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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-22

The large plant Of the Lake Superio
Mineral Paint company and the me
kilns owned by the Warehouse .
Builders supply company, Of suF1Ilo..
were destroyed by fire The pt-.
started In the engine room OF the lS ..
factory, where a barrel Of turpeI''--..
exploded and blew the engineer thr3,L--
the window. setting his clothes on ny
He escaped death by running 10 s-.
pile near by and rolling in it. He W.
terribly burned about the face So
body and his recovery is doubtful
total loss will reach about SlVt'
There was no insurance on the 'l-
works
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-22

John Ryan and Mr.. Daniels who were
recently arrested In Milwaukee on a
charge az being implicated In a jevelry
robbery at West Superior last winter.
have been held to the municipal court
FOR trial
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-22
LOVE on A RANCH.


as pitiless as death as I and my weary
horse paused at the tenfoot palisade
surrounding old Callizota's ranch. II
looked more Ike a fort than the peace
rui residence Of the wealthlest cattle
man I'm southwestern Texas, and ] was
sJn more surprised when presently
In answer to my halo" l saw a
cleaning ring that bespoke the gun
barrel covering my heart from a port
hole i'm the iron-barred gate
"Who IL IT." cried a voice In fairly
good English
"A friend" / answered, remembering
the "who goes thereF Of army days
and half expecting 10 hear next I'D
vance. friend and give the counter
Sign. but the man behind the gate,
after @ moments pause during which
felt / was being sternly eyed from
come unseen coign Of vantage, finally
asqed who are you, and what IS
your business hcreY
! briefly explained that ! was John
Markham, OF eastern birth, and that I
had been directed 70 apply to Senior
Calllzota-thls most polltely-concen-
fng ranch I wished to purchase and
the cattle with which to stock H. This
had the effect Of opening the gate and
bringing me face TO face with a little
dark gentleman OF naughty carriage,
but who overwhelmed ne with apollo
giles FOR my cool reception, explaining
lightly. that being at feud with hair
a dozen Of his nelghbors 1t behooyed
him 10 be careful.
This was Senior Calliz0ta himself.
who, after the profuse manner Of his
nation, proceeded to place himself. his
house and all It contained at my feet,
Among the latter was a dark-eycd girl
swinging like some bright tropical bird
in a hammock under the low porch MS
her father and ! walked up to the
adobe mansion, My daughter, mani.
tg said the senior. with a careless
wave Of the hand and the girl gave
me a nod rs careless, which would
have wounded my vanity only 7 had
never cared fJr dark beauties, and all
the heart l had, or thought I had. was
with Maud my snow maiden In the
east
Alone on the bcundless prairie, sit
Iiu- di>couSolltcly beside a dead rat
SUISSE. holding a spralned ankle,
From which | had been obliged to cut
the boot as it swellcd aud throhbed
with agony, and yonder galloped
away my horse rapidly dwindling into
Il mere Speck He had suddenly rear.
ell with me as the snake Sprang up az
him, from O tuft Of grass, and riding
carelesSly as ! had been with one leg
thrown over the pommel OF my sad
Ole his unexpected leap backward had
uuscatcd me. and rs ! fell I had
spraincd my ankle.
what was I 90 doEThc nearest house
vas quite three miles away. and, nm
able 10 even stand upon my feet, there
remained nothing to be done but 90
Vy-awl as best / could that distance,
unless some herlrr should chance 70
run across me- Even MS this faint hope
occurred 10 me- there seemed 20 come
a mere dot between the blue sky that
met the green prairie and any fleeing
h0rsc Then ln another moment the
black dnt and tho mustang also but q
srcCk. became one and as watched
diem. In q little while saw that some
one with touch OF scarlet about their
dress, and mouute1 ON a splendid black
horse had caught my fu-itiye stNNl
an was bringing him back 20 me.
When 7 saw presently that This some
The morning call., 1893-07-16
THE EVOLUTION OF KANSAS

The new Populist party, which is in
power in Kansas, seems TO be disposed to
hurry up the evolution of the State. It is
reorganizing the militia. so as to bestow
its command Oh Populist officers, who can
be relied upon, in the language of the
Populist organ, to riddle the carcasses of
a few score Republican scoundreIs"
This looks as if the experiment OF popu-
lar government in Kansas was going to
encounter check. There always have
been in that State anomalies which have
seemed ominous. 1t was settled q. high
pressure. first, through the contest be-
tween pro-slavery men and free-State men
for supremacy. next through the extraordi-
nary efforts Of railroads and capitalists to
people the State. Twenty years ago man
without dollar could buy q farm in
Kansas. stock it. sow it with wheat and
corn. and, if he had good luck, could pay
his debts out of his first crop and have his
fal m to the good But the fatal facility of
running into debt brought forth its Gus
tomary results. A Kansas farmer who
had paid for his quarter section and his
stock out of one years crop fanced that
every succeeding crop was bound to be
equally bountiful, and he plunged over
head and ears into debt with composure.
When his crop failed he was laid on the
fiat of his back. And again, twenty years
ago he got 81 bushel for his wheat on the
1arm. now he is lucky if he gets 80 cents.
these dlsappointments have bred class
The morning call., 1893-07-16
TARIFF AND TRANSPORTATION.

The convention of California fruit
growers, recently in session in San Fran
cisco. has had the tariff under discussion
and likewise the inevitable question of
transportation. At first glance there
seems little connection between the two
subjects, but a very little examination
shows that as far as the Pacific Coast is
concerned they are very closely related
Olives. prunes, figs, raisins and various
other fruits can be produced in California
in abundance sufficient to supply the whole
of the United States. But foreign sup
plies are also abundant, and on account of
very cheap labor in the fruit countries OF
Europe and very low rates of transporta-
ton it involves energy and economical
graphing on the part of the California
growers to beat this competition. The
tariff, as far as it goes, is an auxiliary in
this strife. 1t is the only uniform check
there is in heading off the foreigner and
giving friendly assistance to home indus
try and products. There are apprehen-
sions that considerable tinkering may be
practiced on the fruit tariff adversely to
California's interests. A timely remon-
STRANGE can at least sound the salutary
warning that disaster will follow the re-
moval of protection.
In the matter of transportation the for
eigner enjoys very decided advantages.
He has the Atlantic Ocean routes. with
scores of competitive steamship lines bid
ding for his custom at quite nominal rates.
When his fruit reaches New York. Boston,
Philadelphia or Baltimore he has again
the advantage of untrammeled competition
nj frap of
know what railway oppression is, and he
can sell his fruit at the very lowest figure.
But in California, if the railroad routes are
selected, an enormous burden has to be
| encountered. The rates are ruinously high.
| Discoura cement and risk attend every
shipment. When commission rates are
| deducted there often remains very little
| among the producers to divide, and some
times there is loss. or the prospect is so
dismal that certain qualities are not shipped
at all.
Only one thing can be done in trans
portaton. That is to fight for independ-
ence and competitive enterprise on the
plan indicated by the Traffic Association.
The transcontinental companies can only
be brought to reason and fairness by COM
pulsion. They have to be driven to make
concessions. The history of everyth ing
connected with the Southern Pacific is
evidence beyond contradiction Of rapa-
cious, crushing policy. But turn of for
tune has come. The ocean routes and the
opening up of local railways will operate
permanently to pull rates down to a living
figure. So in time fruit-growers will see
transportation to the Eastern markets on
a reas Bile basis. Let them cooperate
to achieve that desirable consummation.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
THE DOUBLE STANDARD.

The double standard. as the term is
used to express the principle of bimetal-
lism is misleading. There is and can be
but one standard. But it does not follow
that the standard may not be composed of
two or more metals. All the gold money
in the world and all the silver money may
be counted in making up the supply of
money which is the standard. The money
Of the two metals makes but one standard.
Money has two functions. 1t is measure
of value ard medium Of exchange. AS a
measure of value it determines the market
price of commodities. AS medium of
exchange it affects transactions. For ex-
ample, the price of wheat being deter
mined by the relative cost of producing
wheat to the cost of producing money,
the right amount of money or its
paper representative is paid by the pur-
chaser of wheat to the seller of wheat.
But it is frequently urged that the two
money metals connot be maintained at
parity on any fixed ratio. This is the
weak point of the gold argument Men
should not assert that what has been done
cannot be done. For 200 years before 1871
the ratio of values had been preserved be-
tween gold and silver, with such slight
fluctuations as confirmed the rule. When
one metal became slightly cheaper than
the other its use increased. and in a short
time the ratio wculd be restored. For
some years before 1871 silver had been
higher than gold in the legal ratio The
result was that gold was the only metal
money in use except nder-Height silver
coin.
In time the increased use of gold in con-
sequence of its comparative cheapDess
brought gold to parity with silver. But
at this point silver was demonetized.
When the metal became cheaper than gold
there was no silver legal-tender money in
the country. Before 1878 no silver bad
been coined for the reason that it was
higher than gold; after 1878 none was
coined for the reason that there was no
authority to coin it. When in 1878 author
ity was given silver was 8 per cent below
parity 1t might still have recovered un-
der the law of demand and supply but for
the action of the Treasury Department in
discrediting silver. The treasury refused
to pay debts in the cheapest money, as 1t
had prior to 1878, when gold was the
cheapest. All the trouble arises from the
combined action of the treasury and the
bondholders. The latter held coin bonds
which if converted into gold bonds would
inevitably appreciate in value. The
scheme succeeded. Through the action of
the treasury in paying bonds and interest
in gold bonds were run up to 126 and
bought in at that figure by the treasury.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
WILLIAMS VICTORY.

The victory won by the Emperor of
Germany is one Of those triumphs which
are more expensive than defeats. When
Government can only carry its measures
by scratch. they must be of such ma
ture that they are sure to conciliate sup
port after experience. or they had better
be abandoned. A modern ruler may get
along in defiance of powerful opposition
which differs with him on u non-essentials.
but when nearly half his people are op-
posed TO him on vital issues, he needs more
than bare working majority to conduct
his Government.
Chancellor Caprivi's army bill is meas
ure designed to consolidate military des-
potlsm in Germany. 1t was viewed as
such and opposed as such by nearly one
half the German people. The effect of its
passage must be to strengthen the oppO-
sitlon. for when poverty presses on the
people and taxation becomes more and
more intolerable, the opinion is sure to
gain ground that the new army expend-
ture is the cause. An older and wiser
ruler than the Emperor. fnding that his
policy was unpopular. would have yielded
gracefully to the public wishes. He has
army enough TO do all the fighting which
is likely to fall to his lot. The new bill
really adds bat little to the military
strength of Germany. 1t is the spirit of
the measure which has aroused German
opposition. 1t is because it indicates
purpose to convert Germany into camp
and battle-ground that Bebel and Lieb-
knecht and Vollmar have made their fight
against 1t.
Now that the Emperor has won his vic
tory. what is he going to do with it? An
active army of 100000 men, with reserves
Of 100000 more, cannot be kept idle.
Officers and men Will demand either be
led against somebody or to be let to go
home. Upon whom are the veterans of
the new levieS to be launched? Europeans
are in the position of an honest crowd OF
burghers. in whose midst a roaring lion
suddenly appears. Upon whom is he going
to spring? Is it France, or Italy, or Aus
tria, or Russia? And how long will taese
nations wait while he selects a victim
The saving clause for Germany was ex-
pressed by Bebel when he said that social
ism already permeated the army and had
its inherentS from the ranks upward. 1t
is quite on the cards that when William
takes the field to emulate the exploits of
his ancestor, Frederick the Great, he may
find his splendid army corps fade away,
and march to their homes, as NapOeon's
armies did when the rank and file lost faith
in their leader. A soldier sacrifices much
of his initiative when he dons the uniform,
but he does not become positive idiot.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
HOW He CAUGHT ON.

TIE vaeares Of off e-seeking are an
svs- f.8ss tuerf for anter and mirth.
a eo1c deal ,G-85 MOI luck if we are TO
believe he story wh.ch is commented
upon in 2 msrIy vsin y the Sun about
hew d. !. d. LsnGrul, a South Caro-
liuian, secured 8 position. The narrative
ef this gentleman AZ enttres first saw
the light in Southern aper. He had
notion shat Ghs Pres side Mt was prone to
discern patri1t Of lie ght sort in candi-
dates who gar Hh SIX rs. and he was
ushafed into the august presence wearing
white 1cs nE adopmsu or unimpeach-
able gen .geness sD1 gigor of growth.
bnt toe suppliant - IS ghast to discover
shat the President did net evince any par
SECULAR warmth of manner at sight of the
whiskers, sud IN fsct wss unaecountaby
constrained and cold lie dismissed the
doctor by telling h.m could in no man.
neT give him 30 Office Arrived at his hotel
tae disappointed Cs-o nian was lectured
On the causes ol B,s & lure by the ele-
Yato1-bCy. With asra as s,ernment of the
true bearing Of personal ppearance in the
present iuncture OF p)litics the boy
summed up the situation in the remark,
t'l kn6w'd yen warn't go ig to get nothing
with them whskeTs" he doctor medi-
lated or this sapieat cr icism and con-
led that If bis whskers stood in the
T # success BE WOua be justified in
deirE tbem. So oras1red off they were.
8avlng spruced aB title the doctor
obisbly again sought tie White House.
llls ums he rad the sat siaction of learn
lns from tbe President Who did not recog-
nzs ais former visitor tla. the place he
wanted wou1 be bis o. another one
equally good So ih5 doctor went away
radians and IS nos aDpointed to snug
situation wnich he wli 10 doubt hold
with the tenacity Of 8ne ho knows how
arduous g Is 70 attain 10 ii tinct,op when
handicapped by pair = prematurely
gray 9bis8ers. suocsss IS srccess.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
TWO FIRMS UNITE.
Leading Lithograpl1ers
Join Forces.
The Schmidt Label and the Dick
man=Jones Companies Form
an Enlarged Corporation.

Two of the princpa lithographing COM
panes of the city. tired of profit-destroy-
ibg competition, have arranged 60 amalga-
mate, the better to offset Eastern houses
working to secure California business.
They will be formed into one large cor
porati0n tomorrow.
The firms interested are the Schmidt
Label and Lithographic Company and
the Dickman-Jone Company. The spe-
cialty of each is labels for cans and
boxes. They are practically the only
houses handling the label trade on the
coast and the competition between them
has been very keen. A member of the
Dickman-Jones Company said yesterday
that the efforts to secure business had
forced prices down to starvation rates,
leaving no margin of profit.
The Schmidt Label Company has been
in business since 1875. 1t has a capital
stock of S500,000 and a plant on Main
street valued at $4,000
The Dickman-Jones Company is an off
shoot of the other. 1t was formed eight
years ago. and Charles j. Dickman. the
president. and Michael Hettrich, the man
ager, were formerly employed by the older
concern. The Dckman-J ones has a capi-
tai Of 100000 and a plant valued at the
came amount. Its offices are on Folsom
street, and Louis Sloss Jr.. the treasurer.
owns the majority of the stock
Eugene ID. Pisss, secretary of the Dick
MANI ones Company. said yesterday after
noon that Overtures for an amalgamation
had come from the other CORPORATION.
The proposed union was opposed by some
memb bers Of the Folsom-street firm. but
the terms have finally been agreed upon.
The new company will have a capital
stock of S1,000.00O. Both plants will be
retained. The directors will include
Charles j. Dickman and Louis Sloss Jr. of
the Dickman-Jones and Max Schmidt and
Samuel Disbecker of the Schmidt Label
Company. These four will choose a fifth
director TO act as an arbitrator between
the two interests. All Of the present
shareholders in both firms will have stock
in the Joint enterprise
The morning call., 1893-07-16

of farmers who are dissatisfied. and who
are casting about for heroic remedies for
their troubles. They have attempted the
devices which similar causes led the peo-
pie of the original States to resort to after
the war of the revolution. They are as
inefficacious now as they were then, and
have merely aggravated the evils they
were expected to cure. The latest notion
was to start a new party on platform
whose chief planks appear to be aver
ments that creditors must not collect their
debts, and that the General Government
should buy the crops Of the Kansas
farmers at their own price. Meanwhile
the new party is imbued with feeling
of previous hatred toward the old party
which has been in power in Kansas ever
since the admission of the State, and is
burning to try conclusions with it at the
muzzle of the shotgun. This is a repeti-
tion of DORIS rebellion in Rhode Island,
and will end in the same way. How much
it may cost Kansas in blood and money
will depend on the common-sense of the
kanSaus
The morning call., 1893-07-16
SUNDAY OPENING A FAILURE.

| To-day is the last Sunday upon which
the Worlds Fair will be opened. Inc
history of the movement which thus endS
| is instructive.
Last winter. when the fair managers ran
short of money to complete their buildings
they appealed to Congress for assistance.
| That body was nearly equally dlVloed De-
| tween those who thought the exhibition
should not be allowed 70 fall for want ef a
little money and strict censtitutlonlsts
who held that Congress had no right to
| appropriate the peoples money for fair.
! It was found that the balance Of power
was held by small party of representa-
tIves who looked at the question from
religious standpoint and were ready to
vote the money if Sunday closing were
enforced. and to vote against the appro-
priation if an example of Sabbath-breaking
were set. The representatives Of the fair
and the Chica go delegation were emphati-
cally in favor of Sunday opening. But in
order to secure the vote in question they
agreed TO waive their own opinions and
the desired appropriation was passed on
the condition that the doors Of the fair
should not be open on Sunday.
When the show opened or May 1 a
clamor arose that the Sunday closing
rule debarred many people from the en-
joyment and the instruction to be derived
from visits to the fair, and the feeling
grew so strong that the directors re-
pudiatcd their bargain with Congress,
promised to return to the treasury
S1,929, 120 which they had received
under the Congressional appropriation.
and threw open their doors on SUM-
days as on weekdays. On July IA the
directors met. and by vote Of "a to re-
scinded the resolution and ordered the
doors to be closed on Sundays. The rea-
son assigned for the change of policy was
that the Sunday show was not a success,
in consequence of slim attendance, and
that the fair was losing money by it.
1t must be inferred that the numbe of
people who want to attend the fair on Sun
day is smaller than was anticipated, and
the class for whose special benefit the fair
was thrown open on that day have not
availed themselves of the opportunity,
but have continued to spend the day of
rest in their usual way. They have all
probably seen the magnificent fair build
ings once; they may have walked through
them once; this done, they have fallen
back on enjoying their Sunday in their
old fashion. Students of sociology will
learn from the event q lesson which ought
to be of value.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
ONE MAN DIVER.

Nh'r senator White was making his
fght fOr the ONCE ls holds be vOlun-
tarly announced tia. the event of his
election M should vote -ainst the Central
Pacific tefuadiBg oI. When De Young
was asked By te reporter of a friendly
u 0swSpaper bow h won vote on that bill
IL case CT bis aDpoiu .c6at as Senator he
said bs did net know. The difference in
tne course Of these two Senatorial aspi-
rants n 81 se traced 10 { different source
of power White naj - go before Leg
isiature elected with Jh refunding issue
iu view. De Young w receive his ap-
pointment, If at all rom the Cover
nor of the State, overnor who was
elected without mUla lsideration to this
reiu1ding issue tbs people of this
State ara disposed 70 yl, Governor Mark
ham credit Ter gooi m0 yes. They would
le very sorry indeed 10 lear that he has
rlaced himself on a Level with public men
VIE seek place from the people the moro
effectively TO serve the peoples enemies.
The Governor himself will have to pro-
claim tha fact tc get it elieved. That he
will do so TEE Gail ioes not believe
On the rsfundins uropoE ton there is lit
tie d cordance Of sent ment among the
people. The idea abr lad that the rail-
road company sdosld be made to pay its
debts. Ar asp.rsut tor the senatorship
who should declare That he had not made
up his mind how 20 yo3 on that propo-
sitior woul9 stand a .eIy small show of
al election oefore fbe ople.
The morning call., 1893-07-16
ONE CENT p MILE.

The Chicago Tribune has interviewed
974 farmers who have not yet been to the
Worlds Fair and do not intend to 90 unless
there is reduction OF rates. OF the
whole number 16S did not give the present
rate as reason for remaining away, but
a large majority thought they would go if
rates were reduced. The men in terviewed
wero mostly correspondents of Primes
Crop Bureau. and may be accepted as
above the average in intelligence and
public spirit. Most of them live within
five hundred miles Of Chicago. The pre-
vailing rates are about two and a half
cents mile. Assuming the average dis
tance to be three hundred miles. it is SIS
the round trip tina: is objected to as too ex-
pensive. The Tribune argues that the
fare should be reduced to one cent mile.
1t claims that there is profit in trans
The morning call., 1893-07-16
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Queen Maria Pia of Portugal has been
revlsiting the scenes of her childhood near
Turin.
Fraulein Barbara Klara REM. young
German student, has taken the degree OF
doctor OF philosophy at the University OF
Bonn.
Admiral Sir George Tryon passed his
youth at Bulwich. in Northamptonshlre.
where the TryOns have lived since the days
Of James l.
Major jed Hotchkiss. who was an en-
glneer on the staff of Stonewail Jackson.
lectured recently at Charlestown: w. Va,
on "JacksOn's Valley Campaign"
George Newnes. Nj. P, the publisher of
London Tit Bits. the penny paper, Is.
according to Figaro, very bovine person
with heavy though amiable look.
Uncle" Henry Martin. for fOrty-fve
years the college janitor Of the University
of Virginia, claims to be II llneal descen-
dent OF Jefferson. the founder OF the uni
versity.
John L. Sullivan is in his native Boston
and is disposed to take pesslmlstic view
OF the puglistic future. He maintains
that after the Corbett- Mitchell fight the
prZe-rlDg will go to the dogs.