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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

tons 81; exceeding 800 tons and not
exceeding GOO tons, So; exceeding 900
tons, SIS.
Certificate of damage or otherwise
issued by any port warden or marine
surveyor, 20 cents; certificate of any
other description, 10 cents: charter
party, if the registered tonnage of the
vessel does not exceed 800 tons, SO,
exceeding 500 tons and not exceeding
600 tons. IS, exceeding 600 tons, $40
Chewing Gum and Wine.
Chewing gum, each package of not
more than 81 retail value, four cents,
and for each additional dollar, four
cents.
Sparkling or other wines, when bot
tied fer sale. upon each bottle contain
ing one pint or less one cent; more
than one pint, two cents The stamp
is only 10 be affixed when the article
in this schedule is sold.
Mixed Flour.
Persons engaged in making, pack
ing or repacking mixed -four shall pay
a special tax at the rate of Sl2 per an
mum, ana the license granted is to be
posted in accordance with the proyi-
sions of sections S242 and 3239 of the
Revised Statutes, the fines and PEN
alties to be the same as imposed IN
those sections. They are required to
mark each package as mixed -four, and
It is TO be put up only in original pack
ages In addition to the annual IL
cense tax of four cents per barrel
is levied upon all mixed -four manu-
featured sold or removed for sale,
The same rate proporttonately is lev
led on half-barrels and smaller pack
ages.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

a struggle of three minutes, Lewis be-
Ing on the pad, stomach down, the ref
cree separated the men and gave the
match To Lewis on a foul, because
lousouf, as the referee said, was
throttling the stranger To appease
the bowls and yells OF the disappoint-
ed crowd, it was decided, after some
discussion, to give an, exhibition
match The first fall was given %
Lewis on foul Yousouf having Lew
is on the floor in exactly the same way
as before, with his hand on Lewis
throat The next three falls and the
match were taken by the Turk,
Nousouf clearly surpassed tho
stranger at his own game Lewis
said after the bouts Il was licked.
the Turk is the better man.
Lewis lives at Barneyeld. Wis,
where he has q hotel He was first
brought before the public by Thomas
II Gin, then of Madison, but now ct
Milwaukee, where he holds a high pc.
sition In the legal department OF the
Wisconsin Central railroad William
A. Brady. Corbett's manager. has
charge Of the Turk ,4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
THE NEW CONSUMPTION CURE

The public viii await with hope
mixed with skepticism for further de-
yelopments relative to the sure cure
Tor consumption which DR.. r. ].
Murphy OF Chicago claims to have
discovered The remedy lies, not in
The administration Of medicine, but
consists Of injecting nitrogen gas In
to the pleural cavity The theory Is
that The gas presses the diseased lung
INTO such a position AS to shut the air
cells, and that the lung thus beeom-
ing inactive the tissues fail to sup
ply nutriment to the germs DR..
Murphy insists that pleuritic effusion
is natures cure for lung disease, and
that with the assistance rendered hy
his process the disease will cure It.
self, The nitrogen is placed in an
ordinary gas bag and passes through
quarterback tube to a reservoir
holding an ant-septic fluid, from
which II passes to another, tube, at
the end Of which is six-inch ny
podermic needle This instrument is
pushed through the skin and flesh
until 1t penetrates the outer layer Of
the pleura on the lower side, after
which the gas Is turned on, filling the
cavity and pressing the lung Into
smaller space, until all the air cells
are empty and the lung closed
This operation usually takes five
minutes and the quantity Of gas used
Is half a gallon Twenty-four hours
after the operation the patient can 20
about his business without experience
ing discomfort The gas is kept IN
the pleural cavity By the immediate
closing Of the tissues when the nee
de IS Withdrawn Anesthetics are
used, as the operation Is painful
DR. Elder OF Philadelphia. says OF
Dr Murphy's discovery. THE prin-
ciple is certainly sound and has
worked ont well In other ways within
my own knowledge The time for
treating tuberculosis Of the lungs
with medicines has certainly passed
There are said TO be five patients In
the Cunning hospital near Chicago,
who were cured by this process. The
Chicago physicians are making pre-
partitions to give II a thorough test
The result win be awaited with very
general interest. because consumption
is the cause 81 greater mortality than
any other disease Il invade8 every
community and Il known and dread
"a everywhere
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

Chicago, June u The wrestling
match Monday night between
Stranger Lewis and Yousouf. the
Terrible Turk, was witnessed by
10000 people. 1t was for a purse OF
$1,000 and the championship of the
world, the best two in three catch-as-
catch-can, no holds barred except
throttling, two points down. After
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
PERSONALITIES.

Mrs Gridley, wife of the late COM
mander of the Olympia, has asked ae-
cordng to the Boston Traveller, that
the body of her husband be cremated
at Hong Kong, and orders to that
effect have been sent out by the navy
department.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

Here is an Illustration of the differ
ence in time OF war and in time of
peace OF the punishments for soldiers
vate Mapes Of Company A, eleventh
United States infantry shot of fin
ger to keep from going to the front.
lie said il was accidental but court
martial found otherwise and sentenced
him to two years Imprisonment He
subsequently confessed he did the deed
on purpose, having lost his first en-
thusiasm for exposing his life to
Spanish bullets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
NEW REVENUE LAW
.r,,~pACT OF THE MEASURE
LIVING ADDITIONAL TAXES
PROVISIONS IN EFFECT NOW

,-,-sased Levy on Malt Liquors,
cigars and Tobacco--On July l
Taxes on Occupations, Legal Papers,
Medicines, Transactions on Ex-
Ranges Telegraph and Telephone
Messages, etc, Go into Operation
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

BY special act Of congress Mrs
Nancy Ann Barger OF Williamspor,
Pa, has been granted a pension of Sl2
per month. She is in her 107th year,
having been born In 1871. She gave
her husband to her country in the war
with Great Britain in 1912, and two
sons in the rebellion. Mrs, Barger
lives in a small log house. which was
built by her husband when central
Pennsylvania was a wilderness. She
cultivates small plot of ground
which she owns, and boasts of having
the best garden In her neighborhood.
She has no need OF eyeglasses, does
her own housekeeping and is ENJOYING
good health, her only deficiency being
in her growing deafness as age ad-
yances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
LEWIS WINS ON FOUL.
REFEREE DECIDES YOUSOUF
THROTTLES HIS OPPONENT.
BUT TURK is BETTER MAN

After the Decision Awarding The
Match 10 the Stranger" an Exhi-
bition Is Given to Appease the
lowing Spectators Lewis Says
the Turk Is the Superior Man.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

pr l. Crane, dentist at Lancaster
for fifteen years, is dead He was
president Of the Southwestern Wis
consin Dental association.
The recent death of Col, Candee VI
the paymaster's. department of the
army created vacancy In that branch
Of the service Col j. a Watrous OF
Milwaukee has been appointed to the
place by the president.
Frank Buzzel OF Chippewa Falls
has announced that he is IA candidate
for the office of railroad commissioners.
Mr. Buzzell has bean manager of the
United States Express company al
Chippewa Falls for number Of
years.
La Crosse Republican, Miss Wini-
fred Card Is expected hone Saturday
from Chicago, where She has been
studying music She viii spend o
short vacation here before beginning
her work al the Haywood School u
Music IN Madison.
The Milwaukee road has settled
with Mrs Melville Of Davenport. Iowa.
mother Of Naomi MELVILLE teacher
who was struck by train and
killed az Bangor last fall The COM
pany pays her $500 in settlement.
Miss Melville graduated from the Wis
consin university in 81.
Miss Mary Mack, graduate OF
Iowa college in '93, was united In
Wednesday to Professor
w. A. Heidel of the chair OF Latin.
Iowa college Professor Heidel has
been at Iowa college two years, sue
ceeding Professor NJ. s, Slaughter,
now OF the University of Wisconsin.
The marriage Of Miss Mary Louise
Johnson, daughter OF Mr. and Mrs
Otis r. Johnson Of Racine. ana
Howagd Strickland Abbott of Mime
apolls will occur at the home OF the
bride june n Miss johnson Is
beautiful and accomplished girl and
belongs 10 a prominent family Mr.
Abbott is a graduate Of the Mimi
asota university and is lecturer on
law In the institution at present
The marriage Of Miss Elizabeth
Ieagitt Norcross, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Pliny NorcrOss Of GAINESVILLE
~ George Allen Mason of Chicago
was celebrated Wednesday IN Christ
church at Janesyille In the presence
of a large circle Of friends Tie
bride was attended by Miss Mary t.y-
man ~ laGranga "a maid Of hone-
and Richard S Folsom 81 Chicago
served as best man The brilemai5s
were Miss Harriet NJ Mason % chi.
cago. Miss Sophia - Kenrper Of Nil
wankee. Miss Alica l. Huger AID
AiaD .5osalrns, Carrie, OF GAINESVILLE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
WISCONSIN PEOPLE.

pr l. Crane, a dentist at Lancaster
for fifteen years, is dead. He was
president Of the Southwestern Wis.
consin Dental association
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

Frank Buzzeli Of Chippewa Falls
has announced that he is IA candidate
Mr. Buzzell has been manager of the
United States Express company al
Chippewa Falls for a number Of
years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

The recent death of Col, Candee OF
the paymaster's department of the
army created a vacancy in that branch
Of the service Col j. a Watrous OF
Milwaukee has been appointed to the
place by the president
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

La Crosse Republican: Miss Wini-
fred Card is expected hoi1e Saturday
from Chicago, where sh,' has been
studying music She will spend o.
short vacation here before beginning
her work at the Haywood School u
Music IN Madison
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23

Petroleum and sugar redners
Every person, firm, corporation or
company carrying on or doing the
business of refining petroleum or re-
fining sugar, or owning or controlling
any pipe line for transporting oil or
other products whose gross annual re-
ceipts exceed $250,000 Is made subject
TO pay annually a special excise tax
equivalent to one-quarter Of one per
cent. on the gross amount of all re-
ceipts in excess Of that sum Returns
must be made monthly The penalty
is fine Of from $1,000 to $4,000
Parlor and Sleeping Cars.
A stamp tax OF one cent Is to
be collected on every seat sold In
palace or parlor car, and on every
berth sold in sleeping car. the stamp
to be affixed to the ticket and paid By
the company issuing IT,
Passage tickets from a port In the
United States to foreign port, II
costing not exceeding $50 81; costing
more than $50 and not exceeding $50
80: costing more than $50 IS.
Custom House Entries
Entry Of goods at any custom house.
not exceeding 800 in value, Is cents
exceeding 800 and not exceeding $500
IN v-lue. so cents; exceeding $500 In
value 81 Entry for the withdrawal
Of goods from, customs bonded ware
house. 50 cents
Manifest for custom house entry or
clearance Of cargo for a foreign port,
IL the registered tonnage Of such ship.
vessel or steamer does not exceed 300
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23


Upon every packet, box, bottle, pot
or phial or other Enclosure contain
ing any pills, powders, tinctures,
troches or lozenges, sirups, cordials
bitters anodynes, tonics, plasters,
liniments, salves, ointments, pastes,
drops, waters Except natural spring
waters and carbonate natural spring
waters1, essences. spirits. oils and all
medicinal preparations or compost
lions, whatsoever. made and sold or
removed for sale by any person
wherein the person making or pre-
pairing the same has or claims to
have any private formula, or any
exclusive right where such packet.
etc. does not exceed at the retail
price FIVE cents, one-eighth of one
cent tax: when the retail price is
between FIVE and ten cents, one-fourth
OF a cent: between ten and fifteen
cents three-elghths OF cent, be-
tween fifteen aud twenty-five cents
hve-eighths OF a cent. and for each
additional twenty-five cents in value
fve-eighths ~ a cent tax
Perfumery and cosmetics and other
similar articles used a., applications
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
TREATY WITH FRANCE
u, S. NEGOTIATIONS FOR RE-
CIPROCITY SUCCESSFUL.
British Steamer Caught Trying to
Run the Blockade at Santiago
with a Cargo of CoaI-Crufser st.
Paul Makes the Capture.
Treaty with France Concluded.

Treaty with France Concluded.
The reciprocity negotiations with France
have come to a successful conclusion.
They were conducted under the third
clause of the tariff act of 1897. The COM
mercial arrangement Hereunder was
signed Saturday by Cambon, French am
bassador, and Kasson, special plenipoten-
tiary of the United States. The agree
ment will take effect June l, when the
French minimum rate upon products OF
the United States exported to France will
take effect.
The agreement makes the following
tariff. arrangement in favor Of the United
States: Manufactured and prepared pork
meats, reduced from 100 francs to % per
100 kilos (about 200 pounds); lard and
components, 40 francs to 25; table fruit,
canned meats, dried or pressed fruits,
common woods, logs, paving blocks,
slaves, hoops, apples, pears, crushed or
dried, at minimum French ate.
The deductions on behalf Of France are:
Argols to pay per cent; brandies OF
other spirits, S1.75 per gallon. There is no
reduction on champagnes.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
RESTS BY HIS RIVAL.
Gladstone and Disraeli Sleep sue
nv side I'm Westminster.


by Side I'm Westminster.
In Westminster Abbey, London, wnere
Englapd's greatest statesmen rest' sne
body of Gladstone was entomed Saturday,
with the ceremonies of the nation ne
served and the church he loved. Inc
grave is beside that of his lifelong advef-
sary. Disraeli, whose marble effigy looks
down upon it, decked with the regalia
Gladstone refused. Two possible future
kings of Great Britain wept beside the
comnoner's coffin, and all the nobility and
learning of the state surrounded it, though
the wish of the deceased had been for SIM
plicity.
The official funeral, the first since that
of Lord Palmerston, was rendered an I'M
posing spectacle by the magnificence OF
the building in which it was solemnized.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke OF York
were at the head of the coffin, and rang
ing behind them were the Marquis OF
Salisbury, the Earl of Kimberly, A. j.
Balfour, Sir William Vernon Harcourt,
the Duke of Rutland, Lord Rosebery and
Mr.. Gladstone's two old time friends,
Baron Rendel and George Armstead.
Within the chancel stood the dean OF
Westminster and beside him were gath
cred the cathedral clergy, the archbishop
of Canterbury and the scarlet and white
surpliced choir filling the chapel.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
GRAND STAND coLLAPsEs.
A Hundred Children More or Less
Hurt in Denver.

A Hundred Children More or Less
Hurt in Denver.
A serious accident occurred Saturday
afternoon at City Park, Denver, by which
nearly 100 children, ranging in age from
mere babies to IL and IA years, were more
or less severely injured. A temporary
grand stand had been erected for Memo
rial Day exercises and on this 1900 chill
dren had been gathered for the rehearsal.
Suddenly a large section of the grand
stand gave way, carrying its load of terri
fed little ones to the ground, in some in.
stances a distance of thirty feet. Many
were caught beneath the falling timbers
and about forty were severely hurt, while
scores were painfully scratched and
bruised. Twenty of the most seriously
injured were taken to st. Luke's Hospital, (,
while the others were conveyed to their
homes in all parts of the city. 1t is not
believed that any fatalities will result from
the accident.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
INVASION HAS BEGUN.
Troops at Gulf Points Ordered to
Break Camp.

Troops at Gulf Points Ordered to
Break Camp.
The military invasion of Cuba has be-
gun. Unless the orders of the war de-
partment miScarried at an early hour
Monday morning the troops that have
gathered at the gulf ports began to break
camp and march aboard transports watt
ing TO carry them to the enemy's terri
tory. About twenty-five of those ships,
the biggest and fastest that could be OBJ
tanned, suitable for the purpose, have
been gathered ready to receive the
troops. How many troops started,
where they took ship, where they are
bound, are questions which the directing
spirits of the campaign refuse positively to
answer. Nothing of the details of this
first movement can be learned. There is a
suspicion that the start will be made from
Tampa and mobile, and it is probable in
such case the fleets of transports will con-
verge at Key West to pass under the
convoy of the warships which Admiral
Sampson has provided to insure the safety
of the troops during the passage across the
Florida straits against attack at the hands
of some stray Spanish cruiser or gunboat
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
LITERATURE OF CHILDHOOD.

A Mothers Notebook Can Be Made
True Romance of Human Nature.
Florence Hull Winterburn, writing OF
keeping "a Mothers Notebook" in the
Woman's Home Companion, claims this
in favor Of such record:
''It is chiefly for her own instruction
and guidance that mother needs to
keep some kind of nursery notebook.
For the refreshnent Of her memory,
when patience is likely to fail, and for
the reawakening of dulled sympathy
with childish moods, as we'll as for the
enlightenment Of others to whom she
may choose to impart her experiences,
the results of her labor will more than
repay her for the trouble taken. She
need follow no rules, nor even attempt
to make regular entries, unless she has
inclination for the task. Facts bearing
upon physical variations are extremely
valuable, and 1t is wise to note the
weight and growth of child at regu-
lar intervals, to ascertain whether he is
devloping normally. Even more import
ant are observations upon his general
health, temperament, disposition and
the use he makes of his faculties. AL
though the mother herself may not be
aware of the standard he should attain,
her statement of facts may give the
clue to physician when puzzling
symptoms show themselves. Often
deafness and defects Of vision might
be prevented if the early signs of their
coming on had been needed. A single
incident in a persons Life may give the
keynote of his character
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH
Caught in the Second Story of Their
Home and Unable to Escape

Caught in tho Second Story of Their
Home and Unable to Escape.
The residence of A. Richter of Iron
Mountain, Mich, was destroyed by fire
the other night. Two children, boy aged
9 and a girl aged II, were burned to a
crisp, and two others, aged and 6, girl
and boy, were so badly burned that they
will die. 1t is not known how the fire
originated, but the firemen suspect that
it was caused by the explosion of lamp
in an incubator. Richter and his wife
and nine small children occupied sleeping
apartments on the second floor. The chill
dren were first aroused before an alarm
had been given. Seven managed to escape,
and FIVE of them uninjured, but two OF
them were fatally burned. Richter and
wife escaped by jumping through win
dow, the former having his arm so badly
cut by glass that he came near bleeding to
death,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
BIG STEAL ALLEGED.
Prominent Omaha Men Charged

PrOmlncOC OInduA Ncu OudFSCu
with EmbeZzlement.
Hon. W. F. Bechel and T. K. SudbOr-
rough. were arrested at Omaha May q,
charged with eInbezzling several thousand
dollars from the Pacific Express Company.
Bechel was auditor and Scarborough was
his assistant of the company until a few
months ago, when they resigned. Pres
ident Morseman resigned at the same time.
Those interested in the prosecution assert
that the company books show that $780,
600 has been misappropriated. Bechel
and Morseman are men of high standing.
Bechel is chairman of the city coun-
Gil and a politician of influence. The
shortage is said to have resulted
from the political death cf the company.
For years the Pacific Express Company
has been clearing house for kindred cor
porations handling lobby funds at the leg
slature. Thousands of dollars have been
spent in this manner during the past few
years. This was no secret. The new
management that has secured control OF
the Pacific Express Company growing out
of the sale of the Union Pacific has pushed
the investigation to the present point.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-06-02
FoR HUMANITY's GOOD.
New Invention Which Mankind Will
Greatly Appreciate.

New Invention Which Mankind viii
Greatly Appreciate.
Does there exist man who has never
struggled with a refractory stovepipeF
This new invention will do more for the
maintenance Of peace and, quiet than
anything else. The illustration repre-
sents a device designed to facilitate
securing a stovepipe in position, ana
holding the pipe so that there will be
no danger of SCOT blowing through the
Joints into the room, says the Scientinc
American. The Improvement has been
patented by Jerome Jones OF Kansas
G,ty. Mo. Upon the thimble held in the
chimney wall and opening into the
flue, is riveted an approximately
U-shaped metallic bar, whose middle
portion extends across the inner end OF
the thimble, and forms support Tor
the hook of a screw rod whose other
end is engaged by cross-piece secured
to the inside of a short pipe section
loosely fitting in the thimbie and pro-
jecting outward to receive the end OF
the stovepipe. The inward movement
of the short section is limited by a bead
which abuts against the inner edge OF
a ring-shaped cover engaging the outer
face of the chimney, thus forming
tight joint, and in the outer end OF this
sect ~n are bayonet slots to be engaged
by short pins on the inner end OF the
stovepipe, there being a handle or
thumb-piece on, the short section by