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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
ORIGIN OF THE MIsTLEToE.
A Plant that B0tanists Can Not Definitely
Locate.

The origin of the mi5tletoa, like that of
Mr.. James lie la Piuche, is 10 ii certain ex-
tent ''wrOp III mystery, say writer IN
the CornbiIl Magazine. Evoulionis's ~
yet can tell US but little as to It's probable
line of development from earlier ancestors.
1t belongs, indeed to q small family Of
parasiticaI plants, all of thea as gentle
manly in their habits as the lite Barnacles
themselves, being alb Olutey dependent
upon other trees for part, at least, of
their livelihood, and showing very little
affinity to any other order
It is cOniectured 10 be SURE believe
with justice-that this isolated group Of
parasitic shrubs may be hOnsysuCkIes
gone wrong - may be descended in the
last resort fr0m 8Hme 2berrant member Of
what botanists piayfuliy anow as the cap
rifolaceous order, and this is oil the more
probable because climbing and twining
plants arr particularly liable to degener-
ate In the long run into confirmed parti-
sans.
But if so, the resemblance to the sup
posed primitive honeysuGkle ancestor, as
IN the case Of 50 many other distinguish
ed pedIgTees, Is now almost CELEBRATED.
The flower retains hardly trace Ut honey
sucke pecullarities; the opposite leaves
and the smooth round berry, capped by
the remnant of a calyz, alone suggest the
possibility of remote cOusiDship with
woodbine laurus,inus and gueder-rose.
And this is just as it should De, for the
mlstIetoe is nothing if not vague and
mysterious. 1t trades upon the occult, the
abstruse, the recondlte. A plant whose
relationships we're all clear as mud would
lack that mystic element Of the dim and
incomprehensibIe which Mr.. Herbert
Spencer considers essential and funda-
mental to every idea of rel zion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
After Chicago Railroad Mon.

SPRINGFIELD, III, Jan. 23.-Ths
United States grand jury has been in
session here for two or three weeks past,
but the cases that have engaged It's at
Is rumor, however, thatit is soon to
have its attention directed to violations
of the interstate commerce law by per
sons connected with certain railroads
running out of Chicago to the East,
and, perhaps, by shippers,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Demands Should lie Adhered To.

In submitting this paper to Congress for that
grave and patriotic consideration which the
Questions involved demand, l desire to say
that am OF the opinion that the demands made
Of Chic 10y his government should he adhered
to anu emf Jrced. If the dignity as well as Inc
prestige and influence of the United States are
not to be wholly sacrificed we must protect
Gag which are the coors OF This
government against insult. brutal
tty and death, inflicted in resentment of the
acts OF their government and not for any fault
Of their own. 1t has been nv desire in every
way to cultivate friendly and Intimate relations
With all the governments of thtS hemisphere.
We do not covert their territory. We desire
their peace and prosperity. We1OOk for no adj
vantage III our relations with them except their
Increased exchanges Of commerce upon a basis
of mutual benefit. We regret every civil contest
that dSturbS their peace and paralyzeS their
development and are always ready TO give our
good Offices for the restoration of peace.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

The guileIess young man Of the Bara-
boo News boldly takes side in the defense
Of fair femininity. "a story is going the
rounds of the newspapers, says ne,
&ahat w5men's knees are not adapted for
many things that mems are. The idea
given cut is that the feminine knee Is not
trong. That's all in your eye" declares
the News authority. You watch a man
and woman stand up before the parson, "
he says, "aud while the mans knees
wabbis like the eccentric rod of steam
engine, the woman's will be as steady as
the pillars Of Hercules. How do you
know?
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

TUsCOLA Ill, Jan. 23.-Quite SEN.
sation was created here when it was
learned that some of the prisoners In
county Jail had dug their way to lib
erty. Van NJ. Romans an Arcola
broom-corn thief, planned the work.
but he and William Aud were the only
two that escaped. The others claim
that they were asleep at the time. 1t
appears that Romans wife had snug
gled tools into the Jail the day previ-
Gus, and had team awaiting to carry
her husband aWaN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Cardinal Mnnninc's VIII.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-Cardinal Man
hing'S will leaves his books and papers
in charge of his executors, MIR. Butler
and the Rev. Father Bailey of the OBJ
lates of st. Charles. The total amount
OF his available assets, 60, $50 in rail
way shares goes to pay a loan con-
tracted for a charitable purpose. Any
residue is to be devoted to Catholic
charities. The executors will compile
a work of his life and letters. The
cardinals letters alone fill immense
files
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
OFFICIALS ASSAULTED.
Argentine's Secretary of Chamber of
Deputies Killed and Others Injured

Argentine's Secretary of Chamber of
Deputies Killed and Others Injured.
MEDoZA, Jan. pa number of tho
deputies of the provincial chamber met
at the house of DIR. Suarez last night.
The house was attacked by mob of
armed men and a desperate fight en-
sued. After the attack had been re-
pulsed it was found that Senior Navs-
jos, secretary of the chamber of depu-
ties, had been killed, while DIR. Suare1
and others were seriously wounded.
Friends of the men who were assaile&
have armed themselves and swear that
they will have revenge. The police are
patrolling the streets and further
trouble and bloodshed are feared.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
BOYS LEARN A TRADE.
e very Boy Should Select and Learn a Good
Renum errative Trade

If should have my way | would in
SYST that every boy should learn trade.
1t was 50 in the olden times, and it should
DE now The man who has trade is a
thousand times better Cqui ped than the
man who has none. Let every boy select
the trade that best suits his ability, and
promises the highest honors and renumer-
alton When he has mastered his trade,
if he dislikes it, or it is not profitable, he
ca nb"gin to study profession, or enter
up0n a commercial life. If he should fail
IN both of these, he i still master of Il
good trade something that no on can
take from him. no ma ter what exigencias
may arise. The man who is master of a
gool trade Is a> independent as a million
alre He neea never want; he can ind
profitable work In any corner of the world
I do not ay one woIo against profession
al career Bet do say emphat,caily that
the maa who has trade and profession AS
well, need have Hofear of the future The
boy w6O wants to can master a trade be
tween lie years of sixteen and twenty
ana If he disGkes il. be still has time to
study medicine, law, or any other OF the
learned professions Buff he waits I'M
til he is twenty. or ovar, he NAV not have
an opportunity or feel inclined to learn
either Selected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
CHIPS REPLY.
Late Santiago Dispatch Says the Answer
Has Been Sent
congress to-day.

SANTIAGO De CHILL, Late Dispatch,
Jan. 25.-Ihe CHILEAN government has
sent reply TO the uItimatum of the United
States. The reply is in effect as follows:
Chilli agrees 10 Withdraw the offensive
note sent by Malta to all CHILEAN
ministers abroad and acknowledges that
its issuance was due to an error of judy
meat. Chill also withdraws its request
foI the withdrawal Of United States Min
lister Egau. In addition to this, the
CHILEAN government, in it's answer,
proposes that the affair of the
atta,k or the Baltimore sailors
N Valparaiso be submitted to the
arbitration Of some neutral nation. Il
this proposition is not acceptable to the
United States the CHILEAN government
suggests thai the mater be referred to the
supreme court OF The United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Saws Gleason Killed Himself

MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. 23.-An Ish-
peming paper publishes a sensational
story to the effect that Paymaster
John Gleason of the Cleveland
Mining company was not murdered
on the night of Jan. 4, but committed
suicide. 1t is alleged that Superin-
tendent Mills of the company testified
before q secret session of the coroner's
jury that Glcason's accounts wera'
81, 200 short.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Gold Wanted in Austrln and l

Gold Wanted In Austria and Hungary.
VIENNA, Jan. 23.-The ministers of
finance of Austria and Hungary have
opened negotiations with the Roths-
chiIds to arrange for supply of gold
to be used in providing gold currency.
Gold to the amount of 500, 600, 900 is
required, and bankers interested in tho
project declare that it is not obtaina~
BILE without disturbing the money mar
kets. The news caused general adj
vance in prices on the bOurse here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
DOCTOR IN TROUBLE.
Hardened by Gov. Peck He is Arrested
on a Serious Charge.

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Special Telegram,
Jan. 25.-Dr. Emil E. Nuzze who less
than year so was pardoned by Gov.
Peek, after having served ten months of
three years term for malpractice, is
again In hot water. This afternoon
Mrs. George Raymond procured a
warrant IN the municipal court and
had the doctor arrested fer attempting
rape during the time the complainant
was at the doctors office for medical
treatment. The doctor pleaded not guilty
and gave bond in the sun of 81 500 for
ms appearance for preliminary examira-
tion in the municipal court Wednesday
morning.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
THE SHIRT.
ouesr Superstition, and what was D5ne
with the Shirt of Dead Man.


0ne of the q1eerest superstitions that
ever eUt red the human head is that Of
finding the body OF a drowned man by
means of his shirt. Las spring man
was drowned IN the river IN front Of the
S. Louis levee. Search was made with
beats for the body, bus without success.
Some one recalled the superstition, and
the s9archers took the shirt the man had
laid aside when he went in bathing, SPREAD
it on on the water and let il float away.
1t floated for while aud then sank. and
they searched fer the body where the shirt
went down, and. sure enough, found It
not far away, One case OF this kind Of
course does not make rule, bit toe man
who bosSed the job in this instance said
he had seen it tried dozens of times and
it never sailed.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Participation OF the Police.
Origin of the An. m sity.

The origin of this feeling is probably found In
the refusal of this gOvcLums Mt to give rccogni-
established itself il the seizure of the TIA Ia for
an alleged violation OF the neutrality law, in the
gable incident and in the charge that Admiral
Brown conveyed information to Valparaiso of
The landing at QuaiEtHruS.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
MACKAN THE LOSER.

verdict Directed in Favor of Edward s..
Stokes
New YORK, Jan. 26.-Justice Ingra-
ham, of the state supreme court, today
directed verdict Of 5SS,S75 in favor of
Edward 5 Stokes, in his suit against
John w, Mackay and Hector Decastro.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
TIGHTENING on CARA
Troops Confident of His Capture this
Morning.

IUVfS NUHAI'>eHV OF is Capture this
Morning.
SAN ANToNIA. Texas, Jan. 26.-The
military authorities here are confident of
capturing or annih;lating Cara tomor-
row. A move will be made
at daylight which they be-
iieve will surround the revolutionists
Its reported that CARA has been legally
advised not to surrender to the Unite !
States, as under the treaty he would be
delivered t. Mexico, which would mean
certain death.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
MISS JOHNSON ARRESTED.

Accused of Being Accomplish of Miss
Mitchell
MEMrnls, Jan 26.-Miss Lilly John
son, who sat in a buggy holding the
reins while Alice Mitchell murdered Miss
Ward yesterday was arrested today. charg
ed with being an accessory.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

port avenue and Seward street, Chicago,
Tuesday night by Boots. alias Edward
Miliigan, q Stock Yards bruiser, and w2s
Lot able to appear before Justice Eber-
hart next morning
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

FoRT SCOTT, Ka5., Jan. 22.-So0n after
the robbery at Lamar dispatch was re
Ceived hete to watch for two men, stating
that they ipfr on freight for this place
Policeman McLamore saw the men get off
the north D0Gn6 freight train aud be bait
ed them. Ore Of the rnen shot hlm dead
and both Of them escaped.
As son as they shot the policeman
they jImned into an empty box Car Of a
freight winch was just pulling out, lo3k-
ing themselves in. Shortly &fteT passen-
ger trair went in pursuit Of the freight.
At MIamistown the freigbt
was oyertaken and Office board
ed toe Car imme diately bebinJ the
one in w0ich the b ndits had taken refuge,
The latter immediately opened fire upon
their pursuprs The officers returned the
& and shots we're continuously exchanged
through the ends Of the CIR, all the way TO
Pleasanton. FIVE miles Here posse
which had been summoned met toe train.
surrounding the Cur and summouing the
fuqitives to surrender. After exchapg.
ing shots an hour one Of the robbers WAS
killed. The other then surrendered. He
is seriously wounded; he gives his name
as Charles Meyers, of Kansas City.
II IS supposed the dead robber IS s. G
Francis, Meyers brother-in-law. Francis
was a cousin Of Gov. Francis, whom he
greatly resembIed, and nephew of Judge
Cowan, Of ST. Louis. He was heir to an
estate near Baltimore bequeathed him in
trust by his father. Meyers is the son Of a
wealthy Missouri stockman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY.
Two Men Hold Up Occupants of an Es-
press Car and Rob the Safe.

Two Men Hold Up Occupants of an Ez-
press Car and Rob the Safe.
LAMAR, Mo. Jan. 23.-Two very bold
men robbed the express car of the Mis-
souri, Pacific train which reaches here
at 1890 each morning.
The men held up the occupants of
the car, keeping them covered with re-
yolverS while the train travelled the ten
miles between Sheldon and Lamar.
The two men, of whom only the most
meager descriptions are Obtainable,
boarded the train at Sheldon. In tho
baggage and express car were Express
Messenger Houck, Baggagemaster Hall
and Travelling Passcnge Agent Charles
Barrett. All were covered with re-
volvers and their pockets ransacked.
From Hall So was taken; from the
others small sums of money and some
jewelry. HOuck was forced to give the
combination of his safe and this also
was robbed. The amount taken from
the safe was small.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
LIKE AN OLD ROMANCE.

Modern Romeo and Juliet La Eir-
ginia.
ROANOKE. Jan. % Miss Della NichoI
son, Of Franklin county, hanged herself to
limb Of tree near her home. Her
sweetheart, young man named PINK
hard, took poison soon after and died.
The young laGy's parents objected to thei~
marriann
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

Vegetation in the Alps recedes down
ward iron year TO year. Alpine roses
formerly grew at an altitude Of 1900 feet;
now they are seldom found higher than
$500 feet.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29


Longisilo" eioe1' "'' NO. 49,, '-I 80 go
Al"e' ana aer u"9,e' 'n0 poos =; C CO.,
occupy me me q" n'iI'" 10 ,a -, '' -
bridge. On fltnef size u , 'l-0 -o,,'o -
the two pretty cottages q 'n0 p'0' Ina la
ri9d daughters, MIS- D@n@ l0oln 1olen
LongiehoWJ ana BITE noi p0' WIZ " 90
bliss Anna L2ngl7no"
. enafor Cuiiom says tL"' 'H0 'I1 ma"
emperor IS hne looking Joons ieiio"
"ith many social QUALITIES lH' l Sens'1 ~
saw CEe KAISER al ga[o7n p"' W. "10 ~. ~
moved about among the guests 0na''ing
ana iaazhLng ano apparently '"' y LIZ
Ai'h'eif hugely
r - u.,;.,-1-.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
INFLUENZA IN PARIS.
So Bad that Vacant Buildings are Made
into HosDitafs.

PARIS. Jan. 81 The hospitals of this
city are crowded with patients suffering
from the Influenza The disease prevails
in It's most dangerous form throughout the
city, and the municipal authorities are
making arrangements to convert availabie
vacant buildings into hospitals.
Words of kindness and sympathy are
sometimes "apples of gold in pictures OF
silver" But as a substitute for loving
and benevolent acts they are neither beau
tiful nor useful.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29

take notice of the event as one involving an in
fraction OF its rights and dignity: not in a SEQ
onoary way, as where a citizen is injured and
presents his claim through his own govern
ment, but in a primary way, precisely as il its
minister or consul or the flag itself had
been the object of the same Character of as
sault. The officers and sailors of the Balti.
more were in the harbor of Valparaiso under
the orders OF their government, not by their
own choice. They were upon the shore by the
implied invitation OF the government of Chile
ond with the approval Of their commanding Of
deer; ana II does not distinguish their case
from that of u consul that his stay is more per
manent or that he holds the express INVITATION
aence Nor does It afecc the QUESTION sic that tne
INJURY was the act of mob. If there had been
no participation by the police or military In
extend protection. the case woL.d still Ce one,
In my opinion. when its extent and character
are considered, involving international rights
Story os the Outbreak.
The incidents Of the a1air are briefly as foi
lows:
ION the 9th of October last Capt Schley,
commanding the United States steamship
Baltimore. gave shore leave to / II petty officers
ship about l:30 p. m. No incident of violence
occurred: none of our men was arrested; no
complaint was lodged against them, nor did
any collision or outbreak occur until about
o'clock 2. N. Capt. Schley states that he was
himself on shore and about the streets of the
city until $50 m; that he met very many OF
sober and were conducting themselves with
proprlety, Saluting Chilean and other officers
as they met them. Other officers OF the ship and
Capt Jenkins, OF the merchant ship kcwee-
nav, corrobOrate Capt Schlcy as 10 the general
sobriety and good behavior OF our men. The
olSterS Of Charity at the hospital TO which our
men were taken, when inquired Of stated
that they were sober when received. Ii LII e
situation had been otherwise we must believe
that the Chilean police authorities would have
MADE arrests. About p. the assault be-
gan, and il is remarkable that the inyeStiga-
ton by Inc Judge OF crimes, though so pro-
tracted, does not enable him to give any more
satisfactory account OF its origin than is found
IN the statement that il began between drunken
sailors. Repeatedly in the correspondence il
is asserted that it was Impossible to learn the
precise cause of the riot
Participation OF the Police.
As to the participation Of the police. the evt.
dence OF our sailors shows that our men were
struck and beaten by police officers before and
alter arrest and that one. at least, WAS dragged
with laSSO about his neck by a mounted police
man. That the death Of ltIggin was the result
OF III shot fred by policeman or soldier ON
duty IS shown directly by the testimony of
Johnson, in whose arms he was at the time,
and by the evidence Of Charles Langeu, an
American sailor, not then Il member of the
Baltimore 5 crew, who stood close by aud saw
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-01-29
Infraction of Our Rights,

II is not claimed that every personal co llision
or injury in which sailor or officer Of such
naval vessel visiting the shore may be invol we'd
raises an international question, but ] am
clearly of the opinion that where such sailors
or officers are assaulted by 4 resident populace,
animated by hoStality TO the government
whose uniform the aallorS or officers wear, and
In resentment OF acts done by their govern
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-06
MELLON & SON GET THE PLANT.
The shenango Company's Natural Ga
Works Sold by the Sheriff.

The shenango Company's Natural Gas
Works Sold by the Sheriff:
NEW CASTLE. Dec. 5-[SpecidL THE
Shenango Company's natural gas plant In
this city was sold to-day by the Sheriff for
S52, 200. T. Mellon s. Son, trustees, OF
Pittsburg, are the purchasers. The busi-
ness will be conducted under the same man
agement as heretofore.
Some time ago Charles Manni, an italian,
received severe injuries by gas explosion
at Ellwood, and he sued the company and
got Judgment on a verdict awarding him
IS. 900. The gas company failed, and this
Judgment has not been paid. Winternitz
& McCondley, attorneys,as soon as the sale
was concluded this afternoon. notified
Sheriff Douthitt that the mortgage on which
the sale took place is illegal, and not only
void but fraudulent, and demanded that
part of the proceeds of the so-called sale be
set apart to pay the judgment secured by
Manni. I. Mellon s. Son, who purchased
the plant, hold the principal mortgage
against the company, and it is alleged by
those in position to know best that the
creditors of the Shenango Natural Gas Com
pany Will get little or nothing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-06
ESCAPED FROM SIBERIA.

A Hebrew Refugee Discovers to His Cost
That First Papers Don't Make Him an
American Citizen - He Revisits Russia
and Is Banished.
OMAHA, NER, Dec. 6-Jacob Gerber,
Hebrew, is once more in Omaha, having es-
capped from the Siberian exile to which he
WAS doomed year and half BE arrived
in this city last night after an absence OF Il
months. After being a resident of this city
for six years he returned to Russia to dis
pose of what property he had there, ana
bring his family to this country. He TOOK
out his first papers here, and supposed ne
was, TO all intents and purposes. citizen OF
the United States, but subsequent events
proved that he had relied too much on the
privileges of halt completed citizenship.
He was seized as soon as his identity was
discovered. Then, he says, though he was
at the time across the border In Germany;
and at worship in church, without trlal
or hearing of any sort, he was started to
Siberia in spite of all his friends could do
in his behalf As evidences of the truth of
his narrative he showed frightful scars and
still unhealed sores in his flesh.
He was placed In herd of 600 convicts
and started for the Siberian mines The
men were chained together in pairs, and
from the moment,they started their suffer-
ings were indescribable. Not once during
the long weary days of these nine months
were the irons removed, nor were the metal
bonds binding them to their companions
broken.
He remained there three months before
he found an opportunity to carry into effect
the plan for escape he had mapped out. de
L kl af fnl
Hebrew, who wrote a letter, asking his wife
to send him some money. The money was
sent, and Gerber's friend took him to
Yakutsk. He had secured the dress of
nobleman and was not molested. When he
arrived in Omaha, of the $1,000 that had
been sent him by his wife he had only 10
cents left.