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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
UNIVERSITIES AS
PEACE MAKERS

New York, April 17.-That intel
ngence, knowledge, and culture are
things which universities can con-
tribute to the cause of universal
peace, was the consensus of opinion
of the college presidents who spoke
last night at Carnegie hall at the
university meeting of the peace con-
gress A half dozen college presI.
dents. including representatives of
universities of Oxford and Cam
bridge, spoke in the interest Of the
movement, and showed the college
men what they could and should do
to advance the cause of universal
peace and the emancipation of Christ
iandom from the curse of war.
While the Carnegie hall meeting
was in progress, another largely at
tended peace meeting was being held
in Cooper union. This gathering was
representative of organized labor
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
BOLD ROBBERY;
SECURE $4,000

st. Paul, Mimi, April 17.-One Of
tb> boldest and most successful rob
berries perpetrated in this city for
many years occurred last night when
a clerk in the union depot office OF
the Northern Express company was
held up at the point of pistol, com
PEELED to open the safe and deliver
package containing $4,000 in cur
rency, with which the robber escaped
About 1870 a young man believed
to have been the pal OF the roDDef
called at the express office and by
some pretext managed to get one OF
the clerks out Of the Office for short
time. Fred Zimmerman, the other
clerk, soon afterwards found himself
confronted by a masked robber who
pointed a pistol at his head and or
dered him to hold up his hands. The.
robber then took from him revolver
and commanded Zimmerman to opeTEi
the safe. The clerk obeyed without
hesitation.
The bandit ordered Zimmerman to-
hand out the package of currency
which was 10 go to Duluth on the
midnight train Zimmerman handed
out the envelope which the robber
thrust into his coat pocket and es-
capped. The second clerk returned
about this time and an alarm was
givens but no trace Of the robbers
was found.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18

the presidency of the United States,
and now the editor Of a magazine in
Atlanta, engaged in an alteration
with railroad porter, which ended
in blows. Mr.. Watson was annoyed
by the slow time made by the train
and by what he termed the lack of
courtesy shown him by the roads Of
tcials. He and the conductor en-
gagged in a talking match, in which
the porter soon became a party, the
negro taking up for the roads side
of the question. Then Mr.. Watson
grew excited and hit the porter a
blow in the face with his grip.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18

acted along this line in advance of the
vote on the resolution in the assem-
bly,. but the assembly adopted it. Re
Gently President Van Hise told the
senate committee on education how
this question had been under consid-
GRAFTON for a long time and that the
university authorities had abolished
foreign and dead language require
ments for entrance For the reason
that the end sought to be accom-
pEshed has already been attained, TIE
committee believes it useless to con-
cur in the resolution.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
COLLECTION TOO SMALL.
Police Inspector Says He Was Crit
cised by Collins.

csed by Collins.
Chicago, April 17.-Further disclOS-
ures were made yesterday to the civil
service commission, who are investi-
eating the alleged debauching Of the
Chicago police department Ey former
Chief of Police Collins in the effort
TO bring about former Mayor DUNES
reelection. Police Inspector Whee' or
went before he commission and tuld
about receiving an order from Collins
to have the men under his charge
subscribe to the campaign fund in the
interest of Dunno. The inspector de-
clared that while opposed to such an
assessment being made, still he felt
at the time he should obey orders and
that he and his men had paid into the
campaign fund over $4,000 and that
he had been criticised by his chief
because the collection was so small
States Attorney HeaIy has already
begun the consideration Of the evil
dence taken by the board He has not
vet decided upon the course he Will
pursue. The next grand jury will e
sworn Monday and any steps looking
to the Indictment Of police officials &C
cused will probably be then taken up.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
OFFICIAL IN HOT WATER.
Charged With Soliciting and Accept
ina a Bride.

Chicago, April 17.-Perry L. He'd
rick, chief city sanitary inspector Of
the department of health, was ar
rested yesterday on the charges OF
soliciting and accepting a bride. It
is alleged 5000 paid to him by George
A. Beckway, an inventor, was found
in his pocket when he was arrested
Hedrick vase released on $4,000 bond
last night. According to the charges
made against Hedrick, he agreed
with Beckway that upon payment Of
the money he would recommend
BecKway's invention to the health de
partment Hedrick has been an "a
spector several years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
TWO TOWNS ARE
WIPED OFF MAP
DEVASTATION GREATER THAN
AT FIRST SUPPOSED.
THE SHOCKS CONTINUE
Bishop of Chalapa Reports That IA
Were killed in One House-Most
important Public Buildings at
ChiIpancingo Destroyed-Acapulco
Partly Submerged.

City of Mexico, April 17.-Heavy
earthquake shocks continued on the
west coast until yesterday morning.
Late news from the area of the great
est destruction in the recent earth
quake shows the devastation greater
than at first supposed. Besides the
destruction of Chilpancingo and Chill
apa it is now reported that TeXtla, be
tween the two cities above named
and containing about the same popu-
lation as Chilpancingo was also lev
eled to the ground Messengers from
the coast who have reached Chilpan-
cingo say the towns of Ayutla and
Ometepec have been wiped off the
map.
Ayutla j so miles south of Chilpan-
cingo in Guerrero and 20 miles west
of the port of Acapulco. The popula-
ton of Ayutla is small and it is
thought the loss of life is insignia
cant
Ometepec is town of 1000 and il
is feared the loss of life was heavier
here than at Ayutla.
Tlapa. a town 80 miles west of
Chilpancingo is also reported wiped
out A report from Chilpancingo says
the whole west coast from Acapulco
south to Salina Cruz has been badly
damaged
Owing to the remoteness Of these
points and to the fact that wire and
mail communication is very poor,
news from the stricken district comes
very slowly.
The Federal Telegraph company
yesterday gave the Associated Press
the only wire working to Chilpancin-
go. The operator there knew nothing
beyond the fact that he had seen
about a dozen dead bodies and there
were some 80 wounded,
A dispatch from the bishop OF
Chalapa confirms the reports of the
total destruction wrought in that inn
mediate neighborhood. Fourteen are
reported killed in one house and the
number of wounded is given as 80.
In Textla it is reported that -
dead bodies have been taken from the
ruins and twice that number of per-
sons wounded.
Complete Work of Destruction.
Up to 4 O'Clock yesterday morning
the shocks continued with more or
less severity in the vicinity of Chs
pancingO completing the work Of de'
struction and destroying many Of tie
most important public buildings of
the city. The new municipal palace
which was erected in place Of it's
predecessor which was Ieveled by am
earthquake four years ago, was al
most destroyed by these last shocks.
Hospitals, schools and the jail are in
ruins.
Up 70 this time the total number of
daths reported is SO and the wounded
80 but in view of later reports it Is
! thought these figures viii fall far
short of the real number of fatalities
! 1t is reported that Acapulco is part
! Iy submerged from the great waves
which dashed over the embanlIment OF
! the breakwater. Although no breath of
wind was stirring on the night Of the
! first shock, the sea was dashed into
/ fury and as the shocks continued, the
larbor took on the appearance OF
, typhoon-swept ocean.
Communication by rail to Port Of
Veracruz is entirely cut off owing to-
the sinking Of the tracks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
QUARREL OVER A GIRL
HAS FATAL RESULTS

New York, April 17.-After a quar-
rel over a girl to whom both were
paying attention, two Italians fought
a duel with revolveTs in Ozone park,
Long Island, yesterday, as a result
of which one, Buoa Poandiano, was
instantly killed. Vincenezo Cica,
tt other dUelist, was found hiding
in a closet of the home of his victim.
AS the police burst in the closet
door, Cica shot and killed himself.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
Here SIS Years: Couldn't Read.

Green Bay, Wis, April 17.-John
La Fond, a resident of West Depere
since 1912, died there of old age. He
would have been SO years old in De
cember. La Fond was of French de-
scent and was born in NicOllet. Can
ada, in 1908, and in spite of his res
idence in the United States Of So
years, he never learned to read or
write the English language. He
leaves two sons, George and Joseph,
civil war veterans; another son, John,
and two daughters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
Sioux Falls, Ia, Votes for 3o-Year
Franchise.

Sioux Falls, Ia, Votes for 3o-Year
Franchise.
Sioux City, Iowa, April 17.-Munf-
cipal elections were held throughout
South Dakota yesterday, the prevail
ing issue being liquor license. The
returns indicated little change in the
present standing Of the prohibition
and saloon forces. In Sioux Falls
the principal issue was on the grant
ing of a 30-year franchise for the
construction and operation of a
street railway system, which was
ratified License carried by a large
majority.
Joliet, H., April 17.-T-e demo
Gratis won the municipal election.
John B. Cronin was elected mayor
Seneca, H., April 1.-THE entire
democratic ticket headed by Mayor
Il Obey was elected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
Hurry to ChamberIain's Bedside.

Boston, April 17.-Having received
Joseph Chamberlain, as continuing
serious, Mrs. w c. Endicott, widow
of the former secretary of war, &C
companied by her son. William Z.
End1cott and his wife, sailed for
Liverpool yesterday on the steamer
Saxonia. The party is hurrying to
Chamberlain bedside
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
Snow Storm in Nebraska.

Omaha, April 17-Central Nebraska
was visited by a snow storm yester'
day accompanied by decided fall in
the temperature which Is thought to
have practically destroyed early fruit
and vegetables. At Kearney snow
fell at intervals and the temperature
last night was far below freezing. At
Indianaola following snow storm the
temperature fell to % degrees.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
AT JEFFERSON BANQUET.
Bryan Given Enthusiastic Welcome by
Brooklyn Democracy.

New York, April 17.-With William
Jennings Bryan as the chief attrac-
ton. the democracy of Brooklyn last
night. in observance of the anniyer-
sary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson,
engaged in an enthusiastic democratic
reunion and demonstration The
function was the annual dinner of the
Brooklyn democratic club. Bryan.
who, concluding day of vigorous ac-
ton which embraced four public ad-
dresses. was given splendid recep-
ton. and delivered a characteristic
discourse. taking for his subject
Thomas Jefferson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
CONVICTED OF REBATING.
Wisconsin Central and Two OF Its Of
ficiaIs Found Guilty.

Minneapolis, April 1.-THE Wis
cCnsin Central railroad and two Of its
officials in the freight department
were convicted of giving rebates.
The defendants are the railroad COM
pany. Burton Johnson. general freight
agent. and G. T. Huey, assistant gen
eral freight agent There were Il
counts against each defendant.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
Must Serve 90 Years.

ST Louis, April 17.--Robert Smith
was yesterday convicted of having at
tackled Buelah ,Libbard, a l4-yearold
girl. and was sentenced to SO years in
the penitentiary.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
Watson and NEGRO Eiuht.

Augusta, Ca, April 1.-THE rail
road and race problem were merged
on a train between Atlanta and Au-
gusta, when Thomas Watson, once
candidate of the populist party for
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
LOG DRIVERS IDLE.
Forced to Quit Work on Account of
Cold Weather.

Chippewa rails, Wis, April H.
Almost all the log drivers in north
ern Wisconsin are idle on account OF
cold weather which is forming new
ice on streams.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
THAW SHOULD BE IN ASYLUM.
His Half Brother Would Like to See
Him There

Rome, April 1.-THE Tribune has
published an interview with A. Blair
Thaw. half brother of Harry X. Thaw,
who is spending the winter here with
his family. Thaw said he hoped the
lawyers on both sides would agree i'll
the request that Harry be sent to an
aSvlum
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18
LOYAL. SUPPORT
FOR CANDIDATES
SENATORIAL DEADLOCK HAS
HOPELESS APPEARANCE.
HATTEN AND COOPER GAIN

One More Vote in Each Camp-Three
More Ballots in Republican Caucus
Fail to Develop Significant Change
or Give Hope Of Early Re
suit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-18

Yesterday afternoon the senate
completed the routine which was left
over from the morning session on ac-
count of the long debates and the bal
lot for United States senator. The
business was of slight Importance
aside from reports of the committee
on education The Bancroft resolu-
ton to have the university abolish
ali foreign language requirements for
ed for inconvenience. There was
opposition to this in the assembly be-
cause the university authorities had
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
EVERY MAN HAS RIGHT
TO SOUND ANCESTORS.

Slight causes have unsettled the
minds of delicately organized women.
The pratical joker who placed a dead
mouse under pillow has had half
life time to reflect upon the trivial
causes that turn the brain from sane to
insane conditions. A sheet wrapped
figure lurking in the dark has driven
nervous young women insane. But the
midnight shock in the darkness, this
sudden contact with always terrible
death, without an instant for girding
the strength to sustain the shock, only
depleted the vitality and shook the
nerves of the young woman who in a
little more than year became a mother.
Not alone the sins, but the misfortunes
of parents are visited upon their chill
dren.
Some time, perhaps, there will be a new
scientific declaration of independence,
and in it will be found the clause,
every man has right to sound an
cestors." Sound in mind, sound in body,
sound in moral character. Harry Thaw
was the offspring of man whose vital
force had been reduced by intense appli-
cation to the task Of becoming a multi
millionaire and of a woman whose ner-
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
cCommunicatedJ
REPLY TO BALTIMORE LETTER.

EDITOR CITIZEN:-W were glad to
have the pleasure of reading in the
interesting news columns of the VIR-
GINA CITIZEN letter from Baltimore,
written by your old correspondent,
whom we miss so much from around
old Miskimon. In his letter he said
that when he would get hold of the
VIRGINIA CITIZEN occasionly and read
the news his mind would begin to won
der homeward and then he would think
of the old song which used so often to
ring in his ears, mo place like Home. /"
Yes, and that old song is very true in
deed, for there is mo place like home" Z"
As L picked up the VIRGINIA
CITIZEN and read his letter it carried
me back to olden times when he and
used SO often to go around together
and have good time. In his letter
he spoke about your Miskimon cor
respondent speaking so bitterly
against the foot-paths from Miskimon
to Providence and said he was sorry
that your correspondent did not travel
any farther than from Mislximon to
Providence; but he does pass that some
times, for he was seen the other day
travelling as far as Mia, which is
considerable distance on the other side
OF Miskimon. But, by-the-way, he had
no use for the foot paths then as he
was riding, and then it was not on ac-
count of their being so muddy that he
was speaking so bitterly against, but
owing to the scarcity of mowers and
wedding hoes as the foot-paths are so
seldom used that the wild carrot and
stick weeds have taken possession of
them and he cannot get them cut down.
49, SKIP JACK.
Miskimon, Va.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09

vous system had been shattered by cruel
shock. In relatives of both father and
mother the faint of insanity had oc-
Cured. Harry. .Thaw had been cheated
of an inalienable right, the right to be
brought into the world under favorable
auguries. No one solicits, or would
solicit If he could, the privilege of be-
ing born. But since existence is
thrust upon him without his volition
he may well quarrel with the conditions
that warp the life he did not seek. If
any other argument were needed for
the regulation of marriage with view
to a better race, the case of Harry
Thaw, undeniably a weakling, is one.
Persons bearing in them the taint of
menacing disease, bodily or mental,
should no more be permitted to marry
than should the lepers on Molokai.
Legislators pleading for restricting
laws looking to stronger and more
race of men and women of
another generation, may well cite in
their overwhelming list the men whom
heredity and parental conditions have
tricked the name of Harry Thaw.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
MARK TWAIN's SERIOUS SIDE.

AT no time, not even when the exub-
erance of youth and the recklessness of
mining-camp life were combining to
give him the reputation of an untaimed
wag, was Mark Twain ever a mere
joker. AS he has lately said in his au-
photography, his temperament has al
ways been inwardly serious. AS boy,
with his tom Sawyer" days hardly
over, this seriousness cropped out in
his family letters, full of staid refiec-
tions and carefully thought-out plans of
work. His humor seems to have been
something apart from himself almost
like the emanation of second person
atty. 1t bubbled out in quaint, irressi-
tible phrases, without will on his part,
and without effort. 1t made it impossible
for him to write a commonplace letter.
But all this was merely the froth of
his deeper thought. The humorist who
has nothing but froth dies when the
bubbles burst, and those readers. a
generation ago, who could see nothing
of Mark Twain's work but the foam,
thought that he would disappear, like
the crowd of newspaper jokers of the
day. -"Mark Twain, Doctor of Let
ters, by Samuel E. Moffett, in Ameri-
can Review of Reviews for August.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
A CRYING NEED.
Miskimon, Va

What is needed at this time," said
one of the best-known lawyers of the
State to-day, els commission of three
or five well-known lawyers to revise and
reconcile the statutes of the State Of
Virginia. The work will take some time.
The members of the general assembly
cannot possibly undertake to do the
work in the limited time in which it is
in session. 1t will require time, signal
ability and care.
''The statutes were revised twenty
years ago. Since that time efforts have
been made to amend several sections,
the constitution has been changed max
ing change in the basic principles of
many of the statutes, and it is an i'm
perative necessity that the work be
done.
If the statutes are revised, it will
result in saving of vast amount of
money to the State. Trials of cases
would be shorter. for the seeming con-
fiicts in the various statutes would be
and there would be no loss
of time in adjusting-the laws. AS it is
now, where there is ambiguity, the
matter of governing the State depart
ments have to be referred to the at
torney general. He and his assistants
have about all they can stand up to.
The statutes are hopelessly mixed.
They need immediate attention, and the
quicker the work is begun the better
1T will be for the State. - Richmond
Journal.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
FEASTS ABORIGINEE RELATIVE.

All Newport agrees that the most
successful function of the season was
the luncheon given by Mr. and Mrs. o.
II. p. Belmont to Consul, Bostock's s
educated chimpanzee. Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lehr,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elisha Dyer, James De
Wolf Cutting, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish,
Miss Lou Robinson and Lispenard
Stewart, all of the ''400."
The scene of the luncheon was the
magnificent Belmont Newport home,
Belcourt. Consul and his. keeper came to
Newport by boat from New York in
the morning and went to hotel, where
one of Mr.. Belmont's automobiles called
for them. On his arrival at Belcourt
Consul was met by Mr.. Belmont, who
greeted him affectionately. The other
guests were then introduced.
When luncheon was announced there
was a good-natured discussion among
the ladies as to which of them should
be escorted to the dining-room by the
guest of honor. Consul made his own
selection and acted as dignified as any
of the guests.
His very first action on seating him
self threw the table into gale of laugh.
ter. Dexteriously slipping his left paw
over the edge of the mahogany board,
he inserted it in cup of iced bouillon,
after which he carefully wiped it with
a napkin. This was the first intimatior
to the other guests that he had dis
carded his shoes.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-08-09
WOMAN'S WORKING HOURS.

There is one reform for which the
need, long felt, has now become very
acute. That is the need for Tightening
the labor and shortening the hours dur
ing which women work It is ludicrous
for instance that working man shall
work but eight hours, while his wife
shall continue to work full twice so
long. The wives do it though. In the
home OF nearly every family the mother
works almost without intermission
from twelve to sixteen hours each day.
The complexity of our life is such that
it is not easily to be seen how the work
ing hours of the wife and mother NAV
be shortened, but that they should be
curtailed everybody knows except per-
haps the wife and mother.
Work is one of the most wholesome
things in the world, but one may have
too much of it as the men discovered
who organized and secured an eight
hour working day in some trades
Doubtless some of these same men are
going home now and permitting their
wives 10 prepare hot supper for them,
thus lengthening the woman's hours of
labor an hour or two.
What are you going to do about it?"
the wife and mother says. "You can
not eat three meals within eight hours.
and even if you could the preparation
of them and the clearing away after
ward would consume at least a couple
of more hours" The reform then can
not be achieved through the instru-
mentality of the wife and mother. It
must be by men. The unselfishness of
women is so great and so generally dis
tributed that they will persevere in
self-sacrifice. That fact, however. as
an excuse for the man who will let
them do so is worthless. 1t is worse
than that, it is evidence for the prose
cution. Norfolk Ledger-D Dispatch.