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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
CLEAR FIELD FOR JENKINS.

Washburn, Wis. March ut seems
certain that there will be no opposition
TO the denomination Of Congressman
Jenkins, who has formally announced
himself candidate II Is the opinion
OF the congressional committee that he
will he nominated by reclamation,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
GALA TIME DURING THE MARpI
GRAS
THROWING or CONFETTI
Paper Steamers hi Many Colors Dec
orSte the Lawn Floor Space At the
Exposition Thrice That ut the
Great Nhttago Show French Cap
tal Preparing Tor Crowds


Paris, March IL, The three days of
uard} sraS were celebrated this wear
With lgttlc more than tho usual en-
eliemeut The festival Is called Mardt
Gras because the festivities reach
their hcjGht en- Mardi or Tuesday. but
yho Sunday and Monday preceding are
sometimes called pemauchc gras and
l.undt SraS Respectively These three
days Of fun are supposed Ia prepare
carjsianS ~ toreEo their usual pleas.
ures dUring the season OF Lent but II
would seem that they serve merely as
an cNcuse for extra merry -making
Paris has not given up its balls and
parties, Notwithstanding the fact that
this is supposed ~ be the Seasoa for
the cessation of worldly pleasures.
fhts Mardi gras festival is celebrated
throughout the city by the throwing
~ contett and multicolored paper
strHAmerS, These strcamers consist
ot n roll ot bright tolared paper about
u quarter ot an inch wide When
thrown one end of this ribbon OF pa
per Is retained lii the hand and the
disr OF paper unrolls leaving paper
Streamer behind It. These streamers
ar houses out into the street aud over
the branches of trees After n gcner-
Gus number Of steamers have been
thrown the streets present a fantastic
"a ~ NO M Nf
trees gatly festooned. This, however,
Is rather tmpersonal form OF amusc-
ment and he throwing OF confetti fur
nishes the personal tlrment rhe con
tettt used IN Paris Is merely small bits
Of coturaa paper about one-foufth of
m inch in diameter II IL sold by the
ON on every street corner In the cen
ter Of Paris Fog days before the
Mardt gras ocason arrives drays are
busy delivering confetti Ia every part
Of the city On Mardi gras nine per.
SONS out Of every ten Oh the streets in
the center 0t the city. are throwing
confetti into each others faces Old
raN-headcd men and women. gon
darmrs. soldiers and, In fact, everyone
ara throwing confetti Something
must become Of all this confetti and
before the day Is half over tho side
walks are IN some places n foot deep
with damp soddcn PARTICLES Of paper
II in considered unspor'a'"anlike to
gather up confetti mat has been once
thrown and the result Ia that the piles
under foot are constantly Increasing
The SNOW storm of confetti ceases only
with the approach Of dawn on ash
Wednesday,
Mard gras Is also u gala day for the
street Ramlns for II has become a GUS
tom To throw coppers, cigars, oranges
cite, from the balconies Of hotels to
the crowd below
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
WOODS HAVE A DAUGHTER.

Havana, March 30 Mrs. Wood. wife
Of the governor general, gave birth TO
a Girl at tho palace at noon yesterday.
The records OF Havana do not show
the birth here OF any other governor
generals child. Under the Spanish
regime, the wife OF the governor gem
erai invariably left for Spain that the
child might be born there
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
SMALL BANK CLOSED

Lincoln. Neb.. April 4--The state
bank 81 Cambridge closed on the or
ders of the state banking board. The
capital IL s12.500 deposits $4,000. Bad
paper IL given as the cause. Frank
BagdilI Il president.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
Ia WYER VERY ILL.

Milwaukee. April samuel How
ard, well known as practlclng attor-
ney for many years In Milwaukee, Is
very III Of pneumonia
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05

At New York Bob Fltzsimmons and
Gus Rubin were matched to fight rs
rounds before the West Chester Ath-
letic club. The date will be chosen
later
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
PERSONALITIES.

Paul Meurep, Victor Hugo's cXeru-
tor, has presented 10 the Bihliothequc
Rationale 4 collection Of over q thou
lsaHi pictures representing Victor
Hugo his family, and places connected
with bis Vie.
Captain Charles Sssbec has accep ed
the invitation Of the Commercial clHb
to visit st Paul and to act as one ~
the judges in selecting a design for the
bronze tablet to be presented to the
steamer s.. paul hy the residents u
THAT city
\ new development in the faith cure
industry IS exempllfod in Chicago,
whore Georg, t. White, formerly A
congressman has secured Il divorce
from his wife on the grounds that her
duties rs a professional healer absorb
Iall her time and energies. 10 say moth
ing Of her allegiance to her husband
Tho lady did not fight the suit
Emperor William uses the most a.
yersitied kinds of letter paper aud
changes his style often. Tn. latest
style In use by the Kaiser shows on
the upper left corner the imperial
eagle. surm0unted by crown resting
upon the famous Hohenzo.lorn helmet.
from each side Of which fly streamers
bearing the German coIora. In one II
his claws the eagle bears the yellow
imperial standard and in the other the
purple flag Of the King Of Prussia
proportion Of the general public viii he
interested is that Of Paul Leicester
Ford, the distinguished historical writ
er and novelist, to Miss Grace Klddpr.
daughter Of Edward r. Kidder. 50
Remsen street, Brooklyn Mr. Ford,
who IL a son 81 the late Gordon l..
Ford, IL the author Of The Hon. Peter
Stirling and Janice Meredith. Ii d
brother Of Worthlngton q Ford II
Boston and Or Malcolm W Ford III
Manhattan, who was at one time the
champion all-around amateur athlete
of the country. Miss Kidder Is one of
the most attractive and well known
az the young women Of the Brooklyn
Heights set. and made her formal en-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
0LIVIER'S SUCCESS
biSlU RRlNG IN It's POLITICAL
EFFECT ON FREE STATE,


frNltenl BelHgereu,s Meet Wltl Poor
Protection NJ Hands 81 British
Believed that American Led Baer
Forces and Effected Brjtain's Latest
Reverse Developments pendmg.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
DEWEY IS WILLING
70 RE CANDIDATE FOR pRESl-
nENCN,
ANNOUNCES SO OPENLY

And Thinks the Job Of chief Executive
Not 4 NerA Hard One IL Tin All
You've Got 70 DO Is Merely 10 EN.
ccNtc the Laws of Congress Adj
miral Changes His Mind.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05

Admiral Sir Henry Keppel who Il
~ years old, has left his comfortable
quarters In London and undertaken !
voyage to British north Borneo.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
GREAT SPRING HEGIRA,
Fourteen Thousand People Engage
Passage for Alaskan Cold Fields

Portland, March 30. Fourteen thou
sand people have engaged passage
from Pacific coast ports for Cape
Nome, Alaska on the FIRST fleet OF
steamers, which salts about May l..
II Is stated thar forty-two
steamers Will ieaye for NoB.f
from San Francisco. pu"
sound ports and Portland, practically
at the same time. Many Of these
steamers will make two trips, and II
Is estimated that upwards Of 10000
people will leave the Pacific ports for
the new gold fields during the season
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05
will march to the Place de Ia Concorde
and then back to the grounds.

and then back to the grounds.
Paris is undergoing general clean
ing IN preparation for the exposition.
All apartment houses are being hur-
ried 10 completion and the general APP
pearanee OF the city during the expo
Sttten will be the best since its meta
morphosis from brick to marble dur
ing the reign Of Napoleon Ill, Foot
bridges are being built across the
Seine parallel 10 the old bridges and
everything Is boing done to enable
Paris to handle the enormous crowd OF
s'ghtseerS which II is prophesied. will
be greater than the city can accommo.
date, II appears that this prophesy
may become true, for already the
streets and bridges near the fair are
crowded to the limit on Sundays and
holidays and in places the crowds are
SO SreM MS to remind one Of some OF
The special days At the worlds fair III
Chicago
The burning " the Theatre Francais
lately brought 70 light a curious Incl
dent which shows how some precious
relies are really not SO precious after
all One Of the most valuable relics
saved from the burned building was an
old clock (which WAS held sacred az
being the clock which sounded tho
hour for the beginning of the mas.
saere OF 81. bartholomew. In saving
the clock, however. the case was acct
aentally broken open and inside was
found engraved ON the case the date
Ut manufacture, 1895, 1t was easy to
see that 4 clock made In 1875 could not
have sounded the hour nearly two cen
turtles before.
The burning of this theater was de-
scribed In the Paris papers as a m.
ttonal calamity, The theater was built
III l7S2 and was filled with works OF
art, the value Of which mounted into
the millions 1t was at first thought
that the gefater part OF these had been
destroyed but later examination
Of the building proved that n great
many mad been saved. So important
was the destruction OF this building
considered that measures were intro.
dnced into the chamber of deputies
the day after The Are with the object
OF providing for the immediate resto-
ration Of the structure Tho play
which was on the boards at the Thea
tire Franchise was immediately trans.
terrcd to another theator
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05

Human Christian culture, maya
zine TOW honor and right aud God,
tains IN T., last Issue the initial chap
tors Of serial story entitled bruce Bur
ringtun by Mrs. Nclma Caldwell Melt
willie Ut Sun rrairie toscther with au
extended and graceful sketch OF that
talented lady, This good woman's pen
is welded freely for the benefit VI tho
dumb creatures about us, and IN Bruce
burlington mans inhumanitN is daily
pictured Mrs. Melville was born at
Greenwood. Wis. and her husband is 1t
the head Of the sun Prairie school
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05

The trust has shut the biscuit factory
at Fon du Lac.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-04-05


and those ol private exhibitors from
the United states are now being In
stalled. The last consignment arrived
some few days ago on the United
States transport Prairie. The guard
force Is occupied IN unloading cars as
they arrive from Ruueu where The
Prairie is discharEiug her cargo, BE
sides the material for the United
States building AT the exposition
grounds proper there are also exhibits
for The United States sections in the
various buildings, M well ms material
and exhibits for the United States ma
nhInerg building at Nineennos
The payili0ns Of the United States
y the different buildings Of the expo.
sltion are works OF art and every
American viii nave cause 10 be proud
If tho showing made by his country at
the greatest Of all great universal cx-
positions This Ii saying a great deal
because the payIllons now under
course Of erection by different foreign
powers viii surprise. by their elegance
and beauty those who believe that the
Paris exposition will be merely Sec
ond worlds Columbian exposition
And, by the way. II may be noted. In
comparing these two great worlds
fairs, that. although the exposition
grounds here are Of course more lin
tied than those at Chicago, yet the
floor space Is over twice as great
The limited extent Of the exposition
grounds in the center Of the city has
forced part Of the exposition outside
81 the city. This part Is mainly the
exhibits OF machinery and Of rail-
road accessories. The exhibits Of the
latter Will be situated In long shed
Or series Of sheds, somewhat similar
TO the building at the Columbian ex-
position which housed the exhibits ~
various railroads. All these buildings
are In the BoIs de yincenncs, park
81 about 1000 acres situated eight
miles from the EIffel tower,
One Of the features OF the exposition
from an American point Of View will
be the grand American parade on the
'ourth 81 July. The parade will be
cad by sousas famous band and will
Include floats representing the Amer
can exhibitors, tho United States
guards In uniform. etc. etc. II Will
take place In the morning and will
probably start from the American
buildings. thence across the famous
bridge or Alexander III. to the Avenue
he Champs Elysee. down which It
New-York tribune., 1900-09-24
REOPEyTNG THE COLLEGES.

The reopening Of the colleges attracts more
and more attention year by year 1t vies with
golf and horse shows, and commands wide
notice even in the thick Of Presidential cam
paign. Nor is interest in it confined by any
means TO the prospects of the football teams.
Despite the popular regard for manly sports,
and despite much bantering upon the subject
colleges are still recognized to be primarily insti-
tutions Of general education and not merely Of
athletic training. The increasing interest in the
opening Of the college year arises partly from
the noteworthy growth and development Of the
colleges themselves, partly from an increased
recognition Of the value Of collegiate culture to
all men, whether in Learned professions or in
trade" and partly because the number of col
ege alumni in society at large is rapidly In
creasing There are those who can remember
when a college graduate in business or any
where outside Of the professions of law, medi-
cine and theology a rarity. Now the non
collegan is becoming the exception to the rule
The development of the colleges themselves is
one Of the most interesting features of the case
Time was when the college was a sort OF her
mitage, whose inmates oblivious or ire
sponsive to the great fOwings and ebbings of
the human tide without the walls. Such is no
more the case. 1t is now recognized that the
scholar must be a man of affairs the man of
thought must be a man of action; and so the
college Is kept in the closest possible touch with
the general progress of the Nation in social
industrial and even political affairs No sooner
is new popular want manifested or q new
sphere of activity opened than the college estab-
fishes chair Of instruction or n department to
deal with ii. More than one noteworthy illus
trauon of this fact is TO be perceived at the
present moment in local and neighboring insti-
tutiOns. Thus the marvellous expansion of
American commerce and the demonstration Of
the fact that this is heDceforth to be one of the
chief commercial nations of the world promptly
Inspired New-York University TO found a School
of Commerce, Accounts and Finance and Co
lumbia University to create a similar depart
ment. while the widespread demand for a
higher grade of politics and for a better dissent
nation Of the higher reforms of political intel-
gence has led to the establishment of n chair of
politics at Princeton.
We recently remarked approvingly upon the
good work which university summer schools
were doing in making stronger and more init
mate tie relationship between the institutions
Of higher culture and society at large II is of
most auspicious omen that in all departments
Of their work, and at all seasons of the wear.
our best colleges and universities are doing the
same thing. They are demonstrating their faith
and practice not that men and women are made
for colleges but that colleges are made for men
and women. for the betterment of society and
for the advancement of all the best welfare of
humanity. In that view of their mission and of
New-York tribune., 1900-09-24
SAFETY IN WATER TRAVEL.

This has been a busy season in the harbor and
on all the waters near New-York. Few sum-
mers in the records of the weather experts have
contained so many hot, bright days. This con-
dition of things has naturally enlarged the ex-
cursion business, and the vessels which have
been plying between the piers of the various
boroughs and the salt water and fresh water
resorts within convenient reach have carried
hosts of pleasure seekers. With such a summer
the ferTyboats also have been thronged. In
stormy days the total of travel on the East
River. on the Hudson, on the Sound and along
the coast is, of course, extensively diminished.
As to the development of ocean travel, that has
been notable. The chief transatlantic compa-
MES have been building and running enormous
vessels which have borne armies across the sea.
If it were possible to obtain the official returns
Of the numbers that have been carried TO and
from New-York on the ocean and elsewhere for
recreation and business in boats of all kinds 1t
is probable the figures would astonsh even those
who think themselves fully alive to the wonder
full progress made in water traffic in recent
years.
It is gratifying to note that while New-York
Bay. the New-Jersey shores, the Sound and all
the water areas within hundreds of miles have
been more crowded with every sort of craft
than In previous summers, the list Of accidents
which have brought grave injury or loss of life
to passengers has been amazingly brief. The
horrors of the Hoboken catastrophe were con-
fined to victims on the piers and to men at work
in the steamships Not one collision involving a
great loss of life has occurred within long
radius from the Battery or the Harlem River.
1t cannot be doubted that our excursion vessels
now and then take board excessive multi
tudes. 1t is certain that the laws regulating the
sale of tickets for excursions in this neighbor-
hood are not strictly enforced at times. Never
theless. it is plain that praiseworthy vigilance
and care seem to have been exercised as n rule
by the captains and pilots who have charge Of
tho boats.
The future of New-York Harbor and of the
estuarieS, inlets and stretches which adjoin and
communicate with it is Of q sort to afford room
for wild Imagination. This port year after year
is gaining in comparison with other cities when
the excursion business as we'll commercial
interests is taken into account. and q season
like this. a summer like that just ending, which
has been so free from calamities to passengers
on the water, must be considered as bringing
credit to those who are responsible for the man
agement of our ferry lines, Of steamships
| and our vessels OF every type. With such a
population as that now using docks and
! piers, it is matter of rejoicing that much
marine travel in this closing year of the century.
New-York tribune., 1900-09-24
VILE. DE LUssANs Plans.

Mile. Zelie de Lussan. the opera singer. arrived
here yesterday the steamer UmbriG. She is to
make her debut here in opera sung in English at
the Metropolitan Opera House October 8. when
she will sing the title part In ''Mignon." Mile de
Lussan was a member of Mr.. Grau's company last
season. singing in this country from October 10
until she abroad for the London season She
sang at Covent Garden. London until August l.
After singing "Nlignon" she will sing the title part
of Carmen" and in 'Pagliacci," lie Figaro"
Don Juan" "Gioconda." lie Boheme'' and The
Magic Flute in English.
riage she said that could attend operatic
over to work. She is glad that she is to make her
as she is a New-York girl. and proud to be known
American singer
There is no opposition to singing opera in Eng
lish among the great singers in Europe" she said
They are simply interested in the result Of the
experiment. and whether they will be obliged TO
add operas in English to their repertories."
Mile de Lussan sang at the Covent Garden with
the De Reszkes last spring, at the time when Jean
de Reszke was reported have lost his voice.
There was no foundation for those stories'' she
said II think Jean de Reszke sang under very
unfortunate circumstances at the time His throat
was affected by a bad cold. and he ought to have
taken a complete rest, instead Of engaging in work
of such exacting nature he did Under those
circumstances voice will always become hOa Sc
toward the end OF performance. and THAT was
lust what happened to NJ, de Reszke. There was
never any breakdown while he the stage,
fact. I understand he is to sing In Paris this
season
New-York tribune., 1900-09-24
uP. CLEVELAND AND MR. BRYAN.

II.
There is much speculation extant concerning
the attitude of Mr. Cleveland toward Mr.. Bryan
1t meets with no success in eliciting from the
ex-President any expression of opinion. fact
which. however. in no wise abates its eager
ness. Mr. Cleveland declines to be drawn
Not even the curlously illogical and irrelevant
outbreak of his former Secretary of State IN
duces him to break the digniied reserve he is
maintaining 1t is represented that apart from
gratifying curiosity. a declaration from Mr..
Cleveland as to the ticket which he favors and
which he intends to vote would probably mean
a gain of much support for that ticket Despite
that, however, Mr.. Cleveland declines to com
nit himself: or perhaps because Of it. Mr..
Cleveland is aware moreover. that any declara-
ton of his upon the subject would bring upon
him much criticism, if not actual abuse, from
the side to which he expressed opposition, and
his experience of personal vilification, especially
from members of his own party. may have been
sufficient during his official career to make him
wish 10 escape il now that he has retired to
private life.
Whatever his motives in thus keeping silence,
there can be no doubt that from one point OF
view Mr. Cleveland is quite right. Any dec
laration by him would be superfuOus. 1t
IS 10 be assumed that his declaration would
be consistent with his distinguished
career and with the definite principles and
policies which characterized it. In that case
it would of necessity be hostile to Mr.. Bryan.
For. however friendly Mr.. Cleveland may
feel toward Mr. Bryan personally, he must,
in self-consstency, abhor that for which Mr..
Bryan stands-the piebald combination Of 'isms"
which is best to be described simply as Bryan
ism" Bryansm means free silver at 16 to l.
a deprecated currency and impaired National
credit, while Mr.. Cleveland stood unwaveringly
for the gold standard. honest money and the
financial integrity of the Nation, even al the
cost of increasing the public debt to maintain
it. Organism means the political debauchment
Of that judiciary which Mr.. Cleveland regarded
with scrupulous and jealous care Organism
means the robbing Of the Federal Government
of the power of self-protectiOn, while Mr.. Cleve-
land was, when President, veritable stickler
for the maintenance of that power-indeed, il
was his grave and wise exercise of it which
infuriated Mr.. Bryan's anarchistc friends into
inveighing against it in the Bryanite platform.
On every legitimate issue of the campaign, on
every one Of the distinctive issues upon which
Mr. Bryan was first nominated and upon which
the fusion of the Democratic and POpulst
parties was effected, Mr.. Cleveland and Bryan
ism are Numerically opposed. In the face of
that fact it is superfuous TO speculate upon Mr.
Cleveland's personal attitude in this campaign
To question his opposition to Bryanism would
be to question his sincerity and his consistency