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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Premier of France Fired Upon
In Chamber of Deputies.
NEITHER SHOT FINDS ITS MARK
One of the Bullets, However, Enters
the Leg of Leon Mirman, Di-
rector of Public Relief
Great Excitement.

Paris, France, Jan 1S.-The cham
Der of deputies was thrown into a
panic by an attempt upon the life of
Premier BRAND Two revolver shots
were fired upon the ministerial bench
from the public gallery, but the pre-.
mler was not harmed. One of the
shots entered the leg of Leon Mir
man, director of the department of
public assistance in the ministry of
the interior. The wound is not serious.
The would-be assassin is a man
named Gisolme, formerly clerk of the
courts of Bayonne. He was bounced
upon by police officers before he
could use his weapon again. if he had
such an intention, and was hurried
from the place.
M. BRAND was surrounded by others
OF the ministry and by the deputies
and was congratulated heartily upon
his escape from death. There is no
doubt that he was the intended vic
tim and only the poor craftsmanship
of Gisolme saved the minister from
death or injury.
For a time the greatest confusion
prevailed. The proceedings of the
chamber had been going on as usual
and there was nothing to indicate
that the crowd of spectators in the
gallery included one who had designs
on the life of the head of the cabinet.
Gisolme first attracted the atten-
ton of those seated near him when
he rose from the place which he oc-
cupied near the center of the bal
cony and pushed forward to the rail
ing. Suddenly he drew revolver
from his pocket ano before the horri-
flied ones near him could make a
move he aimed the weapon first in
the general direction of the minis
terial bench and then deliberately up
on NJ BRAND and fired.
The first bullet it is believed, en-
bedded itself in the wood work near
the premier's seat. The report had
scarcely died away when the second
shot was fired.
Jules Razimbaud, the radical social
list deputy, was making a speech from
the tribune on the subject of the bud
get of the ministry of the interior
when the first shot rang out from the
public tribune under the press gal
lery. Many of the deputies laughed,
believing that the explosion was a
joke, but the second report changed
their mirth to anger, as a thin wreath
of smoke was waited up to the dome.
This is the second recent assault
on the premier. In the course of the
ceremonies Nov. 20 in the Tuilleries
gardens, in connection with the dedi-
cation of the statue of Jules Ferry,
M. LacOur. a royalist, struck M.
BRAND in the face twice with his
cane. The premier was not serious
ly injured. Lacour subsequently was
sentenced to three years imprison-
ment.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
A n A BILE Nj E > ) A u f l..

Governor McGovern's message to the
legislature has called forth many words
to deserved praise. Time was when it
was out of the ordinary for a Demo
cratic newspaper to commend mes
sage from Republican executive. But
the Democrat wants to add its word Of
praise in the present case. His first
state paper marks Governor McGovern
as real statesman. In its preparation
he looked well to the foundation of the
government; and is recommendations
point the way to the public welfare.
The following paragraph from the
message shows that it's author is keenly
alive to what is going On in state and
national politics:
The parties of today are in trans
itional stage. Never was independence
in politics more marked, Many good
citizens now vote for men rather than
for parties, and are more deeply inter
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Varsity a National Force.

"The part which the University of
Wisconsin has taken in the conserva-
ton movement, through its president
and otherwise, marks it as a great
national force" declared Clifford Pin
chot, former chief forester of the United
States, in an interview at Madison
recently.
"What the University of Wisconsin
does as citizen of the state, so to speak,
is not less significant, he continued.
"Of all the universities that I know
there is no other which constitutes so
complete and so useful a part of the
community as the University of Wis
cOnsin.
"The great fault Of our institutions
of learning as a rule is their separate
ness from the problems and struggles
of actual life. Their tendency is far
too much to train men out of touch
with the needs and the difficulties of
the average man rather than into touch
with them. 1t seems clear that no such
charge can be made against the institu-
ton over which DR.. Van Hise presides 4;
and the principal reason seems to be
that President Van Hise and the faculty
are themselves in the midst of the fight. -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Mysterious Explosion Occurs
on the Delaware.
VICTIMS SCALOED BY STEAM
Cause of Accident Was Not Given in
Wireless Report Sent from Sea-
Vessel Enroute from Cuba
to Hampton Roads.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-An accident
in the fire room Of the battleship Della
ware, enroute from Guantanamo to
Hampton Roads, killed eight enlisted
men and badly injured another. They
were burned by escaping steam. The
accident was reported to the navy de-
partment by Rear Admiral William A.
Marshall, commandant of the Norfolk
navy yard, who forwarded a wireless
message from Capt. Charles A. Cove,
commanding officer of the Delaware,
which was IS miles out at sea.
The dead are Charles Henry Harp,
fireman; William Morris White, fire.
man; Columbus Porter Watts, fire.
man; Herbert Anderson Brewer, fire.
man; Lewis Addison White, coal pass
er; Clarence De Witt, coal passer;
Christian Jensen, water tender; uni
dentifi. ed man. Eugene Philips, fire.
man, was badly injured
The cause of the accident was not
reported in the message. Capt. Cove
promised to send a more complete re-
port later to the department. Capt.
Cove asked that a tug be sent from
Norfolk to Hampton Roads to take off
the bodies of the victims of the acct
dent and to transfer Fireman Phillips,
the only man injured, to a hospital.
An unusual series of accidents has
befallen the vessels of the navy within
the last few days. The South Caro-
lima, Michigan and Dubuque lost port
propellers within few days of each
other The Delaware had been de-
tached from the AtHeHtic fleet and or
dered to Hampton Roads to transport
the body of the late Senior Don Ami
bal Cruz, former CHILEAN minister
here, to his native country. She was
scheduled to leave Jan. 81 for Val
paraiso with the body, returning to
the Atlantic coast next May. 1t is
not known whether the ship has been
damaged sufficiently to make it neces-
sary to choose another battleship for
the trip to Chilli
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
HE ALTHFUL UNRE S 7.

When Mr.. Roosevelt was President
he frequently referred to high tariff
taxation as the system in which the
people have long acquiesced. 1t has
now become very plain, however, that
the people no longer acquesce in being
held up and compelled to pay tribute to
monopolists who have supplemented
the tariff with the trusts: The New
York Evening Post says:
Evidence comes from all sides that
the popular unrest and dissatisfaction
with the Payne Aldrich act are increas
ing. The injustice of the whole system
of public favors to a few have struck
home. The voters have their eyes on
the sale of tariff favors. The party
leaders have begun to learn that the
tariff cannot again be revised as the
Mckinley tariff was revised or as the
Dingley tariff was revised.
mo surface revision of the tariff can
touch the deep moral issue involved,
and that moral issue is really the
handspring of the entire political agi-
tation on the subject. Thou shalt
not enrich the few at the expense Of the
many" This is the mandate behind
the changed popular attitude toward
public service corporations, whether in
cities or in the states; it explains the
desire to assess the cost of public i'm
provements upon those who benefit by
them in towns, as it does the move
ment to conserve the national resources
forthe common advantage of all the peo
pie of the United States. 1t has become
political crime to tax one citizen in
order to to give bounty to another, to
markedly law one poorer and the other
richer. LOCALIZED robbery is robbery
none the less; and its. essential i'm
morality is no more to be concealed
than was that of slavery
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19

Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs-Receipts $4,000 Quotations
ranged at $790@7.95 choice heavy,
$7.95@8.O0 choice light, $785@7.90
heavy packing, and $77O@81O good
to choice pigs
Cattle-Receipts $500. Quotations
ranged at $64O@6.9O prime fat steers,
$4.35@4.85 good to choice beef cows,
$5.25@5.85 good to choice heifers,
$58006.00 selected feeders, $4,000
525 good to choice stockers, $1,000
$50 good to choice light calves.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at $6.OO@65O good to choice
light lambs, $5.4005.75 good to choice
light yearling wethers, s4.15@4.50
good to choice wethers, $3.750400
good to choice ewes.
Butter.
Creamery, extra. 25c; prints, 81 nc;
extra firsts, 23c; firsts, zoe; dairies,
extra, 22c; firsts, 19c; packing stock,
15c.
Potatoes.
Choice to fancy, 4604Sc; fair to
good, 42@45c per bu
Omaha Live Stock
Cattle-Receipts $500 head; market
steady to stronger; native steers,
$5.0006.60; cows and heifers, $3250
$50; western steers, $350@585; Tex
as steers, $3.25@5.10; range cows and
heifers, s3.0004.70; Gamers, $4,000
$40; stockers and feeders, $500
900; calves. $40O@8.25; bulls, stays,
ETC., $3.2505.0O
Hogs-Receipts 1000 head; market
sc higher; heavy, s76O@7.SO; mixed,
$7.7O@78O; light, $78O@79O; pigs,
$6.750775; bulk of sales, $765@7.80.
Sheep-Receipts 10000 head; mar
ket steady; yearlings, $4.25@510;
wethers, s3.50@4.15; ewes, $3.50
400; lambs, $500@6.15.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts
125 cars; market strong. Hogs-Re-
ceipts 80 cars; market strong; heavy,
$8.2O@8.25; Workers, $8.40@8.45; pigs,
$8.7508.85. Sheep-Receipts rs cars;
market active; best lambs, $8.75; year.
lings, $5.25@5.75; wethers, $4,000
4.6O; ewes. $4.00@4.25. Calves-$5.0o
01100.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
WALDWICK.

Dale Gordon returned home from Rec
Height, S. OAK, Monday.
A sleigh load from here attended the
sale at Jonesdale Wednesday.
John and Myrtle Harris visited the
first of the week with Messrs. Dick and
James Harris and family.
A large number attended the party at
Marshall Days, Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Uren spent
Thursday with Mrs. Robert Uren.
A large crowd was out to the Aid at
j. j. Humbert's Thursday.
Revival meetings started here Thurs
day evening. Rev .lHubuton is assisting
Rev. Walker.
Mrs. Jos. Grafton, Sarah Heath and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19

ested in political ideas and legislative
programs than in party organization or
in partisan candidates. There has,
moreover been a growing tendency to-
ward division in the ranks of each of
the two leading political parties based
upon deep and fundamental differences
of view among the members OF these
organizations respecting political ideals
and principles. AS result, conflict of
opinion within each party is now often
more intense than between the parties,
and constant but almost impercept-
ible shifting and interchange of mem
bership is taking place. Thus the real
lines Of political cleavage run, not par :
allel to conventional party boundaries,
but across them
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
THURSDAY. JANUARY 10. 1911.
GIVE Us A BETTER FORM
OF BALLOT.

For twenty years the voters of Wis
consin have endured the burdens and
preplexities Of about the worst form of
ballot that could be devised. The leg
islature Of 1889 gave US the Cooper
election law and very good form OF
ballot. Before the new manner Of vOt-
ing was fairly tried the legislature Of
1891 changed both the law and the bal
lot; and other legislatures have since
done considerable tinkering along the
same line. The present blanket ballot
is a monstrosity and disgrace to the
state; and from its use long suffering
people ought to be speedily delivered.
When Gov LaFollette called the leg
islature together in special in Deem
Der, 1905, one Of the objects stated in
the call was, ''to provide form Of bal
lot for use at elections" During that
session a good measure providing for
the Massachusetts form of ballot was
prepared and introduced in the assem-
bly, by the committee on privileges and
elections 1t received strong support,
and only failed of passage in that body
on a tie vote. While this measure was
under consideration the Madison Dem
Ocrat said
orb n
forms of political faith are asking for
deliverance from the cumbersome form
of ballot in vogue there and the exec
utive committee of the citizens union
has voted to prepare at once petition
to the Legislature asking for repeal OF
the present ballot law and the adoption
of the Massachusetts system which re
quires the elector to mark every indi
vidual name for which he desires to
vote. That is the style of ballot we in
Wisconsin should have. 1t is kind
that promotes diScriminative voting
that encourages the citizen to learn
about the various nominees that he may
exercise the franchise Understandings.
1t is the only species OF ballot for an
lHuCpcHuCHO pCOplC' L hC
present method by which the ignorant
partisan may most readily heed the
wishes of the bosses by mere cross in
a circle or square at the top of a GER
tain column, thus swallowing a whole
party ticket straight, the rascals with
the saints, puts a premium on both
ignorance and corruption.
ut is high time this mischief making
continuance should be cast aside in
Wisconsin. Governor La Toilette, if
he shall have any influence in state af
fairs after his progression to the senate,
should leave to his successors a preg
nant suggestion in behalf Of ballot
reform along Massachusetts lines.
Therein lies purifying and education
al reform of enduring worth and mon
umental proportions"
If the will of the people is to be the
law of the land AS it ought to bet is
all important that we have a simple
method of fairly recording the will of
the people. To this end let the legis
lature of Wisconsin adopt the Massa
chussetts form of ballot.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Coroners In ENGLAND.

In early times the coroner in Eng
land was a revenue officer of the
crown, and his business was to find
out the criminals, eXtort their confess
sions and confscate their goods to the
crown. From records it appeared that
King Alfred had a prediction for
hanging his coroners because they did
what was unjust.
At the present time practically the
only office of coroners is to hold in
quests Oh dead bodies and on treasure
trove and to pronounce judgment in
outlawry.-London Telegraph.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19

Dick Heath have returned from their
visit at Newell, Iowa.
VIM. Tomlin and wife spent Friday
with Mr. and Mrs Winger of Willow
Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thomas spent Sat
urday with Joseph Whitford and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Winger took dinner
with VIM. Tomlin's last Tuesday
Mrs. Clarence VanMatre and son and
Mrs. Will Tredinnick visited Saturday
with Mrs. Joseph Whitford.
Roy Frank of Scott Town spent Sat
urday and Sunday with his friend Fred
Pile.
Mrs. VIM. Hoare and son of Blanch
ardville are here for a few weeks visit
with Delos Babcock and family.
A few from here attended the play at
Mineral Point Tuesday evening.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Reed Wins in Missouri

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 18.-Jame
A. Reed, of Kansas City, was choser
junior United States senator from
Missouri by the two houses of the
general assembly. He will succeed
Senator William Warner, Republican
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
FAILS AS THIEF; KILLS SELF
Herman Jameson Turns Robber to
Feed Starving Family.

Calumet, Mich, Jan. IS. - Herman
Jameson, of South Range, this county,
killed himself after an unsuccessful at
tempt to kill and rob a collector for
a South Range business firm.
His victim, Matt Hargenn, escaped
with a slight wound after a hand-to-
hand fight with Jameson. Jameson
was driven to the deed by lack Of
work and food for his family.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
ROBERT T. PETTiBONE DEAD
Fortune of Deceased Man Placed at
$15,ooo,ooo.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 18-Robert
T. Pettibone, one of the wealthiest
men in eastern Pennsylvania, died in
his home in Wyoming, near here. He
was "a years old.
1t is estimated his fortune amounts
to SIS 100000.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Remove the Circle from the
Ballot,

Baraboo Democrat: Let us hope that
the next legislature will decide to re-
move the circle from the top of the
election ballot and compel the voter to
make cross after the name of every
candidate he wishes to vote for.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
MARYLAND GIANT DEAD
Required Eight Men to Handle Re-
mains of John Turner.

Washington, Jan. 18.-It took eight
men to handle the remains of John
Turner, a Maryland giant, who died
at the Washington asylum here.
Turner, who was "a years old, was
probably the largest man in the
United States. When he died he was
z feet 10 inches tall and weighed
more than $50 pounds.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Repeal the Twenty Per Cent
Law.

Baraboo Democrat: Of course the
state legislators will have their hands
full if they repeal the unnecessary laws,
but at least one law ought to be wiped
out promptly and that is the Infamous
twenty per cent law.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Erench Officers Killed.

Casablanca, Morocco, Jan. 49,
Eleven French officers have beer
killed or wounded by Moors, outside
Casablarca.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19

You have disagreeable duty to
do at 2 o'clock. Do not blacken
9 and 10 and | | and all between
with the color of IL. Do the work
Of each and reap your reward in
peace, so when the dreaded mo-
ment in the future becomes the
present you shall meetit walking in
the light. and that light will over
come its darkness.-George Mac
donald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-19
Official Publication)
Report of the Condition of the
Iowa County Rank

Iowa County Bank,
located at Mineral Point, State of Wis
consin, at the close of business on the
18th day of JAM, 1911, pursuant to call
by the Commissioner of Banking:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts ................S 637, 153 So
Overdrafts w ............. 3,61745
Bonds .................... ......... 100000
Two Banking houses. ................. A,5OOOO
Furniture and fixtures. ............... $4,000
Due from approved Reserve BANKS. 175,50829
Checks other banks and cash items 1921 68
Exchanges for clearing house .... 1915 IS
Cash on hand 80. Observation-Disclosures. A, 81 "a
Total. $780,, 74e
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in ...... ...........S 100000
Surplus fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100000
Undivided profits 80. ................ 1851 81
Individual Deposits subject to check. 340,81O "A
Time Certificates of deposite. ........ 425 1893 "A
Savings Deposits ..........-. 3,440l
Cashiers Checks outstanding ...... 1880
Total. 1907 ,757 46
State of Wisconsin, County of Iowa-ss.
I, A. F. Bishop, Jr. assistant cashier of the
above named bank do solemny swear that the
foregoing statement is true to the best Of my
knowledge and belief
A. F. BISHOP, JR., Assistant Cashier.
Correct Attest:
J. W. HUTCHINSON,
JOSIAH LANYoN
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day Of JAN, 1911.
FLORENCE K. REDFEARN,
Notary Public, Iowa County, Wis
(Notarial Seal)
Ny commission expires March %, 1913.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-10
UNLISTED STOCKS.

j. a. Minnear & Co. say today
The liquidation which has been i'm
evidence for a week or more did not
spend itself today, for shares showed
further losses. The New York market
opened weak, and with only spasmodic
rallies, followed by further selling. The
final prices showed losses for the day.
The steel report at noon was a fairly
good one, but had no market effect
The crop report OF yesterday did not
have much effect on the grains. In the
copper share list. some forced selling
made new low prices for some issues.
but the close was quite orderly. Tam
arack sold at $50. a new low for over
ten years. c. a III. touched $410.
North Butte sold off a point. c. q A.
Sold down TO $511a, but recovered al
most two points. Amalgamated was
weak In the early trading. but some
good buying was I'm evidence before the
close. on the curb. there were some
losses recorded I'm the Lake group. i'm
with the two point drop in
Lake. S. & r.. was offered at So. The
list on the whole was changed but lit
tie
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-10
Man and His Ways.

| A correspondent, referring TO the
statement of Miss Johnson i'm THE
Long Roll" that Stonewall Jackson
"had but little sense Of humor and no
understanding of a joke" relates this
incident.
II remember one night we were dri-
wing from Strasburg, Va, in an omni-
bus. General Jackson and number
of his staff, including my father, were
in the party. ]. a little boy around
the camp, huddled up in the corner
and kept very quiet
"As we went along my father, who
was a Massachusetts man, told this
story:
I'm the early days of the Puritans
into the woods with gun, and he
said:
Where are you going?'
ITO the woods
what are you taking your gun
with YOU for?
81 may meet an Indian
care you not Calvinist?
81 am, I'm decd and truth
You can't die until your time
comes
81 know that
Then why carry the gun"
81 might meet an Indian whose
time had come
And Stonewall Jackson laughed
most heartily. Sun.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-10
lnsurmountabIe piHio uIty.

George V. Dalrymple, the we'll
known critic of Denver, discussed, in
an address on the drama, the New
theater's lamentable failure.
at isn't building theaters that will
give us national drama" said Mr.
Dalrymple, ITS writing plays. We've
got plenty Of theaters already It's
.playwrights were short Of"
He smiled.
1T is like the Emir of Afghanistan's
gun factory" he said. "The Emir you
know had a gun factory, under the
supervision of a smart Yankee. Of
which he was very proud.
"Amra Khan, one of the Emir's
chiefs, came i'm to see the factory one
day. The Yankee showed him around,
and at the end of the inspection Amra
Khan said:
"'This looks very simple. Now tell
me just how to make a gun. and
will set up "A factory i'm my own prov
ince on my return home.
1T looks simple said the Yankee.
and it is simple. To build a gun you
make hole first. then you wrap some
iron around it, and there YOU are
Amra Khan shook his head.
"'Ah,' he said, there is plenty of air
for the hole in my province, but how
the iron should be wrapped around It
is a thing none Of my people know"
Los Angeles Times.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-08-10
MARKETS

Boston-The n. Y. market looks
much better. We had the heaviest liz
uidation in the first hour that has been
seen for months. Insiders took the
stock on a scale down and rallied
Prices at the close. The rally should
continue tomorrow a. m. and we would
take advantage of il to sell long rails
and industrials. The local market de-
veloped a little more activity un the
down side today but at no time was
there any selling which was not well
taken care of. North Butte and Lake
showed the best buying and rallied fast
at the close. We believe the two mar
kets will have'separate movements and
". Y. stocks should be sold and the
coppers bought.-Foster of Paine.
Weber & Co.