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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

SEVEN persons we're drowned by the
oapsizing of a skin, below New Orleans.
AN explosion in a coal mine in Bavaria
killed forty persons.
On Friday morning a fire at Deerfeld
Wis, destroyed seven buildings occupied
as stores and shops.
Two NORTHERN PACIFIC freight trains
met near Motley, MINI. Both engines
and ten cars were smashed, but no one
was hurt.
TnE Church d Graves Manufacturing
pany, at Minneapolis, sash, doors aud
blinds, assigned Wednesday. Assets
100000; liabilities, $4,000.
The Collins paper works, at North Will
braham, Mass, burned Wednesday, caue-
ing loss of S250,000, and throwing 2oC
employees out of work.
FIRE at Providence, r. L., Thursday
morning, destroyed five building in the
business center OF the city and score OF
others were damaged by the sparks; loss
1862 900
HOTEL, meet shop, grocery, two stores
and dwelling, Mt Huntingbnrg, Ind.
were burned Wednesday morning, the
loss being about $4,000, with small in.
surance.
Two GASES OF lynch law are reported IN
Iuinois-one in Richland county, of q
young man who murdered his successful
rival for the hand of the Young lady ne
loved; and the othsr in Perry county, OF
a negro who outraged a white woman.
TnE goods of L. B. Wells, at Chetek,
were attached yesterday to satisfy claims
of Eau Claire creditors, The assets will
in time, be sufficient to cover the liabili-
ties.
FIRE in the Ryan Block, in the whole
sale IN ercaatile center of st. Paul, Mimi,
destroyed the boot and shoe establish
ment of Foote, Schulzs d Co.; loss, about
$500 600; insurance, 100000.
The packing house of Dupont's powder
works, near Wlkesbarre, Pa, exploded
with terrific shock Friday forenoon,
demoliahing the building and killing four
men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
DESPERATE RIoTING

Uproar in Panama City over the Uupopu-
lar Course of Priest.
Much excitement has been caused in
Guayaquil owing to spanish priest tenn
porsrily IN charge of tho Bishopric Of
Guayaquil having communicated the
Judges of the Supreme Court. A mob,
in which many of the best-known citizens
of Guayaquil were prominent, stoned the
Bishops palace. Thence they went to
the residence of DIR. Nevia, the legal ad-
wiser of the Episcopate. On stones being
thrown, DIR. Nevia and some friends who
were with him fred on the crowd. The
police also acted similarly, Several per
sons we're killed and wounded before a
troop OF soldiers appeared and restored
order. The governments action IN de-
Tending the charch party was the cause
of the trouble which, it is believed, will
be more serious in its consequences.
On January "A the populace burned
the residence of the Bshoh to the cry of
Death to the Priests" although the
streets were being patrolled. Quiet was,
however, temporarily restored when it
became known that orders had been
received to hold strict investigation as
to who ives responsible for the deaths
caused by the firing of the police.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
THE GREAT STRIKE.
Manager Whiting Gives the Coal and
Iron Company's Version Of 1t.
If the Company Tells the Truth the
Strikers Have Acted Very
FOolishly.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-The inquiry by
the Congressional committee into the
Reading railroad and miners strike has
has been continued. General Manager
A. b. Whiting, of the Reading Coal and
Iron company was the first witness. lie
detailed the story of the miners strike
and its cause. He said he advised them
to continue work after Jan. l, at which
time the agreement for the s per cent.
advance terminated, as he believed that
when the company should be taken out
of the hands of receivers the new man
agement would do the fair thing by them.
The Reading miners were receiving bet
ter pay than the Lehigh miners The
reason Why the company did not wish to
continue the advance, or keep in force
the contract after Jan. l, was that was
proposed after that to change the entire
system, which was not considered a good
one. Mr.. Whiting continued: "The coal
company owns the houses at the mines as
general tn ing, but there have been no
evictions. The houses rent from SO to
Sl2 month. Some of them cost 5000,
others 81 100. The latter rent for $12.
The former for So. The company has
no stores, does not collect from its min
ers for doctors, priests, or taxes or any
thing else.
The witness eorroborated Mr.. Corbin's
testimony about violence from the strik-
ers to those employees who remained at
work since the strike. Threats of muir
der we're made through anonymous com
munications and armed men with clubs
and pistols intimidated people who were
at work. He referred to the riots at
Shenandoah and OF threats made espeoi-
ally at Shamokin. The men responsible
were Poles and Hungarians. They are
not brought to this country or to the
mines by the railroad or coal company.
Witness denied that Pinkerton detectives
we're employed. The witness showed how
the the strike was encouraged by the
labor organizations and especially by the
Knights of Labor. He said that of the
2l,000 employed by this company, all but
1000 had gone out. The payroll of the
company was over 100000 a month.
Mr.. Whiting was asked whether there was
or had been any combination in which
the Reading company took part to re-
strict the natural supply of anthracite
coal. He said that at the present there
was none that he knew of and he did not
behave that there was any such; but as
recently as 1884 there had been an alot-
ment system, the object and the effect of
which was to restrict the output. He OK
planned that all the operators, or prsrti
cally all of them in the anthracite regions,
were in this combination.
Witness said his company had not tried
to fill the strikers places because it want
Ell its old men to come back. He believed
their necessities would force them to
yield. In making the alotments of pro-
duction the consumer of coal was not CON
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
CRIME.

FUNK, the wife murderer, was Friday
at Wilmar, Mimi, sentenced to imprison
ment for life.
COUNTY Treasurer Hill, of Carthage
Tex, was murdered by burglars and his
-noe robbed.
The Cisco, Texas, bank was entered by
unmasked men in broad daylight, aud
robbed of $4,000.
SAN FRANoIsoo is overrun with thieves
No less than sevent, five burglaries have
been committed there within the last
three weeks.
A WARRANT was issued at Philadelphia
Tuesday for the arrest of David B. Hit
treasures of Philadelphia Lodge Order
of Elks, who is short in his accounts
$4,000.
LOUISVILLE, KY, william Patterson,
who is ia Jail under sentence of death
for the murder of Jennie Bowman, has
again been respited by Governor Buckner
this time for ninety days longer.
Mrs. SARAH j. ROBINSON, charged with
having caused the death of several mem
bers of her family with poison, who has
been on trial in Boston, has been de-
clared guilty of murder in the first de-
gree"
On Sunday Geo. W. Guthrie, one of the
wealthiest farmers of St. Clair County
H., was murdered, Mr.. Guthrie re-
manned at home, while his family attend
ed church. On their return they found
him dead in the house, and the house
robbed
HENRY FAGTE has been arrested at Leaf
River, ILL.,, for stealing six head of cattle
belonging to John Kaufman The stock
was stolen and sold at Rockford, ILL.,, Jan.
26. He was captured by Rockford
officers.
IN row among Hungarians at Spring
Garden Pa, Saturday night, two men
were shot one of them fatally. Constable
John Z. Stauffsr, who attempted to make
an arrest, was badly cut with Ratchet
LAST Monday evening j. w. Hacker,
aged 10, of Danville, Ill, shot and killed
Mabel Stsike, aged Is, of Belle PLANE,
Ia, and then blew out his own brains.
The tragedy took place at the residence
OF Mr.. Fensky, grandfather of the
young lady.
d. s. HILL, County Treasurer of Canola
county, Tex, was assassinated in his
office last Friday night. The murder was
not discovered until Saturday, when the
ooor of his Office being forced open,
Hills body, with the head cut off, was
found. IL WAS also discovered that So 600
WAS taken ayay
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
F,,aEiGN

BERLIN, The king of Wurtemburg is
seriously i'll.
Lord TENNYsoN is said to be very
feeble, and never takes pen in his hand.
The Duke of Newca.te is the youngest
duke in England. He ia 20.
DISASTROUS avalauches are reported in
the Austrian Alps, one of them burying a
railway station and q mail train.
MISSIONARIES in Persia report calam-
itous famine in the western part of that
country.
The French chamber of deputies votes
a credit of 10 100000 francs for the gov
eminent of ToRquin.
PYNE, member of parliament for West
Hartesford, was sentenced Wednesday to
three months imprisonment without hard
labor.
The condition of the Crown Prince of
Germany is reported TO be slightly better,
but the chances are that he will not long
survive.
TuE British government in the house
of commons, apolugized for the arrest of
Mr., O'Brion, acknowledging that it was
blunder.
A DISPATCH from ST. Petersburg says
that proposals from Russia to the Powers
in relation TO the Bulgarian question are
imminent.
The Government police in London are
making arrests in that city of Irish Ma
tionalist members of Parliament, accused
OF violating the Law against the homeruie
agitation.
BERLIN, The Kreuz Zsitung asserts the
of Russian troops is being &C.
The Russian force along the
4 ustrian and Romelian frontiers Is estima-
ted az $4,000, with $3.50 guns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23

A San Francisco journal calls attention
to the statement of writer's on prison re-
form that there Is only Que broad group
ing that can be made of prison conviots
beyond that of sex. Ii cannot be sum
married that convicts are illiterate, or OF
foreign birth or old, or young, religious
or irrelicious, but it can be said OF them
that. almost as rule, they knew no trace
Sefore they offended the state They
had gone to college by the hundreds and
thousands; they had attended Sunday
schools; they had secured the benefits OF
travel; they we're aware OF the seventies of
penal iustioe-all these things applied 10
them so numerousy that their crimes
could not be linked with such oonsidera-
tions. But, if the bookkeeper wrote the
names Of all who had no trades, he would
at once desSry Il reason for the crime or
q condition precedent of crime. OF
course, the felou having having trade
might believe thet occupation to be the
worst one, and so deny his craft, but,
with allowance for this fact, il still re.
mains true of oiate's prison convicts THAI
they have no trade when they are con
yicted There is a lesson in this sole
generic truth regarding great oriminal
Our public schools are growing into a
vast money spending organism, where
every enthusiast puts his pet hobby on
small boys and girls, The toiler, at his
Hreside, is astouished TO hear his children
prattling of position A, - and of Ger
man, and of monitors and hundred
other follies, while the multiplication
table has been abolished, aud the child
cannot tell the time of Gay by any speci-
6c learning he gets at school. The high
school girl is apt to criticise her father
for failing 70 outgeneral Jay Gould in
the scramble for wealth, and the young
husband who marries her might be pitied
had he not been educated in the same
atmosphere. II is time to ask il all men
are to be scholars aud # all women are to
roll in their chaises." If not, let US
have shop There men and women may be
taught trades. There are million more
women than men, aud fathers who cannot
give their daughters a portion owe TO
those daughters some preparation for
self support The cardinal preparation
Is the thoughtful acceptance by the child
of the common fate OF mankind, which
is uuoeasing toll, with a good Measure of
worry.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23

COUNT Arco-Y alley German coIsnl gap-
eral at Cairo, has been appointed Ger.
man minister at Washington, in succes
sion of Barron Won Alvenslebeu. who
goes to Brussels.
The British cabinst council has decided
to instruct the Irish executive to cease
prosecuting newspapers for publishing
the reports of the meetings of the sup,
pressed branches of the League.
HE investigation of the scandal of the
sale of official decorations in France is in
progress ut Paris, and Wilson, the son.in-
law of the late president Grevy, has been
summoned as a witness.
In is expected that Sir Henry Holland.
Colonial Secretary, will soon be passed TO
the peerage, and that Baron Henry De
Worms will become Under Secretary for
the Colonies.
PREsTH, the Nemzst semi. officially den
les the pessimist reports of the situation,
and says that neither the summoninp of
the delegations nor special war prepara.
tions are expected.
A PACK of Gagged wolves escaped from
SaDger's circus in London. The elo-
plants, camels, horses, aud other animals
became mad with terror and were liber-
ated with difficulty. The wolves were
trapped in a stable, whore they furiously
devoured horse already slain.
TnE second ballot for members OF the
Romanian Chamber OF Deputies resulted
in the election of twelve Government
candidates and five members of the Cd
position.
Ex-LoRD MAYOR SULLIVAN, of Dublin,
and William O'Brien, the editor of United
Ireland, arrived in London and had an
Immense ovation by Home. rulers. There
was a mass meeting in Hyde Park at
tended by 10000 people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
An times when old are 90.

but, despite the pressure OF oYor poP .;a
ton, there is no doubt that the oon'l'-,
Of the great bulk of the people Is ~. -,
more satisfactory than one NUM-
years ago. ,..;,s.
A journal of a century ago oescl'o.l
prize fight on tse stage of the hay9la- .,,
Theater between a German sS1fu s1 ,
brought over specially by the Dua' \
Cumberland and an Irishman' "uO' i
wounds having been sewn up Sueos ..,,
in killing his antagonists in the P's''
of the young nobility, ,.,n,
Then as to the full dress Oh .s3'
man in 100. On the Queens oil'p ,-c
George III. appeared in q Glill soI
colored coat, embroidered VIZ 81
silver and diamonds, and the ~. - nj
Wales in a most magnificent sur . .;i I,
nv colored satin covered WIN ri
colored epangies and paste oears' fusi
mobiles present initiated the lawn! % .,
OF the court. There was now - PtiE
redeeming characteristic. PIT, w. 3ss ! !,
Minister, appeared in ne''
black
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
A Temple oftbe Cabiri

Tn GethaL archaeological soclei, 4
Athens has lately discovered and ia M
excavating an old temple of the Csbir)
near Thebes, whish promises to b. 4
great interest. Very little is known 4
the Cabiri, save that their religion va,
Phoenician cult, that they worshipsd n
sun under the form of bull, and that n
chief seat of their mysteries was in n
island Of Samothrace. Pausanias. in
description of the reffion about Thea
in Boeotia, gives the following curiou, \
count of them;-
About % stadia further you come
the grove Cebiran Demeter and Prose
pine, which none may enter but the d
itiated. About seven strtia from IA
grove is the temple of the Cabiri. WH
they were ano what are their rites md
be pardoned by the curious for passinI
over in silence. They say there El
formerly a town here, the inhabitants d
which called Cabiri, and that Demeta
put something into their hands Wha
this deposit was and the circumstanca
relating TO it, it is not lawful for me
disclose. The wrath Of .h
Cabiri is implacable, as has frequelil
been manifested. For example, vhe
some private persons at Nauyactus ind
tated the mysteries at Thebes, yengeaut
soon came upon them. And those
Xerxes's army who were with MardOnil
and left in Beotia, when they entere
the temp pie of the Cabiri went mad sa
persisted by throwing themselves ind
the SEP from the rocks. And when Alsi
ander, after his victory, set Thebes al
all Thebais CD fire, the Macedouiass Vi
went into the temple of the Cabin VII
hostile intent were killed by ligbill11
and thunderbolts, so holy was the tent
from the first.
Recently one of the gentlemen co1
nected with the German institute as'
found in private collection in Athensl
small bronze bull, with an inscrlpna
on it showing that it was dedicated lo'l
Cabiri, and learned that 1t came fio'
Thebes. He at once set on foot inquire
whether other similar figures, either
bronze or pottery, were 10 De Ioun0
that district of Beotia, and was so 'n'
cessful as not only to secure speclHsfu
but also to learn the locality where lns
were found. Excavations were at olo
begun, and at present writing the "
and form of this very ancient tempe ~
been determined, and several hanaf9
small figures of animals, chiefly buns
terra Gotta, bronze and report says son
in silver, have been found, when Se'
undoubtedly volive gift of the Worship,
Snch discoveries are of great interest
they open up knowledge OF a cuI' u
worship reaching back TO very ~ ~
date and exerting fer centuries v" y,
influence in Samothrace ana DSo..
Further developments are awaited W.
eager interest. r. Il. Mather'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
WASHINGTON.

The president has approved the bill re.
moving this political disability of Henry
II. Marmadnks of Missouri.
JuDGR ALEXANDER MCCUE, the solicitor
of the United States Treasury at Wash
ington, has been appointed to the charge
of the United States Sub treasury at New
York City.
The secretary Of the treasury has or
dered a special agent to go to Waterfowl,
n. Y. and make thorough investigation
of the alleged opium frauds.
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER is confined to
his room by an attack of tonsilitis aggra-
waited by his persistent efforts to spsak
during the past ton days when suffering
from throat trouble.
THE house committee on agriculture
has decided to report favorably the
Hatch bill TO create a new executive de
partment 70 be known as the department
OF agriculture.
The report that the President is about
TO dispose OF the case of Judge Advocate
General Svaim, and appoint civilian
TO the place, is lemi' authorltatively
denied.
The tariff bill prepared by the major
ity of the ways and means committee will
probably be reported 10 the full commit
tee this week. II is understood that II
reduces the revenue by about S60,o0O,0Oo
nearly one half of it by the repeal of
the tobacco TAX.
The president sent to the senate
among others the following nominations:
Charles 5. Cary, of New York, 10 De
solicitor OF the treasury.
George S. Shipman, of Dakota, TO be
register of the land Office at Devils Lake,
Dakota,
THE secret service division of the Irea-
sury Department has discovered that
new counterfeit of the So silver certit-
cate has been put in circulation. The
bill is about three sixteenths of an inch
too short. There are no distinctive lines
in tie paper. The general appearance Is
good and liable TO deceive.
THg fishery conference will finally ad-
iourn on Thursday or Friday of this
week. Certain definite determinations
are on the point of being decided and
fixed on both sides. The semi official an
nouuosment is made that the delioera
ton will be made public when the for
eign conferees reacn their homes.
Twas ever thos-Adam Gust after
getting sca uainted with Eve)-NIu you
90 with me TO night to see the AMI
mslss
Eve-I have nothing to wear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
sQUIBs

Now would be good time 70 H. 1Gg aid
burried cities in the far West ,b,oogi
gers wouldn't have to 60 NV
more than ten feet of snow ,.uog
An all.round wag has placed the .i iSt' !
ing placard over his coal oin, s-ar IN
Re used except in case olaatiou.
cooks relatives are in oons ''.', away a
A lazy fellow who was lallns where 4
time was asked by a min,'.s5 j Isl
expected to 20 when he disui "a.
not go; I expect to be 'a''''
reply. .,conps1I
preeocious New York boy A'T M n
lea hie mother to the theatef, ~ 5oy Il
cheek was marked X 9, ana mo. III + -. n
fused TO sit there, Insisting
served for dog ;-;,y IN
There is more pleasure in Nv s,t'si d.
racsiying {" was the provero sna' 7osihiifs
er was trying to ins'ili LIE lh'V caste, 4
mind "That's true about cot
"e sar.a basr.less Yirginiars 1a'.i Il
o,d tarmsy believe that whiss! Z il ID
D,u for coons. Hest bucs., ,sasai 4
fonr nights rupnir before
to the racket.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
IN GENERAL.
How high License Works.
New York Times.

The cause of high license has been
greatly strengthened in the last year by
the result of the experience of other
States that are trying the policy. The
benefits claimed by ITS advocates have
actually accrued in every case. Not only
have the revenues been very largely in
creased, but the number of saloons has
been decreased very materially, and their
general character improved. Statistics
show that drunkenness and the evils
tracesble to it of which the courts take
cognizence have been reduced to on en-
couraging extent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
NILwAUKEE GETs 4 sNIFF.

Her Public Building Sill Pans out Only
$3.50 600 For a site.
milwaukee is to be disappointed in its
hope of this year securing an appropria-
ton for g new government building The
original bill provided that the sum of
81, 100000 be set aside for site and struet-
ure, the entire cost of building and
grounds being estimated at S1,2Q0,O00,
the sum of 100000 not provided for in
the bill to be realized from the sale of
the building now in use. In the argu-
ments before the committee at Wash
ington it was stated that 100000 would
be required for the purchase of a suitable
site
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23

IN support of the bill. NJ.
said while he had voted for the -, ulalsnihs.
IN the committee, he would . peuaiag ID
preferred voting for bin s,saa! asGs
whole telegraph business r,s s,sc'as ID
ment control. Messrs. IiDn goVsal
son favored the bill. Mr.. HorE MI A9 at
contended that the Western Ia ~ lA
pany had acquired vested ,; SI.oa eo1I
could not be interfered with ' 8asl
FRIDAY, FEB.
House-The Blair sdn.atio
laid before the house, and refe...g 94i u
committee on education. tn, tn % u
deficiency bin was then ~ u'gsaI
An amendment instructips - "a
printer to enforce rigidlv the ~. ~ Pl0il
of the eight hour law was 49,. .o'isloll
the bill passed. The bill for M .s,- ID
Nathanial Mckay and the exacr '..,s'
Donald Mckay, was passed. NJ, y
of KY, moved to reconsider tbs -. '0N1
lay it on the table peIdinp vb MI "a
Springer moved to make a verbal - a
ment to the title, and upon MI. ~ r-a
took the floor in opposition to tt vi, Il
Quite a lengthy discussion fn.r.s Ol'
which Mr.. Springer argued that L I,
right to grant relief to the Mckee. :. y
right to grant relief to a Secor q, =" ~
contractors who had precisely .;sa1
claims, and quoted from speech ' 80
by Senator Grimes of Iowa, upon =. ny
lar bill, in which the gentleman .ts,.s
the claims against the government vS;..
rested on the same ground of sopi,r /
the claims of naval constructor.
paid, the government would be callss y
on to make and expenditure of over ~
millions dollars. Mr.. Cox, IN. VI -
others antogonized Mr.. Springer A.
his amendment to the title was reiss.-
and the motion to reconsider the vos \
which the bill was passed was tabled |
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23

The Rush county lKansasl county seat
war, which has been waged for nearly
nine years, has been decided By the Su.
preme Court, and the officers of the court
issued writ commanding he county Of
ficers to move their books and offices to
Rush Center.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-23
chicago Bood ers.

In the case OF the ex-County Commits.
sioner boodlers, the lppsllat Court OF
this district to-day affirmed the judge
ment of the Criminal Court, and the prIs
oners will have to 20 to the State peai-
Tertiary. Ed. Mcdonald, who was con.
victed with MeGsrigle, goes down for
three years, and the i've ex-County Com
missioners and their co-conspirators go
down for two years each.