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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
KILLED BY a CAT.
Diphtheria is Brought Iuto a Household
in strange Way.

DoDGEv1LLE, Wis. Oct 28.-Robert
Paul's family at Middleton tas been
fearfuIIy afflicted by the dreaded dyph-
iberia plague. About four weeks ago
stray cat came to their home and one Of
the children handled and played with
1t. Although it was noticed at the time
that it discharged at the nose and
mouth, nothing was thought of it until
soon after, VIXEN the little boy came
down with black dyphtberia of the most
malignant kind that the doctor said he
had caught from the cat. He fingered
for a short time and died; then Alva,
bright lad of IA, took it and died. The
father, mother and daughter were also
stricken with the terrible disease. but re-
covered. Allen. the Iy remaining son
and support of his parents, cared for them
all through their terrible sickness, holding
one of the boys when dying and preparing
them for their last resting place with his
own hands. Then the disease took hold
on him and he soon died.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
REID TAKES 4 NEW TACK.
II. Changes His Declarations According
to Locality.

Springfield Republican: in travelling
from Buffalo to Illinois Speaker Reed has
found it necessary to take new tack on
the tariff question. At the former place
he tried to show that a high tariff bad re-
duced the price of carpet. and nails and
other commodities One-hdlf or more IN %
years. But since reaching Illinois he has
heard that prices are advancing
under the influences of more tariff, and
so he tells his audience at
Champaign that 'you know that hard
times are marked not by higher but by
low prices: when you have low prices for
labor. then you have low prices for goods
and 50. Of course. when you have lDw prices
for goods. then you have low prices for
labor. Interpreting his Buffalo speech by
this declaration, it would appear that we
had been going from good 70 bad
and worse in the matter Of wages
ever since the war tariff took
himself In harmony with Mckinley, who
saws that this whole system OF cheap
things Is badge Of poverty, for cheap
merchandise means cheap men, aud cheap
men means a cheap country. But this Is
a much better way Of meeting the question
of a higher cost Of living from more tariff
than that employed by most Of the tariff
apologists ID denial Of the whole thing.
And it is an improvement over the method
Of Senator Sherman. who says that
the merchants have simply taken the new
law as an excuse to markup their goods.
.-Therei is nothing IN the iaw 70 warrant
an increase Of prices, says the ONO sena-
tor. although he must have voted Tor a
higher tariff On wool. for example. IN or
der to increase the price TO the domestic
grover. Was not that the case? But
now he SAYS there is no excuse for the
higher prices. Mckinley is more honest
honest enough TO tell out loud the prime
PURPOSES Oe his Law.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
Surrounded by serpents.

Constable Bill Weller and Amos Smith,
who were out squirreI-hunting recently in
Panther Creek Mo. tell of a remark
able encounter they had with d
large number of snakes. Weller was going
down on one side of the stream and Smith
on the other. Weller came to quite bluff
on his side Of the creek, and instead Of
going around 1t, concluded to pass over it.
He was picking MS way through the un-
derbusb and powders, when he suddenly
found himself confronted by several large
snakes. He emptied one barrel of his gun
and killed two OF them Then. as ii by
magic. several more reptiles appeared.
He stood there and fired shots into them.
and for every one he killed. two more ap-
peared. The balance Of the incident is
given in his own language:
'! got tired of what. at first. ! thought
would only be sport. turned around to
retrace my steps. and GU can imagine my
feelings when found was entirely sur
rounded blythe scrpents. My position be-
gan to get a little uncomfortable and
yelled for Smith. Smith finally got across
the stream. but found he couldn't get with
IN fifty feet OF me on account Of the snakes
My situation Was worse and worse every
minute. Ii seemed to me tat dozens of
snakes came ont from under every rock.
There were black snakes, green snakes, gar
ter snakes, Joint snakes. striped, spotted
and brown sndkgs, and think ! saw sey-
eral rattIers. 1t was a little the biggest
lot Of reptiles ever saw and | wished
several times was out Of their midst.
s0or found was Ioosing valuable time
staying there, SO ! made up my mind to
fight my way ont. There didn't seem to
In, ,,r.,,st,l T.,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
GRIMM Al,

WHILE walking from Picketts. on the
Illinois Central road, to Brownstown.
Wis. Thursday nigh travelling man.
whose name is unknown. was met by two
men, who held him at the muzze of a re-
voly"r while they robbed him OF S4G0 and
a gold watch. The robbers have not been
caught.
BURGLARS entered the house of Morton
birmingham, rich contractor. ut Kansas
City. Wednesday night. Birmingham
spraug ont of bel and grappled with one of
them. but was beaten and cbnked into un-
consciousness. \ revolver in the hands of
the other man kept Birmingham while his
pal rdnSaCked the house, securing Il small
sum of money. Mrs. Birmingham's 5 in
lurleS are severe.
4 QUARREL between rousta5outS on the
steamer City of NlCkShurr resulted in a
fight at st. Louis, Monday, in which
John McCune tcOi1redl tried to stab the
| captain of the watch, Byron Scott The
! latter drew a eTOtver to defend himself
and fired three shots, killing McCune and
slightly woUndlng Abe Thomas and Walter
! Stevenson, who were also aSSaiing him.
LATE Tuesday afternoon the Rev. A. NJ
/ De Ford entered a plea of guilty TO the
/ charge Of raising United States notes.
| ne Ford is the man who was arrested
at Milwaukee while on his way 20
| the Methodist contert nee at Whitewater
/ and whose expos dre rs u criminal created
! a sensation at the time. The plea wis
! made on his own violation ard against
! the wishes Of those who desire to help him
| back to the path OF rectltude The plea,
! however. may be withdrawn and in tn
/ trial, that would follow. the defense will
be S,.sed on the theory of insanity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
~e" -v .uS. s.,l jtrA

SECRETARY NoBLr has written Il letter
to hdyr Grant anaiyzjng the complaints
~ regard To the population Of New y Yurll,
and. 1t is understood. explaining why a
general recount could not he ordered.
UNITED STATES CoNsUL GuIMAN. al
Jerusalem. reports to the department OF
state that three American locomotives
made IN Philadelphia and intended for the
new railway from Jerusalem to Jatfu. have
arrived. The cou>ul SAYS il must interest
oar citizens to know that the first locomo-
lives ever used in this ancient land were
made IN the new world.
WEDNESDAY, the secretary of the in
terror signed certificates for the
amount ot $4,000 each. apnro.
priated undartha act Of congress approv-
ed Aug. 30. 1890. for the present fiscal
year, IN aid of agricultural and meehaui-
cal colleges TO the foIl1H.lg states: In.
dlana. Kansas, Ohio, New Jersey, Michi-
gan. New York. Pennsylvania. Massachu,
>etts, Delaware, Mississippi Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia. Colorado, Illinois. Mary
mnd. Minnesota. Oregon. Wisconsin,
New Hampshire, Alabama. Idaho, North
Dakota and New Mexico Territory.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
SEEKING TO KILL RIVALS
Chairman Payne Sets a Clever Tran
for the PrOhihitiouiStS and
LaboriteS.
Trying 10 Have Them Poll 81 Light
Vote as to Anuihilate Their
Parties.
One Of the Dark Motives of the
Cooper Law ENpo>cd-An
Arttul Trick.

MINIATURES. Oct. 2S.-There is no end
to the fertility Of resource which Chairman
Payne Is exhibiting IN this campaign.
The energy with which he works and the
schemes he c0neOCtS are living evidences
to the truth of the old SAYING that ne
ceSSity Is the mother of Invention" He
is on the losing 81 e of the fight and Is
using all possible means to bolster up his
failing fortunes.
Of course it is natural tay Chairman
Payne to eater to the prohibItioujSt~ aaj
plead for their votes on the ground thlt
the little school house is in danger. He
urges them TO unite with the republicans
Just now and sustain the Bennett law.
privately promising that such legislation
on the liquor question shall be enacted
as will be satisfactory to them. They
are assured that all the enemies
of prohibition are banded against
the republican party IL this
fight, and that Self-presa .vatiou demands
Il 1T they array themselves where they will
face their own particular enemies. If it
were campaign where the "uuderIylLG
principle" of prohibition was at stake. he
would not ask them toyctc the republican
ticket. but this year the cdu.ational
question ought TO bring them together.
Let Us save the school house first. >lj1
the willy chairman. and afterwards WlD
be time enough 20 vote the prohibition
ticket
YES! but will there be time. crafty
chairman" say some of the leaders of thr
prohibition party. Therein COMES thr
principal part of Mr.. Pdyue's scheme Let
the prohibition party hut break their rank
tins year and fly to the rescue Ct Hoard and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
CHILDREN MUST WAIT.
But Great wealth VIII he Theirs Ey and


MILWAUKEE. Oct. 23.-luIge johnson
has rendered decision in the case Of
John G Blrnuam. DnIeI n. Blrnham
and Mildred y. Bnrnham. by W. p Nc
Laren. their guardian, against the eXecu-
tors Of the last will and testament of Geo.
Burnham The will, made in 1874, be-
qleajhed 10 the testdtor's son, Daniel O.
Burnham, share equal to that given
10 his other children. But in
1888 q codiciI was made providing
that Daniel should not have any part Of
that share unless within five years after
tcstators decrase "he should have re-
formed and become sober and respect
able citizen, Of good moral character.
Daniel died in two years and then his
three children sought 10 get possession Of
the property, which by peculiar cl ause,
was not to 20 to them till they were
Is years Of age. The Judge holds tie
property cannot be distributed till they
have reached that age. In the meantime
only meager provision Is made for tne
education Of the children. who are still
quite young The whole estate is valued
at g 900 600
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
VICTORY IN THE EIGHTH.
Bailey Believed by Many Persons to
Be Sure of Sweeping the
District.
haugen'S Appointments all Very In
popular-German Loss in Buf.
falo and Dunn.
Mcbride Making Confident Canvass
fer the Senate-SucceSS Seems
Assured.

EAU CLAIRE, Special Telegram. Oct. 2S
Hon. William +. Bailey, of this city,
democratic candidate for congress, left to-
day to finish hlS tour OF the eight district.
Tie VIII address meetings tHlS week in st.
CrolN. Irempeaieau, Clark, Bayfield, and
Douglas counties, winding up at Superior
Friday and Saturday evenings. Mr..
b1lIeN has already made a pretty thorough
canvas OF the district, being aCcompauled
mach OF the time by Mayor John Hummer,
OF TINS city, democratic candidate tor
state treasurer, Unless BaileyS eNpeCta-
tons are grooudsSS-audh he Is "A careful
and cons aryatye observer, his opponent,
Haugen, would do well to prepare himself
Tor tue dlSagTeeab,e surprise of being de-
teaJed IN the district W on wGICh he has
Saddted. 10 the disgust Of all Intelligent
citizens, 10y the republican maChne. Ax
bMiey, seen ON hlS WAY TO the depot to-
day. sud to the pEMuCRAr correspondent:
You may say TO the NEMNCRAT that all
signs indicate that the eIgat district Will
oe represented by u democrat in the next
congress. | sinai. carry IrGmpealeau coduty
10y 1000, Buffalo by 500 or 800 Clark by
800, and | viii cary Peplu, jackson. Wash
burn. BAs field and Douglas. while the
fight Is ahcut even In Barron aud s.. Crolx.
| couceed to Mr UmEeu only Damn by
10y 5000, Pierce hy 600. Pv.h by 500. and
Barnett 10y 800. rs for Eaa Ca..re ,vauty,
L hall carr. 1t 10y 1000. have ylrlei
the city twice ty that majority
ltls sure that Bailey viii have a good
majority in Eau Claire county, his own
home. There are many republican work
erS and men of influence who are openly
talking for and supporting Barley in every
way possible. BMley'S election would
not be Il surprising event at all. Mr..
Haugcu. while here the ether day, e<-
pressed himself rs perfectly confident. but
10y tne way he Is hustIyg around making
no speeches however, for thtt Is something
ne can't do, 1t looks as though hg realtzes
that he Is in danger. Iaugeu's appoint
meats have all been very imp pntm
throughout the district. Tie n,s suer,clrj
generally II, pleasing one la,uDu q the
Scandinavian, AMI entirely Disgusting tha
other S.audnayIanS Us we'll as the citizens
who l>trmge result OF natIona0itles in
poHti,sH are called the American yo-
ter.
MIR. Haucon himself said the other day
that the Germans IN Buffalo and Dunn
counties we're lost 10 tine republicans tins
year, and it Is hard to see why this
doesu' apply TO the rest OF the district.
Il. J. Mcbride, OF NeIlsyiDle, demo
cratic candidate for state senator, was III the
city yesterday. He iscouhdeut of election,
aud conservative democrats who are not IN
the habit of making wild estimates believe
that republican jISseusl0u will make Nc
RrIdea winner. The democratic managers
OF the assembly campaigns IN the two
districts of Tins com IL arc OOppu of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
Electrical Review

In Texas we have about 800 murders
committed yearly. Under this miSchievouS
s,vla pathy we hardly ever find jury that
has the manhood and the courage to pass
the sentence of death on criminal that
may have murdered one Of his fellow
beings in the most shocking manner. They
not only turn loose a dangerous man on
society. but he may afterward be lionizej
for the very crime he committed. To
show to what a dangerous extent this Is
carried out. have only To refer to the
city Of Austin. Several years ago
there was rutfian that was the terror of the
place. after killing about a dozen men.
1t tappears from the fact that he had such
a formidable record he was elec ed by the
people as marshal Of the city. And it is
said that he made a very good marshal,
for every tough knew how to respect him.
In the same town Il violent, disagree
al le man murdered a poor. harmless Ger
man in cold blood. OF course. after some
time he was acquitted. Yet this very mur
derer afterward was elected mayor of the
city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
BLooDsHED IN SWITZERLAND.
The Troops and Liberals Come Together
in the Canton of Ticin.

BERSE, Oct. 23.-Report has been re-
ceived from Lugnao, one of the capitals Of
the canton Of Ticio, stating that fighting
occurred today between the troops and
dIsatfected liberals and that there was
some bloodshed
The federal council 1as by unanimous
vcte rejected the :ppeals made by the
ultramontanes Of Tic5o against the popu-
lar vote Of October iast, when majority
declared il favor Of a revision Of the
constitution Of the canton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31

fire, several thousand bales Of cotton. ware
houses, compre- ses. steamboats,, mills. and
other property being destroyed. The loss
was e, timated at 81 100000.
HERE was a collision Tuesday near
Joliet. Ill.,. on the Z. J. & Z. railroad
through which Thomas Lawler, foreman of
the construction gang, was killed and
eight others injured. Several cars and
two engines are completely wrecked. Traf-
fc was impeded for several hours on the
Santa Fe in consequence, and it will take
all day TO clear the track of the E J. & E.
TOR traffic.
AT an early hour Thursday morning fire
broke out in the Mission Soap nd Candle
Works, OF San Francisco owNrj by Max
Morgenthau. on Sixteenth street, and
after destroying the building and contents
spread to the Pacific Mattress Factory,
owned by William Clark and Henry
Black. Four cottages were consumed and
Mrs. O'Conneii, an occupant of one Of
the cottages. was taken out unconscious by
an officer. The loss is about $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31

Recent experiments have suggested var
ioas directions in whicn the use
Of the search Ii ght can be extended. One
Of these is the vertical projection of the
light rays by a special adjustment of the
lamp so rs to throw brilliant shaft of
light high into the air. Il is said that
this beam can be seen farther than any
other analogous mode Of communication.
The explanation of rs effectiveness Is that
Il fog does not exist except close to the
water. and that the beam can be seen by
looking up into the air not much obscure1
by fog. So that the amount Of fog which
the sight has to penetrate to gain a view of
this soaring beam Is not so great as that
behind which the ship Is hidden. Testi-
mony to the value of the search light Is
afforded In the fast that many of the
steamers on the large inland lakes. and the
steamers Rhode Island and Connecticut Of
the Providence line. plying on Long Island
sound. are itted with 1t for use in fogs
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
BRILLIANT WEDDING ABROAD.
Marriage Of the Daughter of the Russian
Ambassador to France

PARIS, Oct. 28.-The religious marriage
Of Mile. Mohrenheim, daughter Of Baron
Mohrenhein, Russian ambassador TO
France, to Lieut.. ge Seze took place today
and was attended by Madame Carnot,
wife Of the president, and all the ambas-
sadors IN Paris. 4 crowd gathered outside
the church and as the bridal party came
cut they were greeted sTith cries OF Long
live Russia, Long live Franes!'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31

Paper tubes are coming into use for
carrying gas. water. and electric cables,
and some of the latest samples of these
pipes now being exhibited N Vienna are
highly spoken of. The method Of their
manufacture Is curious and interesting
The width Of the paper Is equal to the
length of a given pipe. The paper runs
first through molten asphalt and Is rolled
upon a randril of Ecod, the size OF which
determines the inside diameter OF the pipe
When cool the ma9dril Is removed and the
inside of he tube Is scovereG with a kind
Of enamel. the composition Of which Is
kept secret The outside Is covered with
a bituminous laquer and sand. and it Is
said that comparatively thin pipe viii
withstand very powerful pressure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
ERAzELL,s MuRDERERs CAUGHT.
The sIayers are Caught In Their Own
he-ffes.

The sIayers are Caught In Their Own
he-bes.
CHICAGO, Oct 24.-SIE men are IL GUS
today on suspicion Of having been the
murderers Of Michael Brazeli. at Despldines
Wednesday night. Three Of them have
pf oven appas ent alIbis, and the others
claim to know nothing whatever OF the
affair. James Farrell Thomas Costello
and Thomas Fowler we're arrested yestcr-
day while coming into Chicago on a freight
train. The first two claim 10 have been
working for the Northwestern railway
company at Fairview, Wis. One Of them
got hurt BY the falling of a railway iron,
and they started TO Chicago. = A few miles
north OF Eyenston they fell in with Fowler.
He Is well dressed and claims TO have been
working at Appleton, Wis, as a weaver
John Murphy, Frank Barns and Thomas
Sye are the other three. They were picked
up near Desplaines yesterday and brought
10 Chicago. Arri: :jng IN town they were
all able 10 prove alibis by bartender
The bartender was positive that the three
men had been in the saloon at $50 Wed
nesday night and took drink, but Mrs.
William HobeB identified Murphy and
Barns as two Of the men 9ho committed
the murder Mrs. Hoben was passing the
barn when the murder was committed and
saw two men running away. She IS
positive that her Identification OF the
two Is correct while the bartender Is just
as positive that be i right.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31

But this is not the whole cost of this
tariff taxation. There is in it also pro-
lection to home manufacturers. What
does that mean? 1t means simply,
that by reason of these taxes, our home
manufacturers are able to sell US their
goods at higher prices than they could
without them.
by law, we make our importing mer-
chants, who buy their goods of foreign
manufacturers, pay these tariff taxes on
them. for the privilege of bringing
those goods into this country to
sell to Us. When they sell those
goods to US there. they must
charge us their original cost, with this
tariff tax added to it; otherwise they will
loose money. This enables our home
manufacturers to sell their goods of the
some kind, to US, at nearly or quite an
equally high price. This tariff tax on
imported goods, thus protects our home
manufacturers against our people buy
ing imported goods cheaper than the
price at which they wish to sell US
their ike goods; and enables them to
compel US to pay them increased profits
on their goods, just in proportion as the
tariff on that kind of goods is high or
low.
That IS just what the home maDufac-
turers want this protection for. This helps
them towards monopolizing our home
market. Without this, protection is
nothing TO them
How much are these increased profits
so paid by the people of this country,
to monopolist home manufacturers, by
reason Of this tariff taxation:"
Experts and statisticians tell us, that
for every dollar paid and going into the
government treasury by tariff taxation,
we have paid from 800 to $500 in
creased profits to these protected home
manufacturers. Taking the lower esti-
mate. $500, and three times the several
amounts actually paid by the counties in
/ this congressional district, added 10 the
amounts actually paid, gives Us 8 ,205,-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-10-31
THEY DIE HARD.
CInciunatFs Corrupt Officials Give up
Their obs Reluctantly

Their DOo-
CINCINNATI, Oct. 27.-The mayor this
afternoon appointed a new non-partisan
board Of public improvements II accord
auce with the act Just passed by the legis-
lature. The members Of the old boar
have asked the court for an injunction.
holding that the special Legislation in the
case Is unconstitutional.