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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
THREATEN TO SHOOT.
Settlers on tho Des 3Ioines River Lanus ''''
to be Growing Desperate

Settlers on the Des Moines River Laius ''
to be Growing Desperate
CncAGo.-A Daily News special IT, To-
Waterloo. Iowa, says: It Is rePO '.,s-
from Dodge or the an hority OF eI,L
named Barber, residing in tae 80 TO-.
part Of Webster county, where w
.yie.ioDs occurred that river iana to
held meeting Sunday and as.e rs-s
i oct the officers II further evlcfiens -" :.
attempted. The owners OF tAe -, 20
men of nerve and having ProulIsnr,1 rot
eyjet an souatters before March wa -, ~
be deferred by threats The las. he
ton mnst NECESSARILY be made auille n
Last DAYS of February, and Of e''aI,,' (.
cold weather. SO serious trouble meg
result. sfoy
can has been issued ios bald
Of millers or the United States y r.issr
In Milwaukee December ~ 70
the state Of trade. f.aran r1sa
-Four Survivors of q crew - wbich
of the schooner Eta /. Ds9.- s5,b,
capsized OF Cape Hatterass, ~ they
have been landed a. New - having
we're found on raft uneon-ole water.
been four days without foou
The others we're drowned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13

the Arctia Ocean, bill TO establish G
graduated income tax, the proceeds of
which shall bs applied TO the payment of
pensions, a resolution directiOg the inter
state commerce commission TO inform
the house after due and prompt investi-
gatioa, i'll what ways and to what extent
the railway companies may be seeking
to evade those provisions of the inter
state commerce law which was intended
to secure to the people the benefits OF
lover rates as a result of competition
among the carriers. The commission is
requested to inform the house what legis
lation may be most effective 20 prevent
combinations for the purpose of fixing or
maintaining agreed or uniform freight
rates, and TO trans nit a stenogra phic re-
port of the testimony taken. A bill was
also introduced, making the international
copyright bill special order for Deem
Der 10; q bill for the construction of two
steel cruisers, to be armed with dynamits
guns and torpedo throwers, also for the
construction of two steel rams, to be
armed with heavy riaed dynamite gus
and torpedo throwers. The Des Moiues
river lands bill vas taken up and passed.
THURSDAY, Dec. 6.
Senate.-In the senate, today, a state
ment from the director of she mint, in
sponse to Sen. Stewards resolution OF
the last session as to Ire amount of sill
yer bullion offered INC nthly to the govern
ment siuce 1868, was press nted and order
ed printed. Mr.. Plumb gave notice, that
he would, at an early day, ask the senate
20 consider the DIS Moines river land
bill. Numerous bills we're inti oduced and
referred, including the following: For
the establishment of national bIograph-
ical laboratory; to organize govern
ment bureau Of information relating to
EN- ployments, occupation, wages, means
of livelihood and homes. Sen. Butler in
troluced joint resolution proposing a
constitutional amendment enlarging the
presid ential term OF office 20 SIX years. 1t
was LAID on the table. The senate ad-
journed until Monday.
House.-The speaker stated that he had
rece PED communication from Hon.
Perry Belmont, Informing him that ne
mad sent to the governor of New York
his resignation as a member of congress
from the first congressional district of
New York. The speaker directed the
clerk to drop Belmont's name from the
roll of the house. The usual resolution
for the distribution of the presidents
message to appropriate committees was
reported from the committee on ways and
means and adopted. The order relative
to the consideration of the direct tax bill
was so modified as to make the measure
special order for today and Tuesday
and Wednesday next, it being the desire
of many MANNERS TINT an adiDurnmep
be taken over Saturday The house Their
went into committee of the whole, Mr..
Springer (Iil.) in the chair, on thu direct
tax bill.
FRIDAY, Dec. Z.
HoUsR.-It was ordered that when the
houss ojourn today it be to meet Mon
day. The Nicaragua canal bill was con-
sidered aud amended and several private
pension bills were passed which complet-
ed the work of the days session.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
LITERALLY ANSIHILATRp.

An Explosion Of Dynamite Scatters Man ana
Team ali Over the Surrounding Country.
PITTsBURG, Pa "D5okn Haggart,
was unloading glyoerine at Pleasant
lille, Shenango county, Monday. He
had l,0t0 pouads of it ia his wagon. Il
exploded by some means and
Haggerty was Utterly annihileted
Parts of his two horses wera
founa in the neighboging trees, and
piece of the wagon was found nearly
huff mile away. Mrs. Gutsohaw in .
house in the vicinity was seriously in
iured by the side of is being blown in.
The explosion was heard ct Oil City, Il
miles distant.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8.

SeRats-A motion vas made to table
the senate tariff bill, but vas rejected and
the measure was discussed. The Union
Pacific settlement bill was made a special
order for next Wednesday.
House.-under the call Of states, the
following were introduced and referred:
A bill to regulate immigration' 2 bill 70
divide the state Of California mo two
states; 8 resolution calling on toe score
tgry OF the treasury for information con
corning the relief of American whaleipg
aud fishing Vt sssl- in Bsherings sea and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13

TnE controller OF the currency recon-
mends in his annual report that the Dat
standing United States notes or green
backs (omouuting 30 about $350,0OO,O O0)
be funded into bonds bearing interest at
~ per cent, to be used rs the basis OF a
national bank note circulation, the banks
10 be allowed to issue notes to the pas
yalue of the bonds. instead OF 80 per cent
az at present Such plan would allow
Of considerable expeusion of the bank
note circulation, which now amounts to
only about $3.50, 100000; but its favorable
consideration in Congress IS probably
out OF question, ga it proposes the sub
stitution of an Understanding liability
for one bearing no interest. Greenback.
ism is not SO dead "a 20 give cause for
expecting another result. Moreover, any
legislation designed to modify or perpet-
uate present conditions surrounding the
banks will be bitterly opposed 10y fac
tion from the West in She present Con
gress, and probably ia the next. The
controller reports the number OF national
banks in operation TO thu 40, net
increase OF 80 during the year; but the
note circulation has suffered a net de.
crease of $l7000,0o0.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13

GEEMANY hae had three emperors this
year, bat not one of them has celebrated
his birthday as emperor in 1883 Kaiser
wilhelm died II days before his DIST
birthday, the late monarch within some
four months of the completion of his
9Th year, while the present emperor Gel
ebratod hia 29lh birthday on January y
when he vas YET Prince William Of Praa-
STA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE
=, POINT WISCONSIN.

THE royal baby of Spain has all to
himself q great retinue of servants, but
nowhere near 80 large as that of the
present emperor of China. From his
early infancy he had in his personal ser
wise more than 500 people. The list in
GLIDING so nurses and 30 physicians, and
nobody but a member of the Chinese
court could tell the functions OF all of the
people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13

THE London board of trade has been
collecting statistics regarding trade.
unions in England. II appears that there
has been a steady decline in the member
ship aud influence OF the unions since
1885, which ended the most prosperous
period of labor organization covering
four years. 1t was during this time tnat
She Knights of Labor in America made
their chief gain, alth2rsa the decline did
not set in until the latter part of 1856.
And this loss of prestige has come in
spite of unusual Efforts by leaders to
maintain and increase che power and in
Huenco Of the unions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
Criminal.

JFNs NELSON, who was locked mp Tor
in Nstsrtown, ID. T., set ire
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-12-13
FRIDAY. Dec. 7.

HoUsE.-It was ordered that when the
louss adjourn today it be to meet Mon
lay, The Nicaragua canal bin was con-
,iderod aud amended and several private
pension bills were passed which complet-
ID the work of the days session.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
The Dying Emperor.

The intense anxiety throughout Europe
to learn the result Of deaths work in Ber.
lin arises doubtless from the feeling that
however great the strength of his couD-
sailors, William was strong man him
salt and the crowr prince worthy son of
his father. Bismarck has seemed at times
to overshadow royalty, but through his
whole reign, King William proved every
Inch king, and proved it all the more by
the able men he drew around him. lie
was stubborn and narrow in many OF his
IDEAS but without doubt a strong and sin
cere man, and the world admires strength
and sincerity, whether in the right or
wrong. He seemed to be thoroughly out
OF sympathy with the liberal spirit of his
aye, and yet In his whole career there is
no one act of his that calls for stronger
admiration than lis frank declaration
that he proposed to do his duty to his peo.
pie, regardless Of "these pieces of paper
called constitutions"
Doubtless some reason for the prevail
once Of socialism in Germany has been
this stubborn strength of the ruler and
his chancellor. They have been sitting
on the safety valve and it is not surpris-
ing that men view with anxiety the re-
movai of the weight, ,eyen though another
be most carefully substituted. Bismarck
and Prince William may not quite make
mp the old weight and the very operation
OF changing may excite things to the
bursting point. Absolutism and Com.
munism, the two extremes, have been
greatly strengthened in this long reign
and the resultant of these forces should
te united liberal and progressive Ger
many. II new monarch should prove
as stubborn in his generation as the old
king, the forces may meet head on, as two
trains on one track and both perish in the
crash. In any event the Liberals in the
next few years, perhaps the next few
days, will see the greatest crisis of the
nations history met and passed but
through all that history the maine OF
William will ring with honor, not for
the fame of great soldier or great
! statesman, but of an honest and God fear
ing man, with the courage of firm con-
victions, and the wisdom to draw around
him the greatest soldiers and statesmen
OF the age.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08

IT may surprise some people to learn
that John Sherman was not always a de.
fender Of tho war tariff. In speech In the
Senate in 1872, when the average duty was
lower than II is now and there was no dan
gerous surplus, Senator Sherman said:
al have listened with patience day by lay
TO the statements of gentlemen who are in
terestod In our domestic productions. am
q firm believer In tho general idea OF protect
Ing their industries, but l assure them, as i
assure their representatives here, that II the
present high rates OF duties unex ampled In
our country, and higher bv nearly fifty
per cent. than they we're In 1861, are main
tained on metallic and textile fabrics after
we have repealed the very internal taxes
which gave rise to them, and after we have
substantially given them their raw material
free Of duties, we shall have q feeling OF
DISSATISFIED ction among other interests In the
country that will overthrow the whole
system and do greater harm than can pos
sibly be- doue by moderate reduction of
the present rates OF duty. And am quite
sure that Intelligent men engaged Ia the
production of various forms OF textile and
metallic fabrics feel, as do, that 1t IN wiser
and better to do what il just and right, to
make red uction In their products, at least
to the extent OF tho reduction In this bill on
their raw materials, rather than to invite
controversy in which believe they will be
In the wrong.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08

UNITED STATES CONSUL J. 7. CAMP.
BELL, OF Auckland, furnishes additional
particulars OF the famous rabbit pest In
New Zealand. Since 1882 the government
has expended snnually {35, 600 on the public
lands alone In fighting rabbits, and II is
estimated that private individuals have IN
the past eight years expended 1900. 600.
Many miles of rabbit proof fences have
been erected and this has been found the
best plan for checking their advance over
cultivated country, but the government
now proposes TO erect huts at intervals
along the fence In which ''rabbiters" will
live The rabbiters are men who mako q
profession of war against the rabbits and
devote their time TO breeding ferrets, tho
natural enomies Of the rabbit, and exier-
minsting the posts by every possible means.
Poison IL much used, particularly phos-
phorized oats. In many instances the
rabbiters have proved treacherous and have
been found killing the ferrets and en-
coursgipg the enemy, doubtless fearing
that with the determination of the rabbits
their occupation would be gone Notwith.
standing all efforts TO eradicate this pest,
there are great herds Of rabbits. roaming
over the land and In the mountains whore
fencing 10 diificult, they are continually
increasing. All this seems the more credi-
bic when 1t IL remembered that they breed
from six to twelve times year.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
The Msa wss Talks.

"A man needs 70 nave q lever neau Who
posseeses . sharp tongue, and takes the
Senate floor to exercise 1t. There are
not many men who have sense enough
for the situation. They want to say
things that are smart and interesting and
Vill attract attention and applause and
the temptation to say things that 1t is oh
yious should not have been said when
they appear In cold print, is doubtless
very great. 1t Is always mark Of weak
ness when It is yielded to. A moderate de-
nee Of sense will tell q man what he
ought TO say and what he ought not to
aay; and men, when they speak intemper-
ately and foolishly, upon occasions which
they are required TO speak soberly and
truthfuIly, show either that they are not
well equipped with sense or self.control,
o. that they are lacking in both.
Senator ingalls, has reputation rs an
orator to sustain when he speaks In the
Senate ard his idea Of oratory is like
that which the terrier has of mousng--
he must have something to shake.
After q winters quietude in the Senate
he took the floor to deliver q widely adj
vertised speech, which was to demolish
the president and the Democratic party.
The senator took too large contract, and
has demolished himself.
He forgot, what men who talk are 80
apt to forget, that their fire does not hurt
unless they aim straight and are loaded
with ball and have their proposed vic
Tins In range. They generally think that
they only need to pull trigger and make
. noise to drop their game. Senator In
gals has made noise enough, but has no
game. He said that about the president
which nobody believed, and therefore it
was harmless to the president and harm.
tul to Ingalls,. 1t does not do to speak
with such disregard Of Il nth and decorum
In the Senate, and everybody sees it.
And, when the senator fires again on
General Mcclellan, General Hancock
and Horace Greeley, of the country q
most exalted dead, al causelessly as upon
IT. living president, it Is not wonderful
that he has utterly demolished himself.
The senator must have thought himself
very powerful man to have made this
undertaking. He probably has less c on
colt now.
We can afford to be very easy with him
!. over his assault upon the president, which
was 30 grossly overdone as to be harm.
less. We feel more irritation at the
attack upon the generals, because it was
% uninyited as well as unjust and II
seems always more brutal to as.
sault the dead than the living. II
ingalls, was not a senator his words would
b too worthless to notice; but as sena'
tor and late Republican candidate fol
president they have importance enough
for comment. He ceases to be a candi.
date.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
lndisereet.

The refusal of Mayor Hewitt, Of New
York, to review 81. Patrick's day pa.
rade, must not be interpreted as an evil
dence OF unfriendliness 10 the Irish race,
whose earnest support of Mr.. Hewitt in
hh public career has made it possible
for him TO achieve distinguished success.
II must rather be locked upon as a mani.
festation OF dyspeptic tendency, superin-
duced by an unfortunate remark by a
member of the committee who extended
the invitation.
But a wise politician would not have
deliberately run counter to great senti-
ment In a city where the Irish race is
dominant In public affairs, unless
some most excellent reason was pre-
eentsd. Mayer Hewitt put his desllna-
|l1on upon the ground that he ought not
lesve his public business on a day not
holiday. But TO this II is replied
hen Queen Kapiolani was in the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
WA NA MaHER'S

PHnApRLrnIA, Thursday, March 8, lsss.
Paul Of Tarsus, speaking of
his birthplace, said that he was
"a citizen of no mean CITY,"
And Tarsus stands o-day more
distinguished in history for this
strong loyal phrase of a prisoner
under military guard with a
bowling mob behind him, than
for all the glory brought by
culture and commerce, or the
imperial magni6cence Of An
tony and Cleopatra.
Great men fail often for lack
OF self-assertion, so do some
large interests. Philadelphians
asserting with boldness that
they are citizens Of no mean
city" instead Of merely accept
ing the place which critical riv-
airy assigns this city, would
greatly increase a sell.respect.
ing public spirit.
A basis for this faith-one OF
many--is in the retail-tradine
facilities. Fifteen years ago
far behind, now unequaled by
any city of capital in all the
world. The spacious stores
vast and varied stocks, large
capital invested prove the
claim. Whence came this revo-
luton {? Men tell us it began
where it finds the highest illus,
tration-here, within this store
yours-ours, We are not a
bit too modest to believe and
repeat it.
Checks. A hundred kinds.
Thickest may be in the Cling
hams that cover the counters as
closely as heather blossoms
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
PERSONAL.


MRS. JAMES A. GARFIELD has returned
from Europe.
MRS. ELIZABETH SANDS has celebrated d
her ninety'ninth birthday anniversary in
Baltimore.
VIRGINIA DREuER, the actress, IL to
marry rich and cultured young Ems lish-
man named Postlethwaite.
J. w. YoCUM, of the Columbia SPY, ia
one OF the Pennsylvanis editors who will
represent the state at the meeting OF the
National Editorial association in san
Antonio Texas, In November next
MAJOR JAMES b. PoNp, the well known
manager OF lecture tours, is to become a
happy benedict. The bride to-be is Miss
May Glass, OF New Jersey, for the past
year typewriter in Mayor Hew tits office.
She Ia nineteen and he ID fifty.
CAPTAIN JOHN A. ROBINSON, OF Nor
wich, Conn.,, feared to be buried alive. The
thought grew 30 steadily upon him that he
had provisions made In his will directing
that his remains should be kept for three
days before they were placed In the grave
where the lid TO the coffin WAS to be- re-.
moved and the grave BIZ closed that a per-
son could readily get out 1t also provided
that food and water be placed In the cofIl q.
A hammer, 100, was to lie near his right
hand, while a lamp was to burn In his
sepulchre TOR three days and three nights,
Every one OF the PROVISIONS was rigidly en-
forced.
MAYOR HEWITT, OF New York, de.
clined TO review the st. Patrick's day
parade In that city this year because one Of
the committee who called upon him to
secure his assent unfortunately referred 10
the large lrish vote cast. He said You
ASK ms TO leave my work TO review your
parade, aud you speak first OF the vote cast
by the Irish and by your society. Now, /
may pe candidate for mayor next fall, or
Tor president and ] NAV want ali tine votes
can get Every one knows that the Irish
vote IL strong enough TO elect any candi-
usie In this city for which IL 10 cast but for
the purpose OF getting this vote snail It
get down to the level OF consentiDg 10 re.
view any parade, be IL Irish or Dutch or
psrAdts except those " hich am officially
REQUIRED uaYar 10 Kariau . --s
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08

CONGRESSMAN McADoo, in speak, ing on
the Irish question In Philadelphia, made a
good point when he said "The fact exists
that the position OF Ireland is draw back
to every man OF Irish blood. We can only
elevate our race u the level to which II
belongs by regeneratipg and reclsiming Its
cradle. In tho eyes OF the races and the
peoples OF the world We ought to stand,
not asking their charity or pity. but able
to vindicate ourselves and demanding jus-
tice."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08


No reason to soon again expect
such goods for so little.
Second floor. Chestnut 8. rect eide. Two eleya-
tors.
The Fancy Work department
is magnet toward which all
the needles in town point. Most
intricate stitches, marvellous
contrasts of color, and faithful
glimpses Of nature in all her
moods are wrought upon every
material that fancy or necessity
can suggest. Every new ides
in skill, material and purpose is
caught half-nedged and given
to you perfected.
westof centre OF the store.
Hamburg Edgings are in
full fight. From "a inch to As
inches - tip-to-tail measure
ments. lhe ilgures are small
enough to creep through the
eyelets. SC to S..
Southwest OF centre.
Like drifts that bar the way,
White Goods meet your eyes.
A stage whisper Of prices is
the only sound in the white
stiffness.
Southwest of centre.
A little outspread Of Curtains
and Covers i'll the Arcade. A
breath of the breeze that is
blowing through the Upholstery
gallery on the second floor.
Second floor. north CT transept.
The Round counter still deals
out soap and nunberless other
things at figures that freeze
competition.
Centre OF the store.
There is a certainty of SER
vice in the China offerings.
Pieces perfect, prices at the
lowest notch.
Juniper and Market streets corner.
Kid Shoes for Women. The
just-made, o-thirds. .price-lot
we told you of the other day.
1884 pairs then. More than
half gone. One style cleaned
out entirely. Three sorts left.
French Kid, flexible, square
toe; same, opera toe. A $3.50
Shoe for SS.25.
Glazed Kangaroo. hand
sewed, opera toe. A S. Shoe
for $3.75.
Still a good range of the
medium sizes.
Market street front, west OF Main Aisle.
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Philadelphia.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-03-08
wANANARBR's.
wANA AKAKsR's.
crowd on a Scotch moor. An.
derson's, 4oc; Zephyr, soc.

-----~----~~>~>->-~-s>s-~
crowd on a Scotch moor. An
derscn's, 4oc; Zephyr, soc.
American Ginghams are un-
conventional in quality, design,
color and price. They radiate
neatness and economy, and 60
with grace anywhere. ~ in,
aoc.; 3IH in., 25c.
Northwest Of centre.
Challis mingle in their folds
the warmth of the wild rose
and the coldness OF the Ca
melia. Prices hedge between.
American, 2oc; best French,
soc and 6oc.
Northeast of centre.
The world of wool goods
turns slowly on its axis Of
fashion. Web of sunshine and
woof Of shadow. Looms run
like lives. The brightest and
best stufs prices that are
only the ragged resemblance
of what they were in former
All around the store.
Fine Worsted and Cashmere
Jerseys at about half the regu.
lar price. We have just taken
over the entire stock (more
than 3,5oo) Of one Of the best
Jersey manufacturers in the
world. Latest shapes and
styles Of Plain, Braided, and
Fancy Goods. Not a thing
out Of the way with any OF
them. Just the sorts you would
be likely to choose. Just the
colors. In the little prices you
get the. benefit of our big pur-
cease.