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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
THREE DARING VILLAINS.
They Rob Chicago Bank, bat are Cap
tured by the Police.

CHICAGO. Dec 29.-One Of the most
daring robberies ever known IN Chicago
was perpetrated today by three stock
yards toughs, undoubtedly the same men
who recently robbed AIlerton's packing
house. A few minutes past noon three
meu entered the Merchants Exchange
bank on Commercial avenue, South
Chicago Cashier Wilder and Book
keeper Willis had gone to lunch
and the only person left in the bank was
Frank Lynn, assistant cashier, Two Of
the men went to the windows in the bank
Trailing. pointed revolvers at Lynn, order
ed him 10 open the door at the rear and
let the third man in. Lynn did this when
the robber knocked him down and kicked
him in the stomach until the young man
was completely helpless Then he entered
the vault, took from the safe three 500
packages Of bills, some change and box
containing deeds and mortgages. Then
he picked up Lynn, threw him into the
vault and locked the door on him. Tie
burglars then put their spots into a sack
and taking buggy drove down the street.
Bookkeeper Willis passed the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
COMING BACK TO ATONE;
New Year at Big stag Valley.

New year had come to Big Stag
Valley. 1t had come with days of
crisp cold not uncommon in the win
ters of these Southern mountains. The
roads were coated with snow and ice
and hard for mules and oxen to travel.
The trails that led abruptly over the
mountain decliyites were impossible,
save for the accustomed feet OF the
hardest mountaiueers. Joel Cheyne,
the missionary preacher Brother
Chevne. they called him in the valleys
found difficulty in urging his raw
boned, underfed horse over the stony
slopes and through the rocky beds of
the ravines,
But there was dancing at the Widow
Davis, and the Young men and maid
ems could not be expected to mind such
material impedimentS as the weather
threw in their path. They had come
from ten miles and more, focking from
all sides to the settlement. As for
Jimmy, she had come from the further
valleys. driving her OK cart twenty
miles over the frozen roads. 1t was
not only that jimmy wished to par
ticipate in the 'rdanciu' at Widow
Dayis.n where she felt with some par
donable vanity, that she was reason
ably sure of being the prettiest girl
and the one most in demand by part
ners. But she had not been to Big
Stag Valley since she was small enough
to pass under her fathers outstretched
arm. That worthy had been a person
of some enterprise for these regions
He had moved TO spot somewhere
more thickly populated, leaving the
old LOG cabin where jimmy first had
PLAYED in childish games with Cyrily,
whose father, in turn had owned the
cabin hard by on the other side of the
creek. He was dead now, as was
Jnuv's own father. But whore jimmy
had been left prosperous with a min
ute frame house, having coat of paint
on the outside and with mule and a
woke of oxen and cornfeld or two
and only the old grandmother to pro-
vide for, Cyrilly's father had sunk in
to bad ways before his death and sold
his patch OF land, and departed at last,
leaving Cyrilly with hard work to live.
But-here jimmy drew up her small
head with its laNen plaits-there were
worse things than barely having
enough some days to bake "pone.'
And to Cyrilly truly the worst of these
things had come
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

BudlerS, on the raised platform con-
suucjed from several agglomerated
wooden tables were warming to their
work. The room was crowded, and
Widow Davis kept Rick busy bringing
in more chairs aud benches from the
neighhoring schoOl-house.
Rick. good, loutish youth, with not
unhandsome yisage of his own and a
pair of Stalwart mouutaineer's shout
ders, would have far liefer kept nj jim
ny's side when the latter was not
dancing. which, to be sure. was only
for short interval at time. But
jimmy was powerful square Tonight
was the honest Kicks thought. Her
pretty face wore an absent look aud
the dancing appeared to inspire her
vita but moderate pleasure. She
had seemed pert enough" when she
first rode up that afte noon, but the
life had gone out of her,yes. To him,
Rick, she was in turn short aud indiI-
ferent, and If he couldn't please her,
said the young mau to himself with a
not wholly ungrounded consciousness
of eligibility, who could? He wore
| store-clothes on Sundays and holidays;
he rarely touched corn-whlSl;y, and he
was the only child of his mother who,
as has been said, was the riches wo-
man in the settlement.
"Look-a-here, jimmy" he began, but
araniug of necks toward the door
and sudden aghast expression which
had overspread the countenauce of
every one near it made him leave his
adjuration unfinished.
Something strange and uncommon
indeed must this be, for the chief lid
der, an old man with shock of gray
hair descending in the middle OF his
forehead, had abruptly stopped play
ing with bow suspended in the act.
The other musicians had paused like
! wise.
Rick, who was tall pushed forward
to look over the heads of the men
blocking the door. The first thing he
saw were the powerful shoulders of
Brother joel Cheyue.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
FOREIGN IMMIGRATION BILL.
a Measure win be Reported to the House

WASHINGTON, Dec, 80 Two weeks
ago Chairman Owen of the house com
mittcc on Immigration was authorized by
a majority of members Of his committea
TO report comprehensive bin 20 the
house amendatory of the present contract
labor an, immigration laws. The bill
was Thought TO be u conservative measure
but it is now being hung up because
Of objections raised by Lehlbach
On. W who at the time was absent on
the Pacific slope, engaged in the investi-
CATION of methods by which Cinnamon
we're smuggled into the United States.
Mr.. lehlbach agrees in his views with
these German American societies which are
inclined 10 oppose any measure which has
for is object the erection of barriers TO the
complete freedom Of immigration tot the
United States. Mr. Lehlbach as soon rs
he heard Of the action Of the committee
protested against anything being done in
his absence. II was in consequence Of this
protest that Mr. Owen held up the report
which will not be given 20 the house until
Lelbach returns
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

Passing slowly by the closed door of
the cabin near the icebound creek.
jimmy turned her face away from the
habtation of her childish playmate
and friend just as any one Of her fur
and velvet clad sisters would have done
from the sight Of an erring fellow
mortal. The door was closed. As
was but natural, thought jimmy. For
when every one from all the country
around was fastening to the Widow
Davis, Cyrilly not being hidden, must
hide her countenance.
The sun had come out from the
clouds when jimmy 5 oX-cart reached
the heart of the settlement and the first
person whom she saw was Brother
Cheyne, just dismounted from his
meagre horse. jimmy bushed and
bridled. The preacher was a young
man. One who stood tall in his stock
ings and whose blow could be as
powerful as one from a backsmiths
anvil arm He had q strong, irregular
face in which the good and the evil
that swayed mankind held combat, had
one ewes TO read the lines that character
draws on mouth and cheek and brow.
But Jinny's eyes were not attuned to
such readings. She only knew that
Brother Cheyne had fallen IN the habit
of stopping more and more frequently
at the small frame house in the farther
valley and talking to her in desultory
undertOues, while the old grandmother
dozed over her corncob pipe and jimmy,
beng young aud wei-favored, be-
Gil haf f,ls 10 I.,.iT, 4
whom she might choose some STUFF
not to be disdained il was but in the
course of things that she should have
come to regard these visits in a certain
not wholly pastoral and other-wor Idly
light. The more that she was quite
conscious that If there we're anv hus-
band she would be at all liable TO
chose it would be one of physiognomy
wonderfully like that OF young Brother
Chevne.
"Iou'uns hey come to the dancin'.
too, said jimmy springing from the
front seat Of the oX-cart with a coquet-
fish effect Of not seeing the preachers
outstretched hand. A knot Of Young
men in store clothes for the occasion
stood about the steps of the school
mouse Few feet away closely regard
ing the girl, who was fresh and bloom
ing, as though she had not been iot-
ting over the country since long before
the rising Of the late Winter sun.
Jimmy was conscious Of these stares
and enjoyed in her harmessly So
phisticated soul the footing Of quasi
familiarity upon which these young
men might perceive that she stood with
the preacher. She rather accumulated
her own appearance Of ease, indeed,
that nothing Of this effect might be
lost
But Brother Cheyne's face was set
in lines strange and new to her to-day,
and - she looked more closely at him
her coquettishucss dropped from her
and she tossed her head and bit her
liu.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

men at he entrance of the bank
ami ON getting inside was surprised to
find the vault locked and no one present He
hurriediy opened the vault when young
Lynn fell cut bloody and grooming that
the bank had been robbed Willis rushed
outside and met police lieutenant Jen-
kins and sergeant Powers. A patrol
wagon was called ont in a minute
and started in hot pursuit of the
robbers, whom they could see mile
ahead The lash was piled mercilessy
and the police were gaining rapidly when
the horses began TO give ont. The lieu
tenant ordered the officers to use shot guns
as soon as they could get within range,
while he jumped ont to order another wagon
at the corner of South Chicago and Cottage
Grove avenues the robbers deserted the
buggy getting into the covered meat
wagon of Charles Mullin, evidently with
the idea that they would thus elude the
vigilance of the police But the pursuerS
We're too close. and voley from
La shot gun sooneauscd them 20
desert the wagon When it was caught
up with MILAN he was placed under
arrest although protesting that he knew
nothing about the matter while the
officers continued the chase of the others.
One of them, John Curbett, soon sur
rendered, and after long hunt the others
were found in barn They opened
fire ON being discovered and Puriek
OBrien Waterman with TIE police, was
shot in the thigh The sight of shot guns
was toe much for them however, and they
soon gave up suTeudering all the spoils,
They gave their names as Frank Bennett
and Henry Feather tone The latter Is
known TO the police by several other
nlIun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
MlNNrAroLIs rHEArGn BURNED
The uijou House Controlled by Jacob Lit
- in Ashes.

MfNNEArmIs, MIMI Dec. %, The
Bjjou theatcr Of this city, WIS destroyed
10y ire early yesterday morning. lhe
play house was controlled 10y Jacob Lift
and managed by Theodore Hays The lo, 8
isestimated at 100000, completely covered
10y insurance but the greatest loss is the
profits which the management
expected to receive from the plays
booked for the coming season The
Great Metropolis was to have opened
ttere last night but Manager Hays
secured the use Of the lyceum theatr
temporarily The theatcr, which was the
property Of Lambert lIays, of this city
Hll be rebuilt at once Mr.. Lift is IN
Utica, N Y. but has been sent for and
will be here tomorrow. The theatre was
built in 1887 and over $4,000 was spent in
repairing ii this season,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
THE CUT IN ruE SUGAR Duty.

! =.
Expert Brown Thinks Three Fourths of 1t
should Be Restored and thc Bounty
ture Dropped.
| Henry A Brown of Massachusetts, the
1 sugar tariff expert, has been in Washing
1 ton for several days comforting with lead
! ing officials and members of congress
abou! the great cut in the duty on sugar
to go into effect next April under the new
tariff law, aud its effects on the revenues
of the country. Mr.. Brown insists that
the loss of revenue from making sugar al
most duty free, together with the bounty
| TO be paid to sugar producers in this coun-
try, will amount to 70,000,000 year
He is clearly of the opinion that it will be
found advisable, and that it will be the
duty of congress to restore fully three
fourths eff the present or old duty on SUI
gar, and discontinue to repeal the bounty
feature Of the new law,
He has no doubt that the rapid increase
in production of sugar in this country
will very soon cheaper permanently the
price Of that article to American con-
sHmers, and that sustained duty ON SUI
gar w0uld be a powerful factor in treating
with sugar producing countries for recip-
roCiy.
Mr., Brown says his opinion and views
On this matter are shared by others in and
out Of congress, conversant with the
subject, who are not uumindfu of the de-
mands that are likely to be made up
on the treasury to meet the largely in
creased government expenditures for PEN
Sions the new navy, etc, in the near fu-
ture More money will have to be raised
somehow 20 meet this increased govern
ment expenditure, and it need not be
looked for. he says, from customs revenues
in view Of the reduction of tariff taxes on
many articles and the extended free list
found in the Mckinley bill law
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
sEUHrRr NAY SUCCEED.


MENAsuA, Dee. q. The hattering
prospects of promotion which confront the
Rev Father Schubert of ST. Mary church
are source of considerable pride to the
600 souls who are members of his flock
by each and all who have expressed an
opinion, Father Seuber is strongly en-
dorsed He is a man who
while quiet and uuassuming has lay
his steady work and practical phil
osophy, endeared himself to all with
whom he came in contact His chances,
too, are urged on the ground that when
Father katzer became bishop, Father
Schubert very nearly succeeded IN dopriv-
ing hmm Of the honor. In the present CON
test he is considered TO be sure to win.
Father Schubert has also paid a visit to the
holy see and is said to have made u favor
able Impression upon the pope
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
Big FOots Band Of Red Devils Give
the Soldiers II Serious Bat
tie.
They Take the Whites by Surprise
and Hill Captain Wallace and
Others.
The Soldiers Are in Pursuit aud Will
Wipe Them OF the Face Of the
Earth.

CHICAGO, Dec. 29-The rumor this af,
ternoon that serious fight had occurred
when the troops tried to disarm Big Foot Is
band, was confirmed by the receiptof the
following telegram 10y Col Corbin from
Gen. Miles, at late hour to.night
RAPID CNY, S D., Dec. 29.-- Col Forsythe re
ports that while disarmmg Big Foots band 6ght
occurred Captain Wallace and few soldiers
were ku,ed. Lieut. Darlington and fifteen
men We're Wounded This again compli
Cafes the surrender Of all the Indians
which would have taken place in a short time had
this not occurred Fursyue had two hatallious
and Hotrhkiss guns quite % large plumber of
young warriors had been away from camp that
were going from The Bad Lands, also quite num-
Der of Two Strikes band were going toward
Forsythe. The troops are In close proximity,
Signed, MuEs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

TUITION.
And now the blockade at the door
was dissolying mechanically. each man
moving back as the preacher came
forward, aud the cause Of the aghast
visages was no longer a mystery, for
with white face Cyrilly followed, held
firmly by tho hand of joe Cheyne.
There was a death-like silence in the
room.
MY friends. said the deep voice OF
Brother Cheyne--it had curiously
resonant sound as if some chord bad
ceased to yibrate in Tiny friends,
am here to do restitution, SO far rs
may lie in my power You see Def ore
You a man who. while he eXhOrted you
to lives Of virtue, was concealing from
the world his own mortal sin. Too
long this woman has been summed of
all, alone in her shame. Let the one,
hitherto unknown, who should have
shared the condemnation, bow his neck
to it now in the utmost
Still no one spoke. Each and every
guest OF the Widow Davis might have
been turned to stone.
II shall go from among YOU My
ministry may have done you more
harm than good. | have been mis-
cradle sinner and a miserable coward.
Before God, before the week is over
this woman shall be my wife, But |
see you now, perhaps, for the last
time. No further words ] could say to
YOU would be of avail, To all | only
say, God Almighty who pardoHs all
those who truly repent be with you
through the coming year aud all the
years that follow"
He turned, and still leading Cyrilly
by the hand. passed out under the
frosty stars, to new life to a life of
still harder labor, of daily expiration,
by good works and the Christening OF
the heart, of the committed sin.
AL the Widow Davis dancing had
not been resumed. The business Of
the night could not be continued.
What lad occurred was too unheard
Of, too precrdented The old peo-
pile wondered if they were dreaming.
The young people were while aud
subdued.
To jimmy the greatest change had
come. She had treIabled at first, but
now she had grown very quiet. She
saw Rick Davis at her elbow, and her
eyes no longer turned impatiently
away from his as they had done
while before.
"S'rilly an you was good friends
long ago jimmy" ventured Rick, who
was a kind hearted fellow, and who
wished to say something commiserat-
iug.
Yes we'uns was" assented jimmy.
softly, Her pretty eyes we~ moist.
A higher power had touched her; her
unconscious soul vibrated to some
mysterious, unformulated perceptions
Of the great moral world beyond and
about her narrow, little, hitherto con-
tentedly selfish life.
Yes. Weuns was"
Some note of softness new to her
voice fell on Kicks ear and his heart
beat unanimously.
jimmy he said, his voice thick
with that pounding that appeared to
leap up into his throat, tine new year
is a powerful good time fur people ez
likes each other to think about marry
in"
Not knowing what be was about he
had put out his hand.
And Jinnv-all her graces gone, and
still very white and gentle and sub
dued-answercd:
Yes, Rick"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

LINCOLN, Neb,, Dec %. The State
Journal has from its special correspondent
the following story of the fight between
/ the troops and Big Foote's Indians at camp
Wounded Knee At eight O'Clock this
morning the troops were massed about
the Indian village tho Hotchkias guns
overlooking camp, not Fifty yards away,
/ Col Forsythe ordered all the Indians to
come forward away from the tents, They
came and set in half circle until counted.
The dismounted troops were then thrown
around them, Company H. Capt Wallace,
and Company b. Capt Famum, The
order was then given to twenty of the
Indians to go and get their guns, They
returned only two guns The detachment
of troops at once began to search the
village, finding thirty-eight guns As
this task was about completed the Indians
surrouned by companies X and b began
to moae all Of a sudden they threw their
blankets to The ground, whipped up the
rifles and began firing rapidly at the troops
not 20 feet away. The troops we're ut a
great disadvantage, fearing to shoot their
own comrades. The Indian men, women
and children then ran 10 the south, the
battery firing rapidly as they ran Soon
mounted troops were after them, shooting
! them down on every hand The engage
ment lasted fully an hour and a
half, 70 the south many took
refuge in ravine, from which
it was difficult to disodge them should
estimate the killed and wounded FROM
what | saw on the field and vicinity at
fifty Just now it is impossible to state
the exact number The soldiers are shoot
ing them down wherever found The field
was IN confusion horses running IN
every direction and the men for a few mo-
ments were frantic owing to the unfortun-
ate way they were placed Capt Wallace
of the X troop, was the only officer killed
In the first mad rush of the Indians those
of them who mad not guns at
tackled the troopers with knives
clubs and tomahawks and poor
Capt Wallace was struck down with
blow from Ratchet on the head Craft,
catholic missionary received a bullet
wound which will probably result fatally.
Lieutenant Darlington. of Arctic
exploration fame receiver a
serious wound in the arm. A number Of
non-commissioned officers and priyates
we're wounded, probably twenty-five or
thirty in ALL. Several of these are likely
to die. We cannot at this time
give tire names of all the wounded AS
the dispatch is being written the troops are
still pursuing the Indians in every direc-
ton The correspondent says that the
Indi ans must have been mad TO have
attacked the number of soldiers who were
gathered about them, there being
only 100 bucks The treacherous deed
coming at the time il did, was a surprise,
and the corresp ondent doubts if any Of the
Indians will be left alive to tell
the tale when the soldiers get through
the days work. The members Of the
seventh have once more shown themselves
heroes in deeds Of daring. Single con
flic,s Of great bravery were seen all over
lne field
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
Her Regard For Propriety.

gentleman on cycling tour stayed
one night at a prim old lady's cottage, the
iun being being fulI He va. de #, and
took care to impress the fact on his host
ess, with the instructions that some one
must enter the room to wake hin at a
particular time in the morning. Waking
himself sometime later he found that the
old lady, with creditable regard for pro-
priety had slipped under his door nots
Inscribed
Sir, it is half-past n"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
HEAVY FAILURE IN IRELAND.
4 Firm of stock Brokers Go 20 ne
Wall

DuBLIN. Dec. % The failure Of I. +.
Dubedot and Son, stock brokers in this
city. is announced today. The head Of the
firm was chairman of the Dublin stock ex-
change. The firm being declared de-
faulter., and Mr. COPELAND, yice-chairmm,
hal succeeded 10 the presidency Of the
exchange
The Dublin Mail e.timates the losses
at over G250.0O0. Another estimate
places the liabilities $50 000 Dnbedot
conld not be found at his home The am
nouncement Of the failure for time COM
petely demoralized everything on the
stock exchange.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
A STATE or FUTURE BLISS.
the Editor Of the Bayfield, County Press
H. Married.

BAYFIELD,, Wis. Dec 27.-Currie G..
Bell. ex-receiver Of the United States land
Office and at present mayor, postmaster
and editor Of the Bayfield, County Press,
was married Christmas evening at his res-
dence TO Mrs Robertson, % this city, Pre-
siding Elder Bushnell officiating The
wedding was a very quiet affair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
shot III. Beloved

DIES MoNEs Dec. 27.--John Robinson
this afternoon shot and fatally wounded
Lille King. girl with whom he was en-
ammed. He then made an Intellectual at
fetnnt al mlclde
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

Clerk" HIRE is something just out
How to see Europe on Fifty Cents a
Day
Customer Hem Have you any books
on How to Stay at Home on Fifty Cents
Day."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
Justice Brown Confined

WASHINGTON, Dec. 49, The senate to-
day confirmed the nomination Of Henry 3.
Brown as associate justice Of the supreme
court.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03
kIlIed by an Explosion.

DEs NOISES, Dec. ga premature ex-
piosion Of blasting powder at Rose Hill to-
day, killed VIM. Kohlpath and fatally in
jured his son.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-03

ApPREroN, Wis, Dec. 27-Charles
Merisbaw, wanted at Oshkosh for bur
olary. was arrested here last night