Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-10-18
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HOME NEWS.

Great crowds are attending the Nor
.non conference at Salt Lake City.
New York defeated Baltimore "
baseball In the Temple cup series.
Crawford, populist candidate for con
gress In the Springfield, H., district
denies that he Will withdraw.
Six persons were killed and n mum
Der injured by falling walls during Il
factory fire in Detroit
In a pitched battle between train.
men and tramps near Anderson, Ind.
one Of the latter was fatally wounded
Government officials fear their In.
ability to convict Captain IloWgatc,
charged with cmbezzling thousands.
Jured by falling walls ut fire in De
troll.
Governor Mckinley made about two
dozen speeches in Iowa, Nebraska, Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
The New York banking house of
Coffin q Stanton went into the hands
OF II receiver.
Secretary Carlisle Will try to sue
coed Blackburn of Kentucky In the
senate.
Or. oliver Wendell Holmes, the old
Sst Of American poets, died Of heart
failure at his home In Boston.
The Massachusetts republican convcn-
1.AlI la. Inn II il,,.
present, state officers.
Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey,
declined 10 be a candidate for re
election.
A farmer near Ellora, Iowa, con
fcsscd to two extraordinary forgeries
by which he dcfraudcd his wife.
In the South Side Cycling clubs road
race Bert G. Van Nest rode live miles
In 1l:l0, Il new American record.
Fire destroyed six houses in the "Old
Antwerp section Of the Antwerp fair,
cnnslng hcnvy loss.
The conslliutIonalIty Of the United
States copyright law Is being tested
II suit brought by II. Rider lIag
gard.
Alton and Union Pacific will put on
n new transcontincntal train shorten
Ing the time from Chicago to Denver
four hours.
Theodore w. Nenneman, manager of
the Grand and Peoples theaters IN
Evansville, Ind, Is dead Of .onsump.
tion.
Professor Vncenzo l,olta, the emf
lent writer and llnuuisl, died In New
from II window.
William Vance, sentenced to II term
Jf twenty years at ST. Joseph, Mo-,
for attempted murder, Is now said to
be innocent.
Five men have been indicted for
wrcekinS II Big -Four passenger train
at Fontanet, Ind, during the great
railroad strike.
William llcrricli, Il machinist of In |
dia"apolls, has fallen heir TO II fortune
Of 100000, left by u relative In ENG
land
Roy. Arthtr l.. Hayes, Of Valpar- !
also, Ind, has accepted Il call to the
pastoratc of the Baptist church ut |
Atehlie Il, Ohio
Tho Russian thistle has boon found |
ut Gurnec, Lake county, lll.,-whrre it
la supposed TO have been brought IN |
wheat screenings used for sheep feed |
Ministers of Milwaukee have COM
mencrd Il vigorous crusade against !
lllrld billboard posters and sunday |
saloons.
Heavy storms swept over Lake Erie /
driving vessels to ports of safety. 1t !
is thought the barge Dacoluh has been /.
lost
Henry u. Iolcy, OF Akron, ohio !
Calling Ia m attempt TO assault Miss /.
Gertrude Lewis, committed suicide to
avoid arrest
Supervisors Strange and Hunting, of I
Woodbury. county, Iowa, have been ar
rested, charged with stealing the couu
tvs money.
County commissioners Cassidy, Me
Donald and Risgcw. of Columbus, ,
Ohio, have been Indicted for soliciting
and accepting hrihrS,
Tommy Ryan, of Chicago, and Jack
Dempsey, the "Nonnrcil," have signed
for finished fight in New Orleans
Dec. t.
Shortstop Everett. Of Sioux CITY, has
been signed to play with the Chicago
baseball club completing the team for
1895.
1t Is thought Colonel Merritt Barber
Will DO court martialcd for discourteous
treatment of the Army Of tho Tonnes
see.
Action was begun IN Washington to
compel the Treasury department. to pay
sugar bountics for the year cnding
June 80, 1905.
Returns from the Georgia election in.
d.cato democratic majority OF about
10000. The populiSts made large
gains
Flying Jih, hitchcd to running
mate, paced mile In Los Ia ut Chu