Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-18
BRICKNER HAS A BILL.
The House to Have His Ideas on the
Silver Question.

Washington, Aug. 11.-Messrs. Brick
ner and Barwig, as the two senior
members of the Wisconsin delegation,
attended the silver conference at Secre-
tary Carlisle's house last night.
Mr.. Brickner, who was early in his
seat in the house, was well pleased
with the work of the conference and
confident of good and speedy results.
He has taken upon himself a good deal
of work in connection with the silver
issue and had gone so far as to pre-
pare a bill of his own. Exactly what
the features are he refuses to diyulge
at present and this morning expressed
some doubts of its ever being intro
duced.
If there is a chance, however, he will
show the house that he has some ideas
on the question.
Congressman Somers last night re
ceived the petition of the Milwaukee
Merchants association asking for the
repeal of the Sherman law 1t is a
very bulky affair and came by express.
He will present it, he says, at the earli-
est and most favorable opportunity
PRICES OF LIVING IN CHICAGO
1t may interest intending visitors
to the fair to know, says the Chicago
correspondent of the New York Re
corder, that the colony Of hotel-keep-
ers about the grOunds-they run into
hundredS-are knitting each other in a
way which must bring joy to the visit
or with a lean pocket-book. A firm of
tourist agents, which built big hotel
and retained boarding houses enough
to handle with ease 5000 guests per
day during July, had just nine arriv,
ale in one day. Their time was princi
pally taken by boarding house people
who begged to have tourists sent them
for so cents per diem. An acQuain
lance of mine spent month at q
worlds fair hotel and paid So 4 day
for his room. He told the landlord
! he was going to hunt up cheaper lodg
ingS. The proprietor suggested that
there was no need of his leaving the
house, and the result was he secured
the identical accOmmoda tons for 81
per day. He could have had them fol-
so cents a day if he mad the nerve
to demand it. This is an instance OF
the general situation at the temporary
hotels. There has been Il similar droI
IN restaurant rates. though the cut i
not so radical. The prices 1t restau
rants just outside the grounds are low
e. than at those in the business dis
trict and are about One-half of wha
they are in the downtown district Of
New York. For instance, Il table d'hott
dinner. comprising soup. fish, roast. DO
tatoeS and one other vegetable, desspr
and coffee or substitute beverage. cost.
70 Or so cents. The cooking. food anL
sarv:le are fairly good Everythin:
= dean. There is little or no crowd
Ing.
Just over the fence. inside IL.
grounds. robbery IS still rampant
thor III not nearly 50 lad rs it WAS !.
May ana June. EI1t 4 person need TAX,
Only one meal inside the grounds. an.
1t can avoid tina. hy carrying i lull
cLeon. 1T has become really good form
70 do SD. There is I co1sp.cua- IRE
tponderancc of luncheon boxes unde
the arms of the better-dreSsed ppople
y lille those whose appearance Indicate
| that they ought to carry luncheon
more than otherwise patronize til,
restaurants. 1t is strictly possible TO
lpeople to see the fair in comfort fo
50 per day The fixed charges fol