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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Jan. 6--The alleged ir-
Irregularities in the postoffice depart
ment constituted the only theme in
the senate The question came up
on a motion, first made by Senator
Lodge and afterward by Senator Pen
rose, TO refer the Senator Carmack
resolution, looking to a senatorial in
vestigation of the postofilce depart
mont, to the committee on postoffices
and post roads The democratic SEN
ators resisted the motion and contend.
ed the country would not be satisfied
with an investigation of the depart
ment made by that department itself
Senator Carmack charged that Post
master General Payne had been luke.
warm at the beginning of the depart
ment inquisition and Senator Spooner
replied in the defense of that official
saying that he had asked for money
for the investigation before the de-
partment began its work and when
it was undertaken he had given it
every assistance. Senator Clay said
that the tenor of the Bristow report
had convinced him that Senator Bris-
| tow considered former First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath more guilty
than any one else connected with post
office Irregularities. Before the debate
closed Senator German stated he had
| had a conference with Senator Pen
rose, chairman of the postoliice com
mittee and was willing to have the
resolution referred Further consider
alton of the subject was deferred
The only measure considered in the
house was a bill introduced by the del
egate from Hawaii to ratify an act Of
| the Hawaiian legislature, which
authorizes the manufacture and dis
tribution of electric light and power
on the island of Oahu territory of
Hawaii 1t was recommended to the
committee on territories
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
DOM ESTic.

George u, Mcclellan becomes mayor
Ct New York
The tax value of realty and person.
silly In New York state Is $500 000,-
900.
Statistics show the business of the
country In 1908 rlvaled that of the
accord year OF 1901
Baptlsts may refuse To accept
further donations from John u. Rookie.
Teller on high ethical grounds
Prophet John Alex Dowle left Zion
City on the first stage Of what he says
will be trip round the world
w. j. Bryan asked the Connecticut
courts 10 decide whether the requests
OF The late Philo s, Bennett are valid
Minnesota game warden was ar.
rested by Wisconsin deputy sheriff
on the charge Of kidnapping boy fisher.
men.
Interstate commerce commission
bnoks are being investigated by OK.
perts because Of rumors OF financial
irregularities
At Bethlehem Pa, Are badly dam.
aged the large union depot of the Ie.
high Valley and the Philadelphia &
heading railways,
Andlew Carnegie led the list of
public eivers for 1903, his donations to
various objects amounting to more
than s2t 100000.
AZ Philadelphia John McCauley, aged
~ years. and George McMullen, aged
II years, were found dead In bed Thoy
blew out the gas.
Reed Smoot said he would ignore
The wish of Frank j. Cannon and re.
iuse to pose as representing the NOR.
mon church In tho senate.
Otto Altman, banker and clubman
rune Of the most prominent Germans In
New York, committed suicide in the
Hotel Aibomarle, New York,
At st. Joseph Mo, n decoy package
has led to tho capture of James Nor.
gan. who threatened to blow up the
Huntington trains unless paid $4,000.
Hitre destroyed the rectory Of the
famous Little Church Around the Cor
ner In New York. The Rev Or.
Houghton was nearly asphyxiated
Briefs in the extradltion proceed.
fngs against William ziegler, wanted
Jn Missouri on charge of bribery.
weH forwarded to Gov, Odell of New
York.
John A. Benson California mil.
Itunaire accused Of bribery in land.
fraud eases, was arrested at tho Wal.
tsOrf and spent new years eve In n
New York Jail
The arrest Of Attorney T. j, Bis
S,hoff, brother Ct supreme court Justice
was ordered by New York surrogate
court for failing to pay So 900 which
ne owes an estate.
William ID, Bishop, ST., chairman OF
the board Of directors Of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail.
road is critically Ill of heart trouble at
his home in Bridgeport Conn,
Gerrit Motman died al Grand Rapids
Mich. from injuries sustained in thu
Pere Marquette wreck near East Paris
Motman IL the twenty-trst victim. Ht
leaves widow and five children ii
Grand Rapids.
J A, MeBeth. his wife and 5.year-olJ
daughter and bis hrother.in.law, Der
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
PANAMA.

Two torpedo squadrons are on the
way to different sides of the isthmus
of Panama.
II was reported at Colon, but not
confirmed, that the Colombian gunboat
Cen pmzon had been sunk by an
American cruiser,
Fifteen hundred Colombian troops
sseizeh an Indian village in Pana.
manian territory. A United States
squadron hurried In that direction
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
Hot Springs. Ark.

At the time Of his death he was presi-
dent o the Plattsburg National bank,
assist int treasurer Of the Catholic
Summer School Of America and .
member of the Loyal Legion and Of
TIE Society 81 the Army Of the
Potomac He Is survived by three
sisters and one brother. former Cen.
gresham John Fl Motif.
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announcements.
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DIRECT TO HAVANA

Via Illinois Central Il. II. to New Orleans
and the weekly Southern Pacific 5. 5.
Louisiana" to Havana. Leave Chicago
and Cincinnati Friday morning, leave st.
Louis and Louisville Friday noon, arrive
New Orleans Saturday 1000 a. m, leave
Saturday 200 p, m, arriving at Havana
Monday morning. Round-trip and one-way
through tickets at unusually low rates:
Free Illinois Central X. r. Illustrated
Folder on Cuba, giving all particulars, on
ar ian
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14

Washington Jan. S.-The alleged
postotice frauds We're under discus.
sion in the senate, the subject being
opened in a speech by Senator Sim.
mons of North Carolina, who In.
sisted that there should be an inyes.
tigaticn by the sena< into the charges.
Senator Plat of Connecticut denied
that the republicans were trying Ia
cover up amy wrong and said they
simply were contending that the post
office committee should ascertain what
was to be investigated The discus.
sion was participated in hy Senators
Burrows, Deliver and Quarles. on the
republican side, and Senators Car
mack, Tillman and Teller on the demo,
cratic, The democrats charged the re.
publtcans with trying to smother the
facts. Perry S Heath was bitterly
assailed and Former Postmaster Gen.
eral Smith was criticised by demo
cratic senator's. Secretary Shaw trans
mitted 70 the house the request az
Secretary Root for an appropriation
Of S5S50O0 for new arms and equip.
neut for the organization Of the
militia Representative Williams al
Mississippi introduced a bill forbid
ding the levying of collection OF duty
upon coal in any fern or description
imported into the United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS
FROM NEW ORLEANS

Ocean steamship sailings from New Orleans
for Mexico, Panama, Central ana South
America West Indies and Europe concisely
set forth in a special folder issued by the
Illinois Central X. Il. Send for copy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14

: Washington, Jan. Senator Nor
gan occupied the time Of the senate
in reply to the speech of Senator
| Lodge. He again criticised the presi-
dent and attitude OF this government
in connection with the Panama re-
ports. He introduced numerous news
paper extracts to bear out his conten,
by officers and citizens OF the United
: States He said that If the United
States should withdraw from the
'isthmus, Colombia would quickly
drive out the few revolutionists ana
their supporters. A feeling of bitter
hatred and revenge toward Colombia
was displayed he declared, char,
acierzing thus every step President
Roosevelt took in interfering in behalf
of Panama
Senator SpGoner wanted to know If
Senator Morgan questioned the action
Of the representatives of the United
States warning the Colombian gun
boat Bogota from bombarding Pan.
anna, in view of the fact that the bonn
, bardment was being made without the
time warning required by the rules
governing international warfare Sen
ator Mogan maintained the Bogota
was warned not TO make any bon,
bardment at any time. This fact. he
said, made the United States a
belligerent with Panama against
Colombia, This attitude was con.
tlnued by our forbidding General
Torres and his force to go from Colon
To Panama on the railroad or any
other read
The house was in session only -
minutes. Mr.. Hemenway. chairman of
the committee on appropriations. OF.
tanned unanimous consent that one
hour be devoted al the opening Of
today's session to the consideration Of
the bill, amended. appropriating $500,
600 for the eradication Of the foot
and mouth disease among cattle, so
as to make S250,0OO of that amount
available to meet the emergency
caused by the Mexican boil weevil
The bill was favorable reported Rep
j 's'N'N VI ioNd lutIuuuCeu
a bill to restore to the naval academy
the three midshipmen recently dis
missed for hazing. The expelled
cadets are from Ohio. Iowa and Wis
cousin,
Washington. Jan. S.-The alleged
postofice frauds were under discus.
sion in the senate, the subject being
opened in a speech by Senator Sim.
mems of North Carolina, who in.
sisted that there should be an inyes.
tigaticu by the sena< into the charges.
Senator Plat of Connecticut denied
that the reuublicnns were tr,,;nr :,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-14
M exicO f 1iiiHoi'
California

lean Tourist association, Quincy Building,
113 Adams St, Chicago, leaves Chicago
January 20, Select clientele. Limited All
exclusive privileges, Independent travel.
Special Pullman Vestibule Train, Drawing
Rooms, Compartments, Library and Music
Room, with the largest Dining Car in the
world, and the famous Open Top observa-
ton Car, Chillitli. Special Baggage Car.
Tickets include all expenses everywhere.
Special Tours of Mexico and California
Via the Illinois Central and New Orleans
under the auspices of Raymond 6 Whit
comb. will leave Chicago Friday, Feb. II,
and st. Louis Saturday. Feb. Ii. 1904, for
Mexico and California via New Orleans In
Guiding a stop-over for the Mardl Gras:
also from Chicago, Friday, March 4th, and
st. Louis Saturday, March 9Th, for Cali
fornia, via the Illinois Central and New
Orleans. Entire trips made in special priv
ate vestibule trains of finest Pullmans,
with dining car service. Fascinating trips,
complete In every detail
Illinois Central Weekly Excursions to
California. Excursion Cars through to Los
Angeles and San Francisco as follows Via
New Orleans and the Southern Route every
Wednesday from Chicago; every Tuesday
from Cincinnati Via Omaha and the
Scenic Route every Wednesday from Chi
rnun
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New Orleans

tourist to visit. Winter tourist rates nov
In effect. Double daily service and fas
steam heated vestibule trains with througl
sleeping cars buffet library smoking ca
cars. Ask for an illustrated book on Ney
Orleans
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WI ardi Cras

ruary 10, 1904. For 1t excur
be In effect to New Orleans or
which your local ticket agen
to advise you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

with sweetened and favored whipped
cream.
Melons are cIassed as vegetables
though eaten as fruit. and the children
of Israel in the wilderness lamented
the lack of cucumbers and melons as
not the least of their trials The nut
meg cantaloupe IS delicious if cut in
half, each half being a service, chilled
and busted with sugar and cinnamon or
salt and paprika-
To brace UP mind and body for the
days work something more substan-
tial than a cereal and a boiled egg is
thought essential by the average per-
son, and the following recipes may as
sist the housewife in her choice Of
relish. To digress a little, the egg is
now, according to the latest culinary
theory. not boiled. but is cooked in
boiling water from three to twenty
minutes. To come back to the relish,
breakfast dish which is appreciated
where hard shell crabs are abundant is
crab cake. The crab meat is seasoned
with pepper and salt, rolled into cakes.
idipped in a slightly beaten egg and
/ then fried in oil. Serve with a cream
gravy on a dish garnished with sprigs
of parsley.
Deviled ham on toast is a substantial
and appetizing breakfast dish. Season
scme ham rather highly with pepper.
make mixture of minced parsley.
chutney and some devil" sauce. put up
as follows: Boil together half a pint Of
good espagnol, a tablespoonful of cIar-
1 ct, a teaspoonfuI of mustard, a table
spoonful of worcestershire sauce, with
a little cayenne and vinegar to taste.
/ Let it boil together until reduced.
4 Mince the ham, mix it with the sauce
and pile on toast, which is also spread
/ with the devil mixture. Sprinkle with
bTeadcrumbs. heat up in the oven and
serve very hot.
Curried beef sausages are also good
Remove all skin from the sausage. cut
in rounds an inch thick and fry Serve
with curry sauce and a border of care
fully cooked rice.
There are omelets galore Eggs as a
/ diet know no season and are acceptable
always. Eggs and tomatoes a Ia Naples
are very good. Skin a large tomato and
nlince it fine with two slices of Spanish
onion. Add plenty Of butter, salt and
pepper to taste. Stir these in a sauce
pan until the onion is well cooked, but
not colored: then throw in four beaten
eggs and. keep on stirring the whole
until the eggs are nearly set. Serve
I quickly on fried croutons- Canned to-
matoes may be substituted for fresh
ones in this recipe
Still another dainty little tidbit is
oeufs farcis.- Shell hard boiled eggs
and cut them in half lengthwise. Take
out the yolks and mix with them an
equal weight of butter. Pound them.
with a small piece of bread soaked in
milk, IN q mortar. Season with cay
enne salt and chopped parsley and ill
the empty whites Ct the eggs with this
mixture. Sprinkle with breadcrurnbs
and very lightly brown on top. Just
before serving pour over them a little
/ cream sauce. GRACE GRISCOAL.
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that the blouse matches the skirt it is
often difficult to distinguish between it
and the so called corsage. The outlines
are the same long shoulders, large
sleeves, deep. draped ceintGre ana a
pelerine effect cut in one with the front
empiecement being the Characteristic OF
each.
We shall return THIS summer to a
modified version of the old fashioned
shawl as a light and graceful wrap.
and, like most fashions of the day It
should be worn by the tall. svelte swo-
man and not by the square shouldered,
angular creature OF quick movements
I and brisk manner. These little shawl
like wraps are accompanying the wolfe
and silk gowns which are found so use
full during the hot weather.
For young girls there are pretty white
shawl wraps made Of soft satin. trim
med with lace and chiffon. and others
of homespun with fringed ends. The all
lace shawl wrap with q colored chiffon
lining is stunning These new wraps
will be ideal for early fall theater wear,
where a coat is the greatest bother in
the world to get in and out OF. and the
last five minutes of the programme are
missed by all the women in the audi
ence trying to find their sleeves" The
long, loose coats of lace, linen and light
cloth viii again be prominent in the
summer wardrobe. elaborate in detail
with deep capes adorned with fringe
and lace flowing sleeves
Like the gowns the new chapeaux
are not novel in shape. but it is in the
disposition of garnftures and ornaments
that the old is made new The all
round hats are of coarse straw twisted
into becoming shapes and usually un-
trimmed save for a roll of ribbon OF
velvet. with perhaps an owls head on
some of the brown models one attrac-
tive hat is Of brilliant beige straw OF
almost round shape. worn off the face
and slightly dropping in the back. A
garland of acacia flowers surrounds the
crown. and the brim is faced with tiny
ruches of chestnut brown tulle. It real
~ matters little what the color or ma
terial of the summer hat is, but ii must
harmonize with or match the costume
with which it is worn. The mission OF
a hat is to make its wearer pretty. Il
it does that. all else is forgiven
There are some rules always to be
remembered when selecting millinery.
A small face should never be hidden
under picture hat of the Gainsbor-
ough type
Do not wear a hat turning back from
the face if your beauty is of the long
4 oval style.
/ If you have a retrousse nose. never
wear a hat bent directly in the middle;
a toque will be more becoming
| Flowers and feathers should not be
INDUCED in by the woman who lays
claim to height, breadth or hOrid col
oring.
If the face is plump. a shape which
follows the outline of the face is to be
avoided. CATHERINE TALBOT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

The French girl dresses more taste
fully than the girl of almost any other
nation. and yet she does not spend
much on dress. What she likes is not
so much the clothes as dainty collars.
Wristbands and other accessories.
which she often makes up herself from
such simple elements as bits of silk,
chiffon or lace. If she can afford but a
single good dress she does not choose
one for its snowy color. but prefers
some dark material that Will wear well
and that can be enlivened by a light
cravat. AS a rule, she likes a nice hat
better than a nice dress. and for choos-
ing her headgear she certainly has good
taste. She does not take one that looks
pretty in the shop window. but care
fully selects a hat that will suit her
style Of face and match her gown.
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a handsome plate. with a dainty dolly
under the basket, this is a most attrac-
tive course.
The strawberry, about which some
clever person once said, Doubtless ma
ture could have made a better berry.
but doubtless it never did, is plentiful
now. and the French way of serving
this fruit is very pretty. Select large,
perfect specimens and brush them care
fully. but do not hull or stem the ber-
ries. If not freshly gathered put them
on ice for little while before bringing
to the table. Arrange the berries in a
bed of their leaves on individual saul
GERS and serve with a little powdered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

A curious fact relative to a woman's
personality is that the two sides Of her
face are not in accord ore with the
other. In other words, every woman
has two faces, and one shows certain
characteristics which the other does
not, and each contradicts the other.
The left side is nearly always the
prettier. although it would take very
keen eye to discern any difference. But
it is worth while to remember this when
posing for ones photograph
The moral of this is obvious. The
left side OF the face showing to far bet
ter advantage than the right, it is ev-
cry ones duty to keep the good side
turned toward an observer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

stitched and tucked batistes. embroid-
cred Hannels, serges,- canvases and
spotted delaines for cool days.
Here is something new in the way OF
a lace blouse. that very dainty and be-
coming little garment so smart. for
wearing with the dressy bolero and
skirt to theater or restaurant. 1t is
mounted first over the thinnest of silk
slips and made plain so that the exqui-
site pattern of the lace shows to advan-
tage with only a blouse effect at the
waist. Small leaves of pink taffeta. the
edges done in silk buttonholing, are laid
one next the other in garland outlin-
ing the bust and shoulders A line of
leaves trim the edge of the kimono lace
sleeve, under which is a pulled affair of
chiffon.
The shirt waist influence is seen all
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23

many attractive ways of serving fruitl
The English fashion is to hand it as a
last breakfast course, but this is OPP
posed to dietary rules, and it is more
healthful for the first course. Sweet
fruits are given first place. as they as
simulate better with starchy foods than
those containing acids
A salpicon of fruit served in a grape
fruit basket is a dainty first course.
To. prepare this cut the grape fruit in
half and, after removing the inside.
with a pinking iron and sharp knife
decorate the top of the shells. A little
distance from the edge cut at regular
intervals Sits, through which run mar
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-23
Dainties For the
Spring Table

NTEAMED RHUBARB.-Two bunch
- es Of rhubarb, half a lemon rind,
sugar to taste. Wipe the rhubarb
and cut into two inch lengths. Put
into bowl with lemon rind. Cover and
steam for three-quarters of an hour.
Take out the lemon rind. add a few
Jumps Of sugar and steam till quite
soft Serve hot or cold. Keep the rhu-
barb quite dry, and it will cook in its
own juice.
Rhubarb Cream.-Cut into short
lengths enough rhubarb to fill a quart
measure. Stew with half a pound Of
sugar and tablespoonful OF cold wa
ter. Arrange slices OF sponge cake in q
deep glass dish. pour the stewed fruit
over and let them soak thoroughly, re-
serving SUFFICIENT juice to moisten a
second layer Of the cake. Make a good
custard with one pint Of milk and
thiclSen il with a little -four. Pour this
over the pudding, then cover it with
the whites of eggs beaten till stif-
Celery Salad.-Wash and cut the cell
cry as for a salad. Crate one cocoanue
and pour over It one pint OF boiling wa
ter, allowing it to stand until the water
is cool. Then with the hand squeeze
the cocoanut in the water and throw
it away. Strain the mixture through =
piece of cheesecloth and stand in cool
place until The cream comes to the sur
face. At serving time put the celery In
a glass dish and sprinkle over II one
tablespoonful of grated onion, a little
red pepper and a half a teaspoonful Of
salt. skim the cream from the top OF
the cocoanut milk and pour It carefully
over the celery then add two table,
spoonfuls of lemon juice and serve at
once This is delicious salad.
Butter Cakes.-Set a sponge made OF
one pint of water, one tablespoonful Of
butter, one teaspoonful of salt, half n
yeast cake dissolved in one-third Of n
cup of tepid water and one pint Of -four.
When light add one cupful of warm
water and -four enough to make a soft
dough; kuead I've minutes. return to
the bowl and put in a warm place to
rise for several hours. Roll out half an
inch thick and cut with a round cutter;
cover with a cloth and let stand twenty
minutes Cook on a hot, creased grid
die When "set" on one side. turn De
this several times.
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through fashions, its loose. comfortable
lines being copied in the r-ost elaborate
gowns. Another feature of fashion is
satisfactorily accounted for when one
knows that in many of the long Shout
dered bodices the sleeves are hung in a
waistcoat which fits snugly inside the
bodice ana appears in pretty line
down the front. One never speaks of i
vest now; we have all learned that this
charming adjunct is called a waist
coat. A new idea for fastening down
plaits on skirt and waist is a series of
rather large, embroidered dots in silk
or mercerized cotton, according to the
material on which they are applied
These dots" take the place of stitching
and are most effective. There is a little
pin dotted, almost transparent silk call
ed pointille de sole which is charming
for a separate waist. In white with
black dots. having a colored cravat
drawn through tabs of the silk, a use
full and dainty model is created. Now