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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20

hundreds more are eager to 20 WIN.
unable to secure transportatior ca.
ping men say the damage N ~
wharyes is by no means as se-iou,
at first supposed The piIlnp a..
considerable distance along +bs !.
front successfully wlthstood the nora.
ing it got from the wind and w..
and business men find a measure :,
consolation in this. More hgpafrr =.
ports were received yesterday t8ucb,..
the water supply. The ice supp'v o..
tinues bountiful and at MANY corns..
lemonade is being served. More en-.
tive measures We're taken yesterday ;.
keep the undesirable element off ~,
island. Soldiers patrolled the wat.
front and challenged all who could ~.
show proper credentials or who ws,.
unwilling to work for the privilege =,
coming into the town Assurance.
were received from the railroads ira.
they will do all in their power in :.
open communication.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
FOREIGN.

The French cabinet may resign to
succeed Loubet.
Nine members of Wells expedition to
Tortuga island were killed by the
cannibais.
A Swiss anarchist arrested in Spain
was sent from New York to kill Presi-
dent Loubet.
The lord mayors OF London and st.
Petersburg will dine with the 1900
mayors of France.
William d. Evans, friend of Ameri-
can naval officers in South America
died at Montevideo.
London papers doubt the story that
Yerkes has secured the charter for an
underground road.
A three-sided war in South America
among Peru, Chile and the Argentine
Republic is threatened.
The Servian king issued statement
that all intrigues against that throne
will be treated as treason.
The steamship Coptic is reported
quarantined at Kobe, Chinese on board
having the bubonic plague.
The Manchester Elngland) cotton
spinners have decided not to purchase
American spot cotton during Septem-
ber
Hungarian authorities checked emf
grafton to tne United States by circu
lating letters appealing for aid to
return home.
Ar Mafsones a ftta paris first
Cash" Sloan on the Due De Gromonts
Barnvelt won Prix de Claimant, 5000
francs over a course of % 100 meters
search of the anarchist arrested in
Spain revealed newspaper clippings
showing that the reds are closely
watching President Loubet of France
The statement of the board of trade
London, for the mouth of August
shows increases of ], 403,7OO pounds in
imports and 7236,20O pounds in ex-
ports
ut-Col Livermore, military at
tache of the United States legation at
Stockholm, who has been spending
several days in Berlin left for SJettin
In Emperor Williams suite, to attend
the manOuvers
1t is said in court circles at Berlin
that Queen Victoria will visit the
dowager empress Frederick next month
unless the latter's condition meanwhile
should considerably improve which is
not probable.
over dozen white settlers Of
Queensland have been murdered, ac-
cording to a report, several with great
cruelty by the Queensland blacks.
Trackers with bloodhounds are pur-
suing the murderers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
EVADING THE CENSOR.

Censorship was maintained pretty
rigidly during the Spanish-Americal
war. Most of the correspondents
faithfully observed the rules. Some
others, however, tried various methods
and devices to eyade them, Whel
Sampson sailed for Porto Rico in the
early spring young correspondent a.
Key West who knew Of the plan rahe1
his brain to think Of a way to comml-
nicate 1t to his home Office Just as aa
was about to put to sea himself IN :
dispatch boat he sent telegram TO als
Office reading as follows:
Tell father l have gone to Porto
Rico"
He argued that this was very SIM
pie cipher for the people in the otl1a
to read. He confded his great schea7
to none Of his associates and for 4
couple Of weeks Rugged himself win
the idea that he had beaten them a.I
When he returned to Key West a te-1
egram from his paper was handed ainI
He opened it. expecting to read c3l1
CALCULATIONS, and nearly tainted Whs-
he saw these words;
Have made inquiries, but have pee
unable to find your father '-Ns'
York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20

could be averted by an assessment Of
from 30 to 80 per cent. on shares OF
stockholders.
Miss Mabel Mckinley, the favorite
niece of the president, was married at
Somerset, Pa, to DR.. Hermanus l..
Baer. The head of the nation used his
official prerogative to be the first TO
extend congratulations. DR.. and Mrs
Baer are now in Chicago Ell route to
the Pacific coast.
f. G. NJ. p. No. 4, 4S5 passengers, ar
rived in Milwaukee after passing
through the severest storm the captain
ever experienced. Ten passengers
were injured. Schooner Dundee foun-
dered off Cleveland. Kate Hoffman,
cook, was drowned The steamer
Lawrence arrived at ST. Joseph, after
beating about in the storm twenty
eight hours and going 800 miles in
making her journey from Milwaukee.
The steamer John B. Lyon foundered
off Conneaut, O.. and fourteen OF the
! crew of sixteen persisted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
OLD IRONSIDES.

Ay, tear her tattered ensign down
Long has il waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to sac
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rang the battle shout
And burst the lannon's roar
The meteor Of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more
Her deck once red with heroes 9ls.'
Where knelt the vanquished foe
When winds were hurrying oeT =
food,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor -
or know the conquered knee
The harpies of the shore shall p.-sa
The eagle Of the seal
O. better that her shattered hlis
Should sink beneath the wave
Her tbunders shook the mighty a5f
And there should be her grave
Nail to the mast her holy aag,
Set every threadbare sail
And give ha- to the god Of storms
The lightning and the gale
Oliver Wendell HON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
OUR ISLANDS.

The export duty on low grade OF
tobacco shipped from Cuba may be
removed.
A monument to General Henry w
Lawton was unveiled at Fort Wayne,
Ind. Governor Mount and w. j. Bryan
spoke,
\ mutiny among native couvicts in
the Bilibid is mentioned in papers just
received from that city -Four Of the
muuuees were killed and 10 wounded.
Army officers are figuring on the use
of native troops after the volunteers
quit the islands next June. The
services rendered by the Macabees ana
other tribes demonstrate that tho
Filipino can be made q good soldier.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
REFLECTIONS OF GOETHE.

OF all peoples the Greeks have
droamt the dream Of life best
How can a man come to know him
self Never by thinking, but by do
ing. Try to do your duty, and you
will know at once what you are worth.
What a man does not understand he
does not possess.
Faith in ones self is private capital
kept in ones own house. There are
public savings banks which supply in
diylduals in their day OF need; but
here the creditor quietly takes his in
terest for himself
One need only grow old to become
gentler in ones judgments I see no
fault committed which ! could not
have committed myself
Which is the hest government
That which teaches us to govern our
selves.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
NO COUNTRY LIKE AMERICA
So Says Man Travelling in Foreign
Lands.

DR.. Everett II Nerwin, a former w4uI
known Maryland boy, who has been
for some time past a Kansas CITY ehv.
stefan, is making a trip around tbaI
world. He has sent a letter from
Singapore, dated June 19, in which he
says in private letter to the editor.
Almost every young man imagines bsI
would be more contented and make
more money if he could only locate ip|
some foreign country For those not
fortunate enough to be born in the
United States this is true, but Of the
Americans who seek fortunes in other
lands many are failures and spend the
best part of their lives chasing phan.
toms. America is the only place where
man can make living with his
hands and at the same time be gen.
tleman. In England the tradesmel
are not recognized in polite society
and laborer is treated more like a dog
than a man. There is almost as much
caste in England as in India Wages
are about half of those paid in the
States, and boy, to get position M
an office or store, must pay for it.
Every English paper contains lines
like this; 'Wanted-Young man in dry
goods store, Premium 10 guineas,' In
other words, he must pay $50 before bel
can go to work. For the first four OIL
FIVE years he receives no wages and
boards himself At the end of that
time, if he thoroughly understands h!s
business and has proved himself honI
est and reliable, he will make from Ss
to $40 per week All over Europe the
conditions of the working classes are
the same as in England, and in many
cases worse, so il is no wonder that
emigrant ships bound for America ara
crowded and make the return yOyage
empty Africa is a new country butI
at present the labor is all done by ths|
natives, who work for almost nothingI
For every position which can be filed
by an intelligent young man with Al
high school education there are so ap1
plicants Before the war opened frea
soup kitchens were running In Cape
Town and johannesburg, and, in fact
all the principal cities in South Africa
raised funds to feed the unemployed
Until quite recently all the Japanese
government offices were held by mem
from England and America, but now
they have all been discharged and Ja7
panese put in there places"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20

negotiations and has addressed note
to the powers The integrity OF the
empire is insisted upon.
A dispatch from Annoy TO Berlin says
that both the japanese and English
marines were withdrawn yesterday
and that everything there is quiet.
II. T. BOSNIAN, a Chinese reformer
reached Honolulu bound for San Fran
cisco. He said he was going 10 raise
recruits for a reform army for China.
Suspicion is growing that the kaiser
and car have a common purpose IN
China France, Japan, and the United
States are ready to withdraw troops
from the capital
The studiously moderate tone OF En-
peror Williams speech at Stettin Is
much remarked at London. There was
nothing OF the mailed fist or of revenge
in his utterances
1t is reported that Russia's ulti-
matum to III Hung Chang has been de.
clared unreasonable by the Chinese
diplomat and that he has deferred his
journey to Pekin in consequence.
Consul General Goodnow finds that
ninety-three Americans and British
missionaries were murdered in China
and one hundred and seventy are miss
ing and probably met the same fate.
A Tientsin correspondent says: The
Germans paired with the Americans ia
the march through the forbidden city.
The British naval brigade and the
marines Of the legation guards left
Pekin.
Dispatches to the Berlin Cologne Ga
zette announce that all classes Of the
Chinese population believe that the
Chinese have been victorious over the
allied troops. Striking Illustrations OF
this are given.
An undated dispatch from Shanghai
TO Berlin. announces the arrival there
from Pekin OF Dr. Won Rosthorn,
Austro- Hungarian charge d'afaires in
China, and Or. f. NJ Knobel, minister
Of the Netherlands,
A Pekin correspondent says Mr., Con-
ger has written a letter asserting that
without the aid of the American mis-
slonaries the defense Of the legations
would have been impossible Accord
ing to this correspondent the United
States minister has received congratu
latory kilograms from President Nc
Knley and others.
Nothing came to the state depart
ment from Consul John Goodnow, at
Shanghai, confirmatory of the press
report that Iii Hung Chang has asked
for an American escort to Pekin. In
the absence OF a notification OF such q
request the officials prefer not to make
any statement in regard to their re-
ception of such a request
The war department has been in
formed that the transport Warren ar
rived at Nagasaki and that the trans
port Aztec arrived at Kobe, Japan.
The Warren has aboard two battalions
of the ninth cavalry and the Aztec the
horses OF the third cavalry. In ac-
eordance with the decision of the war
department not to send any more
troops to China both transports have
been ordered to proceed to Manila
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
HURRICANE IN TEXAS.

Helen Gould sent $4,000 army
rations
The Texas storm reached Newfound-
land, doing some damage
French government senta message
of coincidence to Washington for the
Texas disaster.
Martial law was declared at Calves
ton owing to the riflng Of dead bodies
and robbery Of Stores.
Galveston capitalists plan to rebuild
the city on present site, declaring 1t
will rise to former greatness.
Destruction was caused up and down
tho gulf coast, hundred miles either
way from Galveston by the hurricane
The official report on the storm
shows the wind velocity 100 miles an
hour and the tidal wave four feet high
One report places the loss OF life III
Galveston and vicinity at 1000 TO
10000 with property loss Of $4,000
OOc.
Chicago will send a relief train TO
Galveston. The Rock Island road
offered to transport provisions and
furnishings free.
A systematic effort is being made to
clear the wreckage at Galveston and
the situation will be greatly improved
within few days
Eustace Taylor cotton merchant,
said that Galveston would have tenn
porary wharf within thirty days and
shipping would be resumed.
Chicago subscription to the Calves
ton fund amounted to 100000, the
clearinghouse, with a gift Of $4,000,
equaling the record in this country
The attempts at identification were
abandoned. Fifty men were shot for
robblng the dead bodies. The quarter
master advises the government that
the city is ruined and cannot be re-
built. Merchants claim the contrary.
Tho first assistance received by
Galveston came in the shape of two
small boats filed with provisions,
which were issued at once. They diu
little toward relieving the hungered,
who have subsisted on water-soaked
food since Saturday night
Attempts to count the dead at Gal
weston we're abandoned. over 500
bodies were burned. People settle
down to bring about the order. Those
who cannot work are being sent from
the city. The total relief cash sub
scriptions to date are S3i7S35.
The death list at Galveston is swelleG
to 5000. There Is great distress among
the survivors, and there is need for
food, furnishings, and clothing Fear
OF pestilence exists Bodies are being
buried in sea and burned. The smaller
outside towns wiped out number
seyenty-hye.
Tho need of relief at Galveston is
urgent All unchanged provisions are
exhausted physicians are worn out and
their medical stores expended. Hun
dreds OF dead bodies lie in the streets
and on the beach unburied and
threaten the health of the survivors.
DslnGectants are as necessary as food,
medical attendance and shelter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20
POLITICAL.

Mary Elizabeth Lease is out for
Mckinley
The democratic state conventions Of
California. Nevada and Utah nominal
ed electoral tickets.
GOV, Roosevelt made ten speeches in
Michigan and al the end his voice was
so badly exhausted that he may not be
able to continue the campaign
Wharton Barker expects the middle
of the road populists to carry Georgia
and elect several southern congress-
man lie estimates total vote at L.
100000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20

Galveston. Sept l5-The first real
attempt TO clear away the great mass
OF debris piled along the beach front
for a distance Of several miles was be-
gun yesterday 1t is hoped a vigorous
prosecution Of this work will lead to
early recovery of the bodies still in
the debris. That there are many Of
them there is no shadow Of doubt, as
the stencil at different points is sbso-
lutely sIcbeuing Everywhere little
groups OF men. women and children,
some Of them poorly provided with
raimenl were digging in the ruins OF
their homes for what little household
property they could save The exodus
from the city was heavy yesterday and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-09-20

4 dam at Brokaw broke: II was
fifteen fest high and let out a large
volume o. water
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-12
PASSING PIEAsANTRrEs.


Jack proposed to me while turning
the music for me at the plano" "Ah,
see; you played right into his hands. =
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Marvelous-"Why, sir. the growth of
Kentucky Is remarkable" Yes, know,
Colonel Its population Increases In
spite OF Its politics. Puck.
II know one class Of men who have
kept Lent in a penitent way" And
who are they?" THE costumers. They
rent their garments" - Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Quericus-Let's see; the married men
all have better halves, don't they? Gym
icus-Ycs. Quericus-Then what do the
bachelors have? Cynicus-Better quar-
ters.-Tit-Bits.
In Their Line-"Why do you think
painting stage scenery would be good
occupation for n woman" "Oh, be-
cause there are so many OF them who
love to make cene."-Philads y 1ia
Bulletin.
A Remedy.-cashler-I cannot posi-
bly, live on the salary you are paying
me. Employer-H'm! Just as thought!
You must give me bond tomorrow for
five thousand dolla's.-Puck.
In the Fashion, understand jerks
is suffering with rheumatism" He has
If bnt he isn't suffering" what do you
mean?" Hes quite proud and happy.
The doctor says it's govt he has. =
Philadelphia Press.
Even Sooner.-Foster-Do all your en-
ployees drop their tools the instant that
the whistle blows? Ployer-Oh, no, not
ali OF them. The more orderly ones have
,Lcty. tr,,Is r,,tt away before that time
Harpers Razar.
ChoIly-Yaas, he called me a bare
faced liaa,' bah Jove. Gussie-Weally?
And what did you do. deah boy2 Cholly
-lold him II wanted to could ,walse
Just as big n moustache as his so theah!
philadelphia Record.
"We've come now" said the campaign
orator. pausing n moment to take q
drink OF water. I'VE come now to the
marrow OF the subject" "How do you
know II is the narrow" Interrupted a
jeering auditor near the door, Il feel
IL in my bones" retOrted the orator
Hereupon the enthusiastic crowd cheer
ed for five minutes. to the great and
Overwhelming confusion Of the other
fellow.-Chicago Tribune.
DO you think the shortest route to a
mans heart is through his stomach
asked Miss Gabby. as she prepared to
exhibit her skill with the chafing-dish
to young DR.. Powders. "Oh, dear, MOI
exclaimed the young physician, swelling
up with the consciousness OF superior
knowledge. THE shortest way to the
heart is by way OF an inclslon through
the left sub-clnvial section OF the tho
racic particles" Thus is cold science
Wrestling Cupids weapons one by one
from the hands OF the fair sex.-Baiu-
more American.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-12
Puerto RIean Tanft Passes.

Not since the Republican party was
organized has 1t been in greater dan
ger Of making an irrepara-
bic mistake than 1t was
with regard to the Puerto Rlcan tariff
bill. As It was It made a narrow es-
cape in the house OF representatives
yesterday afternoon when the bill, as
amended in some sIight particulars by
the senate, passed by the slender mar
gin of eight votes. The solid Demo-
cratic vote was against it. and 1t was
feared that a number of Republicans
who were obstinately blind to the trap
free traders had set, would fall into the
pit dug for them-nlne did vote
against it.
Nothing would have rejolced the Is
sueless Democracy so much as to have
committed the Republican party to
swerving from the time honored princl-
pies Of a protective tariff, even in this
slight particular. 1t is, therefore, a
source of extreme qualification that tha
party was saved from fate 1t would
have richly deserved II It had in this in
stance departed from the tenet that has
been its strongest bulwark against the
attacks of the free trade Democracy.
Time will show the wisdom Of the
measure. just as the Dingley bill has
COMPOUNDED the evil prophets Of dlsas-
ter through It's benehcent results.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-12
10 Push the shipping Bill.

Senator Frye has expressed the belief
that the shipping bill now before the
senate would be passed before the end
Of the present session OF Congress. and
that nothing excepting the ftHbuster-
ing Of Democrats would prevent tn.
senate from favorable action on thf
measure The Democratic free traders
aided by the agents OF foreign steani-
ship companies have been quite busy Of
late in creating the false impression
that IL the materials used in shipbulld'
ing were admitted free OF duty Ameri-
can shipbuilders would be able to con-
struct ships as cheaply as they can b?
built in foreign countries. They know
they are incorporating facts when
they make such statements. but there
are many who do not know that these
assertions art false
The commissioner Of navigation OF tho
treasury department. who is constantly
engaged in administering the laws re-
latlug to merchant vessels Of thC
United States. referring this misappre
hension OF our laws for raw materials
for shipbuilding' says that as long age
as 1872 Congress inaugurated the policy
OF admitting free OF duty materials In
tended for the building OF ships iof the
foreign trade ana Tor the trade oe'
tween the Atlantic and Pacific ports Of
the United States, although At that time
1t was not so broad In Its scope as ~
present. Section 10 Of the act OF June =
1872 Is the first bearing on TINS point
and 1t eXempts AL lumber umDEr
hemp manila ana IRON ana steer rouS
bars spikes nails and bolts ana copper
and composition metals which may
be necessary for the construction Of
vessels In the trades named II INTENDED
for duties. The same articles II in'ehd'
ed for vessels In those trades need'hE
repairs. are also by that act admitted
free Of duty.
"By section OF the act OF February
3, 1875, yellow sheathing metal and yell
low metal bolts. OF which the compo
nent part Of the chief value is copper
were added to the free list in respect oil
ships building or repairing for the
trades named. The tariff act Of March
q 1883, added wire rope to the articles
previously exempted and In that sec
ton included all the other materials
previously exempted. Section s OF the
MCKINNEY tariff of October J. 1890, also