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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
PURELY PERSONAL,

Gov. Hughes of New York, who has
been suffering from an attack Of the
grip, is well.
William Lowden of Galesburg, H..
celebrated his 105 birthday Christmas.
He is still hale.
William Jennings Bryan and son ar
rived at Galveston as guests of Col.
w. L. Moody on duck hunting trip.
William A. Calderhead, representa-
tive in congress from Kansas, is crit
icaIly i'll of pneumonia in Washington.
John Drew is collecting material for
history of the Drew family. He has
been consulting Adam EVERY, one of
the trustees of the Forrest home, who
acted with Mrs. John Drew fifty years
ago. The Drew family has been on
the stage in America for nearly 4 cen
fury.
Secretary Root has bought the old
Lot homestead, The Hemlocks, at
Clinton, N. Y, from the widow of his
rother, DR.. Oren Root. The price was
$4,000.
George Harvey, editor of various
publications of the Harpers, has been
appointed to the Bromley lectureship
at Yale for 1908 The lectureship is
on journalism, literature, or public af-
fairs.
DR.. Coleman Sellers, the famous en-
gineer who was instrumental in the
adoption Of the form of equipment
used by power plants at Niagara
falls, is seriously i'll at his home in
Philadelphia.
| That Floretta Whaley, the girl who
eloped last April with Rev. Jerre
Knode Cooke, then pastor of St.
Georges Episcopal church of Hemp
stead, may now be in Louisiana is III
Dictated in letter received by Samuel
T. Wright, chief clerk of the Nassau
county surrogate court. The letter
says a girl who gave the name of
FIoretta WhaIey was brought to New
Verda, La, last April by a man named
Cooke. The man said the girl was
his stepchild.
At Philadelphia, Martin Maloney,
through a personal friend, has issued
a statement saying that Helen Ma
loney, or Mrs. Herbert Osborne, who
caused a sensation by clipping with
Samuel Clarkson, young Englishman,
three months after having married
young Osborne, a Princeton student, is
with him (MalOney) at his residence.
Beyono saying that the rumors about
the precarious condition of his drgh-
ter's health are unfounded, Mr.. Ma
loney will say nothing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
GRIM

In Chicago, the trial of John r
Walsh has been continued owing tc
the Hines Of juror.
Joseph Frank, an italian, has been
arrested in Susquehanna, Pa, charged
with the murder OF John J. Sullivan
an Erie switchman. Frank is In the
county Jail at Montrose, Pa.
Robbers entered the home Of Cam,
erop Cool at West Pittston, Pa, and
after fraCturing CooPs skull with a
blunt instrument robbed him Of $500
He will die His assailants escaped.
On complaint of the New Jersey
I'oiIer company of Boonton, n. J.
Samuel II. Debrell was arrested and
placed in the MOrristown Jail, charged
with the embezzlement Of $4,000
Debrell was employed as boOkkeeper.
Blue prints Of the homes of John
Jacob Astor and John D. Rockefeller
New York, were found in the posses
sion Of Ernest Archer, who was ar.
rested after a desperate fight. Archer
had represented that he was an in,
that he missed 5000 worth of goods
after visit by Archer
At Bennington, Vt, a jury has been
secured in the trial of Alfred Mahan
charged with having caused the death
of 4 year old Ethel Mahan, his niece
The child was murdered on April 23
Mahan confessed that he had taken
liberties with the little girl, and that
he killed her to prevent her telling her
parents.
J. b. Blakely of the Delzine farm
near WesthOpe, N. D., was the victim
Of a murderous assault at the hands
Of an italian waif whom he had taken
in out of the cod and allowed to sleep
in his parlor. Though almost over.
come Blakely struggled to his feet and
his assailant fled, only to be arrested
later.
Luther Wallace, % years old, who
shot and killed Lee E,dridge on
Christmas morning, was captured by
u possee of citizens. headed by Sher,
i6 Hortenstile, near Abingdon, Va.
He is being heavily guarded
Eldridge was assisting in the arrest OF
Wallace for breaking into a postof1ce
when the latter fired.
The Iowa court martial trying Capt.
kulp Of company B, Fifty-fourth regi-
ment for alleged failure to stop a
prize fight upon the orders Of Adjt
49,, TvF.ifr ~, +No ,,;gb+ Of NOV, -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
CRIPPLE GETS
BRAVERY MEDAL

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE president
has awarded a railroad life saving
medal to Edward McGrath of Mil
waukee. He is the station agent
for the Milwaukee railway at Stow
ell station, Milwaukee. He is a Grip
pie, making it necessary for him to
wear a piece of wood attached to
the bottom of one shoe.
IL August of last year, while Nc
Gratb was On the station platform,
the crossing gates beng closed,
Emma Hummoch, six years old, at
tempted to cross the tracks in front
Of an approaching train. She failed
to heed McGrath's warning and was
in eminent danger of being run down.
McGrath ran to her aid and with
great risk to himself succeeded in
lifting her from in front of the train
as It rushed by.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
FOREIGN.

New Years day in Rome was busy
the pope had a strenuous time in
meeting his church duties.
The trial began at st. Petersburg
of 1853 members of the duma charged
with treason as a result Of signing
the Tiborg manifesto.
Willard McGin, aged years, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John c. McGill
we'll known people Of Kenosha, was
drowned in Pike river.
BILLY" Cartwright, stocking maker,
was elected mayor of Loughborough
in Worcestershire, England.
On the grounds of cruel treatment
Attorney Willard T. Saucerman OF
Monroe has been granted divorce.
At Marinette, Leo Birman, aged SIS
years, was smothered to death in a
fire caused by Birman leaving MS
lighted pipe on the washstand.
Gen. Barry held grand review Of
the garrison at Camp Columbia, tr ops
to the number of $500 taking part,
the whole comprising a model NINA
lure army COuipISlS III SfCAS uSIEbAi'
and ready for instant active service.
At Lethbridge, Alberta, because
they believed that a prominent citi'
zen had been murdered in a Chinese
restaurant, 1900 men wrecked the
oriental quarter. Restaurants and
laundries were smashed, and doors,
windows, and entire fronts of buil!-
ings were reduced to splinters. A
brigade of mounted police had TO be
called out to Queu the riot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09

steamer Lithuania, and Is now q pr1s-
oner at Ellis island, New York, await
ing deportation.
Thomas Sachs dropped OF his chair
dead after drawing four aces In
poker game in Cleveland. There was
1915 IL the pot.
While hunting near Aiken, S. c., b.
f. Tyler accidentally shot the top OF
his nephew's head off, causing death.
The boy was the II year old son OF
C. A. Humphrey of Atlanta. Tyler
afterward tried to kill himself
Capt. Oliver Kulp of the Iowa ma
tional guard is held to have disobeyed
orders in not stopping prize fight.
This verdict is the report of the court
martial at Des Moines to Gov. Cum
mirs. The penalty is a reprimand.
J. Frank Zahm, prominent broker
and tobacco manufacturer Of Toledo
committed suicide by shooting. 1t is
| believed that melancholy induced by
lin health caused the deed. A short
time ago Mr.. Zahm's physician in
formed him that he would probably
not live more than three months.
Three were drowned, and six barely
escaped the same fate because of the
breaking of thin ice on a skating POND
at Castleton, vt. Kate, Mary, and
George Clark, all under 10 years O.
age, were skating on the pond and ven
tured on unsafe ice. The ice broke
and they went into the water. Si1
young people went to their rescue, ant
were thrown into the water. Mil
hands heard their cries and succeeded
in saving all but three. the three
Clark children being Unconscious WheI
pulled out of the water. Those
drowned we're Ida Putnam, aged 2
years; George Hunter, and Ad;
Franklin, aged 26 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09

1887. In 1910 he came west to Prairie
du Chen. He went to st. Paul in
1847.
, President Roosevelt received at the
customary new years reception at
the white house. 5,645 persons taking
him by the hand.
Application was made for the ap
pointment of a receiver for the Sea.
board Air Line, which represents Sc
curities for S18,000,000
Jesse Carnes, a veteran of the
| Mexican war and quartermaster gen
eral in the civil war, died Tuesday al
Muncie, Ind, aged 70 years.
Governor Hughes in his annual mes
sage to the New York legislature ad
vocates imprisonment instead of fine
&s a punishment for gambling.
1t is definitely decided that Evely1
Nesbit Thaw will retell her story Il
the second trial of her husband TO
the murder OF Stanford White.
Rosamond F. Goodrich, widow o
Albert F. Goodrich, former presiden
4, VI 61AO SNS04ASA dis POI LdIIOu Gull
pany, died in Chicago at the age Of Z
years.
Mother NJ. Boniface, superior o
st. Mary's Institute at Quincy, H., 70
! the past forty-fve years, died. Sh
was born in Bavaria, Dec. 26, 1886, an
was educated at Milwaukee.
Boardman Carnes, minstrel int.
locutor and assistant business manage
Of the AL. G.. Fields MINISTRIES, died a
Point Pleasant w. Va, of pneumonia
He was 81 years old.
Commissioner Smith of the burea
Of corporations issued a vigorou
statement in defense of the fine Q
$29, 100000 levied by Judge Landis O
the Standard Oil company of indiana
Mrs. Clara Spear Lawrence, wife c
. William E. Lawrense, died in Detroit
Of pneumonia and complications. He
husband for many years was genera
: western freight agent of the America
Line
Secretary Taft is the bearer fror
} the mikado OF Japan to Presider
Roosevelt of the positive assuranc
| that the island empire wants "peac
and nothing but peace" with th
United States.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
Madison, Jan. s.


Ole Heustad, formerly a farmer
near New Glarus, Green county, re-
ceived three broken ribs at the state
hospital for the insane at Mendoza
shortly before Christmas, in an ef-
fort TO escape from the asylum. Ii
took five attendants TO restrain him.
for he is a powerful man and was In
a violent frenzy. The cracking OF
the ribs resulted from falling violently
against an iron bed. Several OF the
attendants were severely bruised,
one sustaining a broken finger and
three of them having their eyes black
ened and being otherwise dishgured.
The patient is As years old. He
made a deal for a farm, but backed
out and conceived the idea that I've
was going to ruin. He was also a SUIT
ferer of religious melancholia. On
the farm deal he lost $4,000. For
some time he was queer" and was
finally committed to the state hospital
at Mendoza.
His brother, in the belief that the
patient had been used too roughly,
caused an attorney to make an inves-
tigation, which resulted in the sc-
acknowledgements that no blame could
be laid against the authorities or sab
ordinates of the hospital except that
| perhaps a scratch or small cut over
the eye had not received the proper
care and that as a result erysipeias
had developed.
However, the friends of the pattent
are determined to get him out OF tAe
asylum, because after his strenu@us
experience there it would not help hts
mental misfortune to keep him at the
place. He will doubtless be trans
ferred, either with the consent OF the
state authorities or possibly as re-
suit of habeas corpus proceedings.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
LATER.

The Wisconsin .Anti-Sa' Don league
is preparing to invade Waukesha.
Cecilia Lotus. the actress, under,
went an operation Tor appendicitis.
Breaking through the ice of the
Yahara river, Earl Clark, Z year old
drowned at Stoughton.
Fierce rioting in Muncie accom-
panied a street car strike and scores
of persons were injured.
Liquor men opened a fight on the
prohibition law of Alabama, claiming
that If is unconstitutional.
Convicted members of the first
duma voted to appeal TO the senate,
the highest tribunal in Russia.
Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hills was
taken suddenly i'll after a prayer
meeting in Plymouth Church, n. Y.
The idle from other parts of the
country flock to New York and find
the city already oyercrowded with the
unemployed.
Simeon Pearl Folsom, the first city
engineer Of st. Paul, died in that city
at the age of So. He was graduated
from Maine Wesleyan Seminary IN
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
POLITICAL.

Prohibition went into effect IN
Georgia Jan. I.
Progressives in Iowa united on
Garst for governor, while standpat-
ters are split on number Of candi-
dates.
Gov. Haskell Of Oklahoma is doomed
as the coming prohibition leader. He
may be q. candidate for president in
1912.
The balloting for q United States
senator to succeed George Peabody
Wetmore will begin in the Rhode Is
land general assembly on Jan. 81. At
the last session Of the general assem-
bly, there were three candidates, Sena-
tor Wetmore and Samuel P. Colt, re-
publican, and Col. Robert H. I. Good
ard. democrat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
RAILWAYS.

Near Easton, Pa, the body OF
Charles Stanley, a Lehigh Valley
railway conductor, was found on top
Of a freight car. There was a small
hole In his head, believed to have
been caused by his coming IN contact
with a bridge.
The nterstate-commerce commits
sion makes no distinction between
steam and electric roads In decision
Diminishing the petition Of the Chicago
& Milwaukee Electric Railroad com
pany against the Illinois Central
Railroad company and others.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin X Lane has begun an inves-
ugation into the complaint against
the WeIIs-Fargo Express company by
the California commercial association,
charging discrimination, cOncealing
rates filed with the commission, and
other violations of the interstate com
meTce law.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
FREEZE
IN GERMANY

Berlin, Jan. Aero weather has
prevailed throughout Germany since
the beginning of the new year and has
resulted in much delay to traffic and
many minor railroad accidents. Three
persons were frozen to death near
Frankfort and from the country dis
tricts bordering on the Russian from.
tier many other deaths from cold
have been reported.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
BRYAN'S FEVERS.

In applying for some additional life
insurance, recently, William jennings
Bryan had to fill up the usual ques-
tons as printed on the application
sheet. One query was:
Have you ever suffered from fever
Of any kind?" To this Mr.. Bryan re-
piled: Eyes, from two attacks OF
presidential fever, both of which were
followed by severe chills. Have COM
pletely recovered"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
AOKI RECEIVES FOR HIS
COuNTRYMEN IN FRISCO

San Francisco, Jan. 5.-Viscount
Aoki, retiring japanese ambassador
TO America, was guest of honor Sat
urday at luncheon rendered him by
the chamber of commerce. lie held a
reception at the japanese consulate
for Japanese residents. The ambas-
sador will sail for Japan on the
steamer Manchuria Tuesday. He is
closely guarded by United States So
cret service men.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09

Brigadier General w. W. Weather
spoon and Colonel E NJ Weaver to
represent the army. The most impor-
tant business to be transacted win
be that prepared in advance by the
executive committee, headed by Gen
eral Drain, and mainly devoted to the
consideration of changes to be made
in the law resulting from the explr'
alton of the fve-year period allotted
by the Dick law for bringing the ma
tional guard into conformity with the
regular army.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
COMING TO AGREEMENT

New York, jan 5.-Settlements af-
fecting over 500 families have been
made between the striking tenants
and landlords on the east side, and
predictions were made to the leaders
of the movement for general rent re-
auctions that before the end of the
coming week general settlements
would be made. The move for lower
rents has spread to Newark, where
meetings will be held today.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
Mines VIII Not Close.

Chicago, Jan. TT. j. O'Gara, presi-
dent of the O'Gara Coal company of
Chicago, last night denied the reports
that suspension of mining operations
at the workings of the company in
The mines employ more than $500
men and are working practically on
full time and O'Gara says the COM
pany has no intention Of closing them
down.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
SECEIVERSHIP ENDED.
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Road
Gets Out of Court.

Chicago, Jan. "A. c. Frost, presi-
dent of the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric railroad company, gave out
a statement last night. in which he
declares the company has ample
funds with which to complete the
road and to meet all its obligations,
including the Jan. 1 coupons.
Charges were made" he said, that
the company's securities have been
used for developing other enterprises,
The facts are that this company has
not issued a single dollars worth OF
stock or bonds for nearly three
years, during which time nearly $500,
900 has been expended for permanent
improvements and betterments out OF
the surplus earnings" The receiver
ship is at an end.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
HUSBAND HELD AS SUSPECT.
Believed to Have Guilty knowledge of
Wife's Mysterious Death.

Newark, n. j., Jan Following a
searching examination during which
many incidents of his life were laid
bare. Theodore S. Whitmore, husband,
was held by the New Jersey police
last night as a suspect in the death Of
Lena" Whitmore, who was beaten in
sensible, stripped of her clothing and
drowned in a pond on Hackensack
meadows in Harrison. Dec. 6. Whit
more, who had been detained in New
York, was taken to Harrison last
night and having definitely identified
his wife's body, was vigorously ques-
toned by the authorities. The ma
ture of his testimony determined the
police to keep him within the juris-
diction of the local courts.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
PARIS CASE UNsoLVED.
Coroner's Jury Unable to Place Blame
for Mysterious Death.

Kenosha, Wis, Jan. 4.-The nays
terry surrounding the death OF Aary
H. Stollenwerk, the wealthy Paris wo-
man found dying at the home of her
brother, was buried with her at the
little German Catholic cemetery. The
coroner's jury rendered a verdict that
Miss Stollenwerk had died from the
result of the fracture OF the sAull
The further investigation of the case
is in the hands of District Attorney
Baker
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
DOM

Prof. Zueblin in Boston speech de
clared that modern society is nothing
bus hypocrisy and sham.
A New York nerve specialist has
sounded a warning on the rapid in
crease in the number N.S.ner who
drink liquor. a.
Motel Kroun, who left Russia for
America expecting to bring his family
TO chis country as soon as he had
made enough money at his trade as a
coppersmith. became blind on the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD
WASHINGTON

President Roosevelt granted Gov.
gparks Of Nevada three weeks Of
grace in which to convene the legis-
lature to act on the Goldfeld situa-
don.
It is stated officially that negotia-
tons between the French and Ameri-
can governments looking to a reciproc-
tty agreement are progressing en-
couragingly. The hope is further ex,
pressed that an agreement probably
will De reached.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
EVIDENCE OF PROSPERITY.
Shown in Annual Report of Importa-
tons at New York,

New York, Jan. 7.-EVidenCe of the
country's prosperity and remarkable
purchasing power is to be found In
the annual report of the appraiser of
the port of New York. The value of
merchandise imported in 1907 in ex-
cess of importations in 1906 was
$67,OOO,O00. The total appraisements
were 1877 over 1906 and probably
would have been $1OOOOO,OOO had it
not been for the financial disturbance,
the report showing a decided falling
off during the last four months. The
appraised value of the merchandise
entered in this port during 1907 totals
S855,341,2 70.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
FIRE IN SUPPLY SHIP.
Finally Extinguished With Aid OF
Torpedoboats.

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. Fire broke
out in the engine room of the Amer
lean upply ship Arethusa in the har~
Dor of Para, according to a dispatch
received here. 1t was on the night
of December 81 and was not extin-
guished until the following morning,
With the aid of several torpedobOats,
which Arethusa is accompanying to
the Pacific ocean, the fire was finally
brought under control without serious
damage, it is believed, to the vessel.
The torpedoboat fiotilla sailed from
Para for Pernambuco at midnight
January 2.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
CASE OF MURDER.
Verdict of Coroner's jury In Death
of ST. Louis Man.

Mount Vernon, Ill, Jan. THE
coroner's jury late yesterday returned
a verdict of death at the hands of per
sons unknown in the case OF David B.
Ellis OF st. Louis, whose body with
a bullet hole in the temple and enc
under the heart was found near here
Thursday. 1T is known that Ellis had
considerable money while here and
wore a valuable diamond stud. Moth
ING was found on the body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09

Jonah may not have swallowed the
-er, mean, the whale may not have
swallowed Jonah. but they both got
their names in the papers. and almost
anyone VII concede that it pays to
advertise,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
INDUSTRIAL.

Chicago is overrun with a swarm OF
idle men, conditions Of the middle
COS being repeated.
At New Orleans, on the application
Of William p. Luck, who represents
several large manufacturing con
Germs, Judge st. Paul has placed the
Schwartz Foundry company In the
hands Of q receiver.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
FIRES.

At Shreveport, La, fire detroyed
the plant of the Queen City Furniture
Manufacturing company. Loss $780,
0OO insurance $4,000.
Eighty children fed from fire
which destroyed the Norwegian Luth-
eran Children's home, Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09

was born in Lafayette county and re-
ceived his education at the university.
The salary is $4,000 a year. He will
have to stand for election in April for
the term ending January l, 1910. Mr..
Bashford was a democrat up to three
years ago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
If Nervous Fly a Kite.

New York, Jan. 7.-Kite-fying IS
cure for the nervous ills of persons
who devote most of their time to so
ciety life is advocated by DR.. j. B.
Mckenzie.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
3ASHFORD GOES
. ON SUPREME BENCH

Madison, Jan. 6.-R M. Bashford of
Madison has been appointed by the
governor to the supreme bench to fill
the vacancy caused by Judge J. B.
Cassoday's death. He Is 81 years old,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
NATIONAL GUARD CONVENTION
State Military Association to Meet in
Washington.

Washington. Jan, Important re
suits in the war of legislation are ex,
pected to follow the annual meeting
of the National Guard association ut
Boston beginning the 18th inst. The
war department has shown 1t appre-
citation in the meeting by the charac-
ter Of its representation, having des-
ignated Assistant Secretary Oliver.
Brigadier General George B. Davis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-01-09
VIOLENT CHARGE
RAISES RUMPUS
FINALLY SuBCUED BY EFFORTS
OF ATTENDANTS.
INVESTIGATED BY LAWYER

Legal Representative of Committed
Man Says That Perhaps Cut on
Head Was Not Properly Cared for
New Glarus Farmer Lost Mind
and Money in Land Deal.