Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-08-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.


$4,000 mortgage on the Upham Man
ufactnrng company's property.
Colonel Joseph Rabcr, commander
Of n local cavalry company during the
war; died at Baltimore, aged 03 years.
Dun's Review OF Trade says business
is rendered uncertain by tariff delay
and the blockade Of traffic by strikers.
Durborow's bill giving the caravels
to Chicago in trust for the Columbian
museum passed the senate.
Mrs ella Wellington, aged 81 years,
ing her brains out.
Bank ciearings for last week show
a total decrease Of l3 per cent Chi
cago shows nm increase Of IL per cent,
Chnuncey w. Wisncr, celebrated
orator Of Michigan, and for three
terms state senator, died at Saginaw.
Seventy presidential pcstolliccs are
In the list of those whose postmaster
ships expired with July. The number
In August will be II.
Secretary Carlisle Is preparing Il
statement In reply to tho house in
qulry concerning his coinage Of silver.
Charles Barthel, of Detroit, rode n
25-mile bicycle race in l:0J:5S, break
ing the worlds record.
In the mile open bicycle race ut
Indianapolis, Sanger, Of Milwaukee,
easily defeated Johnson In 2l7 10.
Two MeXicans were killed and sew
eral wounded In an attack upon Amer
lean officers at Las Vegas.
Railroads operating in Iowa applied
to tho state railway commissioners to
DO allowed to Increase freight rates
The state department ut Washington
has been officially Informed that war
has been declared between China and
Japan.
The New England hearing Oh peu
tlon for permission TO issue receivers
certificates was resumed ut Boston.
A gold strike has been made In the
plnos Altos district, which promises
to DO the richest made in New Mex
leo.
The name Of ex-Mayor Cooper has
been mentioned In Washington for
governor, AZ one who could harmoniHe
all the factions In New York.
The royalist commissioners from
Hawaii arrived at Washington. Mr.,
Parker said the object of the visit was
to obtain President Clcyelands an.
swer to the request for the rcstora
ton of Queen Lilloukalani.
Champion Corbett arrived ut New
York Wednesday and said he wanted
to have II business conversation with
Jackson right away aud stated he
would be able to arrange for fight,
Joseph Il. Greenhut, president of the
whisky trust has brought suit against
the Financial Daily News Of New
York for libel.
A disease which battles the physl-
clans has killed three persons at
Minerva, Ohio. Many other are ar
Nlcted
Carroll ID. Wright made II report to
che president concerning his inycstiga
ton Of the slums Of New York, Chi
caEo, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The mother of John Bcattic, OF
Elizabeth, N. j., prevented him from
marrying Miss Annie Sloan by lock
ing him In n room.
Tlshtush, the mongoosc, and several
other jungle folk, purchased In India
by Oliver ii. l.. Belmont for w *.
Vanderbilt have arrived,
The committee on cities made Its
report to the New York constitutional
convention, recommending II "home
rulo" amendment to the constitution.
The Pennsylvania Paint and Ochrc
company, OF Allentown, failed on an
execution of SILL 800, entered by Yves
ton, Dodson x Co.
GustnvnS 4. Cotton, Il well-known
Kansas pioneer and one of the trainers
of the Lcavenworth constitution died
at Kansas CITY.
At meeting of the Massachusetts
state republican committee II was
decided to hold the state convention
October Il ut Boston
Lord Randolph Churchill give owl
dences, In BAR llarbor, of being under
severe nervous strain, brought about
by illness.
-Four residences were destroyed by
fro In West Eighteenth street, Chi
cago. Mrs. Henrietta Beckman was
badly burned while saving furuiturc.
II il thought General q. H. Mann
will be an independent republican
candidate for state treasurer against
Henry Wult1' In Illinois
Strikers In the Chicago stockyards
are becoming moro quiet only isolated
tascs of violence being reported to
the officers.
Thomas s. Wright, attorney OF the
Chicago Rock Island aud Pacific rail
way, died In New York from stroke
of heat
Captain Allen Tindolph, president OF
tho Second National bank Of Vim.
cenncs, Ind, Is dead. He was i.
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