Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-11-19
The Grand Jury Begin Their Inyes-
ti@ation of the Haddoek
Murder.
PerpleNing Pension Laws Which Arise
TO Bother the Authori-
ties.
The Hsddock Case


tlon of that in4uisition body. The cases
however, have been given to the granc
jury, neither the attorneys for the prose
cutlon nor for the defense raising any OBJ
lection to the panel.
The cases are those against Jchn Arens
dorf, charged with the murder of the
Kew. George c. Haddock. and with con
spiracy to commit murder against Albert
hoschnlsk, alias Bismarck charged with
murder and cons piracy. and against Pau
Leader, Henry Sherman and Fred Nun.
chrath, all charged with conspiracy. The
central interest, of course, is in the Ar
ensdorf case, which the grand jury is un-
derstood to have been Investigating.
Several saloon-keepers were called be.
fore the jury during the day. There is a
great deal of mystery maintained about
the whole business, but public interest is
again revlving at level gait. There is a
general belief here, though it is difficult
to say upon what specific foundation it is
based, that any day may now bring forth
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS
which will lay bare the whole conspiracy
and the full details of the bloody deed.
The condition of public feeling here NAV
be best described as one of lively expect-
ancy of just such deuouement at anv
hour. There have been indeed for sever
al days lntimatiOns that at least two of
the active participants in the conspiracy,
and eyc-wltEesses of the crime, have con
fessed to the prosecution. without the
knowledge of Arensdorf and his numer-
oQs hackers, and that this is the reason
why the prosecution is ready now to 90
forward with the investigation. One
tnlng appears certain, and that is that
the prosecution is making seemingly
earnest efforts to present their case in
its strength before the Grand jury.
Witnesses are being marshalled. II. l..
LeavItt, the Jewish proprietor of yarie-
ty house here, but who is now in Chicago
has dlsregarded numerous summonses.
LeaYltt Is said to be one OF the eve wit
ness. Attorney Wood, to whom he ori-
glna4ly confessed, started night before
last to Chicago to bring Leavitt back. A
strong circumstance Is the reported fact
that Sheriff Mcdonald tonight also left
for Chicago on the same errand in which
Wood had gone. The relations between
Wood and Sheriff Mcdonald are not un-
derstood to be harmonious. The fact is not
much harmony anywhere in the prosecu-
ton IN this remarkable case. The case has
already reached out into many directions.
ard has involved, in one way or another.
so many interests in the community. that
almost every day brings out some new
and strong developments. There is an
unwritten history in this Haddeck mur-
der, and in the complications which have
followed in its train, which would be in
credible to all who do not realize the pc
cullar situation here. Much of it will be
startling, indeed, when time comes for
exposure. 1t is safe to predict that the
Grand Jury will find indictments against
Arensdorf and others but it is impossible
to predict when the case comes to trial!
Foreign Mail Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The Hon. Nicho-
las M. Bell, superintendent of foreign
mails has submitted his report to the
postmaster general showing the opera
tlons of that Office during the last fiscal
year. In the report the superintendent
says that the year has been characterized
by great deal of discussion relative to
compensating American steamship com
Panies for the conveyance of United
States mails to foreign countries. The
American steamship companies de-
cllned to convey the mails after
the 1st of August, 1885, for the
whole amount of the sea and inland
postage upon the grounds of inadequate
compensation, but Congress, having fail
ed to increase the rate of pay, the com
panies have all rendered their ships and
such of them as can be used to advantage
for expediting the mails have been ac-
cepted. The total weight of letters dis
patched to foreign countries by sea was
SOC, ,19S pounds, and of .paper 1857 ,583
pounds. The estimated total number of
letters sent to foreign countries was 81
O02, 1913, and 30,405,S47 were received ::
47,049,0Gf newspapers were sent and
26,700, ,05O were received.
Tho cost OF the sea transportation ser
vice during the year was S357,443, as
against 1881 ,903 last year. The estimates
for the service next year are as follows:
The trans pOrtatiOn of mails, calculated
on the basis of paying the full sea and
inland postage for conveyance of United
States mails transported by United States
vessels, $365O00; balances due foreign
countries, $100,000; total, $465, 900. Dur
ing the year the kingdom of Siam, the
Independent States of Congo, and the re-
public of Bolivia were admitted to the
universal postage union. The report pre-
sents some interesting statistics, compar-
ing the postal service of the different
countries included in the union.
Comparing the area of the country with
the number of postoffices, 1t appears that
Switzerland stands first with one post
Office to every 5.4 square miles, while the
mi tn MI \
one Office to every 7O.2 miles. On the
basis of population, Canada heads the
list with one Office to every 633 inhabit-
ants. Switzerland second with one to
every 964 and the United States third
with one to every 1902 inhabitants. The
United States ranks first in the length Of
railway service with 117,S46 miles. and
Germany second with 22,111 miles. The
United States heads the list OF countries
in length Of postal routes other than over
railways; the percentage ofrailway routes
as compared with other routes, the num-
Der of miles Of annual railway transpor-
tstion and the number of miles of trans
portation on all other routes. The Unit
ed States spent more for salaries of post
office employees than any other country,
bat exhibits q larger deficiency
in revenue as compared with expen-
ditures- 4 careful estimate of the
mail matter of all kinds exchang-
ed throughout the world in one day
place. the total at 11.54O, ,OO0, 900, or about
FIVE pieces for every human being. The
total number of packages and articles of
value conveyed throughout the globe in
1854 was about 10000, 900 and the total
value of money orders and other declared
articles of value was 81, ,594,646. Super