Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-08-25

and at Cincinnati, George Rogers killed
himself with revolver.
Mrs. George Billiard, of Mutton
vile, Mich, was burned to death She
was demented and, it is supposed, set
her clothing on fire while an attendant
| was temporarily absent.
Thursday the German emperor sign
ed a decree adding so per cent. to the
duties collected on Finnish products
imported into Germany. This increas-
ed tariff will practically cause the ruin
of the leading branches of trade in
Finland.
Repeated shocks Of earthquake have
destroyed one-half of the town Of
Mattinatta, on the Atlantic coast.
Several persons were killed and num-
Der injured. The Stromboli volcano is
in violent eruption.
The nuptials of Mrs. Dora A. Han
cock and Lieutenant Commander J. n.
Hc,lphill United States navy, both of
!, Wa. hington., d. c., were celebrated
at the home of John t. Hancock, the
brides father-in-law, at Dubuque,
/ Iowa.
A San Francisco dispatch says these
citizens favor the free coinage Of sill
yer at the ratio of 16 to 1. Mass
meetings are to be held all over the
state Aug. "a, with a view to securing
/ that end.
Duelling in Russia has become so
common that the government has just
issued a severe code of punishment.
Killing an antagonist will cost SIX
years in prison; severe wounding, three
years; duel without injury, six months;
provoking duel, six weeks to three
months.
AS a messenger from the Merchants
! National bank was returning from the
ST. Paul clearing house at noon two
men grabbed bag containing $1,000
in gold from him and escaped.
Louis f. Menage, president of the
Northwestern Guarantee Loan and In
yeStment company, of Minneapolis,
! which went into the hands of a receiver
+, May 10, is said to be hiding in the
mountains of Chill.
A cyclone destroyed considera Bile
property and killed two children in
the northwestern part of Logan coun-
ty, Ind. The cyclone struck the farm
house of w. Jackson, completely de
moIishing it and killing his two child
rem, aged and 10 years,
General Wylie of New York, while
! out in Il skiff near kingston, Ont, was
upset and struggled fifteen minutes
in the water before being rescued.
When he fell in he wore e belt con-
taiTdng 81, 100 in gold and it was lost.
Divers are now hoping to find it and
get 5000 reward.
The president has granted Ct pardon
to Peter +. Classen, the New York
banker who helped to wreck the Sixth
national bark, and who was sentenced
to six years imprisonment in March,
1891. C1asseD is not expected to live
long.
Richard Muser, a lace merchant of
New York, was found dead III Il sec1ud-
ed spot near his country place at Srf-
fern, n. Y, with 4 bullet hole in his
head. It is uncertain whether he WAS
murdered or killed himself.
Lord Dunraven intends to sail for
New York in the Campania Sept. 16.
The party Will be large including
Countess Dunraven and two daughters,
Lord Wofveston, and Marquis Ormonde.
The Valkyr1e will probably start on
next Wednesday. Designer Watson
will also go besides the regular crew.
The Arch1uE1e Franz Ferdinand Il
Este; who will some day wear the
crown of Austro-Hungary and rule
100000 people, is crossing the
Pacific to this country. He will land
in San Francisco and come. eastward
to the worlds fair.
A fearful coaching accident has oc-
Cured near Ifracombe, fashionable
seaside resort in Devon. A coach filled
with people was proceeding along a
road that was bordered on one side by
a high precipice. When near the edge
the coach went over, carrying passen-
gers and horses to the bottom. Eight
persons received serious injuries, and
four of them will die
John L. Sullivan narrowly escaped
death in a New York hotel barroom a
few days ago. A man whom he had
inSulted years before refused to drink
with him. Sullivan undertook to in
duce the man to change his mind by
knocking him down. The latter in a
twinl1ling pulled a revolver and sent
a bullet after John L., who had turned
at the sight of the weapon and was
running for the door. The eX-cham-
pion was not hit and was hustled off
the scene by his friends.
The American financial situation has
at length been brought home to the peo-
pie of England as a matter of the great
est personal concern. Every other
European capital has been able to re-
sist Americas clamorous demand for
gold. The drain is being made almost
solely form London. The Bank Of
England had large gold reserve when
the American demands began. This is
disappearing faster than ever in the
history Of the institution.