Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-10-14

-Four of the Homestead strikers ar
rested on a charge of treason gave
bail Monday morning and were releas-
ed. One additional arrest has been
made, but most of the accused are in
hiding
Germany is said to be making strenu-
Gus efforts to have the government of
San Domingo withdraw from the re-
ciprocity treaty with this country. and
/ Italy and England are said to be using
their influence in the same direction.
Hector Jonathan Cremipux, the well
known French dramatic author, has
committed suicide. lie was the auth IL
Of Il large number Of plays and wrote
the Gbrettos for many well known
comic operas. He was born III 1898.
Sebastian Charles Giraud, the French
painter, is dead, aged seventy tiiree
He was born i'll Paris in 1919 Among
his pictures We're Fishing for Seals, "
Return Of the Hunter" "A Sunday in
Brittany" etc. He was decorated with
the Legion of Honor III 1871.
At CoIdwatcr Mich, Nora Standish
was thrown from buggy and fell on
her head, dislocating her neck Two
men pulled on her head us hard as they
could. The bones sprang into place
with q snap. She soon recovered CON
SciOusnesS and will live.
At the regular meeting Of the board
Of adjustment and joint protective
board Of locomotive fircmen held at
Syracuse, \. Y, Sunday, f. J. May,
Of Halstead, Pa, was elected chair
man, and j. j. Welsh, Of Morrison n
j., secretary and treasurer.
At birmingham, Ala, George Jack
son and William Florence, room mates,
fell out over the division Of their ct
fccts. Florence shot Jackson, who fell
MORALLY wounded, but with life enough
to draw a pistol and shoot lis assail-
ant. Florence will also die.
James Comes and J. A. Lewis, two
practical acrOnautS, made Il baliOn
ascension in Il single ship at Peoria, H.,
Sunday and alighted in some trees.
Their trapeZe bar was broken and the
mcn fell seventy feet. Both were so
badly injured that they will die
Conductor Charles Wolfe, running be-
tween Chicago and Savannah, was ter
ribIy injured at Lisle Monday morning.
His way car was ditchcd while running
ut Il rate of thirty miles an hour, and
in the collapse he landed upon his head
on Il rail or tie having one half of his
scalp laid down over the face.
The amount Of the grant voted by
the government to enable the British
East Africa company to remain in
Uganda for at least three months long
or is $4,000. 1t is probable that after
the evacuation of territory by the com
pany Il British commissioner viii be
appointed to take charge Of affairs
there.
The court of sessions Monday morn
ing OyerrIIled the Labor Commissioner
Peck that the Indictment against him
for burning public documents be
quaShed. Peck then demurred to the
Indictment on the ground that more
than one crime is charged therein and
that it is Illegally found. The case will
90 to trial.
The mail train from CharkOff to Nike
jew was stopped by robbers near
Krowka and plundered of half Il mil
lion rubieS i'll money and a large quaint
ity Of valuables, baggage, letters, etc,
that were being conveyed by the mail.
There is no trace Of the Rogers. and it
is suspected that railway officials have
something to do with the affair.
A stranger went to the residence of
T.. b. Stokes, one of the largest land
owners of Fayctte county, ILL.,, and in
duced him to drive to Nandalia to see
about Il land deal. Mr.. Stokes drew
$1,000 out of the bank and he and the
stranger started back. Darkness over
took them, and when about one mile
from Ramsey, confederate of the
man with Mr. Stokes came upon the
scene, and the two men forcibly took
Stokes money and, throwing him out
of the buggy, made their escape.