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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26
KING Christian Still Friendly,

Copenhagen, Feb "A. - United
States Consul Listoe of Rotterdam,
who is here on visit to Minister
Swenson, was received in lengthy
audience yesterday by King Christian,
The king expressed his satisfaction
that friendly relations between Den,
mark and the United States had not
been impaired by the non-suceess OF
negotiations for the sale of the Dan.
ish West indies.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26
snowbound Trains Extricated.

st. Johns. ~ F., Feb. 24.-The train:
which were snowbound in Yater have
secured relief and are now moving
backwards to their starting points
where ample food and accommodations
for the travellers are availing. 1t Is
impossihle for the trains to cut their
way through the snowdrifts across
the summit OF the island.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26
CHICAGO MARKETS.

cattle liteeiptA 4b6i. market steaay
Raad II urine steers E.afIi 7,. p00r III me-
dittn. F.adiAAH. ataehnfs mud feeders ga lit
M1hs COWS. si40afl.au. heifers. g9 04I5 III.
ranHtfN. sf lan2e1s bulls. s1 ad4ia It'll. calves.
81. f4tsfas Fesns I'D stfer4. g3ft4ftgl
llass itsreipfs Fpttprlat, as.A00. fodaY.
ri 30. left over. iH.g20: sIau, fde lower.
mixed and butchers Sill s007tt good iii
ehalp" h~ayf. E7 lH6l9.as. rough heatv. ss.s5
MI light, MsA56tGs M. bulk II snIrs. gE sast
I'LL
slieep Reeelnts 1900. sheep steaae:
aIlnhs steady; good III ehnsef W8s
6fa.Tas fair to rIuifa mixed gf aN411g ~
Nasfarn sheep t151iE7s tatfye iamhs'
III 1Tff ~1 western lalnba. 81 5f9t7 9s
Hrsf1r Firm: eraamerles. Isua7e. ,lalrlsx,
Isst.Ar
Eggs Easy III mark. eases Included. 1561
i5isr
Ilrsss.i neaifry Steady turkeys, i50tfscs
chickens lG1lI3ixe
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26

tic Railway company, which have been
on for some time past, have been
concluded. The transfer includes the
whole fleet of passenger and cargo
steamers. The Beaver line consists
of about eighteen steamers, which ply
between Montreal and Liverpool,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26
coRTELYou HAS PLANS.
Wants Seven Mtlliona for New Com.
mcrce Building.

Washington, Feb - A scheme 10.
the organization 81 the department 9t
commerce has been laid before cam.
eress by Secretary Cortebou III I'd.
dition 10 the r. branches ~ the public
service transferred 10 the new IT.
partment from the other departments
which have been appropriated foa
Secretary Cortclyon asks for $500 800
for aalarics. In the recommendation
for building the secretary urges that
the mturo growth Of the department
be considered. and asks $1,000 900 fnr
building exclusive Of the site.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26
Canadian Pacific Buys Ships.

Liverpool, Feb. 24.-It is officially
stated that the negotiations for the
sale OF the Beaver line By Elder.
Dempster & Co. 10 the Canadian Paci,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-02-26

W. e. Birsling, treasurer Of the town
Of Elva, near Eau Claire. for several
years, is missing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
WITH A PRETENDED HEIR
IL Is Claimed Il Polish Princess Sc
cured a Rich Estate.

Berlin, Jan. 29.-Countess Isabella
Wesierska Kwilecki belonging to a
rich and aristocratic Polish family,
has been arrested by the criminal po-
lice here on the charge of pretending
20 have borne a son six years ago and
presenting him as the heir to an es-
tate at Wroblewo (province of Posen)
consisting of 10000 acres and having
yearly rental roll. totalling $4,000.
Count Misjislaw Kwilecki, a member
of the Prussian House of Lords. and
his son, Count Hector Kwilecki, a
member of the Reichstag as next of
kin, contested the Legitimacy of the
Countess son two years ago, and az
ter a sensational trial at Posen, she
was acquitted. The Countess and the
Count her husband, continued living
quietly on the Polish estate after the
trial, spending the winters in fash
ionable Berlin society.
The suspicious regarding the legiti-
macy of the Countess child, contin-
ued, however. and the prosecuting at
torney, continuing his investigation.
obtained fresh testimony through a
police examination of q woman who
bore I child at the time the son of
the Countess is said to have been born
and the re-arrest of the Countess fol-
lowed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
The Game Blocked.

Washington, Ian. 2S.-There was
pause in the Venezuelan negotiations
to-day that approached perilously near
a breach. and the end is not yet in
sight.
1t all grows out of the attitude of the
allies in insisting upon preferential
treatment for themselves in the settle
ment of their claims.
AS foreshadowed in the London dis
patches, Mr.. Bowen has been informed
of the decision of the allies to insist
upon adhering to this claim, and he has
come to a stand in his work for the
moment. For half an hour he was In
consultation with Secretary Hay at the
State Department to-day, though the
Secretary is taking no part in the nego-
tiations in any sense. Mr.. Bowen is
believed to have taken steps to acquaint
President Castro with the demands of
the allies, a sure sign that these de-
lnands exceed. in spirit at least, the
concessions that Mr.. Bowen expected
to make. Possibly fresh and enlarged
powers will be necessary to enable him
to meet the demands.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
CLAY AT The FRONT
GETS AN APPROPRIATION FOR
CARTERSVILLE CHURCH.
THEN C0NFUSES Mr.. LODGE.
MASSACHUSETTS MAN OBJECTED
TO RIDERS

WhereupOn senator Clay Showed
from the Congressional Record
That the Philippine Government
Bill Was n Rider, and That Ii Had
senator Lodges Warm Support
Statehood Bill StiIl Blocking Busi-
ness in the Senate-FOraker sup
ported Clay.
Washington, JAM 29.-Whle the Sem
ate was to-day tampering with the
Quay statehood deadlock, Senator Clay
secured the passage of a bill to pay
$1,000 to the First Baptist Church at
Gainesville, Ga, for property destroy
ed during the late Civil War. This
bill has already passed the House, and
its passage by the Senate at the in
stance of Senator Clay sends it to the
White House, where it will become a
law as soon as President Roosevelt
signs it.
Senator Clay figured conspicuously
in lively tilt that took place in the
Senate late this afternoon between the
rival forces engaged in the battle over
the statehood bill. Senator Lodgs of
Massachusetts expressed great indg-
nation and entered a vigorous protest
against the proposition of Senator
Quay to attach the statehood bill to a
general appropriation bill as a rider.
The junior Senator from Massachusetts
worked himself into a passion over
what he declared was a violation of
the general principal of parliamentary
law, to insert general legislation in an
appropriation bill.
Senator Clay surprised the Senator
from Massachusetts and amused the
Senate and the occupants of the gal
lery by drawing the Congressional Rec
ord of the last session of Congress
upon Senator Lodge. From the Record
Senator Clay showed that at the last
session of Congress the Philippine gov
eminent bill was added as a rider to
the army appropriation bill. He show
ed that Senator Lodge, on a roll call,
not only voted for the Philippine rider,
but also advocated 1t in a vigorous
speech. This convincing incident of
Senator Lodges inconsistency confused
the latter to the extent that he did not
venture to reply to this statement of
Senator Clay.
The Georgia Senator was supported
in his contention by Senator Foraker
and other advocates Of the statehood
bill. Senator Clay was congratulated
by his friends for the apt and con.
vincing manner in which he silenced
the Senator from Massachusetts.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
FATAL GAS EXPLOSION.
Four Dead and Four Injured n
Fort Wayne, Ind.

Four Dead and Four Injured Mt
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Fort Wayne, Ind, Jan. 29.-Four
men were killed, one fatally and three
others seriously injured and half a
score others more or less severely hurt
in an explosion which wrecked a large
section of the Eckart Packing Com
ing.
The dead are: John Foltz, Fort
Wayne; RED" Matthews" Plymouth,
Ind; Henry Piepenbrink, Fort Wayne,
and Conrad Miller, Fort Wayne.
Seriously injured; John Yobst, ia
tally; William Kintz, John Kolbach,
Glen Keller.
The explosion occurred half an hour
after operations had begun for the
day, and is believed to have been due
to an accumulation of natural gas in
the cellar beneath the section of the
factory destroyed.
There were a score of men at work
in the several departments in that Sec
ton of the plant, and scarcely one es-
capped injury of some sort. The ex-
plosion was terrible, completely wreck
ing a section of the building so by 100
feet, and two stories in height. The
dead and injured were buried in the
ruins, and the peril of those yet living
was increased by flames following the
explosion and the escape of large guam
titles of ammonia stored in the base
ment.
The fire was soon extinguished and
the work of rescue begun. Foltz, Mat
thews, Miller and Pipenbrink were
dead when taken out.
The property loss will probably reach
315 0OO
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
ENGINEER DAVIS DIES.
Man Held Accountable for the
Wreck is Its Victim,

"NCCA IL Ats NICtEin.
Plainfield. N. J., Jan. 29.-Engineer
James H. Davis of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad express train,
which ran into the Easton. express on
the Jersey Central near Graceland
Tuesday night, died in Muhlenburg
Hospital to-day.
The other victims of the wreck, who
are in the hospital, are reported to
be doing as we'll as could be expected,
but it is feared several may not re-
cover. The body of one victim of the
accident has not yet been identified
Harold LaBoyoceaux of Plainfield, and
Charles S. Daley, an insurance broker
OF White House, N. j., who were re-
ported missing, have been found I'M
injured.
Mayor Jenkins of Plainfield and
Mayor Smalley of North Plainfield will
issue proclamations setting aside to-
morrow as a day of sorrow. Most of
the victims will be buried tomorrow.
General Manager Besler of the Gen.
trail Railroad of New Jersey denied to
day that a train order sent to Crawford
for the express was received too late
to be delivered to the express train
Mr.. Besler said the order was received
in time, and a red signal was set out,
as usual, to notify the engineer that
there was an order for his train at
that station.
The red light at Crawford was two
miles from the scene of the wreck"
he said. yet it was disregarded, as
we'll as the red lantern swung by a
crossing tender farther on, and all the
red lights and warning signals-seven
of them. It's strange what the en-
gineer of the express was doing along
there"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
FOR MORAL EFFECT?
Army Matters Influenced by the
Venezuelan Situation.

Army Matters Influenced by the
Venezuelan Situation.
Washington, Jan. 29.-The Venezue-
Ian situation, and especially the atti-
tude of Germany, was discussed by the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs
to-day, and the situation Influenced
the committee on some matters per-
tanning to the army appropriation bill,
among which was the decision to ac-
cept the House provision relating to
transports, so that they would be re-
tanned in the service.
The committee also provided for an
increase of electricians, skilled gunners,
machinists and sergeants and others
who take care of and handle guns in
the sea coast defenses.
Some other additions were made in
the bill, with view of improving the
service. The discussion was general
and earnest, and the conclusion reach
ed, as stated by a member of the COM
mittee, was that the United States
should make it plain that the honor
and dignity of the country would be
maintained and that Germany should
not be allowed to bluff" the govern
ment by any attitude she might as
sumo The bill, which was reported to
the Senate to-day, contains the Root
staff BILL as reported from the Commit
tee on Military Affairs some time ago.
Also the retirement bill, which was
also reported from the same commit
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
Little Doing I'm the House.

Washington, Jan. 29.-IThe House to-
day passed the Indian appropriation
bill and began consideration of the
postofiice appropriation bill. Mr.. Bur-
ton, Republican, of Ohio, continued
his criticism of the extravaganza of
the items in the Indian bill to the end,
but his three-days' attack on the bill
was not productive of many reductions.
Mr.. Patterson, Democrat, of Tonnes
see, took advantage of the latitude al
lowed in general debate on the postof-
fee bill to make a set speech of an
hour and a half on the trust question.
Mr.. Reid, Democrat, of Arkansas,
spoke on good roads.
Messrs. Hepburn of Iowa, Mann of
Illinois and Richardson of Alabama
were named as conferees on the De-
partment of Commerce bill just as the
House adjourned.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
HYPNOTlSM NO GOOD.
Commission Makes Report Upon Its
Healing Properties.

Berlin, Jan. 29.-The Commission of
Experts on Mental Diseases, appointed
by the Ministery of Education to in
vestigate the healing value of hypno-
tism, reports that it is essentially
worthless.
The commission, which is composed
OF Prof. Mendel and Drs. Cock, Mum
tor and Aschenborn, was appointed
during the faith-heallng excitement
here a year ago. The report declares
hypnotism cannot produce organic
changes, nor cure epilepsy nor hys-
terra, but it can be used helpfully in
some ins tances by removing symp-
toms through suggestion. No good
physicians would leave out of a.
count the influence of suggestion upon
Patients: but hynotic suggestion may
intensity disease when laymen apply
it who do not know when to use It.
and when not to do so.
The influence of hypnotic suggestion
diminishes in proportion to popular
knowledge of ii. 1t Is most powerful
when regarded by a subject as mar
Vellous and supernatural. The COM
mission also notes that hypnotlsm is
less used than formerly.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
MINORITY PROPOSES
AN ANTITRUST BILL
Mails, Telegraph and Telephones to
be Prohibited to ViOIatOrs.

be Prohibited to ViOIatOrs.
Washington. Jan. ga minority re-
port was submitted to the House to-day
by the Democratic members of
the House Judiciary Committee
on the antitrust bill recently
reported by the committee. The
views of the minority are sub
mitted at considerable length. They
propose an amendment which will
make the bill applicable in its opera
tons to existing corporations as well
as to those organized in the future,
and will deny all corporations violat-
ing the Sherman antitrust law the
use of the mails, telegraph and tele-
phone systems, as well as the other
facilities of interstate commerce speci-
fled in the bill reported. Another
amendment proposes to make watered
stock ground for declaring a corpora
ton bankrupt. Still another amend
ment provides that every corporation
engaged in interstate commerce, wher-
ever organized, shall be subject to the
jurisdiction of the state in which it
may operate.
Provision is made by the minority
for the imposition of a tax on all
corporations with capital in excess
of 100000. In addition to imposing a
fine where common carriers knowingly
transport the goods Of corporation
violating the anti trust law, provision
is made by the minority for summary
seizure and condemnation of such
goods.
Finally the minority propose an
amendment putting on the free list
certain articles manufactured of steel,
agricultural implements. paper and
pulp for the manufacture of paper,
window and plate glass, salt and other
articles.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
BOWEN STILL HOPES
That the Point of Preference Will
be Waived. -~-~------

be waived
Washington, Jan. 29.-The Venezue-
Ian situation tonight is still very I'M
certain and officials are awaiting with
some concern the developments of the
next forty-eight hours. No final answer
has come to Minister Bowen's PROPOSE
ton offering a guaranty, as demanded
by the allies. as a preliminary to the
raising of the blockade. The conten-
ton of the three allies that they shall
be given preferential treatment in set
Element of their claims is the point on
which the negotiations now hang fire.
Minister Bowen is insistent that the al
lies shall not have preferential treat
ment. 1t is known that he has de-
clined to modify his demands in this
respect.
favorable answer to his proposition.
representatives had received no answer
from their governments, and there was
no occasion for them to see Mr.. Bowen.
1t is learned that on the second day
after his arrival here Minister Bowen
Informed the French diplomatic repre-
sentative in Washington that the
French claims would be treated on the
same basis as claims of the allies. and
would be taken uD after the blockade
was raised. Relying on this assurance
the French government has remained
Inactive. but 1t is stated that should
the allied Powers be granted preferen-
tial treatment France would take steps
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
STATEHOOD BILL UP.
Lodge and Foraker in Opposition
to QuRy's Pet Measure.

to Quay's Pet Measure.
Washington. Jan. 29.-The Senate
proceedings to-day were unmarked by
any lively debates. such as occurred
yesterday. Senator McLaurin of
Mississippi urged the adoption of the
Rawlins' resolution. calling on the Sec
rotary of War for evidence in GER
tain court-martial cases in the Phil
ippines, on the ground that officers of
the army in a number of instances had
brutally treated Filipino men and
women and he wanted them weeded
out of the army.
Senator Lodge concluded his cemarks
in opposition to the omnibus statehood
bill and Senator Bard of California
also spoke in opposition to 1t.
Just before the Senate adjourned
Senator Foraker of Ohio took occa-
sion to say that the proposition of
Senator Quay to tack the statehood bill
on an appropriation bill was not ex-
traordinary. Legislation had been
placed in appropriation bills before
by the will of the Senate.
Senator Clay of Georgia took the
same position and read from the rec
ord showing that the Philippine legis-
Iation known as the Spooner aslend-
ment was voted upon the army appro-
priation bill.
The Senate then adjourned until to-
morrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
TROLLEY CARS MEET
IN SERIOUS WRECK.
A Score of Passengers Injured at
PittRburg.

Pittsburg, Pa. Jan. 29.-One of the
worst wrecks the Pittsburg Railway
and Traction Company has experienced
since it's organization occurred to-
night. A score of passengers were in
jured and two cars were completely
destroyed. Traffic was stopped for
several hours. Eight victims are in
the hospital; the others were taken to
their homes.
Thomas b. Davis of Pittsburg is per-
haps fatally hurt, his injuries being
internal. Seven others were badly in
jured.
A car on the Homestead branch was
on it's way to Pittsburg. Just as it
passed Forward avenue, it struck a
huckster's wagon. After going some
distance, it backed up the bill to see
what damage had been done. Just
then it was met by second car, COM
ing down the hill at terrific pace.
When the collision occurred the troll
ley wires crossed, causing fire, which
completely consumed both cars in the
wreck. Fortunately. all of the injured
passengers were taken out before the
flames reached them.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
FRESHMAN AND BRIT0N
FOUGHT OVER LYNCH.

New York, Jan. 29.-Thomas Lynch,
a resident of Brooklyn, stabbed James
The men quarreled over the conviction
of Col Lynch on the charge of trea-
son. Lynch. who is not related to the
former member of Parliament, declared
the conviction of his namesake was an
outrage, and that ii would have been
better to kill fifty Englishmen than to
carry out the sentence of death passed
on Col Lynch by the British court.
Golden resented this, and fight fol-
lowed. in which Golden was killed.
Lynch was arrested. Golden is an Eng
lishman.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
BOOKER WILL NOT BE
PERMITTED TO SPEAK.

Gainesville, Fla, Jan. 29.-RecentIy
w. N. sheats. state superintendent of
public instruction, invited Booker
washington to deliver an address be-
fore the joint convention of county
superintendent of public instruction
and the general educational board to
meet here Feb. 4. Mr.. Sheats is Sc
verely censured in this. which he
claims as his home town. and w. M.
Holloway, county superintendent of
public instruction. has telegraphed to
the Gainesville Sun that Booker Wash
ington will not be permitted to speak
in the auditorium on the occasion.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
SAYS HE WILL MAKE
CARTER DISGORGE.
Erwin, However, Has Little to Say
About the Judgeship.

Macon, Jan. 20. United States
District Attorney Marion Erwin re-
turned to the city tonight from Phil
adelphia, where he has been engaged
in the Oberlin NJ. Carter case. He says
that he has visited five states in get
ting up evidence, and that he will
make Capt. Carter disgorge the money
belonging to the government.
The matter of his being considered
as successor to Judge Emory Speer
and of his being Endorsed by his friends
in Macon and elsewhere was mention
ed, to which Mr.. Erwin had to say:
TT would be most unnatural if
did not appreciate to the fullest de-
gree all of the kind things that have
been said about me during my alb
sence from the state in connection with
the possible promotion to the judge
ship. do appreciate most heartily
the many generous manifestations of
friendship and confidence. Further
than this cannot, with propriety, dis
cuss the matter of a judicial appoint
ment."
Mr.. Erwin returned to Macon to look
after some business in the District
Court which demanded his attention.
He will be here for several days.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
WANT PREFERENCE
ALLIES WILL NOT ACCEPT MR..
BoWEN'S PROPOSITION.
THEIR CLAIMS COME FIRST
OTHER POWERS HAVE NOT BEEN
TO TROUBLE AND EXPENSE.

The Allies, Therefore, Are Not Will
Venezuela Shall be Placed Upon
the Same Footing as Themselves.
Bowen Believed to Have Advised
President CastrO-EnIarged Pow
ers May be Given the American to
Carry Forward the Negotiations.
London, Jan. 29.-Great Britain, Ger
many and Italy have sent a joint re-
ply to Minister Bowen, refusing to ac-
cept the proposal that all the coun-
tries having claims against Venezuela
should be placed on an equality with
the three cooperative Powers.
Venevuelas answer to the Powers
latest communication (the joint note
refusing to place all claims on an
equality with those of the cooperative
Powers) is expected to arrive here to-
morrow.
If Mr.. Bowen can agree to give pref
erence to the claims of Great Britain,
Germany and Italy, the blockade is
likely to be raised Immediately, for, so
standing vital point.
Should Venezuela demur or compli-
cations arise, such as a protest from
some of the other Powers, the negotia-
lions may be indefinitely prolonged.
authoritative opinion here differs re-
garding the outcome. The German Of
ficials adhere to the belief that when
President Castro sees that the three
Powers are so completely unanimous
and insistent upon preference, he will
agree TO it.
The British Foreign Office adopts
non-committal attitude, not altogether
without pessinistic trend. All, how
ever, unite in declaring that after all
the expense and trouble of the block
ade their claims would not be equitably
treated If they were put on the same
basis as those of nations who have not
taken steps to recover their debts or
reHestablish their prestige in Vene-
Zupla-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-30
DRANK COFFEE THAT
HAD BEEN DRUGGED.

Louisville, Ky, Jan. 29.-As a result
Of having drunk coffee containing a
poisonous drug administered by some
one whose object, according to the
members of the family, was whole sale
murder, Mrs. Mamie Birch, Mrs.
Laurie Feaman, her daughter, Mrs.
Birch Cooper and granddaughter; two
guests, Mrs. Emma Ware of Louis
vile and Miss Frank Canon of OWENS
boro, together with Rachel Davis, a
negro servant, are i'll at the residence
of Mrs. Birch, east of this city. Mrs.
Birch and Mrs. Feaman are not ex-
pected TO live. Mrs. Birch is wealthy.