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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
SKETCH OF VAN WICK.

Robert A. Van Wyck, who has cap
tured the mayoralty of Greater New
York for Tammany, comes in the sew
cnth generation from that old knicker-
booker Cornelius Barents Van Wyck,
who came to New Amsterdam in 1880
fro.l the town i'll Holland named Cor the
family. The great ancestor of the pres
ent candidate was married by the lrst
reformed Dutch minister in Holland.
This pastor was his father-in-law, and
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
Andy" Byrnes Makes a Strike.

Andy Byrnes. ex-chief of police Of this
city, has i prospect in the Lake Gogabic
district which i interesting mining Ilen
and gives promise of the developm-n, OF
a new mining industry. The tesc-pit
sunk by Mr.. Byrnes has cut rich ,rnd
ore. assays from which are very L.sh.
comparing favo-ably with results from
the best mines Of the Slocan. il British
Colum bia. The property vii! be given 8
-hnrnrgh rasr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
Commit suicide Together.

s.. Paul. Mimi, Nov. I.-Jacob Amos,
married. aged IL years. and Henry Berg
enkreuger, single, aged IS years, com
mitred suicide together II a sensational
manner. They had been visiting numer-
Gus saloons together during the day, and
were both under the influence Of liquor.
They went across the Smith bridge 70 a
fr-iur where il i POO feet above the Mis-
~.-~ipui aud jumped over tie railing.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
NEW 70 Il.

New York. Nov. 2-S:4J p. NAT this
hour the ballots have been counted in
300 Of the SS:; election districts of the
horoughs of Manhattan ana the Bronx
(Ncw York city and the portion of West
chester county embraced in Greater New
York., showing Van Wyck CTammany,
Dem.l leading with a plurality of 14,4l9
over Low 0CitizenS Unioni. who has
I425 votes more than Tracy tRepD Hen
~ Georges vote in these 300 precincts
is 3444. Should the ratio be maintained
throughout. Van Wyck's plurality in the
two lOrOUGhs named Will be 69.GO in
round figures. In the boroughs of Brook
lyn. Queens and Pichmond. Van Wyck's
plurality IS estimated at $1,000: based on
returns thus far received which would
make his total plurality not far from
S4.Haf
The New York Press. a staunch sup
porter Of Gen. Tracy and the straight
Republican ticket. comedies the election
of Van Wyck by 1oo.10o plurality.
The New York Times, which supported
Seth Low. comedies the election of Van
Wyck by about G0.00O plurality.
10 p. m.-Chairman Quigg of the
Republican county committee said he cen
ccded the election Of Van Wyck, and tnat
Low would beat Tracy in the boroughs
Of Manhattan and the Bronx by 10000
votes.
Three hundred and thirty districts out
Of l522 III Greater New York give:
facE .'...'..-'. '.-.'.'...... o1',Ii
Van Nyck ................ 39.3ll
Low o-,t'o
George f,o--
Gleason 1'o
From districts reported already Van
WICK appears 70 have a plurality III New
York county of 24.Ho.
Albany. y. y. Nov An estimate
mad" Oh returns received up to I:3o in
Albany county indicate Il plurality of 600
i'll the county for Wallace.
This county in 1875 gave Palmer a
p .ality Of 19S for secretary of state.
he estimates of votes for chief judge
from New York. Kings and Queens
counties lead to tile belief at s O'Clock
that Parker Deml will come dp to the
Harlem with Go.0Oo plurality. and that
Wallace tRcp.D can hardly meet him with
enough votes from upstate to win, as
the Republican pluraiities given to
Black last year are about cut in two.
Estimates on basis of returns re-
ceivcd up to 80 p. III. in forty-one coun-
ties ont Of tifty-scycn in state toutsidc
Of Greater New York; Indicate a plurali-
t. Of 4I.o94 for Wallace.
The same counties III 1895 gave Palm
or Il plurality of 9G.1 for secretary Of
state and in 1890 gave Black Il plurality
of 111TS2 for governor.
At midnight 40 Of the SS3 election
precincts in Greater New York had been
counted. showing: Van Wyck Tam
many Democrat. 12@,1;$$::; Low Citi-
zens' Jnionl. G3.111: Tracy tRepubli-
f11; Van Wyck's plurality. 1852. Van
Wyck at this time Is shown to have
po,led aS large vote aS both Tracy and
Low combined. while the George vote,
which week ago WAS regarded with
more or less apprehension ana was eX-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
SHOT HIMSELF WHILE HUNTING.
4 Young Man is Accidentally Killed
Near MenotDipee,

Mcnomime". Mich. Nov. Ii Special
Alex. Wilmer Of Fisher, this county,
aged ~ years. was killed Yesterday while
hunting II i supposed that il jumping
from one loE 10 another his gun was ac-
cidentaHy discharged, as The bullet
glanced upward from his thigh and eu-
tered his head. He was dead when dis
covered 10y 4 companion, who beard the
r.a-o-- of rha gun
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
PENNSYLS ANA.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. 2-Nothwith-
standing the ideal election day weather
the vote throughout Allegheny county
was very light. Republicans probably
have - 900 plurality.
Pittsburg, Pa, Nov 2-Returns re-
ceived up to II D. in. indicate that Bea-
com tRepl. for state treasurer, has car
ricd rittsburg by 10000 plurality and
Allegheny county by 23.OOO. The entire
Republican county ticket was elected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
~ ~ 10.


Cleveland. O., Nov. 2.-Midnight.-
Coy. Bushnell has carried Ohio by ma
ior;tv Of from 20. .eu9 to o5.Oo0 This en-
Sures the election Of a Republican ma
iority in the general assembly and the
return Of Marcus y. Hanna to the
United States Senate. In this city and
CuyahoGa county the Republican ticket
has a majority of from 1000 to oo1o anu anu
the three Republican senators and nlne
Rcnuh'ican representa- lives in the Legls-
laturo are elected.
tSi@ucdl NE lt.A't-h'
Columbus. O., Nov THE latest re-
turns indicate that the state ticket :
elected. but that the Legislature $ III
doubt.
the Republicans claimed the election 9t 4
majority OF the members Of the LrSis-
IattIrr, 10y plu~alitieS aggreEatIng 81
nuu. in>urin- the election Of Mark Hanna
10 the Senate.
Cleveland. .. Nov. Mark llama
saws that the returns indicate Repub-
mean success for the state ticket and in
the Legislature.
Columbus. a.. Nov. 2.-Returns from
- ohio precincts show a Democra tic
gain Of 1O.Sll.
Columbus. o.. Nov. at 10 7. m. the
Democratic state committee claimed the
election of their state ticket by from
5000 u lntFb p-uTdllIy ana mag"tllE
ut Legislature on Joint ballot for mted
States senator.
80 figures were given on the thirty-SiN
senators and 100 representatives. but II
was claimed that the Republican loss OF
fourteen members Of the Legislature IN
Hamilton county would insure Democrat
ia cuu,rui of the legislature.
The Democrats also claimed the twelve
members OF the Legislature from Cuya-
boga county. which includes Cleveland.
the home Of Senator Hanna.
The Republican state committee con-
cedss the loss Of Hamilton county. but
claim that there are not sufficient re-
turns from Cleveland on which 10 base
any estimate.
With the loss of fourteen members Of
the LEGISLATURE IN Hamilton county and
Of twelve in Cuyaaoga county, the he
pub.icaaS 10 not expect 10 carry the Leg
i>latuTe.
The Republican state committee claims
/ will carry Cuyahoga county and mak
gains in other counties. That they had
anticipated losses; III the cities on account
If local fights on boss!Sm and other tue
toual troubles. but that they have the
1gst rtnorts frora the rural DISTRICTS, :,
\ lelyy continuous rain prevailed g.!
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
VIRGINIA.

Richmond, Va, Nov. >.
The Richmond Times says Tyler
Dem.) Is elected governor by a large
majority.
The total vote in the state will fall
short 80 per cent. Partial returns from
Augusta, Halifax and Henry counties
Indicate a Democratic Legislature.
Returns do not indicate the election Of
single Republican or Populist TO the
Legislature. The Democratic state tick
ct is elected by a large majority. but
small vote. In the last Legislatu the
Republicans and Populists had com
bined representation Of IS out of Il total
of 1JO
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
SOLDIERS DIDN'T FUNK.
sickness, Not Cowardice, Caused Troops
to be Withdrawn.

London. Nov 1.-Accordng to a dis
patch to the Daily Mail from Bombay.
the officers Of til" Royal Irish regiments
ISecoud battalionJ. which had been de
~rribcd in a sensational telegram to the
Daily Chronicl" a. iusubordnate. a. su.k-
Ing at the critical moment. and for that
reason withdrawn from SamaUa 10 Raw
alpiudi. Indignantly deny this story. ana
declare that the men were Withdrawn
solely on account Of sickuer<
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06

will control both branches of the city
council. They have also carried all three
If the Baltimore legislative districts and
the seat III the United States Senate
now filled by Arthur Il. German hangs
IN the balance. 50 that few votes may
turn the scale
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
RHODE ISLAND.

Providence. Il. l., Nov. "a light vote
was polled in the five Rhode Island cities.
Indications point to the election of the
Democratic candidates for mayor in
Providence, Newport and Central Falls.
WoOnsocket and Pawtucket are probably
Republican, that party retaining control
of the city councils in the five cities also.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
L Big Drawback.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells Of a
colored man who noticed a board dis
played in front of building in course
Of erection. II bore these words: Keep
avay-Dancer" The Colored man
walked up close 10 the board and traced
the letters with his finger. His lips
moved as if he We're spelling out the
words Before he had finished the Keep
away" q brick fell from an upper story
and struck him squarely on the head.
Without, even looking up he backed
across the sidewalk and examined the
big cash in his hat. As he smoothed
II down he sadly remarked: Oats one
o de drawbacks 10 a inherited eierca-
ton
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
Negaunee Hunter nnrt,

Negaunee. Mich. Nov. 2-Waile hunt
Ing. Chris Wuk discharged his rife ac-
cidentaIly. the ball entering his right
hand. badly ShatteTiIs the bo-eS He
viii lose the hand.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ss.ssssa3sasa
& SPORTING NEWS. I
= SeeeseGeesGGGsG@GeGe IS

The financial result of the Yale-Indian
game was a KlOndike 10 the promoters.
1t is estimated that over 10000 was
cleared, 5000 of which Will be divided
between Carlisle and Yale. and the bal
ance Will so TO the New York baseball
management. This will put the Indian
football management on lis feet. as it has
hitherto had hard work 10 meet expenses.
As 4 drawing card the Indians are po-
tent.
Talking about roasting the big scrap
perS for talking and not fighting" said
Parson Davies. Peter Maher is as bad
y in need of proddins as any of them.
The so-called crackajack heavics are a
nice set of ducks. Naher won't fight
anybody, but Corhett; Corbett won't
hear OF anybody but FitzSimmonS. while
Fitz has quit long ago. These fellows
do not want 10 fight. and they show it by
the way they get after people who want
nothing of them. Choynski would like
10 meet Maher again, and they would
draw great house any place. If he
doesn't want Choynski. l will back Bob
Armstrong against him"
The Bostons, it is said, have offered
the PlttSburg club a good sum for killeu
Pittsburs has a SeXtette of pitchers on
its staff. namely: Tannehill. Gardner,
Hastings, Hughcy. Lever and Scott.
Another Priest has been recruited to
the baseball ranks. He is freshman at
twirler of the orange and black.
Umpire Tim Hurst did not take the
trip West with the baseball tourists and
he is NJ present At Buffalo. where he will
likely stay during the winter.
The idea of signaling for the ball va
ries with different men in the business.
and some of the pitchers give the signals.
while others leave the choice to the catch
crs. Rusic. Meekin and Nichols give
their own signals. Kttridsc, Clements
and several other catCherS generally give
the signs themselves.
'Pfetfer since his retirement from the
game has often been referred to the has
beens and classed among such mon as
AnSon. Manning. Nelson and others of
the long-ago period, when the fact is well
known that the second baSeman were
kneepants and used to peek through the
fences and view the games from tlr
trees when they were playing the game"
says Sporting Life
Ten of the league players who usually
bat over the 800 mark find themselves
among the lower marks this season
Among them are Turner. AnSou Ne
Kean. Irwin, McCreary, Holmes. Glenn
ents. Cartwright. Roger. Connor and
nI,,dI la I', ',l"SS INNS
@ 80 ''s, AltIh am uthtI
w ti''u tiI " i,o "at.'" 'uItt tItII uSua
attIaEr, Wilt i mus oI tie 9'h'FS heId
ahHui ,iit' SaiI!f iiiaLh as uSu4i;
q Pai iS y, tlr u" r!S "a tinoIn d"r
'l,,otor Cor mo ryin+-r IN * poI,1 90 o'''
u"' 'o' l'' ''e " '''''' - ~ ''u''
"PurSon" Davies is preparing an rlab-
crate programme, to take place at Tat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-06

1t Is 10 be regretted that the man who
counts on his fingers IS not as apt 10 he
disappointed as the one who counts on bis
friends S-Ioukers Statesman.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
HOW GRAIN is HANDLED.
Tho Seeming Mysteries OF tho OPP
Grafton Fully Explained.
Valuable Account oe a Wait 20 the
Great Sen-tsonrd export Eieva-
tors of the baltimore a
Oht" railroad.
lspeclal baltimore Lettor /

Spectators do not control the price
of wheat except within very narrow
limits. This is an interesting discovery
have made during the past week, after
several visits to the Pandcanoniacal ex-
change, and after climbing through the
number OF mighty export grain cleva-
tors in the city of Baltimore Il city,
by the way. which certainly holds the
palm to-day as being the greatest grain
export center ia the western hcmis-
phere.
One million eight hundred thousand
bushels of wheat and corn arc being
handled in Baltimorc's largest elevator
about every four days, and during the
months of July and August this as
toundingly high-prcssure condition Of
Affairs has been practically constant.
BY the courtesy of the Baltimore G.
Ohio Railroad company ] have been
privileged, during the past week, to un-
ravel the seeming mysteries, CONNER
cial and mechanical. of how grain is
handled in these largest of large sea-
board export elevators located at their
great marine freight terminal, Locust
Point.
The outside Dimensions OF the larger
of the Locust Point elevators. which
1nay be considered as among the finest
ever built. are 4O7 feet long, 81 feet
wide and ITO feet high (thc height from
the car floor on the pier to the top of
the machinery loft above). Everyone
is familiar with the peculiar offset con-
struction of an elevator which makes
it look like a huge barn with "a little
barn rising from it's roof. In the solid,
windowless structure beneath the grain
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01

dow-bedecSed superstructure all the
machinery, weighing bins and scales
and the multiplicity Of criss-cross,
transverse Chutes are found. In this
particular elevator there are 254 stor-
age bins alone, each one being some IL
feet square and 80 feet deep, with a ca :
pacity of about $500 bushels. AS it is
necessary that this enormous weight of
grain should he supported above the
tops of the railroad cars which run I'M
der the entire length of the gTanaries
on two separate lines of track, the tim
bering and snoring and studding are of
magnificent proportions. To withstand
TIE frightful lateral strain OF the grain
each bin is built of heayXjpine plank
ing, two inches thick and eight inches
wide, spiked together oniits greater
width. Outside OF the storage bins, run
ming along the entire length of both
sides of the building and connected with
outside chutes for steamer lading, are
the shipping bins" more than 70 in
number. Each of these contains over
$500 bushels. At the end of the build
ing, which has been erected upon won
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHS.
Curious Figures Regarding Sale of
Portraits in Paris.

One of the leading Photographic
agents in Paris has given some curious
information about the sale of por-
TRAITS of noble persons. Cleo de
Merode, ballet dancer of the opera,
holds the record. Her portraits are
ordered from all parts of the world,
and ten thousands of them leave
Paris annually, Madame Bernhardt's
photos only attain two-thirds of the
figure reached by De Merode. Next
follow in comparative order La Belle
Otero, Duvernoy, Rejane and Jane
Harding. Germans, Russians, and
Americans are said to be the chief
purchasers. The Frenchman, accord
ing to old Bolleau, does not buy pho
tographs if he can help it. Negus, of
Abyssinia, holds the record for men.
The next to him in popularity among
photograph purchasers are the king
of Greece and his family, the German
emperor, the car, and President
Faure. Of politicians or statesmen
M. Hanotaux appears to command
most attention. Of literary celebri-
ties Pierre Lott comes first, chiefly,
perhaps, on account of the Arab cos
tune in which he is generally draped
in his portraits. After him appears
NJ lola, 500 of whose portraits are
annually sent out of Paris to different
parts of the world. Photos of AL
phonse Daudet, of Gyp, Of the Du-
masses father and sony, of Hugo,
George Sand, and Lamartine are al
ways in good, steady request. 0cca-
sionally there is a little run on the
portraits of academicans.-London
Telegraph.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01

ying sheet-iron buckets eight inches
apart. and emptying their content,
above into a Weighing bin ON the tol
floor.
The modern, large freight car will
bold 1000 toll 200 bushels OF wheat. unc
IT can be unloadsd from the elevator
iloor by expert handling and with the
mechanical contrivauces in vogue IN
about five minutes after the door is
opened. The opening of the door first is
stimulated, as the average waysice
farmer. IN spite of the sign: Don't
raj, this door" aud the patent locking
Ccviccs. will persist in driving every
thing from railroad spikes to single
rails in The edges of the door 10 insure
the safely Of his precious grain. a most
lamen,ab'c proceeding. as it wears out
the car. and the WORSE than thread
bare cNp!ctiveS of The grain handlers
This ightning-changc act Of unload
ing fun car 10 a few minutes is ac-
ronrn.ishcd hv the use of autumaticaliN-
driven shoycls i'm The bands OF two men.
these shuvcs look much Ike sheet-irun
lined snow Shuvcls ntiuuS the long
handles. and areniilchcG 10y Il long rope
and small chains 10 clutch ON re-
rolyinc shaft Tho men handling them
rcccde to the extreme cor.
I!erS Of the ear. bury tie sEo,c's Cecp
tn the grain. and then twitch The rope
with the free hand. which throws the
clutch automatically in The gear. winds
mp the rope. ard pulls the shovels for
ward to the tlb0r. where They are anto-
released again. This recip-
rocal shoveliug by first one ana thenthe
other is doue with exceeding rapidity,
and the grain pours from the open door
in an almost constant stream. finding
It's way through the hoppers beneath
and up the great legs into the weighing
bins or receivers" as they are called.
which each hold 500 bushels.
The scale floor. next to the highest
point IN an elevator--only the driving
being abovc---is where all
the grain is weighed, both when re-
ccived and at the time of shipment.
There are "a receiving scales and the
same number of shipping scales. rum
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-10-01
THE GREAT b O. ELEVATORS LOCUST POINT BALTIMORE


ming from one end of the building to the
ether, each scale carrying an immense
rectangular box nicely balanced upon
its platform. which has capacity OF
over IS tons or 500 bushels of wheat.
Below the scale floor comes the blower
floor where the grain is freed from dust
and dirt and other foreign accumua-
tions which may injure its standing or
grading as set by the inspector of grain
for the city OF Baltimore. This blowing
is done by huge centrifugal fans in
large rectangular boxes, across which
the grain falls by gravity, and the dirt
and dust are thrown to one side by the
air Here also the grain is run through
IL series of screens when necessary, to
remove sticks, clods Of dirt and stones.
The next two floors are known respec-
lively as the circle floor and the bin
floor, and it is here that one sees the
most apparently ineNtricable confusion
of ramifying grain chutes which di-
verge in every direction from great
centralizng circles, and permit the
grain TO be distributed far and near to
the various storage aud shipping bins.
These two floors arc wild and weird,
with little footPath bridges and hand
rails running from circle to circle and
disappearing far away in clouds of fly
ing dust. .tts'
Before the vast bulk of grain in the
storage bins can be placed in the steam
ers' holds it must go through com
plete rehandling 1t is dropped from
the bottom of the storage bins to the
shipping bin leg and again carried to
the top of the building to the scale floor,
weighed by the shipping scales. and
then stored in the outside series of bins
known as the shipping bins.
When a steamer is to be loaded with
grain these shipping bins are drawn
upon by long chutes hung upon the
outside of the building, which fairly
well adjust themselves to the varying
position of floating vessel.
The energy and motive power required
to accomplish the constant reflling and
depletion of these stupendous granaries
is simply appalling, and as an exempli-
fication of this fact il may be said that
the Locust Point elevators herewith IL
Illustrated can unload. at their maxi
mum capacity, 500 cars averaging 1900
bushels each day, storing the grain in
their rapacious maws of bins and dis
gorging it again with equal facility.
To do all this necessitates the con-
ccrted action of an army of employees
and two 900 horse power engines. The
belts, by the way. which run the hun
dreds and hundreds of feet Of steel
shafting in these mazes of gigantic
machinery are alone astounding, for
they measure no less than six feet in
width and il takes two sections of $50
feet each to reach to the top of a single
building In fact the exhibition of
these tremendous forces. working as
they are to-day at herculean pressure,
is profoundly impressive, gaining in
strength by the mental comparison
with what commerce and mechanical
devices were only short so years ago.
WILLIAM DINwIDDIE.