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WAUSAU PILOT.
E. B. THAYER. Publisher.
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WAUSAU, WISCONSIN.
ARRESTED IN RACINE.
WELL-KNOWN DOCTOR CHARGED
WITH COUNTERFEIT'NG.
Kde Bogus Ten-Dollar Gold Pieces
and Spurious Nickels-YVater in Lake
Superior Eight Inches Higher than
Normal—Late News.
Captain Thomas L. Forter, of the
United States secret service, arrested Dr.
William T. Aubin, of Racine, Wis., ob
a charge of counterfeiting. The police
claim they found in the doctor’s posses
sion considerable bad coin and also a
plate for making $lO-gold pieces. Dr.
Aubin was taken to Milwaukee. For
about six years he has, with his wife,
Louise M. Aubin, been practicing medi
cine in Racine. Daring the last four
weeks many bad have been passed
in Racine and the police have been work
ing on the case, but not until a few days
tgo were any of the coins traced to the
Aubin house. Merchants with whom the
Aubins traded found they had consider
able of the queer coin. Many bad nick
els were also found in the fare boxes on
street cars. One morning Captain Por
ter arrived in the city and "went to the
Aubin home, and after gaining admission
to the house went to a room where Au
biu was at w. tk and there found him
trying to destroy several of the coins
which he had already made. After a
fight Aubin was captured and placed un
der arrest.
STRIVING FOR PENNANTS.
Standing of Clubs in the Three Princi
pal Leagues.
The clubs in the National League are
standing thus:
W. L. W. L.
Cincinnati ...'22 10 Pittsburg 14 15
Chicago 19 10 Brooklyn ....13 17
New York... 18 10 Boston 10 19
St. Louis.... 1(> 13 Philadelphia.. 523
Following is the standing of the clubs
in the American League:
W. L. W. L.
Boston 20 9 Chicago 17 15
New Y0rk...1 12 St. Louis 13 15
Cleveland ...15 12 Detroit 11 18
Philadelphia. 16 13 Washington... 020
Standings in the American Association
are as follows:
W. L. W. L.
St. Paul 18 11 Louisville ...17 15
Milwaukee ..17 11 Minneapolis. 11 17
Columbus ...15 11 Toledo 9 1C
Indianapolis. 15 13 Kansas City.. 3 17
WATER AT FINE SHIPPING STAGE
Lake Superior Near!” Kijht Ische*
Higher than Normal at Ilnluth.
According to United States Engineer
Darling at Duluth, the water of Lake
Superior is at an excellent stage for
shipping, being now seven nnd one-half
inches higher than the normal. This
would allow boats to load to their maxi
mum capacity, but unfortunately prac
tically none arc moving on account of
the masters and pilots' strike.
Punishment for St. Louis Swindler.
Arthnr F. Mclntyre, president of the
defunct Merchants' Brokerage and Com
mission Company, one of the St. Louis
“get-rich-quick” concerns brought into
prominence by the downfall of E. J.
Arnold and John J. Ryan, was found
guilty of using the mails to defraud by a
jury in the United States District Court
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
for eighteen months.
Twenty-Two Horses Perish.
Lightning caused great damage at the
stock farm of Dunham, Fletcher & Cole
man, near Elgin. 111. One of the largest
barns on the place, containing twenty
four blooded horses, many of them im
ported from France, was burned to the
ground, and only two of the animals
were saved.
Killed by Mysterious Woman.
George 11. Taylor was shot and almost
instantly killed at his store, the Ameri
can woolen mills, in Canton, Ohio. He
had returned for an overcoat, and was
shot Pt the door by someone in the vesti
bule. Before he died he declared a wom
an did it. ,
Woman Killed by Thugs.
M rs. William C. Gotshall, wife of the
president of the New York Hnd Port
Chester Railway Company, was proba
bly fatally injured by a stone thrown
by one of a gang of East Side roughs
in New York City while she was riding
in an automobile with her husband.
Fire Ruins $350,000 Plant.
The Stony Brook plant of the United
Boxboa.-d and Paper Company at Whip
pan}. four miles from Morristown, N. J.,
was practically destroyed by fire. The
building nnd machinery are said to have
cost $350,000. The plant had a capacity
of fifty tons of finished product daily.
Hardware Establishment Barns.
The five-story building of 'he Stnm
bnugh- Thompson Hardware Company
at Youngstown. Ohio, was burned, the
estimated loss being SIOO,OOO.
Hanker Plant Kills Himself.
Blinker Plant, of Macon, Ga.. killed
himself after his two banks failed, in
tending his life insurance money to go
to his creditors.
Warship Makes Fust Run.
The battleship Kentucky, under Rear
Admiral Evans, made a recjrd-breaking
run from Hong Kong to New York, go
ing 12,609 miles in fifty-three days.
Would-Be Assassin Is Dead.
The body of Peter O. Elliott, who was
arrested several months ago in Wash
ington. D. C., on suspieion of being a
lunatic, with probably murderous de
signs on President Roosevelt, was found
in Minneapolis banging from a bridge.
Destroy Many Towns.
According to u dispatch from the Yali
of Bitlis, Asiatic Turkey, seventeen vil
lages have been destroyed by Armenian
insurgents in the district of assnii.
More than 600 Armenian famines l ave
taken refuge at Mush, a town in Bitlis.
Montana to Gee Indian School.
The Carlisle Indian school, located at
Carlisle. Pa., will be removed to Helena,
Mont. Agents of the Department of the
Interior have recommended Helena as
the most suitable site. A proposition has
l*een submitted to local men who have
taken the project up and obtained op
tions on the land required.
Well-Known Educator I’tsign. l
Rev. Herbert Franklin Fisk. 1). JX.
LI.. D.. for nearly thirty-one years prin
cipal of Northwestern University Acnd
em , in Evanston. 111., has resigned that
position and will relinquish his post on
or about Juno 16.
Wife Sues Senator's Son.
Mrs. Mary Lamed Dorrance Aldrich
has filed in Providence. R. 1.. a petition
for limited divorce agaiust Edward Bur
gess Aldrich on the ground of extreme
cruelty. Mr. Aldrich is the eldest son
of Senator and Mrs. Nelson W. Aldrich,
and brother-in-law of John D. Rocke
feller. Jr.
Unable to Live Unkissed,
Marie Bower. 18 years old. who came
to Marion. Ind., from Celiua, Ohio, a
abort time ago for a visit, killed herself
because her fiance, who lives in Marion.
necl?t*4 to kiss her when he left for
bis place of business.
DID FUNSTON SWIM?
Kansas Text Book Commissi mere Dis
credit the River Exploit.
Pupils of the Kansas high schools will
Bo longer be taught that it was for
Iwimming the Bag Bag river in the
Philippines and in the face of a hot tire
from the enemy that Gen. Frederick
Funston was promoted from colonel of
volunteers to be a brigadier general in
the regular army. The statement in
Kansas histories that the little general
swam this river ami thereby earned his
promotion has gone unquestioned until
the other day, when a subcommittee of
the State text book commission ordered
the account of the incident expunged
from the history, which has been re
adopted for use in the high schools for
five years. These commissioners served
notice on Mrs. Nobie L. Prentis, who
is revising the. history, which her iate
husband wrote, that she must expunge
that section of the work which sets
forth the statement that the colonel of
the Twentieth Kansas regiment swam
the Bag Bag river. When Gen. Fun
ston was promoted to the place he now
holds his commission declared in explicit
terms that his promotion was earned by
his action in swimming the Bag Bag
in the face of a severe fire from the en
emy. "We will give credit to the pri
vates, Trembly and White, to whom it
belongs,’’ said Commissioner McCray.
Be are tired oi seeing the misstate
ment that Funston ever swam the river
paraded before pupils in the Kansas
schools. It will be stopped now while
there are men living iu the State who
know it is not true.”
SEVEN DIE; MANY HURT.
Explosion of Fireworks Factory at
Findlay, Ohio, Claims Victims.
Two simultaneous explosions in the
fireworks and railway torpedo plant of
the Lak“ Shore Novelty Company, in
Findlay. Ohio, working overtime on rush
orders, killed at least seven employes
Sunday, injured five others beyond hope
of recovery and fifteen others badly. Two
other persons are missing and are be
lieved to have been blown to atoms. The
entire plant, which covered ten acres of
ground, was utterly destroyed. Not a
single wgjl remains standing. So violent
were the explosions that the whole city
was shaken. The explosions took place
in the two drying rooms. In the maga
zines that blew up were great quantities
of potash and this was hurled into the
bodies of the men and women who were
injured, ns a result of which the doctors
fear blood poisoning may cause the death
of ten of those hurt less seriously. It is
surmised that someone in the drying
rooms dropped a large box of torpedoes,
thereby causing the explosion, but this
theory cannot be confirmed.
EIGHT DIE IN WESTERN FLOODS.
Colorado and Wyoming Streams Swell
—.'tony in Danger.
Eight lives are known to have been
lost in Colorado and Wyoming in raging
floods that were started by cloudbursts,
and ne. r Cheyenne many persons are
missing. Scores of other people are in
danger. Immense damage was done in
Colorado, along the Cache La Poudre
river. The dam at Lake Livingston
gave way before the flood. The towns
of Livermore, Laporte, Wellington and
part of Fort Collins were submerged un
de: five feet of water. Five iron bridges
■i'.id two railway bridges have been
swr it away and miles of the Colorado
-ad Southern Railway track are washed
out. The Union Pacific tracks also are
badly damaged. Thousands of acres of
ranch and farm land are inundated and
n great many cattle have been drowned.
Severl other streams are threatening to
overflow because of the rains.
BOY OF TEN SAVES ThAI’MATE.
Draws Him to Bank with Fishing Rod
and Revives Him.
In Omaha Frank aged 10
years, saved a playmate. Chris Segen
son, from drowning, with a fishing rod.
Segensou slipped off the bank into deep
water. His companion saw him sink
twice and rise again. Seizing the rod,
he called out, “Grab this.” The little
fellow was unconscious when he reached
the bank. Frank rolled him on the
ground and pulled his arms until he
opened his eyes. Then he called for
help.
Fifty-three Filirtnos Slain.
A report has been received stating
that a massacre had taken place near
Malabang. on the southern coast of Min
danao. Fifty-three Filipino men, women
and children, the families of employes of
the United States military government
at Malabang, were surprised at midnight
while asleep by the I)atto Alis and a
band of Moros from the Rio Grande
valley, and slaughtered.
Japanese Battleships Are Sunk.
Vice Admiral Togo has reported as
follows: “A report from Rear Admiral
Dewa says that the cruisers Kasaga and
Yoshino collided during a fog off Port
Arthur. The Yoshino sank, only ninety
of her crew being saved. On the same
day the battleship Hatsuse struck a Rus
sian mine and sank.”
“Japs" Forced to Retreat.
Reports of the Japanese retreat to
FeughuangcheDg are officially confirmed.
The Japanese, numbering 20,000 men,
came upon 32,000 Russians in a strong
position sixty miles west of Fenghuang
cheng. It being uuwise to risk a battle,
the Japanese retreated in good order and
with great rapidity.
No Agreement la Reached.
The operators and miners of the east
Ohio coal district have adjourned finally
without coming to an agreement, the
split being on the question of trade
unionism, involving the engineers, ma
chinists and firemen of the mines. The
demand that they be recognized was re
fused.
Heavy Low for Russians.
While the Japanese fleet ma covering
the landing of troops near Kai-Chau a
fierce engagement occurred at Hsin-Y’en-
Cheng. Two thousand Russians were
killed or wounded. The Russians re
treated and the Japanese occupied both
Kaiping and Kai-Chau.
Will Lay Off 11,000 Men.
About 11.000 men will be laid off by
C.e Pennsylvania Railroad Company, the
s i being to get down to the 1902 basis.
Continued shrinkage in business and no
expectation of early improvement are
the reasons for this big reduction in the
force just decided upon as unavoidable.
Accused Man Cuts Throat.
Rather than face the disgrace of a
public trial John D. Budd, a well-known
resident of Hoboken, N. J., slashed his
throat with a pocketknife and will die.
He was arrested, together with a lawyer
and four other residents of Hoboken,
charged vith ill-treating yonng children.
Aa and in Timber Trespass Case.
In the timber trespass case of the
United States government against the
Commonwealth Lumber Company the
jury at Fergus Falls. Minn., bn-oght in
a verdict assessing the company $18,138.
This Is in addition to $10,641. which it
paid in a previous settlement.
Boat Capsizes: Three Drown.
A. Giller. Peter Keyser and another
man named Jackson were drowned in
Owens lake, near Boulder. Colo. They
were fishing from a boat and daring a
high wind the boat was overturned,
throwing the men into the water.
One Thousand Japanese Killed.
One thousand Japanese are reported
to have been killed and wounded in a
battle following a sortie by the Port
Arthnr garrison to save a powder train.
The Russian loss is given iu St. Peters
burg as 116.
Bars Racing News in United States.
Following his action in discontinuing
to all sabacribers in New York City a
report of the racing at various tracks
Id this country, CoL Robert C. dowry
has notified the general superintendents
of the company at New York, Chicago,
Atlanta and San Francisco that the col
lection and distribution by the Western
Union Telegraph Company of horse race
reports would be discontinued forthwith.
nabs two bold thieves.
Buffalo Youth Secs Men Rob Employer
-Track* Them and Cause* Arreet.
Buffalo has an office buy sleuth. By
using his ejes nnd bis legs he lias cap
tured anil landed two diamond robbers
behind prison bars. Two well-dressed
men went to the store of Louis E.
Reinscli, a diamond importer at No. 3
Grand court, Mooney-Brisbane building.
"Weve a design for a badge here,” said
one of the men. “We want you to make
it and in the center of this letter ‘C’ we
iinnt a diamond.” Keinsch took his vis
itors behind the cage, where he dis
played his diamonds, and asked them
to be seated at a table. Then Mr.
Iteinsch opened hi* big safe and took out
fifteen packages of diamonds. On? of
the men slipped a catalogue over toward
the packages and diamonds. All this
time Little Willie Birtch, the office l*oy,
was seated on a high chair watching the
proceedings. “We will be in to-morrow
afternoon,” said the smaller of the two
men, and they started toward the door.
The office boy had figured it all out in
his mind. He whispered his suspicions
to bis employer. Willie borrowed ten
cents for car fare and scooted after the
two men. He followed them down the
stairs, through the corridor and out on
Washington street. At Eagle and Elli
cott streets stood Sergeant Mostberger
and Patrolman Thomas McGreevj. Wil
lie ran to the policemen and asked them
of they would help him catch tw r o rob
bers. The thieves were caught and SSOO
worth of diamonds were recovered.
BUILDING TIE-UP ENDS.
Stone, Lime and Cement Drivers Reach
Agreement in Chicago.
Operations on building, sidewalk and
paving contracts representing millions
of dollars, which for two weeks have
been almost completely tied up by the
strike and lockout of stone, lime and ce
ment teamsters, have been resumed in
Chicago. Building workmen made idle
by the tie-up of supplies, reported for
work within a few hours after the union
drivers, who ratified the agreement made
by their committee and the Stone. Lime
and Cement Contractors’ Association. As
a basis for the settlement of the strike
and lockout, the union drivers were given
an increase of 60 cents a week over their
former weekly pay, the “closed shop”
and liberal concessions in overtime al
lowances. To facilitate the immediate
general resumption of building and other
cpt rations dependent upon the product
of the members of the newly formed
United Association of Building Material
Industries the contractors, after the set
tlement was made, set forces of cleiks
to apportion to each job for w’hich they
have orders a reasonable amount of ma
terial. Only a sufficient amount for im
mediate needs could be delivered to any
one place for several days until opera
tions were well under way.
THEATRICAL MAN SHOT BY WIFE.
Mr*. Frank Burt of Toledo, 0., Pain
fully Wonnds Husband.
Frank Burt, a theatrical manager, was
shot by his wife in Toledo, Ohio. The
alleged jealousy of Mrs. Burt and domes
tic difficulties bad led to a separation.
Mr. Burt was standing in front of Burt’s
Theater, when his wife appea.'ed, drew
a revolver and fired, the bullet entering
his face. Mrs. Hurt was arrested. Burt
owns two theaters in Toledo, and is
lessee of theaters at Lima, Y'oungs
town and Bowling Green. Ohio; Fort
Wayne and Evansville, Ind.; Erie, Pa.
and Wilmington, Del. Mrs. Burt was
released later on SI,OOO bail. She is
repentant and would like to nurse him
if permitted. Mr. Burt is be/iered tc
be out of danger, though Bis face may be
badly disfigured.
LIFE TERM; STOLE $3 AND HAT.
Michigan Burglar Sentenced Under
Law to Punish Old Offenders.
Convicted of stealing $3 and an old
hat, Lewis Oliver was sentenced in Ma
son, Mich., to spend the remainder of his
life in Marquette penitentiary. Ho was
sentenced under a statute providing that
confirmed criminals may be put in the
penitentiary for life upon the third con
viction for felony. Oliver is 40 years
old, lias been arrested more times lliaD
he can remember, and has served thir
teen years. While the life term was not
mandatory, Judge Weist said he believed
the law was intended to rid society ol
such men.
WAR SHIP SEEKS UNCANNY ISLE,
United State* Cruiser Sent to Find
Mysterious Land.
The Navy Department at last has be
gun a systematic search for “The Lost
Island of the Pacifi'* ” Somewhere be
tween Honolulu and San Francisco i* a
mysterious bit of land which sailors be
lieve is bewitched. At intervals it rises
slightly out of the water or lies just be
low the surface where it threatens every
passing vessel. Most of the time it sinks
to unfathomable depths. The cruiser
Tacoma has sailed from Honolulu on the
quest.
FARMERS BEGIN WORK ON SHOPS.
Corner Stone of Co-Operative Harvest
ing Machine Company Laid.
The corner stone of the machine shop
of the Farmers’ Co-operative Harvesting
Machine Company was laid in Spring
field. Ohio, with ceremony. William N.
Whitely is head of the enterprise, which
is backed by the grangers of the country.
The shops will make everything in the
way of agricultural implements. The
company expects to employ 3,000 men.
Attempts to Kill Czar.
A young Russian woman of high posi
tion in St Petersburg was detected in
an attempt to assassinate the Czar dur
ing a review of troops by the Emperor.
It is said she had a bomb concealed in
her clothing, confessed the plot and was
hanged.
Roosevelt Pardon* Murderer,
R. Ortez. the Porto Rico murderer,
serving a life sentence at Stillwater,
Minn., prison, has been pardoned by
President Roosevelt and will be released
June 8. No reason for the pardon is
given.
Forty-one Hurt in Wreck.
A special from Salida, Colo., says the
narrow gange Denver nnd Rio Grande
south-bound passenger train. No. 115,
was wrecked on Cumbers hill. Engineer
Frank Evanston was killed and forty
one are reported injured.
Attack on Port Arthnr.
Fifteen thousand Japanese were killed
and wounded in attempt to storm Port
Arthur. Russian loss was 3.000, accord
ing to telegram said to have been re
ceived by Foreign Minister Lamsdorff at
St. Petersburg.
Parker Say* He I* Big Enough.
A well-known Washington correspond
ent quotes Judge Parker a* sayiug pri
vately that he believes he is big enough
to be President and that he could learn
the high duties of the office.
Firework* Factory Blown Up.
One man and two boys were killed
and six men and two girls seriously in
jured by an explosion which occurred in
the fireworks factory of Jose Sclone, on
the outskirts of Camden, N. J.
Presbyterians Frown on Divorce.
The Presbyterian general assembly in
Buffalo enjoined its ministers not to mar
ry divorced persons, except those di
vorced for reasons recognized by their
church.
No U. B. Representative Wanted.
Colombia has given notice that no
American diplomatic representative is
desired at Bogota, and Minister Rusaefl
ha* bees detained at Panama by Work*
orders.
ONEWEEKOFTHEWAR
MARCH OF EVENTS IN THE FAR
EAST DURING SEVEN DAYS.
Raaaiatni, Disorganized by the Yaln
Battle, Seem to Have Stopped Run
ning and Turned on the Jap*, Who
Have Met with Severe Repulse*.
Seven days have seen no little
change in the relative prospects of the
contestants in the far Ea*t, A week
previous the Russians were on the run
everywhere. Disorganized by the dis
astrous battle on the bank of the Yaln,
General Kuropatkin'B forces were sup
posed to be lying in terror at Lino
yang. nnd considering an immediate
further retreat. The Ruslan general
staff made what was considered a
most natural declaration that thearmv
would fall back not only to Mukden,
but far beyond it, to Harbin, and th
general comment was that retreat might
even already be cut off. From numer
ous sources came reports of large
bodies of Japanese troops as far north
as Mukden.
It now transpires that the Russians
neve* fled ns fur as Liaoyang; that
they have not considered a further re
treat; that, on the contrary, they have
been able to push their foe back to
within fifteen miles of Fengwang-
THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP HATSUSE.
cheng and that there Is no Japanese
force near Mukden. It still appears to be
the fact that the Japanese vastly out
number the Russians; the latter may
eventually be forced back to Mukden,
where a decisive battle is still to be
expected; but, in the meantime, not
only Is Liaoyang not taken, but every
mile of the way between it nnd the
present Japanese position is likely to
be contested. There is nothing in the
news of the week to make improbable
the ultimate success of the Japanese
in their Manchurian campaign, but it
is evident that that success will not
be easily achieved. If the rainy season
has indeed set in. the fact constitute s
n Russian advantage; it may postpone
Japanese aggression some months. In
the meanfiine, Cossacks may be able
to worry their enemy considerably.
Furthermore, the delay is held to be
an opportunity for those Russian re
enforcements which have been so long
coming across Siberia. In the interim,
however, the Japanese armies in
Manchuria will undoubtedly be tre
mendously augmented.
Port Arthur still stands, and no se
rious effort has been made to capture
or reduce it. although predictions were
made In Tokio that the end of the
week would see that city and harbor
in possession of the Mikado’s forces.
The first serious naval disaster of the
war has overtaken the Japanese,
though its effect is rather moral than
actual. On the other hand, the Rus
sians have again been compelled to
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JAPANESE PROTECTED CRUISER YOSHINO.
sacrifice a magnificent vessel to their
own stupidity.
There is some reason to believe that
the Japanese have now between 40,
000 and 50,000 men beleaguering Port
Arthur, where there is a much smaller
Russian garrison. If the Japanese
really have concentrated so many,
men at that point and are bringing up
siege guns, it must lie their intention
to push matters, even at the risk of
a great loss of life. To let the siege
or investment drag on until the Itus
ainn Baltic fleet reached the Pacific
would be a hazardous matter.
Operations at Port Arthur do not at
tract so much attention as those in
land. far to the north, where Gen.
Kuropatkin is facing the concentrating
armies of the Japanese. Nothing has
been heard of the army under Gen.
Oku. which landed west of the mouth
of the Y’alu. ami was supposed to be
moving in the direction of HaDheng,
about midway between Newehwang
and Liaoyang. on the line of the rail
road,
Gen. Kuroki's whereabouts is 1 letter
known. Wednesday some of his troops
bad reached a point about twenty
eight miles north of Fengwangcheng.
They were attacked, according to Rus
sian reports, by several regiments of
Cossacks and were driven back fifteen
miles. This was at first described as
a battle in which the Japanese suffered
heavy loss, but it does not appear to
have been much more than an affair
of outposts, signifying little.
This encounter throws a little light
on the position of the Japanese, but
not on their plans. The Russians have
evacuated Newehwang. and presum
ably hold a line along the railroad ex
tending from Haicheng at the south
to Mukden at the north. The Japanese
are somewhere to the east of that line.
According to Russian reports. 80.000
of them are still sooth of the Russian
troops that are covering Liaoyang.
It is already a terrible war, and
there is every prospect of long and
hard fighting still to come.
The Russian general staff has receiv
ed official advices of the defeat of the
Japanese force which was marching
northward from Fenghuangcheng for the
purpose of executing a flank movement
ou Mukden. The Japanese were driven
back by a detachment of Cossacks.
Newehwang is abandoned because of
the Japanese landing at Kaichow. where
warships bombard the Russian defenses.
RUSSIA READY FOR LONG WAR.
Plana Being Hurried for Sending Army
of 750,000 Me a t,-> the Far Kast.
Russia is preparing for a two year
war with Japan, and if necessary an
army of 750.000 men will be sent to the
Far East to overaw,. China. *o guard
railway communications, relievo Port Ar
thur, and drive the Japanese armies into
th’ r,ea. The war temper of the Russian
empire has been thoroughly aroused by
i the succession of reverses in Manchuria.
I Military men are no louder than civilians
in demanding revenge for the defeats on
land and sea. The cry is for “more
troops,” "more troops.” Plans are be
ing hurried at the War Department in
St. Petersburg for the mobilization of
the entire body of Russian reserves.
Official reports received at 'St. Peters
burg admit that the Russians lost 160
men. killed or wounded, in a battle with
a etrong Japanese force near Kinchou.
Brigadier General Nadein was one of
the Russians wounded.
A'. Tokio it is officially denied that a
Jf.pauese army was repulsed north of
; Fengwangoheng and pursued for fifteen
; miles. Skirmishes are frequent in the
i vicinity of Motien pass, but the Japan
| ese say the soldiers defeated formed only
j a small rooonnoitering force.
Most European critics believe that
' Japan's f-’an for enveloping Kouropat
kin's nrn., st I.iaoyang has been relent
lessly carried out. It is estimated from
tlie most reliable information at hand
that the Russians cannot put into action
above 100,000 men. while the .laps will
! he aide to oppose them with fully 120,-
| 000 within a few days. The expectation
' is that if the Japs succeed in surround-
ing the Russians, Kouropatkin will have
to cut his way out, with tremendous loss,
of course, and with great damuge also to
the enemy. He might, however, reach
and save Harbin, where he would be
compelled to make another stand, be
cause all of Russia's immense stores are
there.
Japan’s recent naval losses, while un-
GENKRAL STOESSR'
doubtedl.v serious, are not regarded us
materially affecting the present situation.
The disaster has revived the project of
sending the Baltic fleet to the Far East
in June, and has greatly revived public
feeling at St. Petersburg. It also has
confirmed the Japs' determination to take
Port Arthur at an early date at any east.
The most significant tiling is Russia’s
agitation of the Chinese scare. The
Russian authorities are seeking every
opportunity to press and otherwise
spread this poisonous propaganda. One
object undoubtedly is to prevent the
adoption of Secretary Hay's suggestion
of a guarantee of Chinese neutrality by
the ltowers. Russia also is using every
effort to increase the agitation of the
dangers of the yellow peril through the
foreign press.
Reports 1,000 Japs Killed.
The Russian Government received
news confirmatory of the rumors in cir
culation that General Stoessel had made
a successful sortie from Port Arthur, re
sulting in the defeat of the Japanese,
with the loss of more than 1.000 killed or
wounded. The Russians’ losses were 11G
killed or wounded.
The movement was carried out by a
combination with a train bringing in war
munitions and supplies and General
Stoessel's force, communications being
maintained by wireless telegraphy.
The Japanese barred the route be
tween the train and General Stoessel’s
force, whereupon the Russians attacked
and routed the Japanese. After the en
gagement General Stoessel’a force, to
gether with the train, returned to Port
Arthur.
War Sew* in Brief.
Tokio states that the only losses to
the Japanese fleet are the Hatsuse and
the Yoshino.
The Japanese army in the field is es
timated at 180.000 to 200,000 nien,
ngainst 100,000 Russians.
Newchwang reports that a Japanese
force of 20.000 met 32,000 Russians
east of Fenghuangcheng and retreated.
Admiral Hosoya, commanding the
third squadron, reports the landing of
troops at anew unnamed place, proba
bly Takushan.
The Japanese army advancing against
Mukden ties defeated by a force of Cos
sacks in : battle lasting all day and
driven back upon Fenghuangcheng. The
Japanese were forced to abandon four
positions, and reports in St. Petersburg
state that the loss was heavy. The
Russians report light casualties.
The Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded
in a fog on the rocks near the entrance
to Vladivostok. The crew was saved,
but the ship is in a critical condition.
A report from the naval commander at
Port Arthur states that two Japanese
battleships struck mines off the harbor
May 15. One sank and the other, af
ter showing distress, was righted and
steamed away, escorted by cruisers.
Seventy thousand Russian troops arc
reported to be advancing to reneve Port
Arthur. The Japanese are hastening
their operations against the fortress with
45.000 men. advancing to within seven
mi lea of the batteries. Each foot of their
advance has been stubbornly contested.
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Gang Looted Cars in Transit—Norse
Drowns in Lake Monona—Milw ankee
Boodler Is Convicted Young Mun
Throws Himself I,’nder Train.
Existence of an organized gang for the
plunder of freight cars by breaking the
seals on the doors while the cars are in
transit and throwing goods to the ground
at places agreed upon beforehand,
whence they are collected and sent to
Chicago for sale, has been revealed by
the confessions of Matthew Theilen and
Walter Devereaux. A third man, Ed
ward Mason, alias Patterson, captured
with the other two, is implicated in their
confessions. Mason is in Racine, where
he will be tried for one of the most re
cent of the robberies, committed or. a
moving Chicago, Milwaukee and St.
Paul train at a point near Corliss. The
youthful desperadoes made a desperate
fight when the police endeavored to cap
ture them in the home of Theilen in
Chicago. Lieut. Schlau received inlor
mation from the Wisconsin authorities
that the men were in Chicago. He traced
them to Theilen’s home. With Police
men Kelly and Niggemeier he went to
the place. On the approach of the offi
cers they were greeted with a fusillade
of shots from the basement of the house.
The lieutenant and his men dashed
down the stairway and throwing them
selves against the door, smashed it
amid a shower of bullets from the men
inside. All three were arrested. It
was found they were wearing articles
taken from a car which had been looted
May 11. Sitting barefooted and discour
aged in his cell, Theilen* said: “There
are four of us who have b v -n conducting
these expeditions systematically for the
last year. We have secured over $5,000
worth of merchandise by this thieving.”
Woman Drowns at Madison.
Corddia Dean was drowned and Mil
dred Wood, Ethel Pringle, Myrtle Smith
and Alvaide Abbott were rescued with
difficulty as the result of a boating ncci
dAit to five nurses of the Madison sani
tarium in Madison. G’tstav Nebel and
George Hyland, fishermen, saved the life
of Miss Wood, plunging into the water
and recovering her body after she was
unconscious and nearly dead. Miss Dean
was taken from the water ten minutes
later, but was dead. Her home is in
Merrill, and she was 22 years old. The
nurses went boating on Lake Monona
for the first time this season. They were
in shallow water and when the brisk
wind took their iiout out some distance
they became frightened and the boat was
capsized.
Guilty of Milwaukee Boodle.
The first of the Milwaukee boodle
trials ended with the conviction of Build
ing Inspector Michael Dunn, charged
with accepting a bribe of $1,500 from
the Pabst Brewing Company for grant
ing a permit to erect a warehouse which
did not conform to the ordinances. Dunn,
in defense, declared the money went to
Aldermen to take out of committee an
ordinance granting permission for the
building. The court refused to allow
hail pending arguments for anew trial,
and Dunu went to jail.
Throws Self Under Train.
Enos Roop of Irving Park, 111., de
spondent and probably insane, threw
himself in front of the engine of the
Chicago-St. Paul limited on the North
western road in Madison and was ground
to death. He was 21 years old and had
mie to a Madison sanitarium for men
tal treatment. He was walking with his
father when the train came, stepped to
one side in response to the father’s di
rection and then threw himself under
the cow catcher,
Wieske Held Guilty.
The verdict in Eau Claire of the jury
in the case of the State against Vernon
Wieske, charged with killing his father,
was murder in the first degree. Michael
Wieske, an old man, was found dead in
his home about sixty miles from Au
gusta, on M.*rch 4. His head had been
crushed in and the house had been set
on fire. On the preliminary examina
tion. the son, Vernon, aged IK years,
pleaded guilty, but later changed the
plea.
Woman' Life Saved by Tramp.
After placing a tramp in his wife’s
bed for the alleged purpose of fright
ening her away, and failing to frighten
her, a La Crosse machinist, attempted
to kill his wife by shooting at her. When
the revolver was pointed at the breast
of the woman, the tramp knocked it up
ward, thus saving her life.
Chokes to Death on Meat.
John Gallagher, aged (X) years, a farm
er of the town of Oniro, while eating
his dinner at the Columbia Hotel in Osh
kosh. choked to death on a large piece
of beefsteak. After being removed from
the dining room he fainted in front of
the hotel and the end came very short
ly.
All Over the State.
yiss Anna Engel was fatally burned
at rond du Lac while preparing some
varnish and turpentine on a hot stove,
preparatory to varnishing the fbxir, the
turpentine took fire and ignited her
clothes.
Publication of a marriage license, is
sued at Milwaukee, stopped a*romantic
elopement and marriage of Maude
Baker, 16 years of age. and Seymour
Kimball. 22 years of age, of Racine. The
bride’s mother saw the names in a Mil
waukee paper and stopped the elope
ment.
On receiving the news of Gov. La Fol
lette’s nomination by the “regular" Re
publicans M. P. Griswold of Appleton,
a bitter political enemy of the Governor,
cut his throat.
Edward Williams of Chicago was held
in SI,OOO bail on the charge of robbing
the office of F. C. Arnold in Oshkosh.
The safe was broken into, bnt little of
value was secured.
Illinois buyers have purchased 400
acres of land eight miles north of Cri
vitz. from the Skidmore Ixind Company,
and placed upon it 1.300 head of sheep,
shipped in from Montana.
August Belter. Sr., Fred Belter and
Benjamin Iladant of Kilboum. charged
with breaking into a car at Kilbourn,
were discharged.
Ollie Sutlers, a fencer Minneapolis
newspaper man, fell int a celLarway. a
distance of twenty fe*t. in Janesville,
with such force that hfe broke a blood
vessel and died almost instantly.
Four young men. names not known,
said to be from Racine, entered the sam
ple rooms of A. Sylvester, located at
Ives, broke all the chairs in the place,
wrecked the bar. struck and injured Syb
veer. fracturing his arm. and struck
and knocked a stranger senseless, using
rocks as weapons.
In Milwaukee 14-year-old Lillie Sen
bet h gave her life in a vain attempt to
save her 8-vear-old sister Lydia from
drowning. The little one lost her foot
ing on the bank of an old stone quarry
and fell into the water. Her older sis
ter jumped .into the pond after her and
both were drowned. The children were
fishing in the quarry when the accident
happened. Many persons have been
drowred in the same quarry and the
authorities are trying to have it filled
up.
John M. Roberta, one of the first stone
cutters in southern Wisconsin, died sud
denly at his home in Racine, of typhoid
pneumonia, aged 44 years.
The body of Andrew Kieschol, who
drowned in the Wisconsin river, was
found at Grand Rapids.
In Eau Claire, Vernou Wieske has
been, convicted of murder In the first de
gree for having killed his father.
Anew jui! building will be erected
in Richland Center this summer. It
will cost in the neighborhood of $35,-
000.
Sneak thieves entered St. Rose’s
Church in Racine and stole a gold chal
ice, the property of Rev. Father Thomas
B. Johnson.
Jay Melville of Chippewa Falls ac
cidentally severed two arteries of his left
thigh while whittling a stick of wood
with n sharp jackknife. He may die.
Aley Hoke, while trying to hoard a
freight train at North La Crosse, slipped
and fell under the wheels. Both his legs
were cut off between the ankle and knee.
The stockholders of the Kimberly &
Clark Company met in Neenah and de
cided to rebuild the paper mill burned at
Kimberly last yeHr at a cost of between
$200,000 and $300,000.
Emma Hopp. a daughter of John
Hopp of Franklin, and her sister were
thrown from a buggy by a runaway
team. Miss Hopp fell in such a way as
to fracture her spine and will die.
The English Lutheran mission has
luen organized in Cedarbttrg, as a con
gregation under the name of the Church
of the Advent. The sermon was preach
ed by Rev. W. K. Frick of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee officials, against whom in
dictments were returned charging brib
ery, must stand trial. A demurrer in
the case of Alderman William Mur
phy was overruled by Judge Tarrant in
the Circuit Court.
The strike of the lumber shovers in
Marinette has been settled. The union
accepts the offer of the lumber carriers’
association, which is 50 cents an hoiir.
They asked for 52cents and had
been out for two weeks.
At a meeting of the officers of the
Richland County Agricultural Society
held in Richland Center, it was voted
to expend $3,000 for improvements on
the fair grounds. The fair this \ear
will be held Sept. 24 to 27.
Dr. It. G. Werner, an Oshkosh real
estate agent, formerly of ltib Lake, has
been made defendant in three acti* ns,
the damages of which aggregate $6,650,
the plaintiff in each case alleging fraud
in a real estate transaction.
Two men robbed the grocery store of
Arthur Lamacchia in Kenosha. The
proprietor, who lives in .the rear, was
silenced at the points of two revolvers.
The burglars took all the cash in the
till and a watch and chain.
The planing mill and lumber sheds of
the George E. Wood Lumber Company
at Woodboro were destroyed by fire. The
loss is several thousands of dollars, fully
covered by insurance. Tlie head offices
of the company are in Chicago.
E trglars broke into the saloon of
Peter Nelson at Goidon and secured
$l3O hi cash. S6OO in bank checks and
about $4,000 in notes. They entered the
huildiug after cutting a panel out of
the back door and blew open the safe
with nitroglycerine.
Frederick Burhop aged 87 years, one
of the oldest residents of Sheboygan
County, passed away in the town of
Herman. He was born in Germany,
came to this country in 1846 and settled
at Milwaukee. The following year he lo
cated where he had lived ever since.
Given a poison used to kill chicken
lice, instead of the powder prescribed by
a physician to cure a cold, nearly caused
the death of Edward Taylor, a resident
of Corliss. Mr. Taylor had been ill for
some days and was taking the powder
prescribed. The poison was given him
by mistake.
While excavating for anew residence
near Manning, a human skeleton was
found encased in a heavy oak box. There
were also two knives and two coins
bearing the dates of 1847 and 1863. One
of the knives had been driven between
the ribs. In early days outlaws infest
ed the Kickapoo valley and murders
were frequent.
An effort is to be made by the city of
Racine to purchase the plant of the Ra
cine Water Company in 1906. or five
years previous to the expiration of the
company’s franchise, and the Common
Council will appoint a committee t<J visit
the next session of the Legislature nnd
endeavor to have a bill passed which
will empower the city to create a fund
to ptwchase the system.
The giant dog of John Maurer of Ap
pleton caught a burglar trying to get
into the store and held on to his over
ccat. The man escaped by removing
his coat. The dog was chained to the
barn and nearly pulled it to pieces in
his efforts to get at the man, who did
not notice him till he was caught. Short
ly before this, Rhode's grocery was en
tered and ransacked. Seven burglaries
have occurred in the city and vicinity
and are all laid to the same man or gang.
John Roeski asked tlie Kenosha police
to take steps to have his son, John
Roeski Jr., aged 14. sent to some in
stitution for reform. He claimed that
the boy was suffering from a mania for
theft. The father brought the police a
number of things that the boy had
stolen. lie states that when tlie is
seized with the mania lie acts rs if in a
trance. In his rational moments the boy
is never able to tell where he got tlie
property.
Catching suckers and carp in the East
and West Twin rivers at Two Rivers,
is at present proving a very profitable in
dustry. For years the fish have been
carefully protected ly the State and no
nets of any kind have been allowed.
Each spring suckers in large numbers as
cend the stream. This year, however,
permits have been secured from the
State game warden and as a result tons
of these fish have been caught. So far
the daily catch has averaged alxnit a
ton. These fish are shipped to Milwau
kee and Chicago markets, where they are
sold at nn average price of 3 cents per
pound.
Hying of consumption. Joseph Dahm,
aged 21 years, was found unconscious in
the loft of a barn in Racine. He wag
carried to a hospital, where doctors said
that he had but a few hours to live.
Dahm was recently released from the
Green Bay reformatory.
In Oshkosh Daniel Walsh was sentenc
ed to seven years in Waupun by Judge
W. Burnell for burglary of the store of
John Sclireibers at Menashn. Tbe sen
tence was heavy in view of the fact
that the prisoner admitted previous con
vktiois. Motion for anew trial was
made, tut denied.
Ftiu'naini F!“r, at one time a well
to-do frmer near Chippewa Fall!*, has
been located in the State of Washing
ton. Two years ago he disappeared,
leaving all his property. He was sup
posed to have been murdered. A tele
gram from him -eceived by relatives the
other day was tpe first news from him.
The badly decomposed body of a man
was found on a ledge at the German
town stone quarr, by boys. The body
had evidently been there for six month*.
The clothes indicat.-d that the man was
a tramp. His features were obliterated.
It is thought he either fell over the cliff
or crawled into the lidge for protection
from cold, and froze to death.
The celebrated Hebb* damage case haa
been decked for the plaintiff by the
Supreme Court The was <rought
by Fred Hebbe to recover from the town
of Maple Creek for damages sustained
by reason of a defective highway. 2’he
fight has been a protracted one.
Carl Jackson of Appleton, who tiled
to poison himself in jaii and who later
wa* shot by the keeper's 10-year-old son
while attempting to escape, was divorc
ed from his wife on the gronnd of aban
donment, for which be was in jail. He
stubbornly refused to give in. saying he
would rather die. because his wife sod
her children by another hosbaDd mulct
ed him unmercifully, he alleged.
~ ~ Special dispatcher to
N6W iOrk. *be International Mercan-
L| tile Agency describe &
general trade revival this week at
prominent Western and Southwestern
centers. The situation la noteworthy
in contrast with conditions during the
previous month, and has Its basis in
more seasonable weather and In
creased orders for spring stock.
Jobbing centers report a material
addition to the volume of “restocking
business.” with a tendency among
many merchants to duplicate orders
previously given for spring goods. Dry
goods have been particularly active,
with a healthy demand for ln>th spring
and fall stock. Clothing lines are also
reflecting improvement, which is
shown especially throughout the
Southwest. Boots nnd shoes are uct
ive, with more inquiry for the better
qualities.
Heavy weight goods have been con
sumed in such quantities as to reduce
supplies of carried over stock to the
lowest volume in years. This has
placed dealers in an especially strong
position to handle seasonable goods,
which they are doing profitably and
expeditiously, owing to tlie generally
milder weather.
Although the Improvement lias beea
noteworthy. It is doubtful whether the
present rush of orders will be suffi
rlent to make good the March and
April deficiencies. People generally
seem to be well supplied with money,
#nd while cautious about engaging iu
aetv enterprises, they are not back
ward about securing goods they really
need. Everywhere underlying condi
tions are reported sound.
The crop situation has been greatly
benefited by the warmer weather,
which has advanced wheat In sections
where backward spring did grent dam
age. Although wheat suffered serious
flamage from the setback during the
recent cold snap, a fair crop can be
counted on If normal conditions pre
vail. Most grains will he harvested
two or three weeks later than usual,
although it is possible that the next
government report will describe a gen
erally better condition than was shown
bj’ the last figures. Winter wheat is
showing up particularly well In som r
sections. Seeding in the Red River
Valley district has been retarded by
unfavorable weather, so that the crop
tmtlook in that section is problemati
cal. Elsewhere throughout the North
west encouraging conditions prevail.
Chicago. tr, *de for the week says:
>— The protracted tie-up of
lake commerce has remained the most
sign incant harrier to a close return to
normal business activity. Notwith
standing that drawback nml its ad
verse effect upon receipts of luinlier,
coal and ore. the forwarding of food
stuffs reached tlie heaviest aggregate
in two months past, making a consid
erable addition to railroad traffic.
Following the strike settlement and
resumption of building Work there was
n strong demand for materials of all
kinds for structural purposes and deal
ers reduced stocks at firm prices. Re
ceipts of farm products declined ow
ing to the rush In completing seeding.
Reports emphasize much improve
ment in agricultural conditions, espe
cially throughout Illinois, and dealings
reflect enlarged consumption of neces
sities both In elty and country. Stocks
of heavy weight wear have been meus
urbly reduced and the demand has
turned to the lines adapted to warm
weather. The local buying at retail
was well distributed and strongest in
dress goods and footwear. Wholesale
transactions were steady In dry goods,
clothing and men'* furnishings, with
reorders more numerous. Mercantile
collections have continued satisfac
tory.
Grain shipments were 2,742,345
bushels, while the best aggregate re
cently reported is 8n per cent under
those a year ago. Dealings in the
coarse grains showed Improved de
mand. The market for cash wheat
and flour was very narrow. Com
pared with closings a week ago, May
wheat advanced 9 cents per bushel,
due to speculative Influences, and corn
gained 1 cent. Wane oats were prac
tically unchanged. Receipts of live
stock were 239,754 head, compared
with 239,345 head tlie previous week
and 275,223 head a year ago.
Failures reported in Chicago district
number twenty-four, against thirty the
previous week and thirty-eight a year
ago.
Mg
Chicago—Cattle, common to prime,
$3.00 to $5.10; bogs, shipping grades,
$4.00 to $4.67; sheep, fair to choice, $2.75
to $5.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.06;
corn. No. 2,47 cto 40c; ont*. standard.
41c to 42c; rye. No. 2, 7<c to 77r; liny,
timothy, $8.50 to $14.50; prairie. $6.00 to
$11.50; butter, choice creamery, 16c to
18c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes,
SI.OO to $1.15.
St. Louis—Cattle. $4.50 to $5.65; hogs,
$4.00 to $4.00: sheep. $3.00 to $5.50;
wheat. No. 2, $1.06 to $1.08: com. No. 2,
45c to s<*c; oats, No. 2,40 cto 41c; rye.
No. 2. 68c to 70c.
Cincinnati —Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00;
hogs. $4.00 to $4.85; sheep, $2.00 to
$4.25; wheat. No. 2. sl.lO to $1.12%;
r-im. No. 2 mixed. SB* to 56c; ontv. Re,
2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 2,78 cto
79c.
Detroit —Cattle, $3.50 to $4.85; hogs,
$4.00 to $4.90; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00;
wheat. No. 2. $1.05 to $1.07; corn. No. 3
yellow, 54c to 55c; oats. No. 3 white, 43c
to 45c; rye. No. 2. 70c to 71c.
Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 northern,
97c to 98c; corn. No. 3,51 cto 53c;
oats. No. 2 white, 43c to 44c; rye. No. 1.
77c to 79c; barley, No. 2, G3e to 05c;
pork, mens, $ll.OO.
Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed. $1.07 to
$1.00; corn. No. 2 mixed. 52c to 54c;
oats. No. 2 mixed. 43c to 44c; rye. No. 2,
69c to 70c; clover seed, prime, $6.25.
Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.00 to $5.25; hogs, fair to prime, $4.00
to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $5 75 to
$5.50; lambs, common to choice, $5.75 to
$7.40.
New York— Cattle, $3.50 to $T..25;
hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep. $3.00 to
$5 ;'is; v/heat. No. 2 red. $1.04 to $1.06;
corn. No. 2,57 cto 58c; oats. No. 2 white.
45c to 47c; butter, creamery, 18c to 20c;
eggs, western, 15c to 18c.
Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to
$5.35; hogs, choice light, $4-00 to $4-65;
sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.00;
wheat, N>. 2. $1.03 to $1.07; corn. No. 2
white, 50c to 51c; oats. No- 2 white, 42g
to 43c.

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