Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-09-05

will be increased in the near future.
The officers elected are: T. W. Hoard,
president; H. H. Curtis, vice presi-
dent and treasurer; A. G. Price, sec
rotary. The company will make con-
crete blocks.
Julius Kate of Racine, is dead, aged
81; Thomas M Selway, aged 81 years,
formerly of Kenosha county, at Dillon,
Mont; Mrs. Eliza Cox, widow of G. ].
Cox, long a resident of Milwaukee, at
Portage, aged IA; and William Guen-
Their, a resident ard business man of
Racine for more than fifty years, at
Los Angeles, Cal. aged II years.
Mollie Pfeifer of Portage and Will
lam Wegner of henosha, were married
at Kenosha; Mrs. Angelina Grassy Of
Kenosha and Louis A. Reinhardt Of
Chicago, at Kenosha; Elsie K. Miller
of Battle Creek, Mich, and Jesse E.
Mase of New York, at Racine; AID
Amanda Kihlmann and o. Swoverland,
both well to do, and well known in the
county, at Tony.
At Marinette, the will Of the late
| S. NJ. Stephenson leaves one-third Of
the estate to the widow, and the bal
ance in trust for three years. and only
the interest is to be given to the
daughters until the end of that time,
when the balance of the estate will be
divided among them. The estimated
value of the estate is something over
81, 100000.
At Racine, John W. Bate, superin-
Itendent of the Mitchell Motor Car COM
pany, says he has received no informa-
ton that one James Kirk Of Lambert,
Ill, had made a deathbed confession
which cleared UP the mystery sur
rounding the murder of his son,
William Bate, shot and killed in an
automobile on the night of Nov. 10,
1904, near Chicago, by man supposed
to be named Dove, who hired the auto
mobile which Bate had charge of.
The Wisconsin doctors annual con-
vention closed at Superior. with the
election of officers and the selection Of
Milwaukee as the next place Of meet
ing The officers chosen are: Presi-
dent w. E. Ground, Superior; first
vice president, Bryan NJ. Caples, Wau-
kesha; second vice president, Dr. Her
man Gasser, PlatteYille; third vice
president, DR.. E. S. Hayes, Eau Claire.
At Kenosha, the Earl Motor Car
company, a company backed by Mil
waukee capital, has filed articles of
organization in the Office of the regis
| ter of deeds here today. The com
pany is organized with a capital stock
of $4,000, and the incorporators are
| Charles Rohie, John F. Burke, and
G. R. Hoffman, all of Milwaukee. The
company will engage in the manufac-
ture of automobiles and motor wagons.
At GAINESVILLE, Mr.. and Mrs. N J.
Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Powers had a narrow escape from
| their gasoline launch. Fortunately
they were within few feet of the
/ banks of the river, and were able to
reach shore in safety. 1t is believed
the tank leaked, and the escaping
gasoline was ignited by the sparker
Of the engine. The boat was de
stroyed
! At La Crosse, one life was lost and
five other persons had narrow escapes
in the destruction by fire of the home
of Mrs. Mary Kersters. With a great
deal of difficulty Mrs. Kersters and
four of her children were taken out of
the burning structure, but her oldest
boy, Fred, aged II years, could not be
reached by the f1remen, and refusing
to jump, was burned to death before
the eyes of his mother and a large
crowd of spectators.
The state board Of control has let
a contract to the Eagle Roller Mills
company of New Ulm, Mimi. for 1900
barrels of first patent flour for $4.35
delivered at the different state char
table and penal institutions. The
-four is to be delivered within two
weeks. The board paid $4.65 a barrel
for its last preceding purchase of
-four.
At GAINESVILLE, title to a horse long
since dead and buried is involved in a
suit in a Justice court. The matter of
ownership Of the dead animal lays be-
tween H. G. Sloan of Milwaukee, re-
Gently badly injured in an automobile
accident in that city and his sister-in-
law. Mrs. Charles Sloan. also of that
city. A man claims he bought the
horse from Sloan, and a leather dealer
says that Mrs. Sloan later told him to
kill the animal, which he did.
At Manitowoc, acres upon acres of
this seasons crops will be practically
worthless. because Of the rapid in
road of the Canadian thistle, which
in some fields has spread to such an
extent that all other vegetation is eff
fectually choked off. The thistle has
been allowed for the most part to go
to seed for years past, the noxious
weed law having become a dead let
ter, and farmers through their negli-
gence are witnessing the rapid decline
in the price Of the farming land.
OBITUARY..
Mrs Mary J. Baughman died at