The American Citizen from Ironwood, Michigan • Page 4

E- THE BIffiEH, W. H.DOYLE, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE-IN ADVANCE: On6 Year 83.00 Six Months I' 00 PublUhed evefy Saturday lean and Ashland, Wisconsin. Entered at tho Postofllco at Ironwood, igan for transmission through tho ond-olass mall matter. peared in our' last issue, and it is now a matter of time to see what the come will be.

out- IRONWOOD Mich- Ashland, SALUTATOKl'. THE AMERICAN CITIZEN makes its initial bow to the public. Tho publisher of this paper shall make an endeavor to honestly represent the principles signified by the name, "American Citizen." This paper will not be devoted to any particular religious belief, but it will endeavor to treat with equal justice the people of all religious denominations. The paper shall be non-partisan in all elections for the selection of city and county officials, and shall support only men whom it considers best qualified for the offices, without reference to their political or religious faith. A liberal amount of space will be devoted each week to the discussion of tho labor question, and an effort shall be made to encourage the organization of labor throughout the Lake Superior district.

With thesu objects in view, the publisher expects the hearty cooperation and sympathy of all good citizens in this section of the country. Owing to the large amount of labor involved in tho publication of the first number of THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, it has been found impossible to make the necessary arrangements for an office in Ashland. Consequently, for the next few days, letters for this paper should bo sent Ironwood, where they Avill receive prompt attention. TUB Dispatches from Washington early in the week conveyed the intelligence that a final vote on the repeal of the Sherman silver bill was about to be reached. This news was received with great joy by the people of the whole country.

Tho Sherman law should bo repealed, and the senator who will be courageous enough to lead a movement for the revision of tho rules of the senate so that the bill can be passed, will receive the praises the masses. Tho prospects are $ood fora general improvement in Up condition of tho country, and the refcal of the Sherman law is all that is retired for a business revival. Wages have been reduced ten 'per cent at the Calumet Hecla mine. The L'Anse Sentinel was awarded the county printing in Baraga county. The price was 0.

Erank Stabler has been called home by a dispatch announcing the serious illness of his mother. Many of the miners who left heie for Spring Valley, 111., are reported to be discontented with their new Held of labor. Judge J. H. D.

Stevens and Attorney M. H. departed Tuesday morning for Houghton. Win. Clark, the well known and popular railroad man, returned early in the week from a visit'to the World's Fair.

Hereafter the Gogebic Iron Spirit will fail to materalize. Editor Hannaford has found the paper unprofitable, and consequently decided to suspend publication. Miss Stepheny of West Aurora street, the well known and artistic dressmaker, has returned from a prolonged visit to points in Minnesota, and would be pleased to meet her old patrons. Editor Frank B. Hand has been relieved of the Hurley postoffieo.

Mr. Hand has been expecting for some time to receive tho news from Washington that his successor had been appointed. David C. Gowdey, one of the pioneer journalists of Wisconsin, has sold his interest in the Hurley Miner to his partner, S. D.

Goodell, and will leave for the south. Mr. Gowcley's numerous friends are sorry to sec him depart. Buildings in Bessemer which former' ment, for he deperted for Odanah on Tuesday morning. It seems that Capt; Day is very easily alarmed.

A few month ago ho feared tho starving workingmen of Ironwood would engage in a riot and he was so badly scared at the time that he did not dare to leave his home after dark. It is too bad that his scare did not last until the annual meeting of! the county board, when he was so anxious to have the election of road commissioners deferred, because he imagined the workingmen would elect their ticket. It was also reported last Monday that Capt. Day had received a letter advising him to leave the city. It is that he was very much alarmed The various gamblers of the city are making aft effort to settle their difficulties among themselves, and to have all proceedings in court dropped.

On Wednesday, November 8, the marriage will occur of Michael Moran and Miss Mary McDougall, two of Ashland's well known and popular young people. The receipts of the next entertainment to be given by the gymnasium will be devoted to bathing costumes said and the episode was the cause of considerable merriment among those who are not pDssessed of so timid a temperament as tho valiant Captain. If he did receive a letter it must have been written by some irresponsible fool The workingmen of Ironwood are as a rule too intelligent to engage in such a follish undertaking and instead of their desiring to drive him out of the city an army ot them would be willing to act as his defenders. Capt. Day is so badly scared, however, that it looks aa if he really does accuse himself of having wronged the of the city.

Confirmation. Rt. Rev. Bishop Vertin, of Marquotle, will administer the sacrament of con firmation to a large number of children at the St. Ambrose Catholic church, tomorrow afternoon.

The ceremonies will bo very imposing, and there will no doubt bo a large gathering on tho occasion. The church has been verv beautifully decorated, and there are few houses of worship in tho upper peninsula that presents a liner appearance than the St. Ambrose. of thft Y. M.

C. A. the purchase of for the members. Dr. Merglei, tho physician who was arrested at Ashland some time ago and taken to Marinette, on the charge of seduction, has been acquitted.

He is now under arrest charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. The most important business transacted at the meeting of the city council on Tuesday evening, was the pass- ago of a resolution to pay the bonus of $10,000 to the Fibre Mill company. Gen. Fifiekl, Senator Kingston, Attorney Merrill and Thomas Bardon made speeches urging the payment. In these hard times it is a pleasure to hear of the prosperity of some companies and individuals.

The Butternut Water power company reports business rushing with them, their grist mill is running steadily, and they are rapidly getting their saw mill in shape, The company is composed of hustling business men and success is News. A teachers' institute of three clays will be held at Ashland commencing Nov. 2. Prof. W.

C. Hewitt, of the Oshkosh normal school, will conduct tho same. It is dcsiretl and hoped that there will be a full attendance of the teachers of Ashland county at the institute, their evening at Union Hall over John Wallum's Mike Maher paid his mother a short visit at Omfo, this state, on his way home from the Fair. The Catholic church was very tastefully decorated during the forty hours devotion. Frank Meehan, Washburn's popular clothier, returned Monday from a week's visit to the Fair.

John McBeath has returned from the White City, he reports a very enjoyable time, James Dawson celebrated his 35th birthday last Monday. He claims to have had a real nioetime. Mrs. W. M.

Fenton and children returned Thursday from a visit to their former home in Canada. Sheriff Anderson is busy summoning jurors for the term of circuit court to be held here this week. The new county jail will be ready for occupancy by the first of the month. Mike Maher, Tim Kearns. John Bounced the Marshal.

Marshal Ninness walked very bold- Col. DUTY OX IRON DUE. John H. Knight, who is in Washington at the present time, re- 'cently addressed Chairman Wilson, of, Ways and Means committee, a Very strong letter urging the retention of a fair duty on iron ore. It Is not the intention of the democracy to pass any law that will injuriously affect any industry or vested interest.

Democratic principles aim eventually to remove all import duties, but tho change must bo a gradual one. While we are opposed to tho duty on. iron ore, we believe that its removal should bo gradual. A duty of 85 cents per ton would be sufficient to protect the iron mining interests of Lake Superior, and five years hence tho duty can be entirely abolished without any injury to this section. TIME TO ACT, Times ou the Gogebic range are in a deplorable condition, and tho supervisors of Gogebic county should at once take some action looking to the relief of the unemployed workingmen.

The supervisors decided to defer the special election for the selection of road commissioners and the bonding of the county because they imagined that the workingmen would elect a set of candidates who would truly represent the interests of labor. Many of the friends of Capt. Jefferson Davis Day now deny that he is in any man- rfer blamable for that election being deferred, and if this is true, he has a great opportunity to show that he is a friend of the people by using his influence toward securing a special election in the near future. Even if it is Impossible to do any work on the county roads the coming winter, much good can be accomplished by bonding the county. The money raised for roads can be placed on deposit in the various banks of the county, with an implicit un- dorstanding between the supervisors and the bankers that it will not bo drawn upon for a definite length of time, and the bankers will then be willing and able to cash orders on the general and poor funds, at a very low discount, for they will then be supplied with money by the county for making such discounts.

The public are anxiously waiting to see what steps Judge Stone, who ordered the investigation to be made in the Mansfield mine case, will now take. The coroner's jury have given tafir yerdict, ail Account of ap. ly rented for $00 per month, now earn only $10 per month. Even at that rate, property there probably earns over six per cent, on the investment. Rents have heretofore been altogether too high in Bessemer and all the other towns on the Gogebic range.

The powder mill the Goge Powder Co. togtherjifith and accumulated stoat, continue menace the safety of ffioperty andj very lives of our people by remaining within the corporate limits of the city and bordering upon the pubic road But the day will come when it will move. It will move of its own accord and its future residence will become unknown to directory none others will ever care to leok for it, Bessemer Spirit, D. F. Burke, a leading geologist of Minnesota, states that coal in apparently paying quantities has been found along the banks of Rainy river in the country between Minnesota and Ontario.

Geologists admit the possibility of coal there but it has not heretofore been found. If the report proves correct on investigation, which is now begun, the result will be one of the most important that could possibly happen to the entire Northwest, both in the United States and Canada- Mayor Trebilcock returned yesterday morning from ly into Sesil's hall and took a seat last Monday afternoon whilu the workingmen were holding a meeting. Upon his entrance all deliberations understand," said one of the workingmen "that this is a meeting of the men who were employed on the streets of the city. I would like to enquire upon what street Mr. Ninness worked?" "Well," replied the chief.

"I am supposed to be employed jbon all th streets to keep track of wpit is goin on in my capacity of an "Would you walk into a meeting of the A. O. H. or the Sons of without giving the Mr. was tho question fired at the chief.

"No; I don't think I. would." "Well, we want the I ass-word from Mr. Ninness," demanded a number of voices. "That being the case I will get oui" stammered the chief as he took his departure. He was evidently EO embarrassed over the little affair that he forgot to mention tolhe workingmen that he imagined tn public ono and to ppj self for entering a rjj no business.

meeting a iely excuseJhim- where had sejn ASHLAND. he went to place New where the Ironwood improvement bonds, the first payment on which has been made. Mr. Trebilcock says that he made a thorough inquiry as to the financial standing of Coffin Stanton, the purchaser of the bonds, and that Dunn Co. made a very good report concerning them, which shows that they huvJ on deposit over $800,000, and that their dealings with other cities were satisfactory; Mr.

Trebilcock says that Comptroller Cumin's action in telegraphing to the city attorney alleging that Coffin Btanton were not reliable, was done without his knowledge, for there was no reason whatever for such a statement. Mr. Curran was not sent to New York for the purpose of deferring the sale of the bonds, and his action is condemned by the aldermen and leading citizens of Ironwood. Mayor Trebilcock would now be justified in discharging the comptroller, and many of the leading citizens here would like to see him take such action. that very Badly Scared.

It -was reported last Monday Capt. Jefferson Davis Day was badly scared over the demonstrations of the workingmen, and that he feared there was about to be a riot. Capt. Day evidently has a poor opinion of the ability of Ironwood's twelve burly policemen to cope with a disorderly assemblage, for Dave Foley waa requested to stay in town. Dave evidently bad too much sense to interfere in matters that do not concern him, or he has more confidence than Capt.

in the ability of toe poljee depart- Capt. Jacka has returned from a visit to the copper country. There a light fall of snow at Butternut and Gliddon on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.

Newton Woodleod are visiting friends at Columbus, 0, S. Holbrook returned home-Tuesday after spending a week in Chicago. Mrs. Edward Fenuelly and her sister, Miss Devoy arc visiting friends in Chicago. Mr.

and Mrs. Peter Kelly returned Tuesday from a rather prolonged visit to the fair, The Sous of Veterans will Rive a masquerade bull at Scandinavian hall on Nov. 9. Thieves broke into the store of G. Young, at "428 St.

Glair street, Monday evening. Alex McDougall, an employe at the pulp mill, had his arm broken last Saturday night, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Scott entertained their friends of the Epworth league, on Wednesday evening. Misses Mettie L.

Jones and Delia Broderick, of Iron River, visited friends in Ashland during the week. Messrs. S. Field, Chas, Fisher, J. H.

Taylor, and J. H. Van Dooser wtre among the Ashlandites who visited the World's Fair during the week. The lady club swingers met Monday evening, for drill in the gymnasium. They are preparing for an entertainment which will take place in about three weeks.

John F. Quail and Miss Clara O'Brien were united in, at St. Agnes church a few Damiler officiated, Teachers are requested to bring Manuals" along, us the state has no supply on hand from which to furnish institutes this fall. The following is the program for the Monday club for October 30: History of Arthur and the Knights of the Hound Table, by Mrs. Fitleld; poem, The Cowing of Arthur; poem, Sir Galahad; sketch, The Holy Grail, with quotations from Tennyson's 1 by Mrs.

Grassie; Outline of Story of Lauucelot, Elaine and Guintyere, by Mrs, Pleas; pooin, Morte d'Arthur. The Monday club iis composed people of considerable lU'lligeuce. who could accomplish luch good it they would deal with uiore practicable subjects. Six Were Scalded. About three o'clock Thursday morning a serious accident occurred at tiie Asuluud Sulphite Fibre mill, wliien.

resulted in six of tuo workmen buiug severely si-aided. An usually heavy pressure of ateani forced the valvo open and letting down upon ttiu uujurumute operators tho eutiro mass uf boiling pulp ana uuid, the seething iloud giibiiiug uuL upou tuo six oi tue number were scalded and burned. Josepu tieruulL, badly scalded all over body, liis condition is critical. Hluntsluus Birlaek, scalded orer shoulders ana buck, perhaps fatal. Oliarles iJuriUcu, Tuemas Westing, Oscar Koesuer and George (Jonstauis are all dangerously, though less seriously, burned.

Immediately utter the ucoideut the men were removed to their homes, where medical ussiatanctj was summoned for them and everything possible done to alleviate their intense suffering. The attending Tinkin, John Bushey. John Wier and John Flannigan returned last Saturday from the Fair. Boyd Cameson has killed his tenth deer up to the 21st; they have all been killed within a few rods of his logging camp. Last Sunday morning the infant child of Mr.

and Mrs. Thos. Grogan died. The funeral took place Monday at 10 a. m.

Tho steam barge Robert Holland and consorts cleared Sunday evening for Chicago with lumber forBigelow of that city. Mr. and Mrs. E. S.

Owen will return Saturday from their five weeks trip to the Worlds Fair and to their old home in Illinois). The case against Erlck Gjertson of Ashland charged by a young woman from Mason with seductiou was settled Tuesday, by Mr. Gjestson coughing up about $175. Mr. II, H.

Hayden and his stenographer Mr, Fleming was in the city Mondttyand Tuesday of thin week on legal business. Mr. Hayden has many friends in Wushburn and they are always pleased lo see him. This week will about complete the sewer work for this season. McCann the contractors, are hustlers and they are entitled to credit for the manner in which they have fulfilled their contract.

Michael Connors, a bright boy of seventeen years of age, a member of the Young Men's sodality of the Catholic churci, died last Saturday of typhoid fever. The funeral took place from the Catholic church on Monday at 2 p. and was largely attended. The town board have finally decided to sewer Third street this fall, from Congregational Church. William H.

Scott, president Ohio State University. Edward Orion, professor Ohio State University. Samuel C. Derby; professor in Ohio State University. Henry Stauffer, pastor Congregational Chapel.

E. S. Lindsay, pastor Eastwood Congregational Church. Richard R. Graham' pastor Church of Good Shepherd- James Poindexter, pastor Second Baptist Church.

Washington Gladden, pastor First Congregational Church. D. Fisk Harris, minister St, Glair Congregational Chapel. William M. Jones, pastor First Uni- versalist Church.

C. H. Rohe, pastor Trinity German Lutheran Church. Richard'T. Swain, Westerville.

George H. Schodde, professor in Capital University. I ain too recent a comer to Columbus to append my signature to any document purporting to represont conditions in this city. With the general spirit and purpose of this paper, however, I am very deeply in sympathy, and feel it my duty to do anything I can to allay suspicions which are calculated to work great mischief and which, judging from all means of information at my command, are wholly groundless. William Macafee, pastor of Broad Street M.

E. Church. Many idle and unemployed men are reported to have lived and are living in the woods, occupying old logging camps, living upon game and fish and apparenetly waiting for the time when logging will begin, when they hope to get work. Norway Current. For what is the greatest amount of lumber usetl? Nine people out of ten will say foi Chouses and buildings.

It is dou if 35 per cent, of the lumber out! iut goes into buildings. The raifrfads, farmers and miscellaneous purposes take about 40 per cent; the other 20 per cent, goes into boxes. The estimate is made, saysthe Southern Lnmberman, on the judgement of some of the oldest and best informed lumbermen in the For home-made candies or anything in the line of confectionery call at Bickford's, 132 East Aurora street. Second avenue east to Washington avenue. It was the intention of the Board not to do any more sewer work this season, hut the repeated demands of the residents of Third street for a sewer, compelled them to change their minds.

There has been considerable complaint of late in regard to the incandescent lights. Consumers claim that the light is not as good as formerly or as good as it should be. This is prob- Call on the D. Kennedy estate for family wood. Ne-Ska-Ra.

This famous spring wafer delivered at your homo in tun gallon cans. Ironwood Cash Grocery Obi Music. W. E. Zabst is selling instruments and receiving new scholars.

He has but a few good lesson hours left.an<t those out on vacations will please port at their earliest He ia ready to furnish orchestra from three to fifteen men for dunce or concert purposes. Davis Fair block physicians believe none of the men are fatally scalded unless it Birlack ituU Herault. The accident is attributed to the carelessness of the men. in charge of the digesters, who neglected to open the steam escapement besore opening the lower valve. The digest- ors resemble monster iron boilers set on end, into which steam is forced to boil the pulp and acids.

It is fitted with a gate or valve at the bottom, from which the pulp, after being cooked, is drawn off, and a safety valve or steam escapement at the top. The neglect of the workmen to open the upper valve to let off the steam, which is kept at about sixty pounds pressure, caused the boiling contents of the digester to gush out through the lower gate, ably due to the trician has been fact very gathering recruits for that the elec- busiy of late, the A. P. A. Had you known, citizens of Washburn, that Ibis man was engaged in such a commendable work, you surely could not have complained of your lights.

A man that will sacrifice his own interests and the interests of his employers in such a grand and noble work is entitled to much credit; The Homeliast Woman In Ironwood, As well as the best looking is quested to call at C. E. and look over his elegant selection of wall paper. Prices are away down. Education.

Educate your children In music while they are young. W. E. Zabst teaches violin, cornet, clarionet, gui-- tar, biyijo and mandolin. Davis Fehr block.

Hancock has a selfish merchant who recently put in a small printing outfiit for the purpose, he said of doing his own printing, but the Journal finds out that he is now soliciting job work. That is about the smallest piece of business we have heard of yet, and If the local press don't make it hot for that establishment they are not doing their duty by the Herald. C- TIME TABLE. WASHBURN. Tim Kearns is slowly recovering from his trip to the World's Fair.

Our genial brewer, Mr. O'Neil reports business very good in hia line. O. Flanders, assignee of A. 0.

Probert, is doing the Fair. About forty men are now employed on the new school building. The Walter school when completed will be the finest North Wisconsin. Denounced (is Cowards and Liars. From First secretly disseminated among the ignorant Protestants of their neighlor- hood and to speak out about as every man of honor is bound to do.

If the purposes of Roman Catholics need for any reason to be opposed or resisted let us oppose and resist them like men. XAMES ATTACHED TO THE STATEMENT. William E. Moore, Presbyterian Church. A.

E. E. Taylor Second ter Presbyterian Church. A. Church.

Paul's Trains leave Ironwood ws For Ashland, Dulnth, "West Superior, Mesaba Range. St. Paul, Minneapolis and all points west on Northern Pacific at 5:34 a. and arrives in Ashland 8:05 a. m.

in Duluth a. m. in St. Paul 6:50 m. Leaves at 1.20 p.

m. for Ashland, Dulutb, Weat Superior, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Milwaukee and Chicago; arrives in Ashland 4,05 p. in Duluth 6.58p.m., in Chippewa Falls' 9.40 p. in Milwaukee 3.40 a. in Chicago 7.00 a.

m. Leaves at 7.20 p. m. for Chicago and Milwaukee, arriving at Chicago 9.59 m. and Milwaukee at 7.20 a.

m. This train has througa sleepers and its early arrival at Chicago passengers good connections through trains out of Chicago, LOCA.L TRAINS FOB BESSE Leave at 8.11 and 1LQ5 4.05 and 9.42 p. m. For through tickets, at lowest or any information about train s.er- vloes on any line call Central depot..