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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
CHILDREN AVERT A WRECK
Two Little Girls Flag Train on the
Pan Handle and Save
the Express.

Logansport, Ind. July 1l.-What
would otherwise have been disastrous
wreck 10 fast freight train on the
Louisville division OF the Pan Handle
near Anoka Junction. four miles east
OF here. was averted ny the bravery of
two little girls. Edna Keener. aged u.
and Emma For paugh, aged IA. While
they were playing along the track they
discovered a small trestle over creek
to be on fire.
They Immediately ran down the
track waving their sunbounets and
stopped the train just in time 10 pre-
vent it from going into the ditch. The
girls were rewarded hy the train crew
with all the charge they could rake up.
ard the matter was AT once rerorted to
the officers here.
The Louisville express would soon
have been due at that point. and IL was
at frs. reported that this was the train
stopped.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
SANTA FE RESTORES RATES.
Makes a Definite Move to End the
Tariff War Among West
ern Lines.

Chicago July IL The Santa Fe Rail
road company today officially an
nounced that the cut rates scheduled
TO so into effect on the Chicago Mis-
souri, river division OF its system had
been withdrawn. Regular rates nave
been restored and notices TO this enect
have been telegraphed to the agents.
This is the first definite move 10 eha
the Western freight cate war whch
threatened the earnings OF - roads
and brought forth strong remon.
strances from the Eastern financial and
banking interests.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
hartley OUT OF PRISON.
Governor of Nebraska Paroles the
Former State Treasurer Con-
victed of EN- bezzlement.

Lincoln, Neb., July 13.--Joseph Bart
ley, for four years treasurer of the
state of Nebraska. and convicted for
embezzling state funds to the amount
of nearly 100000 was late tonight re-
leased from the penitentiary, Cover
nor Savage having issued an order of
parole in favor of Charles o. Whedon,
Bartley's attorney. The former treas
urer was brought TO his home in this
city tonight. The whole affair was SO
quietly carried out that probably not a
dozer persons in the city were aware
of his release. BARLEY was sentenced
to 20 years in the penitentiary and has
served 40 months.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
FACTS FROM THE CENSUS.
They Show Foreign Percentage to Be
Over Half Population of
Illinois.

Washington, July 13.-The census
bureau issued a bulletin today on the
population by sex, general nativity and
color in 1900 of Illinois as follows;
Males. ZAP 1872; females, 2,3iS16S;
native born, 1854, S03; foreign born
9G6,747; total white, i,734S7S; native
white, 3,770, 1888; foreign parents, L.
i9S, 473 foreign white, 96i,635, total
colored. S6.677.
The foreign white persons and native
whitepersons of foreign parentage rep
resent little over one-half the entire
population. OF the total population, 9S
per cent is white.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
Buildings Dynamited

Guthrie o. r., July l4-At . o'clock
:ne Ere is st,lI burning The losses SO
far reported are restaurant. two no.
tells, two law offices. one wholesale feed
house. one wholesale produce house.
one furniture store, one livery stable.
four residences Odd Fellows hall. the
opera house and one butcher shop. The
water works supply OF water ont and
dynamite had TO be used 10 blow down
the buildings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
CURE WORSE THAN THE ILL
Indiana Man Gouges Out His Corns.
and Doctors May Not
Save Vim.

LaPorte. Ind, July 12.-William
Young of Delong, Fulton county, is
dying of blood poisoning Young has
been for many years suffering serious
inconvenience from two painful eorns,
one upon each of his feet
He decided that he had endured the
affliction quite long enough and with
a sharp chisel and mallet amputateC.
each of the two corn afflicted toes
sharp and clean. He &c ia The throes of
intense agony from blood poisoning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
PROFANITY CAUSES TRAGEDY
Chicagoan Shot and Killed Because
He Swore in the Presence
of a Woman.

Memphis, Tenn. July IA. H. Pal
mer of Chicago. was shot and killed
because he used profane language in
the presence of a woman. William
Nolan. a locomotive engineer, is his
slayer. The men were rivals for the
love of the girl in whose presence the
tragedy was enacted. Nolan escaped.
Palmer was civil engineer in charge of
the construction work of the Illinois
Central railroad in Mississippi. The
girl in the case is pretty telegraph
operator at Anding, Miss.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
NEW SHAMROCK WINS RACE

Rothesay July l0.-Another open
water trial Of the Shamrocks was
started II this morning The ehal-
lenger allowed the older boat TO get
well away 20 windward several
lengths ahead, thus permitting her to
get the first and fresher of shore
wind. The Shamrock maintained all
her advantage TO kiIcattan, but the
challenger beat her clear TO leeward
after q clever bit of sailing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
DISASTERS ON THE YUKON
Advices from Skagway Tell of Par
tial Wrecking of Three
Steamers.

Seattle, Wash, July 13.-The steamer
Humboldt arrived today from Skagway
with 40 passengers and a large amount
of Klondike gold estimated at $3.50 900.
News is brought of the partial wrecking
of three steamers on the Yukon be-
tween Dawson and the White Horse
rapids.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
OFF FOR HIS ISLAND HOME.
General Gomez Says Complimentary
Things of United States Before
Sailing for Cuba.

New York, July 10.-General Maxine
Gomez. accompanied by his son and
Alexander Gonzales, sailed for Havana
this afternoon on the Seguranca. The
party was escorted 10 the pier hs n
delegation of Cubans, TO whom General
Gomez made sone nartilg remarks He
said he never would forget the kindness
shown him while here, and that he
never until now realized how deeply the
people of the United States sympathiz-
ed with the people of Cuba.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
SEVERE STORM IN SOUTH.
Mississippi Town Touched Up by a
High Wind, Which Leaves
a Trail of Ruin.

McComb, Miss, July PA terrific
wind and rainstorm struck this city
late this afternoon, fatally injuring two
persons and injuring more or less Sc
riously four others. 1t blew down and
unroofed several small buildings. A
dozen persons in attendance at ball
game took refuge under a gallery.
which was blown down. burying those
beneath it, fatally injuring Willie
Kuntzmann and a negro.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
Fire Rnvnges Butte Hotel.

Butte, July Ia Early this morning
the Butte hotel, the leading hostelry
in the city, was destroyed by fire.
Many guests were rescued from the
upper windows by the tiremen. Sever.
al became panic stricken and jumped
To the ground but none were seriously
injured. 1t is believed everybody
escaped, Aside from the personal ef.
lects lost by the guests, the loss is as.
tmatcd at 100000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
Another Victim Dies.

Kansas City, July 11.-Mrs. s c.
Harry of Hoopeston, H.. died at 1850
this morning. Leslie s Coleran Of
Paw Paw, Mich. and Mrs. J. D. Adsit
of Hoopeston, III, will not live through
the night
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
OKLAHOMA TOWN I'M FLAMES.
Enid Visited by a Fire Which Is
Sweeping Everything
Before It.
Great Loss at Enid, O. T.

Guthrie, o. r., July ia fire at
Enid has destroyed several buildings
The water supply has given out and
the town is at the mercy of the flames
The loss is estimated at $500 O00
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18

will soon be out OF commission. 1t is
thought that the lot Of horses that are
to be supplied at this time for the
Thirteenth cavalry will be obtained
quickly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
Vast Wheat Tract Buns

Great Bend Kan, July l3 Fire 10.
oay "A miles west Of here burned no.
eco acres OF standing wheat The loss
is $4,000 William Gerhardt a farmer
is said to have persisted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18
THEY YIELD THEIR ARMS,
General SaEtcs md Forty Other Fill.
ipinos in Albany Province
Decide t. Be Good.

Manila July l3-General Santos.
with ~ men and Is rifles. surrendered
al Liago, Albay Province. The insur.
rection IN North Camarines province
Is practically ended
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-07-18

Silver city, n, NJ. July Ia Bremen
mill and Smelter here was destroyed
by fire. Loss not known.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-08
Cattle smncgled onlum.

Some of the shrewdest tricks ever
played are by smugglers of opium,
says a writer in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat. A very unique smuggling
scheme was unearthed a few years
ago by United States secret service
officers in North Dakota. 1t was no
ticed that an unusually large number
of cattle were being driven across the
line to the North Dakota markets,
and the secret service men planned
an investigation. For some time their
work was in vain, and they had about
given up hope of discoving any I'M
lawful operations, when an accident
revealed the fact that the nostriis OF
the cattle were stuffed with opium
wrapped carefully in tinfoil In this
way each steer was wortht twice it's
normal value Hundreds upon hun
dreds of animals had been driven
across the border with their nostrils
loaded with opium, and it was esti-
mated that the smugglers had cleaned
up a profit of $4,000 before the dis
covery was made But the smuggiers
were sly, and they escaped and we're
never captured.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-08
Give EvervbodY a Chance.

Emerson's dictum that we should
treat every one as if he were all he
ought to be is an excellent rule to
pratice in daily life. 1t is human ma
ture to rise to the level that is ex-
pected of it. It is not necessary to
waste time upon uncongenial people
unless you are bound to them by
strong family ties; but it is important
that all with whom you come in CON
tact be studied with the desire on
your part to give credit for all that
is good in them, and that nothing in
their outward circumstances or ap-
pearance be allowed to prejudice you
against them.-Ada c. Sweet, in the
Woman's Home Companion.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-08
HAWAlPS FRUITFUL SOIL.
Rapidly with Which Vegetables az
vo,v

Rapidly with Which Vegetables az
Fruits Grow.
Incredible reports of the produc-
tiveness of the soil of Hawaii, says
the Chicago Tribune, have reached
the agricultural department in Wash
ington through Governor Dole, who
requested one of the farmers of Ha-
wall to furnish authentic information
on the subject This farmer says THAT
almost every vegetable and fruit
known to man will grow in the island
in profusion. Peppermint, he says,
grows wild.
Four crops of potatoes have been
produced in succession on the same
piece of land within IL months. This
is not an extraordinary occurance.
radishes become edible ten days after
sowing. Strawberry vines bear fruit
all the year. The berries are of fine
flavor.
Cabbage grows all the year. and It
apparently makes no difference
whether it is planted in the spring,
summer, autumn or winter. Parsley,
once sown, grows forever, apparently
Lima beans continue to grow and bear
for over a year, and they have to be
gathered every week after starting
to bear. Cucumbers bear the EN- tire
year, and so do tomatoes, which, With
proper attention, bear for years.
Raspberries bear for six months.
Pineapples come into bearing when
the plants are four months old, and
bear in abundance for years. Lettlshe
can be planted at any time, and it de-
velops quickly. The same is trey Of
celery -
Wheat. corn, barley and oats pho
duce only one crop. each year. and
this is not quite as good as the crops
produced in other portions of She
world
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-08

HUMOROUS

First fy-I was shut up in a fly
paper trap all night Second hy-Well.
you needn't feel 50 stuck up about IT,
Nell--Young Mr.. sappehedde has +.
quite vein Of sentiment in him. (
Belle-Tm afraid his sentiment is all
in vain.
Sillicus-Woman is a riddle. She
keeps us guessing. Cynicus-And yet
we would rather be kept guessing than
give her up.
Waiter (who has upset a bowl OF
soup down the old gentleman's back
Not a word, sir; not a word; my
fault entirely
Tommy-Pop, what is a cynicA
Tommys Pop-A cynic, my son, Is
usually a man who has to put up with
his wifes cooking.
Muggins-That fellow Scribbler is
a wide-awake author. Buggins-What
has he written? Muggins-His last
work is a treatise on insomnia.
Hubbubs ~ DO you have many
through trains here? Subbubs-Yes.
most Of them are through trains. They
go right through here without stop
ping.
Mr.. Pitt-It is odd that the lecturers
motto and the hlghwayman's motto
are the same. Mr. Penn-What is
their motto? Mr. Pitt-Stand and de-
liver
First Actor-What's the latest?
Second Actor-Im told they're going
to dramatic the books of that bank
cashier who lately defaulted for ST.
/ 100000
Blobbs-That girl next door thumFs
the piano all day and all night She
ought to be locked up. Slobbs-
Wouldn't it do just as we'll to have
the piano locked up?
Mr.. Newlywed-These pies are not
like mother used to make. Mrs.
Newlywed-Also permit me to remind
you that you don't make the dough
that father used to make.
Tess-I met Miss lie Fevre in Paris.
She said she knew you. Jess-Oh, yes.
learned French under her; did She
tell you? Tess-No; she said you
used to take lessons from her.
First Little Girl-My dolly can say
Mamma and Papa Second Little
Girl-Oh, that's so old-fashioned. 1t
is proper now for children to address
their parents as Mother and Father.1
Guest-You say this is the smallest
4 room you have. How much is it?
Summer Hotel Proprietor dol
lars day. Guest-And when | am
through with it may I take it home
with me as a souvenir?
Irate Customer-I've brought this
parrot back You told me it's formeI
master had taught it to talk, and il
does nothing but sit all day and wiggle
its toes Dealer-That's all right II
used to belong to a deaf and dumt
man,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-08
THE SWAMP SINGER.

List 20 bis voice
Kerrnnk ker-chunk
A. he sings ia tho lowhnd aodgos -
List 90 the plunge 81 hIs daft-liko lunge
As he dives whore che oress-meed dredgcgg
The iox-hre gloWs Ia the misty gray
OF the home OF the singer chilly
Whose pop-eyes peep Do iurtiye way
From the breast Of white pond lily.
List TO his voice
ker-runk ker-chunki
As he sits on the bank @ dreaming
List 90 the splash as his sleek legs dash a
To the depths where the Dab are cleaning;
The sunbeams creep through the leafy gloam
or the nook OF the singer chilly. 4
Whose pop-eyes peep from bis island home,
The breast OF white pond lily.
Boston Courier.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04
FUSION PLEAsANTRlEs.

All Is not peace and harmony In the
Colorado fusion legislature. as vide
the Following remarks by Senator Cas-.
intro Barela in reply to the charges
oil Senator Taylor on the day previous.
He said:
The senator from GlenwooJ
Springs has stated on this floor that
the Republican party and the corpor.
ations, as well knew, were working
for constitutional convention. When
he makes statement like that my
reply In plain English is that he lies.
He Is narrow-minded, Is Senator Tay-
lor. and II he is nominated for con.
gfess in the district In which Las An.
imas county. the county l have the
honor to represent Is situated, 1 will
urge my friends not to support him:
that Is, unless he retracts the unjust
and untruthfful things he said about
the people OF Las AnImas county yes
teiday when he said they did very
queer things. For one, do not In.
tend to be humbugged by him any
longer.
Yes. you humbuggeh me all right
when you had your bill put ON the cal.
endar ahead of mine so that would
vote for yours before mine came up
and so that you could aid in killing
mine after yours was out OF the way.
Then. that Rush consolidation bill.
which is such an awful humbug, went
through under false pretenses. The
introducer urged me not to talk In op.
position to 1t, and then the first chance
lie got he voted against bill OF niue.
And Senator Tanquary over there OF.
cuples his seat absolutely by my vote
and could not have got In on his con
test any other way, and that Is one OF
the things ! am today not at all proud
OF, one OF the very few things In my
record in this senate which | do not
like to admit"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04

bills for his constituents is considered
influential and worthy of support.
Every session of congress an attempt
is made to bring about reform in
pension legislation. but for this reason
it is impossible to do anything. The
constitution never intended that con-
gress should act in a judicial capacity.
yet 1t does SO every day in the consid-
GRAFTON of claims OF all sorts. which
are decided not upon their merits but
upon the influence of their hackers.
Congress established the Court of
Claims some years ago to relieve it
self Of this duty, and certain cases are
sent to that tribunal. where the law
and the facts can be applied with eq-
uity, but there is too much politics in
pensions to have claims of that sort
referred there.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04
INAUGURAL VISITORS.
Will Have to Attend Church for
Amusement Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Sun
day question has come up in connec-
tion with the inauguration Washing
ton is an old-fashioned place, and
everything in the way of business is
suspended on the Sabbath day. We
have no Sunday theatres or sacred con
certs; the saloons are all closed, and
most of the restaurants; the barber
shops are not allowed to do business.
and the news stands are closed after
the noon hour. But Monday being in
auguration day, the city will be filed
with strangers on Sunday. who will
want to eat and drink and be merry
They will need to be shaved and will
want to buy newspapers. and the thea
tres were planning to offer them enter
sioners stepped in and instructed the
police to notify all concerned that
they would be expected to observe
Sunday as usual. This order has
caused considerable excitement.
There is no way to punish saloon
or theatre or barber shop for keeping
open on Sunday except to revoke their
license and fine the managers a few
dollars in the police courts but res
olution has passed both houses of CON
gress giving the commissioners of the
district increased power, and it will
probably be effective in closing every
thing but the churches.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04
PENSION EVILS.
Few Congressman Have Courage tc
Vote Against Pension Bill.

WASHINGTON. March 2.-In the
neighborhood of $500 pension bills
have been submitted to congress dur
ing the present session, and nearly
half of them have passed one or the
other house. Almost without excep-
tion these claims had been rejected
at the pension Office or the amount
of pension granted by the commissions
er of pensions was not sufficient to
satisfy the claimant. There are now
on the roll of pensioners the names of
several thousand persons whose
claims have been rejected upon legal
evidence but have afterward been
granted through political influence.
without regard to their merits. Peo-
pie who are well qualified to judge es-
innate that such pensions now amount
to $5000.00 a year. ana are increas-
ing at the rate of 100000 or $400,-
600 annually.
Pensions are granted by congress
purely upon political influence. A
theoretical inquiry is made into the
merits of each claim, but the pull of
the claimant settles the case and the
ed by their colleagues in congress to
report bills that they know are with
out merit. When these bills reach
the calendar 1t becomes question of
pull" as to whether they go through.
Very feww members of the house OF
representatives have the moral cour-
age to vote against a pension bill, and
it is bad policy for them to do so, be-
cause they do not know when they may
have a similar bill of their own to be
passed. The senate makes 1t rule
never to defeat a pension bill, and on
certain days 200 or 300 will be passed
In an hour without any consideration
whatever. They are not even read
Nobody takes the trouble to vote
The clerk mumbles over the title. the
presiding officer mutters, "All in favor
say aye contrary no. The bill IL
passed"
Pension legislation is one of the
most effective methods in politica
campaigns, and member who has the
reputation of securing the passage o.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04
ORDERS FOR 1o5 ENGINES.
Eastern Road to Spend More Than
100000 for Locomotives.

CHICAGO. March within the
past few days the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad has placed an order for los
new locomotives. This is one OF the
largest ord,rs ever given for engines
by consts lcted line in America, and
il Involves IA expenditure of over ST..
100000.
About eleven months ago the Balti.
more & Ohio ordered one hundred
new engines, and last month 1t con.
tiacted for twenty-five more. The
$50 engines will necessitate an outlay
Of about s2,070.000. which will come
out of the 5.0OO,OO0 Improvement
lund established short time after
the reorganization of the road. The
engines are of all classes. Fifty or
more of them will be pressed into SER
vice on the Chicago division.
The freight engines will be of the
Wooten type. with wide fire boxes
on trailing wheels and the cabs set on
top of the boilers. The passenger
engines will be of the Atlantic type,
built for fast running,
The Improvement to the track and
roadbed between South Chicago and
Akron is being carried on rapidly, and
when it is finished the line between
those places will be practically
straight and level.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-03-04
VANDERBILT RESIGNS.
Gives Up Position as Assistant secre
tary Of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, March 2.-Assist.
ant Secretary Vanderlip has rendered
his resignation. which is reluctantly
accepted by Secretary Gage, to whom
he has been not only an invaluable
assistant, but also warm personal
friend. He came from Chicago to
act as private secretary to MI Gage.
but soon developed an executive abil-
ity and other talents which suggested
his appointment as assistant secro.
tnly. and the selection has been fully
justified. A successful newspaper
man is most always competent to fill
any other position in life. Mr.. Van
derlip adds one more to the long list
of examples. He expects to spend
several months in European travel,
and upon his return will take the pres
idency Of an important western cor
poration. The successor to Mr.. Van
derlip will be Milton z. Allies, of sid
ney. Ohio, who is now Mr. Cages S
private secretary and has .served in
that position since Mr.. Vanderlip was
promoted. Mr. Allies came into the
department in 1888 as assistant mess
enger, and has worked his way up to
his present position by his ability and
efficiency.