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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
TEXAS CONGRESSMAN is DEAD
Reese c. De Graffenreid Stricken
With Apopiexy in WASHINGTON,

Washington. Sept. Represents
tive Reese c. De Graffenreid of Texas,
aged 40 years, died of apoplexy at
the Riggs house in this city. He had
served two terms in congress. previous
to which time he had practlced law
IN Franklin and Longview, Tex. He
was interested in the Texas and Pa
citc railroad, which he helped to
build.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
DANGER TO WISCONSIN DUCKS
Hundreds Of Hunters Secure Licenses
in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. Ia long
line of hunters filled the Offices of the
county clerk making application for
licenses. Nearly LOO licenses had
been issued. The number portends
Ill for ducks and all kinds of wild
fowl. Every one of the 100 hunt
ers, and 1t will probably be 1900 Sept.
Il. has assured the clerk that he will
be on the marshes bright and early
when the season opens. There will be
more powder burned on the marshes
Sept. than there was on the Fourth
Of July in Milwaukee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04

Eaton, o., Sept. Thomas A.
selz. treasurer of Montgomery county,
received the Democratic nomination
for congress from the Third Congress
sional district at convention held
here, on the 36sth ballot.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
RUSSELL SAGE HITS COAL MEN
Declares American People Will Bring
Operators to Time.

~P~'ohS'o ~
New York, Sept. Russell Sage
said: The American people will bring
the coal roads to their senses. II
this strike is not stopped very soon
the public win unload the unpopular
coal shares and the men who are run
ming things with such high hands will
lose control of their roads.
Then some very arrogant gentle.
men will be out of their jobs. When
the coal stocks are dumped on the
market, as they must be II this thing
goes on, they will be bought by men
who have sense enough to settle the
strike for the good of all concerned.
| would buy them myself, with the
help of some associates"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
AGED couola Aanhxxi.t.d

Minneapolis, Mimi. Sept. 1.--Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Murphy, aged IS
and "a years respectively, were acct
dentally asphyxiated by escaping gas
In their room.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
PetrIAed sponsea

II is said that the flint which forms
the substratum Of London Is nothing
but petrifed sponges. An examination
OF the fossil sponge Of hint shows its
sfructura
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
is HANGED FOR COMRADES LIE

Five Weeks After Friends Execu-
tion Real Murderer confesses.
Holly Springs, Miss, Sept. L.
At the trial Of Whit Owens to-day for
the murder of the Montgomerys, Or
ando Lester. who is under sentence
Of death in the same case. swore
that he himself did the killing. On
previous occasions he had sworn that
Will Mathis did it. Mathis was
banged five weeks ago and Testers
execution was deferred in order that
he might testify at the present trial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
oIsHwAsHER QUITS FARMLAND

latter look ADVICE OF Gypsy and 10
Minus Wife and Wealth.
Attleboro, Mass, Aug. 26.-Samuel
Hagley Seekonk, farmland, was ad.
vised by gypsy to wed dishwasher
and win fortune. He was rejected
by several, but he induced Jane T.
Rogers OF Providence to have him.
Mrs. Seekonk received word that she
had fallen heir to fine house and lot
and $1,000, left by her grandfather in
Lansing. Mich. She Immediately de-
serted her husband to claim her for.
tune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
INSURANCE DEAL COMPLETED
Scandinavian Mutual Merged With the
Scandal, a Chicago Company.

Scandal, Chicago Company.
Galesburg, Ill. Aug. 29.-The Scan
dinavian Mutual Aid Association As.
sessment Company, which has oper-
ated with its headquarters here for
nineteen years, has been merged into
the newly organized Scandal Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Chicago,
formed Of members OF the old asso-
citation. This action terminated a six
months fight.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04
An. Yum. Yum.

The connoisseurs Of spring chicken.
the Middletown Poultry club, met last
night and completed arrangements for
their annual chicken Try. when the
product Of each members raising is
tested by the others.--Middletown (o.)
Signal
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04

Secretary Davis, OF the executive
council, mas returned from visit to
his extensive farms in South Dakota
we'll pleased with the land and the
crops and Industrial conditions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-04

Secretary Treat of the board OF con-
troll, went to Clarinda last week to
make the inspection of the insane
hospital. Judge Robinson. of the
board Of control, is spending a short
vacation in Colorado.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
The August MeCImre's

might almost be advertised as "thc
book OF the month Though it is a
typical midsummer fiction number
and IA tip-top one, too-it manages to
find place for a number of striking
articles that will perhaps be more
largely read than stories. Professor
Angelo Hcilprin, who, it will be re-
membcrcd, was the first man to get to
the top of Mount Pelcc after the erup-
tion, tells the detailed story of his eX-
plOraions. Professor Heilprin is
one of the foremost biologists in the
country.
AS Illuminating us it is brief is
Lincoln StclYcn's sketch of John
Mitchell, "A Labor Leader of To-
day
The fiction includes "Cap'n Bob Of
the Scrcamcr," by f. Hopkinson
Smith, new story of an Old ac-
quaintancc; "The Life Of the Winds
Of Heaven, - an idyl of the Michigan
forests, by Stewart Edward White;
"Such as Walk in Darkness" by
Samuel Hopkins Adams. rs good a
dog story as you will wish to read:
GLOW the Fairies Came to ireland, -
and "Thc Finish of Elizabeth Shank
lin, tale of II Missouri Lochinvar,
by Il. f.. Young. The illustrations
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
OPPOSED TO DOUBLE
TAX CATION.

The board of Review Of the city Of
Mnnitowoc recently adopted the fol-
lowing resolution. Prominent ciLi-
2cns, says The Pilot, were invited by
Mayor Rohr to address the meeting,
all of whom condemned the double
taxation law ~ it now stands;
"Whcrcas the law taxing credits
and securities has become practically
obsolete, easily ovaded 10y the many
and only partially enforced against
the few whose estates are shown by
public records; this nOn-CnlOrcCmont
and evasion has been so universal
aud no long continued that it has
como to be relied ON rs n legal rule Of
property, and business engagements,
Investments and values have como to
be made and adjusted in accordance
herewith; therefore be IL
"RcsOlvcd, that we hereby request
our Representatives in the legislature
TO vote for and support with all their
energy the repeal of existing laws
taxing credits and securities, To the
end that such credits or securities,
and moro particularly real estate
mortgages, be exempt from taxation,
and our people be no longer burdoncd
with an unjust and double assoss-
mcnt.n
The Milwaukee, real estate board on
Wednesday Of last week had II dis
cussion upon the subject of martgNgcs
and real estate taxation, after which
the matter was referred to n committee
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
Civil Service Examinations.

The L. S. Civil Service Commits
sion will hold examinations, during
September and October, in several
places in each state to secure young
men and women for the government
service. There are now l26, 423 posi-
tions in the classified civil service.
being an increase Of 49, 1857 in six
years. There were : 1912 persons APP
pointed between July /, 1901, and
April To- 1902. being at the rate of
1000 for the year. There will pro-
badly be ll,0OO appointments next
year. Salaries at appointment vary
from $500 to 81 200 a year with liberal
promotions aftcrward. All appoint
mcnts are for life and for most posi-
tions only a common school educa-
tion is required. Politics or religion
are not considered. Those desiring
to take examinations of this kind can
get full Information about them free
by writing to the Columbian Cores
pOndencc College, Washington, d.
c., and ASKING for its Civil Service
Catalogue for 1902.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.

BY direction Of the Democratic
State Central Committee, "a COnven-
tion Of the Democratic electors Of the
State of Wisconsin Is hereby called
TO be held in the city Of Milwaukee,,
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1902,
at II o'clock, noon, for the purpose
Of placing in nomination candidates
for the various elective state Offices,
namely, Governor, Lieutenant Cover
nor, Secretary Of State, State Treasu-
rer, Attorney General, State Super
intendcnt. Railroad Commissioner,
and Insurance Commissioners, to be
voted for at the general election IN
November next, and elccting Chair
man Of the Democratic State Central
Committee and two members from
each Congressional District to con-
stiLute such committee, and for the
transaction Of such other business rs
may properly come before the con
ycntiOn.
Iowa County Is entitled to seven
delegates In the convention.
All delegates elected TO said con
vcntion shall be certified TO the State
Central Committee by the Chairman
of the County Committee and for
wardcd to the Chairman Of the State
Central COMMITTEE Mt Milwaukee in ad-
vance Of the meeting of the state con
ycntiOn.
A, T., WARDEN, Chairman,
Waukcsha, Wis, July Is, 1902.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31

be advocated. AS MIR. Babcock as
tutely observes, The people are tired
of literature, and want change. y
He is going to give it to them in the
shape of an unprecedented now OF
oratory.
A perfect "fring line" of Republi-
can stump speakers is to traverse the
country They may fire at each other
very likely, but anyhow they will keep
up tremendous yolleying. That Is
the main thing. Agreement on the
real objective Is only bookish way
of making political war.
Mr.. Babcock himself will denouncc
the high tariff which shelters trusts
and Congressman Payne will propose
TO shoot on the spot any man who
lays sacrilegious hand upon one Of
It's schedules; Representative Long
will make Kansas ring with his cla-
morous demands for Cuban reCiprOci-
ty, and Mr.. Tawney Of Minnesota will
declare that policy no better than
trcachcry. This is a somewhat obvi-
Gus Inconsistency, but bless your
simple heart, the object OF a political
party is not to be consistent but to
win the election.
AS The Sun solcmnly puts it, the
duty Of the hour is TO "rcbukc" the
Iaithless Republican party, "proyided
the spirit Of vcngcncc goes no fur
thcr" That IS TO say we must be
very angry with our bctraycrs, but
must be sure to send back to Con
gress enough Quarreling Republicans
to bctray US again, To this end,
Chairman BabcocII's plan of go-as-
you-plcasc bushwhacking, without
concert and without responsibility,
seems admirably adapted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
A stump Orator Camraian

New Nori, Evening Post: We can
but admire the strategy which Chair
man Babcoch announces for the con
duct OF the Republican campaign. lie
Is going to have no "lttcraurc" this
year. The ordinary Campaign hand.
book = would indeed taN the skill 81
the compiler, for IN election In whi,l
different sections of tho party arc n
woes POINTS over the true policy /,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31

| IN one OF the most desirable parts OF the city.
| house contains seven rooms and good cellar.
! Barn lGN3S with wing l6N32. There are
several other OutbuiIdngS on the place: two
ctsternS; good orchard and plenty of small
| fruit Property is all in first class condition
ana Will be sold at u bargain.
A comfortable little house and
| fine lot adjoining 4th word school grounds
| Will be sold right. Inquire soon.
A good comfortable frame house
situated near Fourth ward school building:
good SIZED lot and small barn.
The residence owned by William
Murphy, situated in south part OF the CITY:
one half acre OF land house contains three
large rooms; summer kitchen and a good els
tern, Will be sold cheap.
One of the finest residences in the
city Contains eight good rooms with u
closet to each room; good large summer
kitchen. House complete in all appoints
ments. VIII be sold ut a bargain to any one
VINO wishes to secure II comfortable resi-
dence Apply at once.
Lots in the Oates grove property,
the finest in the city. see plat at The Demo
crat office
a fine cOmmOdiOus residence. near
.y new, with al modern improvements
Large lot and good barn Situated in a very
desirable part OF the city. Will be sold cheap
If sold soon.
Several very desirable lots on the
west side of Dodge street, northeast of the
park being the property known as oates
grove; timely located, and just the place for
some nice houses. VIII be sold at right
prices
80 acres of good land, about 3 miles
south of DOdgeville and 4 . miles north east
of Mineral Point. Twenty-Five acres has
been plOwed-balanCc timber and pasture.
Plenty of running water - spring never
freezes. viii be sold at reasonable price.
-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
IHE Was LETTER

Madison Democrat; The present
mcnt Of the case in the senator's able
letter Is very strong. 1t comes to the
Democracy as n fresh land breeze in
mid-occan. 1t makes the democrats
Of golden tingc and of silver sheen
want to get together. There are
words of doctrine in it that remind
them Of the broad mother used to
make" and of the songs Of youth.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31
Mineral Point
Real Estate
Agency.

Good house and four lots, situated
IN one of the most desirable parts of the city
House contains seven rooms and GOOD cellar
Barn l6N3S with wing l6N32 There are
several other OutbuiIdings on the place; two
CisternS, good orchard and plenty of small
fruit. Property is all in first class condition
and will be sold at Il bargain
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19
UTAH VOLCANO BREAKS OUT.

Had been Extinct For Centuries.
Many Explosions Have Occurred.
SALT. LAKE CITY, Nov. 19.-Ac-
cording to ID. A. Turner Of Milford.
Utah, an old volcano forming part of
the Wasatch range in southern Utah
between Beaver and Piute counties,
which apparently has been extinct for
centuries, has broken out afresh. Ex-
plosions apparently emanating from
the crater have been heard for miles
around, while at. times columns Of
smoke and dust have arisen from the
old volcano, and new lava formations,
all very hot, have been found on the
sides of the mountain.
There has been number of slight
earthquakes in that vicinity recently"
said, Mr.. Turner, "and we have heard
explosions for a distance of twenty
miles from the crater. Not long ago
I assembled one of these old volcanoes
and found a small quantity of lava
that had apparently recently over
flowed from the crater, for it was still
very hot, and several times Of late
smoke and dust in considerable quaint
ties have been seen arising from the
crater. Mondays earthquake, which
was quite severe in that locality, was
fresh evidence of the renewed volcanic
activity in the Waeafch range"
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19

Whether due to the personal inf1u-
ence of President Roosevelt, or to the
thigh pressure" spirit of the times,
writes a Washington correspondent,
there is undeniably an unusual energy
exhibited in the executive departments
of the government and as a result a
large amount of preliminary work will
have been concluded and a number of
important matters will be ready for the
action of congress when that body con-
venes. Secretary Hay has practically
completed the treaty with Colombia
paving the way for the Panama canal,
and it will be signed within a week.
It's consideration and ratification will
be the first business to demand the at
tention of the senate. Substantial
progress is being made on the recipro-
cal treaty with Cuba and an earnest
effort will be made to complete it dur
ing the remaining fortnight. The Pa
cific cable. which the Commercial Ca
bic Co is supposed to be laying, is not
progressing with the smoothness that
was anticipated and it is regarded as
likely that the matter will again come
up for congressional action of some
sort.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19
THE LOTUS BUDS"

The decision of the board Of inquiry
into the case of the eleven lotus
buds,'' as the young Cuban children de-
tanned by the United States authorizes
are POLITICALLY designated, is evidently
a wise one. and merciful as well, IL one
may Judge from the testimony given &C
the second and final hearing at Ellis
Island last Friday. These children
were brought from Santiago de CUBA
and were destined to be sent to a pc
culiar school at Point Iona, conducted
by a branch of the Theosophists in
America. of which Mrs Katherine
Tingley is the high priestess and NOV
ing power. Mrs Tingley will be re-
membered as at one time q resident Of
Manhattan, where, according to one
witness, she carried on faith-healing
and clairvoyant business. The teach
ings of the "Raja Yoga" school, as her
establishment is known, are, as inti-
mated. peculiar. One of those near to
Mrs Tingley. who, by the way, is
known as stMother PURPLE from the
fact that she habitually wears a purple
robe of alleged classical cut over her
ssrobe de mutt has testified that her
s'institution' is mo fit place for chill
1ey's own conduct was at least open to
debate. The succession Of teachers"
is a doctrine of the school, Confucius,
Buddha. Jesus Christ, Mohammed, and,
lastly. and greatest Of all. Katherine
sTing1ey. TO this observer it looked as
if this woman's purpose was to fill a
place in history as a second Christ if
not the greater.
Tho c0naTO1ITitu AZ Doin4 n,,,o AZ,
maintained by an income from lodges
throughout the country and the sale OF
articles made at the school, but the
main source of income was through in
dividual contributions. presumably of
ssthe faithful" The Cuban children. It
is charged. were to be used for begging
purposes.
In Worladay world like this and
among a people as practical as the
Americans there would seem to be no
room for drones and illers of an al
legged religious sort, whether they call
themselves Theosophists. Christian Sci
entists. Doukhobors, or what not. who
seek to live ION their wits" which usu-
ally means the absence Of wit in their
dupes. TheosOphy may be the very es-
sence of the ethical and the ideal, but
it-at least the Raja Yoga variety of it
isn't sudden enough for this eli
mate" as an American philosopher re-
marked once Of a certain type of man.
by sudden meaning alert, wide
awake and practical. 1t is well the lit
tie Cubans are not to be trained in such
a school, if this government can pre-
vent it.
Christianity will have to do for a
while longer, for it is pretty practical.
after ALL and about as much as most
men can live up to.-Brooxlyn Stand
ard Union.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19

ties that go with them. Hartford
Post
Mayor Low and the municipal civil
service commission in New York are
expected to ask for legislation at Al
bany that will largely increase the
non-competitiye class, so that heads of
departments may surround themselves
with the men they want instead of the
men who stood highest on the exami-
nation. The thing itself may be sound,
but it is unfortunate that it should
be sought by this particular reform adj
ministration Hartford Times.
The enormous traffic on the Brook
Ign bridge is shown in the quarterly
report of the department of bridges.
For the three months ending Septem-
ber 30 the carriageWay reports show
that COLL led horses, 1875, $50 single We
hicIes and SS,973 double vehicles pass
ed over the bridge. The total num-
Der of trolley cars was 32,069. The
greatest number of cars in one hour
was POP, between and Z p. M, on
Monday, July 14.--NeW Haven Union.
To the supersensitive it may seem
undignified and to the overtimid inn
the WiIds of Mississippi to hunt bear.
To the great majority, however, the
presidents desire for a few days rest
and recreation far from the haunts OF
the office-seeker and practical poll
tician seems very entirely laudable.
The president is entitled to all the
vacation he can secure in the intervals
between his public duties. NeW Brit
ain Herald.
Maryland has state insurance law
and the first award, $1,000, has been
paid to the widow of a street car en-
ploye who was killed by accident
while at work. The law is permissive
but may be made compulsory. Any en-
Dloyeg is allowed to contribute one
half on fund Of sixty cents per quar-
ter for each of his employees who con-
tribute the other half. Employers pay
$1.20 a year and so do the wage work
ers. The law was drawn by a labor
member Of the Maryland legislature
Bridgeport Post.
A labor movement Of considerable
significance is the agreement between
the builders and the union carpenters
in the city of Boston to refer all the
questions of dispute that may arise be-
tween employers and employees to g
committee which is established with
the idea of doing away entirely with
strikes and lockouts. The aim of those
who have successfully carried through
this arrangement is to bring the two
parties to labor controversies together
in harmonious relations, thus solving
for them the problem that is now en-
gaging the attention of the best minds
erywhere.-Hartford Post.
The fact that shines brilliantly is
that the law requiring the publication
of campaign expenses amounts to
nothing in so far as it informs the peo-
pie how the money was spent 1t is
evident that the true purpose of the
act will never be attained until the res
ports of candidates and political COM
mittees are required to include in de-
tail the items of their expenditure.
Money paid to individuals should be
entered, so much to Smith, Jones OF
Brown. Reports Of this nature may
then be something more valuable than
the paper upon which they are writ
ten.-NeW Haven Palladium.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19

''The future Of the stock market de-
ponds largely upon the tactics Of the
big bankers and capitalists who en-
gineered the recent decline, chiefly to
bring about wholesome readjustment
Of values and incidentally to curb the
power of reckless Spectators whose
operations were a menace to the entire
street, Thus writes the well known
banker Henry Clews. ''The prolonged
downward movement has not as yet
exhausted itself; when it does a tenn
porary reaction will naturally follow.
The market appears to be under a
more conservative control, but subject
to frequent and wide fluctuations af-
fording hereafter a good chance for
trading. It is quite certain, however,
that there is no general bull market in
sight, simply because the money to
conduct it is not available, and the I'M
dercurrents in other quarters are still
reactionary. I still advise caution in
getting into debt" 49,. ~.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-11-19
Great Gruf77bIerS

When the kidneys sick they grumble.
You hear them clear through the back
You feel them clear through the body.
They can't stand excessive work
They grlmbe when overaxed.
Know how the kidneys grumblc
It's simple thing; your back will tell you.
Backache is the first grumbling warning.
The kidneys give it and if you heed it not,
Look for trouble, it will surely
Urinary trouble, kidney trouble and many mseries.
Doans Kidney Pills made for kidneys only.
They every form of kidney i'll.
The experience Of Waterbury people prove this
Here's in points
M e. Bradley, Main street. says: y nau
kidney back lps
weak scarcely knew what good night s
tired easily walking ABOUT ule
house took great deal of medicine time but must Say
Lakes did me more
good than anything took felt better in way after
finished the treatment and slept well at night"
All druggists sell DOANsS Kidney Pills.
Remember the name DOAN'S and take substitute.
Price cents per box. Foster Mibun Co. Buffalo, y
Sole Props