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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03

The coat suit, as illustrated, is an
instance of economy we'll WORTH While
Made of serge, of rich and attrac-
tive red, its coat lined with gay plaid
silk showing a satin hair-line of the
same red, it presents the effect of a
much more expensive suit. Looking at
the neat finish, the careful workman
ship and the particularly smart lines,
no one would dream it is a homemade
affair, or that 1t cost exactly three
dollars and seventy cents!
The plaid lining was a remnant and
only enough for the body of the coat,
and strong serge lining was used for
the sleeves. The interlining used was
silesia. For winter wear, an interim
ing Of canton flannel would be better,
or of some lightweight wooden goods
such as one is apt to find in the family
piece-bag. Speaking of this piece-bag,
it is we'll to remember that it may
often prove Of practical value when
ever dressing ON dimes is attempted.
Very often its varied collection will
yield material which may be utilized
not alone toward the saving of money,
but also toward the visible improve
ment of the garment under way. For
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03
THE OPEN DOOR,

Remember that the door is open so
while you stay do not complain.-Epic-
tetus.
The door stands open reckoning thee
Beyond the Intel to the Main;
Thy feet unshackled are; thou'rt free
To go or stay as pIeaseth thee
Stay then, but not complain!
Thou mayst not view beyond the Main
A mist hangs darkly DER the sea.
Thou mayst go forth, but not again
Return; but prithee not complain
Shouldst thou abide-the path Is
free!
Then go Or stay, but cheerful be
If so thou choosest to remain:
The Door stands open to tie Sea-
The far horizon beckons thee,
Wide as the skies the mystery
Choose thou, but not complain!
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03

There is one inlet Of the Pacific
ocean where the conventional term
'the silver sea" is absurdly appro-
pirate just now. At the mouth of the
Santa Clara river, California, the wa
ter has a bright golden hue, owing
to the presence of tens Of thousands
of floating oran ges. These are lot the
flotsam of washed-out orchards but
were deliberately thrown into the
river from the great packing houses
in the Sespe neighborhood. The crops
are so large that only the best or
anges are worth keeping.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03
SOFT FELT HOODS
Style of Last Season is Again to Pre-
vail with Some Changes That
Make Improvement.

The soft felt hood used so extensive
ly in last years millinery appears
again this season, but manipulated in
such entirely different ways that one
scarcely recognizes it as an old friend
It's best development is in the form
of small toque. The pointed sugar
loaf crown is folded and denied over
the fiat frame of the toque, and the
brim covered plain, as illustrated in
the accompanying picture, where the
color scheme is soft shade of golden
brown. A large soft rosette of brown
velvet-piece Velvet-centered with
large headed pin is set in the brim
little to the left of the front, and along
the side of the brim and extending out
over the crown a trifle are a pair of
large brown wings. The wings seem
a trife large for the size of the hat,
but this is a feature of many of the
smartest hats of the season. The larg-
er the wings the smarter, and of
course, the more expensive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03
TOES TURN IN.

You can correct the turning in of
the toes by constant practice and
exercises standing on one foot,
take and make your greatest effort to
turn the foot outward Practice ankle
exercises standing on one foot, holding
holding the other slightly in front and
turning the foot from right to left and
back again, then round and round I'M
til the ankle joint is flexible Do this
many times a day and you will soon
find that you are able to direct the
movements of the foot in walking, 1t
may be slow, but success awaits you
if you persist in trying. Nothing worn
in the shoe will help you, as nothing
but fexfbilfty Of the joints and the
control of the muscles will do the
work
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03
Advice.

go you are anxious to go into public
life" said the influential man.
Eyes. How would you advise me
to go about it,"
We'll, If you are personally anbit-
ioIs / should suggest politics. If your
wife is socially ambitious I should sug-
gest diplomacy. "-Washingto Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03

VINO were with you at the picnic?"
''The usual contingent Our sisters
and our cousins and the ants. "-BaIti-
more American.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03

example, the piece-bag might perhaps
furnish velvet for facing the collar
and cuffs, lining as well as interim
ing for the coat, and possibly the but
tons.
The bretelles and armhole bands
which add so much to the smartness
of the skirt may be finished. like the
belt, with a double row of machine
stitching. If preferred, featherstitch-
ing might be used, or, prettier still,
the outer edges might be embroidered
with buttonholed scallops worked in
seIf-color in black or in white.
Other variations will no doubt sug-
gest themselves. A line of hand EN-
broidery wrought directly upon the
bands, or a piping of silk or velvet
such as the piece-bag might provide
would be pretty. The cost Of the
model Illustrated is herewith item
lied:
yards of red serge at 80 cents........$1.6O
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
DENY Smallpox story.

DR.. M. A. T. Hoffman, health COM
missioner of Campbellsport, was
aroused when he read in Milwaukee
evening paper a story to the eject
that there were thirteen cases or
smallpox in Campbellsport, and that
letter had been written to Commission
ed Bading at Milwaukee asking him to
come to Campbellsport and make an
investigation.
"The report that there are smallpox
cases in Campbellsport is absolutely
false" said Dr. Hoffman. There is not
a single patient showing the slightest
sign of smallpox, and there is no au-
thority for the printed statement.
IT wrote to DR.. Bading at Milwaukee
regarding two cases of what | suspect
are smallpox, but these patients both
live four miles from there"
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23

ter without any foreign language will
find it difficult to complete any Of the
courses in four years. All students en-
tering without any preparation in for
eign languages will ordinarily be COM
PEELED to take foreign language work
for four hours week during one year
in order to make up the deficiency in
preparation.
Every high school in the state that
maintains satisfactory standard or
work and q regular course OF study
may now have it's graduates enter the
university without examination. APP
plication for an examination Of schools
not now on the accredited list may be
made by an officer of the school to the
president Of the university. On bas
sis of this application a committee or
the faculty will examine the course of
study and the method of instruction In
the school and on their favorable rec
ommendation as to the satisfactory
character of these and the concurrence
of the faculty in this recommendation,
the school will be placed on the &C
credited list.-W.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23

New York. March 21.-The blow OF
which Harry Kendall Thaw has been
in terror since his trial for the murder
of Stanford White began fell yester-
day District Attorney Jerome did not
make formal application for the ap-
pointment of a commission in lunacy.
but in an impassioned speech he ap-
Dealed to the conscience OF the court,
asserting that Thaw is unable intelli-
gently to advise his counsel and is be-
lieved by every one who has watched
and come into contact with him to be
insane.
Thaw's Counsel Accused.
Mr.. Jerome asserted that the six
alienists who testified for the state
were convinced that Thaw was Of UNI
sound mind. Mr.. Jerome dramatically
accused the counsel for the defense of
concealing testimony which II pre-
sented to the court, would make the
continuance Of the trial crime. SO
earnestly did he plead that Justice
FITZGERALD dismissed the jury until Fri
day morning and adjourned court until
this afternoon, when he will consider
whatever evidence either side has to
offer and decide whether the trial shall
80 on or whether a commission in
lunacy shall be appointed to pass upon
Thaw's present mental condition.
Dramatic and Exciting.
The scenes attending the adjourn
ment of court shortly after | o'clock
were dramatic and exciting. IhaWs
counsel seemed taken utterly by sur
prise.
eff the real facts were known de-
clared Mr.. Jerome, Il have no right to
be here trying a man for MS lie.
But the knowledg / have cannot be
put in legal form before the jury, 1t
is mostly hearsay. But if | could get
the facts before you they would shock
and horrify the conscience OF the court
and instantly this case would be stop
ped
Defense Scents Victory.
Justice FITZGERALD demanded that
counsel on both sides submit to nm TO-
day all the evidence they possess touch
ing upon the sanity or insanity OF the
defendant.
When the trial adjourned Messrs
Hartridge and O'Reilly of ThaWs
counsel professed the greatest pleas
IRE over the turn of affairs.
"The district attorney has acknoWi-
edged himself beaten said Mr.. Hart
ridge. eve can combat the lunacy
commission. In the meantime the dis
trict attorney has acknowledged that
he believes Thaw was insane when ne
shot Stanford White. That ought 10
give us an acquittal.'
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Would Cleanse Ia Crosse.

That La Crosse is a den of sin and
abomination is the effect of a report OF
a committee of detectives to the pas
tors union, on which that organization
will base it's demands for reforms.
The committee reported that one OF
the leading hotels was the scene or
orgies in which girls were ruined;
that scandalous doings were of nightly
occurrence in many wine rooms, and
that even some church members and
prominent citizens, including judge,
had been found inside disreputable sa'
looms by the committee when it visit
ed them.
The pastors declare that La Crosse
needs a thorough dose of reform to re-
store it to decency and that it's repu-
tation is being ruined by practices now
permitted. To secure reform, they, at
a meeting recently, formed an assocla-
ton which will be incorporated with
100000 capital, large part OF when
already has been pledged, with the OBJ
iect of enforcing better conditions. De-
tectives will be hired, evidence collect
ed and violators Of the law will be
prosecuted.
The pastors are aiming mainly at
the social evil and are at present max
ing no war on gambling or Sunday sa'
looms.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
HIGH SCHOOLS ACCREDITED.
Teaching of Foreign Language No
Lonqer Required.

Longer Required.
All high schools of the state, inclUd-
ing those that give no work In foreign
language, will be accredited by the
university hereafter as a result of the
action just taken by the faculty OF the
University of Wisconsin. The only re-
of the high school be equal to that rec
commended for a four years high
school curriculum by the state super
ident of public instruction, and this
course Of study be given in a satlsfac-
| tory manner. The graduates of SUCH
an approved school will be received by
the university without examination on
the presentation of a certificate snow
| ing the satisfactory completion OF four
| teen required unit courses and con-
| tanning the recommendation or the
principal. Manual training will here
after be credited as one unit toward
| entrance. and the students will be per-
mitted to present one unit OF optional
study. Commercial subjects to the eX-
| tent of one unit will also be permitted
| as part of the required work for en-
trance History and science have been
removed from the list of subjects re-
duired of all, and henceforth will be
optional. Spanish will be credited Tor
entrance and two years of Latin Will
likewise be accepted. These changes
meet with the approval of the commit
tee of the Wisconsin Principals and
Superintendents' association appointed
at the last meeting of that body to con-
fer with the university authorities IN
regard to the entrance requirements.
The changes make the present scho-
1astic system of requirements still
more liberal. The groupings or ac-
credited high schools into four classes
based upon the amount OF foreign ian
guaees offered IS abolished, and all
schools hereafter will be in the same
class. The conditions for ADMISSION
without foreign language have been so
changed as to permit the student to
offer as a part of the required units
two optional units without manual
training, or one optional unit WIN
manual training. The additions that
have been made to the elective SUB
iects that may be offered for entrance
consists of Spanish, two units; com
mercial law, one-half unit; commercial
geography, one-half unit, manual
training or optional subject, one unit;
mathematics, increased from three TO
four units. The only subjects required
of all are English and mathematics
Although high schools offering no
foreign language will be placed on the
accredited list. the university still de-
sires to have those who expect to en-
ter the institution prepared In one OF
more foreign languages. students Ell
tering the college Of letters ana SCI
ence are advised to present Latin ana
a second foreign language 10 the
amount Of at least six units. Those Ell
tering the pre-medical course should
nresent at least two units OF Latin pc
cause the medical schools require IllS
amount for entrance, and they also ao-
wise four units of German. In the COL
lege of engineering students VINO en-
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
CONVICT PUT[R
TELLS OF GRAFT
WITNESS TELLS A STARTLING
STORY ABOUT CONGRESS-
MAN MANN.
MONEY SMOOTHES THE PATH
LAND GRABBER RELATES Diff
CULTIES AND EXPENSE OF
FIXING THINGS"

Washington, March. q. = S. A. D.
Puter, who gave his residence as the
Multnomah county jail, Oregon,
where he has served six months of a
two-year sentence for land frauds, was
witness for the government in the
Hermann trial here yesterday.
Puter talked for half an hour and
gave with startling directness the full
details of the cost which had attended
his efforts to obtain patents to twelve
homesteads in the Cascade forest re-
serve, now known as the ''seyen-elev-
en-" frauds in Oregon.
Puter "Fixes Things"
He said he first rounded up" ten
persons and agreed to pay them $3.50
each to make entries to the claims and
turn over the deeds to him. He then
saw DR.. Loomis, special agent of the
land office, gave him $500 to make a
favorable report on the claims, and
promised him like amount when the
patents should issue. He also endeav-
state forester, by giving Ormsby's son
$500.
Letter to Mitchell
After the Loomis report reached
Washington, Puter learned that some
thing was wrong, and as he had been
here several times before and knew
Mr. Hermann he decided to come at
once. Before leaving Oregon he got, a
letter of introduction to Senator
Mitchell from Attorney Mayes of Port
land
He called on Senator Hermann in
Washington and was completely
knocked out by being told that his
claims needed more proof
Two $1,000 Bills Put UP.
That night he called on Mitchell and
it was at this conference, he said, that
he took out two $1,000 bills and laid
them on the table in front Of Mitchell,
saying that this amount represented
all that he (Puter) could spend on the
claims and get out whole if he got the
patents. He testified that he told
Mitchell to take the money and get the
patents.
Works Like Magic.
Mitchell called on Hermann that day
and then advised Puter to call on him.
This Puter says he did, and Hermann
told him that he thought things could
be arranged so that the patents would
issue.
He took the train for the West at
once, and upon reaching Portland
found the patents waiting for him His
total expense, Mr., Puter said, had been
$1,000 or $4,000.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Kino LeopoId's Hotels.

King Leopold of Belgium should DC
an expert judge Of hotels, for he IS
prominent shareholder in some OF the
largest. At one time he used to dis
play extraordinary ability as a diplo
mat. but for some years he has been
engaged in proving that he has a
genius for finance. The great Euro
Dean fnanciers regard him as an equal
and he regards them as interiors. They
lose sometimes. He never loses, even
on hotel property.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
ESTATE GIVEN "Hls GIRL"
Woman's Claim to Property is AssaiI
ed by Dead Mans Sister.


The question as to the rightful party
to pay the life insurance left by John
Peterson is puzzling the officers OF
the Sons of Norway Of Chippewa Falls.
John Peterson, who was unmarried,
named Mary Peterson. his daughter, as
his beneficiary. AS soon as he died,
Mrs. Mary Olson of Chippewa Falls
came forth and demanded the money.
The matter was brought into the mu-
nicipal court, and while she denied
that she was his daughter, she stated
that she had been called his girl and
had been promised that something
would be left her when he should die
Her maiden name was Mary Freder-
ickson. The court decided that the
money should go to her.
When the grand lodge paid the mon
ey, Ole Shervey, the special admins
traitor of the Peterson estate. Endorsed
the check and used part Of the money
to cover burial expenses. Ehen Mrs
Olson secured a restraining order
from the court to compel Mr.. Shervey
not to touch any more of the insur-
ance money.
Now a letter has been received from
Norway stating that John Peterson
the deceased, has a sister bX the name
Of Mary Peterson in that country, and
a demand was made by her attorney
fer a proper settlement OF the estate
and insurance. But this does not clear
the puzzle, as the Mary Peterson
named in the policy is designated as
daughter and not as sister. The
courts may be asked to make final
settlement of it.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
MIMIC BANKER IN CELL.

j. A. Erickson Is Received at Leaven-
worth.
Leavenworth. Kan, March 21.-J. A.
Erickson, a banker of Mimic, n. d.,
convicted of making false reports to
the bank examiner and> sentenced to
five years Imprisonment, was brought
here yesterday and placed in the Unit
ed States penitentiary.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Misnomers of Commerce.

Austrian blankets are made in York
shire, England. Turkey rhubarb is
neither obtained nor imported from
Turkey, but comes from Siberia and
is Russian monopoly. German silver
hasn't particle of silver, but is a
mixture of other metals. Prusslan
blue has nothing whatever to do with
the kaisers kingdom and honey soap
never saw a beehive. Irish stew, ap-
petizing as it is, is unknown in Ireland
and the Vienna roll was first mado
beyond the capital of Austria.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
EVANGELIST FLEES TOWN.
Rev. Hunt Leaves Grand Forks Too
Fast to Take Grip.

Grand Forks, n. D., March u. -
Evangelist Hunt of Minneapolis mace
a hurried departure to the south last
night. and rumors are rife that ne mas
left this scene of action for good. LII
his haste TO catch south-bound tram
he forgot his grip at the Great North
ern depot. The evangelist has been
rather disheartened for the last day
or so on account of the strenuous op-
nosition to his methods by many
church people of this city. One of the
faithful stated that Hunt had gone 10
WahDetOn.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Seller RESPONSIBLE.

Grand Forks, n D., March 21.-That
a man who sells horse afflicted with
glanders is responsible for all dam
ages resulting therefrom was the de-
cision of jury at Hillsboro yesterday
in the case of Ole II. Nelson VS..
The Horton Company.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Works Like Magic.
WORST FLOOD EVER KNOWN.
Impossible to Estimate Damage Done
in California.

San Francisco, March 21.-Although
the severe rain storm that prevailed
this week has abated, flood conditions
continue throughout the valleys Of
Northern California. Stockton is ex-
periencing the most severe flood ever
known there and the rivers at Sacra-
mento, Marysville, Chico and Groville
are still high. AS yet it is impossible
to estimate accurately the amount OF
damage. Railroad, telegraph and tele-
phone service are. demoralized.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Miner PIunaes TO Death.

Calumet, Mich, March 21.-Stepping
off from the third level into e. shaft,
Robert Nicholas plunged to his doom
in the Champion mine of the Copper
Range Consolidated company. He
dropped 800 feet to the bottom and was
horribly mangled.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
CITY TO BUILD PLANT.
Mayor Wins Fight at Polls Over
Water System.

Mayor Henry Stolze of Manitowoc
won a great victory at the special cleo
ton where the question of building a
new water works plant to be owned
and operated by the city was carried
by vote of /, 589 to 532. The negative
votes favored the purchase Of the pres
ent plant owned by aaprivate corpora
ton, which offered it to the city at its
appraised value of s235.389.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Killed by Shot i'm Back.

Hattiesburg, Miss, March 21.-Ed-
ward Howell, one of the most infuen-
tia1 negroes in Southern Mississippi,
was shot in the back and killed while
on his way home The shooting is
a mystery.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Explosion Kills Six Men.

Dubois, Pa, March 21.-An explo-
sion late yesterday in the Emporium
powder mill, two miles west of Empo-
rum, Pa, caused the death of six
men. The cause of the explosion has
not been ascertained.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
County Fair for Wheaton.

Wheaton, Mimi, March 21.-A fair
association has been organized. Five
thousand dollars were raised in two
days by the merchants and farmers.
A tract of land is to be bought adjoin-
ing the village.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Is Robbed in Jail.

Charlton, Iowa, March 21.-While in
Jail on charge of vagrancy, August
Johnson claims to have been robbed
of S1,056. Harry Timmons, a "trusty,'
is suspected.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Business Man Hanqs Himself.

Cokato, Mimi, March 21.-In the
basement of his store A. J. Erickson
of the firm Of Moody & Erickson COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself.
The only known reason is liquor and
money matters.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
HOWARD CANNOT RECOVER.
Man Stabbed by Daughter Is in Crlt'-

Man Stabbed by Daughter Is IN CF't'-
cal Condition.
St. Paul, March 21.-Charles How
ard. who was stabbed in the breast
with a butcher knife Tuesday night by
his eighteen-year-old daughter, Fern
Howard. continues in a critical condi-
ton at the city hospital, and the ply
sicians say that he cannot recover.
The mother and the daughter were re-
manded to the county Jail yesterday by
Judge Hanft to await the outcome OF
the fathers injuries.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
Bun for Train Costs Leo.

Aberdeen, S. D., March q. - James
Miller of Dubuque, Iowa, was run over
at Roscoe last night by a train which
he was running to catch. He lost a
leg.
Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1907-03-23
JUDGES HOUSE BLOWN UP.

AssaiIant Uses Seventy Feet of Fuse
on Bomb.
Oakland, Cal, March q. A bomb
was exploded in front of Judge Ogden's
house last night The whole front OF
the house was destroyed, but none or
the inmates were injured.
The bomb had seventy feet of fuse
attached, so that who ever fired it had
time to escape. Judge Ogden suspects
an insane man, whose name he has
given the police.