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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07
MRS. DRAYTON GOES ABROAD
Her Plans for the Future are Unde-
cided.

New York, July Mrs. J. Coleman
Drayton, one of the Astor girls whose
husband obtained a divorce not long
since, came to New York from Europe
two weeks ago, and has sailed for
Southampton again on the Hamburg
American steamer Fuerst Bismarck.
Mrs. Drayton has been the guest of
Miss E. Moore since her return from
Europe except during a few days she
spent at Newport with her mother.
Miss Moore has long been a friend of
the Astor family and will accompany
Mrs Drayton to Europe.
A reporter called upon Miss Moore
to ask about Mrs Draytons plans for
the future. The conversation was as
follows,
eyes, Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton is
with me here, and she sails with me to
Europe on the Fuerst Bismarck.
cannot permit you to have an interview
with her because she is worried to
the point of illness and will see no
one. I am in no sense Mrs. Drayton's
hired companion. I have known her
since childhood. She is a good, true
woman and has been shamefully per-
secuted"
Another reporter told Miss Moore
that he desired to see Mrs. Drayton
to ascertain the correctness or incorrect
ness of the statement that she had gone
to Newport in order to advise with
her mother, Mrs. Astor, as to the man,
ner in which she should re-enter New
York society, and that Mrs. Astor had
advised her to return to Europe and
through the influence of William Wal
OFF Astor enter society, thereby max
ing her transition from London society
to New York's social world a compare
lively easy matter.
Il know that Mrs. Drayton will not
grant you an interview on that sab
tect,' replied Miss Moore. She has
rot decided whether to remain in Lon
don or not. Indeed, neither she nor I
can speak with certainty regarding our
plans for the future. What we decide
upon today may be changed tomorrow.
She registered simply as Mrs. Drayton
in order to avoid any newspaper COM
ments concerning her departure. as she
does not desire to be confronted at the
pier by a gaping curious crOWd"
''Can you tell me what steps, if any,
she contemplates taking with regard
to the custody of her children?''
"0f that know nothing, an
All this point Miss Moore was inter
rupted by some one behind the portiere
which separated the front from the
rear room calling out:
Hist! Hist"
Pardon me-" said Miss Moore, going
into the rear room.
You have said entirely too much
Say nothing further" said voice.
Miss Moore returned, displaying great
agitation. Her kindly face bore a
panied expression as she said:
II have nothing further to say
Then raising her voice so as to be
heard in the adjoining room distinctly
she added:
'I must positively decline to say
anything more. I wish it distinctly
understood that am in no sense Mrs
Drayton's companion. There has MOI
been and will not be a cent passed
between u.s."
How long do you propose staying
abroad, Miss Moore?" asked.
81 do not know. I will stay with
Mrs Drayton to the end. Our stay
on the other side may be long Or short
depending on circumstances
May I ask the nature of the cir
cumstances?"
On that I have no right to speak
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07

NJ. Carnot, the president of the
French republic, was unable to enter
tain last winter on account of his poor
health. He has decided to devote the
sum of $4,000, representing in part
the sum he otherwise would have spent
on entertainments, to charitable in
situations and gifts to the poax.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07

today, and results prove it to have been
pro9hetically accurate. In this esti-
mate, however, Mr.. Foster did not take
into account the payment Of the Cher
okee Indian claim of $3,OOO,OOO. Had
this not been paid the receipts would
have been $5OOO,OOO in excessof the
expenditures.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07
A TRIO OF N0TABLES
THREE POTENTATES WHO ARE
COMING TO THE FAIR.
LORDS OF THE ORIENT WILL WIS.,,
1T THE WEST.

of Johore, the Gaikwac Of
Baroda and the Nawab of Rar.lpur
Will All Do the Worlds Fair Ere
About These August Personages.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07
NEW CLUB GETS IT
ELL-CORBETT FIGHT.
SOME CLEVER WORK DONE BY
THE MANAGEMENT.

Corbett Having Already Signed, Mitch
eli, Who Didn't Want to Exhibit
for the Coney Island Club, Was
Quickly Cornered by the Cnlcagoens
fright Early in December.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07
CONGRESS CHANGES
MANY ALTERATIONS WILL BE
MADE.
CONTESTS FOR PLACES ALREADY
BEGUN.

Gossip as to the Organization Of Both
Senate and House at the Coming
Stssion-Wilson, McMillin and Say
Session-Wilson, McMillin and Say
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07

Edward Paul, a distinguished Hay
ten statesman and writer, died at
Kingston.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-07
|STATEH AID NO CASE
SO JUDGE CATE SAYS AT WAU.
PACA
HIS SCORCHING OPENING IN THE
MEAD TRIAL.

Sharply Attacks Witnesses for the
Prosecution, Calling Them Liars
Tense VIII Endeavor to Set Up an
Alibi-Adjourned Till Wednesday.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16

unlike some, never halts at noon,
but keeps on at the same unvarying
pace until its allotted task is done At
last the lengthening shadows and the
sight of the mud walls of the village
where we are to halt warn us that ii is
time to spur on with the chavadar TO
select our camping ground before the
baggage animals come up IL was usu-
ally our fate to encamp on ploved
field, and il was no small piece of work
TO clear the ground OF stones and briers;
often in a high wind it required the
combined strength of ali Of us to hold
the Tapping canvas while the pegs were
being driven in. and we were fortunate
indeed IL there were no wet sketches
lying about when the dust drove in
clouds under the tent. When the cords
are well secured the baggage is brought
In, carpets are spread ont. beds unfold
ed and the ebonite filters are pu; In
working order so that the tea or the
refreshing peg" may be forthcoming.
There is often leisure hour in which
TO jot down impressions Of color before
Abdullah comes in 10 sci the IA bic. and
after dinner we sit under the canvas
awning which projects above the tent
door, and smoke. in I'll. crimson after
glow, grand and solemn IN this land of
vast horizons Edwin Lord Weeks il
Harper's Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
A DOUBLE BASS CLUB.
Scheme to Avoid Lugging the Big Bull
Fiddlep Around.

Scheme to Avoid Lugging the Big Bull
Fiddles Around.
A gold-laced person got on a crowded
Brooklyn trolley car and hung bass
drum over tho brake-handle, says the
New York World. The car lurched
and the man next to him stepped on
the gold-laced persons toes, and, being
thus introduced, began a conversation
about the drum.
"Heap of bother carrying a drum
around, isn't it?"
"Yes, but not so much as a double
bass, one of these big bass 6ddles, you
know-bun fddles."
Are they much trouble?"
"Wen, they are this much trouble,
that they won't let you get on a car in
Brooklyn with one. In New York you
have to get permit to carry one, just
the same as If it was a concealed
weapon. Once, here in Brooklyn, I'd
have to take carriage for it. But now
I belong to a double bass club"
"Have pretty good times, suppose?
You get together and smoke and have
some beer and play solos on your double
basSes."
The gold-laced man looked down
and laughed silently. Well, it is kind
of funny to think of lot of men sit
ting around and playing solos about
two octaves below the singing voice.
Voomf! Voomf,
NO" said he after bit. "All the
fellows that play the double bass be-
long to this club and pay two dollars a
year dues. They have a lot of instru-
ments and every place they have to go
to play there is closet containing a
bass, to which only members of the
clubs have keys. There is book in
the closet, and every time fellow uses
the bass he marks down his name.
They have them in all the halls and
theaters, and in the summer time on
all the barges and excursion steamers.
The two dollars from each member
goes for repairs"
So that's the reason why you can't
remember having seen a double bass
on the street cars, no matter how hard
YOU try.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16

the time OF the discovery. although the
tory. was very small IA compared with
stone. Thi. is shown by the relatively
small proportion Of copper implements
In the principal collections, N at tho
Smithsonian institution and Others.
Ths larger numbers are found in Wis
cousin, and this is accounted for
by the fact that Wisconsin "a directly
south Of the Keweenaw district in
Michigan, where the largest beds %
nat We copper occur. In these beds
the copper shows as such ia the
rock. and the ancient miners had only
70 follow down a promising outcrop
showing metal for q few feet and har.i-
mer away the rock from the copper tn
secure tho latter. When they came
upon = large mass they were compelled
60 abandon II after hzrnmering OF pro
jectlng pi~c>s L-csuse they had no
tools for cutting it I'D and removing il.
Several instances OF this sorf have been
found The ancient mines were nos
really mines, not being underground
workings bat merely shallow pita 90
trenches and sometimes excavations In
the face of ciss. AZ .he time modern
mining began they had become nero
depresslons 50 the ground. All 'hes.
workings whss examined contained
stone hsEnnsrs ar ulsnss. few wooden
sbovelA, rvraAins Q. wooden bowls Tor
baking. birch bark baskets and sorns
spesr or lEno. heads and other articles
ot copper. American ArtsqpAriAn-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
INVESTIGATIONS AT PERRY.

That the imputations which have been
laid against the integrity and official
honesty of District Attorney Speed.
touching his connection with the prose-
cutions growing out OF the rascality
practiced in certain quarters of Okla
homa in the matter Of land office filings,
were inspired by malice there is little
room to doubt. That Mr.. Speed has
courageously and feariessly endeavored
to discharge the duties of his Office
duties that have been made all the more
difficult to perform successfully by rea-
son of the peculiar conditions existing in
the territory under his jurisdiction and
the thoroughly cosmopolitan character
of the peoples abundantly borne out
by the records of his Office and of the
courts. And that he has been unbiased
by political considerations is shown by
the circumstance that his official acts
have been indorsed by the most promi-
nent Democratic officials in the territory,
not only, but by the department at the
national capital as well.
This last point Is further emphasized
by the very manly aud dignilied charge
of Judge Dale to the grand jury at
Perry, Thursday, the special term of
his court being called to inquire into
some of the allegations at issue. While
the able judge admonished the jurors
not to spare any on account of official
station in their Investigations, he also
warned them against being swayed by
extraneous influences in summing up
their findings into the form of indict-
ments. OF course this is strictly i'm
personal. but the judge evidently under
stands the situation, and while desiring
full investigation he wants and will
insist upon It's being fair. This is what
Mr. Speed desires, what he demands,
and what the people of Oklahoma re-
gardless of party must have.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
CHARITY, AND CHARITY.

The Indianapolis papers are indulging
in some rather pungent comments upon
the outside estimate of the ability of
their city tc meet the temporal and
spiritual needs of her people. Ii seems
that reports have gone out that a large
percentage of her population is without
food or clothing, and the charitably dis
posed OF the hoop-pole districts are send
ing in Of their store of dried pumpkin,
cast off garments of linsy-woolsy, and,
milk and butter too old for market.
This little joke was being banded back
and forth in the way of sundry well
turned pleasantries, at the expense Of the
capital city, until all Hoosierdom was
thrown topsy-turvy by the actual receipt
of a missionary box from the benevolent
ladies of Andover, Mass. 1t was accom-
panied by the usua! prayers and tears"
OF that worldwide organization, not to
mention the delicately penned letter
from the fair president, portraying in
characters of true Christian light the
generosity of the donors, and incidentally
referring to the hapless poverty of far
off indianapolis. OF course the con-
tents were of the regulation red flannel
petticoat and last summers hat variety,
such as are annually sent out, at the
society's expense, to the FIJI Islanders
and the desolate Indians of the far
northwest.
This is, indeed. humorous turn of a
practical joke, and we relate It simply
to say it is good enough for indianapolis.
Ii we mistake not, II Is a sample OF the
same kind OF nonsense entertained in
that city on former occasions touching
the Kansas weather. Some OF our peo-
pie viii recall that goods of this charac-
ter have often been franked over the
railroads to the suffering poor" OF Kan
sas, 10 be kicked about the station ware
dealers, and the ''Prayers and tears
have been answered by train-loads of
food supplies, any one Of which is worth
all the missionary boxes sent cut since
the Jesuits landed at St. Augustine
There Is charity and charity in this
world. but, like most things, there are.
al least, two kiuds-real and counterfeit
and the lesson we would impaTt t.
our neighbors east OF the Mississippi Is:
First write TO some OF your wellto-io
relatives or friends in the west for reiia-
bic data concerning the poor, and see
that they are not some of your cast-off
calamilyites, who have such a coasti,u-
tional aversion 10 work that they would
s,e-ve TO death OF thousand acres of
tie Nile valley rather than exert them
selves 10 the measer extent Of sowing
and reaping.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
BY CARAVAN.
Routine OF Day of Marching in Some
Great Desert

Routine of Day of Marching in Some
Great Desert.
This caravan life has a subtle charm
of its own when one is in perfect health
and things go smoothly: and even If
they do not. the minor discomforts of
a nomad existence do not weigh heav-
lily on nerves blunted by the open air
and a certain amount OF healthy
fatigue. When one journeys by vesti-
bule train or Wagner sleeping the
short space of time between two cities
is like an interim, an entr acte, during
which ones daily routine is suspended,
to be resumed again only when he
leaves the train at his destination. But
here, where the distances are so vast,
the real existence is on the road, and
the brief stay in each city, full of fever
ish, agitated movement and unrest, be
comes the interim and the traveller
looks forward TO the calm and pure air
of the desert plateau beyond and the
comfort of his tent The routine OF
daily life is little trying at first, but
easily learned. Each tweDty-four
hours is divided into four parts-the
period OF hurry and activity in the
early morning, longer one OF compar-
ative tranquility on the march, the
brief hour of hustle on arriving at our
destinatio and then 'nirvan&. the
dreamless sleep Of the night At half
past three or four o'clock in the morn
ing it is time to get up and dress by
caudle-light, to call for the sam
ovar" and not tea, to see that the men
IN the kitchen tent are astir, and
that the chavadarx are feeding their
horses Then the small articles are
packed, Abdullah brings in Breakfast
and while we are eating the chsvadars
come in TO take ont the baggage, the
first red light from the rising sun
shines through the transparent walls,
and then the tent itself - pulled down.
and we are shivering in TIE frosty and
braciny morning air. Sometimes break
fast Is finished on one OF the camp
chests while the table is being packed
away. When the last load has been
secured. and the ground. nosv strewn
with eggshells and loose straw, has
been searched for los. artieies- xe
mount cur horses or walk on ahead.
Then comes the long day Of eoDpa-a-
tire rest and y hen tne brief morning
chill has passed away. made drozvsT b.
the growing heat Of the SIN. we nod
and sway IN ear saddles. iulied bT the
nono.nnv ot the Sow march aud the
ceaseiess tiaslsug of the bella Over
deserts Of whi.e salt. like nsw sAlIsn
STOW or frozen Slees. where the horizon
svTizzss and auIvevs N tae mirage. and
over plains H0orrd srstA oIazx volcansc
deposit v-e -.e1e On and oEa- over passes,
across rivers and rsarshv plaias unti
Il Is sl1le 10 hnrry on aAsad q the car
AVIAN snd dispatch Z hzsty lnEeh On
sosZss sselszri~a& hillside, or ssep "a
gully IL tsc seiEs1 tsossAs and hxss -
all. whcre there j. t-ons n which
70 col bottle Of w.1s Tass ezrxsaa-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
A Theory That 1t Il Caused by the Upward
Electric Current.

The phenomenon of lightning is the
signal that announces the coming to-
Cether of different electric currents in
the restoration of equilibrium. All
life is electricity, the stomach is re-
generator. the brain is battery, SAYS
the Pittsburgh Dispatch When one
is killed by lightning, death is due to
absorption-to a loss Of this vital fluid,
or whatever it may be termed. that i'm
pels the physical engine. A thunder
cloud is charged with positive cleo
tricity. the earth below is charged
negatively. Any object below this
cloud is similarly charged with this
negative current A discharge from
above takes place, the currents meet.
ignition ensues, the expansion of the
gases produces a vacuum. the air comes
together again with a report and this
is thunder.
A late view is, when one animate OBJ
iect is struck dead by lightning, that
the upward and not the downward
current is the agent The fact that no
bird on the wing has been known to
be killed by lightning Is not con-
elusive in sustaining this latter view
of the method of lightning in proiue
ing death
When q tree is thus struck. the sod
Is frequently lifted away from the
roots IN such q manner as 10 Indicate
the downward passage Of the stroke
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16

markab,e excursion trains OF the year left
Fort Smith, Ark. this week. It WAS
special train, but the object was not
pleasure, aud the conductors duty WAS
not to take up the fares. The guardians
Of the train were a sharp-signted United
States marshal aud eight trus;Y deputies
with Winchesters and pistols displayed in
suggestive profusion. The passengers
We're thirty-one OF the most hardened crim-
inals that ever terr zed ihe southwest and
made rendezvous of the Indian Ter
ritory. They had been sentenced by Judge
Parker Tor terms ranging from two to
rwenty-four years in the Kings county
penitentiary at Brooklyn, aud to that
point the train was speeding. Among the
prisoners were Kid Wilson and Creekmore
aud Chanry of the Starr gang. The object
in taking them so far away was evidently
10 get the men out Of old associations aud
where their prestige for breaking Jail and
other desperate teats had not reached. 1t
was remarkable picture, this special
train of convicts, and one which in a few
years it will be impossible to witness, even
around the Indian Territory.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Leslie p Ross is said to be booked for
Horace Speeds place.
George W. Merrick of Oklahoma county
has mysteriously disappeared.
Father Williams is now in charge of the
Catholic church at Chandler.
John Riley, an Edmond burglar, has
been arrested at Oklahoma City.
Judge Dals's instructions to thu Perry
grand jury will live as classic.
J. H. Mccartney has been appointed
chairman of townsite board No. >.
Several chattel mortgages have been
filed at Perry. 1t is beginning early.
Noah Allen of Kansas is thinking of To-
eating at Perry. Heaven save Perry!
The Perry Times says that Perry is
neither princess or a queen. but king.
If Utah is admitted before Oklahoma
Dennis Flynn is very likely to secede from
congress.
That was mighty good sense Judge Dale
talked 10 the jurors, and it was elegantly
expressed.
The story that there was wreck on the
Perry, Enid and Pacific railroad is mali
cious falsehood.
Sam Small is after the devil in Oklaho-
ma City, and he will use marquis OF
Oueensberry rules.
As an editor in Oklahoma has expressed
it: Tom King just inserted herself in a
pair of pants and lit out
There was corruption at the opening of
the strip and the grand jury should bew
10 the line aud let the other fellows dodge
the chips.
May be some Oklahoma man can answer
this query in a Philadelphia paper: If a
man kills deer for dear meat Why don't
he kill minee for mince meat'
On Sunday next new time card goes
into effect on the Choctaw. Il provides
Tor but one train day, leaving +. Reno
at O'Clock a. N, aud Oklahoma City
about p ~
Apricois are reported by the horticul-
turiss Of the Oklahoma experime nIal
station TO have made better growth than
any other fruit trees On the grounds during
the summer of 1888 X is a very general
belief among the fruit growers of the ter
ritory that the apricot w.ll be one OF the
most successful fruits for the country.
Oklahoma Times Journal: In the suit
brought by the government against Dennis
Flynn ibere i no hint CT emevzxGement or
iaiisnatlon of InalfeasaEce in cthce. Every
dollar aud cent that passed through his
hands is accounted for. The suit Is the
result of a difference OF opinion between
the pos osfice department aad Pos-IzstsE
Flynn as 10 who should pay Certain run-
ing expenses OF Tie Guthrie postofiice.
Dennis believed the government saoaid 90
Il, and acting on that belief paid the ez-
oeuses cut OF The receipts Of tie oEslce. The
nyrssoflice department declined 20 allow
the amount-heuce he suit
Guthrie Nrws. Oae Of tie uoss re-
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-16
A POSTPONED sQuEAL.

In its attempts TO placate the extreme
elements within lis organization the Re-
publican party of Kansas has been forced
into resolving many ridiculous things
and into enacting some very foolish. im-
practicable aud one-sided laws. Under
an extreme and un-American law passed
by republican legislature all the cities
of Kansas are under the control of-well,
who:
1t is certain that the people of the
cities of Kansas have little to say in the
matter beyond being permitted to con-
tribute the money to cover the necessary
expenses. This character of government
is fitted to the temperament and convic-
tions of not to exceed two towns in the
state. hut the Republican press, the
EAGLE excepted, mas for the most part
accepted it in silence or openly advocated
lis wisdom. Tie following squeal and
appeal for compromise is now squeezed
from the editor of the Kansas City Ga
zette, after so long a time:
''There is one very important defect in
the Metropolitan police system Of KAN
saS that should be remedled early. Ills
excellency, the governors recent "vag
circular has, In a way, served 10 call at
tension to it. The police department and
the policemen are creatures of the state
administration, but their functions are
solely to carry out the city's laws. The
city alone is TO be benefited or is to suf-
fer, according to the efficiency or def
cheney of the police, and if the latter
condition prevails the municipal govern
ment has neither power nor authority to
recilfy it. Ii the mayor should run
across instances of neglect of duty by
which the community would be likely to
suffer he would have no ''put in" in the
premises other than to complain to
the police board or governor, and
they could leisurly consult their own
pleasure In the, matter Kansas City,
KAN, has as good police protection per-
haps as any city in the state, but the de-
parlment could be more closiy identified
with the municipal machinery. In
Missouri the police commissioners are
appointed by the governor, but the
mayor, by virtue of his office, is not
only a member, but is president of the
board. There is no gainsaying the fact
that the first-class cities i'll Kansas
would be benefited if such was the
management on this side of the line.
This is something that should be con-
sidered by the next legislature.