Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-08-09

! At BriCctOn, ONO, FAMILY OF tnI'c
persons were killed, poison having
BEEN placed In the well from which
they drank
In the Nashua, A. H., contested
mayoralty election case the supreme
court Of New Hampshire decided in
favor OF the republican candidate,
| Sands
uoratio Hcnrlques, New York, a
real estate broker, shot himself in The
head, by accident, he declares, but -
held as n prisoner for attempted sui
eide.
DR.. GlsIan The Nicaraguan minis
ter and also the Salyadoran minister
was received by the president at
Washington Friday.
EX Governor Austin Blair, Of Jack
son, Mich, was pronounced by his
physicians to be dying late Friday
night Of bladder and kidney trouble.
At the request Of the sheriff of Cook
county, Governor AltGcld ordered the
company OF the second regiment on
duty at West llanmOn, Cook county
relieved from further duty.
Thursday night there was a cloud
burst in the hills above above Be-
wind, Col, and the water came down
the canon leading to the place In such
volume that II party of five persons
who were caught were swept away
and drowned
Tho full senate committee on terri
tories has ordered favorable reports
on the bills admitting New Mexico
and Arizona to statehood. These bills
have passed the house.
Bob lfiszsImmons, the champion mid
die weight, met Frank Keller, heavy
weight from YpsIlantI in two r0undt
20 ut Buffalo last evening. 1t took n
force of surgeons to bring Keller back
to HE after "Fltz" got through with
him.
The general term Of the supreme
court, in Brooklyn, handed down n
decision Affirming the Judgment Of
conviction and sentence Of John Y.
McKanc.
At the wedding Of Bcnoist Viscount
HAzy and Miss Carolina Jones, In
tho church Of st. Cathrinc, New York,
the organist played Oh, Promise Me,
rs the couple knelt ut the altar.
The boiler OF McNcil's saw-mill ut
Gloster, Mo, exploded, killing John
Anderson, n negro, and fatally Scald-
Ing George Shropshire and jim Blay-
lock.
Dcbs and the A. r. u. were granted
IN appeal to the United States circuit
court of appeals In the Chancery pro-
ceedlngs In the United States circuit
court in Chicago.
Twenty-Five people lost their lives by
drowning and burning at Phillips,
Wis, during the destruction of that
town. Tho financial loss Is about n
million dollars at Phillips and an
equal amount Mt Mason,
Giuseppe Costantno, an Italian boot
black, shot and killed his sweetheart,
Cnrmelll Blast, In New York city and
then shot himsef In the throat. 1t Is
said that he will die. The cause OF
the tragedy was poverty and jealousy.
Miss May Shannon was drowned
while bathing Mt Allumet island. near
Pembroke, Ont. Samuel, Shannon, her
father, attempted To rescue his daugh-
ter, but sank before reaching her,
and was also drowned.
Assistant Attorney General Hall, in
an opinion approved yesterday by
Secretary llokc Smith, holds that the
Cherokee nation Is the sole Judge of
the right of any person to citizenship
within Its domains.
De lnnccy Nicol resigned his place
rs counsel for the New York police
department before the LeXow com
mlttce, In consequence of tho action
of the commissioners In trying mem
bers of the force
Leon Mayer, arrested in New York
for passing forged check on DR.. Sin
clair Touscy, proves TO be a daring
scamp who has swlndled houscholdcrs
by the dozen by borrowing money
under false prctenceS,
Anton Schlcy. his wife and three
children, of New York, are suffering
from trichinosis, caused, it Is said by
eating pork Bologna sa,lSagcs. 1t is
feared that some of the patients may
die
t"urgr Montague, who has been
prominent in financial circles and for
many years had been president of the
Second National bank Of New York,
and was for 10 years treasurer OF
tho Union League club, died in that
city from heart failure.
The Hollis manufacturing company,
manufacturers of webbing aud sus
pcndcrS, 20 Il street, South Boston,
has made an assignment for the bene-
TIT OF creditor TO Horace \. Lothrop
of Cambridge The company Is said
to owe between $4,000 and $4,000.
Tho assets are of uncertain value.
Nine men who had been attending
Il picnic ut Hanover Park, Pa, at
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