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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

"oh dear. oh dear," she cried. ~ssy1
think that the Froken should es ma.
in-almost dying! and have annaSsrf
but you to attend to hertz
This, with a vindictive tosp u aArs
brown curls, Ulrika wineed NJ hrx-
words--she was hurt, but she ans@4rs.
ed gently.
II have done my BEST" she sasn /,
with sort Of grave pathns, 'ISoasesyr
been with her night and dAy---haS .aSNs.
been daughter OF my avw hlopcsS a.
know not how could have servess AsNs.
with more tenderness And, gxsuSN9
II has been q sore and anxious siurss
with me also-for I, too. havo lens,ccsEa
to love her'"
Her set mouth Quivered, and Bs1seax
seeing her emotion, was ashamed :.r0
Ter first hasty speech. She made, am,
act OF contrition at once hT pussta<ss
her arms round ulrika's nscR SsS (
kissing her-a proceeding which 80 /,
much astonished that devout sSrvxaNv.
OF Luther, that her duh eyes. alsws
with tears.
Forgive met" said the impesunnS
little maiden. 81 was very rude xmA
very unkind, But II you love tho rsne>-
ken, YOU will understand how | teaa--
how wish could have helped tcs aSaa,
care OF her. And oh! tho bondat"r---
here she gave way TO fresh sarae Ot
tears--"the dear good, kind, aNAwss.
bonde! That he should be dead!'~oAf
"a L.. A>.N Al -
hardly believe itl''
Ulrika patted her consolingly on tA3
shoulder. but said nothing and NaaSa-
emar sighed, Britta sought FOR hsC
handkerchief, and dried her eyes'--host-
after a minute, began to cry again aS
recklcssly ms ever
And now"-she gasped ''it tho Ssnse
ken dies-l will die too, | wilt NoN
see IL don't, won't hve.-wstk
out her!"
And such big sob broke from hSw
heaving bosom that II Threatened aR !.
burst her trinity laoed little bodice
| She will not die" said uifikn Sasa.,s
cislvoly. II have had my foars~.-sars
the crisis ia passed. Do noe fret, HrSt-s
tn there is no longer auy danscw
Her husbands love will litt ttta truaE,tG
| from her heart and strength viIE -s-
| turn more speedily than It left her.~
And turning littls ABIDE on tire.orr..,
tense OF throwing more wood on ShR
fire, she muttered inaudihlyS 70 Lard. Il
verify thou hast done wall to grant IVY y
just demand! Even for this will YEA.
main Thy servant for everl" Airsw
this parenthesis, she resumed the drss.
versation, --Valdomar Svensen sitsiugy
silently apart and related ali tiEaE :
had happened since TholmRs arraszsI !
at the Altenf1ord, She also gave an
account OF Lovisn Elaland's deytt..--
though Britta was not much affacscd
by the loss OF her grandmother.
Dreadful old thing!" she said with
n shudder! I'm Glad waasnh with
herr | remember how she ctirsetI' lAse
Froken, perhaps her curse AAr,
brought all the troubleIf so. it,1R NJ
good thing she's dead, for now evurw-
thing Will come right again usos Se,
fancy she had some crime to cunfasa.
did shc say anything wicked when sA@
wns dying?"
To be continual
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
RIG0RS
OF WAR
hot and Shell Doing
Their Deadly Work
All About.
San Juan Subjected to
Fierce Bombard-
ment.
Bloody Encounter also at
Cardenas and
Cienfuegos.

On board the flagship Iowa, off San
Juan de Porto Rico, May u, by way
of st. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
May 1.-The forts of San Juan de
Porto Rico were bombarded by part Of
Rear Admiral SIMPSONS fleet this
morning. The enemy's loss is be-
lieyed to be heavy. The American
loss is two men killed and seven men
injured. After three hours firing the
admiral withdrew the fleet, and, head
ing for Key West, he said Il am
satisfied with the mornings work.
could have taken San Juan, but
have no force to hold it. l only
wanted to administer punishment.
This has been done, l came for the
Spanish fleet and not for San Juan"
The men killed We're: Seaman
Frank Widemark of the New York,
the Gunner's Mate of the Amphitrite.
The latter died from effects of the
heat. OF the injured men, three were
on board the Iowa and four on board
the New York. The names of those
slightly injured on the Iowa are:
Seaman Mitchell, Private Marine Mer-
kle, Apprentice Hill The injured on
the New York are: Seaman Samuel
Feltman, seriously, Seaman Michael
Murphy. The other enlisted mon
were slightly injured. All the above
named We're injured by the bursting
OF shell on the New York This
is complete list OF the killed and
the wounded. The American ships
were uninjured.
The engagement began at SIS a.
m. and ended at SIS a. m. The
enemy's batteries We're silenced. The
town in the rear of the forticatioas
probably suffered The ships Caking
part in the action were the Iowa, the
Indiana, the New York, the Terror.
the Amphitrite, the Detroit, the Mont
gomery, the Wampatuck and the
Porter.
The enemy's firing was heavy, but
wild, and the Iowa and the New York
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
FAIR DIvoRCEE TO WE'D.

Washington, May 1.-THE engage.
ment Of Mrs. Pauline Aubery. daugnD-.
ter OF Chief Justice Fuller, and JomSup
Blair, well-known society mar @t
this city. is announced. Since her
divorce from her husband. with wfsuEn
she eloped to Milwaukee ten years ago.
she and her two daughters have mnlSe
their home with her parents In thEt
city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

were probably the only ships lit.
They went right up under the guns
in column delivering broadsldes. and
then returned. The lire passed thrice
in front Of the forts, pouring tons
Of steel on shore.
1t is impossible to judge the amount
OF damage done to the buildings and
forts. They appeared to be ridled
with shot; but the Spaniards were
plucky. The after turret of the Am
phitrite got out of order temporarily
during the engagement, but she Dang
ed away with her forward guns.
After the first passage before the
forts, the Detroit and the Montgom-
cry retired, their guns being too small
to do much damage. The Porter al d
the Wampatuck also stayed out of
range.
The smoke hung over everything
spelling the aim of the gunnars ard
making ii impossible to tell whore
our shots struck. The officers ard
men Of all the ships behaved with
GOODNESS and bravery. The shots few
thick and fast over all our ships
The men of the Iowa who were hurt
during the action were injured by
splinters thrown by an S-inch she'll
which came through a boat iato the
superstructure and scattered frag-
ments in all directions. The shots
course was finally ended on IN iron
plate an inch thick.
FIGHT AT CARDENAS.
Key West, Fla, May 12-The gun
boat Wilmington torpedo-bo Win
slow and auxiliary gunboat Hudson
entered Cardenas harbor Wednesday
to destroy Spanish gunboats. they
were surprised by masked shore lat
teries. and the little Winslow was
quickly disabled While a storm or
shot and shelf fell from land ard
water batteries and the Hudson vas
trying 10 get line to the Ninsow
a shell exploded on the Winslow's
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
A DAY DREAM.

What makes you 50 quiet?" asked
the head bookkeeper.
Il was just trying to make up my
mind" said the clerk who gets the
least salary and makes the most
noise, whether | would better 20 to
Klondike and get enough money to
speculate in wheat or 90 into wheat
and get enough money to go to
klondike. indianapolis Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
HINRICHsEN BEATEN.

Jerseyville, Ill, May Nv. r. w.
liams OF PittsGeld was nominated fer-
congress from the sixteenth district.
defeating w. II. Hlnrichsen. the pres
ent congressman and the Illinois menu
Der OF the democratic national com
mittee The convention lasted two
days and the nomination was made on
the 347th ballot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19
THE SPANISH ARMADA.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
What Some of the Nations Have
Ruled Regarding 1t.

A general definition of contraband
Of war is anything that can be
useful to the enemy" OF course
this includes guns, ammunition, food
for soldiers 1t even includes sui
phur intended for manufacturing, but
which might be used in war. There
are disputes in all wars as to certain
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

Baron Won Thielmann stated In the
German reichstag that the government.
did not fear any stoppage In AmsKis-
cas- wheat exports by reason Of znys
Spanish blockade OF American poreE
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

A California bootblack lays claim
to 200 900 acres in the state OF Sonora,
Mexico.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-05-19

deck, where Commander Betnadou
and Others were standing, Ensign
Worth Bagley and four men We're
killed and Lieut.. Bernadou ANA
four men were injured. All three of
the American vessels We're unpro-
tected, and the Hudson was formerly
a revenue cutter. An inquiry is to be
made as TO why the boats vera stnt
on such hazardous mission. Ii is
suspected in Washington that there
were French gunners on the released
blockade runner Lafayette and that
they now man the Spanish guns. The
battle while 1t lasted was terrific, The
Wilmington and the Hudson were
ahead and opened fire on the Spanish
boats. which were lying at the docks
The firing began at range of $500
yards. A few minutes later the Win
slow came up and also opened hie,
In an instant the entire lttel'ion
of the Spanish gunboats and lard
batteries was directed upon her. VIC M
all sides shot and shell seemed to
pour in upon the little torpedo boat.
The Wilmington and the Hudson still
kept up their fire, but they could not
turn aside the terrible storm of fire
and death pouring in upon The tor
pedo-bo The crew of the Winalow.
however, never faltered for second
At :35 p. m. a solid shot crashed into
the hull of the Winslow and Knocked
out her boiler. In an instant she
began to roll and drift helpla ssly
Finally the WinsTow was pulled out
of harms way by the Hudson. Her
dead were brought here. Ensign Bag
ley was a North Caroliuian and was
just out of the naval academy. Very
great damage was done to the Spani-
ards at the town
ANOTHER BATTLE.
News comes of an engagement AT
Cienfuegos Wednesday, Three of our
war vessels ran up to cut the cable
to Santiago de Cuba, on the eastern
end OF the island. and We're viciously
attacked by shore batteries, masked
and otherwise. A terrific fight en-
sued. The cable was finally cut, the
Notifications battered down and the
town shelled. The Americans lost
one seaman killed, and wounded
The ships were unframed. 1t is es-
timated that the Spanish killed eX-
ceeds 400 and the wounded twice as
many more.
THE SPANISH ARMADA.
Washington, May 1.-THE Spanish
Cape Verde fleet turned up at St.
Thomas, in the West Indies and then
sailed for the south coast of Cuba.
Schley's flying squadron has left
Hampton roads to join Sampson who
is bent on winning down the Spanish
fleet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
BULLDOG AND MARINE GLASSES.
The First Caused the Loss of the Sec
ond TO a North Slider.

There Is at least one man IN Chicago
whose faith in tho honesty Of human
nature Is gradually OOzing away. lie
lives on the north side and Is frequently
encountered patrolling the Lake Shore
drive watching the waves at rest or in
commotion. FOR one OF the loves OF his
life is old Lake Michigan. Another love
is a bull terrier dog with a pedigree that
stretches from America to Irelanl and a
propensity for fighting inherited from
his Hibernian ancestors on the "ouid
sod"
Armed with his dog, his cane and
valuable field glass. the north side gen
tleman strolled along the shore drive the
other afternoon Obvious 10 all his sur
soundngs except the dashing water view
ed through the magnifying lenses. But
shrek Of rage from a feminine throat, ac-
companied by a howl Of pain from dog
and q mans Vociferous eXclAmanon'
quickly brought his wandering attention
back from the lake to the other side OF
the drive
Hanging from the rigid Jaws Of the full
terrier was a poor little black poodle,
while a woman clasped her hands and
cried and her masculine escort made the
atmosphere uncomfortableiy fiery.
Here hold my glasses" hastily called
the north side man. while get them
apart.
"All right" replied the Infatuated dog
owner put I'll go and call Policeman
and see that your beast Is shot rent
away, sir"
The north side man scarcely heard him.
All his energies were directed toward the
unyieldlng bull terrier. Down came the
heavy cane on his head while the woman
cried louder than ever and the poodle
yelped piteously. An interested crowd
quickly gathered to watch the stru sgle
between the man and the dog. Men
leaped from their wheels. carriages stop
ped and pedestrians lined the edges or the
stone walk. II was an exciting contest
between a brutes strength and a man
viii. but the man finally conquered.
Tearing the poodle from the Jaws Of the
terrier, the north slider turned TO regain
his glass. But he found neither man nor
AalicanAn nor lenses. And that Is why
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
A DUAL LIFE.
Disclosure Made in the Suit for the
Duke of Portland's Estate.

LONDON, Nov. Illegal permission
has been granted Mrs. Anna Maria
Druce TO dig up and open the coffin sup
posed to contain the body Of her father
in-law, Thomas G. Druce but which. it
has been c0Btended in court has in II a
mass of lead instead of body. This ia
her first step in attempting to establish
her claim to the great bruce estate, and
also TO prove that her son. now In Aus
tralia, is the rightful Duke of Portland
to whom belongs a rent roll of Sl,5OO.Go0
Il year
The Portland estate is now held by
distant cousin Of the fifth Duke. Mrs.
bruce claims that the fifth Duke of Port
land and Thomas Charles bruce. fur
niture dealer of Baker street, were one
and the same. Mrs. bruce is the daugh-
ter-in-aw Of Thomas Charles bruce.
Her son. who is a poor sailor in Austria
liza. Is, she declares the rightful heir of
the dukedOm.
A remarkable confirmation of Mrs.
Druces story that the Duke Of Portland
led a double life she has already pro-
duced. He had a subterranean passage
under his country place. with secret is
sues two miles away. bruce, the shop
keeper. had similar tunnels beneath his
store; there were times when the Duke Of
Portland was mysteriously absent from
his castle for a month at a time, and
bruce was also absent from his store
for the same time. The two men were
in reality one
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
GERMAN ARMY MURDERS.
Details of the Latest Outrage in the
kaiser's Country.

correspOndent sends us the following
translation from a German paper of the
recent killing Of "A sergeant by his officer,
Count Stolberg-W ernigerode:
The following particulars are now
available of the exploit of Count St0l-
-Wernigerode. captain of the flf-
teenth Regiment Of Jhla8s ia SaarDUrg,
AIsace. who cut down Sergeant Stein
hardt Of his regiment Stenhardt was
quartermaster and was ordered OFF TO
forage The soldiers engaged in cooking
forgot, in the sergeants absence 10 In
sert the rubber rings In tho covers OF
the pots, i'm consequence Of which the
food got spoiled. Captain Count StoiberS
Stenhardt to account for this. The SER
geant excused himself from blame on
account Of his enforced absence. Later
on the captain renewed his reproaches
and told Stenhardt ne was the lowest
cur and the greatest b-lckguard I'm the
regiment. Steinhardt answered that he
ulu NOT THINK be deserved 10 be called
that. on this Count Stolberg gave him
q box on the ear that made him reel over
against the wagon. Stcinhardt said 10
two Of his comrades You saw how l
was struck Count Stolberg immediate
~ drew his sword and first gave Stein
hardt q cut ia his leg and then a thrust
on the left side Of the head. Steinhardt
adds how Steinhardt. on first coming TO,
tried 10 stop the blood with his hand
kerchief and 10 stand az Attention til
he fell unconscious AGAIN. lie was taken
10 Hagenau. where he died without re-
covering consciousness. The funeral
took place with full military honors, ac-
cording 10 the 'B. n (Badsche Mach
richten), which demonstrates that Stein
hardt's innOcense is recognized even Of
ncially. The parish priest In his funeral
Grafton before the whole body Of officers
denounced the act perpetrated by Stol-
berg as one Of the most brutal violence.
The father OF the murdered man. him
self veteran wearing medals for the
campaigns Of 1864. 1866 and lS,O-7l. looked
as il he would sink into the grave Of his
son for sorrow and pain. The son had
supported the old pensioner from his
pay Count StolberR has been arrested
and taken TO the military prison I'm Stras-
berg. II IS said that he has already
killed an orderly OF his"
A year ago a Lieutenant Won Bruse-
WITT, in Karlsruhe. pursued, cut down
and killed a civilian who had bumped
against his chair at a cafe. He was sem
fenced 10 two years simple inpfls0n-
ment. OF which the emperor RENTED
eighteen months. London Chronicle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Couldn't Jugglc without His jag

queer thing about jugglers." said an
old time vaudeville manager. Il had
one Of the best juggiers tn the business
under an engagement once. and had no
sooner opened than he started on a high
ly ornamental spree. He did his work all
right but l got tired seeing him wan
dering around with a jag. and told him
! would cancel his date at once If ne
took another drink. lie uromlsed 10 stop.
and that night he treated the audience
TO a few things not on the programme.
For instance a bottle slipped out of his
hand, and nearly Drained the orchestra
leader. Then bee dropped a pyramid OF
glasses and scattered pieces all over the
parquet He wound up by letting a can
non ban roll into the footlights and
smashed eight or ten dollars worth of
fancy incandescents. When he came off
l asked him as a special personal favor
to get drunk again and stay drunk for
the balance Of the engagement. He said
he was ready 10 anything 10 oblige. and
his subsequent performances were SUI
perb Between times he would lie in a
stupor on trunk In his dressing room.
Queer people, jugglers. From the New
Orleans Times Democrat.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Asnaragus In NIidwinter.

The Missouri Experiment station has
been experimenting TOR the past TWO years
with asparagus growing. and has sue
cesstully grown asparagus I'm the open
field In mi1-winter By running steam into
shallow tunnels between the asparagus
rows. The asparagus field was nrst coy
cred with or inches Of heating horse
manure. and the steam forced into the
soil from the greenhouse boiler. BY this
means large yield OF fne asparagus
was obtained throughout the months OF
December. January and February. the
finest quality being gotten in the middle
OF January when the weather was cold
est Many OF the sprouts were u or IA
inches long and an inch in diameter.
bleached perfectly and very tender and
delicious. The amount OF steam required
was very small. and for persons located
near a good market the winter growing
of asparagus would prove very profitable.
Bulletin No. IS. by Prof J. c. Written.
horticulturist. fully described this process
and the results obtained. This illustrated
bulletin is for free distribution among the
farmers and gardeners, and may he had
BY addressing the Director OF the Expert
ment Station. at Columbla--Meehan's
Monthly for November.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
PARTED FORTY YEARS AGO.
Love Affair Revived by a Robbery and
the Couple Welded.

Daniel Beals. Of West Lebanon. Wayne
county. O.. is on his wedding tour just
now with the woman whom he courted
forty years ago At that time Miss
Elizabeth Buchwalter Of the same place.
considered one Of the handsomest young
women OF the township, became the AZ
fianced OF Daniel Beals. the son or
wealthy farmer. Because OF religious
differences on the part Of the parents
Beais did not keep hts engagement me
records Of the court OF common pleas
at Wooster show that Miss Buchwalter
was awarded a judgment for 500 uaIh-
ages against Beals for breach OF pip-
mise. After several years Mr.. Be1is
married. and after the death ot his wlte
became quite poor. Miss Buea"alter
owns one Of the best farms In the coDh-
~.
Three years ago Miss Buchwalter
home was entered by three masked men
who beat her terribly In an ehorl 70
make her tell where her money was se-
creted Three Of the best known citizenS
Of Mount Eat0n-J0bn J. Schlhiy, JUS
tice Of the peace, simon Schidliy anu
Louis Klein were indicted and after a
sensational trial were acquitted. The
three men brought suit against Miss
Buchwalter for 5000 damages Ter false
arrest. Mr.. Beals offered his assistance
TO hunt down the offenders. and II was
largely through hts efforts That Miss
Buchwalter won the only one OF the
three damage suits that has been tried,
although the Jury gave the PLAINTIFF
verdict assessing his damages at 81.
Through his efforts In her behalf the
old love was rekindled, new engage
ment followed and the couple were mar
Rad last week.-Chicago Chronicle
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

unity consistency 70 what is proposed
or done. 1t is only in the House of Rep
resentatives. and the tendency in that
House is unquestiona5ly TO always con-
centrate upon the Speaker the national
responsibility as well as the power OF
leadership.
We come. then, to this singular conclu-
sion that the President who Is elected
by the whole people. is not leader In
the vital matters: consequently, IN the
consideration of the houses Of Congress
the policy. If formulated by one house
without leaders and passed TO another
house whose leader though powerful, Is
not elected by the country at large IL
would seem as If the great power OF the
Speaker would likely in the long run
give him the power Of dictaton with re-
spcct 10 what the Senate shall do. which
will make The Senate less independent
than formerly in It's action. II tnfs
should happen we would have a govern
ment I'm which the whole power Of legis-
lation would be practically concentrated
I'm the hands of a local representative
who is chosen by other local representa-
tives 90 be Speaker of the House
THE LEADERS PROVINCE.
If that should come about it would be
than either that this leader of policy
should have nothing 10 do with It's car
rying out. or that he should be response
BILE only for plans and not for their exc
cution. or that he shoul dhave no ex-
perience i'm executive business no official
intimacy or connection with those who
actually put into effect the purpose OF
the government: that he should be able
TO dictate 10 the executive without being
made responsible for the unfortunate re-
suits of what the executive might do
under his dictailoD. IL j. hardly possible
10 believe that this Is not merely a
transitional condition OF AFFAIRS illustrat-
ing more and more that in national lead
ership TO hold those foremost immedi-
ately responsible for results as we ex-
tend our power TO tho islands Of the West
Indies AMI the Far East we shall GER
talnly be unable 10 act with certainty
unless we unite upon some plan OF close
legislation and may lay the response
bility on those who plan and those who
execute the rule. makes the policy
against the Senate and forceS.the latter
10 stand mp as the responsible persons
in the conduct Of the government. and
must al length be so arranged that they
shall become the choke, not of locali-
ties or simply party leaders, who are
thus merely the representatives OF To-
falities. but rather Of the peoples ac-
cepted leader and formal choice. We
cannot govern an empire with disinte-
grated bodies: there must be unity or
action In order that there may be eff
hciency and responsibility.