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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
POS TAL DEFICIT
STILL GROWING
POSTMASTER GENERAL HITCH
COCK SAYS TWILL BE $780,
100000 FOR 1909.
WILL ATTEMPT RETRENCHMENT
RURAL DELIVERY TO BE
INVESTIGATED.

Beverly, Mass, Sept. POSTMASTER
General Hitchcock told President Taft
yesterday that The postotiice depart
ment viii show a deficit OF more than
twenty million dollars for the year
ended June 80, 1909, the largest in its
history, due largely to the extensions
Of service and the business Gepres-
sion. Mr. Hitchcock finds the prob
lem Of how to cut and keep the
standard up a difficult one. Every
branch is to be examined. Now at
work in Washington is a commission
OF experts examining the registry de-
partment. When the commission has
finished MI Hitchcock Will summon
the money order experts to make an
examination OF the money order divi-
sion, which is showing u growing
deficiency, The postmaster general
thinks it should soon be placed on a
self sustaining basis.
Rural free delivery also is to be eX-
amined. The system was received
with so much enthusiasm that ia
some instances it was expanded be
yOnd the needs Of the sections served.
MI. Hitchcock believes that III some
cases rural deliveries can be made by
contract at a saving to the govern
ment. 1t is not the intention to in
terfere with the efficiency OF the
service.
The subject of ranking" privilege,
or sending matter through the mails
free, by government officials, also will
come in for a share Of consideration.
President Taft promises economy in
the postal service.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
AND CHINA
END DIFFERENCES

Toxic, Sept 5.-The foreign office
announced yesterday that the agree
ment between Japan and China was
signed in Pellin at 4 o'clock yestcr
day morning, The text Of the agree
ment will be published in a few days
The agreement between the two orr
entail governments concerns Mancnu-
rian railway concessions and the ques-
ton has been at issue since early last
spring. Il is generally understood
that by the terms Of the agreement
Japan secures control of central rail
way franchises in Manchuria and the
right to construct other lines, as Wel
as the privilege of loaning China hair
Of the required capital for the con
structiOn of the Kirin railway to the
COrean border. Japan agrees to rec
Ognize Chinese sovereignty in the
Chientao district, agrees that the ter
minus of the Hsnmintun railroad be
moved to the city OF Mukden, and the
amount of indemnities 10 be deter
mined later.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
PURELY. PERSONAL.

General John F. Weston, U. S. A,
i'll at San Francisco, is reported I'M
proving.
John w. Riddle, retiring American
ambassador to Russia, was given
farewell dinner in st. Petersburg on
August 30.
Samuel A. Charles of Jersey City,
n. J., has been elected national coun-
cilor of the order of United American
Mechanics.
w. E. Corey, president of the Unit
ed States Steel corporation, is con-
fined to his house in New York by a
dislocated ankle
The Rev. Eugene BUtterman, now
stationed at Jerusalem, has been
chosen head Of the Franciscan order
in the middle west.
Willinm H. Singer, the wealthy
Pittsburg man, injured in an automo-
bile accident near Matunuck, L. l., is
better and the physicians hope that
he may survive.
Postmaster H. H. Judson of Farm
ingtOn, Mimi, begun on the second
cycle of twenty-five years as postmas-
ter here. He celebrated his silver
anniversary yesterday.
Governor Davidson has appointed
A. J. Blair of Milwaukee, general
manager of the Lake Shore Stone
company as a delegate to the nation
al good roads convention to be held
at Cleveland, O., on Sept. q to %.
Orley Meadows, who holds a posi-
ton in the sanitary department of
the United States government at Pan
anna, is now enjoying a several weeks
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Meadows at Oconomowoc.
The Racine fire department will
lose two of its veteran members
September /, as Henry Blake, assist
ant fire marshal, and Samuel Neil
rath, pipeman, have resigned Mr..
Blake has been a member Of the de
partment for over thirty years and
Mr.. McIlrath for twenty-four years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
SCIENCE NOTES.

Last year $56,0OO,000 was spent by
the railroads of the United States for
cross ties. The average price of the
ties was so cents. Forty-three per
cent of the ties were of oak and 10
per cent of yellow pine Owing to
the growing scarcity of suitable tim
Der. other woods are being used af-
ter treatment with various preserva-
tives, AMI it has been found that these
treated woods outlast the more ex-
pensive untreated oak ties.
A French chemist has recently pro-
claimed that cider is an antidote for
typhoid fever The acid in it is the
agent, as it destroys the germs. Cider
in Europe is more generally used rs
a beverage than in this country. Ger
mans appear to prefer cider after ii
becomes sour, but Americans usually
prefer it while il is sweet
The success of the electrically illu-
minated baseball grounds at Cincin-
natl, o. has been so pronounced that
it is now proposed to have football
games, as We'll on the illuminated
field.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
COOK AND TAFT
EXCHANGE NOTES
PRESIDENT TELLS EXPLORER
HE'S GLAD AMERICAN
FOUND POLE.

Beverly Sept. 6.-President Taft
yesterday made his first official com
ment upon Dr. Cooks discovery by
cabling the explorer his warmest con-
gratulations. Cablegrams were ex-
changed between Dr. Cook and the
president. The explorers message
was as follows:
Il have the honor to report to the
chief magistrate of the United States
that | have returned, having reached
the north pole. (Signed) Frederick
A. Cook"
The president cabled Dr. Cook the
following reTsy:
Your dispatch received. Your re-
port that you have reached the north
pole calls for my heartiest congratula-
tons, and stirs the pride of all Amer
leans that this feat which so long has
baf1ed the world has been accom-
plished by the intelligent energy and
wonderful endurance of a fellow
cOuntryman."
Always a great newspaper reader,
President Taft has taken a deep in
terest N the news since Wednesday
afternoon and the controversy which
Dr. Cooks feat aroused among the
experts, but he withheld comment IN
til receiving yesterday the personal
cablegram which Dr. Cook evidently
filed as soon as he reached Copen-
hagen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
S3.375 DUTY ON
SINGLE AIRSHIP

Washington, Sept, 4.-That the
Payne tariff will subject imported
aeroplanes to a duty Of forty per
centum ad yalorem, is indicated by a
statement from the treasury depart
ment. There is no provision for the
assessment of a duty on flying ma
chimes, but the Payne law provides a
duty of forty five percentum on all ar
ticles of which metal is a component
material Of chief value. The motor
seems to be the part most valuable of
an aeroplane. The Wrights have
named a price of $500 on these ma
chimes and the duty on one Of these
built in their British or French factory
therefore will be $3,375.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
TWO KILLED IN
KENTUCKY RIOT
EIGHTEEN MEN ARE ARRESTED
AFTER BLOODY FIGHT WITH
MILITIA.

Frankfort, Ky, Sept. 5.-In one OF
the fiercest riots ever known in this
city between miIitiamen and civilians
last night, Sergeant Ingram Tate, OF
Somerset, member Of the state militia
and Jeff Cook, a civilian, were killed
while William Nichols, Joe Conway
and Alex McNaIIy were fatally shot.
The riot began in a tenderloin saloon
following brawl. PriVates Phillips
and Ted Devine, members of Tate's
company, identified Joe Nichols as the
man who fired the shot that killed
Tate. Nichols and is others were ar
rested.
The house was almost shot to
pieces by the troops in an effort to
gain entrance apparently to lynch the
men whom they thought had killed
their cOHrade. For more than an
hour the IS ment held the fort against
the whole second regiment Resi-
dents of that section eXtinguished
lights and retreated to cellars for safe
ty. Every person attempting to leave
the neighborhood was halted at the
points of bayOnets, every wagon was
searched hoping to find the men who
started the riot. Finally after a con
ference between Colonel Allen, com
manding the regiment, and County
Judge POlsgrOve, Chief of Police Man
gan accompanied by soldiers searched
the building and in the top story
found men huddIed together. All were
arrested and taken to Jail, which is
being guarded by soldiers to prevent
Iynching.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
MARKET OUTLOOK.
Action at the End of Summer, and
What 1t Foreshadows.

New York, Sept. 3.-In the course OF
every year there are stated periods
which are looked to by Wall street
for an indication of what is IN store
for financial markets. The close Of
August and opening OF September is
one Of these, for several reasons.
Just how far does the market, late in
August and early in September, give
9 clue to the course of events later on
I'm the business season? Experience
shows that the period in question usu
ally marks a change from the summer
markets, but is still an uncertain
guide to The future. Last autumn, al
most up to election time. was a period
Of dsordered markets, yet The clos.
ing week of August and the first week
Of September witnessed rising prices,
and although, later ii September, the
advance slackened, misgiVings con
corning the approaching election had
not even then began. In the same
two weeks of 1907, prices rose smartly
from the low level fixed by the
Rogers liquidation"
So little was the approaching Octo-
Der panic then foreshadowed, that in
the fortnight ending September Z,
st. Paul and Amalgamated copper
went up points each, Reading ana
Union Pacific II each, Northern Paci
fic Is. In 1906, on the other hand,
the violent speculation which had fol.
lowed the Hartman dividends, sud
denly came to grief when, in the first
week Of September, it ran foul Of 40
per cent money rate and an exhausted
credit market In that case, the fut-
ure was pretty well fOreshadoWed
Yet in 1905, when, as in 1906, money
frightened ominously at the opening OF
September, and when the bull mar
ket" waVered temporarily under its
influence, heavy DO. rOWjngs from Eu-
rope fortified the very rich sDecuIa
tors. and the advance was boldly and
CbstinateIy resumed, and was main
tanned throughout the autumn.
Here are four years when very diff
ferent weather signs were raised at
the end Of August, and with wide d.
vergence in their accuracy as induces
to the future. In general, it may be
said that the end of August has al
most Invariably marked a change in
Stock Exchange conditions from those.
which had prevailed throughout the
summer. IN 1906 and 1905, the mar
kets which ushered in September cor
rectly foreshadowed what was to be
the course of events in the ensuing
autumn. In 1907 exactly the contrary
was true. and in 1908, the September
market yes at least a poor indication
of the i@t1~" future. The break II
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
OBITUARY..

Myron A. Shaw, an aged physician
Of Durand, Wis, dropped dead while
pulling corn at his home.
Samuel Sanders of Spring Valley
dropped dead on the street. He had
lived in Pierce county forty years.
Charles NJ. Cooke, a muIti-miIlfon-
aire and one Of the leading fnanciers
of Hawaii, is dead. following a Sec
ond stroke Of paralysis and a severe
illness, extending over several
months.
Thomas Smith, for thirty-five years
well known contractor of ST. Paul
died at Glendiye, Mont. He and his
partners broke the ground for the
Ryan hotel and other large buildings
in ST PauI
Lucius N. Williamson, a veteran
snoe salesman, died at Mercy hospit-
ar at JanesvIue after a stroke of
paralysis which rendered him help
less.
William Kyle Anderson, a promi-
nent capitalist of Detroit, who was for
two years American consul at Han
over, Germany, died at his home. Mr..
Anderson was a native of Greensboro,
Ky.
Daniel L. Ames, one of the most
noted handwriting experts in the
country, died at his home at Mountain
View aged 68 years. He figured in
identifying important documents in
the trial of Capt. Dreyfus in Paris.
the Botkin trial, the Fair will case,
and the trial of RoIan Molineux.
Captain F. Wilke died at his home
in OsceoIa, Wis, at the age of seventy
three years Of chronic nephritis. He
had resided in that county about
thirty years. He was a prominent
citizen and held many offices Of
trust During CIeveIands administra-
ton he served as postmaster. Before
coming to America he was q sea cap
tain on a German sailing vessel He
is survived by an aged widow.
d.. j. 0. Alderman, one of the best
known physicians and turfmen IN Wis
consin, died after a Ions illness, aged
IS years. He had been a resident of
Wisconsin sixty-two years and a
practicing physician of Fond du Lac
twenty-eight. years. He served three
years and two months in the civil war
enlisting when 10 years old, and was
with Sherman on his famous march
to the sea. In later years he had given
much attention to fast horses, owing
Blue Pine and Sally Conway, now do
ing the fair circuits. He is survived
by wife, one son, George w. Acker-
man, of Marquette, Mich, and one
daughter, Mrs. c. E. Brown of Fond
du Lac.
Gen. Jeremiah H. Gilman, U. S. A,
retired. credited with having ordered
the first rife shot fired in the civil
war, is dead at Manhattan Beach.
New York. He was 70 years old. Gen.
Gilman was graduated from West
Point in 1856. On the outbreak of the
civil war Lieutenant Gilman, with
Lieutenant Slemmer and seventy SOL
diers belonging to company G. First
United States artillery, held Fort
Pickens. It is asserted that the first
rifle shot in the war was fired
when seven confederate soldiers tried
to pass the pickets at night. Upon
the wars close Gilman was appointed
assistant commissary general ar
Washington and served until retired,
under the age limit, Nov. Il. 1895.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
DOME Sic

NJ. S. Kenneth of Sacramento. Ca.
EHu from the third floor Of the Rome
hotel at Omaha down the elevator
shaft and was killed
Hans Christianson of Sisseton. S.
d.. committed suicide by jumping
from a boat into Lake Traverse. He
had been on a spree.
w. H. Marker, former cashier Of the
First National bank at Upton, ind..
vas arrested in connection with the
alleged defalcation OF 100000 Of the
banks funds.
The Hotel Strathcona, one OF the
oldest and most fashionable hostel
ries at Observation-Disclosures was deS-
trOyed by fire. Many of the guests had
TO Zee for their lives.
The mangled body of an unidenti-
fied man was found on the railroad
bridge near ConesviIle, Iowa. He is
believed to have been struck by a
train and ground to pieces.
Margaret feathers laughed so
heartily at the performance at a the.
ater at New Orleans that she be,
came unCOnsciou, and died before she
could be taken nom the house.
George Fischer, who was injured
when a streetcar cOllided with q
buggy in which he was riding, died al
q hospital at Duluth. He was a for
-1e~ alderman and a commissioner OF
s. Louis county.
An attempt at wholesale poisoning
81 horses was made at lie Seuer
oIinn, by some person who placed
salt mixed with paris green in twelve
iced boxes. The poison was discov
cred before any had been eaten.
President Kemp of the Illinois
Wesleyan university was notified tina
the $4,000 rendered the college By
Andrew Carnegie, conditional tha
$50. coo be raised was ready, the con
dition having been complied with.
Twelve persons were kille3 and 81,
wounded in an explosion on th'
branch of the Florida East Coast rail
way near Miami, Fla. This is tht
new extension beiug built by H. N
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09

80
Flagler, the Standard Oil magnate.
Riding on train of empty ore cars,
which were being backed doTn into
| the Eveleth, Mimi, open pit, Frank
Parker, brakeman. twenty-one years
of age formerly of Menasha, Wis, fell
bent ath the wheels. Twenty-eight cars
passed over him.
| Five lives were lost in the sinking
Of the Alaska Steamship company's
steamer Ohio off Steep Point, Alaska.
There were 1913 passengers On board.
| but all these escaped, the victims be-
ing from among the crew. The loss of
| the steamer and cargo is total.
Hans Christianson of Sisselton. S.
D., committed suicide by jumping
from a boat into Lake Traverse.
Christensen had been in town sew
eral days in company with a boy
named Johnson, son of a Sisselton
liveryman, and went on a spree.
Harry K. Thaw, who is protesting
against his treatment in the Mattea-
wan state hospital for insane Grimm
ais, will receive no different treat
ment there rom that shown to other
patients Of tie same sort, according
to Supt. c. V. Collins of the state
prison department.
While raiding a house supposed to
harbor thieves, Sheriff Plunkett and
States Attorney Hebron at Dead
wood, S. D., met with stiff resistance.
but lodged two men in Jail. The ar
rests were made on complaint of E.
E. Harding of Lead, who said he had
been robbed Of a gold watch and
chain and hat at the resort.
Judge Byron Preston of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, handed in an opinion ousting a.
NJ. Henderson as mayor of Marengo
and unfolding the new Cossin law
passed by the last legislature which
provides that officials in Iowa may be
removed from office for intoxication
and other causes. Attorney General
Byers showed that Mayor Henderson
was amenable to the law.
James Garrett, foreman of a print
ing company at Evansville, Ind, shot
his wife through the head, tried to
kill his year old son, and ended his
own life Garrett brought the boy to
Indianapolis to try to persuade his
wife to return to Evansville with
them. She refused and Garrett shot
her, shot at his son, but missed him.
P. M. Peterson, a Nebraska land
man, is out a roll Of 1920 as the re
suit Of becoming too well acquaint
ed with strangers he met while in
Pipestone, MINI. The strangers gave
the names Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. J.
Wright and Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Jer-
raj, and they became so friendly that
Peterson remained in their company
some time and then found that his
money was missing.
Because John Ryan, a wei known
mining man, is about to die of tuber-
culOsis, district judge at Butte,
Mont, dismissed a charge of murder
against him that death may ensue with
Ryan's name cleared of any stain
Ryan killed his brother-inIaw
Mooney, a year ago with the Iatters
own gun, when Mooney thought to kill
him. Ryan would say nothing in his
own defense and much mystery is at
taChed to the affair. He was out on
bonds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
Murder at Rhinelander.

Rhinelander, Wis, Sept. 5.-William
Scoffeld, night foreman. was muir
Gered last nigh in the basement Of a
veneer factory. His skull was crushed
in several places. Scofeld had trouble
in the evening with several men who
We're discharged on account of intoxi-
cation One Of them, Louis Anselne,
was arrested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

The Paine Lumber company has
made plans for a large brick factory
at Oshkosh.
Power was turned on at the Marty
cold storage plant at Brodhead. While
the plant is not yet complete, it is i'm
perative that the cooling process be
started. The offices are nearly COM
pleted.
Fred Miller has disposed of his
stock in the Miller Manufacturing
company at Monroe to Adam Elmer.
Mr.. Miller had thirty-f1ye shares in
the company. Mr.. Miller will push a
metal punch and shearing machine
which he has patented.
The Marathon Paper Mills company
has let contract to Ernest Weide-
Itch for the erection of ten cottages
at the paper mill. work to begin at
once, The company plans to have ad,
ditionaI hovgea E-I,'~ ~ ~ q
time tor employees.
The heaviest crops in several sea-
sons viii be the yield in the west part
of Eau Claire county according to
the predictions Of the farmers. The
corn crop which was thought greatly
hurt ~ the 1g228ht baT "yrnea ant
better tnar last yscr,
Gus Honold of SheD0ygan mas be
gun the manufacture of a new patent
undertakers' embaIming board of
which he is the inventor. The embalm-
ing board is so made that it can be
neatly folded together and placed in
a case similar to a suit case and thus
easily carried.
Work on the new $4,000 water
reservoir of the Eau Claire Water
company has been abandoned for the
present. 1t will be resumed next
spring, when it is expected water
meters will have been placed in every
place using water in the city.
The government has granted the
petition of residents of the Fox River
valley and instructed the Neenah and
Menasha Water Power company 70
draw more water from the level of
Lake Winnebago, giving at the pres
ent time 20 per cent first water of the
normal flow of the river.
/ Eighteen water power companies
with a total capitalization of $4,000
/ 600, all paid In. have nsr,. actfc.vs ..
incorporation in Michigan L. A. Wood
/ Of New York. George E. Hardy OF
/ Englewood, \. J., and E. Clark of De
/ troit, Mich, are the principal stock
holders cf the various companies.
/ The Central Lumber company at
! Depere has started the manufacture
Of stave silos and already orders for
about twenty-five have been secured.
The silos are manufactured in all
sizes and it is said to be the only silo
on the market that can be opened I'D
clean from the top to the bottom
Members Of the Society Of EQUITY
effected the organization Of the Mara.
thon Equity Produce company and
will incorporate as soon as sufficient
stock is subscribed. No person is Al
lowed more than five shares. FRANK
Gassner of Marathon has been elect
ed president. Ernest Ringle Of Rib
Falls. secretary, and Herman SchlitteT
OF the latter place treasurer.
The large derrick being used to
raise the marble blocks of the new
Bank Of Sheboygan building. broke
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
HOLDS BIG FOUR RESPONSIBLE.
Coroners Jury Says Dangerous Gross.
ing Caused Fatality.

Kankakee, ILL.,, Sept. A coroner's
jury Yesterday held the Big Four rail
road company responsible for the
death of Mrs. George Granger of Kan
kakee, Miss Genevieve Rabig, of Chi
cago, and the injury of five others,
when an automobile wherein they
were riding was struck by train a
fortnight ago. The jury concluded
that the dangerous crossing caused
the fatality.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09

company's part in the Heinze-Joyce
$4,000 loan, reported yesterday that
there is no actual wrong doing by
any officer or employe of the company
unless it were the acceptance by
Loan Clerk Birmingham of $3.50 in
connection with the transaction" The
board concluded however, that the
Joyce transaction should not have
been entertained by thecompany.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
LABOR OFFICIALS NAMED.
Superintendents OF Employment Su-
reaus Named KY Governor.

Governor Davidson today reap
pointed William A. Baker OF Milwau-
kee to be superintendent Of the free
employment bureau in that city. To
the same position in the La Crosse
bureau, T. 4. McNullen OF La Crosse
Wis, reappointed. Both appointment s
are for two years and the salary in
each case is 5000 per year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09
BOARDS SAVE MANY LIVES,
But Two La orers Were Killed BY
Sewer Ditch Cavein.

Chicago, Ind, Sept. .5.-Two men
were killed, and six injured at East
Chicago, Indiana, yesterday when the
walls of a sewer ditch ten feet high
caved in on % workmen. Hundreds
of rescuers Immediately began an at
tempt to reach the buried men before
they suffOcated The first two bodies
taken out were dead. After another
hour of digging it was found that all
others were alive as the boards a. the
side Of the ditch had fallen over them
in such a manner that they were pro-
tected
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-09-09

Three tons of marble fell distance
of thirty feet where it was imbedded
in the ground Contractor Guenther
narrowly escaped DEATH the broken
derrick striking within two inches OF
his head where he was working at
the time.