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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-06-14
LAVENDER.
o. all things fond and treasured ber,.

o. all things fond and treasured hero.
Par dearest are. | know. TO her
The little garments that my dear
Has laid away in Lavender.
She folded them so long ago
! quite forget how many years
Smoothing them down with fingers slow
That could not find their way for tearA
know she kissed them one by one
And parted them, just as she did
So soon. after day was done,
The little blue check coyerlid.
never look at them, for men
God knows my heart is bitter yeti
But she-will steal away and then
Go silent with her lashes wet.
Such times | know that she has knet
For a long hour. sad sweet to her.
In some dim, silent nook that smelt
OF buried things and lavender.
We never speak, you know, of this;
1t must not seem less far away,
But when, some nights, feel her kiss
Sometimes do not dare TO pray!
Post Wheeler in New York Pres,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
NO REST FOR BROADWAY
CHANGE OF CAR TRACKS NOT COM
PLETE BEFORE ASPHALT
ING BEGINS

Nev-Yc~kers who went 10 the country in June
to escape the city's midsummer heat and are now
returning from their summer homes will see Broad
way in what has come TO be almost its normal con-
dition CT upheavaL The Metropolitan Railway
Company, which began 10 rip up the pavement in
the early spring in order that IT might change the
motive power Of its cars from cable 10 electric
trolley, is stiu If. and, to make things worse.
the city now begins one OF the biggest jobs OF
asphaltng in fits history in that thoroughfare.
tending all the way from Fourteenth 10 Forty
second ST The contractors are bound 70 finish this
asphalting in hundred DAYS They began last
week Even If they finish time the work VIII
not be done before December, and II they finish on
time il will be almost miracle. although Engineer
Foye. OF Commissioner Kearing's once, declares
that the work will be pushed from the start with
such perssrency that he hopes 10 have completed
before the allotted time expires
Progress on changing the cable and putting down
rails for the Broadway cars has been steady, II
not particularly rapid. and the storm centre %
activity has shifted below FoUrteenth-st-. leav
ing that region OF Broadway clear for the opera
tons of the asphalters. From Fourteenth-st- all
the way 70 Bowling Green gangs Of men are work
ing a. frequent intervals and the sidewalks are
piled high the curbs in many places with paving
stones bags OF cement and other material OF the
worknen The work is greatly retarded BY the
frequency with which the must stop 70 le.
the cars pass and the large number OF wagons and
other vehicles constantly passing up. down and
across Broadway also keeps the men guessing all
the while 10 what particular kind OF death will
menace them next That so few accidents have
happened 10 them seems little short OF marvellous
Il is expected that the pavement viii al De re-
placed again before October.
When this surface work IS over then viii follow
extensive underground alterations but the officers
OF the company say this viii not interfere al all
with street traffic The underground work consists
Of putting in conductor bars and lead sheet cables.
with the necessary Insulation The conductor bars
are shaped like st. rails. and must be placed az
frequent intervals An electric plough runs n the
slot between the rails and picks Up the current
from The bars side This current runs
through the motor and OUT the other side N their
ordinary position the conductor bars would be IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

fourth-st. William Bradley, suo-contT 80
way excavation has started here at olNlletiI-9''
and at Efghty-sixth-st-
Section From OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ang
Broadway to observation-disclosures teftll-St, ana
L,euox-ave under the northwest corner or -
rral Park Z J. Farrell. sub-contractor- Inc
sewer in ue-hundred-and-tenth-s is oelhs u
verified Tunnel excavation has been oegu1 AZ
Oae-hundred-aud-f ourth-st- and Central FarA
West
Section s-From Cne-huudred-and-t enth-st. TO one
hlIudred-and- thirty-rifth-st. in LenoA-dNe- r
Fsrrel gub-contractor. The OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tUyentv-fourth-st. sewer IS being diverted
Section 9-From Northumberland thirt inst
and Isenox-nve. 10 Bruok-ave- John G Rodgers
sIIb-ooutractor Nothing done here yet MS
eection includes the tunnel under the Harlem
River.
seorion IO-From Brook-ave. 10 Bronx PARK; Inc
Terry a Tench Construction Company sup-con-
tractors. Nothing done yet This Is al e4eValeo
railway.
Section u.-From ne-hundred-and FOUR h-st 70
49, -fr- TWEEN -ffth-st. ID t5roadWAS
John Shields, sub-contractor FartiaI eHc4 Ava,
-. f.a- been uJut mere from columbia III
y5erzItv 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES twenty -nrtt-st. Inc
f.ro1on water main found IN the trench ~ now
beinr relaid 10 one side. When this Is done ne
Excavation work will proceed again on the SUD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

the way OF the cables which pulls the cars
along The question which confronted the engi-
neers was how 70 put the bars n place before the
conversion in such way that they would not oe
torn cut by the grips OF the cable care After Try
several plans 4 successful one vas unaliy
found II consists OF placing the conductor bars az
an angle which will keep them OF the way or
the cable and holding them there by the use OF a
small steel plug When the road is ready Tor con-
version the plugs viii De quickly pulled out. as tia
cable is withdrawn, and the bars viii spring into
their proper places
The Job OF asphalting broadway from Fourteenth
n F'orty-second will according TO Engineer
Foye be carried out IN a way which VIII anord tns
minimum OF inconvenience 10 the public. The as
phaIt viii first be laid between the rails OF the
Broadway road. After this Is done the space De
tween the tracks viii be asphalted Then one side
OF Broadway. from cartrack TO curb. viii De com
pleted from Fourteenth FOrry-second SITS before
the other side Is ever begun BY this plan as much
OF Broadway possible Will be kept open al the
time for traffic When the Job IS done the asphalt
viii have been brought close 10 the Zip or The
rail that even the hghtest buggy can De driven
across the tracks without much jolttng- broadway
will then be asphalted continuously from our
teenth-st. 10 hundred twentieth-st II the
rapid transit contractors have not oy that time
ripped up most OF the asphaI from Forty second 70
One TO construct IFS SUD
,Eav as IS altogether probable
The asphalting OF Broadway from Fourteenth 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

way Some Of the Boulevard trees have been
cut down on this section.
Section 12-Hrom One-hundred- and twenty -fifth-st
TO hundred-a and thtrty-seCond-st- E ?. Rob
erts, suo-contractor Nothing done here yet
Section 13-From ne-hundred-and-t hirty-t hird-st
10 Observation-Disclosures -first-st. L. B. Nc
Cabe. sub-contractor. More work has been done
here than in any other section so far. The
southern portal OF the tunnel has been opened
at Recommendations y-SeVenth-st.. and an
other portal has been opened a One hundred
and-hfty-stxth-st Gangs will work both ways
from these portals till they meet. The sewer in
the Boulevard Lafayette has been diverted
The elevator shaft for the station One-hun-
dred-aud- six -seventh-st- has been sunk about
50 feet II Is p by = feet in extent. and will
go down leo feet from the surface The sta
ton The elevator shaft az One-hundred-and-
eighty-1rst-st has also been sunk about %
feet, and viii be put down 10 feet. The little
hole in the ground which Corporation Counsel
Whalen made with silver pick May "A at
One-hu udred-and- ffty-stxth-sJ-, Is a trench
20 feet wide and - feet deep, extending TO One
Observation-Disclosures
Section 14-From One-hundred-and-eig -first-st.
70 Hillside-ave. L. Z. McCabe, sub-contractor.
Not touched yet.
Section 15.-From HilIsde-ave. to Kingsbridge The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

activity ever since Even every pillar Of the
subway has TO have a plan specially drawn for
1t, and all the steel has TO be made 20 order ac-
cOrding to these plans. At Homestead, where
this steel is being turned out by the Carnegie
works, the Commissions engineers have already
accepted 100000 pounds of ordinary structural
steel ard about 100000 pounds of finished ma
teriaI. Seven shipments of accepted steel have
alreadv been made from there TO this city. and
from 81 on it is expected to come day by day
Lars shipments of cement have also arrived,
and work viii soon begin all along the line.
Here is a detailed account by sections of the
progress already made by the several sub
contractors:
Section L-Postofice to Chambers-st Deguon-9Ic-
Nothing done vet This Is ne Of the most
intricate sections of the road. Consultations are
Parsons and E P Bryan, general manager for
the subway company
Mclean Construction Company. sun-contract-
ors Grading is now going on at Pearl ana Elm
pared Much work has been done in aiyerttpg
~ ~ % - III Ts- 49, -F7is pas bee1 done
in Centre Pearl, Park. oliver South Blocker
construction has been effected from BleecIer-st.
to Great Jones-st., about i've blocks in all
Section 3-Fron Great Jones-st 10 Thirty-third-st-
Holbrook. Cabot & Daiy, sub-contractors- Here
the feminist. sewer and the Aston Place sewer
have been diverted Similar work Is now being
done on the Twenty-second-st sewer, and a pig
storage yard has been constructed on the Cnlon
Square plaza at Seventeenth-st. and Fourt1-aVe
Section 4-Frorn Thirty-third-st 70 Forty-trst-st-
Ira A Smaller. sub-cOutraCuOr. This sub-Con-
tract was only let last week and no work mas
been done vet on this section. which CONSISTS
OF two tunnels underneath and at each side or
the present FOurth-ave. tunnel.
Section From Forty-hrst-st. and Fourth-ave TO
Sfv-ta-h-S+ and Broadway. Sub-conrract not
Vet let. No work done This involves the dlf-
TcuIr task OF undermining FOrty-second-sJ from
F-0Trrl7-sve- 10 Broadway. with its intricate net
work of underground pipes OF all kinds; one or
the hardest jobs IN the entire contract
Section 6-Frorn Slxtieth-st. TO Cne-hundred-and-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

born in 1855 and IS OF Hugueror descent He r.
ceived his early education in the district school
then entered q private academy, and later ths
State University where he was graduated IN lS7e-
In 1854 Mr.. Ia Toilette was elected TO Congress
He only tve1ty-nine years old. being the
youngest man in Congress He was twice r.
elected each time running ahead OF his ticket He
was the youngest man ever appointed as member
or the Ways and Means Committee. and in tbs
committees work OF tariff revision. when the NJ
KinIey bill was under consideration. drafted rhs
schedules on farm products. tobacco. linen and
silk When the bill was reported e was Mr. Ia
Toilette who made one OF the strongest speeches
n its support. exhibiting profound knowledge OF
details and the broader economic principles In
voIved- -Four years before his reply 20 Speaker
CarIlsIe's defence OF the Mills bin had attracted
attention
II was at the ST Louis Convention thar Mr. Ia
Toilette by his remarkable Orarorical powers.
scored another triumph Il he who presented
the name of H CLAW Evans OF Tennsssee. for the
ONCE OF Vice-Presideu1 i'm speech reruarkahls FOR
its sustained power.
President Mckinley offered him The Courrollership
OF the Currency which 1l-. Ia Toilette was forced
70 decline. owing the pressi-E nature Of the
duties incident 70 his legal practce ,,
His defence Of the principle or primary slscl-ors
for the nouina ton OF all candidates by the Aus
rraIiar ballot made him some acilVe enemies
among the seIf-SeekilE element or the party our
for this sort OF opposition Mr. La toierte mas II
tie regard
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
RAPID TRANSIT PROGRESS
MUCH MORE ACCOMPLISHED THAN AP-
PEARANCES INDICATE.

Sanguine New Workers. who went to the coun-
uy last June and viii return again this month
expecting 10 find the rapid transit subway about
ohe-quarter completed, will be disappointed but
those who are able to appreciate the extent of
the preparatory work which must be done be-
lore so huge an enterprise can be got fairly IN
der way are fully satisfied that the contractor
is not behind time, although there is little to
show yet for all the thought and labor that have
been expended on the job since the contract was
signed, on February n last. and the Mayor
broke ground" for the subway one month
later
In the Office of the engineers Of the Rapid
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
HOME COMLNG THRONGS.
TIDE OF TRAVEL NOW TURNS FROM
COUNTRY TO CITY.

NEWCOMERS who fed from the city before the
heated term began are now beginning to return
In shoals from their summer homes. Labor Day
generally marks the beginning Of this annual
movement, just as the last Friday before LABOR
Day marks the close OF the rush countryvvard.
Last Friday was no exception to this rule.
Large numbers Of men left the city by rail and
boat on that day. who will not return until
Tuesday, Many win bring back their wives ard
families with them, ard the transportation man
ayers are nerving themselves for the deluge.
At the Grand Central Station. for instance,
eighty feet have been added to the length of
the incoming baggage room, which now extends
from Forty-hfth-sJ. almost 70 Forty-second-st.,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
- - 10 - - AQCAREUH.

The Aquarium is about 90 receive another speci-
men OF the green moray. according 20 advtces
cetved from agents in Bermuda. and steamer
which sailed FOR the islands Few days ago carried
large tanks in which the fish VII be shipped Tbs
hig seven foot specimen which has been IN ths
Aquarium since JuIy = 1900. IS the only now IN
captivity.
The hsh experts at the Aquarium think that the
new green moray viii not arrive any TOO soOn-
For three months the one which has been on ex@
htnlrtOn has refused 20 eat Tor some unknown
reason So utIle IS known about this creature thae
the nsh doctors" knew o. tonic which Would
have effect They changed his diet several times
bur the long green Gsh reruse1 10 show signs ~
hunger. For several weeks they have been stufF-
ing bits OF fresh herring down his throat with rba
aid OF a long stick The stu1ing operation has ~
be repeated several times before the hsh win cor
sent 70 swallow the food
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
EPILEPTIC KILLED HIS FATHER IN NINE
DEAD AT ONE HUNDRED AND sII.

Pittsburg Sept. Louis Goodman, Russian
pack pedIer Is dead at his home from effects OF
a cold aged lo5 He 20 this city when he was
sixty years old and worked steadily until he
was Io4 He never consulted a physician nor took
anv medicine In his life. He was married four
times the last time when ne ninety-tw0. Good
man was born in the town Of Sane Province OF
Sunolk Russia. in 1854
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

Forty-second-st viii cost $500 COO II is part OF the
pan 20 give a smooth pavement 10 the central
shopping district OF Manhattan SIxth-ave- BE-
tween Thirteenth and LWeu-y-IlIrd done
LAST year Work IS now under way in Sixrh-avs-
between Carmine and Thirteenth sts- The laying Of
asphalt in Sixth-ave from Twsn-y-rhird % THIRTY
third-st. viii follow next FourIeeurh-sr Between
Fifth and Sixth aves- and Tweury-rhi-d-sr- be-
tween Fifth and Sixth aves VIII be undertaken be-
fore long. II Is hOpsd-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

Terrv & Trench Construction Company, sub
contractors. Elevated road work not begun yet
The contract between the Rapid Transit Com
missioners and John B. Mcdonald calls for the
completion Of the road in four and one-half
years. Nothing has arisen yet TO shake the con
ddenCe of any Of the parties 70 the contract IlaI
the enterprise will be finished time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
CHARGED WITH TsIyG WASHED STAMPS
WALL STREET BROKERS' CASHIER ADMITS HIS
GUILT AND Is HELD.

Wall STREET BROKERS CASHIER ADMITS HIS
GUILT AND Is HELD.
George T. Schutt. cashier for s. s Schuyler
broker sn6 member Of the New-Tork Stock Ex-
change, whose Offices are al No. WaII-st-, was
@lralgned before United States Commissioner Alex
s-aer yesterday by James f Taylor Deputy Col
-eei2r q Internal Revenue. who charged him with
having used washed stamps. Schutt waived ex-
animation and held IN 500 bail 70 await the
@tlon q the Grand Jury. he gave cash bail
sch1tr is twenty-five years old ard lives with
Als parents al No - Cent-aI-ave Brooklyn He
Re was taken 70 Deputy Collector F g. Thomp-
1ohr 70 whom ne admitted his guilt He said that
@Ds1t June z young man whose name ne never
Knew went 10 the Office and offered 10 sell him
'-' worth q Documentary stamps for $50 he ad-
A--tted that he knew no one could sell good stamps
- maj discount without q loss. He bought the
ramps aid used them his employers memo
-s--a Of stock transactions. Later he bought an
sl-er go worth. While using them he said thaL
-s-1eec faint cancellation marks on some %
- Stamps He charged the firm 500 and Wouin
esAe 10 for himself every time ne bought stamps
5 .4e Isee value q sl99. He admitted having
-'lELt S5G worth II all
II Speaking Of the case Mr.. Thompson said he
sSS-Eat q thorough investigation would show that
800 mad cefrauded the Government OF mtcn
go than 500 he said the business OF MI
L----yler was 80 large that Schutt could probably
found $50 N--- 49,
sehutt has been employed IN Wall Street for the
- st1 yeaEs. He became 4Ir. SchuyleT's cashier
tG- r la He was formerly employed by J. over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
WISCOySIN'S NETT GOTERyOR

GREss AND IN THE PRACTICE OF Law
Robert Marion La Toilette. Republican nominse
for Governor % Wisconsin, IS product OF the log
cabin and early pioneer life OF that State He was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
DIs4sTBoUs P4yFc ~ TICKET OFFICE


Chicago. Sept Twenty persons We're injured
to-day as the result OF panic. which followed
the fainting Of a woman ar the joint Grand Army
OF the Republic ticket agency o. the Eastern roads
At No - CIark-sr- The place became dsnsely
crowded Win veterans and Others who went there
10 have their tickets extended. and when the won
an sank 10 the floor a rush was made 20 set into
the open air A plate glass window broken.
and a number OF persons were injured BY falling
glass. Others including several veterans. were
knocked down and badly trampssd on partial
lisr or the injured .s follows Ecda Barker.
Elinkard Ind crushed in crowd Mrs Thompson
New lbary. Ind Jrarnpled or. Mrs Stewart XII
patrick. Cincinnati crushed in crowd, Mrs. s.
Quinn. Toledo Grace JerCy- Toledo. trampled On.
No one is believed 90 have been seriously injured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

The population of the city Of Elnira as officially
announced to-day. is as follows:
1aoo 30 So 1890 80 500
These figures show for the city whole an
increase in population Of +77s, or l545 per cent,
from 1890 10 1900 The population in 1880 254,
showing an increase of 10 32 or 50 20 per cent from
1850 ID 1880
Tn population BY wards in 1900 IS as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

DR.. CROTTE'S METHOD AT ST. LUKES.
D.. Crorre's method OF treatment was tried Al
s. Luke.s Hospital, IN New-York City, LAST win
~ The managers OF that Institution did not
take the initiative IN the experiment. but mere
" permitted Il After several weeks the test
was discontinued. The conclusion reached BY
The hospital management was that while no
A--rfuI consequences could be detected, there
aai been no c0nspicuously beneficial result
Ias discrepancy between this testimony and
ihsr q the three physicians whose reports are
aere referred 70 IS interesting But similar
confictirg evidence IS frequently presented on
other new systems Of treatment notably in re-
gard . The effects OF inoculariOn with anti
toxin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
CENSUS OF SYRACUSE AND ELuIR4.

POPULATION OF THB FORMER 1oss74 AND OF
THE LATTER 25.672-
Washington Sept. The census Of the city OF
Syracuse. y Y, as Officially announced to-day, is
follows
1900 .-...-- 1914 1890 -------------- ssl@5
These figures show for the city a whole an
increase in population of 2o231, or PISS per cent
from 1890 1900. The population in 1880 was 7l's
showing an increase of 36551, 1913 per cent, from
1850 1880
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
~ MILLI0N cOINs 10 - NINT.

Fhiisdsiphia. Sept In August z 7Os 900 coins Of
ne face value q g "a I69 were the product OF the
III IN this city. OF this amount there were 6I94-
CONS m silver, OF q value Of SllS6oo0. and
---''- In the base metals valued al S18s.l6 The
80 CONS made were divided follows. 81, 009
s---1.1sfs l652ig5) Quarter-oOllaFs and 3.8l0y1O
81 - mere were coined Of i've cent pieces s.0fs-
- sao Of pennies $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

1890 This Is an increase OF SSs2 or 3I9 per cent.
The population Of Sioux City. Iowa. Is gill
against 81 sO6 in 1890 This IS decrease OF +6s5 or
Y. Z per cent
EPILEPTIC KILLED HIS F4THER IN NINE
Chicago. Sept. IA dispatch TO The Record
from Bellevile, III says that Charles Moody, aged
twenty years killed John Moody, his aged father,
while the Two were at work in the Glendale coal
mine one hundred and fifty feet below the surface
OF the earth. Young Moody, who IS an epileptc,
became suddenly insane and while his father
busy with his back toward his son. drilling into
mass OF coal he drove his pick into his fathers
BODY piercing the heart. Moody, who Is in jail,
presses no regret for rs terrible crime but declares
he is glad he killed his father
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

The Census Bureau announces that the popula-
ron Of Davenport Iowa. IS S5254 against 1882 IN
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-08-03
EeAL NorlcEs.

In the states OF California, Oregon, Ne
vada, and Washington Territory AZ
extended to all public land states by
act OF August I. 1899, otlllle NJ, Logan,
OF Astoria, county OF clataop, state OF
Oregon. has this day hled IN this office
hor sworn statement No. ssiS, for the
purchase OF the :, w. x OF Section No.
. In Township No, NJ. Range No. 7
w. and win offor proof 20 show that
the land sought In moro valuable for
ita timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes and to establish her claim
to said land before the Register and
Receiver OF this office at Oregon City,
Oregon, on
Wednesday, tho "a day OF October, 1900.
She names ~ witnesses;
Julius Garbe. OF olney. Oregon, se-
hastion Chaser. OF olney, Oregon. Jacob
penk, OF olney. Oregon. John dlaSer,
of Olney, Oregon
Any aud all persons claiming ad-
vcrsely the above described lands are
requested TO flo their claims In this
office ON or before said Sd day OF octo-
her, 1900,
cHAs. u. MooREs.
Register,