Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-12-23

ment made with Mr.. Scoyille and Gui-
teau, visited the jail and took plaster
cast of Guiteau's head and face as sue
cessfully as they could have taken it
after death. 1t is understood that the
object of this is to make a number of
casts CT the head to be sold to scientific
persons or others who may desire them,
In order to raise some money to meet
the actual financial necessities of the
Scoville family and to assist Guiteau in
his defense. Recent discoveries in the
plastic art have made it possible to
take cast of a living person without
any material inconvenience and
WITHOUT INJURY TO THE SKIN Or HAIR.
Guiteau had consented to this in gen.
eral way, but, until Clark Mills arrived,
he did not know that it was necessary
that his beard should be removed. To
this for time he made strenuous OBJ
Jections, insisting that he did not look
so well any way with his beard off. and
he was particularly opposed to it for
the reason, he said, that with a smooth
face his nose looked so large. "But, u
said Clark Mills, "a prominent nose is
sign of strong character" After this
piece of fiattery, Mr.. Mills found no
difficulty in inducing Guiteau to part
with the scraggy beard, which, since
the assassination, he has worn consid-
erably longer than he did before He
will appear in court when the trial is
resumed, therefore,
MINUS HIS BEARD.
1t was not necessary to shave the hair
any more closely, as it was cut short
The process, as described by Mr.. Mills,
was substantially this: A wooden net
ted cap was placI over the Uranium,
wet, and drawn tight. 1t fitted closely
to the head, and made g. perfect out
line of the skull. The plaster from
which the cast was to be made was
then poured over this network an inch
thick and allowed to remain proper
time. The lower part of the face was
then covered with different prepare
ton, which leaves no stain upon the
skin, openings being left for the nos
trils. The eyes were left to the last,
when they were closed, the compost
ton placed over them. and the cast of
the face was accomplished in three
minutes. The whole was then skill
fully removed, and TIE sculptor says
tonight that the cast is perfect. It has
been turned over to a modeler. who
will make as many casts as may be de-
sired.
BANKRUPTCY-AN EASTERN LAWYERS
OPINION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The senate
committee on Bankruptcy, it has been
supposed, would recommend a plan for
bankruptcy law based in great
measure upon suggestions which came
originally from Chicago, and would rec
ommend that the United States district
courts be given charge of bankruptcy
proceedings, with special provisions to
enforce their judgments. New York
and Boston influences are now being
brought to bear upon the sub commit
tee against the bills Of Mr. Bonney, Of
Chicago, Hughes, Of Virginia, and
Lowell, of Massachusetts. The sub
stance OF the objections are thus sum-
married by an eastern lawyer, who is
here to oppose the Chicago plan. He
has presented his argument to the COM
mittee:
My opinion is that congress should
institute an entirely different system of
practice in bankruptcy from that es-
tablished by the law of 1867. There
| should be no register, assignees, or
messengers, as such. The district
courts should, rs to proceedings in
bankruptcy, be constituted courts oil
chancery, and bankruptcy proceedings
in them should be required by law to
be conducted according to the forms
and rules OF
THE ORDINARY CHANCERY PRACTICE.
The proceedings in each case would
thereby become proceeding to gener
al creditors bill, modified by such rules
of law or of court as might be deemed
or found to be expedient. Every stet
in each case should be taken under the
direct, responsible supervision of the
court III which it was pending, which
in each case should appoint receiver
of the bankrupt's estate and hold him
to rules of administration similar
to those to which ordinary admins
traitors or executors are held. The
court should appoint in each case 8
commissioner for settling the accounts
of the receiver and taking all testimony
required to be taken and reported il
the progress of the case, performing
generally all duties usually devolvins
upon Master Commissioners in Chan
Gerry
CoNTRACTION--A LESSON FOR FoLGER.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20.-The
contraction policy of the administra
ton is daily attracting more attention
in the east. The Sunday Capital to-day
says:
Why contract the volume of curren cy
at all Why force again upon congress:
and the country the aimless discussions
and fruitless controversies of the Forty,
fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses
Judge Folger seems to have been seizac
with the notion that the country is toe
prosperous. In order to lop off the
superfluous prosperity he adopts pol
icy which, while it may enable Russell
Sage and Jay Gould to knock the stock
market down eight or ten points, and
thereby cover their shorts, is calculated
to distress and embarrass the other
fifty millions of people VINO inhabi
those portions of the United States not
Immediately bounded by the curb.
stones of Wall street. We venture tc
say that
THE POLICY OF SECRETARY FoLGER,
if tested tomorrow in congress, would
be repudiated by wo-thirds vote, and
if submitted TO the people, would be
reversed by majority that battles cal
culation. We have no desire to aug
ment the perplexities OF Mr.. Arthur, but
the man who applauds what has been
done or counsels perseverance is nc
friend of his. With John Sherman on
the one hand and James G. Blaine on
the other grimly waiting for him to
stumble, Mr.. Arthur cannot well afford
to make risky experiments in that
most delicate IF all administrative
| provinces, the management of the ma
tional finances. These remarks are
not intended to impeach the motives Of
the secretary. The question is one OF
| judgment. New York would doubtless
do the same, represented in the treas
ury by any other man.
i THE WISDOM OF GARFIELD
in resolutely setting his face against
any New York administration of the
treasury is now more than ever appar-
ent. The trouble arises from defect
i've conception as to the actual size of
the country defect which Mr.. Fol
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