Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-19

ballon for the the polar dash was be-
gun July 81
SIX hundred dollars concealed in a
closet by Mrs. Charles Hart, wife OF
New York contractor, was burned
when a match was ignited by the
closing Of the closet door.
William D. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association Of Street
and Elevated Railway Employees, will
go to New York in few days to or
ganize the car employees there.
Guillermo Velasco, son of the min
lister of Mexico to France, has been
| lost while on an outing at Satello,
Mexico It is feared he met with foul
play and searching parties are seek
ing him.
Thomas E. Watson, at one time
candidate for president on the popu-
list ticket, says he favors the division
of the United States into four ma
5ions and predicts the country's re-
construction.
1t is reported that 1O3 deaths from
bubonic plague and thir5y-fve from
icholera occurred at Annoy, China, in
the two weeks ending last Saturday.
Conditions in the interior districts are
greatly improved.
DR.. R. A TOrrey, the Chicago evan
gelist probably prev nted a murder
at Huntington beach, near Los An,
geIes, when he knocked down and sat
upon a man who was attacking an
other with spade.
Work has been secured for 5000
persons during the past six weeks
through the information division OF
the department Of commerce and Ia
Dor. Most of them have gone to the
wheat fields of the northwest.
Persons Of light complexion fill the
prisons and asylums of the United
States according to figures compiled
by DR.. c. E. Woodruff, an army sur
geon. He holds that there is toe
much sunshine for blondes in Ameri
ca.
A tariff issue has arisen in Kansas
ICitv over a consignment of twenty
seven carloads of zinc ore from Mex
leo. The shipment crossed the Mex
icaD frontier five hours before the tar
lift bill was signed. The importers
claim it should be admitted free.
Samuel f. Smith, former mayor Of
Davenport Iowa. son Of the author o.
IAmerica. died suddenly at Toronto
|Ont. On his way to Boston to see his
wife and daughter, following his re
lease from the Iowa penitentiary
where he was serving a term for EN-
bezzlement
The plan for the organization Of
NEGRO anti-tubercuIosis league, pro
Dosed by the United States public
health and marine hospital service
has met with prompt response. Five
state organizations have been formed
and the movement has received the
Endorsement of the conference o
state and territorial boards of health
John Williams, New York state com
, missioner Of labor, has issued q bul
IIetin saying that March 81 Fl pc
: cent. of the organized wage Garner
in that state were idle, while on thu
same date last year 35.7 per cent
were unemployed The report show
/ greater prosperity among worker
, than in the average year.
In passing judgment on a mai
: charged with having blackened hi
| wife's eyes Police Magistrate Hous
of New York declared: What New
: York state needs is a whipping pos
for wifebeaters and I am willing t.
l head a movement to establish it w
also need something for the wiVe
: who are beaten. From ten to fit,
} whipped wives. come here daily TO
warrants for their husbands, bu
when the brutes are arraigned tn
women plead for forgiveness TO
} them"