Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 24, 1900, Page 3

i { “ y 4 % § j | i 46 Ars PF ariatareguin ew) | CONGRESS = SUME OF THE \ K'S PROCEEDINGS. BT aa The Senate. shington, Feb. 13. — The final disc jon of the pending finan- Hoy begun in the senate yes- The speakers were two Re Mr. El of West Vir- id Mr. Wolcott of Colorado, one Populist, Mr. Butler of North Mr. Elkins advocated the of the present senate measure brief but forcible argument. Mr. wi olcott, chairman of the international ssion of 1807, spoke for the Re- who adhere to bimetatlism, peech, earnest and eloquent, sorded unusual attention. Mr. lesed the argument for the day i the issuing of paper cur reucy “by the government. The House. An important bill was passed by the y, which makes univer+ the law that now per- ansit of goods in bond n ports of the United it goods in bond ean be pped through y portion of the tory of the T ed States to for- eign ports. It is principally designed ive the transporiation companies ot the United States a share of the nental trade to the Orient. Iso repeals the law of March . j, prohibiting the shipment of goods in bond to the Mexican free oue. The latter pr on Was fought by Mr. Stevens of The re- er of the day w occupied in ing the private pension bills fa- ed upon at last Friday sion and in District of Co- lumbia legislation. The Beate: ngton, Feb. — The finance leration epatinued all day. Two great speeches were made, one in favor of the bill and the other in favor substitute. ‘The first was de- i by Senator Allison of Iowa, man of the finance committee. r was delivered by Senator nos of Nevada. He declared the bill s vicious and unwarranted, con- ng too great power upon national astening ihe country to a He discussed the ques- from a historical and philosophic point. ‘To-day the senate will be- consideration of the Dill and ats under the ten-minute The S Washington, Feb. nate. 15. — Throughout its session yesterday the senate had the financial biil under discussion. 2 o'clock the debate proceeded the ten-minute rule and the s became spirited and interesting. in the afternoon a test vote, in- ing approximately the majority on the proposed Dill, was taken. Mr. andler of New Hampshire offered an mendment to author the president »pcint commissioners to any inter- national bimetallic conference that might be called, and it was defeated by a vote of 45 to The Chandler prop- osition out of the way the discussion proceeded on the amendment brought in by the finance committee providing that the provisions of the bill are not intended to place any obstacles in the way of international bimetallism. The “tie sen nigned the Re- ins fi the amend- a , declarin they w insincere, and the proy tion was intended to 1oodwink the people and catch votes. vote on the amendment was d. ‘The final yotes on the amend- nis and and the bill will be taken some time to-day. The House. s the intention of the Republic s of the house to call up the eo tariff bill to-day but there general debate on the legislative and judicial appropriation bill, which called up yesterday, that Mr. le gave notice that he would allow the Porto Rican bill to go over until Monday. The debate upon the legislative bill yesterday strayed far from the bill, touching the question of government deposits-in national banks, reckiess ex- penditures for pensi and, finally, drifting into the question of election methods in Missouri. Mr. Bartholdt ouri raised the latter question king the Nesbitt law, and pro- long reply from Mr. Benton of Missouri, who in turn aroused Mr. I on of Missouri. Some very tic things were said ou both sides. The Senate. hington, Feb. 16. -- The senate substitute for the heuse currency bill ed by the senate yesterday by ve majority of 29. Prior to the final passage of the bill amend- ments were considered under the ten- minute rule. Only two of these amendments were adopted, one offered by the finance committee keeping the doer open to international bimetallism, and one by Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, providing for national banks with $2. 00 capital in towns of not more than 4.000 inhabitants. The vote taken on the various ameadments offered were ctieally along party lines. | Mr. ler of New Hampshire voted for ximetallic amendment but against the bill, Mr. Caffery of Louisiana and Lindsay, of Kentucky voted e inst the committee amendment but for the bill. Mr. Kyle of South Dakota was the only senator who did not vote and was not paired. The free silver substitute offered by Mr. Jones, the ratic side was de- ated by a majority of 19, the yote be- ing 47 to 28. ‘The bill as passed consists of ten sec- tions. {t provides that the dellar of 258.10 grains of gold, nine-tenths fine, shall be the standard unit of value and that all forms of United States money shall be maintained at a parity with it; nd that treasury notes and green- ks shall be redeemable in gold. The secretary of the treasury is to set apart a fund of $150,000,000 in gold for the redemption of these notes and to maintain this fund at a figure not be Jow $100.000,000; he is empowered to sell bonds of the United States bearing interest at not exceeding 3 per cent. It shall also be the duty of the secretary of the treasury as fast as standard sil- ver dollars are coined to reire an equal Ww amount of the treasury notes and to issue silver certificates against the sil- ver coined. Uneer certain provisions gold certificates shall be issued against the gold held in the treasury, No United States notes or treasury notes shall be issued in denominations of Jess than $10 and no silver certificates in denominations of more than $10. ‘The secretary of tne trezsury is also author- ized to refund the bonded debt of the Umted States in thirty-year bonds bearing 2 per cert interest, the princi- pal and interest of these bonds to be paid in gold. The 2 per cent bonds shall be issued at not less than par. Any naticnal bank, by depositing with the United Staies ponds of this country shall be permitted to issue circulating to the face value of the bonds de- no bank being allowed to issue ing notes in excess of the amount of the paid-in capital stock of the bank. After the passage of the financial bill the senate made the Hawaiian govern- ment Dill the unfinished business. The House. The house completed twenty-six of the 124 pages of the legislative and ju- dicial appropriation Dill without amendment. During the’ generl de- bate which closed at 4 o'clock a variety of topics w ere touched upon, Mr. Bou- telle of Hin Mr. Miers of Indiana and Mr. Shawiulter of Pennsylvania dis- 1 the Philippine question; Mr. renor of Ohio and Mr. Gillett of sachusetts, civil service reform: Mr. Driggs of New York, pensions, and Mr. Underwooé of Alabama, his reso- lution to repeal the fifth amendment to the constitution. The legislative bill probably will be passed. to-Cay. note. The Senate. Washington, Feb. 17.—The house yes- terd indulged in its annual joke by striking from the legislative appropria- tion bill all provision for the civil ser- vice commission. This action is taken each year in committee of the whole, where the members do not go on rec- ord, and the provision is then invaria- bly restored when the bill gets back in the house where members have to re- spond to their names upon a roll cal, The yotes to strike out was 75 to 67. 'Yo-day the house will reverse this ac- tion as usual on an aye and no vote. Most of the time of the house yester- day beyond that oceupied on the dis- cussion of the civil service law was devoted to attacks on the speech made by Mr. Sims of Tennessee on Wednes- in which he furnished some fig- ures of the pension office showing the number of applications for pensions filed by soldiers of the volunteer regi- ments engaged in the Spanish war to show that the Northern soldi were much more clamorous in that regard than the Southern ones, and attribu- ting this to the debauching of public sentiment in the North on the pension stion. Mr. Pearre of Maryland ed the storm by a _ reference to figures and the statement that hundreds of Massachusetts soldiers who never smelled powder had applied for pensions. This brought out an in- dignant reply from Mr. Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, who detailed the record of the Massachusetts volunteers in the late war. He was followed by others who defended the records of the sol- diers from their several states. Mr. Hepburn of Iowa vigorously assailed Mr. Sims. Considerable temper was shown. When the session opened announce- ment of the receipt of the currency bill from the senate was made, and on mo- tion of Mr. Overstreet of Indiana, by unanimous consent, the senate amend- ments were disagreed to. The speak- er appointed Messrs. Overstreet of In- diana, B us of Pennsylvania and Cox of Tennessee conferees. The house then went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill. The Senate. Consideration of the financial meas- ure having been concluded, discussi of the Philippine question was in the senate yesterday. Mr. Mc of Lou trongly opposed the per- manent acquisition of the islands and believed the United States ought to re- linquish them as soon as the authority of this country had been asserted. Mr. Stewart took a prominent position in favor of the admission of the products of any of the island possessions of the United States free of duty. The bill providing a form of govern- ment for the ‘Territory of Hawaii was read, but beyond that formality noth- ing was done with it. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, Feb. 19. — Wheat — No. 2 Northern, 66@67 1-2c; No. 2 Northern, G4 @ 653-4e. Corn — No. 3 yellow, 3114 @ 311-2c; No. 3, 31 @ 31 14c. Oats—No. 3 white, 24@24 1-4c; No. 3, 23 3-4@24c. Barley and Rye — Feed barley, 38@34c; malting grade, 35@8Se; No. 2 rye, 51¢; No. 3 rye, 50 1-2c. Duluth, Feb, 19—-Wheat—No. 1 hard, 67 5-8c; No. 1 Northern, 66 1-8¢; No. 2 Northern, 63 5-Se; No. 3 spring, 60 1-8e; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 675-8c; No. 1 Northern, 66 1-Sc; May, No. 1 Northern, 68 1-Sc; July, No. 1 Northern, 691-4; cats, 23 1-2@24¢; rye, 538c; barley, 34@ corn, 821-2c; flax, to arrive, eapolis, Feb. 19.—Wheat—. ; No. 1 Northern, 66@ No. 1 1-2¢; 3 3-4e; N J uting, Rye—No. 2, 51¢ 1@sze. Chicago, Feb. 19.—Wheat—No. 2 red, 70 1-2@71 1-2c; 5 oa do, yee AC No. 1 Northern ‘spring, (G . do, 67@69c; No. ¢ 3 spring O1@OSe. Corn —No. 2, 33 1-2@38 3-4c; No. 38, 331-8@ 333-Se. Oats — No, 2, 2314@23 1-2c; No. 3, 28e. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 19.—Flour is steady. Wheat steady; No. 1 Northern, GS@6S 1-2¢; No. 2 Northern, 65@66 1-2c. Rye Bienes No. 1, 58 1-2@59c. Barley steady; No. 2, 46 1-2c; sample, 37 Oats lower; No. 2 white, 25 1-2 Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 19. — Cattle— Beeves, $4.25 @ 5.25; cows and bulls, mixed, $2 @ 4; stockers- and feeders, $3.50@4.50; calves and yearlings, $3.75 @ 4.73. Hogs, $4.75 @ 4.8: bulk, $4.77 1-2. Chicago, Feb. 19. — Cattle — Beeves, $4 @ 6; cows and heifers, $3 @ 4.75; stockers and feeders, $3.25@4.75; Texas-fed beeves, $4@5. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, $4.75@5; good to choice heavy, $4.90@5; rough heavy, $4.75@ 4.85; light, $4.70@4.90; bulk of sales, $4.80@4.95. Sheep, $4.90@5.75; lambs, $0@715. ease RESIGN RATHER THAN CONTEST. Itasea County Scandal Disposes of Itself. St. Paul, Feb. 17 “a scandal nosed of itself very yesterda of W. V. Fuller, W. Everton and C, F whem, charges of malfeasance in office were pending. Notice was sent to Roy Lind by Auditor Farrell that they L . resigned and their resignations Bis accepted. That ieaves but ore mem- ber of the board. Successors are to be appointed by the chairmen of the town boards in the vacant commissioners’ districts. All four of them say that they do not admit of any wrongdoing, but as there is no salary connected with the place they would not go to the experse of contesting the charges. MINNESOTA Y. M. C.\A. MEET. William H. Laird of Winona Is Elected President. Winona, Minn., Feb. 1 sota Young Men’s Chris’ elected the following offic dent, W m H. Laird, Winona; vice presidents, Thoma: Owens of Two Harbors, G. P. Lyman of St. Paul, I. C. Seeley of Minneapolis, John Miller of Duluth, J. F. Millspangh of Winona, C, W. Hertzler of St. Paul; college secre- tary, W. B. Dye. siate university; as- sistant aries, J. Scott Wilmarth of Hamline, N. B. Roberts of Carleton, M. S. Gerive le The state and college membership $ closed free of debt. Treasurer Bongard’s Cash Appears to Be Shy. Chaska, Minr., Feb. 1 tion of ‘Treasu May is now placed 4 the end is not » expert has the out open and found $100 in cash. burglar proof chest is not yet opened The chairman of the county com sioners b resigned and i didate for ypointment with Linenfelser, Henry Srinkhouse and about a dozen others in the tield for treasurer. The defalea- raé up to last usand Bushels of Spuds. Rush City, Minn., Feb. 17.—The pota- to warehcuse of the Harr Produce company, at Harris, was totally de- stroyed by tire. The fire started from a stove. It is supposed about six car- loads, or 4,000 bushels, of potatoes were burned. ‘Lhe building was owned by James Kirkland and the Produce company was using it for a potato storage. The loss is total as there was no insurance on either building or stock. Fire Burns F WHEATLAND FIRE, Midnight Blaze in the Business Por- tion of the Town. nd, N. D., Feb. 17. — Fire rted in the basement, burned the store bu of J. M. Sullivan. The contents were partially saved, to- gether with the household goods of the family above the stere. The fire next burned the restaurant building of C. 8. Patierson. The next to burn was the harness shop owncd by the State Bank of Wheatland and occupied by Leo Hallida STRANGLED TO DEATH. Harrowing Fate of a Child at Sauk Rapids. Sauk Rapids, Minn., Feb. 17.—A ter- rible fatality occurred in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Stern. heir two-year-old daughter was given a piece of bread, and while eating the crust became choked. All efforts to re- lieve the child proved futile and death ensued from strangv Wherenbouts of Isenring. Milwaukee, Feb. 17.—Frederick Isan- ring, sheritf! of Milwaukee county, for whose arrest a warrant was issucd several weeks 2id to be on his way te the Cape Nome gold district in Alaska, George Foster of this city claims to have seen Jsenring in Helena, Mont., en route to the gold region two weeks ago. Isenring is wanted for fail- ure to rendee an ount for the jast two quarters of h incumbency as sheriff in 1808. His shortage is al- leged to be yeral thousand dollars. Killed by Falling Down Stnirs. Duluth, Minn., Feb, 17.—Alonzo A. Cox, a tug captain, well known, haviug sailed on the lakes twenty years. was killed hy falling down a flight of stairs at his boarding house. While ing home last evening Cox wa by a street car and painfully injured. He was uken home, and abeut an hour later got out of bed and fell down stairs, ing his neck. He was about fifty ars of age and leaves a family at Port Huron, Mich. The Lydick Claim. Cass Lake, Minn., Feb. 17.—George Lydick, who claims for his wife, Mrs. Nellie Lydiek, and their children, por- tions of section 16—in fact the most valuable part of the section—has gone to Washington to push his claims be- fore the interior department. Mr. Ly- dick, having been indorsed at a publie meeting held here recently, has hope of favorable action on the part of the department. Brakeman Killed. Prentice, Wis.,. Feb. 17. Smith, brakeman for the Wisconsin Central railway, was run over by a freight train here last night while at- tempting to make a coupling, cutting his leg off near the bedy. He is dead, — Irving School Burned. , Charles City, Iowa, Feb. 17. — Fire destroyed the brick school building. Loss, $15,000; insurance, $9,500. The fire started in the basement from the furrace. The 400 children escaped without injury. ‘mometer registered 3 BROST ACQUITTED. Eden Valley Murder Case Resulting as Was Expected. Litchfield, Miun., Feb. 18.—The jury in the ease of Charles Brost, charged /With complicity in the murder cf Carl Miller, returned a verdict of not guilty. Carl Miller was arrested some time ago, charged with criminal intimacy with the wife of Caspar Schmidt, a farmer living near Eden Valley. Miller was lodged in jail at Eden Valley, ana was found one night dead, hanging from the wali of his cell. It was at first supposed that Miller had hung himself, but later the theory of mur- der gained credence, and Charles Brost, Philip Remi, Caspar Schmidt, William Kickbush and John Dougher- ty were indicted for the alleged crime by the grand jury. A separate trial was demanded and Brost was called first. “Lhe acquittal of Brost will piob- ably mean the dismissal of the cases against the other defendants. NORTHERN PACIFIC WRECK. Engine Rolls 200 Feet Down an Embankment. Helena, Mont., Feb. 18—Owing to the icy condition of the track train No. 54, on the Northern Pacific became un- manageable just after crossing the main divide west of Helena, and soon after reaching Iron Ridge tunnel jumped the track. Owing to the im- petus of the train the engine, after leaving the track, rolled down the mountain side 200 feet, and the rest of the train is piled up in the tunnel. The engineer, fireman and one brakeman were badly bruised and cut. Brake- man Hurenden, who was on top of the train trying to stop it, is missing, and is doubtless in the debris. The wound- ed were all brought to the Helena hos- pital. It will take twenty-four hours to clear the tracks, and through trains will be run over the Butte stub. BLAZE AT BOWDLE. Serious Scorching for a South Da- kota Town. Aberdeen, S. D., Feb. 18. — Bowdle, S. D., was visited by a disastrous fire last night which depriv ed that city of one of her best busine s. Abour 9 o'clock fire was od in the basement of T. Ss general store, and every yailable effort was used to confine the fire to that build- ing, but a strong northwest wind soon swept the flames into adjo‘ning build- ings and out of control, and the entire block was completely destroyed. The estimated loss is $100,000, about half covered by insurance. PUPIL ARRESTED. Was Caught Smoking n Cigarette— Other Prosecutions. Winona. Minn., Feb. 18. — Superin- tendent Tormey, of the city schools, has caused tbe arrest of Rollo Clement, a minor pupil, for smoking a cigarette on the street, and also the arrest of Mrs. Anna Miianowski, a storekeeper, for selling tobacco to another minon. Mr. Tormey is making an effort to sup- press the use of tobacco by minor School children. FORCED 'TO GO HOME. Forty-Eight Chinamen Start for the Coast. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 18.—United States Marshal Haggart leaves to-day with twelve deputies in charge of forty- eight Chinamen who were ordered de- ported by Judge Amidon for violation of the exclusion act. ‘The men will go in two special coaches over the North- ern Pacific, and will sail on the Olym- pia from Port Townsend Feb. 22. Watertown Land Office. Watertown, S. D., Feb. 18.—The busi- ness of the land office for the month of January was the largest in total re- ceipts of any since the present admin- istration. here were 54 homestead entries, representing 6,856 acres; 34 final homestead proofs, 4,920 acres; 31 cash entries, 4,228 ac The total rt receipts for the mouth were $11,- Cold in South Dakota. Deadwood, 8. D., Feb. 18. — The weather here for the past few days has been exceedingly cold. The ther- degrees below zero yesterday morning at Lead, Rap- id City, Bellefourche and Deadwcod. A heavy wind is blowing from the north and cattle on the ranges are re- ported as suffering. Blow to Normal Schools, Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 18. — The normal school bili was defeated in the house—46 to 47. This was the chief bill before the legislature. The pre- liminary plans were for the establish- ment of three schools in the state upon the recommendation of the edycational association. The action of the house Was a surprise. Charged With Frand. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 18.—Detective George Lewellyn arrested H. T. Laper, an Ipswich, S. D., saloonkeeper, on a charge of defrauding insurance com- panies. The claim is that Laper first padded his invoices and that two sus- picious fires occurred in his place in rapid succession. Laper was formerly a barber in Minneapolis. Receiver Appointed. Sturgis, S. D., Feb. 18—Samuel G. Sheflield has been appointed by Judge Moore receiver of the Sturgis Water company, and took charge of the af- fairs of the company yesterday. Mr. Sheffield immediately appointed J. J. Dayenport manager under him to look after the company’s property. Assigned to Mission Work. White Earth, Minn., Feb. 17.—Reyv. Father Fidelia Lueking, O. S. B., of St. John’s abbey, has been assigned to duty and to assist Rev. Father Aloy- sure, O. S. B., in conducting the Cath- olic mission work of the reservation, Fire at Merrill. Merrill, Wis., Feb. 18. — Fire de- stroyed the brick block belonging to the Norway estate. The lower story was occupied by a general store and a drug store and the upper story by offices. Loss, $25,000. i PDews of the Dorthwest PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED. The Omaha Twilight Limited Col- Jides With Freight Cars on a Sid- ing—Two Trainmen From St. Paul Injured. Duluth, Minn, Feb. 20.—The Oma- ha’s “Twilight Limited” from St. Paul, due to arrive at Duluth at 10 o'clock last night, met with a serious accident at Gordon, Wis., at 9 o’clock. William Frazer, engineer, and William Bubk- ley, fireman, both of St. Paul, were quite seriously’ injured. The latter is in a critical condition. No passengers were injured. The engine crew were brought to Superior and taken to St. Mary’s hospital by special train. The train was running thirty-five miles an hour at Gordon, when it suddenly ran into a sidetrack, colliding with a num- ber of freight cars that were standing on the siding. Before the collision the passenger train had left the side track and it cannot be learned whether the switch was open or whether the train left the main track and straddled the siding. A special train was sent down from here to bring the passengers up. The engine was demolished. UNIQUE SUIT FOR DIVORCE. North Dakota Judge Has Under Ad- visement a Case in Which the Par- ties Are Lawyers and Business Partners. Fargo, N. D., Feb. 20—North Dako- ta presents the unique spectacle of a man and wife, both lawyers and busi- ness partners, seeking divorcee. It is the case of Taylor Crum vs. Ida M, Crum, which has been on trial here, and is now under advisement. Some years ago Mrs. Crum started divorce proceedings, which action was _ fol- lowed by an assault on Crum, who is a cripple, by Mrs. Crum’s — brother. The proceedings were finally dropped. Judge Lauder has intimated that he will g) t the decree. Mrs. Crum has filed a cross bill for alimony Marshall County, lowa, Supervisors Declare Saloon Men Had More Than Enough Signatures. Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb, 20, — 'The first. ruling in the state in the matter of new petitions on consent for ope- rating saloons under the mulct law was mede Saturday, the county board of supervisors declaring, after four days’ canvass, that the petition recent- ly filed by the saloon men contained seventy-two bona fide signatures more than the required majority. The oppo- sition has contested the petition from the start on various technical points and served notice of appeal to the courts. All of the eighteen saloons are running. BIG BLAZE AT MINNEAPOLIS. Fire Does Damage to the Amount o4 $135,000. Minneapolis, Feb, 20. — The large building on Fifth avenue south and ‘Third street, Minneapolis, occupied by the Pittsburg Plate Glass company, was badly damaged by fire Saturday night. A total loss of probably $135,- 000 was caused. Of this amount all but $10,000 is on the extensive stock carried by the company. The fire was discovered, a few minutes before 8 o'clock. ‘The blaze spread with amaz- ing rapidity and before the firermen had fairly got down to business the fire was through the roof and the en- tire second story was burned out. For a time it looked as if there would be nothing left of the large structure and its valuable contents, but when the fire was extinguished the walls stood, to the surprise of many, and the damage to the ground floor was found to be much less than anticipated. SHOT THE GIRLS’ FATHER. Young Man Has an Altereation With and Kills His Sweetheart's Father. Ottumwa, Iowa, Feb. 20. — Leslie Eastburn, a twenty-cne-year-old boy, shot Jasper Sutton, an aged and re- spected citizen of Bloomfield, yester- day, three bullets penetrating the ab- domen and causing almost instant death. Eastburn called at Sutton’s home to take his eighteen-year-old daughter Alice to church. The father met him at the door and ordered him away. An _ altercation ensued, and Sutton followed Eastburn to the road. Fnally weapons were drawn by both men but Eastburn fired first, the other man falling before he could raise his weapon. Eastburn gave himself up, going into Sutton’s home and consol- ing the daughter until the officer ar- rived. SUPPOSED DEAD MAN ALIVE. Fravk Crane Returns From Travels to Stop Family Litigation. Sioux City. Iowa, Feb. 20. — Frank Crane of Wakefield, Ne! who disap- peared ten years ago and was sup- posed to have been murdered, has turned up alive.- He gives no cause for his disappearance. He has trav- eled in Central and South America, He returns to stop some family litiga- tion. Venerable Badger Dead. Milwaukee, Feb. 20.—Word was re- ceived from Muskegon last night of the death of Capt. A. J. Langworthy at the age of eighty-four. Capt. Lang- worthy was chief of the Milwaukee fire department in 1849, and was sher- iff of Milwaukee county during 1859- 60. He organized a company of the Second Wisconsin rergiment that served in the battle of Bull Run and was president of the Wisconsin Asso- ciation of Bull Run Survivors in 1893. He was also a prominent Odd Vellow. Industries for Fairmont. Fairmont, Minn., Feb. 20.—Two new enterprises are soon to be added to Fairmont’s resources—a brickyard and a canning factory. The land for the former has been purchased, Fire in a Winona School. Winona, Minn., Feb. 17. — The first serious fire in any Winona schcol puilding occurred when the Jackson public school building was damaged to the extent of $2,500. Fire started from an overheated furnace pipe. HIGH PRICEO! OF PAPER. TARIFF TAX ON WOOD PULP A COSTLY ONE. May Compel Subscribers to Pay More for Their Country Newspaper — The Cry for Its Instant Kepeal Is Very Loud—Paper Trust Robbery. There are very conclusive reasons why the present tariff tax on wood pulp and printing paper should be re- pealed, and there is no reason in the interest of American industry that pleads for the continuance of these taxes. They are now simply an ele- ment of robbery under color of law, and they should be effaced from, our statutes. The paper trust is now taxing the newspaper and book publishers of the country many millions, not because of any such actual increase in the cost of producing paper, but because the trust has the power to extort from the pur- chasers of paper up to the extent that would make tariff-taxed foreign paper and pulp cheaper than the prices de- manded here, This trust has played its scheme of extortion to the uttermost, and congress should at once remove the tax that protects no American in- dustry and that has become only an agent to rob the consumers. Two-thirds of the wood pulp used in the manufacture of paper for American consumption should come from Can- ada, but it is excluded by a tariff tax, and we are now rushing headlong in the destruction of our forests, while Canada, with its almost limitless sup- ply of timber, cannot reach our mar- kets because of the tax imposed by the tariff. The two conclusive reasons which should make congress act promptly are —first, that the paper trust should be at once halted in its rapid destruction of our American forests by the admis- sion of free wood pulp from Canada; and, second, that the present extortion practiced by the paper trust upon_pub- lishers of newspapers and books shall cease to have the protection of the gov- ernment. The time has come when any trust that makes arbitrary profits by tariff duties must cease to be protected by the government. Where American in- dustry needs protection it is reason- able to permit it, but where alleged protection is used only for systematic robbery, it must be overthrown. We can now manufacture paper as cheaply as any country in the world. There is no excuse whatever for a tax upon the manufactured articles, and the raw material should be free, not, only because the general principle is correct, but because if it shall not be. done promptly our forests will be prac tically destroyed within a few years by tariff taxes excluding the lumber of Canada from our markets. Paper and pulp must be made free of all taxes,as the paper trust has dem- onstrated that these taxes serve only a single purpose—that is to invite rob- bery under color of law.—Philadelphia Times, > wil at A Hard Rain. ” “It rains a great deal in the Puget sound country,” said the man from that section, “and I heard of a funny incident not long ago about it. Some chap had come from the Missippi val- ley to take up his residence at What- com, on Bellingham bay, where there are very high tides. When the boat landed him at the end of the long pier extending over the tide flats the water was low and the new man didn’t notice anything but a wide stretch of sand between the boat and the town. It was in the evening about dark and was raining, and he went to the hotel on the front street and stayed there, going to bed without having gone out for a walk. The next morning when he got up he looked out and the tide was in, the water coming up close to the hotel. He gazed at the widespread waters for an instant, and, throwing up his hands in astonishment, he exclaimed, "Gee whiz, but it must have rained hard last night!’ Then he hurried down stairs to the office to find out if there was any danger from the flood, and the clerk smiled four or five times and gave him some much-needed informa- tion.”"—Washington Star. Both in the Same Box. A parson who occasionally preaches in South London arrived to take the place of the vicar, who had been called away on account of some family be- reavement,and found an old and rather asthmatic lady struggling up the steps which led to the front door. He cour- teously gave her his arm to assist her and when they reached the top the dame asked him if he knew who was going to preach. “Mr. So-and-So,” re- plied the parson, giving his own name. “Oh, dear me,” exclaimed the old lady; “help me down again, if you please; I'd rather listen to the groaning and creaking of a windmill than sit under him,” and she prepared to descend. The parson gently assisted her downstairs and sighfully remarked as he bade her good-by: “I wouldn’t go in, either, if L weren’t the preacher.” New Method of Lighting Tannels. A new method of lighting tunnels ts about to be adopted in one constructed in Paris for an electric road, Electric Jamps will be turned on automatically as the train enters the tunnel and cut off automatically as it emerges. The lights are arranged on each side on a level with the windows of the cars, so that during daytime it will not be nec- essarry to turn on the light in the cars, This mode has been devised by a French inventor, and doubtless will be found of great utility, . es ao