Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-28
CONDENSED NEWS.

BY an explosion of fireworks in Chi
cago, several persons were killed or
hurt.
State Senator l.. 3. Olds, of Montana,
swindled his friends and committed
suicide by shooting himself.
A Iaborer digging on u Philadelphia
lawn uncarthed IL crock containing So
900 in soyereigns and doubloonS.
John Erwin, Of TuscoIa, Ill, has been
appointed general superintendent Of the
Kankakee asylum, at salary OF $1,000.
A movement has been begun to Sc
cure statehood for the five civilized
nations Of Indian territory.
An epidemic of black measles, or
black small pox, Of unknown origin,
prevails at Anaconda, Mont.
The cashier Of the suspended bank Of
Puyallup Wash, was arrested, charged
with emDezZling $41 900.
Prosecuted Jews i'll the Crimea We're
beaten and killed, the murderers being
melted by the Russian clergy
An old court order, it is claimed, will
nullify the decision Of the worlds fair
directorate to close Sunday.
Five knights Of Pythias were injured
i'll d wreck ut Vincennes Ind, one of
tncu fatally.
by the accidental discharge of Il po-
Hccn.5n's revolver, Judge Fleming, Of
burlington, Iowa, was seriously
wounded.
The Young Peoples Christian Union,
in session at Ridoutt, has declared
against Sunday opening of the fair.
Patrick j. Gallagher has confessed
that he was paid to swear that Hugh
Dempsey poisoned non-union Workmen
at Hometead
Crooks at Cincinnati chlOroformed
and robbed an aged painter Of $110 in
cash ana several checks.
Anticipating a raid by robbers, Off
Gals Of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
have placed armed guards on trains
The Monon has met the Big Four's
cut in worlds fair rates by reducing
all tickets to one fair.
The army bill was read a second
time i'll the reichstag and was passed
by Il majority of IL.
Secretary Hamlin does not believe
goods put below appraisers estimate
should be returned to the owner on pay
ment of Il penalty.
The Ottawa (kan.) Journal editorial
ly advises populiSts to kill republicans
who override the law,
An army Of crickets is devastating
wyoming of every sort of vegetation.
Alkalies, turned into the Mississine-
3 VA river in Indiana by Il paper mill,
have killed thousands of fish
Eddie brakes, assistant cashier of
the Toledo Savings bank, was drowned
III the Iowa river, near Long Point,
while fishing.
j. X. Armstrong, II defaulting county
treasurer of Indiana, has turned all of
his property over to his bondsmen-
Professor John Il. Stephenson, Of
Brooklyn, Mich, 90 years of age, has
"loped with Ida Culver, - years old.
Lumber showers at Tonawanda are
returning to work, an Indication that
the strike has been eifectually broken.
Unsettled condition of business has
caused the Benson Magnetic iron
works, at Little River, to suspend
operations.
Mrs. Robert, Mantell, wife of the
actor, charges him with iiidelity, and
New York court will grant her Il
divorce.
Live stock commissioners Of Kansas,
alarmed 1T the approach of Texas fe-
yer, have taken steps to keep it out
of the state.
Officers of the pension department
are Investigating alleged frauds at
Albuquerque, where the muster rolls
were stolen.
Chicago railroad agents have found
hundreds Of return tickets To New York
i'll the hands of Scalpers
People of Ncnia Pike, Ohio, are in
veStigatins the mysterious death of Il
woman and Of her three children.
The statement of the condition of
national banks shows startling de-
cline III deposits.
Comptroller Eckels has authorized
suspended banks at Los Angeles, Ash
land, Ky, and Provo, Utah, TO resume
business.
Milwaukee merchants have memorial
lied their representatives in congress
to repeal the Sherman law with all
possible haste.
Chicago has taken BoSton'S place
In the last six months and is now sec
end in bank clearings in the country
Basil Lockwood, the young negro
who acted so heroically in rescuing
many persons from Ford'S theater at
the time of the recent disaster in that
building, has been at last remembered
by the gift of handsome watch. suit
ably inscribed.
Conservative business men in Colo
RADIO favor boycotting the east and di-
recting trade enjoyed by New York TO
New Orleans.
The championship honors in singles
of the Western Lawn Tennis asSocia-
ton We're won at Evanston by E.
Wrenn.
Articles of incorporation of the Dan
vile Coal Belt railroad have been filed
with the secretary of state of Illinois.