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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
BLAZING WOODS PERIL
FARMS AND VILLAGES
Grand Marais, Mimi, Reported by
Wireless to Be Doomed
by Flames.
WIND SHIFT AIDS ASTON. MICH.
Farmers in Wisconsin and Michigan
Battle Blazes to Save Their
Homes.

A wireless message from Grand Ma
rails, MIMI, received at Duluth, said
that forest fires were bearing down on
the village and that 1t seemed doomed
The operator said it was his last mes
sage, as the fire was getting so close
that he would have to abandon his
tower and seek safety. Grand Marais
is on the noyth shore of Lake Superior
and is an old trading post. So far as
Is known. no lives have been lost. Wild
animals are being driven to the lake
shore by the fires. Reports received In
dictate that the entire northeastern part
OF Minnesota is smoldering. that hun
dreds of men are out fighting the fires,
and that many villages are threatened
with destruction.
A desperate battle is being waged
by farmers and miners against forest
hres In four different districts within
a fifty mile radius of Houghton, Mich.
They are trying to save number Of
small settlements from destruction by
the fast spreading flames.
The woods are dry and brisk wind
is carrying the fire from tree to tree
with alarming yapidity. A change in
the direction Of the wind saved the
town of Aston, which had been threat
ened. At L'Anse village several hun
dred residents quit labor and business
and by means of trenches and back
nres worked to arrest the progress of
the ire toward the town. The Baraga
County infirmatory, few miles from
L'Anse, was threatened by the fire, and
only valiant fire fighting saved the
place from destruction. The inmates
were taken to private residences. Fires
are raging in Ontonagon and Kewee-
nav Counties. and also near Allouez,
Ahmeek, and Gay. The loss of ties,
poles, and other cut timber is great,
while much standing timber is fire
swept. Fires are reported between
Laurium and Torch Lake.
The entire country to the west OF
Washburn, Wis, is being swept by for
est fires and damage running up into
thousands of dollars is reported from
the stricken district The great blue
berry fields west of that city have been
destroyed. Hundreds of miles of coun-
try is fire swept The smoke is so
thick that the view of the sun has
been shut out for days. Forest fires
have leveled the south half of the town
of Mosinee, Marathon County. Just
before wire communication was cut of
word came that number of buildings
had been destroyed. including ten resi-
dences, four stores, two saloons, post
Office and a sawmill.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
BOYS HOLD UP A TRAIN.

Taken by Posse When They Halt an
Auto and Demand water.
1t was two boys, still in their techs,
who held up train mile from Phoe-
nix, Ariz., the other evening, and who,
after chase across the desert. were
captured. The boys gave their names
as Ernest Woodson, Is years old, and
Oscar Woodson, IL, and say they were
raised in Oklahoma City, Okla, and
have been in Arizona only a short
time The capture of the boys was ac-
complished without any shooting, prob
ably due to the fact that part of the
pursuing posse used an automobile.
The boys were preparing to make
camp five miles south of Casa Grande,
when the automobile came along. The
younger boy, thinking the car con-
tanned tourists, stepped out and. halt
ing the machine, asked for water. The
arrest of both boys followed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
DR.. HYDE CONVICTED;
LIFE TERM IS HIS FATE
Jury at Kansas City Finds Physician
Guilty of Murder of Col.
T. II. Swope.
DELIBERATES FOR SIXTY HOURS
Ver1ict Comes When Hope of Agree
ment Had Been Abandoned
Fight for New Trial Next.

DR.. B. c. Hyde was found guilty in
Kansas City of murder in first degree
and his punishment was fixed at life
imprisonment That he poisoned his
wife's uncle, Col. Thomas H. Swope,
the Kansas City millionaire, was the
verdict reached by the jury after three
nights and two days of elaboration.
Il will file motion for a new trial
and then take an appeal in the case"
said Frank p. Walsh, chief counsel for
DR.. Hyde. The verdict came unex-
pecteely. Every attorney in the case
had given up hope that the jury. which
had been out for sixty hours, would
come to an agreement.
There was a gasp from the crowd in
the court room when the word guilty"
fell from the lips of the foreman OF
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
NEW YORK.

Trade is quiet as whole, unfavor-
able weather the indefinite crop out
look and uncertainty as TO prices of
merchandise all tending to retard dis
tributive demand. both wholesale and
retail. Trade reports from the West
note a quiet to fair retail trade, while
jobbing business has been largely con-
fined to fill-in orders, and fall trade is
reported backward, though perhaps
equal to year ago. Retail trade in
the East is only fair, and wholesale
trade is disappointing. Collections re-
fleet the influences of retarded spring
trade in reports of only fair to slow
payments.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending May ~
were PIG, as against 1871 last week, 224
In the like week of 1903. PSI in 1908,
1S4 in 1907 and 161 in 1906. Business
failures in Canada for the week num-
bered ~, which compares with Is last
week and 30 in the same week year
ago.--Bradstreet's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

9ENHNCH
CHICAGO.

r. G. Dun G Co.'S weekly review of
Chicago trade says:
While improvement appears in some
directions, the general state of trade
IS still marked by cross currents.
relatively better exhibit appears in the
volume of solvent payments through
the banks, but money does not loosen
and another high record of trading de
faults distorts the opposition in cred
its. Movements of grain, flour, live
stock, hides and wool have decreased,
and new demands in leading indus
tries add little to the period of as
sured forward activity
More satisfactory features are noted
in transportation of iron and steel out
puts, finished products and general
merchandise. The weather conditions
turned more encouraging for agricul-
ture and impaired stimulus to outdoor
construction and seasonable retail
lines. Higher temperatures arc neces-
sary to effect adequate distribution Of
lightweight apparel, the stocks here
and at the interior being large. al
though not causing anxiety.
New contracts entered testify TO
sustained demand in electric appli-
ances, heavy hardware. machinery. fur
niture, automobiles and brass work.
Planning mills have much work. for To-
cal and outside needs. and the absorb
ton is still remarkably extended in
building materials of all kinds. OPP
erations in wholesale dry goods, mill
linery, footwear, sporting goods and
food products compare favorably with
the business at this time last year.
Bank clearings, s276, 1856, sos. exceed
those of the corresponding week in
1909 by 4,6 per cent and compare with
1924 ,O95,S42 in 1908 Failures report
ed in the Chicago district number SO,
against Is last week, SO in 1909 and
"a in 1908. Those with liabilities over
$4,000 number 1e. as against last
week, in 1909 and in 1905"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
1876 MINERS ARE ENT0MBED.
Explosion in British Shaft Cuts OF
Means of Escape.

An explosion in the Wellington coal
mine at Whitehaven. England, cut OF
the exit from the 1876 miners who were
working below the surface. Rescue
parties succeeded in saving four men
who had been working at the bottom
Of the shaft They were prevented by
the gas from penetrating to a point
where the main body of men is i'm
prisoned. Every indication was that
the inner workings of the mine were
afire and there was the gravest appre-
hension regsrGsssg the entombed men.
The colliery is owned by the Earl Of
Lonsdale and its workings extend four
or five miles beneath the sea. The
spot where the eighty-five hewers and
some fifty-odd shiftmen. still imprison-
ed, were working at the time Of the ex-
plosion is about three miles from the
shaft exit.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
HEINzE GETS AN OVATION.
Copper Magnats Acquitted on Charge
of Conspiracy in Banking Affairs.

Fritz Augustus Heinze walked out
of the criminal branch of the United
States Circuit Court in New York the
other night free man. Twenty min
utes before the jury had declared that
he had not, as president of the Mer-
camille National Bank, over-certified
100000 in checks for his brothers
brokerage firm, nor had be misapplied
the money to further any conspiracy
to exploit United States Copper.
Heinze could not have gotten out OF
the courtroom before had he used all
his powerful strength. He had been
kissed and embraced by weeping WON.
en- relatives and the friends of those
relatives, he had been Rugged by men
and hauled to the accompaniment OF
cheering that court officials could not
subdue, until with tears running down
his cheeks and his lips quivering he
could only murmur brokenly: Thank
you-thank you"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

That the men employed In the Beth
Iehem Steel Works, who have been on
strike for better pay and shorter hours.
had to work twelve hours a day and
seven days a week, al least z,322 Of
them. and that a large percentage OF
these earned only 12h cents an hour.
is the gist Of the report made by the
Federal Bureau OF Labor TO the Senate
Wednesday A large number suppos-
ed to be working ten and a half hours
day were compelled to work over
time on week days and Sundays. and
It was the protest against this that led
TO the strike.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
RAINS CHECK FLAMES.

Walker and BemidJf, MINI, on Rim
OF Forest Blaze, saved from Ruin.
A telephone message from Walker,
Mimi, conveyed the information that
forest fires which threatened that town
and the State tuberculosis hospital
near there had been checked by a
light rain, and that. temporarily at
least. the danger was passed. The
same reports came from Bemid1L
Light rains appear to have been gen
eral In northern Minnesota, and these
have aided in suppressing the fires.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
child nurse Pc, ON. B.sv.

Poisoned by 10-ye old negro girl
employed as a nurse. the 3-months-
old daughter of Davis Collins, veal
thy planter, died in Demopolis, Ala,
and second child Of Collins. 2 years
old, is in a serious condition. The
negro girl says she poisoned the chill
dren because their mother refused to
allow her to go on an excursion to
Birmingham.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
Prison for a society Man.

Harry L. Morris, young society
MAJ, charged with attempted black
mail, was found guilty by jury in
the United States District Court in
Cleveland and sentenced to two years
in prison. Mrs. Dan o. Caswell re-
ceived letters and telephone messages
threatening that her home would be
burned and her two young children
kidnapped if she failed to pay $4,000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
VAN zanat Held q. slayer.

Guilty of manslaughter" was the
verdict of jury in Cincinnati in the
case of Jesse Van Zandt, who was
charged with having murdered his
wife, whose body was found in their
home, bound and gagged and literally
roasted over a lighted gas stove The
verdict was arrived at by compro
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
STEALS s144, 500 IN FOUR YEARS.
Warrant for Missing Bank Cashier
nisclosea En0rmous Thefts

Warrant for Missing Bank Cashier
Discloses Enormous Thefts.
J. Howard Lowery, assistant cashier
Of the Utica City National Bank, Of
Utica, N. Y, disappeared several weeks
ago and a warrant was issued for his
arrest on the charge of appropriating
money amounting to about $4,000. II
developed later that Lowery had been
specializing on large scale The bank
has filed suit against him to recover
s115,000 and has attached property in
which he is interested to the amount
Of $35,000 The bank Use protected fur.
Their by bonds for $4,000. The com
plant AYERS that Lowery's themts be
gan in 1906. totaling in four years
s144,500, during which time, however,
he had restored $4,000. His friends
fear he has committed suicide.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Three masked men blew the safe of
the First State Bank at Dumont, MINI,
set the building on FIRE and fed with
out securing $500 inside the vault
No clew to their identity or where
ahonts has been secured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Cotton and corn crops in Culverton.
Ga, were practically destroyed and the
peach crop severely damaged by hail
and windstorm. In Culverton several
houses were blown from their pillars.
and others unroofed
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
sheu A,mo.t s,.k. steamer.

In target practice an eighteen-pound
projectile fired from a mortar battery
at Fort Case struck the steamer Evans
Thomas, which was towing target,
and, going through the steamers deck.
penetrated the steam drum and dented
the boiler. Several men on the Thorn
as narrowly escaped death.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN LEAGUE,
Five Hurt In a25O.OoO Fire

Fire which destroyed the furniture
store of Koch Henke, in Cleveland,
caused loss of $250.000 and injuries
to FIVE persons. The injured are
Charles Spaden and Robert Behlke.
who jumped from the third floor; Lieu
tenant Herman Schlee, fireman; Will
lam Dempsy, engineer of a fire tug and
Frank Hill
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

The United States Steel Corporation
anpOunced the establishment o. an S.
o0e. 900 pension fund. 70 be consolidate
ed with the 100000 fund created by
Andrew Carnegie. and the whole 10 be
administered for the benefit Of en-
ployes who are injured in service or
for the dependents OF the killed. PEN
sioas viii siso be granted 70 those who
have grown old in the employ OF the
company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Wallace A Russell. % years old.
sought to take the Seattle anti-Fiee
crusade into his own hands when be
walked into the Monte Carlo saloon
and gambling house and fatally shot
the proprietor. Joseph Bonner. Bus
sell, who is rich, is an anti-yice leader
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
Nov at Traalnx stamp..

The issue Of trading stamps by mer
chants was pronounced unlawful by the
District Of Columbia Court of Appeals
in a divided decision. The trading
stamp companies viii appeal to the Su-
preme Court Of the United States.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
ROCK THE BOAT; EIGHT DROWN.
school Children Die i'm MIL Pond
Boys Try to Save Girls.

Boys Try TO Save Girls.
Rocking a boat caused the drowning
of six girls and two boys out of
party of twelve on an old mill pond
at Huntington Mills, Pa. The four
boys who escaped made vain efforts
to save the girls. All of the party
were members of the graduating or
junior classes of the high school The
dead are: Maud Sutliff, II; Caroline
Rooms, 10; Ruth Bonham, II; Iris
Davenport. II; Kathleen Good, 16; Ra-
chel Thompson, IT; Robert Minnick,
Is, and Ray Dodson, II.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Thirteen thousand seven hundred
and fifty dollars for the loss of leg
was awarded to Harold Schaffier, the
15-year-old son of policeman. by the
appellate division of the Supreme
Court, Affirming a decision of the lower
court against the New York. New Ha
ven & Hartford Railroad Company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

John w. Wotoski, % years old, re
siding in Rome, \. Y. sold his wife
and sons. and 3 years. respectively
TO a fellow laborer for SIS. He told
the authorities he could easily get an
other wife. but he refused to part with
his daughter. for whom he was Of
fered se5.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
End six-Year Hunt for Heir.

George W. Lipscomb. for whom rela.
tives have been searching for six years.
was found in Douglas. Ga. and notified
that a fortune of 100000 is awaiting
him at Jackson, Mich, as a legacy
from an aunt
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

A battery of five boilers exploded at
the plant of the Diamond Coal and
Coke Company at Chewtown, Pa, kill
ing three men. Six others. including
employees and residents in me dozen
or more houses near by, we're injured.
hut none will die
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Twenty Hurt in Wreck fn Kansas.
Twelve persons were seriously in
jured and eight others sustained lesser
hurts when a Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient passenger train was derailed
by spreading rails near Milton. A re-
lief train took the injured to Wichita
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Word has reached Chang Sha, China.
that riots have occurred at Yuen-chow.
which is rs miles from Chang Sha.
and that the inland EMISSION has been
destroyed No details are given, as the
telegraph wires have been cut.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

]. w. Van Cleave, opponent of or
ganized labor and foe of Samuel Com
pers, died III st. Louis of heart disease.
Samuel Gregsten. pioneer Chicago
packer and Board of Trade operator,
died at his West Hinsdale Qll.) resi-
dence.
Women and children crowded the
churches of Bemidji, Mimi, praying
for rain to save them from peril of
population in trying to beat back the
flames.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
seize. Cars to Gea Taxes.

County Treasurer Matt H. Gormley
forced the Seattle Electric Company to
pay s167 900 delinquent taxes by seiz-
ing 125 of the company's cars in Seat.
tie Wash
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
noay Of Boy I'm Greek,

The body OF William E. Rivers, the
5-year-old boy who had been missing
from his home in Flushing. L. l.,
SINGS May Z. was found floating IN
Flushing creek
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
BABY CARRIED AWAY BY LION.
Crowd Sees Child Nearly Killed by
King of the Jungle.

King of the Jungle.
A trained lion that was being exhib-
tied in Cleveland, Tenn. suddenly
snatched baby from the arms of its
mother, carried it to the back of the
stage, dashed ii to the floor and plant
ed both his fore paws on the little
ones body. Witnesses Selling any
thing available as weapons advanced
on the lion and diverted its attention.
while q man snatched the baby from
the stage. The child may die
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Roosevelt Envoy to Kings Funeral.
Oficial announcement has been made
Of the appointment of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt by President Taft as special
ambassador to represent the United
States at the funeral of King Edward
n London MAY 20.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
GIRL INDICTED FOR MURDER.

Kate MANI, sixteen Years Old, Held
for the Death of Her Sister.
Katie Manz, 16 years old, was In
dicted by the county grand jury In
Canton, Ohio. Oh the charge OF murder
In the first degree. She is accused Of
causing the death of her sister Eliza
beth, 10 years old. at their home in
Massillon a few weeks ago. Cletus
Wiilaman was indicted on the charge
Of murder in the first degree IN con
nection with the alleged murder Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Koons recently
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Mrs. Emma TDley Chapman. a.
years old. wife OF Chief of Police
Charles F. Chapman of Baldwinsviile.
n. Y. shot her 15-year-old daughter
Hazel and then killed herself.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
negro slain. while A.Iee,

George Burton. a negro. was killed
while asleep in a barn two miles from
Utica, n Y. Joseph Shultz. white. Is
being hunted by the sheriff.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24
KILLS HUSBAND WHO BEAT HER

Young Wife, Inundated by blows,
Retaffates with Rifle.
Smarting under the humiliation at
blows her young husband had rained
upon her in quarrel, Mrs, John Della
Der. aged "a, met him on the doorstep
of their home in Trumbull Township,
near Ashtabula, Ohio, and with rife
shot him dead. She stepped over the
body. and rushing TO neighbor told
what she had done. She was arrested
a few hours later and locked up at
Camera
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

SECRETARY Of the Interior Baiiinger
denied the renewed rumor that be COR
tempiated retiring from President
Tafrs cabinet soon after the BalllngeT-
Pinchot investigation is concluded.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-24

Harry Thorn confessed the murder
Of George w. Fassell, grocer, during
a hold-up in Salt Lake City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04

was concluded ana the characters Of
Newborn, Washington. Warrenton and
Elizabeth City districts were passed.
and they submitted their reports.
a. McCullen, presiding elder of the
Washington District, stated that
charges had been preferred against
of swansboro. but that on investiga-
ton. committee had found them to
be utterly false. and his Character was
passed
on motion of r. B. John, ballot
was taken for editor of the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, without nominal
lions being made. l. S. Massey, the
present editor was reelected.
Or. B. Coltrane, layman of the
Western North Carolina conference,
addressed the conference in favor OF
the consolidation of the North Carolina
Christian Advocate and the Raleigh
Christian Advocate, for the purpose OF
Carolina one official organ, instead
of one in each conference as at pres
emit.
The conference appointed NJ T.
Plyler. r. B. John and J. G. Brown
to constitute commission to confer
ern North Carolina Conference with
reference to the advisability OF con-
solidation Of the two papers.
Bishop Hendrix called the statisti.
cal minute questions, and the secretary
OF the conference answered them.
The number OF church members in
the conference is 1881. net increase
conference contributed to foreign mis-
sions during the year s16sos4l, anc
to domestic missions, $14,267.41. Dur,
ing the coming year the assessments
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
MAY PARDON MADERO
Diaz Appoints Peace Com mission t,
Treat With Him.

koPSSAoi Sao!o W ! uo l !mcb-4IASpdtSA.l IT
Mexico City, Mex, December 81
Through tho influence Of foreign CAPT.
talists resident In Mexico. and those
having large investments here, the
government has appointed peace
tionists under General Madero. Ma,
dero, It is said. Is to be pardoned and
general amnesty granted his followers.
The men most prominently mentioned
as having brought about the conces-
sions to the revolutionists are f.. s..
Pearson and J. P. Morgan.
The commission is reported to be
treating with Madero at San Isldor
to-day where 1t went from the city
Of Chihuahua. The chief demand OF
the Madero followers. tits reported, is
general amnesty for all political of.
tenders. The names of the members
Of the peace commission have not been
given out, but they are said to be
prominent residents Of the State OF
Chihuahua
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
or foreign and domestic missions

for foreign and domestic missions
taken together Will be increased by
$4,000.
Miss Daisy Davis, OF the general
board of missions OF, the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South. and Rev. L.
II. Rawlings, D. D., educational sec
rotary of the board, addressed the con-
ference on the subject Of missions.
Miss Davis delivered another address
this afternoon, a..er which the Lay
mems Missionary Movement held a
meeting for the purpose of nominating
a lay leader for the conference. This
evening the anniversary meeting OF
the conference board of missions was
hid, and DR.. Rawlings delivered the
address.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
Early Morn
Virginia Corn

4 pleasant nip Of Old Virginia Corn
Whiskey is just the right thing with
which to start the day.
. 1t keeps away colds and destroys the
i'll effects Of the sharp morning air. A
glass just before going to bed is the best
possible night cap; helps you to sleep
soundly and wake up feeling nightly
refreshed,
Order gallon to-day from the Rich
mond Distiling Company, Station BIO,
Richmond, Va.