Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-28
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.
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ed by man.
The newly appointed tariff board
was ready to begin the work of col
1ecting data from foreign countries to
aid the President
DR.. Cook, branding Peary's charges
as an unfortunate disclosure of char
acter," demanded that the public de-
eide the polar controversy.
Rioting is begun in the Omaha
street car strike. Cars were wrecked
by mobs and crews attacked Business
men volunteered for police duty.
Swept from the yacht of James o.
Heyworth, off Racine, DR.. Joseph Will
lam Wassall, thirty-five years a den
list in Chicago. drowned before res
cuers could save him.
Monday.
Governor John A. Johnson of Min
nesota dies after surgical operation.
The Northwestern Railway reported
no passengers killed for a whole year.
CLAWS, ousted from the land Office,
wrote President Taft that he will make
public all the facts in the Alaska scan
dal
Benjamin w. Porter, missing Chica-
go insurance collector, was found at
South Haven; he told weird tale of
being kidnapped.
A tropical storm struck several
Southern States, causing extensive
damage; communication with New Or
leans was cut off; no casualties we're
reported
An airship line was financed in Ber-
lin to carry passengers between the
German capital and other cities. The
company expects to be in operation by
May, 1910.
Tuesday.
Score of Jews we're killed and hun
dreds wounded in rioting at Kieff
The death of Gov. Johnson of Min
nesota was mourned by whole nation.
1t was rumored that Mr. and Mrs. W..
X Vanderbilt, Jr., have agreed to part.
Commander Peary and party reach
ed Sydney, n. s., on the Roosevelt and
were given an ovation.
President Taft in his Denver speech
praised the corporation tax as the most
equitable duty that could be imposed
Dr. Cook reached New York and was
given a wild welcome there and in
Brooklyn. He promised to prove his
claims by his Eskimos and by scientific
data
Wednesday.
Secretary Meyer wrote that steps
will be taken to prevent violations OF
the Sabbath laws by the men of the
navy.
President Taft issued a statement in
which he exonerates Secretary BALM.
ger of charges in connection with
Alaska coal land claims.
Mrs. Annie Silver killed her sister
in-law, Mrs Leah Trip, and then end
ed her own life after a desperate
fight in Chicago apartment building
Thursday.
Chicago street car men voted to &C
cept the latest wage offer of the com
panies.
Death toll in the 1909 July cele-
bration was 215, the largest in five
years, according to the American Med.
ical Association Journal.
Chicago, with receptions, parades,
mass meeting, baseball game, and
ball, gave President Taft rousing
send-off on his 13,o0O-mile journey.
Friday.
Charles H. Treat resigned as Treas
nrer of the United States.
Unrest throughout Mexico is viewed
as a sign of political progress.
The Irish land bill was passed by
the English House of Commons.
The Elgin and Waltham Watch COM
panies announced an increase in prices
following revision of the tariff
President Mitten of City Railway
Company in Chicago signed three
year contract with his men and put
an end to the wage controversy.
Prof S. w. Burnham of the Yerkes
Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis, was
the first to view Halleys comet
through the telescope, after its seven
ty-four years absence.
President Taft in speech at WI
mona, Mimi, sounded the real key
note" of his tour of the West by de-
Tending the Payne tariff bill as the
best in history, asserting that revision
has been mainly downward and that
his partys pledges have been fulfilled.
Saturday.
Omaha and Council Bluffs street
car lines were tied up by strike;
four men remained at work.
Vancouver, B. c.. has been made the
clearing house of Chinese entering the
United States by way of Canada
delegate returning from the Blu
dapest medical congress said that
American doctors lead the world.
Taft met an enthusiastic reception
in St Paul and Minneapolis. which.
however, was tempered by grief of
the people over the illness of Gov.
johnson.
A burglar attempted TO enter the
home of Captain Charles Kohler, Mari
ner's Harbor. n ", and was trapped
in chimney while trying to descend
TO room.
SHORT NEuc NOTES