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HERR MOST LOCKED UP.
The Leader of the Reds Behind the Bars
—He is Indicted by the Grand Jury.
Nkw York, Nov. 17. —Johann Most,
the Anarchist, was arrested at noon to
day at the office of his newspaper, by
Detective Sergeants Crowley and Mc-
Guire, of Inspector Byrnes’ staff. He
was taken directly to police headquar
ters and through the aldermen’s gate and
locked up in one of the cells in the
basement. His arrest was made
by direction of Inspector Byrnes on a
warrant issued by Justice Cowing, to-day,
for having made an incendiary speech
calculated to incite a riot on last Friday
night in a hall in Seventh Street. The
warrant was made returnable before
Justice Cowing in the court.
As early as last Wednesday Sunt.
Murray intimated to his captains that
they should take particular pains in
watching the movements of Anarchists
in this city, especially during the ex
citement attending the hanging of
the Anarchists in Chicago on Friday
and iheir iuneral on Sunday. On
Thursday night was the parade of the
Reds and then all the reserved w ere
on duty. Late last night Supt. Murray
issued special orders to captains to fol
low’ all the movements of all Anarchists,
and to report to him any meeting they
were likely to hold.
On Saturday night a wake was to be
held by the Anarchists in Florence Hall,
in Second Avenue, but Capt. McCullagh
succeded in getting his officers there be
fore the Socialists arrived and made the
place decidedly uncomfortable for the
malconteuts. But while this w T as going
on, Johann Most, with his companion
Lena Fisher, was attending an
Anarchists’ meeting in Seventh Street.
After the audience got well warmed up
Most himself made a speech which was
particularly blood-curdling in character.
Unfortunately for Most, Patrolmen Rott
and Sechs, ot the Fourteenth Precinct,
w re there in civilian’s dress, taking
notes. These memoranda were brought
toSupt. Murray and laid before him, and
on Monday a search was begun
for the Anarchist. He was not
to be found. There was every
reason to believe that he had left the
jurisdiction ot the state and was in hid
ing somewhere. Then the shrewdness q.
Inspector Byrnes came into play, lie
knew that it*he made public the quan
dary of the police. Most would naturally
learn of it and he would stay out of
the city indefinitely. So he kept
his mouth sealed and allowed
the excitement of the search for Most to
die out. The bait was well used. Most
thought the trouble was gone by and
yesterday he came back to the city and
went to work with his paper.
Mr. Byrnes was informed ot this
and early this morning he
went before the district attorney
and presented the evidence he had ob
tained against Most tor bis inceAdiar
ism and asked that the grand jury find
an indictment against him. The inspect
or and seven w itnesses gave testimony
and an indictment was found. In the
meantime Most had been arrested.
Most insists that he did not use the
language attributed to him by the police.
This is the second time he has been ar
rested tor making violent speeches. He
will probably get the full extent of the
law, which is one year’s imprisonment
and a fine.
IMPROVING THE NA H .
Official Report on the Condition of Fed
eral Vessels and Armament.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 15.—Commo
dore D. T. Wilson, chiet of the bureau
ol construction and re air of the Navy
Department, has submitted his annual
report to the secretary of the navy.
He renews his recommendation that two
new vessels of about 1,000 tons
each be built to replace the train
ing ships Saratoga, Jamestown and
Portsmouth, which cannot possibly be
kept in service much longer; and he asks
that special authority be given for the
repair of the historic sloop of war Hart
ford at a cost of $175,000.
Relative to the adaptability of the sin
gle mrreted monitors to coast and har
bor defense, Commodore Wilson says
they are ol no use to the country in the
condition they are now in, but in the
same state ofelticiency as they were at the
time ol their construction, at an ex
penditure of about $500,000, would give
thirteen coast detense vessels actually
available- In conclusion, the report
says: “The outlook for the navy in the
near future is a ver} r hopeful one, and
with the completion of the ves
sels now projected, the navy
will consist of a number of
modem vt-ssels admirably adapted to
the varied needs of the service. The
establishment of the gun factory at
Washington and introduc'ion by the
Bethlehem iron works of a plant to
furnish heavy armor and gun lorgings,
iua’.:es the United States absolutely in-
Cc; cadent ot other countries in the
construction and armament of her ships
of war and if the work ol rebuilding the
navy is only kept up as it is now going
we shall soon have a navy that will be a
credit as well as a protection to our
country and our country’s interests.”
Appended to the report is a tabulated
statement of the estimates of appropria
tion lor the next fiscal year. Under the
bead of salaries, $14,680 is asked lor;
$900,000 is estimated lor the construction
and repair of vessels; $24,041 for the
civil establishment at navy yard;
$175,000 for extra tools ’at" the
Maie Island navy yard; $60,000 for the
construction ot experimental works to
test the resistance of ships at the New
York navy yard and $3,000,000 on ac
count of hulls and outfits of new ships.
WRECKED DY AS EXPLOSION.
A New Jersey Blast Furnace Destroyed by
a* Bursting Boiler.
Newark, N. J-, Nov. 15. —One of the
forty-horse power boilers in Heller
Bros’, bast furnace, at Woodside, on
the line ol the Greenwood Lake Rail
road, exploded this morning, killing one
man, Thomas Front, aged 60 years,
the watchman, and injuring three
others. Hie force of the explo-ion
was upward through the roof, some
of the pieces ot the boiler being hurled
a distance of two blocks. Heller Bros.’
los> is $30,0000n which there is an in
surance. A portion of the building was
occupied by Dodge & Clark, tool manu
facturers, who cannot estimate their
losses at present.
IjOST OFE IPOI EH.
The Dutch Steamer Scliolteu, With 120
Passengers.
* The** Dutch steamer W. A. Scholten,
Capt. Taat, w hich left Rotterdam on the
19th for New York, was sunk by a col
lision wuth the steamer Rosa
Mary, of Hartlepool, ten miles
off Dover. The Scholten carried
i complement of 210 passengers
and crew. The steamer Ebro, ot Sun
derland, rescued ninety of the crew r and
pass-engers and landed them at the
Bailors’ Home, Dover. One hundred j
and twenty of the passengers are miss
ing, One passenger and a child of the
party, brought to Dover, were found
dead from exposure. It is hoped that
passing vessels have rescued the miss
ing ones.
WILSON in disgrace.
Witnesses Show That President Grevy’s
Son-in-I.aw Swore Falsely.
Paris, Nov. 16. —M. Wilson, President
Grevy’s son-in-law, appeared before the
examining magistrate to-day. He in
sisted that the letters produced at the Caf
farel trial, and which it was claimed were
antedated, w’ere actually written in 1884.
An expert was called who declared
that the letters were written recently.
The manufacturer of the paper on which
the letters were written swore that the
paper was not woven until 1885. The
magistrate has summoned M. Wilson’s
secretary, who wrote the disputed let
ters. The situation is confused and dis
quieting.
Mme. Ratazzl, who has been con
demned to thirteen months’ imprison
ment in connection with the decoration
scandals, and other prisoners convicted
of the same offenses, have appealed from
their sentences, ottering to testify and
prove that Gen. d’Andlau accepted
money for obtaining Legion of Honor
decorations.
THE U K/£ OF FIENDS.
A Man Assaulted and Placed on a Rail
wav Track to Hide the Crime.
Nov. 18.—Joe ■*>„-
dellin and Walter Stevenson were ar
rested and jailed last night for attempt
ing to murder a deaf and dumb
man named Long. The latter
was found on the railroad track where
he had been dragged by his assailants
after being robbed, and left for trains to
run over him to conceal their crime.
He was terribly cut and pounded and is
nOW in a critical condition.
SI AIN n\ HIS DAUGHTER.
A Girl Kills Her Father With an Axe in
a Fit of Passion.
Eufala, Ala., Nov. 15. —Joseph Ran
dall, colored, of Quitman County, Ga.,
died from the effects of an assault by
his 19-year-old daughter. Eliza, the
daughter, was in the habit of go
ing from home at night against the
wish of her father, and recently be for
bade her going out alter dark. The girl
secured an axe, and slipping up behind
the old man, dealt him a blow’ in the
back of his head, fracturing his skull.
DIED IN HIS PRIVATE CAR.
Sadden Demise of A. A. Conn, of the
Central Pacific Company.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 17. —A w r eek
ago, A. A. Conn, attorney for the Cen
tral Pacific Railway, was taken sick in
New York City and a special car was
sent for him in order that he might be
taken to his home in California. AtSid
nev. Neb., he was losing strength very
ranidly and died soon afterward. A cas
ket was ordered by telegraph, and at
this point the remains were placed
therein and forwarded West.
CLARA SAYS IT’S TRUE.
Miss Kellogg Confirms the Report of Her
Marriage to Strakosch.
New York, Nov. 15. —Mrs. Kellogg,
the mother of Ciara Louise Kellogg, this
morning received a telegram from her
daughter, confirming the report of her
marriage to Ci.n Strakosch.
STANLEY PI SHING EOR WARD.
The Intrepid Explorers Moving Toward
Emin Pasha by Forced Marches.
London, Nov. 15. —Private telegrams
have been received slating that on Oc
tober 7, Henry M. Stanley was 400 miles
from Emin Pasha, and that he was tak
ing half his force on forced marches.
MANY LIVES LOST.
Four Hundred Persons Perish by th
Burning of a Steamer.
Canton, China, Nov. 1.. —The steamer
Wah-Yeung has been destroyed by fire
in the Canton River. About 400 passen
gers are supposed to have been lost. •
SIX MEN KILLED.
Disastrous Explosion in the Hancock,
Mich., Chemical Works.
Hancock, Mich., Nov. 16. —The pack
ing house of the Hancock Chemical
Works was blown up this morning and
six men killed.
Justice at the End of a Rope.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 18. — A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., to
day. says Kilman C. Justice was hanged
at Hywassee at noon to-day for the mur
der of James B. Goddard. Justice was
a moonshiner and killed Goddard be
cause he thought that he had given in
formation leading to the discovery of
his still. Goddard w T as 75 years old’and
Justice 35 old.
Blocked the China Bank Scheme.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 17. —The
steamer Belgic, which arrived here to
day, brings advices from Hong Kong
stating that Tsnng Li Yamkn, which has
supreme power in all matters of Chinese
foreign policy has cancelled all contracts
relative to the American Bank conces
sions granted to the syndicate repre
sented by Count Mitkiewicz.
Suing the Western Union.
Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 15. —Frank C.
Rittisch filed a suit in the common pleas
court to-day, involving a large sum of
money. It is against the Western Union
Telegraph Company tor infringement of
a patent on a quadruplex instrument
and asks an accounting for damages for
every instrument in use by the com
pany. _________________
Savings Fund for Employes.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 17. —The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
decided to put into effect among its em
ployes a trust savings fund. Amounts
from $5 and upward may be deposited
under the plan and draw interest at the
rate of 4 per cent, per annum.
Receiver for the St. Louis Bank.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 15. Lon F.
Stephens, of Boonville, Mo., was ap
pointed receiver, of the Fifth National
Bank this morning. It is reported that
the grand jury has tound an indictment
8f making false entries against Cashier
. C. Crecelius.
Four Persons Killed.
Pittsburg, Nov. 17. —A scaffold at the
power house of the new traction rail
way on Fifth Avenue gave way at 1:30
’clock this afternoon precipitating a
number of men to the ground. Four
persons are reported killed and several
others injured.
Flames in a Michigan Town.
Haeeisvillk, Mich., Nov. 15.—The
general store of Colwell, McGregor &
Cos. was destroyed by fire this morning.
Loss, $25,000; insurance. $15,000.
IS WAX A BAROWETEH ?
Why is it That Certain Winds Always
Make Rheumatics Cringe With Pain ?
Eighty-six per cent, of the signal service
weather predictions are accurate!
The only indications our fathers had for
foretelling weather were aching limbs,
twinging joints and painful corns!
These, though crude, were usually cor
rect. The body is unquestionably an excel
lent barometer, and physicians often pro
scribe a change of air, so that the system
may find an agreeable atmospheric condi
tion.
Weather changes indicate themselves by
pains called rheumatism. Why bad weath
er should cause such pains is a mystery !
Does the pain really lie dormant in the
blood, to be made active only when the
wind blows from some unfavorable quar
ter?
Last week a prominent man left town on
a business trip. Two days later, he who had
always been apparently strong and well, was
sent home a corpse—“ Rheumatism ofthe
heart! ”
Rheumatism is like the Indian in am
bush, sure to kill you if not killed by you.
It is to patient and physician one of the
most vexatious of diseases.
At first many thought it to be trouble of
the joints, but all outward applications left
the cause unbenefitted.
Then, making like pains in the muscles,
it was thought to be a muscular disease;
but the same unsatisfactory results followed
external treatment.
Now, however, it is universally acknowl
edged that rheumatism is “a fiery condition
ofthe blood caused by the presence of uric
acid in the system ! ”
Everybody dreads rheumatism.
It is very prevalent at this changing time
of the year. It was formerly seldom
known except among those who worked
much out of doors. Now it in
vades the hut, the palace, the executive
mansion, the senate chamber and the throne
room; all sorts and conditions and races of
men and women it attacks at all times, and
all fear it I
Mrs. Swift (wife of Dr. Lewis Swift, the
famous comet finder of Rochester, N. Y.)
was one of its recent victims; and how very
common it is among ladies!
Shesullered great anguish and fear!
Why does this acid remain in the sys
tem ?
The kidneys being diseased, cannot re
move the acid as in health, hence the sys
tem is poisoned by its presence, and rheu
matic pains, stiff joints, tendons and mus
cles are the result. There is but one scien
tific treatment, to regulate the kidneys by
Warner’s safe cure, and to “put out the fire
in the blood” by Warner’s safe rheumatic
cure. These world renowned remedies,
taken by bottles in alternation, as they
should be,neutralize the uric acid already
in the blood, and prevent further accumu
lation.
Mrs. Dr. Swift used these remedies with
great success, in alternation, and was com
pletely restored to health.
We understand that the proprietors guar
antee them with the strongest assurances,
but this were scarcely necessary, for is not
their praise in everybody’s mouth?
We cannot prevent the ill w nd blowing,
but we can get the better of it by so for
tifying the system that we can ignore it
when it is doing the worst to “give us a
pain.”
A Joke Ends in a Tragedy,
Hartford, Ky., Nov. 17. —Peter Bays,
a stock dealer, was halted last night by
three men, one of whom took his bridle
while the others demanded his money.
He fired on the man and escaped. This
morning he returned to investigate and
found Harry Flenner, a reputable
young man, wounded. He refused to
tell who his companions were, but said
they only intended to frighten Bays-
A Vast Estate in Litigation.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 17. —The ap
plication lor the revocation of the pro
bate ofthe will ol the late Charles Mc-
Laughlin has been denied. McLaugh
lin was shot in this city in 1885. Subse
quently his widow presented for pro
bate a will made in 1866. A will of sub
sequent date, it was claimed, revoked
that of 1866. The estate was stated to be
valued at $1,000,000.
Lee Mosier Hanged.
Wichita, Kas,, Nov. 15. — Lee'Mosier,
who murdered Hugh Lawler, in Indian
Territory, on the 29th of October, 1886,
was executed here this morning. The
drop fell at 9:32 and in twelve minutes
he was pronounced dead.
Killed in a Quarrel.
Brunswick, Ga., Nov. 15.—John Burns
(white) shot and instantly killed J. M.
Carter, a colored barber. Burns lost
some money in a bath room and charged
Carter with'taking it whereupon the lat
ter drew a knife. Burns /as arrested.
Typhoid Scourge at Albany,
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 15.—50 prevalent
is typhoid fever in this city that Mayor
Thatcher has issued a proclamation ask
ing citizens before using water obtained
from the river, to boil it, as the seeds ot
the disease are supposed to be in it.
Destructive Fire at Decatur.
Decatur, Ala., Nov. 17. —Fire broke
out at 7 o’clock this morning on the
west side of Bank Street. Nearly an en
tire block was burned in the business
portion of the city. The loss is from
175,000 to SIOO.OOO.
Spain Seizes a Moorish Island.
Madrid, Nov. 15,—Spain has seized
the Island of Pirejil, near Ceuta, on
which she intends to erect a lighthouse.
The Moors are excited over the seizure,
Gen. Grant’s Nurse Dead.
Portsmouth, 0., Nov. 15.— Mrs. Sarah
Gowdy, aged 80 years, who was present
at the birth of Gen. Grant and was his
nurse in infancy, died here to-day.
The Hartshorn Bottle.
From the Baltimore Manufacturer.
The Puritaa foremothers went to
meeting every Sabbath carrying sprigs
of fennel and caraway to rouse them
from their tendency to sleepiness
when the prosy old doctrinaire) in the
pulpit began on his “teenthlies.” In
later times of less simplicity their
fair descendants, borrowing the fash
ion from the daughters of the more
phlegmatic Knickerbockers,took small
bottles of sal volatile to their sanctu
aries for the same purpose, and,
while the parson droned through his
customary assault upon the Hittifces,
Perizzites, and Jebusites, they kept
themselves from “nid-nid nodding”
by frequent whiffs of hartshorn. And
so it has come to pass that every
lady who wishes to escape the charge
of being a victim of lethargy in a re
ligious assembly makes sure, be f ore
she leaves her home, that she has on
her person a little bottle of “keep
awake.” Fair women now call them
viniagrettes or by other fanciful
names, but the waking power within
their crystals is that same old fash
ioned salt that the grandmothers
used.
BADGER NEWS.
The Common Council of Eau Claire
is giving its attention to wholesale
liquor dealers who have neglected to
take out licenses.
Susan Tyler, of La Crosse, who lost
a pension by marrying Frank Gotch,
who deserted her shortly after mar
riage, has had the tie annulled by the
courts in order that her name be re
instated in the pension rolls.
The supervisors of Grant County
voted to relieve Thomas McMahon,
county treasurer, from paying $5,000,
funds belonging to the county that
were lost by reason of the failure of
Hodges’ Bank at Platteville some
years ago.
Mons Anderson and other La
Crosse capitalists are about to build
a large sash, door and blind factory at
Grand Crossing.
M. E. Egan has sued the city of La
Crosse for $5,000 on account of inju
ries received on one of the streets.
J. J. Kavanaugh has been appoint
ed manager of the La Crosse office of
the North American Telegraph Com
pany.
At Ashland on the 18fch, Leo Koer
denat. a drug clerk recently from Mil
waukee, committed suicide by taking
morphine. He was found dead in his
bed, at the store of J. O. Walker, on
Second Street. Upon a large mirror
in the room he had written with a cake
of soap, “Let me rest till I am dead.”
It seems that he had attempted sui
cide the night before, but was relieved
by a physician and placed in charge
of friends, who l ift him alone for a
brief spell, early in the morning.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Crawford
County, raised,husked and sold 4,400
barrels of corn on her farm this sea
son.
Charles Shauq, a 12 -year-old boy
living three miles west of Augusta,was
fatally injured by being thrown
against a barbed wire fence by a run
away team.
The state has issued in book form
the papers and discussions of the
farmers’ institutes of 1886. The
work was carefully edited by Supt.
Morrison and cannot fail to prove
valuable to the progressive agricul
turists of the state. It forms a vol
ume of 230 pages and is entitled “Wis
consin Farmers’ Institute Bulletin
No. 1.”
Two enterprising residents of Craw
ford County have tried threshing corn
from the shock with a machine and
found that it turns it out clean and
chops the stalks up ready for fodder.
They can thresh about 300 bushels
per day.
The Northern Wisconsin Congrega
tional district no w has fifteen churches,
twelve stations and twenty-two min
isters. The present superintendent of
this department, Rev. Geo. A. Hood,
has traveled within the year in the
performance of his work a total of
15,375 miles.
F. N. Finney, for nine years manag
ing director of the Wisconsin Central
road, has resigned.
Eau Claire County is considering
plans for erecting an asylum for
chronic insane.
Cohen, Finn & Cos., proprietors of
two stores, dry goods and men’s
clothing, at Ashland, have made a
voluntary assignment to M. J. Holt,
who gave bonds for $65,000 which
is supposed to represent the amount
of assets.
Patrick Coughlin, of Madison,
reached his arm under a trip hammer
that strikes a 1,200-pound blow, and
accidentally stepped on the lever that
works the trip. His arm was crushed.
During the fall season 1,200 car
loads of Montana stock passed
through La Crosse over the Burling
ton road.
The sum of $2,069 has been sub
scribed toward the support of the
State Home for Veterans.
Don M. Dickinson, who is named
as Col. Vilas’ successor as postmaster
general, was at one time a resident of
Prairie du Chien.
Judge Clementson, in the Crawford
County circuit court, dissolved the in
junction that for nearly two years
restrained the supervisors of that
county from buying land and erecting
buildings in pursuance of their reso
lution to adopt the county system oi
caring for the poor.
The Ashland ore docks are closed for
the season and do more ore will be
shipped until spring. The report of
the Lake Shore <fe Central agents show
the grand total or ore shipped to be
1,040,730 tons, an increase of 40,730
tons over last year. Of the total
amount shipped, 831,421 tons were
from the Lake Shore and 209,308
from the Central docks, The ship
ments ot the ten largest shafts
were as follows: Colby, three
shafts, 236,990 tons; Norrie proper
and East Norrie, 171,217; Aurora,
110,300; Ashland, 146,286; Iron
King, 47,001; Germania, 53,508;
Kakagon, 43,034; Puritan, 26,565;
Ironton, 24,762; Niraikon, 32,217.
It took 769 vessels to transport the
ore, 624 from the Lake Shore and 145
from the Central docks. The largest
cargo was taken by the steamer
Onoko, 2,509 tons. The fastest load
ing was done at the Central docks,
where 1,825 tons were put in in two
hours.
The deserted ranch of the notorious
Press Wade, near Washburn, burned
on the 15th. It was broken up by the
authorities last August, since which
time it is supposed to have been un
occupied. Tnis removes an eyesore
to all respectable people in Wash
bum.
The firm of Moore, Benjamin & Cos.,
mining brokers, Milwaukee, has failed,
and a receiver has been appointed.
In the circuit court at Madison on
the 15th, in the cases of the state
against the East Tennessee Insurance
Company and the Southern Insurance
Company, of Louisiana, for doing il
legal business in the state, the judg
ments heretofore rendered, aggregat
ing about SIO,OOO, were set aside.
This was done in accordance with the
direction of the supreme court which
decided that jurisdiction was obtained
in court there only over those com
panies which had complied with the
law in securing a license to do busi
ness in the state. The decision affect
ed about fifty other suits in which
judgments amounting to many thou
sands for penalties were either entered
or expected to be obtained.
Wisconsin Pensions.
The following Wisconsin netitioners
have recently been granted pensions:
Margaret J. Miles, formerly widow
of Ezra Edgecombe, Boscobel; Chris
tina, mother of August Lemke, She
boygan; Milton Teetor, Knowlton;
Christian Evansen, New Hope; Jas.
H. Holmes, Portage; George A.
Sy, Blair; Lawrence Roache, Rich
land Center; Noah Deuel, Black River
Falls; Chas. Enoch, Green Bay- Cyrus
S. Alford, Elro} r ; George W. Holt, Mad
ison; Richard Kemp, Sheridan; Oscar
J. Stillwell, Sparta; Wm. Gillett, Mad
ison; Emeline, mother of Lemuel G
Cochrane, Milwaukee; Jacob Fladorf,
Stevens Point; Luke Marnell, Milwau
kee; Edward George, Mansion; John
Riley, Liberty Pole; Frederick Bill
ings, La Crosse; Peter Ruppenthal,
Tigerton; SamT R. Turnipseed, Lone
Rock; Loren M. Bennett, Winne
conne; Henry Ballow, Lanston; Alexis
Franc, Brussels; John Enderhofer, Mil
waukee; James M. Stilson, Chippewa
Falls; Josiah H. Tyack, Mineral Point;
Perry Walker, Ontario; Edward W.
Palmer, Madison; Enoch G. Meyers,
Coloma Station; Regina, widow of
Wm. Dippe, Waterloo; Cacilea, wid
ow of Wra. Wagoner. La Crosse; Theo
dore J. Dann, Footville; Ira J. J. Tur
ney, New London; Jno. Garmbruster,
Baraboo; Christian J. Worth, She
boygan; Solomon Townsend, Ric h
land Center; Jno. A. Whipple. Ox
ford; Wm, T. Scott, Boscobel; Perley
B. Johnson, Gillingham; Avery j.
Bassett, CentrMia; Waller Baxter,
Kendall; James Foster, Yiroqua; Lewis
Sontag, Iseillsville; Edwin Howard, La
Crosse; James A. Deckhara, Barakee;
Sylvester O. Stillson, Mauston; James C.
Hewett, Bangor; John Manderson,
Cook’s Valiev; John F. Voight, Ham
burg; Mary E., widow of D. F. Rhoad,
Marshfield; E. W. Dexter, New Lon
don; Alonzo Purintum, Attica; James
Rae, Palmyra; Chas. Miles, Orion;
O. G. Winter, Shamrock; Almon
Gardiner, Stevens Point; J. F. Flague,
Sparta; Montgomery Miller, Blooming
ton; Henry Kcehler, Milwaukee; J. V.
B. France, Boscobel; Jos. Gitzen, Port
Washington; Samuel Peterson. Og
densburg; Wm. Wilcox, Evansville; A.
T. Basted, Centralia; Geo. Thompson,
Bunnel City.
Christ Before Pilate.
The original of this picture, by Michael
von Mu' kacsy, is oneot the grandest paint
ings that has been given to the world in
modern times. It covers about twenty by
thirty feet of canvas, the figures all being
life size. Everybody is familiar with the
story. The scene is early morning in the
Pruetorium or official residence of the
Roman governor at Jerusalem. The picture
is drawn from descriptions given in the New-
Testament of the appearance and tr-al of
Christ before Pilate. It is there related that
“ when he was accused of the priests and
elders, he answered nothing.” “And Filate
answered and said unto them: ‘ What will
ve that I shall do unto him whom ye call
King of the Jews; ’ and the}- cried out again,
‘Crucify Him! ’ ” In the center ofthe picture
is the figure ot the Saviour, with his hands
bound, erect, composed, gazing steadfastly
on the face of Pilate. Around and behind
him crowd the rabble of Jerusalem, some
frantic, others attracted by idle curiosity,
others apparently bent merely on killing
time. In the immediate foreground is :
Roman so dicr holding the mob in chce
with the shaft of his spear. Pontius Pilate
sits as the representative of Caesar on the
judgment throne. He is meditating and is
greatly perplexed. He knows nothing
against Christ, hut dare not resist the clamor
ofthe people. On the right of Pilate stands
Caiaphas, the chief accuser of Christ, with
his arm extended toward the excited popu
lace. The figure pressing forward in the
crowd with uplifted arms is a ruffian of the
lowest type. He is shouting “ Crucify
Him ! Crucify Him ! ” On tbe left of Pilate
sit two ciders watching the proceedings with
deep interest. Between Christ and Caiaphas,
sitting on. a bench Is a rich banker looking
on with contemptuous curiosity. Near him
is a young rowdy leaning over the railing
and scolSns in the face of Jesus. Pei died
on a high stool by the side of the judgment
scat and resting his head against the wall,
is a scribe, who views the scene with an air
of weary indifference. A knot of old men
is seated in an angle of the room to the left
ofthe h nicer. They arc apparently arguing
Christ’s claim that he is the promised Mes
siah. Conspicuously raised above the heads
of the crowd is seen a young mother with a
beautiful face, holding a child in her arms,
and looking at Jesus with tenderness and
compassion. Through the whole picture
are groups of figures and lac j s reflecting the
different emotions that animate each indi
vidual. This picture was recently sold to
John Wannamaker, of Philadelphia, for
$120,000 in cash.
THE PHOTO-ETCHING OF CHRIST BEFORE PILATE.
This photo-etching ofthe Manhattan Art
Company is a fac-simile of the original
picture, 21x30 inches, and is considered the
most perfect reproduction of it that has
ever been offered for sale. The lights and
shades arc faithfully portrayed, and the
beautiful life-like effects produced by the
original are preserved in this copy. Any
person sending us $1.15 may receive the
Weekly Wisconsin one year and this
splendid photo-etching free. Cramer,
Aikens & Cramer, Milwaukee, Wis.
Magnetic Ore in Minnesota.
From the Duluth Paragrapher.
A Georgia paper tells oi a man who
got lost in a corn-field, and after a
day’s search his friends found him
sitting on an ear near the top of a
stalk. That rather lays it over our
corn but it doesn’t compare with the
simple virtues of our magnetic iron
mines. They possess an oar that
draws just a little. The workmen all
wear moccasins because it draws the
tacks out of shoes. Houses in the
vicinity of our mines have to be bolt
ed together as nails would all pull
out over night, A wild duck that had
in a thoughtless moment swallo wed
a few domestic hair-pins tried in vain
to fly over the mines, but was drawn
to the earth by the remorseless power
of magnetic attraction. Iron-clad
vessels are often attached shoreward
and left helpless upon the beach,
while people with too much iron in
their blood are overcome as in a trance
and sleep on the perpetual delights of
an earthly nirvana. Such are a few
of the wonders of this power, but per
haps the greatest achievement was in
attracting the irony of the Twin cities.
Georgia may have the corn, but wnen
it comes to a harvest of earthly great
ness Minnesota takes the johnnycake.
How He Averted a Strike.
From the Chicago Herald*
When Gen. McNulta was made re
ceiver of the Toledo, Cincinnati & Bt.
Louis Railroad some of the employes
who had not been paid for nearly two
years, were about to strike. Tne day
following the appointment a large
number of dissatisfied men called a
meet ng in a public hall to formally
commit themselves to the strike. Be
fore a division was reached a man
whom no one present knew took the
platform and began a strong speech of
sympathy. Eloquently picturing the
wrongs inflicted on the men who had
been unpaid for 23 months, the
stranger urged them to go to the re
ceiver before leaving their trains,
state the case to him fully, and see if
they couldn’t get satisfaction. The
proposition was not received with
much fav >r at first, but after a ten
minutes’ talk the employes were per
suaded. Said the stranger: Gentle
men, if you will appoint me as your
committee to go to this receiver, I
promise you fair play, or you can
nave my head.”
In the hall was one railroad man
who thought he recognized McNulta.
Rising from his seat he shouted:
“Ain’t you the receiver yourself?”
“Yes,” replied the general, “My name
is McNulta. Twenty years ago and
more I labored as you do, and I know
what hard work is. I’m the reoeiver
of this railroad and the first money
that comes into my hands shall go to
you.”
There was no strike. The next
month the pay-car went the rounds
and every employe received his wages.
When the day arrived to send the pay
car out, the paymaster said he lacked
just $10,200. McNulta drew his in
dividual check for that amount and
the railroad employes were made
happy. The second month after the
pay-car had started with all the
money needed, McNulta had $14,000
inbtnk after deducting the SIO,OOO
he had advanced.
Not Much.
He winked to a bootblack to step
into a doorway near the post-office,
and then confidently remarked:
“Sonny, the postmaster and I don’t
hitch very well, so I don’t care to go
in and see about my mail. Suppose I
give you a quarter, and you go in and
inquire for a letter for Claude Mel
notte, and if you get one bring it here.”
“Not much !” exclaimed the boy as
he drew away.
“But why ?”
“Because I worked that racket for a
fellow about a month ago. They
passed out the letter, and I had just
grabbed it when the old duffer
grabbed me. ‘Write love to my
daughter, will you V he bellowed.
‘Want my Nellie to elope with you,
eh ? Ah ! I’ll k-rush you !’ And he
wallowed me with a cane until I had
to ride home on a dray. No, no,
Claudy—l’ve teamed new.’*
Great Presence of Mind.
From the Chicago Tribune.
Little Girl—Auntie, what is a nui
sance?
Auntie—A nuisance, my dear, is
something that bothers—that annoys
—that trouble.
Little Girl—l thought it was some
thing else. I heard papa tell Mr. Mc-
Corkle last night that a nuisance from
Swan Creek had come to visit us, and
he was afraid she was going to stay—
Papa (with great presence of mind)
—Lucy, my child, you misunderstood
me. \Vhat I said, Auntie, was that
one of our newsy aunts was making
us a pleasant visit. Have another
piece of turkey, Aunbie?
New Zealand’s Gold Fields.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
New Zealand has never enjoyed the
fame of the Australian Continent, for
its gold_ produce, but, nevertheless,
since iocT the "old fielde of New Zea
land have produced in round numbers
£45,000,000. The gold exported
reached its highest point in 1866,
when 735,376 ounces, valued at
£2,844,517, were exported. The
present production is valued at nearly
£1,000,000. A total area of 21,000
square miles of gold and silver bear
ing lands is already known and
proved, both metals having been
found over that area at numerous
localities.
Imitations Equal to the Originals.
From the Providence Journal.
A restaurant secured a dozen or so
quails a few days before the law was
off and was arranging them in his ice
box one morning when a friend told
him thfit he was liable to a tine of S2O
for each bird found in his possession.
The birds were put away out of sight,
but at noon one of his customers
looked over the bill of fare and asked,
“ Have you any quails ? ” “ No,” re
plied the proprietor, “the law won’t
let me keep them, but I have some of
the best imitations of quails that you
ever saw.” The imitations were or
dered and pronounced equal to the
real thing.
What’s iu a Name ?
“I have heard some strange names
in my time,” said Amos M. Biddle, of
Boston, the other day to a New York
World reporter, “and I have taken
some pains to make a collection of
them. Here are a few which people
living in tne towns given will recog
nize: Saphire Gunny bag and Macey
Marcey Mercy Massey of Boston;
John Vaadanhuligenberger, a Phila
delphia shoemaker; Applepie Johnson
of Pittsburg; Liberty Tadd, a well
known Philadelphia artist; Echo
Halfnose of Chicago; Jesus H. Christ,
a Philadelphia stationer. I have a
book full o* such.
The Camera is Searching.
A photographer in France recently
took a picture of a youig and beauti
fuUady and to his astonishment the
negative gave her a face covered with
spots. The lens was right, the plate
was fair, and he could not account tor
it. He called to request another sit
ting, and was informed that the lady
had broken out with the small-pox
the day after the first picture was
taken.