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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

VANCE HEMsUCKER, years old, was
accidentally shot and killed at Medora,
Ind.
A SPECIAL from Hardy, Neb., says fire
destroyed nine business buildings, causing
loss of $4,000.
A FOREST fire sixty miles in length is
carrying devastation in the country on
the Pennsylvania and Northwestern rail-
way.
NARGARETTE SHAY was burned to death
in her house on South May street Chicago,
Monday morning.
SATURDAYS FIRE at Muskegon Mich.
destroyed 275 buildings, valued at $500
0o0.
PROF. W. I. RoUNTREE. an amateur
aronant, fell from balloon at Spokane
and was killed.
AN east-bound passenger train on the
Vandalia road struck an unknown man
driving horse and buggy at st. Jacobs,
| H., Monday. killing both man and
| horse.
FIRE destroyed the cable railway station
AZ the union depot at Kansas City, No.
Loss SO, 900.
S. BIGELow, Clark E. Stuble and Sher-
| wood Clark were killed in railway col
lision at Shepherd, Mich. Thirteen
others were injured.
The village of Walkersville, Mich, was
destroyed by forest fires. OF the 800 In
habitants. some have reached Ludington,
but it is feared that many of them have
persisted.
AT jennings, Ohio, . passenger train
struck timber protesting ever the track
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
WASHINGTON

The name of the postofice at Bluff,
Wis, was ON Wednesday changed to
klenensville and Geo. Swenson appointed
postmaster.
JUSTICE BREWER, of the United States
supreme court, has allowed writ of error
to issue in the case OF the contestant gov
ernorship of Nebraska.
The department of state is officially in
formed of the acceptance by the govern
ment of China of the invitation to par
ticipate in the worlds Columbian exposi-
ton.
THE chief of the bureau of statistics re-
port that the total value of the exports of
domestic breadstuffs from the United
States during the month of April, 1891,
was sl2 ,373, ,S27.
THE Japanese legation has received a
dispatch in relation 20 the attempt upon
the life of the Czarowitch, which states
that the prince was wounded in the head
by fanatic The attack was made at
Otsu a place under Lake Blwa, about
twelve miles from koto.
An order was issued at the navy de-
partment Saturday transferring the name
of Rear Admiral Daniel L. Braine to the
retired list on the 18th inst Admiral
Braine has been in the navy about forty
FIVE years. Capt. Henry Erben will
succeed Admiral Braine as commandnat
of the New York navy yard.
COMMISSIONER RAUM has written let
ter to Secretary Noble calling attention to
the very material decrease in payments on
account of pensions during the present
fiscal year. The entire payments for army
pensions during the present fiscal year
will not exceed $4,000, 900. The total
appropriation was sl25, ,769 ,093, and it
now seems probable that there will be left
of this appropriation at the end of the
fiscal year 50, T69, 900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22

Hon. john A. KAssoN, who has spent
considerable time In European courts as
the representative of the United States,
expressed very high opinion of Bismarck
in his lecture before the Johns Hopkins
students the other day The triple alIi-
ance, iii Mr. Kasson's eyes, was a consum-
mate achievement which convinced the
entire European world of the incompar-
able resources Of this statesman The
kaiser was opposed to an alliance hostile
TO Russia, and, according TO Mr. Kasson
Bismarck's resignation ior eight days
lay in the cabinet of Emperor William as
the alternative of his master S reluctant
approval of the new alliance with Aus
tria "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
AN AMERICAN TRIUMPH.

American ingenuity seems to have won
a signal victory in the matter of armor-
plate. There has been another trial of
plates, and once more the plate composed
of steel containing an alloy of nickel has
withstood the projecties fired against it.
But at the trial which took place at Ann
apolis, few days since, plates were tested
that were treated bya process of superb
ciel carbonization, the invention of II. A.
harvey, of Newark, n. j. The pure steel
plate was mashed to pieces The steel
plate treated with the process withstood
better, but the treated nickel-steel plate
came out of the trial practicalll, aninjured
the proiectiles being broken. The great
value of this process consists in the fact
that the carbonization takes the place of
weight, so that, for instance, a ship will
be just as well protected by its use with
25 per cent. of the weight ofsmetal. This
will make it possible to greatly increase
the coal capacity and other accommo-
dations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
DESPERATE MEANS.
Probability that the ESmeralda will
Take Coal at Acapulco by
Force.
She Must Refill Her Bunker in
Order TO Return TO
Chill.
Coast Defeuses Insufficient to Pre-
vent the InSurgent Vessel From
Helping Herself.

NEW YORK, May 19.-It seems certain
that the Esmeralda must have recourse to
some desperate means to secure coal, for
coal she must have if she is to get back
to Chih. 1t is announced today that the
Pacific Mail steamship company ordered
Its agent here not to sell the Esmeralda coal
under any circumstances. Thisorder was
communicated to the commander of the
Esmeralda and it is now thought probable
the Chilian will take coal by force.
This is more probable as it is now al
most certain the Esmeralda's captain is in
command of tho Itata, having boarded
her when the two vessels met off this port
Friday night. Should the act
ing captain of the Esmeralda
decide to take coal by force
there's absolutely nothing to prevent him
from hauling his vessel alongside the coal
hulks and taking what he wants, for the
forts are worthless as against modern Or
dnance, and the Esmeralda could, if
molested, lay Acapulco in ruins in half an
hour
The Latest.
CITY OF MEXICO, May ia dispatch
from Acapulco says it is believed that the
Esmeralda secretly loaded some coal and
was to receive more today outside the har-
bOr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
ACRES OF FLAMES.
Twenty-Five Blocks is the Number
That We're Burned at Mus
kegon Last Evening.
Fire Swept Through Both the Business
and the Residence Portions
of the City.
conservative Estimates Place the Loss
At Over Half q
Million.

MUsKEGoN, Mich, May l6.-Twentv-
TWO squares of business buildings and
dwellings, were swept away tonight by the
most disastrous FIRE Muskegon has ever
seen. The fire started ut $50 D. m. in the
Launbowill hotel barns, just off Pine
street, and, aided by strong wind. swept
with hghtning-hke rapidity ten blocks
up Pine street, one Of the
chief business streets of the
city. Then by sudden shift of the wind
the flames were driven toward Terrace
avenue, one of the finest residence streets
In the city, where they swept unchecked
until the southern portion of the city was
reached where the buildings were not SO
close together. There the fremen,
aided by engines and men
from Grand Rapids, succeeded
in getting the flames under control
although at a late hour some buildings
are still burning fercely. Twenty-Five
blocks are devastated Pine street business
houses for ten blocks are entirely wiped
out.
Among the more valuable blocks
were the Pine Street house, Phia-
bourn block, Eckerman'S drug store,
Matthew Wilson'S residence. aedg-
wicks wholesale store, McMichael's
shoe store and Launkowell'S hotel. No
less than three hundred and fifty resi-
dences including some of the finest in the
city are in ashes. The $4,000 court
house was gutted but the public docu-
ments were saved. The prisoners in the
county Jail which occupied the
basement of the court house we're
liberated. Several cows and horses
were burned and little child sleeping
in the Launkowell hotel barns, where the
fire started, is missing. A conservative
estimate of the total loss is o;er half
million.
Hundreds of families who were rem
dered homeless are being cared for 10y peo-
pie in the portion of the city which escaped
the visitation. The scene on tue streets
tonight is terrible. Homeless
people are running frautically
about, making endeavors to save some
little portion of their most valuable effects
which had been dragged from the houses,
but in most cases the spread of the flames
was so rapid that as in the case of the
great Chicago fire little or nothing could
be carried away.
Above the cries of the women and
children and the shouting of men could
be heard the explosion of dynamite used
10y the tiremen to blow up buildings in
the hope of staying the progress of the
flames and again a heavy combustion rs a
boiler in some business building would
explode scattering debris in all directions
The fremen labored under difficulties
from the start, a gale which was blowing
scattering huge blazing brands far beyond
where the men were working, and causing
a new fire to spring up constantly.
Among the sad incidents was the death
of Harry Stevens, son of Postmaster Ste
vens. He was i'll with pneumonia and
when the flames approached the house had
to be moved. The shock was too great
and he died while being removed to place
of safety.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22

throwing a number of men who were un-
loading a car under the wheels. Three
were killed and others were injured.
! Miss MABEL FENToN, the actress who
was so terribly burned Monday night at
Patterson, n. j., that she will be unable
to play again for several months. Her
clothing came into contact with an alcohol
lamp.
REPORTS of the great destruction by
forest fires in Michigan continues to ar
rive Walkerville, in 0ceana county, has
been completely wiped out, as also have
Altoona and Clinton, while numerous
isolated farm houses have been burned.
In Chicago, a little girl, whose name
could not be learned, was seriously injur-
ed Thursday in the building at BAT Dear
born street, having her head crushed by
an elevator.
The boiler of the Mississippi towboat
Ny Choice exploded near Cairo Tues
day and three of the crew were thrown
into the river and drowned.
THE forest fires around Big Rapids,
Mich, are the most extensive since 1871.
Nothing but timely rain can stop the de-
vastation until the lumber district in five
counties is burnt over.
AT Jackson, Mich, the Kennedy wood
enware mills aud dozen residences were
destroyed by fire Friday night. Loss,
S50.00O
OVER two thousand people are homeless
in Valencia county, \. NJ, or the east
bank of the Rio Grande. Their
houses and crops have been destroyed by
the flood.
AT Providence, R. l., a sensation was
caused in the courthouse Friday by wit
ness dropping dead in the witness-box.
During his testimony he warned his law
yers that he had heart disease and asked
them not to press him too closely upon his
cross-examination.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
CABLE FLA aH KS

TRRTY-FIvE thousand men are on a
strike in the Charleroi district in Belgium.
RIzoFF and Nazroff, the alleged mur-
ders of Minister Becheff, of Bulgaria, have
been captured at krajova, Roumania.
ENGLAND has sent gunboats to. Corfu to
protect her subjects there during the anti
SemetiC crusade.
SEVERAL attempts have recently been
made to assassinate President Hippolyte
of Hayti, and another civil war is iMmi-
nent.
The grip is still epidemic in London.
Seventy members of parliament are suffer
ing from the malady,
News received from Honduras says that
the rebels in that country have been dis
psrsed.
RUSSIA has contracted with the chatel-
lorault.. arms factory for $4,000, 900 new
rifles.
The Arnauts attacked the village of
Sevize, killing five persons and wounding
many others. The villages fought despsr-
ately.
IT is now said that the reason for the
attack on the czarowitz by Japanese
policeman was because the Russian prince
wore Lis boots into Buddhist temple.
A DISPATCH from Constantinople re-
ports that the Russian government is ex-
pelling all the Jews living beyond the
Caspian Sea.
SNOW storm, accompanied by decided
ly cold weather, has prevailed in many
parts of England.
The body of ?. Purcell, member OF par
lament, was stolen from the cemetery at
Ottawa, Ont. 1t is supposed that the rob-
bers expect ransom.
DISPATCHES received here from War
saw state that serious strike of spin
ming operatives has taken place there
The operatives are mostly German socia-
lists. Rioting occurred and several
sanguinary collisions between the military
and the strikers have taken place.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, is seriously i'll. He
went to church as usual Sunday, and on
his return was seized with succession of
shivering fits.
THE suspension of payments by the
banks of Lisbon has caused a panic in Port
uguese securities on the Paris bourse.
1HE Egyptian minister of the interior
Riaz Pasha, has resigned because of i'll
health
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
--LATEST TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

JAMES NJ. TURNER. the big capitalist Of
Lansing, Mich, assigned Tuesday.
LEVY Bros & Co., wholesale clothiers of
New York, have failed with liabilities of
$500, 900 and assets of $3.50, 900.
THE Italian government is said to have
recalled Sig. Corte, its consul at New Or
leans.
JOHN ROCHE, city comptroller at st.
Paul since 1864, dropped dead On cable
car in that city.
HEAVY rains in western Kansas insure
the biggest wheat crop ever raised IN that
section.
JUDGE WALLACE, of New York de Ided
| against the Irish claimants to the Ste Tart
estate.
C. NJ. AELLoR, of Ann Arbor, Mich, is
an English relative.
| Ex-UNITED STATES TREASURER HUs-
TON has discovered a ledge of fine blue
marble on his farm near Connersville, Ind
HENRY WEIGH, the white man whose
skin turned black, died Sunday in New
| York hospital.
MAJOR R. w. McCLAUGHRY Monday
took the oath of Office as chief of police of
| Chicago.
THE carpenters strike at Uniontown,
| Pa, is ended, the contractors granting
the increase to $3.50 day demanded.
The striking Iowa coal miners have
been starved In submission and will resume
work at the companies terms.
The National Brotherhood of Boiler
makers In session at Indianapolis, has
adopted a system of apprenticeship. One
apprentice is allowed to every four boiler
makers.
ITALIAN CONSUL CoRTE at New Orleans
says that only his efforts prevented the as
sassination by incensed Italians of Mayor
Shakespeare and the leaders of the lynch
ing party the day after the Malta killing.
SIX HUNDRED colored laborers from ST.
Louis passed through st. Paul tuesday
night, and Wednesday en- route to the
state of Washington for the purpose of
breaking strike now on among white
laborers.
LARGE shoals of herring are making
American and Canadian fishermen happy
off the coast of Nova Scotia and Prince
Edwards Island.
THE American Bell telephone company
DIS given lldl ny DlUuRetJ
Monday, enjoining A. T. Arnold, the
West Madison street dealer, Chicago,
from selling telephone receivers.
The body of a mann. thought to have
been a sailor, washed ashore from the lake
at jackson Park, Sunday night. the
police think the man was murdered
MAYOR SHAKESPEARE, of New Orleans,
and the committee of fifty mace public
Thursday their report on the Malta and
gave list of ninety-four murders COM
mitted by it.
THREE human skeletons were discovered
by roof repairers on the roof or the house
at ia Ontario street, Chicago. Friday
morning. 1t is believed they came from
dissecting room.
A CENSUS enumeratOr got lost In the
wildS of Manitoba and before he could
reach a settlement was compelled to kill
and eat his horse to save himself from
starvation.
A FoRTY-Two inch vein of coal was
struck at Chandlerville, ILL.,, at depth of
seventy-fve feet. The coal is said to be of
superior quality.
A COMMITTEE of the New York Union
League club have prepared the form of a
petition to be circulated among citizens
throughout the country, regardless of
party affiliations, asking congress to pass
laws that will protect this country from
the tide of undesirable European immi-
grants.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
CRIMINAL.

The deficit of ex-cashier Spaulding, of
Aver, Mass, is now found to be $4,000.
HENRY KARvE called Ned Hotf to his
door at Sehulenberg, Texas, Saturday
night and shot him dead. Both men were
colored.
EX-AssEMBLYMAN CHARLES A. BRU
DER, of New York, killed himself at Eliza
beth, n. j., because his embezzlement of
trust funds has been discovered
THIEVES in New York stole from mail
wagon two bags of registered letters, most
of which were for Chicago.
ROBERT BRODERICK, a postal cler k
living at 632 47th street. Chicago. was held
In 81 900 bonds on the charge of taking a
watch from the mail.
JAMES Z. MCGILL, a conductor of the
Staten Island rapid transit railroad, has
disappeared with between 81 900 and
81, 500 of the company's funds.
THE cashier of the Georgia Pacific rail
road was assaulted by robbers while work
ing in his Office at Birmingham, Ala,
Monday night and dangerously wounded.
The safe was robbed
IT has been discovered that ex-Mayor
0. R. Wilson, who disappeared from
Great Bend, Kas., three weeks ago, is a
defaulter and embezzler to the amount of
at least 100000.
HUGH MCNAMEE, assistant postmaster
at Bement, ILL.,, is under arrest charged
with robbing the mails of drafts drawn on
tirm in which he was interested in order
to gain time to make good his bank
balance
STRIKING brickmakers at Denver Monday
tried to prevent gang of new men from
taking their places. A pitched battle fol-
lowed and two of the strikers were shot
dead and twelve wound ed.
A TRAIN on the West Shore road wa
destroyed near Granton, n j., by dynas
mite cartridge placed on the track. 1t is
believed the fends who placed it there in
tended to wreck the fast Pacific express
for purpose of robbery.
PIERRE MORAN, a Boston organ grind
er descended from noble French family,
who was arrested April 30 for leading
young girl astray, hung himself In a
cell in the Charles street Jail Tues day
night.
THE New York grand jury has fled an
indictment against Carl W. Harris, the
young medical student, for numbering
his wife, Helen Mary Nelson Pots, by Civ
ing her morphine.
FRANK NELSON, a seaman, stabbed and
killed Lena johnson Saturday night in a
sailors boarding house at Boston. Jeal-
ousy was the cause. Nelson is under ar
rest.
JOSEPH BEIDELL, Chicago butcher,
was robbed and murdered in his shop when
closing Saturday night. his assassins,
unknown men, escaped with their booty,
$500.
A MAN on trial at Botouin for robbing
Prince Mershanya was shot dead by
the latter in open court, when, in re-
sponse to the offer to relinquish the case if
the prisoner would reveal the hiding place
of his plunder. The prisoner jeered at the
prince and kicked him. The prince was
arrested,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRATION

TuE evils of undesirable immigration
have attracted universal attention, and,
without regard to party, demand will go
up to the next congress that will be apt to
call out some decided action to prevent
the evils to which it has led. 1t is bad
enough to have the undesirable immigrants
when the undesirable immigrants are
clothed with citizenship it is both bur
den and menace. Even the present laws
are not enforced, but 1t is proposed to pc
tition congress for the enactment of gen.
eral law. to be made more certain, string
ent and efficient, and to smbody the follow
ing, as well as certain other necessary
provisions: To restrict the power of the
federal courts of conferring citizenship of
the United States. To require longer
residence in the United States by all :per
sons desiring to become ..citizens than is
now prescribed by law, and also provide
by law that all applications be made in
the handwriting of the applicant, who
must be able to speak, read and write the
English language. To authorize sny
citizen to appear in open court in order,
in good faith. to contest the right of any
applicant TO a certificate of naturalization
or to set aside any certificate improperly
granted To authorize any court having
| jurisdiction to declare null and void any
certificate or order of naturalization made
in fraud or violation of existing laws.
This will go far towards providing rem
edy for the present evils, which are In
some sections of the country becoming
quite serious.
| THE limited States cruiser Charleston
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
ROBERT AND MINNIE CASE
United States Grand Jury Conducting a
Careful tigation.

SAN DIEGO, May 18.-The United
States grand jury which has been inves-
igating the Robert and Minnie case ex-
amined at considerable length the men
who deserted from the Itata when she was
in this port. They told story much the
same as has already been published
about the movements Of the Itata
and Esmeraida and said the latter
carried ninety sailors and sixty soldiers.
four 60-pound guns, and lot Of rifles The
latter were secreted in the hold, together
with the soldiers. Before coming into
San Diego it was understood by every
body aboard that the Itata was
ON the lookout for a schooner
With a cargo of rifles and
other munitions of war, which were TO be
taken of and transferred from the latter
TO the Esmeralda. The vessels were pre-
pared to fight in case of trouble. As near
as can be learned It was the intention of
the Itata and Esmeralda TO meet
at point on the east coast
of lower California. If the
Esmeralda met the Itata there before re-
turning to Acapulco the runaway steam
er has undoubtedly slipped by the Charles
TN and If now on her
way TO Iquque. Solicitor general Taft has
issued subpenas on the representatives of
the Western Union and Postal Telegraph
companies TO produce all kilograms handled
BY them In the past month relating to
Chilean affairs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
BLAINE FEELING WELL
His Only Trouble Is the Gout, which
Keeps Him I'm the House

New YORK, May Secretary
B:aIne continues TO improve. He sat
np this morning and joined Mrs. Blaine
and Mrs. Damrosch at light break
fast. DIR. Dennis did not visit his
patient Yesterday but is expected to-
day. Mrs. Blaine said this morning
they now considered the Secretary to
be almost convalescert. The gout has
pretty nearly suhSided. No definite
plans, she said, had been arranged for
his return to Washington. He and
Mrs. Blaine will remain with the
Damroschs Tor few days longer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
DIR. Graves Spends the Night IN .,a,,.

DENVER, COL, May 19.-Dr. Graves
was arrested at o'clock and taken to
the county jail, where he will spend at
least one night. Tomorrow he will
have a hearing, when the question as
to whether he will be admitted TO bail
or not will be decided. 1t is said upon
good authority that Miss SaIIie Hanley
has also been indicted. 1t was thought
yesterday that an indictment against
Mrs. Graves had been found, and it is
said that such was the case, but the
grand jury, acting on the advice of
District Attorney Stevens, reconsidered
its action, not having evidence enough
to warrant it. The theory is that Mrs.
Graves wrote the label on the bottle
sent to Mrs. Barnaby, while Miss Han
ley carried it to Boston and mailed it
there
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-05-22
POISONED ,CREESE
creates Excitement Among the Resi-
denis OF an Ohio Town

denis oi an Ohio Town.
MiDpLETowN, Ohio, MAY l9.-At
HEM, suburb across the river, there
is S!eat excitement over a Wholesale
poisoning case. In some respects the
al air resemble the wedding feast near
Louisville, which resulted in six
deaths.
Harry Snyder, groceryman at
heno, purchased large lot of cheese
from farmer named August Barger.
living near Jacksonburg. Several
families ate OF the cheese yesterday
afternoon and nearly every one was
taken sick. n w. j. Snyder's family
eight are sick, and in Noah Stubb's
fanny four, and in Newton
Long family three. Among the others
who are poisoned are Mart highest barger
and two boys, Mrs. Gus Daub and
child, William Woods. and Newton
Hartley.