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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19
JAPAN HAS BEST BATTLEsHIP.
Believed to be the Most Perfect Fiuht-
ing Vessel AfIoat.

my VESSEL SIIOdt.
The new Japanese battleship Mika-
sa, the largest and, as many believe.
the most perfect battleship in exis-
tenCe, is a mighty affair. Like all the
new battleships of the japanese navy.
she was built in an English yard hav-
ing recently been turned out by the
shipbuilding firm at Barrow. \ sister
ship, the Asahi, was built at Clyde
bank; the Shikishima, battleship of
about 1850 tons displacement. was
built on the Thames; the Hatsuse, of
$4,000 tons, at EIswick, and the Fuju
and Yashima, each of 1880 tons,
were built, respectively, on the
Thames and by the Elswick firm. All
Of these fine ships are Of eighteen
knots speed or over. the Fuju, Yash-
ina and the Hatsuse having made over
nineteen knots on trial. The displace-
ment of the Mikasa is 1920 tons.
One of the best features of this big
vessel is the very complete way in
which she is armored particularly in
respect to the protection afforded to
the secondary battery. Unlike the yes
sells of the English navy and the Eng
lish-built Japanese battleships F'uju
and Yashima, the Mikasa has her
secondary battery protected by a con
tinuous wall of side armor, a system
of protection which we have always
favored in our own country This af-
fOrds a cOmplene inclOsed battery, and
through the unprotected stretches Of
the sides of the ship lying between ar
mored easements. The belt armor at
the water line is from four to nine
inches thick Above that her lower
deck is cuirassed by ni9e-inch plating,
with fourteen-inch fore and aft bulk
heads. Her casemated battery is Gov
cred with siX-inch armor. her barbettes
with fourteen inches below and eight
inches over the guns. while she has
in addition an armored deck which on
the slopes is no less than four inches
in thickness. SO the Mikasa may well
be said to be clad in "cap-a-pied" ar
NOR.
Her armament is not less imposing,
consisting as it does of four long
twelveinch guns, fourteen six-inch
and twenty three-inch quick-fring
cannon, twelve light rapid-fre guns
and four submerged torpedo tubes Nor
must the formidable ram be forgotten,
which is strengthened and stiffened-
as is the case in the later English
battleship-by the side armor being
brought down so as to cover it entirely
for some way back. In short, there
will be no bigger or more powerful
fighting ship in Far Eastern waters
than the Mikasa when she arrives at
her MISUNDERSTANDING American
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

performance he wrote a few verses
which are printed below. A friend
who saw them remarked.
Mr. Russell ought to have these
lines. He will appreciate them, I'm
sure. Just leave them for him over
at the theater."
Mr. Van Arsdale adopted the sug-
gestion and inclosed them in an en-.
velope to be sent to Mr.. RusselIs
dressing room. The next day he re-
ceived a very nice little note from
the actor, and it is this note which -
filed away with Mr.. Van Arsdale's
treasures. Here are the verses:
Last night | sat eXpectant, Sol,
And waited for the curtains rise;
| oft had seen you in the play.
But ever in anothers eyes.
And so | went to see you. Sol,
| knew there was a treat in store,
But only deemed that it would be
The same as | oft saw before.
But when the curtain rose. | saw
You enter in your easy way,
And l was back in Illinois,
Most certainly not at the play.
| fancied in the old court room
| heard your words of wisdom fall
And then | saw you midst the poor.
Your gracious hand outstretched to
all
| saw you shield the innocent
And longed to grasp your honored
hand,
And when you made the guilty criuge
| only wished | had command
OF fortunes Golfers, | would heap
A wealth of worldly store on you.
That you might share it with the poor,
AS we'll know that you would do.
That smile Of love and sympathy
Seemed to illuminte the place;
fancied it was like the one
That beamed on Lincoln's homely
face;
Your voice that filled that peopled
house
Seemed Of another age apart.
Not actor, but the man | saw,
A man, and oh! with what a heart!
Yes, Sol, l went to see you play,
Just for amusement, nothing more;
| did not dream that l would gain
Such wealth of learning or such
store
or wisdom: aye, a sermon twas,
A wondrous sermon in the play,
Which than all sermons ever preached,
In hearts of men will longer stay
Omaha World Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19
A Santa Anna Veteran Dead.

A white-haired. gray-bearded old
Mexican, whose patriarchal figure has
been a familiar sight on the streets
of Beeville Tex. for anumber of years,
died here recently. He was l02 years
of age, the record Of his christening
in the Catholic church at CaderCita.
state of Neuvo Leon. Mex, in 1900,
being in existence. He was a soldier
under Santa Anna He was twice
married, and was the father o. thirty
six children. His descendants are 50
numerous and SO widely dispersed
throughout this section that he did
not know onehalf of them He was
able to read without glasses An
tonic Tex Express
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

matte phases of the question From
this point he was diverted by an
amendment introduced by Senator
Fairbanks of Indiana providing for
the issue OF bonds for the construc-
ton of a canal. Senator Morgan Wig.
oTCusly attacked the amendment.
maintaining that the expense of ne
canal should be paid from treasury
current receipts. incidentally he again
opposed the Panama route and assail-
ed the effort of the company to dis
pose of concessions 1t held from the
old company.
The house adopted as a special .ule
for consideration the irrigation bill
which passed the senate some zine
age and devoted the day to a general
debate of the measure.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19
FROM SOL SMITH RUSSELL.
Omaha Man Now Treasures Auto
Graph Letter of Thanks.

An autograph letter from Sol Smith
Russell is one OF the treasures Of
Harry p. Van Arsdale. of this city. 1t
was received in 1899, when the late
Mr. Russell was playing at Boyd's in
The Hon. Mr. Grigshy And in this is
part Of an incident which indicates
he kindly. responsive nature Of the
man who needed no stage mask in
Peaceful Valley. A Poor Relation, A
Bachelors Penauce and other plays
Of remarkable popularity
During the engagement Of 1899 Mr..
IAN Arsdale was impressed with the
personality of the great actor and in
the heat Of his enthusiasm after the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

President Roosevelt will be a spectu-
tor at the Yale-Harvard boat races
June &c
The foreign powers have unanimous
ly accepted a plan for the final allot,
mont Of the indemnity on account g
the boxer uprising
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

Washington, June 13.-During the
greater part of the day the senate
was in executive session, the nomina-
ton of Captain Crozier to be chief of
ordnance of the army being he sub
ject considered. The presidents mes
sage urging lower tariff rates with
Cuba was received after the senate
had gone into secret session. The
doors were opened, the message read
and the secret session resumed.
The house passed the irrigation bill,
lag TO -. 1t has already passed the
senate. The bill as passed creates
reclamation fund from the sale of the
public lands of Arizona California,
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana.
Nebraska, Nevada New Mexico. North
Dakota, Oklahoma Oregon, South
Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyom-
ing. Provision is made for payment
out of the treasury of any deficiencies
in allowances to agricultural colleges
owing to this disposition Of public
lands The secretary Of the interior
is authorized to examine. survey and
construct irrigation works and to re-
port the cost thereof to congress at
each session. Contracts for the
works contemplated are to be let in
sections when the necessary funds
are available in the reclamation fund
for such section. Section 3 provides
that mo right to the use of water for
land in private ownership shall be
sold for a tract exceeding lG0 acres
to any one land owner, and no such
right shall permanently attach until
all payments therefor are made, and
30 such sale shall be made to any
land owner unless he be an actual
bona tide resident on such land or oc-
Cupant thereof residing in neighboring |
land The secretary is authorized to
use the reclamation fund for the oper-
alton and maintenance of irrigation !,
works. Section 8 requires state con-
troll over waters of nonnayigable |
such as are used in irriga-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

! InuU II No human ewes NAV nave
soon Won. but neither Won nor an
other can ESCAPE the alIseeing eyes OF
Him before whom Won have 80
mercilossJy sent GLADYS Rane. Your
crime Is known I'm heaven. If not on
earth "
Cowed and terrified by her words.
the miserable man made no attcmpt
~ seIr.dcrcpge
"You cannot prove IT," he Kissed,
! rather than said
THAT Is true. ! cannot prove il,
| but know it, and you know it. You
| may tremblo for the wrath Of
| Heaven is most surely upon you. You
would have slain meme, your step
daughter, who has never hurt ar
| injured you and you have Killed the
woman whom you prOlosscd to IOY"
! instead!
lie turned his CHASTITY face to her
What mad folly he cried. Why
! should ! seek to XIII you"
She met his gaze unilnchingly.
II viii tel you she replied, lyon
wish me dead bccaus" you want my
mothers inheritance. know all your
plots and schemes / know how YOU
persuaded my poor loving mother to
make that infamous viii by which my
fathers money should come to you IN
the event OF my death You pea,
7"a"o" h'T I" I'iaN' IT, ana 10 Keep
"''''I from ne
A''' 7h' mas betrayed me ne OK
canned ahR'IIy "naoIe TO conceal
HIS 'aR''
She has exposed you said Angela,
acorniulIy, and the viii Is destroyed.
If You had succeeded in your design
yesterday, and had llnng me into ne
lake instead of Gladys Rane, You
would not have been one step nearer
to my mothers fortune, which now
VIII never be yours. may tell you
more she continued, You persupd
od my mother TO make that Will and
thon You doomed me to death. only
Heaven knows what You meant to 10
with my mother. She would have
dlcd soon after me, no doubt \ M
would then hay" been rich and lr''
and you would have married poor
Gladys Rane. iiut Heaven, in It's
wisdom has interposod, and you have
slain with your own hands the w0mah
for whom you have sinned so ter
libIy.'
He looked AT hcr in helpless amaze
mcnt. These things. that he had h,
loved were locked in the dcpthg If
his own heart were all we'll known
to her. She had fathomcd secrets
which he had hardly acknowledged |
even to himself
"Nuu wondered, she continued, |
"and my dear mother wondered. why |
left home. ! will tell you ! know |
that, SO long ms that will was in cx.
istonCo, my HE was IN danger; you
were bent upon comprising my death |
You believed that the plans you laid |
were unknown 20 me, but they we're |
not. You sent me purpOsely that |
winter day where the ice was weak. |
end You knew it would not bear me;
YOU tempered with the boat hoping
that ! should be drowned; you would ,
have poisoned me ON the day when !
Io"hd you measuring so carefully tn"
drops OF II deadly drug; and r"
solved t" leave home, ana not to re-
turn until the VIII was destroyed, |
hh'" mat Whll' II was IN Stel'", !
my Ut" was not safe from hour to
hn'lr' ana mat, captain WNnyNrd, |
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

Washington. June l2-After con
sidering the London dock charged aU
Tor an hour and a half without com
pleting it, the senate resumed aoa.
sidcration OF the isthmian canal
question. Senator Morgan OF Alabama
occupied the floor three hours and a
half. discussing particularly the dspIC-
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To be continued
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

The Wedding of Miss Kretschmar
and Prof Wood Of Johns Hopkins uni
versity took place Monday at the resi-
denco Of the bride In Bc~l.r
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

WASHINGTON. June l6.-After a dis
cussion extending over parts of sever
al DAYS the senate passed the Lon
don dock charges bill. Opposition to
the measure practically collapsed and
it was passed without division. Con-
sidcration then was continued OF the
isthmian canal project, Senator's Cul-
Iom of Illinois and Kittredge of South
Dakota delivering speeches adVoCat-
ing the Panama route. The former
based his argument on the report OF
the isthmian commission, recommends
ing that route, and asserting that he
was satisfied that a good title could
be obained. Mr.. Kittredge attacked
the Nicaragua Ilan as lacking in deli
niteness He p, lifted out that Costa
RIGA was constitutionally unable to
grant the necessary concessions to the
United States and said if the
Nicaragua route were selected it
probably would be a long time before
work could begin. even if II ever could
be. A spirited discussion was pre-
cipitated over a motion by Senator
Proctor of Vermont to agree with the
house on the army appropriation bill.
Several weeks ago the senate was af-
fronted by message from the house,
refusing to submit to a conference on
certain senate amendments. Opposi-
ton to Senator Proctor's motion was
so vigorous that finally he wasforced
to withdraw II.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-06-19

Washington, June 1.-THE Nicara-
qua canal was again before the senate
short time, Senator Morgan Of
Alabama continuing his speech in
support of the measure and in crit,
cism of the Panama project The Dis
triCt of Columbia appropriation bin
was passed.
The feature of the session of The
house was the attempt of Mr.. Hay of
Virginia to secure adoption of 4
resolution calling upon the secretary
o war for information as to the cost
from all sources of the war in the
Philippines. The resolution had been
referred to the committee on insula.
affairs and. not having been acted
upon within the time limit pre-
scribed by the rules, became
privileged Mr.. Hay called it up and
Mr.. Crumpacker of Indiana moved to
Jay it on the table. The motion U""-
vailed by a party vote, 81 to &C. The
general deficiency bill, the last of the
important appropriation measures.
was completed by the house com-
mittee and reported. The amount is
$4945,317
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the line of their wires, AS the power
costs practically nothing and the right
Of way very little, II Is not surprising
that most Of these enterprises are al
ready on paying basis
1t will at once be seen how great Is
the saving by this method over the old
plan of producing power In the large
cities there are companies which supply
steam, meters in the establishments Of
the users fixing with more or less (usu-
ally less) accuracy the amount Of steam
consumed. But these concerns are
obliged to buy the coal, haul II to their
places, construct and maintain at enor-
nous annual expense large system of
pipes and pay a considerable force Of
employees many of whom are skilled
laborers and mechanics. Under the new
dispensatlon the power house is erected
near the falls. Usually a new dam Is
constructed, because, while the natural
one may answer the purpose, II is not
apt to con6ne sufficient quantity Of
water 10 render certain supply during
the hot months OF summer, when the
smaller feeding streams are many Of
them practically dried UP. Then a
power house must be built with It's wa
ter wheels supplied by fumes running
to 1t from above the dam. The dyna-
mos are installed, along with the nee
essary machinery, and there you are,
Thereafter there Is no buying of coal
for any purpose, and the miles and
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concerned, Is hundreds OF years away
Electricity has enabled the mechanical
geniuses OF the present day TO utilize
the water power offered by nature Be-
fore electricity was as well understood
as 1t Is today the scientific men were
wont to pirate dolefully Of the shame Of
allowing all this power 10 go TO waste.
But there was no help for II because in
the very nature of things most of these
valuable water privileges were located
far from the points al which they were
needed, TO get the water there there
was but one apparent plan--conduct II
by means Of aqueducts. But these are
more expensive than coal and so the
old wasteful methods continued. And,
besides, II the points at which the power
was desired happened to be at greater
altitude than the scene Of the water
ing 1t even II the expense had not enter
ed into the calculation. But with the add
vent Of what might be called practical
electricity-that is, electricity product
bic and transmittable at reasonable
cost-all that was changed. Then II
mattered not whether the fails were be-
low or above the level Of the factory;
no expensive aqueducts were needed,
the only problem remaining for the en-
terprlsing man being the not always
simple one Of inducing capitalists to in
vest large sums OF money in the install
lation OF electrical plants near the pow
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miles of wire require no attention ex-
cept when particularly severe storm
temporarily dlsables them Even then
the cost Of repair is small. In short,
the charge for maintenance Is almost
lnapprecnbe
The number OF these power supplying
enterprises In this country is rapidly
increasing Every one Is familiar with
the gigantic enterprise at Niagara falls.
through which II is ultimately ntenled
to furnish New York city with at least a
portion OF the immense power required
for It's daily manufacturing needs
Then there are several OF these plants
In the northeastern portion OF New
York state. Some OF them are already
In operation while others are under
construction. They will furnish power
10 factories and villages near at hand
but inasmuch as many OF them nave
enormous reserve power from which TO
draw, their possibilities are almost linz
itess
One OF the largest and most success
full Of the power companies is the sno-
qualmle Falls washington concern,
which furnishes varied service, In
Guiding electric traction, mill and fac
tory power and illumination, 10 Seattle,
Tacoma, Everett and other municipali-
ties. Its power house Is cut into, or,
rather, out OF, the solid rock, and the
Harvesting OF the falls was declared to
be one OF the greatest engineering feats
OF the century. The water falls 270
feet In dense forest, and the abundant
shade insures almost as large supply
In summer as In winter The value OF
this great fall may be understood when
II is stated that Niagara has drop OF
but 40 feet. But, on the other hand, 1t
Is estimated that, because OF the greater
volume OF water passing over the falls
of Niagara, horsepower Of 100000
may be developed, while the supposed
total OF snoQualmie is only about 100000
horsepower.
The water at snoqualmie is taken
from the river above into q massive
chamber with walls 25 feet high and 6
feet thick. Thence by means OF steel
pipe more than seven feet In diameter
II travels like streak to the machinery
ROOM 80 feet below, where are located
four water wheels. each weighing more
than 100000 pounds. These wheels in
turn actuate the shaft TO which are at
tached the immense generators. The
water, having served It's purpose, pass
es through sluice into the river below,
Another interesting power station is
located twelve miles north of Helena.
Mon. on the Missouri river. The trans
mission line Is sixty-nye miles long, the
longest in the world at the present time,
although one now building near San
Francisco will surpass in In that re-
spect. The lines near Helena cross the
Rocky mountains at an altitude of more
than 1000 feet When one pauses to re-
fleet how impossible II would have
been few years ago to get power from
one side OF a mountain range to the 9TH
er, II will be seen that the problem of
Keeping the wheels going round" must
have received a good deal of attention
al the hands OF mechanical experts and
that their efforts give reasonable
promise Of being crowned with sue
cess In the not distant future.
WALTON WALTERS.
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A TYPICAL IRISH BEATTY

Lady Beatrice Pole-Carew Is regard
ed as the most beautiful woman Of m,
strict Irish type In England. She 4 ey
ceptionally popular, however, and per
haps that fact has caused her man,
friends to overlook other ladies who an
really entitled to share the beauty pre-,
miership with her.
Lady Pole-Carew Is related to hal,
the peerage and her marriage to N,
gallant soldier whose bride she BEGAN.
so shortly after his return from N.
front provoked more interest than an,
Of the great matrimonial functions q
that year,
AS Lady Beatrice Butler, the eds
daughter of Lord Ormonde was natv
rally considered an Irish belle. AM
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furnace Of the private house direct TO
the ash barrel without the Intervention
of the sitter. 1t refers only to the use
OF coal for purposes which, In the opin-
ion OF this volunteer statistlcian. should
be otherwise provided for. For In
stance, he declares that there are every
day ever so many hundreds Of thou
sands Of horsepower going TO waste In
the United States and In confirmation
Of his statement points TO the fact that
not one-twentieth OF Niagaras vast
possibilities, reckoned upon a most con-
servatlve basis, has yet been utilized.
Other statlsticians have ascertained, or
thought they did, which IL much the
same thing, that our coal supply will
be exhausted In the matter OF another
century or two. And then what shall
we do?
Seriously, however, at the present
wasteful rate at which coal Is used, and
allowing for the increase In population
which is inevitable, coal win be SO ex-
pensive within the next half century
that one OF three things must happen
1.-The cost Of manufactured goods must
be much greater with the possible al
tentative Of q lowering OF wages to
meet the increased cost Of running the
machinery; manufacturing Industries
must suffer greatly through inability
to compete with the people Of other
countries in which at the time there
may be no coal problem, or substitute
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constructed from the wood Of a single
oak tree. The bu.Iing Is 80 feet wide
and 10 feet deep. yea when It's construc-
ton was completed LOO feet OF lumber
remained unused.
More than 1000 people make a living
In Paris BY fortune telling their total
yearly earnings being estimated at
100000
A billion Of letters and postcards and
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TALK OF THE DAY.

The German Postal museum has Just
paid 5000 for rare stamp from Mau-
ritus. This is about the highest price
ever paid for a single stamp.
The railway companies OF Great Brit
ain pay on an average 5000 a day as
Compensation for damage
one-fifth Of the married couples In
France have no children.
In Santa Clara, Cal, there is a church
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greatly resembling geological garden
There may be found cranes and storks
and kangaroos and emus, to say Moth
ing of the horses, cattle swine, poultry
of all kinds dogs, sheep and cats and
the hundreds OF pheasants and deer in
the woods. But Of all Lady Warwlcks
pets the favorlte Is the baby elephant,
The youngster weighs nearly half ton,
but his age is an uncertain quantity,
Up to few months ago the little" fell
low was exceedingly docile, but he APP
pears latterly to have realized his
strength and its possibilities. The re.
suit has been what the elephant least
expected, for his liberty was curtaled
after he had given some very disagree.
able exhibitions of his power