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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
MARK TWAIN IS DEAD
OF A BROKEN HEART
Americas Famous Humorist, Sad.
dened by Loss of Daughter and
Friends. Gives Up Fight.
HIS ENDING IS WITHOUT PAIN
Sad Event Occurs at His Home Near
Redding, ccnn.-Angina Pee
toris the Cause.

Mark Twain, beloved the world over
because he made it laugh, is dead. He
passed away without pain at 622
o'clock Thursday evening in his coun-
try home, "Stormfield," back in the
wild Camarack Hills, from Redding,
Conn. For five hours he had been UNI
conscious and the end was almost UNI
noticeable. 1t was simply a cessation
Of pulse and respiration At his bed
side were his only living child, Clara,
who is the wife of Ossip Gabrilowitsch,
the Russian pianist; Albert Bigelow
Paine, his secretary and literary ex-
ecutor, who was almost son to him;
Drs. Edward Quintard and Robert Hal
sey, the heart specialists, who had kept
him alive by stimulants for nearly
twenty-four hours. and his servants.
headed by "Old Katie" who for thirty
years has been his housekeeper.
Angina pectoric, the doctors have It,
ended the life which every one who
had ever known SAMUEL Langhorne
Clemens hoped might be spared longer.
That malady was coupled to some tx
tent with asthma of the heart, brought
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
CHINESE TOWNS BURN
AS MISSIONARIES FLEE
Mobs in Possession, Foreigners
Threatened and Guns Trained
on Changsha.
WALK THIRTY MILES IN RAGS
Refugees Tell OF Slaughter of Many
Natives, Including All the Stu
dents of School.

The situation in Human provinoS
China, is reported as critical Women
and children are fleeing for their lives
from Changsha, the capital A number
OF villages near that city have been
reduced to ashes by native mobs The
country is placarded with threats to
kill all foreigners
This disquieting news was brought
by missionary refugees who arrived at
Hankow from Changsha and nearby
mission stations. Many of them had
travelled thirty miles on foot and
reached the Yangtzekiang in rags.
Their houses had been burned and thy
lost all of their property.
The missionaries said that gunboats
in the river have their guns trained
on Changsha and nearby points and
have afforded refuge for many for
eigners. Three thousand Chinese inn
perial soldiers are occupying the stra-
tegic points of the capital and detach-
ments are being hurried to outlying
districts, where rioting is reported.
Many Chinese have been killed. In one
instance technical school was set or
fire and thirty students were burned
to death. When vessels approached
Changsha to rescue the imperiled ones
the Chinese mob saturated junks with
kerosene from looted stations of the
Standard Oil Company. and, setting
them on fire, allowed them to float
down stream in an attempt to burn
oncoming steamers.
The viceroy of Human province and
the governor of Changsha assert that
they have the situation in hand and
that order is practically restored, but
the missionaries say they fear further
outrages. Telegraph wires west of the
disturbed districts have been cut. Many
missionaries-Americ French and
rwegian-remain at outlying posts.
The British consul at Changsha, who
has arrived at Hankow, said. IF one
foreigner had been killed massacre
probably would have followed. The
British consulate was burned because
it employed laborers from another
province in the construction of new
buildings" The loss to foreign inter-
ests is believed not to have been great.
The Standard Oil Company has lost
few thousand cans of oil.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

abandoned his political career, which,
it was believed by his friends, was
leading directly to the presidency, by
accepting for life the post of associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States at an annual salary of
$4,000.
Governor Hughes virtually will serve
out his term in the Office to which he
was elected by the people of New York.
At his special request President Taft
has arranged that the Governor will
not succeed to the place made vacant
by the recent death of Justice Brewer
until the beginning of the October
term of court Mr.. Hughes term OF
Office as Governor expires with the
dawning of 1911 The arrangement
agreed upon will enable him to clean
up pretty thoroughly the tasks begun
by him as Governor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
NEW YORK

Weather conditions and the unset
tied outlook for prices of. many com
modities are the causes assigned for
the quieter tone of trade in many
lines. Retail business and, to a Ger.
tain extent, recorder demand from job
bers, was affected by the return early
in the week of wintry weather These
influences were, however, largely tenn
porary, and they were largel. Offset
by the decided benefit to the crop out.
look generally by the breaking of the
drought Collections are about fair
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending with April
81 were 1913, as against 207 last week.
247 in the like week of 1909, 254 in
1908, 1877 in 1907 and III in 1906.
Business failures m Canada for the
week number Is, which compares with
q last week and SO in the correspond.
ing week of Bradstreet's.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
.k%211jNu/

Chicago-Cattle, common TO prime,
$500 to $S45; hogs, prime heavy 500
to $3.50; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to $50; wheat, No. 2, $l10 to s1.12;
corn, No. 2, SIC to soc; oats, standard,
Ale to 4Sc; rye. No. 2, nc to 7Sc; hay,
timothy, $1,000 to $500; prairie. $500
to s14.00; batter. choice creamery. &c
to 29c; eggs, fresh. 1Sc to 21e; pota-
toes. per bushel, 15c to 25c.
mdianapolis-Ca shipping, $500
to 1925; hogs, good to choice heavy,
$500 to $685. sheep, good to choice,
SO. 90 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, $104 to
$1.O5; corn, No. 2 white, 5Se to 60c;
oats. No white. 42c to 4Sc.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to $40,
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to
$S15; wheat, No 2, s1.O9 TO Sill;
corn, No. 2, COO to Gle; oats, No. q
4Oc to Ale; rye, No. 2, 76c to re.
Cincinnati - Cattle. $500 to s7.75;
hogs, $500 to $40; sheep, s3.00 TO
s6.75; wheat, No. 2, s11O to s112;
corn, No mixed, 5Sc to 60c; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; rye, No. 2.
SIC to SAC.
Detroit--Cattle. $500 to 500; hogs
$500 to Sf0S5; sheep $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. 2, $106 to sfOS; corn, No.
yellow 5Sc to zoe; oats, standard,
ACC to 44c; rye. No. /, zoe TO soc.
Milwaukee Wheat, No northern,
81 .O6 to $1.09: coin, No 3. 59cv to G0c
oats. standard. 42c to 43c; rye, No. /,
7Sc to soc; barley. standard, 66c to
SIC; pork, mess. $21.5O
Buffalo - Cattle. choice shipping
steers. $500 to 1855; hogs. fair to
choice, $500 to $3.50; sheep, common.
to good mixed, $500 to $40: lambs.
fair to choice, $500 to s1025.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $500:
hogs, $500 to 1886; sheep. $500 TO
$3.50; wheat, No. red, $115 to $116:
corn. No. 2, Gle to SIC; oats. natural.
white, 45c to 4sc; butter, creamery,
26e to 91c; eggs. western, nc to 23c.
Wheat. No. 2 mixed. s1.O5
to S106; corn. No. 2 mixed, SEC 10
sic: oats, No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44c;
rye. No. 2, 7sc to zoe; clover seed.
1925.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
1000 HOMELESS IN FIRE.
Blaze Sweeps Over More than 90
Blocks in Lake Charles, La.

6laze sweeps over more tnan ~
Blocks in Lake Charles, La.
Famed by high wind, fire in
Lake Charles swept over more than
twenty blocks of the city, destroying
several hundred buildings and result
ing IN property loss estimated at
more than S1,000,000. More than 1000
persons were made homeless. The may
or called out the local militia company
to preserve order. Many offers OF finan-
cial aid have been received Within a
shore time the wind had driven the
fire over a space two miles in length,
leaving mass of ruins in its wake.
While many of the buildings destroyed
were merely frame cottages, scores of
handsome structures also fell prey to
the flames The city hall, the hand
some Calcasieu parish courthouse, the
Clair hotel, churches, stores, and ware
houses were reduced to bare black
walls and heaps of ashes within two
hours after the fire started. The Cath
Ollie convent was destroyed. All the
sisters escaped
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

about by excessive smoking But what
laymen call broken heart was more
responsible than the world in general
knew. When his chum, Henry H. Rog,
ers, died last year, those close to Mr.
Twain saw that his grief was intense.
The odd ionship-humorist and
Observation-Disclosures nearer and
dearer thing than any save they alone
realized. When his only unmarried
daughter, Jean, was drowned in her
bath during an attack of epilepsy just
before Christmas his nearest remain.
ing tie was severed. He was lone,
sorrow-stricken man. After the pass
ing of his William Laffan OF
the Sun and Richard Watson Glider,
editor of the Century-he said sadly:
How fortunate they are! No good
fortune of that kind somes tc mel"
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Ameri-
cas- foremost humorist and known the
world over as Mark Twain, was born
in the little town of Hannibal, Mo-, on
November 30, 1885 Early in life he
worked in the printing office of his
older brother and learned the trade as
a compositor. For a time he was a
pilot upon Mississippi River steam
boats. But he drifted back into news
paper work and made a modest success
as correspondent for various papers in
Nevada and California He published
his first book, The Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County" in March, 1867 Two
years later a series os letters he had
written as a correspondent were col
lected and published under tho title,
THE Innocents Abroad" The book
had a record sale and his fame as
humorous writer was secure. Other
books appearing later were "Roughing
It." 1.-The Gilded Age Tom Sawyer,
"Huckleberry Finn" "The Prince and
the Pauper," and "Puddnhead VIII
cou
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

suspecting that certain bills are
Legislature little band OF ".asurg-
ents." led by Lindon Bates. Jr.. VINO
has invented a mechanical device. are
keeping count on the votes on the var
ious measures as they are taken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
ENTOMBED IN A MINE.
Men Imprisoned by Explosion at
Mulga, Ala, All Dead.

Au46 a, AID, al OSoO'
Forty men were entombed in the
Mulga mine of the Birmingham Rail
way Coal and Iron Company at Mulga,
Ala, by an explosion at 8 o'clock the
other night and it is believed that all
are dead Fifteen white men and
twenty-five negro laborers are in the
mine. The foreman, who is entombed
with the others, has the only list Of
those working at the time. When the
first crew of rescuers reached the bot
tom of the shaft the following morn
ing the bodies of two miners were
found On returning to the surface the
rescuers expressed the opinion that
all the men were dead.
After the explosion flames shot up
the shaft for about 400 feet and the
ground is covered with charred tim
bers, which are blown up from the bot
tom of a 350-foot shaft by the force Of
the blast Every window in the viii
lage was broken.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
CROPS RUINED IN MIDDLE WEST
Sudden Blizzard with Below Freez-
ing Temperatures Leaves De-
struction in Its Wake.
BOTH GRAIN AND FRUITS SUFFER
Continuance of Rain and Cold, with
Gradual Change, Regarded ms
Only Salvation.

Prematurely budding crops of the
middle West have been swept away
in the most disastrous and far-reach-
ing storm experienced in a genera
ton. The disturbance has wrought
more than $50,0OO,O0O damage to fruits
and vegetables and has started an up
ward shoot in the price of fresh food
stuffs that probably will be felt during
the entire season The Michigan fruit
belt-the backbone of the fruit district
lis described as almost wholly wiped
out for the season, while the freezing
temperature in Illinois and Iowa not
only has killed buds, flowers and fruits,
but threatens to ruin oats.
In and about Chicago truck garden
ers have seen all hopes of early vege-
tables blasted in a single night. Veg
etables and flowers that had promised
huge profits and low prices because Of
the early spring have been damaged be
yond hope. All that can be done is to
replant, where this is possible, making
the season several weeks behind rather
than early. But in the end it will be
the housekeepeg who will feel the effect
of the storm. The expected early vege-
tables and low prices, promised because
of the lamb-like March, have given
place to promises of such high prices
for green foodstuffs as have not OBJ
tanned in years.
The story of the storm is told best in
the weather bureau reports that show
ed freezing temperature in practically
all of the points that have been touch
ed by the storm. Here are some of the
temperatures reported.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Fire which started from some I'M
known cause In q store In Norah Pow
nal. VT, destroyed three buildings.
causing a loss Of about $4,000. The
Congregational Church. in which Presi-
dent James A. Garfield taught school
while student at Williams College,
was destroyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
stoshers Day Is Proclaimed.

Governor Harmon Of Ohio has issued
proclamation designating Sunday,
May s, as Mothers day, and asking for
a general observance. This is the first
proclamation OF the kind to be issued
in The State.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

cial Sessions in
New York, and by
the verdict the
contention of the
State that . Wolter
on March "a last
S t r a n & ! e d
a n d burned 10
death 14-year-ol1
Ruth Wheeler was
substantiated. The
boys counsel said
w / t h eloquence
that Wolter was
too tender-hearted
to harm a cat, but
twelve men decid-
ed that he had
strangled R u t b
Wheeler whom he
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
New philanthropy Planned.

one of the unknown millionaires OF
New York City is planning a great sys
tematic, long-eontinuiug philanthropy
similar to the Rockefeller general fund
and the Carnegie and Sage founda-
tions. The proposed organization is to
be called the Economic and Genera,
Foundation
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Members OF the Millers' National
Federation in convention at Chicago
adopted resolutions urging federal
courts which have The matter under
consideration to give an early decision
on the question Of bleaching -four. that
uElIers may determine the character
Of their early output
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Municipal elections were held
throughout Montana the other day. In
Helena the Democrats elected four and
the Republicans three aldermen, with
r. ]. Edwards. Republican independ-
enr. leading by less than thirty votes
for mayor
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

In the central and southern districts
of Illinois the temperature fell to a
fraction below % degrees, with the re-
suit that fruit growers announced that
they had little hope of any crop at all
this season.
Paradoxically enough, the only miti-
CATION in the bad news was in the fact
that rain and low temperatures
though not freezing temperatures-pre
vailed throughout the whole Middle
Western section. Had the snowstorm
been followed by bright, warm sun,
nothing could have saved fruits and
berries now in blossom from complete
ruin. AS matters stand, while many
of the buds will be killed, the cool
weather and rain of the next few days
may save the others.
What effect the damage will have on
prices this summer is problematical.
The indications up to the day before
the storm fell were that the fruit crop
would break all records. Fruits, grains
and garden truck were from two weeks
to a month ahead of their usual time
The question now is whether enough of
the crop will be saved to make the har-
vest next fall something like normal
Even if the fruit crop of the Middle
West were half destroyed, prices might
not be seriously affected, for reports
from other fruit sections indicate
bumper crops. 1t seems certain, how
ever, that the loss on apple, plum, cher
ry and peach orchards will be so seri-
Gus as to make prices for those fruits
higher this summer.
Grains are reported to have suffered
severely everywhere, the loss on oats
being particularly heavy. In some sec
tions the entire oats crop will have TO
be resolved. Wherever the first joint
was out of the ground the frost killed
the growing grain.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
8 DIE IN BIG FOUR ACCIDENT.
Wreck Near Sanford, Ind, Costs
Lives of Engineer and Others.

WTECh NctI OdlAOA0y AAd.Y OO5Lo
, Lives of Engineer and Others.
Three men were killed and eight
probably fatally injured when a train
of empty express cars on the way from
st. Louis to indianapolis, on the Cleve
land, Cincinnati, Chicago st. Louis
Railroad, struck defective switch and
smashed the car of an interlocking
switch construction crew on a siding
at Sanford, Ind. Engineer r. f. Ely,
of Nation, H., H. Driscoll and L. B.
Donnelly we're killed. Conductor II. L.
Shipman, indianapolis; Samuel Moi.
felt, Dallas Sprigs; Charles Z. Jones,
Harry Clark, Fred Riley. Harry Gull
LETT and 4. d. Griffith were probably
fatally hurt. The men we're asleep in
their car when it was crushed by the
impact of the locomotive Of the ex-
press train.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
OHIO MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 1s.
Disaster Near Steubenville, o., En-
tombs 25 Victims in Shaft.

Disaster Near Steubenv1lle, o., En-
tombs 25 Victims; in Shaft.
Eighteen of night force of twenty
five machine men employed in the
mine of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal
Company, near Amsterdam, Ohio, are
thought to be dead. as result of an
explosion in the mine late the other
night. Seven men were taken from
the shaft alive, but unconscious Res
cue parties began work a few minutes
after the explosion. About 200 men
are employed in the mine during the
day time They quit work between 8
and o'clock In the afternoon. The
machine men work nights. preparing
the work for the day shift. 1t is be-
lieved that the explosion was caused
by coal gas.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION,
WESTERN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

Secretary Ballinger of the Depart.
nent of the Interior has withdrawn
from entry approximately 1880 600
acres OF coal lands in Southeastern
Montana, believed to contain valuable
deposits. pending examination and clas-
sifcation as to their values.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Pleading guilty to the robbery of
the Richmand. Va. postofice on the
night OF March II. when So, 900 was
taken. Eddie Fay and Little Dick"
Harris were sentenced TO ten years IN
the Atlanta penitentiary and fined 81
coo each
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
s,a.ooo.ooo Due from New Tar.

Corporation tax assessments up 70
date amount to s15.052. 156. Only $780,
o47 has been paid ITO the treasury on
account Of abe tax Corporations have
until June so TO pay up.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Another landslide similar to that Of
ST. Alphonse de Ragotville occurred
at Koucokache, about 50 miles above
La Tuque. Quebec on the Transcon-
tinentd, when a ballast train, carry
ing Is men, was buried under a huge
mass of earth. Many were killed and
injured.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
zo., RAN Costs Boys Life.

Louis Rose, a 1J-year-old boy OF Jer-
sey City. running yaliantly TO catch \
foul tip in baseball game. fell head
foremost into a shallow pond and stuck
in the mud bottom. He was dead from
sufocation when pulled out
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Announcement is made of the resig-
nation of Marshall NJ Kinkman. vice
president of the Chicago and North.
western Railroad and in charge Of the
accounts Of the company. Several 9th
er changes are also announced.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
Tire peaa IN Hotel fire.

Three psrsons lost their lives IN the
FIRE which swept the Hotel Thoma in
Cincinnati The dead are Walter q,
Cameron. a lawyer; Harry Lawrence.
a pzoofreader. and Jasnb lefty. an en-
ploye OF the hotel.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
HUGHES TO SUPREME COURT.

New York Governor Notifies Taft of
Acceptance of Position.
Governor Charles Evans Hughes of
New York put aside his opportunities
for making from 100000 to $150,000
year in the private practice of his pro-
fession as a lawyer and deliberately
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Theorore Boehmer and Ernest
Schraage, OF Hamburg. No., who came
to St Louis TO buy live stock, were
asphyxia1ed in a room where they
went 10 sleep. They blew out the gas
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Report shows increase In Rail Cas-
uaities in Last 1909 Quarter.
A Bulletin issued by the Interstate
Commerce Commiss on shows that for
the quarter ended Dec 81. 1909, there
was an increase in the number of per
sons killed on American railroads os
sol and in the number injured of s.
645. as compared With the correspond
ing quarter of 1908 The total number
of persons killed WIS 1899 and the to-
tai number injured 22,4s1-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

The hamlet Of Orleans, y. Y, was
nearly wiped out by fire. Twenty-Five
buildings, including the church and
schoolhouse, were destroyed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
women Taxpayers to Vote.

Women taxpayers are permitted to
vote on propositions for the bonding
of New York State villages for i'm
provements, in a bill which became a
law the other day.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Match Factory Explosion Kills II.
A boiler exploded in a match factory
at Szegedin, Hungary, killing ten
girls and one man Eighteen ether
girls were dangerously injured
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
MAN KILLED BY BEEF.
Tries to Swallow strip Six Inches
Long and Inch Thick.

John S. Boyd, OF Dayton. Ohio, died
OF strangulation while attempting to
swallow a piece of raw beefsteak six
inches long and an inch thick BOYD
had been drinking considerably lately,
II is said, andIt is thought that lac
tried 10 swallow the -ew heefsteak TO
sober up" He died before a physi-
clan who was summoned could reach
him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
Fire Kill Threel Father Scar Death

The wife and two daughters, and
years old, of Agent G. A. Kruger,
were burned to death in fire which
destroyed the 500 line depot in Edge
land, n. D. Kruger is near death from
burns received while trying to rescue
his family.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

The seasons crop Of small fruits
around Boise, Idaho. and In Fayette
Valley is reported to have been beay-
iIy damaged by frost.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03

Three former Pittsburg counciImcn
John Casserly, Isaac Libson and
John Hogue--confessed their guilt Of
taking brides.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
woLTEa FOUND GUILTY.

Youth Who Killed Fourteen-Year-
Old Stenographer Must Die.
Albert Wolter, a 19-year-old youth,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree by a jury in the Court of Spe-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
Sunday.

Storm losses throughout the Middle
West were put at s3S,OO0.000 by the
latest estimates.
Samuel L. Clemens mark Twain
was laid to rest beside his wife and
children in Elmira, N. Y.
The government took steps to stop
gambling in cotton, which caused a
loss of millions of dollars in trade.
William Fetzer, manufacturer at
Springfield, H., wrote Taft letter
attacking trust abuses under the pres
ent patent system.