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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

in both commercial and civic phases of
life there. Mr.. MacVeagh's acceptance,
however, will mean that Chicago will
lose him as one Of her foremost mer-
chants, for he will be obliged to dis
pose of his holdings in the wholesale
grocery firm of Franklin MacVeagh &
Co., of which he has been the head
since 1870. Mr.. MacVeagh will also
have to resign as director of the Com
mercial National Bank, and he will
have to get rid of his stock Vim that in
stitution. in which he is one of the big
stockholders and an important force.
The reason for the necessity Of Mr..
MacVeagh's ceasing to be either Chi
cago merchant or bank director lies in
an old statute of 1889, which declares
that Secretary of the Treasury shall
not be interested in certain things finan-
cially.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
JAIL czoLGosz's cAPToR.

Former Buffalo Detective Convicted
of Receiving Stolen Booty.
From the hero of the Mckinley assassi-
nation into a prisoner charged with crimi-
nally receiving the booty of a car bur-
glary is the drop taken by former detec-
tive Albert Solomon of Buffalo. y. Y.
lie was convicted by a jury in the Su-
IRENE Court. Solomon's record as po-
lice officer was brilliant 1t was Solomon
and Secret Officer Foster who grabbed
CzolgoSz after he shot President McKin-
ley and dragged him behind the stage
and held him from the mob until he was
taken TO police headquarters. Three
years ago Solomon was broken for allow
ing Lon Whitman. the noted forger, 10 IS
cape from him while aboard train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

Fire at Coffeyville. Kan, DESTROYED A.
Il. Holloway's boarding stable. together
with twenty-six horses. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Following a suspension of four months
the Forge and Bolt plant of New Cas-.
tie, Pa, resumed operations affordiny en-
ployment TO GOO men.
The town of Milton, thirty miles east
of Pensaloea, Fla. was practically de-
stroyed by FIRE. the entire business sec
ton and several residences being burned
Loss $4,000 to $4,000.
VIII Parker, negro. was hanged bv a
mob at Mexia. Ala. for mistreating the
3-year-old daughter of n o. Bailey. for
whom he worked.
George Evans. minstrel was operated
upon for appendicitis in hospital at
Utica, y. Y. and his condition is re-
ported as favorable.
Alleged timber frauds of gigantic nro-
portions in Southwest Oklahoma are nm
der investigation by the federal grand
jury at Muskogee. Okla.
Fire at GananoQue. Ont. DESTROYED
tie Turner Block. loss $1,000. The
Grand Opera House. erected a year aro.
al cost of $4,000. also was bdrned.
About 4.Joo persons attended testi-
monial concert TO the late Senator Car
mack. given az Nashville Tena.. BY the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad round
house and division shops at Portage La
Prairie, Ont. were DESTROYED by ERE.
Three locomotives were badly damaged.
The loss IS 100000.
AT meeting held st the residence of
DIR. Roswell O. Stebbins in New York,
a committee of ten was organized for the
purpose of equipping relief expedition
20 look for DIR. Frederick Cook OF Brook
Iyn, supposed to be wintering in the po-
lar regions after an attempt TO reach the
pole last summer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
OHIO RIVER TO GO ON RAMPAGE.
Government Forecaster Predicts the
Water v ii Reach go Feet.

That the Ohio River at Cincinnati
will reach stage Of sixty feet on the
present rise was the prediction made
by Local Weather Forecaster Bassler.
If this stage is reached 1t will inun-
date considerable property on the river
front, and cause considerable dsmage
Already Water and Front streets in
Cincinnati are flooded and about 200
residences in low lying lands In Cow
ington, Newport and Bellevue, Ky.
are submerged The railroads will be
compelled to abandon tine Union Cen
trail and Pennsylvania stations, when
the river reaches fifty-five feet Ar
rangements have been made to utilize
the Sth street or the Storrs' station.
The Ohio above Cincinnati is rising
all the way from Pittsburg to the
Ohio city. However, disastrous food
is not expected at any point
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
MAY WHEAT AT s1.1S.
Sells at Unprecedented Figure and Is
Expected to Reach $1.25.


May wheat sold Friday on the Chi
cago Board OF Trade for $1.1S1s a
bushel. 1t was a record price for the
cereal. Predictions are freely made by
men in close touch with the situation
that May wheat eventually will go as
high as $1.25.
Fortunes are being made and lost
daily in the Chicago wheat pit James
A. Patten and the firm of Patten,
Bartlett & Co. are the men who have,
by the biggest wheat deal in the his
tory of the Chicago Board of Trade
and this means the biggest in the his
tory of the country-put May wheat
at figure higher than it ever has
sold before.
The men who sold May wheat
short" are the losers. One man grace
fully took his medicine Friday. He
was "short" 100000 bushels. He "cov-
cred his line' In other words, he
bought 100000 bushels of wheat at an
advanced price to cover that which he
was short His loss after he had set
tied was was $125.000.
1t is an open secret on the Board
of Trade that there is a clique of Wall
street millionaires which is short a
long line of wheat Conservative esti-
mates of the amount are 100000
bushels.
Reginald c. Vanderbilt is one man
who is facing big loss, according to
all reports. Vanderbilt was brought
INTO the deal through his friendship
with Sidney c. Love, young Chicago
broker, who cut such wide swath il
business and social circles before he
was summarily removed froh both
through the action of William II.
Moore, millionaire and head of the
Rock Island-Frisco system syndicate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
BEGIN MAKING RAILS AT GARY.
Mig Steel Mills Commence Work ON
Their First Contract.

Mig Steel Mills Commence Work ON
Their First Contract.
The Indiana steel mills at Gary have
commenced actual operations in turning
out their first order of new steel rails
The rails viii 90 TO the Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy Railroad The steel
company has booked several large orders
for rails, the largest of which is for 3d.
600 tons, for the Baltimore and Ohio
There are four blast furnaces now in ac-
tual operation and two open hearth fur
naces. Several more will be blown With
in a few days. increasing the force of
men now employed from 3.100 to 400
The employees will be divided into day
and night shifts and the mills will be kept
in operation without a stop. The COM
pany is now supplying steel for the South
Chicago and Joliet plants, whose open
hearth furnaces are said to be shut down.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
DECISIONS AGAINST TRUSTS.
Rights Claimed by Combinations Are
Affected UnfavoraEly.

In the six different cases before the
Supreme Court at Washington the
rights or advantages claimed by cor
porations known as trusts were affect
ed unfavorably. The two leading fea-
lures Of these decisions, taken as a
whole, were the unfolding of the law,
which prohib is common carriers from
granting special privileges to any one,
and the holding of the corporations re-
sponsible to the governments and laws
Of the State; in which they operate
In three casts the New York Central
Railroad wa; involved. that railroad
corporation being required to pay S134,-
600 in fines for rebating TO the sugar
trust and to the Brooklyn Cooperage
Company.
In various cases of the United States
against the express companies, the
court held that under the Elkins law
the companies could not grant franks
for the free transportation of the
property of their own employees or of
the employees or other companies
In the case of the Hammond Pack
ing Company of Chicago, charged with
fixing the prces of meats in Arkansas,
the antitrust law of that State was
upheld and 4 fine of $4,000 affirmed
Justice White in rendering this de-
cision said 1T is the duty of cor
poration to live in the light of day
and to be prepared at any time to ex-
hibit its proceedings TO its creator, the
State"
The right of State public service
commission to regulate the rates
charged by common carriers, Including
telephone End telegraph companies
within the State, was affirmed, the case
being that of the Cumberland Tele
phone Company against the Railroad
Commission Nf ntiSiapa
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
Boy who Cannot Learn.

A remarkable report concerning a
Peckham schoolboy who cannot learn
was presented by the education commit
tee at the meeting of the London County
Council. Though nearly thirteen. the boy
has only learned during his career two
or three letters, and these he has for
gotten. He cannot write. neither can he
calculate. 1t was decided to expel the
boy from school,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

A dispatch from San Juan Bautista.
Mexico. says that Captain Antonio Esco-
bar. Of the Mexican Army. who is inter
esfed in archaeological studies. announces
that he has certain proofs Of the exact
location of the resting pia~e OF the bones
of the last Aztec Emperor The d0cu-
n5ents which disclose these facts will be
presented to Minister Sirra-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
WOULD BLOW UP OHIO SENATE.
John kemixka Writes Letter Max
Ing Dire Threat

Senator GilleSt of Fairfield County has
received letter from man at Bremen.
Ohio. threasening to blow up the Senate
chamber in Columbus. The name signed
was John Komiska. He said there no
longer was any chance in this country
for 4 poor man. ard cited the action OF
the Senate in killing the Dean bill TO
amend the Rose County option law. The
letter was turned over TO the postal au-
thorities
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

President Gomez will send to the Gu
Ian Senate the nomination Of Carlos Gar
cia Yelez as minister to the United
States Ii is expected that the nominal
ton will be confirmed The present min
User. Senior cesSesada. has been summoael
to Havana to consult with the President
relative to his future assisz ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Property of the estimated value of ST.
100000 is disposed of by the will OF the
late Eugene Germain Of Los Angeles. The
only gift to any person outside of the
immediate family of the capitalist is
beauest Of 5000 to Miss Mildred Haw-
kins. who was Mr.. Gernain's private sec
rotary ten years
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
FARMER TAKES RoBBER BAND.
Captures Five Bandits, Receivers
Plumber, but They Escape.

Plumber, but They Escape.
In the San Bots Mountains of Oklaho-
ma. single-handed and in the dark, James
Beck, farmer, caplsred five men who
had robbed him of $1,000, recovered part
of the money and then made an ineffee-
tual attempt to land his game in Jail.
Two were wounded, but all escaped.
Sunday morning the men broke into
Beck's house. He trailed them day and
night until at dusk Thursday he saw
them enter the San Bots Mountains. He
lay in wait till dark and when finally
the robbers fell asleep Beck approached,
yelling Hands up Cover them. boys"
Leading the robbers to believe they were
surrounded, Beck forced hem to return
S1.oso of his money.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Walter r. Day, former State Treasur-
or Of Kentucky. was sentenced to inn
prisoament in the penitentiary for one
year for obtaining money under false
pretenses. lie was accused of forging
the name CT his uncle. Floyd Day. to
note for $1,000 to Mrs. Zerilda Cope
about four years ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
nov Admits killing Express clerk.

O-vflIe Poland, 10 years old. confessed
that lie murdered Jesse Haymaker. the
Wells Fargo clerk who was found dead
in the eompany's Office at the depot in
Hutchinson Kan Folaed said the clerk
allowed him to sleep ia the Office for the
night. IIaymaker was asleep at the time
be shot him. He took SIS and escaped.
bur Vas arrested later.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Announcement of the gift of $4,000
TO Harvard University for the purpose
Of endowing q chapel to be known as the
Edward Wigglesworfh Memorial Chapel.
was ANNOUNCED in Cambridge. Mass. The
donors are James Norton Drew. Mary
G. Pitcher. Henrietta 6. Fitz and George
Wigrlesworth. all Of Boston.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
ceased Of Robbing Church.

It became known the other day that
Frank Ii. Jones. former probate judge.
was indicted by the county grand jury
on the charge Of embezzling $1,000 from
the First Presbyterian Church of Nor
walk. Ohio. while acting as agent and
trustee. Jones now is real estate deal
t.r al Bay CITY. Texas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
KILLS STATEHOOD BILL.
Senate Committee AbandOns Unani-
mOusIy Consideration of Measure.

mOusIy Consideration of Measure.
There will be no Statehood legisla-
ton for New Mexico and Arizona at
present. At a meeting of the Senate
committee on territories Saturday all
members, regardless of party, in a SEN
sational scene, abandoned consideration
of the House BILL The members of the
committee left the room without anyone
suggesting further meetings for its con-
sideration. This remarkable action oc-
Cured at the conclusion of the reading
of statements presented by Senators Mel
son and Beverage charging corruption,
jary bribing and various other offenses
against certain officials and leaders of
what was termed the gang which is in
control of political affairs in New Next
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
uor.~ Burned and Five Perish.

Mis- NJ. W. Beekman. a widow. and
her sur children, residing. seven miles
Ere, n Bakersfield Cal. on the Union
az at,e road, lost their lives Is a FIRE that
4 stfo5ed their home. 1t is believed they
were ordered and the house set afire to
aide the crime
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
Two Men Hanged I'm PennsyIvania.

Irwin A. Lewis. young man, was
hanged at West Chester. Pa. for chok-
ing his 5-year-old stepdaugbter TO death
he said be committed the deed because
he lad been leased about marrying
rezdy-insdey family. At Reading Frank
Palmer xas executed for killing a WON
an nhils he was in a jealous rage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
BRAIN is CAPITALIZED.

Wealthy Men Secure Rights TO Dis
coveries of Luther Burbank.
That his discoveries may be distrib-
uted more generally and his work not be
hampered by business worries, the brains
and genius of Luther Burbank. the plant
wizard. have been capitalized for several
million dollars The men who have Sc
cured the sole right to distribute the
plant discoveries of the Santa Rosa nat
sralist are IIartland Law and his broth
er Herbert, two millionaires of San
Francisco, and Oscar E. Dinner, a
wealthy Eastern capitalist.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
ni.. RnnsereIt nj Nnt Ennanaa

An emphatic denial of the report that
the Presidents youngest daughter. Miss
Ethel. is engaged 10 William Phillips.
Third Assistant SECRETARY of State. was
givea OUT from the White House
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Miss Viola Fellows. who was teaching
s.chooi nine zAiles southwest of Lodge
Pole. Neb.. was lost in the recent storm.
tier body was found 200 yards from her
boarding place.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
STRIKE SHUTS SHOE FACTORIES.
1000 Persons VIII Be Thrown Out of
Work by Wa1lSout.

In Portsmouth. Ohio. the Selby shoe
lasters' strike reached its crisis the other
day when every other shoe company in
the city asked its employees to do that
firms work. Walkouts occurred at all
plants. Every shoe factory in Ports
mouth has shut down pending settle
ment of the strike and fully 1000 persons
are thrown out Of work temporarily.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Thomas Norris. chauffeur. who last
September drove an automobile into a
WAGON. causing the death of Pearl Goche-
nour. II years Sd. was 6ned $500 in
the Criminal Court in Kansas City.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
GIRL MURDERED BY RoBBER.

Sister In Act OF Handing Money 10
Thief when Woman Is shot.
Miss Ethel Kinrade. daughter of II. III.
Kinrade. principal Of the Cannon Street
School. in Hamilton Ont. was killed by
= robber. She and her sister FIossie
were alone in their home in Herkiner
street when man walked in and demand
Cd money Flossie was in the act of
handing the man her purse when be
drew revolver and shot her sister. When
the police arrived the man had disappear
ed and he gil wSx found dead with fiye
bullets in her aossy.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
no,h~r and chIrdren Burned.

Miss Willard Kitson and two small
children we're burned to death in the FIRE
which destroyed their home at Hunters
vile. Ky. The husband barely escaped
with his life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
ehtta-en Buraes 40 Dentb

A boy aged ; and a girl OF 3 were
| burned TO death. and baby was perhaps
| fatally burned in the destruction BY fire
Of the home OF Henry Gorlay. farmer,
near Durant. Okla.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

The Reno branch Of the Nye and Orms-
bv chain OF banks in Nevada has sus-
pended. Cashier Byington declares all the
depositors viii be paid.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09
View York Grow. Is-,25o in Year

NtW 0FA HfUtFN e t-ssFU IN = taFs
The estimated population Of the great
er city Of New York is Ar. $50. accord
ing TO Health Commissioner Thomas Oar
lington's annual report The increase
during 1908 aggregated 137, 80 persons
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-03-09

Five miners are reported killed and
twenty entombed as the result of an ex-
plosion at the Hero mine, three miles
west of Joplin. No.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25
EDMUND BURKE TOO
ILL To ARGUE CASE
Complains He Was Handcuffed
TO Murderer Cunningham

Edmund Burke, the New York at
torney, who got into trouble because
he advertised himself here without gain
ing admission TO the local bar. pleaded
III heaiIh yesterday morning when his
petition for release from iaiI on
writ OF habeas corpus came llp before
Judge Conley. He said he was nl,vs-
icaily unable to make The argument
he planned. and at his request a CON
tnuance TO Monday morning was
granted Burke was convicted in tbe
police court and fined $50. in default
$50 days imprisonment in the county
Jail.
de complained TO Judge Conlev that
his treatment I'm the city prison had
affected his health. For six nights
Burke said. he had been compelled 10
SIT on hard bench until midnight
and on several occasions he had been
handcuffed TO James Cunningham. the
murderer. and thus led into court
This was done at the instfgation of
tnase two men here" added Burke. in
dicating Attorneys Bert Schlesfnger and
= j. Dunno, who \represent u IT
Bibb, the complaining witness
Burke IS now at liberty on soon bsi1
pending the hearing of his petition fo,
writ Of habeas. corpus. His anne.
anee yesterday bore out his assertions
Of III health. ''o''S
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25

WIFE SUED, WIRES
JUDGE FROM EAST
Charges Untrue-Crazed With
Grief,' Telegraphs Mar
garet Ludwig
Husband, a Government Off
cial, Alleges Infidelity in His
Action for Divorce

Divorce case 22,257. Wife destitute.
Crased with grief. Charges untrue. I'm
able TO appear. PenniIess. Mrs. John NJ.
Ludwig, Adams street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ihls telegram was received by Judge
van Nostrand yesterday from Mar
garet Z. Ludwig, who has been sued
LOT diVorce by John NJ. Ludwig. a
cIerk IN one of the government Offices
vi TINS city. copy of her husbands
complaint was mailed Mrs. Ludwig
ABOUT week ago, and upon receipt
Oh IL she wired to the judge as above.
me charges Mrs. Ludwig brands as
untrue are of a serious character Her
husband states that in August, Sep
tember, October and November of last
year, while he was temporarily absent
from California, she misconducted her
sef with men whose names are un-
known to Ludwig. He also accuses
her or visiting the Barbary coast dis
trict and dancing and drinking with
men, and states that she cursed and
revlled him. The Ludwigs were mar
RED In Brooklyn, n. Y, August 21.
1906 They lived in Vallejo for some
time.
Margherita DolcibelIa was granted
divorce from Gaspare Dolcibella on
e1io SlouHu Oh cruelty Dy Judge Van
Nostrand yesterday. Dolcibella is a
barber. His wife testified that, hold
ing revolver to her head, he forced
her to sign statement to the effect
that she had been untrue to him. This
was not fact, she said. Mrs DoIci-
bella was allowed $50 a month ALI
mony.
Other divorces granted by Judge Van
Nostrand yesterday were: Eloise Titus
from Thomas Titus. habitual intem-
perance; Catherine C. Kel1 from W. w
kell, willful neglect
Suits for divorce were begun yester-
day by: Clara d. Dorsey against
George E. Dorsey, desertion; Jessie
Noah against Loyola Noah, willful
neglect; Ida Pattison against Sidney
B. Pattison, cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25
Ancestor Worship
!. Proves Orders Aim.
Descendants of the Signers" Hear Odd Point
Raised Regarding Membership
Bp MARY eASHE MILLER

Americans have been accused of being
society mad" with no reference to the
preference of some of the inhabitants
of the country toward identifying them
selves with the 400" the smart set"
the best society,"" or whatever name
may be given the local difficult ones.
but using society as the term which is
synonymous with organization.
There are societies of everything
under the sun, and some are more
utterly absurd than others; some are
friYolous some serious, some useful,
and some have apparently no reason
for their being at all, save the pre-
vailing madness of the nation.
Prominent among the last may be
mentioned. according to the view of the
wayfaring man. the Society of the De-
scendants of the Signers. 1t sounds
mysterious enough TO a third or fourth
or even tenth generation American, and
TO a foreigner would probably be
altogether bewildering.
1t is, it may be said in explanation,
formed of the descendants of those men
who signed the declaration of indepen-
dence.
It seems a noble enough thing TO up
hold ones pride of birth when that
pride comes of legitimate rejoicing in a
line of clean or clever ancestry, but
one wonders just why these signers'
grandchildren in all the different de-
grees of nearness to the original fa-
nous gentleman felt it necessary to
form an organization.
The Sons and Daughters Of the
American Revolution have as their
aims. or some of them, the preserva-
ton of relics of that historic time,
the restoration of landmarks and other
useful objects; but the Descendants of
the Signers might affiliate themselves
with the Chinese worshipers of ances-
tors.
What is there for such an organiza-
tion to DO?
HAIR SPLITTING ONLY AIM
The only possible pursuit, judging
by one of the results of a recent meet
ing held in independence hall, Philadel-
phia. seems to be hair splitting and
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-25
STOLEN BREAD IS
SOLD FOR LIQUOR
Long Jail Sentence Given Thief
Who Stole to Buy In
t0xicants

Edward Crete was seen by Police
men Lynch and McKeon stealing two
loaves of bread from a doorstep at
9OS Railroad avenue and walk to $50,
where he picked up another loaf about
o'clock yesterday morning. They
arrested him on charge of petty lar
ceny and he explained that he was
hungry and out of a job.
Yesterday when he appeared before
Police Judge Conlan the judge recog-
nized him as man who had been ar
rested on two previous occasions for
stealing bread and selling it to saloon
men for drinks.
He declined to reply to the judges
question as to being hungry and out of
work and the judge sent him to the
county Jail for three months, saying he
had no sympathy for man who would
steal bread and sell it for liquor.