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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

Rooms and Mamie Traynor, were
| drowned
The fire which broke out in the
Luke Fidler colliery at Shamokin, Pa,
is beyond control The officials hal
ell the mules ho,sted from the shaft
and Coal Run creek was turned into
the slope. 1t will be several months
before the shaft can resume. One
| thousand men and boys are idle.
Mother Amandeus, the mother gen
eral of the Sisters of Charity of the
diocese of Cleveland, O., died at the
convent in Lakewood, a suburb of
Cleveland, aged 60 years. She had
been in the convent for forty years.
In secular life she was Katherine
O'Neill and has sisters living in Chi
cago.
A message received from Mag
dalena, n NJ, announces the suicide
Of John E. Ryan. An injury received
recently by being thrown from a
horse gave him so much pain that he
sought relief in death. Mr.. Ryan was
a member of Roosevelts rough riders
anu Was "Ouuucu III inc DdlJlC VI Dan
Juan.
At Middlesboro, Ky, Louis Myers,
alias Williams. a notorious moon
sinner and desperado, has been cap
tured He is charged with the murder
of two women in Virginia, three men
in North Carolina, including a United
States marshal, one in South Carolina
and the sheriff Of Unicoi county,
Tennessee.
The appellate court at Springfield,
appellant, VS.. Charles M. Reeca.
rendered an opinion that pawnbrokers
were not responsible to owners of
poperty left with them as pledges for
loss Of property by fire or theft, and
reversed a decision of the Sangamon
county court.
DR.. w. S. Caldwell died at Freeport,
H., of apoplexy. He was SO years
Old and the leading physician and
surgeon of that part of the state, hay.
ing practiced in Freeport and vicinity
for forty-iye years. He was president
of the Minnehaha bank of Sioux Falls,
S. d., and one of the directors of the
State bank at Freeport
Captain Fred J. KOuntz, son Of Gen
eral j. S. Kountz, former commander
in-chief of the G.. A. r., died sudden
Iy in Toledo of pneumonia. He was
a captain of volunteers in the Spanish
war and served on the staff of General
Frederick d. Grant. At the time of
his death he was awaiting an appoint
ment to the regular army.
The Inorganic assatt-Vanderblt com
binaton secured such an interest in
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroad as to warrant representation
on the board of directors, and Charles
Steele, of j. p. Morgan & Co., was
elected. The entry of this interest
into Atchison, it was said, was to Sc
cure the Pennsylvania and eastern
railway interests from possible injury
from the Gould combination.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20
TABLET UNVEILED.
Where First American Y. M. c. A.
Was Organized.
Boston.

Boston, June 14.-Jubilee day at the
international jubilee convention of the
Y. NJ. c. A. was brimful of interest
and the morning session in Mechanics
hall was picturesque and novel. After
formal addresses had been delivered
by Cephas Brainerd of New York, Pres.
ident Fauuce of Brown University and
Rev. Francis Clarke, father of the
Christian Endeavor movement, repre-
sentatiyes from foreign lands were
presented, many of them wearing ma
tive costumes. A special Jubilee ser
vice was held in the Old South meet.
ing house, where the first Y. NJ c. A.
in the United States was organized SO
years ago. at which a commemorative
tablet was unveiled A reception to
more than coo delegates by Governor
Crane at the state house, a special
service in Faneuil hall, with addresses
by Lieut-Governor Bates, Mayor Hart
and several foreign delegates served
to fill out the afternoon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

Laporte, Ind, June 14.--John Al.
bertte and Miss Ida Smith of Evans.
vile, Wis, arrived here and were
joined in wedlock by Rev, r. II. Hart.
ley pastor of the Presbyterian church.
Mr., and Mrs Albertie left this ity for
a wedding trip to the Pan-Amer can ex.
position.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

Chicago June wheat, 73c.
St Paul entertained 100000 Wood
men,
Senator Tillmau withdrew his resig.
nation.
Hope and apprehension are felt as
to Mrs, Mckinley
There is a suspicion that the bull
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20
sTsBRINS SUMMONED.
Senator From Kewsunee Dies Very
Suddenly.

Algoma, Wis, June 14.-State Sena-
tor De Wayne Stebbins died suddenly
at his home in this city from heart
failure, following light attack of in
digestion. He had just returned from
a trip to San Francisco, as a member
of the Wisconsin battleship commit
tee, to present the silver banquet set
and bronze badger to the battleship
Wisconsin. On his way back from the
coast he complained frequently of
pains in his chest, but it was supposed
that he was suffering from indiges-
ton. Wednesday he was at his usual
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

consolidated system establishment
was presented yesterday. The fnan-
cial statement shows the net earnings
TO be $1.966,OOO, an increase Of $685.
600.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

place in the bank of AlgOma with Ed
ward Decker, its president, and he re-
manned with the latter until about 10
O'Clock at night. At II o'clock Mr..
Stebbins complained of feeling i'll and
shortly after that Mrs. Stebbins no.
ticed that he seemed to be failing rap
idly. She summoned a physician but
Mr.. Stebbins was dead before the doc.
tor arrived.
Mr.. Stebbins was born at Clinton,
Oneida county, N. Y, April 5, 1885,
and came to Wisconsin with his par
ents the same year. He received a
common school education and gradu-
ated at the United States naval acad-
envy at Annapolis, Admiral Dewey be-
ing classmate. He served four
years during the civil war as an Off
Ger in the navy. He resided in Racine
until 1856, when he removed to Algoma
where he has since resided. He was
cashier of the Bank of Algoma and
publisher of the AlgOma Record He
was president of the Wisconsin battle
ship fund committee and attended
IuG lduuCuluS dL Odu FRANCISCO, NU-
vember 26, 1883, and also the pre-
sentation of the silver banquet set and
bronze badger on the 9th of May.
He was a member Of the assembly in
1873, and had been member of the
Kewaunee county board for twenty
seven years. He was nominated for
the assembly in 1870, but was de-
feated; was renominated in 1872 and
elected. He was elected to the senate
in 1894. reelected in 1898. and also in
1900. During the gubernatorial cam
paign which ended in the nomination
and election of La Follrtte, Senator
Stebbins was one of the candidates,
but his name was withdrawn with all
others except that of La Toilette be-
fore the convention assembled.
The funeral will take place tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

Kerrigan-We're thinking av nam
ing him Cargo Washington.
Casey-Haye yez got Kelly's permits,
sion? That's tn name av his goat
Puck.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20
HAY HAS VISIONS
SECRETARY OF STATE SPEAKS
TO EDITORS.
AT BIG BUFFALO SHOW

Most Elaborate Banquet in History of
City Given-Hay Tells of Dream of
Brotherhood of Nations of Western
WorId-seauties of Industrial Pro.
gress.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-20

During the legislature he voted for
the primary election bill and was re.
garded as a La Toilette man, though
it was not infrequent that he INDUCED
in ''stalwart" doctrine PRETTY boldly.
He was not a hold-oYer senator. This
is the second death among the sena-
tors, Fearne of Waushara passing
away during the session.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06

our wheels up, Dot, and viii take our
tintypes right away"
Dottie paid no attention to her, but
came forward, all smiles and bushes,
with outStretched hand. why, Hail.
she said, II never dreamed that you
had gone in the photo business! l
knew you We're in Hopetown, of course,
and when Nell suggested that we
should wheel down here and see her
auntie, who lived in this neighborhood,
consented, and didn't write to you
last week for fear should let out the
secret, for I wanted to surprise you.
This is my future husband. Mr.. Oak
ley. Miss Curtis. and now come on.
let's get those tintypes.7
Dorothy has been my wife for two
happy years. and l have only one Sc
cret from her. That is, that thought.
even for moment. that she had been
false to me-my own loyal darling!
Reginald Pierce has taken the house
opposite ours The twin Dorothys.' -
as we call our wives, are inseparable
friends.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
THE THIRD DEGREE.

II the Master cares to judge me by the
things that have done,
There will be no place in heaven for his
foolish, erring son;
II the Masters seen the things that l
have wanted most to do,
There'll be no salvation for me, for the
devil knows 'em, too!
But I've wanted true to want to do the
things l knew were right
Say, can it be the likes Of nell have
virtue in his sight?
i have soiled my hands with mischief,
and I've wanted to do more,
And It was but because I didn't dare, it
wasn't done before;
But behind the dirty deed did, behind
the wish had,
There's been a longing to be straight,
feeling I was bad;
Though he alone has seen and known
beyond that double sin
He knows my soul is somehow whole
say, will he let me in:
III there's any place beside the gate to
live life or 50,
ia IKE to try 1t all AGAIN. betOre m sent
below;
I'd like to try to want to do what's right,
and then, maybe,
I'd get to try to do it. and at last might
be free!
For full-grown saint I know l amt.
and there's plenty more as bad,
but give us time aud I know we'll climb
and make his heaven glad!
--Gelett Burgess in "A Gage Of Youth"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06


County President of W. G. T. o., Kansas
City, Mo.
with softly breathed blessing from
the lips Of thousands upon thousands
Of women who have been restored to
their families when life hung by .
thread, and by thousands of others
whose weary, aching limbs you have
quickened and whose pains you have
taken away.
IL know whereof I speak, for I have
received much valuable benefit myself
through the use of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
for years I have known dozens Of wo-
men who have suffered with displace-
ment, ovarian troubles, alterations
and Inflammation who are strong and
well to-day, simply through the use OF
your Compound. MRS. Fl. r. ROBERTS,
14O4 MCGEE St., Kansas City, Mo. -
$4,000 fo1tsIt II above Testimonial Is not genuine.
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs. Pink
ham. She will understand your case
perfectly, and will treat you with
kindness. Her advice is free, and tho
address is Lynn, Mass.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
Desirable Qualities in an Onal.

Desirable Qualities in an Opal.
In judging an opal, color is Of the
greatest importance. Red fire, or. re'u
in combination with yellow, blue and;
green, are the best. Blue by itself is
quite valuless, and the green opal is not
Of great value unless the color is very
vivid and the pattern very good. The
color must be true: that is to say, 1t
must not run in streaks or patches, al
ternating with a colorless or inferior
quality. Pattern is described as being
an important factor, the several vari-
cites being known as ''pinfre,'' when
the grain is very small; harlequin -
when the color is all in small squares,
the more regular the better, and the
''hashfire," or ''flashopal," when the
color shows as single flash, or in very
large pattern. Harlequin is the most
common, and is also popularity consM-
cred the most beautiful. When the
squares Of, color are regular and show
as distinct, minute checks of red, vel
low blue and green, it is considered
magnificent. Some stones show better
on edge than on top.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
A Clergyman's Discovery.

Fredericksburg, Ind, Dec. 2.-Ac-
cording to the positive declaration OF
Rev. e. F. Stevens of this place that
gentleman has found remedy for all
diseases of the Kidneys and urinary or
gans. For years he suffered severely
with these complaints, incontinence of
the urine making life burden to him,
but he never ceased experimenting in
the hope that some day he would dis
cover remedy. After many failures
he has at last succeeded and is to-day
perfectly cured and we'll man, and
explains that his recovery is due to the
use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. This rem
edy has been successfully applied to
many cases of Lame Back. Rheuma-
tism, Bright's Disease, Diabetes and
other Kidney Diseases, and there
seems to be no case of the kind that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure. This
is the only remedy that has ever cured
Bright'S Disease.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
TRAPS TO CATCH TIGERS.
Powerful Steel Shares that Hold III,
Brutes Securely.

Powerful Steel Suares that Hold the
Brutes Securely.
Capturing tigers by novel method
is now being adopted In Sumatra aud is
proving almost invariably successful.
As soon as tigers lair has been found
natives are employed to construct a
wooden fence nine feet long and four
feet wide a short distance away from it
and in this Enclosure is then placed as
a bait dog, which Is tied to one of the
fence posts. A narrow entrance leads
into the Enclosure and there, deftly con-
cealed under earth, leaves and boughs
OF trees, is placed strong steel trap,
which is so designed that any animal
that places it's foot on it is certain to be
held captive.
This trap is Of recent invention and
consists of. strong steel plates and
equally strong springs. When it is set
the plates form sort of platform and
as soon as the tiger which has been
lured thither by the dog sets IS foot
! thereon the springs are released and
the cruel steel grips the leg and holds
it fast. 49, p. r.. Ss
L b
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
To Avoid LIGHTNING

If out of doors keep away from trees,
haystacks, houses, large sheets of water,
river banks, etc. If in the open plain,
where there are no trees or buildings,
you are safer lying down than stand
ing up. If near wood, stay there, and
do not 80 nearer. II near a single shade
tree you are pretty safe thirty yards
away. Indoors you are safest of all if
you adopt Franklin's plan. Find the
geometrical center of the room. Hang
up a hammock by silken cords. get in
and stay there. Failing hammock, sit
on one chair in the middle of the room
with your feet on another, first placing
beneath them a feather bed or hair mat
tress., But DO not sit under the gas
chandelier. Whether out of doors or in
doors keep awey from the chimney or
from metallic masses of any kind. And
possess your souls in patience.-London
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06

ed with all the blades open, and therein
lies the secret Of the knife board. The
cunning faker arranges his knife board
so that the rings slide over them as water
does ducks back.
The wheel Of fortune seems as fair as
any game can be, yet the arrow has a
SNEAK and the faker can stop it at
any number or article he desires. A
wheel may be bought as low as $40, in
Guiding 250 pieces Of jewelry, but this
is of the cheapest kind, rings, for exam
pie, being quoted as low as one cent
apiece. With this cheap wheel the first
profit at 10 cents a whirl, without any
sneaking, amounts to SIS, and the bust
ness requires no previous experience"
A full outfit Of $50 pieces Of jewelry
costs but IS. thus making a gain Of $50,
and some takers make as much as $50 a
day.
The higher the cost Of the wheel the
more easily and quickly the money Is
made, as they are fitted with large pins
to separate numbers or colors, and the
arrow point has 4 screw feather, making
a certain winner Of any desired number
or color and avoiding all possibility Of
dispute.
Nothing is more tempting than the
striking machine. and nothing looks fair
or. But these striking machines are in
genious arrangements, and, in the words
Of an advertisement Of new kind now
on the market, ''can be manipulated
without helper" One of these may be
had for $50. while prize cigars are Offer
ed to the takers for $40 thousand. 49,
Red, white and blue is dealing game.
There is layout" with three shieldsnI~
it, one red, one white, one blue. A box
and sixteen balls, five Of each color and
one dealers percentage" goes with the
outfit. Players place their money on a
given shield, slide opens in the box,
and out pops ball. IT the ball is Of the
same color the player puts his money on
he wins. If not he loses. II this was,
fair game the player, by the law OF
chance, would stand some show OF win
ming, but as the box is fixed the dealer
can produce ball Of any color lie de-
sires, yet any one not in the secret can
examine the box at any time ard find it
apparently square. yet it is a tricky box.
There are half hu1dred tricks work
ed with cards, aud all Of such a nature
that they can be worked without the
slightest fear Of detection.
Bat the visitor to the fair is looking
for fun. The faker and his outfit enter
taIus him and he doesn't begrudge the
money.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
Sweden Secure Against Attack.

There are lot of picturesque old cas-.
ties and fortresses on the coast of
Sweden in which garrisons are still main
Stained but they would not last an hour
If attacked by modern guns and projec-
Tiles; They are reinforced, however, by
lery. Swedish guns rank among the
highest, and several Swedish patents in
ordnance have been already adopted by
the fortifcation board Of the United
States. All the harbors are protected
by torpedoes, and Stockholm is absolute
ly impregnable from the sea, being stu
ated upon ford or bay that cannot he
narrow and easily defended.-Chicago
Record Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06

GO HE country fair is the harvest time
for the genial faker. The faker is
- not husbandman and he sows not,
and neither does he gather up and bind
into bundles, and yet, when the harvest
season is over the raker has more money
than the honest farmer who has titled
many golden acres. For the faker gets
up early in the morning and goes to bed
late at night, and he makes money all the
livelong day.
The temptation to get something for
nothing, or at least much for little, to
f1irt with coquettish fortune, is irresisri-
bic. Though man knows full we'll that
the faker is not at the fair merely for the
sake Of his health or for pleasant out
ing, and that his tricks put to shame
those Of the heather Chinee, still the vic
tim will take the one chance out of a
million Of beating the game. He doesn'
beat it, for the game wasn't rugged Up
so that he conld beat it. Still he is will
ing to take the chance, and he suffers no
disappointment when he fails.
Chief among the catch-penny attrac-
tons Of the fakcr is the cane rack The
cane rack outfit does not cost the faker
much. a net rack may be bought for
from Is cents to $1.2j and a canvas one
for from so cents to $1.3O. Canes cost
from so cents a dozen to $1.5O per dozen.
Rings cost s. cents per hundred. With
this outfit and permit the faker sets
up his rack on four stakes, which are
purposely loose. SO as TO allow the rack
to sway slightly. Then he plants his
canes.
The cheaper ones predominant, but
canes with swelled heads are occasionally
seen and here and there are crooks, some
reproducing miniature, lower member
missing. the torso Of Venus. The rings
vary from one and one-qQuarter to one
and three qurters inches inside diameter.
The heads Of some Of the canes are al
most as great in diameter, and those with
crooks are turned in such way that it
is almost impossible to ring them unless
the ring is dropped Immediately upon
them. 1t is difficult even to ring the
smaller canes, for they stand loosely in
the rack, and side blow tips them so
that the ring slides off,
Next in favor is the knife board. A
board costs from $l.5O to $3.50, and a
complete outtit-board. 100 rings and
eightyfour knives-may be had tor
$14.5O and upward. Knives may be had
from 30 cents a dozen to $:;.9S Dozen
These knives. the cheaper predominant
ing and costing about two and a half
cents apiece, are conspicuousy display
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06

Powerful as the tiger Is, he cannot
free himself from such bondage and as
those who have set the trap are never
far AWAY he is in short time either
killed on securely Gagged. At the same
time the dog is released and, indeed, he
could not be removed from the inclo-
sure as long as the trap was set, since
this instrument. strong as 1t is, never
theless is SO delicate that the pressure
even of dogs foot would release the
springs and cause the animals leg to
be crushed in twinkling. ---Loudon
Telegraph
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-12-06
WHERE DUPONT GOT L IDEA 81
Automobile Motor Gave Inventor
Plan for AirahiD. 5@ 81

- Fan Tor Atrshtp. =
To the automobile is due the dirigible
balloon, which has won fame, if not for
tune, for its inventor and plucky exploit
er, Santos-Dumont. The daring little
Brazilian thus tells how he first became
possessed with the idea of equipping q
balloon with motor:
II got my first idea by putting an
automobile motor under a cigar-shaped
turning from the Paris Amsterdam auto
mobile race in 1897. From the beginning
everybody was against the idea. I was
warned that an explosive gas engine
would ignite the hydrogen gas above it,
and that the resulting explosion would
end the experiment with my life. Ny
balloon maker went to work without en-
thusiasm, and met with nothing but dis
couragement."-M World,