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Oats. were active and f'rm sales 1893 coo bush.
iirn,. No: ? Western. 53l. d5+i.c, g. I. buffalo:
Car lots Jersey and state, 5e.saS7tc. nominal
track. Corn was active and strong. Sales. l76 900
bush. mainly for export here and at the outports.
No mi1 red In elevator, No. white 5sc.; No.
yellow. Sc Futures closed sc. higher. Sales.
$50 ON bush. Prices as follows
The sun., 1903-06-06

New Ysrk stsck Exchange oalss. June !.
UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS I'm 81 ,oOos,
IS y , SS I''-'''" ............. ...........l O7t
CLOSING PRIcEs or uNrTEp STATES BONDS.
The sun., 1903-06-06

Futures here closed quiet and steady at a net d.
cline OF to points ON this crop and to 10 on III.
next. Estimated sales. 10000 bales Prices
follows.
The sun., 1903-06-06
DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT.

WASHINGTON, June 5.--Thc cash statement o1
the receipts and expenditures OF the Treasury
sho\y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION
Annual Event. Under Auspices Of Commis-
sion and COnncil Committee, Take Place
Today at the Various Stations.

1t is expected that new truck will
be added to the equipment OF the
Sixth street department. The one
now in use has been in service for the
days of usefulness have passed The
commission and committee are ex-
pected to report favorably on the
matter of new truck.
Aside from the general inspection
by the commissioners there will be in
spections made by the captains OF the
different departments, for the purpose
of aquainting the meh with locations,
constructions and general outline OF
the buildings in the respective dis
tricts. The results are recorded III
each house Of the department and the
men make a study of Che reports.
Two thousand feet of new hose has
been ordered for the department
which will make a total of 10000 feet
In all there forty five men and q
horses employed in the fire service OF
Superior, under supervision OF Chlei
Johnson, who has proved himself to
be one, if not the best Chief OF the tire
department this city has ever had.
The police and fire commission con
ssts of Henry $. Butler, presidents
II, +. DeGroat, secretary, and \. T.
Rock and -. h. Wilcox
The Council committee is made up
OF three members Aldermen Nc
Guire, Comiskey and Shafer.
! When these two boards meet today
| it rs expected that Mayor O'Hare viii
Join with them and make the rounds
of the different houses in the depart I
ment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

The annual inspection OF the differ
ent houses and apparatus OF the Sup
erior fire department will be made by
the police and fire commission and
city council today The object is to
ascertain the condition Of the depart
ment and also to look into the matter
of supplying new apparatus
At pre- sent the Superior department
has six houses and each is equipped
with modern apparatus and fuil com
plement of men. At the Sixth street
house there are II men who operate
the engine and truck companies under
the direction of Captains Norman and
McFee. There are nine horses at this
station.
At Eighteenth street there is one
company, consisting of Tour men AS
sistant Chief Colon is in charge. cap
tain Allen il at the head OF the com
pany. The chemical engine is located
here.
No. 4, East End, is in charge of Cap
tain Lynch The company has an en-
gine, while eight men are enlisted to
take care OF fires in the district. Five
horses are stabbed at No. 4.
The smallest company in the city
fire department is No. 2 at Co nnor's
Point. Captain Daniel Young is i'll
charge. Three men and two korses
operate the hose cart.
The Billings Park station has a hose
cart, with four men and two horses.
Captain Chambers is IN command,
No r station is located at the South
end. Captain Rothwell has four men
and two horses.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
The Day After.

It is "A strange omission that the
day after. supreme and epoch making
period of time, should have failed To
receive the homage which is It's just
preroGativc.
De Quincy, in his powerful bit of
word painting entitled THE Knocking
at the Gate" dwelIs on the thought
that IN Macbeth" the climax of the
tragedy, the moment most truly
fraught with terror, Is not the one In
which occurs the murder of Duncan
or when the guilty pair nerve them.
selves for itS accomplishment, but the
moment when the first Knocking nj the
gate Is heard With thHt summons
from without comes an instant and
terrible realization of what has taken
place In that moment OF horror IL
condensed all the meaning Of pnst
crime and future retribution as In II
lightning fash.
The magnitude Of what has happened
cannot be measured until the first
touch Of reaction has been felt We
cannot tell what has really occurred
till the day after Atlantic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
MILWAUKEE ROAD COMING
So say Reports from the Other End of the
Line Where Doings are ON.

1t the Milwaukee road that has sur
veyed line from Ladysmith to Supe
rior, and the new line is sure go, say
reports from down l.ady-mi II way
These reports are based on the fact
that there have been agents nj work
quietly buying up right of va and il
said that these agents are in the EN-
ploy of The. e.Mllwaukee company
The Milwaukee has a spur of roac
coming 10 dead end AT Romadl a
Clark county. ladysmith il some ~
miles northeast OF Romadka and II
direct line from the latter point tt
Superior II that is the line proposed
by the Milwaukee it will give practi
cally n straight track through cotn'
try Just starting to develop ard it vii
give TO Superior the southeastern an,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

Though the truth Of the story that
King james of England once knight.
ed "A loin OF beef Is disputed the house
In which the ceremony Is said 10 hive
occurred is pointed out as well AS the
table on which the sirIoln lay lh"
scene of the historic Jest lies between
IIigham's park and Chingford, near
London 1t is curious house with
quaint. low pitched ceilings aud iine
garden with fruit trees OF great size.
II was on his return from one of his
hunting expeditions in Epping forest
that the British Solomon IL said to
have given practical proof Of his favor
for the roast beef Of old England.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

John Brights account Of how he
and Richard Golden came to join
forces against the corn laws carly IN
the last century Is as follows; = was
In tie depths OF grief, ! might also say
OF despair. for the light aud sunshine
OF my house had been eNtlnGuished.
All that was left on earth Of my life
and Of too brief happiness was lying
still and cold IN the chamber above us.
Mr. Golden called upon me, and, haE.
inc expressed words of coincidence.
said. There are thousands Of houses
In England at this moment where
wives. mothers and children are dying
OF hunger Now when the hrst paro&-
ysm Of your grief Is past would ad
wise you to come with me and We "iiI
never rest till the corn law is repealed
The offer was accepted and the work
was done"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
Why ktpIIng Wouldn't Lecture.

Major Pond. the lecture manager
was long anxious Ia secure Rudyard
Kipling AS platform star, and Zip.
ling took the assaults of the pr iistent
manager in good part. Here + his re.
ply 10 "A propositions
Brattleboro, VT Sept. 80 1898
Dear Mr.. Pond-I am much Obliged to
you for your letter, but | can't say that
| can see my way to the entertainment
you propose There is such thing as
paying lZ5 cents for dollar. and though
! suppose there IL money Ia the lecturthg
business II seems to me that the bother,
the fuss the being at everybody beck
and call, the night journeys and 30 on
make 1t very dear I've seen few men
who'Ve lived through the tight but they
did not look happy ! might do II as soon
a. | had two mortgages on my house,
lien on the horses and bill of sale on
the furniture and writer's Cramp In both
hands hut at present I'm busy and con
tented TO go on with the regular writing
business You forget that have already
wandered over most Of the states, and
there isn't enough money In sight to hire
me to face again some Of the hotels and
some of the railway systems | have met
with America is a great country. but
she is not made for lecturing in Win
| renewed thanks for your very kind letter,
believe me, yours sincerely,
RUDIAKD KIPLlN9
I -HnStan TruuSCriut
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

On the coast of the West Indian is
.ands curious kind of coral is found
called "mllcpoca This has most
extraordinary property which makes
the people who know II very shy of
handling It. The moment you pick NJ
n piece sort of electric thrill runs
through you and an agonIziug pain
shoots through your jaws lon feel ns
II every tooth and every nerve and
muscle connected with them was
burning The acute pain lasts gen
orally for about half an hour and slow
~ passes off, but the fleets do not dis
appear entirely for hours tn" reason
OF this curious shock or poisoning is u
mystery.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
Boston Transcript.


An anonymous writer In To-Day
tells an interesting aneCdotc Of visit
paid 10y Gladstone to a little bookshop
near the Odeon In Paris AS hr en-
tered Gladstone saw strangr looking
man In conversation with the book
seller and carrying an old copy Of Vii.
Ions poems Ills dress was ragged
and dirty, his face was matted with
hair and he bad the eyes Of an arch.
angel with the mouth and jaw Of n
bahoon Nevertheless the respectful
attitude Of the bookseller showed that
the man was a personality Gladstone
entered into conversation with him
about yllon and for an hour they
talked about early French poetry Then
the stranger shuhied out Of IT." shop.
Who Is that gcntlcmany asked clad.
stone lie has an extraordinary
knowledge Of French poetry Mon.
sicur, he himself f. our greatest poet
Ccst Paul Neraine"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

the largest in the world; she has an
extensive system of railway wards
tracks, and immense coal and mer-
chandlse docks, covering acres OF
aerea; an umber of large Touring mills
and saw mills; q large furniture fac
tory, and numerous other Industries
OF less Importance than those above
noted The extensive facilities pos
sessed by Superior for receiving and
shipping grain, coal and general mer-
chanaise is an indication of the vast
| amount of these staple commodities
annually handled there, while her
numerous large mills testify to a large
annual output OF flour and lumber,
Something over thirty religious or
ganization, orthodox and otherwise
minister 20 the spiritual needs of the
people of Superior, while secret aoci
cites galore furnish ample opportun
ily for fraternal atiiliation. The Nor
nal scnool, two high schools, ten
ward schools, and two parochial in
stitutions of learning, furnish eXcoll-
ent educational facilities, which are
under watchtul and competent super
vision. The representative business
and professional men of Superior are
a hustling wide awake, cordial lot of
fellows, who never tire of eXpatiat
ing upon the real advantages possess
tainty OF it's future greatness. Their
| characteristic push" coupled with n
generous hospitality always shown to
visitors, cannot fail To make Superior
an important, large and prosperous
city.
| Because of the luxuriauce with
which red clover grows III northern
Wisconsin, it has been termed, not in.
aptly, "the land of red clover" In
the northern part of The state there
are hundreds OF thousands of acres OF
land suitable for both stock raising
and farming purposes, still unoccu'
pied by settlers. In many localities
the fertility of the soil has been fully
demonstrated, and settlers are be
coming prosperous.
Markets for surplus products are near
and easily accessible and the opport
| unities there offered are worthy OF III
vestigation by those seeking new
| homes.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
SUPERIOR STILL SOLID
Generously Entertains Editors Farms for
Farmers in the Land of Red Clover.

T recent Press Association held
in Sup rior brought n large number
of wide awake BUSH g ~ men to the
second city and Judging from the
lmerous articles from the many
different pencil pushers they were
more than favorably impressed with
what they saw while here,
Among the articles published in re-
latiou to their visit we reproduce the
following from the pen of G. K Morse
publisher of the River Falls Journal
in which he says:
"The annual meeting of the North
ern Wisconsin Press Association con-
veued in Superior on the 18th inst. :or
a three days session. While this as.
sociaton has an eye to business, its
members are not entirely obIivious to
the social and recreatiye privileges
involved in these annual gatherings,
and modestly accepted the "freedom
of the city, in the same spirit i'll
which it was rendered. The superior
people are royal entertainers, and the
social feature of the "congress" was n
hummer from start to finish.
The most conservative of visitors
cannot mingle with the people OF Sup
erior, and look their city over, with
out becoming profoundly impressed
with the magnificent possibilities
| wing before what is now the second
city in the state. The inevitable re
action following prodigious "boom'
| Superior has experienced. But that
reaction neither killed or paraly2ed
her. 1t did not change her geograph-
! ical situation at the head of navaga-
tion on the great chain of lakes, where
are centering the gigantic railway
systems of the great northwest, Il stu
| alton which gives positive assurance
of perpetuity, Duluth boomers claim
for that city everything that is being
| done at the head of the lake in the
way of commerce and manufacture.
| That claim, however, is simply n
"blun" but it is big one, and is
being worked With tireless energy.
superior has the only shipyard and
drydock in that region; miles of har-
bor frontage upon one of the finest
natural harbors in the world; an ele-
vator capacity aggregating millions
of bushels, one of her elevators being
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
SCIENCE AND OLD AGE.
Man should Live Long Enough to
Welcome. Not Dread, Death.

NsIsbIne. Not bshth.
From twenty TO fifty u man should
live for himself and his family, from
nifty To 100 for science and humanity
and after hundred for the state Hon.
orcd, useful in fun possession of all
his faculties Mt siNscure years and ten,
the grayhcard of the approaching fu
ture Will be among the most cuvinblc
of mankind, for the fear of death Is
an alteration.
The fnct is that only one man In n
million nt present dies n natural death.
We should live til li0 years OF age. \
man who expires nt seventy or eighty
IS the victim OF accident, cut off IN the
flower of his days, and he unconscious
ly rcscnts being deprived Of the Nifty
years or SO which nature owes him.
Leave him II little longer and In due
time he Will desire to die, rs n child nt
dusk desires To sleep The sandman
will pass
All our instincts drop from us one by
one The child cries for mothers milk
The idea of such nm ailment l. rrpug
nnnt to the adult The desires for
sweets for play, for love and loycmak
| ing for long i alks aud adventures are
| all impulses That have their day and
| pass, and th" wish TO live ia IN in
| stinct which fails also with safety
| Only at present none of Ms lives loul
enough to he satIntc with days FRO
| fcssur M"tChnikoff's studies In llu
man Nature"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

Farmers In the White mountains
have discovered or learned. what farm
ers elsewhere are slow to ascertain II
Is that if you lop off the lower limbs or
haIsams when they ar young the
limbs will not grow again, lhus the
tree as lumber will be improved. II
will be freer Of knots.
Certain hotel owners, desiring pine
lapds near their hotels on account Of
hea!tlfulneSs asked government Tor
ester how IL get them The reply wa.
"Cut Off the hard woods, then turn the
.attle in to pasture for three years
That will keep down the shoots OF th'
hard woods, and the pines. which cat
tie avoid. will grow UP, and their
needles will keep down other gro"thS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

"Perhaps nothing is more uncertain
in the line OF accidents than dyna
mite" said a dealer IN the dangerous
stun, you might drop cartridge
our Of your hand, and II would explode
and tear your body to atoms. Another
cartridge taken out Of the same case
might be hurled from tie top Of tAli
building and would land On the pave
ment Ike SO much harmless wax, y
ba ground up under the wheels q
heavy trucks and to be exploded VIII
frightful havoc by the soft cushion
tire or bicycle" r.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

In days Of old the tinker bold. when
called to mend pot would build a
dam Of moistpn"d meal around the
leakage spot The melted solder thus
was made within due bounds to stay
but when the solder solid was the dam
was thrown away And 50 the meal
then useles. az Lake Cochiluate clam,
became a symbol hence "" say "Not
worth a tinker's dam Roller Mont ly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

"AiIss Ethel is Il long time coming
down" said the youth 10 the servant
after waiting some time for the young
lady's appearance Perhaps" he
added. with a augh perhaps she IL
making up her mind whether to see
me or not
NO" said the scrynut with an Icy
smile; "it is not her mind she IL making
M"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

AS general thing says a lawyer
zone doesn't expect 70 find d sense OF
humor IN the employees Of prison.
Yet / know Of rather catchy reply
made by 0 prison guard 70 the query
Of visitor whether the existence OF
the guards was not a painful one.
Painful" echoed the guard !
should say IT was when you consider
what number of felUns we have on
our hands
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

Don't you think you're working too
hard
well. there's lot of unfinished
work before me and I've got 10 cover
the ground IN q very short time"
Better slow down bit or the
ground viii cover you 10 very short
time" Philadelphia Press
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

has been worked In the case Of a Wich
ltu man His wife makes him weHr
tucks In the sleeves of his nlghtgowns,
trimmed with pink ribbon 80 that the
baby won't know the difference when
he walks the floor with It IL the night
kansns city journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

"Henpeck doesn't dare to say his
souls his own"
"lta worse than that Ills wife
even tips the walter when they 70 out
to lunch together. Chicago Record.
Herald
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
nnnrnAed Order OF Red Wen.

aiTCHF GuMME TRIBE No improved
trdn, al Red Men Meets every Nedhts-
dax evening IN Red Mems Hall, No. wi W
Tiftb street Visiting chiefs always We
n,t,n t.. LUClhN >hch'ui.
f.. u, HAMILTON hiet OF Record
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
U,iehts Of the Maeca bees,

SUPERIOR TENT No. -. Meets every lhnrs-
nuy evening in Lodge room, Music nan at
''o' = ~ RICHARD NEVIlL Commander.
JOHN SHEPARD Record Keeper
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08
SOCIETIES.
I,5epeudent order of odd Fellows

NoRTHERN LODGE No, %'9 Meets IN oaa
Fellows Hall every Monday evening ~ I oa'
'oi'ie' GEO. NREEIAND, \. &.
f. +. BRON NELL Sccty
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-08

N r. GAuNREAu-PlNSl StK-
II. aEDN, viii attend professional raiis
tail honrs of the day or night from 'iilhge
country. Cor Thompson flflb. superior
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yelieVlle y. O. Is ne center Of
Negro aeti4ily Is zilk culture.
judge Brown. Of lndlanapoiis. md,
IS al tie ely visiting bis lriend Aider-
man Wn. 81. Butternorth.
Mra. Wn. Cray. 1sl west l7th St.
Is very sick with TIE pneazaonia. and
ne doctors fear she may not survive
Der Illness
j b. Cross. has opened Up q new
drinking resort at 2ef west Lake st..
where be win Be delighted 70 meet
his many friends
Alderman John Burns has opened
10 real estate and Gre insurance Of
Zee az the southwest corner Of Root
street and wentworth avenue
william Hale Thompson, whose
warn heart s IS big as an elephant
WIN be re-nominated and reelected
County Commissioner in 1904
Ms. DR.. ". A. Bucmer, ss42 Ar
mour avenue. Who has had q delight
fdi time whne visiting IN the east
for the past two months. returned
home last Monday.
This coming Sunday morning At II
O'Clock. Prof. n. Il. Mangassrian WI
speak IN the Grand Opera House. on
Eruss and Their Bearing on civil
ization.T
Alderman John MinWegsn Of the
2lst ward win put ali the politicians
q that ward to sleep next Spring. and
dont you forget Il. there Is no way for
then 70 head him OF.
ms. Josephine B. Bruce and Ms.
SyHanie r. Williams are prominently
mentioned for he presidency Of the
National Association Of Colored
Women. The convention meets next
sumner At ST. Louis.
One hundred and MY members Of
the County Democracy, under the lead
efship Of Grand Marshall Niles J.
Dsvine. win make a trip to New Or.
leans IA. shortly after the first OF
tie new year.
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County Commissioners Jacob B. The
lien, Who has faithfully served the
people for almost four years. should
Be hOnOred with the nomination as
president of the board By the next
County Convention Tor he would be q
winner.
Some one has said that If the Devil
we're 70 retire. what would the other
members Of the Firm think? What
on earth would they do2 We don't
know; but We do kn0H that supersti-
lions change. and that Truth is Eter-
nal.
]. Alexander ChiIes, q wen known
oolored lawyer Of Lexington, Ky. has
aled suit against the Chesapeake &
ohio Railroad Company for com
pslling him to occupy a seat in the
colored compartment, while q passen-
ger on a train several wekes aeo.
Miss Grace Murgerson. Columbus
Ohio, was united in marriage last
week to Doctor Theodore johnson. Of
Pitsburz, Pa Mss Murgerson has
many friends in Chicago who are
pleased to learn Of her happy mar
rage
Mrs. Marshall Brlsh, lsls Dearborn
street does not spend her precious
time in gadding around the streets.
IKE 50 many so-caIled respectable
women, but she is very domestic in
her habits. and she is a great credit
to The Afro-American race.
For the frst time in the history Of
New Jersey > colored man has been
placed upon q county ticket DR.. JEFF
fers0n c. Anderson, Of Plainheld has
been nominated by the Republicans Of
Union County Tor coroner. He is a
FIoridian and a graduate Of lincoln
University
Edward Katzinger, 1ss ". washing
ton street the extensive and The sue
cssslul manufacturers Of ice cream
maker9 ana confsctioners' supplies.
has recently enlarged and otherwise
improved his plant and be now has
one 81 the largest establishments Of
Is ksad ia the United States
Thomas P. Flynn. Ex-secretary Of
Ire ridden Democracy. Is one Of the
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Ms. Anna |. Nswsy.

Hut class furnished rooms. for rsss
% gentleman and ladies'. with bath
ana gas. ssas wabash avenue.
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MIA A. WILSON.

Nicely furnished rooms 70 rent for
gentlemen. Reasonable rates. 2sSs
Indiana sTsuna
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ms 7. ?. HILL

Richly furnished rooms to rent ii
married couples and single gentlemen;
gas. bath. and steam heat; soI7 and
s1a6 Wabash avenue
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Bonnie Scotch Tweed sults 70 Order
SIS. Any style
WA. A. KiRcHBEReER & CO.
1es 81 clark 81, Chicago. ~.