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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
GATTLLNG GUNS GOING.
Both of the Pieces Now in the Capitol
10 be Taken to Milwaukee.

Special order number 30 was issued
from the adjutant generals Office yes
terday. 1t reads as follow:
1. Capt. Harry W. Ellis, commanding
the first light battery, w. n. G., will at
once turn over, forwarding by freight,
to the quartermaster general at M9di-
son, Wis, the two bronze cannon now
in possession of his battery, with the
caissons and all equipments belonging
thereto, and will take the receipt of
the quartermaster general therefor.
2. Upon receipt from the first light
btttery of the two guns above men
toned, the quartermaster general will
at once issue to said battery the two
gattling guns belonging to the state
and now in his possession with caissOns
and equipments complete, taking receipt
Of Capt. H. w. Ellis therefor.
3 The transportation charges ncc-
essary to carry out the provisions Of
this order will be paid by the state,
upon the proper vouchers from the
quartermaster general.
The state owns only the two Gattling
guns mentioned in the above order.
These are now in the state capitol, one
in the basement and the other in the
quartermaster generals office, where
it has for years been the wonder of
hundreds Of visitors to the StatehOuse.
1t has been one of the most popular
of the states exhibits. AS the first
light battery is located in Milwaukee,
this order necessitateS moving the guns
to the Cream city. The bronze cannon
are, of course, out Of date and useless
for drilling purposes, hence the transfer
is made to give the battery drilling
equipment that is more nearly UP to
date. 1t will be regretted that the
state capitol is to be deprived of this
Gattling gun attraction, but it is hoped
that some provision will soon be made
whereby new, and more modern engines
of war may be placed in the quarter
master generals office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
LAST DAY OF THE INQUIRY
Proceedings of the Joliet Investigation
at the Prison.

Proceedings of the Joliet Investigation
at the Prison.
JOLIET PRISON, H., Nav s.-The
Senate prison investigating COMMITTEES
convened here this morning for what
will probably be its last session for the
purpose of taking testimony.
Chief McClaughry and his LAWYER.
Levy Mayer, arrived here from Chicago
a 1890. 1t took few minutes for the
Senators to get together for Monday
morning session and it was IL o'clock
before the committee got down to ac-
tive work.
Ex-Warden McClaughry was recalled
to the witness stand for few minutes
at the opening Of the session.
''ioV much money did YOU handle
during the time you were warden of
the Joliet penitentiary from 1874 to
1882 the Maj or was asked by MAYER.
Il handled between 81 100000 and
S., 900, 600"
''Were there any defalcations during
that time:"
There were not"
'How many convictS escaped during
the term of your office at the prison?''
''Twenty-ive convicts escaned.
Twenty-Five or twenJy-three of them
were recaptured and one or two OF
them died. There was one convict at
large when resigned"
Maj. McClaughry was then cues
toned by Mr.. Haley for the prosecu
ton.
How many contractors failed to
fulfill their contracts while you were
Warden here?" Mr.. Haley asked the
witness.
Il cannot say just howmany. re-
member that B. Madden failed to full
fill his contract
did he have a bondsman?"
Eyes, sir; e. Walker was his bonds
man."
WAS Walker ever sued on his bond?"
''No. 1t was not considered worth
while to sue on the bond. The State
took the stone which Madden had on
hand. l do not think the State lost
anything in the long run through the
failure of Madden to complete his con-
tract"
Maj McClaughry was further ques-
toned about brush contractor who
had failed to fulfill his contract and
the failure of Henry Cullom to fulfill
his contracts. Although the witness
admitted that these men were several
thousand dollars short when they gave
up their contracts he claimed that the
money was all finally made up to the
State.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
NEWS IN BRIEF,

]. L. Rawlins has rendered his resig.
nation as member of Congress from
Utah.
The Arkansas River at Arkansas
City, Ark, showed 1913 feet, the high
est ever known.
The Whitecap trouble in Lincoln
County, Miss, is becoming so serious
that the Copiah rifles have been or
dered to Brookham to preserve tho
peace.
The date Of the State encampment
Of the Sons of Veterans. to be held
this year in Rockford, Ill, has been
set for July 3 to 8. "A sham battle
will be held July 4.
At Reardan, Ark, Jesse Nosman, q
prominent merchant, was assassinated,
An ak was the weapon used, his head
and neck being terribly cut by tho
stroke.
On petition of citizens Judge Will
hanson of the Circuit Court of Missis-
sippi has ordered that no spring term
of court be held in Washington
County, as every man is needed to
strengthen the levees. A flood is i'm
pending.
The will of j. Henry Sticknev Of
Baltimore bequeaths $4,000 to Con.
gregationalist societies. The college
at Beloit, Wis, also gets legacy.
The American Home Mission Society
is given S150,000, and $4,000 goes to
the American Missionary Association
of New York on condition they change
their names to Congregational Mission
airy Associations.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
TERRIBLE WRECK ON THE BIG
FOUR ROAD.
ONE OF THE WORST IN THE HIS
TORY OF INDIANA.
The Air Brakes Refuse to Work and tho
Passenger Train Dashes on at a Ter
rife Rate Leaving the Track and De-
molishing a Depot and Train
Sheds.

LAFAYETTE. Ind, May s.-The wreck
on the Big -Four at Il in the morning
was one of the worst in the history OF
Indiana as a result of which ten men
are now dead and many more injured
The train was the ,ast-bound pas
senger leaving Chicago at 9 p. IN. The
accidei was caused ny the failure of
the air realls to work. The engineer
undoubtedly discovered this before
reaching the cut beyond the Wabash
river, as the vigorous whiStling of the
engine for brakes could be heard when
the train was still a mile west of the
city. The engineers desperate effort
to stop the train was shown by the
large amount of sand thrown by him
on the bridge through which the train
came just before the fatal crash The
train dash, out of thc bridge over the
Wabash river at Il speed not less than
sixty miles an hour, when the engine
left the track, crashing into the depot
building, tearing off portion o. the
depot AMI Jrain-ShedS CARRYING them
several hundred feet.
The list of the dead is as follows:
MICHAEL WEIGH. engineer, lndianap-
oils, frightfully mangled, head crushed, leg
torn from body; found under the engine
FIREMAN M'lNNIS, indianapolis
f. ID. MYERS, Logansport, mail clerk
- MMAHON, Cincinnati, express mes
senger.
A. R. CHADWICK, Cincinnati, mail
clerk
CHARLES MYERS, Lafay cite, hackman.
JOHN LENNON, Lafayette, mail cart
driver.
JESSE H. LONG, Lebanon, Ind, mail
clerk
CHARLES SCHAHlLL, passenger, Just
bought ticket for INDIANAPOLIS
OTTO JERSELSON, Altamhra Hotel.
Chicago, passenger going to train
These were all frightfully crushed
and mangled, their limbs being severed
in several instances and bodies terri
bly, distigured:
The in jured are as follows:
JEFTRsoN REESE, Kempton, bruised and
cut about The head.
RICHARD JONES. Port &C. ILL.,, cut about
head
LOUIS LEFFLER, Fowler, cut by glass from
breaking windows.
SEPHAs BERGENCALE, Milwaukee, cut
about head and hand badly bruised
WILLIAM PLACE, livingnear Frankfort.
Ind, bruised and cut
CHARLES RoUsH, Lafayette, leg broken in
two places.
WILLIAM BECHTELI, Lebanon, Ind, pas
senger in waitln groom, arm and hand lac
Grated.
c. A. W1ssELI
A w. CoRNAHAN.
L. A. WETzLER.
j. N. VICKERY, mail clerks, all from Gin
cinDati we're more or less injured, but not
seriously
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12

the marriage In case she should die.
Afterward her uncle. a physician, dis
covered her state of health, and she
confessed the marriage, but Harris put
i; OFF. At tae time he was carr ing on
an intrigue with a woman in
Canandaigua, N. Y. Tired of the affair
he gave his girl-wife some morphine
pills for headache. They killed her
and he added to his infamy by claiming
that she was mo-phine-eater and had
simply taken an overdose. He was
very uncon erned over her death and
repeatedly insisted that the medicine
he gave her was all right. He dis
played a wonderful nerve and GOODNESS
during the trial and only Yesterday
showed signs of weakening. He spent
his last hours In writing a statement
for publication, declaring his inno-
cence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR ENDS CAR
LYLE HARRIS LIFE.
ABOUT THE PRISON.
The Prisoner is Cool to the Last, De
claring His Innocence-Story of the
Poisoning Of His Wife, Helen Potts
Harris, for Which He was Exc
cuted.

Sing SING, N. V. Nav s.-Carlyle w.
harris was ''electrocuted at 12:4O
o'clock this afternoon. contrary to
the custom here the death warrant
was not read by the warden at mid
night.
TIE following witnesses were present
in auultion to reporters, some of whom
were sworn as witnesses: John Haber-
shaw of New York, DR.. d. r. Kidd of
New York, DIR. d. P. Merrill of Elmira,
Col. E. A. Rockwell of Buffalo, DIR. c.
b. Cline Of New York, DR.. R. NJ. DAN
iels Of Buffalo, DR.. E. F. Sheehar of
Sing Sing, DR.. Madden, representing
District Attorney Nicoll, DR.. Z. II.
Pyne of Yonkers, DR.. Rockwell of
New York, Warden R. B. Allen Of
Joliet prison, Illinois; Commits ,oner
B. K. Durfee, Levi Waterman, D.
Heanan, E. r. Brainerd of Joliet. Ill. :,
sent here to investigate electric execu-
ton with view to it's adoption in ILL
nois prisons, and Physician Irvine.
At 10 o'clock there was long string
of carriages in front of the prison and
hundreds of people were scattered
along the hillside. The death warrant
was formally read at $3.50 o'clock. Har-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Untrodden Heights.

The cloud-piercing SUBMITS of the
Himalayas are not the only untrod-
den heights of our present world.
Mount Elbrus and Demavend, in
Western Asia, and the pinnacle of
Mount Aconcagua, in the Chilean
Andes, have baff1ed the most enter
prising explorers, and in the Austrian
Alps (the so-called dolomite region Of
the Eastern Tyrol there is a whole
group OF tower-like peaks that have
never yet been reached by a wing
less visitor. AS rule slope of for
ty-hve degrees is the steepest practi-
cable incline, and the difficulties of
p-'ecipitous mountain wall become
almost hopeless in the latitude of
Greenland. where frost turns every
highland brook into a glacier.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12

Ann Arbor, Mich, May S.-(Special.)
The first league base ball game at
Ann Arbor resulted in a score of 81 to
Z in favor Of the Michigan team.
Last fall the University of Michigan
sent her foot ball team to Minnesota
and it suffered defeat at Minneapolis.
At La Fayette, Purdue also shut out
Michigan's IL. This spring the base
ball team was brought to Ann Arbor
students sweet revenge. The Pur-
due nine was shut out a short time
ago, IS to o, and today the Michigan
boys circled the bases until 81 Of them
had left their mark on home plate.
1t was Il farce comedy of terrific
batting and ineXcllsable errors Michi-
Adams, each of whom made sad at
tempts at pitching. Spizer led the hit
tcrs with five safe ones out of five
times at bat, three of which We're
pretty doubles over the left felders
head Kroggman pitched for Michigan
and proved very effective, placing to
his credit ten strike-outs in seven in
nings. At the end Of the seventh in
ming the game was called becarL2, as
one of the spectators had it, 1.-The score
book was filled"
Base hits, Minnesota 6; Michigan 20.
Errors Minnesota IS; Michigan Z.
Score by innings:
Minnesota. .........l : y D Z
Midhisan. ........4 s 1 + 1 12-3:77
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
YOUNG WOMAN SHOT.
Miss Hohgrefc, Music Teacher, Badly
Injured in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, Wis, May S.-While walk
inc along the banks Of the Kinnicknnic
river Saturday afternoon, Miss Elisha
Hohgrefe. music teacher who lives at
567 Sixth avenue. was shot and serious
" wounded. Andrew TomaSSo was one
of the party Of boys who had been
shooting in the woods and it is alleged
that Tomasso, when he saw Miss Hob
CRETE and her friends, remarked TO his
companions: Whats the matter with
shooting and soaring those women"
Suiting his action tot his word. Tomasso
fired and the bullet struck the young
woman just below the shoulder blade.
She was taken home and the doctor
who were called say that she will re-
cover. TomasSo was arrested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
IMPORTANT BIRTH RECORD.
Arkansas Woman Breaks the Worlds
Record and Is Proud.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May S.-Mrs. L.
f. Flnney, the pretty young wife of L.
L. Finney, a prosperous young mer-
chant of Huntsville, has distinguished
herself by presenting her husband with
five bouncing baby girls, all within the
short space of eleven months
Last May Mrs. Finney gave birth to
two pretty little girl babies, both of
whom are living and are fine looking,
well developed children for their age.
Yesterday Mrs. Finney increased the
family by three and all girls at that
Mrs. Finney is a plump, healthy-look-
ing woman of bout - and weighs 40
pounds. Her husband is 80 years old
and the very type of masculine beauty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
THE Russell CASE.
II is Finally Brought to an End at Eau
Claire.

Eau Claire. Wis, May S.-Judge Bal
lev today discharged Mrs Elizabeth
Russell, who was convicted of murder
a year ago. The defense withdrew the
plea in bar and made Il motion in ar
rest Of Judgment which raised all the
issues. Judge Bailey held that Mrs.
Russell had been placed once i'll jeop;ll'-
DIV and had not waived the constltu-
tional right against Il second jeopardy
for the same oifenSe and also that
he, most sacred rights had been SO
invaded by the district attorney in the
telephone episode that Il second trial
could not restore them to her and that
the substitution of another prosecutor
however honorable. could not restore
her to the position she occupied at the
con mencement.
In closing the Judge said: The dis
charge of the accused on these proceed
ings NAV excite comment and lead to
exprt sSions unfavorable to the admin
istration of justice. This cannot be
avoided. 1t may be urged by some
who have been anxious for the cOnyic-
ton of this woman whether the evil
denct was sufficient or not, that she has
escaped punishment on Il mere tecinl-
cality In the application Of legal prin-
ciples such is not the case. Her dis
charge now saves the county thousands
of dollars The court is frank enough
To STATE that unless the evidence given
UNI second trial was more SubStan-
tial in its nature-more direct and pos
tive than the evidence given on the
former tliu-the court would not, even
if 4 jury should convict, permit the
verdict to stand"
Mrs Russell showed no emotion and
went quietly away with her attorneys.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Some Amin lis That Weep.

1t would be a mistake to suppose
that the faculty of weeping is mo-
nopolized by the children of Adam.
The reindeer, the chamois and sew
eral species of antelopes shed visible
tears, and the East India rhesus mon
Key, In fit of rage, will flush GRIM
son and use the back of his hand to
rub the water out of his eyes.
Laughter is more specific human
function. for the grin of our Darwin
ian cousins is rather a menace, anal
ogous to the snarl Of q dog showing
his tassh-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
KILLED IN A RUNAWAY
DR.. Johnson Fatally Hurt While Stop
ping team

Mcnomonie, Wis May S.-Dr. John
son, son of Henry Johnson, of Waua-
tosa, was killed late Saturday Afternoon.
while in the act Of stopping Il runaway
team. He lived only twenty minutes
after the accident. He caught hold of
the bridal of one horse and was drag
ged into the ditch, his ribbs being
crushed in by the wagon axle. DR..
Johnson was twenty-siX years of age.
He was a graduate of the Chicago Vet
Urinary college and was well known in
JIartland and Wauwatosa.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Seaport Defense Guns Ready.

New YORK, May s.-The long-delayed
dynamite defense guns for the seaports
of New York and San Francisco are
now nearing completion. To a re-
porter Mr.. S. Schuyler, vice-president
of the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Com
pany, said that his company hoped to
have the guns for Sandy Hook ready
for placing by Aug 1. The guns for
San Francisco, he said, would be ready
for mounting by Jan. 1, 1894.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
JOLIET MILL SHUTS DOWN.
The Big Branch of the Illinois Steel
COMPANY Ceases ODeratiOns.

The Big Branch of the Illinois Steel
Company Ceases Operations.
JOLIET, Ill, May S,-The Joliet roll
ing mill, branch of the Illinois Steel
Company, is closed in all departments.
The plant has furnished work for 2, 500
men. In December a portion of the
mill was closed, leaving 900 men idle,
but these had expectations of speedy
resumption. Now, however, all hands
are out of work. The officers declare
it would be impossible to resume at
the present prices of steel and iron,
which are lower than in the last
twenty years. Even if the mills were
opened the perplexing questions of adj
justing the yearly scale of prices will
arise, as the old scale expired Jan. l..
The mills monthly payroll averaged
$130,0tO.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Old Offenses of Saloon-Keepers.

BELoIT, Wis, May 8.-The Grand
Jury is again at work on liquor cases
to the distress of many citizens who
do not care to be identified with the
investigation. A batch of witnesses
was subp@naed to-day to give testi-
mony against saloon keepers, and it is
thought there will be many convictions.
Saloons have license now, but these
prosecutions for old offenses will be
conducted to the end
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Minister Romero to BE Promoted.

CITY OF MEXICO, May SIT is re-
ported here on good authority that
Matias Romero, Mexican Minister to
the United States will return to Mex
leo and resume his former position "a
Secretary of the TREASURED, now held
Jose Ives Limantour. 1t is reported
that President Diaz contemplates MAX
ing other changes in his cabinet off,
GERS. The proposed changes will go
into effect June /.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
Mrs. Chauncey Depew Dead.

New YORK, May 8.-Mrs. Elise Hege-
man Depew, wife of Chauncey M.
Depew, died at her residence in this
city at 1890 Sunday afternoon. AL
though Mrs. Depew was known to be
seriously i'll, this sudden determine
ton of her illness was not expected by
her family and those who were most
intimately connected with her. Her
condition showed no material change
Saturday and early next morning tho
turn for the worse came
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
AerOnrut Roundtree Fatally Hurt,

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, May 8.-Wil-
liam Roundtree, the aeronaut, known
professionally as one of the Woodford
brothers, while about to make bal
loon ascension here yesterday received
injuries from which he will probably
die. A sudden gust of wind carried the
balloon from it's mornings Roundtree
was in the trapeze and violently col
ided with house. The bar broke
and he fell to the ground.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
THE WAKE AWOK HER,
Woman Dies of Heart Disease and Re-
turns to Life.


turns to Life.
SARANAc LAKE, \. Y, May s.-Mrs.
Carson. residing near Lake Kushau-
qua, having apparently died of heart
disease, was laid out in coffin. and
while a wake was being held those in
the death chamber were Mortified to
see the supp nsed corpse slowly rising
to an erect position.
Nearly all of those present were
women, and they ran out screaming in
terror. a daughter of Mrs Carson
fell outside the house and expired.
The mother, in a bewildered way
slowly emerged from the coffin and
gazed about her upon the candles and
other evidences of death She did not
seem to mind the death of her daugh-
ter, and is about as usual, though
speaking and moving in dazed way.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
CHEMICAL BANK TOTTERS.

Chicago, ILL.,, May S.-Bank Examiner
james B. Sturges will tomorrow morn
ing make an examination into the at
fairs of the Chemical National bank.
A branch of the bank is located at the
worlds fair grounds, which has the
exclusive privilege of the banking bust
ness at the fair.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
JEWISH QUESTION DISCUSSION

st Petersburg, May S.-The Russian
government proposes to convene a com
mission of Jewish rabbis in September
next when the whole Jewish question
will be brought into consideration to
assist in bringing it to q settlement
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
NATIONAL LEAGUE SCORES.

ST Louise Chicago, game postponed;
wet grounds.
Louisville Cleveland, game postponed;
rain.
Washington =; Boston 9.
Cincinnati s; Pittsburg ..
New York 4; Brooklyn Z.
Baltimore 4; Philadelphia =.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
THAT REGATTA.
A Royal Time Planned For Lake &c
neya Soon.

A meeting Of the executive committee
Of the Chicago was held in Chicago and
the prospects of the regatta to be held
at Lake Geneva were thoroughly dis
crssed The Cambridge, Eng, crew
stands ready to come to this country,
if it can meet the American cham
pion college crew for 1893, and if sat
factory arrangements for tlanspOrta-
ton are made The Yale and Harvard
crews, or which ever is victor at New
London next month, will be there if
the English champions come, but not
otherwise The Cornell and University
Of PENNSYLVANIA crews We're reported
to be in u like mood. The committee,
consisting of Il. +. Pratt, d. G. CrelSer,
Jr, and b. V. Johnson, which had just
returned from IL tour of the east, re-
ported that Detroit, Albany, Newark,
Buffalo and New York would each send
several boat crews, and that Boston
would send Representatives from its
various canoe clubs. The whole Har-
lem River association of New York, will
he represented in singles, doubles, pairs,
foulS, and eights and in barge oarsmen.
The reported that the National Row
ing association was disposed to be en-
thllSiastic over the approaching interna-
tiOnal meeting, which would not con-
tiict with the national meeting at De-
troit, or with the Mississippi Valley
meetings at st. Louis. Frank f..
Pratt will go abroad within two weeks
to secure the attendance of crews from
Barcelona, Spain, Berlin, the River Pc,
London, Dublin, and other European
that the entire cost of the coming inter-
cities. 1t is estimated by the president
of the Chicago navy, D. G. Creiger, Jr,
that the entire cost of the coming inter
national regatta will be $4,000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
FOR SUNDAY OPENING.

Chicago, May S.-Thc council tonight
unanimously passed Il resolution declar-
ing for Sunday opening Of the world $
fair grounds, and as a representative or
S5,OOO,OOO stock III the exposition crit
icised the financial management which
closes the gates one day out of seven.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-05-12
MENTALLY WEAK.
Board Of Physicians Examine Bitson,
the Rock County Murderer

GAINESVILLE, Wis, May S.-Physicians
have examined Matthew Bitson, who is
in Jail here for the murder Of Mrs.
Arthur Hern and his own wife. They
are not yet through with the examin-
alton but say the indications are that
he is mentally weak, approaching i'm
becility.