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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
SOME QUEER ORDERS.

An East-side druggist is preparing a
unique scrapboOk. 1t contains the
written orders of some customers of
foreign birth, and these. orders are
both curious and amusing. Here are
some that are copied from the orig
inals:-
=! nave a cute pain in my child's
diagram. Please give my son some
thing to release it."
Dear Docther. pies $if bearer five
sense worse of Auntie Toxyn for carlo
baby's throat and obleage."
My little baby has eat up its faith
er's parish plaster. Send an anecdote
quick as possible by the inclosed
girl"
This child is my little girl. | send
you five cent to buy two sitess
powders for groan up adult who IS
sike.
You win please give the Iettle boi
five cents worth of sepecac for to
throw up in five months old babe
N. B,-The babe has a sore STUN
mick"
Il hat a hot time in my insides and
which | wood like it to be extin-
guished. What is good for to extin-
guish it? The inclosed money is the
price of the extinguisher. Hurry
pleas. New York Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
RULE FOR
LESS MASS
FOOTBALL

New Haven, June 9.-The football
rules committee, which held a meeting
in Philadelphia Saturday to consider
rules reached an agreement to make
two alterations III the rules, according
to a statement given out here last
night by Walter Camp, chairman of the
committee. He said:
1--WE practically agreed to make
changes in the rules governing the
number of men who are to be kept in
the rush line and with regard to the
quarterback. We will draft rule for
next season which will require that be-
tween the two 25-yard lines, from one
25-yard line to the other, seven men
will be required in line. In other
words that will prevent mass plays and
heavy formations at the center of the
field. Inside the 25-yard lines there
will be no such requirement. The
rules will allow the quarterback in the
same section of the field TO run with
the ball provided he cross the line Of
scrimmage at least five yards from
where it is put in play.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
MORTUARY.

Mrs. George Alfred Townsend,
wife OF the well-known newspaper cor
respondent, died in Washington. Be
fore marriage she was Miss Bessie
Evans Rhodes. Through her grand
mother she was a Hnswoman of
Marion Evans, otherwise known as
George Eliot. Miss Rhodes was mar.
ried to Mr.. Townsend Dec. 81, 1865,
and accompanied him to the Austrian
Prussan war Of 1866.
Bruce Price of New York, president
of the Architectural Society of Amer
lea, a member Of many prominent
New York clubs and one of the best
known architects of the United States
is dead In Paris. He was born in
Cumberland, Md, in 1915, his father
being william Price, a distinguished
lawyer, and his mother a descendant
of the Bruce family of Scotland. He
studied architecture at home and
abroad.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

Beloit, Wis, June 7.-Superintend-
ent Frank Lane of the Berlin Machine
works, whose machinists are on a
strike, was assaulted and seriously in
jured by Israel De Cramer, one of the
striking machinists of his factory. YES
terday morning, while on his way to
work. De Cramer is an iron moulder
and was discharged Friday by Mr..
Lane, and, it is alleged, threatened the
superintendent with violence. Yester-
day morning he is said to have way
laid Mr.. Lane. The assault is chap
ter in the labor conditions here. The
striking machinists decline any re-
sponsibility for the act and are very
indignant at certain reports which
have blamed them.
De Cramer has fed to Illinois, it is
said, and every effort will be made to
bring him back. Mr. Lane stands very
high in this community.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

mental war song. From some unknown
quarter came verse;
John Browns body lies a molderiug in
the grave,
! His soul is marching on.
Glory, glory, Hallelulah.
In searching for a fitting tune they
adapted an old camp-meeting melody
sung by the colored Methodists at the
Martha's Vineyard camp-meetings to
the words:-
Come, brothers, will you meet us?
/ The song took" at once, and the sim
plicity of the chorus, with its swing
and Tilt, made it at once popular. The
verses that followed were improvised
from time to time. The death of Col.
Ellsworth, which occurred at that time,
occasioned the verse;
We lament the death of Col. Ellis
worth,
And his pets CHS Zouaves) will meet
him on the way.
The second tenor of the quartet was
short, broad-shouldered Scotchman
named John Brown. When he put on
his knapsack for the first time. with
his red lined overcoat rolled on its top,
he looked so top-heavy that the boys
laughed at him. But quick, witted
and good-natured, he retorted by
marching up and down, singing
John Browns knapsack is strapped
upon his back.
This was straightway added to the list
of verses. 'Well hang Jeff Davis to
a sour apple tree" was the natural ex-
preston of a rampant Massachusetts
man.
On Saturday afternoons Gilmore's
band came to the fort to play at dress
parade, and large numbers of visitors
were also present. One Saturday the
quartet went with Gilmore into one
OF the classmates and sang the song
to him, he following with his cornet
till he had fixed the air in his memory
On his return to Boston he had it ar
ranged for his band. The following
Saturday it was played for the first
time in front Of the 18th Massachu-
sets volunteer infantry at dress par
ade at Fort Warren, Boston harbor
OF the original quartet John Brown
was drowned while crossing a swollen
stream near Fort Royal EIdredge
died some years ago. Edgerley at
last accounts was living In Boston.
The fourth member of the quartet, J..
H. Jenkins, has lived in Oshkosh since
1865, and has presented the foregoing
as what he conceives to be the most
famous of the northern battle songs
of the civil war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
KILLING OF
JEWS SHOCKS
PRESIDENT

Washington, D. c., June Sit was
supposed in official circles
that the president, Immediately upon
his return to Washington, would de-
eide the course to be pursued by the
government in regard to the scores of
from many thousands of Amer
lean citizens to denounce the Kishineff
massacre. But he was not ready to
dispose of matter of such great i'm
portance, involving possibly the loss of
that traditional friendship between
Russia and the United States and en-
bracing also the vital principle of the
right of one nation to interfere in the
domestic affairs of another.
That the president shares the feel
ing of horror aroused in this country
over the killing of Jewish people by
Russian mObs was demonstrated at the
special cabinet meeting, when in his
usual emphatic way he left no doubt
as to his views. He showed, however,
that he appreciated that the subject
of action by this government was not
to be determined hastily.
The president will probably make
known the course he is to pursue i'm
after the visit to be paid to
him this week by the committee APP
pointed by the B'nal Birth to lay be-
fore the Jewish side of the Kishineff
and to ask that this govern
ment take some action to prevent
repetition of such Outrages.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

( Russians at st. Petersburg are in
dlgnant over the Jewish massacres.
The governor of Kisheneff and
officials are blamed by the minister of
the interior. The latter declares all
rioters were Christians. Thirteen hun.
dred Jewish houses were looted.
In st. Louis DR.. Francis TumbIety.
aged so, died in ST. Johns hospital and
his will revealed that he had left an
estate Of 100000 He made many
requests, among them legacies Of
$4,000 each to Cardinal Gibbons and
Archbishop Ireland for charitable pur-
poses.
A disastrous head-on collision on the
Southern railway near Bryan, Ala,
resulted in the death of three en-.
gineers, four firemen and one brake
man. the destruction by fire of twelve
loaded freight cars and eight empty
cars and great damage to the colliding
engines
The social democratic party has de.
cided to start an eight-nour movement
throughout Germany A test is now
being made at Bremen where the tin
smiths are striking for an eight-hour
day If they are successful all
branches of the trade will join the
movement.
Regarding the announcement from
Professor Perciyal Lowell of the Low
ell observatory at Flagstaff Ariz., that
brilliant projection has been dis
covered on the planet Mars, the gen
eral belief in Cambridge Is that Profes
sor Lowell very likely saw cloud If
this is so 1t would indicate an atmos-
phere, and this in turn would make it
possible for Mars to be inhabited.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
Late News Epitomized
FLOOD DISASTERS.

The death list from the flood at
North Topeka Kas., placed at between
ITO and 200, besides fire victims and
200 reported as missing. Only five
bodies were recovered.
A food famine is threatened at Des
Noines. The meat supply is nearly
exhausted and train service stopped.
The total known fatalities are seven
The Ottumwa situation was worse,
Twelve square miles OF the two Kan
sas Clty's was submerged. The water
works and street cars were shut
down and railroad trains are unable
to enter, and fifteen persons are known
to have drowned. The property loss
totals millions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
She Hankered for Variety.

Darling" sighed the enamored
youth, who had just been accepted,
this is the happiest moment OF my
life"
The fond girl merely cooed.
Slipping his arm about her, he
whispered: Let us have our picture
taken in this pose. to commemorate
this blissful occasion"
ooh. George" she simpered,
couldn't we have them taken some
other way? All my other admirers in.
sisted on the same thing. and I would
like to have some variety about the
set
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
LATER.

Mrs. Richard J. Oglesby, wife OF the
former Illinois governor Is believed
to he dying.
Prof Henry Wade Rogers was elect
cd dean of Yale law school to succeed
Prof. Francis Wayand, resigned.
Myron r. ITerricks nomination by
Ohio republicans for governor is con-
coded by the delegates now arriving at
| Columbus.
Charges that former Supt, A. w.
Machen received a percentage from
postomcc supply contracts will be sub
mtted to the grand jury
Celcstine Caring, "a years old, com
mtted suicide at New York after writ
ing that a promise to kill herself was
given to her husband if he died first,
Prof John f. Hicks, boanist at the
state agricultural station, was shot to
death before the home of his sweet
heart, Miss Mary Gill, at Wooster o,
Kansas city (Mo) is without gas,
electric lights, or water service; rail.
roads are blocked and food famine is
threatened The death list probably
fifty.
The ody OF Supt Il. f. Egan of the
Great Northern railroad, who was lost
in Montana mountains Nov, 4 While
hunting, was discovered by scarchers
near Bolton.
Barnum & Bailey circus was unable
to exhibit at Kingston, n. Y, because
of labor union being formed by its
employees and its inability to get
sufficient substitutes.
Whitaker Wright, the British tinan-
clal operator under arrest at New York
for alleged fraud was refused haheas
corpus by the supreme court and his
orfenso is held eXtradtahle,
one hundred persons were killed
and $50 injured at GAINESVILLE CGa1 by
a cyclone Eighty were crushed to
death in n collapsing cotton mill All
but six of the dead are whites
Tho Milwaukce-Ch Chicago wireless
telegraph service was opened by a
message from the former city and an
Exchange of CONCENTRATIONS between
Mayor Harrison and Mayor Rose.
An exhibition Of wild horse racing
and steer roping was given at Chey-
cnne in President Roosoyelts horror.
4 sorrel solding was given him by
citizens with complete riding outfit
Dr Maurice u. S,rpp Of cleveland,
was summoned to attend stephen Mil
lor, the burglar whom he had shot
several hours earlier. A confession
was made by the victim before his
death,
Ninety thousand textile workers
struck at Philadelphia, closing 1858
mills. Thirty-sevcn steamers are tied
up at Norfolk, Va, by an engineers
strike, Milwaukee and Pittshurg boiler.
makers quit work.
Gen, George w. Davis was ordered
by Secretary Root to investigate a Fill.
rino girls charges that Lieut. $ S.
burbank now at Fort Leayenworth, is
married to her. although engaged to
we'd an American.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

Il. Il. Thomas has been appointed
master mechanic Of the Minnesota
and Dakota division of the Northwest.
ern at Winona. vice William Hutehiu.
son, transferred to the position Of
master mechanic of the Iowa and Min
nesota division, formerly occupied by
Mr. Thompson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

Onoto Watanna's popular novel,
A japanese Nightingale, which has
been dramatzed by William Young,
will be presented as a dramatic
spectacle at Days theater in Novem-
Der.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11

A pious old Lady wrote to Dennh
Flynn and asked him If 1t was true
that a painting in the nude was hung
on the wall of the white house. and
he wrote back. 1T IS the naked truth "
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-06-11
ASSAULTED HIS BOSS
FRANK LANE OF BELolT INJURED
BY A STRIKER.
MAN ESCAPES TO ILLINOIS

Machinsts Decline Responsibility and
Are Indignant at Reports Which
Blame Them for Trouble, Which
Grew Out of Difference at Berlin
Machine Works.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-06
THE SHOCK VERY LOW LITTLE COTTON LETT rN YM- TERROR TOWNS.
Rareley Before Have the Plantations and Cities Been So Completely Stripped of the Eleecy
 Staple.

Washington, Oct. 5.--(speciai.)- .)-The re- port of the Department of Agriculture on the amount of old and new cotton on hand August 31 is remarkable as showing the almost utter depletion of the crop of last year from their customary points. The stock of old cotton at the close of the season usually exceeds 750.000 bales. It was about this amount last year and in addition there was marketed during the months of July and August over 190.- 900 bales of new cotton. The practically complete disappearance of the old stock Is barely without precedent, as rarely be- fore have plantations and inland towns been so completely stripped of cotton. The report by the census bureau issued recently for up to and including August 31 showed 17.5s7 bales has been ginned. A few days subsequently, the Department report showed 1,2s4 bales of this new cot ton had appeared at ports in Southern States.
 The additional report by the Depart ment is believed to be the most exhaus- tive ever made.
 R. H, Watkins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-06
CABINET A WEAK ONE.
Believed It Will Last for Only a
 Short Time.


 London, Oct 3.-Mr Balfour's new nin- istry affords a measure of the enormous difficulty he has had to contend with in the task of reconstruction and It's compo- sition seems to indicate that the Premier himself can have little belief of its dur ability. The most sanguine supporters of the Government tonight express the smallest hope of such an administration living many months and the prevalent idea Is that there will be a general cleo ton before Parliament reassembles.
 The withdrawal of the Duke of Devon- shire is a heavy blow Had he remained the Government might possibly have sur vived another Parliamentary session by avoiding legislation dealing with the fiscal problem but with him goes the support of the strong party of Liberal Unionists. Mir Balfour's extraordinary letter re- preaching the Duke of Devonshire with breach of faith, Is the theme ol universal surprise and comment. Though 1t Is gen. erally admitted that 1t is difficult to un- derstand why the Duke did not resign when MT. Ritchie and the others seeded, it is recalled that he publicly announced long ago that he considered It his duty to hold office as long as possible in the interest of free trade and the curiouslv plaintive and bitter tone of MT. Balfours reply Is regarded as altogether unjustiied by the circumstances.
 One consequence of the Duke of Dev. onshire's retirement is extremely unfor tunate for the Government. It will bring the leadership of the House of Lords to the unpopular Lord Lansdowne.
 Of the new appointments announced to- night, the most surprising Is that of the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton as Secretary of the Colonies MT. Lytteton is man of &C., ability and a good speaker. but he has had no ministerial experience whatever He is better known to the col- onies as a cricketer than politician He was for fifteen years the champion tennis player and has won international football honors.
 MT. Lyttelton is related to MT. Balfour by marriage. He has been twice married. His first wife was a daughter of Sir Charles Tennant and his second is a daughter of Archibald Balfour. He is cousin of Herbert Gladstone. and lis brother. Sir Neville Lyttelton, is commarts der of the forces in South Africa. MT.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-06
MASTERS IN COUNCIL.
Grand Royal and Select Meeting in
 Hot Springs.

Hot springs.
 Little Rock, Ark. Oct. 5-The general grand council of Royal and Select Mas tars of the United States of America con vened this morning in this city for its Sth traennial assembly, The thirty-second tri- ennaal convocation of tine general grand chapter of royal arch nlasons of the United States will be held Tuesday till Friday.
 There are ls2 delegates present Will liam H. Mays of St. Louis, general grand master of the general grand council. pre- sented his annual address. The triennhal report of Charles H. Heabon, of Montpe- Her, Vermont. was read. It shows a membership of S7.7Oz. a gain of 9.i11 in twenty years.
 The election of officers by the general grand council resulted as follows:
 Andrew P. Swanstrom, St. Paul, Minn.. general grand master; Henry c. Larabee, Baltimore. Md. deputy general grand master; Graf M AclElin. Toledo, Ohio. general grand principal conductor of the work: Charles H. Heanou.. Montpelier. Vt, general grand treasurer, reelected: {: Henry W. MordhuMBt Fort Wayne, Ind genAraA grand recorder. reelected; J. AL bert Blake. Boston. MaSs., general grand captain of the guard; Edward W. Vel Hngton Ellsworth. Kan. genAral grand conductor of the council; George A, Now ell. Medina. N. Y.. general grand mar shal; W. F. Cleveland. Harlan. Iowa, Kpn- eral grand sentinel
 The new officers wdH be instaIlad to- morrow. A reception Was tendered to inc delegates and ladies tonight.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-06
scHooL oT JoUHNALIs11.
President Butler Refers to the Pulti
 ger Endowment.

President Butler Refers to the Pulti-
 ger Endowment.
 New York, Oct. k-In his annual report to the Board of Trustees today, President Butler of Columbia University, declared that 500 0.000, 600 was needed to carry out the plans of the Uhiversity. Among the buildings needed are q college hall and law school and science buiIdingA ~
 In the course of the year gifts amount. ing to N,7M .S1g have actually been re- ceived. while other gifts have been prom ised. Among the latter is the Pulitzer gift for the school of Journalism, con- corning which Dr. Butler says:
 With the establishment of . school of journalism of university grade. . new academic field Is entered on. While in . sense this undertaking is experimental. yet 1t is the judgment of the University and of . large and influential portion of the newspaper press. that 1t will be abundantly successful. Aptitude will al- ways lay the surest foundation for use fulness in any career, and practical ex- perience, well analysed and understood, is of prime importance. but between the two lie the study of principles and prac- tices, the requirement. of the subsidiary information which must be drawn on. and the practice under criticism. which gives the beginner the benefit of the ex- periencs of others. All these the Univer- furnished them for engineering and teaching. The University cannot guar antee to produce good newspaper man any moro than 1t can guarantee to pro- duce good engineers. or good teachers; but 1t can and will train students to be- come such If they have the rote of the matter in them"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-06
MANY MORE NEW CASES
TWENTY-TWo DEVELOPED IN
 LAREDO YESTERDAY.
Doctors Are Not Alarmed and Think the Stamping-out of the Dis ease Will Soon Be
 Accomplished.

Laredo, Tex, Oct. 5.-Today's oflcial bulletin shows there have been 22 new cases of yellow fever, with no deaths This makes the total number of cases to date S3. while the total deaths have been B.
 Doctors Guiteras and Tabor concur in tn opinion that there is no cause for alarm the doctors believing that the increase is no more than they expected at this time, this being the fourth infection, or in other words, the cases being the re- suit of bites from mosquitoes which had been infected with the yellow fever before the arrival of the experts. As all the ua- tients infected with the disease are now being protected from the mosquitoes by netting it is very probable that when these now down with the disease have reached the stage of convalescence the stamping out of the disease will practical ly have been accomplished.
 No new cases or any deaths have been reported from Minera, a mining town 2S miles up the river, and 1t is thought the disease will not gain a foothold there.
 Conditions in Nuevoaredo are greatly improved. A telephone message from that city this evening states there has been but one new case today
 Traffic will be resumed on the Texas &, Mexican road into Duval county next Wednesday so far as through freight from Alice Is concerned
 The authorities have decided that those who lied from fear of the fever will not be allowed to return to Laredo until ali danger has passed, as 1t is said certain or uhe non immunes would only add fire to the flames
 one more case of fever has appeared at Montery, the case being that of a woman servant. The case has been protected and measures taken to prevent any spread of the disease -'
 Commercial business in Montsrv has been greatly crippled since the beefnnine 2 Of the yellow fever Although meTchants say mat under the circumstances they are doing much more than they exnected