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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

The masters advise, and with their
pupils, will insist upon radical changes
In the old favorites. says Prof. Kehl.
The romping style of the last two
winters will be entirely discounten-
anced and in its place will appear the
stately movement OF the court minuet.
The music in each case is to be much
slower and the steps less long, a COM
bination which will bring about the
desired changes
As TO position, the partners will
face each other ito the extent OF one
half'-that is. the lady will look over
the mans right shoulder. and CON
rersely. II the masters can accom-
plish ii, there will be no more putting
the lady directly back In forward
and back movements the mans foot
will be between the lady's feet and the
mans left or guiding arm will be held
nearly straight with the palm up
turned and the lady's right hand will
rest in it, with the palm turned down.
The lady's left hand is to rest on the
mans shoulder
The Dewey Two-Step is a combiua-
ton of several side steps, kick in
either direction, and 16 measures of
the two-step proper. This dance was
composed by K. L. Landrum ot Salt
Lake City.
E. b. Gaynor of Chicago has given
pretty dance to the public in the
Ancaster Gayotte, 1t embraces
number of fancy steps and is con-
cluded with Is measures of the regu-
lar waltz.
A trip around the world is the idea
carried out by the various dances and
fayors in a new German.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

told that the Cadiz fleet had sailed,
However, the weight OF opinion seems
10 incline TO the presence OF the fleet
az Cadiz, owing to the bad condition
ot the ships.
The news of the attack by the
Spauiards upon the United States ma
r'nes at Guantanamo bay Sat
arday night was not confirmed
by official adyices up to the close Of
the day here However, there is no
disposition TO question the accuracy
nt the press report and the news had
rather a SOLDERING effect upon the ell
-m-nt that has insisted upon rushing
The troops forward regardless Of their
preparedness. Saturday nights
action shows that the Spanish are not
afraid TO charge boldly upon the
United States troops and the prospects
II whacking warfare disclosed
The Spanish movements are any
.l-Ig but agreeable to persons who
nave been hoping for a short cam
Eat+1 A good deal Of surprise Is e.
~ SEED at the failure OF the report to
merton that any substantial aid was
ysd from the insurgents who are
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
MONDAYS BASEBALL SCORES.

New York 4, Brooklyn 3. az inn
ings.) In the twelfth inning Joyce hit
the first ball pitched to him for home
run. winning the game.
Louisville 4, Cincinnati 6.
Boston 5, philadelphia ?.
Kansas City 7, Milwaukee 3.
st. Paul 2, Detroit 3
Washington 5 Baltimore l.
Ottumwa 1, Rock Island 2.
Minneapolis 5, Columbus 8
Omaha /. indianapolis 9.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

Washington. June 14.-The first
.-rv INVASION of Cuba is now well
oc is way, thirtytwo transport
steamships, bearing over $4,000 Of
scsrs and men, conveyed by battle
sbips. cruisers, gunboats and auxiliary
cr,,isers. sixteen in number, having
ocrually sailed from Key West at day
hrsak Monday morning. An authorita-
,i,s statement to this effect was made
a. The war department Monday, set
ting at rest all reports that the expe-
dition was on its way, or had landed
last week. With the expedition off
the officials here feel that there will
be period Of comparative inaction
for few days. By Thursday at the
latest the transports will be off San
uago. and the large army will make
Us landing on the Cuban soil Samp-
son has cleared the way for this I'M
dertaking and little danger is appre-
hended in getting ashore When the
advance is made, the actual dramatic
Developments may be expected and by
that time it is likely that the Amer
lean commanders will be in direct ca
bic communication with the authori-
ties here Admiral Sampson has
taken the shore end of the cable land
ing al Guantanamo and force of cable
experts is rapidly restoring the line
to working order. Aside from the
men and officers making up the expe
ditiOn, the boats carried vast quanti-
ties Of supplies, ammunition and war
equipments necessary to maintain an
organization of this size at least sixty
days,
Every detail for landing this party
has been worked out by the engineer
corps Jf the army. 1t will be la
DOT Qs process at the DeSt ana take
a fun day more. The point of landing
has been so chosen that there is little
Ganser of interruption from Spanish
forces, hut should they attempt to
make trouble, Admiral Sampson S
ships will insure ample protection UNI
I'll the troops can care for themselves.
The Spanish cadiz fleet is almost as
much Of a mystery to the naval Off
GERS here as was Cerveras flying
squadron during the two weeks i'm
mediately preceding its inglorious
bottling up at Santiago. Monday a
report came that the squadron was UNI
ft for sea. That would have been
credited except that the department
had information as late as Saturday
to the effect that the squadron was
already for sea and about to depart
About a week before it had been
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

calculated on from their experience in
jungle fighting to be of service in an
encounter with Spanish guerrilas.
General Shafter commands the army
of invasion.
The navy department has concluded
its purchase OF small vessels for the
auxiliary fleet as It now has all it re-
quires and an intimation to that effect
vas conveyed to Admiral Erben, in
charge of that service, Monday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
SEVERAL RECORDS BROKEN

New York, June 1.-THE race meet
at Berkeley Oval yesterday attracted
fair sized crowd The principal
event was the 15-mile multlcycle paced
race between e McDuffee OF Cam
bridge and Fred G. HOyt Of Bridge
port. McDuffee won the race by
nearly third Of a mile In n minutes
and "A 2-5 seconds, besides breaking
the American record for two, three,
four. f'e six, seven and eight miles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
Madison, June IA.

Madison, June a.
Ii is estimated that the western in
ternal revenue district of Wisconsin.
which includes about the western half
of the state, will contribute over
l.ooO,OO0 yearly to help defray the ea-
penses of the war. The receipts Of
the fiscal year which ends June 30
are expected to be about 100000,
This is an increase of 1921 900 over the
receipts of the previous year. which
were si79,272.SS, The increase In the
receipts Of the present fiscal year is
attributed to the Dingley bill which
has been in force just year and To
the revenue due before July | under
the bill signed Monday and which
goes into effect today, II is expected
that Mr.. Blumenfeld will collect some
thing over $1,000, 900 In this district
within the next year.
The war revenue bill was signed by
the president at o'clock Monday at
ternoon, An hour and half before
that time Collector Blumenfed re-
N b. Scott, commissioners of internal
revenue:
The new law goes into effect to-
morrow, the Nth The rate on beer
is s. a barrel with ~ per cent. dis
count; tobacco II cents pound, two,
three and four ounce tobacco and
! snulf packages being abolished and one
| and two-thirds ounce, two and one
/ half ounce and three and one-third
| ounce packages substituted respective
! ly. one ounce packages of smoking
! tobacco are provided. Imprint the
| figures of the new denominations with
| rubber stamps. The tax on cigars
| and cigarettes over three pounds to
the 1000 is 1853. cigarettes weighing
| less than pounds to the 1000, Slb0.
Imprint and deliver stamps at new
! rate and make reports as heretofore
instructed. Imprint Immediately to
meet all demands"
The collector Immediately notified
, all of his deputies and the work OF
collecting the additional tax viii be-
gin this morning,
The new tax falls heaviest perhaps
on beer which is assessed 81 barrel
with discount of 7h per cent, max
ing the real tax $lS5 a barrel. Kegs
already stamped and held by brewers
and retail jobbers will be taxed 81
per cent of the increase. Tobacco
dealers won't have to pay an In
crease tax on stock of less than
/ 900 pounds of tobacco or 10000 cigars
! or cigarettes The new cigar and
cigarette tax Is as follows: $3.50 per
/ goo on cigars weighing more than
three pounds per 1000 81 per LOO
on cigars Weighing not more than
three pounds per 1000, $3.50 per l,OOt
on cigarettes weighing more than
three pounds per 1000, and $3.50 per
/ 900 on cigarettes weighing not more
than three pounds per 1000.
Among the articles that must here
after bear stamps are proprietary
goods. bonds. deeds, mortgages, checks
drafts certificates Of stock.
A number Of special taxes are to be
collected such as $50 from banks with
capital Of less than $4,000 and s.
for every additional $1,000 Of stock
$50 from brokers; $50 from pawn
brokers: 500 from commercial brokers
so from customhouse brokers; 500
from proprietors Of theaters, museums
and concert halls in cities of more
than 25,000 people; 800 from circuses;
$40 from public exhibitions or shows;
So for each bowling alley or billiard
table A special tax Is also levied
on inheritances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
A CLERK SUICIDES

Milwaukee, June II Edward A
Austin, clerk In the offices OF the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company killed himself In an attic
In his house at 3416 Wells street. He
was married and had three children,
two girls and a boy. He had been
home for week from his business
and had been taking morphine or some
other opiate, thought it was not said
that he had been suffering from any
acute Illness
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
CAN NOW ENLIST
Major Joachim and Private Curtis
Here for Recruits.
Madison June IA.

aAl'iin'tAi june -.
Lawrence A. Curtis. son OF Capt.
and Mrs c. A. Curtis arrived in town
Monday and last night Major George
Joachim returned both dressed In
their war uniforms. They report the
boys at Jacksonville In good spirits.
A recruiting Office will be opened here
at once to fill the quota for Company
G. The orders Of the war department
concerning recruits are that they must
be between 10 and 45 years old, Of
good character and habits, free from
disease. and able to speak English
Married men will be enlisted only u.
on the approval OF the reglmen1i
commander, aud minors must have
the written consent Of their father,
sole surviving parent or guardian.
Only citizens or those who have made
legal declaration Of their intention to
become citizens can enlist For infan-
try the height should be not less than
; feet ! inches. and weight not less
than 12O nor more than 100 pounds.
Recruiting officers are. however auth
orized in their discretion 10 accept
desirable applicants who are ten
pounds or less underwoight or
who vary not more than
faction Of an inch from the required
height or chest measures
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
NEW FANCY DANCES
Three Are Added While the Waltz and
Two-Step Remain.
Madison June a.

The decree Of the American National
Association Of Dancing Masters has
gone forth and the dances Of the com
ing season viii be the waltz and the
two-step az the standards and the
Ancaster Gayotte, the Dewey Two-step
and lie Danse Beatrice as the fancy
dances. This is the report brought by
Prof r W Kehl who has just re-
turned from the convention held az
Detroit at which he was reelected
third vice president " the association.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

Richmond = Hobson. the hero of
Santiago, is tall probably over six
feet has a fine penetrating blue eye.
and is rather striking in appearance.
He writes with great power; his
phraseology is perhaps a little more
turgid than it will be when he grows
older, but II is remarkably foreefu and
indicates great power Df thought.
Like most geniuses, HUDSON Is re-
garded as peculiar. Men who were at
the naval academy while he was there
say his classmates at FIRST attempted
to make life miserable for the quiet,
studious boy, but found that he could
resent their actions In way that
made them desist before he had been
in the academy very long He was
only 10 years old when he went TO
Annapolis, and his most marked char
acteristic was his use Of words seldom
IN the vocabulary OF, a youngster OF
his age One Of his classmates said
that Hobson was hazed n great deal
in his 'plebs year, and many a Dig
nified officer had the honor Of stand
Ing him on his head and making him
do all sorts Of ridiculous things in the
hazing curriculum. One day Hobson
resented the annoyance to which he
was subjected by older cadets In these
words: Il do not desire and neither
will tolerate any more OF your
scurrlous contumely AT another
time Hobson was fishing from the end
Of the old Santee wharf, and passing
classmate asked him what he was do
Ing Merely indulging IN plscatorial
pursuits" said the future hero Of the
Merrimac exploit Under the law.
any officer Of the navy u entitled to
be advanced one grade II he receives
the thanks Of congress, and by and
with the consent Of the senate can be
promoted thirty numbers IN rank for
eminent and conspicuous conduct in
battle or extraordinary hsrbiam Hob
son WIN therefore doubtless be vel
taken care Of; bp,ve hopes, LbAt the
braVs 'frten' a1fsis asy aieege9' 10. ACCOM-
parry hiih md who, fully slaEfi the
same dangers will not 9e,agl.ec'ea.
TbsY are no less deserving OF reward.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
YOUNG NAPOLEON OF FINANCE"
FINALLY WORSTED.
HE'S PROBABLY BIG LOSER
All of His Holdings in Futures Sold
Out to Well Known Houses and His
Cash Holdings Trusted" to Pre-
vent Slump in the Market--Young
Millionaire Punched by Older Heads.

Chicago, June IA Monday was
day of excitement. and of wild rumors
in the Chicago wheat pit. A reverse
the young Napoleon of finance" Jo-
seph Letter. At first ohere was wild
tumble in prices on the board, July
wheat selling off IL cents from Sat
urday's close, while September lost
ass cents and December 37s cents, but
all made little recovery before the
close. 1t was finally given out that
Letter had ordered his deals all closed
and that the selling rush was the re-
suit of the execution of this order, &C
companied as it was by flood of
rumors concerning the stability of the
big bull movement which for months
has been an important faction in the
board of trade dealings. One of these
rumors was that Letter had been de-
serted by some of his associates in the
campaign. In the meantime Letters
wheat was being tumbled overheard
and the prices became demoralized.
Later in the day Letter made no at
tempt to conceal the fact that he
had sold out all of his holdings in
futures to other well-known houses,
and they were pretty well protected
by margins, so that whatever losses
there We're would fall upon Letter. His
cash wheat, one report said, was trans
ferred to Armour, but later the story
was that it would be trusted and
handled in such way as TO prevent
slump which would be inevitable If
it were all thrown on the market at
once. Before the final close the
panic partially subsidized, and July re-
acted cents, September selling up
ia, and December making 2 cents
rally, selling shade above Septem-
Der, where it was l cent under Satur-
day.
None of the principals in the Letter
crisis is willing to discuss the causes
which led to his abdication and the
most plausible explanation that can
be offered at this time is, therefore,
circumstantial and speculative. 1t is
/ estimated that during the day from
5000, 900 to 10000 900 bushels of Lett
er wheat, optional and visible, were
sold on account of the young Napo-
leon" This is supposed to have con-
sisted chiefly of options in September,
July and June wheat stored in Min
! neapolis, ST. Paul, Duluth and Chi
, cago 1t was said on the floor that
the bankers of the northwest, who have
been carrying the northwestern bull
/ clique, refused to carry their burdens
for a longer time and that calls had
been made by northwestern dealers,
particularly Minneapolis interests, for
margins down to 80 cents. These, it
is said. were followed by calls upon
Letter here to margin his wheat hold
, ings down to 80 cents. Letter had
about 1000 900 bushels of cash wheat
on hand, much of which he Is said
to have disposed Of at a loss Later
il is reported that l.. 4. Letter, when
asked by his son for more money, had
refused to be drawn farther into the
wheat deal, and thus compelled the
latter to let go large line OF his hold
ings in order to satisfy his warehouse
, creditors and marginal demands
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
OUR MARINES FIGHT
CALAMITY REPULSE NIGHT AT
TACK OF SPANIARDS.
BUT FIVE AMERICANS KILLED
Spanish Loss, However, Is Known to
Have Been Considerably Greater
Some of Our Boats Scatter the En-
envy with Few Shells-American
Pickets Fall Among Spaniards

Off United States Camp. Guantanamo
| Bay, Sunday noon, June y, via King
ston, Jamaica, June 13.-When the
Associated Press dispatch boat Daunt-
less left Guantanamo bay this morn
, ing, after thirteen hours skirmish
between the United States marines un-
der Lieutenant Colonel Huntington
and the Spanish guerrillas and regu-
! lars, it was expected the fighting would
be renewed. The Marblehead was land
been heard from the advance pickets
under Lieutenant Neville and Lieuten-
ant Shaw. At 8 o'clock the firing was
again renew ed by the Spaniards, who
appeared off che camp on the edge of
a small island, about a mile to the
northeast. 1t was promptly returned
by thirteen rifles and three-inch field
gun, and in a short time all signs of the
/ ShShy Unsupported Col' il"utlhStoh
then sent to the landing for a second
three-inch gun, which was dragged NJ
the Hill and placed in position at the
summit. The skirmish lines thrown
around the camp kept up popping
all morning, but with not much result
Oh 60. 4. AZ II, a, No.,
/ blehedd left the harbor and threw 3
few shells into the woods. TO the
| great delight of the marines in camp
| Lieutenants Neville and Shaw, with
/ thirty men of Company ID, returned in
| good shape but much exhausted by
! eighteen hours picket duty. One
! man, Sergeant Smith, company X
! had been shot through the abdomen
: and instantly killed. For most OF
! the day and night Lieutenants Neville
| and Shaw had been surrounded by a
much superior force, but the men anc
officers behaved splendidly and, al
! though the firing of the Spaniards was
/ constant and heavy, Lieutenant Ne
ville's detachment held it's own, in
| ficting much more damage than II
/ sustained. At least five Spaniards are
/ known to have been killed and as
/ Lieutenant Neville's men kept up a
steady fire throughout the night and
/ the enemy was not at a great dis
lance, it is believed that the Spanish
casualties were heavy The battleshiF
Texas arrived this morning and
sent ashore forty marines and two
automatic colt guns as reinforce
ments. The Marblehead also sent an
additional detachment. Private Bar
tbolomew MCGOWAN of Co. d will lose
hand which was shattered by bull
/ let.
The Spaniards Saturday night at
tackled the camp of first battalion OF
marines under Lieutenant X. W.
/ Huntington and were repulsed with
heavy loss Four Americans were
killed, namely: Surgeon j. b. Gibbs,
/ New York city; Sergeant Smith, Co.
ID: Private McColgan, Co. ID; Private
Dunnripsy, Co. d. The wounded were:
Private MCGOWAN, Co D., hand shat
tered; pilot on United States cruiser
Mablehead, shot through the leg The
firing began after midnight and lasted
until daybreak. At times there was a
heavy fusilade on both sides.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
SPANIARDS WILL BE WATCHED.

Ottawa, June 12.-Lieut Carranza
and Senior Du Bose will sail for Ma
drid from Montreal Saturday, June
%. In the meantime 1t is stated In
official circles that the Canadian secret
service men and private detectives
will watch their movements closely
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
SALMON FOR SOLDIERS

Washington, June 12.-The presi-
dent has authorized that canned sal
mon be added as one OF the meat
compliments OF army rations, Ordi-
narily fresh beef will be issued to tho
troops Six days in ten. salt meats
three days In ten aud, canned salmon
one day In ten
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
CONSTANTIA SCARED THEM.

Newport News, Va. June IL. The
German steamship Constantine, whose
appearance OFF the cape Friday night
caused sensational rumors as to Span.
ish warships lurking In that vicinity.
arrived Saturday The Constantia -
bound from New Orleans to Hamburg
and came TO this port for, coal,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
PECK ISSUES THE CALL.

Milwaukee. June a. Chairman
George w. Peck OF the democratic
state central committee has called a
meeting OF the committee for Tues
day evening, June q, at o'clock, az
the Plankinton house to call the state
convention and to arrange the cam
paign.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16

Washington, June IA For nearly
two hours the senate had under dis
cussion the resolution OF Mr.. Lodge
rep, Mass directing the claims
committee TO make an inquiry as to
the disposition of the money appro-
priated by congress to pay the book
concern of the Methodist Episcopal
church of the south A heated colo
guy between Messrs Chandler IN. H.)
and Pasco tFla) was the feature Of
the discussion. The resolution will
probably be called up again today.
An act authorizing thej appointment
of non-partisan commission to coli
lect Information and recommend Leg
islation to meet problems presented
by labor, agricultural and capital was
passed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
MANITowoC BOY WITH SAMPSON
Albert Grabo VIII Signal from a
Balloon.

ManitowCc, Wis, June 4.-Albert
Il. Grabo, a member Of the signal
corps of the United States army, is
now attached to Admiral Sampson
fleet OFF Santiago. He will make bal
loon ascensions TO locate vessels and
infantry OF the Spaniards He was
born in Manitowoc Wis. and up to
his fifteenth year attended the first
ward high school. He then left home.
went to Chicago and enlisted in the
regular army. After spending few
months at Fort Sheridan he was sent
TO Fort Huachuca, Ariz, where he
ioined company H. fifteenth infantry
While at his fort he studied hard and
was the only man from Fort Huachuca
who passed the signal service exam
nations. From Fort Huachuca he
was sent to Fort Logan, the only reg
ular army service school in the United
States Here he was stationed for
about two years When the Spanish
American war was declared he was
medately sent 10 Chickamauga
Park. Ga, and from there TO Tampa.
One June he, with nine others. left
on the gunboat Helena under sealed
orders. carrying their balloon and in
struments with them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
PERSONALITIES.

Archdeacon Farrar, In a urecent
"reminiscences, says that when a young
man he heard Macaulay name every
woman who had ever been executed
In England He was then asked II he
could name all of the archbishops.
oh, yes, he replied; any school
boy could do that The archdeacon
says that Macauay's meihory made
him the most wonderfully informed
man that ever lived ''i
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
HOUSE.

Washington, June Ia. The debate
upon the Hawaiian annexation con-
t'nued Monday in the house, ten
speeches being made. Very little in
crest was manifest either upon the
iioor or In the galleries. Speeches
were made by Mcssrs.
Newlands tsil, New Pearson
Barrows rep, Mass) stewart (rep,
N. j., Kirkpatrick trep., Pal, Mann
trep., mo for and by Messrs, Bell
tpop, COLI, Bland tdem., MOI and
Smith (dem delegate, Ariz.) against
bill approprating $473,l51 to pay the
Behring Sea award.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-16
WHERE'S CASH GONE?
THAT'S WHAT SENATE WANTS
METHODlSTS TO EXPLAIN.
MATTER FULLY DISCUSSED

Lodge Believes Funds Have not Been
Properly Disposed OF and Urges an
Investigation Populistic Meas
ure Passed Hawaiian Annexation
Question Draws Forth Speeches,