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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
HOMEMADE OSOPHY.

Wen we begin too lock up the big
thieves the little wuns will have no
1ace-makeTs.
The Trust is a bully feller-so long
az he robs the other chap. That's
wot we awl say.
Sum men are too onest too git put
IN Jail, and sum too slick at stealth too
ever git cot at it,
Sivilize the heather, and make him
pay sumboddy for his grave wen he
die, or git put in the potters field.
To often them that preech the Sc
verest sermon to the little rougues,
bow and skrape and truckle to the big
raskals.
A man may say a good many hard
things erbout Trusts, but Wen thay
say, Throw up yoore hands," wy up
thay goze
1t il so mulch eez!er to drift with
TIE crowd than to oppoze it; but if the
driftin crowd gifts damned, 700 git the
same dose.
Beware ov the blind enthuseeazzum
ov the deluded common peepul. HAY
are jist as patriCtick wen they are
rCng, az wen thay are right.
If man wont wurk he haz no rite
to eete anything but supe. God helps
him too have no conshienshi0usEes
about takin everything in sight.
No ODDS how crude and crooel
NAME religus faith may be, he stands
with hiz sleeves rolled up and reddy to
kill the man hoo SEE he haz got bet
ter one
Behind the opprcshun and tyranny
ov every grindin trust ana monopoly,
thare IL g law too leagal:ze thare in
yoonanity. Change the law before 700
set up a howl.
Truth in thinkin IL no more than a
j'dGhtatf AID mortal We don't think
right today, becaws we ar only about
half developed.
If, away back in the dark ages, men
had bin tot too worship the man hoo
cud invent q piow, instead Of lookiI
up strange gods, the stream ov yooL2ln
love wud now be at by tide.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
ELECTRIC NIAGARA,
Great Falls to lie Transformed Into n
ElCod of ire.

Buifaio'S big eXpOSitIOn-ari if only
one-haif the promises of the manage
ment are realized it will be in every
respect big affair-will be the occa-
sion CT what will doubtless be a most
brilliant and startling electrical illu-
miration. Niagara Fails will be trans
formed into food Of fire The seeth-
ing, roaring torrent viii be ablaze with
all the hueS Of the spectrum The
superlatiye natural grandeur of tie
scene VIII be so enhanced that the
projectors Of the Strikingly novel en-
terprise contend that its success Will
make the exposition an event in his
tory. The idea is TO erect a series OF
tall towers on both the American and
Canadian sides OF the river. On the
top Of these ioftiy spires huge electric
searohlights will be placed. in such
manner that they may be played on
any part OF the falls. The imagination
may picture the dazzling effect that
viii be produced when score OF those
pow erful instruments Of illumination
are brought 10 bear upon the rushing
waters as they tum BILE irrcs;stihly over
tAtS EpChS 4SNSe IAtO lle dGCtlS be-
meath. \ constant change Of colors
viii be used in the manipulation Of
the searchliskts. so that now the falls
Will tie like molten silver. again a
looi Of crimson. again rs green as
Old ocean itself. ard so on through the
whole sanut OF the painters palette.
The astonishing effect will he s,iI fur
Their heightened b. the use Of electric
alc lights in the Cave Of the Winds,
which vii! give to the water a it fails
; -, a.. 'front.' # i. ''ulra. f..os9ucTescsn:
glow me power for this record
making illumination will De all within
easy reach. as Niagara viii itself be
made 10 do al the necessary work.
This Is expected To be largely spec
tacuiar arrangement. but scientists
hope 10 discover something new abou.
the effect OF light CT water. arL make
a careful study C TIE chemistry Ct
oolor. This Has been done t. some
vent MIN electric --~G.1.as. III.
...--a-,, viii l5..-- -. ELL; - Lss3
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
RAVANA'S GOLGOTHA.
Mountain of Human Bones Covered
over by the American Forces.

In the Colon cemetery at Havana,
where the American seamen who per
ished in the Maine catastrophe are
buried, in striking contrast to the rev.
erence displayed by AEglo-Saxon peo-
pies for the burial places of their dead
there has been for more than two CEN
turtles human bone pit. Exposed to
the glare Of the sun, the mercy of the
rains, there have lain for years the
frames of those who once lived and
loved. says the New York Herald.
This famous pit was first dug by Don
Pedro Faldes. in the year 1902, and
from that day to this has been the re-
ceptacle for the skeletons of the Gu
ban dead. It is 10 feet square and
twenty feet deep filled to the twenty
foot level. An eiGht-foot stone wall
iEcloses it from the mGrbidly curious,
ard in external appearance it resem-
lies an antiquated Spanish fortress or
barracks. The old Spanish custom of
renting graves, none being able to buy
outright, in Colon cemetery, easily eX-
plains the necessary existence of the
FLA" \ man dies, is buried in a
rented grave. forgotten in short time
the rent unpaid one year-his bones
are dug and thrown among his ances-
tors in the mass OF dead humanity:
the grave, being already open. is he'll
To receive the next body. A careful e5
innate, no record having been kept,
puts the number Of human skeletons in
the pit at 700, 900. When one realizes
that the pit is nearly 500 years Old. AMI
the average life of man is a little less
than thirty years. Hayana's pCpula-
ton for the last loo years being moro
than 100000, it is quite plausible that
the estimate is most conservative. In
some cases the coffin and all have been
dumped into the pit" and left to the
deprcdatiCns of the vulture or buzzard
the scavengeTs of Havana. Skulls with
long hair still on are not infreluent
sights. and in one case a skull still
held fast a switch" Midnight ramblas
over the heads of these departed have
been one of the pastimes Of the NOR
bidly inclined in Havana. The Amer
lean government. ever to the fore in
the ways Of civilization. has at last
filled over the ghastly bone pit" and
the days Of luncheon CT skulls" ara
past.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACEELOS

\ bad man can be just as foolish
over good woman as a good wonar
over a bad man
The more men that are devoted to
the right sort Of married women the
better for manhood.
The biggest bully IS as afraid of {
woman as any other man. cn.y hs
shouts so loud nobody knows it.
No matter how good a woman think,
a man is she couldn't believe it il shs
didn't think the devil was in hi.
somewhere
The reason We so seldom take CT
the masks We ha5itua.ly wear is tia.
when we do and get look at our rea
selves in the glass It startles Us NOS,
as much as our friends.-New York
Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
Notice of Hearing.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, In County Court
IAL.,r. L. ,..1n.L

STATE OF WISCONSIN, In County Court.
Douglas County.
In the matter of the adoption of Kate Mccoy
OF The city of superior, Douglas County, WIS
cOnsIn--in probate.
NOTICE is hcleby given that at special term
of the County CONT To lie he'd i'll and for SAID
county. at the County judges office III the Court
House, in the city of superior, Douglas county,
Wisconsin, on the 23d day % january, l!op, az
l0o'cIock in the forenoon Of that day, the follow
ing matter VIII be heard, considered and acted
upon by the court
The petition OF William Mchinnon and Mary
his wife residents of Superior, Wis. asking 10
adopt Kate Mccoy an infant aged five years
child of James Mccoy. hose whereabouts Is
unknown. and of Catherine, his wife, residing
III It. Paul. Minnesota.
Dated this 10Th day of December, 1882
l5y the court, ID. l.. ROBERTS.
ID 80 6 l3j County Judge
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30

! have been very much panied.
Sc { the man who always has a regret
Il. look in his eye, to observe tie
American eagerness to make mocer -
i understand you have written 4 book
on the subject" Yes. but I an M
going 10 publish it-not until I can So
some method Of making i pay
Washington Star.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
E:Na13:Ss III q NIjE' q
Notice OF Hearing.

Reliable persons OF mechanical or inventive MIND
desiring trip to the Paris Exposition, with good
salary and expenses paid should write
The PATENT RECORD, Baltimore, nd.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
That Ihrohning Headache

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Money back if not cured Sold at Mer-
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
Saturday, December 30, 1899.

The TIMES wishes all IFS patrons and
readers happy and prosperous New
Year
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
MR.. CARNEGIE'S OFFER.
Proposed Gift of Sn5O.OOO 10 the
Puip,ic Library.

The city of Washington had very unex-
pected windfall yesterday of S250.OOO. Of
fered by Andrew Carnegie to erect build
ing for the free public library. The gift
which was so spontaneously offered is con-
ditional upon Congress providing a suit
able site for the building.
While Mr. Carnegie was waiting to see
the President at the White House yester-
day he met the vice president of the
Washington Public Library. who told him
OF the need of a library building in Wash
ington, whereupon Mr. Carnegie made his
offer.
The District Commissioners were ad-
vised of the offer and they We're asked TO
draft a bill which would authorize the
Government to accept the oder, and work
was Immediately begun on the measure,
which will doubtless he ready for intro
duction in the House and Senate today
Mr. Carnegie says he will not dictate as
to the plans OF the proposed building. OF
the site on which it shall be located. leav-
ing the matter TO be settled entirely by
Congress and the District.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
GENERAL PALMER's PENSION.



The friends of former Senator John NJ.
Palmer. Of Illinois. are hesitating d little
in the Introduction Of their bill pension
ing the old general, in view of the fact
that there may be some opposition TO it
in certain quarters. Most members. how
ever, viii be disposed TO forget General
Pslmer's attitude in 1896, and remember
only that he is an old soldier. In fact. it
is probable that the opposition viii wholly
melt away when il comes TO the vote.
The chief thing urged against the gen.
eraI is that he secured his election to
the Senate in 1881 10y giving pledge u
the PopulisJs Of the Illinois Legislature
to stand by free silver, and then de ib-
erately violated il.
The balance Of power in the legislature
was held by three Populists-Taubenec cE,
Moore and Cockrcli-the votes Of II Least
TWO Of them being needed 10 elect. Jerry
Simpson, who had just been elected TO
Congress for the first lime, made an ar
rsngement with the Democrats by which
ne induced the Populists To vote for
Palmer on condition that the latter give
this pledge. and on the further cond ton
that the Democrats in South Dakota
should vote for Mr. Kyle then Populist
candidate for senator in that State.
The Populists called on Palmer with
Simpson. and that gentleman readily gave
the pledge required. The next day two
Of the Populists voted for him, and he
was elected on the 18th ballot.
When, in 1896, he violated this pledge
and stumped the country against free sill
yer. thereby probably causing Bryan
defeat, Jerry Simpson felt very bitter
about him. Whether time has soft ened
him or whether he viii carry his resent.
ment so far as to vote against a pension
for the old general is not known.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
A PLOT TO SEIZE HONDURAS.
American ReYoIutionists Preparing
10 Invade the Republic.


New Orleans. Jan. 12.-Passengers on
the steamer Breakwater. from Port Bar
rios. Guatemala, report that when they
left that town a band of revolutionists
were there using the telegraph and get
ting everything in readiness for a revolu-
tion.
1t is said the revolutionary army is COM
posed of Americans almost entirely, and
that the leaders are all Americans. The
plan was TO invade Honduras. overthrow
the present government. which is said to
be very weak. and take full charge.
The army of Ibis republic is reported
10 be in q very poor condition since the
breaking M Of the Federation of States.
and in no condition to cope with daring
fighters, such as are now believed TO be
encamped on the Honduras border.
The report further has it that 4 New
Orleans man is at the head Of this revolu-
tion. He is man of wide experience in
Central American affairs, One of the
passengers said:
Honduras is in no condition to resist
well-aimed attack just at this time, even
by a small army. The republic has
scarcely any standing army just now, and
she has but one old tub of gunboat.
was told that this American leader head
ing the revolution wants to be made presi-
dent of the country"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
A LINE ACROSS THE IsIHMUs.
Coiiis Il. HuntinEton's Big Railway
Deal in GuateuHia

New Orleans. Jan. 12.-Passengers ar
rived from Guatemala say that Coils p.
Huntington is reaching out in his railroad
investments in Central America
When the steamship Breakwater sailed
last Saturday the news was current
throughout Guatemala that Huntington
and the Guatemalan government were
about 10 close deal b. which the railroad
magnate would secure the Guatemala
Northern Railroad for a consideration OF
S6.000qo0 and the liquidation OF the road 5
debt.
This road will run from ocean to ocean
as soon as few gaps are closed up. The
Huntington people have acquired the line
extending from the capital city to Port
Barrios, on the Atlantic coast, and the
Southern Pacific VIII thus have railroad
cutting straight across the isthmus. II is
understood that President Cabrera fayors
the Huntington proposition. and that the
deal is now under way.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
DIED.

CoT.E-On Thursday, January u. lSon, at 2:Ij
ociocN m, az his residence. eIl r Street north
west WILLIAM PRENTl>s COLE, aged thirty
uinc wears.
Funeral today (Friday) from hi, late residence.
at : O'Clock. lntcrmcnt private. 1t
kLlNE-on Thursday. January l., ls13. at {
4 M, MRS. JANE KLINE. OF heart failure.
Funeral from her late residence. lIO6 Trinidad
Avenue or l3th Street, ON saturday, .IauiIry u,
1853. at | p IN. Friends invited 10 attend inter
ment, Mt. Uliyet iaI3-2t
ROGERS TN January u IsoH. at a. M.
MARY l. ROGERS, IL her home. 1901 T.
Street.
Intermcut StIuiordvilr. Y. Y. Ii EN-
sOPER-Departed this life Wednesday. January
II, at 6:l5 p IN, JOHN y SOPER. aged sev-
cnty-onc wears.
Funeral Friday. January l2. at o'clock from
ms late residence. HOS Park Place northeast
Item
SiERRY-on Wednesday January II. IS9a. at
l:2d p. m, after long Illness, CHARLEY
SHERRY. beloved OF Eugene and Mary l.
Sherry. aged eighteen years, four month, and
seven days
Funeral services rom his late residence I22s
Eleventh Street southesS, Fridiy, January l3.
ls'9. at O'Clock T.. Friends and relatives arc
invited TO attend. Item
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
The DIsTURBERs ARRESTED.
RetributiOn for tE.e Soldiers Who
Broke Order in HAVANA.

Havana, Jan. 12.-The American soldiers
who ran amuck yesterday assaulting men
and women, shooting a horse and robbing
the night watchman at General Brool,e's
headquarters at La Vedado, we're arrested
under the authority Of the Secretary OF
War.
The headquarters OF the Department OF
Santa Clara has been removed from the
city OF Santa Clara TO Cienfuegos.
BY order of Governor General Brooke no
application for furlough will be forwarded
unless The company or detachment COM
mandeT is satisfied that the applicant has
money TO pay his expenses going from and
returning to his command.
The corpse of a Spanish soldier has been
found in the barracks in Composteia
Street. The man had been dead for eight
days. II is believed that the Spaniards
when they left abandoned him.
Colonel Moulton. formerly in command
OF the police here, has returned TO hi.
regiment, the Second Illinois, at Quema-
dos
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
FAVORABLE REPORT MADE.
Proposed Railroad Extension il
Eleventh Street Southeast.

The formal report on the bill authorizing
the Metropolitan Railroad Company to ex-
tend its lines along Eleventh Street south
east. in case the Capitol Traction Com
pany delays building longer than June Il
next, was filed in the House late yester-
day afternoon. \ favorable report on the
bill WAS ordered by the House District
Committee at its last meeting.
The report says that the district de-
signed TO be supplied is closely built Up,
but that it has 10 railroad facilities and
needs them badly Transfers are provided
for. which viii give the whole population
east of the Eastern Branch access to the
city for one fare
The proposed route is from Lincoln
Park alcng Eleventh Street to southeast,
thence to Twelfth Street. thence to L,
thenCe to Eleventh Street
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
COAL PRICES ADVANCING.
stormy Weather and High Vessel
Frcights Have This Eject.

Philadelphia. Jan. 12.-The unusually
high vessel freight rates to Providence,
Boston and other New England points,
brought largely by the recent storms at
sea. have resulted in very materially stiff
rening along side prices for anthracite
coal at New England points. an advance
of - cents per ton in those prices was
made on the first of the year, and coal
sold at the present time for New England
delivery is commanding even better prices
The Reading Company reports that its
storage points in New England territory
are practically bare Of coal and that SINH
lar conditions are prevalent with "a num-
Der OF large dealers The present cold
snap. which was quite severe in that sec
tion of the country. has created strong
demand for anthracite, and this, coupled
with the high vessel freights and the diff
Guilty in delivering coal, even at the ad-
yanced rates. has put the prices up.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13

The hearing set ios ye-teEday afternoon at .
O'Clock the Senate hili for The extension Of
rirCtri, lighting Couiuit- iH the District Of Col
unbia before the special subcommittee Of the
District Committee, w-> so~gPoncd until Mon
day ~ u o'clock. un account OF The cOnsidera-
lion Of the Peace Treaty by The Senate.
The Senate Committee on Printing yesterday
opened the bids for furnishing raIcr for the Gov
erumeut Printing ufico for The wear ending
March !, 1899, which usually amounts tp SjOl.0JO.
Forty six bids were received from different part
III the country. No bids were received from
farther west than Detroit, and one from Rich
Inoud the only from the South Tho
s'innessful contractor viii ke announced next
Thursday.
pointed the Senate uciubers OF the Conference
Committee on the District appropriation bill yes
trrdI 10y the Senate.
Senator Allison Yesterday made . favorable re-
port on the Indian appropriation bill IN the
senate, and gave notice that hc "ould call the
bill mp for consideration TO-DAY
Three Joint resolution, Uorc Offered in tie Sen
ate yesterday by Senator Halo. authorizing q
'l-ugr 10 the term %: enlistment Tor the men
who enlisted IN the navy Tor unc year. after
April Il ls9S, allowing them to reiuaiu in three
YEAR upon their written request, and authorizing
the admission into the t.sal academy of Ricardo
lgle>ias, oi Costa Ricd. aud Albert o. Naicn-
zucla Muutnya, OF Colombia.
Senator iIawley the recipient yesterday OF
large bouquet ot tea ross, placed on his desk,
Nilli the congratulations oi tie plate printers on
liz reelection 10 the Senate ivr fourth term.
A hill was passed by She Senatc Yesterday di.
reciiug the President 3. appoint Payinastcr Gen
eIsl !. u. Stanton major general and retire
hm a. that grade.
The District Commissioners have sent 10 Chair
msn Cannon. Of the Appropriations Committee u
request Tor sjJ01, TO b. Immediately available fuf
clearing swsl the SHOW irom tie streets and
pavenents 81 the CITY. The Commission.
'rs are required by existing law TO cleaI
portion OF the streets after each snow
fall, but they are not provided with funds for tho
purpose without special appropriation by Con.
g.ress. II allowed tIr money the Commissioner,
will he able TO give work go number of poUi
IN the District.
Ar. GrOut, chairman oi TIC subcommittee Of III,
House Committee on Appropriations having Ia
charge the District Approximation hill, has writer
that he will return TO Washington frotit Vermont
nj the end Of the week and take up The conference
On The District appropriation bill.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE.
Hon. William L.. Wilson May he
Chosen to succeed DIR. Dwight.

Morgantown w Va, Jan. 12.-ProfessoI
Berkeley. of the University of West Viz
ginia, has received letter from a Lexing-
ton friend saying that William L. Will
son. formerly president OF the West Nir-
ginia University, later member of Con
gIess. and member OF the Cabinet under
Cleveland afterward president of Wash
ington and Lee University. at Lexington
has been chosen president of Yale College
TO succeed President Dwight, who has
resigned, TO take effect at the end Of the
year.
Mr. Wilson will accept The salary is to
be So .OOO a year. This information has
not been publicly announced as yet.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-01-13
THANKS TO THE RED CROSS
Senate Adopts Resolutions
Naming Miss Clara Barton.
PRIVILEGES OF TIE FLOOR
Relief work stopped in Cubn-SoI-
dicrs Commit Dcprednti0nS Upon
The Socicis's store House The
Guilty Persons Way he Cashicrcd
From the service Very shortly.

A resolution rendering the thanks CT
Congress to Miss Clara Barton and the Off
GERS and agents of the Red Cross Society
was adopted b. the Senate yesterday. Be
fore the resolution was agreed to. howey er,
considerable debate was had on the coHdl-
uon of affairs in Cuba relative to relief
work and as to the reasons why the Red
Cross had suspended operations there.
Senator Gallinger stated that he had been
informed by reliable sources that relief
work was no longer being carried on in
that island and he wished to know if the
matter had come TO the attention of the
Military Committee. He said that Senator
Daniel, who is now in Havana, had written
him of the destitute condition OF the Gu
bans and their immediate need of help.
There was something. he said. oDstructing
The Red Cross, but he was unable TO find
out what it was.
Senator Hawley. in replying. said he had
not heard of it, but as Chairman of the
Military Committee he would make in
quiry He had learned from the War De-
partment that they considered no further
legislation necessary in that respect.
Senator Proctor took the floor after Mr.
Hawley had concluded and said the facts
we're that the storehouse of the Red Cross
in Southern Santiago province rad been
broken open by Sergeant Woodson, of
Colonel Hoods regiment Of immunes. and
The keeper placed under military guard,
the stores and supplies being removed for
military purposes.
While he considered that probably no
great blame would attach TO anyone when
the matter was investigated. Miss Barton
had informed him that the Red Cross could
DO no more work in Cuba without the sup
port. or at least the consent, OF the mill
tary authorities. She had protested that
this was the first instance on record of
depredations being committed on that or
ganiZation in any country, and she called
attention 10 the fact that the Spaniards
had always treated the Red Cross with the
utmost respect.
Mr.. Hawley concluded the question by
saying that he should make inquiries into
the matter and that he hoped if any army
officer had been guilty Of unbecoming con-
duet he would be cashiered out of the
service Immediately.
Senator Penrose introduced joint reso-
luton rendering the thanks of Congress to
The National Relief Commission for their
patriotic and humane service during the
late War with Spain.