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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
HOW SHE PAID HER RENT.
Anecdote OF the Recently Assassinated
Empress Elizabeth of Austria.

While travelling in Spain some fifteen
years ago, the writer was entertained
at dinner in Jerez by an English gentle
man who was the owner OF fine hunt
ing estate Ca the south coast of Spain.
where he usually spent the sumner
months. In the spring of 1882 the
Austrian consul called on Mr.. D. and
said that his mistress, the Empress
Elizabeth, understanding that he pro-
posed spending the season in England,
greatly desired 10 rent his place.
Mr.. D. said he would not rent his
place to anyone, but he would feel
highly honored if her majesty would
occupy it for the summer.
When he returned with his family in
the autumn his wife received a note
from the Empress saying that she
would pass through Jerez CA a certain
day, and desired to breakfast with her.
Her majesty expressed her indebted
ness for delightful summer, and
urged that she be allowed to make
some compensation for the place, but
the offer was gracefully refused. At
length the Empress said:
Is there nothing | can do 10 show
my appreciation of your kindness and
courtesy?'
Well, replied MIR. D., If on your
majesty's return to Vienna you VIII
send me a small photograph with your
autograph, | shall be pleased % los.
sess it,"
Several months passed without The
appearance OF the promised portrait,
and both Mr. and Mrs. D. gather I'M
willingly arrived at the conclusion that
the hiustrious lady had entirely for
gotten them and her promise, when
few weeks later an enormous box ar
rived, containing a finely framed. full
length oil painting of the Empress, ex-
ecuted by the Austrian court painter
among the first artists of Europe
New York Observer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

cattle are in condition for the market.
A swindler calling himself W. B
Deming opened a brokers' office in
New York some time ago and ordered
shipments OF goods from various west
ern agents. They, supposing him to
be William b. Deming, reliable bro
kerr complied. He has disappeared
and is said to be indebted 100000.
At Sacramento, Y. S. Grant, Jr.,
testified before the committee to in
yestlgate the senatorial scandal He
admitted having supplied his man
ager J. Green, with money to be ex-
pended egitimately for the election
OF republican Legislature, and hav-
ing advanced money to Speaker
Wright
The Philadelphia North American
oldest newspaper in America, has been
transferred to r. e. A. Dorr, pub
Usher OF the New York Mail and Elk
press, and the firm of Clayton Nc
Michael & Sons has dissolved. The
paper descended from the Pennsylvania
Packet and General Advertiser, whicl
started in It'll
Alaskan mail facilities will be great
ly extended by a contract made by TIE
government with the Pacific Steam
Whaling company, which provides for
a postal service to the Aleutian is
lands monthly mail will leave
sitka for Yakuta, Mthcik, Sand, Val
des Zlodoyia. Kodiak Karluk, Sand
Point Unalaska, etc.
An application for a receiver for the
Wabash Valley Gas company, the Die
terich syndicate, with $l,750,00 CAPT
tai, was made in the United States
court at Baltimore by the American
| Bonding and Trust company of Balti-
more. This is he syndicate that con
| trolls most OF the natural gas compa-
MES in the Indiana cities and which
was reported last week to have bought
up all the electric light plants in
eastern and southern Indiana and
Ohio.
One OF the members Of the Canadian
end Of the Americana Canadian joint
high commission said that he did not
expect an agreement on the questions
pending before the commission unless
the United States commissioners shall
agree to free lumber. The commits
sioners said in so many words that the
subjects under consideration have
been practically agreed upon or are in
such shape that an agreement can be
reached al any time, provided it is
shown that the Canadians can secure
free lumber.
At Evansville. Ind, in the circuit
court Judge Baker, on a motion of
United States District Attorney Wish
ard nolled the case against Cashier
Rosenhanz of the wrecked First Ma
tional bank of Mount Vernon, Ind
lhe district attorney declared his be-
lief that Albert Wade, found not
guilty by a jux, was the guilty man
Judge Baker declared that Wade ad-
mtted his guilt in his testimony, and
that the jury was influenced by his
wealth aud influence.
AS n result OF the semi-annual eX-
animation of cadets at the West Point
military academy, it has been recon-
mended that the thirteen of the mem
bers of the second class found de-
hcent, be continued at the academy
In the third class eleven members
proved deficient, and it is recommend
cd three Of these be discharged while
the others remain TO make up for de-
ticiencios in studies. Six members
OF the fourth class failed to pass the
required test and it Is recommended
that all he discharged
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
RUMoRs ABOUT ROYALTY

If the German emperor is undoubt-
edly the only sovereign preacher and
orator Carmen Sylvia, the queen Of
Roumania, is probably the only royal
parsonage who, besides being an au-
thor and poet, is a public lecturer.
For sometime past she has been ac-
enstomed to give lectures privately in
her palace to young ladies' of he lead
ing families Of her country. These lit
tie assemblies proved so attractive
that the requests for admission nave
grown inconyenient. 50 the The queen
has found it eTpedient to lecture in the
high school for all students who cared
70 attend. Before She could DO this.
however she had to obtain a regular
teachers diploma, signed by the king
and the Roumanian minister Of edu-
cation
AprOpos of Queen Victoria Ii Is not
generally known that she Is able to
write quite as well with her left hand
as with her right For this dexterltg
she is Indebted to her clever but I'M
popular mother the Duchess OF Kent.
who held unusual but eminently SEN
sible views on the subject of education.
The Queen Of England and Empress OF
India is probably the only sovereign
whom may thus be said to possess the
gift Of ambideyterity.
Count Seefrid, who some years ago
eloped with Princess Elizabeth OF Bs-
garia, being privately married at Ge
noa week after their flight from
Munich, has just retired from the
Austrian army, TO which he was trans
ferrei by the emperor after being de-
prived OF his commission as a Bayar-
IAN officer by the regent OF Bavaria
Francis Joseph has at length succeeded
in securing the young counts pardon
from the re.Ening family OF Bavaria
and although The count win not be rel
stored 10 the Bavarian army. yet BE
wIN be allowed to take mp his RESI-
dence with is royal conzort on his an
eostral estate at Buddenhelm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN HAVANA

That English Is 70 be the language
Of trade IN Cuba Is early evidenced by
The efforts OF the Cuban and Span
jsh merchants to learn the language
of the Yankee invaders The more
progressive merchants have hired
clerks who speak English, and this
class % labor is in great demand
Others have clerks who think they can
speak English, and try to learn more
from their customers.
IL may be said to the credit OF the
Hayanese that they pick up English
much quicker than the Americans
form a speaking acquaintance with
Spanish latius seem TO have the
facility Of acquiring languages not 70
be- found In the Anglo-SaXoH, and we
may be sure that inside of three
months English will be spoken in
every store Of any size Ia Havana. ID
may not be the best OF English. but III
win bee English which a.l Americans
can comprehend
Interpreters are commanding good
wage Ell present ana lt the large
hotels they have an they can do
Some OF the American officers are
obliged TO rely entirely on interpreters
lu getting around the city as the ma
ior.ty ot them scarcely know enough
Spanish 10 order a carriage.
The negro bootblaeks in front OF the
hotel may not have understood any
English q month ago but they now
say shine sir" With the fuency or
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
PADEREWSKI AS A STUDENT.
After He Had Won Fame as a Virtuoso
He Practiced All Day for Months.

When Paderewski came TO Lesche-
tzkyin Vienna, some 10 years ago, 1t
was as a concert performer who had
already achieved success in Russia
and mastered an extensive repertoire,
writes Cleveland Moffett of The Man
who taught Paderewski,' in the Jan
uary Ladies Home Journal. "Lesche-
tizky heard him play for while ana
then said: You have some very bad
faults, but you have talent. You have
played too many things, and nothing
well enough. Your wrist is hard and
stiff. If you come to me you must
forget for six months that you have a
repertoire, you must play nothing but
exercises for teehnic, six hours a day
Of exercises, and nothing else
"Paderewski thought the matter
over and decided that he had the
strength of Will for this severe test, and
put himself entirely in Leschetizky's
HANDS. All day long for six months
this finished concert performer worked
away at the mechanics of piano play
ing, at exercises specially devised for
him by Leschetizky, and some devised
by himself with reference to peculiar
tiles of his own hands. Every evening
he took a lesson at the professors
this being a mark for special favor, for
with ordinary pupils all lessons end az
in the afternoon, and one lesson iu
two weeks is the best that even the
most proficient may attain. One hOu:,
two hours, three hours, these nightly
lessons lasted for Leschetzky gives
terest is aroused. These TWO men
we're together constantly; they took
long walks; they played hard fought
games of billiards, both being adopts
at the game; they talked necessarily,
for Leschetizky has a fluent tongue,
sounding art be gave freely to the
younger man, anu that the disciple has
given 10 the world.
AS TO the number of hours that
should be spent in daily practice, Les
chetizky says it depends very much
>
ing his mind upon what his fingers
are doing five hours ne would call
maximum. and less is better. DONE
practice so many hours he is always
saying but use your brain more
while you are practiciug. Learn TO
listen! How few there are who know
to llsteu!' And then, to illustrate his
meaning, he will strike two notes n
succession, say G and d, and show
what changes and shadows of mean
ing may be effected by varying the
time ana ton quality. A little strength
eniug here, a holding back there, the
quckening OF q pulse the change OF
an accent these make all the differ
ence between soul ana clay, between
art and artihce, but it takes a listening
brain 10 feel tuem Perhaps-and in
deed it is SO regarded habit is
one Of The most precious OF The many
really precious things that LeschetzkY
develops in his pupils.
And then there is the habit he is al
ways counseling of practicing away
from the piano; not practlclng with
the hands, but with the mind, by
thinking out a piece note by note, pas
sage by passage until a distinct aud
original idea Of it has been obtained.
This work may be done, he says, at al
most any time once the habit is
formed. and may be done with or with
ont notes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

the coming Irish university bill. The
measure will propose to raise Queens
college, at Belfast, to the status of a
teaching university, and to create
another university at Dublin. Both
win be on Identical lines except that
the first governing body at Belfast Will
be Protestant. while the governors at
Dublin win be Roman Catholics.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
PEACE NOTES.

to number 10000 men, and he Is SAID
10 have nearly so Maxim guns.
Native Filpinos suspect that the APP
pointment of an American commission
10 go TO Manila Is a ruse to gain time.
Surgeon-General Sternberg will or
game a corps OF expert female nurses
for the army,
Mistaklng warship salutes for chai-
lenge, 5000 armed Filipinos marched
out to give the American troops battle,
"A. w. Powell, through political in
fuence, had some of his patented pre-
served meats sent TO the army in Cuba.
Gems Eagan is being tried for con
duet unbecoming an officer and gen
tleman" and use of 'unmllitary Ian
suage,"
President Mckinley has appointed 2
Colonial commission to deal with all
questions Of governing our new pos
sessions,
Agoncillo, representative OF the Fill
iplno republic, asks why this country
is preparing TO make war on It's form
er allies.
Gen. Ludlow praises The Cubans and
fayors a loan by the United States to
Havana Of 100000 for public i'm
provements
General Rios dabled to Madrid that
the sick and MANNED Spanish prisoners
who had been held by the Fillpinos
have been treed,J
II the Cuban soldiers become ban
dts, as has been suggested, Indian
fighters in the United States army will
be used to chase them and capture
them.
The cabinet discussed complaints
against the Bank OF Havana confirm
ing the colection-bf taxes in Cuba. No
change Is uKely to be made before
June.
The Spanish ministry Of war has de-
eided TO abolish the military mar
shals, to retire half Of the unattached
generals and greatly reduce the mum
Der Of officers on the active list.
General Fltzhugh Lee has ordered
mis- men at Havana not TO keep human
skulls and bones in their tents, They
had been taken from cemeteries, the
Cuban custom being TO rent a grave
for q time, and then dig up the bones
General Brooke has been called on
by the war department to advise head
quarters here whether or not more
volunteers will be required in Cuba
The 18th Minnesota, If not sent 10
Cuby by Feb /, will probably be mus
tered out,
1t was learned that creditors holding
judgments against the city OF Havana
would levy upon the public receipts,
and Major General Ludlow ssued N
order that receivers OF city money
must not disbursc "a except by ord Ter
of the governor.
Lieutenant Louis NJ Maus. chief
surgeon OF the seventh army corps.
found 10000 vaccine points in the Ha-
yana custom house which had been
lost for -four days ana are now prob
ably spoiled Collector Bliss viii es-
tablish on Feb / a system OF bonded
warehouses;, hitherto unknown here
The summer home Of the LIST United
States regular infantry In Cuba will
& massive Spanish barracks which
as been disnfected. Surgeon Gen
ual Sternberg approves taking the
regiment out OF the tents when the
weather ia warm, and q third story
VIII be put on the building so os to
accommodate all the regiment. The
structure cost half q million dollars
and WAS q years in construction.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison. Jan. 23.--In the upper
house this evening resolutions OF
respect and sympathy on the death
OF ex-senator George w. Pratt OF
Oshkosh were presented by SEN
ator Baxter and adopted, Senator
Baxter paying a tribute to the memory
and worth OF the deceased. Senator
Jones introduced bill to amend the
law comforting civil criminal and ap-
pellate jurisdiction on the county court
OF Waukesha county, enlarging its
powers. Senator Jones also introduced
bill for the relief of Waukesha mer-
chants who suffered through the Kee-
ley cure law being declared ingand.
The assembly joint resolution proyd-
ing for the reference of the various
portions of the governors message to
committees was concurred in.
In the assembly a bill was in
troduced by Mr.. Hoehle, relating
to the foreclosure of mortgages
by advertisement. IL restores the law
as it was prior to the late revision, by
requiring service on the occupant of
property, where it is occupied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

1t is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins TO uuravel + a
single stitch drops one little sin in-
dulged makes a hole you could put
your head through .-Charles Buxton
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Wisconsin,; and Mr.. Frost giving the
public no priority of claim in case of
bank failures; Mr.. Anderson for the
taxation OF mortgages.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Madison, Jan. 27.-At the morning
senatorial caucus today three assem-
blymen, Willott OF Manitowoc, Gala
way OF Sheboygan and Willy of APP
pleton left Stephenson for Cook. These
were the only changes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

At Boone Iowa. the Chicago s
Northwestern f-eigh. house was
burned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Madison, Jan. 30-The legislative
session today was only perfunctorg,
nothing of moment being done and
many members not having returned
since the Saturday recess. Neither at
the noon joint session nor at the re-
publican caucus old any material
change in the vote for United States
senator occur, The deadlock is still
as firm as ever, though a break is
looked for certain this week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

NtVtShdIN 10 tHUIVt. ...t..s .,.,,., %
Ahsentees-Be Becker and LANCE demo-
Gratis, Holcomb republican
The republican caucus in the fare
noon took 10 ballots, or SO in all, with
out change
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Madison, Jan. 24.-rhe first open
session vote for senators was taken
today in both houses without material
charge from previous caucus action.
Assembiyman Anderson went from
Quarles to Cook That was the only
Snrnrisn Thn vote Mns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Madison, Jan. 24,--In the senate
Senator bennett introduced mem
orial to congress in favor OF the cleo
ton of senators by popular vote and
Senator Welton communication
from John A. Johnson of Madison
praying for a new banking law.
In the assembly Mr.. Hall introduced
a sweeping bill forbidding the grant
ing Of passes or acceptance of them
by public officials Mr. Orion pre-
sented two bills taxing Wisconsin life
insurance companies / per cent. on
gross receipts, besides property tax,
and outside companies 2 per cent;
Wisconsin fire marine and casualty
panles 3 per cent and foreign com
panies 4.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Gratis ilOlCOUlD republican,
The republican caucus in the fire
noon took 10 ballots, or SO in all, with
out change
Madison, Jan. Nothing was done
in the assembly. though the governor
submitted a list OF 81 pardons for the
last TWO years and the reasons there
for In the senate a bill was intro
duced by Senator McGilliyray forbid
ding the sale Of patent medicines I'M
less they be approved by the state
board of health The two houses met
in Joint session at noon, and took. for
the first time, joint ballot for sena-
tor, The result was no material var
iation from previous caucus action
Madison. Jan. 2G-A bill for taxing
express companies was introduced by
Senator Munson in the upper house
Precision is made for graded license
the companies paying $500 a year in
cities of $4,000 people, 5000 where the
population is 10000, $3.50 where 1t is
$4,000 500 where It is 10000, SIS
whore II Is 5000. $50 where it is 5000,
$40 whore il is 1000 and 81 in towns
Of 20o. The fish commission re-
port was received In the assembly
Mr. Humphrey introduced bin maxi
ing instead Of 3 cents the maximum
passenger rate on railways, by Mr..
Dahl permitting people to change
thpir. par5es nv Gyfp,, A., ,,.,+fg,. mich ,t,,
register of deeds and paying so cents
by Mr. Daggett making the open deer
season from Nov 70 10 30 instead of
the first 20 days ia November; and by
Mr.. Han taxing Inheritances and be-
quests OF $500 or over per cent upon
the market value of the property
Where the bequest is to a father, mo
Their. child, brother sister wife or wi
dow il is exempt unless il be personal
property of the value Of $4,000 or
more I'm which case the tax Is / per
cent Al noon both houses again
voted for senator i'm Joint session
without material change
Madison. Jan. %. The senatorial
deadlock is unbrokeu Todays only
change was that Assemblyman Har-
Ney ot Ogouto went from Stephenson
10 Quarlos ana staid Assemblyman
Wtrbelm o., Marathon left Webb. and
Went 10 Cook. then TO Stephenson and
finally back 20 Webb
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-02

Madison. Jan. %. The senatorial
deadlock is unbruken Today's only
change was that Assomblyman Har-
Ney of Oguuto went from Stephenson
to Quarles and stald Assemblyman
Wtrhelm %, Marathon left Webb. and
went 10 Cook, then TO Stephenson and
finally back 20 Webb
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-18

II A Y HlLE the Dreyfus agitation
WV in France is as strong to-day
Wv Us II has been at any time yet
the French people are taking q calmer
view of the whole situation than they
have previously. But few weeks
ago verdict by the court of cessation
whether for or against Dreyfus would
in all probability have caused trouble
In the republic, but to-day such ver-
dict would cause but little more than
ripple II 1t was against the prisoner,
and would result in nothing more seri-
ous than the entanglement of a number
of officers high in command in the
French army If in his favor. Even this
later feature is only possibility while
the probability Is that the army would
be whitewashed, even If IL is rotten to
peace. The army on the other hand
will in all probability be glad to escape
SO easily from predicament which
they never foresaw.
Looking at the whole case from the
viewpoint of an outsider and an Ameri-
can 1t would seem that the officers of
the general staff had overreached
themselves in the persecution Of Drey-
fus. II would seem that the one ele-
ment which they failed to consider in
the conviction and punishment of
Dreyfus was the wife and family Of
the convicted man. 1t is to her belief
In her husbands innocence and her
energy and perseverance that the case
was not allowed to sink into the OBJ
scurity which it is evident the army
desired.
When all of France was ready to ac-
cept the verdict of the military tribu-
nal and declare the convicted man gull
ty of the greatest crime possible for
him to commit, his wife refused TO be
led by the sway of the masses and pro-
nounced her faith in her husbands in
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-04-18

nocence. She did more than that, she
began Immediately to search for addi-
tional evidence or for flaws in his trial
with which she could appeal to the
minister of justice for new hearing
for her husband. Her advocacy of his
cause found it's first friends among
Hebrews, both in and out of France.
The Protestants were the next to join
her standard in behalf of her husband,
and so France was divided, and the
question of the guilt or innocence of
q junior officer of the army, man who
under ordinary circumstances would
have been speedily forgotten as the
army wished, has come nearer causing
n repetition of the terrible days of the
Commune than anything France has
witnessed for a number of years.
In almost every country of Europe
and America outside of France the pre-
vailing impression to-day is that Drey-
fus Is innocent, but whether the court
of cassation will SO proclaim him is as
yet uncertain. In France the people are
looking at the whole question in a
calmer light, and it is now furnishing
the foundation for wagers among the
betting classes. Even money is being
laid on either side, and the betting is
but indicative of the feeling of the
French people who consider the chances
of the convicted man about even for and
against his release.
But while the court of cessation de-
lays its verdict; while the Fiparo de-
fies the government and continues to
publish the damaging evidence against
the officers of the general staff; while
an anxious wife works and prays that
u great wrong may be righted and her
husband liberated and his good name
restored to him; while the French peo-
pie lay their bets on the verdict of the
court, what of the unhappy prisoner in
his little hut on a lonely island in the
Caribbean sea?
Rumors of death, of attempted es-
capes, of persecution have been rife
ever since French man-of-war set the
unhappy man ashore at Devils island,
where 1t was then decreed that he
should end his days, and the sooner
ended the better pleased the French
army would be.
Many efforts have been made to in
yestigate the conditions surrounding
the prisoner, but all of them have