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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

DoYLEsrowN. Pennsylvania James
Monroe SbeIlenberger, a member Of the
board of charities, is missing, and it is
charged his accounts are $50, 600 short
SPOKANE TALKS, Wash. - Nineteen
prisoners escaped form the county Jail here
early Monday morning While the iailer
was making his rounds he was seized,
bound and gagged by four of the prisoners
who liberated the remainder by unlocking
the cells. a posse has gone in pursuit
WAYNEsnuRG. Pa Zach Taylor, con-
demned for the murder of VIM McCms-
land, an Allegheny drover, was hanged
at lll2 Wednesday, On the scaffold he
reiterated his innocence of the crime.
SUPERIOR, Wis.-Sheritf Wickstrom
has returned from Lapointe, Mimi.
with John Nelson, wanted for the murder
OF Nels Nelson in November hast.
The Swedes here are greatly excited and
threaten TO lynch Nelson
SACRAMENTO, Cal. The stage from
Ichigan Bluff to Auburn was stopped by
two masked men Monday, and about
thirty dollars was secured from the pas
sengers The express box contained no
N4mables VIM Muir, one Of the pas,en-
gers, advanced ON the robbers and deded
them TO shoot and succeeded in fright
euing them away although unurmed him
self
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

REPRESENTATIVE RANDALL condition
IS about the same as Tuesday night. if
anything, little easier. but this il due to
the free flow from the assesses. and he
may at anytime have recurrence Of the
relapses which sap away his strength.
The chief Of the secret service is in
formed of the arrest at Denver. Col.
Of George Ammons and William Dorrell.
for passing counterfeit $40 national
bank notes Of a Richmond Ind, bank.
They were held to the United States grand
jury.
THE house committe on judiciary has
completed consideration IF the bankruptcy
bill and ordered it reported fayorably with
some amendments. The committee also
ordered a favorable report Of Henderson 3
bill amending the internal revenue laws.
The house committee on commerce also
ordered favorable report upon the bill to
establish port Of delivery at Cairo, ILL.,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

cost 50. 900 and they have a china A.
service that is worth its weight n s ..ilef
Senator Palmer bought this al Par; s''.sf.
before he came here to take his seat RI {. !lst
Senate, and Gen. Cutcheon was nTs. =. lae
the house at the time this china VA W az
ed. He saw that it was very fine aE 9Y7 T.
cost, The senator replied t'@1es
II Paid S35 apiece for them and vii
bought them in Paris Mrs. Palmer o ,-'.l
ed, saying: Thomas, Ito You tbin 5l.s-l'
can afford to use such expensensiya +. We
as these?' Oh, yes, my dear. said ff's''s +
want the very best things can Jet n III
world. live in the hope of berssf .i.Ls
and when ] get to Heaven EXPECT i a
off Of just such dishes as these every 5s say
aud ] want as far as possible to ct u.ej
to my future surroundings. Oh .s;I
she and the result was we bapobt '. ~
dishes. = tle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

ANNAPoMs, Md Governor Jackson has
signed the Australian ballot BILL
GENERAL FRnMoNT is quite i'll with
the grip at his home in New York.
Alone with his other Affections, the
Gar Of Russia has lost nearly all his
teeth
THE master plumbers have effected q
compromise with their striking worFmen
in Chicago, and the strike is off ,
Journeymen have consented to a cut Of
10 cents q day in wages, while the pay Of
other classes is to be raised about % cents
day
BosroN.- Nine hours without reduc-
ton in wages have been granted to
1920 workmen employed in twenty-five Of
the marble factories Of Boston There re-
main three firms that have not yet com
piled with the demands Of the men.
NEW YORK, n. Y.-The Methodist
Episcopal conference has petitioned con-
gress 10 continue educational aid to such
states as will accept it. Complete legal
prohibition was endorsed. The conference
endorsed the establishment of a Methodist
university, in order to cnuDteract the ann
bilious enterprise of the Fapal aggrandize-
ment in Washington.
SAN Francisco. The prohibition
party Of California adopted a platform
denouncing high license; denouncing
the payment Of state money for promoting
wine making expressing distrust of the
old parties; fayoring government owner
ship Of telegraphs and railroads; demand
ing woman suffrage and more rigid Sun
day laws Gen. John Bidwel was nomi-
mated for governor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

TIM Manhattan Bank, Of Manhattan
kas. closed its doors tuesday morning
Oshkosh The Bcekwith block occupied
by several firms was burned Wednesday
Loss, $4,000
DEcNruB, Ala Nearly all the United
States Rolling Stock company plant wa.
destroyed BIZ ire Wednesday night, entail.
ing loss ot $500 600
luE village of Highland Park, Ill.,. was
wrecked by a tornado last Tuesday night.
The damage is $4,000 No lives were
lost
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Near West Point
derrick, which was being used
in repairing a railroad treste, broke.
Four wogkmcn were preaipltdted l2a feet
into the guleh below and killed. Several
other men were painfully hurt.
LEXINGTON Ky Eleven cottages ten
mted by negroes and two fine stables
ON the race course burned Monday
night The thor0ughhreds in the stables
were gotten ont safely Loss, $1,000
BEluprRr y. j At Warren foun-
dry Philhpsbusg. last Wednesday while
men were running off the molten
ron, an immense IadIe wis upset and the
contents fell ON the dmap ground. causing
Il terrific explosion Men were thrown i'm
every direction. and three were frightfu.y
burned
RoANokE. VA. tornado passed
over this section &c the state Wednesday
evening IN fms city the east bause Of the
Cr0ljer Iron works WAS demolished. three
Hbwer- killed and one fatally hurt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

PERs0Ns outside Of the valley Of the
lower Mississippi have little idea Of the de-
vastation wrought by breaks in the levees.
IN 1882 thousands Of farm animals perish
ed from drowning and starvation, and
millions Of dollars worth of crops were
swept away. At one point the river was
sixty miles wide. When the woods are
flooded with water the wild animals are
driven out Of their lairs Hundreds Of
starving deer walked boldly about the
streets Of dlages and into farm yards
They lost their terror of man in the great
er dread Of food and hunger Millions Of
buffalo gnats appear at such times and
sting to death the farmers live stock.
When the first break in the levees oc-
cured in Louisiana this spring some
southern newspapers were inclined to
blame those in Louisiana on the rice
fumes which are openings to flood the
rice plantations from the Mississippi, But
the great river which man has been try
ing for a hundred years to pen, would
have asserted itself in any case. The
floods in the lower Mississippi will
probably never cease till the river has over
flowed its banks 80 often that the sediment
deposited will have raised the whole sur
ia 'e Of the ground many feet higher than
its present level THE trouble with this
region is that it was settled 300 years too
soon, said the state geologist Of Louisi-
ana in 1882 The suffering aud destruc.
tion this year will probably be not less
than they were in 1882 Meantime let
us not forget that all Americans are broth
ers Let us send help to the suffering
even as we would have it sent to us in
need
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

TnE total population Of Greenland al
the end Of 1893 was 10,29l There had
been 1852 deaths during the previous year,
Of which 81 had been by drowning
from the native canoes and 10 by other
ccidents
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-04-17

IN Zurich. Switzerland, the other day
one Of the law courts closed novel case.
A beggar who opened the garden gate in
front Of a house where he intended to ask
for relief was attacked by watch dog and
bittin in the left arm. Soon after
ward he commenced suit against the owner
Of the place, calling for heavy damages, on
the ground that the wound he had received
rendered him permanently unable to earn
his living. The defense was that he could
beg just as well as ever, and that the IN
jury in question, far from being a disad-
vantage. only increased his chances in his
profession 1ut the court held that the
proprietor Of house is responsible for the
security Of the people who come to visit
him, even when the object Of the visit is
to make an appeal to his generosity So
the beggar won the suit.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
PITTSBURG DISPATCH.
MAY BE 4 MURDER,
JOSEPH STRoUP BADLY BEATEN UP IN
A STREET FIGHT,

One Of His Assnulters Fired Upon Twice
by nm Oficer-The Pursued Escapes
From His Pursuer-One Man Arrested
md n Warrant Out for Another.
Joseph Stroup got into fight early YES
terday morning and may die from the ef-
fects of the beating he received. He got
into an alteration with james and Thomas
Britain, near the corner of Second avenue
and Try street, and was badly worsted. Off
Ger Roach. heard the disturbance and ar
rived at the scene in time to see one of the
men kick Stroup several times in the head.
When they saw the officer the Brittains ran
away. Roach followed James Britain,
who seemed to be the leader in the
attack, and he ran down through Lloyd
& Blacks mill. Roach fired two shots, but
without effect, and Britain made his escape
by running in among the furnaces in the
mill, where it was so dark the officer could
not find his way.
Stroup was taken to his home in the pa
troll wagon. He was badly beaten, and had
an ugly wound on his head, which he
claimed had been caused by a brick thrown
by Jim Britain. He was splitting blood
last evening, and his condition is considered
to be very serious
The officer entered information against
both the Brittains yesterday morning, and
Thomas was arrested few hours later. He
was placed in Central station, but alleges
he had nothing to do with the assault upon
Stroup.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
FLINT GLASS MEN HOME.
President Smith Deprecutes Sensational
Reports of Trouble Ahead.

President Smith Deprecutes Sensational
Reports of Trouble Ahead.
President Smith, of the American Flint
Glass Workers Union, had hardly shaken
the dust of travel from his shoes when he
shook hands with DISPATCH reporter last
night. II have just returned from Bslti-
MORE" he said. "and am rather done up.
The heat was dreadful, and if the delegates
had known before they came to the con-
ventlon what simmering they would
have to undergo while it was in session
they would have made the summer stop
about three months instead of the present
period. The convention was very harmo-
nious in feeling, and the largest the union
has ever held. Among the changes made
was the disbandment OF the burial associa-
ton. 1t was found too troublesome to
handle. This was the National Associa-
tion, the local societies will be carried on as
usual. The green bottle and flint men
have held preliminary meeting looking to
the end of bringing the two trades into
closer relationship. That means that cards
will be interchanged. If any green bottle
blower presents his card at one of our houses
we shall accept it as readily as one of our
own.
Regarding the reported trouble ahead
between the employers and union on the
chimney sale, you can say that there will
be no strike. Any reports limiting at any
trouble ahead on this score, or for that mat
ter on any, are absolutely false. We ex-
pect in few days to meet the manufacture
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
HONOR TO WHOM DUE.
The subject of Rev. E. r. Donehoo's Sermon
Yesterday Morning.

The subject of Rev. E. Il. Donehoo's Sermon
Yesterday Morning.
Rev. E. r. Donehoo took for the subject
of his sermon, yesterday morning, at the
Eighth Presbyterian Church, West End,
full of the Holy Ghost and faith" He
said: "No higher tribute is needed for any
man to entitle him to undying fame. We
are wont to pay honors to those only who
themselves have attracted the attention of
the world by the illustrious deeds which
their hands have wrought. We give to one
man the credit which is in justice due to
another who was factor in the elevation of
the man who comes in for praise. We
praise the scholar who has accom-
plished great things, while we
overlook the teacher, who by
patience and toll prepared the scholar for
his career. Many men who have risen to
distinction, have confessed that their ele-
ya.ion was due to the humble father or
mother. who lived and died in obscurity.
Washington has told US that what good he
had ever accomplished he owed to the care
of his mother. We are wont to pay honors
to those only who have been successful in
attracting the attention of the world. We
give too much credit to this one man, and
utterly overlook another, who helped tine
one on whom we lavish honors.
s.St. Augustine was the mightiest cham
pion that God raised up in the early centu-
ries of the Christian Church in her defense.
Augustine attributed all his success to the
care and counsel of his pious mother,
Monica. The question arises, what has this
to do with the text? It is the tribute which
Luke pays to one whose history is very
brief; one which we are apt to dismiss with
out much consideration"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
PLENTY Of PENNIES.
NO PRESENT LACK OF SMALL CHANGE IN
PITTSBURG.

Some of the Reasons Why One.Cent Pieces
Are More Frequently Seen Than For
merIy-The Slot Machines Keep the Coins
in Motion.
"Do you get stuck often for changer" was
asked of newsboy, yesterday.
"Nixy, not now. I've always got big
stock of pennies to fall back on. There's q
regular shower of coppers here lately.
Enough ancient pieces to 60 round
twice. Can't 60 any place but
what you bump up against penny. See
more in day than you can shake stick
at. If 1 didn't give my pennies away
in change they'd make stack
as high as summer hotel bill.
Where do they all come from? Come again
with an easier one. I know one thing that
draws the pennies and that's the new-fan-
gled drop-a-cent-in-the-slot machines. They
swallow the coppers. know just where to
90 when I'm in pinch for small change.
ANY fellow that engineers the one-cent slot
institutions can give you all the pennies
yon want"
"Have you ever run short?"
"WeIl, should remark. Once we had
a panic in Pittsburg in that line. You
couldn't touch penny with ten-foot pole.
They were scarce as hens teeth. Never
saw pennies SO tight as they were then.
A great many Of them found their
way into the toy savings banks. It
was good thing that they were turned
loose again. Wealthy citizens like us are
liable to suffer from financial embarrass-
ment if our medium of exchange falls short
of pennies"
"Pennies are plenty at present in Pitts
burg" said R. Dickson, popular con-
ductor on the Allegheny electric cars.
"Piles of them are unloaded on us. The
public seem to have a sort of sneaking con-
tempt for too many coppers, and they
thoughtfully work them off in paying car fare.
"We don't really need them in making
change, because we always reckon on s.
cent fares, and can get along with nickels,
dimes and soforth. "We have calls for
coppers at the Office from people who run
short of small pieces, and furnish them with
all they want"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
ONLY FIVE CHIMNEYS.

Conference on the Bottle Scale at Baltimore
The Matter Between the Flint Workers
and Manufacturers Explained-No Prob.
ability of strike-seventy-Fi New
Pots In Operation.
On Friday, at Baltimore, committees of
the flint workers and manufacturers held q
conference on the bottle scale, at which GER
tain changes in the scale desired by the
workers were considered. No settlement
was effected, and the conference adjourned
to meet at Crescent, on the Sd of August.
The manufacturers were represented by
Joseph Hamilton, of W. h. Hamilton &
Co.. and Albert Hamilton, of ]. T. & A.
Hamilton. of this city; John libby, Of
Sharpsburg; G. L. Flaccus, of Tarentum;
W. Zost, OF Bellaire, o.; Florence Fox, of
Philadelphia, and William Baker, Of
Baker Bros, and Walter Swindell, of Balti-
more.
The position of the matter relating to the
new chimney scale is this; during last blast
800 of No. o size were made in a move, or
one-half days work; 800 of No. size, and
250 of No. 2. The workers now will ask for
reduction in the No. o and No. moves of
20 chimneys, bringing down the number of
chimneys in a move to respectively 300 AND
280, leaving No. 2 untouched. They
originally asked for a reduction of %, but
came down to 20.
WHAT IS EXPECTED.
There is good reason to suppose that an
understanding between the respective sides
will be arrived at on the basis of the
latter figure and where but five chimneys,
requiring but minute or so to make
stands between an easy settlement of the
question, it is expected that the manufact-
urers, since they are willing to grant re-
duction of 10 chimneys, will not hold out
for the other five. A well-informed worker,
speaking lately on this point, said
that at the end of a given time
in a shop working on No. and No. 2
sizes. it would be found that No. would
have made within a few chimneys OF as
many as No. 1. The evident result would
be that the No. 1 shop would be compelled
to work at least half an hour longer than the
shop working on No. 2 to make up the num-
Der. The men have been trying for the past
three or four years to have the chimney
question fixed, and the matter, as it stands
to-day, is whether the reduction shall be 15
or 20 pieces. He argued that the reduction
was fair, and
WOULD NOT BE FELT
by the manufacturer, who he said, ''had
too much sense to fight over such trifle,
more especially as they had already signi-
fed their consent to reduce the move by 15
chimneys. This is the only question at
present between the men and employers"
The probabilities of strike are held to be
very remote.
At the convention there was considerable
discussion on this very point, a number OF
delegates holding out for reduction of 30
pieces in the move, while the more conserv-
ative carried the day by obtaining 20 as
the figure which should be accepted. Dur
ing the coming blast there will be 70 new
pots in operation. including Is in Georgia
and 20 in Illinois.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
NEED OF NIGHT CARS.

Real Estate Men Say They Would Enhance
the Value of Property-saIes That Could
be Made With ALI Night Transportation
Were Had.
Real estate brokers are very enthusiastic
over the prospect of having night cars run
to East Liberty. They think that it will
give property material boom in that
section. Some of them state that
on account of there being no night
cars to that section of the city they have
been prevented from disposing of property
to parties wishing to locate in East Liberty
and Hazlewood, were those places not so far
from the city that they could not be reached
after midnight
j. E. McCrickart of the Pittsburg Com
pany, thinks that 1t would be great thing
for the suburbs if night cars were run.
"Our company has missed making mum.
Der of sales OF property because the outer
portions of the city were inaccessible late at
night" says Mr.. McCrickart. "We had a
gentleman in last week after house. He
was engaged on one of the newspapers, but
could not take the property, as he said it
would be too far to walk after midnight"
Mr.. Black, of Black & Baird, thought it
would augment prices of real estate when
night cars were an assured thing. I'VE
have had calls lately from persons employed
at night who wanted to invest in property"
said he, "but there being no night cars
made drawback which seemed the only
obstacle to the consummation of the
deals. But I think great
many people now living in AL
legheny and on the Southside would
go out to East Liberty or Hazelwood, alter
night cars were put on. 1t would be effect
ties to great extent, continued Mr.. Black,
"and it would create a demand for high
pricedSproperty, to some extent, ALSO"
A number of other real estate men were
talked to, and all extolled tine good features
of night cars to the suburbs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-21
DEATH BEFORE DAWN
A. J. Kirschner Shoots Himself
Through the Heart at His Home.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE SUICIDE
Watching Day and Night at the Bedside Of
q Dying Brother
DRIVES AN ATTORNEY TO DEsPoNDENCY

The sudden report of pistol shot ringing
out on the night air, followed by low cry
of distress from woman, startled the resi-
dents in the vicinity of No. 17S Louvre
street, Troy Hill, about 8 o'clock yesterday
morning.
A moment later Mrs. Andrew j. Kirsch-
ner, wife of the well known Pittsburg at
torney. hurried out of her residence, and
turning the corner of the house started back
in horror as her eyes fell upon the body
of her husband weltering in his
blood at her feet. A smoking pistol
was clutched in the hand Of the dying man.
The weapon had been pressed closely to his
bosom, for his shirt was blackened with
powder. He had shot himself through the
heart, and death was almost instantaneous.
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.
The cause of the deed is a mystery. For
the past few days Mr.. Kirschner was noticed
to be downcast. Last week he buried be-
loved brother, who died from typhoid fever
after long and painful period of suffering.
Night and day Mr.. Kirschner watched
through weary hours at his brothers bed
side. and when the deadly fever carried
away the loved one. he was deeply affected.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Kirschner complained
of feeling unwell. He showed symptoms of
typhoid fever, and his physician at once de-
cided that he should lay aside professional
duties for a while and take much needed
rest On Saturday night Mr.. Kirschner re-
tired at the usual hour, but early on Sun
day morning he started downstairs for the
ostensible purpose of getting some milk,
but in reality to kill himself. His wife
heard a noise below, and hastily going
down the stairs she discovered that her hus-
band had disappeared.
THE FATAL SHOT.
Suddenly she heard the sound of the pistol
shot, and then followed what has been mar
rated above. Neighbors hurried to her as
sistance, and the body was removed inside
the house. The Coroner will hold an in
quest to-day.
Mrs. Kirschner had watched her husbands
ill-health with great anxiety during the past
month, and says he would come home
greatly fatigued and worn out with over
work. he left no note explaining the cause
of his rash act.
Andrew j. Kirschner was SO years old,
and leaves q wife and two children to mourn
his sad and untimely death. He was born
in Germany and came to the United States
in 1861, where he graduated at the Pennsyl-
vania State Normal School. He studied
law with Alex. NJ. Watson, and was ad-
mitted to the Pittsburg bar in 1879, since
which time he has practiced continuously,
becoming one of the most popular lawyers
in the State.