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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
RUSSIAN ROBIN HOOD SLAIN.
RObber Chief Who Long JoIxed with
Police Finally Is Killed.


The noted robber chieftain, Savitz-
ky, the robin Hood" of the Russian
revolution, has been killed by mem
bers of the rural guard. With three
members of his band Savitzky was
surrounded by the guard in a village
near Mohlev, and after a fight that
lasted for four hours all four were
killed. One member of the guard lost
his life in the encounter Savitzky
who was a high schol student when
he took to brigandage, had been the
terror of the police of the provinces
of Tchernigov and Mohiley for sew
eral years, but he was source of
amusement to the rest of Russia on
account of his daredevil exploits He
delighted in playing fantastic tricks
on the police. Once, on a wager, dis
guised as priest, he visited the gov
ernor of this province and various
other officials 1t was his custom to
rob only the rich, and he distributed
his spoils among the peasantry with
a lavish hand He finally was be-
trayed by a member of his band.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
TWO KILLED IN PANAMA RIOT.
Police of Republic Clash with Amer

Police of Republic Clash with Amer
leans of Canal Zone.
In a conflict between Panama police
and employees of the canal zone near
the dividing line c. M. Abbott, an
American electrician in the power.
house at Christobal, and a colored man,
also an American, were killed. The
police crossed the zone at Christobal
in an effort to arrest an escaped pris-
oner. They were mobbed and pelte6
by West Indians and finally were ar
rested by the zone police for disturb
ance. At night number of Panama
police armed with rifles proceeded to-
ward the zone in an attempt, it is al
legged, to find those who had maltreated
their comrades earlier in the day. They
came into collision with the canal
workers and many revolver and rifle
shots were fired. The riot became so
threatening that all places of business
were quickly closed, but eventually the
invaders were driven Off
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
WIDOW Is GIVEN. ST, 900, 900.

sIucky'' Baldwin Heirs Effect Conn
promise and Save Estate.
Mrs. E. j. Baldwin is to get 81 ,000,-
900 from the. estate of the late E. j.
(Lucky) Baldwin. His daughter, who
at the time of her fathers death was
not known to be his child, Mrs. Resell
la Robinson Selby, of Oakland. is to
get s225,0o0. The lawyers who ar
ranged the compromise divide a fee of
100000. According to the terms of
the will Mrs. Baldwin was left a one
third interest in property in San
Francisco found to be worth only
$4,000. Mrs. Selby was left a parcel
of land which was said to be worth
about $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
NEW YORK.

Irregularity still characterizes the
trade, crop and industrial situation.
In industrial lines the consensus OF
reports is that further improvement
has bee registered, especially in the
iron and steel, coal, coke, wooden man
ufacturing and leather trades. build
ing is active and lines of trade cater
ing to this industry are feeling bene-
fetal effects
1t is between-season period in
wholesale and jobbing distributive
trade orders from retailers are mere
ly of fillingin character and hardly
equal to expectations. The tone OF
opinion a. to the outlook for fall
trade is as whole rather more opti-
mistic, but the evidences of repres-
sion in trade, whether due to tariff and
crop uncertainty. reduced purchasing
power of the public or high prices for
foodstuffs, are too evident to be ig-
nored.
Manufacturers of wooden goods are
buying freely of raw material at Bos-
ton, and sales of new domestic clip
wool to arrive have aggregated TO-
600 pounds. London sale prices are
reported to have been advanced. and
this is reflected in large dealings In
foreign wool,
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with May
13 were 224, against PA last week,
2S1 in the like week of 1908, 1874 in
1907. 161 in 1906 and 191 In 1905.
Canadian failures for the week num-
Der 81. against 20 last week and %
in the like week OF -Bradstreet's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
CHICAGO.

Actual improvement and the gen.
eral trend of business affairs now con-
firm the hopeful return OF better
times. Some increase in trading de-
faults is due to a special cause and
lacks significance in view of the sus-
tanned high aggregate of solvent pay
ments through the banks. Weather
conditions favor enterprise in both in
dustrial and agricultural operations,
and the promise improves for larger
crops and increasing outputs of the
manufactures.
Notable demands appear in the iron
working branches, large tonnage be-
ing closed for pig iron, rails, struc-
tural steel and wire, while there is
gratifying revival in the bookings of
Hallway equipment. power, machinery
and minor metals.
idle capacity is seen to be under
going further reduction in various
branches, and more hands find steady
work at the car shops and factories.
The mills and FORCES in the Calumet
district appear almost as busy as ever,
new structures and reduction make
rapid gains at Gary and large az.
ditions to the Pullman works are
planned.
New enterprise is noted in the
plans for additions to factories and
mercantile structures, which again 90
cupy attention, and estimating depart
ments figure more actively upon track
extension, elevation and bridges, Con-
templated local betterments involve
the use of enormous quantities OF
steel shapes, quarry products ana
timber, while the building trades are
now settled into a remarkably pros
porous season.
Movements of general merchandise,
breadstuffs and live stock show the
moderate decline incident to this
period, but offerings of other freight
rise in factory faterials, rev supplies
and needs of the farms.
Bank clearings, 264,742,05S exceed
those of corresponding week in 1908
by ISL per cent and compare with
$267, 754.S45 in 1907. Failures re-
ported in the Chicago district number
SO. against 80 last week, "a in 1908
and &c in 1907. These with liabilities
over $4,000 number 4, against Z last
week, in 1908 and in 1907.-Dun's
Review Of Chicago Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25

Town Devastated and Train
Wrecked By Kansas Cyclone.

A series of tornadoes in Kansas.
Missouri and Oklahoma late Friday
killed at least five persons, injured fif-
ty-fve, devastated one town, wrecked
a train, and did great damage to prop
e-ty. The storm spread over wide
area and laid to waste many farm
houses. On account of great portion
of the damage being done on farms,
is full extent could not be learned at
once. Many conflicting reports have
been received. One said ten were kill
ed. A binding rain and hail storm
accompanied the wind in all three
States. Many washouts demoralized
railroad traffic.
Twenty-Five we're injured by a storm
that swept over Mount Washington
and Paramount Park, suburbs of Kan
sas City At least two of these are
thought to be fatally injured and 9TH
ers seriously The town of Hollis,
near Concordia, was swept away.
Three we're killed there and ten seri-
ously injured The Eckstrom family,
consisting of five persons, is missing.
Their house is in ruins and it is
thought they are dead.
Near Great Bend a tornado killed
two and injured twenty. All wires are
down in that vicinity and it is feared
that the death list may be greater
William Ackerly, Santa Fe engineer,
was killed while working with a
bridge gang between Great Bend and
Kinsley. frank Nicholson. a conduc-
tor, was XII lied. The tornado wrecked
the work train of which Ackerly was
engineer and blew il into ditch Sew
eral members of the crew were blown
100 feet The pile driver toppled over,
crushing Ackerly to death in his cab,
where he had remained, with his hand
upon the throttle.
At Holsington, Kan, a tornado in
jured a number and greatly damaged
farm property. 1t was not so severe,
however. as that passing over other
portions of the State. At Pond Creek,
Okla, a severe wind storm injured
four and unroofed several houses.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
.Na%R91sjNa/

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime.
$500 to $3.50; hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $6.15; wheat, No. 2, S1.42 to $1.45
corn, No. 2, 75c to 76c oats, standard,
SIC 10 SIC rye, No. 2, Soc to sec; hay,
timothy, $500 to $14.50; prairie, $500
to $3.50; butter. choice creamery, pc
to 24c; eggs, fresh, 19c to 23c; potatoes,
per 5ushel, SOC TO SSc.
Detroit--Cattle, $500 to 5000; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, $1.4S to $40; corn, No. 3
yellow, TIC to 7Sc; oats. No. white,
59c to Gle; rye, No 2, SSc to DOC.
Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern.
S1.27 to $1.29; corn, No. 3, CSC to 69c /;
oats, standard, SIC to SIC; rye, No. 1,
SIC 10 CSC; barley, No. 3, CSC to roc ;
pork, mess, $3.50.
Buffalo-Cettle, choice shipping steers,
s4.O0 to $6.75 hogs, fair to choice, $500
to $7.65; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 TO $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $40.
New York-Cattle. 800 to SG.65
hogs, $3.50 to ST.60: sheep, $500 TO
$500; wheat, Nc. . red, SLAB to SLAB:
corn. No. 2, Z9c to sc: oa;s. natural
white, Gle to 63c: butter, crea merry, PC
TO 2Gc; eggs. western, tic to 2gc
Toledo-w beit. No. 2 mixed, 81 43 to
Sf.45: corn. No. 2 mixed, 75c 10 76c /;
oats. No. 2 mixed. SIC to Soc; rye, No.
2, soc to Ole; clover seed, $50
apoIis-1Cattle. shipping, $500
TO $40; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $3.50; sheep. good to choice
$3.50 to 1918; wheat, No. 2, Sl.45 to
S1.46; corn, No. 2 white, &c to 69c +;
oats, No. white. Sic to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle. 800 to s7.15; hogs,
800 to S7.4c; sheep, $500 to 1925;
wheat, No. 2, $50 to s1.54; corn, No. 2,
76c to 77c: oats, No. 2, SIC t. SIC: rye,
No. 2, S3c to SIC.
Cincinnati-CatiIe. 800 to se.7E:
hogs. 800 to- $50; sheep, $500 10
SAB; wheat. No 2, s1.46 to STAT; corn.
No. 2 mixed, TIC to 7Sc; oats, No. 2
mixed, SIC to 5sc; rye, No. 2, 0Oc to 92c.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
CURRENT NEWS NOTES

Thomas Todd, last of the noted Ken
tuckians who served as captains 'in the
Mexican war, is dead at his home in Shell
byville. Ky.
Several crates of geological freaks are
in a Jersey city, addressed TO San SieSert,
and claiming an owner. They include a
five-legged sheep and three-legged hen.
A special grand jury at Ada. Okla. be-
gan an Investigation of the lynching there
of four cattlemen on April 10 following
the killing of A. A. Bobbitt. a federal
deputy marshal.
The possibility of water famine which
New York City faces every spring has
passed so far as 1909 is concerned, Re
cent rains have created a supply which
will last go days.
The empress OF Japan. was present al
a cherry party and fete given at the inn
perial palace in Tokyo. Mrs. Thomas
O'Brien. wife of tue American amhaSsa-
dor. presented American friends 10 her
majesty.
In a collision between carriage in
which he was riding and street car in
Cincinnati yesterday James F. Mooney.
preSident Of the sJ:srscan Oak Leather
Company. was >, iously injured He is
80 years old.
q. NJ. Jurgenson. manufacturer of
Rrooklyn. ". Y. has started a weekly
nnhlieation in crusade against the POI
lice force of that city.
The San Francisco Call says that ac-
cording 10 unconhrmed advices Maj. John
L. Finley. Governor of Zamboanga prov
i..se. in the Philippine islands, was sho,
by his orderly.
The Western Theatrical Managers As
ISOLATION. representing lag theaters in the
Middle West. has declared for the policy
of an open door by announcing that its
members will produce plays from any
source and will not bind themselves to
book only those of the trust or any SET
Of producers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
TWENTY BLOWN TO ATOMS.
Victims Hurled High in Air by
Blast in Quarry.

Victims Hurled High IN Air BY
Blast in Quarry.
At least twenty men were killed
Wednesday by a premature blast of
dynamite in stone quarry operated
by the Callahan Road improvement
Company near South Bethlehem, elev-
en- miles southwest of Albany, n. Y.
Twelve Italian workmen are among
the victims. One thousand pounds CT
dynamite exploded, and the bodies OF
the victims were hurled hundreds of
feet by the conclusion and so badly
mutilated as to be almost beyond rec
ognitioll. AS darkness was falling a
wagon Grew up to the engine house
loaded with bodies that had been pick
ed up back on the quarry hill. A
crowd of grief-stricken relatives gath
cred around eager to identify the
dead, only to turn away at the sick
ening sight. Italians with shovels
found here and there portions of bod
les and brought their grewsome loads
in boxes to the engine house, which
served as temporary morgue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
POSSE KILLS A MURDERER.
Men Who Pursue Wife Slayer I'm
south Dakota Shot Him Down.

Men Who Pursue Wife Slayer I'm
south Dakota Shot Him Down.
The body of Mrs. William L. Ian
sing was found in the cellar Of her
home in Presho, s. D., the other night,
with her head crushed by hammer.
The husband was missing and a posse
began a search. After securing the
country all night the men found him
twenty-five miles north of Presho. in a
claim shack on the Brule reservation.
Lansing showed fight and was shot
through the chest. He died in a few
hours. Lansing had threatened his
wife and her brother because of di-
vorce proceedings which she had start.
ed. He started north at dark after
failing in an attempt to kill his three
children.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
WRECK TRAIN; SECURE $4,000.
Daring Robbers Board Engine and
Cause Serious. Collision.


Posses are securing the country be-
tween Colbert and Meade. Wash, seek
ing trace of the bandits who held up
passenger train No. and secured
more than $4,000 worth of booty late
Saturday night The ROBBERS escaped
without leaving clew TO their iden-
tity. To aid in the pursuit the Great
Northern, on whose road the robbery
occurred, has offered reward of S10,-
600 for each bandit captured Twelve
persons were injured during the affair.
The disaster happened when the en-.
CINE and mail car, running wild down
the track after being rified of the
mails, collided with the remaining cars
of the train. The bandits detached the
engine and mail car from the train,
ran them down the track considera.
BILE distance. and then after the regis
tered mail had been opened they sent
the engine back to collide with the
cars standing on the track. The ban.
dts, of which there were at least six
in the party. made their attack just
after the train left Colbert
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
FIGHT OVER sPREcKELs' WILL

Sons Open Contest I'm California
Court for Vast Estate.
The first step was taken the other
day in what will probably prove to
be one of the greatest will contests
ever known in CALIFORNIA; history. Ru-
dolph and Claus A. Spreckles petit
toned the Probate Court for a partial
distribution of the estate of their ia
Their, the late Claus Spreckels. This
was opposed by John d. and Adolph
b. Spreckles. their brothers, who filed
a demurrer. Mr.. Spreckels, whose es-
tate is valued at between $4,000, 900
and s4O,O0o.0O0, left it in trust to his
widow, to be divided between certain
named children at her death. John d.
and Adolph B. Sprecqels were be-
queathed nothing, the testator declar-
ing that they had been amply provid-
ed for during his lifetime.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
CHICAGO IT. WRECK HURTS %.
Man Running Express Held Guilty
of Carlessness by Road President.

Following collision of two North
western elevated trains in Chicago
Tuesday morning, in which twenty
thee passengers were injured, rigid
Investigation to learn the cause of the
wreck was begun by city oficiais The
collision, which occurred at North
Franklin and Ohio streets, was attrib-
uted by President Mason B. Starring
to gross carelessness" on the part of
A. Winterberger, the motorman in
charge of a Wilson avenue express
train, which, on straight track, ran
into the rear end of Ravenswood To-
cal Both trains were city bound
The motorman's explanation that
the brake refused to work was disput-
ed by Mr.. Starring and by Willard B.
Hereley, city traction expert. The lat
ter declared the car was inspected less
than ten days ago and found to be in
perfect condition. Both trains were
damned to the doors with passengers
on their way to work in the loop dis
trict. Among those most seriously in
jured was William c. Schroeder, cash
Ter of the Continental National Bank,
who suffered fractures of both legs
and cuts about the head and body. In
addition to those injured many passen-
gers on both trains were shaken up
and the women became panic-stricken.
Firemen rescued many persons Devil
dered and imperiled by the third rail
by carrying them down ladders to the
ground
The accident occurred shortly before
$3.50 o'clock. The rear vestibule of
the last car of the Ravenswood train
was partly demolished and the front
of the motor car of the express train
was wrecked. President Starring and
other officials of the road supervised
the work of rescue and the clearing
aWaV of the wrpckape
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
GEORGE MEREDITH is DEAD.
Succumbs in London to Attack of
Heart Disease at 81.

dearr O1SeaSe at 81.
George Meredith died at 1885 Tues
day morning in London. The news of
the great novelist's illness caused deep
and widespread regret and it had been
generally feared that because of his
great age-he was past 81 the
chances of recovery were slight. The
immediate cause of death was heart
failure, following grave symptoms
that developed early in the evening.
Mr. Meredith's illness began on Nay
IA and he steadily declined since that
time.
George Meredith was born Feb. II,
1928, in the county of Hampshire, En-
gland. He was educated in Germany,
but returned to England after qualify
ing for a university and read for the
bar. He gave up this for literature
after meeting with success in articles
written for prominent reviews of his
time. In 1851 Meredith published
Poems" his first volume of verse, and
since then throughout his active liter
airy life he published poems and books
every few years Recognition, how
ever, was slow, and not until 1885,
when the novelist was 81 years old
and Diana of the Crossways" appear
ed, did he receive the recognition
which was to be his until his dying
day. After the success of Diana of
the Crossways" Meredith's early works
were recognized as masterpieces and
his novel, "The Ordeal of Richard
Leverel," is now ranked as one of his
best efforts. Of his many prose works
those which are declared by critics to
be certain of undying fame are THE
Egoist," published in 1879, ''Rhoda
Fleming published in. 1865, and the
two books already mentioned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
1900 JAP STUDENTS STRIKE.

Quit Tokyo High school Because Ii
Was Not Mnde University. +
Fifteen hundred student representa-.
tives of the commercial high school
after adopting a resolution at a mass
meeting in Tokyo to quit the school.
formed a line in front of the building,
sang the school song. babe farewell,
removed their school insignia and then
dispersed. The trouble In the CONNER
cial high school commenced some time
ago when the students petitioned the
government to raise it to the rank of
a university. This was refused.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
MANY HURT IN ALTON WRECK.
Train Bound for Bloomington, ILL.,,
Leaves Track in Missouri.

Train Bound for Bloomington, ILL.,,
Leaves Track in Missouri.
Between thirty and forty persons
were injured, some of them probably
fatally, by the wreck of Chicago and
Alton train No. IA near Odessa, Mo-,
Saturday morning. The train, which
left Kansas City at S:13 a. M, was a
local, bound for Bloomington, H. The
wreck happened at Walnut Row
Schoolhouse, two miles east of Odessa.
The cause of the accident is not
known. The track was torn upSf for
400 feet. The train was made up of
three cars and engine. All the cars
and the tender left the track. The
engine stuck to the rails.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
FORMS BIGGEST COAL COMBINE
Consolidation Company Takes Five
Concerns and 200, 900 Acres.

OoACSGuS anu ZOO,OOO acres.
The Consolidation Coal Company,
which before the adoption of the Hep
burn coal act was owned by the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad. has acquired
the entire capital stock of five coal
companies and formed the greatest
coal combination in the world, with
approximately 100000 acres in Mary
land, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Kentucky and Ohio, and capital
stock of s37650,00O The five compa-
MES acquired are the Paramount Coal
Company, capitalized at $4,000. 900;
Somerset Coal Company. S4,000,000;
Pitts5urg and Paramount Fuel Com
pany, $2,250,000; Clarksburg Fuel
Company, $1,250,0oO, and Southern
Coal and Transportation Company,
100000. The Consolidation, which
has controlled the companies which 1t
now absorbs. has bought the minority
stock in all of them. There will be
no change in management. President
Clarence w. Watson and Vice Presi-
dent Jere H. Wheelwright continuing
as directing heads.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25

The Beamer Han,lle Company's
factory at Manor, Pa, was destroyed
by fire, which caused loss of $780,
000 Not far away is a powder maya
zine, which contained 800 kegs of pow.
der During the progress of the fire
the roof of the magazine was found to
be on fire. Needless of the danger, the
firemen rushed Z and carried out the
explosives.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
BIG DITCH TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

VIII Drain Big Arca of Farm Land
In Hutchinson County, $. ID.
dredging company has COM
menced the work of constructing an
immense drainage ditch in Hutchin-
soa County. South Dakota, southwest
of Sioux Falls. The ditch will drain
a large area of valuable farm land
which IS now out of commission be-
cause of being flooded, and will en-
tirely remove lake covering 1856
acres of ground. which also will be re-
claimed and made to produce crops
during future seasons
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25

Detectives claim to have discovered
a clew showing that Salvador Rizzo
Cincinnati fruit dealer, who died sud
denly Tuesday morning after having
received threatening letters from the
Black Hand, was given poison. Last
Saturday, according to the detectives
Rizzo was approached by man claim
ing to be a fruit salesman, who gave
him a new variety of banana, after
eating which Rizzo became violently
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
Make. MilIion, Ala, churcb

Joseph n. Shenstone. a millionaire
of Toronto. Canada, at a meeting of
the laymen's missionary movement in
connection with the southern Baptist
convention in Louisville, declared that
he had made enough money during
his lifetime ana that he was now go
ing to devote his fortune and the re-
mainder of his days to the service of
God and man.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25
stray Dog Save. Man. Life.

The actions of a dog on the tracks
of the Reading railroad near Chester,
Pa, caused William Peet of Chester
to follow the animal. The dog led him
to a quagmire a hundred yards from
the tracks, where he found Harry
Morrison of Chester stuck in the mud
up to his armpits and sinking Morri-
son was rescued. The dog is a stray
animal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25

Charles E. Nord, real estate bro
ker, accused of winning the love of a
number of women in various cities,
including New York and Chicago. and
inducing them to part with their mon.
ey, was sentenced in Kansas City to
FIVE years in the penitentiary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-25

Following a prayer at the opehing
Of court in Mount Vernon. Ga. offered
By Rev. Joe Mcdaniel, a relative OF
w. C. Beasley. for whose alleged muir
der Jordan Swain vas on trial. the de
tense moved for mistrial, and it was
granted.