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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

anu tnllu Dul Sl'lSh
riding in the evening. Arriving at the
house purstrow got out of the sleigh,
leaving II in charge Of the driver, and
entered the house. Mrs DeStrow
was sitting upstairs in her room sew
ing. and the little boy, Louis, was play
ing on the floor beside her. Katie
Hahn. domestic was also in the room,
The girl met him on the stairway, and
IN reply to simple question he began
eursing and abusing her, driving her
back upstairs into his wife's room. Ar
irving there he turned upon his wife.
cursins her. He then slapped hlr. and
attempted to strike Miss Hahn Mrs
Ducstluw $ interfering increased Dues
truw's anger, and turning he raiued
blows upon her AMI finally started to
carry the lttle boy cut of the room.
Mrs. nuestrow followed, tmplortng him
to return the child. With an oath he
dropped the boy, and. drawing a pistol,
fired two shots point blank into her
face, The now thoroughly yrazcd
father picked up the child, aud holding
its body 10 The wall with one hand,
fired two shots, one into its head and
the other into its breast The child
Was killed instantly. Despite all hat
money could do, nuestrow was roa-
victed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

The clerk read an invitation from Di-
rector Comstock to the members 10 WIS.,
it Washburn observatory, suggesting
that the visits be made by parties OF 6
to and appointments made by tele-
phone.
ASSEMBLY.
A very short session of the lower
house was held Tuesday. Rev. \. j.
kempton offere9 prayer. Mr.. Auson
presented petitions from the Racine,
Amigo, Berlin and PIainheld G. A. X.
posts for tno Fanchild statue; Mr..
Taylor submitted a petition from the
Marnette post 70 the same effect. Pro-
bicycle baggage petitions came from
Messrs. ReynOl Is, W0ltnger, Schellen-
berg, Lange, AgeA, Mss, Bechtel, Coma
nors, Reinnold and Woller; petitions
for an anti-cigarettC law from Messrs.
Rutherford ana Merriman; for fer
ry across the Mississippi river near
Bay City from Mr.. Pratt; for the paS-
sage of the medical bill! from Messrs.
Stanley, Dresser and Webster; protests
J5dlIISl IHe DlOpO5tu IlISuL dANS NotS
from Messrs. Hoy, anG Miss; for the
retention of the Marquette Statue from
Messrs. Hoyt and I.ahgc and petition
for the passage OF the bill to break the
pharmacy combine from Mr.. Stanley.
Senator McGillNrays joint resolution
for special committee to revise he
banking code was, on motion Of Mr..
Ray, referred to the committee on IL
nance, banks and i..sGrance.
Extra copies were ordered for she
pure beer, struck jury, antj-cigar-
cite, and convict labor bills.
Assembly bill No. 49 came back
from the commi,t2' on state affairs in
me form of 4 substitute. The original
bill required ttal thC county .utge
should give a1N ICE flee in the admin
istratiOn OF estate, eli less than 50 900
whore there is no contest, thus ,!aing
away with ,he necessity OF Gmp.uy tng
legal counsel The committee pu in
$4,000 for the $4,000 The presCl, law
covers estates OF S! geo.
Both houses adjourned till 10 a. IN,
Wednesday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

Il know I've got to die. ] killed my
wife and child, but II was not my fault,
1t was something within me that made
ne do 1t. ] was not myself. These
words were repeated over and over
again as he lay in his cell, tears fall
ing fast and sobs occasionally check
ing his utterances.
1t was but short time, however,
before the condemned man regained
his composure. He talked with all
his visitors end even smiled. At l2;oH
Sheriff Puchta entered the Jail to read
the death warrant The crowd all
about was SO dense that ii was almost
impossible to get near the place. A
rope fenced off Il space twenty feet
wide and fifty feet long. The sheriff
was SO excited that he did not know
what he was dong The condemned
man walked to the galloWs without Il
tremor and mounted the steps to his
over his face. He looked like q walk
ing corpse save for the light in the
brilliant dark eyes that not even the
confinement Of nearly forty months
could dim. He died quietly and brave
~, bidding II last farewell to the man
who had fought to save his life.
nuestrow, an enormously rich yDdnG
man of spcndtErr habits, lived IN
beautiful home with his wife and )
year-old son ON SCU;l Campton ave
nue. ST. Louis. Although graduate
of Il school VI mediciI he never made
a pretcusc OF rlac icMg, his time beng
spent IN rloteus living. On the even
ing Of February Is, 1894, he shot and
Instantly killed his son and fatally
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
WANT AN OFFICE ABROAD.
Cheesemakers Believe Foreign Agent
WonIi Re a I'encGt



At the reccn. meeting Of the Wis
consin Checsemaknrs association res
olutions were adopted asking WILSON,
sin congressman to support the Circuit
bill, which gives to- the states full ell,
thority TO regulate the manufacturing
and sale Of All imitation dairy products,
aud eXGoV. Hoard was requested to
appear before the proper committees In
the Legislature and advocate The pas
sage Of a Law to create the office "ol a
Wisconsin commercial, agent" whose
incumbent shall have an office in some
English city to promote the sale of
Wisconsin daily pro iucjs abroad. Res
olutions were also adopted, en- iorsing
the state trade mark hill, introduced by
CongreSsmaH Saunlh, ring. Gcs;des tht
following:
Whereas, we, rs Cheesemak ers of
Wisconsin, recognizing the valuable
work Of the cheese Instructors sent out
by the Wisconsin D2irymcns Associa
ton through the work of whom our
cheese has been of enhanced value and
returned many tines the amount OF
money to the farmers that has been ex-
pended, be It, Resolved, chat we pei
ton our representatives in legislature
assembled, 70 increase the appropril-
ton of the Wisconsin Dairymen's as
sociaticn tc $4,000 per ahnum"
The membership of the association is
now double hat OF last year with
members enrolled from Michigan, lll-
nois, Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska and
Kansas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
INSURANCE COMPANY FORMED

A new insurance company t. oe
known as The Citizens Mutual CO.
operative Fire Insurance company of
Madison, Wisconsin, was organized
Monday evening the object Of which
is 70 secure insuras So ST. me
company can carry the Es. i laI
cost with limited expenses. The fol-
lowing We're elected directors: Eugene
Eighmy \. O. Wright, NJ. j. Can't
well. VI Boyd, W. A. Tracy. J. A.
SWenson, J G. Harper. p N Minch
and William T. Fish. The officers
elected were: President. W. A. Tracy
vice president, A. 0. Wright; treasurer
J. NJ Boyd secretary, c. W. Van
Akin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
BIG SUIT SETTLED

New York, Fob. II The suit OF
Henry Willard against the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba railway company
for an accounting rs e the disposition
OF bonds belonging to the road between
si,o000oo and $4,000, COO has been lis.
continued, rhe terms Of settlement
are not known.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
JURY DIS AGREES

milwaukee,, Feb. L. The trial of
the seven men accnsed Of having fired
on 1 Howell avenue street car June
4, when Motorman Broen was Shot and
! carly killed, re"ultd III n disagree
ment OF She jury.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

Diestrow died three
di " later, on Febru-
arl Is. having been
unconscious during
The whole time after
she received the IA
tai bullets in her
head Dues row was
cra2N drunk when he
com united the muir
der. He had intend
cd taking his wife
L.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

St. Louis, Feb. l7.-At Clayton, a
suburb, Peter Schmidt and Sam Foster,
colored were hanged for shooting b.
E. Atwater, a Chicago artist, Jan. %,
1896. Schmidt was only 16.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

llucstruw was a
confirmed cigarette
slrokor During lis
stay in jail he
smoked about forty
cigarettes each dpl
This brings his total
for the entire time
tlp TO Is 900 cigar
cites. A peculiar
feature OF the case Is
that Duestrow did
not own his millions
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
ADVICE To M'KINLEY
SENATOR CHANDLER MAKES AN
ELABORATE SPEECH.
OLD WOUNDS TORN oP {

The New Hampshire Scion Pulls Pet
tigrew over the Goals for Boiling
the st. Louis Convention-How 10
prolong Ascendancy of the Repub-
lican Party--House Passes Biils'
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
TILT IN THE SENATE
NOTIFICATION OF THE PARDON
ING POWER OPPOSED.
BUT MAJORITY FAVORS IT

Bicycle Baggage Bill IN Great Popula"
Many Petitions tor Its Passage
Pharmacy Combine in Bad Odor
With the People.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
MONEY OF NO AVAIL
DESPITE MILLIONS QUESTION:
DIES a FELONS DEATH.
CRUEL GRIMES EX2lATED

End OF a Remarkable Criminal Case
Man OF Great Wealth Swung Into
Eternity Like the Meanest Mortal
Confession and Tears Come at
Last.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

remarks, spoke OF the opportunities
ahead OF the republican administration
In checking the money power and linz
ting the corporate influences. In con-
cluson he said:
Il declare my belief that Mckinley
and the other leaders CT the party may
by wise designs and virtuous deeds In
definitely prolong the ascendency OF
the republican party In this country
At the conclusion of Mr.. Chandler
speech the Indian appropriation bin
was taken up, but without action on
the measure The senate went into eX-
ecutive session. The executive session
was brief and the open session was re-
umed at AS p. m. The bankruptcy
bill was then taken up and Mr., Hoar
spoke in favor OF 1t.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. ". The house
del oted the lay to The consideration ol
private pension bills. Thirty-n'ne
bills were passed, Including bills 10
pension the widow of General Sanu
a. Duncan, II $50 the widow OF Coz.
d. Derusy, $50; tn widow Of General
G. A. Hickman, $50, and the wido"
Gen Vandedr $50, For the iirs' time
this session The house or "A vote Do
clincd to override Il pension veto SUI
mittcd to It for action. The bill WIS
that to pension Nancy G. AliaD@h,
.,uIdnu ,,p DnTpr II A1IabaIh nf he
18Th Pennsylvania volunteers at the
rate Of $50 Per month. The house sus~
tanned the veto by vote Of ll5 to ~,
the requisite two-thirdS not voting to
override the veto. Yhc bill passed. TO
define the jurisdiction OF the United
States courts in cases for infringe
mont Of letters patent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
THE DOCTORS TESTIMONY
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF
AYERS NI1AlpNt TiiE I1ND
Madison, February

District Attorney Anderson expects
to conclude the examination for the
prosecution in the Ayers case either
today or by tomorrow noon. If TN >
defense calls no " Ithesses the DISPOSE
ton Of the ca Sc can be expected at
once, Over dt1Cn witnesses were
called Tuesday. In the forenoon the
: three Wcsbbury brothers, Frank Will
liam and Walter who are believed to
have associated with Peterson on HIS
fatal soJonrn mere, we're examined.
, Their testimony, while conflicting, did
not seem very important to listeners.
DR.. X. G.. Montgomery testified that
In his belief Peterson was killed before
his body was put In the trench as there
WAS no dirt IN his throat nor under
his iinBcr nails indicating any struggle
after burial. DR.. G., A, Harper lcsli-
fed that Petersor's lungs were found
to be congested an the artcrial syAt m
empty indicating death by sulfocation
or stranguLIIon The symptoms were
against death by means of drugs and
there was no indication of alcoho! II
the brain or liver of the dead man to
Indicate intOXicatioh Just previous 20
the murder, lie saiu Il man could be
easily chokcd to ftath Ia a variety of
ways without leaving any marks Of
violence on tho threat.
Other witnesses called were E,LYa al
Wcstbury, James Lynch, James Van
Nllien, l., \ ruslcr, julius i[rscGrr,
Lars TalI2 and Thomas Ruady.
kruescr lctCIrd that Peterson vas
III the formers barn on TUESDAY. 90.
u, ana In Offering 60 make bet H. inc
course of the 2onl orsat,on, drew ON. a
handful Of bi'lS, among them one for
NV IalIe testified that Ayers ha,l
hten hanging around hlA saloon Tues
aay afternoon apparently watching Pc
'crSoh and that once or twice the two
cam" IN together, He saw Ayers in
ms saloon as late rs 1880 O'Clock Tie
hau ON Srl% oNereoat al this time.
About l,3O O'Clock Monday night the
police were called to arrest Andrew Il
Aas, carpenter who lives at Gl3 Eas,
Johnson street, for pounding his wlfo,
ITO was arroiSAcd IN the municipll
court Tuesday morning but, his vito
E'lhG unable to appear, the case was
put over until next Saturday and he
was committed TO jail. Mrs. Aas il
quite severely bruised and TUESDAY At
ielnoon brought suit FOR Il divorce. The
couple have been married eight wears
aud lived at DocrhAld uhtn two or three
years ago They have three children.
William kohlhepp went To jail for
l"cu'y days from, the municipal cou."
III default of n fine OF SIS and costs for
assault and battery Oh Julie Walf g.
bort Cromoy, who WAS with K0hlhepp.
was up on similar charge for annoy
ing sister OF MSs Wolf and went to
jail for ten days
Miss Alice Mccarthy. clerk nj Tho
Western Gnioa office, is III ahed and IA
consequence Mrs. katherine Null
gan, nursc at the city CONTAGIOUS .aus-
pital. WAS before the municipal cour.
Tuesday morning Charged with assault
and battery The trouble IN allAx Vi
to have occurred u, the Western Uoipo
oilNee Saturday Through Miss MrCar.
thy'S attnnipt IL tN1fp,t a hIl
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

WATERFOWL rimes:-lf the question
of whether or no the members OF the
legislature be allowed Tree passes was
left to a vote OF the people there is no
doubt as TO what the result would ne.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

Racine Times, II is refreshing to
observe that on" organization -,he
good roads asSoci&lion--is not hunting
for big appropriation.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18
PERSONALITIES.

Benedict Arnold died three years b.
fore his wife but not even her friends
knew mu h f her life in LolI.n were
she continued to reside. Pretty Mar
garet Shipper, the light hearted. gay
society girl Of Philadelphia, had be-
come Margaret Arnold, the widow Of
the traitor, the man without a country
or friend, and the heritage was E-1Ie
than she could bear Broken IN sp."-
its, prematuraly old, she laid the heavy
burden down when she was forty-three.
years Of age. Her life, which aAd
tended to intensity the weaknesses OF
Arnold instead of experimenting Ia,
was not worth living when the glamor
was gone, aud out of the sowing of
frivolity and lightr css came the har-
vest of sadness and uespair.
Howard Gould has recently preSen ed
Katherine Clemmons, his fiancee, a
fan which for costllness beats the rec
ord The dinner given in Paris ~
Rodney Wanamaker. costing $40 800;
the horses bought as rlaythings a. Har-
ward by young Hoi art of California;;
the houses built by Rosebery in me
tlowery days after he married Hannah
Rothschild-all will fall behind in he
race for spending dollars. Howard
Gould has su3ceedod in laying out more
lhoney and having less to show for il
than any of these. This fan IS not
more than an inch ana half wide and
six or seven inches long. ye. / eos.
$4,000 The nine ivor! sticks. with
the exception of the outside sick.
have been paiated h. the eight fore
most artists Of the day each painting
being worth 10000 The IVORY sticks
are perfectly matched, each being d q
most delicate cream without cloud
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

William kohlhepp went to jail for
'won'y days from the municipal cour,
III default of n fine of SIS and costs for
assault and battery Oh Julie Wolf. s.
bert Cromoy, who WAS with K0hlhepp
was up on a similar charge for annoy
ing sister OF MSs Wolf and went to
jail for ten DAYS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

Appleton Post:-UEcle Hold Taylor
seems to gel in a towering passion
every time he happens to think hat he
is not IN eX- Governor. whereup)n ne
fails TO his fayorite occupation Of
beating the jersey COW. Besides Dnins
rough on the COW, The exhibition Is
also beginning to lose interest for sre"-
tators.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

not own his millions but merely had
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-03
Converted to One Belief.

Jones, q professed religionist, Ind
for years tainted Brown with his I'M
orthodox doubtings. at certain dim
ner, given by jones' the host became
obstreperously tipsy. Ladies were
present, and after they had withdrawn
Jones flung himself, with q lighted
cigar, into chair beside his friend.
Before die, old chap, he announced,
rather thick Of tongue, ''I'm deter
mined to convert you" "As to tho
truth of one dogma" said Brown,
'.you've certainly done So" (which
Is that?" mumbled Jones. THE ele-
vation of the host"-N. Y. Post.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-03
WILLING TO HELP.
But His Kind OfYcr Was scornfuIly Re
fused.

but His Kind Offcr Was scornfuliy Re-
fused.
He looked like a gentleman OF the
old school,
The others in the car took no pains
to conceal their annoyance when the
baby began to cry, much to the dis
comfort of the mother, but he looked
ut her as II he rather sympathized
with her. The crusty old bachelor
banged his paper down and changed
his seat; the sour-looking old maid
moved her parrot down to the other
end Of the car; the gay youth grabbed
his hat and package of cigarettes and
started for the smoker.
And of course the woman with the
baby knew instinctively that she was
the cause OF il all. That is always the
way. The one who is having the hard
est time of 1t anyway is made even
more uncomfortable by those who
should strive to make it easier for her.
But the gentleman of the old school
beamed on her in kindly way that
made up for the shor .comings of all
the rest. OF course he couldn't read
while the baby was trying TO beat the
continuous-crying record of the world.
but he kept his paper in front of him
and pretended that he could. Occa-
sionally he lowered IL enough to scowl
ut some passenger who was making
audible remarks about crying babies
and women who would persist in trav-
cling with them and then smiled reas-
suringly ut the woman with the baby.
Finally, however, it was evident that
the time for action had come. He
must take the side OF the woman with
the baby or consent to be numbered
with those who were endeavoring to
make her feel us uncomfortable us pos
sible.
He leaned over and spoke to her to
show how his sympathies were en-
listed.
Can help you in any way, madam"
he asked.
"I'm afraid not" she replied with n
smile. II don't imagine you have had
much experience with children"
"Quite right" he said. "But then
didn't know whether you had made
proper provision for the trip. Might
have overlooked something, you know.
People will do that sometimes. Now.
II bottle of chloroform would be of
any service to you l have about quart
in my"
He didn't finish the sentence. There
was dangerous glitter in her eyes
hat he was quick to notice.
And perhaps he didn't belong TO the
Did school after all; perhaps he didn't
belong to any school.-Chicago Post.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-03

bin f'r us. Thanky, sub. Thanky."
And the negro's eyes danced, for the
douceur handed him by the young owner
of the vagrant baggage exceeded his
hopes. He strove. indeed, to turn and
renew his thanks at the rear door, but
was collarcd and hustled unceremoni-
ously Off the car.
"You amt goin' to get off at Tugaloo
this time o. night?" asked the conduc-
tor, finally, and with that odd en-
phasis expressive of doubt rs TO pas
senger's knowledge Of his own inten-
tons so often heard in our thinly-settled
districts. Lambert interpreted 1t to
MEAN Anybody else, perhaps, but not
you" He was already cogitating as TO
whether or not the conductor had in
tended some covert sneer in his recent
reference to "feeding-bot;les," for LAM
ert was but one-and-twenty, and youth
ful-loolling for his years. The tone
of this inquiry and the look which &c
companied II after deliberate pause and
study of the proffered ticket, however,
Ncic idT rum dBBEcSsifc VI uiSCOui-
teous, yet the unintcntional misplacing
of the emphasis, following an allusion
equally hapless and alike unintentional,
had given umbrage to the boy. "You
must expect to hear no end Of unpleas-
INT things" he Ind been told ut depart
ment headquarters, where he had re-
ceived orders TO go on and join his COM
pauy, then in camp at Tugaloo. "Every
body is mighty sore yet over the late I'M
pleanntness. Hold your tongue and
Keep your temper" were the parting in
functions: and he meant TO do both.
AN the same he did not intend to allow
people to treat him with discourtesy--
certainly not conductor of public
railway. Lambert was on his dignity
in moment. He looked the railway |
man strnight in the eye and replied,
with all the calm and dclIberation he
rCuld mister; my ticket would seem
foindicaie that such wnsmy Intention"
aud HlmoHt immediately regretted Il. !
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-07-03
THE OLD GARDENER.
His Love for Long Words and N

His Love for Long Words and Ma.
ture.
"Do you remember" asked the own
er OF large country place, "a man In
one of Stockton's stories whose great
ambition was to own dictionary?
Well, have just that fellow in nv
employ now. My gardener might have
furnished the original, in that respect
ut least, for the character the writer
was describing. always Noticed
Michael's passion for long words, but
II was by accident that he revealed to
me one day how much he would like
to have a dictionary of his own, in
which he might hunt up his beloved
polysyllables. ! gave him one, and
after that his conversation was more
respondent than ever. lie was not
always quite sure Of his ground but hs
invariably succeeded in producing an
impressive result. On one occasion,
remember, my next neighbor had
quietly appropriated several bushels
of my early bough apples, which grew
unfortunately near to the boundary
line between the two places. 1t wps
not matter worth making much fuss
about, yet should have liked to stop
1t, and in talking 1t over with Michael
l said, half TO him and half to myself:
4 wonder what would be the best
thing to do?'
"'Well, SIR said he, this Is what
think. You'll just do nothing what
ever ut present; you'll wait till them
late russell apples Of his is ripe and
then you'll gather heap of them some
night and r-r-retaliatc the compli-
ment.
michael always had grudgc
against this particular neighbor, any
way, and held his gardening ideas in
special contempt. So one day when
Glanced to be the first to discover that
Mr.. - had cut down one of his most
beautiful hedges to make room for
something else, FASTENED to tell q
Michael and get his opinion upon the
dissertation. He had deep, genuine
affection for all growing things and
his eyes glowed wrathfully when he
heard of the murdered laurel bushes,
even though they were outside Of his
own domain.
"'What do you think Of the perform.
ance? asked.
"'Mr. -. replied the old fellow,
speaking slowly and emphasizing every
word, the man that would do that
ought to be communicated from the
church and denied Christian burialr
Coming from good Catholic like
Michael l think this will stand as n
pretty severe sentence. IN. Y. Trib-
ma