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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
MADISON TRAINMEN DIE IN BAD WRECK
ON NORTHWESTERN ROAD IN ILLINOIS
Engineer {. R. Thompson and Fireman
j. A. Gallagher instantly Killed
Passenger Train Loaded with County Fair
Excursionists in Collision

celved bad shaking up but the cars
remained on the track. 1t was re-
ported that only one passenger re-
ceived injuries.
Ahead of Time.
1t is said that the passenger train
left Millbrig three minutes ahead of
time and met the work train on a
curve at a fast rate of speed. En-
gineer Jaquish, it is stated, had in
structiOns to take siding at MiIlbrig
10 pass the passenger there.
A relief train was sent to the scene
of the accident and the passengers
were taken on board. The train ar
rived in Madison shortly before 6
p. In.
An Old Engineer.
Engineer Thompson resided with his
family at 10 South Blair street He
has been in the employ of the North
western road for many years. He re-
Gently moved from Baraboo to Madi-
son. He was about so years old.
Mr. Gallagher was an engineer, but
ne has been firing since the traffic be-
came light. He resided with his
parents at Galena, but when in Mad
ison he made his home with his
brother, Thomas F. Gallagher, 1926
Jenifer street, who is also an engi-
neer on the Northwestern road. The
deceased was favorabIy known here
for his big heartedness and pleasing
personality. He was to have married
a Madison lady in the coming fall.
He was 40 years of age. The news of
his death caused deep regret among
his numerous friends.
Jaquish is a son Of the late Henry
Jaquish of this city. He has four
brothers residing here, they being
Jerome F., John B., Henry w. and
Charles A. Jaquish. He formerly
lived in Madison, but moved to Bar
aboo some years ago, as he was run
ming out of that city. His wife and
children came down from Baraboo
last evening and this morning will
cave for Platteville. He has been an
engineer for some 10 or IL years. The
many Madison friends of Jaquish were
shocked to learn of his serious IN
iuries. lgH
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Jack Truscott has sued the Menasha
Paper company for $4,000 damages
for the loss of hand.
Klatt brothers, OF Fail City, Dunn
county, have just completed a con
crete dam across Mud creek.
Work on the new $4,000 hospital
donated by c. B. Clark to the city OF
Neenah will commence Monday morn,
ing.
An amendment raising the capital
.stock of the newly organized st. PAU
and Des Moines railway to $2,500,0OU
was filed in the. secretary of states
office at Des Moines.
Charles Hunt, d wealthy Chicago
manufacturer, is contemplating buying
a 800 acre farm near Beloit on which
to erect a model dairy.
Canadian Pacific trainmen of the
operating department. voted by large
majority not TO strike in sympathy
with the mechanical trades.
Keir Hardie, the British labor leader
and member OF parliament, arrived al
Montreal from Glasgow to attend the
congress at Halifax next month.
The largest amount of anthracite
ever collected outside Of Pennsylvania,
100000 tons, is stored in the sheds OF
the Northwestern dock at Superior.
La Crosse merchants and manufac-
urers are being interested IN a
scheme to operate barges on the river
to be propelled by electric power pro
duced by gas engines.
The first serious break in the ranks
of the striking mechanics at Toronto,
Ont. occurred when several strikers ap-
piled for their old positions at the
West TORONTO ships and were taken
back
Thirty-one italians employed by the
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric rail
way company at Racine quit work
claiming that they received cheeks for
only S12 for their work when they
should have received SIS.
The United States government
through the internal revenue office OF
St. Paul. has forbidden Prof. Henry
Snyder of the Minnesota experimental
station to manufacture denatured
alcohol on the State fair grounds dur
! ing the state fair next week.
Commissioner DR. ]. r. Bush of the
| Fourth brigade. Alabama division
! United States Confederate Veterans
| has issued a statement in which he
calls upon the authorities to declare
| martial law for three days in order
that citizens might be disarmed.
Judge Thompson in the United
| States court al Cincinnati, denied the
petition Of the Union Distilling com.
pam and others for a temporary in.
junction restra ming the government
f@om carrying out its order that 1.-The
initstion" whiskey must be branded
IS such.
The Official test of Hiram P. Max
iim's gun silencer was made by officers
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
FOREIGN.

All schools in Christiania, MOI
way, have been closed owing to a ser
i5us outbreak of smallpox.
King Alfonso arrived in Paris and
left later in the day for the isle OF
Wight where he is to join Queen Vic
toria.
The national convention of the con
servatiyes in Cuba nominated by &C
cIamation Gen. Mario Menocal for
president and Rafael Montoro for vice
president.
Richard Croker has become an hon
orary burgess of Dublin. He signeu
the roll, and received from the lord
mayor a certificate granting him the
freedom of the city.
Herr Geltermann, cashier OF the
coupon department of the MttteI
Deutsch Credit bank, at Frankfort,
Germany, shot himself dead. He had
embezzled $4,000 from the bank.
Senior Mont, a member OF the Chill
can cabinet, arrived at Lima, Peru,
from Santiago, Chile, to congratulate
Augusta B. Leguia. the newly elected
president Of Peru in succession to D..
Pardo, upon his assumption of office.
FL Heraldo, a newspaper Of Mexico,
publishes a story saying that PreSl-
dent Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala
has expressed a desire to visit thai
republic and the arrangements are IN
der way to extend him an invitation.
The wife of Maj. Charles Edward
Lizard was mysteriously murdered in
a desolate wood near Seven oaks,
which is short distance outside Lon
don. The motive apparently was rob-
berry, valuable rings having been taken
from the woman's fingers.
The fire winch broke out in the
Stamboul quarter in Constantinople.
was finally extnguished. 1t is est
mated that more than 1000 bulIamgs
were destroyed. A number OF firemen
and women and children are reported
to have been burned to death. The
homeless probably number 1000.
Gen. Liakhoff, military governor OF
Teheran, has dismissed the comman-
der Of the Third regiment of Cossacks,
Gen. Kazimaga, a prominent reaction
dry leader. who distinguished himself
by his ruthlessness and zeal al the
time Of the dispersal of the parlia'
ment. There is much i'll will between
! the Persian soldiers and the Cossacks
: because OF the favors extended 10 the
latter.
| La Literte says that France and
Spain will notify the signatories OF the
| Algeciras conference that the recent
events in Morocco afford an opportun-
lily for new exam nation OF the situa-
I IN and the reaching Of new agree
ment regarding the Moroccan ques-
| ton. The Temps says that il =
Hafid shows disposition TO work IN
harmony with the European concer'
the powers might agree 10 recognize
him as sultan
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
TRAGEDIES.
Mrs Johanna G. Hubbard Of La
Crosse, was burned to death, her dress
catching fire from gasoline stove.


Crosse, was burned to death, her dress
catching fire from a gasoline stove.
Four persons were killed neal
Eugene, Oregon, when the Cottage
Grove local train Of the Southern Pa
cific struck a bull on the track and
was piled up in the ditch.
All effort to identify the body of a
man found in Sturgeon Bay proved
unavailing and the body was buried.
On the right arm of the foater were
tattoOed the initials, "F. c. B."
Three persons were badly burt, one
woman probably fatally, while sew
eral others were terribly bruised in 4
panic on a swiftly moving street car,
which caught fire at Cleveland, Ohio.
The body of man about "a years
| Of age was found on a heap of hot
ashes in the railroad yards at Colo
RADIO Springs. The flesh was roasted
{ so badly that identification was i'm
possible.
Word has been received at James
vile of the murder of James H. SkeIly,
a former resident of GAINESVILLE, al
Lake Providence, La. He was EN-
ployed on a. large contract at Millicenr
near Lake Providence.
August Braun, a farmer residing at
ISaXyille, near Wautoma, shot his wife
: and then in the nearby woods hung
himself About a week ago his wife
started proceedings for divorce. Mrs.
Braun was 81 years of age and Braun
SO.
! From out the busy throng of traffic
on Eads bridge at st. Louis, an uniden-
tilted man vaulted the rail and plunged
into the Mississippi, ninety feet below
Horror stricken spectators saw him
come to the surface, struggling a few
moments in the current, and then
sink. His body was not seen again.
| Piqued because he was refused a
trivial request by his parents caused
John, the IA year old son of Mr.. Cal
kins, of Elkakaka, Mont, to commit
isuicide. The boy wished to go fishing
with some companions and when his
mother said no, he went to his room
and put a bullet in his brain.
That Erick Young, of Superior con-
! corning whose death there is some
mystery and as result Of which Matt.
Kramer, living near Foxboro, is
charged with murder, came to his
death by a bullet wound is now
known. The body had been buried
several weeks before Young was
missed
! Herbert Fryer, an Englishman, a re-
cluse and owner Of a ranch of 5,731
acres, at Ventura, Cal, as well as
other property, was found dead at his
ranch house by his own hand. Fryer
had taken a revolver and a rifle,
placed the muzzles of both weapons in
the mouth and pulled the triggers.
He left a Will bequeathing all his prop
erty to niece and nephew in Bng-
land.
The mystery of the disappearance
April II of Miss Elizabeth Hansen, D.
Presbyterian church missionary, at
Cincinnati is believed 70 have been
solved by the finding of a leg of a
woman in the sand bar in the river.
The rest Of the body has not been re-
covered. Miss Hansen's family has
suspected from the first that she com
mitted suicide by throwing herself IN
the river.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03

incumbent, will go to Minneapolis 10
take charge of the department OF
stock breeding at the substation of the
Minnesota agricultural college.
During the last few days snakes
have been killed in every corner of the
city of Appleton, and even in the
downtown sections have they been
seen. The low, swampy lands of the
rural districts are dried UP as a re-
suit of a lack of rain and the reptiles
have sought the wells and watering
troughs of the city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Live stock.

Livestock.
Ca tle-Receipts about 700; market
steady; beeves, 3.60@750; Texans.
3.50@5.O0; westerners, 3.30D5.80;
stockers and feeders, 2.6OW460:
cows and heifers, 1.7505.80; calves.
5.25@7.5O.
Hogs-Receipts about 5000; mar
ket sc higher; light, 6.15@695;
mixed, 6.2O07.02 IL; heavy, 6.15D
7.05; rough, 6.15@6.45; good to choice
heavy, 6.450705; pigs. 3.90@5.85;
bulk of sales. 6.45@6.80.
Sheep-Rece pts about 1000; mar
keo steady; native, 2.25@4.35; west
ern, 2.5004.35; yearlings, 4.25@oDu.
Dairy.
Cheese-Steady; daisies, 1920
IL SAC; twins, II 1-2c; Young Ameri-
cas-. II 1-2c.
Pota oes-Steadr, 65172c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
Madison Aug %

Madison, Aug. 28.
Two men were killed, two injured
and hundreds of passengers had a
marrow escape from death in head
on collision between passenger train
No. 123 and a work train on the
Northwestern road at MiIlbrig, ILL.,, a
small station near Galena, yesterday
morning.
Engineer Thompson and Fireman
Gallagher of the passenger train en-
CINE were pinned beneath the wreck
age and instantly killed Their
bodies were extricated late in the
afternoon by the wrecking crew
Engineer Jaquish of the work train
had his legs crushed and several ribs
broken He was removed to a hos
pital at Platteville, where a leg was
amputated. His condition is serious.
Radke, who was his fireman, is badly
hurt.
Loaded With ExcursIonists.
The passenger train, which is due
in Madison at 1920 p. m, was loaded
with excursionists on their way to
Darlington to attend the fair there.
Owing to the fact that railroad en-
ployes are pledged to keep mum
about accidents but little information
of the cause of the wreck could be
obtained. 1t is understood that the
accident happened on curve and
that an investigation showed that
the work train was not under control
Engines Totally Wrecked.
Both engines were completely
wrecked and the baggage car on the
passenger train was badly smashed
ND. Every one of the passengers re-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
The De ad.

The Dead.
Engineer E. R. Thompson, Madi-
on
Fireman Jeremiah A. Gallagher,
formerly of Madison.
The Injured.
Engineer Frank Jaquish, Baraboo.
One leg amputated, the other serious
ly crushed and several ribs broken
Lies in a hospital at PlatteviIle in
critical condition.
Fireman Radke, BarabOO. Badly
bruised
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
Two Sailors Are Drowned.

Two Rivers, Wis, Aug. 30.-The
barge Baldwin bound for Sturgeon
Bay turned turtle in the harbor and
two sailors were drowned
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
Newsy COMBINATIONS
WISCONSIN WAITS.

master at Five Miles, Washington
county. vice J. A. Jones resigned.
lanes Chooley Of Milwaukee and
Gene Raue came near being drowned
when their boat capsized at Neenah.
While preparing supper Ella Hirscn-
aeld, 1G years Of age, Of La Crosse
was badly burned when her dress
caught fire.
Thieves robbed the st. Paul depot
at Broadhead of $50. The cash
drawer was broken open with a nle'
The thieves escaped.
While cooking candy at the home Oh
her parents Miss Vanie Robbins Of
Menasba, was badly burned when the
candy boiled over.
William Womowski, of Menomonie
charged with an attempt to burn his
home, pleaded not guilty, the case De-
ing continued to Aug. %.
Sneak thieves stole a large bolt Of
cloth from the store Of Herbert
Holme at GAINESVILLE, while the clerk
was waiting on another customer
According to Surveyor Of Customs
Calvert Of Ia Crosse, the launch out
Of which the four Chicago people vino
lost their lives at KiIbourn was not
supplied with life preserVers.
James Moore of Chicago, a brake
man on the Milwaukee road, at Wan,
sau, had three Of his fingers crushed
between the couplings Of a car and an
engine and may lose his left hand.
Jacob Miller, chairman Of the town
Of Rhine. near plymouth in an alter
cation with a saloon keeper whom he
had ordered to procure license to
run his place, had two ribs broken.
The postmaster Of Bruce and
August Jimpson Of that place have
been threatened by persons who or
dercd the postmaster to give up sum
Of money at a place designated by
them.
WOrkmen while eXCaVatng cellar
on the WheIan nursery at Watertown
came upon the remains Of an Indian.
The bones crumbled on contact with
the ar DuI Ihe lee'H Ieln'iieu wen
preserved.
A telegram from the warden Of
Joliet prison to Maurice McKenna at
Fond du Lac states that MRS. Evelyn
came HoiiIaoNa' VINO IS serving d term
there, is not dying. Mr.. McKenna
was heF attorney
The loss Of two toes has prompted
two damage suits against the iron
River Lumber company amounting 60
$4,000. The suits are brought by
Joseph Clucky, the injured boy, and
his father who live at Superior
The family Of Erick Erickson OF
Hawthorne, took violently i'll with
poisoning after Dartaking of some
Dlueberries 1t is believed that some
cohosh berries were mixed with the
o'ueooFIie7 lne chlioren nad saIherea'
Ld"aFu Fofd OF ChIppe"a county
was crushed between a threshing
machine and an engine and badly IN
jHIed. Johh Nelson IN trying TO get Off
oIluSe when a train approached.
stumbled and was brushed aside by
the engine.
~. j, NanderDoom, deputy state fire
marsha" Is conducting a further nVeS-
''Sa'ion iJhe recent IRE at the Far
SloIH i'l fohd uu Lac. Inc store Is
sun SUI, ''o.Su' pO1 'l9 manager l. ['oSeh-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03

physicians arrived shortly after death
had taken place.
Five Weeks Unconscious.
During the i've weeks that Col Villas
lay striker with apoplexy, he did not
utter more than half a dozen words.
never more than word or two at 4
time. His rfghU side, first affected,
was unchanged from the condition OF
absolute paralysis, except that once or
twice it was thought that the fingers
moved. The evidences of conscious
ness were so slight that it is said %
be doubtful whether there was in fact
true consciousness at all. When ques
tons were asked as to what he would
like to eat he would utter monosyla-
bic or seem to nod the head. This
was taken as sign of consciousness,
but ii may have been little more than
a NANTES tation of bodily craving
rather than a conscious act of cum
munication. There were times when
the patient seemed to exhibit con-
seriousness OF the presence of people or
sounds in the room, seemed to turn
the head toward the direction of the
door, but these signs may not have
been the manifestation OF genuine
consciousness. The few words that
were spoken during the period of sick
ness were such as might indicate that
he patient was learning speech anew
as a little child.
Second Stroke Had Been Feared.
The occurrence of a second stroke
was the event feared by the physi-
clans. The only chance for recovery ar
ter the first stroke was that the pa
tient might absorb the extravazatiou
from the brain without the recurrence
OF subsequent hemOrrhage. What
happened in the first instance was an
eyer-present danger and might happen
again a. any instant. As the sickness
developed and continued without SUD
stantial gain being realized, the dan
ger became more and more apparent
because of the necessary growing
weakness of the body, rendering II in
capable Of resistance of subsequent at
tack. That is just what occurred, and
when the second attack came, the par
alysis spread rapidly and soon vital
organs were reached, suspending the
vital functions and causing death.
Gov. Davidson to Return.
Gov. Davidson was informed by tele,
phone from lhe executive Office and
Immediately said he would revise his
plans for weeks absence and return
in time for the funeral. He also SAID
he would prepare a proclamation.
The funeral arrangements are in
complete, but it will probably be held
Saturday afternoon and interment
will be in the family lot in Forest Hill
Cemetary.
Born in Vermont.
William Freeman Villas, former
United States senator and member OF
| The cabinet during President Cleye,
lands first term, was born in Chelsea,
Orange county, Vermont, July 8, 1910.
His father, Judge L. B. Villas, who had
! been a prominent man in Vernon,
moved with his family to Wisconsin II
in 1858, when Is years old. The fol
sity of Wisconsin, where he was grad.
uated with highest honors of his class
in 1858, when IS years old The fol
lowing year he entered the Albany
law school, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1860.
Returning to Madison, he began he
practice of law in company with
Charles T. WaIeley, and subsequently
the firm embraced EIeazer WakeIey,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-09-03
Engines Totally Wrecked.

Both engines were completely
wrecked and the baggage car on the
passenger train was badly smashed
up. Every one Of the passengers re-
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WOMEN SUFFRAGlSTS
REFUSE VOTE OF THANKS

Oakland, Aug 2S.-The woman SUI
fragists who were utterly ignored by
the republican state convention yes
terday and failed Ia obtain recognition
after marching to the convention hall.
900 strong, and later appearing before
the committee ON platform and resolu-
lions, today Indignantly refused to ac-
cept vote of thanks rendered by the
convention TO the ladies who attended
the sessions and literally hurled il
back into the faces Of the delegates.
When just before adjournment
Delegate Frank Domingo of Los An
seles suggested that 1t would be the
proper thing to give the ladies in a.
tendance vote of thanks and the mo-
ton carried, Mrs Agnes r. Peuse. a
prominent suffraglst from salt Lake
city, who has been assisting the leaders
of the California Sunragist association
In their campaign. arose i'm the bal
cony, and, walking To the rail, shouted
Mr. Chairman! Mr.. Chairman! The
women refuse that vote" amid laugh
ter and cheers
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NEW THEORY AS TO
SUB TREASURY ROBBERY

Chicago, Aug 29-Thc Record
Herald today SAYS:
4 story came to light yesterday
which, II proved is expected to es-
labllsh the contention that an emploge
of ihe sub-trcnaury committed the
Sl73,00O theft for which George W.
Fitzgerald Is under arrest on the
day OF the robbery package contain
ing 100000 Was received al the sub
treasury From certain clews which
have been found II Is believed that
the thief took 100000 from this
package and changed the figures on
The wrapper from 100000 to $S00,-
600 For some reason, II IL said, he
took $4,000 from his stoalings aud
tossed II into the cash receipts for the
day.
When the days cash receipts were
counted, this $4,000 Of excess cash
was found II could not be accounted
for The mystery surrounding the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-29
KENTUCKYS APPEAL
BEFORE SUPREME COURT

washington Aug 2S.-The appeal
Of the state OF Kentucky from the de-
cision of Judge Cochran of the United
states circuit court FOR the eastern
district Of Kentucky, declaring UNI
constitutional the statute Of that state
empowering the state railroad COM
mission TO fix rates, was yesterday filed
I'm the supreme court of the United
states There are cases against all the
roads operating in Judge COChran's
district ana they are regarded as Of
much importance The law i'm question
is known as the McChurd law, and II
now comes before the supreme court
for the second time. I'm previous pro-
ccediug by the railroads its unconstitu-
tlonality was declared by Judge Walter
Evans sitting In the circuit court for
the district OF Kentucky; but when,
in that controversy the question came
before the supreme court that tribunal
did not pass upon the validity of the
law. but reversed Judge Evans on the
ground that his decision was IN the ma
urc Of legislation. The railroads re-
fused To accept this ruling AS final. but
again appealing 10 the federal courts
for relief asked for an Injunction
against the enforcement of the law.
and for direct construction with re-
ference 10 its cOnstitutluuality Judge
caehran declined lo enter upon the
merits Of tho controversies but us "a
compliment to Judge Evans perfume
tnriIy held IL 10 ho M cDntravontiou
ol the fourteenth amendment at the
same time suggesting tho adVisabiltv
ot obtaining the views NJ the supreme
court as snnn as possible. I'm their
petition the railroad companies boldly
d'rl'r'r lhelr intention not {" enforce