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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
TAKE coLoRED oLEo.
Officials Make a Haul In
Toledo.

Toledo, o., Feb. 27.--Colonel II. II.
Bowen, internal revenue agent for
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan with a
party OF deputies. coniiscated 1900
pounds Of colored oleomargarine here
last night and caused the arrest oil
the dealer, George Smith. Smith
conducted a branch OF the Detroi.
store run by Alonzo l.. Hart, who was
arrested there Saturday. The goods
seized here came from the Detroit
house.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
DRYDock DEFECTIVE.
Severe Weather Causes Damage TO
the Dewey.

Washington, Feb, 27,-The nature
of the damages sustained by the dry.
dock Dewey on her passage across the
Atlantic is set in a cablegram from
the commanding officer of the expedl-
ton The board of survey found loose
rivets and rivetheads broken off, The
dock will proceed on its way when
the rivetheads and defective iron
work are repaired. which viii be
about March -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
HAS PROXIES TO CONTROL MI.
TuAL AND NEW YORK LIFE,
FAV0RS PROPOSED LAWS
Says He viii DO All in His Power to
Aid in Passage OF Measures Pro.
posed by the Armstrong Commit
tee-Says Policyholders Lest Vast
Sums,

Boston. Feb, 21-ln u series of com.
muuications issued last niSht, Thomas
w, Lawson, who for several months
has been active in securing proxies
from policyhodors in leading life in.
surance companies, states that he Is
ready aud willing To do all in his
power to aid in the passage OF the
laws recommended by the Arm,
strong investigating committee,
lawson says that at the OK,
penSe Of 100000 The has collected suf
hcient proxies from the poHcyholders
to give me (up to the present timol
control at the coming election of both
the New York Life and the Mutual
Life companies, have turned these
over 10 committee comNosed of gov.
errors of states and equally represent
tativc public men, My reason for col
lecting such proxies Is that ! had reN,
son to believe that the policyholders
of these two companies had been
plundered of $i25,0OO,000 60 $250,00
GOO, which can be recovered provided
these companies are placed in the
hands OF honest, fearless men, be
placed in the hands of such men. some
of the richest and best known men in
the country who have Systematically
plundered the people for n quarter of
! V1i1l M, Ia 81 L
prison for long terms"
Concluding his communication Ia
the Armstrong committee, Lawson
says;
~ your committee win ask the leg
Iislature to enact the law which YOU
| have said should he enacted, to.wit.
That proxies now IN existence, by
whomsoever collected OF held, shall be
made void; that the annual election
shall take place only after sufficient
| time has elapsed TO allow The com.
mittee to send TO all policyholders as
many sets Of names for directors and
trustees as shall be nominated by any
| 100 poltcyholders, together with n sci
nominated by the companies present
trustees, and that such nominations
shall be treated fairly and alike and
| that there shall be open TO all list
| of pollcyholders' names and addresses
II will not only advise the governors
committee to consent to voting all the
proxies collected by me. but ! will do
all in my power 10 assist In the pas
sage of the laws you have recommend
ed. and advise the governors commit,
| tee 10 do the same
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
JUMPS FROM FAST TRAIN.
Waupaca SherlTs Prisoner Gees to
Toilet Room and ESCAPES.

Neenah. Wis, Feb. 81 While Sber
if Hess of Waupaca was taking GIL.
bert King from Clintonyille To Wan.
paca on charge Of many petty burg.
laries, the prisoner asked leave 70 40
10 the toilet room and when the sher
IN tried 10 find him there he was gone
An open window indicated the avenue
Of escape. Railroad men believe thur
King Is either badly hurt or dead be-
cause the train was going az 40 nniles
an hour when he jumped through the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
Standard Form Of Policy.

Albany, Feb 27,--'The Joint insnr.
ance investigating committee viii In.
troduce IN both houses of the logisla
ture today two bills In addition to the
eight already pending. The new ones
provide for n standard form Of policy
Four policies are presented In the bill
ordinary life limited payment; en-
dowment and term. The committee
has drafted the standard forms. using
plain language so that laymen as well
as lawyers may understand the terms
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01

window A search is being made
along the line. Hess says he knew
King So we'll that he declined to place
handouts ON him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
Sad.

Bur why doesn't be 20 to Ills friends
for aid? Are they all dead?"
No. neither dead nor gone before,
but one TO a finish.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
To Avoid Trouble.

Why must do Al the Romans do
when am In Rorne2'
Because they have police hanging
around every corner"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01

roads The presidents letter 70
Mitchell follows:
II note with very great concern the
failure If Your late convention on joint
interstate agreement 10 come 10 a b..
sis Of settlement on hituminouS min,
ing scale wages, You in this bust
ness nave enjoyed great Industrial
peace for many years, thanks to the
joint aade agreement that has result
ed in The action Of Your successive
conventions,
"A strike such as is threatened on
April first is a menace 10 the peace
and Seneral welfare of the country
urge you to make \ further effort to
avoid such a calamity. You ana Mr.
Robbins are Joint chairman OF the
trade agreement committee of the Ma,
tional civic Federation, and it seems
10 ne that this imposes an additional
duty upon You both and gives addi
tional reason why each of YOU should
Join in making further effort"
To Call National Convention.
The conference did not adjourn I'M
I'll nearly 5 o'clock last night, when
Mitchell announced after the reading
Of President RooSevelt's letter that it
Was agreed both by himself and the
operators that the national convention
should be called The miners were in
session recently AT Indianapolis, but
failed To reach an agreement with the
operators. Mitchell himself has been
quoted as saying that SO far as he knew
there would certainly be strike in
the hituminous fields April first,
Negotiations for agreement between
the hard coal workers and anthracite
operators have been progressing
smoothly TO all outward appearances
and an agreement has been made for
a Joint conference tomorrow between
subcommittee having the settlement
Of the difficulties in hand,
With the anthracite negotiations
we'll under way Mitchell has been de
voting most of his time to bringing
about a settlement of the differences
of the soft coal regions, Mitchell has
not announced any details Of yester
days conference He would not iudi
cate what new propositions will be
placed before the miners, but sig
nifcance is attached to his statement
that the operators ut the conference
agreed that convention should be
called Probably concessions on both
sides will I've offered and President
Roosevelts interest In the situation
will he held as an additional reason
for bringing about a new agreement
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Futures at Chicago.

Close-Wheat--M May, size, July,
Size. Corn-May, 43H@43Ac; July
1874 d43Hc Oats May 3O1ac; july
295s. Pork-May, 1880; July, 1906
Lard--M May, no; July, $50. Ribs
May, S.02aM8.05; July, $40. Rye
Cash, G5m67c; May, CSC. Timothy
March, 3.25@33O Clover Cash, 1900
Barley-Cash, 38m52c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
ords Dramatic,

answered in the affirmative, Koch
then said:
Last Words Dramatic,
Father forgive Them. they Know
not what they Go must die an in
uucent man Good bye
He bit of tAe last TWO words inN
crisp concise fashion and as soon as
he had uttered them the drop fell
DR.. Mcnamara the county phySi,
elan was at Hoch's side the instant
ne fell and declared that death had
been instantaneous. the neck having
been broken The pulse continued to
heat ten minutes after the doctor de
clared the neck broken.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
]. HOCH HANGED
HIGHER'N HANNAH
THE MuLTl-MARRIED MURDERER
SWINGS INTO ETERNITY,
FIGHTS TILL DROP FALLS

Legal Struggle for Delay Of Execution
Continues Even After the Baam.
lists Neck Is Broken-criminal
SupnIes Dramatic End by Prayer
for Forgiveness of Officials.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
Livestock Quotations.

Cattle Receipts. $4,000 market
strong TO l0c higher; beeves 5000
go; cows and heifers, 1.50M400;
stockers and feeders, 2.750470; Tex
ans, 365m440
Hogs Receipts, 10000; lO0I5c low.
er; estimated today, 30 900; mixed and
butchers 5.95@620; good heavy. G.15
nG.22ia; rough heavy, 600m610;
light, 590062o: pigs. 5G50G00;
bulk Of sales, 605N6.20.
Dairy Markets.
Butter Steady: creameries, ia
27I2c; dairies. l7024Izc. Eggs
Firm; at mark, cases included,
BE Cheese Firm; daisies; 13c;
twins. 114 9f2c; Young Amer.
icas. he. Poultry steady; tur
keys. Bale chickens and springs,
l2c Potatoes-Steady: Burbanks,
47049c: rurals, 4s950c; red stock,
47a5oc
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01
Legal Fight After Death.

While the execution OF Hoch was
in progress Attorney Edward Maher
was sIill making desperate efforts to
induce Judge Lands 10 sign an appeal
and grant Hoch a supersedeas until
his application for writ of habeas
corpus could be tested by the su
preme court. He met the Judge in
the hall and appealed TO him to wait
until the other attorney returned from
the Jail with Hoch'S signature. Judge
Lands refused and said he would be
back at o'clock The attorney re-,
minded him that il would then be too
late and with tears implored the
judge to wait Judge lands was firm,
however. and refused, saying he be.
lieved he was doing his duty as his
oath required He then left the
building.
Maher then Joined Comerford and
they set out to find Judge lands and
while going from place to place seek,
ing the Judge they met a newsboy
with extra editions of the papers an
nouncing that Hoch had been hanged.
They then declared the case would be
carried to the supreme court and 1t
successful they would prosecute on a
criminal charge all the officials con.
nected with the hanging
The body of Hoch was given to a
local undertaken, who buried 1t at his
own expense
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01


Mary Hoch of Wheeling, w. Va. She
died of nephritis after three months.
Hoch always denied this marriage, and
declared that he merely assumed the
woman's name. Later in 1896 he mar
ried Clara Bartell of Cincinnati and
she died within three months. In
January, 1897, he was married to
Julia Dose at Hamilton, and aban-
doned her after obtaining $500 In
1898 he was arrested in Chicago for
served two years in the house of cor
rection. In November, 1901, he was
married to Mrs. Anna Goehrke of Chi
cago but abandoned her after falling
to obtain money. Aprile s, 1902, he
was married in St. Louis to Mrs. MARY
Becker who died early in 1903 Her
relatives claim she was poisoned,
December 10, 1904 Hoch was mar.
ried to Mrs, Marie Welcker a Chicago
widow, the woman for whose murder
he was condemned December 20
the woman became i'll and January
- she died, the cause of death being
stated in the physicians certificate,
as nephritis. Five days later Hoch
married Mrs. Emile Fischer, a sister
of Mrs. Welcker Hoch. He obtained
$3.50 from her and disappeared. Jan
uary 10 the last Mrs. Hoch reported to
the police the disappearance of her
husband. Suspicion was aroused by
her story. and the body of Mrs.
Welcker-Hoch was exhumed, and
much arsenic was round in the
stomach. Search was then made for
Hoch and he was discovered in New
York, where his landlady, Mrs. Kim
merly, reported that she believed her
boarder to be Hoch, because he had
proposed marriage to her on the day
of his arrival. He was arrested and
later brought to Chicago.
Hoch admitted that he had been
married thirteen times, but always
denied that he had caused the death
of any Of his wives. He was placed
on trial April 10. and on May 20 the
jury returned a verdict finding him
guilty Of murder. June sentence
was passed on him, the date OF the
execution being first set for June 90.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-01

answered in the affirmative Koch
IL, Ia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
.jC'.O|M||'.PAI|||N||Y||''8.C||.A|||I'1l.
O|| 6 I!
{',is 1900 - }3s, TX va
Richmond Soldiers Pitch Their
Camp for !. Ten q II Days, D y 9 a8s
5aii. ,sss Work. s.ts !,
STRICT DIS ClPLl \! E ENFORCED 4! / ;:|
p
Target Practice and Tactical cal. liz In
structiQn Will Be the Main
n Features. sas
STRICT Dis ClPLIN EN ORC Ed

tl u + IL lf'-h .I.Nft
(speoiai 10 1Tlo Titncs. Dlsy,atclij
4 n oIuo L1s, AZ, August 5.-c company Y,
Seventeen Virginia Volunteers. OF Atch.-s
tnond Captain Chhrles M. alluce, COM m,
dnnr,ding, arrived at Ocenn View at ~
o'clook tliis morning and pitched tents l,9'
IN a nold d little to the southeast OF tbs
ocean View Hotel nnd tho sumner camp
.lifeSo tho soldiers YVES begun. The men
attracted much attention from tho big
summer colonyGnt tho Wow, and they Mt
once gained tho popular favor. w lille ca p
tnin Wallace lind military regulations ill-
stalled to-day, tho real work q the en-
campment, which will consist principal
" OF target practice, will not commence
until to-nlOrrow. Tho tontB were thrown
up after the arrival 81 the men on the
ground Tho remainder OF the day was
spent In getting the little white village
in shape for It's ten days exls ter,co nj
though most Of the s boys found time to
inspect their surrou ndinys. i88$ s 81
NJ Tho emp It Il expected will BIO broken
on Tuesday, Il August 14th,a the men arr1y-
ing Iii Richmond 3Tuesduy night. Captain
WALLACE stated to a Times Dispatch COR
respondent to-day that tho strictest dis
cipline would be maintained during the
encnnpment, and any d isorderly conduct
Will be 5inne dintcly suppressed The men.
he said, arc hero for tactical ms tructions,
and I will see that they get It. q a mill
tnry mfr will prevail Mt Ocean View for
the noxt ten days. III ~ ISL f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
EQUESTRIENNE HEN u
SPURS LIVELY HORSE

w AWHILE, Ky, August 6.--Herein
u is tho history OF ann eanefserienne
- hen Fred YermiilioH brougllt his
fine harness horse from tho country to
town tho other. day. and placed him IN
tho barn lot 'ntyJohn -, stont's, on Lex
ins,on Avenue, Mr. Stout owns num-
be, OF chickens, and among them y n 2
Plymouth Rock then. which appears 70
layo tho intelligence Of an ordinary lNuT
man being
sho took up WITH tho horses wnen she
Was mere pullct, and frequently dined
In the sumo trough with them. She rode
Mr.. stout's buggy norge around the lot
but he wasn't very spirited,
But when Mr.. Yermilllon brought his
spirited horse into town, tho hen dame
near riding him 10 death. When the hen
began to spur him, nc broke forth AT
high speed. ,anT wl.izzed around the lot
Until, whepsSca Y2sbt, he had beaten down
a uath r11HnUl{nE 81 race cOllrSo. i,3s ~ =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
WILT PREVENT
R A ACCIDENTS !: i n IS
a. New Phone System to Be
Used TO Speak Between
Running Trains.
GlAEERs CALL EACH OTHER
yAlarnsWill Also Be Sounded
When Yet Three Miles &
Apart. !,
CALL EACH OTHER
" I.l . /. a m - !
special q The Ti,nes.Dlspa tens

Ilg Especial to The Titnea- Dispatch
DURHAM, q n. C., August b.--.Arrange.4
n1ents nre being made for giving a pracsl
tical test 70 tho recent railroad tclo,s
phone invented and patented by . !. W.
Tntum, OF this city. The test will be
made on tho New Durham & Southern
Road. and two miles OF the telephone
equipment WIFI DO put UP IN order to
give It a test a company has been
organized to back the new concern. IT.
Is claimed for this telephone that on.
gineerss can talk to- each other ,shlls
their trains arc running at full speed,
that any engineer can be called from any
OF the stations. and that In case two
trains are within q I; danger distance A OF
ench other a gong will sound In each
cab, 80 that the engineer can get busy
and find out tho trouble. II II proves
a succoss 1t Will prevent such collisions
as that recently at Hamlet. IL
~ Had such apparatus been In operation.
there the operator could have STOPPED
the trains, ana then the warning, auto
ma tically, would have been given each
engineer when two or three miles apart
The poles for the test have been ordered,
and in short time the wires will be
strung. Tho Wires used Will be n over
the track. on the order OF q trolley ~ Tug
street car service. III IL
THE county schools In this section, most
OF the old ones; nre being torn away and
large modern buildings taking their places
"A contract has been given for two new
schools lin Wake county--one to ba
located near Worthwhile at q Z cost Of
81, Co., and another Mt Oak Grove. u t a cos 8
OF {1,7OO The increase OF pupils in the
schools was so large the larger schools
were necessar y.
AT present 1t Is the opinion OF the To-
bacco and cotton growers in this section
that the crop next fall Will be exceedingly
short, Some OF the argest tobacco grow y
ers \ II, the county have reported thar
thousands OF hills OF tobacco have been
destroyed BY the recent storms and con-
tinual rains. The reason for cotton
being abort Is due to the. heavy do "i,-t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
NONDJ0IN[D BY
D||0U.|B||L.E|.B|I0|||N|| D !
Raleigh land Fayetteville Secure
. Closet Passenger
Service.
TWO TRAINS EACH WAY.
Many Citizens 81 Each Town.
Take Occasion to Visit the
Other. /. III
d The zines. Dispatch,

lSpCClul NO ne Observation-Disclosures
q RALEIGH, N. c., August 6..---.1Tori the
first time. tho state capital is IN direct
double daily communication " til tho
historic city Of Fayetteville, thanks TO
the enterprise Of President ana General
Manager. j. a.. Mills. OF tho Ralelgh ana
Southport Railroad Company. X
The double daily service was 4inaug-ii
3urated yesterday morning, and the train
.flom Fayetteville and the one from Rnl-
lolgh carried good crowds. "a special ratio
OF ono fare for tho round trip IS allowed
for Sundays. Under the new schedule y
citizen OF Raleigh may leave home ut
.T:5O a.. M, reach Fayetteville atB1O:45 a..
NJ, and returning, leave II fayetteville at
e:4o Fl NJ. arriving at Raleigh at 0:SO p
NJ, II While the Fayetteville citlzens can
leave home at 6:l5 "a. M, arrive at Raj
.clgh at 9: o5 A. NJ, spend the day at the
capital, leave Raleigh at q ;o5 r. NJ, and
no in Fnyettovil,e at q 65 p. II NJ. a. u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
BELATED TAXPAYERS
They Have One More Chance to
35g Save Court Costs.

Under the law city taxpayers had until
| July LIST to pay up WITHOUT the inlposi-
|Aion of any penalties whatever. While
tPay DAY Mas IN June al who PAID one m,,a
hcr cent. ponaty. Those who failed to
!settle up I by the going down q the sun
t5ive pcr cent, penalty on the whole. Many
tcity ax-ppayers settled up,,n.in time to t,
5imany did not Those who still fuil up to
Iseptcmber 1st nre subject to further pcn-
tnlties. .s3g 81
.,7 Collector Frank W. Cunningham has
FINISHED posting his books, md now
h1nows every man who IL In arrears. TIE
law requires him to proceed against
Fyery tax payer who failed to pny III
4 by July LIST. and he has no discretion IN
5I&he. matter. The plain letter Of the law,
lexpressed in language that all can UNI
+ nerstnnd Is that all tax balls upon which
! vt least half has not been paid must be
proceeded against at once and the legal
way OF proceeding at once piles up
Coust costs. Tax-pnyers can save these
Eosts by settling with Collector Cunning
ham before September LIST, word to
tthe wise is, or ought to be, sufficient.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
RICHMOND PILGRIMS. 3
Excursion Party to Toronto Re-
turns After / en-D Day Trip.

party q about forty (. e,xsenu !,
Miss BEETLE Ellyson. arrived home !; yes 4, 4.
terday morning eyer 1e Southern n Fan,
Baltimore, after a delightful visit Of
ton days Toronto MaFgEra Falls. sg Is
Baltimore. The trip was made without
accident or hitch Of any Kind, every. eye ~,
the -chnperones. The weather.5was vel Y
nigh perfect and sye,ry member g 1he
Aa KAHN Miss El!yson. Ms. aSa Mrs |; seay Y
Petersbuu1rg, VAL: Miss Hail., Petersburs,
VA; Mrs Curtis Portsmouth, Va: Mas AZ,
wards, b Mrs. Bohnnnon. surry. Va va
Misses Butler Drewrys hut, Va; ~ Mr :.
Tor, Mrs. Richnhdson,. Miss Richardsonsa
Misses Esb Masdy .n Mann'ng Nm
Mrs. COOK, Mrs. Winston, Mrs. Robelin.
Mrs Temple. Mr.. Harvey Clarke :, Is Mt W;
and Mrs. w, D. lknote. and others l1tA o.
aBichnQnd. a-.. l.-- $500
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
BIG BEACH CROWD SAW
PORPOISES PLAY BAIL

O. OUTII NoRWAL1f, CONN, August
6-Nlnny persons who were at
~ Colnpo Beach saw large school
Of, porpoises enjoying q game Of ball in
tho shoal water near tho Beach.
OF course, their team.worls was not as
good as that Of the Giants, but they
made showing us crcditable as sons
OF the league teams In the shoal water
near tho beach the big sea hogs diyed
and leaped over one another
5.f At intervals they would 90 IN the bot
tom ana bring up rocks half as large as
a man's head, thea coMe to the TOP with
a rush, tossing tho stones before them
and catching them before they reached
Tie bottom. 81 5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-06
Witnessed Disaster,

"a (By Associated Press, - t3$5
SPAIN, Aug 5,--The cap
tnIn OF the French steamer Marie Louise,
which has arrived here from Carta gem.
relates having witnessed the foundering
of the slrio from n point close to that
vessel He says he was remallsing to
Y his mate upon the dangerous course ~ the
4 SIrio was taking. when the Italian steam
@er, going ahead mt full speed, suddenly
stopped and her bow was seen to LIFT.
\ The Marie Louise changed her cou rse
and went toward the Sirlo. At this imo-
ment there was heard q loud explosion,
\ as the boilers Of the Sirio burst Shortly
after this dead bodies began to float
by the French steamer, and those / on
board could hear tile shreks u Of the
drowning people. " S3
93S The Marie Louise launched a boat and
picked up twenty-five persons, who were
sent to Hormigns Island. Meanwhile
K the steamer herself rescued twenty-ninc
persons more and brought them here,