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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
TWO DIE IN BIG FIRE.
Elevator "B" of Illinois Central
Railroad in Chicago Burns.

Elevator "B' of Illinois Central
Railroad in Chicago Burns.
Two firemen were killed, eleven per-
sons injured and loss of S1,000,000
caused early Thursday by the fire that
destroyed Illinois Central elevator B,
foot of South Water street. Chicago.
A Gordon of firemen narrowly escaped
being caught beneath falling walls,
while dozens of others were overcome
by the heat and smoke.
Lightning is believed to have caused
the blaze which was blown cityward by
a heavy wind from the lake, when the
flames burst through the roof and the
gale sent thousands of burning embers
and sparks flying over the loop dis
trict, imperiling big business houses.
Within an hour the huge elevator
was mass of fire and looked like an
immense oven, as the sheet iron be-
came redhot and the walls began to
tumble
So intense was the heat that firemen
were constantly overcome. and one
after another fell at their posts of
duty. 1t was seen to be impossible
to save the burning structure. Conse-
quently the firemen's main fight was
to prevent a spread of the flames to
nearby property.
Firemen Cooper and McElligott met
death in the collapse of the south wall.
They were leading the battle at thai
point, when somebody shouted a warn
ing. A rush for safety was made by
the firemen, but Cooper and McElli-
gott were too close to the building to
escape being caught. Both were bur-
led beneath tons of brick and burning
beams.
Several other firemen who narrowly
escaped a similar fate were seriously
injured, being struck by flying bricks.
The elevator stood between two
river slips and contained ,4n1 900 bush
els of wheat and about the same
amount of corn. 1t was one of the
largest in the city and was surrounded
by big business houses. 1t was nearly
100 feet high and about $50 feet long.
For a time the flames threatened to
destroy the Illinois Central docks, the
Goodrich docks. the Wisconsin Central
freight house and other huge buildings
The two freight houses caught fire
more than dozen times, but hard
work by the fremen prevented their
destruction.
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, prime heavy, $3.50
to $40; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $5.75; wheat, No. 2, S1.40 to SLAB
corn, No. 2, Tic to re; oats, standard,
54c to &c: rye, No. 2, SAC 10 SEC; hay,
timothy, $500 to $14.50; prairie, $S.d0
to $3.50; butter, choice creamery, 22c
to 2Gc; eggs. fresh, l9c to 23c; potatoes,
per bushel, Doc to $1.00.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, $1.39 to S1.40; corn, No. 3,
yellow, 75c to 76c; oats. No. 3 white,
SIC to SIC; rye, No. 2, SIC 10 SOC.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. northern,
$1.22 to $1.26; corn, No. g. CSC to zoe;
oats, standard, soc to 56c: rye, No. ].
SIC to $50; barley, No. /, CSC to zoe;
pork, mess, $16.75.
Bufalo--Cattle. choice shipping steers,
$500 to 1918; hogs. fair to choice, 800
to S7.S5; sheep, common to good mixed,
800 to $4.75; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to $775.
New York-Csttle, 800 to $685. I;
hogs, $3.50 to $7.75; sheep. $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, $40 to SLAP
corn. No. 2, 7sc to Zoe; oats, natural
white. 5Sc to Gle; butter. creamery, 23c
10 26c; eggs, western, tic to PC.
Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed. $40 to
s1.42; corn, No. mixed, Tic to 73c;
oats. No. 2 mixed 5Jc to &c; rye, No.
3. SIC to SEC; clover seed, $3S7.
dianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $3.50
to $40; hogs. good to choice heavy,
$3.50 to $50. sheep, good TO choice,
$3.50 to $615: wheat, No. 2. s1.3a TO
$40; corn, No. 2 white, &c to CSC;
oats, No. 2 white, 51c to SIC.
ST. Louis-Cattle, 800 to sT.1O: hogs,
800 to $7.35: sheep, $500 to $3.50;
wheat, No. 2, $1.46 to $1.4T; corn, No. 2,
7ac to 74c; oats, No. 2, SIC to BIC; rye,
No. 2, Sic to S3c
Cincinnati-Cattle, 800 to SG25;
hogs. 500 to $500; sheep. $500 to
$3.50: wheat. No. 2, S1.42 to Slab; corn.
No. 2 mixed. re to Tie; oats, No. 2
mixed, 53c to SIC rye, No. 2, Sc to 9Oc.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

The business section of Cordell, Okla.
was destroyed by IRE. Loss, $4,000.
Almost the entire business section of
la Crosse, Kan. was destroyed by hre.
Loss. $4,000.
a former army officer and a mining engi-
reer of Goldheld, New, committed suicide
BY shooting in the California hospital
in Les Angeles.
George Schsfer. valet to Walter Lew
insohn of New York. was killed near At
iantic City, y. J., when the tire of an au-
tomohile he was diving burst and the
machine overturned.
Howard Montgomery. negro. was
taken from the Jail at Yszoo City, Miss.
nv a mob and hanged. An hour previous
he had bested a policeman who arrested
him and fred on posse which captured
him.
When told by a paroled prisoner that
h. had buried diamonds beneath a tree
after 4 robbery many years ago, farmers
near New Carlisle. Ohio. dug over several
acres in an effort TO find the gems. The
naroled prisoner. Ben Williams. assisted
in the search, hI was arrested on 4
charge Of being fugitive.
lust because he was eross-eyed and
killed man he was not looking n.
George Kellum. of Fayette County, Ks--
tucky. must spend .ae remainder of his
life in the penitentiary. for Governor
Wilson said that killing the wrong man
hecause Kellum is cross-eyed is no ground
for granting pardon kelinm's eyes
,nnly get crossed when he becomes excited.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
G9NYMsE=RCDAL
Ell AND XVI - lA
ESg' ssS
aENHNCLAL
CHICAGO.

While the stormy weather interfered
with transportation aud outdoor work.
the course of trade shows steady prog
ress. Aside from the commercial
barometer and other favorable signs of
returning activity the financial statis-
tics furnish healthy exhibit. April
bank clearings testify to the increas-
ing use Of money. Aggregate discounts
are seen to be well above the previous
showing, and the decrease in gross de
posits is largely due to Withdrawals
for investment and new enterprise
Conditions in agriculture from now
on win enter largely into calculations
for the future. Reports show that
farm work has become widely extend
ed, and, while some fields are being
plowed over, the actual acreage is
much greater than at this time last
year, especially for spring wheat and
corn
Manufacturing slowly reduces the
Idle capacity and another blast furnace
resumed operations. Pig iron tonnages
enter more frequently into third-quar-
ter deliveries. while specifications for
rails and structural steel add TO the
pressure at the mills.
Preparations are made for n larger
movement of iron ore, coal and lu4n-
Der Receipts of the raw materials for
factory consumption run in excess of
those reported earlier this year. Heavy
contracts impend for railway equip
ment, and the buying is good for struc-
tural forms, plates. wire and finished
shapes. Metal values reflect no special
change, but There is firmness in fur
mace product, hides, leather and hard
woods.
Wholesale merchandise markets find
the demand equaling expectations, and
some increase is noted in mail orders
for fall goods. Leading retail trade
here and at the interior would be
better with higher temperatures.
Failures reported in Chicago dis
triet number %, against 81 last week.
80 in 1908 and Is in 1907. Those with
Liabilities over $1,000 number Z, against
last week, in 1905 and in 1897.
--Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
GIRL SLAIN AT COLLEGE,.
Youth Shoots Senior on Campus and
Ends Own Life.

Porter Macdougal Smith of Chicago,
travelling representative of the r. p.
Smith Sons Company of Chicago,
wholesale shoe dealers, shot and ia
tally wounded Miss Helen Aver Mar
den, senior in Smith College, North
ampton, Mass, who had broken her en-
gagement with him, and then commit
ted suicide by turning the revolver
upon himself Miss Marden died a
few hours later She was a daughter
of Frank Marden, of Somerville, Mass.
Smith, who was about % years old,
was graduated from Dartmouth Col
lege year ago last June. He had
since been travelling for the company
of which his uncle, Edward E. Smith,
of Chicago is president. For several
days prior to the shooting he had been
in Northampton trying to renew the
engagement. Miss Marden evaded him
and sent him word that his attentions
must cease. He persistently followed
her, and she apparently was afraid of
him, for she kept away from chapel
exercises, at which Smith was accus-
toned to meet and speak to her. At
Thursday mornings chapel Smith was
seen at his usual post, and when Miss
Marden did not appear he started in
the direction of her dormitory. Be
fore he reached the dormitory the girl
came out and they met.
No one was near enough to hear
what words passed between the two,
but a second or two after the meeting
Smith was seen to draw revolver and
fire three shots at Miss Marden She
fell and he then sent a bullet into his
brain that caused his death before a
number of workmen on the campus
could reach his side. Miss Marden was
taken to Dickinson Hospital, where she
died shortly before noon. Two bullets
entered her back near the neck and a
third entered her head.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
NATIONAL DEBT IS GROWING.
Expenditures for Month of April
$4,000, 900 Larger than Receipts.

The monthly statement of the public
debt shows that at the close Of business
April 80 the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $1,025,9S3 800.
which is an increase for the month of
$3,207, 1908. The total cash in the treas
ury is $1,725,479, 434. against which
there are demand liabilities outstand-
ing amounting to 81, AS, 045,599, which
leaves a cash balance on hand of S27I,-
49,, $3.50. The government receipts for
April were S52,075,974 and expendi-
lures $55,050,620.
The monthly coinage statement shows
the total coinage executed during April
aggregates $31, ISL, GA. of which $780,
GAL 900 was gold, S1,1720O silver and
S3S.614 minor coins. The monthly cir
culation statement shows national bank
notes outstanding $685., Gas, 227, a de
crease for the year of S10,237, All and
an increase for the month of $3,001, 612.
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NEW YORK.

Summed up, the situation may be
said to be a current trade. wholesale
and retail better than last year, but
disappointing as whole, while the
tone for the future is still quite mark
edly optimistic
Reports from leading industries are
rather better than for some time past
The business doing and the reports
coming from the iron and steel trades
are distinctly better. Low prices have
evidently brought out slumbering or
ders and there is talk of the bottom
having been touched and a new ascent
begun. In the textile trades, quiet as
10 the present, but optimism as to the
future is the rule.
Cotton goods still lead the rest OF
the market but the strength OF raw
wool seems to point to confidence In
finished lines. High prices are being
paid in the West for the new wool clip,
shearing Of which is active. The leath-
er trades are strong sole leather be-
ing active and hides higher. Shoe or
ders are below normal, but improving.
Coal is lie better demand, and, the
new agreement for three years In an
thracite being signed, stability and
peace are certain for long period.
Coke is still weak and low In price.
Lumber is irregular, despite activity
in building, and southern production is
slackening. Naval stores are close to
or below cost of production.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with April
30 were 26S, against PAT last week,
2S2 in this week last year. 163 in 1907,
139 in 1906 and 1913 IL 1905.
Failures in Canada for the week
number 81, against SO last week and
% in the like week OF 1908.--Brad.
streets.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
HEPBURN LAW UPHELD
But ROADS NOT HURT
Supreme Court Finds Commodities
Clause Good, but Takes Away
Its Effect.
COAL LINES NOT TO SUFFER
Government Interpretation Held to
Be All Wrong and Things Will
Go On as Before.

The railroads won a unique and sub
stantial victory Monday when the
United States Supreme Court, through
Justice White, handed down a deci-
sion declaring the commodities
clause" of the Hepburn act constitu-
tional. but placing an Interpretation
upon it which will not compel the car
riers to part with their coal proper
ties
The decision, however, in the case
of the Lehigh Valley and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western roads
at least, requires a enforcement of
their coal properties. The victory was
unique, because the arguments of the
Attorney General in favor of the
clause. as well as the arguments of the
railroad attorneys against the clause,
were lost efforts so far as the SUI
preme Court was concerned.
The decision upholds the constitu-
tionality of the clause, but declares
that its Interpretation by the govern
ment under which it was endeavoring
to compel the railroads to part with
their coal lands, is false interpreta-
ton. Therefore, we're the arguments
of the railroad lawyers combating the
governments Interpretation useless.
Both the government and the railroads
were, SO to speak, barking up the
wrong tree"
The decision, however, does not in
dictate that the court would view with
hostility an amendment by Congress to
the commodities clause prohibiting
common carriers from owning the Sc
curities of corporations whose COM
modities they transport.
RObs Law of It's Effect.
The effect of the Supreme Courts
announcement is to make abortive the
purpose for which the commodities
clause was incorporated in the Hep
burn amendment, for it makes it pos
sible for the railroads to do by indi-
rection what they cannot do directly
namely, own Goa, mines and transport
the products therefrom. In order to
do this, however, it becomes necessary
for railroad company either to or
ganize a subsidiary company which
shall be the legal owner of the mines,
or in the event of the railroad COM
pany's owning its mines direct, then
it will become necessary for it to dis
pose in good faith of the OutDut of the
mines before it transports the same
In other words, the decision places
the seal of approval upon the commodi-
ties clause, but insists that it does not
mean that railroad company may
not own stock in another company
which controls coal mines the product
of which the railroad company trans
ports to market, nor does it mean that
if such a railroad company owns its
mines direct, it cannot transport their
product, provided it first parts with
it before it becomes interstate traffic
The decision, therefore, practically
gives the approval of the highest trib-
unal in the land to the method which
is now being pursued by all western
coal owning roads and by the majority
of the eastern coal owning roads, of
mining and selling the products of
their mines
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
8 DIE IN "BLAcK HAND BLAZE
Children Among Fire Victims I'm
Crowded New York Tenement.

Crowded New York Tenement.
Eight persons, FIVE of them children,
were burned to death and fourteen others
were injured some of them fatally, in an
incendiary fire in iye-story tenement at
81 Spring street, New York, occupied by
twenty Italian families, early Friday.
The blaze followed a demand by members
of a so-called 'black hand" society for
the payment of $1,000 blaekmail. 1t
spread through the building wth start
ling rapidity. as the Railways were soak
ed with kerosene oil by the blackmail-
ers. In panic which followed the alarm
the tenants fought their way Town the
fire escapes or jumped from tse windows,
while babies were thrown from windows
into the arms of policemen on the side
walk. Six injured. three of whom are
children, are not expected to recover. ia
cob Bruck. the proprietor of a grocery
store on the mail floor of the building,
received on April Is a letter reading
I'VE demand $1,000 or death. Bring it
in Mott street. petrosino is dead but
the black hand lives-Black Hand So
ciety'' On Monday last Bruca received
another letter written in a similar strain.
He turned both letters over to the po-
lice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
OHIO COAL MAN KILLS HIMSELF.
Head of Company Dies by own
Hand from Grief and WORRY.

Gilbert y. Preston, presIcent Of the IN
terstAte Coal and Coke Company, shot
and killed himself in the bathroom Of bis
home in Columbus For twenty years
Preston was connected with TIE johnson
Coal Mining Company and later with the
Lorraine Coal and Dock Company. With
other local men be formed the Interstate
Company. Worry over business affairs
and grief for mis- young daughter. who
died suddenly a year ago, are held re-
sponsible for his suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

Rechad is SO years old, and next to the
deposed sultan, is the oldest male de-
scendart oil the house of Gilman, the
founder of the dynasty. He is the TWEEN
ty-ninth sultan to take the throne since
tie conquest of Constantinopie in 1451.
Adults nephew, yussef Izzedin, was
preferred by many as his successor, but
his selection would have violated the
Turkish law that the succession shall go
to the oldest male descendant of Gilman.
Otherwise, Yussef would have been cho-
sen. as Rechad is considered a man Of
weak qualities.
Rechad has had no experience in gov
ernmental affairs. For twenty-five years
he has been almost a prisoner in the Yil-
dz Kiosk. 1t is conceded that he will
do whatever the Young Turks demand, as
he is lacking in the craftiness and initia-
tive of Abdul.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

her counsellors this or that prince
Prince Henry was at the time of the
marriage in 1901 a handsome young
the battalion of chasseurs in the Prus-
sian Guard.
The birth of son to Queen Wilhel-
nina might in the course of time cause
her to retire from the throne owing
to the status of the Salic law in Hol-
land. Her son, when IS years old and
legally of age, would probably be
crowned king and assume the throne
A daughter, on the other hand, will
succeed her mother should she outlive
her.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
OLIVE LOGAN DIES A PAUPER.
Actress and Author Sue
cumbs I'm England Asylum

Olive Logan IS dead Of valvular heart
disease in the Banstead public pauper
and lunatic asylum near Cutton. Surrey.
England. Unless the body IS claimed bv
some friend within a few days she will he
buried in the asylum cemetery. Olive
Logan was once a successful author. sc-
tress. lecturer ard Souriss list. Her last
newspaper work was an .nferysew with
ex-president Roosevelt on woman's suf-
frage. She came 10 London three years
ago as private secretary TO Lady Cook.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
FATHER AND SON INDICTED.

Brokerage Firm &ccu,ed of Em-
bezzIing Railroad Bonds.
W. J. Hayes and his son. Harry e.
Hayes. of the firm of w j. Hayes &
Son, Cleveland bond brokers, were indict-
ed by the county grand jury on the
charge of embezzling 1927 600 worth of
bonds of the Cincinnati, Bluffton and
Chico % Railway Company. 1t is al
legged that the father and son, to whom
$4,000 worth of bonds were intrusted
for sale. converted the $l9S,O00 worth to
their own use. The son was arrested
Immediately and released on bond. His
father is out of the city.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
KILLS ONE IN KANSAS.
Wrecks Many Houses I'm Douglas and
Adjoining Towns.

One person was killed and ten injured
BIZ tornado which wrecked large por-
ton Of Douglas. Kan, "Wednesday even
ing. The storm spread over a vide area.
doing much damage to farm property. At
Udall the storm, accompanied by hail. did
much damage Between Rose Hill and
Douglas many houses we're blown down
Three school buildings were completely
wrecked. At Rock, south of Douglas, a
store building was wrecked and one man
injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

Ten persons were injured. FIVE Of them
seriously. when Homestead, Braddock
and East Pittsburg trolley car became
uncomfortable on a steep grade on For
hest street. in the Squirrel Hill section
Of Pittsburg. The car dashed down.
jumped from the track, and crashed
against s trolley pole
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
HOLLANDS HEIR is DAUGHTER.
Popular Hope Of Son to Succeed to
Throne Is Disappointed.


Queen Wilhelmina of Holland Friday
morning gave birth to daughter.
Queen Wilhelmina was married TO
Prince Henry of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
Feb. T. 1901. The queen is now in her
twenty-ninth year, having been born
Aug. 81, 1880. She came of age Aug
81, 1893, but had previously been queen
for eight years. having succeeded her
father, the late King Willem Ill, Nov.
%, 1890.
The queens marriage to Prince Hen
ry was said to be the result of love
match pure and simple She had been
sought in marriage many times and
often reported engaged, but she refused
with determination that surprised
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
OIL LOCATED THROUGH VISION.
Dream Leads TO Find of Valuable
PefroIeum We'll

1t is reported at Findlay, Ohio. that a
good oil well in Seneca County has been
located by a dream. The well is the
property of the Sun Oil Company and is
on the Joseph Shannon farm. 1t was
drilled to depth of 80 feet in the sand
and then shot good flow of oil result
ed. The location is not far from several
big wells that have been brought in with
in the pas. year. Mr.. Shannon became
convinced throug dream that oil would
be found in large quantities at the loca-
ton of the new well. and it appears his
dream will become reality.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

Thomas Flynn, years old, son of Ed
ward Flynn. a special policeman ON duty
at the I'D street station OF the subway
in New York, was run over and instantly
killed by an automobile owned BY lie
Row w. Baldwin, president of the En-
pire Trust Company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
Grnf,er Sentenced to Prison,

Frederick f. Swancott. supervisor and
chairman of the Republican County Com
m:ttee. who was found guilty of grand
larceny in one Of the Oneida County, New
York. graft cases, was sentenced TO not
less than three years nor more than FIVE
wears in Auburn prison.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

BY the breaking of a rope fire escape,
Miss Jeanette Tandy of Vevay, Ind, q
sophomore at Wellesley College, Welfese
lev. Mass, fell two stories, striking on
her back and head and suffered serious in
juries. The accident happened while
Miss Tandy was fulfilling the college re-
quirement that each student at intervals
make a descent of the fire escape.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11

Present prices Of staples as compared
with the same period Of last year are
moving steadily upward. Beef and pork
are II TO IS per cent higher than last
year. chickens retailing at from II to
IS cents a pound, beans up about
cents a peck, butter retailing around 81
cents. and Is per cent less green vege-
tables than before.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
rg.vator In Buffalo Is Burned.

The elevator of the Hustled Milling and
Elevator Company. in Trenatt street,
Rpaalo. was destroyed By FIRE, together
witb 100000 bushels of grain. The loss
i estimated at $4,000. with insurance
covering the amount
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
Raise. Fare. in Missouri.

The St. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
way management gave instructions TO us
agents to put in effect May the 2}ss-.ent
rate basis for passenger fares IN Mis-
souri, aid Arkansas. with cents for fares
paid on trains. This viii be the maxi
mum and minimum basis.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-11
BEACH HAReIs FOUND GUILTY.
Youth who Shot Father Convicted
of Murder Charge.

In Irvine, KY. the jury in the case of
Beach Hargis, who was tried on charge
of killing his father, Judge James Har-
gis. returned verdict of guilty, and he
was sentenced to life imprisonment. This
was the second trial of Hargis, the first
having resulted in a mistrial. The muir
der of Judge Hargis by his son Beach oc-
Cured in the fathers store at Jackson,
Breathitt County, on Feb. 6, 1908.