Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-02-03


| Reports from Shelby, Macoupin, Bond
and adjoining counties in the great
wheat section of central Illinois show
that the growing crop has been badly
/ injured by the December drouth.
! Ben Tillett, the noted labor leader,
land on the 21st, on the charge of in
citing to riot during the Bristol trades
dispute on the Friday before Christmas
At Charleston, S.. c., the chamber
of commerce has adopted a resolution
| asking representatives in congress to
use their best efforts to secure the re
! peal of the Sherman silver act of 1890.
! The birthday Of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
a legal holiday in Virginia, was observed
in the different towns with appropriate
Exercises consisting of prayer and music.
! Chief Justice Comegys and Justice
Houston, of Delaware, are to be retired
from Office in fifteen days by a joint res
Olution of the states general assembly.
They have become incapacitated for
further service by old age.
/ At Philadelphia the five-story build
ing at 432, 434 and 1876 North Third
street, occupied by DUNCAN, Hood Il
Co., morocco dresserS has been destroyed
| by fire. Loss S16O,OOO; fully covered
by insurance.
Cornelius Vanderbilt mas settled the
acuon begun against INN by Eliza Crum
Oh DehdH OF her SOL, John, the boy VINO
was run over by the milIionaire's car
rIN,e The suit was for $3.50 damages
ana 935 COSTS.
BY the breaking of Il ScaTold OH Il
new building in Chicago, eight men Were
precipltateu 10 the ground, ~ feet De
low. SIX escaped with nothing more
than serious bruises, but Frank Ward
and julius Emery were fatally hurt.
The accident was caused 10y the over
croWdIng OF the ScatfoId by the men.
Seventeen men, mostly miners, We're
hurt Ill Il wreck on tie Centre Point
division oil qthe Ierre Haute and Indian
apons road ut knlsntsyille, Ind, caused
! by Il passenger Train daShinS into a
miners TAIN" standing Oh Il side track.
wat LleWenyn, Il miner, will die.
The REASONS Tor the loss Of the steam
las summer have never yet been salts
factorily explained, and the United
States treasury department will be call
cd on to make an investigation.
At Dover, N. H., Wednesday evening,
burst, leaving the south half of the city
the main water pipe through the city
without water. The cellars of stores
and mills were flooded and great deal
of damage was done.
| The Cingalese exhibits for the Worlds
OF japan will be kept Ut Vancouver,
b. c., I'LL the remainder arrives III the
next steamer, When Il special train VIII
convey them to Chicago.
| The board of trade OF Victoria, 3. c.
has notified the Dominion government
THAT Albert Head quarantine Station is
totally Inadequate for quarantine pur-
poses, as was shone by the recent quar-
anuninS OF Tacoma.
| AT New York Il decree OF foreclosure
has been granted by Justice Patterson,
OF the supreme court, Ill the action
brought 10y The BoWery Savings bank
TO close Il mortgage on The Metropolitan
opera house. The amount uue Is
$62I 900.
! Following the court ruling, the city
clerk OF Long Island City has c;invasseu
ana declared Sandtoru mayor. The
oath of office has beGn administered
and Indications are that Gleason Is out,
though he stu vows that he VIII DC
mayor, court OF no court.
Director General DAVIS, of the Worlds
Fair, says that of 3,6U2,Sl2 Square Ieet
OF space only III, 4!O reuialn 10 be as
signed TO exhibitors. Foreign countries
have received Lii, o1l t., anu Americans,
L, lSI ,.Go. Besides the -I4,ii6 square
feet un;laSlSneu, III, 465 have been re-
served for RESTAURANTS and other COLI
ceSSlonS.
AT ST Joseph, Mo, Walter +. Brooks
the deflulting freight agent OF the SomA
CITY anu Northern, was located at the
home OF Il friend OH the 10Th. Detect
ives surrounded the house, but Brooks
made his escape.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
OF New York have rendered to Yale
university the gift of Il building Tor
students room as Il memorial to their
son William Henry, who was Il mem
Der of the present senior class and who
died last May.
Charles q. Sinclair, of New York, who
embezzled $4,000 from Armour, was
arrested at Chicago and taken to New
York. He broke down and gave an or
der returning $1,000 of the plumber on
deposit with Henry Clews at New York
and 5000 in Il safety deposit vault
iD Philadelphia besides turning over his
promising race horse, Blizzard.
At Cleveland, o., L number of sewer
pipe manufacturers are in conference.
The object is to discuss the condition
of the trade and to learn, if possible,
the reason OF the present low state OF
the market, and to form combination
to advance prices.
The production of pig iron in 1892 by
the nine southern states of Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bana, Texas, West Virginia Kentucky
and Tennessee was 1,S9O,l67 gloss
against 1,70S,966 in 1891. The produc-
ton in 1892 was the largest the south
e1n states have reached
Arthur blk of Richland County, Ends:H His