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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31

New York, Jan. 30-The first nis
surprise of the trial Of Harry X. Tnaw
came yesterday when Justice Fit
gerald, on motion of District Attorney
Jerome and with the consent of the
attorneys for Thaw, announced that
two jurors selected in the early days
of the proceedings would he excused
from further service.
The men were Arthur S. Campbell,
superintendent of telephone construc-
ton, and Harold r. Faire, printer and
publisher of pamphlet circulated in
Wall street. The court room was
crowded for the opening of the after
noon session when the amendment
was made.
by agreement said District Attor-
ney Jerome. the reasons for this &C
ton will not be made public but they
are of a business nature. Counsel
representing the people and the DE-
PENDANT have conferred with the court
in regard to the matter and a unsni-
nous decision was arrived at"
When the excused jurymen left the
room they were besieged by question
ers. Faire created a mild sensation
in the corridors when he asserted with
positiveness that he was utterly in g
norance of any reason why he should
be asked to step down.
Campbell, the second excused juror,
declared he had too much respect for
the court to give an interview" 1t
was generally reported that Campbell
had asked to be relieved He begged
to be excused when first placed on the
jury.
The two new Jurors selected yesto"-
day are John S. 'Dennee, a travelling.
freight agent, and David H. S. Walk
er, a real estate broker.
Thaw seemed 10 be particularly well
pleased with the selection Of both
Dennee and Walker and smiled when
the prosecution withdrew all pending
challenges against the talesmen.
It is now believed that the taking Of
testimony can not be reached before
Thursday afternoon or Friday morn
ing
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
SIXTY OR MORE MAY
HAVE DIED IN EXPLOSION

Charleston, w. Va, Jan. 3U.-There
are at least so or 60 persons dead as
result of an explosion in the stu
art mine near Fayetteville lasl night
according to the last report received
and it is expected that the number
will reach rs more. The explosion
was caused by dust in the mine. Ev-
cry effort is being made to get the
men who are entombed, but there is
little hope that any of them are altve.
AT the time Of the explosion rnere
were about 200 men IN the shaft, and
there is grave apprehension that
great many were in the mine when
the explosion occurred. The Stuart
mine is shaft 5GS feet deep and has
been in operation for about three
years.
1t is believed the number killed in
the Stuart mine is at least so. There
is no chance that any of those in the
mine will be taken out alive for it is
thought that the terrific force of the
explosion snuffed out their lives in
stantly. 1t will not he possible fer
the rescuers to reach the bottom of
the shaft within As hours. The dis
aster is perhaps the worst, in the num-
Der lied, in tie history of the state,
Most of the men were Americans and
many We're married and had large
families. There were a dozen or
more colored men and Il or more
aliens. The rescue work was COM
menced Immediately but the foul air
forced suspension for the time
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
A Philosopher of Life.

Some might say that W, M Curtis
the member from KcnOsha county, is
an elderly gentleman; and in one
sense of the word that may be 50, but
in another sense faint so. He is
one of those characters who under
stand the true philosophy of life and
lives in an enjoyment of 1t all the
time, and thereby retains his youth.
He is farmer also a dealer in farm
machinery and his posto0ice address
Is Trevor KCnOsha county Is a
dairy county devoted principally to
the production Of butter, although Il
condensed milk factory Is being es-
tablished and soon will be in opera
ton, Mr., Curtis does considerable
business during fall and winter feed
ing sheep, He has big feeding sheds
and ships in the stock from the west
to fit It for market Two years ago
he was opposed to the state going
into the manufacture Of binder twine
but new he is disposed to favor ,he
proposal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Decisions of the Court.

The following supreme court decis.
ions We're handed down:
No. a. Mary Dahlman ct al. W.
city of Milwaukee. reversed and case
dismissed.
70. Mary Dahlman ct al. VS.. city OF
Milwaukee, implicated, affirmed.
IS. sherman II. Arp VS. Allis-Chal
mers company. affirmed.
loo. American Foundry & Furnace
company vs. board Of education Of
Berlin affirmed.
ia Baraboo Land Mining & Leas.
ing company VS. Emil Winters. order
affirmed
l15. Barbara Steffen VS. Supreme As.
semhly of the Defenders, affirmed.
tt9. Fred Buhler VS.. f Isabel
Smith. eXecuuix, affirmed
1877. Eddie Ferguson, by guardian
VS. Peter TruaX, implicated, affirmed.
13S. Benjamin Klee VS.. RUFUS
Stephenson. affirmed.
145 B. NJ Palmer. administrations
VS. Henry J. ORourke, affirmed
LAG. William Hardt VS.. the Chica.
go Milwaukee q St Paul Railroad
company. affirmed.
147. John H. Parker vs.. Fairbanks
Morse Mfg. company, affirmed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
IN MEMORY OF M'klNLEY.
Celebrate Anniversary of Dead Presi
dents Birth.

Washington, Jan. 30.-The anniver-
sary of the birth Of the late President
Mckinley was celebrated last night
at the Metropolitan Methodist Episco-
pal church, where Mr. Mckinley Wor-
shipped while in Washington. A large
and representative audience attend
ed Several addresses were made
and letters were read from President
Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks
and Postmaster General Cortelyou in
which they paid high tributes to the
late president.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31

decorator although he is engaged in
other business also. He Is a demo
crat, his ward being the banner dem
.ocratic ward in Milwaukee, and he
will oppose any measures which may
be introduced seeking to give to
Mayor Becker power to control the
fire and police chiefs He is a man
of pleasing personality and is mar
ried.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
A Journalistic Member.

Jeremiah ONei Of Wauzcka REP
reSents Crawford county in the lower
house. He Is a Democrat and an ed
tor, being the owner and publisher of
the we'll known KiclapOo Chief one
Of the clcvcrst and ClCaucst waGklies
in the state. He is new member
but lost no time in interfering bill
to amend the primary election law,
WauZoka. Mr.. O'Neil's home town, is
way down on the Wisconsin river at
the mouth of the historic Kickapoo
and only about fifteen miles from the
father of waters The county is the
home of Governor Davidson and of
Alley Peterson, famous in the annals
of Wisconsin politics, also as the pro-
Queer of the finest tobacco shown at
the recent convention OF growers ana
dealers. Being democrat from a
county that is strongly republican he
of course Is on his mcttle and, like
the man from Missouri he will insist
on being shown before he passes
judgment
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Eight Injured in q Wreck.

South McAlester, l. r., Jan. So
Eight persons were injured, two IA
tally, by a collision of Missouri,
Kansas and Texas freight train ana
local passenger train at Crowder IIly.
| r.. yesterday. The fatally injured
are Freight Engineer ". b. McCarver
of Denison, Texas, and Freight Fire
man Ed. Henderson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
FINED FOR CONTEMPT.
Former Congressman Tried to Brow
Beat Court

Omaha. Jan. 30 congressman
w j. ConneI, adjudged guilty Of con.
tempt by Judge sutton Of the district
court after a trial. was yesterday sen
fenced to pay fine Of 500. Connell
was charged with trying TO brow beat
the court in the recent "coal trust
trial
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Meyer Starts for Berlin.

St Petersburg, Ian. 5o.-George
Won l. Meyer, the retiring am5assa-
dor Of the United States, lett here
yesterday for Berlin. A large crowd
of prominent persons gathered at the
railroad station to bid him farewell
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
From the Cream civ

The representative Of the four
teenth district of Milwaukee in the
assembly is ] A, Domachowski, a
Polish American, He Is written down
in the handbook as painter and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Priest Gets New Trial.

new trial is ordered by the SUI
preme court in the reversal of The
finding of a circuit court jury at La
Crosse il the case against James HGf-
er, a priest at st. Joseph, Wis,
against whom complaint is made by a
girl of 16 years, a jury convicting on
he; unsupported story. The SEN
tence was not pronounced by the low
err court
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
ACTION DISMISSED BY SUPREME
COURT.
QUESTION NOT SETTLED
Doubts Raised by Attorneys Regard
ing Jurisdiction Are Not Cleared
by Decision-Beriin Schools 1oiu
Point-Priest Gets New Trial-De-
cisions of the Court.
Madison. Jan, 30,

Madison, Jan. 30.
Because Of an equal division of ,le
justices the case of the state of Wis
consin ex rel. Francis McGovern. as
district attorney of Milwaukee county,
against Orrin T. Williams, as circuit
Judge of Milwaukee county, respond
ent was dismissed by the supreme
court yesterday.
The McGovern- Williams case, or the
Hare-Keogh case, as it is generally
known, was an appeal to the supreme
court to exercise its constitutional
power of supervisory control over in
ferior courts and especially to compel
Judge Williams to reverse his orI =
sustaining a demurrer to an indict-
ment found by the grand jury against
Hare and Keogh and to place the
cause on the calendar for trial
Questions Left Unsettled.
Hare and Keogh were indicted for
conspirng to obtain money by fagc
pretense. The conspiracy alleged
arose in respect to a printing contract.
Judge Williams held that the indict-
ment was insufficient as it did not
state an offense, quashed it and dis
charged the defendants. This order
is sought to be reversed by this &C
ton. This is the first time the su-
preme court has ever been asked to
use its constitutional power of super.
visory control in a criminal action on
the part of the state.
From legal standpoint the outcome
is unsatisfactory as it leaves the dis
puted questions as to the jurisdiction
of the supreme court to set aside errO-
neous orders quashing the indictment
and discharging the defendant and to
reinstate the case and proceed wi 4
the trial and as to whether a man
damus is an appropriate writ Or NOT
for the exercise of this power and as
to the insufficiency of the indictment
really unsettled though it terminates
the case,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
COURT EXCUSES
TWO JURYMEN
GIVES NO REASON FOR THEIR
DISMISSAL.
TWO NEW JURORS CHOSEN

Thaw Pleased With Their Selection
and Smiles When Prosecution
Withdraws All Pending Challenges
Against acknowledging of Evi
dence Won't Begin for Day or Two.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Berlin School Board Wins.

Fhe supreme court affirmed the find
ing of the lower court III the case Of
the American Foundry company versus
the board of education of the city of
Berlin. This came to the supreme
court on appeal from a judgment up
on the verdict of jury dismissing Tie
plaintiffs complaint against the de-
PENDANT and giving judgment against
the American Foundry company on a
counter claim of $36, 900
The plaintiff is engaged in the bust
ness of furnishing and installing heat
ing and ventilating apparatus for
schools and under a written contract
placed one in the high school building
at Berlin at the agreed price of $500,
upon which there has been paid So,
S55, leaving a balance OF $645, claimed
by the plaintiff.
The board of education of the cit,
of Berlin set up as a defense that the
heating plant was not adequate, was
not installed according to contract, and
also that the contract had been re-
scinded and the foundry company re-
CURED to remove their plant and re-
fund the purchase price The plant
if replied to the countercl aim and put
all the facts in issue. The jury as
sessed the damages to the Berlin high
school at s3,0SS57, from which the
company appealed
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
plan TO FACILITATE AND PRO
LONG LITIGATION.
STATE INSURANCE SCHEME
First Step Toward Establishment OF
cvstem in Wisconsn--Dane
County Assemmblyman Proposes
Graduate Income Tax-MoNo TO
Utterly Abolish Polygany.
Madison, Jan. 30.

Two measures were introduced IN
the assembly yesterday by the social
democratic members from Milwaukee
which may prove significant one,
bill introduced by Carl ID. thompson
in the assembly, provides for the re-
moyal OF the requirement TO prepay
costs in cases Of appeal to the su'
rae court in ali but criminal cases.
The direct purpose of the bMl Is to
assist people of small means In carry
ing their cases before the highest
tribunal in the state especially when
they are engaged in litigation with IN
terests which have unlimited wealth
Mt their disposal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
State Insurance.

The other measure introduced Is a
Joint resolution, offered by Carl D
Thompson. II Is designed to be the
first step to commit Wisconsin to \
system Of state insurance. Though
the ultimate object appears somewhat
radical, the immediate provisions Or
the resolution are conservative It
provides merely for the appointment
of commission Of two senators and
two assemblymen, which may enlist
tho services of two or more qualified
experts and shall work out n system
OF otate insurance TO be recommended
to- the next legislature, The recon-
mendatlon Of the system when made
shall include Cd system of life IN.
Burance based on the recognized prIn-
clples of modern insurance; ca Il
system Of old age and invalidity III
surance for people who have been res.
idents Of Wisconsin for ten years
and have led sober and industrious
liyos for five years past. ana have
never been found guilty OF a civil or
criminal mIsdemeanor; and t3, sys.
TEN of sickness and accident insur-
ance with proper restrictions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31

Assemblyman Stewart OF Verona IN.
PRODUCED n Joint resolution providing
for nm amendment to the constitution
which shall permit the imposition or
taxes on incomes, privileges and oc-
cupauons," The system of income
tax provided for Is graduated in.
come tax, the bases Of graduation to
be formulated later,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Against polygamy.

In view of the fact that recent in.
Yestigations by the United States son.
ate have disclosed the existence Il
poylgamy to larger extent than was
commonly supposed, Assemblymnn
Roycraft offered a Joint resolution TO
urge the calling OF constitutional
convention to amend the feueral con.
stltution and make proper provisions
for DISCRIMINATING the ovil ut the
same time reserying to the states
their jurisdiction Of the matter. The
resolution provides for memorial ad.
dressed TO congress, urging the call.
ing of convention, and copies of the
resolution To be sent to the various
state legislatures with urgent re.
quests TO endorse the action or our
legislature and cooperate with them
IN securing federal ACTION
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Many New Bills.

~ large number of new bills mos,
OF Them Of technical or local import
We're sent by members to The com.
mittee ON revision, and win be MIRO
auced later. Among them were,
by Mr. Thompson-Regulatin m.
hours of railway employees and tele.
sraphers so as to limit a days work
to eight hours.
BY Mr.. ss-Appropriatins
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Industrial Education.

AssembHman Estabrooll aims To SO.
cure industrial education In the
graded schools by means of bin no
introduced yesterday, The work
IN the schools will be partially SUB
pect to the college of engineering of
the state university and bonus in
The shape of state aid will be granted
the schools that come UP TO certain
requirements.
The vote on joint resolution no. s.
providing for uniform rurey In both
houses was reconstdcred on motion
of Assemblymm stout ami noncon.
CURED in after the vote to reconsider
was carried, The assembly then pro.
eeeded to pass its own amendments
ana adopted its own code of rules
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-01-31
Ing federal action.
Thayer's Ghost Abroad.

ASSemhlNman j, r. Bakers bin 70.
lRtlnG To the conduct OF LIQUOR bust,
ness within certain limits provides
that the electors In any residence dis.
trict of 1000 electors may prevent the
granting of a saloon license within
those territorial limits, denuite IN ma
ture, which comprise amy particular
residence district" 1t ia the idea
involved in the Thayer bill of 1906
by request Assemhlyman Curtis in
troduced a bill providing a minimum
of $40 q month for school teachers
and minimum of Is years MS a quail.
tication for any teacher
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22
The New Curreicy Law.

1t is obvious, even to those unskilled
in financial affairs, that the currency of
country ought to be as easily elastic
as is consistent with soundness One
of the features of the Aldrich currency
bill, which was passed by the late con-
gress and signed by the president, is the
effort to make fuller provision for such
elasticity in response to the demands of
business. AS the law has stood. not
more than 100000 of national bank
notes could be retired in single month
The effect has been that the national
banks, not being able to retire unprofita-
BILE circulation when stringency in the
money market appeared to warrant it,
Under the new law the limit of nation
al bank currency that may be retired in
any month is extended to $4,000, 900,
and it Is expected that the change will
tend to encourage the national banks
to issue larger amount of currency,
and the expectation would appear to be
reasonable, although it is not made
exactly clear why there need be any
limit placed upon the retirement of cir
culation when the demand falls so low
that the banks find their issue of bank
notes improbable.
Perhaps the most important provis
ion of the new law is that which re-
moves the limitations Of the deposits Of
government funds in national banks.
Under the new law the secretary of the
treasury can deposit all the money of
the government with the national
banks except working balance which
must, of course, be always on hand in
the treasury By this means the
money taken from the channels of
trade through customs and excise
will Immediately find its way back to
those channels again, through the
agency of the national banks, the
money thus received from the treasury
being secured by the deposit of bonds
by the banks.
These two features of the Aldrich law
ought to have beneficial effect in rem
dering the volume of currency more
elastic than it has been in the past
that, to a considerable extent, it will
expand in response to the legitimate
demands of business, because 1t can be
retired when that demand falls off and
the issue of bank notes is no longer
profitable.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22
Constitutional Amendment.

The Michigan Good Government
League asks consideration of the fol-
lowing statement:
The so-called good roads proposition
is being advanced in connection with
the proposed constitutional amendment,
striking out the clause which prohibits
the teaching of a mechanical trade to
convicts, and is so misleading that it
should not be permitted to pass unno-
ticed. The purpose is not to further the
passage of the proposed amendment,
which will be voted upon April LIST, but
to defeat it, if possible, by throwing
out the contention that the question of
convict labor can be settled without
amending the constitution, bv employ
ing convicts in crushing rock to be
used on the roads of the state.
This is decidedly untrue and absolute
ly misleading, for unless the proposed
constitutional amendment is passed,
the state cannot use convicts in crush
ing rock or in any other part of such
work, fact that is made clear by the
recent broom making decision of the
Supreme Court. You will notice that
the good roads argument is also being
used against the installment of binder
Irvine plant at Jackson prison. 1t Is
nothing more than new move on the
part of the binder Irvine trust to dis
credit the administration and the state
legislature. A trust can be relied upon
to go to any length to accomplish its
ends.
Aside from the fact that convict la
Dor cannot be employed in rock crush
ing for state purposes unless the con-
stitution is amended, not to exceed $50
convicts will ever be employed for this
purpose, due to the fact that this num-
Der can turn out all the crushed rock
that could possibly be used. There are
1,SC0 convicts in this state. What is to
done with the rest of them? They
must be employed at something. The
convict labor question is too big to be
confined to any one channel. When
ever that is attempted, as in the good
roads proposition, there is just cause
for suspicion that some one Is at work
axe grinding.
The proposition is really simple one
and may be reduced to these terms:
LIST. Permit the state to employ con-
vict labor.
End. Let the labor be both profitable
to the state and to the convict.
The result is the reduction of taxes
and the reclamation of the convict,
while idleness spells expense to the
state and is a menace to the convict.
The proposed constitutional amendment
should be supported.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-03-22

cd bearings t. the parties III interest.
Governor Warner concluded that the
Fuller bill. which was rushed through
tho two houses in such hurry, af
fected so many upper peninsula bust
ness interests 80 extensively and sc
disastrOusly. being far more sweeping
in this particular than was anticipated
at the time Of its passage, that the
object sought could better be attained
i'm another way. The bill was, there
fore, recalled by the senate from the
governor on motion of its intrOduceI
and by unanimous vote, and wher
returned was tabled. subsequently,
Representative Lord introduced a blu
which amends the present law so that
mining companies may own stock only
in other mining companies which owg
non-producing mines.
OsceOIa Interests Busy.
In the meantime the OsceOla inter
csts have been busy, having obtained
from the United States court an in
junction restraining the Calumet &
iIecla company from voting proxies al
the annual meeting of the Osceola
company. As the result of all this the
annual meeting which was to have
been held last Thursday has been post
poned until next month.
AS was predicted by his friends and
ncQuaintances generally. Lieutenant
Governor +. ri. Kelley makes n very
able and popular presiding officer of
the senate. He enjoys the complete
confidence Of all the members of the
upper house and is making good all
along the line. Lieutenant Governor
Kelley is in great demand at banQuets
and all sorts OF public meetings, he.
ing a forceful and entertaining speaker.
JAMES V. BARRY.