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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

FURTHER tests of the new French
treatment of steel for rendering it
tough, appear To confirm its value
impartlng to il also a fipeness OF grain
an increased hardness and a notable
accession of strength TO withstand
rupture, this effect being most marked
in the case Of highly carbonated steel,
and in this respect the metal is made
to resemble tempered steel without
being in all points identical with it.
The cause of this alteration in physi.
cal coalition is attributed tn the rapid
heating and no less rapid cooling OF
the metal; that il, when the red hot
steel is first strosgiy compressed
which is the peculiar feature of this
process, the conversion of the mechan
ical energy Into heat serves to raise
tire temperature of the entire mass. at
the sama time that the particles of the
metal are more closely cSmented to-
gcther; this effect is follow we'd by a
rapid cooling, duH to the contact Of
the plates Of the hydraulic press with
the surfaces of the metal. and the very
close pressure materially increases the
conducting effect of the cold metal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
Washington.

REPORT ON THE SUGAR EXPERIMENTS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 -Experi-
ments made by the commissioner Of
agriculture in application Of diffusion
aud carbonition to sorghum cane, at
Ottawa, Kansas, have been concluded.
Prof. Wiley, who had charge of these
experiments, has made his prelimin-
ary report to the commissioners, from
which the following facts are taken.
Yield sugar from cane. was more than
ninety nine one hundreths, twelve
twenty>fifths of one hundred being
left in waste matters and exhausted.
The yield of crude sugar, that is it comes
from the vacinon pan and went as
nigh SIS $50 pounds per ton, or at IL
pounds per gallon and % gallons per
ton.
This is double that of The ordinary
methods. The process of carboniza-
ton, that is adding large excess Of
lime to the juice and then precipitat-
ing it with carbonic acid was com
pletely successful. The product OBJ
tanned was lighter in color, and more
portable than the usual method Of
DELEGATION and the saving in the
scums by this method is estimatei TO
be at least 10 per cent. the difficul~
ties encountered we're entirely Of a
mechanical nature and easily over
come
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
FOREIGN.

A SEVERE shock of earthquake was
felt Tuesday night at New Granada,
Spain.
A cABLEeRAM from London says it is
understood that the sentence Of Louis
Riel will be commuted to lifelong servi-
tude.
NJ GREvY sends out the announcement
that he will not be candidate for re-
election to the presidency of the French
republic.
THE attempted boycottIng of the Cork
steamship line by Irish cattle shippers,
promises to result in failure, as no other
means of transportation to England can
be obtained.
THE municipal authorities of Mar
seilles propose TO ask the government
ts expel the Orleans Princes from
France, and declare that an attempt to
restore the. monarchy is treason and The
penalty death.
A TELEGRAM was received in Paris
stating that 1909 Chritians had been
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
MAXWELL'S GUILT.
1t Seems to be Clearly Established
BEYOND a Reasonable Doubt

BEYOND a Reasonable Doubt
Maxwell, the alleged murderer of
G. A. Preller, at the Southern hotel in
st. Louis, since he was arrested at
Auckland and brought back on
requisition to be tried, has asserted
he could show Preller was not murder
ed at all, but was still living. Max
we'll has exhibited several letters to
establish this fact, but their genuine
ness Is doubted. The identity of
Preller, as corpse, had to be estab-
llshed, and it was supposed had been
established. That there might be no
mistake on this head, the body was
embalmed for future examination. A
few days ago it was exhumed and sub
mitted to further investigation. Here
is statement of the result: "John
A. Frazier, an artist and photograph
er of Toronto. Canada, has arrived in
the city for the purpose of identifying
the body Of G. A. Preller. Mr.. Fra~
Eier became intimately acquainted
with him at the Rossin house in Tor
onto last spring. He said that there
was clearly defined perpendicular
scar over Preller's right eye. The
body was exhumed at Bellefontaipe
cemetery, and was found 10 be in as
good state of preservation as when
it was inferred. An examination over
the right eve showed the scar The
coffin was then prepped up against a
tree and series of photographs of the
body taken, which will be used at the
trial. The prosecution now considers
its case perfect, and they say that
there is no escape for Maxwell"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
Chosen for Office
PRESIDENTIAL PosTMAsTERs.

PRESIDENTIAL POSTMASTERS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-The presi>
dent to-day appoiated the following
named presidential postmasters:
Albert Watkins Lincoln, Neb., vice J. {. Me
Bride commission expired,
p D. Minnick, Villisca, Ia, vice j NJ Nattun,
commission expired
J. A. framiey, Stromsburg, Neb.; office be-
became presidential
Abraham Sose, Vinton, Ia, vice J. f. Pyne, re
signed
parley Sheldon, Ames, Ia, vice John Walker,
resigned.
The case Of the post Office at Vinton
Iowa, Pyne whose resignation is not
ed, was appointed to the office only a
short time ago upon petitions that
appeared to be very conclusive as to
his good character. Since his APP
pointment, however it has come to
the knowledge OF the Post master
General that Pyne has been guilty of
violations of the pension law and
to-day Abraham Rose an old soldier
and pensioner was appointed to the
office.
FOURTH GLASS PoSTMAsTERs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. The post
master-general appointed the follow
ing named fourth class .postmasters
to-day:
Clifford, c. T. Clifford.
Waubeck G. J. Wright.
Tabor, S. p. Mccormick.
Viola, Nj. +. Shanklins
Buffalo, Mrs. Mary Dodge.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
He Took the Others.


A gentleman who paid the best
prices for his provisions, and who
liked to live as well as did his neigh
bors, was once deceived by the poul :
terer in the age of some poultry he
bought. Meeting the dealer few
days afterward he walked up TO his
wagon and inquired:
''Got any geese to dayp
'Oh, yes" said the the poulterer,
"a fine lot"
How many have you gotY
"a dozen-nice ones"
The customer turned them over,
and then he added:
''Now, you see, I've got pesky lot
of fellows at my house, an they eat
great deal of poultry. Haven't you
got any tough onesf
"WeIl, yes," said the dealer. pick
inz them over. There's one, two,
three, four, five of 'em."
SIS that all the tough ones you've
got77
''Yes, yes; that's all. said the seller,
separating them. ).
"Well, then, 1 reckon on the whole, !"
concluded the buyer, I'm take the
other let.n
The poulterer looked thoughtful,
and, like most thoughtful people, was
silent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
ABOUT BABIES.
Philadelphia North American.

Modified Mother Hubbards continue
to be the most popular form of baby
dress.
1t is said that the only way to break
baby of sucking its thumb is to give
it doll.
At the sick diet kitchens lots of suit
able baby food is distributed to poor
families in the city.
Among rich Philadelphians, baby
christening robes are made entirely of
lace.
New Jersey is famous for its twins.
There is hardly New Jersey town
that is without several pairs.
The crop of colored babies in the
south continues to be almost large
as it was In the years before the civil
war.
One of the most pleasing play
things baby can have is string of
empty spools. It beats rattle all to
pieces.
There never was a time when baby's
wardrobe was so luxuriant. The outfit
for fashionable baby now costs from
$50 to $500.
Babaies long clothes are now done
away with, and they are allowed to
kick their little legs around unincum-
bered.
Music dealers say they sell more
baby songs such as "Peek-a-Boo, ?"
than they do of the most classical COM
positions.
The toy counters in the big stores
are beginning to pile up with lots OF
things from the wonderlands abroad,
which will delight the babies about
Christmas.
Owing to the number of agencies
for getting the little ones out of the
city the infantile mortality in Phiia-
delphia during the past summer was
unusually small
This is the time when the greatest
care has to be taken 10 protect baby
from change of weather, and already
doctors are busy with cases OF whoop-
ing cough and a good deal Of dipther>
IL.
Rittenhouss square continues to be
q favorite airing place for fashionable
babies, and a troop of nurses, with
their cavlacade of presmbulatoFs
may be seen there every fiEe after
noon.
About the time that baby is ready
to be presented In society il Is custom
ary In polite circles 10 send baby's
mother congratulathry messages and
souvenirs of flowers These are often
In the form of cradle.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
BEERBoHa, a European expert on

BEERBoHN, a European expert on
crops. has published an exhaustive
comparisoL of the wheat crops
of the principal wheat grown in the
producing countries of the world,
showing the surplus or deficiencies
existing in each. These figures show
the following results: Deficiency in
Great Britain and Europe, to be sup
piled from other sources. go, coo, COO
bushels. The estimate of surplus in
countries of the world. showing the
surplus as follows: In the United
States and Canada, 70, 900, GOO bushels
Austria>Hungary, s.0O0,000; Russia
and Roumanis, SO, 600, 600; Chill and
Australa, 10000, 600; and Egypt and
suudries, 5000, 600 bushels; total of
2OS, coo, 600. showing a probable defic-
iency of a, o0e, 600 between the sup
plies of the producing countries and
the requirements of the importing
countries which at this time last year
about balanced 1t is predicted that
the reserve stock all over the world
will be dra wn upon TO meet this defic-
iency, AID that the effect will be to
gradually increase prices as the sea-
soa advances.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
LENDING AID.
Minister Phelps is Taking Steps
to Help tho Germans out
of Their Troubles.
MINISTER PENDLEToN TAKES STEPS TO
RELIEVE THEM

MIND hh IENDbhION 1AhEo SlEIS ~
RELIEVE THEM.
NEW YORK, Oct. .21.-A Washington
special says: A few days ago dis
patch from Berlin announced that
many Germans having been lately
arrested by the government and
pressed into the military service, Mlh-
ister Pendleton was taking steps to
save them from such annoyance here
after. If that meant any thing it
could only be construed into the
meaning that our minister is attempt
ing either to negotiate a new treaty
regulating the statutes of German
American citizens in Germany or to
amend the Bancroft treaty.
Fears having been expressed by
some German Americans that our
government might take steps involv-
ing the abrogation of the Bancroft
treaty and thus remove the only safe
guard under which very large class
of German Americans can visit their
fatnerland, an inquiry was made of
the First Assistant Secretary of State
Porter, who is in charge of the diplo.
matte affairs. about the matter.
Mr.. Porter said that there had been
many complaints of the inefficiency
of the Bancroft treaty in protecting
the German American ciuzsns in
their old homes, but this government
had taken no steps to negotiate with
the German government in regard to
the matter He did not believe Mr..
Pendleton had done anything, but in
timated that the minister was study
ing the matter to find out what, ii
Al ything, can be done. Mr.. Porter
also stated that it seemed to be the
general opinion of well informed peo
pie that the Bancroft treaty is very
liberal; that he could hardly
ask the German government to
for5ear from Furnishing Ger
mans who have obtained citizenshiI
here for what violations of the law oi
that country Gncluding evasion of
military duty that may have beer
| committed before leaving Germany
and that it weuld also be unfair tC
both this and tke German govern
ment To ask the latter to permit the
German to come here a I'D become s
citizen only for the purpose of return
ing to his native land and thus evaie
the duties of citizenship 10 both coun'
tries. Mr.. Parker thinks, however
that Il the cosdition upon which tn,
German Americans can now return tt
Germany can be made more liberal il
will be done.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
Burned to Death.
A Cottage in Chicago Burns
and Four Persons Perish.
in the Flames.
The Appointments and Other
News From Washington.
The State of Affairs i'm the Old
World.
Fires.

Fires.
-FOUR PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH.
CHICAGO, Oct. ia terrible and
quick spreading fire broke out in the
cottsge at IS VerR Park Place, owned
and occupied by W. s. Bates, a few
minutes after 6 this morning, ia which
four persons were burned to death.
The family consisted of five persons
and servant girl and all but two met
= terrible death. The alarm was sound
ed at ;25 aSd when the firemen ar
rived at the scene the house was all \
blaze. The tire,marshal found Mr..
Bates ia an alley st the side of the
house suffering from severe bruises,
but he was able TO tell the story of
the catastrophe. She said that al six
o'clock this morning the servant girl
started fire in the kitchen stove and
Went out doors a morRent later. leay-
ing the door open. She returned in n
minute or two and found
THE KITCHEN IN A BLAZE.
Mr.. Bates was aroused by the girls
screaming and rushed into the kitch-
en- and tried to extinguish the flames,
first with hose attached to hydrant
and afterwards with buckets. Not
successful he sent in an alarm to the
tiremen who went to work and extin,
guished the fire III about fifteen Minis
utes but not until the fire had sutted
the building. When the firemen en-,
tered the house they found the charr-
ed remains of the entire family with
the exception of Mr.. Bates. They
were Mrs. Mary f. Bates, aged SIS
years; John Bates, aged years; Ed
ward Bates, an infant and Mrs. Drcg-
leson, aged 20 years; the mother of
Mrs. Bates. The body of Mrs. Bates
was found lying two feet from the
front window on the first floor burned
to q crisp. The charred remains of
her baby were lying close by. The
remains of Mrs, Dregleson were found
up stairs where she had evidently
died from sutfocatloR as her body was
not much burned. Her body was
found in the ruins OF bed.
The partitions and walls of the
house were lined with felt, and when
the blaze once started it spread with
frightful rapIdity. The charred bodies
were removed 10 the morgue Moth
ing was heard of the servant girl after
her fight. 1t is also said that the
brother of Mrs. Bates was lodging in
the house and was seen about the
place when the fire was in progress.
bat suddenly disappeared.
FIGURING MILL BURNED.
SHAKoPEE, Mimi, Oct. 19. Straits
FIGURING mill burned today. Loss,
$55 ,0G0; insurance, 49,, 600.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
FROM THE CAPITOL.

REPRESENTATIVES, of the dairy inter-
est in the est and west are in consulta-
tion with the commissioner of agricul-
ture regarding measures to prevent the
sale of adulterated butter and cheese.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued circular to custom officers, in
which he says that as it appears to be
impaacticable to procure under existing
laws accurate statistics of immigrants
| arriving in the United States by rail
ways from contiguous foreign territory,
the collections of statistics of such I'M
migration will be discontinued until
otherwise ordered.
THE Postmaster General has decided
that guarantee associations can not go
on bonds for postmasters. The reason
given for this decision is that it is fire.
quently necessary for the sureties of a
postmaster to take charge of the office,
aad as guarantee associations have not
agents in ali places they could not in
all cases take charge of the Office when
necessary.
PAYMENT of the claim of the state of
Colorado for one-half the cost of taking
the semi-decennial census has heen
withheld by the first comptroller of the
treasury On Ilo SI'hhu GilC 5I1IC
is indebted to the United States in a
larger amount on account of the direct
tax of August 5, 1861. In auditing the
claim of Dakota territory 4 deduction
deduction has been made on similar
grounds.
THE postmaster general lately sub
mitted to the attorney general the ques-
ton whether the reduction of post
office from one of the presidential
classes to the fourth class called for 6,
new appointment by the postmaster
general, or whether the incumbent hav-
ing been nominated by the president
and confirmed by the senate for four
years was entitled to serve out the
period for which he was commissioned.
fhe practice of the department has not
been uniform in such cases. The attor-
ney general has decided that the change
in the classification of the Office abolish
es the office to which the incumbent
was appointed and creates q new fourth
class office, to which it is the duty of
the postmaster general to appoint some
one.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

THE chief Of the United Safes geol.
ogical survey, Major PoweI, has return
ed to Washington from an inspection
OF TIE cliff dwellings near E3panola,
New Mexico. He reverscs tie opln-
ion OF other scientists, and concludes
that these caves were used by the San.
Tn Clara Indians AT a much more re-
cent period than generally supposed,
as place Of refuge from the annual
raids of the NavajJs aud Apaches
The last time they were occupied was
about 200 years ago, according to
Santa Clara traditions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

THE new system of sxpenny tele~
grams in Great Britain has already
necessitated the employment of 2, 800
persons and the expenditure of over
81 300 600. More than $50 miles Of
poles and u ,0O0 miles OF wire have
been put in position, and submarine
cables have b>cn laid to the cEannel
islands. In the city of London four
miles of additional pneumatic tubing
aad nearly n thousand new operating
instruments have been brought into
use
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

The relic is considered the oldest Ma
sonic travelling card in existence.
Nobody by the name of Perkins has
lived in Worcester county for years.
1t is supposed that the man whose
skeleton was found was evidently a
traveller who had been foully dealt
with and his body secreted in the gar>
ret. Masons at the present time have
no travelling card, but are proven by
their works.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

lT is currently reported that Mrs.
Nellie Grant SArtoris has permanently
separated from her husband. The
general opinion in this country seems
always To have been that the charm>
ing Nellie Grants husbend was un-
worry Of her Many Washington
ians now remember how great dis
gust was inspired among friends of
the Grant family ny the coarseness
and roughness displayed by Mr.. Sal-
toris before the wedding In particu>
lar, he was accused Of having careless
ly shown around some of Miss Nellie's
love letters, and TO have accompani-
ed the exhibition by coarse and slight
ing remarks A lover OF this kind
could hardly be expected to develop
into a model husband AT all events
Mrs. Sartoris seems not to have had
very enviable experience in her
married life.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
CRIME.

JAMES THOMPSON (colored) who out
ragged a woman so years old received
but t-years sentence at Rockford,
Thursday.
A NEW Indictment has been found
against Ferd. Ward, on which he will
be tried next week. He was arraigned
to- day in the court of oyer and termiEer
and plead not guilty.
DAVID REA of Chicago, who murder
cd his wife some months ago, has been
found guilty and sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment.
In Franklin County, Georgia, the
Illicit dIStiilers have assassinated one
man and attempted the life of another.
Notice has been served upon persons
who have given information to the
government TO leave the county.
WHILE Andrew Bryant and Miss
Samantha Lam5 were going to church
Sunday night. near Greencastle, Ind,
Ezra ShackelfoId, Bryant's rival for
Miss Lambs Land, attacked him, but
was worsted. ShaGkelford followed
the pair and attempted to renew the
fight, when Bryant shot him dead.
Two Indians, charged with the muir
der OF George Dill during the recent
troubles, were tried at Battleford,
Northwest Territory, found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. Sixteen In-
dian prisoners arranged on various
minor charges connected with the
rebellion were released for want of evi-
dence.
OFFICERS of the secret service raided
u camp of eleven counterfeiters in Clar-
ion county, Pennsy lvania, capturing six
Il them who were taken to Pittsburg
ard committed for trial. The others
escaped INTO the woods. The gang has
been extensively engaged in manufac-
turing and circulating spurious silver
dollars.
Two cmigrants were Tuesday taken
from their wagons and families few
miles west of st. Louis By two men,
rebresenting United States ID Deputy
Marshals, upon bogus warrants for
counterfeiting money. They were
searched, their money taken, and them
selves brought to the city and locked
up in hotel by the bogus Marshals,
who then escaped.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23

masacred IN Anam. Among the vic
sims Were a missionary and twelve ma
tive priests.
The London Standards s Berlin cor.
respond ent says: Mr.. Pendleton, the
ULitei States Minister, proposes COM
ing to an early agreement with the
German government with reference TO
the Bancroft treaty as cases of expul-
sIon and enrc cllmsnt Of Americans living
in Germany in the army have largely
increased.
THE war fever runs high in Servia
and active preparations are going on to
enforce Servia's demand fer an extern
sion of territory. English. French aad
Austrian firms have rendered contracts
by the government to supply complete
outfits for 25, 600 troops, and all the con.
tracts have been allotted; also one for
$4,000 horses. The Lander bank war
loan has been raised to $1,000, 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-10-23
Mosr of the commercial centers

MoST Of the commercial centerS
show n steady yet healthful revival in
trade, and the manufacturing estab T.
lishmsnts Of the country are respond
ing to this revival by mere ased outpu s
of their products, for which an IN
creased sale is realized. There in con-
SsquentlY better demand for money.
and much OF the capital which for
many months past has lain idle and
unemployed is being drawn out and
put TO use for the various purposes of
material enterprises. The bank clear
iugs in Oh ;coge for the past week show
an increase OF nearly ten millions of
dollars over the clearings of the corr
responding week last year; the steel
rail market shows an advance in price
from S26 80 per ton TO SS2 per ton and
the price promises soon TO reach $50.
The grain market has its ups and
downs, but the average tendency is
constantly upward. In almost every
product and commodity demand and
supply are more nearly approaching
each other and becoming better equal
lied than for some years past. The
country needs the assurance of a
supply as exactly as practicable TO
meet the demands of consumption, at
prices not exorbitant bat sufficient to
amply remunerate the labor and the
capital employed IN the production
and interchange of commodities.
When these conditions are met,
though there may not be boom" in
any department, there is warrant oi
a substantial and satisfactory pros
perity, much more likely to be per-
manent than the abnormal conditions
; which have existed for the past three
or four years.