Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-02
pIIRELY PERSONAL.

The Rev. w. E. Lowther, pastor oil
/ the Methodist Episcopal church al
West Bend. consented TO again act as
a foreign missionary and the local
pulpit will be supplied with another
man by Jan. Is. He will go to Algiers
Africa.
The district convention Of the
/ Women's Relief corps held at Beloit,
! elected officers as follows: President,
Mrs Dunwiddie, GAINESVILLE; vice
president. Mrs. Whiteons, Monroe;
secretary, Mrs. Poller, GAINESVILLE;
treasurer, Mrs. Cooley, Sharon.
Lyman J. Gage, 70 years old, and
Mrs. Frances Ada Ballou, 35 years old,
were married at the Coronado home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
| George M. Ballou. Mr.. Gage is a
! former secretary Of the treasury and
| former president of the First National
bank Of Chicago.
Count Kalman Czaky, said to be a
| third cousin of Count Szechenyi, who
married Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and
who was the first husband of Jan
KubeIik's present wife, married Mrs
Maud Howard Bryan secretly year
ago, according to an announcement In
New York, where the couple are now
living.
Mayorelect w. F. Spooner of Valpa-
raise, Ind, celebrated his election in
unique way. Three thousand school
children were the recipient of his
bounty. Three tons of candy were
distributed by the new mayor and
1900 young hearts beat joyously as
the owner of each was given two
pounds of sweets.
Mae Wood, who is charged with
perjury in connection with her claims
to being the wife of Senator Thomas
c. Platt, started for New York to face
her accuser. She declared that she
would prove her innocence of the per-
jury charges by demonstrating the
authenticity of her marriage to the
aged New York politician.
Although Mrs. Thomas A. Edison,
wife of the famous inventor, is at
sanitarium, at Battle Creek Mich, she
is not seriously ILL., She is suffering
from nervous trouble and is attended,
night and day by a nurse, but rest is
all she needs, her attendants say
Mrs. Edison declines to be inter
viewed, although she did not seek to
hide her identity.
The belief that the approaching
general election in Great Britain will
hasten home rule for Ireland, was ex-
pressed by T. P. O'Connor, NJ. P
''The house OF lords" he said, stands
as the only obstacle between Ireland
and home rule. With that obstacle
removed by such a drastic measure OF
reform of the house Of lords as the
liberals will bring in, I regard home
rule as not only certain, but very
near"
Congressman J. J. Esch has given
out an interview in answer to the OBJ
lection made to his interstate com
merce amendment by members Of the
national association Of railway COM
missioners at Washington, who claim
the bill would take rights from state
commissions. Congressman Esch
says the bill would merely give con-
current rights to the national COM
mission, for the purpose of better pro.
tecting the public from railroad
wrecks.
Robert [. Wall and Clement j. Wall,
former residents of Fond du Lac and
now interested heavily in the Isle of
Pines have arranged to take a
worlds tour that will be a veritable
globe trot. They sail from New York
on the Cunarder Caronia on January
| for Alexandria, thence to Cairo and
the Nile, thence to Delhi, Bombay
and Calcutta, spending a month In
India. A month will be spent in ia
| pan and some time at Singapore,
| Hongkong and Pekin. Returning, a
! stop is to be made at Honolulu, they
reaching Fond du Lac via San Fran
cisco next June, after having covered
! $4,000 miles.