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Official County Paper.
ADVERTISING RATES.
Tima. fTn.lt in.'4
1 week 11.00jg1.80 *8.30 *4.00*8.00 tig. a*
B week 5........ 1.80 £.86 8.78 (.751 • 00 It ta
• weeks B.oo| 3.00 5.00 *.60110.00 18 00
1 month 3.50 5.75 j 6.3fij 9.a5i1f1.00 IB 80
■ months 8.00 4.50 9.00 11.7*17 00 S5 00
J month* 4.(0 8.95 11.95 16.00j88, 00 88. M
• months 6.5 8.00 15.00130.UCH33.00 *B.OB
Business cards, not exoeedlng flya Uzes, fIB.OA
Legal adyertlsements at legal ratee. Adyertlae
mnnts inserted with no specified time win be
published until ordered out, mid ohargod fog aa*
eordlngly. All blUs payable quarUxlf
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
County Otßceiu.
Oexnty Jfndgv 0. W. Gratis
Bu“rifl j. w. Whits
QoaDt; C1erk............... Vs. Bn*whom
yw. u.) aieMuin.....*•*A, T. FOBTUD
Buster of Deeds Wm. HUTOHISOM
Clerk of the Court H. C. Oosusa
Dntrlot Attorney John 8. Lasso*
County Superintendent HOWARD MILLS*
iorreyor V. B. Trarb
Coroner..... G- P. Aixgx
Chst’Tnsn Board of Buperrieors.... Alex Hill
Poor Commissioner B. Tiltob
Superintendent Insane Aayhut. ~P. Wn..
CITY OFFICKHB.
CHy Clerk 11. e. Packard
Treasurer John s. McKlMlcl
Jos. Oman goo
Police Justice j. Henry Bennett
Justices !■ R- 8. McMlchael
„ . , i Squire Tonet
Marshal John C. Johnson
Constable* i A- L. Rus.eil
1 A. S. Nelson
DIRECTORY
I A BELI E LODJE A. F. * A. M. NO. R4.~
J Meets the First and Third Wednesdays of
•ach month. Hall in Williams' block.
TTIBOQtJA LODOK. L O 0 F—MEETS BY-
y Saturdor night la Williams’ block.
■y IKOQUA ENCAMPMENT. L 0 O. F., NO
T W. Meets etery Kaauay *vn ng-
Ancient order of united workmen
—First and third Tuesdays of eaoh month.
ORDBB OF CHOSEN FRIENDS -MEETS
seoend and fourth Saturdays of each mth.
American legion of honor.—meets
••oond and fourth Tuesdays of eaoh m'th.
a LEX LOWRIB POST. O. A- R—MEETS
AX *rl Monday *vsalag of eaoh month, ta
W. R. 0. hall.
Regina lodge, daughters of ke
bekah. No. 28, meets first and tlilrd Mon
day of each month in L O. O. F. hall.
ODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, NO.
1991, meets Friday night of each week.
\TIBOQUA CHAPTER, O. H. S„ MEETS
T aeoond Tuesday of eaoh month In Maaoule
kaU.
\riROQUA CHAPTER, R. A. M.. MEETS
•very '.eoond and fourth Wednesday of
each mr.d.
/"IDI BT JERRY ROBE, 8148, I. O. F. MEETS
\J third Thursday In each month at AJlUnoe
hall. Ylroqoa, Wls.
TT T OMAN’S RELIEF CORf9.-MKKTB OH
TT alternate Saturday afrernoona.
WC. T. U -MEETS ALTERNATE TUBS
• day* at Bp. m.
10. G. T. LODGE. —MEETS ON EVERY
• Wednesday eyenlng, In Alliance hail.
VIROQUA COUNCIL. NO. 139, A. P. A,
meets at AllJanoe hall every Tuesday night
tliOo’olook.
triROQUd K. O. T M.—MEETS ON EVERY
Y Mom. a- evening m AlUanoa ball, at T:80.
tt.-. :
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
SuTETHODIST EPISCOPAL.-BERVIOEBAT
OTJL >8:80 a. m. and 7:80 p. m. each Sabbath.
Sunday school at 13 m. Prayer meetings or
|Thursday svanlag*.
unONGBXGATIONAL CHURCH-SERVICES
V/ at H :80 . ra and 7 :80 p. m. eaoh Sabbath.
Sunday school at it m.
rdHTJROH OP CHRIST -PRE ACHING IY
SV7 Sunday at 10:so a m. and ta the area*
Us. Sender school at ?80 a. m.
Aim —______
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHUBOH.-
Seryioea every Sunday at 8 o’olook.
BUSUNKfiJU CARDS.
TT P. MOOTOB, ATTORNEY AND
AA , Counselor,Viroqua, Wu. Will praotloe
■i all Cenrte at the stata. bpeolal attanUva
glren to Collections.
CILBAUQN SL LA RFC N, ATtORNIfI.
Bptcla! a;Motion given to collection* Of-
Ere la Ferguson Block, second floor. Main
Street, Viroqua, Wls.
Jacebom giuuuQß. Joh N S Laxbom.
A. OQTT, M D, PHYSICIAN AND
It Surgeon, Vlroqna, Wts.
Vffioe near realdenoe. 1 hl’k E. Lysne’s ketel.
"I I*7 MIN BH ALL,M I> , PHYSICIAN
/JL. and Burg .-on. A gradui eof Keokuk
M'-dlea! College, one of the beet of its kina m
the United States. All calls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest and mo,t approved
methods of treatment use 1.
Office In Caason’s Bl’k ViaoquA, W.
A COSY, MI. D., PHYSICIAN AND
2\., surgeon. Office over H. H. Craig A
Co.’s drug store, Ylroqua, Wls.
Jj’ E. MORLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN
. and Surgeon, Viroqua, Wl. Olfioe ov*i
alg dr Co’s drug store, on west side of half
All calls attended promptly day or night.
\t ARSHALL SURENSON, M. D..PIIY
ivl slcian anil Surgeon. Office over Cr>l A
Co’s Drug Store. Viroqua, Wls. Norsk s;-ok. n.
VERNON CO. COURT.— REOULAB
terms on the first Tuesday of each month,
•t the oourt hoc ’da m. and 1:M
to 8 p.m. 0. W. GRAVES, County Judge.
TOWN OAW dKRAL INBUE-
V anoe and P. if lor. V’roqoa.
Offioe in With id floor.
J. fIOTTLR, MR. W. M. TtetriMSeß MR.
DBS. sums & TBOVBIIMB.
Dr. Trowbridge, late rasldent akyeteteai ead
mrgsok Cook county hospital, Onteege.
• ALLOALLi ATTENDED PROMPTLY •
Day er night, treat edbm,
tiEO. E. CHAHBERS,
C/owna uud Brldgo Work. Motel flatee
and all other bran has of dental won dene In
Ike latest and moat Improved manner, flails
taction guaranteed Office ta Towner's Meek
VIROQUA. . . Ml.
J. H. Chase,
DENTIST.
BfTlee Rvr Chandler's I Vlrqu.
■ tor *’ 1 Win.
O R SKAAR.y^’P
Attorney-at- Law,
LaCrosse, Wlg.|^;x"}
IRA 8. GRIFFIN, Attorney et Law.
!RA S. GRIFFIN.
UFK, Fl£K, ACCIUGfIi ABB fOMADO
INBUHANCB.
Iwiscel OeUeettag Ageaey. Leans Negotiated.
Vimoqox, Wllk
N. A-raVIOUYIVI,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
ran custom woks a proialty.
ePerfhot Fit Guaiwnteed.i
njtoQUA, wiscos&n.
MEAT MARKET.
CHAS. H. BOLBROOK,
Fresh, Salt# Smoked Meats
SAUSACES, ETC.
We •.* Aim to ••• PteaM.
Pv being slean ta our work, fair In out deal
tags, and by keeping the best stock of meat* t
be had.
VIROOUA. WIS.
Restaiiraot a Boarding.
MRS. L. O. RICE
b new located .a her new Building, seoomc
B*r, and is prepared to furnish board by da
r wi-ek. Lunches * ryd at reaaeoa hie rate*
■uppers furnlthed tor balls and private par
He*. UoommoduUoa* toe tt eeuplee. Bakrr<
•appllt' for sale.
oystewb
**w mm a tMI.
THE VERNON COUNTY CENSOR.
” ' ■ <*•!** 5
YOL. XLIII.-NO. 2.
Royal makes the food pure,
irholcsomc aud delicious.
POWDER
Absolute!/ Pure
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Jealousy of a Hungry Elephant.
The herd Of elephants which cams
through from Pittsfield recently with
the circus caused a broken arm to an
unfortunate tramp. He had stolen a
ride on the menagerie train, and when
it stopped at the West Springfield stock
yard he jumped off and pulled some
grass, which he gave througli the car
to one of the elephants. He was about
to repeat the process on another ele
phant, when the first animal, either
through hunger or jealousy, grabbed
his right arm with his trunk and broke
the bone near the elbow. The man final
ly broke loc.e and fell by the fence
which bora rs the road at that point.
James Emory, a brakeman, saw him,
and, having secured assistance from
the lobby, was g >ing to take him to a
physician, but tlie man, who was evi
dently under the influence of liquor,
feared they were going to arrest him
and broke away and disappeared down
the Agawam road.—Springfield Repub
lican.
Snake and Lizard Match in Treetop.
While in tlie country last Sunday the
editor of the Gazette saw a blacksnakf
trying to capture a lizard for its din
ner. The lizard had the best of the
snake in the content, which took place
in a cluster of saplings. The lizard
would run up a sapling clear to the
top and patiently wait until the snake
would slowly wind its way about half
up the sapling, when the lizard would
jump from the top of the tree to the
ground, and the snake would fling
itself from the tree, both striking the
ground nbout the same time, but be
fore the snake could get itself straight
ened out the lizard, which did not have
to uncoil, would ■scale up another sap
ling, when the snake would repeat ita
effort to procure a dinner. The snake,
not beiug the rendy climber the lizard
was, was at a great disadvantage in
the contest, and after many efforts ap
parently gave it up as a fruitless job.
—Greenup (Ivy.) Gazette.
Of a Different Kind.
Hargreaves—You have heard of giv
ing your coat to the man who takes
your cloak V
Ferry—l have; what of it?
Hargreaves—That seems to be the
system my tailor is going on. He sent
me a suit a while back and now he has
brought another one.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
Too Expensive.
Friend (leaving the office with the
broker)—l say, old man, you didn’t lock
your safe.
Broker—No, I never do. It cost £6O
and I don’t want burglars to spoil it for
the little I’ve got in it. —Tit-Bits.
W. P. LINDDMANN. H. LMDBMANK.
President. Cat bier.
Bank of Viroqua.
[Btatz Bank--Capital *60,000,00.]
Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
United States bonds, Inland and foretan
exchange, gold, silver and nnonrrent money
bought and add. Certificate* of deposit
liaued payable on demand, to draw Interest
if left six month*.
Business Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collections and banking business promptly
attended to and remlt’anoea mad*
on day of collection.
N. 15. Heque,
Dentist,
VIROQUA, • WIJ.
Or own and Bridge Work- Uatil na nil
Jfher branoii®. ol Dental work in tha leteet
Improved manner. We guarantee work.
Omci in Devlin's Blocs.
F\ I BARNEY,
• . I>. H.
|N TIHOQDJI. ins.
®S&DOBS FIRE DENTAL NOEL
Xnornetlng, Bridge. Crown and Sold Plats
fork. Special attention given to correcting
rregnlarltliw and prceervatlon Of the natural
oetk. Twenty-two Teare praotloal experienoa
an 1 study. Dental Parlors in llerriek Block.
D. CD. MAHONKY,
Attorney and Counsellor At Law
ketev Loaned on Rani Batata. Cal
taatlone Promptly Attended ta.
Offloa avar Bank af Vlraqua.
TIBOQOA. TO
O. Hr MINBHALL,
flttorney-at-Law,
Vlraqua, Wla.
Laana.Oollaotlona and Panalana,
PATENTa
Office In secon 1 story Williams' Block
N. Coe & Son,
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TH£ PRESENT SESSION WILL BE
A BUSY ONE.
Question., of Great Importance to Be
Discussed—Currency and Cuba Likely
to Be the Most Forward—Bryan's
Visit to Mexico.
Wise Policy Outlined.
Washington correspondence:
While the first fortnight of a session
of Con gross cannot always be looked
upon as an index to its prospective
action, the developments thus far have
strengthened the feeling that the pres
ent session of Congress may be as sat
sfactory and prompt in its action on
great national subjects as was the spe
cial session held just after the inaug
uration of President McKinley. Three
subjects have especially attracted the
attention of statesmen since their ar
rival and discussions have already in
dicated a gratifying drift of sentiment.
These subjects are currency reform,
revenue and expenditures aud the Cu
ban question.
The Currency Question.
While definite prediction as to what
Congress will or can accomplish upon
the vexed question of currency is not
easy to determine, the developments
thus far are encouraging to those who
hope for action. It will be remembered
A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
that there were many misgivings about
the future of the tariff bill in the Sen
ate because of the fact that the Re
publican party (lid not control that
body and cannot during the present
Congress. The element which did con
trol it, however, saw that public
sentiment was so strongly in favor of
u protective tariff that a refusal to per
mittliepassageof a lull with whose sen
timents they did not ffilly agree would
be resented by the people. Now there
are indications that the same wise pol
icy will be pursued with reference to
the currency question. President Mc-
Kinley's proposition for a retention in
the treasury of the United States
notes which are redeemed in
gold and legislation which will
bring an increase of national bank
circulation by an increase of the
sum which they may issue against their
deposit of bonds is proving extremely
acceptable, and beiug generally com
mended, not only by. a large majority
of the members of Congress, but by
the people throughout the country, as
is shown by the reiKirls received here
by members of both tiouses of Con
gress. The fact that this proposition
seems to lay the foundation for an
easy transformation of the currency
system without the shock to the busi
ness world which a sudden change
would produce and without increasing
the interest bearing indebtedness,
causes it to be very warmly commend
ed by people of both parties. This is so
clearly apparent that there is reason
to hope that the members of the Sen
ate, who have it iu their power to de
feat ahy legislation offered and sup
ported by the Republican party, will
take the same ground upon this ques
tion that they did upon that of the
tariff and omit such factional or ex
treme opposition as to prevent its Anal
passage.
It must not be supposed, however,
that this will be done instantly. There
are so many currency propositions, so
many men who have plans of their own
or plans which they have decided to
support that the whole matter v ill nec
essarily be very thoroughly discussed
before action is taken. But the fact
that the President's plan grows more
popular every day as it is discussed,
and that it appears to be a simple
method of finally taking t> Govern
ment out of the banking bn ,iness and
permitting the responsibility for main
taining a sufficient currency and the
gold reserve to jxtss from its shoulders
to those of the banks of the country,
may lead a sufficient number of mem
bers of the Senate who are not within
Republican ranks to support it and
place a measure of this kind upon the
statute books.
Government Revenues.
Every day’s developments at the cus
tom houses of the country and at the
treasury are being carefully watched
by those who are interested as to the
question of whether or not the Pingley
law is going to produce sufficient rev
enue to meet ruuuing expenses. Mr.
Dingiey still maiutains the belief that
it will, and treasury officials who are
watching its operations closely also be
lieve that its revenue in the next fiscal
year will equal, and probably exceed,
the expenditures. Mr. Pingley shows
that the revenue collected on the antici
patory importations during the four
mouths prior to the enactment of this
law were nearly $40,000,000, all of
which would have been collected under
the present law had the importations
prior to its enactment been only nor
mal. He predicts that the December re
ceipts. excluding tliose from the Pacific
railroads, will equal Peceinber
expenditures, and that long before the
fiscal year is ended the receipts under
the Pingley law will be sufficient to
meet all running expenses and produce
a surplus in the next fiscal year of at
least ten million dollars. There is a
general feeling at least that the new
law should be permitted to show what
it can do under normal conditions, and
that if at any time it should be found
advisable to increase the revenues,
which, however, it not probable, it
irauld V? acceupliihtd without uy
general disturbance of the present law
or readiustmeirt of its rate*.
The Cuban Question.
Members of Congress li iving had op
yoiiun'ty u talk over the Cuban situa
tion calmly in the light of the state
ments in rite President’s message seem
to be thoroughly satisfied witn the de
velopments this far under the new ad
ministration. Tlie sensational sugges
tions of ex-M blister Taylor, that the
people of the United States should rise
and demand instant action irrespective
ol its prospective effect tqton the coun
try and its relations with other parts
of tlie world, do not seem to have met
with any response on the part of the
people. Members of Congress report
their constituents well satisfied appar
ently with tlie developments thus far
and quite willing to trust tlie adminis
tration, which lias handled the matter
with such success liotli in obtaining the
release of all American citizens in Cu
ban prisons and seeing its recommenda
tions to Spain followed by propositions
of an .jffer of autonomy. While the
Cuban matter is not forgotten or over
looked by members of Congress, there
is a disposition to permit tlie adminis
tration to carry out its plans.
Bryan and Mexico.
A curious fact which comes ,o the
surface here just now is especially in
teresting, in view of Mr. Bryan’s “tri
umphal” tour in Mexico. It is a com
parison which somebody lias made of
tlie currency conditions in Mexico, com
pared with those of the United States.
It is observed by this statistical delver
that the Mexicans who are heaping
adulations upon the American apostle
of the Mexican system of finance have
a currency amountiug to -in cor.t‘s per
capita in gold, against $9.35 per capita
in Mr. Bryan’s owu country; $7.70 per
capita in silver dollars, worth 45 cents
each, against $8.78 of silver per capita
iu the United States in dollars worth
100 cents each; 32 cents per capita in
silver basis paper money, against $5.90
per capita in gold standard paper mon
ey in the United State's, making a total
of $8.41 per capita, with $8.02 of it in
45-cents-on-the-dollar money in Mexico,
against $24.03 per capita in 100-eents
on-the-dollar money in the Uuited
States.
Tills statistical fiend also discovers
that the increase in money in circula
tion in the United States since Mr. Bry
an's nomination amounts to twice as
much as the entire gold, silver and pa
per currency of all Mexico. When it
is remembered that Mr. Bryan in the
speech which captured the Chicago
convention and in all of his speeches of
the campaign urged that the currency
of the United States could not be in
creased in proportion to the growth of
the iiopul&tlon without the adoption of
the free coinage of silver at 1(5 to 1, the
fact that, the money iu circulation lias
increased in a sum twice as great as all
the money in all Mexico in a short sev
enteen months’ time seems to cast a
shadow of suspicion iq>on the accuracy
of the financial views of the statesman
who is now receiving the plaudits of
the Mexican populace. The increase of
money in circulation in the TTT 'lted
States from the beginning of the month
in which Mr. Bryan was nominated to
the beginning of the present month
was $211,359,338, while the total mon
ey of Mexico—gold, silver and paper—
is $106,000,900. A. B. CARSON.
Protection and “J.nck."
Many of the free trade papers have
been doing a ioi of talking about the
great “luck” of the McKinley adminis
tration in “coming into power just at
the time when prosperity was return
ing to the country.” They have only
got the cart before the horse. This is
what is to be expected of men who put
foreign Interests before American in
terests. They get accustomed to see
ing things twisted.
The facts are better expressed by
saying that prosperity began to return
to the country just as soon as the Mc-
Kinley administration came into [low
er, or, rather, just as soon as it was
known that Maj. McKinley was elect
ed and that protection was to be given
iu the near future to American indus
tries. It is a little trick which prosper
ity has—to come back to the country
just as soon as protection replaces.free
trade. We have seen it do it more than
once in the history of the country.
Iu applying the term “luck” to wbat
has happened the free traders are fol
lowing in the steps of tliose shiftless,
imprudent, short-sighted neighbors of
the prudent, industrious man of sound
judgment, who enviously attribute the
rewards of his industry and good judg
ment M his “luck.” Our present pros
perity is due to no luck, lint to the
sound American policy of giving pro
tection to American industries, of se
curing the home market to American
producers and of providing work for
American workmen at American
wages.
May Accept the Plan.
It now seems quite possible, if not
probable, that the United States Sen-'
ate may accept President McKinley's
currency plan in which he proposes the
destruction of the “endless chain” sys
tem by which gold is drawn out of
the treasury, and a gradual transfer of
the gold responsibility to the national
banks of the country, in conjunction
with an increased circulation on their
part. Prior to the presentation of the
President’s simple and apparently feas
ible pla> it was believed that nothing
could be offered which would be ac
cepted by the silver element in the
Senate, unless a free coinage proposi
tion were attached to it. The unan
iaftr of popular ••utiaost i& fan* of j
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1898.
exports to all parts of the world stood
at $107,077,786 in August and Septem
ber of 1890, and at $131,440,363 for the
lilts period of 1597.
The Democrats told ns that ns soon
as we bought less from foreign coun
tries we should sell less to them; and
they spoke of the new tariff as a Chi
nese wall, designed to keep out trade.
Well, in round numbers, we bought less
by sls (XX),000 from foreign countries
in August and September of this year
than iu the corresponding period of
1890; but we sold more to foreign na
tions by considerably over $24,000,000.
These figures prompt the question,
How about the Chinese wall?—Chicago
Inter Ocean.
’Wilson's Southern Tour.
The tour of the Secretary of Agricul
ture through the South, made especial
ly for 'the purpose of studying the con
ditions and possibilities of that section,
and the advantages of a diversification
of its agricultural interests, is iu mark
ed contrast with the methods of his
Democratic predecessor, and must
strike the Democratic as well as Re
publican farmers of the South and the
• country iu general as such. It will be
remembered that Mr. Wilson’s Demo
cratic predecessor, Secretary Morton,
spent most of his time studying up
plan# to prevent the distribution of
seodn to the farmers of the country,
discouraging the beet sugar proposi
tion and leaving no record of improve
ments in agricultural conditions in ar>y
way. The first nine months o’ Secre
tary Wilson’s administration have re
sulted in such development of the beet
sugar interest <uid industry as to as
sure its rapid adoption and successful
work, Lis plan of the distribution of
seeds to the farmers of the country is
an intelligent and likely to be accepted
one, and his tour of the South, in which
the diversification of agriculture has
been neglected, shows that his work
is likely to be of very great value to
the agricultural Interests, and, when
supplemented with the demand for ag
ricultural products which follows the
revival of industries and the protective
tariff, means prosperity for the farm
ers cf whatever section.
No Complaints Coming.
Has anybody heard any complaints
from the hundreds of thousands of rail
road men who voted for McKinley and
sound money lasi year? The railroad
earnings, which have steadily increased
since the revival of prosperity imme
diately following the election of 1896,
continue to grow, the November earn
ings of 104 railroads showing an in
crease of 21 per cent, over November
of the preceding year, being the largest
gain which any month of the calendar
year has presented when compared
with the corresponding month of the
preceding year.
Under the Mistletoe.
“ile found her under the mlstletoa
and kissed her ia the good old-faab*
lM* Wflf i"
the President's plan however, seem*
likelv to lead tbU *deove,>l of the Sen
ate to assume an at( ".ulo \6waroii the
proposition similar U that with which
iiiey accepted me p otective reatures
of the tariff bill, per Bitting it to pass
because of their recognition of its pop
ularity with the people.
steady Advanc- in Prices.
The close and couth nous study which
Bradstreet's Journal is giving to prices
of farm aud manuiactured products
shows a continued growth in the price
of the products of tl, American farm
er. Its < atements have from mouth
to mouth shown a s'eady advance in
prices of farm products during the
year, aud its statement which covers
tlie developments of November shows
an advance in woo:, oats, potatoes,
peas, beaus, milk corn, barreled beef,
sheep, mutton, eggs, hops and other
articles of this character, while there
has been a decrease in prices of num
bers of articles which the farmers
must buy, such as print cloths, cotton
sheetings, coffee, ar,i other articles of
this class. v , ,
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That Chi ArN ■ Wall.
How about the UR 1 a**; wall? In Au
gust and September 1896, under the
Wilson-Gorman monstrosity, our ex
ports to Belgium were worth $5,149,-
519; iu the same months of 3897 they
were worth $11,089£ 19. In those two
months of 1899 our •• xports to France
were of tlie value of $9,939,631, and in
1897 they counted as $14,250,437. Our
WISCONSIN’S BEOOEJ).
FAITHFULLY TOLD IN READABLE
SHAPE.
Burned to Death Before His Parents*
Eyes—Had a Piece of Steel in His
Ston. u ch—lndians to Alaska—Crich
ton 'Will Is Broken.
Parents Saw Him Burn.
By the burning of the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. Aaron Thomas, in the town of
Lamartine, their son, Henry Thomas,
aged 2(i years, was burned beyond recog
nition. When tlie body was taken from
the debris only the trunk remained, the
limbs and head having been burned to a
crisp. The occupants of the house had
succeeded in reaching safety, when Henry
Thomas announced his intention of re
entering the building to secure some
money and clothes. His parents remon
strated with him, but to no avail, and
with the words, “There iH no great dan
ger,” he dashed into the burning structure
and upstairs. That was the last seen of
him until a portion of the roof caved in
and his body wrapped in a sheet of flames
was seen lying at the bead of the stairs
where he had been suffocated by smoke.
Steel in His Stomach.
Patrick McCann underwent an opera
tion at St. Mary’s hospital in Superior.
He had been complaining for several days
and within a day or two his case became
so alarming that I)r. Connor decided that
an operation only could save his life. This
was made and dMelosed within the pa
tient's stomach a piece of fie ible steel
five and a half inches long and three
fourths of an inch wide, very much resem
bling that used in the shank of shoes for
stiffening purposes. McCann was con
fined in an insane asylum two years ago
and it is probable that he swallowed the
iron at that time.
Carnegie Will Get It.
Notice L s been served on all parties in
terested that the salt' of the West Su
perior Iron and Steel Company’s plant
will be made in Superior on Feb. 7 under
a mortgage judgment of $1,730,000, taken
in the Circuit Court u year ago by the
Central Trust Company of New York.
The property will probably be bid in by
the mortgage holder, but it is understood
that shortly after the sale it will be trans
ferred to the Carnegie syndicate, which
will operate it.
Indian* to Go to tlie Klonkike.
About IJO Chippewa Indians living in
the vicinity of Solon Springs have been
stricken with gold fever and will leave in
a body for Alaska and the Klondike. They
will journey from Duluth over land, ice
and water by way of Edmonton and ex
pect to reach the land of gold within
three months and a half. The expedition
will bo under the leadership of an old
time warrior, Running Wolf, who has
traveled over the proposed route before.
Crichton Wilt Is Broken.
Judge J. W. Sale of the County Court
at Janesville has decided that the late
John Crichton was of unsound mind when
he made 1 is will, and therefore that docu
ment is invalid. The estate was valued
at SB,OOO and the will disposed of it in
such a manner that his wife and three
children were given $1 each, the balance
of the money being left to his sisters. The
children will now get several thousand
dollars each from the estate.
Memorial to K. I\ Allis.
The E. I*. Allis Company of Milwaukee
has presented a model triple-expansion
Corliss engine and sn air compresser for
the equipment of a steam laboratory in
the department of engineering of Colum
bia College. The engines are worth $15,-
000. The laboratory will stand ns a me
morial to the late E. I’. Allis, founder of
the company.
Downer College Gets $5,000.
It was announced that Miss Elizabeth
Plankinton had given $5,000 to the build
ing fund of the new Milwaukee Downer
College. There is now about $30,000 in
the fund. The trustees want SIOO,OOO
before they begin operations on tlie 1 '’fil
ings, the plans for which were comp.. ,and
several months ago.
Scalded in a Boiler.
At Mayville, Fred I-obans, an employe
of the Northwestern Iron Company, was
badly scalded by steam while he was in
a boiler cleaning it out. The steam was
turned on by other employes, who did
not know Lohans was in the boiler.
State Items of Interest.
Fire at Knapp destroyed two hotels and
two stores, the loss being $5,000.
Oscar Froelich committed suicide at
Milwaukee by taking carbolic acid.
The Beaver Dam Water Works Com
pany has been incorporated at Juneau.
John O’Donnell, on trial for wife mur
der at Eau Claire, has been set free.
Tlie normal school regents have decided
to rebuild the school recently burned at
River Falls.
Ti e residence of Timothy Cullnan nt
Sturgeon Bay was destroyed by fire. The
loss is SI,OOO.
At Wausankee, John Eagan, a
wealthy bachelor jeweler, was found dead
in his office chair.
Zena Olson of Northfield has been de
clared insane. Trouble over a love affair
is alleged to be the cause.
At Milwaukee, Ira Nichols, an inmate of
the Soldiers' Horn \ attempted to board
a boat and was drowned in the river.
The Bank of Antigo has been relieved
of a receiver by an order from the Circuit
Court. All depositors will be paid in full.
William Mcrrical of Northport was bad
ly injured by being run down by a Green
Bay and Western train at Manawa. His
right arm was broken and side crushed.
William Brower, who deserted from
the regular army at Madison barracks,
N. Y., on Nov. 13, and bad been in Can
ada, was arrested at his home in Kau
kauna. •
The hardware firm of Huetter & Peter
sen of Appleton assigned to August Ituh
lander. The firm’s assets are SIO,OOO and
its liabilities SB,OOO. The failui " was due
to slow sales.
A private electric lighting plant has
been established at Racine. It is used by
four wealthy families to illuminate their
residences and has 300 incandescent lamps
and several arc lights.
The much-talked-of suit of W. I*. Cook
& Bro., against the city of Menasha, the
amount involreu being $2,500. lias at last
been decided in the Circuit Court at Ap
pleton in favor of the defendant.
Father Schmidt of South Chippewa
Falls, while driving in a buggy in the
country, was held up by a highwayman,
who presented a revolver at the priest's
bead. Father Schmidt struck the fellow
with a whip and escaped by running bis
hor a s amid a fusillade of bullets.
A huge cinnamon bear, which was ship
ped by express from Leavenworth. Kan.,
to Baraboo, escaped froi” its crate in the
express car at Western Cnion Junction.
The express messenger was driven from
the car. the bear taking complete posses
sion, devouring packages of apples and
candy and destroying way bills. When
the train arrived in Milwaukee it took ten
men to secure the vicious animal.
Zena Olson of Northfield has been de
clared insane, and will probably be sent
to Mendota. Trouble over a love affair
is alleged to be the cause.
The hardware firm of Huetter & Peter
sen of Appleton assigned to August Ruh
lander. The firm's assets are SIO,OOO and
its liabilities SB,OOO. The failure was due
to slow sales.
A complete change will be made in the
management of the Lakeside hospital at
Suebojgmn. The deaconesses, who receiv
er their training under the supervision of
the German Reformed churches at Cleve
land, 0., will assume charge. This ordef
has charge of Bethesda home, Cleveland, )
*ttd PMfRTtUt heipttftli XUwfcttkM. j
I
Otto Berg, a miner, lost his lift at Hur
ley by a cave-in in the Montreal mine.
The residence of Timothy Cullnan at
♦*•“' v. uc dec-rayed by The
loss is SI,OOO.
A Prohibition club lias l>een organized
in Rock County as a result of the temper
ance agitation in Janesville.
The charity entertainment and ball giv
; on under the auspices of the Pinochel
Club of Jefferson netted S2OO. ■
Two Chicago detectives have been in
Ashland looking for the supposed Mrs.
Loetgert. The woman who caused this
action left town.
Charles E. Smith of Milludore has
! bought the sawmill property at that place
belonging to the Sherry estate from the
assignee, Mr. ('..moron.
Deputy Fish and Game Warden Carl
A. Palmer of Onalaska, and Sheriff G. (5.
I.ang of La Crosse raided fishermen’s
shanties on French lake.
The ore traffic at Ashland promises to
l>o very heavy next season. Mine opera
tors ar° expecting the largest business in
the history of the region.
James Ennis, an Evansville hotelkeep
er, pleaded guilty a> the charge of run
ning a “blind pig” and paid tines and
costs. He will leave Evansville.
Gertrude Porterfield, a 4-year old girl
of Marinette, got her finger fast in a
clothes wringer and injured it so badly
that amputation was necessary.
James O’Donnell, charged with the mur
der of his wife at Eau Claire, lias lieen
discharged because of the inability of the
prosecution to procure witnesses.
At a special school meeting of the citi
zens of Neillsville it was decided to build
a modern high school building to cost,
wlicn fully equipped, about slß.ii<H>.
A SIOO,OOO hotel will be built at La
Crosse by Chicago hotel men. It will be
on the site of the old Pomeroy building,
which was damaged by tire recently.
The Hamilton & Merryman Company
will erect a planing mill and dry kiln in
its lumber yard at Marinette. Tlie com
pany will abandon its Chicago yard.
A train struck a sleigh containing Peter
Anderson, a farmer, and his 17-year-old
son, near Franksville. Anderson was in
stantly killed and the boy was badly in
jured.
There is a great deal of illegal fishing
going on all along the Mississippi river.
Recently 2'i.*HMl pounds were taken in the
vicinity of De Soto by two firms in two
days.
A flue in a locomotive on the North
western Railway blew out near Plymouth.
Head Rrnkeman Sylvester M. Schwarts
was severely burned by hot air and live
coals.
At Sheboygan, William Strecker, 16
years old, fell fifty feet in an elevator
shaft. His injuries consist of a broken
arm, dislocated shoulder and a broken
nose.
Mrs. Estabrook, mother of Superin
tendent Estabrook of the Racine public
schools, was stricken witli paralysis and
is not expected to recover. She is 73
years of age.
Wisconsin river turtles are being snip
ped to the East from Spring Green. A
barrel of turtles was recently sent to Phil
adelphia. the largest one weighing forty
seven pound#.
Cynthia Hart is suing John Hart at
Racine for an amount of about $19,000 al
leged to be due her as her share of a milli
nery business in which they were engaged
for many years.
The restaurant and confectionery store
of C. W. Giffey of Manitowoc was rob
bed. The thieves took about $4 in change
from the cash drawer, besides cigars, can
dies and some clothing.
The children of Rev. John Rathke, pas
tor of the Lutheran Church at Brillion,
are sick with diphtheria, and the house
has been quarantined. No services will
lie permitted in tlie church.
Jacob Ziegler of West Bend wants S3OO
from that town for damages incurred in
falling into an open catch basin in the
street. The City Comic l ! refuses to pay
that amount and a suit is likely to follow.
I Frank Messenburg, an old and esteemed
citizen of Cashton, hanged himself. No
cause for the act is reported, the deed
being executed while tlie older son was
taking some visitors home in tlie evening.
The American Telephone Company has
asked to Ik* freed from local taxation at
Superior when its new line is completed in
that city. The Council does not think this
should be granted and has referred the
matter to a committee for consideration.
Papers have been tiled in the case of
John Jones against Henry Sherry at Xce
il ah. Jones claims $1,200 to be still due
on a timber sale contract. Sherry has a
counter claim of SI,OOO alleged to be due
him, on account of the amount of timber
on the tract having fallen below the
amount represented.
The stage of water in Lake Winnebago
is higher than it has been known to lie for
many years. It is only two inches below
the crest of tlie dam at Menasha. Sinct
the milltnen of Necnah and Menasha have
formed a mutual agreement about the
water power tlie water is kept at a much
higher stage than formerly.
A 20 per cent dividend has lieen ordered
for the depositors of the Bank of Bdger
ton and will Ik* paid by Receiver Towne.
The court lias also made an order restrain
ing three of the cases of the creditors
against Receiver Towne and will confine
the litigation to one suit, making all the
creditors plaintiffs in one action. The
injunction against Receiver Towne will
also lie raised so that be can continue his
work.
Under Sheriff O’Brien and Deputy
Sheriff Mutter of Racine County attempt
ed to take into custody Anna Svobodo, a
Bohemian woman of tlie town of Caledo
nia, who had Is'on ordered to tie taken to
the Racine County insane asylum. The
woman armed herself with an nx and
drove the men away. Help "as secured
and she was overpowered ai.d handcuffed
after a terrific struggle, during which
Mr. Mutter was cut on the hands. The
services of three men were required to ar
rest til.* woman.
The Paine Lnmiier Company of Mari
nette lias sold its sash and.door factory to
Isaac Stephenson. It is said that the
Johnson company of Milwaukee will take
charge of the plant and will operate it as
a planing mill. The factory uses atsiut
20,0001000 feet of lumlicr annually.
Michael Kroupa suddenly became in
sane in a factory at Racine and. it is al
leged. attempted to kill several workmen.
The officers who went to arrest him dis
covered a drunken man who was creating
a disturbance and arrested him under the
impression that he was Kroupa. The
mistake was discovered at the jail.
The De Witt-Brown Cedar Company of
Marinette will furnish 7,000 pieces of ce
dar piling to be used in the construction
of Government improvements on Green
bay and Lake Michigan. It will amount
to about 800 carloads and must be deliv
ered in the spring.
At Sheboygan, a mysterious woman
dressed in black and wearing a heavy
dark veil, enticed from school George Al
fred Preston and Hattie May Preston,
aged respectively 11 and 9 years, children
of George Prem.cn. The children were
hurried away in a closed carriage, which
started in a northerly direction, supjiosed
ly for Plymouth, where a train could be
tali
Miss Annie Opfel of the town of Wil
liamstown was awarded $650 by a jury
in the County Court at Juneau in her case
against William Maaske, a young fanner
of the town of Theresa, to recover dam
ages for a breach of promise to marry.
W. M. Tomkins, acting as attorney for
Bayfield County taxpayers, has secured an
injunction to prevent the County Board
of Suicrvisors from turning over the
lsjnds recently voted to the Washburn,
Bayfield and Iron River Railroad. The
injunction was issued on the claim of the
attorneys that the bonds were fraudulent,
as the company was insolvent, and, more*
over, was msrely acting for another eon-
HWi
ESTABLISHED 1855.
PHILADELPHIA BANK FAILS,
... L.', 1,11 W * '
Chestnut Street National ; n the Hands
o* n Jb-.-vb
One of the greatest financial sensations
of the year was sprung in Philadelphia
Thursday morning when the Chestnut
Street National Bank, of which William
M. Singerly, proprietor of the Philadel
phia Record, is president, closed its doors.
Business was also suspended by the
Chestnut Street Trust ml Saving Fund
Company, which was a'lled with the liank
and occupied the same building.
Rumors of the bank's shaky condition
have been in circulation for a month. Dur
ing that period the most herculean efforts
have Ih*cu made by President Singerly
and liis friends to save the institution
from bankruptcy, but they were futile.
National Rank Exr rainer William M.
Hnrdt is in charge of the bank a 1 State
Commissioner of Banking Rilkes,on is iu
charge of the trust company.
The one explanation for the failure,
which Mr. Singerly himself affirms, is
made by no less an authority than Comp
troller Eckels. Tlie closing of the bank
is primarily due to shrinkage in value of
iifttnls and notes of the S’.igerly Pulp and
Paper Mills located nt Elkton, Mil. The
liabilities will exceed $3,000,000, but un
til the bank exuniiucr makes his repor*:
the actual value of tlie assets will not be
made public. The last official statement
of the bank placed the resources of the
bank at $3,868,070.58 and of tlie trust
company at $1,858,059.38. Both institu
tions occupy the same building and are
under tlie same management.
TERROR AT A BIG FIRE.
Explosion Follows a Blaze in a Chica
go Bnseiuetit Many Hurt.
Ten minutes after an alarm of tin* had
been given at the Tosetti restaurant, I<M
and KH! Madison street, Chicago, Thurs
day afternoon, a terrific explosion occur
red beneath the sidewalk in front of the
burning building. Structures were shaken
for a block around and windows were
shattered as by an explosion of dynamite.
Scores of men and women were hurled to
the ground, and a dozen or more were in
jured by flying glass. Firemen were
scorched in a whirlwind of Hume, nnd
tossed in the* air like so nia > leaves in a
windstorm, nnd several policemen were
stricken to the earth as if with a club.
Wild cxcitcme.it prevailed for several
minutes, and when the ambulances nnd
doctors had finished their work of mercy
tlie list of injured was found to number
nearly thirty.
A drop of blazing oil front an overheat
ed basement engine is said to have caused
the tire which threatened with destruction
the entire south side of Madison street
between Clark and Dearborn streets.
This started si blaze that could not lie con
trolled and culminated in the explosion of
a drum of ammonia under the sidewalk,
the explosive ignition of a natural gas
main and the destruction of the building.
The loss exceeds $290,000.
SPAIN SEES A CHANCE.
May Ask America to Repress Active
Cuban Societies.
Following upon the almost universal ex
pressions of disapprobation shown by the
American press at large at tlie savage
methods of warfare used by Gen. Gomez
in the matter of the assassination of
Lieut. Col. Ruiz, a Madrid correspondent
says he has the best authority for stating
that tlie Spanish Government thinks the
moment propitious for approaching that
of Washington and asking the latter to
use all means iwssible to repress revolu
tionary societies in the United States
which arc giving active assistance to Go
mez's force.
All t-tm Spanish Government asks is the
application of the rule laid down by I’res
ident Grant as the duty of one friei dly
nation toward another. If that is applied
the Government considers the termination
of the revolution will occur within a short
time. The indignation was twice as great
when the news readied Madrid that Ruiz
was not even permitted a soldier's death,
but was hanged.
BIG FIRE AT CLEVELAND.
Loss to Business Firms IMuccil ut Near
ly a Million Dollars.
Fire broke out in the business center of
Cleveland, 0., at 5 o’clock Thursday af
ternoon, and, fanned by a high northwest
wind, destroyed property worth tionrly
$1,000,000. The Power block ou Frank
fort street, owned by J. B. Perkins, six
stories high and made of brick, was con
sumed above tlie second story and tuo
rear of the brick Wilshire block, six sto
ries high, owned also by Mr. Perkins, and
fronting on Superior street, was burned.
The fire started by tin* explosion of a
large can of benzine in tlie lithographing
establishment of Johns & Cos., in the Pow
er block. Windows were blown out and
several employes escaped with difficulty
by the fire escapes and a bridge leading to
the Wilshire block.
Aldermanic Salaries.
Chicago aldermen should Is* willing to
pay the public for the privilege o' holding
their jobs.—Buffalo Express.
Prosperity lias struck Chicago and
wages are going up to beat the hand. The
Chicago aldermen last night raised their
own salaries from $3 a week to $1,500 a
year.—Toledo Bee.
The modest advance from .$3 a week to
$1,500 a year each voted themselves by
the Chicago aldermen must not be under
stood as in the nature jf a limit to the
aldermanic income.—Cincinnati Commer
cial-Tribune.
The gang of genteel highwaymen in the
Chicago City Council have beaten all rec
ords for immaculate gall. It is doubtful,
however, if even Chicago public sentiment
will countenance such unexampled rob
bery.—Minneapolis Tribune.
The Chicago aldermen have fixed their
salaries at $1,600 —a figure scarcely high
enough to insure honest work. It is pos
sible, however, that the very highest pay
would no* serve to keep born boodlers
from boodling.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Perhaps its worst feature is that it
gives example and encouragement to
councilmen In other cith-s, some of whom
would not have thought of <tich a device
for personal emolument, while others
would not have lice- brave enough to
adopt it linil it not beeu for the action of
their Chicago compeers.- -Philadelphia
Ledger.
Chicago’s aldermen have shown that
they possess a proper amount of self-es
teem by raising their salaries from $3 per
evening to $1,500 ;x*r year, and this, too,
without the excuse of domiciliary visits,
lately so fashionable in Cleveland’s coun
cilinanic circles. —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The present Comic’l of Chicago, which
is probably as unfit and little trusted as
any other body Sn the country of like na
ture, has just suspended its own rules to
raise the pay of its members 900 per cent.
Probably few of the taxpayers of Chi
cago woujil object if there were any rea
son to believe that the change world im
prove the character of the Council.—
Cleveland Leader.
Chicago aldermen have increased their
salaries from $3 per week to $1,500 per
year and right on the heels of it comes
the announcement that Chicago citizens
are taking iteps to form an organization
to defend themselves from highwaymen!
—Philadelphia Press.
The spotless Chicago aldermen have ac
cepted their own valuation of themselves
and voted to increase their salaries from
$3 a day for actual service to $1,500 a
year. Besides, each alderman by the
same act is to have n private secretary,
like United States Senators, and the sec
retary will have $1,600 a year *lso,-
Bpriagfield, Main., Republic**
Official City Paper.
—ai~ STEAM ==^——
Bust ail JohPitiiig House
AL.li KISDB Of
Job Printing
muamr EXECUTED
In a Meet Satisfactory Manner.
if
The Government of the United State*
owns In the city of Washington 1,600,000
volumes of literature. Of these about one
half, or 787.715, are iu the congressional
library. The remainder are scattered
through the various executive depart
ments. The daily number of readers in
the congressional library averages 3,320.
About 700 persons, including the mem
bers of both houses and high officials of
the Government, are entitled to draw
books and take them away from the build
ing, and the average number loaned out
In such a way is 1.446. It is a favorable
commentary upon the honesty and care of
our public men that during a period of
thirty years the number of books lost or
not returned wns only five in a thousand.-
• • •
Largo numbers of petitions, supported
by many signatures and uniform In their
phraseology, are being presented to tlie
House of Representatives. They ask tlie
passage of a series of laws to protect the
morals of the public. For example, to
prohibit gambling iu stocks, produce, rac
ing pools and other forms of speculation
by telegraph, to prohibit the transmission
of stock quotations for speculative pur
poses, nnd the transmission in the mails
of newspapers containing pictures or de
scriptions of prize fights, to prohibit the
exhibition of kiuetoscopo reproductions of
prize fights and other brutalizing specta
cles, and to prohibit the transportation
from State to State o' innterlals for such
exhibitions.
• • •
The ladies of the ontvnet are decidedly
put out by tla edict that forbai their
New Year’s receptions and the dinners
that were to precede and follow. They
do not see any occasion for it. The l’res
ident did not ask or even suggest a sus
pension of social affairs. He told the
members of bis cabinet he should close tlie
\\ lilte House for thirty days, although he
did not think it was necessary for them
to follow his example, but without con
sulting their wives, they agreed to do so.
The lnisbunds have since had nil unhappy
time, and the Washington social world
has offered them no sympathy.
• *
The opimsition to the ratification of the
Hawaiian treaty Ims simmered down al
most entirely to the sugar trust, the Louis
iana planters and the beet-root sugar
manufacturers. There are a few Henators
who oppose the treaty on principle, ns
they believe it inexpedient for tlie United
States to assume the responsibility of gov
erning any detached territory, and several
on the Democratic side have joined the
opposition because they regard annexa
tion ns n Republican measure,
* * *
Chairman Loud of the House Commit
tee on Pontofflces lias been working during
the recess on the report of the committee
ou the Loud bill, and has practically com
pleted it. Ho believes that the measure
will effect n saving of at least $10,000,000
atinuully, and will wipe out the emirnmus
deficit that ops fronts the Potsoffiee De
partment every year. Mr. Loud believes
the bill is much stronger this session tliau
last, and, while not absolutely confident,
thinks it will finally carry.
• • •
The agents of the Cuban junta In
Washington justify tlie assassination of
Col. Ruiz as necessary to intimidate the
cowardly and corrupt men in their ranks
who are likely to lie allured into making
terms with the Spanish authorities either
through fear or bribery. They say that
hereafter no Spanish agent will dare ap
proach an insurgent camp, and that 1* will
he dangerous for any stranger to do so.
• * •
The distressing death of Miss Leila Her
is'rt lias caused n sliiK'k to her many
friends und acquaintances in Washing
ton. Sin* was a young woman of lieau
tiftil character, gentle, amiable and gen
erous, and was generally In-loved and ad
mired. Those who knew her best Indlcve
that her suicide was due to fear that she
might lx* a permanent cripple.
* • •
The pension certificate of tlie Rev. L.
.T. Keith of Vincennes, I ml., will lie can
celed, because the holder hus in for mid
the bureau that lie does not consider him
self longer entitled to a pension, his dis
ability having disappeared, and has asked
that ids name be dropped from the rolls.
There is only one other such ease on I co
ord.
• •
Secretary Wilson is greatly interested
in legislation for the establishment of
postal savings bunks lieoause lie Indieves
they nre necessary to the prosperity of
the farmers. It is sometimes an all day’s
job, he says, for a farmer to go to the
town where the nearest bank is situated,
while there is a postofflee in every village.
* * *
The copyright department is a most im
portnnt branch of the Government, anil
indicates an enormous increase in literary
and musical compositions and in designs
which arc susceptible to copyright. In
1870 the number of copyrights granted
was 5,021; In 1880, 20,086; iu 1890, 42,-
758; lu 1890, 72,470.
* •
The recent re|s>rt of the Comptroller of
.he Currency shows thnt the^sa rings
I,auks -o' the United States are mostly
confined to the northeastern section of the
country- Nearly 80 per cent of the num
ber of banks and amount of deposits Is
represented by New York and New Kg
land.
• • •
The committee appointed by the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee to secure
the erection of a monument to Gen,
George B. McClellan at Washington Im
held Ha first meeting and elected Adjt.
Gen. Rug ties chairman.
* • •
Ink erasers nre not. allowed in either the
War or the Navy Department except un
der the direction of a chief of bn: eau, and
no one is allowed to erase an entry In any
official record book without explanations
and express permission.
• • •
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the Alaska ex
pert, says that there is go much gold in
' inska that persons wuo go there ten
yenrs hence will have as good a chance as
those who go next spring.
• * *
Postmaster General Gary nnd Secre
tary Gage have promised to assist in lay
ing the corner stone of the new postofflee
building in Chicago on the 4th of next
July.
• * •
There is i very favor? ble outlook for
the passage of the bankruptcy bill, and
even the opponents of the measure con
cede their conviction that it will pass both
houses.
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The rale of postage stamps for the Inst
quarter of the year 1897 was the largest
in the history of the country.
Telegraphic Brevities.
The town council of Mankato, Kan., in
tends to stop by ordinance the singing,
humming or whistling of the song. "Hot
Time in the Old Town To-night.”
The destructive cigarette may be sold hi
packag'd, of tern hi Tennessee. J u<lee
Clark of the United States Court in < fi.tt
uuvKjga held that the term “Original
package” could be applied to the smaller
boxes.
A serious freight wreck occurred on the
New York Central Railroad near Pough
keepsie, N. Y. Several hundred pound*
of rock bad fallen upon the track from
tbs wall of * cut. T'te togins sod sixteen
**• wets flmiisA.