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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
TWO MILLIONS IN
BONDS ARE ISSUED
TRACTION SYSTEM I'M ANOTHER
FINANCING DEAL
DEED IN TRUST RECORDED
President Montgomery Makes No An
nouncement but Says he is Head
of the Recrganized Company-May
Ask Council for Franchise for In
terurban Cars

Bonds to the aggregate amount Of
$2,OOO,DOO will be foated by the South
ern Wisconsin Traction company,
formerly the Madison & Interurban
Traction Co., for the purpose of &C
curing railway properties and fran
chises and constructing and equipping
electric lines in Dane county and
elsewhere. The preliminary steps
were taken yesterday when the local
company filed a mortgage and trust
deeds in favor of the Merchants Loan
& Trust Co. and Leon L. Loehr as
trustees. The company VIII issue
bonds to the amount of $2000,000
bearing five per cent. interest. One
million two hundred thousand will be
issued at once and the remaining
100000 at such times when the
money is needed. The bonds will be
in denominations of $1,000. They
will be labeled '25 year gold bonds
President Montgomery of the local
company refused to say anything in
lCSC u " IIlC u dllSdCIlOl last uSuI.
He simply admitted that he is still the
president of the Southern Wisconsin
Traction company.
The Madison & Interurban Traction
company recently passed into the
hands of the Southern which, it is
said, is the same concern reOrganized
for the purpose of financing as
$2,OOOOOO concern. It is the opinion
of some people that the council will
soon be asked for a franchise so that
mterurban cars can be run over the
tracks Of the local company It is
not known if the Southern has any
connection with the Janesville-M Madison
company which has been trying to get
into Madison for some time.
The mortgage and trust deed cover
43 printed pages and the recording fee
was SIG.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
TELEGRAMo
BOILED DOWN

Magnus Thompson of Blackrook
Wis, shot and fatally wounded Min
RE Phatum and blew off the top Of
his own, head. The girl had refused
to marry him.
Four hundred st. Louis plumb
ers struck because master plumbers
refused to accede to a demand for an
INCREASE of wages. Nearly all con-
Germs in the city employing plumbers
are affected.
The banking and brokerage house
of McKillan Company was placed in
the hands Of a receiver yesterday at
Baltimore Md. No statement as to
liabilities and assets was made.
Dock Posey, middleaged white
man. self-confeSsed assaulter of his
nine year cd stepdaughter. was
taken from Whitfield county Jail at
Dalton. Ia, early yesterday by a mob
of % men end hanged to a railroad
viaduct in the center of the city.
rht geo3etic survey service re
ported an earthquake recorded at the
Lhe'tenham, Maryland, observatory
at So ye7-a-d2v morning, lasting
on hour The shock was compare
: vel greater t<cn that at Kingston
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
REFUSES TO SIGN
WHITEHEAD BILL

Pending action on the stock and
bond bill which will be taken up by
the senate as a special order Tues
day the governor has asked Senator
Whitehead to withdraw from the gov
cruor's office the bill relating to cor
porations and amending certain sec
tious of the statutes relating to stocks
and bonds. He disaTproves of the
measure because it excerpts railroads
which may be reorganized after IN
SoiFency from the provisions of the
bill limiting the issue of stocks and
bonds of Il corporation. The present
laws contain this exception, but the
governor says it should be repealed
without delay.
He also holds that the provisions of
the bin giving preferred stock a pre-
ference over common stock in the
distribution of corporate assets,
Other than profits, without the con
sent of the common stockholders, and
permitting a provision in the corpor-
alton articles for charging the bond
ing power of preferred stock, are
contrary to equitable principles and
against public policy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
NEARING END Of
HAYWOOD TRIAL
DEFENSE HAS ONLY A FEW
MORE WITNESSES.
Pinkerton Stenographer Tells of Ell
forts by Mine Owners to Fight
Unions-Says Power of Militia Was
Abused-Haywood and Meyer Soon
TO Tell Their Story.

Boise, IDAHO july morris Fried
man, a stenographer, who left the
employ Of the Pinkerton agency at
Denver to write book in which he
published certain correspondence of
the agency that passed through his
hands, was again yesterday the prin-
cipaI figure at the Haywood murder
trial. More than half the day was oc-
cupied in reading to the jury copies
Of documents which Friedman took
from the PinKerton records. They
were chiefly daily reports Of secret
agents operating az spies among the
unions and union men at Cripple
Greek. Victor, GIobeviIIe. Colorado
City Trinidad and Denver and showed
complete surveillance of the western
federation Of miners and the lives Of
its leaders.
Friedman said that if he had known
this trial was coming up he would
have taken many more letters and re-
ports. Senator BOrah pressed him to
tel Just what records there were IN
the PiukertOn office at Denver bear
ing directly on this case and while
witness said he could not tell Of any
particular one he remembered many
letters written by Detective McPar-
land in wnicn all manner of crimes
were laid at the door Of the western
federation Of miners.
Nrvrf ittaraCtipu
James |. Wallace, an attorney of
Cripple Greek, who served with the
militia first as a private and then as
lieutenant during the strike of 1903
01. He related several instances
tending to show misuse of power of
the militia by the mine owners, gave
criminal records of some of the gun
fighters imported by the mine own
ers told Of the working of the cars
system, recited circumstances con
nected with the IOOting of union
stores and a newspaper office, and
swore he saw K. c. Sterling, chief
detective for the mine owners, fire
the first shot in the Victor riot the
day of the Independence station Incl
dents
Counsel for the defense said yester-
day that they might finish with all
their Witnesses except Haywood and
M0yer by the end of the week The
defense has prepared it's draft of in
stTUctiOus and the stat is working
NJ its rebuttal case so that the end
of the trial approaches.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
GIRL ASSAULTE
AND MURDERED

Wausau Wis. July 2.-Jennie
RehIe, daughter of John E. Rehle
aged 16, was, assaulted and murdered
Sunday afternoon in a strip of woods
along the road near her home. She
was On her way from church at STRAIT
ford when accosted. The body was
found yesterday. The girls hands
had been tied behind her and her
clothes were torn to shreds. A rib on
her left side had been broken. There
were finger marks on her throat and
it was shown at an autopsy that the
girl had been chOked to death. Two
men have been arrested en- suspicion.
They gave the names of Irvie Bartlett
of Nashville and James Mackey of
Chicago
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
ROADS ABANDON SECRECY.
Public to Be Informed Regarding
Accidents.

New York, July 2.-Tne policy of
informing the public of the details Of
all accidents on the railroads compo3-
ing the Harrison system was put into
effect by order Of e. H. Hartman, &C
cording to an official announcement
made by the Union Pacific and South
ern Pacific systems and the Oregon
lines.
It is also announced that it has
been decided, as an experiment, to in
vite outsiders Of local reputation and
standing to be present to participate
in the hearings of the companys
board of inquiry into accidents, max
ing formal reports either agreeing or
disagreeing with the findings of the
board.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
MANILA's TELEPHONE GIRL 8

New York Sun.-Manila telephone
subscribers feel that though living in
what the average American believes
to be a semibarbarous land the rest
of the world has no edge" on them
is being served by comedy naidens as
hello girls The Filipino telephone
operator comes from best families
of the Ian and takes her work more
seriously than her fair-skined sister
Of the Occident, says the Kansas City
Star. She has her servant, who is
her chaperOn, to accompany her to
the office carrying her lunch, and who
calls to chaperone her back to the Sc
curlty of her home when the gong
rings on her days work.
The Spanish custom of never per-
hitting an unmarried woman about
the age of II years to leave the port,
ais of her casa unaccompanied still
prevails with both Spaniards and
FfipinOs of the better class, and
their employment as telephone oper-
atOrs permits no relaxation of the
watchful care.
The fact that the field of labor
aside from domestice service, for
the Filipino girl is so limited, makes
employment in this line especially de
sirable and much sought after BY the
daughters of the well to do F'ilipinos
Hence to be a hello girl" in the
Philippines is honor carrying
with it prestige and entry into the
best society.
To serve as central in Manila a girl
must speak and understand English
Spanish and TagalOR and some Of
them possess a working knowledge
of Japanese and other Oriental
tongues
The chief operator-an American
wOman-Of the recently established
/ Manila line states that the Filipino
girls employed as operators are very
/ apt and intelligent and are rapidly
developing a most satisfactory ser
vice They receive, as beginners, a
salary Of 20 pesos $40 per month
which is increased 10 twice that
amount on their becoming proficient
/ AS the word hurry is unknown in
+ the far east so likewise it is often
necessary for an impatient suJsCrib-
) er to curb his temper when telephon-
| ing. But the tones Of the dulcet voiced
/ operator, "Dhe lyme ees beesee, Sc.
nor soOths him to patience.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

by photographs of cross-sections and
Of its worth Professor Sandsten says:
1t can be used for a baseball just as
the Ben Davis can, and it is alright
for keeping qualities, as no one will
eat it. The tree is a fair grower. In
our experience with them, our CRAFTS
grew two feet in one season, grew
very vigorously, but the apple has no
value and it is certainly not worth
two dollars apiece; might be worth
ten cents as a novelty"
Other testimonials of a similar ma
ture are quoted IN the pamphlet and
1t is concluded that for 50, the price
OF one tree of the Spencer seedIess,
coreless and bloomless apple, at least
six good trees of standard apples, all
adapted to the state, may be purchased
When every farm home in Wis
consin has an orchard of at east two
dozen trees including Wealthy
Duchess, Northwestern greening
with a few cherries and native plums
it is time enough to invest in novel
ties
Farmers and others who are solic-
tied to purchase trees of this won der
full variety will do we'll to hesitate
before they bite at the hook offered
by the smooth tongued operators The
native fadr is abroad in the land
even President Roosevelt feeling
called upon to make a protest re-
Gently and 50 in the hand is worth a
deal more than the freak of a thing
bearing the semblance of an apple
but possessing none Of its merits.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
AUTOMOBILE IN FIRE FIGHTING.
Beginning to play important Part ir
Emergencies.

With the present high factor of re-
liability that the past few years of
Improvement have brought it, the
automobile stands second to nothing
in its unifcatiOn of all those quail
ties that go to make the fire-fghting
machine par excellence. It's speed,
ease of control, Weight-carrying cap
acity and WiGe radius Of action place
it at once so far beyond any other
known method Of transporting fire
apparatus to the scene of action as to
ender any comparison utterly out of
the question. Numerous instances
Of it's value in this role could be
brought to bear. But a short time ago
the services of three automobiles
saved a western town from total des-
tructiOn; it was without adequate
fire protection and hall the town al
ready gone down before the fire,
when the automobile saved the day.
To do so it had to cover twenty
miles of rougn road intervening be-
tween there and the nearest help.
Other instances of an equally con-
vincing nature are not wanting, and
in all of them the role is played by
the stock touring car.
How much more effective would
the specially designed machine, not
alone providing its own motive power
but also carrying its own fire-fghting
apparatus, prove in such emergencies
: the question is readily answered at
home as well as abroad. Paris and
other continental Gees have come to
regard the automobile fire engine as a
matter of course; it represents an in
novation that was inaugurated two or
three years ago in quite a few in
stances, and not alone it's perma-
nency in this role, but its eventual
usurpation of it to the exclusion of
the horse is looked forward to at no
distant day. Progress has not been
SO rapid here, but the all-round capa-
city of the automobile for this work
makes it only a matter Of time when
it will be the mainstay in serious fire.
fighting the world over.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04

but not SO great as at San Francisco
Figures compiled by Collector of
Customs Strahan at the close of the
fiscal year, 1906-07 show that fully
S23, 100000 more duties have been
collected at tht port of New York
during the fiscal year closed on Sat
urday than during the preceding.
United States Marshal Francis M
Chandler was an early visitor at the
Forest Hill suburban home Of John D.
Rockefeller yesterday. He did not
get further than the lodge entrance
to the estate. The lodgekeeper de-
clare positively that Mr.. Rockefeller
was not at Forest Hill. Chandler
questioned as to whether he had a
subpoena for Mr.. Rockefeller, declined
to discuss the subject
Contest of the will of Chaplin
CHARLES H. Hooker began yesterday
in the surrogate court at Rochester,
n. Y. At the time Of his death
early this year, it was found that
Captain Hooker, who possessed an es-
tate worth more than $150,O00, had
passed. by all his relatives and be-
queathed his money to the United
States government, naming Theodore
Roosevelt and his successor in Office
as executors Most of the real estate
was left as a site for a military acad
envy at Galesburg, Illinois, with
money to be used as endowment. The
relatives will contest the will.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
WAR GAME BEGINS.
Enemy Makes Unsuccessful Attack
on Fort Adams.

Newport, R. l., July 2.-The open
ing feature of the war game to be
played during the next two weeks by
order of the war department, with the
defenses of Narragansett bay as a
center, was an unsuccessful attack
last night upon Fort Adams by a ship
of the enemy" The ship tried 70
run in under cover of darkness, past
the fort, but was discovered and tech
nicaIly put out of action by the guns
Of the fort. AS soon as the enemy
had been picked up by the search
light from the fort, the call to quar-
ters was sounded, and all the great
guns of the fourt were manned. The
strictest discipline is to be maintained
at both Fort Adams and Fort Greble
during the fortnight Of the manetF-
ers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
FREDERICk'S SWORD.
1t Was in NapoIeon's Possession After
Jena-SinguIar Disappearance.

London NeWs.-May II was The
centenary of a remarkable incident
in the relations between the first Ma
poleOn and Prussia. While that king
dom was at his feet, after the battle
OF jena, Bonaparte visited Potsdam
and there he saw the sword of Fred
erlck the Great. He took possession
of it, saying, L value this sword more
than all the treasures of Prussia" It
was deposited N the Invalides on
May II, 1907, with military pomp and
ceremony, to the immens gratifica-
ton OF the people of Paris But there
came the black days of 1914, and
with the allies on the point of enter
ing the French capital, the governor
OF the Invalides, Marshal Serrurier,
received orders to take steps for the
preservation of the precious trO-
plies there cOllected-especially the
sword OF Frederick the Great. In
terpreting this instruction in a pecu
liar fashion, the governor took effect
i've measures for preventing them
from falling into the hands of the
enemy by making a bonfire of them
and it was said that he threw Freder
lcks sword into the flames.
This statement was confirmed as
late as 1857 by an eyewitness. Thus
persisted, as was attested in 1880
men an official inquiry was made in
to the mater between 1900 and 1900
war flags and other memorials of vic
tory. the ashes and remains were
thrown into the Seine, at the mouth
of sewer. The sword could not, of
course, have been destroyed in the
cOntlagration, out it was never seen
again. 1t happened that in 1915 an en-.
Gineer, having ascertained the pre-
else spot where the debris from the
fire had been put into the river,
made a search and recovered from
the bottom a considerable number of
bronze and copper articles which
were returned to the Invalides. But
the sword of Frederick was not
found. One would like to think that it
had undergone the noble TRANSITIONAL
! ton of being turned into some i'm
plement of peaceful industry OF
this, however, there is no evidence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
PAYING POLITICAL
DEBTS WITH DEATH
PRESIDENT CABRERA KILLING
OFF HIS ENEMIES.
ON CONSPIRACY PRETEXT
Charges of Participating in Attempt
to Assassnate Him Trumped Up
SO That Marked Men Might Be
Put Out of the Way by Execu-
ton.

Mexico City, July 2.-Word reached
Mexico City last night that President
Cabrera of Guatemala has caused the
arrest Of 100 citizens of that republic
on charge of alleged completely in
the recent attempt to assassinate him.
All were thrown into prison and later
herded into squads of 20 and tried in
groups. Two bands have been tried
and many of the accused sentenced to
death. Among the men imprisoned
are some of the most wealthy and
prominent men in the country. The
statement is made that these men
have long been on Cabrera's black
list and that the charges against them
were trumped for political reasons.
New Revolution Feared.
Guatemala City, July 2.-It was
persistently rumored here last week,
that Sunday, the anniversary of the
raising of the standard of rebellion by
the leaders of the reform movement
OF 1871 would also be the date for ac-
ticn on the part of a revolutionary
party said to be coming from Mexico.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
COMPLAIN THAT ROADS
FAVOR BIG SHIPPERS

Lincoln, Neb., July 2.-Complaint
was filed with the state railway COM
mission yesterday bv ]. G. Baeschlin
poultry dealer of Aurora, Neb,
against the ST. Joseph and Grand Is
land railroads. He charges the road
with discrimination in favor Of the
packing companies on carload ship
ments to San Francisco by giving
the regular through rate from the
Missouri river while he has to pay
the local rate. He alleges the big
companies have advantage Of $24
to 500 on each car. The commits
sion named August for joint hear
ing to railroad men and shippers on
the question Of butter and cream
rates.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
NINE ITALIANS
HELD FOR MURDER

New Orleans, July mime ItaI-
ians two of them women, were in
dicted for murder yesterday in the
Lamana kidnapping. While it is ad-
mitted by the prosecution that of a
certainty not more than one of those
indicted had anything to do with the
actual strangling of the boy. The
others are alleged to have known
enough about the kidnapping to have
been able to prevent the murder.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
FATHER NOT HELD FOR
MURDER OF DAUGHTER

New York, July 2.-Thomas Boylan,
father of little Viola BoyIan, who
was assaulted and murdered several
days ago, was arrested yesterday and
taken before a magistrate where he
was discharged, there not being suf-
ticient evidence against him to war
rant his detention. When arraigned
Boylan maintained that he had no
actual knowledge about the murder of
the child and his wife gave evidence
in his favor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
THE THIEF.

Over the fields when skies are blue
His voice upcalls dead hours anew;
Gay music he brings from woods re,
mote,
For he's stolen song from the
thrush's throat.
When days end and the twilight's
gloom
Slip glamor over bud and bloom,
Through the fragrant peace his notes
come still
The dusk-dreams of the whipporwil.
And romance follows in his wake
When sweet and low ere day doth
break;
The wind comes through the valley
dark
With stolen gladness Of the lark.
Andrew Shaughnessy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
Fire Bug Alarms GAINESVILLE.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, July 2.-That an
incendiary is at work in Rock county
is certain from the two mysterious
fires last week on the David Moore
place south of the city Wednesday
the barns, tobacco sheds and grain
and valuable farm machinery and
stock was destroyed. Saturday the
home burned and on both occasions
an unknown man was seen running
away from the burning buildings just
before the flames were discovered. A
secret enemy of John Clark, tenant
on the Moore farm, is believed to be
guilty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
MILLIONS FOR NEW CAR
SYSTEM IN CHICAGO

Chicago. July "A mortgage of the
properties Of the Chicago City Rail
way company was recorded yesterday
calling for the issue of bonds of $10,-
100000 due in 20 years at per cent
interest. The money is for use in the
general Improvement of the company S
lines and is the first step in carrying
out the reorganization plans provided
for by the ordinance passed last
April.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
LONDON'S POETRY.

London is full of poetry, full Of
pictures, full of rest, if people will
only believe it. The true painters and
poets see none of the sights and the
drawbacks of which complaint is
made by the prosaic, nor does the
really busy worker, the enthusiast,
hear the noise which drives the idler
away from town.-Lady's Pictorial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
ROCKEFELLER IS
LOST TO DEPUTIES.

New York, July 1.-The search for
John D. Rockefeller by United States
Marshal Henkel and half a dozen de-
puties who wish to serve him with
subpoena directing him to appear be
fore Judge Lands in the United
States court in Chicago July 6, is still
unrewarded and Rockefeller's where
abouts are as much a mystery as
ever. Three other Standard Oil Of
ticials, Charles NJ. Pratt, / Q. Bar
stow and William Hutchinson were
served with subpOenas yesterday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-04
Earthquake Point Settled.

San Francisco. July 2.-An import
ant legal point developed by the
earthquake a year ago was settled
yesterday when Judge Seawen decid-
ed that the contractor and property
owner were put on level by the act
of God and neither could recover
from the other in cases of misfortune
resulting from earthquakes.