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Stevens Point Daily Journal. FIFTH YEAR. STEVENS POINT, PORTAGE COUNTY, WISCONSIN, ERIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900 MARCH 2 GREAT FIRE SALE OF FURNITURE! On the above date we will begin our great FIRE SALE of all our stock which was saved from the recent fire. Part of it is only slightly damaged by heat and water. I The sale will be conducted in the rear of our old store, a sidewalk having been built over the ruins.

Remember the --MARCH 2-- OUR OLD date and place STAND. Boston Furniture Undertaking Co. UNION MINSTRELS. An Entertainment of Music and Mirth at the Grand Tomorrow. Toe Union Colored Minstrels will occupy the stage at the Grand tomorrow night.

The entertainment is being given under the patronage of the Union band and is deserving of a large attendance. The young people engaged in putting the play on the boards have worked faithfully for a couple of months and it is to be hoped that their efforts will be crowned with financial success. About fifty people will take part in the play, which will be arranged according to the conventional practice, an olio, followed by a vaudeville performance. The music will be furnished by Jeffers's orchestra besides instrumental solos, duets and the like, as well as vocal music by other local talent. The play will wind up with a one act farce, a country circus.

One of the features will of the performance will be the clog dancing of Master Kern, the nine-year-old dancing prodigy. The comedy parts will be in charge of Messrs. Jchnson, Taylor and McLaughlin, assisted by other high class artists. A grand street parade will be given at noon, headed by the Union band, All of the principal actors will take part but will not be 66 made up." Birthday Party. The Ideal Whist club and other vited friends, about forty in all, gathered at the home of Mrs.

Corcoran on Brawley street Thursday afternoon to belp celebrate Mrs. Corcoran's birthday. The event proved a grand success, and all present joyed themselves hughly. An elaborate spread was served. The club presented Mrs.

Corcoran with a very bandsome cutlass berry dish, while the other friends also kindly remembered her. A number of individual presents were also made, and the affair will te one long to be remembered by her many friends. Miss Mary Tack took the prize at cards and received a solid silver spoon. Geo. Barbe, Mendota, Va, says, Nothing did me so much good as Kodol Dyepepsia Cure.

One done relieved me, bottles cured Itdigesta what you eat and always cures dyspeps a. Taylor Bros. 0 0 0 0 NUMBER 1351 MISSIONARY MEETING CLOSED. The Episcopal Clergy Have a Profit. able Convention.

The last meeting of the convention of the Episcopal clergy of the archdeaconery of Stevens Point was held Thursday evening and all the gentlemen present returned to their homes today. The Bishop and clergy expressed themsleves as very much pleased with the meeting, and say it was the most interesting, pleasant and profitable that has yet been held and that if there is one thing Stevens Pointers knew how to do better than another, it is to entertain. A resume of the meetings will be briefly given. The first session was held Wednesday evening, the Bishop and clergy having been invited by the rector to witness a drill by the local company of the "King's Army," the first organization of its kind in the United States, although common in Great Britain and Canada. The Bishop bas been very much interested in the Army and it is believed that other companies will be organized through out the diocese.

The movement bids fair to become very popular. Thursday morning there were three celebrations of the holy eucharist, at 7 o'clock by Father Jenner of Ashland, at 7:30 by Father Osborne of Mosinee and at 9 by the Bishop. At 9:30 a meeting of the clergy was held in the chapel over which the Bishop presided. Each of the isters present, who have charge over missionary churches, gave brief reports of the work in respective their fields. At 1:30 there was a meeting of the Diocesan Missionary board, composed of the Bishop, Archdeacons Weller and Jenner and Father Rogers.

Father Jetter was formally appointed to the church at Berlin, and the distribution of aid from the mission fund was attended to. At 2:30 a meeting of the clergy was held, at which Rev. R. G. 03- borne read a paper on the "Law and the Prophets." A discussion followed, in which nearly all present took part.

The vestry entertained their wives and the clergy and their wives at a banquet and reception in the Sunday school room from 5 to 7:30. A few brief speeches were made in a pleasant vein by several of the ministers, after the banquet. An evening service, sort of a grand missionary rally, was held at 7:30, quite a large congregation being present. The ritual was read by Rev. J.

A. Baynton of Centralia, the lessons by Rev. A. C. Chapman of Menasha.

Two short sermons were preached, one by Dr. Jenner on the spirit undelying the general obligations of Christians to support missionary work. It was especially a plea for home missions. Archdeacon Merrill, who is in charge of the Oneida mission, was the second speaker of the evening and gave a short though exceedingly interesting account of his charge. There are about two thousand Indians on the reservation, to whom the United States government gave this tract of land in exchange for excellent lands in New York.

Each male under eighteen years of age was given 26 acres, and men over eighteen years have 40 acres. It is rather difficult to raise enough on that poor soil to support fourteen or fifteen people, for the Indians are proud of their large families. Mr. Merrill spoke very highly of the work done by Father Goodenow, who gave his life to the work and who was the originator of the plan for building the very fine church which now stands on the ridge running through the reservation and which was twenty-seven years building. Much of the money for the church was raised by the Indian women, who sold berries and baskets.

Rev. Goodenow, who was father of Mrs. Simonds, devoted his life to these Indians and did splendid work among them. Farewell Party. Conductor and Mrs.

Harry Pettingill left this morning for Fond du lac, Mr. Pettingill's run now being on a freight from that city to Abbotsford. Thursday evening they were tendered a farewell party at the home of W. E. West.

About 20 guests were present and were very pleasently entertained with music, dancing and refreshmens until a late hour. Ladies. "You can jump on it, trample on it, but it will come up smiling every Calman'- Elastic Floor Varnish. For sale by C. Krembe Bro.

See JAMES NORMAN BALLARD. Funeral to Be Held Sunday After- noon from Episcopal Church. The funeral of James Norman Ballard, who died Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at. his home at 211 McCulloch street, will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 from the Episcopal church, Rev. R.

H. Weller officiating. As he was a member of the local camp of Modern Woodmen the members of that body will attend the funeral en masse and take part in the service. Mr. Ballard was born at Dundas, Canada, on November 2, 1855.

On March 12, 1884, he married Miss Susie Palmateer at Picton, Canada. In the following year they came to the States. Mr. Ballard was employed for a number of years in Kansas City, at his trade, that of a pattern maker, and for the past four years has been employed in a like capacity in the Wisconsin Central shops here. His death was due to pneumonia, with which he was taken sick about 10 days ago.

For a few days his case did not seem serious but it gradually grew worse, assuming its fatal form, Besides his wife he leaves three children, Bertha aged 14, and Frank L. and Edith, twins, aged 9. He also leaves a mother, Mrs. S. S.

Ballard, who came up from her home in Chicago Thursday to remain until after the funeral, a brothor, Luke, of Topeka, Kansas, who will arrive Saturday, and three sisters, none of whom will be able to be present. They are Mrs. Ida Dickey and Mrs. Anne Allen of Chicago and Mrs. Emma Seaman of Toronto.

Mr. Ballard was of a very jovial and social disposition and very fond of music. He has on several occasions taken a prominent part in home theatricals. He had a large circle of triends who will extend to his bereaved family their sincerest sympathy and do all in their power to lift the weight of sorrow. New Decorations.

St. Stephen's Catholic church will be thrown open to the public Sunday, resplendent in rich new decorations. The walls and ceiling have been handsomely papered after designs furnished by a Chicago decorator and the effect is very beautiful. The walls are covered with a terra cotta ingrain, while the ceiling is covered with warm blues in different shades. The work was done by Lamphere and Mumm, the former of this city and the latter of Wausau.

The latter was represented here by two expert paper hangers, while Mr. Lamphere did the painting himself. The work was in charge of a committee of three, P. H. Cashin, Peter Kelley and J.

W. Dunegan, but Mr. Cashin, being chairman, gave it his constant personal suyervision and secured a very excellent job. The price was $300. The congregation has been using the church right along, but on Sunday will for the first time have the privilege of viewing the new decorations in their entirety.

Important Meeting To-Morrow. A meeting of citizens of Stevens Point will be held at the Citizens National bank evening at 8 o'clock, at which it is hoped there will be a good attendance, The object is to talk over the matter of the Wisconsin Valley Advancement association and to select a egate to attend the next meeting of the association, to be held at hawk February 28. Two directors of the associ tion have been appointed tor this eity, but as yet no meet ing to interest our citizens in the enterprise, which is for the common good of all, has been held. It is hoped general interest will be taken in the meeting to evening. Cleared $124 50.

The Experience social at the Presbyterian church Thursday evening resulted in a net profit to the Ladies' Social union of $124 50. There were $116 contributed by about an equal number of persons, a few gave more than $1. The balance was made on the ice cream sold during the evening. Some of the ladies earned their dollars in baking, sewing, shoveling snow, washing and in various other domestic ways, while most of the men simply went down into their jeans. Prof.

Collins paid his for the privilege of telling the audience how the others earned theirs. He told some awful yarns, but being a con in the church they probably will not count on his record in the big book. INCENDIARY FIRES. Correspondent Discusses the Crime and the Remedy, EDITOR -The fire waste of our country is astounding, and no less so is the apparent indifference of the general public to the enormity of it. Must it go on unchecked, a blighting reflection on our boasted American civilization? What causes contribute to it? Does the public ask, and if not, why not? It must pay the bills.

Most burned property is insured and the insurance companies must fix rates high enough to pay losses and make a profit besides, so the insuring public pay all insured losses. How about remedies? More care in building would aid wonderfully. It is not prudent to expend $1,000 or $5,000 on a building, then leave floors and walls with openings or chutes from side to side and from top to bottom, 80 that fire, once started, has the best poseible chance for rapid spreading. All such chutes should be stopped with mice proof headers every eight or ten feet. A few dollars thus expended when building would save many a home, and also aid much in keeping out the cold.

Many a cornice, more or less open, allows zero air to find its way down wall and along floor chutes, then through cracks into living rooms, making the best poseible refrigerator construction, and just opposite of that desired. We have much to learn about construction, but are there other causes? Has the public sometimes bordering on expression, that many fires are des gned? Assuming that such feeling prevails and that foundations exists for it, who is to blame and what the remedy? Those who burn property for the insurance are criminals, worse than thieves! The thief steals for the sake of the property taken. The incendiary destroys much to steal a little, e. building insured for $1,000 is worth only $800. If burned for the insurance worth of property is destroyed that $200 may be stolen.

The same is true of stocks of goods. The insuring publi is robbed of the whole amount of insurance, while the criminal only gains the margin between what the property is worth and the insurance on it. A base incentive truly, and besides innocent neighbors and adjoining property owners may suffer severely. Why not commend ordinary thieving when compared to such crime? As a remedy the insuring public should refuse to patronize those companies and agents that insure the class alluded to, why not? To deal with them means to help pay the bills and even more to tacitly condone the crime of arson. COMMUNICATED.

Woman's Birthday Club, About 28 members of the Woman's Birthday Club met at the home of Mrs. W. F. Atwell Thursday evening to celebrate the anniversary of their hostess. A very pleasant evening was spent, refreshments were served and the hostess presented with the usual souvenir spoon.

The club was organized just one year ago and durits existence it has taken an important part in the celebration of 31 birthdays. The club will be coutinued but probably in a little different form. The proposed plans will be discussed at a meeting to be held Tuesday evening. Taken this month keeps you well all the Mountain year. Greatest tonic known.

Rocky Tea, made by Madison Medicine Co. 35c. H. D. McCulloch DAILY MARKET LETTER.

Private Wire to Glenn Shirley, 113 Strongs Ave, from F. G. Logan. been soft on account of lower Liverpool, which in turn was caused by large shipments from Argentine. As we have before advised, the demand for cash wheat does not keep pace with our stocks in sight and it would seem that the export demand at least would not get better for some time, and as long as the foreigo markets have a soft tone, their wants are being supplied from other sources.

The tendency appears to be for lower prices, unless a calamity should happen to the growing crop either in this country or Private cable states that the Argentine government report makes the exportable surplus for this crop 74 million bushels. Corn-Considering the tone of the wheat market, this cereal has been firm. Acceptances are still light and the feeling is growing that stocks back in farmer's hands are not as large as has been eatimated. We still feel that the price of this ceral will work higher. -Steady early but weaker later.

New York advises that there is a good demand for meats and lard for export at this point at very close to ruling prices. Outsiders were the cheap sellers of the product today and brokers bought, presumably for packing intereste. Articles. Opening, Highest Lowest Closing May July wheat. 68 663 663 May 353 34 6 July 34 343 May oats.

231 July 901 2234 221 May 10.80 10.97 10.72 10.72-75 July 10.87 10.99 10 77 10.77 May lard 5.90 5.95 5.90 5.90 Julv 6:00 6.02 5.97 5.97 July May ribs 5.90 5.92 5.95 5.95 4.87 4.85-87 4.87 4.85-87 New York Stock Quotations. (Furnished by Glenn Shirley) Closing Steel and American 107 3 Baltimore Ohio. Brooklyn Rapid Chesepeake Federal Steel Federal Steel Pfd 74 Gas Leather. 123 Louisville Nashville Manhattan North Western. Pacific 37 Rock Island St.

Paul Sagar. Tennessee Coal and iron Union Pacific Com. Union Pacific B. Wisconsin Central Wisconsin Central Pd. Western Union Lady Maccabees' Supper.

He May Be Transferred to the Green Bay Reformatory. As Leo Pinker, who is serving a term of thirteen months in the state prison for buglarizing the saloon of M. J. Cauley, is only 22 years of age, Warden McClaughry is considering whether he should not be transferred to the Green Bay reformatory. er, whose prison number is 7948, has made a statement to the prison authorities in regard to his previous life and the particulars of the crime for which he was sentenced, and this statement has been sent to the county judge and district attorney for their approval or rection.

In his statement Pinker the burglary of the saloon was says first suggested to him by Thomas Mozach, who afterwards turned states evidence, and that their first purpose was to rob the slot machine, but that they took the contents of the cash drawer instead. A Correction. LEO PINKER. In an account of the death of Mrs. Thad.

Watts, printed in Monday's Daily Journal, It was stated that one of her sons by her marriage with Mr. Flint was later known by the name of Irving Altenberg. The same article also appears on the first page of the Weekly, the information that the statement was erroneous not having been received until after the first and last pages of the Weekly had been printed. The statement was incorrect and was made upon misinformation. The fact is that the son alluded to was adopted, when a boy.

by a gentleman by the name of Humphrey, and after he grew up was not generally known by the name of Flint, but by that of Ernest Humphrey. The young man formerly worked in the railroad shops here, but is now railroading in the west. Special Meeting. A special meeting of Shaurette Lodge, No. 92, I 0.0 at Odd Fellows' hall on Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m.

to I sten to an address by Grand Lecturer James Brainerd of Oat kosh. All Odd Fellows are cordially invited to attend. Call at the Journaloffice for neat job prin ting -Willard Hive, No. 65, L. O.

T. will serve a 10 cent supper at Adam's hall, south side Saturday evening, February 24, from 5 to 8 o'clock. MENU. Boston Baked Beans Cold meats Escalloped Potatoes Pickles White Bread and Butter Coffee Assorted Cakes A fine program has been prepared for the evening's entertainment consisting of violin music, recitations, Ladies' quartet, duette, etc. Supper and entertainment all for 10 cents.

All are cordially -21d4 Mardi Gras. The Wisconsin Central will sell from February 19 to 25 inclusive, round trip excursion tickets for the Mardi Gras festivals on February 27, at New Orleans, for $36 30 and at Mobile, for $34.30, good to return including March 15. W. S. Philpot, Albany, faye, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers did me more good than any pills took." The famous little pills for constipation, biliousness and liver and bowel troubles.

Taylor Bros. Advertise in the Daily GOLD CROWN FANC GOLD PATENT MIL OR ROSEBUD GOLD CROWN FLOUR. It is better now than ever and is cheaper than other flour, compared to the ROSEBUD amount of bread it makes to the barrel. STEVENS POINT, WIS. ROSEBUD ALL GROCERS HANDLE IT..