, this is the conclusion of
Henry S. Mathewson, passed assistant
surgeon, Public Health and Marine
Hospital service, in a bulletin just is
sued in Washington. He declares that
vaccination and revaccination cannot
be too strongly urged. Dr. Mathewson
has collected statistical data to prove
that dur ing the past five years small
poX in the United States has shown
a steady decrease In 1902 there were
reported 54,014 cases, with 2,083
deaths; during 1906 there were report
ed 12,503 cases, with 80 deaths The
latest figures gathered show that the
total of cases in this country from Dec.
26, 1908, to June II last, was 11,701,
with death rate of only So.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
ARMY CAPTAIN rs SHOT.
Enraged Soldier Probably Fatally
Wounds J. C. Raymond at Fort.

Enraged Soldier Probably Fatally
Wounds ]. C. Raymond at Fort.
Captain John C. Raymond, Of Troop
B, Second United States Cavalry, and
inent army families in the country
may die as the result of a wound re
ceived in shooting ARRAY at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday.
Upon being reprimanded by Captain
Raymond for overstaying his leave of
absence from the post, Corporal Lisle
Crabtree drew a revolver and began
firing at his commanding officer The
first bullet went wild, the second
struck Sergeant James H. Washburn,
the third hit Captain Raymond and
the fourth found victim in Corporal
Elijah Such. The enraged trooper then
turned the pistol on himself and fired
the remaining bullet into his heart
mond, none of the four is considered
seriously injured. Immediately after
the shooting Major Bratton, surgeon
of the regiment, had the officer re-
moved to Mercy Hospital in Des
Moines in a specialestreet car, where
an X-ray examination showed that the
bullet had entered the front of Captain
Raymond's neck and passed through
striking the backbone. His body is
completely paralyzed from the neck
down and only slight hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery Even If the
injured officer should live it is prob
able that he will be paralyzed.
Captain Raymond is son of Brig
adler General Charles w Raymond, OF
the engineer corps, retired He is 81
years old and was graduated from
West Point in 1897. He is married
and has two children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
100 DIE IN BIG QUAKE.
Southern France Feels Shock and
Damage Will Amount to Millions


Damage Will Amount to Millions.
At least 100 dead, with every posi-
bility of the death list growing much
larger, and 100 hurt is the result of
the sharp earthquake which devas-
tated several towns and villages in the
southernmost part of France, partic-
ularly in the departments of Herault
and Observation-Disclosures.
Great suffering is reported from the
remoter places, owing to a lack of
bread and the necessaries OF life, be-
fore the arrival of assistance. The
casualties may be greatly increased,
as the ruins have not yet been entire
ly searched. The villages of St. Canal
and Rognes were completely demol
ished by the earthquake, and Lambese
which is twelve miles from AK, suf-
fered heavily. Survivors are sleeping
in tents, and the streets are impassa-
BILE. In many places they have been
torn up and are incumbered with
masses of rocks. Houses, public build
ings and churches were crumbled to
pieces. Among other villages serious
ly damaged are Vauvenargues, Ven
Giles, /Pelissanne, Puy-Ste-Reparade
and Arguilles.
The victims at ST. Cannat and Rog-
nee were horribly mutilated. There
were evidences that several of the vic
Tins had lived for hours imprisoned
by the debris before they died. The
people rushed into the streets when
the first shock occurred, crying out
in terror. Many of them returned to
the rescue Of their families At Rog.
nez a family Of four was buried in the
ruins. Their cries could be heard
throughout the night, but all were dead
in the morning when rescuing party
reached them. At st. Cannat an old
man and his son were watching a bill
lizard game. They were instantly
killed. The players escaped with slight
bruises. The chateau Valmousse, near
st. Cannat, was badly damaged The
communal chateau at Arguilles was
split in two The historic village of
Vernegues was wrecked, but no one
was killed. The monetary loss in the
affected district is very heavy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-22
THOUSANDS TO GET MORE PAY.
Steel Companies Announce Good
Trade Will Enable Increase.


Trade Will Enable Increase.
Wages of the 1000 men in the Penn
sylvania Steel Company at Steelton,
Pa, which were cut 10 per cent on
April 1, are to be restored on July l..
The 1000 employees of the Maryland
Steel Company at Baltimore are also
to profit by the same increase because
of the improvement in trade
Ground has been broken at Spar
rows Point, Md, for the new open
hearth steel department of the Mary
land Company. to cost $1,000,000. 1t
also is announced that the National
Tube Company's Riverside works will
resume operations in the steel plate
and tube departments, employing 5000
men, The United States Steel Corpo
ration is now operating 80 per cent
of its blast furnace capacity, the high
est level reached since the PAM" of Oc-
tober, 1907. Orders have been coming
in at the rate of between 10000 and
10000 tons day.