Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-11

Acting under orders from the navy
department Captain Pendleton, COM
mandant of the League Island navy
yard, has directed battleships Kear-
sarge and Kansas to be overhauled
and put in condition for their partici-
patton in an annual reunion of Elks
next week
H. j. Wilson, messenger of the First
National bank of New York, who dis
appeared after collecting $4,000 in
checks and $1,700 in cash, has ap-
peared before representative Of the
bank and the company which was his
surety and explained to them in de-
tail how he lost the banks property.
Wilson was not placed under arrest,
nor will he be unless investigation
should prove his story false. Wilson
claims his collections were stolen by
a pickpocket. When he discovered
his loss he fed.
Counsel for the defense in the COM
pick igitation surrounding the affairs
Of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, head of
the Christian Science church, con-
tinued is conference. The princi
pal subject under discussion is the
recent appointment of alienists as CO.
masters.
In a rear-end collision near
! Whittier between a passenger train
and a light engin one man was killed
and two others injured The collision
was caused by the engineer of the
passenger being struck by a mail
crane as he was leaning out of the
cab. The fireman discovered some
thing wrong but it was too late to
avert the collision.
At Kinsman, Ohio, Professor James
, McGranahan, well known hymn writer,
formerly connected with Moody and
Sankey, is dead of diabetes.
At Sidney, O., the plant of the
! American Scrapper company was
! burned; loss 100000.
In a message to the Alabama Iegis-
! Iature Governor Conner complains
about the hold-up of state railroad
laws by injunction of the federal
court, pointing out that much the
same idea had been worked out in
other states, especially Iowa. He
endorses the observance of Sabbath
IN the following words: eff we could
but rest the machinery of our state
for one day in the week, this rest
given to the great army of railroad
employes would prevent many destruc-
! tive collisions and loss Of life. You
need not put this in operation at
once, but put it in process of accom-
plishment."
| The French government deprecates
| the alarp1ist view of the Japanese
American situation taken by section
; of the Paris press and it's inspired
statements, based presumably on
foreign office advices, place the most
optimistic construction upon the plans
! to dispatch an American fleet to the
Pacific
Accompanied by the sheriff and five
: deputies, Frank Earl, murderer of W.
! D. Legg, a butcher at Sidney, arrived
at Ohio penitentiary t. die in the cleo
trio chair, He has only one arm,
! the other having been lost while
serving time in Joliet prison
In New York the plea of insanity
may be the defense Of Chester B.
Runyan, teller of the Windsor Trust
company who distracted $4,000 of
the company's funds.
At Saratoga, N. Y, a parade of $1,000
| knights Templar, accompanied by Is
bands was reviewed by the governor
! the earl of Euston, personal represen-
tative of King Edward, and Grand
Master George M. Moulton. A cool
atmosphere made all conditions favor
able.
At Milwaukee 400 prominent Cath
Ollie educators from throughout the
United States are attending the an
nual convention of the Catholic Edu-
cational association. Archbishop
Messmer in welcoming the educators
said that Catholic education is not
private education. It's schools must
not be classed as private schools
They are public schools in the true
sense as any schools in land.
Railroad and police officers are in
yestigating two attempts to wreck
passenger train on the Kenebee Cen
trail railroad in Missouri. The efforts
were made when about $50 veterans
passed over the line.
Charges that the Burlington, Mil
waukee and other western and north
western lines the eXacting excessive
discriminatory rates from livestock
dealers of eastern Iowa were made
before the interstate commerce COM
mission.
The president has appointed Will
lam c. Ralston to be assistant United
States treasurer at San Francisco.
At Baltimore a sentence of two
years and a fine of $4,000 were i'm
posed upon John H. Seward, of the
firm of J. H. Seward & Co., fruit i'm
porters. Seward pleaded guilty to.
the charge of defrauding the govern
ment by increasing the weight of de-
cayed fruit On which there is re-
fund duty of a cent a pound. Seward
defrauded the government out of
more than S180,000 in four years.
Good Roads for Rock County.