The Daily Tribune from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin • Page 2

CONGRESS. it DEATH Of i I. KIOD. State Eask Eiamicer Dies at Home ia Frairie da Chien. The Inadequate Powers of the Interstate Commerce Commit By EDWARD P.

BACuV. A Is w-TI knnrn. a pro of HmaizP- that. ln every rart ai country, ear-ri-r hr by c.ii---r action, without any notice to shippers, and Indeed against the vehement protest of shippers. advanrd their rte mon a law portion of the mercbsndie carried nnder class rats an average ef one-fourth." nd justly remarks thst.

"when hundred of shippers rcmp'ain that a public iurvant ha perpetrate! a wrong noon jn th d'sharge of a nublie duty there shonbl be. some public tribunal Irf-fore whirh inquiry can be had and t'T redress can le administered. North American Reciew. tTo be Concluded.) If nnae. Again on tbe 10th the genrrs! debate fn the lloune on tbe Indian approprfatioo bili utrfotrd aloiost entirely to extraneous topics.

As on the day In-fore, the in ra'ed ty Mr. "VLeeler iKy.j a few dav eaiue In for eoiiKiderub'e attention and was the feature of the cession. Mr. Cromwell i O.l. Mr.

Kern III.) and Mr. Fieminit tla.) addei their view tr the literature on the subject, hut it wat Mr. Itouteil who entertained the llot.se iiost. The House spent tbe day on tbe 2th working on the Indian appropriation Mil. Forty-two of the sixty-two pages were di-p sed of.

Several aaienduienu were adopted, hut nene of much iiu porta Dee. The appropriation for preliminary work in the reservoir for the tiiia river valley went ont on a point order. Mr. Smith (Ariz.) offered an amendment to strike out the appropriation for th Carlisle school, and it became the text for a general onslacght on the practice of eduestiug Indians iu East-em schools, llis amendment was defeated. Just before the close of the session Mr.

Fitzgerald (New York! made so attack on the superintendent of the school at Mount Pleasant. who, he said, was charged with permitting the debauching of Indian girls. The Iloue on the 21st passed the In-diau appropriation hill. No amendments of Importunoe were attached to it. The latter parr, of tbe session was devoted to the consideration of private claim bills, a number of which were passed.

During the consideration of oue of the hills. Mr. Kleberg i Tex. ho Is a German, made a brief speech, deprecating any attempt to make political capital out of tbe cotnlug visit of Prince Henry. He said the United States should extend to him and the great natiou he represents a hearty welcome and a true American hospitality.

Tbe House on the 24th passed a bill to divide Texas Into four judicial districts, and also tbe Towcey resolution, calling ou tbe secretary of war for information con ceruiug the transfer of sugar lands iu Cuba since the American occupation. It then transacted some business pertaining to the consular appropriation bill. The bill carries an appropiiatiou of an increase of over last year. It was made the vehicle for speeches on trusts, coinage and other irrelevent matters. Prince Heury en tered the gallery of the House and was loudly applauded, some venturing to give vent to cheers.

Prince Henry gracefully bowed and was then shown to his seat by Mr. Hill He remained for fifteen minutes, during which time he evinced the greatest interest iu the proceedings. The House, iu committee of the whole on the 25th. spent most of the day in consideration of the Yousular and diplomatic appropriation bill. Mr.

Ricliauisou La. objected to statements made by Mr. Corliss Mich. I iu the report favoring government ownership of the contemplated Pacific cable. Mr.

Green Pa.) spokn in favor of reform in the consular service. -Our consuls." he declared, "with few exceptions, ure worthless." Mr. Grosrcnoif took exceptions. "The United States consular service is far superior to that of any other country, he said. Senate.

The Senate continued the consideration of the Philippine tariff bill on the the principal speeches hetng made uy Sir. narrows (Mich.) for the bill nud Mr Money (Miss.) against It, although Mr. titchell Mr. Foraker Mr. Mallory (Fla.) nnd Mr.

Tillman (S. nil took more or less part in the general debate ou the sub ject. The Senate on the 20th devoted its time to the Philippine question. Mr. Patterson one of the minority members of the Philippine committee, delivered his first extended speech iu the Senate.

Mr. Nelson (Minn.) presented a legal nnd constitutional alignment In support of this governments action in the Philippine archipelago and sharply criticised Mr. Patterson for inject-1 ing Into the controversy the question of sectarianism. Mr. McCumber (N.

urged that Congress should not bind the' future pew bv a declaration of a definite policy carding the PuiMppInes, tin It was desirable that all possible information should lie In hand before a permanent policy was determined upon. For more thnn six hours on the 21st the Senate had the tariff bill under discussion. Mr. Hate lenn.) delivered a care fully prepared speech In opposition to the pending measure. lie was followed by Mr.

Suooner. who declared that "the measure advanced by the Democratic minority here would raise hell In the Philippines." That wns the keynote of the Wisconsin senator's speech. It wns an arraignment of the Iiemocratlc party in nnu out or congress for their attitude am the Philippine question. Mr. Tillman addressed the Senate in opposition to the pending bill.

He declared that the expression of the motive for cunt ting the bill were subterfuge and humbug, and everybody knows It. In the Senate on the 22d a fist-fight oc curred between Senators McLaurin nnd Till man, lk)th of South Carolina. McLaurin rose nid sa'd that Tillman's statement re-carding him vas "willful nnd deliberate nnd malicious "Ie." Tillman jumped over the chairs and struck McLaurin In the face. A virions Uicounter ensued. Both men clinched and firuck frantically nt each oth-o," when Assistant Sogccrt al-Arms Layton sprang ictwecn them and several senators seized' lie men nnd prrtct them.

It w-ns with great C.ilT'cult.v that the men were parted. The chair, w'thent putting a motion to the Senate, declared the Senate had drleniinel to go into executive session, nnd amid ixttomciit the tal'erlcs and the tloor wer; chared. In executive session the Senate at once trok the startling encounter and a was offered refer ring the matter to the crnumltee on privileges cud elections to rt ns to wiint net'iod the wcnlti pursue. Horn mad'i apologies to the Sepnte. but were permitted to do so rnlv wiO the understanding that their apologies did not purge them of.

contempt. During Sir. Tillman speech in the Senate, prior to thn McLaurin inci dent, a lively tilt occurred between mm nnd Mr. Sponner over the part that W. J.

Hryan had In the ratification of the Parle treaty. Mr. Tillman declared that Improper Influences were brought to bear to secure votes for the ratification of the treaty, nnd he Insisted flint the Republican side knew how they got the necessary votes. Mr. Snooner demanded to know wnat tnose improper Influences were, nnd upon whom they were brought.

lie denounced ns a coward any pinn who would impeach a senator without naming him. After eight hours of tumultuous debate on tne 4Ui llie nennie, snori i.v ocioi i o'clock In the evening, passed the Philip pine tariff lit 1 1 by a vote or 4b to a Htrictlv party vote. Mr. Tillman nnd Mr. McLaurin, the two senators from South Carolina, who on Saturday last were declared bv the Senate to be Incontempt be cause of their rliiht In the chamber, wern not pel mitt by voice or by vote to participate in the proceedings.

The question as to their rights to vote precipitated a sharp debate lasting nearly two hours. During the debate on the Philippine bill Mr. McComas ami Mr. Wellington (Md.) been nir Involved In a controversy, during the course of which the latter declared that if Mr. McComas should make his statement outside of the Senate chamber he would brand them ns malicious falsehoods, lie was called to order promptly and resumed ma sent nniid considerable excuement MnnjT amendments were offered to the Philippine bill, but except those offered by the committee, only oue, nn amendment restricting the operation of the sedition laws enacted bv the Ta't commission, wns passed.

During the session the guest of the nation. Prince Henry of Germany, was escorted into the chamber to a seat by the side of President Pro-Tcm Frye. As the iiiince ascended the president's platform the Senate rose ns a applause swept over naileries. body nnd a hearty and the. the floor The Senate probably will suspend Senators Tillman nnd McLaurin.

Their names were restored to the rolls on the In or- der that the? may be stricsen ou in ior nud reuular way by a vote of the Sen Bte. This plan was decided upon nt a conference of the Republican members. It re lieves the presldeut pro tetn. of tlie respon- Hlliilltv. As soon ns the journal of the preceding day's session had been rend and approved, Mr.

McMillan Alien. a member of the Republican steering commit tee, as on Ids feet, lie calleil up tne mes mi L'e rf the House of Uopn an- Will II duo- to the Senate the death last fall of KepresentollveiHossenu Crump of Michigan. He presented resolutions, which were adopted, nnil then the Senate, ns an additional mark of respect, adjourned, having been lu seslson about lilteeu unuuies. Tahiti advices tell of a ense of lep rosy reported to nave neen cureu by the juice of tua-tua, a shrub prepared at the q'TnentneutjiTBtioii. GRAND RAPIDS.

WIS: DRL'MB SLTOR. Publishers. COLLIDED HEAD-OX. Passenger and Train Ccme Together While Round-Ins a Curve. Auburn.

X. Ftb. 25. Fire ecu mere killed and two fatally injured -in a wreck early today on the Auburn branch of tie New York Central two and one-half miles wct of Anrelins. A passenger train anl wiw-kins train collided head ou while rounding ccrre at full speed.

The dead: JOHN HAZEMEN of Rochester, entfeeer c-f the rs-iiper traia. FRANK MNES of Rochester, fireman of the passecrer train. EUttAKU Ut of Rochester, bagsage- nan. ENGINEER PURAXD of Syracuse, crew tbe wrecking train. FIREMAN' SCHMUCK of Syracuse, of the wrecking train.

The Injured: Trainman E. II. Renner of Rochester. Evan, member of wreck ere. Both engines and the baggage ear of the passenger train were demolished.

Ban Into Landslide. York. Feb. 25. Two men were killed and one dangerously wounded in a freight wreck on the Columbia Ax Port Deposit railroad a short distance south of MeCall's ferry about 11 o'clock last Bight.

The dead: ENGINEER A. T. HATCH. FIREMAN PAUL AVI LH ELM. Henry Wolf, a brakeman, was danger, usly injured.

The men are all residents of Columbia. The wreck was caused by the tram running into a landslide. About twenty-five cars were reduced to splinters in the wreck. A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES. SchoolTeacher Slain.

Wife Murderer Arrested, and Suicide of Philadelphia Youth. Pocatur, 111., Feb. 25. Fletcher Bar-tett, a school teacher, today entered a sehoolhouse one mile from t'amargo and without warning shot and instantly killed Miss Eva Wiseman, the teacher ir. charge.

lie then jumped into a well and was drowned. Harnett had been a suit-or for the girl's hand. All were connected. New York, Feb. 25.

Joseph Wolf rid Blondin, who was accused of bi? murder of Lis wife near Boston, last Jane by cutting off her head, was ai-rested at police, headquarters, New York, today. Philadelphia, Feb. 25. Edgar A. Janney.

aged 28 years, shot himself through the right at his home in Lansdowne, a suburb of this city, last night, dying instantly. Young Janney had been melancholy for some lime. Vancouver. B. Feb.

25 While her companion, Jack Kirk, was asleep. Lulu Watts, a variety actress of Nome, attacked him in a fit of jealousy aud severed his head from his body with razor. New York, Feb. 25. Henry Kress of Union Hill.

N. was beaten with a smlion and is now in a hospital with a fractured skull, because he maligned the Hohenzollern, and Prince Henry in particular, in the presence of a German bartender. The latter was arrested. TARIFF BILL PASSED. Goes Through Senate on a Strict Party Vota-Hoar with Republicans.

Washington. D. Feb. Philippine tariff revenue bill was passed by the Senate by a vote of 45 ayes to 26 noes. It was a strict party vote, Mr.

Hoar Mass.) also voting in the affirmative. The final vote was taken after rejecting all pending amendments, with the exception of one introduced by Mr. "Hoar. This provided that no conviction for treason in the Philippines could be had without the testimony of two witnesses of the overt act, and that nieni-liers of the family could not testify against each other. This amendment was agreed to by a vote of 38 ayes to o4 noes.

The Teller amendment, providing for Philippine independence, was rejected by a vote of 37 to 22. Messrs. Mason 111.) and Hoar Mass.) voted in the affirmative. All other amendments went down on party lines. POLICEMAN'S SUICIDE.

Member of Calumet Hecla Mining Company's Force In Copper Country. Calumet, Feb. 25. Special. liichard Underwood, a prominent uiem-lr of the Calumet Hecla Mining company police force, was found dead in bed last evening with a revolver clenched in his hand.

There was a bullet wound in his left temple and it is supposed to have been a case of suicide, though no motive for the deed is known. FROM HOSPITAL TO JAIL. Preparation for the Trial of Mi Boffel at FitUbnrc. Butler, Feb. 25.

Mrs. Kate Sof-fel, wife of the Pittsburg jail warden, and who assisted in the escape of the Paddle brothers and was wounded during the battle when they were recaptured, was removed from tbe ISutler hospital this morning and taken to Pittsburg by County Detective Itobison. She hud fully recovered from her wounds. Three charges have been made against her, one alleging the crime of aiding in the escape of the murderers and two alleging felonious assault and battery. Austrian Emperor's Gift.

t. i.escmer, i-en. Dmporoi J1 rauria jusrpu in Austria nns sent life-sized portrait of himself to Attorney J. J. I'atek of I ron wood iu iippreeia- tiou of conspicuous services in the Austrian army.

The portrait is haiidsomeiy framed, surmounted by the crown of Austria in solid gold. The gift came di rect from Ins majesty. Jeweler's Dummy Clocks Wrong. A paragraph has" been going the rounds of the press that the dummy clocks used by jewelers and other dealers in 1im pieces ns advertisements always indicate the hour of 8:18 to commemorate the tiroclse moment when President Lincoln was assassinated. Lincoln did not ar rive nt Ford's theater on the fatal even inir until clock and Booth did not him until after 10.

His death curred nt 7:30 the next morning. New York I'retm. f.w. irniuain. Jo over 1.000,000 tnstion.

or nnificatkm of interest, ha been gome on for some year ran' tween competing lint-s railway. whih has during the last two years enortnona proportions, and coifprtiriou fast leeonung extinguished, lianas peri.w last mentioned a larg or tne railway nnag or tne country, variously estimated ty 3iffrent anth-iri- tie at sggrecatinff from 101 to 0u miles, constiruting cot less than three-fifths of the entire railway milt-ase of the United States, ha I'n brought under the control of five great capitalists, and th process still going rapidly forward. This constitutes a pof-j er far extorting nionev from the public. he exercise whiih. however f-ur- minded tuay be the individuals in it i now vested, it is certainly enwiso to permit without throwing aronnd It such safeguards for the protection of the public, by governmental authority, as shaJl effectually prevent its abuse; otherwise it i appalling to contemplate the results that many ensue.

We have a striking presage of tbee results in the joint action of the rail roads using what is termed the "Offleial Classiti-ation" of articles of freight, comprising all the railroads In the terri tory lying east or the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio and Potomac riv ers, iiy that action, which went into effect on January 1. BCiO. a large num ber of articles were transferred from a lower to a higher class, by which means they were subjected to higher rates, including many articles of the most common use. According to a report issued by the agricultural denartment of the government on April 1. no less than 502 articles were so raised in classi fication, and consequently in rates charged for their transportation.

For examnie. sngar, coffee, soap and starch. In carload lots, were raised from sixth to fifth class, involving an advance in the rate for transportation, in the case of a shipment from New York to Chicago, of 20 per cent. On large number of articles the change in classification involved an advance in rates of from 5(1 to 100 per and in some instances even more. articles, when shipped in 1cm than carload quantities, were transferred from a lower to a higher class, while the same articles shipped in carload lota remained in the same class as before, which resulted in nn excess of from 33 to 80 iht cent, lioing charged for transportation of the same articles when shipped in less fh.m carload quan tities over the rate in full car'oad lots; and in some cases the excc.s was from 100 to 150 per cent.

The actual differ ence in cost to the carrier for receiving, billing and delivering freight in less th carload quantities over the cost full carload lots does not average over 1 per cent. The difference in cost of hauling, owing to the cars not always being loaded to their full capacity In combining lots of less than carload quantities, may he from 1 to per cent. more. Making the most liberal allowance for the entire difference in cost arising from the difference in circumstances and conditions re lating to the two kinds of shipments, it is the belief of the writer, from a careful observation for many years of the details of freight traffic by railroad, with which he has been brought into contin uous and close contact, that there is no mstificntion for ft crenter ilifTerence thnn 5 per at the most, in rates charged for less than carload quantities over those charged for full carload lots of the same articles, excepting in the case of articles shipped "in bulk" whose identity must he preserved. Any greater mer-ence than this is nn unjust discrimination in favor of the dealer whose trade enables him to order goods in carload quantities.

The effect of this is. as will readily be seen, to destroy the business of interior distributing points and concentrate trade at great commercial centers. Some idea of the effect of so extensive change in classification of freight articles may be gathered by taking the single article of sugar as an example. In the annual "Report of the Statistics of Railways In the United States." issued by the interstate commerce commission, for the year endin? June 30. 1000, the tonnage of sugar transported by the railroads of the country during the year, originating on tne line or the companies reporting, is given ns 2.050,558 tons.

The advance in rate, produced by trans ferring this article from sixth to fifth class, in the case of shipments from New York to Chicago, was one dollar per ton. the previous rate having been iu force for a period of fourteen years. It ia fair to assume that this represents the nverage advance in the Tate charged on the aggregate tonnage of sugar shipped to all points throughout the country, tak ing into consideration the fact that rft-s of freight between New lork and Chi cago are relatively much lower than those charged between Chicago and points farther west, and also than those chariMl on shipments to intermediate points on the route or for shorter distances to other destinations. This would indicate that the increased amount of money paid by the people of the country, as a whole, for the transportation of sugar during one year, resulting from the change made in the classification of this artiide. was over two million dollars.

And this is only one of 592 articles that were similarly affected by the change made in classification, some to a much greater and others to a somewhat less extent. The same advance was produced in the rate charged for the transportn tion of coffee, starch and soap and num erous other commodities of common use, the areregatc yearly tonnage of which is enormous. The previously existing rate on coffee and starch had been In force for a period of rlve years and that on soap for eight years. An advance of 14 ner cent, was prouueeu in tne rate on cotton piece gocnls, the previous rate on which had been in force thirteen Tears. Similar changes were macie in tne "Southern Classification' in use on the railroads situated in the territory lvinc east of the Mississipi river and south of the hio and Potomac rivers, and ais In the "Western Uiassinration tn use in the territory lying west of the Missis sinnl river, by means of which, together with the chnnges made in the "official classification above mentioned, a gen eral advance was produced in rates of freicrht throughout the entire country It has always been regarded ns evidence that a freight rate is remunerative when it has been continued In force a long me It is a well-known tact that, dnr ing the wriods mentioned while the previously existing rates were in effect most of the railroads of the country which were not overcapitalized, and were located where they were needed, were nnvlnff pood dividends cont nnoiiRlv.

Th onlv pretext asined for the indirect ad vanco in rates effected by the chnnges in classification referred to wns the crease In operating expenses consequent upon the advance in cost of labor and mnteTinl. That this was more thn compensated for the increase in traffic la shown bv the fact, stated in the an. Dual Tcport of the interstate commerce comtnisHion submitted to Congress on January 4, 11)01. thn the percentage of operating expenses to earnings of all the railroads of the country for the yenr ending June 30, 1000, was less than for the preceding year, and less than the nvernce fr the receding nor od ex tending back to 1800; and that the net earnings per rane Tor tne year endin June 30, 1000, were than for tn Tvrecedinir venr. and greater than the average lor uie preceding perioa dbck to 11).

HAD STOMACH TROUBLE The Enl of Most I'acfnl and Honorable Career A Self-MaJe Man. Pvairie da Chien, Feb. Bank Examiner E. I. died this morning at 3:30 o'clock seven weeks of intense suffering.

Friday his eyesight and hearing KidJ after Last eoru- nit need to fail ami later all train of thought and sensibility began to disappear. There were with him when the end came Lis wife aud her two sister. Cashier Bisbee and Warreu Alexander of Grant county, his old comrade and bunk-mate. The funeral will I under the personal supervision of Col. J.

P. Itarnum of this city and the services are to be held Thursday morning at the First Metho-liist Episcopal church, which was recently completed aud the building of which was largely made possible by Mr. Kidd'a treat generosity. Ir. IK C.

Puttou of McGregor. formerly pastor here, will preach the sermon. The funeral will be in charge of the Masonic lodge of this city and the Pelainolai commaudery of Boscobel. Prof. F.

A. Porter of Lynxville and Kev. F. Ferguson will sing 6olos during the services. Fought for Ilia Country.

Edward Isaac Kidd was one of those men who contributed largely to the making of Wisconsin's industrial, educatioiial and political history and took a prominent place in the front rank. lie wat lorn in Millville. Grant county. May 1. 1S14, his ancestry being English.

His a- THE LATE E. 1. KIDD. youth was passed at his native place, where he acquired such an education as schools and academies of that time afforded, anil imbibing those lessons of frugality, integrity and justice for which his father was noted. At the ace of 17 he became a private in Co.

Twenty-fifth Wisconsin infantry. He served in Gen. Busk's regiment, carrying a musket from August 18fJ2, until the close of the war. Wherever the fortunes of war took the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin, whether in Minnesota during the Sioux campaign, at Vicks-burg, the Meridean expedition, at Atlanta, or on the march to the sea and through the Carolines to Washington, Mr. Kidd was present for duty and all through the four years, while he was in the service for the flag, he never was compelled to go to a hospital.

In the Lecialature. Upon his return home in jNm Jie en gaged in the milling business, to which he gave his entire ftttentiou, except when absent from home on public business, until 1880, when he with Gen. Fairchild and others established the Bank of Prai rie du Chien in this city. During his residence in Grant county and up to 1880 he represented almost continuously his town on the county board. In 1880 he was elected to the state Assembly and re-elected in 1881, 1882 and In 1S84 he was elected to represent Grant county in the state Senate, and re-elected in 1.NS8, the district having been enlarged by the addition of Crawford county.

Kidd's work in the legislative session of 18(10-1 was marked by exceptional use fulness. He was an acknowledged lead cr of the Kenubliriin minority, lie was always a warm friend and supporter of the educational interests or the state, His views were that in all its schools and colleges, and in the university itself. the very best instruction that could bo procured was none too good for the youth of the state In 1S8D he removed from Millville to Prairie du Chien. Since his residence here he hud been chairman of the board of supervisors of Crawford county, and in other ways his fellow citizens have shown their confidence in his ability aud integrity. I he Legislature of 180; enacted a law providing for an examiner of state and private bunks, and Gov.

Upham very properly appointed Mr. Kidd to the office, concluding that his long and varied legislative experience and his well- known integrity, as well as his familiarity with the banking business, fitted him in an unusual degree for the discharge of the responsible duties of examiner. To this position he was reappointed in by Gov. La Follette and held the position up to his death, and to the discharge of his duties he devoted nearly nil of his time and care. Sorrow at Madison.

Madison, Feb. 25. Special. The Hag on the rnpitol dome was hung at half mast today in respect to the late Bank Examiner E. I.

Kidd. Deep and universal sorrow is felt among the state officers and employes over the sad passing away of Mr. Kidd. Gov. La Foljette.

State Treasurer Da vidson and several other state officers nd friends from here will attend the fu neral of Mr. Kidd on Thursday. Once Wealthy Man Die a Pauper. La Crosse, Feb. 25.

Special. --Attended only by his friends, without known relative in thu world, Wen.cl Boehn, aged 74. once one of the wealthiest farmers in La Crosse valley, died today. While he was rich his chil dren died one by one anil then his wife tiassed away, leaving him nlone. He lost heavily and ran through Ins prop erty, unally going to the poorliouse, Uld friends finally took him out of the poor-house and kept him until he died.

Daniel Lyucb, Chilton. Chilton. Feb. HneciaU- Daniel Lynch, a former resident of this Will Prevent Many a Hum. Reaching imou ovea after a pie or roast is the cause of many of the painful burns from which the housewife suffers, nnd.

no matter Low careful tbe is, the accident will happen at intervals. To reduce this danger to a minimum, nnd at the same time afford tbe cook the opportunity to Inspect the baking with ease, Pembroke D. llartcn. of Philadelphia, has contrived tbe automatic shelf slide for ovens shown In the accompanying drawing. The usual shelf is retained, and tbe improve- SHELF SLIDE FOK THE OVEN.

ment consists In the pivoted bar and bracket attached to the inner side of tbe swinging door. The Inenr end of the bar is attached to a bolt near the center of the shelf, and a pull on the door withdraws the shelf at tbe same time, the fiat bar underneath also serving as a partial support for the weight above. Thus It Is easy to baste and season a fowl or roast, or the pan may be lifted vertically from the shelf, after a secure grip has been obtained on the handles, and there Is small chance of a burn, as It is unnecessary to thrust the hands into the oven at all. Lgir Sandwiches. These are not to be made by a recipe which once appeared for them: "Hoil fresh eggs five minutes; peel; take a little white olf from each end; cut the rest iu four slices, and put betweu bread and butter." That co pound would be but little better than the egg In its natural state.

Hard-boiled eggs, for any purpose, should be cooked in water just below the boiling point not less than twenty minutes; then the yolk, instead of being tough, will be soft and mealy. To make sandwiches, use eggs thus boiled; chop fine; add a tea- spoonful of butter for each egg. and salt and pepper to season; mix well together. The butter In the mixture holds it together when cold. Spread on slices of butetred bread, and put them to gether.

A little chopped ham may be mixed with the egg-for a variety. Cheese Cakes, rut a pint of milk on to boil, beat foiir eggs light and si Ir into the milk; when it is a thick curd remove from the lire and when cool mash It very fine; acid to it four ounces of bread crumbs. Beat to a cream half a pound of butter and half a pound of sugar, add the curds and bread; beat four eggs until very tnieii ana iignt ana pour them into this mixture; then add gradually one tablespoonful of sherry and one of brandy and one of rose wa ter and a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and lastly a quarter of a pound of currants well washed. Line either pie plates or shallow cake pans with puff paste, pour In the mixture and bake In a quick oven. They should be served cold and eaten the day they are baked.

In the Laundry. Alum (used in laundry work) Is prin cipally valuable for cleansing water which it is necessary to use a second time, cither where the supply Is very limited or for other good reasons; though it goes without saying that, where there Is plenty of soft water to be had, there should be no such thing as a second use of the same water. Given a tubful of suds which must be used ngain, a tablespoonful of alum should be dissolved In a small quantity of water the exact amount not being material and poured into the suds, the whole being quickly stirred and then allowed to clear. In very short time the clear water can be poured off, leaving the sediment in the bottom of the tub. Chicken Hroth.

Cut the fowl into quarters. Lay in salted water one hour. Remove and place in three quarts of water, bringing it very slowly to a boil. 'Uoil gently until liquor has diminished one-third. Remove chicken.

Season the liquor, bring It to a boil, and strain. Stir a cupful of hot milk slowly luto two beaten eggs, then add the mixture to the broth, stirring slowly. Half this quantity is sufficient to serve an invalid two or three times. Tens in Potato Cases. Mash six or eight boiled potatoes.

Add butter and milk In the usual way. When well mashed add a little flour to slightly stiffen them. Fill greased patty pans with the potato, putting a piece of bread in the center of each. When they are browned turn them out carefully; take out the bread and iu the hollow made by It fill with young well-cooked pens, which have been seasoned with a little cream, pepper and salt. Serve on a hot platter.

Clcunliricnss. Filth anywhere may become the resting place for germs which threaten life. The skin and clothing ought to be as nearly nntiseptlc as possible. Half the world does not know how seldom the other half takes a bath. "Oh, that the world would waRU Itself!" Is the cry of the antiseptic reformer.

LATEST MARKET REPORTS. Milwaukee. Feb. 2T. lfC l.C.C.

AND DAIItY I'KODUCTS. MlLU'Al'KKE-Kggs Market U.wer; freh. lite tiff, lawn lut-luIe, iio'c; fresh, i-aMes returutMl. Keconiis, Ite- ceipts were ST3 c-aes. Hutter MjrWet nriu: fancy prints.

2S'-4c: fauejr extra creamery, per ii. Hv; CrstM, aecoudri, lilUe: fairy priuts. "1'VJ-; extra fancy dairy. tjle: line. i-utUng mock.

l.VMjc: roil. l'V-f I7c; whey. grease. 4fi.V. The receipt today were 11,144 lls against The receipts of both creamery ami dairy are light, especially on dairy.

The demand Is ko1. Fancy dairy will bring as high as 'Jr. Cheese Steady. Iteceipts were 10.230 llis today a en lust iSKM li8 yesterday. Full cream flats, new.

colored, faucy. 124l.iie: good to choice, llill'ac; Vuuug Americas, new. daisies, new. fancy lirick new, IUVjKIUc; low grades, 11 j1'Jc: liiuburger. ier ll.

No. 1. iw grades, HKjillic; liutorted Swiss. 2oc; Swiss, domestic, l.Vtl(5e; faucy af. lSWfiPic-: No.

2. 13fa 14c: Sapsuso. iSe: lOSillc. NEW YOKK Hutter Receipts. Wvl9 kg; steady: state dairy.

XttiClle: state reaiuery. l--'i JIK-; June creamery. lMriic; renovated, lt'itMc: factory. ItiCipaic. Cheese Kef-cipts.

pkgs; firm; state, fnll reams, small early made, fancy colored. 1- fttllMic; state, full creams, small early matte, rancy white. V.diVe; large early made, colored. 11c; large early made, white. lc.

Receipts, Mfcis pkgs; weak; state and Pennsylvania, le: esteru at mark. 2Sc; Southern at mark. 27V.C. Cof fee Kasy; No. 7 Uio.

0e. ICAf Hutter creameries. tilei dairies. Cheese Steadv; Cheddars. linStlOVic: twins.

lOUjfaioajc; daisies, 10-fnll'4c; Young Americas. tl? iUc Kggs Kasy: at mark, cases includ-1. Dressed poultry Steady: tur keys. JOLiU'ie; chickens, MILWAUKEE LIVESTOCK MARKET. HOGS Iteceipts, 22 cars; market steady; ight.

5. mixed and medium weights. fi.MKiti.lO: common to good pack ers. S. choice heavy.

O.IjWC..j. Igs. to l'JO 5.KKg."j.25. CATTLE Receipts, 10 cars; firm: mtchers' steers, medium to good, to 11)S. 4.7.-iio.7r; fair to medium.

to 4.0Hj4.nl; heifers, common. 2.75''j:i.ro: good, 4.00C5.0l: cows, fair to good. 3.25''i- hi; canncrs, j.i.'j2..iO: hulls, common, 2..) (tiS.W: choice, 3.2."(f4.Hi; feeders. MX to il. ns.

stoctcrs, WW to lbs, 2.7. venl calves, conimim to choice. u.W milkers and springers, coniuiou sell or canncrs: choice. SH EEP Receipts. 2 cars: market steady; 3.iH,i4.ro: tuicks.

2. 7. lumbs, cou- nion to choice, 4.2."(j.C.IH. Chicago receipts: Hogs, cattle. 5X)0; sheep, CHICAGO POTATO MARKET.

CHICAOO, Feb. P.rothcrs report: iteceipls, 11 cars; market slend.v; no surplus of tine stock; fancy urals. 77c; long anil round white. 70(t72c: ed, G.Se; mixed red aud white, tiOc. MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE Flour Steadv. Wheat Firmer; Mo. 1 Northern, on track. No. 2 Northern, on track, Corn Steady: -No.

3 on track, inc. Oats Easy; No. 2 white, ou track, 4.5'A-; No. 3 white, on rack, 42fr.42c. Barley Steady No.

2 on rack, tilVac; sample on track. Rye Weak; No. 1 on track, Provisions- Steady; pork, lard, Flour markets steady; patents, 3.7Gffl3.S.1; inkers', 2.7o'(j2.S5; rye. 3.2i3.:S0. Millstuns are steady and noted nt 17.r,0 for bran, 18.IKI for standard middlings, aud V.J.OO for Milwaukee flour mid Hugs iu lOo-lb sacks: red dog, 19.51'.

CHICAGO Close Wheat February, 5c: May, 76Vi'i7t14e; July, 7tiV-je: Septeni- er, Com 1-ebruary. r.Sc: May. Julv, 00c; September, Oats February, 41c: May, 421ie; July, September. 1'ork 1-eljniarv. May, l.r).r2',; July, 15.70.

Lard February. 9.17; July. it.47'Mi i.50; September, Ribs Febiu- ary. 8.3u; May, S.40; July, S.uOtft.S.iC'A; Sep- emlier, S.liL'lA. Flax I osn Northwest.

1.7U: Southwest, l.UTi: May, 1.7U. Rve Febrnaj-v, May, 57'Ac; July, r7c ltarlev Cash, r.hei;2c. Timothy March, C.50. CloverMarch, 8.80. KANSAS CITY AVheat May.

73c: July. cash No. hard, 7.i'-ic; Mo. 2 red. fclc; No.

2 spring, 72c. Corn May, 00c; September, Wc; cash No. 2 mixed, iVic; No. 2 white, Oats No. 2 white.

(44c. NEW YORK-CIose Wheat May. 82c: July. 81c. Corn May, Kc; July.

fiOVic TOLKUO Wheat Fair active, llrni: cash, re; May, 84c; July, Corn-Dull, firm; cash, 5.Jc; May and July, 07.c. Dull; cash, Mnr, 43c; iC-ic. Clover seed February and March. G.2V; April, 5.57'; No. 2 Alslke, 8.O.I.

Rye No. 2, We. ST. LOUIS Close Wheat Hicher: No. 2 red cash elevator, May, July, i.ryr; No.

2 hard, t'oru Higher; No. 2 cash, fiSc; May, OhTic; July. Oats-Higher: No. 2 cash, May, Jiiiy, i white, Lead Firm, 4.U5; spctcr strong. 12V.T4.15.

DULUTII-Close Wheat Cash No. 1 hard, 7(ic; No. 1 Northern, 73c; No. 2 Northern, lO'sc: No. A spring, to ar rive.

No. 1 hard. ibv; No. 1 Northern, 3-e; May, 74e; July. Manitobu No.

1 Northern cash, May, No. Northern. (iHc. tiats 41V.c. Rye UV: Uarlev Corn oiic.

Flax To ar rive. 1.H: cash. May, 1.70. Re ceiptsWheat. 14S.2.'i!.

Shipments None. SOUTH O.M A II A-Cattle Keci'lpts. 3L110; strong to loc higher; beef steers, 4.iwii.'i: rexans, cows anil heifers, S.lKi'n ennners, l.rii(2.Wi; stockers and feed ers, J.7.)fJ4.li.). ilogs Kccclnts. 10c lower; heavy, 5.5).Vfi(.20t mixed, 5Xib ti.iw; pigs, 4.2.".fi5.40.

Sheep Receltds. strong to nn- nigner; sucep, 3.jIK(4.j.ij; lambs. 5.2."WfJ.40. KANSAS CITY Cattle Receipts. dmO; 10e higher; beef steers, 5.0(Kfi.7u; Texans, cows and heifers, S.Onra.'i.lu; stockers and feeders, 3 Hoirs Ue- ceipts.

11,000: slow to lie lower; heavy, 0.20 packers, ri.K0roii.25; medium. i.2(; yorkers, O.itO'iin.oo: pigs. Sheen Receipts. 2nni; ioe higher; sheen. 4.7.Vio.lT: lambs.

(i.40(f?C,.7.. ST. LOUIS Cattle Hi ipts. 45iw; mar ket steady: lioef steers, 3.rior,(0.;fi; Texans, 3.KH5.ii0; stockers anil feeders, 2Mt4.W, cows and heifers, 2.00iij:.i.bi. Hogs Re eelpts.

steady; pigs, pack rs. nutcners, u.ouftiu.-.!. Mieen- lambs, Telephone Ousts Ventriloquy. Contrivances have been invented nnd presented for the production of sounds on the stage by menus of a telephone, says a London paper. The receiver is placed in the mouth of the dummy figure and the voice heard is not that of the performer immediately be hind the footlights, but that of person behind the scenes.

Ventrilociuists have vnried their performances of late by the introduction of stuffed pigs, horses, dogs nnd other minimis, which appear to Join in the "conversation." In these instances the telephonic method grcutly assists in producinT good effects. A Kip Van Winkle Dinner. A London idea for. dinner tables, which American hostesses are borrowing, is the use of dwarf trees, mossy logs, lichens, stones and shrubbery of flowers, convert ing the table center into a miniature for est or garden, Une dinner given recent ly wns Hip Van Winkle dinner, with gnomes iu plaster, in character istic utt it mles among tlai mosses nnd trees. Wfird lights of red nnd green tin shed through the trees.

The menu bore miniature of Joseph Jefferson and.