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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
The Local Field.

-Correll d Martin for clothing.
Miss Mary Kergan went to Chi
cago Tuesday.
Mrs. Lawrence Gibbons is visit
ing in Platteville.
j. w. Taylor, Jr., of Linden, was
a city caller Monday.
Mr.. Fardy ate Turkey and gave
thanks at Darlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Hartnet have
gone to La Sale, H., to live.
Mont. Spensley came from Mil
waukee to join his folks in giving
thanks.
The Troubadours tomorrow night
at X. p. Hall. Something extra, re-
member.
Mrs Geo. Treweek spent Thanks
giving week with her parents at
Shullsburg.
Second lecture course entertain
ment tonight-Eldredge the great
impersonator.
-Eu. DIoWH 10 oil puiCiidsinEs
trip to Chicago in the interest of
Canary q Gray Co.
DR.. Hubenthal and wife have en-
joyed the past week visit from the
doctors sister of Milwaukee.
-Chas. Knight, a student of the
State University, joined the home
circle in the offering of thanks.
"A word to the wise: The time &c
do holiday advertising is before the
holiday purchases have been made.
Jas. A. Hoare, Phil. Gorgen anc
Otto Gilman are among those from
this place attending the fat stock
show in Chicago.
The William Eastman residence
is being put in first-class shape, auC
is for rent. Enquire at the lows
County Bank. 4Sw3
The bazaar and festival by TIL,
NJ. +. church ladies Thanksgivin,
evening was literally patronizeC
and proved a success in every way.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
Mrs. Harriet Clark

Relief of Thomas Clark, died at
her home in this city Nov. %, 1904.
Deceased was native of England
and came to Mineral Point in 1874,
and at the time of her death was 81
year of age. She was woman of q
kindly, patient, chistian spirit, aad
had many warm personal friends A
brother, Mr.. Charles Dunn, and a
sister, Mrs. Edward Jeffrey, sun i've
her; no children.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

in the initiatory, three In the first,
one in the second and one in the
third-which they undoubtedly did
we'll and to the letter.
Win. Reynolds, Of Chicago, and
the parental home for turkey day
Next Sunday morning Rev.
Hardcastle will preach at Plum
Grove at 1880, and in the afternoon
at Bethel ut 2:30.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
High School Opening.

A formal opening of the new high
school will take place Friday even
ing, Dec. 9th, to which the public is
cordially invited, parents in particu-
lar. More in detail next week. The
new building is the equal of the
finest in the state for its size, both in
outward appearance, inside arrange
ment, and from substantial stand.
point. Every citizen who possibly
can should participate in this open
ing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
FALL and WINTER
TAILORING
We are prepared to supply
your demands from several

We are prepared to supply
your demands from several
of the best wooden houses in
the United States at the lowest liv-
living prices. As rule, the most
progressive men in every walk Of
life have their clothing made to
order. All the presidents of our
country, from Washington to
Roosevelt, were men Of good taste
and judgment. who believed in
made-to-order wearing apparel.
Why' Because they found such
clothing to be the most satisfactory
and cheapest in the end. 1t is not
generally known that we have had
three tailor presidents. Fillmore
was a tailor's apprentice; the next
was Taylor by name; and John
son was frst-class tailor and cut
ter for many years. Please leave
your orders for Suits, Overcoats
etc. for the fall and winter as early
as possible. Thanking my friends
and customers for past fasors,
and hoping to merit contin-
uance OF of your patronage,
remain, yours respectfully,
~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

1t requires twelve big car loads
OF paper to supply the people OF the
United States with Bliss Almapacs
and Weather Forecast for 1906. You
can have one for the asking or writ
ing Geo. s. Huxtable, county agent
for Bliss Native Herbs. GInl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
GUNDRY & GRAY CO.,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES.

We wish to call special attention
to our ladies' and children's fleece
lined Underwear, offered by US at
IS cents per garment. These goods
are of extraordinary value and
and cannot be duplicated at the
price.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

The lumber firm known as that of
j. ID. Martin d Co., has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent, j. ID.
Martin retiring. The business in the
future will be conducted by b. 7.
Prideaux OF the old firm. All parties
indebted to the firm will please set
tie OH or before January lst, 1906.
J. ID. MARTIN
h. II. PRIDEAUx.
Dated Dec. Ist, 1904. 4Sw4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
Attention! Mystic Workers.

The next meeting OF Mineral Point
Lodge, No. 34S, will be held Dec. 6,
1901. Election of officers and initia-
tfon of class Of new members, after
which light refreshments will be
served =. p. DEAHoFE, Sec.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
SfuIJevanf 4 L8rrabee Cutters,

A carload Of these high grade
goods have been shipped here this
season. Before they are picked over
come in and select what You want at
little above cost. Wagons, buggies
and surries will be sold to clear out
at, and below, cost. y. l.. CORK. Nv
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

AT meeting of the newly elect
ed directors of the Southwestern Wis
consin Fair, held last Friday even
ing, w. J. Penhallegon was elected
president, J.. A. Hoare, vice-president
and Ed. Brown secretary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
Attention. WOOdnen,

The next meeting OF Mineral Point
Lodge, No. 1901, M. w. A., will be
held Dec. 8, 1904. Election Of officers
and other business to attend to.
s. y. DEAHoFE, Sec.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
Farm for Sale

Consisting Of 50 acres, on the Liv-
ingston Prairie, about two miles south
OF Livingston. For price and terms
see J. y. Reynolds. Att
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01
A. F. DRESDEN
The Next Meeting

or Mineral Point Chapter No. Z,
Order OF the eastern Star, will be on
wednesday evening, Dec. 7. There
will be an election of officers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

Cotton and Wool Blankets at
prices to make them move. Con-
sidering quality these blankets are
cheap.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

Cabinet Photographs at $1.00 per
dozen at SCOTS New Photo Gallery
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

Our departments of Ladies and
Children's Furs is filed with medi-
UNI and high-priced goods. We
carry the Gordon & Ferguson line
which means that we have the best
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

Dressmaking Department in
connection with this store.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

Ladies Shawls in black and
colors at all prices.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-12-01

We have a number of Short
Length pieces Of Dress Goods,
which we offer this week at low
prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
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for hundred square miles The noun
tain defiles yield up their miners, and
from the plains beyond come SOM
breroed cowboys The valley is dotted
with the camps of Utes and NavaJos and
Apaches. The Redmen come to barter
skins. baskets and bows. The Whites
round out the Pueblo spectacle with pony
races. dances and cards. But Americans,
Mexicans, Pueblos and Indians mingle in
peace.
1t was into this quaint and romantic
nook, high up on the backbone OF the
continent that an American invasion u"
brought band of trappers like Carson
and traders like Charles Bent of BentS
Fort fame. Carson and others married
Mexican women, and here, among the
simple, hospitable MeXicans, in the very
heart OF the Rockies, they had safe
and convenient haven for their families
during their perilouS wanderings. Like
his humble, Spanish-speaking neighbors,
Carson lived in a one-story adobe house;
but it must have been aristocratic in its
dav, for it has porch extending over
the sidewalk. Here he reared family
of children. but they have wandered
away. and the house is falling in ruins
From Taos Carson went forth to lead
John C. Fremont and help him earn the
title Of Pathfinder" and from here he
went to the conquest of California. His
home was here at the time of his death,
though he had gone to Fort Logan. Colo
RADIO for treatment by an Army Surgeon,
and died there.
In his last years Carson was an object
of interest 70 American, Mexican and
Indian and he received many visitors at
his home He IS recalled by the older
inhabitants Of Taos as kindly old man
who had come To be known rs Father
Kit
Carson lies buried outside the village
OF Taos y Heathcr-beaten picket fence
incloscs the grave and keeps the threat
ening soapvecd at distance. The
mound is marked bv a modest sandstone
slab bearing the inscription.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

the fact that they always found these
thing underground that the animal to
which they belonged must have been a
dwcllc- in the earth, applied a word to
1t expressing that idea
Jumbo was al of eleven feet tall The
largcst mammoth discovered may have
been IN tho flesh about thirteen feet high
African ci,phants are occasionally shot
that measure twelve feet in height 1t is
quite possible that some which attain
their full growth reach the size of the
c<tinct mammoth. 1t IS true that these
staturcs are exceptional The height at
the shoulder OF either Of the two species
OF elephants now existing, the African
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
KIT CARSON.
Died May 23d, 1903.
Aged 80 Years.

When the strangely mixed band gathers
about this mound on Memorial Day with
its tributes of flags and evcrgrecnS, II will
stand on a knoll from which the eye may
sweep over the remarkable valley. Of
10 the west may be seen the site of the
ancient and forgotten city. Looming up
in the north are the wonderful communal
pyramids of the Pueblos, dating bach,
probably far beyond the time of Column
bus. To the northeast is a lonely build
ing surmounted by a rude cross, the
1uoraia Of the PcniteHteS, who are ust
now recovering from the tortures that
they inflicted on themselves during Lent
by scourging their naked backs with
cactus stalks, by making pilgrimages,
staggering under crosses of crushing
weight, and by creeping across the rocky
mesa on naked knees to a mock Calvary.
Scattered along the rios TO the south are
silent Mexican Placitas, whose people
speak only the soft vernacular of Anda-
lusia and dwell in homes modelled after
the architecture of the Levant
Nowhere will there be sign of rafssgay,
street-car or steam engine, of telegraph,
telephone or electric light. Agricultural
machinery will not be in evidence, for
these people thresh their grain under the
feet of trampling animals, and winnow
their wheat with the wind. No factory
chimney breaks the line of the horizon,
no whistle disturbs the mountain still
ness Butcher and baker are unknown,
dentist and dressmaker would starve.
Theaters are undreamed Of, and baseball
is a myth. Money is curiosity, and the
President of the United States a tradition.
Within the walls of the encircling
mountain peaks towering fourteen thou
sand feet high the life and spirit of the
medieval ages still rules. The only sym
Dol of the twentieth century will be the
Stars and Stripes over the grave of
Christopher Carson, the emblem of an
American Republic that is young even in
comparison with the Republic of Taos in
yonder mud pyramids.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
On D Sleeping Car

WHILE on a visit TO the Pacific
w Coast the past winter had OcCa-
sion one evening TO take the night train
running from Los Angeles to San Fran
cisco. Entering the sleeper 10 which
had been assigned, and finding lower
ten, said 10 the porter: is this upper
berth taken' Ii not, Will put my over
coat and outer clothing UP there, -
We'll, put Your things up there, he
said, and if the berth Is wanted later
on | will take good care of them for YOU
was awakened about midnight BY
noise over my head resembling the clank-
ing of a chain. accompanied by a sort of
grooming and indiStinct articulation
This at last became so annoying and
mysterious as to deprive me of all sleep
Touching the button, called the porter
and asked him TO explain IT.
We'll, boss" he said, THE man over
YOU is a murderer the sheriff is taking up TO
San Quentin prison. near San Francisco,
and in order to keep him tight he has
handcuffed him and chained him 10 the
hinges of the upper berth, and has gone
to sleep himself in the smoker | can't
do nothing about it, boss, because the
state pays the biz and Use got no
authority"
This was certainly unique experience,
and as there was little chance for sleep
| decided if possible TO interview the
prisoner. Pushing the curtains one side
and reaching the man with one hand
gave him gentle push and said TO him
Why don't YOU go to sleep and let me
sleep, too,'
My dear fellow pilgrim" he said,
kind natures sweet restorer. balmv
sleep is evidently away on a vacation
tonight. and will not knit up the raveled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

that he has grown to be in popular esti
nation.
In point of fact. the word mammoth,
instead of signifying anything large, is
corruption of the Russian "MamUantu,
which means an earth-dweller, and is
applied to moles and mice and such
small beasts. The way this came about
is that the Tartars, from whom the
Russians took the name, and who were
the first discoveries of skeletons and
tusks of the mammoths, concluding from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

forty years ago were grazing on the
western plains few, if any, bones can
now be found. 1t is true that the air
there is dry and the ground arid. but
wet soil is found in the vicinity of streams
How great the number of elephants that
once occupied Europe, Asia and America
is shown by the fact that the frozen
islands of the Arctic Ocean and the
coast of Northern Siberia are veritable
ivory mines. For long period of time
no less than one hundred twenty thousand
pounds weight of fossil ivory finds its
way every year to England alone. 1t
has been calculated that within the last
twenty years the remains of more than
twenty thousand mammoths have yielded
up their tusks to supply the demand of
the English ivory market
The farther north one goes the more
numerous become the finds OF mammoth
bones. The very soil of New Siberia,
Bear Island and the Liakhof Islands
seems to be composed entirely of sand,
ice and mammoth bones. Every sum
mer numbers of fishermen seek these
islands TO collect fossil ivory, and during
the winter immense caravans return
consisting of sledges laden with mann
moth trSks and drawn by dogs
What country for sportsmen must
North-America have been during the
quarternary period, had sportsmen then
existed-elePhants and mastodo1s galore,
in immense herds; two species of gigantic
bison, one of which measured twelve TO
fourteen feet between the horn tips gigan-
tic horses beavers as large as bears; gigan-
tic deer; tapirs. peccaries and armadilloes,
some of them also of great size; as we'll
as bears and hOns-abOundinge everywhere
What has become of them all Why
have these races persisted, Was it by
changes of climate? Were they frozen by
the glacial periOd2 Were they Overtaben
by floods in their wanderings and
drowned' Did primitive savages, with
their rude weapons of Clipped stone, ex-
terminate them all in the enormous areas
they inhabiteds
. 1t really seems, says Prof John NJ
Clarke the New York State PaleontolO-
gist, as if whole races of animals had
lost their vital powers and died of old
age. exactly as an individual might do. "
And perhaps this was the case with the
mastodons and the elephants that once
existed in such enormous numbers
throughout the Western Hemisphere
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for NAY 20. 1904
Elephants i'm America
(C0uIyuay from
Continued from page o.

or the Asiatic, is rarely over ten feet, and
the mammoth scarcely exceeded this.
The mastodon had shorter legs and a
heavier body than the mammoth, a
flatter head and longer jaws. Some
species had four instead of two tusks.
These differences, taken in connection
with the peculiar structure of its teeth,
prove it to have belonged to an older
type of animals, though from the condi-
ton of all the remains of the two creatures
yet discovered it certainly appears to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29

have survived the mammoth on this con-
tinont
The mastodon, if anything, was rather
smaller than the mammoth, professors
and claSs-books 10 the contrary notwith-
standing.
The largest of American elephants was
undoubtedly the Columbian elephant
(Ekpfas ColumbidHN), whose average
height seems to have been at least
thirteen feet, while that of existing ele-
plants is seven or eight.
One of the most remarkable things in
connection with the remains of extinct
elephants is that there should be any.
OF the enormous herds of bison which
The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-04
"sTALWART" TOOK CENTURY
STAKE ON MILE AND A
HALF TRACK.
ONE OF CLOSEST FINISHES Of YEAR
big Ben" Shocked the Betting Pub
lie Of Chicago by Winning
the speedstakes at
Harlem.

New York, Sept 3-Before crowd
of $4,000 Stalwart at TO . won the
100000 Century stakes, mile and a
half at Sheepshead Bay today defeat
ing the favorite, Ort Wells. in one of
the closest finishes of the year. Short
Hose was the third, eight lengths back
The time is a new track record, be-
ing 2-5 of a second faster than the
previous records by Water Boy last
year.
Sidney Paget's Tradition, easily cap.
tured the $4,000 ilatbush stakes at
seven furlongs.
First race, steeplechase full course:
Royelle won; Lomedary second; Amur
third. Time Sis.
Second six and half turlongs:
Waterside won; Lady Amelia second;
Adios third. Time 1:23 SO.
Third race, Flatbush $4,000 fur
longs: Tradition won; Oseau second;
ST. Bellane third. Time :25 l-2.
Fourth. Century stakes, $20,OUO mile
and half: Stalwart won; Ort Wells
second; Short Hose third. Time 2:3l
Is. : u
Fifth, 1-2 furlongs: Cairgorn won;
Councilman second; Butcher third.
Time 1:06 40.
Sixth, mile and a sixteenth on turf:
Wild Thyme won Leader second;
Gray Friar third. Time 1:H
The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-04
HAS NO POWER
TO CALL STRIKE
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR is NOT A DIG.
TATOR.
GOMPERS NOT ABLE TO COMPLY
Requested That He Use His Office
to Obtain "a General Sympa.
thetic Walkout in Aid of
Striking Butchers.
GOMPERS NOT ABLE TO COMPLY

Chicago, Sept. Sword was re-
ceived at the Union headquarters
from President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor that
he will not call a meeting OF the
ton to recommend a general smpa-
tnetic action of unionists throughout
tine land in support of the packing
house walkouts. The request that
he call a meeting Of the national
council in Chicago was made last
week by Secretary Edward Nockels
of the Chicago federation.
Today Secretary Nockels received
a letter from Mr.. Gompers in which
executive committee of the fedora
he said: "A meeting of the execu-
tive council has been called for
Sept. u, and the members cannot
attend a meeting here. Some OF
them are away from their headquar-
tiers, some of them being nearly
l 500 miles away, to make Labor
Day addresses next Monday. IL
would have been a pleasure for me
if | might have complied with the
request of the Chicago Federation
of Labor, but you will readily see
how utterly impossible is such a
course. The strike of the butcher
workmen has received and is re-
ceiving the most watchfdl care and
/ would be pleased to do anything
in my power and I know my col
leagues of the council would join
me in this expression If | could be
% any service in the interest a our
fellow wOTkmen."
The American Federation u La
Tor. said Secretary NOckels, has no
power TO call strikes.
Complaint has reached the union
h. adquarters at the stock yards
that the local unions are not sup
PORTING the strike.
The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-04
GEN. M'ARTHuR SAYS THEY NEED
PROTECTION AND WILL
GET 1T.
UNABLE TO FIGHT MONEY SHARKS
Twenty-Five Per Gent Of Them When
Paid OF Blow Themselves In
and are Soon Flat
Broke.

Washington, ID. c.. Sept. 3.-The
feature of the annual report OF Mai.
Gen. Macarthur department of Califor-
mia Is the strong language In refer
ence TO the treatment in San Fran
cisco of the soldiers returning from
the Philippines and mustered out
there. He says the greatest matter
of concern which occupied the atten-
ton of the department is to get the
soldiers returning from the Philip
pines the money due them on their
final payment and to prevent them be-
ing swindled out of il, The ingenuity
of the criminal classes of San Fran
cisco to effect this purpose he says,
and the simplicity and apparent in
ability of the soldiers TO protect them
selves are alike amazing. Everything
has been done in the premises that is
possible in behalf of the soldiers in
question.
Quoting from Col. Markley, the
chief paymaster on this subject, Gen.
Macarthur writes. The stupidity and
imbecility of these "short term men
coming from the Philippines is al
most unbelievable. Young Americans
seem to take leave of their senses
when they arrive on United States
soil; willing to become the prey OF
sharks found in every large city.
Figures are given 10 prove that out
of 200 of these men paid Off and per-
mitted to go to the city on the even
ing boat with railroad tickets pur-
chased and money payable to them
selves at their homes) fifty would
turn up the next morning robbed or
everything, many dangerously injured
by blows and drugs. On one occasion
out of 81 men who foolishly stayed
over one night 10 turned up the next
morning, beaten, robbed OF tickets
orders and clothes.
A satisfactory wireless telegraphy
system has ben maintained at Fort
Mason and Alcartraz island, the de-
tails being very much improved in
design by the operator in charge.
The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-04
ORIGINATED IN A GROCERY
COMPANY BUILDING FROM
UNKNOWN CAUSE.
l,SuRANCf WAS LESS THAN HALF
One Fireman Seriously injured by
Falling From Ladder.-sx
Others Were Overcome
by Dense Smoke.

Memphis. Sept, Sire on Front
street, in the heart OF the wholesale
district at an early hour today, de-
stroyed property approXimating near
5000 900.
The fire originated in the Oliver
Finnie Grocery Company building
from an unknown cause, completely
destroying the stock and the build
ing Of that firm.
The building north of the oliver
Finnie company, occupied by John
Denis Sons, stored with lime, was
partly crushed by the falling walls.
The Memphis Paper Company suf-
fered like fate and was also par
TALLY burned. The building occu-
pied by w. c. Early and Company,
Wholesale commission merchants,
was damaged. The rear of the
building OF j. T. Fargason and Com
pany also suffered from fire and
water.
A statement was made by three
OF the largest holders of policies on
effect that the insurance would not
amount TO more imam S3Oo,uOO anu
that Oliver Finnie's loss would be-
twCen 100000 and 100000. The
loss to w. C. Early, Wtnne Love
and Bertrand Company, John A..
Denis and the Memphis Paper Com
pany wi Il bring the total up to
100000.
Frank Guffelbaugh, a fireman, was
seriously injured by falling from a
ladder. Six other firemen were over
come by heat and smoke and were
removed to hospitals, where it is
stated all will recover.