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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

WAsHINGToN.-Th senate has con-
hrmed the nomination of Thos. NJ
NewSon, of Minnesota, consul at Ma
langa.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-Among the bills
passed by the senate Wednesday was
one of the public building at Racine to
cost 100000 and one increasing the cost
of the building at Duluth from Sl50,000
to S275 900.
THE Department Of Agriculture cotton
crop report fortune shows large increase
in the acreage planted in nearly every cot
ton-produc ing State
Tue republican members or
the Senate at caucus Tu, sday
evening. chose ex-RepreSentative Nalen-
tine, of Nebraska, to succeed w. 2. Cana
day as sergeaut-at-arms Of the United
States senate.
WAsHINGToN.- House Committee
on the judiciary on Tuesday spent two
hours in the discussion of the Senate
Original Package" bill without reaching
conclusion The discussion reverted the
fact that several members Of the committee
disagreed with the decision reached by the
Supreme Court but it did not proceed far
enough to show definitely how the
SdSole - itS>S4 ueN ug eEe CoiLAAit4lteo dS d
whole.
WAsHINeroN.-In the report TO ac-
company the pure food bill re-
ported from the senate committee on
agriculture and forestry, Chairman Pad
dock says: While eminent chemists are
not agreed that lard compounds are bad
for the health, there can be no dissent
| from the view that such articles should be
sold under their rightful names, and
marketed as compounds and not as simple
| products which they simulate. Farmers.
| who see their products ieSSened in value
| every year 10y millions through sophis-
/ tication and mishranding and their tables
/ assailed in turn with fradulently manu-
factured food products have every reason
to complain that they are robbed at every
/ turn of the wheel
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

One by one the graceful fleet and war
like cruisers of our new navy are gliding
INTO the sea. The other day the Ben
nington took her first dip. The PhiedeI-
phia is now ON trial. The San Francisco
will soon be locked over The Baltimore,
speedicst of all, is now flying the flag of
Admiral Gherardi, of the North Atlantic
squadron. The wonderful Cushing
torpedo boat has been of late the admira-
ton of the cadets at Annapolis The Con-
cord, the type of the Bennington, is yet
to be tried The Charleston lies n San
Francisco awaiting her first service cruise
Bigger feIlowo than these are the Newark,
tee Maine, and the Texas, but they are
not yet complete. Then i'll their mere
incipiency are six or seven other
cruisers which are as yet desig-
mated by numbers only. And then finally,
saying nothing of the old and inn
proved monitors, there have been ordered
three great battle-ships, another torpedo
boat ana anOiner cruiser. 90, In all, since
the restoration of our navy began in 1889,
Congress has ordered The construction of
f0rty-three new vessels no great shakes.
you say, if you are protecting distant and
defenseless colonies, and jealousy convey
ing to far-off ports hundreds of merchant
vessels: but something far more formid-
able than Il canal-boat fleet when it comes
to worrying an enemy's merchant marine.
or, indeed, to meeting anything of its size
and weight in Il finish fight ON the high seas
A few new ships each year is like few dol
lars put aside 1T interest-it's dreadful
handy when you want it. As for the
beautiful white squadron, the public
has followed its career abroad with genuine
pride, though they do say Admiral Walker
has been executing discipline with a good
deal of high hand. However. the fleet
is booked for a tour of service in Brazilian
waters, where the lessen it will impart to
the new republic will be instructive and
wholesome. But the Yorktown will not
go to Brazil She is ordered home for
repairs to her injured steering gear. and
to bring back the men of the fleet whose
term of enlistment is over, and the officers
who are entitled to shore duty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
THE LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

A KANSAS man recently sold his last
COW to pay the costs of a lawsuit over some
chickens.
IN New Zealand Mormon convention
has just closed its sIttings, at which it was
officially reported that there are 5000
Mormons in that colony, and that 500
converts were made during the past year.
THE statistical returns for June to the
Department of Agriculture show an in
crease in acreage in cotton IN nearly every
State.
POSTMASTER General Wanamaker's s
life and accident insurance now amounts
to 81 300, 900, the largest insurance car
ried by any individual in the world.
DENVER Three hundred plumbers
joined the striking carpenters and mill
men Saturday There are now about
2.300 men on a strike with good prospects
of being increased next week by plasterers,
bricklayes and hodmen.
COLUMBUS. - Another attempt was
made to run cars this afternoon. but
without success. The mayor has called
meeting of leading citizens tomorrow for
the purpose of discussing the best means to
dispose of the trouble. The mayor says
the worst feature of the strike is that the
city council has endorsed the course of the
strikers and denounced the company and
extended other official encouragements
which renders settlement almost Impos
sible
Gov. FIFER has issued d call for
special session of the legislature, the mem
bers of which are to convene at the capitol
in Springfield July 90 The call includes
only notice of matters relating to the
World Fair No other legislation can
be had at the special session.
FIVE tons of nitro-glycerine stored in
Casterline & Cos works, four miles east
of Find!ay, Ohio, exploded Saturday morn
ing. The factory was blown to atoms and
a hole big enough to bury four story
business block was torn in the ground.
The shock was felt for forty miles in every
direction. There was no loss of life.
WHILE exploring the Norbou shaft at
Shamokin, Pa. which took fire a mouth
ago. party of experts made the singular
discovery that twelve of the sixteen mules
that had been In the mine since the fire, or
nearly a month ago, were still alive. hav-
ing been without food and water twenty
six days. Eleven of the mules were stand
ing, and one was lying down almost dead.
Three of them were united at the time of
fire, and had found some hay and feed,
and were looking well and fat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
REPUBLICAN DEATU-KS y ELL.
Indications That it Has Been Sounded in
Minnesota.

ST. PAUL, June 1.-THE death-kneli of
the republican party in Minnesota has been
sounded by the executive committee of the
the state Farmers Alliance, which issued
a call for a convention TO nominate a state
ticket The first step looking to such in
dependent political action was taken at
the meeting Of the committee in this
city in April last At this
meeting, after free discussion of tho at
titude Of the republican and democratic
parties upon ali the great questions, par
ticularly affecting the farming commun-
ity, it was voted that a circular be for
warded to all subordinate alliances asking
for an expression as to the political course
Of the alliance this fall Every member
of the executive committee was present at
the meeting in this city today. and it was
found that the sentiment for an indie
pendent farmers alliance state ticket had
grown so much since the committee first
canvassed the question that the opposing
members withdrew their objections. The
committee finally agreed On July is as the
day for the convention, over a week before
the republican convention meets. 1T will
be held at ST. Paul. and inasmuch as the
alliance claims to control 10000 votes, the
meeting will be Of vital interest the poll
ticIans.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

In the midst of much sentimentaHzing
about the Indian andmuch pessimism about
the negro, General Armstrong; new re-
port comes like a fresh and healthy breeze.
1t celebrates the coming to its majority"
of Hampton school and describes in detail
the extraordinary progress of the lnstitu-
tion during the last twenty-one years. Six
hundred and fifty pupils are now in at
tendance under eighty officers; 100000
Is annually needed for school expenses,
s60, 900 of which must be obtained from
private friends through the appeals and
efforts of the devoted principal. Four
hundred and seven negro graduates re-
port themselves as having taught l3S000
children and as having acquired property
to the amount of $3.50. 600 Twelve years
ago the Indian school had TO use every in
fuence to secure its pupils. This year it
has been forced to turn away two-thirds Of
the applicants, and one hundred and seven
teen Indians from seventeen tribes have
been in attendance Striking as are
these statistics, they are not the most
striking features of the report That
which most moves the reader, and which
deeply impreSses every visitor to Hamp-
ton. Is the peculiar character Of this re
markable institution. General Armstrong
was born Of missionary stock and bred a
soldier. and his personality stamps his
work. The school uniteS these two
types. Its whole staff is moved by a mis-
siouary impulse, unselfSh conservation,
such as can hardly be seen elsewhere. On
the other hand. every visitor observes the
discipline and orderlineSs and the soldier
illness of the soldierly life. Thus Hamp-
ton represents the conservation of COM
mon sense. 1t is our great object lesson
in Christian sentiment working along the
lines of PRACTICAL sagacity. Its central
| idea is the moral influence of work. 1t is
not an academic college, it is moral
and industrial school, Its pupils learn 10
/ teach. but they also learn to support them
selves by their own labor 1t is no slight
matter of pride for the community to re-
call that the beginnings of Hampton are
SO largely due to help provided here and
to be sure that the school was never doing
so good work as it is now.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
The Tyranny orKinv Caucus.

Kansas City Times: Republican voters
are managed hy the local politicians and
newspapers The politicians and news
papers get their orders from the Wash
ington caucus. The caucus takes iDtruc-
tious from the bosses, and the bosses make
their deals with the trusts and money
kings. We have an example of party
disciPlng for sinister purposes never
before equaled in this or any other couu-
try since the worst rottcuness of the Eng
lish and French legislatures was corrected
Manufacturers trusts ond money owners
combinations press the buttons and the
republican voters do the rest 1t is "A
marvellous machine, and the chief ends of
its existauce is 10 paralyze the free ex-
preston of intelligent opinion which the
founders of this government expected to be
the ruling power.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

LoNDoN.-The British bark Dinapore,
Capt. 1idmarsh, from MiddIesborough for
Brhia Blanca. is ashore at Cape Corrientes
The remainder of the crew have arrived at
Buenos Ayres.
ST. PETERSBURG dispatches report
enormous conHagration in the mining dis
tricts of the Ural mountains Over a
thousand dwellings have been destroyed.
forty persons burned to death and $4,000
rendered homeless.
ST. PETERSBURG Government has
received information leading them TO be-
lieve that new movement against the life
of the Gar is contemplated. Consequent
ly the guards in the Imperial Palace and
at all approaches to the building have been
doubled. A number of arrests have been
made of persons who are suspected of be-
ing connected with the movement.
VIENNA.-The strikers at Bennisch.
Silesia. are acting in a riotous man
ner. They attacked the factories Tues
day, and with clubs and stones smashed
all the windows in sixteen of them.
Several of the factories were otherwise
damaged by the rioters. A number of the
strikers were arrested, and their comrades
assaulted the police in their attempts to
rescue them The trouble became so
serious that the military were called upon,
and the troops soon quelled the rioting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
ROCKFORD'S DRENCHING.
Citizens Appealed to in Behalf of PERSON..
Made DESTITUTE by the W.shout.

ROCKFORD. nl.-Thousands of people
Monday visited the scene of Friday 5 wash
out along Keith and Kent creeks, where
so much damage was done to the railroads
and other property. The st. Paul and
Illinois Central roads have large gangs of
men at work repairing bridges and road
beds and relaying the tracks which were
washed away, and it Is expected that with
in few Jays they will have things In
such shape that the trains can run on
time from here AL through the district
where washouts occurred there Is much
suffering. as it lest many people In very
destitute circumstances. The morning
papers make an appeal to citizens for aid
In their behalf. As far as can be learned
nobody was killed, although there were
many narrow escapes. The loss to the
city amounts to about 80. 600, and IT Is es-
timated that the loss to the railroads Is
over 81, 600
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
THIRD TICKET IN WISCONSIN.
knights and Farmers Likely To Nominate
Candidates for state Offices.

MILWAUKEE. June Action was
taken 10y the Knights of Labor of Mliwau-
kee. at the last meeting of District As
sembly 10S, and just made public, which
is likely to have an important bearing ON
state politics, and which will certainly
afford no encouragement to the already
thoroughly frightened republican Politl-
clans A proposition was made and
met with the general approval
of the delegates present to form
a combination with the Farm
ers' Alliance to place a ticket in the field
and unite in political endeavor. The cry
of high tariff or lower wages, which has
been effective N times past with Mllwau-
kee laborers, has almost entirely lost ITS
force. Such a combination as is proposed
would cut into the republican ranks both
ways-in loss from Milwaukee wortlnen
who have been assisting the party OF
Blaine in the past as well as the agricul-
turists who have beeu coddled into voting
the republican ticket on war issues and
whose prejudices against the democrats on
the old lines have restrained them from
humping over the traces heretofore
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
TAKEN WITH THANKS.


Milwaukee journal: The great
speech" of Congressman la Toilette on
the tariff has finally emerged in official
form as part Of The Congressional Record,
and Wisconsin at least has been flooded
with it. As a model Of peryersion, eva
sion and misrepresentation, in regard to
truth compeIs the admission that it
could not well be exceIIed Begin
ming with the usual absursity
that taxation to meet every
want of government is free trade, the
speaker proceeds to demonstrate that what
it neither wants nor needs, and IS eXacted
from labor as a bounty to capital, Is pro-
lection 10 American industries. Reason
ing from such premises, the conclusion
embodies as mucn ruth as the ass ump-
ton. both Of which are safe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
WAIST DEEP IN MONEY.
How the Lightning Ticket-Seller Does
Business with Circus Devotees

Tom Kelly, Barnum' s ticket-seller, goes
through the whole process of receiving the
money, giving the ticket, and ma king the
change in three moments with the regular
ity of clOckwork, says the New York Press.
The ticket window is about four feet
above the bottom of the wagon. Mr.. Kelly
sits upon high stool, with a large sum
of money in dollars, halves, and quarters
piled upon d shelf on his right A cor
responding shelf on the left is covered with
tickets and half tickets. All this is ar
ranged before the window is opened A
line of several hundred impatiently ciamor
ing people wait outside, Mr.. Kelly climbs
his stool, takes a long deep breath and
opens the window. Money is received in
his right hand and dropped upon the floor.
The thumb of the left hand has in the
meantime pushed ticket from the pile,
and the right hand has selected, mechani-
cally the change and presented it to the
purchaser. No attempt is made to pile
the money received. 1t is literally drop
ped, and when the show commences Mr..
Kelly sits like a buoy surrounded by sea
of money, the crests of whose waves mount
up to and press closely around his waist
and almost on level with the window
ledge.
After the performance commences and
no more people want tickets Mr.. Kelly
closes the window and steps carefully over
this bed Of money. Then, and not till
then Is any attempt made to count and
assort this sum, which amounts to several
thousand dollars in pieces of all demon
nations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

Cleveland Plain Dealer; The tariff and
the silver bill Were both passed 10y the
house under caucus domination and gag
rules, with the hope ON the part of many
republicans voting tor both measures that
they will be rejected 10y the senate or SO
changed as 70 lose their principal charact-
erlstlcS. The suspicion that their hope
may be disappointed would throw them in
to an agony of fear aS to the action Of
their constituents when the question Of
continuance in ther seats comes up.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

Louisville Courier Journal; The whole
character Of legislation is changing. Con-
greSS Is no longer representative body; it
meets SIMPLY to record the eiictS Of a
handful OF revolutionary republican leaders
bent upon raldng the trraSnry and thwart-
ing the will Of the people Of the country.
One may search IN VAIN the whole history
OF parliamentary government for u chapter
comparable IN IniquiW to that made hv
the htty-trSt congress Of the United States
under the leadership Of Mr. Reed and MIR.
MNkinlev
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
CABLE FLASHES

De LEssErs is IN precarious state of
health, and it Is feared he will not long
survive.
DUBLIN-Nr Tully, editor of the Ros-
common Herald, has been convicted under
the Crimes act Of publishing an article de-
uonucing land-grabbers, and has been
sentenced to three months imprisonment
without hard labor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
May Hear Something Drop.

Alexandria Journal: The congressman
from South Dakota voted for the Mckinley
tariff bill aS though they were do ug an
act that would greatly benefit their con-
StituentS. hut unless the educational CAM
paign and experiences of Oakotaus in the
past go for uaught, the congressman will
hear something drop about election time
next fall.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Milwaukee, Frisky Mayor.

Chicago Times: Mayor Peck, the hui
merous executive Of Milwaukee, played a
practical joke upon the bridge tenders Of
the city, by making tour Of inspection
Of the bridges at 3 O'Clock in the morn
ing. The joke has had a bracing effect
upon them, and they no longer sleep at
their posts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
CasweIs Feathers His Nest.

Oshkosh News; Congressman Caswcll,
of the First district, having secured Il public
building for Racine, will probably be re-
plus as a bribc to certain localities for poll
tical favors goes just now. OF course the
Racine public will not spend much time in
analyzing the motives of the republican
schemer who has given them the wad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
I,deGni.eIy snspended.

the Judge-W What's the charge against
this MANI
Otfioer-Not answering census ques-
tons
The Judge-I'il have to fine him so,
but III allow credit until publication of
the census.-Puck-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
A National Conundrum.

Providence Journal: Hon. James g.
Blaine is the great political conundrum of
the present time, and everybody Is obliged
to give up the answer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
POLITICS AND THE PRESS.


New York World: If a tariff of so per
cent, will eonduce to the general prosperity,
why would not taxation to the amount of
leo per cent double the universal bless
mgS? The experiment of taxinga nation
INTO prosperity might rs well be carried 10
its logical conclusion
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
WAGES IN InIS COUNTRY.

The Wisconsin labor bureau recently
issued table which pretends to show that
ton hours labor in the United States
would purchase on nm average anywhere
from IA third to half more of the neces-
saries of life than the same amount of
labor would do III the leading countries of
the old world In view of this fact the
recent effort of the similar bureau in
Massachusetts to obtain full infor-
nation ~ to the wages of employees
in that state is Interesting. Out
Of the nearly $50, 600 parties engaged in
manufactures aud industries data were
gathered from about two-thirds. Few in
telligent people now persist III the old tal-
lacy that high tariffs cause high wages;
but there has been great deal of legis-
lntion in the int rest Of labor in that
state. and its condition probably aver
ages rather better than IL the other man
ufacturing states. Some will perhaps re-
member having heard in political ora
tory. especially in tariff times, how
much better labor is paid in this
country than in Europe, and the con
trasts drawn between the wage-earners
on the two sides Of the water should in
spire admiration for the American states
manShip to which it was attributed. One
of these political tracts not many years
old pictured the workman on this side Il
usuallp getting from Sl5 to so per week.
These fresh figures show that even in most
favored Massachusetts only 70 per cent. of
the male and per cent. of the female
workers get more than Sl5 per week; more
than half the men receive less than $40
per week, and hut minority of the fe-
males receive S6 week More than third
get less than 81 This is the showing
in one Of the most thrifty manufactur-
ing states. There are reasons not re-
lated to the tariff why labor
has been better requited in this
country than in most of those
Of tue old world This is easily under
stood, Some Of the workmen in Nc
kinley's district the other day failed
to elicit any reply from him when they
asked why his theory that high tariffs
benefited labor, did not operate that
way in Germany. Italy. Austria, Hun,
gary, Spain. Russia, and the many other
countries that have high tariffs. In al
Of item labor is paid less than in fire.,
lie England This Massachusetts in
quiry shows that in the best light it car
be seen 50 per cent of male labor and 9'
per cent of female labor earns less than
the average per capita production of tn,
country. This indicates that an enormou
majority of the wealth produced in tn
country goes into the pockets of the small
minority That tendency is fostered b,
high tariffs
A significant exhibition made by TN
Wisconsin bureau report was that IN free
trade England ten hours labor would bu
considerably more of the breadssnffs, tn
pime neeessaries of life. than it would d
in this country OF high protection.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20

Kansas City Times: Gen. Grant was
not It's good a republican as Quay, Reed,
Dudley and Ingalls,, but he was twice
elected to the presidency 10y the repubIi-
cans, while none of the band mentioned
could carry three states ON any platform.
He was also the soldier who ended the civil
war
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
Her Hu sband Knew Better.

Epoch: Wife-"The census. man want
ed 10 know if had any chronic disease.
Husband nd-"And what did you tell him 2"
Wife-'.I told him no, Of course. Hns-
bana--.' You made mistake. Wife
What chronic disease have ], you silly
nan?'' Husband Shopping. F."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-06-20
ign Of the modern

The fact is stated as sign of the modern
tendency In the construction If marine en-
gines that the builders Of high speed yes
sells are now prepared to make qudruple
expansion engines that will give much
more economical and satisfactory results
than the triple expansion type now in