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, 1896-12-14
ACCOUNT.

Cincinnati Dec 1o-Tba Comu,--
oia1 Tribune sroci., FROM 1oo,.,an,;,,.
Fla. saws.
I A Huau agent If tho Cnh,, Inn
IA in this civ received a long I.,tor
this noon from b;s ~con6den+,,l oorros.
non1ent in Havana giving fu,l do,oi,s
of the assassination too fo,, for tho
civilized nations Of the oortb TO to,or-
ate.
eyes" said uuau "Nacao 10 daod
but Cuba win live long Tho de,tb =,
no one man can crusb the hr, va shirt
of the natrio,s of China who oro fobt-
ing galIantlv for ,ihartv"
Tho ,e,ter :, NJ u,ou o;ros r;r.,,
ally the same account of the mbusoodo
and doatb of Maceo ,s o,reodv ,ivor ,,.
the Associated pr.ss tonicbt
Mr. uu,u s,id tor;,bt. .T,o c,o,
| iards say they do No, know wboro
Naceo,s bodv is TbovL rou, f,,,, uo,,
They have buried if tn cover tbei,
treacherv To a depree and will exbumo
il Snnn and cav AN haro ic Tho hnlx,
Of Maceor
From TODAY cuha will 6ebt harden
than ever before do NOT Lnow ubo
will s,,cceed M,ceo bu, 7 tb;nL II w;,,
he Colonel Rios Rivera n hr,v. and In.
tel,;pent soldier"
The latter. goes on to CIV tho, N,ooo
crossed tho trocb, GOING ,o m. r,,oo
annointed for tho mos,,r. b, ,.ssod
the Sn,nisb sentipe,s rnd,r Snonish
under sn,n,sb nrotoctior ,rd ,bot
,bev ,rese,,ed arms in b;s boror no
inc forward Coma fo,. milo. rrom tho
trocha M.ceo and h;s s,o1 hor;na
az man and o#cors ooro r. = bi,,s,do
tbicr,v st,,ddod with su,,, ,inas o,a
urdorhr,sb uora . cn.r;sh o,+no,,
v,s ohsorrod uoooo saw, forn,ord ~,
FAC and !, q fou, uonorts ho n,,s clio
n,Iad tn .dv,nco as tho rortv d;d q,
- cno,,ch ,o,aio,, o.u.o 80.
If ,bo r,dorhr,s, nmn,o.o1v -
ro,,rdira +ho n,r.r N.to. C;r,,od,
,o1,,nod IN .,d d.mondod M,ooo,, ~
render "Naver," sbo,tod tho 3ntronaa
c,ho, ,o.dar aro,,,nn HI, ,uo,, 49,
, 1896-12-14
MACEO's DEATH.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. 12.-The Citi-
zen tomorrow will contain the follow
ing relative to the death Of Antonio
Maceo: Justo Garlic, . well-known
Cuban of this city, brother OF the Cuban
general, Garlic. has received the fol-
lowing letter from a trustworthy cor
respondent IN Havana CONCERNING the
reports of the death Of Antonio Maceo
and showing that he was killed by
treachery:
Havana, Dec. 9.-Dear friend Justo:
Our brave general, Antonio Maceo, and
the greater part Of his staff have been
murdered by the s%paniards, the Span
ish major, Cirujeda, acting the part of
assassin, with DR.. Maximo zertucha as
an assistant in the horrible drama.
Convinced that. Notwithstanding his
enormous army. he could do nothing
against our gallant leader, who had
so repeatedly defeated the Spanish gen.
erals in Pinar del Rio, Weyler ~conceiv-
ed the idea Of appeasing his beastly in
stincts by cold-blooded murder and,
making the best Of the secret relations
between DR.. Zertucha and the marquis
of Ahumada, he planned with the latter
his selfish scheme.
SPAIN'S OFFERING OF PEACE.
"Weyler took the field, and In his alb
sence Ahumada proposed through Ter
tucha a conference with Maceo, to take
place at q certain point In the province
of Havana, with the view of arranging
plans for the cessation Of hostilities.
The basis was to be Cuba's independ-
ence and a monetary indemnity to
Spain, together with certain advant-
ages that should be agreed upon for
Spanish commerce and Spanish capital
invested there.
ITO carry out the plan, the agree
Eament was that orders should be given
10 the detachments Of troops stationed
on the trocha on the section between
Aariel and Guanajay. to allow Maceo
with his staff to pass the military line
unmo1ested.
1".ffme was required to mature these
6skanEements, and to give them all the
Anr1erance Of truth, Ahumada feigned
NA4sbefore acting he must make them
FADNn to Weyler for previous ap-
|ptosaL
This explains the sudden arrival Of
Weyer in Havana and his prompt re-
, 1896-12-14
ARMS FOR INSURGENTS
THE STEAMER THREE FRIENDS
LEAVES FLORIDA LOADED
WITH MUNITIONS.
Details Concerning the Alleaed Death
of Maceo. the Cuban Leader
Claimed That He and His Staff
We're Led Into an Ambuscade I'm
der a Flag OF Truce.

Jacksonville, Fla, Dec. t3.-Actine
upon the opinion Of the attorney gen.
eral Of the United States regarding the
shipment OF arms to Cuba, the owners
of the steamer Three Friends started
an expedition tonight which they hope
will reach Cuba within three days. The
steamer Commodore was used to trans
port the arms and ammunition and fuel
to the Three Friends, which was out
side the bar at the mouth of the st.
Johns.
Ninety-ive Cubans arrived here to-
day from Tampa and Joined about 80
days. They were under orders of Col.
Emilio Nunez, the delegate of the Gu,
ban junta- The commodore went to the
railroad wharf in the afternoon, and as
soon a 8 it was dark, the work Of trans.
ferring the ammunition from the cars
to the boat was begun. The cargo on,
sisted of about 10000 rifles. 500, 900
cartridges, two meitnte guns and a
quantity of medicines and hospital
stores.
At $50 the cargo had been placed on
board and the men climbed on as the
lines were cast OF. The Commodore
steamed down the river and trans.
ferred the cargo to the Three Friends,
after getting outside of the league limit.
This was done to avoid any violation
of neutrality laws. The Three Friends
is commanded by Captain w T. Lewis.
The Commodore demanded clear.
ances for a Cuban port, which is in line
with the decision Of Attorney General
Harmon.
, 1896-12-14

OF the late William II. Vanderbilt,
his father. the commodore, had but a
poor opinion of his business ability,
and told him he could live on a farm
that he owned on Staten Island, and
that that was al he would do toward
his support. Some time after that the
old gentleman inquired of the son how
his farm was doing. The latter replied
that the crop was not good, and the
farm seemed to need fertilizing.
Well" said the commodore, there Is
a lot OF horse-refuse at my stable. l
will give you a load-only one," and he
wrote out an order for the one load.
The next day the commodore went to
his place and was surprised to see the
entire collection had disappeared.
Where has that gomez" he asked of
his stable-hand. why. william H.
took it." But he only had an order
for one load That's all he took"
why, what did he have?" "A fiat.
boat"
, 1896-12-14

A famous Scotch dean used to tell a
ghost-story the clew to which is in the
question: "Weel, master ghaist, is
this a general rising, or are we juist
taking a daunder frae yer grave by yer.
sell?"
, 1896-12-14
Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Latest US Govt Report
@Aza!!! Fs 3 &
ABSOLUTELY PURE


The fashion Of the world changes,
and tho trade Of the epitaph maker
grows slack. Here and there, it il true,
some one is still honored after the old
custom, but for tho most part IA text,
appropriate or the revo-sc, = brief REG
ord of birth and death. a word or two Of
vague and general Significance. with
possibly a simple expression of regret,
have replaced in our modern cemeteries
those shorthand histories of the dead,
tragic or humorous, tender or severe,
Some stained as with wine and made bloody,
And some as with tears,
which formerly marked their resting
places.
1t is not that in these later years men
have lost that craving for remembrance
which, as old as life itself. is so vain,
in the case at least of the commonalty
of the race, that it might well be a sub-
ject for laughter wee it not hat what,
seen from without ID purely grotesque,
assumes quite another complexion when
it is touched by our own personality.
It is not that the desire to be remem-
bered is gone, and it is likely enough
that in some fashion or another we
should all still be epitaph makers. for
ourselves or other people, II we had not
lost faith in the permanency Of the
work. But time brings involuntary wis
dom. "Our fathers find their graves in
u short memories, and sadly tell us
how we may be buried in our sur
vivors." while I live," promises a
lover with melancholy truthfulness in
q Roman epitaph quoted by Mr.. Pater
-"while I live you will receive this
homage; after my death, who can tell?"
And s it comes to pass that. submit
ting to the inevitable. men learn to linn
it their aspirations and to content them
selves, by way Of epitaph, with the
"two narrow words, 'Hic jacet,'" with
which, says Sir Walter Raleigh, "elo.
quent DEATH covers ALL A. Taylor
in North American. Review.
, 1896-12-14

Soothing, and not irritating,
Strengthening, and not weakening.
small, but effective-such are the quail
tiles Of DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills. Chas. N. Settele.
, 1896-12-14
Gladnes5 Comes

\A/ftn q better understanding Ut the
w transient nature Of the many Ihys
1cal Ills, . 1ich vanish before propcret
forts-gentle efforts-pleasant efforts
rightly detected. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that SO many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to n constipated condi
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupot Figs. prompt
~ removes. That is why It is the only
remedy with millions of families, andfs
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which it acts. 1t is therefore
oil important, in order to get its bene-
dcial effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arti-
Gle, which Is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
II In the enjoyment Of good health,
end the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. II
a3dicted VIII su.y actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillfuI
physicians, but il in need of n laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
weil-informed -verywher,, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and H. mcst largely
asedapdg ives most general" ta
, 1896-12-14
Holmes and Kerr.

. AAUhA4AGo &Au II
OF the many anecdotes illustrating
the genial bunior and prodigious memo
ry Of Oliver Wendell Holmes, the fol-
lowing was related by one of the poets
classmates, John Bozman Kerr of Mary
land:
Mr.. Kerr was as ~aristocratio in his
notions az Holmes himself, and was so
unusually particular about the spelling
of his name that it became a laughing
matter with the students. Twenty years
after the class had graduated Mr.. Kerr
had occasion to visit Boston, and while
there called upon his old classmate,
then grown famous. When Mr.. Kerr
was ushered into Holmes study, the
poet hurried forward. and, Selling his
old friend with both hands, cried hearth
~. Welcome to Boston, John Boz
man Kerr, as fast as he could spell
it.-W Washington Post.
, 1896-12-14

Whisper 1t to your neighbors that the
Republican is the best paper in the
state, and that it can be had for 50
cents per month.
, 1896-12-14

Kind of Weather Wyoming Will Have
This Week.

In his forecasts of Wyoming weather
for this week. Foster says:
The changes in weather will occur
in Wyoming within "a hours of s p. IN
Of the dates given below:
December 13.-Cool.
December 14.-Moderating.
December 15.-Warmer.
December 16.-Threatening.
December 17.-Changeable.
December 1S.-Cooler.
December 19.-Cool.
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave to cross the continent from
10th to Goth, and the next will reach the
Pacific coast about Goth, cross the west
of the Rockies country by close of 21st,
great central valleys 22d to oath, east,
ern states 25th.
The warm wave will cross the west
of Rockies country about Goth, great
central valleys 22d, eastern states 23d.
The cool wave will cross the west Of
Rockies country about 23d. great
central valleys 25th, eastern states
eth.
The temperature of the week end
ing 18th will average below normal and
rainfall above. When reference is
made in these bulletins to precipitation
snow is always included with rain.
The December reversals were ex-
pected to continue about three weeks.
but if this estimate proves correct the
direct weather changes should be re-
stored about the 18th to 18th, giving
moderate weather about those dates
Goth and 25th. After that date and
through January regular or direct
weather changes are expected.
, 1896-12-14

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money If 1t
fails to cure. Csc.
, 1896-12-14
The Document Will Be Signed Inside
of Three Weeks and All Danger OF
Trouble Between the Two Coun-
tries Is Over-WM Be. Operative
for. Five Years as a Sort Of a Trial.

lieved the following will be the Inn
portant terms of the treaty:
First-A term Of five years from
the date of the exchange Of the ratii,
cation within which the treaty shall bs
operative.
Second-A court Of arbitration of si1
members. three to be drawn from the
judiciary Of the United States and three
from the Judiciary Of Great Britain.
Third-The submission to this tri-
bunal Of all difference between the two
nations, now pending or to arise within
the period Of I'VE years, this not to in
clude the Behring sea question or the
Venezuela question now before fnde-
pendent commissions, but to include
the question of the boundary between
Alaska and British North America.
WILL MARK AN EPOCH.
The completion Of this treaty will
mark an important epoch in the rela-
tics between the two Enshsh-speaking
nations. and In the judgment of those
0ARvV OVSA A0OUt AAOAA1440O WIZ as
contamination, 1t will be the most i'm
portant document Of q peaceful char
scter In the history Of their mutual
dealings. The president made passing
Illusion to the subject in his recent
message. 1t has been understood, how.
ever. the main purpose Of Mr.. Oinsy
was to reach an agreement a. to vene-
zuela, and that having accomplished
this. the larger question Of arbitratine
all differences would require consider
able time for Ns complete development.
But the negotiations have proceeded
with surprising unanimity, 80 that
those engaged in the work confidently
believe 1t will be fully agreed upon and
the signatures Of the contracting par.
ties placed to the document within
three weeks. This will give fully two
months for the consideration and rati-
acation Of the treaty at the present
session Of the United States senate, and
unless some unexpected obstacle should
arise in that quarter there Is every rea.
son to anticipate that the treaty may
be made effective before the close OF
the present administration. At least,
this Is the confident hope and expecta-
ton Of those most concerned in the Me-
gotiations.
SETTLE ALL VEXATIOUS QUES-
TONS.
Aside from the previously referred
to points. it can be ststod In a general
way that the terms Of the treaty are
such as to clear the board" Of all vex-
atious questions which have arisen be-
tween the United States and Great Bril-
tain. These have been numerous in re-
cent years, and some Of them have
threatened serious consequences. But
those familiar with the exact terms of
the negotiations say not M Of the
causes Of friction will remain. Some OF
them are Withdrawn from the opera
ton Of the treaty, from the tact that
other methods of settlement have n,
ready been agreed upon. This 10 the
q > with the Venezuelan question,
which. by the recent agreement per-
tanning to that subject alone ID com-
mitted to . special court Of arbitration.
The BARRING sea claims are now bsfore
. commistoo, created by q special
treaty, 20 that this, too, Will not fall
within the scope q the new treaty.
0thAr 0unatfnna havn haAn simIlar1v
, 1896-12-14

Furnished rooms to rent, corner Of
Sixth and Grand avenue, No. 605.
MRS. MO6TLER.
, 1896-12-14

The goodwill that goes
with good tea is part Of the
profit is why some
grocers are glad to sell you
Sch,AiMg's Best
But there is more profit,
take it all in all, in Sch1Z-
Ang's Best tea--for you, for
the grocer, and. for us.
A schilline & Company,
San Francisco Sn4
, 1896-12-14
JACKSON WYMORE,
PLASTERE

II prepared 10 do all work IN his line
with he NEW CEMENT from the
works Of the Standard Plaster Com
pany. All WORK FIRST GLASS in
every particular.
, 1896-12-14

A story is told of a child witness in
an Irish court who was asked by the
Judge: "If you took a false oath. what
would happen you?" He hesitated, and
at last said: II suppose l wouldn't get
my expinses,"
, 1896-12-14
HEAVY FORGERY.
Check for SIS, 900 Presented at a Cleve.
Land Bank.

Cleveland, Dec. 13.-The name OF
Judge e. T. Hamilton of Cleveland was
forged to a $751; 900 check Saturday.
Early in the afternoon a man appeared
at the Lorain street bank and present.
ed an order for that amount on the
Dime Savings and Building company,
payable to c. N. Cunningham. The
treasurer offered an excuse for not pay
ing 1t at once and Cunningham depart
ed. Meanwhile the signature had been
pronounced a forgery by Judge Hamil-
ton. At 3 O'Clock Cunningham again
appeared. He was told that the bank
had failed to get the money and was
requested to return at S. He agreed to
do 30 and has not been seen since.
, 1896-12-14

Old ps-.rs in any quantity At this
ONCE. Is cents PSI hundred.
A daily paper for so n Der month
70 pretty cheap reading.
, 1896-12-14
XENDETTH

kllE lElA 9 - 80 c
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12

ASSERTING MEAL MONEY.
Odd Specimens That Arc In the National
Treasury.

"Immense quantities of subsidiary and
minor coins are continually flowing in to
us, - said u treasury official recently, "to
be exchanged for notes. The coins, which
we receive from all over the country, arc
assorted into fit and unfit. Tho latter
wo do not send out again for circulation.
At tho same timo tho standard Of fitness
IL somewhat variable If tho appropriation
for the minis has run short and we have
no big quantity Of new coins TO draw on,
we arc Obliged to pass pieces which would
otherwise DO Withdrawn and transferred
to tho melting pot. At all times we pick
out for rejection all coins that arc mutt
lated in any manner. This applies oven
to pieces which havo paper stuck ON them.
Within tho lust three or four years tho
practice Of FASTING advertisements on one
side Of silver dollars has been popular with
merchants, particularly in tho west. Tho
pnsto employed IL of 50 excellent n quality
that to remove tho 'stickcrs, rs they nro
called, Is next to impossible. Soaking in
warm watcr has no effect on them. or
course wo haYo not time to devote to such
u task, and 50 wo Just throw thcm out.
"Tho ingenuity exercised by people in
tho defaCemunt Of tho coins of the realm
Is really remarkable. ShopkGopcrs will
stamp their firm names upon silver dollars
with steel dies. Tho advertisement Is OK
ccllcntly conceived, but tho value Of tho
coin Is destroyed except rs bullion. Many
persons make u practice Of cutting coins
with knife, to mako sure that they aro
good. The tost niay provo thom all right,
but IL renders tho coin unrGdocmable.
Other persons scratch tho pieces with
sharp instrumcnts--fOr what purpose /
am unable to say. Tho result, however,
il tho same Wo return all mutilatcd and
counterfeit coins to the dGpOsitor In
ovcry case tho dcpositor IL requested to
sond thon bnclI to tho treasury. If no
falls to do 3d. no moro arc returned to him
out Of subsequent consignmonts. Coun
tcrfct coins wo mark In such II way that
II IL hardly possible to use thom again.
They arc cut half through from ono odgo.
Az for mutilatrd pieces, tho owners can
dispose of Thorn only by solllnB thom for
such metal. Tho mints will buy mutilatod
coins In quantities litoany othor bullion"
Washington star
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12

"Spcahin about animals, to luy expert
onCo the elephant Is the smartcst nv tho
whole cahuodlr" said tho -ranvAsmau
81 remember back In 1906, when Was
with Iiarnnm, oln lGmp'ror showed ono
day THAT llo could road,
'bh, runu on
II won't como off, neither And III
prove 1t to yuu in about two minutes.
VOL, ~ WAS sayin. tho ulu fellow got
into scrap with the royal Bengal tgct
and fore wU could get 'um separated, he
got his trunk purity badly clawrd III,
After the hcrmmagu was over Emp rcr he
breaks lousr and starts down tho street ON
u dead run Hos goin wildl' somebody
hollors. Don't you brliryo it, says l.
Now, Whcro do You sllppusrtN at thrro olo,
phnut went toy
went I" tEN surgeons, | suppose Say,
can You get tp u better yarn -
"Naw, ho didn't So To no surgeons
nrithVr, lie won't straight TO Httlo
portmnutrau shop what had sign ont
thnt said, Trunks Rrnairrd Whilc You
Wait, OF course hn had mndo n mistake,
hut what do YOU expect of II poor dumb
hrutry" -EXchargr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12

Mr. Vanderbilt went ono day To Mris
sonirr and asked him which OF his works
Mas, in his own opinion. his hnst
M"tsSontrr answered. rhu Chess Play.
or ="
"Who dnvs It hrlong toy WAS Mr. Van
dCrhilt's next question
"lu Herr Meyer OF Dresden" WAS tho
answer.
That very night Mr.. Vanderbilt dis
patched n secretary To- Dresden who went
straight to llrrr Mrycr and demanded to
know his price
FIFTY thousand dollars. replied tho
owner thinking that hn had ctr,ctualy
frightened the iutcrrogatur.
II takr II, said tho secretary 10 tho
great astnntSlmrnt of Herr Meyer, and
tako 1t hu did
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12
PUBLIC SALES
Live Stock, Grain, Farm Machinery
Household Furniture, Etc.
MONDAY, MARCH no,


Having decided 10 quit farming, |
will sell at auction, ut my place, l""
and one half miles west OF the clty oi
Mineral Point, ON Monday, March III,
1896, commencing ut 10 O'Clock, n M,
the following described property
Eight head Of horses, : mares seven
years old, : mares SIX years old, |
Count Fulsto Boldiug four years "ld,
2 three Nrar.olds, | yrarling Thirty
six head Of cattle, high grade l)uIhamS,
is mlch COWS some have calves
now and Others will calvc early, StNo
year Odds 1 steers and / hrItcrS, II
yearlings Z steers and + hriirrs, !
thoroughbred Durham bull, three yeats
old; 40 head Of sheep, all with hmh;
also, | thoroughbred registered Shrop-
shire buck; 4 Poland China brood
sows: $50 chickens, ; turkeys, Farm
Machinery Mccormick binder, |
Deering mower, | Tiger sceder, !
Keystone disc barrow, lever harrow,
| Reindeer hay rake, ! Appleton feed
grinder, keystone corn planter, :
iron-bcam plows, Little Yankee
Sulky pillow, : suIky corn cultvators,
z ilvc.shovel corn cultivatorS; whole
set Of blacksmith tools; wagons, |
buggy, : sleighs, | Case Agitation
threshing machine and power circular
saw and jack, ; purinton feed boilers,
l tank heater block and pulleys, hay
carrier fork and rope, > hog racks, :
hay racks, water tanks; 20 bushels
seed potatoes; also other articles too
numerous to mention. TERMS. On
sums of $40 and under, cash; oyet
that amount, one years time, on
bankahle paper, bearing Z per cent
interest from date j. q. Cushmau
Auctioneer EDWARD CrLLEN
The farm is for sale, and If not sole
on or before day Of sale will rent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12

NNJlIbE ~ tl'EIIlbhN
STATE of Wisconsin, Iowa County Court
~ s. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Alfred
Charles deceased.
Letters tustamcntary ON the estate of
Alfred Charles, deceased, having been issued
to John Charles,
Notice is hereby given, that the creditors
of said Alfred Charles. deceased, are allow
and limited by order Of this cuu" until and
including the lst Tuesday Of August, 1896,
being the 4th day of said month, to present
their claims and Demands against said
Alfred Charles, deceased, to the county court
for cNamin0ticn adjustment and allowance,
and demands. of all persons against the said
Alfred Charles. deceased, will be examined
aud adjusted by this court, At the office OF
the county judge at the court house, in I he
city Of Nod&rNiIic, in said county, on the
FIRST Tuesday of September, 1896, and ON the
first Tuesday Of October, lS!6.
Dated this !%th day Of January 1896.
by the Courts
CHARLES W. MCIInoN, County judge.