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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
HARMONY IS SOUGHT
AT MINERS MEETING
His Reports Is Greeted With Hoots
and Hisses-Secretary Perry
Opposes President.

Indianapo1is.-The special conven-
ton of miners, called by President
T. L. Lewis Thursday took up the
controversy over the Illinois compro-
mise agreement.
At the opening session President
Lewis counseled harmony in speech
to the delegates. His report on the
strike situation in the entire country
brought boots and Kisses, when he
mentioned the recommendation to the
Illinois strikers to pay all over III
cents a ton of the cost of shot-frers.
Secretary Perry of the miners came
out as an opponent of President Lewis
and recommended that the convention
make the Illinois strike the main is
sue of the international union to be
fought until all the demands of the
proposed Peoria agreement have been
accepted by the operators.
In his report President Lewis said
that 1t would require 100000 a week
to pay benefits of three dollars a week
to those on strike in the country. By
the Is cents week assessment only
$4,000 could be raised.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
BELGIAN EXPOSITION BURNS
100000 People In Panic-TWo Persons
Are Killed and Forty Injured,
Some Fatally.

Brussels.-One hundred thousand
visitors were thrown into a
panic by fire that wiped out the en-
tire Belgian exposition. Two persons
are known to be dead and 40 injured,
some fatally.
The flames started in the French
section and had gained considerab BILE
Roadway before they were discovered.
The instant the alarm was given, the
100000 persons at the exposition be-
came panic-stricken and wild rush
was made for the exits.
The people fought and struggled in
a maddened attempt to get out of the
place. Many of those hurt received
their injuries by falling to the floor
and being trampled upon by the
crowd.
The two killed were trapped by the
flames and attempts to rescue them
were unsuccessful. The crowd got to
places of safety, however, before the
flames reached them. No estimate of
the damage, which was great, has
been made,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
81 DEAD IN WRECK
EXCURSION AND FREIGHT TRAINS
CRASH AT SAUJON
FRANCE.
1903 PERSONS ARE INJURED
Lives of 1900 Persons Are JeoparGized
by Open Swtch-Most cI<ilIed
Were School Girls Returning From
Vacation.

Paris.-An excursion train was
wrecked at Saujon Sunday and "a
persons, many Of them school girls,
were killed and 80 others were in
1ured, several Of them fatally.
The accident came without warning
and In the wild panic that followed
the crash many of the passengers
were trampled upon and probably
fatally injured. Speeding at 60 miles
an hour, the excursion train with
LOO passengers on board, struck an
open switch and before the engineer
realized the peril, smashed into a side
tracked freight train.
A relief train, with all the available
doctors, was rushed to the scene.
The uninjured passengers aided in
dragging out the dead and injured.
An emergency hospital was estab-
Hshed at the side of the track and
everything possible was done to aid
the victims
Most of those on board were school
girls returning from their vacations.
Their frenzied efforts to aid their in
1ured comrades only served to in
crease the excitement and hampered
the doctors considerably in the work
of rescue
The engineer and fireman tried to
Jump as the crash came, but were
pinned in the wreckage. The boiler
exploded and many were scalded by
the boiling water.
An investigation is being made to
place responsibility for the wreck. 1t
Is claimed that there was no signal to
warn the engineer that the switch was
open
So many were the victims that at
first only those who had been serious
ly hurt received medical attention. AS
fast as they were attended they were
put aboard the relief train and rushed
to Bordeaux, where they were placed
In hospitals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
CASHIER KILLED; GIRL SOUGHT.
Arkansas Bank Officer Slain Mysteri-
ously in Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. Edwin Boy
sen, cashier Of the Bank of Wheat
ley, Ark, was either killed by Miss
Eva Goldberg or shot himself acct
dentally in the Goldberg apartments
here. The young woman and her
mother were examined by the police.
They both asserted that the shooting
was occidental, the weapon being i'll
Miss Gcldberg's hands when it was
discharged and she being engaged in a
playful scuffi with Boysen.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict
that the death was occasioned by Miss
Goldberg or Boysen accidentally in
either case. Later Attorney General
Estes swore out warrant for the
young woman's arrest and officers are
seeking her now. Boysen occupied a
room in the Goldberg fiat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
KNIGHTS DRILL, RAPER VICTOR.
indianapolis commandery Carries off
First Honors at Chicago.

indianapolis commandery Carries off
First Honors at Chicago.
Chicago Raper commandery
No. 1, Of Indianapolis, captured
first honors in the competitive drill
open to all Knights Templar COM
manderies outside of Cook county.
Hanselmann commandery, No. Is, OF
Cincinnati, was awarded second prize,
and Oriental commandery, No. IS, OF
Kansas City, took third prize.
Raper's trophy is an immense silver
ibation fountain with silver cups.
An international concordat between
Knights Templar organizations OF
England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada
and the United States was formally
ratified and adopted by the grand COM
mandery of the United States at the
first real business meeting of the six
ty-first triennial conclave.
The agreement prescribes the juris-
diction of the bodies in different coun-
tries.
It is agreed that no commandery or
other branch of the order in one coun-
try shall be organized in another
country which is In the alliance. Each
grand encampment, or grand priory,
as they are termed in other countries,
is given exclusive jurisdiction in its
own country, and no other Templar
body may be organized or conducted
therein.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
FIVE MILLION IN INDIAN FEE.
Gore Inquiry Uncovers Gold Mine in
McMurray Contracts.

Sulphur, Okla That contracts
made by ]. F. McMurray and his
legal associates with the Indians
In connection with the sale of Indian
lands would pay the lawyers about
$5,000,000 was the statement made by
George F. Scott, Choctaw, before
the special congressional committee
in the investigation growing out of
Senator Cores charges that he was
offered a bride of $4,000 or $4,000
to promote the approval of the con-
tracts in congress. Scott acted as an
agent for McMurray.
Scott further testified that single
special fee of $750,000 was paid Nc
Murray and his law partners several
years ago, after they had prosecuted
what are known as the citizenship
cases." which, it was said, kept off
the rolls $4,000 persons who wanted
to participate in the claims against
the government.
McAlester, Okla. While ]. +.
McMurray, described by Senator Gore
as the king pin of them all in
tracts by which he and his associates
would be able to obtain ten per cent.
attorneys fees on the sale of $50, 000,-
900 worth of land owned by the Indi-
ans, the Indians themselves were be-
ing urged to send kilograms to Wash
1ngton recommending the sale.
A few days before May s, on which
date Senator Gore charged he was Of
fered $4,000 or $4,000 bribe to in
duce congress to approve the con-
tracts, McMurray telegraphed to Okla
homa: Send not less than fifty let
tiers and kilograms and keep up the
work for a week at different towns;
looks better here. We will win,
know"
This evidence was brought out in
the investigation of the land deal be-
fore the congressional committee.
Senator Gore said he introduced it to
show the activity of the lobby at
Washington at the time the bride is
alleged to have been made.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
BEEF OFFICIAL IS
INDICTED BY JURY
Manager of Armour & Co. Ac-
cused of Perjury.
BOOKS DESTROYED, CHARGE
Packers Chief Counsel and Others Are
Summoned Before Probing Body
in Report Presented to
Judge Lands.

Chicago. Thomas q. Lee, man
ager of the dressed beef sales de-
partment Of Armour & Co., was in
dicted for perjury by the federal
grand jury. A bench warrant was is
sued for his arrest.
The grand jury sent a report to
Judge X. M. Lands, in which it was
charged that stenographers' notebooks
Of Armour & Co., containing informa-
ton which the grand jury wanted, had
been destroyed. The report also Sc
verely arraigns A. r. Urion, chief
counsel of the packing company and
president of the board of education,
with other officials.
Judge Lands issued an order COM
handing A. R. Urion, George M. Will
Jitts, assistant Office manager, and w.
w. Shaw and w. A. Helander, en-
ployes of the concern, to appear be-
fore him Monday morning and answer
the charge.
Henry Edmunds, chief of the sta
tionery department of Armour & Co.,
appeared before the grand jury August
s. He stated that he was unable to
produce the books.
Attorney Urion is charged by the
grand jury with saying that there were
no books and that if there were none
Edmunds could not get them.
Lee is charged with perjury in his
testimony before the grand jury on
July g. He is said to have made false
statements regarding weekly meet
ings of representatives of the packing
corporations, at which, the grand jury
declares, prices were fixed and agree
ments were made regarding the guam
tity of fresh meat each company was
to ship in interstate commerce.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
LOU BILLINGS IS SPEEDY.
Daughter Of Lou Dillon Goes Exhibi.
ton Mile in 2:12M.

Daughter Of Lou Dillon Goes Exhibi-
ton Mile in 2:12A.
Cleveland, o. The second day
Of the North Randall Grand cir
cult meet was featured by a mila in
2:12A by Lou Billings, three-year-old
daughter of John A. McKerron, 2:04K
and Lou Dillon, 1881; Country jays
half mile in 1:01A in the second heat
of the 2:03 trot and the battle of Fuzz
Johnson, driven by F. G. Jones of
Memphis and Dora, the Winans Eng
nsh mare, for the 2:15 trot- The last
race alone required extra heats, Fuzz
Johnson winning the third and fourth,
the last under wraps in a downpour of
rain. Josie Mac won the first, Dora
the second.
Earl Jr., $50 to $50 favorite, toyed
with his field in the 2:10 pace.
In the 2:14 pace, Ed Geers drove
the Able, $50 to $25 favorite, to a vic
tory in three straight heats, the fast
est In 2:O4.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
69,647 IN EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.
Akron, O., According to Census Fig.
ures, Has 6o,o67.

Washington. Evansville, Ind,
has a population of 69,647, accord
ing to the thirteenth decennial GEN.
sus figures. This is an increase of
10,640, or Is per cent. over 1900.
The population of Akron, O., is &c.
0o7. This is an increase of 26,339, or
GIG per cent. over 1900.
Colorado Springs, Col, has a popula-
ton of 29,07S, an increase of 1898, or
379 per cent. over 1900.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
INDICT is ALLEGED LYNcHERS.
Newark CO., Jury Return Bills charg-
ing First Degree Murder.

Newark, O.-The special grand jury
called to consider the lynching of
DRY" Detective Carl Etherington on.
July 8 last reported indictments:
against Is alleged members of the
mob for first degree murder.
In a speech made by Assistant At
torney General Miller he stated the
list contains the names of all that can
be made known at this time. Others
against whom indictments may be re-
turned will not be made known until
the parties are caught.
The lynching was the elimination
of the attempt of the Anti-Saloon
league of Ohio to secure evidence
against alleged saloonkeepers in
Newark who were declared to be sell
ing beer and liquor in defiance of the
state laws.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster Dead.

Washington.-Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster,
one of the most noted women lawyers
and civicists in the country, died in
Garfield hospital Thursday. Mrs. Fos-
ter, who was seventy years of age.
had been seriously i'll for several
months.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
CARS STONED IN COLUMBUS.
Effort to Operate Street Railway With.
out Soldiers Partial Failure.

Columbus, o. - The first efforts
to run Columbus street cars with
out military protection resulted in
partial failure. The stoning of cars
began early last evening, and two
hours later the company began order
ing cars into the barns. All the troops
except the Third regiment left the
city during the day. A battalion of the
Third was kept in the statehouse yard
last night
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18

New York.-George AIDE has pre-
pared the scenario Of comedy for
William H. Crane 1t will be called
''U. 8. Minister Jackson" The scenes
are laid at Cairibina, seaport and
capital city of one of the small South
American republics. Crane will be the
minister
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Shoots Husband. Kills Self.

Streator, Ill.-Alleged neglect by
her husband is believed to have been
the cause which led Mrs. L. w. Nc
Daniels to commit suicide Friday
after having shot and MORALLY injured
her husband, so he claims.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
CAR HITS AUTO, GIRL KILLED.
Priest, Driving Machine, Fails to See
Approaching Trolley.

Friest, Driving machine, Fails to See
Approaching Trolley.
Springfield, Ill. - Miss Irene Dodge
of Normal was killed and Herman
Scantlan of Athens severely injured
Tuesday night when an automobile,
driven by Rev. Father T. M. Moore
of Athens was struck by a street car.
Father Moore and Miss Myra Bell,
the fourth occupant of the car, es-
capped injury.
The priest and the three others
were on their way to an amusement
park when the accident occurred. The
car came upon them at a turn, strik-
ing the rear wheels of the auto and
throwing it against a tree, without,
however, disabling it. Miss Dodge
Jumped or was thrown and fell in
front of the car. She was killed in
stantly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Ship on Last Voyaue

Port Townsend, Wash.-The Amer
lean ship Alexander Bigson, Capt F.
z Southland, which has carried the
American flag for more than thirty
years, sailed for New York Friday on
fits last voyage 1t will be dismantled.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
ADOPT AUTHORIZING BILL.
Lower House of Georgia Legislature
Passes a Drastic Measure.

Atlanta, Ga. - A drastic anti
lobbying bill was passed by. the lower
house of the Georgia assembly by
vote of 118 to 8. It's passage is as
that "any one representing a person,
firm or corporation for or against leg
islation" must register his name and
that of his employer and designate
the bill he is interested in. Violation
is made a felony.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Vending IL in Louisville.

Louisville, Ky.-Joseph Vending,
arrested in San Francisco on the
charge Of numbering Alma Kellner, az
rived in Louisville Friday and was
quickly taken to the city hall. There
was no demonstration.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
browns In slaht Of Mother.

South Haven, Mich--Thomas H
Harrod. son Of J. a ,HaTod OF Little
Rock, Ark, was drowned Friday
while bathing In Lake Michigan He
sank In sight Of his mother, whom
bystanders restrained from rlunging
into the lake.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
MOUNT M'KlNLEY PLAN FAILS.
C. E. Rusk Insists. However, Famous
Peak Can Be Climbed.

Seattle, Wash. - G.. E. Rusk, Of
Chelan, Wash; F. H. Rojee of Port
land, A. L. Cool and Joseph Ridley of
the New York Herald-Portland Ore
gonian party which attempted the as
cent of Mount Mckinley, returned to
Seattle on the steamer Rest Their
mission to the top of Mount McKin-
ley failed, Mr.. Rusk says, because the
party was insuficiently provisioned.
Mr.. Rusk asserted, however, that
Mount Mckinley could be assembled
and that, given his choice of a party
and $4,000, he would guarantee next
year to bring down ample proofs that
he had been to the top.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Human Bird Falls; May Die.

Charleroi, Belgium--M Lesnyn, an
from a height Of 1Oc feet and re-
eeired injuries that probably viii
prove fatal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Baseball Kills Choir Bow.

Neutrality-suspicious. behind the ear
by a ball in a game at Cornfeld, Nd.
Thursday, Howard Layer, twelve
year-oId member of camping party
of choir boys of this city, died in
stanI1y-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
ALLEGED Murderess Dead.

Newark, N. miss Virginia O..
Wardlaw, one of the three sisters un-
der indictment for the murder of Mrs.
Ocey W. M. Snead. died Thursday in
a cell in the house of detention here.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
PAYS SOS FOR 10 SECONDS NAP.
Victim Closes Eyes While Stranger
Doubles His Roll"

Cleveland, o. - John Milan of
Cleveland, a passenger aboard
steamer that arrived from Detroit,
told the police he met a man on the
boat who told him he could hold money
in his hands and double it in ten Sec
onds.
Il gave him SOS in bills, all 1 had"
said Milan, land he told me to close
my eyes and count ten. did so. When
l opened my eyes he was gone"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
DON JAIME ADVISES LEADERS.

] CHS SaTilStS 10 RESIST hdOICdIISm
Without Recourse to Violence.
San Sebastian, Spain. DON
Jaime, the Carlist pretender to the
throne, issued a letter addressed
to the leaders of the Carlists, in which
he advised his followers to resist with
all their force the using tide of radi-
calism, but not to have recourse to
violence. The pretender says that he
does not propose to depart from
pacific methods, unless the existing
regime is threatened.
IF revolution menaces religious,
family and property traditions of
Catholic Spain" he added, Il will do
my duty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
BIPLANE DIVES INTO CROWD.

Presence of Mind of Aviator Prob
ably Saves Many Lives.
Asbury Park, N. J. Walter A.
Brookins, who holds the worlds al
titude aeroplane record, and seven
spectators were seriously injured at
the Interlaken field when Brookings,
in a new type of Wright biplane, at
tempted to effect a landing in high
George Burnett, fourteen years old,
living at Spring Lake, N. j., was
pinned under the wreckage and is dy-
ing at the Long Branch hospital as
the result of fractured skull, dislo-
Gated hip and internal injuries.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
FISH IMPERILs THREE LIVES.

Launch Narrowly Escapes Niagara
When Sturgeon Leaps Aboard.
Niagara Falls, N. Y. - 150-pound
sturgeon nearly sent party Of three
In a motor boat over the falls Tues
day night Opposite La Sale, two
miles above the falls, the fish
leaped for the search1ight in the boat,
missed it, struck and seriously in
1ured Nellie Johnson, and then thresh-
ing about in the boat, disabled the
engine
The sturgeon was finally suDdued
with oars Meanwhile the boat was
being swept rapidly towards the
cataract George Allen, hearing cries
of distress, sped out in launch and
toEed the party ashore.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
Dickinson Tourinq Philippines.

ManiIa.-Jacob H. Dickinson, Amer
lean secretary of war, left Manila on.
a fortnight's tour of the southern
islands.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
PYTRIANs TO RERATE CLASS a.

Concerning Policy-Holders.
Milwaukee. The supreme lodge,
Knights of Pythias, decided to
rerate policy-holders in the fourth
class of the insurance department, be-
ginning January l, 1911. the PROPOSE
ton of taking care of the members in
this class was one of the most vital
questions confronting the order.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-08-18
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER FINED So.
Oil King, Through EmpIoye, Pleads
Guilty to SPEEDING Auto.

Cleveland, o. John d. Rookie
Teller, charged with speeding an
automobile, pleaded guilty and was
fined five dollars and costs, amounting
to three dollars"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-02
MAY REFUND A FINE

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. Twill the
Pierce Oil company bring suit for the
recovery of the million dollar fine il
paid recently? This is a question ask.
ed by many as the result of the recent
acquittal of Henry Clay Pierce of the
perjury charge on which the imposi-
ton of the fine was largely based. Dur
ing the trial of Mr.. Pierce it was shown
that the perjury charges were not well
based, although the case was finally
dismissed because the affidavits on
which the charges rested had been OBJ.
tanned in another state. Since then a
number of Texas newspapers have
drawn attention to the fact that the
close relations of the civil and criminal
suits in the matter establish the pos.
sibility that the big fine was imposed
unjustly. Several editorials have
gone so far as to advise restitution of
the fine in order to save the logic OF
the law, arguing that, if the perjury
charges could not be sustained by the
court or tried in Texas, conditions
emanating therefrom would of necessi-
ty share the same defect.
While it is not known here whether
the Pierce Oil company interests have
taken, or intend to take steps in the
matter. local lawyers are nevertheless
of the opinion that suit for the recov-
cry of the fine may be heard ultimate
w.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-02
Threats Of Death Were Received
Letters, Taking Exception to Secondary Position for Yan
kee Doodle" Cause Musical Librarian Much Worry

Washington. D. c., Jan. lis
Dixie more popular than Yankee
Doodle':"
That is the question which has ap-
parently divided the country into :wo
camps and brought about a controversy
which promises to become second only
to the recent great question of the day.
'Who discovered the north pole:"
The innocent assertion of Otto G. T.
Sonneck, chief of the division of music
of the library of congress in a publ
cation on American national songs,
that Dixie was more prominent in pa
triotic popularity than Yankee Doc
de- has stirred up hornets nest and
even resulted in threats OF death to
Sonneck. His office in the congress
sional library has been swamped with
letters from various parts of the coun-
try in which the writers take exception
to the statement about Dixie"
Some OF these letters threaten Son.
neck with dire punishment Because
the letters have been so unpleasant to
him and SO numerous. Sonneck has re-
Quested the suppression of further
mention in the newspapers of his work
on American national songs. Yankee
Doodle's" popularity summed up in
1896 was:
Yankee Doodle" is the tune
Americans deli1ht In: