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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
LATEST.

President Roosevelt spoke at the
laying Of the corner stone of a build
ing for the colored Y NJ. c. A.
Six lives were lost when the steel
freighter Georgia rammed and sunk
the Finance of the Panama line off
Sandy Hook
T. NJ. Gilmore, president Of the Ma
tionaI Model License league, holds
the anti-saloon league to blame for
the Cooper Carmack tragedy.
Executive committee of the National
Publicity law organization issued an
address declaring that great progress
has been made and that the fight will
be kept uD.
Sensational developments in the
Steinhetl murder case promise light
on the mysterious death Of President
Faure in 1899 The widow of a slain
artist is locked up.
James w. Van Cleaye, president Of
the National Association of Manu-
facturers. comes out for a real revi-
sion of the tariff and denOunces the
ways and means committee and
Chairman Payne.
The five million dollar art collec-
ton left by the late Charles T.
Yerkes 10 the city Of New York is TO
be sold under the hammer, and Dr.
Janvrin gives up hope of the IS 600 600
hospital in the will
The department Of commerce and
labor issue statistics showing that one
of each twelve marriages ends in di-
yorce, that divorces are over twice as
common as forty years ago and that
illinois grants the most DEGREES.
A jury decided Ray Lamphere is
guilty of arson and he was sentenced
from two to twenty-One years in the
penttentiary. the jury also ruling that
the body taken from the ruins was
that of Mrs. Guinness.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Gross Misrepresentation Of values
and Justification of accounts by the
management of A. Booth & Co, are
indicated in the report of the &C
COuntants
The REIMBURSEMENT committee which
has been at work on a reorganization
of the Westinghouse interests de-
clared the reorganization plan effect
i've from this date.
The 500 railroad. which has been
grading on its lines from Superior
westward TO Brooten, Mimi. has
abandoned that work for the season.
Ties will be laid early in the spring.
Andrew Carnegie in a notable arti-
Gle on the tariff declares that the in
FAINT industries" including steel, no
longer need protection, but that the
duties on Injuries should be contin-
ued.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boucher was granted
q verdict of $500 against the Wis
consin Central for the death of her
husband in the cinder pit at North
Fond du Lac last summer. She sued
for $4,000.
The Boreai Manufacturing company
of Narinette will resume operations
early next month with a force Of $50
hands. The plant has been shut
down since last May because Of the
business depression.
The Michigan Hoop company whose
plant was recently moved to Narinette.
will begin operations. Machinery has
al been set in place and several car
loads Of elm lumber are on the track
to be cut up.
4 party of surveyors, with T. c.
Mullen Of Milwaukee, engineer in
charge, are at OconomoN oc surveying
for the electric line projected from
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03

Milwaukee to Beaver Dam. The
party is working eastward.
The First National bank of Fort
Scott, Kansas, one of the oldest banks
in the state, closed its doors. The
bank had deposits of 100000. The
closing followed a run on the bank
when depositors withdrew $4,000.
1t is stated on what seems good
authority that negotiations are pending
for the sale of the lines of the Kenosha
Electric Railway company. owned by
A. c. Frost of Chicago and Milwaukee
fame, to John l. Beggs Of Milwaukee.
Scarcity of water for the boilers has
caused a suspension of three washeries
and four collieries of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal company in the Shenandoah
district, throwing over 1000 men and
boys out of employment
The city authorities Of Chippewa
Falls ordered "Old Billy" a horse en-
ployed by the fire department for over
twenty years, sent to the poorhouse
for the remainder of his life. A special
horse has been created by the council.
Heavy rail shipments Of logs are be-
ing received by the Marinette saw
mills and within a few weeks it is ex-
pected that special trains will be run
on the Milwaukee and the Wisconsin
and Michigan roads to accommodate
the traffic.
Following c,ose upon the action of
the city council of Fond du Lac order
ing the removal of all but two tele-
phones in the city hall, and these two
to be on a party line the board of SUI
pervisors ordered the removal of half
of the telephones in the county build
ings. A raise in rates is responsible
for the action.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
TRAGEDIES.

Mrs Fred Sherman, residing near
Wild Rose, Wis, committed suicide by
taking a dose of carbolic acid.
Four men persisted from noxious
gases in the workings of the Utah
Copper cOmpany's mine at Bingham.
Nine persons lost their lives as the
result of the fire in the coal mines of
the Northwestern Improvement com
pany at Rock Lodge, Mont.
While H. Vidal and John Stephen
son, fishermen, we're setting their nets
through the ice at Lake Winnipeg,
Manitoba, they broke through and
were drowned.
John WilIoquette, aged about G5
years, was run over and killed by a
Northwestern passenger train while
he was picking up coal in the north
yards at Green Bay.
Mrs. Margaret Hoge, wife of a pos
tai clerk in Washington, D. G. died
from ptomaine poisoning cauA by
tainted beef. Her husband and Il Oh
ter, who were made i'll by the eef,
will recover.
Sitting in a chair with throat cut
from ear to ear, the dead body of An
drew Pittach, a farmer residing near
Burr Oak, La Crosse county, was
found by Mrs. Pittach A razor was
tightly clasped in his hand.
Amos Anthony of Sparta, q years
Old, is thought to have been drowned
in the Black river. Anthony, who was
employed on a farm on French is
land, attempted to cross on the ice to
the city Tuesday evening, and has not
since been heard from.
With the deaths on Sunday of Ed
ward Pelfry and Ben Thomas, negro
the death list of Satur-
days Mississippi river steamboat eX-
p osion near Bayous, stands at eight,
with the probability that it may be
added to.
Mrs. Imogene Robinson Morrill,, a
celebrated portrait and historical
painter, died in the small room of a
lodging house in Washington, D. c..
alone and friend, ess and amid sur
of squalor and distress. In
1879 she established the National
Academy of Fine Arts in Washington.
She had received scores of medals for
notable works. Mrs. Morrill, enjoyed
the distinction of being the only wo-
man whose painting occupies a place
in the United States capitol.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
p. MS MUST Pc IS.
Civil Service Exams Ordered for
Fourth Glass Officials.

Washington, ID. c., Dec AL
fourth class postmasters in the states
east of the Mississippi river and
north of the Ohio river were yester-
day placed in the classified service by
an executive order of the president.
Hereafter all the appointees to fourth
class misunderstanding in those states
must undergo civil service eXamina-
ton. Postmasters now holding of
flee viii not need TO take the exami-
nation This applies to Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Michigan
More than $4,000 fourth class post
masters are affected by the order dis
tributed by states as follows
Maine, 893; New Hampshire, 414;
Vermont, 395; Massachusetts, $50;
Rhode Island, 100; Connecticut 287;
New York, 2,301; New Jersey, G36
Pennsylvania, 1888; Ohio, 1893; In
diana, 1884; Illinois, 1905; Wiscon-
sin, 1908, and Michigan 1884
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
PURELY PERSONAL

The teeth of Herbert Cosman of
New York grew in instead of out and
it took an operation to remedy the de-
feet.
George whiting of Neenah has been
appointed delegate to represent Win
nebag0 county at the rivers and har-
bors congress in Washington.
President-elect Taft may meet John
D. Rockefeller in a game of golf at
Augusta, Ca, next month. Both men
are expected there at the same time.
Professor earle Ake.y, the eXplor,
er for the Field Columbian museum
visited the white house and tod the
president of his hunting experiences
in Africa.
Maj. Gen. John F, Weston, now in
command of the Philippine forces, has
been assigned to command the depart
ment of California, with headquarters
at San Francisco.
Robert Westcott of Appleton has
been promoted to a captaincy in the
regular army. He was assigned to the
TWenty-fOurth regiment, but later
transferred to the Eleventh.
Father Vaughan will probably not
leave GAINESVILLE for some time, though
he has been offered a parish at Ridge
way. It is understood that Father
Reilly, the parish priest, desires to re-
main
General Kry,oft was appointed to
succeed Admiral Wirenius as presi-
dent of the technical commission of
the Russian admiralty, a department
which corresponds to the Admiral bU-
reau of construction.
Two trunks containing a large Aart
Of the wardrobe OF edwin BoOthA ln
actor, will be sold at auction in NV
York city on December 4. The trunks
since Booths death fifteen years ago,
have been preserved by his daughter,
Mrs I. J. Grossman.
Mrs. Nelson, mother of Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota and At
torney William Nelson of Deerfeld
Wis, celebrated her ninety-fourth
birthday Many Of her friends called
during the day to offer their congratu-
IatiOns.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
KILLS HIS BROTHER
AND OLD MOTHER
WICKED CRIME OF WILLIAM Kali
LEBRUN IN NEW YORk-SAYS
HE WAS DAZED

New York, Dec. With an aim
so deadly that all of the five shots he
fired took effect William Kallebrun,
of Jersey City, last night shot and
killed his brother, Leo, and tn Il his
aged mother, Mrs. Victoria Kallen-
brun. Three bullets were fired into
the body Of the murderer's brother
and two into his mother.
The tragedy took place in the
apartments of Mrs. Kallebrun in this
city. Kallebrun had come from Jersey
City with a friend, Albert Trogunwycs,
to secure money from his brother,
Leo, and the shooting resulted from
the fact that Leo would not give his
brother money.
Trogunwycs, the only witness to the
shooting outside Of the three mem
bers Of the family, stood petrifed
with fear as he saw Kallebrun shoot
down his brother and mother. Kali
.ebrun was arrested, and at the police
station told his friend. Trogunwyce,
that he was dazed and did not know
what he had done.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
STAFFORD SPENT
GOOD ROUND SUM
HIS CAMPAIGN FOR CONGRESS
IN THE FIFST DISTRICT
COST $3,639.59.
Madison. NOV. IS.


The most complete statement OF
election expenses filed so far is that
of William H. Stafford of Milwaukee,
who was reelected congressman in
the fifth district. In his statement
paced on record yesterday in the Of
fee of the secretary OF state, every
item of expense is enumerated. He
spent a total of $3,G39 SO, OF which
$2,46213 was paid out in the primary
election campaign and $1,17746 in
the general election. lie had hard
fights on hand both in the primaries
and general election and this accounts
for his large expense.
Other accounts filed were:
Neal Brown, successful democratic
candidate for United States senator in
the primaries, $1,119.70
George F. Peabody, state senator
elect in the 14th district, $718 lie is
a republican.
George F. Heslin, candidate for state
treasurer on the democratic ticket
$45699 Three hundred dollars of
this he contributed to the state cen
trail committee.
w H. Raman, democratic candi-
date for treasurer of Dane county
$61.3O.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
RACINE MINISTER A HERO.
Prompt Action Saves Woman From
Certain Death

Racine, Wis, Dec. Ito the Rev.
w. G. Blossom of St Luke's church
here, Mrs. J. H. Spencer, wife of a
well known horseman and hotel man,
owes her escape from being manned
for life and perhaps killed.
Mrs. Spencer sustained serious in
juries and came near death by being
run down by a Milwaukee Electric
Railway & Light company car at
Main and Fifth streets. She left a
car and walked behind it to cross the
street and stepped in front of a
sOuthbound car. She was thrown high
in the air and when she fell she
rolled on the east track. Another car
was running north close to the one
she had left. The Rev. Blossom, who
was on the car, seeing the woman's
danger, Ieaped off and pulled her
from the track just as the car rum,
bled over the spot where she had
been lying.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
FOREIGN.

President Castro is about to leave
Venezuela for Europe to undergo an
operation at the hands Of skilled ply
sicians
William Barry, an American engi-
neer, has been selected by Finance
Minister Kokovsoff of Russia, to be
president Of the Nevsky Shipbuilding
company.
The grand lodge, knights of Pyth-
las, has invited William Jennings
Bryan to address the grand lodge of
western Canada, when in session at
Winnipeg in June, and he has ac-
cepted.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
pianist and Nine. Delagrange, Bleriot,
HAPPIER, and Quinton, and Count de la
Vaulx, all well known in the world OF
aeronautics, were guests of honor at
banquet at the Marmite club in
Paris. o.
A special dispatch from Vienna
says that band Of Seryians while
crossing the Bosnian frontier near
Zyornik was repulsed by Austrian
troops. The Servians lost seventeen
men killed and the Austrians three
killed.
The French chamber of deputies
unanimously adopted the govern,
ments motion for a subvention Of $40,
900 with which to begin the establish
ment of a system of garages through,
out the country that will command
the principal aerial routes of travel,
and out of which prizes for aviation
will be offered.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
TROOPS NOT AFRAID.

Report That Austrian Soldiers Were
Panic Stricken Is Denied.
Vienna, Nov 29.-It is absolutely
denied in official quarters that, as re-
ported from Belgrade a large body or
Austrian troops stationed near the
Montenegrin frontier were thrown in
to a panic from fear of an attack by
Montenegrin forces. officials state
that there is no Austrian army in on
near that district They admit thai
several days ago the baggage Of the
Austrian troops near Aytovac was re-
moved inland for fear Of an attack by
Montenegrins. This appears to be
the only ground for the report
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
HITCHCOCK HAS
PLACE PICKED OUT
WILL BE POSTMASTER GENERAL
IN PRESIDENT TAFT'S FIRST
CABINET.

Hot Springs, Va, Dec. Frank
H. Hitchcock has been offered and
accepted the position of postmaster
general in -he Taft cabinet that is to
be.
Official announcement Of this con-
clusion regarding this first cabinet
selection doubtless Will not be made
until Mr. Tat has completed his
cabinet.
Because Of this view of the situa,
ton no expression regarding the Sc
lection of Hitchcock was Obtainable
for publication from either Taft or
the republican national chairman.
There were many reasons, it was
pointed out, why it was eXpedient that
Mr.. Hitchcock's status should be
fixed, at least so far as the princi-
pals are concerned, and a complete
understanding is known to exist be-
tween them. As chairman of the ma
tiOnal committee, Hitchcock became
more familiar than any other person
with the political phase Of the ques-
tons likely to arise at the beginning
of the Taft administration and the
knowledge he gained regarding the
personnel of the party will be Of great
service to Mr. Taft throughout his
administration.
Besides these reasons the national
chairman admittedly possesses a
comprehensive as well as a technical
knowledge of postal affairs gained by
a protracted experience as first as
s'stant and acting postmaster gen
eraI.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
DOM STIC.

CongI cssmau William Lorimer OF
Illinois, was stricken with bIoot
poisoning,
Memorial services for the deceased
Chinese rulers were held at the Chi
uese embassy in Washington
A bill will be introduced in the
next Indiana general assembly tc
unite in one municipality the cities OF
Gary and Tolleston.
\ crew deepening and widening the
channel off Huntings Point, Lake
Minnetonka, unearthed part OF a
skeleton of a mammoth.
Elliott Archer, known in Seattle as
T.. Archer Carter, was arrested there
charged with getting $4,000 by for,
gerry at Newark, n. J.
G. Y. Wetser, the Anaconda, Mont,
banker on trial for forgery in con
nection with the failure of his pri-
yate bank was found not guilty.
Mrs. Mary Peters Of Brooklyn was
arrested last night for writing black
hand" letters to George Bother de
handing 500 on threats of death.
The balloon Yankee which sailed
.rom St Louis on Wednesday, landed
near Tiger, Ga. 1t failed to beat the
long distance record of 700 miles
made by Captain Chandler
The total of contributions to demo-
cratic national campaign fund is $780,
6++7G according to the statement
which was filed at Albany. Details
of The expenditures are given.
Death from ISLANDERS. rare in a hui
man being, overlook Dr. Thomas NJ
Wilson Of Atwood, Ont He absorbed
the germ of the disease while conduct
ing experiments at Rush Medical col
lege
Samuel Z Campbell. an automobile
dealer of New Haven. Conn, was
held crimiualIy responsible for the
death of the Rev. Dr. G. Brinley Nor
gan. who was struck and killed last
Saturday afternoon by CampbelIs
machine.
On motion of the county attorney.
he trial of Charles E. Davis of
Omaha. charged with the murder Of
DR.. Frederick Rustin, will be post
poned one week and Will begin
Nov 80
Mrs Mary Harbour. accused OF
the murder of Miss Rose Adams. her
foster daughter, was found guilty of
murder in the second degree at
Sioux City. Ia. The jury deliberated
seventeen hours.
At the final session of the National
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03

Grange Patrons of Husbandry at
Washington, a resolution was adopted
by the delegates lauding Secretary
Wilson for his efforts TO improve the
condition of the American farmer.
Mrs. Sarah O'Connell, 102 years
old, was taken to a New York hospi-
tai suffering with pneumonia after
wandering the street eighteen hours.
She lost her way when going from the
house of one relative to another's.
Elmer Dressed, II years old, of
Newark, N. J., is living with broken
back. He was injured while diving
in August last and since that time
has been partly paralyzed in his side,
but did not learn the extent of his in
juries until an X-ray examination.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03

from a house on Eighth street. He
was sitting with an older brother
when called at a beckon from several
children of his age to come and play
While crossing the tracks. he tripped
and fell, sprawling over the two rails.
The car approached at rapid rate,
and passed completely over the body
before it was stopped.
Mrs. Heisse ran to her son. and
picked up the body. She carried it
into the house. Later the Trinity
hospital ambulance took the uncon-
scious boy to the hospital
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
The Changing Missouri.

The flood has been kind to one
town For years Missouri City, about
Is miles east of Kansas City, in Clay
county, has been off the river map
and the steamboats, couldn't get
within miles of it because of a change
in the channel But recently the
high water began to flow through an
old channel and in a few days it had
cut so deep and so fast that Missouri
City awoka the other morning to find
itself on the main channel OF the
river a few hours later the steamer
Chester passed the old landing and
Missouri Citys cup Of JOY was full
Because Of the change OF channel
the boat line company will now take
freight and passengers from Missouri
Citv.-Kansas City Star.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
FIRST ISSUE IN JANUARY.
Senator La Toilette May Name His
New Paper Patriot

Madison, Dec. l.
The first issue of Senator La Fol
Iette's new paper will appear the first
week of January. Patriot may be the
name chosen for the publication. 1t
will be printed weekly and probably
contain 16 pages at the beginning.
The senator and his wife will leave
for Washington in about a week to
be present at the opening session Of.
congress. Robert and Philip, the.
two sons of Senator and Mrs, La
Toilette. will continue their studies
at the Richmond academy and after
the holidays accompany their parents
to Washington. The La Follettes|
have engaged a home at Washington
for the winter
Congressman Nelson will leave for
the national capital December ), His
wife will join him after the holidays
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
AN OKLAHOMA FEUD.
Two Fatalities and a Serious injury
in a Shooting ARRAY.

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. 2-Luther
Ford. u years old. was shot and in
stantly killed; William Ballew was
fatally shot and Policeman Smith
Redman seriously injured here last
night when John Foshee attempted
the life of Ballew with a shotgun.
Foshee is now in Jail A year ago
Ballew killed Foshee's brother in a
street duel here, and last nights
shooting grew out of that trouble.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-12-03
THE NEWS IPITOMiZED
WISCONSIN WAITS.

WISCONSIN WAITS
A repeal OF the new highway law by
which each county is required TO lay
out a system OF county roads and ap-
point an engineer to supervise the
system and a change from the present
inheritance tax law are objects which
the Dane county board pledged its eff
forts 10 achieve.
The saloon Of Hans Wick Of Wau-
gau was entered and SIT stolen.
United States secret service men
have been here tracing counterfeit S.
silver certificates at Racine.
William c. Jones has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Boyleston and
Alfred K. Jillson at Monico.
Fred w. Snyder has been appointed
postmaster at Footyille, Rock county,
vice j. w. owen, deceased.
Fred Meyer, a business man Of Me
nasha, sustained serious injuries in a
runaway, which may result fatally.
Robert Kuhn Of Neilsville was ar
rested in Chicago on a federal charge
Of stealing a draft for $262 from ru-
raj letter box
In falling and rolling under a coal
dump while at work in the yards at
La Crosse, Charles a. Leaser, a brake
man, had his right leg badly crushed.
Between 200 and 300 pupils Of the
ManitowOc schools were affected by
the city health boards order barring
them from the school unless vacci-
mated
Because members smoked, the Nee
nah high school football team has
been disbanded. Supt. Beeman has
forbidden the further organization Of
football teams.
Search is being made By police for
Miss Myrtle Burke, an OcOnto girl,
wac disappeared from her home sew
eraI days ago and is believed to have
gone to Neenah.
Friends OF the Rev. S. w. Moran, an
Episcopal clergyman Of La Crosse,
aged 81 years, have secured his com
mitment to the Mendoza asylum for
the insane near Madison.
Joseph Thornton Of Viola, a pioneer
settler and veteran of the civil war,
was found dead on the road by rural
mail carrier on Wednesday. No
signs Of violence were found.
The finance committee Of the Outa-
ganfc county board reported short,
age Of $I,G3482 in the accounts OF
County Treasurer Joseph J. McCar-
thy which, however was made good.
Thirty years in the penitentiary at
Waupun was the sentence meted out
IN the municipal court by Judge Ar
min at Waukesha, to John Smith,
convicted Of having assaulted Olga
Grabow.
Leaping into the icy water in a
slough in the Mississippi river at La
Crosse, Arthur G. Peterson saved the
Life Of an aged woman, who broke
through the ice while on Ter way
across to get frewood
While being taken back to the
Waukcsha industrial school, Earl
WhceIock of GAINESVILLE, aged 13 years,
escaped by jumping though the win
dow while the train was going forty
miles an hour.
Frustrated for two days as the re
suit Of d stroke of apopeXy, with no
one to care for him, Frank Delaney, d
veteran of the civil war was found
lying in an Ill ventilated howell in the
town of Greenbush, Winnebago county,
Mill, Iir. ,lr,,rt ,xytipot