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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
NOTES OF CURRENT EVENTS.

In statement the National Ginners'
Assoca ion estimates the amount of cot
ton ginned Dec. IL at 11.S72,O 600 bales.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals pro
hibited the completion of the Gaiety the
alter in Louisville ON the ground that it
was not being built according to the city
ordinances.
Elose and Ida May Hughes Of CalpeIla.
Cal. aged Il and 20. were arrested at
Healdsburg. CAL. on re charge of steal
ing two horses at Ukiah. Cal The horses
were hired of liveryman.
A movement for the amalgam nation of
all labor unions on the great lakes was
started at conference of interested or
CARNATIONS in Cleveland.
The much-talked-of test TO resuscitate
Glaeinto Ricci, who was executed By cleo
tricitv az Trenton, y. J.. was not attempt
ed owing To an opinion by the Attorney
General that the county physician had no
right To demand the body.
Former Secretary Long of the Navy
Department. replying 10 a magazine arti-
Gle. denies to Theodore Roosevelt chief
credit for the nsvy's preparedness in the
war with Spain nd says others did much
of the work.
President /. l.. Lewis of the United
Mine Workers has refused to approve the
agreement reached between the operators
and miners of the Paint Greek coal min
ing region in West Virginia.
Gov. Wilson of Kentucky sent two
x,cmpanies of the State militia to Stearns.
where a battle occurred recently in which
one deputy United States marshal and one
of the striking miners was killed.
Mrs. Jack Gardner. il was asserted at
Boston. arranged for the payment of the
$S2.41l on art treasures in the name OF
Mrs. Emily Crane Chadbourne. that were
seized by the Chicago customs autheri-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
SHOOT OR SAVE U.s.
BEG QUAKE VICTIMS
Sufferers Ask to Be Shot Rather
than Further Endure Horrors
of Ruined Cities.
LEMON RINDs ARE DELEGATES.
furnishing Populace in Devastated
Region Fights Desperately for
Pieces of Food of Any Kind

A press correspondent on the scene
of the Si,iiian earthquake saws that
when Deputy Lamagua appeared
among the famished, wounded. desper-
ate survivors at Reggie. they crowded
around him and shrieked You who
are IL authority, tell the government
to take us away from here or have us
all shot to end our suffering"
The correspondents who heard the
heartrendipg appeal says: Il have
witnessed shocking episodes enacted by
famished survivors and have myself
felt the pangs of hunger. For long
hours | had nothing to eat except a
few lemon rinds picked up from the
mud and have sought desperately for
a morsel of bread. On approaching the
military authorities | was sent to
place among the ruins where the mu-
nicipal assessor. surrounded by a howl
ing mob, was distributing tickets for
bread and raw meat. A desperate
struggle was going on.
1.-THE soldiers had requisitioned
few oxen, horses, and asses-lean,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
BIG OIL FINE FAILS.
Supreme Court Denies Petition in
$29,OOo,CoO Case

Judge Lands worlds record fine of
$29, 240,000, imposed more than year
ago against the Standard Oil Company
Of Indiana for rebating, on Monday
was forever set aside by the United
States Supreme Court Chief Justice
Fuller announced the decision, denying,
without comment or explanation, the
governments petition for a writ of GER
tiorari.
The action Of the nations highest tri-
bunal caused wide interest all over the
country, as the issues have been fol-
lowed closely. United States District
Attorney Sims of Chicago, who was in
active charge of the prosecution, declin-
ed to comment, however, stating that
whatever further action may be taken
would be ordered from the office of At
torney General Bonaparte in Washing
ton
Briefly, this is what the Supreme
Courts decision means:
Limits maximum penalty in case which
was overturned to $4,000.
Makes limit of fines in all pending
cases against Standard Oil Company less
than 100000 in the event it is con-
yicted on all the indictments against it.
Requires a new trial of the action in
which the record fine was imposed and
forces the admission of much testimony in
behalf of defendant which was excluded
by Judge Lands.
Compels number of settlements with
railroads to be used as basis, instead of
number of carloads shipped, thus greatly
reducing the number of offenses.
The case went to the Supreme Court
soon after the final ruling was made by
the Court of Appeals, Nov. 10, 1908. A
petition was filed by the Department of
Justice on behalf of the government,
asking that the record in the case be
certified for review by the Supreme
Court. This is the petition which has
been denied.
In the Supreme Court the case turn
ed largely upon the right of the court
to interfere in view of the fact that the
case had been passed upon by the Court
of Appeals. the government contending
for such privilege as a right, while it
was urged in Behalf of the oil company
that the precedents were all against
such a proceeding
The action of the Supreme Court
consisted in the announcement that the
governments petition would not be
granted The effect of this announce
ment viii be to leave standing the de-
cision Of the Court of Appeals, which
was aaverse to the government and ia
vorable to the company.
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FIRE PANIC IN THEATER.
Cool Head of City EmpIoye Probably
Saves 800 in Erie, Pa

Cool Head of City EmpIOye Probably
Saves 800 in Erie, Pm.
Keep the show going for Gods sake"
called Abraham Louch. fireman of the
Park Opera House in Erie. Pa. to the
performers on the stage at 1915 o'clock
the other night. when he discovered that
the building was on fire. His cool head
probably averted a repetition of Chicago's
lroquois Theater horror, for before the big
audience realized the situation the house
had been almost emptied. Although there
were many narrow escapes and dozen
women tainted and had to be carried out,
no one was seriously injured and much of
the building was saved. Every one of the
LOO seats in the theater was occupied
The John Sullivan Amusement Company
was presenting "In the Nick of Time"
Louch saw smoke issuing from the floor
of the gallery and sent in a still alarm.
He reached the rear of the stage before
the audience was advised of the danger,
and speaking just loud enough for the ac-
tors to hear, appealed to them TO continue
the act. Then he stepped to the front and
called TO the audience to file out in order,
giving them to understand that the fire
was in an adjoining structure.
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Chieago-Cattle, common to prime.
$4.00 to $7.65; hogs. prime heavy, $500
to $6.15 sheep, fair to choice, $500
to 1925; wheat, No. 2, $1.04 to S1.o5:
corn, No. >. 56c to 5Sc; oats standard.
4Sc to 49c; rye, No. .. 74c to Toe; hay
timothy, $500 to $500; prairie, $500
to $500; butter, choice creamery. 29c
to BE; eggs, fresh, 29e to 34c; potatoes,
per bushel, 60c to Zoe
Indianapolis-Ca Cattle, shipping. $500
to 500; hogs, good TO choice heavy,
$3.50 to $500 sheep, good to choice,
$3.50 to 800; wheat, No. .. $l.03 to
$1.o4; corn, No. white, SOC to zoe;
oats, No. 2 white, 49c TO sic.
st. Louis-Cattle. $3.50 to 500; hogs.
500 to 500: sheep. $500 TO $3.50;
wheat No. 2. S1.0S to $109 corn, No. .,
59c to 60c; oats, No. ., Acc TO zoe: rye,
No. ., 76c to re
Cincinnati-Cattle, $500 70 $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $6.25; sheep, $500 to
$425; wheat No 2, Sl.0G to $1.07: corn,
No. mixed, 5Sc to 59c; oats. No.
mixed. SOC to J1c: rye. No 2, Use TO Soc
Detroit-cattle. S4O0 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50:
wheat, No. 2. $102 to $1.04 corn. No. 3
yellow, zoe to Gle; oats, No. white,
sic to sc rye. No =, 7Jc to re
Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$t05 to $1.0S; corn. No 3, SOC TO Gle,
oats, standard. 49c TO sic; rye, No. /.
73c to 74c: barley, No. ], 64c 70 65c
pork, mess, $500.
Bufialo-Cattle. choice shipping steers.
500 to $6.75 hogs. fair to choice. 800
to $G.10 sheep. common to good mixed,
500 TO S4.T5 lambs, fair 10 choice,
500 to $7.S5.
New Cattle. $500 70 $500:
hogs. $3.50 to $500: sheep. $500 to
800 wheat, No. red, S1.07 TO S109:
corn. No 2, &c to G5c; oats. natural
white, 55c TO 57c butter, creamery, 29c
TO 32c; eggs. western, 2Sc TO Bic.
Toledo Wheat. No. . mixed, S103 to
S105. corn, No. . mixed, J9c to zoe;
oats. No. mixed sic TO sc: rye. No.
2. nc TO 1Sc: clover seed. S5.37
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
SOUTH DRY; WAR ON.
Alabama, North Carolina and Missis-
sippi Are Now Prohibition.

0iaoaha, Nortn carolina and MiSSiS-
sippi Are Now Prohibition.
The wave of temperance which has
driven the saloons out of the States of
the Soulh became effective Friday. The
law banishing the saloons from Ala
bama. Mississippi and North Carolina
Went into effect at midnight. The
morning of the new year found State
wide prohibition in these three States.
Other Southern States are already dry
or nearly so. The liquor men have re-
tanned an imposing array of counsel
and will test the laws in the courts.
Ihe Tennessee Legislature will GER
tainly viii certainly be asked TO Gre
ate prohibition in that commonwealth
Virginia is hewing nearer and nearer
TO the line of prohibition. and is ut
least 30 per cent prohibition now. In
Louisiana the Gay -Shattuck saloon reg
uiatlon law has closed many barrooms
ana many parishes of the State have
driven out the saloons bv voting for
prohlbltion under the local option law.
IN Georgia many of the purveyors of
'near-beer." the only intoxicant which
can be sold in the State. are closing
up, saying they cannot pay a 5000 IL
cense just imposed. The rural sections
81 Kentucky have been for some time
largely dry"
The longest single step toward gen
eral prohibition in the South was TAX
en- Friday. Georgia is the only other
State wherein statutory prohibition ex-
lists, the law having been in operation
one year.
Having won their Statewide fights
IN four States. the anti-saloon forces
have greatly enlarged the South's dry"
area, and they are now lining an for
early campaigns in several other States
where prohibition has assumed the
magnitude of a political issue. In Tex
as and Arkansas the voters probably
viii be called upon this summer TO de-
eide constitutional amendment for
prohibition.
me Montgomery (Ala) liquor men
VIII test the law This much has been
decided upon. Leon Well of one of
the largest law firms of the South will
demand license. and on being refused
VIII join with Mobile in testing the
legality of the act.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

Otter Tail Mimi county farmers are
claiming a revenue Of 500 per acre from
potatoes this year.
st. Paul is to have a sealer OF weights
and measures to see that dealers give
customers full measure.
The annual rabbit hunt in Pleasant
Mound township. Blue Earth county.
Minnesota. resulted in the slaughter OF
204 rabbits. The game was shipped 10
st. Paul. aud brought S25. which viii
be used TO pay for a big oyster supper
in the near future.
North Dakota bankers in session at
Valley City adopted strong resolutions
condemning the postal savings banks on
the ground that II took money of the
community rerEOyed taxable property. In
creased government officials. consequently
lobbying. and removed property from due
process Of Law.
With the object. II is surmised. Of com
plotting the. big lumber corporation or
combine. representatives of the lumber in
terests Of Washington and Montana. to-
gether with the Attorneys General Of
botF, these States. have been in CONSUL
tation with the Twin City lsmber inter
ests this #eek.
The wall street summary has learned
through interviews and through CORE
spondence with 80 per cent Of the indus
trial machinery corporations Of the Urit-
ed States shat the value of this Gears
production Of textile and meal working
machinery will reach SG5s6o0,Oo0. This
i a better showing than was predicted.
inasmueh as production did not exceed 30
per cent capacity Of all plants until Dc
tober.
Representatives of the leading copper
interests of this country and Europe met
In New York for the purpose. II i de-
clared. Of organizing an international as
ISOLATION Of copper producers, rehners
aud manufacturers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
TYPHOID FEVER IN MEssINA.
Snnitary Means Inadequate to Pre-
vent Spread of Disease.

Snnitary Means Inadequate to Pre-
vent Spread of Disease.
Typhoid fever has broken out among
earthquake sufferers in Messina. This
fact will cause drastic action to be taken
Immediately for the disposal of the dead.
Hope of rescuing any more of the living
beneath the ruins has been abandoned.
Until the present all attention has been
concentrated on the removal of human
bodies from the streets, while the car
casses of animals killed by the earthquake
and those of dogs and cats shot by the
patrols have been left lying where they
fell. The decay of these carcasses has
greatly augmented the danger of the
spread of disease. Means are far made
quate for the care of the injured. In
single hospital on board ship there were
400 wounded persons without single
nurse.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

be surrounded by military lines to pre-
vent any one re-entering This measure
has been adopted in order to prevent
pestilence occurring. 4 royal decree
was issued placing the Messina and
Reggie districts in state of siege,
which is stricter than martial law
What was the busting and pictur-
esque port of MesSina and the prosper
Gus city of Reggie are cities of the
dead Where happy thousands once
lived vultures and their grim susie
nance are the sole inhabitants. Every
ship that could be put in service trans
ported the terror-stricken people of the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

wounded and dying animals, which
they hurried off to the seashore.
slaughtered, and cut them up with bay
the people, who with difficulty We're
kept back by the soldiers with their
rifles. No sooner was one piece, still
warm, received than it was torn to
people struggled on the ground for any
morsels that fell Stories of almost
miraculous escapes and episodes of the
most appalling character are told by
survivors,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
CoNFEsSES WIFE MURDER.
Husband Clears Up Mystery, Saying
He Choixed Woman to Death

husband Clears Up Mystery, Saying
He Choi<ed Woman TO Death.
Elijah Ratfty broke down and confessed
he had murdered his wife and burned her
body in a furnace in the basement at
o4l2 Cornell avenue, Chicago. AS a mo-
tive for the crime he gave his wife's al
legged friendship with negro porter on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy rail
road. The prisoner. who is negro. "A
years old, said he had overheard his wife
tell another servant of having had a good
time with the porter. He went to the
basement, he said, and after an argument
with his wife, seized her by the throat.
choked her to death, and then put the
body into the furnace and fled The con-
fession was made to Inspector Hunt after
The accused man had been confronted with
chain of circumstential evidence in
which William Fitzgerald. janitor; Mrs.
Jessie Cooper and Wayman Hawkins. all
negroes, figured as witnesses
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

Yuan Shi Kai, deposed premier of
China, escaped from Pekin TO Tientsin.
Francis ]. Beney, San Francisco graft
prosecutor, says E. III. Hartman is the
source of corruption.
The American battleships reached Suez
and sent two smaller ships on to aid the
quake sufferers at Messina, whittier the
whole fleet may follow.
A trusted mail clerk, employed sixteen
years in the Chicago postofice. detected
through a decoy letter. confessed having
robbed the mails for ten years
A new earthquake shook the Island OF
Stromboli and the volcano was in violent
eruption, great streams of lava issuing
from its crater, driving all the people in
terror from their homes.
Improved methods of administration in
the Department of the Interior were de-
clared to have worked great good, accord
ing to the annual report of Secretary Gar
field. Pensions, guarding of public do
main. oil leases and many topics were dis
cussed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
AMERICAN FLEET rs AT SUEZ.
Battleships Prepare for Hurried
Trip to Messina to Give Aid.

The United States Atlantic battle
ship fleet, completing two days ahead
of its schedule the next to the longest
run of its world girdling cruise, arrived
at Suez Sunday morning from Colon
DO, distance of 3,440 knots, from
which place the feet sailed Dec. 20.
The loss of seaman from the battle
ship Illinois, who fell overheard and
was drowned, as previously reported,
was the only accident to mar the voy
age from Colombo. The Illinois re-
manned on the scene to search for the
sailor and is little behind the fleet
The converted cruiser Yankton en-
tered the canal Sunday afternoon and
the supply ship Culgoa passed in that
night. The former has a number of
doctors aboard and the latter a large
supply of provisions and stores. Both
will go to Messina at full speed. All
arrangements were made by wireless
for the ships of the feet to pass
through the canal as quickly as posi-
BILE and to coal at Port Said, where o.
600 tons are stored.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
1900 vow TO EMULATE CHRIST.
Cleveland Young People Try Living
as He Lived for Two Weeks

Cleveland Young People Try Living
He Lived for Two Weeks.
Some praying, some sobbing. all in
earnest 1900 young rsople, delegates
from three church societies in Cleveland,
representing 1000 members, pledged
themselves and the other members of the
organizations to live for two weeks as
they believe Jesus Christ would live were
He on earth. Rev. w. b. Wallace, pastor
of the East End Baptist church, leader of
the movement. addressed the delegates in
the Z. II. Worth memorial church and
gave a few rules to follow for living like
Jesus. What would Jesus have us do?"
he exclaimed. BE a man. Be like a
burst of sunshine. Show your joy in
your handclasp. Do not take up four
seats at time on the street car Do not
60 to work ten minutes late with a
crouch. BE sunny. Also do not quit work
ten minutes eaiiy with a sour face. Christ
would not do that"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
Return. Three Years, saIary.

Rudolph Blankenburg, the weil-known
merchant and reformer. who was elected
city commissioner in the political up
hcavai of 1905 in Philadelphia, has sent
10 the board of city trusts a check for
$4,000. representing his entire salary
for three years as commissioner He sSyes
his salary TO the police. aremen and
teachers pension fund.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
CALLS EDDY FAITH A FRAUD.
DR.. Johnston Myers Ffercely AS
sails Chrisffan Science

Dr. johnston Myers E1ercely As
sails Christian Science.
In an address which bristled with the
strongest denunciatory terms at his COM
mand. the Rev. Johnston Myers of I'm
manuel Baptist church, Chicago arraign-
ed Christian Science as one of the great
est menaces of modern times He de-
nounced the entire Christian Science
movement as fabric of lies and fraud
built upon a foundation of error. He
declared that the teachings of Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy were those of physician
with whom she formerly was associated
and whose teachings were also "a pack of
lies And, last but not least. he declar-
ed that to his own personal knowledge
this deluson'' was responsible for scores
of deaths. He himself had charge of at
least one funeral a month, said he. which
was directly chargeable to Christian Sci
ence. These accusations were laid at the
door of Mrs. Eddy's cult in the course OF
an address on Christian psychology IN
which Dr. Myers advocated the program
of mental treatment, which also includes
drugs and physicians, as outlined by
Bishop Fallows.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
OHIO LEGISLATURE IN SESSION.
Meets at Columbus To-day TO Elect
a Successor IN Sennfnr EnrnI,er.

Meets at Columbus To-Day TO Elect
IA Successor to Senator Foraker.
The Seventy-eighth General Assembly
of Ohio, on call of Gov Harris, convened
Monday in extraordinary session at the
statehouse in Columbus at 10 o'clock for
the purpose of considering three impor-
tant subjects: The election of United
States Senator to succeed Joseph b. For
aker, appropriations to run State govern
ment and the proposition of new or re-
modelled penitentiary and the furnishing
OF employment for the convicts under the
Wertz law abolishing contract labor. An
Inheritance tax law may be passed be-
cause the revenue has fallen off 100000
through the operation of the county local
option law. The question of convict labor
will cause considerable debate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
HIGH RENTS IN CITIES SCORED.
CurtafI Necessities of Life. Professor
Tells Sociolegists.

High rents in big cities are eating ap
too much of the income of the wage earn
ers. according to Prof Robert G. Cha
pin, one of the speakers before the Amer
lean Sociological Society in Atlantic City.
y. j. The speaker quoted figures TO show
that many families in New York are
spending more than one-quarter of their
incomes for rents. leaving them without
sufficient surplus for other necessities of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

One man was killed. six were fatally
injured and several Others were badly
hurt when seventeen workmen inside the
Central blast furnace in Cleveland were
plunged thirty-fve feet to the bottom OF
the furnace by the breaking of the scat
fold The furnace was empty and the
r1,en were repairing the lining.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12

With the formulation Of plans TO meet
the growing competition offered by inter-
urban electrical systems. the powers of
the St Louis Terminal Railroad Associa-
ton have decided TO erect railroad sta
ton at Eighth and Spruce streets at
cost of 81 100000, and which viii handle
both passengers and freight.
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shoots wife and HIMSELF.

Carrying out threat made before New
Years day that the old year would not be
dead week before both he and his wife
would die, Clarence Oldham fired two
bullets into the breast of his young wife,
Dulcie, in Cincinnati, and then shot him
self above TIE heart. Both Oldham and
his wife are in a dangerous condition.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
Saturday.

The widow on trial at Oneida. Pa.
charged with the murder of Captain Erb,
testified TO life of torture.
Congressman Theodore E. Burton was
nominated by reclamation for United
States Senator by the Ohio Republican
caucus.
In the selection of cardinals at the next
pepal consistory in Rome next March
North America will be ignored. according
10 adviees reaching Washington
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
leaves sttuetto I'm Corp~e.

Anthony Riceiardi. prosperous Italian
fruit dealer. was found murdered in his
store in Scranton. Pa. There were twen-
" stab Wounds in the body. The stiletto
with which he was killed was left stick
ing in his body. Ricciardi had been
Threatened at times with BLACK Hand"
demands for money
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-01-12
ronr cattle rhseve. slain,

Advices received from Mese Grande,
Cal. tell of a pitched battle bStween a
gang of cattle ruStlers and members of
vigilance committee. Two NJ xieans.
an Indian and a white man, all members
of the gang. were killed and one vigilante
was wounded