Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-06-08
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.


Zephyr, Texas.
Mrs. Annis, widow of slain man,
scored success when making debut on
the vaudeville stage in New York.
Booker T. Washington revealed fact
that II. II. Rogers secretly gave thou
sands to aid schools in South.
Private John James Bartlett, before
his death at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,, be-
queathed his death benefit to Miss Hell
en- Gould.
Mrs. Edith Cunningham, former Chi
cago woman and wife of noted consult
ing engineer, died from gas in New
York; coroner called it suicide, but
husband scouts theory
Monday.
Count Zeppelin's airship struck a
tree and was wrecked after flying $50
miles in thirty-seven hours.
Robert T. Lincoln was overcome by
heat while at unwilling of monument
to father at Hodgenville, KY.
E. H. Hartman sees revival of
American prosperity; thinks S29,000,-
600 oil fine caused 1907 panic.
Mrs. Russell Sage narrowly escaped
being trampled by a runaway horse
while watching the horse parade in
New York.
President Taft, dedGating the monu-
ment to the soldiers of the regular
army who fell at Gettysburg, declared
against reduction of the army.
Tuesday.
Herbert Knox Smith will continue
his work of investigating trusts as
head of bureau of corporations.
Berlin officials resent charge made
in Senate at Washington that Ger
many is interfering in tariff legisIa-
ton.
Seattle's $1O,OOO,OOO exposition open
ed on the minute; practically every
thing ready when President Taft
touched gold key at Washington.
Delavan Smith and Charles B. Will
Jams, publishers of the Indianapolis
News, won first round in fight with
government in Panama libel case.
Insurance companies in United
States and Canada paid out $4S0,S11,
900 during year; policy of L. D. Knee
land, $1O5,O00, largest in Illinois.
Wednesday.
President Taft told Howard Univer-
sity colored graduates government
owes great debt to negro.
Director of Census North resigned,
but attitude towards so-called tabulat-
ing machine trust" is sustained.
District Attorney Jerome at stormy
meeting in Cooper Union made answer
to charges against him and declared
he has made good"
Thursday.
President Taft showed disapproval
of new play by leaving.
Gross business of five big packing
companies in 1908 was $500, 100000.
Presbyterian general assembly voted
that clergymen and laymen should not
use tobacco.
Friday.
Henry H. Rogers will, filed in New
York, leaves all to relatives except
100000 to the town of Fairhaven,
Mass.
First violence came in the Georgia
railroad firemen's strike because ne
gro was seen in a train crew and the
race issue grows in intensity.
Federal government, by strange
chance, unearthed underground rail-
road plot by which 1000 Cinnamon
have been struggled to United States;
eight men under arrest.
The Illinois house, in a fit of anger,
voted to table all senate bills in an
effort to get even with the upper
branch, but cooled off later and recon.
sidered it's action, thus rescuing from
death many of the most important
bills before the assembly.
Saturday.
Presbyterians at Denver voted to cut
representation.
Federal attorney will renew fight to
force Heinze to produce United Copper
books.
PRESIDENT LeSuld VI Tefu' ESCAPING
after being captured, defeated rebel
forces.
Jersey couple ended ten years OF
trial marriage and will mal-e it per
manent.
c.. H. and D. Railroad to be reorgan
lied and taken from receiver; B. and
o. will be purchaser.
skinny" Madden and his lieuten
ants were convicted of graft in labor
affairs in Chicago and fined $500
apiece.