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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
GOOD EATERS.
The Healthy Appetite of Couple of
Maine Youngsters.

In Maine company recently the CONVEX
SatiOn turned to gaStTonomical featS and
achievements in the AIT of stutiing, says the
Lewiston Journal. When the young lady
who had eaten six baIanas at one sitting
and the young man VINO had bOasted of
having topped off a dinner with whole
mince pie had told their stories. Il demure
maiden mOdeStly rGlated an incident IN the
history of her family that completely dis
couraged all her riv;sS.
"One Fourth of July said she, my
brother and friend wished to make an eX-
cusion up river, anC rs they proposed to
start very early in themorning and be gone
all day, my mother prepared large basket
of food for them the night before. In the
bottom of the basket she placed It thick
stratum of delectable aTGicles to represent
supper on this she plTed another layer for
their dinner, and OF top of the basket,
where it would be first accessible, she put
a hearty breakfast. Being well acquainted
with the capacity of tie boys, she made an
unusually large allowance for each of the
three meals.
"Well, the boys set ut for their eXcur-
sion at o clock in the morning. Their
boat had not gone far uD the river when
the rain began to come down. They went
ashore to wait awhile and ate their break
fast. The rain was still falling when they
had finished their share of their supplies,
and so they Immediately ate the next layer
their dinner. Still they We're hungry
and still ii was raining. sdey mad moth
ing else to do but to devOur the remaining
contents of the basket. and so they jumped
in their boat and came homeland took
breakfast with the rest of Us.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
NEARING THE END.
The Cronin Jury Wants One Man to Com
plete 1t.

Chicago. Oct 2l-Five different times
to-day the Cronin jury was complete had
not the talisman on the stand at that mo-
ment been peremptoriiy challenged. The
challenge came each time, however, and
tonight the jury was still incomplete
Four jurors have yet to be sworn in. but
with three or four practically accepted by
both sides. The defense has three and the
prosecution twenty-three peremptories
left
William L. James. son Of the prominent
British-American lawyer, said today in an
interview that the suspect. kunZe. was one
of the men who occupied the fiat on Clark
street where the furniture found in the
Carlson cottage Is supposed to have been
first taken. Young James says that at the
time Of CrOnin's disappearance his father
had an office across the street from the
fiat and it was from there that he saw
kunze.
Lawyer Foster. according to a local
paper, today outlined the defense which
will be set up by the suspect. Begg. He
was senior guardian of Camp 20. Clan-na-
Gael, and. it Is alleged. appointed the
committee which tried Cronin and ordered
his death Foster is quoted as saying there
was no committee appointed by Beggs to
try Cronin; that other committees were
appointed but not for that purpose The
evidence will show that after the resolution
was discussed ii was decided to refer the
whole matter for final settlement to the
district officer, Edward SpeIIman, of
Peoria. This. Foster says. was the oc-
casion of all correspondence between Spell
man and Beggs. which will appear in the
trial. If this correspondence contains the
name of Cronin. Foster says he Is very
much misinformed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

~ :, ,
4 FIRE ut Chippewa Falls destroyed
George StlcknGy barns and their con-
tents. Loss 9''ooo; no insurance.
TRINIDAD, Col While five men We're
digging at the Victor coal mines the walls
raved in. killing two white men and one
negro.
BELoIr.-.lamcS McCarpenter, pro
prietor of a large dry-goods house in this
city. failed Liabilities. $50 900; assets
S}j 900.
as Trosd,,. ,;..bt . t,rr;lIo ,-,;Ir,,,
.,Ii;s;or ,crnrroJ an tbn Rnrl;r,,tnn 4
u;sSn,,ri R;ynr r,,3 ~ ellison near 0nS
h, in which ,homt fft,. n,ssancars ,ya,,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
DEATH CAME WHILE RIDING
Two Passenger Trains Entirely De-
m0lished in a Collision.
About Fifty Passengers Killed or In
.jured in the Accident.
The Cars Catch Fire and the UnfOr-
tunates Horribly Roasted.

OMAHA. Oct. ia wreck occurred on
TIE Burlington Il Missouri River road at
Gibson, few miles from Omaha. last eve
ming. About fifty passengers were in
Jured. Two engines were completely de
mOlIshed and chair car and a cOmbina-
ton car were thrown from the track and
reduced to atoms. Train No. 6, local. be-
tween Lincoln and Chicago ran into No. 9.
The former was east and the latter west
bound. Gibson is the point where the
crew of No. 8, which is the train that
makes connections with the Kansas City
express, stopped to register. Both trains
which are due at Gibson at .35 p. m. but
last night No. 9 was slightly behind time.
When the accident occurred the latter had
Just crossed the spur and the engine on
No. 9 struck the end. hurting both engines
and two coaches from the track. The
combination coach and chair car were both
crowded with passengers. all of whom
We're more or less injured while Peter
Reumand, proprietor of the fremont
house. died shortly after being taken to
the hospital.
The chair EAR after being overturned
caught fire and many of the passengers
We're burned in addition to their other
injuries. Among the injured are.
Engineer Gillespie, PlattSmouth, badly
bruised
Harry 5. Weller, Omaha, badly cut and
bruised
Mary Butler. South Omaha. hand crush
ed and body badly bruised she is in ii pre-
cariouS condition.
ChaS. Lauer, Craig, Mo-, ear cut off
face severely cut. and body and body and
lower limbs badly bruised. He lies in tine
. s+..l.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

that the Shah's late visit was solely for the
purpose of drawing British gold into these
channels.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany thinks
of nothing but war. He conforms his
habits to those of Frederick the Great,
and his court at Berlin has become a
camp.
BERLIN. - The damage by the floods
in Tyrol, which have greatly increas-
ed. has been enormous. One per
sonal result of them has been to postpone
Joseph Chamberlain ; proposed visit to the
Impress Frederick in the mountains.
QUEBEC. - A messenger from Bishop
Bosse. of the Labrador coast. has
arrived here with the news that the
fisheries have altogether failed at Eskimo
Point. and over a hundred families are
starving.
LoNDoN.-An explosion occurred in the
Bentilee coIliery, at Longton, county of
Stafford. early Wednesday morning.
Seventy miners were in the pit at the
time of the accident, only eleven Of whom
are alive. The pit was completely wreck
ed and the task Of getting out the buried
miners will be one of great difficulty. A
bana of volunteers Is now engaged In
making explorations for the recovery of
the bodies.
ST. PErERsBURG.-A widespread con-
spiracy Of political nature has been dis
covered in southern Russia. which. for ex-
tent and daring purpose. is the most
dangerous that has lately been brought to
light The principal members We're stu
dents who had associated themselves with
certain revolutionary societies in Austrian
Gallicia, and their scheme was to profit by
the defeat Of Russia in Il war expected to
occur between Russia and Austria,
and ultimately to secure the political
consolidation and Legislative independence
under Austrian supremacy. Many arrests
have been made and the police are follow
ing up various clews
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
\ LITTLE GIRL ASSAULTED.
Two Tram ps Commit Horrible Crime
Near New Lisbon.

New LISBON, Wis. - Two tramps
made a criminal assault last Tuesday
evening on an ll-year-old girl named
jacobson. Il daughter of Hans jacobson.
late Of Racine. Wis. at Orange. four
miles west of here 1t seems that the
little girl had been at home on Il visit to
her parents, and was on her way back to the
farm of Willis Hires. where she had EN-
ployment, and when on the railroad track
just east of the town of Orange she was
overtaken 10y the two culprits, who gagged
her and carried her away. For two hours
they held her a prisoner. Half dead the
child made her way to the house of David
Stickney where she related her horrible
experience. Herman Eichler. pro-
prietor of the Orange Mills. at once
went to Camp Douglas the nearest tele-
graph station. and wired the sheriff what
had happened. while Station Agent Cecil
Philips and Operator Jed Lane teegraphcd
the particulars and description of the
hendS as given by the victim 10 all the
neighboriug towns with instructions to be
ON the lookout for them Should the
tiends be caught they will undoubtedly be
lvnched.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
"BLOODY" BALFOUR.
The Man Who is Detested by Irish Ma
tionaliStS.


Between l and , p. IN. says a northern
Berwick letter to the London World. you
will generally come upon goIfng party.
differing from others in the fact that in its
midst walks a man who. under all this
fierce sun. is always bareheaded. He wears
Il dark-gray knickerbocker suit and light
CATERS; and in his height in his sIimness.
10y reason Of the pince-nez he wears and
the earth-swallowing strides which he takes.
he reminds you at once Of Henry Irving.
When his friends call Arthur he re
spends quickly. and he gives himself up to
the game as though he had no other interest
in life: and yet this Is he upon whose
utteranceS and upon whose deeds.
more than Of any other British
statesman. the attention Of the world
Is riyeted. This Is he who Is ''bOo-ed for
he who Is SO specially relegated to hades.
This Is the Rt. Hon. Arthur James Balfour.
who was born in these parts, who sits for
a division of Manchester. who Is chief secre-
tary for Ireland, and who. as you see him.
Is whacEIng away at the gOlf-balls as
though they were the heads of some Of
those who. under Mr.. Parnel's auspices.
represent home rule in the British parlia-
meut Had any doubt of Mr. Baltour' 5
identity my ideas would be confirmed bv
the presence of two gentleman in cheap
tourists suits. who are always found within
/ easy reach when he Is playing on the links
they are lettering along the sandy hillocks
which fringe the golfng-ground or one of
them will descend on to the yellow sands
and SCrawl thereon fantastic figures with
| his stick. In their heather or home-Spun
reach-me-downs and tight-ftting travelling
caps they might be simply uppers. with
no further design than the inspection Of
/ the Biarritz of the North" by which
/ high-sounding title North Berwick calls it
/ self. but by their boots We shall know
/ them. = and those formidable bluchers, vul-
I garly speaking. blow the gaff and pro-
claim that Scotland yard has sent to Scot
land the aids-de-caInp of Anderson and the
/ myrmidons of Nonro
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
TOLD AVERY pITIFUL STORY.
Seven Survivors of a FOundered Shin
Reach Philadelphia.
They Tell a Heartrending Story of
Their Sutferings.
Passed at Sea by Numerous Vessels
Without Receiving Aid.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2l.-Seven Surviv-
ors of the steamer Earnmoor. which
foundered at sea when 800 miles off Turk
island, arrived here toda They tell
story of terrible suffering. The Earnmoor
struck terrible gale on Sept. 4th. and on
the following day the vessel foundered.
As the steamer sank the port life boat
hoated off. The second officer. second and
third engineers. four sailors. three
hremen and the cook chung to the boat and
scrambled in, An effort was made to save
the rest of the crew but the boat was blown
away so that no more could be saved. The
cries of the drowning men as they were
dashed about by the mountainous waves
could be heard by the men in the boat.
The horrors of hunger ON the second dav
became awful. said Carl Crane. one Of
to pick up sea weed which gave us a
little nutriment. On the third day Il fly
ing fish was caught. This was immed-
lately cut mp into portion for each man
and devomed. We also captured Il sea
bat and sucked its blood and then ate the
flesh after it had dried in the sun. The
first man to die was a seaman and the
second was the third engineer One night
German fireman named Flagge who was
on watch suddenly became insane and
jumped overheard. Eleven vessels passed
rs. One British bark, We are certain. saw
lis and deliberately left us to our fate.
When 800 miles off HatteraS we were
picked up 10y Il schooner. We were 50
weak that We had to be lifted upon the
vessels deck. and one Of our men. Il Nor
weglan. fell overheard and was drowned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25

Cured of intemperance in three days!
How many people know that the State
of Georgia owns a natural nebriate
asylum?
And. nevertheless, such is the fact
1T is the most wonderful spring in
the United States" said Special Officer
Broderick, of the Atlanta police force, last
night
TO what spring do you refer?'
Indian spring. | have taken three
men to that spring who were so far gone
on the liquor habit that it looked as if it
was impossible for them to quit, and every
one of them was cured immediately One
of them had been practically drunk for four
months. took along supply of whisky,
as people said it would kill him to quit off
too suddenly
Did he taper off
He took one drink after he got to In
dian Spring and after that declined to
touch a drop. He said he did not want it
at all He remained there three days and
you never saw such transformation. He
was as sober as a Judge. his face was
cleared of its bloat and the red liquor look
and he was himself again. Since that
time he has been at work steadily and
has not touched a drop. That was six
HlOllJilS dSO' lOLS tLpuSh " tutCtudiiN NCt-
tie the matter.
Does it prove equally eficacious on
Others?'
Il have tried three cases, and with the
same happy results in every case. ! be
lieve that that little spring, which does
not hold over a gallon of water. is one Of
the most valuable in this country, and
worth all the hospitals in the land for the
cure of neibrates.
why don't somebody ship the wa
ter?"
In the first place the spring belongs to
the State of Georgia, and Is just as the In
dians left it. long ago The State Gov
| ernment has never permitted anybody to
lease it. or attempt to enlarge the flow.
The water is free for everybody. In the
second place, there Is volatile gas in the
water that escapes after a few hour. rem
dering it fiat, and robbing the water of Its
ordinary qualities. For these reasons
no attempt has ever been made to export
it, and people are coropelled to 90 to the
spot to enjoy its benefits. It Is a Won
derful spring in many other respects. but
it Is the king of all liquor habit curses
that ever | have seen. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

EN-PENsIoN AGENT pooIE, of Syracuse,
n Y. is supposed to bc the man who will
soon fill Tanner place.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed
Oliver f. Williams, of New York, United
States Consul at IIavrc. France.
WAsuINGroN, H. c. - George b.
Squires, of Brooklyn, N. Y, special agent
of the general land office has been dismiss
ed. Squires was formerly private setre-
tary to Pension Commissioner Tanner
WAsmNGToN. u. &. - General A. B.
Campbell of Kansas, eontradicts emphati-
cally the despatch from Topeka. published
this morning, to the effect that he had
been offered the position of consul-gcneraI
ut Melbourne. He says the president has
rendered him no office.
THE solicitor Of the treasury has decided
that a woman now detained in New York
ON an approval from Scotland as being un-
able to support herself and two children.
cannot be sent back because one of the
children was born in this country when
the mother was living in New Jersey about
two years ago, and is therefore an Ameri-
cm-horu citizen, for whom, in the absence
of her husband, she is the natural guar
dian.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
THE BOTTLE TR EE.
One Of the Peculiar Plants Of Queensland,
Australia.


Among the singular and the rare plants
of the world is the Australian bottle tree.
an indigenous tree Of limited portion of
tropical Queensland, and found nowhere
else in Australia or on the globe. The
native habitat of this peculiar specimen of
vegetation is on the eastern last range of
mountains within the parallels of 1S and q
degrees of south latitude The soil on
which it grows is dry the areas are level
to a limited extent, and elevated above the
sea level over 1000 feet.
This tree takes its name from the shape
of its trunk. which is wonderfully like the
outlines of giant bottle of the common
order. The thick part of the trunk
from the ground upward is from fifty to
sixty feet high, from thirty to forty feet in
circumference, and quite straight up 10
where the neck tapers to the spreading
foliage above all. The bark of the tree is
about three feet thick, of brown color and
of corll-like consistency. Foliage, which
Is very graceful. spreads from the top of
the tree and the branches have their base
in the top of the meek" The leaves are
similar in size and shape to those of d
cherry tree, but their color and consistency
are much lighter. The spread of the bran
ches and foliage Is from a regular-Shaped
dome of about forty feet in diameter and
of moderate density, giving ample shade
from the rays of the sun.
These bottle trees grow in groves, from
ten to thirty in each, and are not less than
100 feet apart from each other although
other trees intervene in places. There Is
generally good pasturage and very little
underground of bushes where bottle tree,
grow. Their appearance on the land
scape Is very striking and unique, but there
is a quaint beauty in the tout ensemble
nevertheless. and the tree. although
strange. is rather handsome in the spreaC
of its foliage. Even the e,ephantic appear
ance of the trunk Is not unhandsome when
the eye becomes accustomed to its shape
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
TO PREVENT PoLYGAlIY.
Governor of Arizona Wants All Inclined
That Way Disfranchised.

WASHINGTON. Oct. Glow. Wolfey.
Of Arizona, In his annual report 70 the
secretary Of the interior, says: Arizona
had a law disfranchising all who practiced
taught or encouraged polygamy. The
first legislative act signed BY my prede-
cess0r was to repeal that act. lreguest
and urge congress to repeal the repeating
act and re-estabIish the above territorial
law. Politically Mormons seem to have
plan Of sending colonies
CT Stakes 70 the surrounding
territories in sufficient numbers to form
the balance Of power between the two
political parties. They are willing TO trade
with either. but remain true only 30 long
as the interests Of the church are best
served. The church Is their law and all
other Law Is sabseryient 70 the orders OF
the church. The Mormons number about
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
CORRECTING AN ERROR.
Secretary of the Interior Orders the Chang
inc of Snmn Land Grnnis-

WASHINGTON. II. {. - The secretary
of the interior. in decision Just rendered
directs the commissioner of the
general land office to correct certain errors
made in the adjustment of the land grant
to the state of Wisconsin for the benefit
of the Chicago. St Paul. Minneapolis
a Omaha railroad BY this de
ciSion of the secretary. the company
is awarded :. .795 acres of indemnity land
for swamp land. heretofore enormously
transferred to it, but which in fact belong
ed to the state; also 3.622 acres on
account of an error in the former state
ment made by the general iarl office:
also | .260 acres ON account of lands erro-
ueouSly sold hy the United Slater, also
6.55S acres on account of lands erroneOuslv
certified rs indemnity. but which were in
fact granted lands The secretary under
both The act of 1856 and Of 1861
and that where place" lands
under the grant of 1887 aS is
case ut the junction Of the main and
Of the branch lines of the company Is en-
titled to indemnity for lands lost from the
act Of 1864. This ruling will give the
railroad company. it l. stated. an addi-
tiona indemnity to the amount Of about
b GOO acres
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
CONFESSED HER PART.
An Unfaithful Wife Tells of Her Husbands
Murder.

EASToN. Pa. Oct. 21.-The trial of w II.
Bartholomew for the murder OF Wash
ington billiard was stopped Suddenly to-
day bya sensational confession The widow
of the murdered man come into court de
termined to go on the stand and tell all she
knew about the murder of her husband.
and plead guilty to murder in the second
degee. This was a surprise to the lawyers
and an adjournment WAS taken until this
afternoon, Mrs. billiard was then
placed on the stand and she
teStihedShe had sustained improper
relations with Bartholomew two years be-
fore the death of her husband 1t was IL
nally determined to murder billiard and Il
tiendiSh plot was conceived. Bartholomew
fixed Diilard's gun so that it would be
useless and thpn SAID he would come to the
house the next night: would make a dis
disturbance in the chicken roost. when
Mrs. billiard should bring her husband out
with the gun and Bartholomew would kill
him. The programme was carried out; Dill
lard went out with the gun and was shot
dead by his wife 5 paTamow. The woman
broke down several times while telling the
story Before the murder Bartholomew
wanted to rent the farm 50 they might all
live together, and when Mrs. billiard
would not agree to that. he wanted her to 90
west with him. This she refused to do as
long as her husband lived, and so the mur-
der was finally decided on. Mrs Di Hard
Is thlrty-twO years of age.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-10-25
IDAHO'S COOL ERNE.
Mormons Want Their Refuge Admitted as
Clean State.

WAsHINGToN. Oct. 21-Gov. Shoup. of
ICaho in his annual report to the secretary
of the interior gives important provisions
of the constitution which will be submitted
to the people for their adoption at the elec-
ton to be held Nov. next. Idaho, he
states, claims all the essential quaEfca-
tions necessary to assume the dignity and
responsibility of statehood The report says
that there are over %, 900 people in Idaho
who are adherents of the Mormon faith.
Polygamy, however, is not at the presnt
time openly practiced in the territory. but,
the governor adds. that of the fact that it
is practiced secretly to a limited extent,
there can be no doubt, as indictments
found in nearly every term of
court held and number of
convictions have been secured He states,
however. he has reason to believe that Il
division of sentiment is springing up in
the church on the subject and practice of
polygamy. Under the constitution poly
gamy will be prohibited and the insertion
of this provision may be regarded the re-
port states. as an expression of the voice of
the people of the territory on this subject