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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

MuNclE, Ind, Sept. %. day Mike
Shea and Leslie Cos, two county Jail
prisoners, made a murderous assault
on superintendent Benton Skinner of
the stone pile and rnade their escape
The men were sentenced to labor
eighty days on the city stone pile
for stoning windows in church As
Mr.. skinner was removing them to
The stone pile adjacent to the city they
assaulted hun, and after long fight
got possession of the keys to the hand
cuffs took the mans revolver then
transferred the handouts to the officer
and nearly beat his life out. The
prisoners fled with the keys and re
volyer posse of officers captured
the men at DeSoto TO night.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A widow Stabs Herself with Pair of
shears

AUGUSTA WIS, Sep. - Mrs. Kopp.
Ian, who lived IN Fa,I Creek, but was visit
ing her brother, Herman kopplm. in
Augusta, last night, attempted suicide by
stahhlng herself with butcher knife and
also in the neck with pair of shears,
Her husband died in Ashland two years
ago and she is slightly demented She is
worth over $4,000 She has little
daughter and also son, doctor in Louis,
vile, Ky, lrs Corwn and Fletcher say
she will probably live. She is well known
in Eau Claire,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
INQUEST on sIEBOLDT.
The Coroner's jury Impaneled and Ad
journs TN Today,

DARLINGTON, Wis, Sept. 22.--Imme
diateIy after the hanging of Anton
S,eboIdt yesterday justice of The peace
was summoned, who issued venire for a
coroner jury They proceeded to examine
the body, and then, at the request of one
Of the jurors, the inquest was adjourned
undertaken brought the coffin,
as the shades of night fell on the
scene the coffin was placed in a wagon aud
carted off to the potter s field and buried,
accompanied only 10y the undertaken and
driver.
No arrests have yet been made nor will
there any, if at all, until the deci-
sion Of the coroner's inquest shall
have been reached. The excitement COW
sequent upon the tragedy has subsidized,
and while the people generally regret the
occurrence, they are quietly congratulate
ing each other that the community Is rid
of "a lawless, desperate character.
The administration of the law in this
county in cases of murder during the
past twenty years has been so lax that the
people have lost confidence in its power
to restrain men of this stamp from doing
deeds of violence. Only last week Tong"
Baldwin, of ShulIsbnrg, shot AMI NOR
tally wounded Thomas MeArd,e as the
result of n contention which
arose in u saloon. and now Baldwin is
walking the streets u free man, having
been admitted to bail in bonds OF $3.50,
It is such facts as this that have shaken the
confidence of the people in the adminIstra'
ton of law in this portion Of the stake.
The father, mother and brother Of Sic
bodt who arrived in town within Il short
time of the hanping, left before evening,
declining to dispose OF the body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
cents, Is the tariff tax when the price
is notnnllY less OHM the dntN2


Then comes forward the cruel critic who
merciIessy aisSects the ilmslye llustra.
ton, If these blankets were made ct i'm,
ported wool, says he, then the tariff was a
tax or the wool was smuggled II they
were made of domestic wool then the
tariff was tax or the farmer was not pro-
tected If the tariff does not protect the
wool grower, and If these blankets are ~
per cent shoddy and g per cent. wool,
this simply shows that the manufacturer
used nearly all shoddy, and buying Amer
lean wool at The foreign price can make
shoddy blankets to be sold here for less
than the duty on 3,s pounds of foreign
raw wool plus 40 per cent, of lue of
blanket Shoddy is cheap Any man
can make shoddy cloth at less than the
tax on wool
A system which needs to be holstcred mp
by such preposterous misrepresentation
must be Il dishonest one. Ii must strike
any man no, utterly blinded by prejudice,
that such paragraph is an insult to his
intelligence, for If wooden goods could he
made soeheaply here why should we import
fully one.fourth of all the wooden goods
we use in spite of enormous tariff duties,
and why would our mills work from 20 to
SO per cent of cotton, jute, cows hair or
shoddy into all their so.called "woolen'
fabricsY
And again, think of the utter ahsurdity
of using the unverRed advertisement of
an unknown shopkeer in another city as
the basis of IN argument
Sure " any one must see that such a
himsy expedient would never be resorted
to by even special pleader who had an
honest cause to uphold, or indeed had any
motive save "A desire to deceive and de.
fraud. II Is cases of this kind and others
of a similar, but more Ingenious and
plausible nature, which justify the use OF
such epithets as "bunco game" and
"buneo steerer."
So much for Mr.. Porters peculiar plan
of educating the people up to belief in
the precious policy of protection.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

burglar. who will probably die, says his
name is William Hartman, and his home
is at 43O Twenty-seventh Street, San
Francisco, where his mother Mrs. K. M.
SMILEY, is now living He is 26 years
old, of good address and fair education.
He says he has been thief all his life,
and while he doesn t know who shot him
he holds him blameless. He refused to
tell anything about the other burglar.
The ball came out of Harriman's back
and was picked up. He may possibly re-
cover.
Accomplish Captured.
EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Special Telegram,
Sept. 22. Tonight the accomplice of VIM.
Hartman, the wounded burglar, was cap
tured in an extraordinary manner 1t
was supposed that when Hartman was
shot at Smiths early this morning that
the other burglar had made good his
escape but Stephen / Smith, brother of
the proprietor of the store did not believe
it. Stephen about o'clock this evening
accompanied by Matthews, who shot
Hartman this morning, began rum nag
ing around in the clothing department.
As they poked aside the curtain the con
cealed burglar sprang upon them from
beneath counter. A fierce struggle
ensued, but the burglar was felled by a
blow on the temple with cane,
and be was pinicned and his revolver
taken from him. The burglar when
landed in jail gave his name as Frank
Bender He had been lying hidden under
the counter from three O'Clock
this morning till eight O'Clock tonight
1t is believed that Hartman and
Bender have two female accompices. but
the latter cannot be found. Hartman is
still alive at the Sisters hospital and is
smoking cigarettes with what are proba
bly, his last breaths.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
GALES GROW WORSE.
Several Vessels Kcpo ned Lost Along the
English Course.

LONDON, Sept %, 49, The northeast
gales which have been causing so much
damage in England and Scotland have
grown worse instead of calming down.
The latest news received ms to the damage
done is that u numter of coasting vessels
have been driven ashore and lost between
Tyne and Forth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

Marquette, Mich, Sept 30, Peter
Folleste, John Gilbert and Eric lar
VIOLA were taking down two pillars of
ore directly over tn" mouth of No. 4
shaft at the Repuutt NINE tnls morn
ing, when the ground gave way be-
meath them and they went headlong
down the shaft. Another fall of
ground from the foot wall &C red the
shaft again. It will be days and
weeks before the bodies can he recov-
cred as this shaft was wreck from
the recent fire
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
AN ONTARIO SENSATION.
General Hapgert TO be I'm
peached Tor Population.

nrrnotT, Sept. 90 An Ottawa Ont,
special says: This afternoon in the
house of commons Lister, Nj. 2. for West
hampton, gave notice that hc will make
nm impeachment of Hon. !. G.
naRgert, postmaster general, III con
nection with the construction of
section of the Canadian Pacific railway f;
that while member, llnggcrt was inter,
ested IN u contract given 10y the govern.
ment for the construction OF that part of
the railway This is the sensation Of the
day and dwarts the McUreevl .Langevin
dCbate "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
HARVEST FESTIVAL ARADE.
Great Preparations Being Made at
WiuneapDris tor tn. r, nj

MINNEAPoLrs. 'uun., Sept - AT
o clock in the afternoo4 OF Wednes-
day, Sept %, the first harvest festival
parade IN the hi>-ory of Il city of
Mpncal oils or i the NortL will
move. Preparations have been made
night and day for week and fully 900
floats will be in line Floats will be
sent by many Dakota and Minnesota
counties The route OF the procession
is about six miles long. 1he Mayor
has issued a pro 'lalnation re Testing
all business and labor to cease on that
day, and the schools will l.. closed.
Money prizes will be given for tn best
county, society and State floats apd
prizes for the best bands outside of the
Twin cities.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

In the opinion Of the American Wool
Reporter, the Mckinley law has justified
Mr.. Blaine's assertion that it was OF small
value to the farmers; for II it had done as
much for them as its advocates claimed
"a wave Of popularity would have been
certainly engendered for its author in his
own state, of which he would have been
well pleased to take far greater advantage
than he has. Y
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
supposed uorse-ihtcf Arrested.

HASTINGS. Nebu sept 22,--This NJ
ternoon Deputy sheriff Boyd arrested
George NcrkeS. supposed u he one
of gang Of horse thieves that have
been operating successfully IN Adams
and adjoining counties the last wear
The evidence against the man Is
strong and the officer, with difficulty
saved him from the hands II the en-.
raged farmers over sixty horses have
been stolen~during the last year
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

KANSAS CITY, No, Sept 22.-A
masked negro last night held up Ed
ward Ford and Miss Josie Hunter
while they were eniuyinG a moonlight
stroll in a remote part of Washington
park and intim,dating them with
revolver relieved them of then valua-
bles The NEGRO esra ped.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
STANDARD OIL ABROAD.
The Company Says Its Policy Is One Of
Competitive Commerce.

BERLIN Sept. 90 AS cabled from this
city there has been 50 much talk recently
concerning the efforts of the Standard Oil
company to establish German monopoly
that United States Minister Phelps be
lieving an injustice was being done
American interests, requested the European
agent of the company, Mr., Libby, to
present to hIm report on the position OF
the Stan lard Oil company in Germany with
a view of communicating the truth in the
matter to Baron Won Berlepsch, head of the
department of commerce in Germany,
The report has just been furnished
to the United States minister.
In 1t Mr., Libby declares that
the Standard OH company's policy is
simply that of competitive commerce and
that it is dictated and stimulated 10y a de.
sire to sn, tain the consumption of Amer
lean petroleum in Europe in the face of
the active competition OF other countries,
especially Russia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

HUNTINGTON, Ind, Sept 22.-- The
town of Warren in this county is wild
over a case of hydrophchia. A dog be-
longing to Isaiah Reome mt mad
last Friday and bit several other dogs.
Mr. Reome and ~ Ir-old hoy were
also bitten. The boy rs reported to be
in critical condition to day
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
FOC Il sen L L Z.
Criminals will Co to waupun from Jack
sou County.

BLACK RIVER FALLS, Special Telegram,
Sept -. Charles DEBORAH and Charles
Whitedeer, Iadian horse thieves, were
each sentenced to two years
in the state prison at Wan.
pun today. Joseph Rock and
Harvey Mclean, of La Crosse, were sen
fenced to two and three years respectively
for larceny. by Judge Newman,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
A. IcKLE trust is the latest. Did any
one ask if the republican party was in it2

MADNESS is raid to be on the increase.
Sc long as the weather of the past nine
days continues the public will ask for no
explanation Of the phenomenon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
IINESEY HEARD FROM
Ills Resignation is Mailed From Mlwau-

HARRlsBuRG, Pa, Sept. %. Upon his
return to the capitol today, State Irea.
surer Boyer found the resignation of
Cashier Livesey awaiting him. 1t was
mailed at Milwaukee, Wis, the 2Sth of
August Domestic circumstance were
given as the cause.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
Plaintiffs NoN-SUITED.
End Of Baraboo's Breach of Promise

Case.
BARAHoo, Special Telegram, Sept. %.
Late this afternoon the celebrated
Noyes-C Cross breach of promise case came
to sudden termination by the plaintiff
being non-suited. The case attracted con.
siderable attention and the court room
was crowded all day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

cents per pound. The duty ON blankets of
n value greater than 80 n pound is three
and a half times the duty ON u pound of
unwashed wool (ll cents) and 40 per cent,
or in this case in all 81 7SS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
THOSE TARIFF PICTURES.

The tariff pictures put forth by the New
York Press, subsidized organ of the pro
tectionists, are freely reproduced by the
guileess country press and enthusiastically
pointed to M evidence of the sub ime and
beautiful results OF McKnleyism, Rarely
will one of these Illustrations bear even u
superficial analysis, and the manner in
which n correspondent in the New York
World has exposed one of the most gener-
all, quoted of these distorted fances will
no doubt exercise u wholesome effect on
the Press hereafter, That paper recently
printed the following:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25

lie IL thitH'd 10 ihRe shof' '"'a-
ton.
BuLolr, Sept 22,-president Eaton, of
Hcoit college, has been obliged to give up
his duties for month and take a rest,
owing to illness arising from care and
over eXertluu,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-09-25
TARIrR PICTURES,

A Philadelphia retail house last week
advertised all-woo slx-pound blankets Mt
81 so pair, which is $500
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18

This remedy is becoming 60 well
known and 50 popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the the song nf
praise.--A purer medicine does not
exist, and it is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure
diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove pimples. boils. salt rhenm
and other affections caused by impure
bIood-Will drive malaria from the
system and prevent as well as cnre all
malarial fevers.-For cure Of headache,
consumption and indigestion try Elec-
trio Bitters-Entire satisfaction guaran-
teed, or money refunded. Price SOC.
and 81 per bottle at C. c. Nash's.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18
mo. 36.

The Farmers Union Of Mont
gomery, La, has declared in favor
OF the third party movement, and
the entire order in VIM parish
and perhaps in Grant, will no
doubt join the boilers. One by
one the roses fall. There will be
other OBJECTIONS in the State, and
many of the brethren will put them
selves outside the pale of the Dem
ocratic party by the time the cam
paign has fairly opened. We are
sorry to see them 60, but if indie
pendence rs their manifest destiny,
the sooner they define their posi-
ton the better. The Alliance
members who adhere to the Ocala
and Cincinnati platforms are not
Democrats, and an open renunci-
alton of the Democratic party is
the only honest course for them to
take. Baton Rouge Advocate.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18
Hard Nuts for Third Party States
men to Crack.

The Democratic catechism was
propounded by Senator Carlisle to
committee from the recent Gin
cinnsti convention who came to him
to get his views on some of the
planks of the platform of the So
called Peoples Party" The sub
ject of government ownership of
railroad and telegraph lines was
brought up, and Mr.. Carlisle asked
the committe if they proposed to
get possession by con6scation. They
promptly disclsimed any such idea.
"Then you must buy them" replied
Mr.. Carlisle, "and to buy them you
must pay for them, and to pay for
them you must tax yourselves. Have
you any idea how much it would
cost? Our government debt at the
close of the war was more than ST.
100000, 900, and we have been al
most thirty years in paying half of il.
The railroads, telegraphs, telephone
lines and steamboats, in the country
represent about $4,000, 600, 900 in
capital; $4,000, 900, 900 is bonded
Indebtedness which must be paid.
Are you ready to tax yourselves to
raise this money? Then, after you
have got the property, are you ready
to tax yourselves to operate it, for
the government never yet succeeded
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18
Cutie FISH, Tactics.

Great stress is placed by the anti-lot-
teryites on the declaration that no DOODLE
distributors Of the lottery will be allowed
to enter the confines of Lincoln. What
folly! We we're allowed to see Q letter
from representative of the company to
party in another parish who asked for
money to control votes In his section. In
said letter it was emphaticalfy stated
that the company would not spend lone
dime for q vote in the State. Why
should they, when the State is largely
pro-lottery?-Ruston Caligraph.
We are cognizant Of precisely similar
case, and the applicant for Doodle is now
cantankerous enemy OF the lottery
Alexandria Times.
Bah! what rot. Every man with
a thimble full of brains knows that
the lottery managers have used and
intend to use money to buy voters
and supporters. 1t is fact that
an agent of the La. lottery brought
$500 in cool cash into the CHRoN-
ICLE Office last summer to buy US
out We know and can prove that
this money came directly from the
lottery's strong box. A thousand
dollar salary was also offered us at
the same time to edit the paper in
the lottery's interest, and we were
assured by the lottery agent that
it would be guaranteed in advance.
We know that this offer was made
with the full sanction of Morris
managers. It is now in order for
some hired scribe to insinuate or
lyingly assert that our refusal to
sell was from sinister motives, and
that our course has been changed
Or Influenced by the offer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18

Elk : Senator Ingalls, made his
debut as a lecturer at the National
Chautauqua, July 2. His subject
was "The Problems of Our Second
Century" The first problem which
he considered was the danger OF
paternalism in the government, and
he paid his respects in his unique
way to the class Of people who
want their debts paid by an act of
Congress, and who would have
money as plentiful as autumn
leaves in the forest. He said that
if all the wealth in the United
States were to be equally divided,
within six months there would be
some people riding in palace cars,
some in buggies, some would be
walking and some would be sitting
in the fence corner watching the
procession go by.
"Above ALL" he added, "there
would be heard again the voice of
the irresponsible reformer, earning
his livelihood by th q persperation
of his jaw, rather than by the
sweat of his brow. If some men
were rich and others poor, it was
the fault of the Creator" He
would not disguise the fact that
the present was a momentous crisis
in the history of the country, and
all the forces of dissatisfaction were
marshaled for the contest. He had
no doubt of the outcome. There
would be in the future larger OPP
portunities for happiness and great
ar development of the nation than
The mind of man could now con-
,eive. In the course of his re-
marks he referred to himself as a |
statesman out of a job, to the great |
amusement Of the audience. !
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18

Prof. L. A. Traylor, OF Sabine, lectured
in the Colfax court house on last Monday,
on communistic ideas in general, and the
third party and sub-treasury fallacies in
particular. We did not have the pleasure
OF hearing the gen tleman, on account Of
urgent business requiring our attention
elsewhere, but are informed that he is q
ready and plausible speaker. He made
some glaring charges against the Demo
cratic party, which were effectually re-
futed by Hon. R P. Hunter, who hap
pened to be present. At the close Of his
speech the hat was passed around to de-
fray Mr.. Traylor's expenses, while on his
missionary tour of splitting the '.Solid
South" and arraying tie farmers against
the balance OF mankind.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18

The City Item thinks we are guilty Of
'absured exaggeration" when we place
the earnings OF the lottery at SIS, OO0, 900
or S30,OOO,OOO, of which they propose to
give the State $1,25O, OO0-less than one
twentieth. Well. why don't the Item
give ms the true figures? 1t must have
access to those books, which have thus
Tar been a mystery to the public. We
give our "best information" and now let
us have the Items.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1891-07-18

District u -Dunns, 3 months, w. Y
Mccain teacher.
District q Hargis 8 month";, M. C
Thrasher teacher.
District 24-New Hope, 8 months, T.
A. Moss teacher
Districts Is and 26-Iatt, 8 months, O
A. Fletcher teacher.
District 25-L'Artigo, colored 2 months,
II. Q. Robinson teacher.
District N-Creeds, 5 months, Joel L.
| Fletcher.
| Some OF the above schools have been
and are to be supplemented by private
subscription. w. l. RloHARDsoN.
Parish Superintendent.
The districts were then called in
regular order, and 3-months col
ored school at $25 per month was
granted at Ferenzie school in dis
trict one.
In district 10. J. II. Nugent, M.
E. STAFFORD and r. M. Deem were
appointed local directors.
The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That the trustees of each of
the school districts of Grant parish are
hereby requested to furnish the secretary
OF the school board with a complete list
OF all OF the schoolable children in their
respective districts from to Is years of
age, in order that the parish may be able
to secure her just pro rata out OF the gen.
eral State fund; and the trustees are
earnestly requested to send in said lists.
verified and sworn to before some Justice
or notary, on or before Sept. Is, 1891.
The following paragraph of a
letter from Hon. w. H. Jack, State
superintendent, to w. L. Richard
son, parish superintendent, was
then read to the board:
"Under section Is of act 81 of the acts |
OF 1888 you are entitled to receive anuu-
ally 500 for your services as superiuten-
dent and secretary. The parish school |
board is vested with discretion o. to what |
may be allowed you under the condition |
OF things contemplated in section n. not !
to exceed $125, but have no authority to |
reduce your salary below the amount of |
sos, as fixed by article 225 of the consti-
tuition and by section % of the act 81 |
Of 1885,"
After some discussion the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the president is hereby
instructed not to warrant in excess Of |
$50 per annum as salary for w. L. Rich
ardson, parish superintendent, that being
the amount heretofore agreed upon and !
paid to him regularly up to this date.
The board then adiourned In
meet at the regular meeting, the
irst Saturday in October, 1881.
81. G. GooDwYN, President.
W. L. RICHARDSON, Secretary.