Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-06-21

ness RandalI SAID the Northern Gaclut
paid for the Manitoba branch $500
more mile than 1t cost.
Copious rainfalls occur In Minnesota
Nebraska and Kansas. breaking the
drouth which In the two states last
! named had become very serious.
; W. 70. Nicolaus, the husband OF
/ leila Nicolaus. il In Chicago gathering
evidence to be used against her In a
divorce suit
Four bodies OF commonwealers
drowned in the Platte near Denver
have come ashore. 1t Is thought If
teen were drowned.
A cloud.burst sent an immense food
raging down the Platte river through
Denver at noon. Houses near the
river were hastily abandoned.
John II. Brown is the new chief OF
the Seminole nation, Indian Territory.
Lewis Meyer killed his wife at st.
Louis today. She Hirted.
The Lucania on her last trip from
New York to Queenstown averaged
21.0O knots an hour, the highest ever
made by any transatlantic steamship.
Lawrence Stommer's house at Shak-
opee, Mimi, b,r1ed end his two chill
dren, Ellen, q, and Zero, o, were
burned to death.
Isaac Kemp, a negro, who murdered
Constable Carver In Princess Anne,
Md, was shot to death In Jail by Il
masked mob.
Strong evidence was given In the
trial Of Attorney General Ellis. Of
Michigan, charged with forging cleo
ton returns.
Democrats of Adams and Ford
counties have declared In favor Of
General Black for United States sen
ator from Illinois.
1t Is believed THAI Congressman Hit,
Of Illinois, will oppose Senator Cul-
lom In his struggle for "a renOmina-
ton.
William Dwight Whitney, professor
Of the combined chairs of Sanscrlt
and comparative philology at Yale,
Ii dead.
Ex-Governor Roman NJ. Price, Of
New Jersey died at Lakewood OH
Ramapo, aged ~ years. He raised
the stars and stripes Oh California soil.
The Indictment against John &C..
Layne, charged with the murder Of
Harry Walraven Mt Mankato, was
nolle pressed and the prisoner dis.
charged.
John Jacob Astor, after having been
victorious at law, voluntarily deter
mined not to erect stable at the
corner of Sixty nfth street and Madl-
son avenue, New York.
The body OF richly dressed woman,
with several valuable diamond rings
on the fingers, came ashore In New
York. The woman had been dead for
some weeks.
quirement Of the Nicaragua canal by
the government and the completion Of
the work will be reported favorable
to the house.
The railroad race for Lake City,
Wabasha county, Mimi, and the
golden region thereabouts has begun
and surveys are being made by at
least three American roads.
The German National bank ut Den,
yer closed Its doors owing to its fail
ure to meet government interest The
bank was one of those closed last sum.
mer, but reopened.
The Kansas republican state con-
yention completed Its ticket by the
nomination of Otis l.. Aterton for
state treasurer and Frank Il. Dawes
for Encouragement.
The ship Habitant from New York
January 81, for Melbourne, has been
burned mt her dock. She had dis
charged her cargo. The Habitant be-
longed In Windsor, n. :.
Leonard Nj. Finley, president of the
Southern Mutual insurance company
of New Orleans, and one OF the proml-
nent business MEN of the city, died
suddenly Thursday.
Representative Breckenridge has re-
turned to Washington from his latest
campaigning tour In Kentucky and ex.
presses himself even more confidently
Of reelection that heretofore.
The secretary Of the treasury has
transmitted to the house the recon-
mendation of the public printer for n
deficiency appropriation OF 100000 to
prevent the partial suspension of pub.
lie printing this month.
Senator George has introduced bill
providing FOR the transfer OF the geo.
logical survey and the national fish
commission to the control OF the agri-
cultural department.
The house committee on railways
and canals agreed to report the COM
promise bill drawn by Representative
Ryan, Of New York, for the survey of
u ship canal route from the Ohio river
to Lake Erie.
Representative Houk, OF Tennessee
has introduced bill to pension at ST.
n month all soldiers and sailors honor.
nbly lisrhnry who In Va ron cbad the