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The Globe-republican., 1891-03-18

the ragged edge"
Col. n S. Goss, state ornithologist,
dropped dead at Neosho Falls the other
morning of heart disease. When the
news was conveyed in the legislature at
Topeka resolutions of respect were inn
mediately passed and a recess taken.
Col. Goss was 65 years old. and his COL
lection of birds, which by his death be-
comes the property of the state, is one
of the most valuable in the country.
Its value is fully 500. 600, and Col. Goss
had devoted years to its accumulation.
The residence of Irwin Way at White
Church, Wyandottee county, was burned
the other night. The family was sound
asleep when the fire broke ont, but Mrs.
Way was awakened by the gas and
smoke Just in time to save the children
from burning to death. She leaped
from the bed and aroused the members
of the family and did not leave the
building until she was sure that all
were out of it. The children managed
to clothe themselves, but Mrs Way just
had time to put on dress. The rest of
the goods were lost.
The penitentiary appropriation bill as
reported by the ways and means COM
mittee of the house fixed the warden's
salary at So. 500 a year and he is to board
himself. The salary of the guards is
increased from $500 to 5000 per year and
they are to board themselves. The bill
also suspends the public dining room,
and aside from the warden, who keeps
house within the prison walls, only the
convicts are regular boarders in the
prison 1t is claimed that the public
dining room at the prison was tax OF
SO, 600 yearly on the state.
Over 100 divorce cases are docketed
for the March term of the Wyandotte
county district court, and it has not
been a good month for divorces either.
The legislature has given Wyandotte
another court and if misfit couples con-
tinue to haunt the precincts Of justice,
before another legislature assemblies it
will be necessary to create yet another
court-a divorce court
j. NJ Kennedy recently leasedoa
small farm near Topeka and one after
noon lately went to the city with 1922
in his pocket to purchase a team. Find
ing nothing to suit him he started home
about 8 o'clock, when he was held up
| by highwaymen and robbed
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23
THE WEEK IN IRON CIRCLES.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE TRADEr-IROs
oRE-PIG IRON.

GENERAL FEATURES OF THE TRADEr-IRON
oRE-iIG IRON.
The Cleveland Iron Trade Reviews
resume OF the week in iron circles;
GENERAL Features. "A noticeable
picking up in business in to be observed
In some directions. Two or three car
works have taken orders since our last
report. and ARE huying pix iron TO cover
The agricultural machinery shops are
driven To- their fullest capacity. On the
other hand jobbing foundries, particular
ly those depending ON railroad work, are
very dull. Owing To the difficulty in plac-
ing municipal bonds for water works and
other improvements, the large pipe shops
ARE running very light Retrenchment
among the railroads IL carried To great
or extent even than in the first months
Of the year. Cases are reported where
strong roads have side-tracked miles OF
crippled cars, and i'm some cases even
engines, rather than expend the money
for necessary repairs. This leads to the
belief that when the demand comes from
that source, IL will be with ~ rush, and
well-informed iron men believe this will
be soon after the July LIST statements.
Turning to- the pig iron market, an in-
crease in northern production Is To be
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23

noted, but it IL believed To be below the
current rate 81 consumption, small as
the latter II. In the south the full norm
al producing capacity is at work. The
output in the Birmingham district is the
largest in its history. At Louisville, sew
eral transactions involving ~ very large
amount OF iron ARE under negotiation,
and will most probably he closed within
the next two or three days, hut there is
yet considerable margin between the
prices quoted aud what the buyers feel
willing 80 pay There is no disposition
on the pnrt uf furnaces to crowd iron on
the market, ON the other hand, believing
that bottom has been reached, and that
from now ON the tendency will Toe decid-
edly upward, some 81 the furnaces are
disposed Co yard what surplus they make
over requirements for regular orders, and
hold IL until lAter when they feel assured
that buying will be heavy, az they are
aware that stocks in consumers hands
are light. More inquiries for Lake SUI
perior charcoal are noted at Detroit, but
extended delivery is asked IN most eases,
and furnacemen do not want Co accept
present low prices for long deliveries.
he Detroit market is not in M denoral-
lied condition as reports would Indicate
in Chicago. Sellers prefer TO hold their
iron unless they can see their way clear
90 obtain cost for their product. Prices
of southern irons remain about the same
az they have been Tor several weeks past.
What orders are taken are at regular
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23

abouts are without work or orders, a
condition Of affairs that has not prevail
ed for many years. But the pig iron
manufacturers are ne lar as ever from
the solution Of the vexatious situation,
since with all the reductions 10 the way
of ore and lake freights they are still un-
able To make iron advantageously, with
coke at "A dollar-ninety, and the railway
freights as high AZ ever Personal inter.
views with a score or more oi furnace
men all bring out the result that While
with the closest sort OF figuring estimates
might be produced showing that iron can
be made at these figures without any
loss, there can be no doubt oil such loss
when the incidental shortcomings oil the
average furnace ARE considered, whereby
the consumption OF both ore ana coke
may be insensibly increased ten per cent.
or more for any given lot oil iron, and
which occurrence, regularly as ~ Is re-
corded i'm the very best furnaces, would
naturally wipe out any rosy figures that
can be- made with pencil and paper All
that cnn be- said on this score N that
with the prices now prevailing no iur-
nacemaD il justified In making iron; and
the refusal, this week, by one oil the larg-
est furnace concerns, to enter into con-
tract for the longtime delivery oil
IOuuu lOl VI ltttts ~ - nttNss' ~. s"@s>>
over the going quotation, 10 significant
in this respect. Thecoke producers up
on whom, jointly with the railways, this
situation is 10 be charged, are playing
magnificent game Of bluff, which may or
may not prove successful; certain IL Is,
aside from any temporary advantage
that may accrue tn them, that they are
surely killing the goose that laid the
golden egg. and that every pound they
are now adding to the burden which Is
overwhelming the furnace interests, will
weigh n ton when the tables shall come
To be turned upon the coke producers. III
the reports from the coke country are at
all TO be believed-and they have been
colored often enough 10 make such
doubt possible-there are now in blast
one-fourth OF the ovens in the coke region.
In the meantime there ~ no demand FOR
coke by any except the Pittsburgh and a
few scattering furnaces, so that, these
orders filled, the coke producers are liable
TO have ample leisure in which TO study
over the wants Of their kindred trades.
and to give TO the furnace interests that
consideration which seems to be called
for ut this time.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23

Soon the Paint River mine will
have the best and neatest little
engine house in the district-it is
of red brick with roofing of iron
and is nearly completed. The
new drums and compressor there
in are at work and daily ship
ments Of ore are being made.
The branch Office of the Barr
Pumping Engine Company at
Marquette, has been discontinued
and removed to No. 35 Fifth ave
nue., Chicago. The popular com
pany is enjoying a large trade in
the Upper Peninsula.
Crystal Falls mines are all ship
ping ore at a good rate. L. 5.
Democrat. True the great iron
district of Crystal Falls is the
busiest center on the Menominee
range.
State geological surveyors are
working about seven miles north
of this city. They will be in this
neighborhood a greater part of
the summer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-05-23
FROM THE MINES.
NOTES FROM THIS AND OTHER
MINING DISTRICTS.
Great Activity at the Dunn Mine-Thc
Daily Output Exceeds 1000
tons = improvements
az the Paint.

date himself back to the summer
of 1890, instead of the awful
dull year Of 1891" During the
past week the daily shipment has
been one thousand tons, yester-
day 200 tons we're sent out; of
this 500 tons per day were raised
and the remainder taken from
the stock dock, which started in
with better than 10000 tons.
The mine is $50 feet deep at No.
3 shaft, the work of the past
winter opening up new under
ground territory considerable in
extent. At the south end of the
mine is a large open cut down to
the ore, being the ceiling of
rooms previously worked out; an
immense block OF ore is shown
which is milled TO the first level
and taken TO the surface through
No. l shaft. No. , shaft. which
is in the stripping, is out OF use;
with the great gain made by the
new teh-foot drums two openings
are sufficient TO remove the pro-
duct of the mine as fast as want
ed. There seems TO be no ques-
ton but that the 81 output of
the Dunn will equal that Of 1890.
Daily shipments of ore are be-
ing made from the Monitor mine
to the National Furnace Com
pany, DePere, Wis. The stock
dock is yet heavy with the winter
accumulation, but will not long
stand the pull now being made on
it. A new hosting plant of suffi-
cent capacity to do the work of the
mine, is on the road. Under
ground development, under the
careful hand of Capt. JohnCoutch,
is well advanced and show an
abundance of ore easy to get at.
Later. Since the above was
written the new hosting plant
arrived and no time will be lost
in placing it in position. The
new plant consists of two six foot
Lederwood hoisting drums and
a double engine.
The Cleveland Iron Mining
company and the Silver Cliffs
Mining company on the Mar
quette range has been consolidat-
ed under the name of the Cleve.
land Cliffs Iron Mining company
with a capital stock of IS, 900, 900.
The properties include the Foster
mine and Pioneer furnace, near
Negaunee, the Cliff shafts and
the Cleveland mine at Ishpeming.
Stock in the old companies will
be exchanged for that of the new
Hon. M. Turner, of Lansing,
Republican candidate for Cover
nor last fall, is reported TO be In
financial straits I; he has been re
puted to be worth over a million
dollars. Mr. Turner is one of the
owners Of the Great Western mine
In this district, though his failure
il it is true, will probably no
have any bad effect on the opera
ton of the property.
The Monitor mining company
has purchased a new plant Q.
machinery. The present engine
house is far too small and anothe
engine house will be erected a.
once. Contractor III. S. Perry
will do the building. The new
engine houses dimensions are
26x66 feet with a lean-to in size
12x22 feet.
G.. L. Woodwork, assistan
superintendent of the Iron Rive
mine, at Stambaugh, until tina
property ceased operations an'
lately engaged in surveying an,
mining engineering. is now su
perintending operations at tn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
CID SCALE AGREED ON.
Wage Committee of the Amaigamate
Completes Its Work.

Wage Committee of the ANAL galuat 81
Completes Its Work.
PITrsryRG, Pa, June 1.-The annual
convention of the AmalgauIated Asso-
citation of the Iron and Steel Workers
will open in this city tomorrow, and
VIII remain in session at least two
weeks. The wage committee has been
in session for three days, preparing q
scale for presentation to the conven-
ton, and from the progress made
1t Is safe t0 say there will be
no more change in the price
Of making iron. The committee has de-
clded to fix the rate for pudding al
500 per ton on 2-ccnt card and q
cents for heating and rolling in the bar
mills. The price for catching III bar
mills was placed at ive-eighths the
product. These prices are the same ss
ruled during the year now closing.
This agreement IS an important one
and toreshadoW5 what might bc expect
ed from the convention. This tody
may of course refuse to accept the re-
port of the scale committee and may
try TO increase the rate. That it will be
successful is regarded as out OF the Ques-
jOrity to change the base of the scale,
viz: 500 per ton on the nrice
of bar iron on Il 2-cent
card rate. There will be ebout
325 delegates in the convention, and ii
is regarded as unlikely that POO will be
found to oppose the verdict of the scale
committee, which is composed of fifteen
men especially selected for their judg
ment and ability TO pass on this very
important phase of the yearly delibera-
tons
This morning the committee took up
She guide mill scale. The rates in this
class depend on those fixed in the bar
mill, and so no change was made. The
roUghers and catchers are again agtatine
the question as to the proportion of the
product they should receive. They
now get - per cent. of the earnings
and want SO. 1t is not likely the com
mi:tee will agree TO this.
The committee on the steel scale is
also preparing its report. There is Il
general feeling among steel workers tor a
sliding scale similar to those in vogue at
South Chicago, Joliet, and Homestead, :,
and, as there IS Is corresponding desire
among many manufacturers, it is
thought some such general plan will be
submitted. While the Homestead scale
expires every three years, the South
Chicago scale is intcrminable only on
SIX months notice from either side.
1t is generally believed that manu-
faCturers will accept the current rate for
the new year without attempting to re-
duce it. The outlook for the year Is
not particularly good, but sufficient
business is in sight to Obyiate any ex-
Cuse for a reduction on this score.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
TREASURY PLANS,
Notice to Holders that the IL Per Cent.
Bonds May be Extended.


Notice is given by Secretary Foster
that the principal and accrued interest
of such OF the / per cent. bonds issued
under the acts of July |, 1870, aud Jenu-
arv 10. 1871, rs NAV be outstanding on
September ,. 1891, Will be paid at the
treasury Of the nited States in the
city OF Washington on that day, and
that the interest on said bonds
will then cease. Suggestions have been
made on the part of the holders OF
some of the bonds of a desire 10 extend
the payment thereof at the option of
the | ni;ed States at the rate of i per
cent. per annum, and the secretary of
the treasury will hereafter consider
whether the acceptance of such offers
or any of them will be profitable to the
government, and in that event reserves
the right TO except such bonds from this
call
1t is officially stated that the sugges-
ton as to the extension of the / per
cent. loan added To the call made to-
day is made more rs 4 matter of preccd-
ence than Of necessity. The Treasury
Department. it is said, is abundantly
abe TO pay all Of the S1l 100000 II per
cents outstanding, but in view of the
uncertainty of future receipts and ex-
penditurcs it Is deemed better to take
the side of safety. The Secretary
not only believes that he has ample
means to defray all the expenses OF
the government, but is confident he Will
be able to retire Il considerable amount
of the public debt in addition to the
S236, ,000,0o0 already paid during the
present administration. one of the
purposes in suggesting an opportunity
to extend the maturing loan at a nom
inal rate of interest is the desire to
avoid the enforced retirement of part
or all of the S23, 900 600 National Bank
circulation now secured by I! per cent
bODds
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
French DutlcS Advanced

On The 18th the French Chamber Of
Deputies continued the debate on the
tariff bill, adopting the following duties
recommended by the committee Nut
ton, ;;i2f; pork, IF: beef, 25f salted pork,
ham and bacon. 20f maximum, l5f min
imum; salted beef, 30f maximum, 21f
minimum. NJ. Lecour advocated a
duty Of 33f on pork in order that
France might not be poisoned with
Arserican pork. NJ. Jourde declared
that the fear of trichinosis was only a
pretcNt TO exclude American meat
France consumed forty million kilo-
grammes of American meat annually
without single case of trichinosis ever
having been reported. lie begged the
chamber to adhere to the old duty of
- francs. The House rejected the pro
posal ami passed the committees tariff.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
Good Prospects for Wheat in Minnesota
Iowa and the Dakotas.

ST. Paul, Mimi, May 3l.-Another
heavy rain fell in this city Last night,
and specials from various parts of the
state indicate that it was general and
heavy. Fuller reports from the storm
of q couple of days ago show that it did
even more good to crops than had been
estimated at the time. The two or
three heavy showers of the past week
have ettectually broken the threatened
drouth and pushed the grain and other
crops well on toward maturity 1t is Il
question whether there is any greater
acreage this year than last in Minnesota
and the Dakotas, but there is now no
doubt that the average yield will be
higher as also will be the total product
Farmers and business men generally
are rejoicing.
DEs MONIES, Ia, May 30.-This week 5
bulletin of the Iowa weather crop serv-
ice reports the temperature of the
week an average of six degrees below
normal. The rainfall was also light
Special dispatches this morning indicate
that heavy rains are now falling in the
northern part of the state where most
needed. The bulletin summarizing the
month says the general weather condi-
tlons affecting crops in May, 1891, COM
pare fayorably with May, 1890, and on
the whole the crop outlook is more
promising than at the corresponding
date. last wear
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
SOUNDS LIKE FICTION.
n story of Ransom Paid for 3 Berlin
tanker IN Turkey

toN>TANTlNoFLE. June IA party of
brlgands near Tehereskei yesterday
placed instructions across the railroad
track and succeeded in derailing the
Eastern express. When the brigands
had thus brought the train to a stand
still they found that there were several
German and English tourists among
the passengers. One OF them was a
banker Of Berlin. The brigands have
demanded $4,000 as ransom for him,
and Chancellor Won Caprivi has tele-
graphed 10 Herr Won Radowitz. the
German ambassador here. authorizing
him TO advance this amount. The re-
naming passengers were despoiled of
their belongings and then left alone
The place lies between this city and
Adrianople The band which made the
attack numbered thirty men, led by
the noted robber Anastasius. The
brlgands first seized the watChman
at the railroad station, and then tore up
the rails Tor some distance. The engine
tumbled over on its side, dragging over
with II the tender, baggage car and
all the third-class passenger coaches.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
ABSENTEES OBJECT.
inti-CaIl Men in the Florida Legislature
Protest.

The oponents of Senator Call in the
late contest over his reelection in the
Florida Legislature TO the | nIted States
Senate, are making strong efforts TO in
duce Gov. Fleming To withhold his sig
nature from Calls certificate of election
They declare that no legal election has
been held, and ask him TO appoint an
other man 10 fill the vacancy \ com
mlttee of five anti-Call members has
filed a protest with GOV. Fleming, ask
ing him 10 withhold the certificate of
election, forthe following reasons: The
election purports to have been held on
the 10Th of MAY. 1891. by the LegiSla-
ture of the state of Florida in Joint
session, when in point of fact
the journal Of the alleged Joint
session shows that a quorum of
the Senate was not then present, and
consequently that the Legislature of the
state OF Florida was not in Joint session
Further, that there is no record of the
Senate which shows that the senate of
the state Of Florida was organized on
that day. or that it held any session
upon that day. COY. Fleming
SAYS that he will he glad to
hear the question discussed fully
hv both sides before taking any action.
only three members of the senate We're
in the ctty on the ,iOth. and fifteen anti
Call Democrats with the aid Of the one
Republican vote amended the senate
journal of Nav y, - and y. so as 10
make il appear that no legal sessions
were held on those DAYS while they
were absent IN Georgia
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
THE BEET PROSPECT.
The European Crop Badly Damaged by

AdrIceS from the sugar beet growing
districts of Germany, Austria, France.
and Belgium, show that the planting of
the heets was DELAYED three weeks bv
the general prevalence OF rains. Dur
ing May the weather was more favor
able To the growing crops. especially in
Germany, where the plants are in a
romising condition. About 3227 900
hectares have been planted TO sugar
beets. Germany shows an increase 10
her acreage of per cent, Austria
from : 10 10 per cent. and Bel
gium and France each from 10 TO Il per
cent. The increased acreage in France
is largely due to the fact that corntields
that have been ruined by the heavy
rains were replowed and seeded to
heets. The average increase in the
acreage throughout Europe is ! per
cent. Further favorable weather re-
ports were received YESTERDAY, and as a
consequence prices declined. Some
estimates of the crop place the yield at
$50, 600 tons while others place II over
100000 tons. These figures, how
ever, are without practical value, as the
tile next crop will not be safe for two
months yet. Tit improbable that there
will be any increase in the Russian
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06
\ Oueer Cpurt Scene

At New York, on the 27th, the Jury in
the case of Pasquelena Robertcllo. the
Italian girl who shot her lover to death
because ne outraged her and then re-
fused to keep his promise of marriage,
brought in verdict of not guilty
One OF the most affecting and excit-
ing scenes ever witnessed in a New
York court room occurred on the an
nouncement OF the verdict. When the
clerk asked the usual question of the
foreman he almost shouted, Not
their names the jury shouted in unison,
Not guilty, mot guilty." ( singular
scene followed. Men Jumped up on the
seats waving hands and handkerchiefs,
and yelled and cheered; nor was there
much effort made to restrain them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-06-06

The first-class passenger cars remained
OF the road. When the tram was thus
disabled the brlgands rushed forward,
uttering loud yells and brandishing
their guns, and boarded the cars. Sever
al of the passengers and the brig
ands fired and dangerously wounded
one man. They finally OveIc came the oc-
cupants of the cars and proceeded to
strin them of all their yaluables and
loot the baggage. When the brigands
ended their work of robbery they
seized four passengers in the tirst-class
cars and also the engineer, and started
for the mountains. The men car
ried away were Oscar Greger. Herr
Israel, a bankerof Berlin; Herr Maquet,
q landowner of Sicgelsdorf, Bavaria; ;
Herr Oscar kotysch, of Zorbig, Prus-
sian Saxonv, and Freundiger, the en-
gineer of the eastern express. Upon
reaching their re treat the bandits sent
Herr Israel to get the ransom of $4,000
Herr Won Radowtz claims that the
porte will refund this money.