Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-06
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
DOM ESTIC RESI- ME.

John Casey was convicted at Los
Angeles, Cal, of wife murder.
The National Shoe and Leather bank.
New York, loses $354,oO by the dcfal-
cation of a bookkeeper.
Yale defeated Harvard at football,
II to 4, and the University of Michi-
gan beats Cornell by the same score.
Myron Kent, the Mandnn, y. d.,
wife murderer has been sentenced to
death.
The forest and prairie fires in the
Okaw River bottoms have finally been
got under control
Fire caused by II defective lluc de
stroycd block of dwellings In Kansas
City. The loss will reach 100000.
Public meetings of all kinds have
been prohibited In Sandwich, H., ow
Ing to the prevalence of smallpox.
Three fourlhs OF the winter wheat
sown in the western third Of Kansas
has been ruined by the drought.
A new plot of General Manigat TO
ovel hrow the Haytlan government
was discovered by President liipp0yte.
Burglars blew open and robbed
safes In Buttsvlllc, N j., and Ridge
field, Conn.
Ferryboat Netherlands crashed into II
ship In New York hnrbor and twenty
of her passengers wers injured.
Five students of medical college at
Kansas City, Mo-, were arrested while
robbng II grave In neighb0rlng town.
Henry q. Side ex-presldent Of the
First National bnnk Of Minneapolis,
has made IN assignment
Robert Mccullough, Frank Blcshcn-
ship and Charles Patton are under ar
rest ut Ashley, H., for postoflicc rob
berries.
The salary of General Master Work
man Sovereign Of the knights OF La
Dor was reduced ut his own request
from $4,000 TO $500.
The application for receiver Of the
1T. Joseph, Mo-, Loan and Trust com.
pany has been granted. The liabilities
are about $l35, 600; assets $4,000.
Charles II. Atkinson, theatrical man.
aser and lessee of the Bowdoln Square
thea ., I0ston, flied IN insolvency pc
titlon.
McNrnrY, ronu, II smnii town on the
Mobile nId Ohio railroad, was wiped
$4,000.
Seven business houses and one
dwelling were destroyed at Swnyzcc,
Ind. 1t il feared woman lost her
life.
-Four candidates are In the field for
the short term scnatorship in Mirhi
gan. II Is predicted that the renl fight
will be between Odds and Burrows.
Republican managers of Nebraska
decided to abandon the proposed con
test OF the election Of llolcomb, dem.
pop.
Il. Il. Ncdrow, who committed II muir
derous assault on Edgar Scott mt
Peoria, was freed by Il jury and citi
zcns are indignant
A Dubuque, Iowa, Jury set at
naught the testimony of medical eN
ports and gave the widow OF Joseph
Brunsklll verdict In Il damage suit
Antitrust distillcrs believe President
Grecnhnrs trip east Is for the purpose
of securing funds to fight the indie
pcndents.
According TO Rev. &. W. Rlodgett,
the ratio of divorces To marriages Is
greater In Galcsburg, ILL.,, than In any
city in the country,
Alderman Madden, who. Is mnnng
ing Joseph Mcdill's senatorial cam
paiEn, Illinois, says there Is little doubt
of his nomination
Carleton H. llutchins, inventor OF
n refrigerator car and n large manu-
facturcr, died IN Detroit Of heart fail
urS
John IL. SickIcs, inventor of hand
Are engine died at his home IN Port
Chester, y. Y, OF paralysis. aged 16
years
University Of Illinois football eleven
defeated the Wesleyan University
eleven ut Bloomington by II score OF
II 70 3.
II is stated that the members of the
cabinet are divided on the method for
beginning reform In the country's
finances.
General Casey, chief of engineers of
the war department, urges the sccur-
.ng of fertilization sites ut all large
seaports.
J. Edward Addlcks, II millionaire of
Delaware, is credited with attempting
to buy seat IN the United States sen
ate.
II. J. Mooney and his daughter have
been arrested ut Green Bay, Wis,
charged with having libclled rcpuh
lican candidates.
Congressman McGann, of Chicago,
was declared elected by the commits
sioners. Belknap, his opponent, will
appeal the case to congress-
J. l.. Keith, aged -, Of Guthrie, ..