Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-01-10
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
DOMESTIC.


corn for the starving Nebraskans.
The Pathological congress In Philadel
phia held exercises In memory OF the
late Professor Whitney, of Yale.
A theatre Is to be built in Washing
ton, on the site Of the house IN which
James G. Blaine died
Two Sticks, the Sioux chief, was
hanged for taking part In The murder
Of four cowboys.
LOSS of life among the people In the
drouth region Of Nebraska Is feared
from the cold wave.
The cold wave and sn0wstorm pre-
vailed generally throughout the coun
try.
The third annual meeting OF the
American Psychological association
began Mt Princeton College.
The first congress of philologists ever
held In this country opened In Phila
delphia.
MINNIE. Mclba, the famous prma
has contributed 500 TO the an.!-toNin.
fund.
Confusion and wrangllng marked the
meeting of the popullst National com
mlttec In st. Louis.
Statements from Rome and Washing
ton regarding the papal decree against
secret societies do not hitch.
The absence OF the light Mt Sands
Point caused three wrecks during the
storm, among several on the Long
Island coast.
Experts reported to the Brooklyn
Board OF Supervisors that there was
a deficit of $S0,G00.@5 In the accounts
of County Treasurer Adams.
A bill to reapportlon the Congress
districts OF New-York state will prob
ably be introduced early In the session
OF the Legislature Of 1895.
Tho schooner Itodman NIckcrson
was wrecked at Sen Isle City, N. j.,
one man was drowned and seven were
rescued from the rigging by llfe-savcrs.
James II. Robertson, n brother If
State Senator Robertson, of the i.rX0W
sOmmiticc was found dead In the
snow Mt PeekskIll.
The forty million dollar estate Of the
falte ex-senator Fair Of Nevada and
California goes to his family and Iowa
relatives and u pittnnce to charity.
Francis j. Oakes, who obtained n
divorce I'm Brooklyn n few days ago,
was married to Miss Estelle Sylvnnc,
an actress and a cousin Of his first
wife.
The New York State Forest commits
sion granted to the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company permission to
build an Adirondack railroad through
the State lands.
Superintendent Parsons after n
stormy meeting Of tic Park Board IN
New York, was requested to act as
landscape architect of the Speedway,
but he declined.
Negotiations for the sale by the heirs
OF A. n. Stewart of the Metropolitan
Hotel and Niblo's Garden, at Broad
way and Prince street, New York, for
$1,6OO,OO0 are about completed
The Stewart syndicate of successful
bond bidders dissolved, the utterancc
OF Secretary Carlisle on the currency
question making further sales ut n
profit impossible.
The storm was especially severe In
Northeastern Pennsylvania and Cen
trail New York, where railroad traffic
was pamlyzcd, and business almost
suspended,
Supt Byrncs, of the New York po-
lice, resigned He testified before the
IieXow committee That he made his
noney In stock speculation, With Jay
Gould's assistance. The committees
Investigation closed.
Insurance Agent Palfrcy appearing
az a witness In tho supplementary
proceeding against his wife, at New
York, Insultcd Lawyer Maurice Meyer
sud invited him to 20 to the street
and fight.
1t Is conceded In Washington THAT
thc treasury Is In serious position.
Secretary Carlisle refuses 10 talk on
the subject OF the bond syndicatc's
action. but the dissolution Is viewed
by others With many rorcbodings,
Council In the case OF Mrs "Dlam-
ond" Johnson, of Norwich, Conn,
whose mental condition Is questioned
by her son, arranged compromise Ivy
which $60.ooo of her fortune is to he
placed IN the hands OF II trustee,
The dry goods firm Of j. lichcnstcIu
& Sons OF Nos. 2T32 S5 Grand street
and Nos. g. "a West Twenty third
street, New York failed with liabilities
amounting to $i5o,O00. The assets
will probably reach half THAT figure,
At meeting OF the executive com.
mittee of the committee OF seventy n
ettcr from DR. parkhurst was read
AMI reports of sub committees on civil
service, public schools and disposal
of garbage We're read and adopted al
New York.
When Bellevue hospital doctors I'M
dcrtook to treat John Scanlon for what
they Thought was a broken arm, they
pulled out from under the muscles
eleven feet OF lead wire one eighth o.