Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-12-20
TELEGRAMS * ERIEr
AT HOME.

Yankton's absent financier.
A former New York reporter testified
t"fore the Lexow committee that he
was nearly killed by the police In 1888.
The birthday Of King Guslavus
Adolphus Of Sweden Is generally cele-
brated, especially In Stockholm.
Rloodhounds are on the trail OF the
robbers who head up Texas Pacilc
train mt Mary's Creek.
The body Of janltor, mangled az
by an axe, was found In n pine box In
an alley In Chicago.
Charles L. Spies died at Baltimore,
aged 49, For forty years. he was a
leading dancing master OF that city.
A man supposed to be w. IL. dudley,
newspaper man from Memphis,
Tenn, killed himself ut Waco, Texas.
Five persons were overcome by coal
gas in st. Paul. One OF the victims
has died and others are very III.
Claus Sprcckels has purchased 40
600 acres Of sugar land, n town and
railroad in southern California.
A syndicate with $30,OO0,000 capital
Is seeking control OF all the elevators,
warehouses and docks Of Brooklyn.
In n drunken row mt bloomington,
H., Joseph Yordl's ear was cut Off and
he fatally stabbed Henry linndleman.
Bob" Fitzsimmons has made the
second deposit Of $500 Of the So
600 stake for his fight with Corbett.
John r. Scng, one OF the early set.
.In,. ne HhInn, JInI fran m attack
Of erysipelas, aged o.
Joseph Medill will withdraw from the
Illinois senatorial race and throw his
influence TO Colonel George X. Davis
CAPTAIN John pridgeon. the million
airr capitalist and vessel owner, died
nj his home In Detroit, aged GO years
A. Whipple, cashier OF the Whipple
Banking company, OF Crawford, Neb.
and n government contractor, has ab-
seconded
Rev, Madison G. Peters attacked
football In sermon In New York, He
said the game was more brutal than
prize lighting.
said to have been involved In the lat
est Hawaiian plot for the restoration
OF the queen.
Joseph Medlll says he has not aban
doncd the senatorial race In behalf OF
Colonel Davis, but favors any good
Chicago man.
President Harper oiiiclnted Mt the
selection OF the site FOR the Ycrkrs OBJ
servntory OF the University Of Chicago
nj Lake Geneva,
Anger OF the democrats toward Pres
Idcnt Cleveland IL giving way to II
feeling of sympathy on account OF his
Suifcrlngs.
General u. Parker Scnmmon Is dcnd
AT Audubon Park, y. Y. He was II
widely kncwn soldier u writer and
prominent In college work.
The navy department has accepted
the cruiser Minneapolis and ordered
the payment OF $tti,GOO the premium
she earned
Mark Robert Harrison, the cclc
bratcd artist who painted The Death
OF Abel, died at his homo In Fond du
Lac Wis. aged 10
Rudolphus w. radclford. n descend
ant Of Roger Williams and prominent
In political and church affairs at El-
gin H., Is dead
Congressman elect Andrew J. Camp
bell Of the tenth New York district,
died at his home of l.right's disease,
aged GG years.
Munro Sallsbury's expulsion was re
scindcd by the board of review Of the
National Trottng association and he
was fined 500
William Coggln 4 Co, dealers In
dry goods ut Gatesvillc. Tex, have as.
signed to secure creditors In the SUM
Of 500, 400
Mrs, Louis Albcrti In n ut OF demon
tia at Galveston, Tex, poisoned her
five children, two or whom are dead
the others are In a critical condition.
Thomas James, of kentucky, b.
trayed n young woman and killed
three OF her relatives who attempted
to force n settlement.
Mrs Jacob Cherry, wife OF farmer
of neSvlllc, Ohio, was found dead.
1t IS thought she was murdered by her
husband.
John Hoffman, II years old. who
says hc has stolen 800 horses, was M.
rested ut Crown Point, Ind, while
making away with team,
Rev. Father Ducry has issued an
other statement concerning his con.
troversy with Archbishop Corrigan
charging the latter with ingratltudr.
Consular reports Indicate that the
production OF wheat In the Argentine
Republic Is enormous and will keep
prices down.
Miss Annie Grace Lippincott. daugh
ter Of Grace Greenwood, the author
and Herbert Hall Winslow. the dram
atist, were married In Washington
Thlrty-tiyc VI the torty-two children
In the Aver Home for Young Womer
and Children at Lowell. Mass, hay,
scarlet fever
Hlghwaymcn robbed n woman IN OH
of Boston's fashionable streets, ant
one OF them shot two mca who pur
sued him.