Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-02-15
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

Ac jury disagreed dS 10 the Sullt
or innocence of Mrs. Ford, charged
with Matchmaking c. F. Warmer.
Chicago high schools are honey
combed with fraternity chapters de-
spite the Board of Education's ban.
The Pope rejected audience with for
mer Vice President Fairbanks because
he addressed the Methodists in Rome
big Tim" Sullivan, Tammany boss
of New York's Bowery, made his an
nual distribution of 5000 pairs of
shoes and stockings to the poor.
Monday.
The King of Sweden was operated
on for appendicitis
John L. Sullivan married an old
sweetheart in Boston.
Mrs. Lavender, of Chicago, has filed
$4,000 SANDER suit, naming Rev. w. |
E. Tilroe.
Howard G. Hetzler, of Chicago, was
elected president of the Chicago and |
Western Indiana railroad.
The Federal Incorporation bill, in
troduced into Congress, is likely not
to be passed at this session.
Wade H. Ellis resigned as assistant
attorney general in Washington to take
charge of the Ohio campaign.
Strychnine formed part of much
medicine taken by Colonel Swope, his
nurse testified at the inquest in Kan
sas City.
Tuesday.
The Senate adopted a resolution to
take UP an investigation of the cost
of living
An agreement practically was reached
to hold the Jeffries-Johnson bout in or
near San Francisco.
General Vasquez reported to Madriz
that he had won victory over army Of
Chamorro at Boaco
New and startling testimony was
given at the inquest into the death of
Colonel Swope at independence, Mo.
Commander Peary announced his
willingness to head an expedition to
the south pole, and gave $4,000 to start
a fund.
The report of the investigation of the
Hooking pool said that some firms mer
it Severe condemnation but nothing
more drastic was recommended
Wednesday.
The American Express Co. has
bought Wells-Fargo stock and merg
er is under way.
Congress passed a bill authorizing
the census, which was amended to in
clude slain animals and hides.
Warmer testified in Cincinnati that
Edgar Cooke, wife. and son received
$16G,00O of money stolen from the Big
Four treasury.
Sixty-eight miners were killed in
an explosion at Coahuila, Mexico; the
third disaster in three days, which |
swelled the death roll to 178.
Thursday.
Prices in New York of beef and other
staple foods made a sudden rise.
despite the boycott.
Guggenheim copper stocks depreci- |
ated S23,000,0OO in a smash of prices; |
Morgan's vengeance was seen.
The United States and Germany |
reached an agreement on the main |
points at issue in the tariff situation. |
Mrs. Mary Blair Brokaw was grant |
ed a separation from w. Gould Brokaw |
and $4,000 a year alimony in New
York
thrown out of court in Chicago when |
a new dill of particulars was ordered
and the jury dismissed.
Charles L. Warmer, embezzler of
the Big Four at Cincinnati, unfolded
remarkable tale of crime naming
Frank Comstock and E. S. Cooke as
short in their accounts.
Friday
The Seine fell rapidly and Paris was
again approaching normal.
The Nicarauuan insurgents bonn
barded Greytown and captured Boace.
The Roosevelt party arrived at Nj
mule; all members were in good
health.
An official or the Canadian racine
says 100000 will quit the United States
for the Dominion this year.
Wireless telegraphy saved the cap
tain and forty-six men of the sinking
steamer Kentucky off Hatteras.
A verdict for S222,00O damages was
rendered d. Z. Loewe of Danbury,
Conn, against 200 hatmakers of that
State.
Saturday.
Managua heard that the government
forces scored a victory at Santo To-
maso
Robbers blew the safe OF the State
Bank ~ Wister. Okla, and escaped
with $1,740.
When ex-State Treasurer Glazier, of