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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
SMOKE.
Tt May Be Purified by Smoking-A
Useful Invention

Chicago Post: A new remedy for
the smoke nuisance has been found.
1t is not in the nature of q smoke con-
sumner. Any number of these have
been placed upon the market, tested
and declared by their inventors to be
perfect When subjected to the trial
of practical use, however, they have
all been found wanting in some re-
spect Or other. Many of them have
doubtless been effective to a limited
extent, but none has yet been found
chat will absolutely and entirely pre-
vent smoke. At least that is the con-
clusion to which any one must be
driven who passes a few days in Chi
cago and notices the thick clouds
Of murky smoke with which the at
mGsphere is continually laden here
and which communicates everything
with which it comes in contact.
Az entirely different principle has
been adopted in dealing with the nui-
sance by the new plan. 1t is not in
tended to consume the smoke in any
way, but to purify it so that before
it reaches the outside atmosphere it
has been transformed into a white
vapor, deprived of AL it's noxious gases
its obnoxious odors and filthiness. The
apparatus used in accomplishing this
has been named a smoke annihilator.
1t is simple in it's construction and can
readily be attached to any chimney.
The method Of it's operation Is in this
wise: When the machine is put into
operation the volume of smoke pass
ing through the chimney is drawn into
a receptacle prepared for it, in which
it undergces a process of washing, by
which all the blackness is removed
and the sulphurous and noxious fumes
are done away with. All traces of
carbon, sulphur and dust are eliminat-
ed from the white vapor, which is
all that is left Of the smoke when it
passes into the atmosphere.
1t is claimed that the use of the
new invention will bring about a great
saving in the construction Of manu-
featuring buildings, insomuch as
through it high chimneys are render
ed unnecessary. The cost Of fuel will
also be reduced, because the cheapest
kinds of material can be burned with
out running any more risk of smoke
than if the costliest kinds were used.
Another advantage claimed for the
new invention is that it renders Of
commercial value that which before
was but nuisance and the source
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

featuring company. supreme court de-
cision Of March q, 1881
AS TO the condition of the Blake
patents, it may be remarked that the
Blake applications upon which they
are based were divisions from other
applications. all disclosing the same
inventions, and the earliest Of which
was fled Jan. 3, 1879, prior to the
date of the British patent. 1t is there
fore maintained by the Bell company
that this early application renders sec
ton 1887 imperative against the later
patents, and they are therefore still
in force A circuit court in the case
Of the Gramme Electrical company VS..
ARMOUR and Hochhausen Electrical
company. he'd that the meaning OF
section 1887 lis that the United States
patent shall expire at the same time
with the foreign patent. which was
granted before the United States pat
ent was granted, and not that it shall
expire ut the same time with the for
eign patent, which was granted be-
fore the applicable for the United
States patent was made" Also. in
the case of the Bate Refrigera tor com
pany VS.. Gillett, Judge Nixon said
that he was Eat loss to understand
what the time Of filing the applica-
ton has TO do with the matter" This
position of the Bell company would
therefore appear TO be untenab,e and
| am Of the opinion that it would be
nj 70, &c,
are void 1t is interesting to note a
matter which apparently has hereto
fore been overlooked, to wit, the fact
that the Blake application of Jan. },
1879, has not yet resulted In patent
What has become Of it, and i it TO be
second Berliner surprise!
1t seems highly improbable that the
Bell company will be able to sustai
the Berliner patent. A suit has bee.
brought by the attorney general to
annul it, and the grounds set forth
seem 10 be sufficient to accomplish
that end. One is the long delay in
issuing the patent, which, it is alleged.
was purposeiy done by the company
to secure an extension of the monopo-
ly. Another is that the specifications
and drawings were materially and i'm
properly altered after the application
was filed. 1t is also urged that a
patent, issued to Beriner in 1880
covered the same apparatus, and fur
ther that Edison and not Bcrliner was
the real inventor. The patent office
is also charged with irregularities and
errors Oh the part Of its employees in
connection with the matter On the
whole, pretty strong case is made
out against the patent, and the result
viii be looked for with much interest
and with the reasonable expectation of
its annulment.
In conclusion, it is quite safe to as
sert that after January /, 1894, COM
mercial telephony will be open to the
public. 1t is to be understood, how
ever. that this refers to the use Of the
instruments" only. and that there are
many patents under the control Of the
Bel company Oh the details of the
central office apparatus which have
several years to run. The fundanen-
tai principle of the switchboard, how
ever, is open. and it would be an as
perslon upon our inventors to suggest
that they cannot produce Il commercial
switching system which will not in
fringe the existing patents.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
OLD KEARSARGE LOST.
One of Uncle Sans Staunch Vessels
Wrecked on a Reef.

Washington, Feb. S-The navy de-
partment received dispa tch today
from Colen saying that the United
States steamer Kearsarge was wrecked
ON Roncador reef February g. The
officers and crew were saved.
The Kearsarge, by last report, sailed
from Hayti for Bluefields, Nicaragua,
to look after American interests in
connection with the trouble between
Nicaragua and Honduras. 1t is sup
posed the vessel is q total wreck. She
was one Of the Oldest in the navy and
had a splendid history.
Roncador reef is about 200 miles
from Mosquito coast Of Central Amer
lea, well known to marines as a danger
GUS impeachment to navigation, sur
rounded by swift and dangerous tides.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

themselves. At their trial they proved
Martinez was a thief and that he
hated them bitterly because Jose had
whipped him for theft. Still the jury
returned a verdict of murder in the
second degree, and the judge sentenced
them for life. They went to prison
December, 1879 Martinez soon follow
ed them to prison for robbery, and
again for horse-stealing. Two years
ago Martinez sickened and on his
deathbed he confessed to Captain Hill
that he had testified falsely in the trial
of the Alviso brothers and that they
We're innocent. He had been induced
to perjure himself by one Harry
Thompson Hsalinas NOW deceased),
and had received from him for SO do
in $40 in money, a suit of clothes and
4 railroad ticket to san Jose. Last
December the matter was brought to
the attention of the governor and the
brothers were pardoned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Murdered Man Still Lives:-In 1856
George Watkins, with his young wife,
moved from Kansas to county adjoin-
ing st. Louis and settled upon the
homestead of Andy Hedgepeth, a
wealthy planter. Hedgepeth fell vic
tim to the charms of Watkns's wife.
Watkins became aware of the unholy
rela tons. The two went to market in
Watkins wagon and Hedgepeth re-
turned alone. The sudden absence of
Watkins excited suspicion and Hedge
peth and the woman We're arrested.
The woman repented, and at the trial
stated that she and Hedgepeth had
agreed to kill her husband, but denied
any knowledge of the murder. Hedge
peth being allowed to testify, told a
straightforward story. claiming that
Watkins had left him, saying he in
tended leaving the country. The evil
dence was purely circumstantial, but
in a strong and unbroken chain, he hay
ing the supposed dead mans money,
coat, pipe and gloves. There was also
blood, and bloody Ratchet was found
in the wagon. The case was carried
to the supreme court, reversed and at
the second trial Hedgepeth was again
convicted. Hedgepeth was hanged,
and today the counsel for the unfortu-
nate man succeeded in locating the man
Watkins. for whose murder Hedge
peth was tried. convicted and execut-
ed. Watkins is living at his old home
in Kansas, where he has been ever
since. The woman was also indicted
but died before the trial.
Perjurer Repents After Twelve
Years-Two years ago a thief named
Martinez. in the San Quentin peniten-
tiary, California, confessed that two
brothers named Alviso, serving life
terms since 1879 for the murder of a
herder named John Rutland. We're in
nocent The body Of Rutland was
never found Martinez testified that
he had seen Francisco and Jose Maria
A.viso murder the sheepherder in his
cabin and then set fire to it, cremat-
ing the body. For time it looked as
it the Alviso boys would be lynched.
but the strong feeling against them
abated when they quietly surrendered
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
THE 'pULLERIN" BUSINESS.
The Men Work Long Hours and MAX.
Good Wages

There is no particular fun to be Il
''pnller-in'' for clothing store. says
the st. Louis Posi- Dispatch ''Pullcrs-
n is what the police cali them, but
! the real trade name is body sna tch-
ers," just as the trade mime for a
tramp or bum is hobo" Not that
the body-snatcher is Il tramp OF q bum
by any means. He is 4 hard-workin"
cIt!Zen. takes pride in his honesty and
makes pretty good wages, though his
hours are long.
Il good body-Snatcher or Duller-in
gets a salary Of SIC or ST. week, but
he has to stand out in all sorts of
weather from s o'clock in the morning
until 9 or 10 O'Clock at night. Tie gets
al, hour off at noon and another ut &
o'clock, but he works every day and
Sunday, too: Sabbath, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, New Years, Washington's
Birthday and Fourth of July.
They're good fellows, too, when you
Get acquainted with them. And they
are all husky, strong men, with knobs
in their upper arms like piano legs
And here is a word of advice: Unless
YOU are particularly handy with your
fists don't you ever get into trouble
with Il ''puller-in."
There are usually two body -snatchers
in front of each clothing store They
watch with an eagle eye-two Of them,
in fact-the people who pass by to see
the man who is the likely purchaser.
They pay no more attention to the
swellS than to tramps and to horses
They tackle men who you would think
We're tramps. and they run them into
the stores. where clerk lays hold of
the buyers. and presently they emerge.
dressed to the mines Then the body
snatcher lays hold Of them and tries
to steer them into the shoe store, next
door. If he succeeds the shoe dealer
pays him a commission of Is cents.
That's on the side-little piCkinss-aon't
you understand.
The two of them stand there. or,
rather, they prowl around like tigers in
4 cage. All Of a sudden they make a
bound towards two young working fell
lows coming along. The wait till the
couple get right by 4 telegraph pole
Then one of the body-Snatchers gets in
front and one behind. and they corner
the couple against the post, relying
on the fact that a man won't get out
into the gutter except on extreme
provocation. Each 'puller-in" grabs
his man by the sleeve and tries to
force him into the store. not too violent
ly, but still vi ct arms.
Come on in, you fella," one says,
with backward beckon Of the hand.
NO: don't want to buy anything"
''A-ah, you need a new coat. Got
| 'em cheap inside, and the puller-in
drags the man over so that one foot
gets off the ground. and he has to take
a step towards the store.
That's right. This way Sell 'em
cheap"
No. no; I don't want to buy any
thing"
'Oh. you don't know what you want
till you get inside. Come on"
The young man twists and turns. but
the "puller-in' keeps on talking. Some
times the badgered person loses his
temper, but the 'puller-in" doesn't.
He gets the man TO smiling, unless too
much temper has been lost. If the
man is a fighter, he threatens to lick
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
A GRACEFUL ACT.
ffench government Sends Dirt from
La fayettes Grave to San Francisco.

far1s' FEB. s.-The Society Of Daugh-
tiers OF the American Republic, Of San
FRANCISCO recently asked the French
government, through the French con-
SUIT ut san Francisco, for a few ounces
of earth from the grave of General
La Fayette, in which they intended to
plant a tree of liberty.
The French government acceded to
the request of the ladies of Sam Fran
cisco and Minister of the Interior NJ.
Reynal today had box filled with
earth from the grave of Gen. La Fay
cite, in Pichus cemetery. The box was
sealed with the arms Of tho City of
Paris and will be Immediately for
war'1ed to San Francisco.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
RUMPUS AT REEDSBURG.
Stirred up over an Order to Issue
Bonds.

BarabooA Wis, lFeb. Sl-Thc ctE
ZenS of ReedSbur@ are considerably
stirred up over the fact that IN order
has been issued to show cause why
the city of RcedsburS should not be
cniOined from issuing bonds for con
structing water works and IN electric
light plant.
Recently the citizens voted on the
question and it was carried, the cost
of the plant to be $4,000. The city
has retained Col John &. Spooncr rs
its attorney and the other side will
be represented by Col. George w. Bird
and Burr w. Jones. The time for
hearing is set for February II.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

of danger of the community. The IL
Quid in which the smoke Is washed
makes Il powerful disinfectant and
pure carbon is obtained from the resi-
due, which finds ready market for
electrical and other purposes.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Mrs. Ethel Boyce has been arrested
at Muncie. Ind, for treating her g.
vear-Old child in an inhuman manner
It is claimed that as punishment for
the child she burned her fingers until
hey were biis1ered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
CHEAP TELEPHONES
THE FUNDAMENTAL PATENTS
NOW RUN OUT.
REDUCED RATES THE HOPE OF
THE EARLY FUTURE.

Several of the Most Important Bell
Patents Expire Soon-Many Patents
Still Under the Control OF the Bell
Conpany-Commercial Telephony in
Prospect.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Just Escaped Hansing:-An innocent
man came near hanging in the peni-
Tertiary at Columbus, Ohio. Aug. %.
1892. Isaac Smith, of Pike county.
was convicted on circumStantial evil
dence of numbering his cousin, James
Skidmore, in November, 1891. On the
day set for execution Smiths lawyer
received Il letter from Il prominent
citizen of Pike county, who said that
one of the Vance family, known as
Yellow Dick Vance, who left Pike
county Immediately after the killing
of Skidmore, and that, being wounded
in 4 Kentucky fight and told that he
could not recover, had confessed to
the killing. The governor granted a
respite, the confession was proved and
Smith was released.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
UNSAFE TESTIMONY.
DANGEROUS POSSIBILITIES OF
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
CASES WHEREIN 1T HAS PLAYED
4 BAD PART.
Convictions that Have Been Secured
Even When the Defendants Were
Entirely 4nnocent-A Man Hanged
in Kansas for a Murder that Never
Occurred.

Aug. u, 1892, Governor E'ifer granted
an Immediate and unconditional par
don to John ID. Cochran, who was con-
yicted Of murder at the November
term, 1888, of the Wabash county cir
cult court and sentenced to the peni-
tertiary for life. There is not now the
shadow Of u doubt that Cochran was
innocent of the crime Of which he was
convicted and for which he has suffer
ed for nearly two years. The name Of
his imposed victim was John Bechen-
berger. This man came to Mount
Carmel, ILL.,, from Evansville, Ind,
Oct. II, 1888. On the 10Th he purchas-
ed revolver With one round of car
tridges, and on the 10th he was found
in a dying condition III Il lumDer-Shed,
the revolver which he had purchased
the day before lying under his leg
with one chamber empty. He had been
Shot through the roof Of his mouth.
Cochran, who had come to town look
Ing for work and who had stopped at
the same hotel with Buchenberger. was
suspected, tried and convicted, mainly
On the testimony of one Charles Reese,
who had served Il term in the peni-
tertiary for horse stealing. This man
testified that Cochran admitted to him
that he had murdered Buchenberger
for his money. The defense was that
Bechenberger had committed suicide.
The day before he shot himself Buch-
enberger wrote a letter to his wife and
family at Evansville telling them that
when it reached them he would not be
in the land of the living, but with his
father ia heaven; also telling them
where his body could be found. 1t was
afterward found at the place indicated
in the letter. The letter was written
! in German. Its genuineness was ad-
mitted by the prosecution, and it was
also admitted that it was received by
the family of BuchenberSer in due
course of the mail. Strange as it may
seem, the existence of this letter
which, with other facts, leave no
room to doubt that Cochran was inno-
cent--was not known to the defense
until after the unfortunate man had
been convicted and sent to the peni-
Tertiary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Justice Sixteen Years Late:-William
Starnicker has been discharged from
the penitentiary at Empire, Ga,
where he served sixteen years of a
life sentence for a murder of which
he was innocent. Seventeen years ago
Henry Chance was murdered in Burk
county, and suspicion rested upon Star
nicker. He had had Il difficulty with
Chance a few weeks before, was ar
rested, tried and convicted He al
ways protested his Innocence. He
worked for sixteen years in the coal
mines and quarries. Last week a man
named Crane had a number of witness
es called in and he confessed on his
deathbed that he had sworn falsely
against Starnicker. 1t was upon his
testimony that Starnicker was convict
ed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
David w. Kyle's death at Darlington

David w. Kyle's death at Darlington
has recalled his heroic services at
Lamar's hotel Gratiot Grove, during
the cholera epidemic Of 1853. when
twenty-eight persons died there in
three days Mrs. Lamar and her five
children were Of twelve who lay dead
in the house at one time. Kyle and
DR.. Ladd were the only citizens who
dared even approach the hotel. Then
the doctor fell victim of the scourge,
eaving Kyle alone to nurse the stricken
and bury the dead, duty he religious
ly performed. though it nearly pros
trated him at the close.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

A fews years since the present king
of Siam lost his wife, and sent to the
missionaries for n Testament, saying
he had lost faith in his own religion,
as he could find nothing in Buddhism
to console him in his great grief. 1t
might cost him his crown and even
his life to change the state religion.
Some of the Siamese princes have re-
ceived a Christian training in Edin-
burgh.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Saved by Il Mothers Confession
Were it not for the confession of Mrs.
Ann Eliza Holden, of Monticello, Ill,
her son Calvin and Il man named Dun
ham would have been hanged ut Ed
wardSville for the actual murder OF
Harley Russell The mother and her
son We're convicted as accessories and
sentenced to twenty years. Her sou
Calvin and young Durham were sen
fenced to hang. In parting with her
son Calvin at the jail he gathered his
mother around the neck and implored
her to tell who it WaS that killed HaT-
for she alene could tell the true story.
On the way to Joliet she confessed to
DR.. }. d. Knott that she held the horse
and that her son, Edwin Holden, did
the shooting. She said Calvin Holden
knew nothing OF it until it was done.
She admitted that she had made the
threats against Harley Russell i'll the
presence of Albert Durham, but that
was all Durham knew about the kill
ing until it was done She claims her
trouble with Harley ran back four
years. She said the reason she did not
tell who committed the crime before
leaving Monticello was that she feared
she and Edwin would be hanged by
1: mob. She says that she wore Albert
Dunham's clothes and shoes, and that
they did not intend to kill Russell SO
near the city, but that he and his
wife overlook them sooner than they
expected. She blamed Durham for her
being found out. She said he gave her
away, and she would like to see him
hung if Calvin could be saved. On
this statement Governor Fifer com
muted the death sentence to twenty
years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16
This Innocent Man Was Hanged: :

This Innocent Man Was Hanged
Thomas Camp was hanged at Prince
ton, Ind, for the murder of John r.
Biederbach, near Fort Branch, Ind,
in 1872, On Dec. II, 1892, an I'M
known harvest hand, dying at Tenny-
son. a small station on the Air Line
Railroad, confessed to being the real
murderer Of Camp. He fled after the
crime, and had wandered all over the
twenty years. He did not hear Of
Camps conviction for five years after
his execution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Swore Falsely Through Fear:-May
3 of last year Governor Markham, of
California, pardoned A. 2. Gipson, who
had been serving life sentence since
1873 for murder committed in Shasta
county. The two main witnesses to
the prosecution came forward and
testified that they had sworn falsely,
through fear Of the real culprit, who
mad died a few days previous to the
confession.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

A meteor Of tremendous size fell in
Nevada, shaking the earth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-16

Victim of Striking Resemblance
Charles Aldrich, Il respectable citizen
Of Pitts3urg, was convicted in 1890, on
che testimony Of a woman, for bunco-
ing a farmer out of $4,000. 1t was
two years later that the woman was
shown to be Lew Ludlllm, profession
al crook and gold brick swindler. She
at once saw her mistake. She hasten
Ell to the governor to make reparation.
Aldrich was released and Ludlum put
on trial and sent to the place vacated
by the victim Of fatal resemblance.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-12-15
HAYDEN WILLIE.

Mr.. q. N. shepardson, of Kala-
mazoo, Michigan, for the past week
has been visiting his many friends
of this place. Mr.. Ike Mowery
and wife, of Dayton, formerly OF
Logan, were pleasantly entertained
at the home of Mrs. Mowery's sis.
ter, Mrs. Henry Smith, ofthis place
last week. Mr.. James Cohagan,
of this place, was called to Canal
Winchester by the illness of his
father, Saturday evening. Mrs.
Samuel Moore, of Logan, spent
Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.
DR.. Allen. !. Messrs Will Finney
and Kirby Wolfe, spent Sunday in
Logan, the guests of DR.. Finney and
family. :. MIR. Samuel Lehman and
family attended q family reunion
at the home of Mr.. Dan Brey, at
Logan Sunday. The w. B. q F.
Society gave a grand supper at the
home Of Mrs. John Allen, Wednes-
day evening, which was largely at
tended. An enjoyable time was had
by all The Misses Gertie Wolfe
and Lovada Harkless were enter.
tanned at the home of Miss Minnie
McFadden, Sunday ...M Mr.. j. w.
Jones, general manager Of the Fl.
M. & M. Co., made a business trip
to Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday. /. !.
Mrs T,av, WO1fo nf HroondoIo n
was the guest of Mrs. John Rider,
of this place one day last week. =.
The w, B. & F. Society recently
have had fine walk laid in front
of our new church with the Hay
den block. Quite a number of our
boys attended church at Laurel
Run Saturday night and reported
a muddy trip. Miss Minnie Pal
mer, Of Logan, was in this city,
Thursday. =. Quite number OF the
boys attended the show, Pete Baker,
at Logan Wednesday evening.