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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
SUNDAY.

The visit of King Alfonso to King
Manuel of Portugal is believed TO have
oeen chiefly to arrange for the marriage
OF the latter monarch to Princess Beat
rice, niece of King Edward.
Sixteen battle ships of the Atlantic
neet were half way across the Atlantic
on their return from the remarkable tour
OF the world, the test showing the eff
cheney of the fighting craft and the men.
Margaret Ellington and her husband,
Daniel Frohman, separated with a view
to ultimate divorce, the husband in a
statement issued in New York declaring
no scandal attaches to the parting of the
two
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
WOMAN, 70, FACES PENITENTIARY
Ellen Peck, Former Illinois Convict,
Is Convicted of Larceny.

Ellen Peck, Former Illinois Convict,
Is Convicted of Larceny.
Ellie Peck. alias f. Eliza Knightpeck,
20 years old, who for more than a quar-
ter of century has been known to the
police in various parts of the country as
one of the most successful confidence
game" operators in the United States,
was found guilty of grand larceny in the
first degree by jury in the Court of
General Sessions in New York Because
this is her second offense the woman's
sentence probably will be for term of
twenty years. Her earlier operations
earned her a sentence of four years in
Auburn prison for forgery in the third
degree, of five years in the same insti-
tuition for forgery in the second degree,
and of one year in the Illinois peniten-
tiary on charge of being an habitual
criminal
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

In his address before the Union Medi-
caI Society in Massillon. Ohio, DR.. ]. d.
O'Brien exhibited four patients who are
suffering from paresis and who have
baen treated with a recently discovered
serum. His theory IS that paresis is
rerm disease and he says be has found a
serum thar win cause the disease to yield
10 treatment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

Living trees are proposed by City For
ester Boldly of Cleveland as monuments
to great men. His scheme is TO set out
a Young tree for the man TO be honored,
and to place silver tubes, containing the
name snd other records. in holes in the
trunk. where they win remain for 100
years or more.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

DR.. d. L. Burlington. a physician of
Johnstown. Pa. was arrested al Sheffield.
He is charged with embezzling funds ag-
gregating $1,000 belonging to Woodmen
of the World. and Patriotic Sons OF
America. lie was working as laborer
in a lumber camp.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
Girl. Narrowly Escape Fire.

Forty young women employed in the
laundry department of Morris & Co.'S
packing plant in Kansas City, Kan, mar
rowly escaped with their lives when
fire broke out in the second floor of the
pisnt. The FIRE practically destroyed the
interior of the entire building.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
CALIFORNIA TO COUNT JAPs.
Senate Votes Money to Ascertain
Facts Regarding Immigration.

Moderation on the part of legislators
and an evident disposition finally to dis
pose of all measures relating to Japan
csc, and other aliens characterized a re-
cent session of the legislature. Adopt
ing suggestion by Governor Gillett, the
Assembly voted to appropriate $4,000 to
defray the expenses of a census which
shall show the number of Japanese in
California and the pursuits in which
they are engaged. The statistics are to
be used in consideration of future legis-
lation, possibly involving a request by
California for an Asiatic exclusion act.
In the Senate resolution by Senator
Marc Anthony providing for special
election wherein the voters of California
may express themselves On the subject
of Asiatic immigration was defeated by
a vote of % to II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
WRECKS HOUSE 10 SAVE TREE.
Mrs. Russell Sage Heeds Request of
Women's Improvement Society.


women's Improvement Society.
In order TO save one large shade tree
Mrs. Russell Sage is sacrificing a large
fine house In Sag Harbor, L. l.. much
to the qualification of the residents. Mrs.
Sage bought the old Seaman property for
$4,000 in order to build a public IL
brary upon the site in honor of her
grandparents. Colonel and Mrs. John Jer-
main. The house was to be removed, but
q few days ago it was discovered that it
could not pass between the two hand
some trees The Woman's Village I'm
provement Society called Mrs. Sage's at
tention to the fact that one tree would
have to be cut down Il the house were
moved. Her response was prompt and
Characteristic: Tear down the house
and move it In pieces"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

The Narragansett Hotel in North Den
yer, Col, burned early Tuesday morning
and the forty patrons had narrow es-
cape from the flames and were forced to
fee into the low temperature Of the
street in their night clothes.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
nnrrrar kinea Fleeing.

George ". Reese, of Martins Ferry,
Ohio, aroused by burglars, fired from a
second-story window as three men fed
from the house. One bu"et struck John
Coss. killing him instantly. Coss was
50 years old and had served two terms
in the Ohio penitentiary for burglary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

Despondent because his political pow
er in the Thirty-fourth Ward had been
broken and because the Democratic ward
organization had declared in favor of an
other. Alderman Joseph +. Kohout killed
himself in the basement of his home. 7S7
Douglas boulevard. Chicago. He fired a
bullet into his right temple
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
DEATH IN TURKISH QUAKE.
Buildings Collapse in Sivas and at
Least Thirty Are Killed.

A number of houses and government
buildings at Sivas. the capital of a val
ayet of the same name in Asatic Turkey,
collapsed Tuesday as the result of an
earthquake The loss Of life has not been
ascertained, but reports say that thirty
persons have been killed and others in
jured. Many of the inhabitants are with
out sheltS~ Sivas, sometimes spelled
Seevas. has a population of about 5000
families
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
YOUTH FREEZES TO DEATH.
Nude Body OF Man Found Near Mat
tom After Strange Experience.

Il am living as Jesus lived" said a
Young man who walked through the big
Four depot in Bellefo; 1aine, Ohio, Of
feriug figs and dates to the crowd. At
terward he purchased ticket to Mat
toon. III. The next day he ives found
near Tower Hill. town outside {. Mat
tom. The body was nude and frozen.
BEFORE leaving Beilefontaine the youth
sent a telegram to Mrs. T. Fl. Fitzger-
aid. Vallejo, Cal, signing himself '.R. A.
Graham
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

willis L. Moore, chief of the United
States weather bureau. says Americans
owe their spirit and enterprise largely to
exchanging weather conditions in this
country. He made the assertion while
lscturing at Columbia University, in New
YORK. on storms and weather forecast
ing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
Manitoba Cuts Phone Toll.

After the announcement was made that
the profits of the Manitoba telephone sys-
tenn under the operation of government
officials was S16S.0O0 for the first year,
the legislature decided to reduce the pres
emit rates one-third.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
GIRL POSES AS MAN 9 YEARS.

Wears Male Attire, Does Mems
work, smokes, Chews and Drinks.
William Winters. who is held by the
st. Louis police. discarded trousers and
donned skirts. He also took the name
IF Lillian Winters. the name her parents
gave her twenty-five years ago. Miss
Winters left her home in Galveston.
Tex. in 1900. and since then has been
wearing mems closhing She has worked
as a bill poster, teamsteT, riyet-heater
and clerk in hardware store Dur
ing her masquerade she learned to smoke.
chevy and drink beer
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
Explosion Fatal.

The locomotive drawing Great North
ern train blew up near Muokilteo, Wash.
killing the fireman and fatally injuring
the engineer. No passengers were in
inrpd
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
score Carried out Into Lake.

A score of fishermen and their dogs
were carried out into Lake Erie from
Buffalo when the ice field was set in mo-
ton by a shift in the wind. All were
rescued except Joseph Satusky. The man
and his dog team are missing and are no
doubt lost
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

Mrs. Richard Shuttleworth, 10 years
old has become the mother of triplets..
two girls and boy. The young mother
lives in Brooklyn, n. 7. She viii name
the how William Taft Shut leworth.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

The English newspapers devote much
space 10 appropriations of Abraham Lin
coin. There was no celebration in Lon
don. but in the ma3ors house in Man
chester there was snail gathering
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

The bodies of the two mine workers
who were entombed in the Black Dia-
rond mine at Wifkesbarre. Pa. which
took FIRE from some unknown cause. were
recovered. The men died of suffocation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

With the wind blowing gale and drfv-
ing sleet in their faces, fremen carried
eighteen women down ladders to safety
when blaze routed out the tenants in
four-story apartment house at the corner
Of Adams and 18th streets, Toledo, Ohio.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

A Lisbon newspaper prints a report
that the eng cement of King Manuel to
Princess Beatrice. daughter of the Duke
of Edinburgh, viii probably be announced
shortly
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23
Soy in play kilIs Baby brother.

In Somerset. Ps.. while playing With
rife Henry Sipe. eyed ; years. acci.
ientally shot and instantly killed his 4
year-old brother Richard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

Fire destroyed the interior of the
Hueston building. in the heart Of the re-
tail district Of Kansas City. The loss Is
estimated at $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-02-23

III. ]. Miller Of Jstroit, Mich, an
erecting engineer, fell forty feet from a
crane at oakmouat near Pittsburg. and
was killed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

Editor The Press: l beg space
in your paper to reply to an at
tack on the citizens of Kenwood
by the Chronicle of Tuesday, No
vember 2. The Chronicle will not
permit citizens to defend them
selves through the columns of the
paper.
The citizens of Kenwood do not
imagine a grievance against Mayor
Pratt. 1t is a fact, based on fact,
not fiction. The report in said
paper that our allies are made up
OF disgruntled saloonmen, gam
blers and ward heelers is DELHI
crate falsehood.
Our reasons for wishing the may.
or recalled are based on fact. First.
he pledged himself to nonparti-
san administration. and instead he
has the city hall padded with polit-
ical Pratt supporters, of which pol
icies the Cowles newspapers are
the backbone. Second. he pledged
himself to aid In the water exten'
ton to the best welfare of the
taxpayers. and instead he has been
the obstructionist in the water ex'
tension. He favors the bringing OF
Priest lake water TO this city In
the favor of the Cowles papers, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

water combine and a few million
aires, who run things to suit them
selves at the city hall.
Right here let me say there is
no foe so hard to battle with as the
pretender. Why does the mayor
shield and support City Engineer
Ralston, who has proven his unre-
liability as an engineer at the ex-
pense of the taxpayers at over one
hundred thousand dollars? This
man the mayor has seen fit to put
at the head of our water extern
sions. Why does the mayor sane
tion the board of works. with whom
he meets daily to disregard the
city charter by going behind closed
doors to plot and plan for graft?
We insist on reform and want
the mayor to begin in his office
and that of the board of works.
Broad-minded, self-thinking men
do not rely on the hypocricy of the
wolf in sleeps clothing playing
the role of the savior at the city
hall; they look up merits. 1t is
taht class of people, too narrow
minded to look beyond the borders
of newspaper, who are deceived
by his sham.
MRS. KATHRYN RONDEBUSH.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
THE PUBLIC SQUARE

speech everything personal
family othc what think In
about 800 words RI
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
Secretary Of Commerce Will
Say the Number of limo
cent Girls Lured From
Europe is Less Than Re-
ported.
ELLIS ISLANDS
EFFORTS TO STOP
THE PRACTICE
Agents Kept Abroad, But
Cost So Great That the
Number There Is
Not Large.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 5.-Sec.
fetary Nagel of the department of
commerce and labor, who arrived
here with the president, will deal
in report to be made in Deem
Der with the investigation of the
white slave traffic. He will say
that large part of the traffic is
alleged to be within the United
States, and with that his depart
ment has nothing to do. 1t is a
problem for the police and state
authorities.
OF the girls brought from
abroad, the proportion of innocent
girls brought to this country
against their will has been found
to be considerably smaller than is
computed by the Purity league
and other reformers, but the ex-
istence of q traffic of that sort
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

NEW YORK, Nov. Sis otto
Mueller another Johann Hoch-a
second modern Bluebeard?
The police have arrested him for
the murder of Anna Luther Mueller,
whose body was found in the woods
at Islip, l.. l., the girl having been
dead for a year.
His wife, who thought her hus-
bands name was Frederick Geb-
hardt, and who, when she married
him three years ago, through a
matrimonial agency, gave him $500
which she had saved, told the po-
lice that, year ago last spring,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
American Women Lead
Fashion Even in Paris

LONDON, Nov. 5.-Says the
Paris fashion correspondent of the
Onlooker:
The American woman in Paris
today has almost as great a repu-
tatiOn as the Parisienne as a lead
er of the mode. She dresses with
taste and wears her clothes with a
certain chic peculiar to herself.
Mrs. Scott Grant, for example, an
attractive American hostess who
lives the greater part of the year
in Paris, where she has an artistic
apartment on the Avenue du Bots,
is always well dressed and affects
simple style but usually distinct
i've for it's handsome material and
trimming. Mrs. Charles Carroll is
another woman who is very stylish
and has a penchant for the velvet
tailor costume and beautiful furs."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

from abroad is admitted. The de.
partment has some agents in Eu.
rope cooperating with authorities
there to prevent the buying and
selling of girls for immoral pur.
poses, but the expense is SO great
that not large force can be
maintained.
immigration officials have an op
portunity to stop the entrance OF
undesirable immigrants at Ellis
Island and other receiving sta
tons, or if within three years aft
er she is admitted it is discovered
that woman was immoral wher
admitted she can be deported. The
report will say that the immigra
ton officials are so strict in theil
investigation of women who ar
rive alone that they have otter
been criticised severely and &C
cused of prosecuting girls, but the
department maintains that in nc
other way can it prevent whole
sale traffic in white slaves.
An instance of recent date Is
cited. 1t was charged that the
niece of a rich uncle was detained
unlawfully and unnecessarily by
the Ellis Island officials. 1t struck
the secretary as queer that if the
girl was respectable and the niece
of rich man. he should leave hei
at the island without aid. The
references of women are scrutin
lied and Investigated, and usually
relatives or friends are required tC
go to the immigration station and
identify them. The rich uncle in
this case proved to be myth and
the girl was returned to Europe.
The report will not make any
radical recommendations. 1t will
be rather an explanation of what
the government is trying to do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
RoXburghes Entertain
Wards and w. AstOr

KELSO, Scotland, Nov. 5.-The
Duke and Duchess MAY Goelet OF
New York; of Roxburghe have
been entertaining at Floors castle,
their magnificent seat in Scotland,
the Marquis of Anglesey, Lord
Alastair Ines-Ker, who married
Anne Breese of New York; Major
and Lady Evelyn Collins, Major
and Lady Florence Willoughby
Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Stanley,
the Hon. John and Mrs. Jean Reid
of New York; Ward, Captain
Molyneux and Mrs. Waldorf Astor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
GERMAN DOCTOR HAS NEW RULE
FOR REGULATING SEX OF BABIES

. LONDON, Nov. 5-iSnce the of
physicians have method
mining the infants the
details of what is described inaible by
which predicted before birth,
may even be determined at the will of the parents given by
Dr. A. Schooner the Betraege Geburhife publish
ed Sschoeners nothing
with the renowned theory Shenk who de-
clared that the feeding the mother the determining
factor According the theory feeding has nothing
with the the little The
sex OF the children DR. Schooner is determined before
fertilization solely
in which mother cell which
develops into the future child according the
theory either female The possibility determining
which is to be depends that these
and female cells produced alternavely regularly
periods is not possible beforehand what
. will be the first child such child is
born careful calculation will enable medical to tell be-
foTehand the sisters;
. observing the children of the
. they desire.
. All of which is important, If
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
Duchess of Marlborough
Is to Visit Her Mother

LONDON, Nov. 5.-The gatherer
of American Notes and Notions"
for London society publication
writes:
The Duchess of Marlborough
was at Sunderland House last
week and | have heard that she
may pay a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Belmont, this fall or early in
the new year"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

Mueller went abroad and wrote1her
many letters. The police discov-
cred that while abroad Mueller
married Anna Luther, whose par
ents were wealthy. Together they
returned to this country. The girl
disappeared and her body was iden-
titled by jewelry found on it. There
was bullet hole in the skull.
The police found that Mrs. Geb-
hardt was wearing fine clothes
which bore the initials "a. L."
They had evidence, they say, that
Mueller mislead many women, but
cannot tell, as yet whether any of
these women are missing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
NEWS FROM THE "OLD COUNTRIES

worth $15,000,000 and has Irish as
well as English titles. He distin
guished himself in India while aide
de camp to Lord Lansdowne when
the latter was viceroy, and also in
the Boer war, in which he served
as a captain on the headquarters
staff.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
Mrs. Cleveland Rents
Swiss Hotel Annex

LAUSANNE. Switzerland, Nov.
5-Mrs. Grover Cleveland has ar
rived here. has rented the annex
of Hotel Windsor and probably
will make a long stay. Her son
Will enter DR.. Auckenthaler's col
lege and her daughters will attend
the Villa Cyrano school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05
ONE OF BRITAIN'S
BRIGHTEST BUDS

LONDON, Nov. 5.-Among all
the winsome children in the United
Kingdom, Lady Donatia, the 5-year-
old daughter of Earl Fitzwilliom,
certainly ranks among the fore
most A recent photograph has
caught her in one of her most fas-
cinating moods.
Lord Fitzwilliom is reputed to be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

WINNIPEG-The Canadian army
is being enlarged, and $4,000
troops will be stationed between
the great lakes and the Rockies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-05

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
West high school are on strike
because of double sessions and bad
lunches.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
MUSICAL COMEDY HERE
is RIVAL OF "SALOME.'
"Ein Blitzmadel" Presented al
the Colosseum.

That Strauss "Salome" has at last
an interesting n entertaining rival
was the opinion of several hundred per-
sons who saw "Ein Blitzmadel' at the
Colosseum last night.
But Hedwig Richard. who played the
beautiful dancer in the delightfully."-
musical comedy, sought no cory re-
ward for her grace, but instead a po-
litical position for her sweetheart; and
so airily did she perform and so
earnestly did she plead that despite all
opposition her request vas granted.
The performance was staged by a
company of players who are booked for
the entire winter at the Irving Place
Theatre, New York.
Gustave Hartzheim was rapturously
entertaining in his role as Baron Istvan
Juhasz, and his singing literally
brought down the house.
Heinrich de CAIRO, playing in turn
the chorist and the able. the ballet
master and the gay student, was ex-
tremely droll, and won hearty APP
plause.
The company will continue to give
performances at the Colosseum this fall.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
FAIR WEATHER AND GOOD
BILL DRAW CROWDS TO FAIR.
Exhibits Far Exceed Those of
Previous Years.

For at least nee In it's existence. the
New Jersey State Fair is being greeted
with fair weather, and big crowds are
turning out daily. The fair is up to
all expectations, and in the line of ex-
hibits of all kinds and special features
far exceeds those of previous years.
Gauss, the Handcuff King who al
lows himself I'd be buried in the ground
and then gets out himself, is a big at
traction. Yesterday he was buried in
a coffin under six feet of earth, but
had to cal for help when it came time
to get out. =
Some oxerzealous persons in putting
dirt on top of the coffin thought big
rocks would be just as good as dirt,
and as a result Gauss was unable to
do his stunt He says he will surely do
it today. but will have a representative
at h grave to see that nothing but
earth is shoveled on top of the coffin.
The present fair is somewhat of a de-
parture from the old style county fairs,
but there are still plenty of exhibits of
cattle, swine, horses and poultry on
hand to please the farmers. The mid
way was a busy scene today as the
fun-making people, who were busy at
the Danbury fair all last week reached
Olympic Park and got their shooting
galleries, ring losses and other devices
for separating the patrons from their
money ready. One interesting feature
of the fair is the splendid showing of
women's fancy work in the big manu-
facturers' building.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-11
POLITICAL LIGHTS GUESTS
AT H0LCOMB CLUB OUTING.
First Annual Trip to College
Point BIG Success.

Attended by many men prominent
in the political world, the Horace b..
Holcomb Association, If the Fourth
ward, yesterday enjoyed the first an
nual outing at Donnelly's Grove, Coll
lege Point, Long Island. An elaborate
dinner was served at the grove. after
which the steamboat Orient took the
excursionists for a sail up the Hud-
SON.
Among those present were: Alfred
n. Dalrymple, chairman Of the Repub-
lican county committee: Surrogate
George r. Russell, Freeholders Doody.
McCue, Schmidt. McGovern and Rog-
trs, of Hudson county; Alderman
Louis Schwartz, George w. Cross.
Louis V. Aronson, Thomas Goldring
and the following Republican candi-
dates for assembly: Messrs. Brooks.
Bowden, Terhune. Huegel. Gillen and
Lee.