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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

SEVEN stores and dwelling at Manis-
g., Michigan. vdlued at $4,000 were
swept away by fire on Monday night.
JAMES ROWLAND, a wealthy and promi-
nent citizen of San Fra Ict'co, has been
drowned in the bay
HARRY SMITH, a clsh boy in a Phils-
delphia clothing house, died from hydro
phobia, after terrible suffering.
A RLroRrSR in New Haven drew an
exaggerated sketch of a panic in Catho-
lie church caused BY an outbreak of FIRE.
Father Fitzpatrick retaliated by urging
his congregation to boycpt; the 2ffendipS
journal.
MRS J. q. BLAINS end her son were
thrown from a car risSe in Washington n,
on New Years, by 3 collision with a
coupe, Tut escaped without injury.
FLAMrs which broke out in the furni-
ture store OF Ros9nbaun. & Ties at Pine
Bluif. Arkansas. swept onward until prop
erty valued at $125, 900 was destroyed.
The passenger-car shops of the Balti-
more and Ohio road, at Mount Clare
filled with eoacne es, were swept away al
midnight Thursday, causing heavy loss.
L. w. JOHNSON, = well-kncwn stock
man, undertook to cross the Rio Grsnde
| Thursdsy, with a herd, and 10 81. go
worth by drowning.
| TRAIN with one hundred psssepGers
on board was blockaded at Larimore. Da.
kota, three days last week, with The mer.
cury % q 2S below zero.
TIE New Year reception at the white
house, in which the president was assisted
by % ladies Of high social standing. and
which was one of the most brilliant in the
history of the national capitol, was sud.
deEly closed by the death by heart piseass
of the Hawaiian minister. Hon. Elishs
Allen, dean OF the diplomatic corps, VINO
had Just presented the members of the le-
gstious to the chief magistrate.
ST. MARY's provincial ,chool, at Knox.
vile, Illinois, the largest Episcopal insti
tuition for girls in the country, took frs
at o'clock Saturday morning and wa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

DURING discussion of the resolu-
ton to provide for the termination of
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, some
interesting figures were produced. BY
this treaty etrade is established be-
tween the United States and the Sand
wich Islands, and the popular pre-
sumption is that with this you. tickle
me-and' l'E-:ic&le-you policy in force,
we ENJOY peculiar and particular sd-
yantsges in respect of having "foot-
hold i'll the Pacific ocean. Senator
Morrill, shows that if the United
States had collected duty on Hawaii
an imports during 1882, we should
have derived a revenue of SS $50, 900,
while the total value of all our exports
to the islands was only IS So 600. In
other words if we had given
Hawai- all our exports and a
han million dollars beside, We should
have been just as we'll of rs under this
treaty. s. much for the financial Nart
OF the case.
Mr.. Morrill, does not favor the idea o
attempting to establish "JingO" EN-.
piro in the Pacific. 1t is a good des.
as Mr.. Fryc says: Every time this
nation makes treaty it gets the wors,
of it. In case our government should
ever need the Sandwich Islands as 8
tase Of naval operations, some nation
like Chill, or Peru, or Italy, with g
decent war vessel would held Hawai-
IN spite of any reciprocity treaty.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
The Presidential Bill.
AS IT PASsED THE sENATE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. The bill to
provide for the performance of the du-
ties of the Office of president in case
of the removal by death, resignation
or inability both OF president and vice
president, passed the senate. 1t enscts
that in case Of the removal by death or
resignation of both the president and
vice president of the Z nited States, the
secretary of state, or, if there be none,
then another member of the cabinet in
this order of precedence: Secretary o.
the treasury, secretary of war, attorney
general, postmaster general, secretary
OF the navy, secretary of the interior
shall act rs president until the disability
is removed, or the vacancy otherwise
lawfully filled; such officer being eli
glble to office of president under the
constitution, and not undel articles of
impeach ment by the house ofreps eseu-
tativeS at the time, the powers and
duties of the Office shall devolve upon
him; provided, that whenever the
power and duties of the president Of
the United States shall develve upon
any of the persons named, if congress
be not then in session, or if it would
not meet regularly within twenty days
thereafter, it shall be the duty
of the person upon whom said powers
and duties shall devolve to issue
proclamation oonvening Congress in
extraordinary session giving 20 days
notice of time of meeting.
Sec. . That the preceding section
shall only be held to describe and apply
to those officers who shall have been
appointed by the advice and consent Of
the senate to offices herein named.
Sec. 5. That Section 146, revised
statutes is hereby epealed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
spEc1Ar rEcrsLATrox.

Since the adoption Of the amendment which
stands as ar1icle4 Of the constitution prohibiting
special legislation in the cases therein enumerated
here has been persistent and quite successfu I'll
effort 70 evade IL The method most popular Is to
make grants Of powers and privileges toindiyidnals
their associates and assigns A great many such
rants OF very valuable and important franchises
and privileges have been made, and made ID .
manner which. IN my Judgment Is dangerous 70
the public interests
These grants were before The adoption Of tho
sorlsz zstationai amendment usually conferred up
on corporations. when conferred they were sub
tect 10 repeal or alteration under the reserved
.soper- contained in the constitution Very mann
~ those which have heeD granted TO individuals
md which the legislature win doubtless be called
frTon % grant 70 individuals could Be obtained by
he organization Of corporations under the gen
srz1 laws and II 50 obtained would be taken and
ised subject the right Of the state 70 revoke O.
modify These franchises granted to iDdfv1duals
syeconae when accepted property. They generally
saroIye the expenditure Of more or less money
md there IS great danger that they would Be held
lJy the courts 70 be iTepealable contracts and be-
S1nd the power Of legislative revocation or con
froL Il Is paipably unwise % make any grant OF
powers frachises or privileges. which may a1ect
he public fneeresfs without reskrring to the leis
iafs1re the right 70 repeal or alter the same when
ever in rs Judgment the public interest shall 20
demand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

THE refusal OF Treasurer M. T. Polk,
nephew of President Polk, to pay the
January interests on the $16,000,000 Oi
adjustment bonds is accounted for.
He is defaulter for $4,000 and ia
missing from his usual haunts. A
legislative resolution provides for u,
taching his property on the ground that
his bond il not sufficient to secLre the
state. IL may he that he is short more
than 100000, for he hal collected
5000 600, and the treasury dosen't show
any surface indications of wealth hid
den in the dim recesses of It's vaults.
Mr.. Folks financiering has invoked q
wall of despair from the statesmen as
eembled. for there is no per diem in
sight. The hondholders are hardly
disappointed. They certainly were
not very sau gurle of securing their
dues, principal or interest. This all
happened in Tennessee.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
The Treasury Cattle Commissioners

The Treasury Cattle Commissioners
report, just submitted to congress, esti-
mates the annual loss of cattle in the
United States from the lung plague at
from $1,000, 900 to So 100000, and the
prospective loss Mt $50 100000 The
clpital represented by the present
yearly loss "a. at ) par cent, would be
from SlO,000,000 to $50 100000. and
that represented by prospective losses,
at the same rate, 81 600, 900, GOO. The
governm ant principle in all these rec
concentrations is that the federal gov
ernme ent shall forbid the movem ent OF
cattle out of any infected state, terri
tory, or district, except after qusran-
tine, such as is now imposed on cattle
imported from infected foreign coun-
tries. The report recommends that
the secretary of tho treasury be en-
powered to order the instant destruc-
tion of all cattle or other animals
which in quarantine give evidence of a
dangerous contagious disease.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
WASHINGTON

Mr.. ALLAN ARTHUR is still with hi
father at the white house, but returns te
! Princeton next week.
Pcsro FFICEs established: Rogers
Ramsy County, d. T. Postmssters com.
missioned: William Johnson, West Bend
Wis; r. ii. Bos ers, Rogers d. T.
IT is probably the senate that will ass
the bill reported from the judiciary CON-
mittee to cancel srants of land to rait'
road companies which have made little
effort to complete their tracks within the
| time specified.
A BANQUET was given at Washington
| Wednesday night, Senator Bruce presid-
| ing, in honor of Frederick Douglass and
the anniversary of the emancipation proc
| lamation. The anniversary was general
ly celebrated by the colored people in the
south.
TIE President is said to be much 6e-
pressed by the melancholy event at the
opening OF the white heuse for the new
year. He sent personal expressions of
sympathy to the children of the deceased
Minister on their arrival Tuesday.
SENATE confirm atoms nited States
Attorney Andrew w. Brazep, for the
District of Colorado; Joel B. Erhardt,
United States Marshall for the Southern
District of New York. Postm asters-
George E. BeeJ, at River Falls, Wis;
Ernest II. Wilson, Ashland, Wis.
SECRETARY TRLLzR would like to see
new Indian commissioner in place of Hi
ram Price. Edward Fenlon, of Leaven-
worth, confesses having cleared $4,000
on contract to deliver $4,000 pounds of
Aour at Les Pinos agency Mr.. Price re-
fused to :ccept bids of $3 81 per hundred
TOR supplying beef, and will now be uu-
able to make purchases at less than s5.
Mr.. RUFUs HATCH and the gentleman
associated with him in the project to
build large hotel in the Yellowstone
Park have taken legal advice and de-
cided to 90 ahead with their enterprise.
without awaiting the result of the con-
gressional investigation or inquiry as to
the right of the secretary of the interior
to give lease of certain parts of the
park and with It many exclusive rights.
SPgING LIKE weather prevailed at
Washingtoa New Years day, and the
usual New Years ceremonies we're fully
enjoyed. The reception at the white
house was a great event, the president
being in excellent health, while the deco
rations were profuse and in exquisite
taste. The sudden death of Mr.. Allen,
the Hawaiian minister, while waiting to
be presented to President Arthur, cast a
gloom ouer the festivities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

amendment prohibitingthe assessment OF
public employees by lrivste persons.
Lost-yeas, So; nays. III
The bill the passeG-ieas, 1S5; naya, Al
FRIDAY, In :.
Se4se-At 2 o'c,ocI ne presidential
succession bill came up as unfinished bus.
mess.
Sen. Garland, advocating the bill, said
the practical objection % the present by
brid system created bJ the Law of 1792.
has been strikingly illustrated at the time
Of President Garfed'sI death; and after
the fourth of March mex, unless congress
shoald legislate upon tie subject in the
meantime, the life of ths president would
he the only one standing between the
United States aid ANARCHY.
Sen. Morgan moved to amend 10 pre-
vide that the officer succeeding to acting
presidency shall hold the Office until the
the vacancy is otherwis. lawfully filed
instead of unit the end of the regular,
term as provided by bills
Without action the senate went into ex-
ecutivs session and adjourned.
Hosse-The house. in committee of the
whole, took up the District Columbia ap-
preparation bill. 1t appiopriates So .44S,
SAT, being $S1 ,643 less than estimated.
The entire day was spent on it without
coming to a vote. The bill is substantial
ly the same as the present law.
MONDAY, JAN. 8
Sendte-At the close of he morning
hour the bill to afford relic to congress
in Investigating claims, came
up AS unfinished business
Sen. Brown addressed thesenate until
o'clock, when consideration of the presi-
Dental succession bill was resumed.
After long debate on tn. presidential
bill, in the course of which Edmunds op-
posed the measure, the senate without ac-
tion adjourned.
House-The house resumed considera-
tien of the shipping bill, Reagan taking the
floor. Argument on the cont ested election
ease of Cook against Curtis Iowa) viii be
heard tomorrow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

In conformity TO the request contained in Joint
Resolution No. 81, Senate, the Attorney General
and myself visited Washington to confer with the
proper officers of the government to the action
which might and should be taken 10 abate the
overflow in the Fox river and lake WmnebaEo
and 10 prevent future injury to property arouno
said lake and along said river BY agreement
with the government officers and through the
efforts of delegation in the Senate and House
the following proviso upon the subject was insert
cd i'll the clause of the river and harbOr bill max
ing appropriation for the improvement of the FoS
and Wisconsin rivers:
"Prorided, That the Secretary of War shalt
without delay, cause the channel of the Lower
Fox river, between lake Wnnebago and the upper
government dam at Appleton, 10 be restored to its
Eatural width and capacity, and shall cause sncl
changes and alterations to he made in the dams al
Menasha and Appleton not inconsistent with sc
.urity to navigation, as may be necessary to re
luce and maintain the waters of lake WinnehagC
md Little Butes des MorteS respectively, al then
natural height and n sufficient amount of said
sum appropriated is made Immediately available.
1t only remains now for the Secretary of War
through the engineer department, 10 carry out the
plan agreed upon and authorized by law. II l.
hoped that action will not longer be delayed,
and that the plan adopted will afford adequate
protection against injury from overflow. and that
too. without detIiment 10 any other locality oi
property.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
NO. %.

sGG seSUlat.o1 Of RAILROADS by state authority.
IS G1Nyer Tor ga0d Is no longer a matter Of eS>.
tveClaeat ter doubt To he of the highest goCi.
however. Il tseS > nei IL he eIOthed with Tlsor,
utes eNS|t:osrS or arbitrary authority. The laws
SaoGl3 hc fair and impartial 10 all, and while
sIarNtIslg and protecting with unerring certainty
rVerN right and interest," x tie people, they should
p adequate "a the just protection Of the real
rights of capital
The rslilraaa companies doing business in the
tate paid during the year SSSSSSSSS toward the
revenue of the state; hat sleeping cars are run
llllS upaa all nnajS ot any considerable magnitude
n the stale, ard upon most of the lines they are
owned by foreign companies which make no re
port Of their cost or their earnings and while they
arr wealthy and money making corporations
they pay no revenue u the state. This is wrong
and the error should be corrected by appropriate
legislation.
he Ralisoad Commissioner system in WiSCer,
sin ilsS been a success, and while the complaints
have not been numerous, they have always receV
ri prompt attention | am informed that during
long term of Years not single case of litigation
has grown ont of "A complaint lodgtSi with the
SolunllSSiuIer but in every instance an anlicahle
adjustment has been had satisfactory to all per
sons concerned Ii has been found much easier
and better IL adjust than to ltigate, and in this
way q better spirit has been developed and main
aimed between the people and the railroad corVor
ation$ SEE no reason 10 doubt that the harmony
nov existing may continue uninterrupted for years
10 come.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
Polk Sure Enough.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 9.-The gov
ernor has received dispatch announc.
ing the re-srrest of Polk in Texas by a
deputy United States marshal, and
that he will be held for requisition.
THE CAPTURE.
ST LOUIS, Jan. 9.-The Republican,
Laredo, Tex, special says: Deputy
United States Marshal Joe Sheely, of
this city, was informed by the conduc.
tor of the incoming International train,
yesterday morning, tina. Polk had got
ton of his train at station thirty.
FIVE miles from Laredo. Sheely pre-
ceeded to this point. After diligen,
search he found a detective belonging
to Jno. Prices outfit who gave Mr..
Sheely assistance after much pursua-
sion and conducted him to a secluded
spot where Polk &ss hidden seven
miles away.
Mr.. POLK ATTEMPTED To OFFEND HIM
SALE
but soon gave up aud surrendered.
Sheely, 1t IS understood from reliable
authority, wss offered several thousand
collars by Polk for his release, which
Sheely refused and brought the
prisoner to this city on the
international train this morning
Polk is now under guard awaiting
proper documents from the governor
of the Tennessee. He has but little
money with him. 1t is reported his
nephew with a servant, succeeded il
crossing the Rio Grande with a large
sum of money. Polk is very reticent
and viii say but little about the sff.ir
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
A Telegrahic War.

New YORK, Jan. s.-Attorney Gen
eral Russell appeared to-day in the su-
preme court, before Judge Barrett, to
make application for leave to vacate
the charter of the Mutual Union Tele-
graph Co. He said the supreme court
denied this application before On tech
nical grounds. He said he would serve
papers in the suit tomorrow. He ask
ed that the order be made returnable
Friday next aud Judge Barrett signed
it. 1t direcjs the Mutual Union Tele-
graph company to show cause Friday
next why its charter should not be va
Gated.
In explanation of the above despatch
it will be remembered that an applica-
ton was made about month ago for
leave to bring action in the name of
the people of the state against the
Mutual Union Telegraph Company to
vacate the charter of that corporation
aud the Attorney-General heard argu-
ment and subsequently gave decision
granting leave for bringing suit in the
name of the people of this state.
Application was then made to Judge
Truax, Supreme Court, for an order to
commence the action in that Court.
The petition was not verified by the
Attorney General, neither did he appear
personally, but he was represented by
counsel. Judge Traux granted the
plication, which was made with
out notice to the Mutual
Union company. That company then
moved before Judge Arvons to vacate
and set aside the order where it had
been granted by Judge Truax. After
hearing lengthy argument Judge Ar
yons gave decision in which he grant
ed the motion and thereby the order
was vacated and it became necessary
for the attorney general to apply for
another order. This he did to-day and
for the purpose of avoiding any possi-
bility of technical objection being rails
ed by the Mutual Union company, the
attorney general appeared personally
and presented the petition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

GEN. GRANT, who is now in Washing
ton, has recently received .talIigence
that his MexicLn railroad scheme was
not prospering, end that the Me xican
authorities had taken possession of the
national roa1, on the ground that
certain stlpulations Of the charter had
not been complied with on the part of
the railroad company. 1t is said that
that General Grant visited tho President
and Secretary Frelinghuysen recently
to sec if the government of the Uuifed
States could not be induced to interfere
in the matter.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
PACIFIC LAND FoRFEITURE
Attempted Blackmail.
A DETECTIVES SCHEME FRUSTRATED

A DETECTIVE b SCHEME FRUSTRATED.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-Some months ago
a man named Abram Burnow brought
suit against l. IL. McCrea, a promi-
nent, wealthy and respected citizen,
who has held many important offices
of trust in the ommunity, to recover
1000 alleged due him in detective
service. Burnow claimed his work had
extricated McCrea from scandal.
McCrea refused TO make a set
Element and in the trial, which has Just
concluded, it was clearly shown
this so-called detective with friend
named J. j. Jones had planned job
by which j. WAS hoped to blackmail
McCfea out of several thousand dol
lars. McCrea had, however, made a
firm stand, refused TO be bled, kicked
the blackmailer from his Office, and in
court made 50 strong and clear case
that the jury without hesitation, found
a verdict In his favor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

PERs )Ns interested in the tobacco
business are li)cking to Washington for
the purpose OF holding n convention
which, they hope, will influence the
action of congress favorAbly to their in
torests. They claim that they are
great sufferers now beclus Of the ur-
certainty of what is going to be done,
and th,t their busines is practically ut
a stand still in consequence. The pop
ular view Of the matter seems to be
that congress had better resolve at
once to let toe tobacco tax alone, ut
least for the present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
Murder in a Ball Room.
A SEQUEL EQUALLY HORRIBLE.

LYNcHBURG, Va, Jan. 9.-At ball
in Bedford county, Saturday night, q
young lady, Idelle Read, said to Scott
Clayton, who was calling the figures
that he was not calling correctly. He
made some sharp response which was
resented by one of Miss Read's.admir-
ers, Armslead Barksdale. The latter
called Clayton nut Hot words passed.
Barksdale drew q knife and sprang on
Clayton and inflicted 3 horrible cash
from his right eye TO the back or his
neck severing thejuglar vein and cuas-
ing instant death. The scene in the
ball room was sickening. Women III
fancy ball dresses tainted, falling into
pools of blood, and = regular melee fol-
lowed among the partisans of the two
men Bcrksdale escaped unobseryed
TO another part of the county, bor-
rowed gun and completed the tragedy
by shooting himself through the bow
els. He died AT five O'Clock last even
ing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

The Wabash proposes to strike
across the county to connection with
the Northern Pacific, it is said, at Bis.
marck. The little giant is too full of
envy and energy to confine his great
railway operations TO the wild plains
of the southwest, while the other great
mogul5 are waxing Strong on the pre-
ducts Of the golden northwest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

FRANK HATToN's scheme TO adver-
tise his paper, the Washington Repub-
lican, by means of circulars sent under
congressional franks has over-shot the
mark. This energetic young man
who would like a warranty deed of the
earth IS consumed with ambition. His
clothes are much too small for him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12
The TAN sycamore Of the wabash.

The specisl.correspondent Of the Indian
spoiis (lnd.) Journal, embodied 10 re-
cent communication the following from
from an affection Of the back and kidneys,
With some rheumatism-in fact, it was
rheumatism of the back. used St. Ja-
cobs Oil, and found it very eficacious. II
gave me instantaneous relief. and finally
cured me completely.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

The cattle commission takes strong
ground in favor of stamping out the
deadly pleuro-pneumonis, cost what it
may. They show that the products Of
our ranges and stalls are now shut out
of the British market, and will coL-
tinue to be until the last vestige of the
disease is removed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-01-12

A DEFICIT of 100000 has been dis
covered in the accounts of the state
treasurer of Tennessee, and the legiE-
lative committee investigating the
matter has recommended that the bus
mess of this Office be Eusp. ended for the
nraaent