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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
Fined for Quitting Work.

St Louis, June 27-At a meeting
yesterday of the united mine workers
association of Illinois, fines of $40
each were assessed against 400 min
ers employed in a mine near Collins
VILE ILL., When the mines through.
out the bituminous region resumed
work the men refused to report be
cause two mule drivers had been dis.
charged. There Is an arbitration
clause in the agreement, and because
the men did not work pending inyes'
tigaton of the trouble the fines were
imposed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
REFUSES TO RECEDE
FROM ANTLREBATE POSITION

st. Paul, June PA delegation OF
officials representing number OF
western lines operating between Chi
cako and the Missouri river called on
President Stickney Of the Great West
ern yesterday, urging him to with
draw what they called a reduction Of
grain rates He refused to recede
from the position he took last weet
when he ordered the elevator rebate
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
Municipal Boarding Houses.

Omaha, Neb., June 27,-Announce-
ment Is made that the Wyoming &
Northwestern railway to Shoshoni on
the border of the Shoshoni Indian
Reservation will be completed July
LIST. Great preparations are being
made at the new town for the reCep-
ton of the people when the home.
stead rush sets in. Boarding houses
and hotels will be under municipal
ownership and control, and every
thing is being done to provide for the
preservation Of order.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
Dead Negroes on Track.

Muskogee, |. r., June 27.-Mistaken
for an ash heap by the engineer three
unknown negroes We're run over by q
Missouri, Kansas & Texas soutnbound
train yesterday at WEIGH, |. T., near
the Kansas line and ground to pieces.
Fragments of the bodies were gath
cred by trainmen and found to oe
cold, which showed that they were
dead before run over. The bodies
were so badly cut up that the manner
in which they met death cannot be
asGertained.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
BROKE CIGARET LAW.
Waukesha Man Fined for Giving Away
PaDers

Papers.
Waukesha, Wis. June 27.-The first
local prosecution under the new
anti-cigaret law took place when
Thomas Froyer and John j. Halligan
were arraigned in the municipal court
on a charge Of having given away Gig.
aret papers. Froyer pleaded guilty
and paid a fine of IS and costs. Hal
ligan pleaded not guilty, stood trial
and was acquitted The circum-
stances were somewhat out of the
ordinary Froyer had been in the
county jail over night and upon mis-
release promised to send some tobac-
co to Jumbo" another prisoner in
the jail. He secured three packages
of tobacco and several bundles of Gig
aret papers and gave them to Halli-
gan to take to the Jail The latter's
defense was that he did not know
hat the package Froyer gave him
contained cigaret papers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
STATE FAIR LOOKS GOOD.
Speed Program Proving Particularly
Attractive to Horsemen.

The contract has been let to w. T.
Carson "of West Allis to build the new
horse barns on the state fair grounds,
These will cost about $4,000
The board of managers has re-
ceived large part of the advertising
matter to be posted for the fair in
all parts of the state and especially
in the territory from which farmers
most generally go to the fair. The
speed lists are proving particularly
attractive to horsemen this year and
with the larger purses and premiums,
and various special attractions, includ-
ing the airship Of Knabenschue, the
fair is already giving promise of
large success.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
RICH BREWER MISSING
Reward of $4,000 Offered for His
Discovery

Ptttsburg, June 27.-Five thousand
dollars reward for information leading
to the finding of Michael Liebel, Sr.,
millionaire brewer of Erie, Pa, was
announced last night Liebel left
home May % and went to Buffalo.
from which place he telegraphed his
family that he was about to start for
home Not the slightest trace was
found until Sunday, when Mrs. Nc.
Gowan of Pittsburg, while on her way
to her old home in Erie, saw LiebeI
at depot on the south side of this
city. She did not know at the time
that a search was being made for him.
Detectives made immediate search.
but so far no trace has been found.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
FINDING OUT ABOUT CROPS.
Secretary True Prepares for the July
Farm Report.

John NJ, True, secretary of the
state board of agriculture, is sending
out letters of inquiry to his CORE
spondents all over the state, seeking
data from which to compile the Wis.
consin farm crop report for the first
of July. The condition of winter
wheat, spring wheat, rye, barley, oats,
corn, potatoes, sugar beets, meadows,
pastures, apples and small fruits is
particularly inquired about A special
inquiry as to soil conditions is made,
as to whether the ground is too wet,
too dry or favorable.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
New Running Record.

New York, June 27.--Alex Shields
Halifax, carrying 1l9 pounds with
Jockey Shaw up, made new worlds
record for seven furlongs on the cir
cular track when he won the Swift
stakes at Sheepshead Bay yesterday
He stepped the distance in 1924 As.
which is one-ffth of a second fast r
than Musketeer's time, made at Sara
toga in 1902, and Aeronaut's time
made this year at Belmont Park.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
THE GENIUS OF WESTINGHOUSE.

George Westinghouse has a creative
mind. There is no country in the
world where a train runs. or an engine
works, or a dynamo turns, in which
his name is not honored and familiar.
He has brought new mechanisms and
new industries into being; he has con.
tributed largely to the progress in mod
ern methods OF transportation and
communication which have shaped to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28

and overruled the motion to quash
the indictments
The testimony In each case was suf-
ficient to prove the allegations in the
attidavits and fine of $40 and costs
was assessed in each case. The
total amount of the fines and costs
was s2,2sO. The attorneys for the
liquor league gave notice that they
will appeal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
Prominent Citizens imprisoned,

Mexico City, June 27-Refugees
from Guatemala report that the gov.
eminent has imprisoned 40 prominent
citizens under suspicion of being in
sympathy with the reyolutionists.
This action Of the government is re-
scented by the people, who fear to
openly protest.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
VIOLENT HAIL STORM.
Fruit and Growing Crops in Nebraska
DESTROYED

Creighton, Neb, June 27.-The
most violent hail storm ever known
in that vicinity swept Knox county
last evening, completely running fruit
and growing crops in a territory two
by II miles in extent. The storm
came from the northwest and all win
dows on the north and west sides of
the buildings were smashed. Some
stock is reported killed. No one was
injured so far as reported
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
Mineral Point DodgeviIle Stage Lire.
Morrie proc+oy proo,ia+o,

Morris Proctor, Proprietor.
Stage, runs daily, except Sunday, leavina
Mineral Point NJ 7;45 "A. IN. and Dodgevills
between and 2 p. M
Oonneca AT nodgeville with train of
o. 4 N. ". R'y. for Madison, Milwaukee, etc,
aud at Mineral Point with 4 10 train OF
q NJ. ~. Paul R'y. for Platteville, Oar
hngion, hhullsburg Monroe and Janesville,
Calls left at tho hotels, Mineral Point will
receive prompt attention
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
is IT A LEGAL HOLIDAY.
This Question, Raised as to Memorial
Dav,

Day.
Marion, Ind, June 27.-A large
of the saloon keepers Of
Marion opened their places of bust
ness memorial day and when ordered
TO close refused to do so, claiming
memorial day was not a legal holt
day, The police made 76 arrests,
but the saloons remained open. The
liquor league retained attorneys and a
strong fight has been made in the
city court to have the indictments
quashed Judge Williams held that
rs of the indictments were good and
that memorial day is a legal holiday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28

concludes the insurance commission
er, that you cannot be safely en-
trusted to continue to do business In
this state"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-06-28
E. w. STRATMAN
MANUFACTURER or
Carriages 50 Wagons
Flows and Harrows,
AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS or
Agricultural Implements.

Our Wagons and Carriages
are made of the best material.
Had a big trade on Milk Wag-
ons, made by the hundred and
could not supply the demand.
Our Surveys are known to
be handsome, best made, and
easy riding.
If in need of Walking or
Sulky Plows, be sure and call.
Tiger Seeders, Dowagiac
Drills, Steel Lever Harrows,
Disc Harrows, Tanning Mills,
etc, etc. on hand and sold as
cheap as possible.
Repairing in wood and iron,
painting and trimming done
promptly.
Il. w. STRATMAN,
DoDGEvu.Lu, WIS.
N. HARTERT,
AGENT, MINERAL POINT.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
Franklin and Lightning Rods.

Franklin's Identification Of light
ming with electricity resulted in his in
vention of the lightning rod, and thus
the sage of Philadelphia became the
father Of that pestilent business, which
had a great run in this country, but
which is now extinct. Lightningrod
agents infested the country at large and
made the life of the farmer burden
They were the terrors of the country,
beating even the gold bond schemers of
the present day in their smooth presen-
tation of their goods. Humorous para,
graphefs tried in vain to put them
down. 5T a s...@ ... <@"s,
But the lightningrod business has
gone virtually out of existence. Light
ming still kills many people every year
and destroys a great deal of property
but as to property the public puts its
faith in insurance and not in rods.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
The New Merchandise Rates.

No one can accuse the state railroad
commission Of undue haste in making
it's provisional order reducing merchan-
ordered a general revision and reduc
ton Of freight rates in the state, and
the commission has been at work ever
since. Merchandise rates are the first
ones touched. -,,....
At the same time it would not be
fair to accuse the commission of dila.
tory tactics in this instance. The MAX
ing Of single rate is a subject for
painstaking investigation. When it
comes to prescribing a basis on which
all rates are to be made, the rate
making body must be fully armed with
facts and reasons to sustain its action.
It was necessary to compile from mass
of tariffs a concise schedule Of exist
ing rates, and this took months. The
courts have held that the value of rail
road properties should be considered in
fixing rates, but the commission will
not have information on that point for
two years or more. The only basis on
which it could act was comparative.
The commission took the Iowa distance
tariff, which the railroads in that state
observe. They found it was not ideal
or equal in it's rates for the different
distances. It was presumed to be rea-
sonable, tho, and the Minnesota com
| mission have tried to work towards it.
- The proposed new rates, which make
reductions all the way from nothing
up to % per cent, are still higher than
Iowa's tariff by nearly 16 per cent
This may lead to the conclusion that
! the reduction has not gone far enough
lit is understood that the. commission
was divided, and the result is a com
| promise Minnesota will claim a right
| to as low rates as Iowa, considering
the present rate of earnings per mile
and the relative prosperity of the coun
try. By the new census Minnesota has
about twenty more people to each mile
! Of railroad than Iowa has. However
| there were other things for the com
mission to consider. In the famou
Nebraska case a reduction Of 80 pc.
cent was made in state rates: Nebras
ka rates were as high, compared t.
Iowa IS rates, as those of Minnesota are
The reduction affected but small par
4 Of the tonnage hauled in Nebraska, AM
z would have cut the gross revenues @
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
Loubet, President of France.

Seven wears ago when Emile Loubet
drove thru the streets of Paris to the
Elysee, president Of France, the French
did not know whether to boot or laugh.
None of them thought to applaud. The
little country lawyer and senator mad
been chosen out Of the crowd OF candl-
dates because the political leaders
would suffer none Of the more repre-
sentative candidates to win, and he
was what Americans call a dark horse.
As the little man drove in the splen-
did carriage to the magnificent palace,
he felt more like man going to be
hung. But he did not quail at the task
before him. He was thoro republican
and believed that France with all her
follies was devoted to republican insti-
tutions. Consistently he has labored to
magnify not himself, but the republic,
and he retires from office having con-
quered not merely the imperial factions
but France itself. There is no prince
or potentate in Europe today who com
mands the respect paid to the little
president of France. Wherever France
| was in a tight place it was Loubet who
rescued her by his tact and diplomacy
Whenever the cabinet broke down as it
did frequently, it was Loubet who
| found the man to reconstruct it. Did
| France want to entertain a king, it was
Loubet who showed how to do it with
out initiating kingly state.
Seven years have wrought such 9
transformation in the attitude Of
France toward this man as has seldom
been seen in any country. The peasant
president is more truly king Of France
than any Bourbon who ever sat upo1
his gilded throne, for Loubet reigns il
the hearts and in the confidence Of tn
people E't
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
CHEAP BRIBERY
Chicago News,


Chairman Knapp of the interstate COM
merce committee calls attention to a
wholesome change which has taken place
in public sentiment on the subject of rail-
way passes. He tells story of business
man who not many years ago applied for
an annual pass over a railway, at the
same time rendering full payment for his
ordinary years supply Of transportation.
his reason being that an annual pass
would increase his standing in his COM
munity A different view is held by the
public now.
In former years, it is true, passes on
railways, theater passes and similar
forms of graft were thought by many
persons to give dignity and distinction to
the possessor. A necessary preliminary
to the work of eliminating graft and
grafters is to impress upon the public the
fact that the man who pays his way is
the only free man. He has no strings to
him. Anybody can get a cheap bride in
the form of a pass unless he is so cheap
that he is not worth buying. To take
graft and feel that by so doing one in
creases ones own Importance is a senti-
ment that is rapidly becoming obsolete.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17

Professor n. Kershaw, Hindu, for
merly instructor in oriental languages
at one of the universities in st. Peters
burg, and who is making a tour of the
United States, is in Minneapolis, pre-
pairing to give series Of lectures. Hay
capital, where he became well ac-
quainted with the leading men of the
nation, he is in a position to speak
with authority on conditions In the east.
The overthrow of the autocracy is
sure to come soon, he declares, for the
powers of the Russian government are
weakening as the people are awaking.
There is one man in Russia, he says,
who is today more powerful than the
car and all his advisers. That man
is the political czar, Count Leo Toll
stoy. TolstOy has more power than any
man in Russia, says Professor kershaW,
| but his ideas of peace will not allow
| him to exercise it. If he chose he could
accomplish the overthrow of the gov
eminent at any time, for the vast ma
iority of the people of all classes have
absolute faith in him. Tolstoy hopes,
| however, to see the rights of the people
established by bloodless methods.
Professor Kershaw cited an incident
that took place while he was in Russia
which shows the respect shown Tolstoy.
! The czar was at that time shifting
I blame for the condition of his people
on one and another of the systems and
onto the people themselves. Tolstoy
wrote a letter to the ear, addressing
him as an equal and telling him point
edly that he, the car, and the systems
with which he had surrounded himself,
were alone to blame. The letter was
read and answered.
Had any other person attempted to
write such a letter he would have been
put to DEATH" said Professor Ker-
shaw.
"Russia does not desire to gain po-
itical control in India he continued.
"Those stories about Russia IS trying
to sneak in and gradually gain the up
! per hand were started by the British,
who want India for themselves alone
1t is the only place England has to
send her young men to and relieve the
congested conditions at home. They
may go there and make small for
tune, and for that reason they wish
to create a sentiment against Russian
merchants who try to gain a foothold
there. The stories are the result of the
English and not the Russian greed.'
Professor Kershaw was educated in
the native. and English universities Of
| Bombay. He taught, the oriental Ian
guages and philosophy in st. Peters
out Europe. He is a linguist of inter
national reputation and speaks excellent
English. He has made thoro study of
the governments of nations, and says
that the United States is respected in
the orient above all others because of
her progressiveness and principles of
| liberty. .-...-r
He will stay in the city for several
days and will give series of lectures.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
Balfour the Defeated.

Every defeated statesman must. bear
the brunt of defeat. Balfour is bearing it
today in England to the extent of be-
ing threatened with deposition from
the leadership Of his party. This feel
ing is voiced in the Minneapolis Tri-
bune, which .incontinently discharged
Balfour this morning. ..'.
There is chance to overdo the mat
ter Of jumping on Balfour. He is not
merely the nephew Of his uncle, Lord
Salisbury. He is a statesman Of the
English type who has fought his way
upward from the bottom of the ladder.
It was Balfour who was made chief
secretary for Ireland when none of the
timid conservative statesmen would 90
there. Ireland was in a fearful state
Of anarchy and Balfour went there and
restored order with an iron hand. He
enforced the coercion act until Ireland
fell into a state Of submission and Pal
four quickly and generously recog-
nized his victory by restoring the ordi-
nary law Of the land. Belonging to a
party whose great tenet is that IRE
land must be kept down, he, has set
his face sternly against home rule, but
on the other hand, he has done more for
Ireland practically in the last land bill
than all other statesmen combined. If
Balfour had but been a little larger he
would have given Ireland home rule,
and thus drawn one Of the thorns from
the side of the empire forever. But
to say that he narrowly missed being
one Of the greatest constructive states
men of his time is different from say
! ing that he is merely a beneficiary Of
nepotism.
Balfour is perhaps too little of 8
humbug ever to be a great party lead
er. The fencing, parrying and the des
perate encounters Of the house of com
mons have always been his delight, ant
no man of this generation has given o.
/ taken with more sportsmanlike courage
! but the cant and palaver Of the hust
ings are not in his line. His cynica
philosophy revolts from it. A failur,
as. a popular orator, lacking in sym
I pathy with the masses, he belongs no
to democratic age. but to the tina
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-17
BY w. B. kirkWood.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 200 YEARS
OlD.-This is the two hundredth ami
versary of the birth of Benjamin Frank
lin. In honor of the anniversary many
Of the magazines are printing articles
about the ''many-sided patriot" New
England Magazine for January contains
one of these in which the writer, Burton
Kline, represents Franklin as returning
to Boston and discussing things he
finds them, and closing his discussion
with some Poor Richard philosophy for
modern Americans, as follows: -
Americans need to learn how to live. They
know too well how to work. They know moth
ing at all of how to play. 80 ~
It Is plain that this comes secondhand
but; there is an element Of truth in it new
ertneless. Yet one wonders whether
"Poor Richard" did much playing in his
day. However, he, perhaps, was one of
those who found, or made, play of his
work, and that Is perhaps what his proxy
means in the above quotation. >-..t
Success has an article on "Franklin-
Our Greatest Self Made Man." which
shows the many sides of the man.
| Harper's Weekly takes occasion to
compare franklin and Roosevelt, saying
| in part: ..s t>Ss--. stE -
| Since the events of last year President Roose
welt has had European reputation that has
| reminded many commentators or Frankl1n'S. Ii
| is as yet something of billboard reputation, Of
/ very rapid growth, and based on report rather
than acquaintance. 1t may not last as well as
Franklin's has lasted, but it has got grea
| start and seems a sturdy plant. 1t would bt
rash prophet who would set metes to it, ant
who would suggest that there will be an!
diminution in it when Dr. Roosevelt goes owe
to chase the German emperors stays and Europ,
has a; chance to see and hear him. j..
National Magazine for January refers
to Franklin as 1.-THE American Confu,
c1uS.1'Hot~ SEe,,ag. a4f .rEg51 "trrv -
If the spirit Of the old patriot, scientis
and editor is aware of the things maya
zine writers are saying of him he mus
be amused as we'll as gratified.' We woult
l1like to be able to interview him on thu
i subject, but unfortunately the wires ar
down-at least he won't answer our ring