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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
CHURCH STRUCK
| DEAD, 10 INJURED
STRICKEN DUR
ING HOUR OF WORSHIP
GREAT CONSERVATION.

Green Bay, Wis, June 14.-Light-
ming struck the steeple of Holy Cross
Catholic church at Bay settlement,
eight miles from this city, yesterday
morning, killed one man, shocked and
injured sixteen others, two of whom
may not survive, and partially
wrecked the edifce while mass was
being sung by the Rev. Father c.
Mickers
CONSERVATION prevailed for several
minutes following the crash of the
lightning and the worshipers rushed
terror stricken through the church
during the stampede, numerous in
juries resulting to both young and
old
Father Mickers tried in vain to quiet
he excited congregation. which con
sisted of over 200 persons. The dead:
Edward Duchane, aged 20 years.
Home at Bay settlement.
The injured.
Annie Stephlin aged p, so badly
burned and shocked that she is in a
PROSTATE condition and may not live.
Lives at Bay settlement.
John Greenwood of Green Bay was
struck on the right shoulder by
lightning and a deep hole burned
through the flesh, the injury extending
across his back to the left hip. His
right ,eg was burned also
Fourteen others either shocked or
burned about their bodies.
One half Of the shoe ON two per
sons was cut sQuarely off by lightning
as the individuals sat in their pews
After hitting the steeple of the
church the lightning ran along the
roof, ripping off row after row of the
shingles in its course of destruction,
aud ran down each side of the Vesti-
buIe, injuring those worshipers seated
in the back peWS.
The storm did considerable damage
to property in this vicinity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
HUNDRED DEAD
IN EARTHQUAKE
MANY VILLAGES OF FRANCE DIES
OLATE-GREAT SUFFERING
OF MANY SURVIVORS

Marseillcs. June l3.-From r. to 100
dead and 100 injured was last nights
estimate OF the total casualties as the
result OF the earthquake which d"ya-
tated several towns and villages in
the southern part OF France Great
suffering is reported from the re
motar PAGES. owing to lack Of bread
and the uecessaries OF life before the
arrival of assistance The casualties
may be greatly increased as the
ruins have not yet been entirely
searched. The villages OF Saint
Cannat ana Rognes were completely
demolished by jhe earthquake and
Lambese suffered heavily According
to adyices received here a number OF
wounded are still imprisoned IN tn"
ruins and soldiers are working dea
parately to release them.
Survivors are Sleeping i'm tents, and
the streets are impossible. In many
places they have been torn up and are
encountered with masses Of rocks.
Houses, public buildings and churches
we're crumbed TO pieces. Among other
villages seriously damaged are Van
venargues. Venelles, Pelissanne, Puy
S;e-Reparadc and Arguilles.
Victims at Saint Cannat and Rognes
we're horribly mutilated. There were
evidences that several victims had
lived for hours imprisoned by doris
before they died People rushed in
to the streets when the first shock oc-
cured, crying out in terror Many
OF them returned to the rescue Of
their families. At Rognes a family
Of four was buried in the ruins. Their
cries could be heard throughout tn"
night. but all were dead in the morn
ing when the rescuing party reached
them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
PLAN BILLBOARD SUITS.
Chicago Authorities Decide on Ac-
ton as Soon as Master in Chan
Gerry Decides Case.

Chicago, June 13.-TWO new state
laws. the first making it an Offense
to erec- a sign or billboard within
500 feet Of a boulevard or park in a
city Of more than 100000 pOpula-
ton and the second regulating the
position. size and nature Of bill
boards. will give the city consider
ably more power in the enforcement
of the billboard ordinance which is
to be begun within a few days. A
number Of suits against offenders
will, be started as soon as Master
in Chancery Rogers makes a deci-
sion on the application Of the city
measure. He expects to hand down
his decision shortly.
superintendent Foster of the South
Park board said the enforcement OF
the boulevard law would clear away
large number of signs along Mich
igan avenue and Grand boulevard
the latter Astounding with theater
and liquor advertisements. bread and
-four publicity spreads, amusement
park notices and the like.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
DOMESTIC.

William w. McAIpine, the tobacco
millionaire, was seriously injured by
falling from a moving car in New
York.
Dispatches from Washington, D. c.,
state that the supply of labor in the
isthmian canal zone is greater than
the demand
The trial tina wi follow the action
of the grand jury in St Paul indict-
ing Louis Abrogast, a wealthy butch
er is expected to be sensational.
II. Stevenson BeattIe, once prOmi-
H"nt in political and financial circles,
has escaped from an institution for
the care Of the insane in New York.
Precious stones worth $2,G89 ,213.49
arc imported into the United States
through New York in May, as against
lportatiOns of $4G3,454.85 in the
,Ele month a year ago.
Fifteen apprentices at the United
States naval station near San Fran
cisco scu.tled the boat in which they
were drilling and became deserters.
Marines are searching for them.
Porter county, Ind. has Joined the
wet column, the vets winning out bv
300 majority. carrying ten out of the
twelve townships Valparaiso voted
wet by 1902 majority. Nearly The full
vote was cast.
'harIes Van Osten whose inability
10 recall his identity has puzzled the
authorities of New Haven Conn has
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
OBITUARY.

John H. Gregg. a prominent grain
dealer dropped dead following a
game Of golf at the Country club at
St Joseph, Mo
Joseph Thomas Duhamel arch
bishop Of Ottawa died of heart fail
IRE. He was sixty-eight years old
Asa H. Burton, aged forty-eight,
for two years mayor and for four
years city attorney of Sioux City,
Iowa died after a long period of sui,
rering Of cancer.
DR.. Daniel S. Chase. a dentist said
to have been the discoverer OF the
process of making goIdfoiI died at
Medford. Mass. of pneumonia. He
was ninety years old.
George Phillips of Battle Creek,
state factory inspector in Michigan,
died at the railway station in Des
Moines while waiting for a train for
Chicago. Heart disease was the cause
Of death. He had been visiting a
daughter in Des Moines.
Calvin Whitney. expert lumber
and president of the A. B. Chase Pi-
aro company. died at his home in
NOrwalk, Ohio. Mr.. Whitney had
been i'll for several years and re-
Gently underwent a surgical opera
ton. He was siXty-twO years old.
Peter A. Schemm. the only son o.
Peter Schemm. the brewer who com
mitted suicide several years ago by
jumping over Niagara Falls. died at
Philadelphia. He had been 4 sufferer
from s-omach trouble for some time
and recently underwent an opera
ton. He was - years old.
Samuel Whitney TrousdaIa. aged
tttty-siN, one of the best known min.
listers in the West Wisconsin NehtO-
dist Episcopal conference. died at
Wesley hospital in Chicago, where ne
had been under treatment for the
last two months. He resided at lIadi-
son Wis
Capt Daniel A. Christy. agent at
Duluth for the Anchor line. & vete-
ran steamship agent died suddenly
at the Spalding hotel in that city. He
was siXty-four years of age and
bachelor He was born in Juufata.
Ohio, and had resided in Duluth
thirty-two years.
Colonel Alexander Mcclure. pro
thonotary Of the supreme and su-
perior courts Of Pennsylvania and for
many years prominent figure in
politics and journalism, died at his
home in WallingSord, Delaware
county. Pa. eighty-one years old.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
EOREIGN

Earth shocks continue daily in the
Ribatejo district, Spain. Many walls
hay" collapsed
Earl Grey. governor general OF
Canada, left on a trip to England. He
will be absent a month.
Business transacted by the Pana-
ma railway commissary, the main
source OF supply Of food and clothing
for 10000 people in the canal zone.
amounted to over $3.00OO00 during
the last fiscal year.
\ financial newspapers saws in
Paris that the syndicate formed here
10 place the common shares of the
United States Steel corporation on
the Paris bourse obtained these Sc
curitjes at $63.50 each.
Madrid has tor months been suffer.
ing from a severe epidemic OF tvphUs
Since fall hundreds have died Al
though the number Of cases is on the
decrease there are now Sq7 in the
San Juan de dos hospital Deaths
average twenty a day
The population of the island of Cor
sica is in dire straits for the uecessi-
ties of life owing to the strike of
Marseilles sailors, which has cut on
their main source of obtaining sup
plies from the outside world
A formal agreement TO one Of the
Austrians participating in the nego-
tiations at Hamburg has been
reached between oil producers of Ga
licia and the Standard Oil company
with regard to taking over the stock
OF oil in Galicia
Reports received a. Shanghai from
the provinces Kangusu. Anhwei.
Kiangsi, Hohan. and Shantung indf-
cate a severe drought which serious.
ly threatens the corps. The same dis
tricts were affected four years ago
and were then released by Ameri-
can contributions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17

approved at a meeting yesterday by
the general board Of the navy, which
was attended also by Secretary Meyer
and Assistant secretary Winthrop
These vessels are of the latest ap
proved type. are to be of 10000 tons
or over and Of the Delaware class. II
is hoped to get out the proposals in
viting bids for the construction OF
these ships and to ojen them by the
middle of the summer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
OLD WORKS OF ART
ON THE FREE LIST
SENATORS SECURE PROTECTION
OF STARCH AGAINST
TAPIoCA AND SAGO.
FRYE AND BURROWS JOIN MEL
SON AND CUMMINS AND
DOWN ALDRlCH.

Washington, June 13.-Haying com
pleted consideration of the items of
the tariff bill that had been passed
over under objections by the senat-
ors during its second reading, the ad
journment of the senate yesterday
marked an important period in the
progress of the measure through the
senate. When the bill is again taken
up, it will be upon its reading for final
disposition of those items upon which
the most pronounced objections have
been made. In completing the second
reading of the bill yesterday, num-
Der of items in the free list were dis
posed of. Works of ART, over 20 years
old, and collections illustrating the
progress of the arts over 100 years
age, which were placed in the free
list by the committee on finance, were
retained there after an interesting
debate by vote of So to Is. fight
was made on this amendment OH the
ground that it would allow wealthy
men to decorate their homes with
European oil paintings and other ar
tistic products of the old world with
cut the payment OF duty, and that ii
would permit the entry into this cOun-
try of many art collections now
stored abroad without any benefit to
the revenues of the government. The
nv
publicans and democrats on the
ground that it's result would be both
educational and refining and that
works of art of the age indicated
could not come into competition with
the products of American painters
and sculptors. This will permit the
great art collection made by ]. Pier
pOnt Morgan at an expenditure of
many millions of dollars and now
stored in London, to be brought here
The starch industry received prOteC-
ton by the reversal of recommends
tiOns made by the committee by
which tapiOca and sage -four be sub
ject to duty of l cent per pound when
not imported for food. Mr.. Nelson
opened the fight on the free admission
of these products on the ground that
they were used largely by the cotton
cloth and oil cloth Industries in com
petition with starch made from pOta-
toes and corn. He was supported by
Mr.. Cummins, and both the Mime
sofa and Iowa senators were taken to
task by Mr.. Aldrich for attempting to
revise the tariff upward, the Rhode
Island senator claiming that if the
committee had suggested duty on
products that could not be raised in
this country, for the purpose of pro-
tecting other products with which
they came in competition, it would
have been rOundly denounced for such
action. He also suggested that there
was a combination in the starch in
dustry.
Senators Frye and Burrows, both of
whom have starch factories within
their states, came to the rescue of the
western senators, and Mr.. Aldrich,
surrendering in the face of this OppO-
sition, accepted the amendment by
which tapiOca and sage flour will be
admitted free only when used for food.
This will place a duty on the articles
when consumed by the cotton or oil
cloth industries.
Crude potash, potash carbonate,
CaustiC potash and radium were
placed on the free list
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
LATE NEWS CONDENSED
WISCONSIN WAITS.

George Hanson, q grocery delivery
clerk. 70 years old, was drowned in
the river at Racine, while soliciting
dar- from incoming vessels.
Ira Policy, Of Black River Fails,
no assaulted Jessie Liskum, pleaded
IiIty and was sentenced to ten years
N the STATE prison at Waupun.
John Jacobs, an Armenian, was
killed by falling from the fourth floor
of building being erected by the
Racine Manufacturing company. Near
" every bone in his body was broken
William Bradley, 62 years old, a
ident Of Rockford, H., died from
injuries sustained when run over by a
Rockford interurban car. He was for
werIy prominent as d composer and
musician.
In the famous tar and feather case
from near Kendall, Wis, tried in fed
eraI court at Eau Claire and in which
William Tatro was plaintiff, the jury
awarded him $1,050 damages. He sued
for $4,000. There were twenty-one de-
PENDANTS.
When a steam pipe bursted at the
Stearns mill at Washburn, Clarence
Seize, aged eigh cen years, was so
badly scalded by the steam about the
back the skin peeled off his back. The
burns were not very deep, however,
and he is expected to recover.
The body of Otto Burg was recov,
cred from the lagoon at Calumet har-
Dor on the east shore Of Lake Whine,
bago by farmers. Examination of the
remains revealed that Burg expired
before a row boat he was fishing in
turned turtle in a heavy sea, death be,
ing due To naralvtic stroke
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17

The vital statistics Of France,
which in 1907 showed an excess Of
1892 deaths over the births for that
year, a fact that led to the most pes
simistic predictions for the future Of
the French race, have now been pub
lished for 1908 Their study brings TO
light more reassuring official figures
and shows an excess Of 46,441 births
over deaths for that year The total
of deaths decreased 1926 in 1908,
while the births increased 1907.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
CoNFEssEs DOUBLE MURDER.
Michael Mahoney Kills One With Axe,
Other With Club.

Kadoka, S. D., June 13.-Michael
Mahoney, who was arrested Friday
evening at Cottonwood, confessed yes
terday, it is said, to having murdered
W. D. Toney and ]. Goodwin Of Sioux
City, whose bodies were found in a
well on the McNally ranch Friday
morning. Mahoney, according to the
officers, said he killed one man with
an axe and the other with a club, and
the condition of the skulls of the MUIR
dered men bears out this statement
Robbery was the motive for the
crime. The prisoner will be taken to
Fort Pierre and placed in Jail.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17

reached Washing on. Those here are
S. R. Miles OF Mason City, Ia, and A.
7. Stebbins Of Rochester, Mimi These
gentlemen and others of the committee
who will arrive in Washington during
the next Jwenty-four hours, have an
appointment to lay their petitions and
memorials verbally before President
Taft Monday morning.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
WARNED AGAINST BLAcKHAND.
Italian Who Assisted Columbus Police
Told to Watch Out.

Columbus. Ohio. June 13.-POlice
Sergeant Victor Churches, himself an
Italian who has taken the lead for the
police in ferreting out bIackhand mis-
chief of the last week. last night was
warned by a fellow countryman to be
on his guard against vengeance which.
it was feared, might be visited upon
him as result of the recent seizures
by postal inspectors in Columbus.
Cleveland. Marion and Dennison,
Ohio. Churches received information
that two Italians came here from
Plttsburg early this week and shad-
owed him for a day.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
CANNOT Be So,
SAYS TAKAHIRA

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 13.-Baron
Kogoro Takahira, Japanese ambassa-
dor, in a statement here last night, de-
clared that he knows nothing of the
reported conspiracy among the Jap
anese in Hawaii to wrest the control
of affairs in the islands from the
white inhabitants. He says there is
no japanese party in the islands and
can be none, because the Japanese
there have no political rights.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
MAINE WOOD AsLAZE.
Rain the Only Hope of Extinguishing
Forest Fires.

Houlton Me-, June 13.-Rain,
which is considered the only hope of
extinguishing the forest fires which
have been raging for days in Aroos-
took county, has not materialized, and
fires yesterday were sweeping un-
checked through the woodlands and
destroying large tracts of valuable
timber.
The town of Presque Isle, which
suffered a heavy loss by fire on Mon
day, was again seriously threatened,
and all the ablebodied men of the
town worked throughout the night
to hold back the flames from the vii
lage. Early yesterday the town wa
completely cut off from telephone or
Geographic communication.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
POLICEMAN KILLS HIS WIFE.
Later Is Shot by Sheriff While Resist
ino Arrest.

Claremore, Okla, June 13.-M. L.
Mosely, a policeman here. last night
shot and killed his wife in the pres
ence OF their three children, and few
minutes later was himself shot and
killed by Sherif Stephens while re-
sisting arrest. Nosely had quarreled
with his wife
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
BALK AT PARCELS POST.
Hardware Dealers Will Lay Protest
Before President Taft.

Washington, d. c., June 13.-The ad-
vance guard Of the special committee
appointed by the National Retail Hard
ware Dealers association at its recent
meeting il Milwaukee, 10 call upon the
president TO protest against the en-
actment of a parcels post bill, have
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
HUGE FRAUD CHARGED.
California Mining 6roker and Clubman
Arrested [or Alleged SwindIe.

Los Angeles. Cal. June IS Lionel
r. Hare, mining broker. of the Kong
arock Alaska Mining company. is in
jail here charged by eight New York
investors with defrauding them out of
S50.oo0. Hare's bail Is $4,000 under
the law by which he is held
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
To Build Skv Scrsner.

Detroit, Mich, June 15.-Joseph
Cullen Root Of Omaha. sovereign com
mander Of the Wo0dmen Of the
World, said last night that a special
committee would report favo-abiy to-
day on q proposal TO erect a $4,000
building Il to IS SORES high Al Oma-
ha.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
COUPLE IN AUTO DROWN.
Machine Returning from Party Drops
off BRIDGE Near San Jose, Ill.,

Bloomington, H.. June 13-Return-
ing home early Yesterday from a So
cial function near San Jose, Oscar
VAIL and Miss Abbey Leavitt, mem
bers of well known central Illinois
families, were drowned when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
skidded and dropped from a bridge
into q creek. The occupants were
pinioned under the machine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
TWO MORE BATTlESHIPS.
The Arkansas and Wyoming to Begin
This Summer

Washington. June 13.-Plans for
two new battleships, the Arkansas
and Wyoming bids for which are
soon to be invited, were practically
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17

Professor Leonard Meyer, for years
leader of bands at Sheboygan, is dead
at that city at the age Of 81.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17

Nothing surprises a woman so much
as the failure Of the unexpected TO
happen.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
YEGGMAN SAWS OUT OF JAIL.
"Toronto Jimmy" Leaves Williams
town. Ky, IN an Automobile.

town, KY, IN an Automobile.
Cincinnati, O., June 13.-Matthew
Willard, known to the police as "To-
ronto Jimmy oneof the most desDer-
ate yeggmen in the country, sawed
his way out of jail at Wiliiamstown,
Ky, and was whisked away by con-
federates in an automobile early yes
teTday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
WIRELESS AGAIN
SAVES MANY LIVES
FEAT OF THE REPUBLIC EQUAL
LED or EXCElLED IN SLA-
VONlA DISASTER.

Gibraltar. June 13.-Agents here Of
the steamer Slavonia, wrecked off the
Azores, have received direct confirm
ING news that all passengers were
saved. Several of them. however, were
slightly injured according to this dis
patch, while being transferred to
other liners. The Princess Irene, one
of the rescuing steamers is expected
to reach here tomorrow.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-06-17
SUBMARINE SHIP
GOES DOWN At SEA
OF GREW OF TWENTY, ONLY
FOUR WERE SAVED-RES-
CUERS AT WORK.

SL. PETERSBURG, June Io.-OlSpdICnSS
received here from Sebastopol by
Emperor Nicholas and the minister of
the marine give the details of the
sinking of the submarine, Kambala.
The battleship squadron, without
lights, was stealing in toward the har-
Dor when the vessels were located
a few miles out by the Kambala,
shortly before midnight. The sub
marine. running half submerged
passed a half cablelength to port of
the leading ship, Panteleimon, and
theoretically put this vessel out OF
action with a torpedo. After passing
the first battleship, the Kambala sud
denly swerved through the line and
he Bostilav caught her squarely with
her ram. The submarine sank at
once.
Of the crew of 90. only four were
saved-Lieutenant Aquilanoff and
three sailors who were on deck at the
time
There Is Hope.
Sebastopol, June 13.-HOpe, al
though it is slight, is entertained that
the 20 men who went down in the
Russian submarine Kambala, which
was sunk in a collision with the bat
tleship, RosisIav, during maneuvers
Friday night, are still alive. Desper-
ate efforts are being made by officers
and men of the Black Sea fleet with
the assistance of divers and salvage
wOrkmen from SebastopOl to raise the
submarine before the imprisoned men
succumb to the Vitiated air.
Admiral Bostrem, commander Of the
naval forces in the Black sea, has
taken personal charge of the work at
the scene of the catastrophe. All
through the afternoon divers and tech
nicians were busy in the endeaVOr to
fasten chains around the hull, which
lies in an awkward position, about %
fathoms down, in order to haul it to
the surface So far their efforts have
not been successful but reports reach
inc shore indicate that there is a good
chance to raise the boat. Apparently
the submarine is not crushed, as had
boo0 faoro5