Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-06-12
TELECRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

AKRON, (O.l oatmeal companies have
combined, with a capital of s3,400, 900.
On Thursday morning United States
Marshall Lake died in Brooklyn.
| Ex-Gov. HENRY LPPET, of Rhode
Island, died Friday of heart disease.
CHILLI has accepted Uncle Sans invl-
tation asking her to participate in the
worlds fair.
The National bank at Grand Haven,
Mich, capital 100000, was on Friday
authorized to do business.
CHIEF JUSTICE HORTON, of Kansas, has
| been appointed one of the judges Of the
new federal land court
THE agricultural department will test
Senator Farwell's rainfall scheme about
June Is.
MINISTER ROBERT T. LINCOLN denies
all knowledge of the proposed plan to
make him secretary of war.
New men will take the place of the 800
striking coal and ore handlers at Ashtabu-
la, Ohio.
A FUND for the maintenance of Cen
eral n. P. Banks, who is now a penni-
less old mall, is being raised in Massa-
chusetts.
The Pope has issued an order that all
the employees of the finance department of
the Vatican be discharged.
LIEUTENANT RYDERs expedition for the
exploration of the eastern part of of Green
land, left Copenhagen Sunday.
AN English missionary and customs
officer have been murdered by natives ut
Wasfeh, China, and European residents
are appealing for protection.
A FIRE did damage to the extent of
$3.50, 900 in Glasgow Monday. Malloch' 5
glass warehouse and the establishment
of Messrs Willis & Nelson, ribbon manu-
faturers, were destroyed.
The Irish claimants who are trying to
break the will of the late A. T. Stewart,
are, it is reported, backed by a syndicate
of capitalists, who are furnishing the
money as "A speculation.
The city government of Philadelphia
has sent a formal request to President
partment III the investigation ot the Key
stone bank failure, now In progress.
The new Guatemalan minister to this
country, Senior Antonio Batres, has a CO.
coanut plantation that yields him the snug
little income of $4,000 per annum.
THE dry-goods house of Conuel. Hall,
McLoster Company, at Nashville, Tenn,
made an assignment Thursday morning.
The liabilities are S573, 900.
THE senate World's fair bill appropria-
ting 81 900, 900 was on Wednesday amend
ei in the house by provisions that per
cent of the sum should be used for live
stock exhibit.
A YELLOW fire tree measuring 113 feet
in length by So inches in diameter at its
big end was shipped by rail from Seattle,
Wash, Wednesday to be exhibited in
Chicago The tree will be called ''The
Seattle"
OBITUARY: At Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
Benson J. Losing, the historian, aged sew
enty-nine At Evanston, Chas. Grand,
aged sixty At Jacksonville ILL.,, Deliah
Vaughn aged one hundred. At Atchison
Kan, David H. Spellman, aged fifty seven.
HERR RICHARD GoERDELER, a New
Jersey music teacher has challenged EN-
peror William TO fight duel unless the
latter hangs Bismarck before July Is.
Goerdeler claims to have been greatly in
1ured by tie ex-cnancelIor.
In his address to the jury in the bacca-
rat case Monday morning, Sir Edward
Clarke counsel for the plaintiff, declared
that the authorities could not strike the
the name of Sir William Gordon Cum
ming from the army list without also
striking off that of the Prince of Wales.