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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

pect, three men are now held by the
police of Detroit, in an effort to cap
ture the murderer of 13 year old
Helen Brown, whose mistreated and
half frozen body was found in a truck
yard. All will be held for further in
yestigation.
Projectors Of three Of the principal
hotels in Omaha were fined SO and
costs each on conviction before Judge
Crawford IN the police court Of haV-
ing sold liquor after p. m, in v1o-
ladon of the new daylight liquor law.
The sentence carries with it the revo-
cation Of licenses.
The jury in the case of Donate
MaribelIo, accused at Columbus, Ohio,
Of killing Francisco Chicco, returned
verdict Of not guilty. Chicco was
an agent Of the black hand, and de.
manded $500 of Maribello upon pain
of death Maribello thereupon killed
! him. His plea was self-defense.
In the federal district court al
/ Brownsville, Texas, eighteen indict
ments for conspiracy to smuggle Chi
nese into this country in violation OF
/ the exclusion law were returned by 9
grand jury. The investigation has
revealed a concerted plan all along
the gulf coast for importing Chinese.
Frank Crimes, convicted murderer
of Blanche Mcknight, sentenced tc
die in the electric chair on March %
in expiatiOn of that crime, committed
suicide in his cell in the county jail
at Columbus, Ohio, by hanging him
self with a sheet. Grimes had been
sentenced by Judge Bigger and was
in the jail awaiting removal to the
penitentiary annex.
Because his automobile was badly
battered and he needed money to get
home, A. S. Collington of Westwood
n. Y. sold for $40 the $4,000 ma
chine In which ne and three com
panions came to grief The wrecked
machine, which was smashed in COLI
sion with truck, was purchased by
| local farmer, who said that he ex,
pected to be able to use some of the
machinery around the barn.
When Mrs. Emma Schauerman re-
turned to her New York fiat in Har-
lem, she found her pet bull terrier,
Buster, covered with blood and
crouched whining under a table.
Passing to an adjoining room she was
Mortified to find her brother, Carl
Limiperi, stretched out dead on the
floor, the face horribly mutilated by
the dogs teeth. 1t is believed that
Limperi, who was subject to apopIexy,
fell unconscious and was attacked by
the animal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

h. Grm OF August Lott & Co., is
.-.. ling a lee hive factory on the
a E1@yrv grounds in Boyd. The
.. Nh mani. acture all kinds Of bee
niles.
The Steinberg piano factory is now
...... t-allr assured at Eau Clare.
i .gurer OF local parties are inter
.-..a N the erection of a building
ii. that purpose.
ese factory seven miles east
I'll na-5 n~ton owned by farmers
.nrnau~ was burned at a loss OF So
e.t. there was no insurance on the
contents. bit $500 on the building.
~5a Kay Glove company OF Mani
-E-ac. -&sch recently too3 over the
-.sUt ii he aefunct Cartwright-Matt,
sr@ C.-ve company, has begun to op,
crate -1a plant in a small way.
+ new record was made in hog
ur5c>s for 1fas orr liver points
whoa hogs scEt 20 IS - q hundred
aanaia st 8 5as1 No he history
~ tba local Ma
The third annual poultry show G
- EFsas -,r s'A~~ nd p
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
BADGER ARRESTED
BY PlCKPOCkETS

Buffalo, n. Y, Dec 19-When ar
raigned on charge OF intoxication,
Paul Peska, 20 years of age, Of john
sons Greek, told Judge Brennan that
a few minutes previous to his arrest
be was taken in hand by three men
who said they were police officers
He alleged that they arrested INN
in main street hotel ana wh1.e
hustling him out OF the place took So
from his pockets. The pseudo detec-
tives left him on the street and ne
was actually arrested in a couple of
minutes by real patrolmen The
youth wept and said that the SO was
all he had Tor getting home. Judge
Brennan let him go. The police nave
no trace of the THO who f1eeced him. !
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

within the pavilion where the king
lay, there was a feeling of anxiety,
chiefly because Of LeOpold's great age
After a restful day, the patient was
able to sleep for a period early in the
evening, and the night passed quietly.
But towards two o'clock the king
| turned and called to DR.. Thiriar:
/ Il am suffOcating"
The end came quickly and, after a
spell of weakness, peacefully. Prince
Albert arrived at the deathbed 25 min
| utes later. He was accompanied by
| Princess Clementine. Albert kissed
the dead king and left the chamber
weeping. Baron Gofinet, the kings
| secretary, started Immediately for
Brussels to notify members of the
royal family. Entering an automobile,
| he exclaimed,
I ITO. think that only yesterday we
still were full of confidence and now
| the king is dead"
/ 1t appears that the doctors were to-
/ tally unprepared for the fatal termina-
| ton. It was a nun, acting as nurse,
| who first noticed the kings heavy
/ breathing. She called Dr. Thiriar.
| Both Doctors Thiriar and De Page In
I jeeted morphine but without effect.
} Shortly after the end had come the
ministers were summoned They re-
NAMED in the chamber for a consider
able time
! Death Due To Embotisn.
DR.. De Page announced that the
kings death was due to embonsm, a
small bleod clot probably being car
ried to the heart. Baron Goffinet,
secretary, said that death occurred al
I2:47. Yesterday the king was IN
capital humor, talked about going for
q few weeks to Riviera, and although
his old trouble. oedema of the loot,
reappeared, he was very hopeful as
also were the doctors, though the lat,
ter were anxious, owing to a weak
condition OF the kings heart.
Reigned "A Years.
King Leopold II succeeded to thu
throne upon the death of Leopold l
December 10, 1865. He was born or
April 8, 1887. His mother was thu
daughter of King Louis Philippe, o
France. In 1858, he married tn.
daughter of Archduke Joseph of Aus
tria. She died in 1902 Three daugh
ters were born, Louise, Stephanie anC
Clementine. The two elder became
esranged from the father, but Glenn
entine remained in his affections
There being no direct hereditar.
heir, the crown passes to Prince Al
bert, only son of Leopold's brother
the late count of Flanders, The neV
monarch was born April s, 1875, ant
in 1900 married Princess Elizabeth, o
bavaria. They have three children
Prince Leopold. aged s, Prime
Charles, aged 6, and Princess Marie
Jose, aged 8.
The prince has been one of tn
most popular members of the Belgium
royalty, and the new king and Quee
have the admiration and love OF tn
people. In appearance the new kfn
! Is strikingly like Leopold. but the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
Physicians Thought Ruler I'M
proving When Change
Came Quickly.
Prince Albert Will Succeed
To Throne-L0yed
By People.
Monarch Was Greatly Mis-
Observation-Disclosures of
United States.

Brussels, Dec. liking Leopold
died at 2:35 this morning, his aged
and wasted body being unable to
stand the strain upon it. The collapse
occurred suddenly at moment when
the doctors seemingly had the great
est hopes for his recovery.
Throughout Thursday bulletins is
sued from the sick room indicated pro-
gressive improvement. A bulletin at
$50 p. m. gave the kings tempera-
ture, pulse and respiration as pract1c-
ally normal. Apparently the drainage
of the wound was perfect, as no fever
was present, and during the day the
king had been able to take nourish-
ment.
The public was satisfied that the
king was on the road to recovery, but
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
INTERSTATE LIQUOR
SHIPMENT SEIZED

Auskogee, Okla, Dec. 19.-In the
United States circuit court yesterday,
seven state officials were temporarily
enjoined from Selling and conhscat-
.ng liquor being transported into Ok
lahoma by the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway.
The railway company alleges the
federal statutes make ii incumbent TO
accept inquor for shipment and the
railway must give bill of Iadlns
and assume liability for delivery. the
court holds that the seizure of inter.
$ ate shipments is in violation OF the
5ederai constitution
! december % was set for hearing
application for a permanent inlunc
Cn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
KING LEOPOLD DEAD:
END CAME PEACEFULLY

dispositions and temperaments are III
marked contrast. Prince Albert has
been a great student of politics and
economics, and visited the United
States and other countries.
One of the most powerful men in
Belgium is Senator Winer, LeopoId's
friend and confidential legal adviser.
He will probably handle the DISPOSE
ton of the kings fortune
The senator insisted to the Associ-
ated Press that Leopold was greatly
misunderstood, and added that he in
tensely admired the United States, and
placed Roosevelt's autograph pictures
in his Office beside those of Princess
Clementine and Prince Albert. The
senator said:
"The whole trouble in Congo was
that the system was bad-worse than
the king thought. The eternal cry
was: Rubber, more rubber!' and the
military commanders had double the
capacity of the soldier and the mer-
chant; they had to get rubber. Never
theless, many of the stories of abuses
were absolutely untrue"
The senator championed King Leo
pold as the benefactor of Belgium.
but said little of his private life.
Married to Baroness Vaughn.
The newspaper Soir asserted that
Baroness Vaughn was constantly at
the bedside of the king, even when
the extreme JUNCTION was admins
tered. The Soir asked the venerable
royal chaplain if the king had married
Baroness Vaughn.
The chaplain intimated that a mar
riage existed and said that his con-
science was clear about his visit to
the king, and added:
From the standpoint of the church,
the kings situation was regular"
A Paris View.
Paris, Dec 17.-Reports that Leo
pOld's morganatic union with Baron
ess Vaughn was regularized by a re-
IigIous ceremony, confirms the belief
that the king had taken every precau-
ton to insure an inheritance to the
baroness and her son.
After the baroness divorced her hus-
band five years ago, the king became
infatuated with her and installed her
in a chateau, WhereOn he spent fabu-
Iors sums 1t was there the baby was
born and the king is reported TO have
bestowed upon him the title Duke
of Tervuerem," the name of gloomy
domain in Belgium.
French papers often printed stories
of how the king was seen wheeling
a baby carriage.
Gossip in London.
London, Dec. 17-There is consid-
erabiIe comment here on the general
air of secrecy ON the technical side re-
garding Leopold's Illness.
No, details are given by the phys1-
clans which enable medical men, much
less the Iaymen, to form am opinion
of the real nature of the malady.
Tt is recalled that a report that the
king and Baroness Vaughan were NOR
DRAMATICALLY married in 1906, officially
was denied at the time. Speculation
is busy as to whether the alleged mar
riage was not an actual deathbed GER
enaoRy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

house and stood few feet away from
the body of Mrs. Shirley.
The husband of the murdered wo
man was away at work in lOggin:
camp and the oldest son, aged Is, wa:
at work for a farmer.
Johnson, aged SO years, was arrest
ed as a suspect at Yellow River Lum
Der company's camp near Hughey
| He is a bachelor and powerful man
over 6 feet tall. Wednesday morning
he arrived at Hannibal from Arnold
intending to go to this camp where he
| is employed. He was seen to go to
wards the Shirley home shortly af
ter he arrived.
| Later Johnson was seen about the
house and at 3:15 p. m. he got back tc
Hannibal from the direction of that
| farm He stayed at Hannibal only d
| few minutes after returning and then
struck off through the woods for the
| berjack He arrived late in the even
| ing.
Johnson spends considerable OF his
idle time about Chippewa Falls, where
he is known among his associates as
| Cray Johnson" He is we'll known
here and until recently worked for
the local logging firm of Wyman &
| Larson. Crazy Johnson owns and
resides on a farm north of Cadott
in the Drywood settlement in Chip.
| II IL NJ~srN
| specimen and has been generally
feared by his neighbors.
Dynamites Widows Home:
In 1906 lie was repealed by widow
on a neighbOring farm in the Drywood
section, and he dynamited her house
blowing up the floors and a side off
one room. At that time he terrorized
his neighbors. He was arrested and
adjudged insane and sent to Mendoza,
where he was kept until about two
years ago when he was released as
cured. But he has acted strangely
since then, especially when drinking
to excess. He has been seen at times
on extended DRINKS and his associ.
ates always watched him cautiously,
regarding him as a bad man.
Threaten Lynchins.
Intense excitement prevailed at Han,
nibal yesterday. A county institute
was held with about rs backwoods
farmers in attendance. They made
threats to lynch Johnson if they got
chance. So intense is the feeling
that the sheriff took his prisoner di.
rectly to the Medford county Jail
The farmers institute was conduct.
ed by Professor w. c. Bradley of the
state agricultural college and Mr.
Fred Stubley of Black Earth The
tragedy threw a pail over the pro
ceedings so that the farmers, found il
difficult to get interested.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley and family
arrived here two years ago from Nor
way and were laboring hard to make
farm in the big woods near Hannf
bal. They were liked by the. people
of the community, which is thrown
into great sorrow over the, wors,
crime ever committed in THAI section
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
MURDER SUSPECT
UNDER ARREST
~CRRZY JOHNSON" ACCUSED OF
KILLING MRS. PETER
SHIRLEY.
PRISONER FORMER INMATE OF
INSANE ASYLUM AT
MENDOZA.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. I'll
John Johnson, woodsman, known as
Cray OLE" is under arrest for the
murder of Mrs. Peter Shirley at Han
nibal on Wednesday, the woman be-
ing shot through the head, before the
eyes of her two little children. When
found, her clothing was torn and
raised to the knees. Near her hand
as she lay was frying pan, with
which she was probably defending
herself in the struggle which seems
to have taken place.
A 10-months-old baby was lying on
the mothers breast crying. The child
was badly frost bitten. The dead
woman's husband works at lumber
camp near Hannibal and is not often
home Johnson, a weak-minded fel.
low who has been. in the asylum sew
eraI times, knew this. He was seen
near the Shirley home On the after
noon of the crime.
Mrs. Shirley's three children had
returned from school at Hannibal and
found the cabin door fastened. They
looked through a window and saw
their mother lying upon the floor, a
gunshot wound in her neck and the
side of her face. The children fed
in terror back to Hannibal and gave
an alarm.
Gra Witnesses Tragedy
A section foreman and his crew and
several citizens hurried TO the three
room cabin, and breaking in the door,
they feand Mrs. Shirley dead, ner babe
prattling innocently, and hiding in
another room was 3-year-old girl,
who was present when the tragedy
was enacted.
The little girl, who cannot talk
much, was questioned and said:
bad man come and treat Mama
mean. Mama try TO drive away and
bang go gum
The room where the murdered wo
man was shot was in disorder, show
ing a struggle. The shotgun used In
killing the woman belonged at the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
CAR FERRY WRECKED
WITH 80 ABOARD

Erie, Dec. 18.-The captain of the
tug Reed was reported to have nott-
fed another tug in passing yesterday
that the wreck Of the Marquette and
Bessemer car ferry which had thirty
three persons aboard when she left
here ten days ago, was found off the
shore north of this city. Officials of
the line say they have no knowledge
OF the finding of the car ferry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
Money for State Treasury.

Wausau, Wis, Dec. 21.-This county
will turn into the state treasury on
January 1 S6,256.58 received from
taxes on inherftances, this sum IN.
Guiding the amounts assessed against
the estates of Judson NJ. Smith and
August Schmidt The county received
S25009 IN addition 70 the above
amount
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

do you want employment asked
the sympathetic woman.
Il dunno wot dat is, ma'a am re-
piled the husky hobo, but eli it's
ennything ter eat youse may gimme
a faW.a SE gE
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

Washington, Dec. 16.-What con,
gress did:
The senate passed the joint resolu
ton for adjournment for the holiday
recess from Dec. 81 to, Jan. 4. The
senate adjourned until next Monday
The report of the immigra ON com
mittee on anthropological investiga
ton was made.
Senator Gallinger introduced dis
trict bills.
Senator Warner introduced a bin
for retired list for volunteer army
officers.
Jan. y was fixed on for memorial
services in honor of Gen. Lew Wal
lace, whose statue has been placed
in Statuary hall.
Senator Cullom had a resolution
passed making inquiry with respect
to further federal legislation to pre-
vent mine disasters
The district appropriation bill was
considered in committee of the whole
Of the house.
During the debate Representative
Hitchcock of Nebraska severely ar
raigned Secretary Ballinger and at
fairs in the land office.
4 heated coloQuy occurred between
Representative Burleson and Chair
man Smith. of the house district com
mittee over the lack OF district reye
nues.
Minority Leader Clark made {
speech criticising congress for no
having a sugar trust inquiry.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23

Florence (laudtng her fiance)-
JChn has the most beautiful brown
eyes ! have ever seen"
Mildred (meanly deminiscent)-
'RroHne Why, when I refused him
they looked Just as he d,d-blue."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY

Washington, Dec 15.-Sitting until
after nightfall, the house today
passed the Esch bill, requiring rail,
roads to make full monthly reports to
the interstate commerce commission
of all accidents, and d measure en-
towering the commission to compel
the railroads to provide uniform
equipment for cars, and then took up
the Mann Panama canal bill, on
which a general debate was concluded
before adjournment.
Considerable opposition developed
to that section of the Esch bill pro.
hibiting the admission as evidence. or
use in action for damages, of reports
furnished by the railroads or reports
Of the commission of it's investiga-
tons. Chairman Mann of the COM
merce committee urged that this re-
main unamended in order to encOur-
age the railroads, to give the commits
sion the benefit of their fullest in
formation of accidents. Several
amendments calculated to modify OF
destroy the section were defeated.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-10
JEALOUSY LEADS To
FIGHT IN RESTAURANT
Singer and Manager of Theater
Bombard Each Other

Jealousy exists between John w.
Beane, an exponent OF illustrated songs
at the Broadway theater, and John
Doe Hilton, the manager of the the
alter, the cause being Miss Viola
Schweitzer, cashier AT the theater. who
lives at the Cambridge apartments, 929
Pine street. 1t led TO a fierce combat
between the two men in the MARQUIS
coffee parlors. 915 Kearny street, Sat
urday afternoon, each combatant using
sauce bottles, vinegar bottles, pepper
and salt dishes, oil bottles, pickle bot
ties, and anything else that came
handy
When the smoke of battle cleared
away it was found that a mirror had
been smashed and other damage done.
Beane ran out of the restaurant and
was pursued by Henry Kahn, a waiter.
who overlook him at Polk and Sacra-
mento streets and turned him over to
a policeman on charges of disturbing
the peace and malicious mischief Hill
ton failed to appear in court yesterday
and a warrant was issued for his ar
rest on similar charges.
Beane had taken Miss Schweitzer to
the coffee parlors to partake of lunch
and they encountered Hilton. Words
passed between the two men and then
the bombardment commenced Miss
Schweitzer admitted that jealousy was
the cause of the fight. The cases were
continued until this morning.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-10
BACK FIRING OF AUTO
CAUSES TWO ARRESTS
Police Led TO Believe That Shot
Was Fired

Policemen Curtis and Kavanaugh.
while talking at the corner of Post
and Stockton streets shortly after mid
night Sunday morning, were startled
by what they thought was the report
of a pistol shot from the direction of
Suffer and Stockton streets. They ran
to the place and saw man stretched
out on the sidewalk and several men
standing around chatting.
who fired that shot?" demanded
Curtis, but no one answered. Ginelli
Secondo, an Italian. became scared at
the fierce attitude of the two blue
coats and started to run. He was
quickly pounced upon and held by Kav-
anaugh. while Curtis went to examine
the supposed murdered man lying on
the sidewalk He found F. Fugika, a
Japanese, blind drunk and unable to
stand on his feet. Further inquiry led
to the fact that the supposed pistol
report was the back firing of an auto
mobile.
The policemen were so annoyed that
they rang for the patrol wagon and
sent Fugika and Secondo to the city
prison where they were charged with
disturbing the peace. They remained
in the prison until yesterday morning.
when they We're discharged by Police
Judge Shortall.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-10
WHIRLWINO SKIT
SEEN AT FISHERS
"The Pride of the Harem" Is
Vehicle for Barrel
of Fun i

Blossom Seeley. than whom no
friskier soubrette has appeared in San
Francisco for many a day. gave an imi-
tation of herself going crazy in the
three performances of The Pride of
the Harem" at Fischer's theater yes
terday. and, in addition. she sang Put
Your Arms Around Me, Dearie" and
George Cohan's latest coon divertise-
ment. The Rag Baby" Miss Seeley's
efforts were rewarded with enthusiast
tic applause and she left her audiences
hungry, as the vaudevillians say.
The comedy portion of Charles Al
phin's latest musical cOncoction was
we'll taken care of by Dave Morris al
the sultan; Dan Kelly as Mike Clancy.
his substitute; and Henry Auerbach
who reveled in the role OF Otto B. Shot.
a subdued pirate. and Carleton Chase
the popular tenor of the organization
sang BY the Side of the Zuyder Zee"
He was backed up by the comely
chorus, dressed in Dutch costume. in
a way that demanded several encores.
Maude Rockwell as Milo, the young
lady who created all the trouble. sang
The Little Oriental Lady" and Loves
Anguish" catchy numbers and we'll
rendered. Anna Clark did some clever
character work and the young ladies
on the chorus tumbled into and out of
FIVE sets of costumes during the prog
ress of the performance. The music of
THE pride of the Haremv is unusually
good and the finale is of the grand
operate order.